Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming watched the ten Earth Demon Puppets combine their energy to produce a Two-Star Dou Venerate-level attack, then stepped forward to try to subdue them. He stood at the Stone Door and announced that he would take the lead.

• The Grey-robed Old Man fought the ten Earth Demon Puppets, damaging one before they formed a formation and evolved one puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet shattered the Grey-robed Old Man's Rock Shield, broke his arms, and forced him to retreat before reverting to silver.
• The factions hesitated to challenge the puppets, while Lin Ming recognized their value as guards for the Five Elements Sect and grew interested in their formation.
• Lin Ming told Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Xiong Zhan, and the others to watch the other factions, especially the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nether Python.
• Lin Ming crossed the square, landed outside the Stone Door, and said he would make the first move.

Lin Ming attempted to seize control of the ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding the Stone Door, while a White-haired Man from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan tried to stop him. Lin Ming subdued the puppets and left the White-haired Man injured and disgraced.

• Lin Ming stepped forward to claim the ten Earth Demon Puppets, but the White-haired Man mocked him and challenged his right to take them.
• Lin Ming rushed toward the puppets as the White-haired Man attacked him with a sharp gust of wind, which Lin Ming dodged.
• Lin Ming used his Heavenly Realm Soul Power to erase the puppets’ original Soul Imprints and replace them with his own.
• The White-haired Man tried to damage a puppet, but Lin Ming deflected his strike and summoned a Dark-Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet to fight him.
• The Dark-Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet drove the White-haired Man back, while Lin Ming completed his control of the ten puppets and stored them in his Storage Ring.

Lin Ming effortlessly claimed the ten Earth Demon Puppets after discovering their control cores held no Soul Imprints, provoking envy and resentment among the factions. When the Stone Door opened onto unknown darkness, he withdrew to his group and waited for someone else to enter first.

• Lin Ming found no existing Soul Imprints in the ten Earth Demon Puppets and placed his own Imprints in their cores, taking control of them.
• The gathered factions reacted with shock, greed, and jealousy, while Chen Tiannan and Huang Xuan grew more hostile toward Lin Ming.
• The Stone Door opened after the puppets were subdued, releasing an ancient aura from the darkness beyond.
• Lin Ming retreated to stand with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and the Five Elements Sect group instead of entering first.
• The factions hesitated at the open doorway, and Lin Ming quietly decided to let others scout ahead.

Lin Ming led the Five Elements Sect into the relic and followed Zi Yan’s senses through its maze-like main hall to a sealed medicinal storehouse. He opened its ancient Stone Door, and a rich fragrance of medicinal materials poured out, leaving the group poised to explore within.

• A peak Dou Ancestor entered the relic first and emerged without triggering any traps, prompting Lin Ming and the other factions to rush through the Stone Door.
• Lin Ming’s group entered a vast main hall lined with countless passages, and Zi Yan sensed an ancient medicinal fragrance coming from a remote route.
• Zi Yan led Lin Ming, Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, Di Kong, and the others through the maze to a moss-covered Stone Door at the end of a passage.
• Lin Ming inspected the Stone Door and its surroundings for traps, then pushed the door open and released a powerful fragrance of medicinal materials.

Lin Ming and his companions discovered an immense ancient forest filled with rare medicinal herbs, and Lin Ming began transferring its treasures into his Inner World. They continued deeper into the forest, harvesting at extraordinary speed while powerful native beasts mostly kept their distance.

• Lin Ming opened the ancient stone door and found a vast forest made entirely of rare, ancient medicinal herbs.
• Lin Ming ushered everyone inside, sealed the door behind them, and set a warning barrier to delay anyone following.
• Zi Yan eagerly ate a Seven-Colored Ganoderma while Lin Ming used his Soul Power to uproot and transfer whole patches of herbs into his Inner World.
• Lin Ming rushed deeper into the forest as Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, Di Kong, and the others followed and helped fend off attacking demonic beasts.
• Puppet One crushed seventh-order beasts, while Zi Yan's Dragon Might and the puppet's strength drove stronger beasts away.
• After traveling for nearly an incense stick's burn, Lin Ming and his companions were still surrounded by endless medicinal herbs and sensed powerful beasts watching from deeper in the forest.

Lin Ming and the Five Elements Sect raced to collect treasures after he sensed other intruders had entered the Ancient Medicinal Forest. They found the Soul Infant Demonic Tree guarded by a Heaven-Piercing Flood Dragon, and Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to suppress the beast.

