Chapter Summaries

A Heaven Demon Phoenix elder sacrificed himself to awaken an ancient ancestor’s corpse in the Demon Transformation Grounds. The thirty-thousand-zhang Ancient Heavenly Phoenix appeared with the aura of an early-stage Eight-Star Dou Saint, leaving Lin Ming wary as he recognized it had no life and could only attack physically.

• A terrifying aura spread from the Demon Transformation Grounds, drawing the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s attention and rekindling their hope.
• A thirty-thousand-zhang giant bird rose into the sky, its presence overwhelming the Demon Phoenix Realm.
• Huang Tian knelt before the bird and recognized it as a true Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor.
• Lin Ming sensed that the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix was a long-dead corpse, awakened by the sacrificed elder’s remaining Essence Blood and Soul Power.
• Lin Ming judged that the corpse could only make primitive physical attacks, but its Eight-Star Dou Saint aura made him wary of its immense strength.

Lin Ming activated the Heaven Refining Great Array he had secretly set up throughout the Demon Phoenix Realm, trapping the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and its Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestor. He sent the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to control the Earth Array while he entered the Heaven Array, preparing to confront the clan and its ancestor.

• Lin Ming taunted the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, declaring that its long-dead body could not keep him trapped.
• Lin Ming activated the Heaven Refining Great Array, revealing enormous formations in the sky and beneath the Demon Phoenix Realm.
• Lin Ming explained that he had secretly used World Power to set up the array when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame first entered the realm.
• Lin Ming ordered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to control the Earth Array and refine the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame entered the Earth Array and activated it, suppressing the clan members as Lin Ming entered the Heaven Array.

Lin Ming activated the Heaven Refining Great Array to trap and refine the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, but even after strengthening both pillars with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s source and his Five Elements Power, he could barely harm it. The phoenix remained imprisoned but the battle ended in a stalemate.

• Lin Ming activated the Heaven Refining Great Array, and its Heaven and Earth fire pillars struck and bound the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix began breaking its flame chains and struggling toward the edge of the pillars.
• Lin Ming ordered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to pour its source into the Earth Array, strengthening the pink fire pillar and slowing the phoenix’s escape.
• Lin Ming poured his Five Elements Power into the Heaven Array, creating a stronger five-colored pillar that stopped the phoenix from moving.
• Lin Ming found that the array’s flames and chains could barely damage the imprisoned Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, leaving the two sides in a stalemate.

Lin Ming revealed his Emperor Realm Soul and used Yellow Springs Heaven Rage to destroy the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s remnant soul and devastate the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. With the corpse no longer resisting, Lin Ming’s formation rapidly began refining it.

• Lin Ming recognized that his Heaven Refining Great Array could trap the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix but could not fully refine it without greater personal strength.
• Lin Ming manifested his Soul Body, and Huang Tian identified it as an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Lin Ming’s Soul Body entered the Heaven Array and unleashed Yellow Springs Heaven Rage, shattering the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s remnant soul and killing more than ninety percent of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members.
• Huang Tian and the surviving powerful clan members were gravely injured by the lingering force of the soul attack.
• With the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s corpse no longer resisting, Lin Ming’s fire pillars and Five Elements Divine Pillar rapidly burned and refined it.

Lin Ming completed the refinement that wiped out the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and sealed the resulting energy for later use. After looting the clan’s Storage Rings and treasury, he left the desolate Demon Phoenix Realm.

• The Heaven Refining Great Array refined the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, Huang Tian, and every other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member over half a month.
• Lin Ming sealed the colorful energy orb formed from the clan’s remains and stored it in his Inner World.
• Lin Ming gathered several thousand Storage Rings from the ruins and added them to his Inner World.
• Lin Ming broke through the treasury’s Restrictions and formations, then emptied its treasures into his Inner World.
• Lin Ming dismissed the Heaven Refining Great Array, recalled the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and vanished from the silent Demon Phoenix Realm.

After half a year in seclusion, Lin Ming emerged as an early Seven-Star Dou Saint while the Middle Continent reeled over the mysterious annihilation of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The chapter left him stepping out of the Five Elements Sect’s cultivation room as rumors and suspicions about the clan’s destruction spread.

• News that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had vanished spread across the Middle Continent, and investigators found its Demon Phoenix Realm ruined and devoid of life.
• People linked the clan’s disappearance to the Ling Clan’s earlier vanishing and speculated that the Hun Clan, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, or an enemy of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix was responsible.
• Lin Ming opened his eyes after six months of cultivation in the Five Elements Sect and revealed that he had reached early Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming recalled refining the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Essence Blood three months earlier to break through from peak Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming decided to leave seclusion and stepped through the automatically opening stone door into the sunlight.

Lin Ming sensed that Zi Yan was about to emerge from seclusion and hurried to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun reacted with shock to Lin Ming’s rapid rise in cultivation. Zi Yan’s cocoon shattered, revealing her rebirth as the first Dragon Phoenix in the world since ancient times.

