Chapter Summaries

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan reached Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion, where they met Zhu Kun, the trapped Dragon Emperor. After Chen Yang revealed himself as a Dou Di and explained his connection to Zi Yan, Zhu Kun accepted him as his son-in-law.

• Xiao Yan recognized Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion and showed Zhu Kun a fragment of the Ancient Jade.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun his identity, and Xiao Yan challenged Zhu Kun's disbelief that Chen Yang was a Dou Di.
• Chen Yang released his Dou Di aura, subdued Zhu Kun, and changed him from a dragon into human form.
• Zhu Kun acknowledged Chen Yang as a senior, and Chen Yang revealed that Zhu Kun's daughter Zi Yan was with him.
• Zhu Kun realized Chen Yang was Zi Yan's partner and cheerfully accepted him as his son-in-law.

Chen Yang took Zhu Kun and Xiao Yan from the space where Zhu Kun had been trapped and brought them back to Jia Nan Academy. Zhu Kun gave Chen Yang his Ancient Void Dragon blood essence and revealed where he had hidden Ancient Heavenly Phoenix blood essence, while Tou She Ancient God sensed Chen Yang’s departure and wondered about him.

• Chen Yang asked Zhu Kun for blood essence in exchange for trying to free him, and explained that he needed it to refine a Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill.
• Chen Yang described the pill’s potential to evolve a Magical Beast’s bloodline, prompting Zhu Kun to tear out his heart and provide three drops of his purplish-golden blood essence.
• Zhu Kun said he had hidden three drops of Peak Nine-star Dou Sheng Ancient Heavenly Phoenix blood essence in the Northwest Continent and offered to draw Chen Yang a map.
• Chen Yang tore open the space, grabbed Zhu Kun and Xiao Yan, and brought them out of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Tou She Ancient God sensed Chen Yang’s Dou Di presence and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then considered Xiao Yan a suitable candidate for his Inheritance.
• Zhu Kun surveyed Jia Nan Academy and remarked that it had grown from the desolate place he remembered.

Chen Yang and Xiao Yan woke the group after their wine-fueled celebration, then agreed to gather the Xiao Clan in Wutan City. Chen Yang brought Zhu Kun to visit Xiao Yong and Xiao Ling before transporting the Xiao Family members from the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, leaving Xiao Yong wondering who the white-bearded old man was.

• Xiao Yan woke the revelers, and Mang Tianchi accused him and Chen Yang of secretly using Spiritual Power to avoid the medicinal wine’s effects.
• Xiao Yan asked Chen Yang to help gather the Xiao Clan, and Chen Yang agreed before setting out with Zhu Kun to retrieve the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s blood essence.
• As they flew to Zhu Kun’s treasure space, Chen Yang explained his ties to the Xiao Family and the recent history of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Kun gave Chen Yang his stored treasures, and they traveled to Yang City, where Chen Yang met Xiao Yong and Xiao Ling.
• Chen Yang invited Xiao Ling to come to Central Continent, and Xiao Yong supported her decision to go with him.
• Chen Yang transported the Xiao Family members from the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to Wutan City, where Xiao Yong noticed the unfamiliar white-bearded old man.

Xiao Yan gathered the Xiao Clan and revealed their history, introducing their revived ancestor Xiao Xuan and the clan’s lost glory. The family prepared to share Xiao Xuan’s remaining Dou Di Bloodline, with Chen Yang urging them to keep a low profile as they rebuilt.

• Xiao Yong reunited with Xiao Yan and the others, and Chen Yang introduced Xiao Jinghou as an elder of the Xiao Clan and Xiao Yan’s Great Grand-Master.
• Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, Medicine Elder, and the gathered Xiao family members assembled in the inner hall, where Chen Yang had Xiao Xuan take the seat of honor.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Xuan as the Xiao Clan’s Half-Emperor ancestor and thanked Chen Yang for rescuing him; Xiao Xuan apologized for the clan’s decline.
• Xiao Jinghou and the others celebrated the prospect of restoring the Xiao Clan, while Chen Yang cautioned them to keep a low profile.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Xuan had preserved the clan’s remaining Dou Di Bloodline and proposed that the family absorb it together to strengthen their foundation.