• Lin Ming sensed powerful newcomers approaching from another entrance and urged his group to gather treasures faster.
• Lin Ming's group reached a lake with a floating island and discovered a Soul Infant Demonic Tree bearing Soul Infant Fruits.
• Zi Yan warned Xiong Zhan that the tree would have a guardian, then struck the lake to draw it out.
• A Heaven-Piercing Flood Dragon emerged from the lake, and Lin Ming worried that fighting it could destroy the fruits.
• Zi Yan confronted the Flood Dragon and summoned a purple dragon projection whose Ancient Void Dragon bloodline pressure made it stiffen.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan subdued the Heaven-Piercing Flood Dragon and took the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, its fruits, and its lake into Lin Ming’s Inner World. As the group prepared to leave, Zi Yan sensed something calling to her from deeper in the forest.

• Zi Yan calmed the Heaven-Piercing Flood Dragon with her bloodline pressure and asked it to give up the Soul Infant Demonic Tree.
• Lin Ming offered the Heaven-Piercing Flood Dragon a Shaping Pill in exchange for the lake and tree, and it accepted before diving away to prepare for transformation.
• Qing Lin warned that clashes with guardian Magical Beasts were spreading through the forest, so Lin Ming hurried to collect the treasure.
• Lin Ming moved the entire lake, Lake Heart Island, and Soul Infant Demonic Tree into his Inner World.
• Zi Yan felt a powerful bloodline resonance calling her from deeper in the forest, and Lin Ming recognized what was drawing her.

Zi Yan’s bloodline led Lin Ming’s group to a hidden Beast Spirit Barrier at the center of the ancient forest. She opened it with her essence blood, and the group entered the barrier, where the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was believed to lie.

• Zi Yan sensed a summons from deep in the forest, and Lin Ming decided to follow it despite the danger and approaching treasure hunters.
• Lin Ming’s group crossed the forest as Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon bloodline deterred the powerful beasts.
• Qing Lin sensed that the beasts had vanished near a clearing, and Zi Yan identified the area as the forest’s center.
• Zi Yan revealed a hidden Beast Spirit Barrier and sensed that it contained both Ancient Void Dragon and ancient Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodlines.
• Zi Yan opened the barrier with her essence blood, and Lin Ming and the others followed her inside.

Lin Ming and his companions reached the Beast Spirit Barrier’s ancient altar, where Zi Yan identified a legendary Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The discovery revealed that the plain was the burial ground of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix whose deaths had nourished the fruit.

• Lin Ming and his companions entered the Beast Spirit Barrier and struggled against the immense pressure covering the scarlet plain.
• Zi Yan followed a powerful bloodline call to the top of the ancient altar, and Lin Ming and the others hurried after her.
• The group found a two-colored fruit growing from a small sapling on a gold-and-purple stone platform, and Qing Lin sensed that it was the source of the pressure.
• Zi Yan recognized the fruit as a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, formed from the life force and Origin Blood Essence of a Dou Sheng-level Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Zi Yan looked across the plain and recognized the pale patches as the enormous skeletons of the two ancient beasts, revealing the site as their final battlefield and burial ground.

Lin Ming and his companions discovered that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had been nurtured by the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, and Zi Yan prepared to claim it. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and their allies broke into the space, prompting Lin Ming to prepare for a battle that he believed his side could win.

• Zi Yan explained that the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix had died fighting here, and Lin Ming said she should retrieve the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could use the fruit to evolve into a Dragon Phoenix, making the clan a greater threat.
• A group led by Huang Xuan forced open the Beast Spirit Barrier and entered the plain, where they recognized the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lin Ming told the Five Elements Sect to prepare for battle, while Huang Xuan's white-haired ally ordered Lin Ming's group off the altar.
• Lin Ming identified five Dou Venerate-level opponents, including Huang Xuan, and judged that his own side's strength could match or exceed theirs.

Lin Ming and his allies faced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Huang Xuan revealed himself as a Five-Star Dou Venerate and shifted the battle in his clan’s favor. Lin Ming then unleashed his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame and a powerful aura that could contend with Huang Xuan, leaving the enemy stunned.