• Lin Ming spent time with Elder Yao, whose cultivation had reached the peak of Half Sage, before the Dragon Seal mark on his hand began to heat up.
• Lin Ming realized Zi Yan was about to emerge from seclusion and rushed to Jia Nan Academy’s Magma World.
• Zhu Kun saw Lin Ming and was astonished that he had reached Early Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint and Emperor Realm Soul in just five years.
• Zi Yan’s purple-gold cocoon shattered, and she emerged as a Dragon Phoenix with an Ancient Void Dragon body and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix wings.

Lin Ming reunited with Zi Yan after she awakened as an early Six-Star Dou Saint, and told her and Zhu Kun about his recent battles and rise to early Seven-Star Dou Saint. After three days together, Lin Ming took Zi Yan from the cave mansion so she could lead the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, promising Zhu Kun he would eventually free him.

• Zi Yan transformed from her Dragon Phoenix form, reunited with Lin Ming, and declared she would protect him before discovering he had reached early Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming gave Zi Yan medicinal pills and recounted his adventures, including defeating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Zi Yan angrily condemned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for attacking Lin Ming, while Zhu Kun reflected on the clan's destruction.
• Zi Yan spent three days with Zhu Kun, sharing stories before he urged her to leave and take up her responsibilities as Dragon Emperor.
• Lin Ming led Zi Yan through the barrier toward the Sea of Magma and promised Zhu Kun he would free him once he gathered all the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Lin Ming accompanied Zi Yan to Dragon Island so she could assume her role as Dragon Emperor, while he arranged for her return to establish her authority. Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Pressure compelled the clan and its rival leaders to kneel before her.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan arrived at the reunited Dragon Island, and Lin Ming reminded her that ruling the clan was her responsibility as Dragon Emperor.
• Lin Ming secretly alerted Qing Shan, Qing Mu, and Zhu Li to welcome Zi Yan, while he concealed his aura and followed behind her.
• Qing Shan, Qing Mu, Zhu Li, and the former East Dragon Island members knelt to welcome Zi Yan, prompting the rest of the clan to join them.
• Zhu You and Zhu Jin knelt before Zi Yan after sensing her Dragon Emperor Pressure, and Zhu Xu eventually knelt as well.

Zi Yan punished the former Three Great Dragon Kings and rewarded loyal members of East Dragon Island, consolidating her rule over the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. With the clan united beneath her command, she received Lin Ming’s approving nod.

• Zi Yan invoked the clan’s laws and used the Dragon-Slaying Sword to sentence Zhu Xu, Zhu You, and Zhu Jin to the ultimate punishment for splitting the dragon race.
• Zi Yan spared the three from death because they had returned to the rightful line and aided Lin Ming, sentencing them instead to one hundred lashes and one hundred years in the Dragon Prison.
• Zi Yan appointed Qing Shan Great Elder, Qing Mu Second Elder, Zhu Li Third Elder, and Hei Qing chief commander of the clan’s guards.
• Zi Yan’s rewards and punishments united the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under her command, and Lin Ming gave her an approving nod.

Lin Ming brought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to the depths of the Void Lightning Pool and urged him to devour its Black Demon Lightning. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame within his body to refine a bolt and gained a small increase in strength.

• Lin Ming crossed the Void Lightning Pool unharmed, protected by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Chaos Lightning within his Inner World.
• Lin Ming reached the depths of the pool and found a vast ocean of Black Demon Lightning.
• Lin Ming summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and told him to devour the Black Demon Lightning.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame realized he could use the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame within his body to absorb the lightning.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame swallowed and refined one bolt of Black Demon Lightning, gaining a sliver of strength.

Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame devoured Black Demon Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool for a month, using its purified energy to strengthen themselves. They emerged from cultivation much stronger, while the lightning pool’s reserves had dwindled to less than half.

• After refining one bolt of Black Demon Lightning, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sensed his strength improve and thanked Lin Ming.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame swallowed and refined clusters of Black Demon Lightning, then began devouring them in large numbers with his pink ring of fire.
• Lin Ming cultivated with the purified energy the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent him, circulating it through the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame continued devouring Black Demon Lightning in the depths of the Void Lightning Pool while Lin Ming cultivated undisturbed for a month.
• After a month, Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame stopped cultivating, and Lin Ming stood with renewed strength and black lightning flickering in his eyes.

After a month of absorbing Black Demon Lightning, Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame reached the limits of its benefits and ventured deeper into the Void Lightning Pool. They discovered the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, which awakened and prepared to attack the intruders.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame reached the late stage of a Six-Star Dou Saint, while Lin Ming advanced to the peak of the early stage of a Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame stopped absorbing Black Demon Lightning when further gains became negligible.
• A deep rumble stirred the Void Lightning Pool, and Black Demon Lightning rushed toward its deepest region.
• Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame followed the lightning and saw the Nine Profound Golden Lightning transformed into a colossal golden dragon.
• The golden dragon opened its eyes, spotted Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and prepared to annihilate them.

Lin Ming used the Chaos Lightning’s authority to withstand Nine Profound Golden Lightning and invited it to leave with him. After learning that it wanted to become a Living Being first, he promised to wait and protect it, and Nine Profound Golden Lightning began Spirit Gathering.

