Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming returned to the Void Lightning Pool to temper his body and strengthen his two puppets. After ten days, the Frost Puppet reached Seven-Star Dou Venerate strength and the Ice Puppet reached Peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate, while Lin Ming continued cultivating at the edge of the Black Demon Lightning.

• Lin Ming traveled alone to the Void Lightning Pool and descended through its silver and colored lightning without being seriously harmed.
• Lin Ming stopped near the Black Demon Lightning region, where he believed the lightning could complete the third level of the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique.
• Lin Ming released the Frost Puppet and Ice Puppet and sent them into the Colored Lightning to temper them.
• Lin Ming cultivated amid the lightning for ten days as it refined his body and activated the remaining energy of Zhu Kun's dragon blood essence.
• The Frost Puppet transformed into dark gold and reached Seven-Star Dou Venerate strength.
• The Ice Puppet transformed into Ice Purple Gold and reached Peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate strength.

Lin Ming completed the third level of the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique by risking a strike from Black Demon Lightning and absorbing its power. With his body transformed and his puppets strengthened, he left the Void Lightning Pool and headed for Ancient Dragon Island.

• Lin Ming stored the Frost Puppet and Ice Puppet after their lightning tempering raised them to powerful levels.
• Lin Ming realized his body was close to completing the third level of the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique, but he did not want to wait another month.
• Lin Ming drew a thin strand of Black Demon Lightning toward himself, and it struck his chest and ravaged his body.
• Lin Ming used the technique, his soul power, Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, and the Power of Exotic Flame to refine the Black Demon Lightning and repair himself.
• Lin Ming broke through to great completion, gaining a body strong enough to face opponents below Half Sage and briefly clash with a newly entered Half Sage.
• Lin Ming left the Void Lightning Pool and headed toward Ancient Dragon Island.

After the Hun Clan’s secret plans were exposed, the Lei, Yan, Yao, and Shi clans moved toward an alliance while Gu Yuan set out to investigate the ruined Spirit Realm. Hun Tiandi learned that Hun Yan was suspected of leaking the information and turned his fury on Hun Miesheng.

• The Ancient Dragon Clan spread the Hun Clan’s secrets, and Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Realm locked down before going to inspect the Spirit Realm.
• Lei Ying put the Lei Realm on war readiness and ordered secret contacts with the Yan, Yao, and Shi clans.
• Yan Jin and Yao Dan each called for alliances, and the Shi Clan agreed to join talks after learning the other clans were doing the same.
• The four clans began exchanging messengers as a possible alliance against the Hun Clan took shape.
• Hun Tiandi confronted his gathered subordinates over the leak, and Hun Miesheng said Hun Yan was likely responsible after Soul Hall branches were destroyed.
• Hun Tiandi’s aura injured Hun Miesheng as he accused the gathered experts of failing to inform him.

After returning from Ancient Dragon Island, Lin Ming brought Qing Lin back to the Five Elements Sect and learned that the sect had remained stable in his absence. He briefed Xiao Yi Xian and Elder Yao on the Hun Clan’s ambitions, then set plans to build the sect’s strength and seek new opportunities before the coming conflict.

• Qing Lin told Lin Ming she had refined the Nine-headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul and reached the Eight-Star Dou Venerate level.
• Lin Ming instructed the ancient dragon clan to consolidate its strength quietly, then traveled with Qing Lin through the new Space Passage to the Five Elements Sect.
• Elder Shen and the sect disciples welcomed Lin Ming and Qing Lin, and Lin Ming ordered them not to publicize his return.
• Lin Ming reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Elder Yao, then explained the Soul Hall’s destruction and the Hun Clan’s ambitions.
• Lin Ming reviewed the sect’s resources and their allies’ progress, then ordered the sect to accumulate strength, prepare a fallback route, and seek opportunities in Ancient Ruins.

Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect, reviewed its progress, and learned that the Hun Clan’s plans had been exposed and the Soul Hall had suffered major losses. Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Lion Nether Sect was preparing to resume its expansion in the Northwest Continent, and Lin Ming resolved to stop it.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Elder Yao told Lin Ming that the Five Elements Sect’s resources and disciples were thriving, though it lacked enough powerful fighters.
• Elder Yao showed Lin Ming reports revealing the Hun Clan’s plan to target the Ancient Races and Dou Di Bloodline, and Lin Ming concealed that he had exposed it.
• Xiao Yi Xian connected Lin Ming to the destruction of the Soul Hall’s Human Hall and branch halls, and Lin Ming signaled that the sect should not investigate further.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Lion Nether Sect had resumed secretly gathering strength after a long pause.
• Lin Ming recognized the Lion Nether Sect’s ties to the Soul Hall and decided it would not be allowed to expand again.

