Recaps

After refining her False Dragon Body in the drained Dragon-Phoenix Pool, Long Qingyue resolved to seek the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool to strengthen it further. She traveled northwest with Lin Ming and Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue sensed that their destination lay beyond a gravel desert near a mountain range.

• Long Qingyue reflected that her twenty genuine dragon patterns had doubled her strength and renewed her determination to find the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• Zi Yan examined Long Qingyue's False Dragon Body and pointed out that it remained incomplete, with only twenty of its eventual ninety-nine dragon patterns.
• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue left White Bone Mountain and flew northwest, leaving the people below to scramble for the drained pool's remnants.
• After more than half a day of travel across varied terrain, Long Qingyue sensed the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool's direction more clearly and said they were about four hours away.
• Lin Ming accelerated toward the mountain range beyond the gravel desert, and Zi Yan and Long Qingyue followed.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue fought through hordes of Dragon Demon Lizards in the mountain range guarding the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool. Lin Ming reached the summit, where the peak Sixth Grade Sovereign Dragon Demon Lizard King confronted them.

• Zi Yan sensed powerful beasts in the mountains, and Long Qingyue recognized the attackers as Dragon Demon Lizards as they swarmed the trio.
• Zi Yan and Long Qingyue fought off the lizards while Lin Ming sensed the underground pool and discovered a powerful Dragon Demon Lizard guarding its entrance.
• Lin Ming told the women to clear the weaker beasts and advanced through the range, killing Fifth Grade Sovereign commanders with Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• The three carved a path through the lizards and reached the highest peak, where Lin Ming found the enormous Dragon Demon Lizard King.
• The peak Sixth Grade Sovereign Dragon Demon Lizard King raised its head and roared at Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue.

Lin Ming killed the Dragon Demon Lizard King and cleared the way to the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, which Long Qingyue hoped to enter. As a shadow tried to sneak into the cave, Lin Ming and Zi Yan attacked to stop him.

• Lin Ming destroyed the Dragon Demon Lizard King with the Emperor Flame, driving the remaining Dragon Demon Lizards into flight.
• Zi Yan and Long Qingyue regrouped with Lin Ming, and the three approached the cave leading to the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• An explosion sent rock and bone flying as a blurred shadow raced toward the cave entrance.
• Lin Ming struck the shadow with the Emperor Flame, and the intruder narrowly dodged but suffered a burned hole in his robe.
• Zi Yan appeared in front of the cave and thrust her Dragon Phoenix Sword at the shadow.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue confronted the Netherworld Prince after he failed to ambush them and seize the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool. The Netherworld Prince withdrew, and as Lin Ming and Zi Yan entered the cave, Long Qingyue asked to bring the slain Dragon Demon Lizard King and other powerful lizards inside.

• Zi Yan struck the hidden attacker with her sword, and Long Qingyue recognized him as the Netherworld Prince.
• The Netherworld Prince admitted he had planned to take advantage of their battle and seize the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, then demanded to know who Lin Ming was.
• Lin Ming warned the Netherworld Prince to leave, and his Emperor Flame countered the prince's Netherworld Spiritual Energy.
• The Netherworld Prince dispersed his aura and departed, promising they would meet again.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan headed into the cave, while Long Qingyue stayed behind and asked to bring the slain Dragon Demon Lizard King and the other Fifth Grade Sovereign Dragon Demon Lizards inside.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue restored the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool with Dragon Demon Lizard blood and underwent its baptism. Zi Yan reached the peak of Sixth Grade Sovereign, while Long Qingyue remained in the pool attempting to transform into a True Dragon Body as Lin Ming and Zi Yan left to seek the place Zi Yan had sensed.