After Xiao Xuan distributed the Dou Di Bloodline among the Xiao Family, Chen Yang returned to the Yang Realm with Xiao Ling and Zhu Kun. Zhu Kun met his daughter Zi Yan, who rejected him at first but then asked Chen Qi to hit him, unaware of the little girl’s power.

• Xiao Xuan decided which Xiao Family members would receive the Dou Di Bloodline, and the recipients underwent bloodline replacement in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan discovered that Chen Yang’s Medicinal Pills helped the recipients awaken stronger bloodlines than expected, while Xiao Yan began cultivating and practicing Alchemy.
• Chen Yang returned to the Chen Mansion with Xiao Ling and Zhu Kun, where Chen Qi rushed to greet him.
• Zhu Kun realized Zi Yan was his daughter, but Zi Yan declared that she had no parents and began to cry.
• Chen Qi comforted Zi Yan, then agreed to hit Zhu Kun when Zi Yan asked her to; Chen Yang secretly snapped his fingers as Chen Qi’s punch struck Zhu Kun’s stomach.

Chen Yang revealed his breakthrough to Dou Di after Chen Qi injured Zhu Kun, allowing Zi Yan to reconcile with her father. Three days later, Chen Yang drew a single wisp of Origin Qi from beyond the Realm Barrier and began refining a Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill for Zi Yan.

• Chen Qi struck Zhu Kun hard enough to make him spit blood, and Chen Yang collected the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor's blood for alchemy.
• Chen Yang told Zi Yan he had broken through to Dou Di, and he encouraged her to speak with Zhu Kun about their strained relationship.
• After Chen Yang left, Zhu Kun apologized to Zi Yan, and she tearfully called him Father.
• Three days later, Chen Yang entered the void with Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Medicine Elder to draw Origin Qi.
• Chen Yang pierced the Realm Barrier with the Rainbow Sword and retrieved one wisp of Origin Qi before the barrier closed.
• Chen Yang began refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill in the Azure Emperor Cauldron while the others stood guard.

Chen Yang successfully refined a Di Grade Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill and prepared Zi Yan to evolve with it. He left her in closed-door cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, then returned to the Yang Realm to pass the Heavenly Poison Empress’s inheritance to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Medicine Elder learned from Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan that Chen Yang had become a Dou Di, while Xiao Yan sneezed in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Chen Yang infused the Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill with Origin Qi, and a Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud formed as light poured into the Azure Emperor Cauldron.
• After a month of refining, Chen Yang revealed that he had completed the Di Grade Pill and destroyed its intelligence as soon as it formed.
• Chen Yang let Xiao Yan inspect the pill, then celebrated with the others and promised to obtain Origin Qi for them someday.
• Chen Yang gave Zi Yan the Dragon Phoenix Origin Pill and arranged for her to evolve in closed-door cultivation within Xiao Xuan’s Heavenly Tomb.
• Chen Yang returned to the Yang Realm to prepare to give Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Poison Empress’s inheritance.

Chen Yang brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Heavenly Tomb, where she accepted the Heavenly Poison Empress's inheritance before beginning secluded cultivation. Xiao Yan returned to the Soul Hall with Hai Bodong, leaving Hun Miesheng anxious about the growing power of Chen Yang and the Ancient Clan.

• Chen Yang told the women that Zi Yan was cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb and urged them to improve their cultivation.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yi Xian spent three days together before entering the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yi Xian said she hoped to return to Qingshan Town and practice medicine.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian the Jade Slip containing the Heavenly Poison Empress's inheritance, and she accepted it after affirming that she wanted to use poison for good.
• Xiao Yi Xian began Closed-door Cultivation with the inheritance, while Chen Yang went out to arrange Xiao Yan's situation.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Soul Hall with Hai Bodong, who had reached the Late One-star Dou Sheng, and Hun Miesheng heard Xiao Yan announce his return.