• Xiong Zhan transformed into his Ancient Dragon Bear form and stood against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while Qing Lin summoned the Nine Profound Nether Python to display her strength.
• Thunder Venerate and the leaders of the Earth Tiger Clan and Silver Moon Wolf Clan joined the confrontation, and Lin Ming summoned Puppet One and ten Earth Demon Puppets.
• The white-haired man appealed to Huang Xuan, who revealed Five-Star Dou Venerate strength and claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiong Zhan refused to retreat, declaring that the fruit should be destroyed rather than surrendered, and Huang Xuan prepared to attack.
• Lin Ming rose into the air, released his Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame as a giant fire dragon, and revealed an aura powerful enough to contend with Huang Xuan, shocking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Lin Ming and his allies intercepted Huang Xuan’s forces as they charged for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Feng Qing’er sensed a bloodline resonance in the Beast Spirit Barrier. Lin Ming neutralized Huang Xuan’s first attack, and Huang Xuan pressed in with a close-range punch.

• Huang Xuan ordered his forces to kill everyone and seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Lin Ming formed a puppet array that empowered its central puppet to Two-Star Dou Venerate strength.
• Xiong Zhan fought the Earth Tiger Clan Leader, the evolved Heavenly Demon Puppet intercepted Thunder Venerate, Puppet One engaged the white-haired Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member, and Qing Lin and the Nine Profound Nether Python blocked the Silver Moon Wolf Clan Leader.
• Huang Xuan told Feng Qing’er to follow the bloodline resonance from the ancient ancestor’s bones, and she agreed to seek the guidance that could help them obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Huang Xuan attacked Lin Ming with a phoenix claw of colorful Dou Qi, but Lin Ming’s New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame dissolved it.
• Huang Xuan charged Lin Ming and swung a powerful Dou Qi-wrapped fist at his face.

Lin Ming and his allies gained the upper hand in their battles against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and its allies. The White-haired Man neared defeat, Thunder Venerate struggled against a lightning-absorbing puppet, and Qing Lin overwhelmed the Silver Moon Wolf Clan Leader, while Xiong Zhan's fight remained even.

• Lin Ming clashed fists with Huang Xuan and held his ground, faintly gaining the advantage through his strengthened body and flame.
• Puppet One struck back against the White-haired Man's Heavenly Phoenix Overlord Fist and sent him flying, leaving him close to losing his fighting strength.
• Thunder Venerate struggled against a puppet that absorbed his lightning attacks and overpowered him in physical exchanges.
• Qing Lin and the Nine Profound Nether Python restrained the Silver Moon Wolf Clan Leader, whose bloodline instincts and mind were increasingly affected by Qing Lin's abilities.
• Xiong Zhan and the Earth Tiger Clan Leader traded fierce blows without either gaining a clear advantage.

Feng Qing'er awakened the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul and attacked Lin Ming’s group, but Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon power and erased the attack. As Feng Qing'er gathered strength for another strike, Zi Yan summoned the Ancient Void Dragon Skeleton, which answered with a primordial roar.

• Feng Qing'er used her bloodline to awaken the Ancestral Soul within the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Skeleton, suppressing everyone with its ancient aura.
• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul possessed Feng Qing'er, and she fired a devastating golden attack at Lin Ming’s group.
• Zi Yan stepped in and neutralized the attack with her Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Soul power.
• Qing Lin recognized Zi Yan’s bloodline, and Lin Ming realized that both ancient beasts had left powerful Ancestral Souls in their skeletons.
• Huang Xuan urged Feng Qing'er to attack Zi Yan before her Ancestral Soul stabilized, and Feng Qing'er began gathering power for another strike.
• Zi Yan raised her hand toward the Ancient Void Dragon Skeleton, which answered with a mighty primordial roar.

Zi Yan, empowered by the Primordial Void Dragon Ancestral Soul, defeated Feng Qing’er’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul and left her gravely injured. With their greatest trump card destroyed, Huang Xuan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan realized their assault had failed.

• Feng Qing’er summoned a massive golden Heavenly Phoenix and sent it crashing toward Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and the others on the altar.
• Zi Yan collapsed the space around the Golden Phoenix, trapping it, but Feng Qing’er used her Natal Blood Essence to strengthen it until it broke free.
• Zi Yan formed an Ancient Void Dragon Phantom, which overpowered and crushed the Golden Phoenix in their collision.
• Feng Qing’er suffered severe injuries as the Ancestral Soul vanished, leaving her weakened and horrified.
• Huang Xuan recognized that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had lost its greatest trump card and faced certain defeat.