• Long Qingyue explained that Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline beast blood was needed to awaken the depleted Super Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• Long Qingyue poured the Dragon Demon Lizards' blood into the pool, awakening its ancient power and restoring its Dragon-Phoenix Origin.
• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue entered the pool and received a half-day baptism that strengthened Lin Ming's body and improved his spiritual energy conversion.
• Zi Yan broke through to the peak of Sixth Grade Sovereign as the pool further awakened her Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline.
• Long Qingyue continued absorbing Dragon Patterns in an attempt to reach a True Dragon Body, while Zi Yan shielded her inside a barrier.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan left Long Qingyue in the pool and headed to find the place Zi Yan had sensed.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan discovered the enormous remains of a True Dragon and True Phoenix locked in a final battle above a dark sinkhole. Between their bones, they found a golden Super Dragon Phoenix Pool and a sapling bearing two ripe Dragon-Phoenix Golden Fruits and a newly formed bud.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan approached the colossal dragon and phoenix heads suspended above the sinkhole, enduring their overwhelming pressure.
• They saw that the True Dragon and True Phoenix remained locked in a deadly bite, their bones still radiating ancient power.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan discovered a small pool filled with golden water formed between the dragon’s teeth and the phoenix’s beak.
• Zi Yan spotted a golden sapling behind the pool, growing from a gap where the two sets of bones interlocked.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan saw two ripe Dragon-Phoenix Golden Fruits on the sapling and a flower bud that could grow into a third.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan discovered two Dragon-Phoenix Fruits beside the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, but a powerful Golden-Armored Guardian emerged and attacked them. After Zi Yan repelled its opening strike, the Guardian ordered them to leave and then clashed with her in battle.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan recognized the golden sapling and its two Dragon-Phoenix Fruits as treasures even more precious than the pool.
• The Golden-Armored Guardian burst from the pool and struck at Lin Ming and Zi Yan, but Zi Yan blocked its attack and sent it flying back into the water.
• The Guardian rose unharmed, revealed its intelligence, and warned Lin Ming and Zi Yan to leave or die.
• Zi Yan dismissed the Guardian and drew her Dragon Phoenix Sword as her battle intent overcame its Killing Intent.
• The Guardian charged Zi Yan with its spear, and she met its attack with her sword.

Zi Yan battled the Golden-Armored Guardian, whose dragon-scale armor withstood her attacks until it awakened True Dragon Patterns and True Phoenix Wings and surged into the Sixth Grade Sovereign realm. Zi Yan countered its all-out spear strike with Dragon Phoenix Shocking Annihilation, and radiant color spread across the sky, engulfing the guardian’s golden light.

• Zi Yan overpowered the Golden-Armored Guardian and hurled it into a mountain, but its dragon-scale armor remained intact.
• The guardian emerged from the rubble as True Dragon Patterns and True Phoenix Wings appeared, raising its power from the peak of the Fifth Grade Sovereign realm into the Sixth Grade Sovereign realm.
• Lin Ming recognized the Dragon and Phoenix powers, while the guardian coveted Zi Yan’s bloodline and launched a full-strength spear attack.
• Zi Yan rejected the guardian’s attempt to devour her and met its attack with Dragon Phoenix Shocking Annihilation.
• A radiant, indescribable color spread from the point of impact and engulfed the guardian’s golden light.

Zi Yan defeated the Golden-Armored Guardian and prepared to claim the Dragon-Phoenix Fruits, but a hidden attacker struck at the weakened Guardian and the little golden tree. Lin Ming and Zi Yan drove him off, though he escaped after being wounded.

• Zi Yan used the Dragon Phoenix Shock-Extinguishing Sword to defeat the Golden-Armored Guardian and destroy its golden battle spear.
• Zi Yan and Lin Ming noticed a spatial claw reaching for the Guardian and the little golden tree.
• Zi Yan shattered the concealed attacker's cover and clashed with him, but his strike forced her back after her exhausting battle.
• Lin Ming hit the attacker with Emperor Flame, burning through the spatial fragments and wounding him.
• The attacker tore through Lin Ming's blockade and fled, leaving Zi Yan and Lin Ming watching his escape.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan claimed the Dragon-Phoenix Fruits and entered the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool to refine their power. Lin Ming used his Five Elements Power to subdue the clashing dragon and phoenix forces, which fused into a Dragon-Phoenix Golden Wheel.

• Lin Ming identified the hidden follower as Xuan Yuan, the Divine Pavilion's Young Pavilion Master, then turned his attention to their rewards with Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan each picked a Dragon-Phoenix Fruit and swallowed it before plunging into the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• At the bottom of the pool, they drew concentrated True Dragon and True Phoenix Blood Essence into their bodies under crushing pressure.
• The fruit's power awakened dragon and phoenix patterns in Lin Ming and Zi Yan, and the opposing forces began battling within them.
• Lin Ming trapped the dragon and phoenix images in a Five-Colored Light cage and forced them to stop resisting and merge into a Dragon-Phoenix Golden Wheel.