After learning that the Lion Nether Sect planned to attack the Heavenly Snake Mansion, Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the Space Wormhole to the Northwest Continent. The Lion Nether Sect began its invasion as the three arrived, while Lin Ming also planned to help Xiao Yi Xian settle the Poison Sect’s future.

• Qing Lin grew anxious when Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Lion Nether Sect was expanding and might target the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Lin Ming decided to travel to the Northwest Continent with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian the next morning, after preparing for the journey.
• Elder Yao reminded Lin Ming that the Space Trading Fair would open in about two months, and Lin Ming said he would return in time to attend.
• Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian departed through the Five Elements Sect’s Space Wormhole, leaving Elder Yao to oversee the sect.
• During the journey, Lin Ming told Xiao Yi Xian to decide how to handle the Poison Sect when they returned.
• Shi Tian ordered the Lion Nether Sect’s army to march on the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and its troops set out toward their target.

The Lion Nether Sect’s siege overwhelmed Heavenly Snake Mansion, while its exhausted defenders argued over Qing Lin’s past and the sect’s dwindling resources. With the protective array destroyed, the invaders charged, and Xue Gang rallied the remaining defenders to meet them.

• She He urged the disciples to feed their Dou Qi into the Myriad Snake Spirit Wall as the Lion Nether Sect bombarded it.
• Several Heavenly Snake Mansion members blamed Qing Lin for leaving after the sect had invested heavily in her, but Xue Gang rebuked them for sowing division during the siege.
• The Myriad Snake Spirit Wall cracked under a concentrated barrage, and its collapse injured the disciples sustaining it.
• A bald Peak Dou Ancestor ordered the Lion Nether Sect army to kill Heavenly Snake Mansion’s defenders and plunder the territory.
• Xue Gang called the remaining elders, deacons, and disciples to form battle lines against the charging invaders.

As Lion Nether Sect overwhelmed Heavenly Snake Mansion, its two secluded ancestors, Profound Python Ancestor and Jade Snake Ancestor, emerged to defend the sect. They rejected Shi Tian’s demand for surrender, and the ancestors’ devastating attacks opened gaps in the invading army as the final battle began.

• Lion Nether Sect’s forces slaughtered Heavenly Snake Mansion’s defenders, and Xue Gang struggled against the bald Peak Dou Ancestor leading the assault.
• Profound Python Ancestor and Jade Snake Ancestor emerged from the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, lifting the defenders’ spirits with their Dou Venerate strength.
• Shi Tian offered to spare Heavenly Snake Mansion if its people surrendered, but Xue Gang and the disciples refused and vowed to fight to the death.
• Shi Tian ordered Lion Nether Sect to kill everyone and flatten Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Profound Python Ancestor unleashed a giant black python while Jade Snake Ancestor sent a rain of ice cones into the attackers, carving gaps in Lion Nether Sect’s advance.

Profound Python Ancestor and Jade Snake Ancestor fought overwhelming groups of enemies to protect the Heavenly Snake Mansion disciples. Jade Snake Ancestor unleashed her ultimate technique to briefly suppress three Hall of Souls Venerates, but her strength and vitality rapidly waned.

• Shi Tian and two Lion Nether Sect elders attacked Profound Python Ancestor, who used Myriad Python Heaven Devouring Art to meet their assault.
• Shi Tian fired Lion King Heaven Splitting Wave, and Profound Python Ancestor blocked it with Profound Python Mountain Coiling Shield before countering the elders' attacks.
• The three Hall of Souls Venerates used Soul Chains and soul attacks against Jade Snake Ancestor, who slowed them with her Extreme Ice Domain but was injured by their strikes.
• Jade Snake Ancestor sacrificed Essence Blood to unleash Ice Snake Descends Upon the World, briefly forcing the Hall of Souls Venerates back.
• As her Ice Snake battled the Venerates, Jade Snake Ancestor's vitality faded, and she feared she would die defending the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived through a Spatial Rift just as Heavenly Snake Mansion’s ancestors and disciples faced defeat. Seeing the sect’s devastation, Qing Lin confronted the Lion Nether Sect and Hall of Souls with furious intent and unleashed her Eight-Star Dou Venerate pressure.