Xiao Yan returned to Heaven Hall with Hai Bodong and told Hun Miesheng that he had received the inheritance of a Dou Di who was also the continent’s first Emperor Grade Alchemist. Hun Xuzi ordered Xiao Yan to keep the inheritance until his Spiritual Power reached Heaven Realm Grand Perfection, and Xiao Yan left for Earth Hall to cultivate.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong returned to Heaven Hall, where Hun Miesheng welcomed them and praised their increased strength.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Miesheng he had reached Four-star Dou Sheng and obtained a terrifying inheritance that his Spiritual Power could not fully contain.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the inheritance belonged to a Dou Di and the first Emperor Grade Alchemist, and offered the Azure Emperor Cauldron and inheritance to Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Xuzi told Xiao Yan to keep the inheritance until he reached Heaven Realm Grand Perfection and could refine a Nine-Rank Profound Pill, then ordered Hun Miesheng to protect him.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hun Xuzi and left Heaven Hall with Hai Bodong for Earth Hall to enter closed-door cultivation.

Xiao Yan settled into his new role overseeing the Soul Hall’s Earth Hall, gathering loyal subordinates and deciding to wait while the Soul Clan helped raise his Spiritual Power. In the Yang Realm, Zhu Kun asked Chen Yang why he remained cautious despite having the power to crush the continent.

• Hun Miesheng had hidden the Earth Hall beneath the Disha Hall on the Demonic Lotus Flame Plain, and Gu You welcomed Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong there.
• Gu You explained that he had assigned Xiao Yan familiar Protectors and Elders, while Hai Bodong was appointed to help oversee the Earth Hall.
• Xiao Yan demanded absolute loyalty from the Earth Hall’s Elders and Protectors and promised them access to Medicinal Pills and resources.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that the Soul Clan might have both tested him and sincerely offered the Azure Emperor’s Inheritance, and that they would wait for the Bodhi Ancient Tree trial.
• Xiao Yan wondered why Chen Yang did not simply wipe out the Soul Clan, and Zhu Kun asked Chen Yang why he was cautious despite his overwhelming strength.

Chen Yang explained why he had left the Soul Clan alive and planned to use Hun Tiandi's future Dou Di body to revive Xiao Xuan. After they discussed finding a body for Yellow Springs Demon Saint, Chen Yang asked Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan whether they knew about the Plane Embryo.

• Chen Yang said the Soul Clan would serve as a whetstone to help Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and others grow through cultivation and battle.
• Zhu Kun agreed that enemies could help prevent powerful clans from declining through internal conflict, and Xiao Xuan agreed the Xiao Clan needed to change.
• Chen Yang revealed he wanted Xiao Xuan to be revived using Hun Tiandi's body after Hun Tiandi became a Dou Di, prompting Zhu Kun to offer his own body instead.
• Chen Yang redirected the discussion by asking Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan to help find a suitable body for Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• Xiao Xuan recalled an Ancient Heavenly Snake King's remains in the Northern Region of Central Continent and said they could search the site within the Yang Alliance's territory.
• Chen Yang asked whether Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan had heard of the Plane Embryo, and both reacted with surprise.

Chen Yang explained that the Dou Qi Continent’s Origin Qi was its Plane Embryo, which the continent’s Dou Dis had drained, and that restoring it might grant its bearer immense power. He said any rebuilt Plane Embryo would go to Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Xuan and Zhu Kun discussing the role of fortune.