• Nine Profound Golden Lightning struck Lin Ming and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with a massive bolt, but Lin Ming’s Chaos Lightning dissolved it while Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame barely blocked it.
• Nine Profound Golden Lightning trembled before the Chaos Lightning’s aura, and Lin Ming reached out to it with his Soul Power and asked it to leave with him.
• Nine Profound Golden Lightning hesitated because it wanted to complete Spirit Gathering and become a Living Being before leaving the Void Lightning Pool.
• Lin Ming recognized its wish and promised to wait and protect it while it gathered its spirit.
• Moved by Lin Ming’s offer, Nine Profound Golden Lightning roared and began Spirit Gathering amid brilliant golden light.

The Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s attempt to gather spirit was overwhelmed by violent backlash, and the Black Demon Lightning sacrificed itself to help it endure. As its spirit gathering appeared doomed, Lin Ming approached the fading dragon.

• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s spirit-gathering process triggered massive explosions that scattered its emerging intelligence.
• Lin Ming recalled how the Bodhi Ancient Tree had gathered spirit without backlash by exploiting a disruption in the world’s source order.
• The Black Demon Lightning charged into the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and sacrificed its own source to weaken the backlash and help its spirit gather again.
• The backlash intensified as the Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s body grew faint, and Lin Ming concluded that its spirit gathering would fail.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning gave up resisting, while the surviving Black Demon Lightning mourned around it.
• Lin Ming walked through the sea of lightning and approached the nearly vanished Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Lin Ming comforted the Nine Profound Golden Lightning after its failed Spirit Gathering and explained that its overwhelming power was the obstacle. He extracted that power, helped it successfully gather spirit, and the newly intelligent Nine Profound Golden Lightning agreed to leave with him.

• Lin Ming reassured the Nine Profound Golden Lightning that its failed Spirit Gathering was not its fault and promised to protect it.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning trusted Lin Ming and gathered its accumulated power between its brows.
• Lin Ming tore the golden lightning dragon out of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and bound it with a net of Chaos Lightning.
• Lin Ming used spirit qi to help the weakened Nine Profound Golden Lightning complete Spirit Gathering and gain full intelligence.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning joyfully accepted Lin Ming's offer to take it away.

Lin Ming moved the Void Lightning Pool and its resident Nine Profound Golden Lightning into his Inner World, giving the lightning a new home. He then began refining the extracted Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s accumulated power and broke through to the middle stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint.

• Lin Ming created a Space Pool in his Inner World and transferred the lightning from the Void Lightning Pool into it.
• Lin Ming invited the Nine Profound Golden Lightning into its new home, and it happily settled into the spatial lightning pool.
• Lin Ming asked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to protect him before entering the bound golden lightning dragon to refine its power.
• Lin Ming circulated the Chaos Derivation World Art to suppress and refine the violent lightning coursing through his body.
• Lin Ming absorbed the first refined energy and advanced from the peak of early Seven-Star Dou Saint to the middle stage.

Lin Ming spent three months refining the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool, raising his cultivation to Half-Step Eight-Star Dou Saint and greatly strengthening his body. After the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame reported how much time had passed, Lin Ming prepared to return for the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony.

• Lin Ming absorbed the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, advancing through the stages of Seven-Star Dou Saint while its power transformed his flesh and bones.
• After three months, Lin Ming broke through to Half-Step Eight-Star Dou Saint and revealed physical strength powerful enough to crush space with a light grip.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who had guarded Lin Ming, bowed to him in awe.
• Lin Ming learned that three months had passed and decided it was time to return for the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony.
• Lin Ming recalled the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into his body and flew out of the emptied Void Lightning Pool.

Lin Ming traveled to the Yao Clan’s independent space to attend its Medicine Ceremony, arriving as a highest-grade VIP and meeting Yao Wangui. Yao Wangui escorted him toward the mountain summit where the ceremony would be held.

• Lin Ming left the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and traveled to the Shennong Mountain Range as the Medicine Ceremony approached.
• Lin Ming presented his VIP Jade Slip at the Yao Clan’s Space Gate and entered the clan’s independent space.
• A Yao Clan member guided Lin Ming onto a giant bird carrying invited alchemists toward the clan’s sacred mountain.
• Yao Wangui personally welcomed Lin Ming after the giant bird landed and invited him to the mountain summit for the Medicine Ceremony.

Lin Ming arrived at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony and prepared to compete against the continent’s foremost alchemists. Clan Leader Yao Dan appeared and became intrigued when he could not read Lin Ming’s strength.

• Lin Ming arrived at Medicine Mountain with Yao Wangui, and guests recognized him as the Pill Gathering champion and a Lei Clan Honorary Elder.
• Yao Wanhuo welcomed Lin Ming, who took a seat beside Mang Tianchi and discussed the final alchemy competition.
• Mang Tianchi warned Lin Ming that the Medicine Ceremony’s finalists were exceptionally powerful, and Lin Ming said he would compete for Jia Nan Academy’s reputation.
• The Yao Clan members bowed as Clan Leader Yao Dan emerged through the clouds and took his place.
• Yao Dan sensed that Lin Ming was an unreadable void and met his calm gaze.