After Zi Yan crushed Feng Qing'er’s Ancestral Soul, Huang Xuan ordered the injured coalition to retreat, but Zi Yan’s attack drove them back and they discovered the Beast Spirit Barrier exit had been sealed by a Soul Restriction. Lin Ming and the Five Elements Sect advanced on the trapped enemies, and Lin Ming challenged their attempt to leave.

• Feng Qing'er and the other attackers lost hope after Zi Yan destroyed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul, so Huang Xuan ordered everyone to retreat.
• Zi Yan sent a Spatial Rift after the fleeing group, and Huang Xuan’s desperate counterattack failed, leaving him gravely injured.
• Thunder Venerate, the clan leaders, Feng Qing'er, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members scrambled toward the Beast Spirit Barrier entrance.
• The White-haired Man and another Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member revealed that a concealed Soul Restriction had sealed the barrier and could not be broken quickly.
• Lin Ming led the Five Elements Sect toward the trapped enemies and asked whether he had agreed to let them leave.

Lin Ming revealed a Nine-Star Dou Venerate Ice Puppet and wiped out the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces and their allies. With the battlefield cleared and two clan leaders subdued by Qing Lin, the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit remained ready to be claimed.

• Zi Yan's Ancestral Soul power faded, and the enemy survivors briefly hoped they could escape.
• Lin Ming summoned Frost Puppet and Ice Puppet, whose Nine-Star Dou Venerate aura crushed the survivors' hopes of resisting.
• Ice Puppet froze Huang Xuan, Feng Qing'er, and the other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members, while Puppet One and Frost Puppet killed Thunder Venerate and the remaining attackers.
• Lin Ming gathered the corpses and belongings, and Qing Lin inscribed loyal Soul Contracts on the wounded Silver Moon Wolf and Earth Tiger Clan leaders before storing them with the Nine Profound Nether Python in her pupils.
• The Five Elements Sect members turned their attention to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit floating above the altar.

Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit by sealing it in a mark on her palm, and Lin Ming helped her bring the Ancient Void Dragon remains home. After storing both colossal remains in his Inner World, Lin Ming left the group ready to continue exploring the ruins.

• Lin Ming gave the weakened Zi Yan a pill and helped her recover before she sealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside a mark on her palm.
• Zi Yan explained that she would need the Dragon Clan elders and their Grand Formation to fully refine the fruit’s power.
• Lin Ming urged Zi Yan to return the Ancient Void Dragon remains to the Dragon Clan’s homeland, and the remains responded by floating into the air.
• Lin Ming transferred the Ancient Void Dragon remains into his Inner World with the senior’s apparent consent.
• Lin Ming suppressed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remains’ resistance and stored them separately in his Inner World.

Lin Ming led the Five Elements Sect group out of the Beast Spirit Barrier after warning its members to keep their discoveries secret and promising rewards for their loyalty. Back in the Ancient Forest, they hurried through the dangerous ruins, and Lin Ming led them toward the main hall’s central area in search of its core treasures.

• Lin Ming warned the Five Elements Sect members not to reveal what happened on the plain and promised them increased status and resources for their loyalty.
• Zi Yan opened a passage through the Beast Spirit Barrier, and Lin Ming’s group returned to the Ancient Forest as the barrier began to weaken.
• Lin Ming led the group away from the forest’s dangerous core, gathering medicinal materials, ores, and rare trees along the route.
• Lin Ming’s group passed the area where they had taken the Soul Infant Demonic Tree, returned through the ancient stone door, and found the surrounding corridor looted and wrecked.
• Lin Ming chose to head deeper into the main hall, believing its central area held the ruins’ true treasures, and Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, and the others followed.

Lin Ming and the Five Elements Sect followed treasure hunters to the ancient Pill Hall, hoping to find its best pills. After searching the looted lower floors and taking Lin Ming’s Detoxification Pills, they reached the third floor, where the dense poison gas posed a serious danger.

• Lin Ming’s group followed other treasure hunters after Zi Yan identified a strong medicinal fragrance leading to a core pill chamber.
• Lin Ming led the group into the Pill Hall, where they found treasure hunters fighting and looting the first floor, which had little of value left.
• Lin Ming guided everyone to the second floor and gave them Detoxification Pills to counter its poisonous gas.
• The group found poisoned corpses and mostly looted pill rooms on the second floor before Lin Ming led them onward.
• Lin Ming warned the group that the third floor’s dense poison could corrode Dou Qi and meridians, and told them to protect their vital points.