Chapter Summaries

After absorbing Zhu Kun's Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, Lin Ming left the Ancient Emperor Space with new power and protections. In the Magma Sea, he tested his strength against a Half Sage Flame Lizardman, survived its attack, and escaped toward the surface.

• Lin Ming absorbed a drop of Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, gained control of Zhu Kun's Reverse Scale and three remaining drops, and said farewell to Zhu Kun and Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming emerged into the Magma Sea and deliberately released his aura as he headed for the surface.
• A Half Sage Flame Lizardman attacked Lin Ming, and Lin Ming met its claw with his Respected Dragon Fist.
• The Flame Lizardman's strike injured Lin Ming and sent him flying, but his dragon-enhanced body endured the blow without serious damage.
• Lin Ming used Space Power to evade the Flame Lizardman's second attack, concealed his aura, and continued toward the upper Magma Sea.

Soul Hall besieged the Five Elements Sect to seize the Dou Saint remains and punish Lin Ming, who was absent. Elder Yao and the sect’s defenders refused to surrender, and both sides prepared for a battle that would decide the sect’s survival.

• Soul Hall assembled a force led by the Half-Saint Third Heavenly Venerate and demanded the Dou Saint remains and Lin Ming in exchange for sparing the Five Elements Sect.
• Elder Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, Mo Ying, Ming Yu, and allied Magical Beasts confronted Soul Hall outside the Sect Protecting Array.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate threatened to annihilate the sect if it refused to comply.
• Elder Yao rejected the demand, and the defenders and disciples swore to fight as Soul Hall’s assault loomed.

Soul Hall overwhelmed the Five Elements Sect after the Third Heavenly Venerate shattered its protective array, leaving the sect on the brink of destruction. As Old Ghost Xing mocked Lin Ming for staying away, he launched a killing blow at the badly wounded Xiong Zhan.

• The Third Heavenly Venerate broke the Five Elements Sect's protective formation, and Elder Yao rose to fight him while Soul Hall's other fighters attacked the sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought Mo Yu, Qing Lin and her Magical Beasts faced Qiu Di, and the other Five Elements Sect elders and disciples struggled against Soul Hall's forces.
• Soul Hall's superior numbers inflicted heavy casualties, and Old Ghost Xing struck Xiong Zhan down into a crater.
• Old Ghost Xing taunted the sect for Lin Ming's absence and blamed him for abandoning its defenders.
• Old Ghost Xing fired a black energy blade at the helpless Xiong Zhan as Qing Lin, Mo Ying, and the others cried out but could not intervene.

Elder Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived at the Five Elements Sect during Soul Hall’s attack, and Zhu Li’s golden power saved Xiong Zhan from Old Ghost Xing’s killing blow. After seeing the sect on the verge of destruction, Zhu Li chose to intervene despite his anger at Lin Ming and demanded an explanation from Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate.

• Old Ghost Xing launched a space-tearing attack at the helpless Xiong Zhan, but a golden light erased it before it could strike.
• Elder Zhu Li and Hei Qing emerged from the void, and their arrival halted the battlefield under their overwhelming presence.
• Zhu Li surveyed the devastation and realized that the Five Elements Sect faced imminent defeat.
• Zhu Li decided to protect the sect because Zi Yan might care about its people and return to find them dead.
• Zhu Li addressed Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate and challenged Soul Hall for mobilizing such forces against a newly established sect.

Zhu Li and Hei Qing drove Soul Hall’s forces from the devastated Five Elements Sect, then learned that Lin Ming and Zi Yan had disappeared. Zhu Li stayed with the sect as it began rebuilding, while their whereabouts remained unknown.

• Zhu Li revealed his High-Tier Half Sage strength and ordered Third Heavenly Venerate of Soul Hall to retreat or die.
• Third Heavenly Venerate of Soul Hall withdrew his forces rather than risk their destruction.
• Hei Qing demanded to know where Lin Ming and Zi Yan were, and Elder Yao explained they had left the Flower Sect together and had not returned.
• Xiao Yi Xian insisted that Lin Ming would never harm Zi Yan, easing Hei Qing’s anger but not Zhu Li’s concern over the obscured Dragon Seal.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing accepted Elder Yao’s invitation to stay at the Five Elements Sect while it treated the wounded and began repairs.
• Ten days later, the sect had cleared rubble, started repairing halls and its protective array, and gradually restored order.

Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect and mistook its battle-scarred state for damage caused by Zhu Li and Hei Qing. He unleashed the Dragon Emperor's Inverse Scale, forcing both Ancient Void Dragons to their knees as Zhu Li recognized its imperial power.

• Zhu Li sensed Lin Ming through the Elder Dragon Seal and learned that he was hurrying back to the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming feared East Dragon Island had attacked the Five Elements Sect and rushed across the Middle Continent at great cost to his Dou Qi.
• Lin Ming reached the sect, sensed the devastation from a recent battle, and blamed Zhu Li and Hei Qing for it.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing intercepted Lin Ming before he could reach the main hall, but he accused them of attacking his sect before they could question him.
• Lin Ming revealed the Dragon Emperor's Inverse Scale and Dragon Emperor's Seal, whose pressure crushed Zhu Li and Hei Qing to their knees.
• Zhu Li recognized the Inverse Scale and Dragon Emperor's Might and wondered how Zi Yan could have made them possible.

Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect and mistakenly suppressed Elder Zhu Li and Hei Qing with Dragon Emperor Pressure before learning they had saved the sect. After apologizing, he brought Zhu Li into a sealed secret room to explain the urgent mysteries of Zi Yan and his Dragon Emperor power.

• Elder Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin rushed to Lin Ming and told him Zhu Li and Hei Qing had saved the Five Elements Sect from Soul Hall.
• Lin Ming realized his mistake, withdrew the Dragon Emperor Pressure, and solemnly apologized to Zhu Li and Hei Qing.
• Zhu Li urgently asked Lin Ming where Zi Yan was and how he had gained the Reverse Scale and Dragon Emperor Pressure.
• Lin Ming led Zhu Li and Hei Qing to his secret room, then sealed it against outside observation.
• Zhu Li sent Hei Qing to guard outside so Lin Ming could explain the matter to him alone.

Lin Ming told Zhu Li that he and Zi Yan had found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Ancient Ruins and defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with the aid of an ancestral Dragon Soul. Zhu Li rejoiced at the news and pressed Lin Ming to explain what happened to Zi Yan and the fruit.

• Lin Ming revealed that he and Zi Yan had discovered the legendary Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Ancient Ruins, and Zhu Li reacted with shock.
• Lin Ming described the fruit's dragon-and-phoenix form, convincing Zhu Li that his account was true.
• Lin Ming said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked to seize the fruit and awakened a Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul.
• Lin Ming recounted how Zi Yan activated an Ancient Void Dragon Remnant Soul, which defeated the Phoenix Soul and helped them kill the invading enemies.
• Lin Ming said Zi Yan collected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zhu Li celebrated before asking what happened afterward.

Lin Ming explained to Zhu Li how a mysterious voice warned Zi Yan to hide the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then described their abduction through a spatial fissure to a dark realm. He revealed that the figure waiting there was the supposedly dead Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, Zi Yan’s biological father, leaving Zhu Li stunned and demanding the rest of the story.

• Lin Ming told Zhu Li that an unknown voice warned Zi Yan not to reveal the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit or return to Ancient Dragon Island, so they concealed it from Hei Qing and delayed their return.
• Lin Ming recounted how a spatial fissure seized him and Zi Yan as they traveled toward East Dragon Island and dragged them unconscious through a deadly passage.
• Lin Ming said that he and Zi Yan awoke in a boundless, dark, silent space and found a middle-aged man in purple-gold dragon robes there.
• Lin Ming revealed that the man identified himself as Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, Zi Yan’s biological father, whom the clan had believed dead for thousands of years.
• Zhu Li shattered his stone stool as he sprang up in shock, then recovered enough to demand that Lin Ming tell him every detail.

Lin Ming told Zhu Li that Zhu Kun had reunited with Zi Yan, protected her while she refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and planned to break through to Dou Di within a hundred years. He explained that Zhu Kun had empowered him and tasked him with uniting the Ancient Dragon Clan, leaving Zhu Li overwhelmed by the revelations.