• Chen Yang explained that Plane Embryos were condensed from a plane’s power and that the Dou Qi Continent’s Origin Qi had been drained by its Dou Dis.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Xuan and Zhu Kun that restoring the continent’s Plane Embryo might require destroying the Soul Clan and gathering the continent’s fortune through someone like Xiao Yan or Hun Tiandi.
• Zhu Kun teased Xiao Xuan for questioning whether Chen Yang would take a restored Plane Embryo, and Chen Yang promised to give it to Xiao Yan if it was born soon.
• Chen Yang argued that Xiao Yan bore the continent’s fortune, citing how they had found a Dou Di inheritance after traveling with him.
• Zhu Kun wondered whether he could take Xiao Yan on a stroll to search for another Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Hun Tiandi learned of Yan Xiao’s extraordinary rise, his contributions to the Soul Clan, and his offer of an Emperor Grade Alchemist’s inheritance and the Azure Emperor Cauldron. Convinced Yan Xiao could bring the Soul Clan great fortune, Hun Tiandi ordered the clan to cultivate him and prepare him to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Chen Yang shared Soul Infant Wine with Zhu Kun and another companion in the Yang Realm as they joked about Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits.
• Hun Tiandi discussed the plan to exterminate the Spirit Clan with Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi, then learned that Yan Jin had destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall and rescued Yao Chen.
• Hun Xuzi recounted Yan Xiao’s rapid rise to Dou Saint and Ninth-grade Alchemist, his service to the Soul Hall, and his infiltration of the Pill Tower.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that Yan Xiao had advanced to Four-star Dou Sheng, recovered five Eighth-grade Alchemist souls, and offered the Soul Clan his ancient Alchemy Inheritance and Azure Emperor Cauldron.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Xuzi and Nihility Devouring Flame to nurture Yan Xiao, advance his Spiritual Power, and take him to attempt to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame when it appeared.

Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi planned to use Yan Xiao to lead an attack on the Spirit Clan, while Chen Yang arranged for Zhu Kun to watch over the clan and preserve some of its bloodline if possible. After a year of cultivation, Xiao Yan reached Heaven Realm Grand Perfection and learned that Lord Void wanted him to lead the expedition against the Spirit Clan.

• Nihility Devouring Flame agreed with Hun Xuzi’s plan to have Yan Xiao pose as the Little Pill Tower Master and lead the team to the Spirit Clan after completing his cultivation.
• Chen Yang asked Zhu Kun to secretly watch the Spirit Clan and save some of its bloodline if the Soul Clan attacked.
• A year passed, during which Xiao Yi Xian and the others grew stronger, while Xiao Yan advanced his Soul Realm to Heaven Realm Grand Perfection and his Alchemy to Nine-Rank Profound Pill level.
• After leaving closed-door cultivation, Xiao Yan learned from Hai Bodong that Hun Miesheng had summoned him to the Heaven Hall.
• Hun Miesheng told Xiao Yan that Lord Void wanted him to lead people to wipe out the Spirit Clan, leaving Xiao Yan astonished.

Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Clan planned to send him to the Spirit Clan and promised him a chance to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After leaving Hun Miesheng, he contacted Chen Yang, who was visiting the Flower Sect with Yun Yun and Medicine Elder.

• Hun Miesheng told Xiao Yan that he would join a mission to trick the Spirit Clan into opening its gates and that the Soul Clan planned to let him devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame when it emerged.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Clan Leader and learned that Hun Miesheng would tell Elder Hun Xuzi before setting his departure date.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence, set down a Restriction, and called Chen Yang with his Communication Jade Slip.
• Chen Yang toured the Flower Sect with Yun Yun and encountered Medicine Elder with Fairy Qing among the flowers.
• Chen Yang agreed to let Yun Yun accompany Fairy Qing to retrieve flower seeds, then answered Xiao Yan’s call and heard him ask whether Chen Yang had been doing something dangerous.

Xiao Yan spoke with Chen Yang and Medicine Elder about Soul Hall’s plan to destroy the Spirit Clan and Hun Tiandi’s plans for him. Chen Yang arranged support for the Spirit Clan’s survivors and prepared Xiao Yan to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then Xiao Yan ended the communication and returned to his mission.

• Xiao Yan was surprised that Chen Yang could flick his forehead across the vast distance, then reunited with Medicine Elder and reassured him that he was doing well in Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Yang and Medicine Elder that Nihility Devouring Flame wanted him to trick open the Spirit Clan’s gates so Soul Hall could destroy the clan.
• Chen Yang said Zhu Kun would save several of the Spirit Clan’s core members, while Medicine Elder urged Xiao Yan not to feel responsible for the clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Hun Tiandi had tasked him with devouring the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Chen Yang promised to obtain the remaining map fragment and prepare pills and training for him.
• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan to return after the Spirit Clan’s destruction because Qing Lin needed the Inheritance of the Ancient Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Xiao Yan ended the communication.