Lin Ming formed Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence from the pool and absorbed it, but the tyrannical essence tried to replace his Imperial Blood. He used his Five Elements Power to resist it as more drops entered his body, leaving the two bloodlines locked in a painful struggle and fusion.

• The Dragon-Phoenix Golden Wheel condensed a drop of fused True Dragon and True Phoenix Essence Blood, which seeped into Lin Ming's brow.
• The Essence Blood spread through Lin Ming's body and began burning away his Imperial Blood to transform him.
• Lin Ming circulated his Five Elements Power and led his five-colored Imperial Blood in a counterattack against the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence.
• The golden wheel produced more drops, replenishing the Dragon-Phoenix power and renewing its struggle against Lin Ming's bloodline.
• Lin Ming endured repeated cycles of tearing and healing, remaining clear-minded as the two bloodlines continued to fuse.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan completed their cleansing in the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, absorbing much of its True Dragon and True Phoenix essence blood. They emerged transformed, with Lin Ming gaining a Dragon Phoenix Body and Zi Yan’s bloodline and cultivation reaching new heights.

• Lin Ming’s Dark Gold Blood fused with his dormant Ancient Void Dragon Emperor and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix powers, strengthening his body and vitality.
• The Super Dragon Phoenix Pool’s golden light faded as Lin Ming and Zi Yan absorbed more than half of its gathered essence blood and became sealed in solidified energy crystal.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan awakened, shattered the crystal, and soared from the pool amid Dragon Roar Phoenix Cry.
• Lin Ming discovered that he had gained True Dragon scales, transformed Heavenly Phoenix Bone Wings, a Dragon Phoenix Body, and forty percent spiritual power conversion.
• Zi Yan’s cultivation rose from the peak of Sixth Grade Sovereign to the peak of Eighth Grade Sovereign, and her Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline became more complete and ancient.

After claiming the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, Lin Ming moved it and the surrounding dragon and phoenix remains into his inner world, then set out with Zi Yan for the Dragon-Phoenix Platform. They slaughtered the realm’s beasts to replenish the pool and nourish its remaining fruit bud.

• Lin Ming saw that the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool was nearly depleted but chose to preserve its unripe fruit bud by moving the pool and surrounding bones and rocks into his inner world.
• Lin Ming also took the defeated Golden-Armored Guardian, intending to refine it as a possible second avatar for Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan headed toward the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, releasing their auras to draw beasts to them.
• Lin Ming burned the attacking beasts with his Emperor Flame and collected their blood mist, while Zi Yan slew and consumed others to gather their dragon-phoenix power.
• Their harvest replenished the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, raising its golden water and causing the remaining bud to grow fuller.

Long Qingyue arrived in Dragon Wind Domain after the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool transformed her into a Fifth Grade Sovereign with a True Dragon Body. She defeated Ling Mei and Ding Feng, and the gathered experts saw her display her overwhelming strength.

• Thousands of young experts gathered in Dragon Wind Domain, where the Dragon-Phoenix Platform awaited.
• Ding Feng crashed into an isolated peak, badly injured and unable to stand steadily.
• Long Qingyue arrived with 120 True Dragon Patterns while Ling Mei followed, wounded and weakened.
• Long Qingyue had transformed her False Dragon Body into a True Dragon Body and advanced to the Fifth Grade Sovereign realm after her Super Dragon Phoenix Pool baptism.
• Ling Mei and Ding Feng had attacked Long Qingyue to seize her treasures, but she overwhelmed them and punched Ding Feng into the peak.

Long Qingyue defeated Ling Mei, but Qingyue arrived and taunted the wounded woman before Ling Mei and Ding Feng threatened to exhaust Long Qingyue ahead of the Dragon-Phoenix Platform. Long Qingyue chose to hold back as more qualified rivals gathered, leaving the conflict unresolved before the contest for the inheritances.

• Long Qingyue overwhelmed Ling Mei with her True Dragon Body and sent her crashing into a crater.
• Qingyue, the Saintess of Myriad Saint Mountain, arrived and mocked Ling Mei while pretending to express concern.
• Ling Mei threatened to fight Long Qingyue alongside Ding Feng and warned that their battle would leave Long Qingyue vulnerable to the rivals gathered for the Dragon-Phoenix Platform.
• Ding Feng reached Ling Mei, despite his severe wounds, and stood beside her against Long Qingyue.
• Long Qingyue recognized the risk of exhausting herself before the platform contest, lowered her Dragon Spear, and withdrew her True Dragon Patterns.