• Lin Ming said Zhu Kun had revealed himself as Zi Yan's father and allowed Lin Ming to call him Uncle.
• Lin Ming explained that Zhu Kun personally protected Zi Yan as she began refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, making the dangerous process safe but lengthy.
• Lin Ming claimed Zhu Kun had spent thousands of years seeking a way to elevate dragon bloodlines and expected to reach the Dou Di Realm within a hundred years.
• Zhu Li was stunned by the prospect of Zhu Kun attaining Dou Di, while Lin Ming said he had reacted with similar disbelief.
• Lin Ming recounted how Zhu Kun used Dragon Emperor Essence Blood to raise him from Four-Star Dou Venerate to peak Eight-Star Dou Venerate and gave him a Reverse Scale.
• Lin Ming said Zhu Kun had tasked him with uniting the four islands of the Ancient Dragon Clan, and explained that the Reverse Scale's Dragon Emperor Pressure had suppressed Zhu Li and Hei Qing.

Zhu Li learned Lin Ming’s secrets and ordered Hei Qing to stop asking about Zi Yan, who was safe in seclusion. Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect to handle its affairs, where Xiao Yi Xian presented him with a scroll.

• Zhu Li emerged from the secret room and told Hei Qing that Zi Yan was safe but forbade him from asking for details.
• Hei Qing protested that Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline concerned the clan, but Zhu Li ordered him to forget the matter.
• Lin Ming declined to discuss Zi Yan further and left with Zhu Li and Hei Qing to return to the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming entered the repaired main hall, where Xiao Yi Xian, Elder Yao, and Qing Lin were waiting for him.
• Xiao Yi Xian approached Lin Ming and presented him with a scroll, her voice carrying restrained hatred.

Lin Ming reviewed intelligence on Soul Hall’s strongholds and promised to avenge the Five Elements Sect’s dead while supporting survivors and their families. After the other core members left, Xiao Yi Xian told him the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony would take place in roughly two and a half months, leaving him to consider the short timeline.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lin Ming a detailed map of confirmed and suspected Soul Hall strongholds, defenses, and routes across the Middle Continent.
• Lin Ming vowed that Soul Hall would repay its blood debts and accepted responsibility for being absent during the attack on the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming ordered doubled compensation for the fallen’s families, permanent recognition on the Monument of Heroic Souls, and rewards for surviving sect members.
• Lin Ming dismissed most of the core members, then asked Xiao Yi Xian for news about the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported that the ceremony would be held in the Ancient Realm in roughly two and a half months, with the Ancient Eight Clans and other Top Factions expected to attend.

Lin Ming learned that the Hun Clan would attack the Ling Clan during the Heaven Tomb’s opening, leaving the Soul Hall vulnerable, and planned to exploit the opportunity for revenge. He set out with Zhu Li, Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, and Hei Qing to unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and prepare for the attack.

• Lin Ming concluded that the Hun Clan’s assault on the Ling Clan would leave the Soul Hall’s Branch Halls and Main Halls with weakened defenses, making it the ideal time to strike.
• Lin Ming decided he needed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s strength and proposed leaving immediately for East Dragon Island to begin unifying the clan with the Dragon Emperor’s Inverse Scale.
• Lin Ming invited Qing Lin to come so she could use the Dragon Qi at Ancient Dragon Island to weaken and refine the Nine-Headed Ancient Heavenly Snake’s soul within her.
• Lin Ming also invited Xiong Zhan, and Zhu Li agreed to take both companions to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Elder Yao urged Lin Ming to stay safe as he departed with Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, Zhu Li, and Hei Qing for East Dragon Island.

Lin Ming and his companions traveled through the dangerous void under Elder Zhu Li’s guidance and arrived at East Dragon Island. Lin Ming returned as the Dragon Emperor’s spokesman, carrying the Reverse Scale token and intending to reunify the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Elder Zhu Li opened a stable passage through the void and led Lin Ming and the others toward East Dragon Island.
• The group reached East Dragon Island, where Elder Zhu Li opened its spatial barrier for them to pass through.
• Lin Ming reflected on how his strength and purpose had changed since he first visited the island three years earlier.
• Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, and Hei Qing reacted to the Dragon Might and rich energy of their clan land.
• Lin Ming looked toward the island’s grand palace complex with a firm gaze.

Lin Ming and Elder Zhu Li went to the main hall to seek support for unifying the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Zhu Li awakened Great Elder Qing Shan and Second Elder Qing Mu, whose arrival left the fate of Lin Ming’s proposal unresolved.

• Zhu Li led Lin Ming, Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, and Hei Qing through East Dragon Island to the main hall.
• Zhu Li explained that the clan’s reunification required the Dragon Emperor’s token and the support of Great Elder Qing Shan and Second Elder Qing Mu.
• Lin Ming agreed that the two elders should be consulted, and Zhu Li used a bloodline ritual at the altar to awaken them.
• The elders’ immense auras spread across East Dragon Island, and Qing Shan and Qing Mu emerged from their cave mansions.
• Qing Shan and Qing Mu scrutinized Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiong Zhan as outsiders, making the hall’s atmosphere tense.