Chen Yang and Medicine Elder discussed Xiao Yan’s progress and the Spirit Clan’s coming downfall before Medicine Elder entered seclusion. Xiao Yan then went to the Spirit Clan disguised as Chen Yan, where he forced an arrogant gatekeeper to let him inside.

• Medicine Elder told Chen Yang he had become a Ninth-grade Profound Pill Alchemist and planned to cultivate in seclusion in hopes of reaching Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Yang agreed to provide Medicine Elder with cultivation pills, while Medicine Elder joked with him about his affection for Qing'er.
• Fairy Qing invited Yun Yun to become the Flower Sect’s Sect Leader, but Yun Yun declined because she led the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After a month, Chen Yang returned to the Yang Realm with Yun Yun and Medicine Elder, then gave Medicine Elder a Ninth-grade Golden Pill before he entered seclusion.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Spirit Clan as Chen Yan, Little Pill Tower Master, and demanded an audience with its Clan Leader.
• When the Spirit Clan gatekeeper refused him, Xiao Yan seized him with Spiritual Power and forced him to open the gate.

Xiao Yan entered the Ling Realm under the guise of a Pill Tower envoy, but the Soul Clan arrived and launched an assault on the Spirit Clan. After the Soul Clan slaughtered the clan, Xiao Yan withdrew while Nihility Devouring Flame prepared to refine its bloodline, and Zhu Kun headed toward the Yang Realm with two young men.

• Xiao Yan claimed to be Chen Yan of the Pill Tower and let a Dou Zun lead him toward the Spirit Clan’s main hall.
• The Dou Zun betrayed Xiao Yan, but Hun Qianmo and the Soul Clan arrived and surrounded the Spirit Clan forces.
• Hun Yan engaged Ling Feng while the Soul Clan attacked, and Nihility Devouring Flame restrained the Ling Emperor Remnant Soul.
• The Soul Clan slaughtered every Spirit Clan member in the Ling Realm within two hours.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan to withdraw and claimed the Spirit Clan’s bloodline and medicinal materials for refinement and Xiao Yan.
• Zhu Kun carried two seventeen- or eighteen-year-old Young Men through the void toward the Yang Realm.

After the Spirit Clan was destroyed, Zhu Kun brought its only surviving youths, Ling Dong and LingShan, to Chen Yang in the Yang Realm. When they blamed Chen Yang for failing to save their clan, he claimed they were possessed by Tunling Clan remnants and killed them, leaving the others stunned.

• Xiao Yan discussed the Spirit Clan's destruction with Soul Clan members and said he hoped to become a Ninth-grade Golden Pill Alchemist.
• Zhu Kun brought the unconscious Ling Dong and LingShan to Chen Yang, Xiao Xuan, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Chen Yang woke the youths and told them they were the last survivors of the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Dong and LingShan accused Chen Yang of letting their clan die and suggested he was working with the Soul Clan to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Chen Yang declared the youths possessed by Tunling Clan remnants and crushed them into dust.
• Xiao Xuan and the others went along with Chen Yang's claim, and Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint joked about the encounter.

After the Spirit Clan was destroyed, Xiao Yan helped the Soul Clan find its Tou She Ancient God Jade and then studied alchemy with Hun Xuzi. He successfully refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and left Hun Xuzi’s residence free to arrange his remaining time.

• Nihility Devouring Flame extracted the Spirit Clan’s bloodline, and Xiao Yan found the Tou She Ancient God Jade beneath Mirror Lake and handed it over.
• Nihility Devouring Flame suggested that Xiao Yan visit the Bodhi Ancient Tree under the Pill Tower’s name to seek a chance to advance his Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Hun Realm and joined Hun Xuzi to exchange alchemy knowledge and receive guidance.
• After a month of study, Xiao Yan refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill, completing his advancement to a Ninth-grade Profound Pill Alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi congratulated Xiao Yan and told him he could arrange his remaining time as he wished.