• The Profound Python Ancestor was badly wounded by Shi Tian, while the Jade Snake Ancestor was nearly struck by a Hall of Souls Venerate’s Ghostly Soul Fire.
• A Spatial Rift opened above Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged with overwhelming auras that halted the battlefield.
• Qing Lin saw the ruined grounds, fallen disciples, and wounded ancestors, while hearing lingering accusations that she had betrayed the sect.
• Qing Lin turned on Shi Tian and the Hall of Souls Venerates, declared that intruders would die, and released her Eight-Star Dou Venerate pressure against them.

Qing Lin unleashed the Nine Serpent Devouring Heaven Ring against Shi Tian, the Lion Nether Sect's leader, while he begged the hidden Fourth Heavenly Venerate to save him. Shi Tian severed his own legs to escape the ring, but Qing Lin's attack caught up and trapped him again.

• Qing Lin revealed her Eight-Star Dou Venerate strength and resolved to kill Shi Tian for destroying her sect and killing her fellow disciples.
• Qing Lin summoned the Nine-Headed Ancient Heavenly Snake's soul and formed the Nine Serpent Devouring Heaven Ring, which pursued and devoured Shi Tian's attacks.
• A blood-filled chasm opened beneath the battlefield as Shi Tian called again for the Fourth Heavenly Venerate to intervene.
• Qing Lin used the serpent's soul impact to distract Shi Tian, allowing the ring to seize his legs and begin tearing them apart.
• Shi Tian severed both legs to break free, but Qing Lin accelerated the ring and trapped him again.

Qing Lin devoured Shi Tian with the Nine Serpent Devouring Heaven Ring, choosing to kill him before defending herself from a blood dragon attack. Lin Ming emerged and destroyed the blood dragon with colored lightning, leaving Qing Lin unharmed and the Heavenly Snake Mansion relieved.

• Qing Lin used the Nine Serpent Devouring Heaven Ring to swallow Shi Tian and his severed limbs, ending his screams.
• A blood dragon launched from the abyss and charged at Qing Lin while she focused on killing Shi Tian.
• Lin Ming's colored lightning formed a light wheel that purified and detonated the blood dragon before it could reach Qing Lin.
• Lin Ming and Qing Lin emerged unharmed from the fading energy storm, and Lin Ming rebuked the Hall of Souls for hiding and using underhanded tricks.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion cheered as the Profound Python Ancestor and the Jade Snake Ancestor realized Qing Lin had survived.

Blood River Heavenly Venerate emerged from the abyss and revealed himself as the Hall of Souls’ Fourth Heavenly Venerate, a near-Half Sage who had secretly backed the Lion Nether Sect. He dismissed Shi Tian’s death and destroyed his corpse, leaving Lin Ming and the others facing the sect’s most powerful enemy.

• A blood sea rose from the abyss, and Blood River Venerate emerged to confront Lin Ming and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified him as the infamous Blood River Venerate and explained his deadly Blood Transformation Great Method and suspected ties to the Soul Hall.
• Blood River Venerate declared that he was now the Hall of Souls’ Fourth Heavenly Venerate, while Lin Ming sensed that he had reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Lin Ming taunted Blood River Heavenly Venerate about the Soul Hall’s recent destruction and threw Shi Tian’s corpse toward him.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate blasted Shi Tian’s corpse into blood and bone fragments, then called him trash.

Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He unleashed his Blood Transformation Great Method, slaughtering fighters from both sides and killing the Lion Nether Sect’s two Dou Venerate elders. As Heavenly Snake Mansion forces retreated behind their Coiled Serpent Formation, Qing Lin, Lin Ming, and Xiao Yi Xian remained to face Xue He.

• Qing Lin condemned Xue He’s contempt for life, and he declared that he would use the battlefield’s blood and souls to take his final step.
• Xue He’s blood-colored aura triggered the blood within nearby fighters, causing people from both sides to explode and feed his sea of blood.
• Xue He killed the two remaining Lion Nether Sect Dou Venerate elders with a gesture, terrifying the surviving sect experts into silence.
• The Profound Python Ancestor ordered Heavenly Snake Mansion’s forces to retreat, and Elder Lei Gang led them behind the inner manor’s Coiled Serpent Formation.
• The Jade Snake Ancestor and Profound Python Ancestor placed their hopes in Qing Lin, Lin Ming, and Xiao Yi Xian as Xue He turned his attention toward them.

Xue He, the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, attacked Lin Ming and his companions with the Blood Transformation Great Method, which disrupted Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian but could not affect Lin Ming. After Lin Ming suppressed the technique’s effects on the two women and sent them away, Xue He was left bewildered by Lin Ming’s resistance.