Zhu Li told the East Dragon Island elders that Zhu Kun was alive, Zi Yan was refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit under his protection, and Lin Ming carried the Dragon Emperor's Inverse Scale. The elders demanded proof, and Lin Ming stepped forward to show them.

• The Great Elder and Second Elder questioned Zhu Li about why he had awakened them, and Zhu Li said the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had a chance to reunite.
• Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan was safely cultivating the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and that Lin Ming had met the missing Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Li claimed Zhu Kun was trapped but expected to escape within a hundred years, and that he had given Lin Ming his inverse scale.
• The two elders reacted with shock and demanded to know whether Lin Ming truly possessed the Dragon Emperor's Inverse Scale.
• Lin Ming affirmed Zhu Li's account and said he would provide proof, asking the elders to forgive any offense.

Lin Ming revealed the Dragon Emperor’s Inverse Scale and unleashed its overwhelming bloodline authority across East Dragon Island. The Great Elder and Second Elder accepted him as the Dragon Emperor’s representative, formally placing the island behind his effort to reunite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Lin Ming manifested the Dragon Emperor’s Inverse Scale, summoning a colossal dragon phantom and unleashing its pressure over East Dragon Island.
• The island’s dragon clan members fell to their knees, while Elder Zhu Li bowed and Hei Qing struggled before submitting.
• Lin Ming restrained the pressure and asked the Great Elder and Second Elder whether they believed the Dragon Emperor would return and Zi Yan would inherit the throne.
• The Great Elder and Second Elder bowed to Lin Ming and declared that East Dragon Island would obey the Dragon Emperor’s token.

After East Dragon Island accepted Lin Ming’s authority, he revealed a plan to unify the Ancient Dragon clan without a costly war. He proposed luring the Three Great Dragon Kings to East Dragon Island and using a Dragon Emperor Avatar to subdue them all at once.

• The Great Elder pledged East Dragon Island’s loyalty to Lin Ming and asked how he would confront the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Lin Ming said the kings would not submit through persuasion alone and argued that strength would be needed to make them obey.
• Lin Ming revealed two drops of Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, explaining that one could create an hour-long avatar rivaling a Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming insisted they preserve one drop for emergencies and use the other only once against all three kings.
• Lin Ming proposed inviting the Three Great Dragon Kings to East Dragon Island and suppressing them together with the Dragon Emperor Avatar.

Lin Ming devised a plan to lure the Three Great Dragon Kings to East Dragon Island by claiming Zi Yan was trapped and promising that whoever rescued her could rule the island. The elders accepted the scheme and set out to deliver the message, while Lin Ming prepared Dragon Emperor Essence Blood for the coming confrontation.

• Zhu Li and the other elders questioned how East Dragon Island could persuade the suspicious Three Great Dragon Kings to enter a trap.
• Lin Ming proposed claiming that Zi Yan had been trapped after an accident while refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then offering East Dragon Island to whichever king rescued her.
• The Great Elder, Second Elder, and Zhu Li approved the plan and agreed to deliver the urgent plea to the three rival islands within a month.
• The Second Elder departed for North Dragon Island, Zhu Li for West Dragon Island, and the Great Elder for South Dragon Island.
• Lin Ming remained in the hall with Qing Lin, Xiong Zhan, and Hei Qing as he prepared the Dragon Emperor Essence Blood for the coming battle.

Lin Ming sent Qing Lin and Xiong Zhan to cultivate with Hei Qing, then began refining the three inscribed ribs from the complete Dou Saint Remains to unlock the Creation Saint’s Heaven Tier inheritance. By dusk, the ribs had turned dark gold and their characters began moving, showing that the seal was finally responding.

• Lin Ming asked Hei Qing to take Qing Lin to the Dragon Tomb and find Xiong Zhan a suitable place to cultivate.
• After the others left, Lin Ming brought the complete Dou Saint Remains out of his Storage Ring and identified three inscribed ribs holding the Creation Saint’s inheritance.
• Lin Ming carefully removed the three ribs and stored the rest of the skeleton.
• Lin Ming used the New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame to temper the ribs for nearly three hours.
• At dusk, the ribs turned dark gold, their characters began to move, and the bones showed signs of softening.