Long Qingyue defeated Ling Mei and Ding Feng, while onlookers learned that the black-clad young man with her had also crushed She Yuan. As the Dragon-Phoenix Platform contest approached, the Monster Emperor, the Netherworld Prince, and Xuan Yuan arrived, only for a mysterious newcomer to attack the top two and level their mountains.

• Long Qingyue warned Ling Mei and Ding Feng that she would settle their score after they left Dragon-Phoenix Haven, then went to recover for the contest.
• A Rogue Cultivator told the crowd that Long Qingyue possessed a True Dragon Body and that the black-clad young man with her had defeated She Yuan, forcing him to leave Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
• The Monster Emperor appeared, followed by the Netherworld Prince and Xuan Yuan, drawing the attention of the gathered experts.
• A newcomer in a streak of light called the Netherworld Prince and Xuan Yuan skulking rats and fired multicolored and purple-gold beams at them.
• The Netherworld Prince and Xuan Yuan dodged the beams, which struck and demolished both mountains beneath them.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan faced the Netherworld Prince and Xuan Yuan, who exposed their group’s Dragon-Phoenix treasures to incite the gathered experts against them. Zi Yan calmly countered Xuan Yuan’s Void Great Handprint, piercing it with her purple-gold power.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan appeared and attacked the Netherworld Prince and Xuan Yuan, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• The Netherworld Prince mentioned the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, and Xuan Yuan revealed that Lin Ming’s group had claimed three pools and two Dragon-Phoenix Fruits.
• The crowd grew greedy for the fruits, while Long Qingyue worried that Lin Ming and Zi Yan were surrounded by potential enemies.
• Zi Yan vanished and reappeared before Xuan Yuan after he unleashed his Void Great Handprint.
• Zi Yan pierced the handprint with her purple-gold fingers and began dissolving its spatial power.

Zi Yan injured Xuan Yuan with a single strike, ending his attempt to turn the gathered experts against her and Lin Ming. As everyone waited for the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, it emerged from a vast spatial vortex, and the gathered cultivators prepared to enter the coming battle.

• Zi Yan's strike pierced Xuan Yuan's afterimage and injured his true body, causing the watching experts to abandon their plans to attack her and Lin Ming.
• Zi Yan declared that she would not spare Xuan Yuan, then returned to Lin Ming's side without answering his request for her name.
• Xuan Yuan and the other top experts waited as the tense gathering held off from fighting until the Dragon-Phoenix Platform appeared.
• A tremendous spatial vortex formed overhead, releasing an ancient aura and the roars of True Dragons and cries of True Phoenixes.
• The immense Dragon-Phoenix Platform emerged from the void, and the gathered experts' excitement and spiritual power surged.

The Dragon-Phoenix Platform appeared, drawing thousands of young experts eager to claim its inheritance. After its golden barrier drove away the unqualified, Lin Ming, Long Qingyue, and Zi Yan reached the platform with their True Dragon and True Phoenix blood protecting them.

• The Dragon-Phoenix Platform emerged, and its presence stirred the bloodlines of Lin Ming and Zi Yan.
• Thousands of experts rushed toward the platform, but its golden light blasted away those without refined Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Xuan Yuan, the Netherworld Prince, the Monster Emperor, Qingyue, and other qualified peak experts flew toward the platform.
• Lin Ming, Long Qingyue, and Zi Yan charged through the barrier, whose pressure their bloodline protection dispersed.
• Lin Ming, Long Qingyue, and Zi Yan stepped onto the Dragon-Phoenix Platform.

Lin Ming and the other competitors gathered on the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, where the platform’s Golden Mirror examined the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence in their bodies. Ding Feng and Ling Mei produced the strongest displays so far, while the detection continued.

• The competitors appeared across the Dragon-Phoenix Platform and kept their distance, while Zi Yan fixed her hostility on Xuan Yuan.
• After the crowd waited in silence, the dragon-scale platform transformed into a Golden Mirror that scanned everyone’s Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Golden light and dragon roars or phoenix cries revealed the varying strength of each competitor’s essence blood.
• Ding Feng produced a golden light pillar about thirty yards tall and laughed proudly at his result.
• Ling Mei’s light pillar nearly matched Ding Feng’s, and she looked pleased that she had surpassed most of the competitors.