• Xue He crushed two Lion Nether Sect Dou Venerate elders into blood mist and explained that his Blood Transformation Great Method could control the blood of living beings.
• Xue He attacked Lin Ming, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian with a blood-controlling force that bypassed Lin Ming’s Dark Purple Flame defense.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin struggled to suppress the disturbance in their blood, while Lin Ming resisted it through his powerful body and Soul Power.
• Lin Ming used his Soul Power to calm the women’s blood and told them to retreat from the battlefield.
• Lin Ming taunted Xue He after the Blood Transformation Great Method failed to affect him, leaving Xue He shocked and unable to explain his resistance.

Lin Ming overwhelmed the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, Xue He, in a direct exchange of attacks, resisting his blood-forged punch with lightning defenses and injuring him with a flame-and-lightning counterblow. Xue He then unleashed the Great Blood Devouring Technique, draining nearby lives and the sea of blood to strengthen himself.

• Lin Ming vanished with his strange movement technique, but Xue He detected his position through the flow of blood and struck at him with Blood Shackles.
• Lin Ming stepped into Xue He's attack and exchanged punches, deflecting most of the blow with a colorful lightning net while his own fist injured Xue He.
• Lin Ming taunted Xue He after the exchange, and Xue realized that his attacks could barely harm Lin Ming while Lin Ming's counterattacks were devastating.
• Xue He activated the Great Blood Devouring Technique, causing nearby beings below the Dou Venerate level to burst into blood that was drawn into his body.
• The sea of blood surged into towering waves and poured into Xue He as he gathered power.

Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He used the Great Blood Devouring Technique to consume the blood of the gathered experts, raising his strength to Peak Third-Revolution Dou Venerate. Lin Ming faced his increased power without fear as Xue He prepared to attack, despite the technique’s devastating backlash.

• Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He absorbed blood from the surrounding experts and the sea below, causing his aura to surge.
• Lin Ming judged that Xue He’s power had risen from Peak First-Revolution to Peak Third-Revolution Dou Venerate, though he had not reached Half Sage.
• The narration explained that cultivators had to refine and compress their Dou Qi through nine dangerous cycles to cross from Peak Dou Venerate into Sainthood.
• Xue He suffered the Great Blood Devouring Technique’s severe backlash, which would leave him near death for a month, but used it because Lin Ming threatened to defeat him.
• Xue He roared and vowed to take Lin Ming’s blood and soul as he challenged him to face a Peak Third-Revolution Dou Venerate’s power.

Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He unleashed his blood-powered Blood Fiend Heavenly Demon Palm against Lin Ming, who answered with the Five Wheel Fire Disk formed from five Heavenly Flames. Their attacks collided in a cataclysmic clash, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He gathered blood mist into vast Blood Clouds and prepared his attack against Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming summoned the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Lin Ming transformed the five Heavenly Flames into spirits and combined them into a spinning Five Wheel Fire Disk.
• Xue He sacrificed his natal blood essence to form a colossal Blood Fiend Heavenly Demon Palm and hurled it toward Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming sent the Five Wheel Fire Disk crashing into Xue He's blood palm, and their opposing energies erupted in a devastating collision.

Lin Ming used the clash between his Five-Colored Wheel and Fourth Heavenly Venerate’s blood sea to conceal a surprise attack. His Great Heaven Creation Palm shattered Fourth Heavenly Venerate’s Blood Demon Kasaya and struck his body.

• Fourth Heavenly Venerate decided to retreat and wait for another opening as his blood sea clashed with Lin Ming’s Five-Colored Wheel.
• Lin Ming silently crossed the energy storm and appeared behind Fourth Heavenly Venerate.
• Lin Ming struck with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and Fourth Heavenly Venerate desperately formed the Blood Demon Kasaya from his Natal Blood Essence.
• Lin Ming’s palm shattered the Blood Demon Kasaya and drove its remaining force into Fourth Heavenly Venerate’s body.

Lin Ming pursued the wounded Four Heavenly Venerate and killed him with the Creation Fist, which fused flame, lightning, and creation power. The Four Heavenly Venerate’s body and Soul Imprint were erased, ending the battle.

• The Great Heaven Creation Palm badly injured the Four Heavenly Venerate and sent him flying helplessly through the void.
• Lin Ming unfurled his transformed Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Bone Wings and caught up with the Four Heavenly Venerate.
• Lin Ming gathered flame, lightning, and creation power into his fist and unleashed the Creation Fist.
• The Creation Fist struck the Four Heavenly Venerate, whose body and Soul Imprint were consumed and erased.