The Dragon-Phoenix Platform’s Essence Blood Detection revealed that Lin Ming and Zi Yan possessed power beyond all the other prodigies. Their two-hundred-zhang pillars appeared and shattered every other pillar, leaving the experts stunned beneath their overwhelming pressure.

• Qingyue displayed a powerful false phoenix body, while the Monster Emperor, the Netherworld Prince, and Xuan Yuan produced enormous pillars that suggested they had cultivated true dragon or phoenix bodies.
• Long Qingyue’s pillar reached a hundred and twenty zhang, surpassing the three men’s pillars.
• The Golden Mirror showed no reaction to Lin Ming and Zi Yan, though both felt it awakening the Dragon-Phoenix Power hidden in their bloodlines.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan released their bloodlines, and two-hundred-zhang pillars rose around them, one dark gold with dragon and phoenix phantoms and the other purple-gold with a Dragon-Phoenix Phantom.
• The appearance of Lin Ming and Zi Yan’s pillars shook the platform and caused every other expert’s pillar to burst into golden motes.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan’s extraordinary two-hundred-zhang pillars overwhelmed the other cultivators during the Essence Blood Detection, revealing their immense dragon-phoenix blood essence. Once the pillars faded, Xuan Yuan, the Netherworld Prince, the Monster Emperor, and the other contenders raced up the Dragon-Phoenix Platform to seize the inheritance, beginning the decisive struggle.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan’s two-hundred-zhang pillars appeared, suppressing the other pillars and shocking everyone on the Dragon-Phoenix Platform.
• The cultivators realized Lin Ming and Zi Yan’s dragon-phoenix blood essence far surpassed their own, while Long Qingyue, Xuan Yuan, and the Netherworld Prince reacted with awe and unease.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan’s pillars faded, leaving the other contenders wary but still determined to compete for the inheritance.
• Xuan Yuan, the Netherworld Prince, and the Monster Emperor raced toward the ascending stone tiers to reach the summit first.
• The other powerful cultivators followed them upward, and the contest for the Dragon-Phoenix inheritance began in earnest.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue climbed the Dragon-Phoenix Platform as the upper platforms dwindled and fierce battles erupted. Lin Ming left the fighters stunned by defeating Mo Fan with a single palm strike.

• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Long Qingyue raced past the lower platforms while Long Qingyue warned that the shrinking number of platforms would force them to fight.
• The young experts began battling over the scarce upper platforms, and Lin Ming and his companions each claimed a well-positioned platform.
• Mo Fan of the Dark Demon Sect attacked Lin Ming and struck at him with his Dark Demon Dharma Body.
• Lin Ming countered with a palm using only his True Dragon Body, shattering Mo Fan's Dharma Body and sending him crashing into a mountain.

After Lin Ming killed Mo Fan with a single palm strike, he watched the other contestants fight for the Dragon-Phoenix Platforms. The thirty-two survivors received Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence and were carried to a higher level, where sixteen platforms awaited them.

• Lin Ming's display against Mo Fan deterred other contestants from challenging him, and he watched the battles from his platform.
• Xuan Yuan and the Netherworld Prince remained among the elite opponents Lin Ming expected to face in the struggle for the inheritance.
• The battles ended with thirty-two experts occupying the Dragon-Phoenix Platforms, while defeated fighters fell from the sky.
• The platforms released Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence to the thirty-two survivors, though Lin Ming and Zi Yan gained little from it.
• Golden light carried the thirty-two experts to a higher level, where sixteen larger Dragon-Phoenix Platforms awaited them.

The contest narrowed from sixteen contenders to eight as Lin Ming, Zi Yan, Xuan Yuan, and the Netherworld Prince went unchallenged, while Long Qingyue fought her way into the final eight. After receiving a richer Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence reward, the eight finalists gathered before the higher platforms as the decisive battle approached.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan challenged the remaining contenders, but no one dared approach their platforms.
• Long Qingyue defeated Lu Ming of the Overlord Blade Sect, then overcame a Fifth Grade Sovereign to enter the final eight.
• Ding Feng secured a place in the final sixteen, but the Monster Emperor knocked him from the platform with a casual palm strike.
• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, Xuan Yuan, and the Netherworld Prince advanced without being challenged, while the other platforms hosted fierce battles.
• The eight finalists received a richer Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence reward and gathered before the four higher platforms as the final battle approached.