Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Underworld Old Demon withdrew after Green Fairy challenged him, but Soul Hall’s Qian Mo and another Half-Saint then attacked Gu Han. Gu Han reappeared after surviving their strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Green Fairy drove Heavenly Underworld Old Demon away by warning that her junior sister would join her against him.
• The crowd learned that Gu Han possessed a Mid-Heaven Realm soul, and Feng Qing'er hurried to leave with Venerable Lei.
• Soul Hall’s Third Venerate Qian Mo attacked Gu Han with a Saint-Intent finger while Green Fairy blocked the accompanying assault.
• Hua Lan used Lotus Heaven and Earth to shield Gu Han, and Gu Han’s Soul Power and Supreme Yang Power reinforced the barrier.
• The pink Jade Lotus shattered after resisting the strike, but Gu Han reappeared on his Ice Throne, shocking everyone.

Gu Han repelled an ambush by Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and Soul Hall Third Venerate, then used Spirit Rain to reward the people gathered at the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament. He explained his rapid rise and the Flower Sect’s help, leaving the gathering to reckon with the strength he had gained.

• Gu Han froze and shattered the Low-Grade Half-Saint’s attack, while Green Fairy warned the attackers that she could summon reinforcements.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and Soul Hall Third Venerate withdrew after their ambush failed, and Gu Han threatened to kill them if they waited until he became a Dou Saint.
• Gu Han summoned Spirit Rain that strengthened cultivators and revealed the Heaven Tier techniques and cultivation methods he had developed.
• Gu Han met Wind Venerate, Xiao Yan, and the others, and Hua Lan explained that the Flower Sect had helped him advance in exchange for his service.
• Gu Han shared Hua Yu’s Dou Qi among his Dao Companions and Hua Lan, then thanked Venerable Huangquan, Sword Venerate, and Venerable Lei for remaining during Starfall Pavilion’s crisis.

After the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, Gu Han secured Starfall Pavilion’s welcome, gave Mu Qing Luan a rare Wind Spirit Saint Fruit, and traded barbs with Feng Qing'er. Green Fairy contacted Xuan Yi to ask the Pill Tower to watch Soul Hall’s Second Venerable and hinted that she had intriguing news about Yao Chen.

• Sword Venerate proposed a mutual-defense alliance, but Venerable Lei and Venerable Huangquan declined to commit and left to consider their positions.
• Gu Han asked Feng Qing'er to become his mount, and she rejected him while promising to catch up and surpass him.
• Gu Han gave Mu Qing Luan a Wind Spirit Saint Fruit, which Feng Venerate accepted on her behalf.
• Gu Han and Hua Lan received a warm welcome at Starfall Pavilion, where Gu Han appeared as its Venerable Elder.
• Green Fairy told Xuan Yi she had reached High-Grade Half-Saint and asked the Pill Tower to watch for Soul Hall’s Second Venerable.
• Green Fairy told Xuan Yi that Yao Chen had returned and hinted that she had information about him.

Green Fairy told Xuan Yi about Han Shanshan and Yao Chen, helping Xuan Yi let go of her old longing and break through to Eight-Turn. Xuan Yi headed toward the Savage Ancient Region to meet Gu Han, who used a divination technique to locate the Netherworld Poison Fire.

• Green Fairy told Xuan Yi that Han Shanshan had sacrificed herself for Yao Chen and now existed only as a Soul Mark, and Xuan Yi explained why she had suspected Han Shanshan's disappearance was connected to the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xuan Yi realized she had never truly understood Han Shanshan or Yao Chen, and her Saint Realm comprehension flaws vanished as she broke through to Eight-Turn.
• Green Fairy told Xuan Yi that Gu Han was seeking the Netherworld Poison Fire in the Savage Ancient Region to help his Dao Companion with a Calamity Poison Body, so Xuan Yi decided to find him there.
• Seven days later, Gu Han reached Manghuang Town and used the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique with the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's hide to locate the wandering Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Gu Han found the Netherworld Poison Fire hidden in the Savage Ancient Region's poison barrier.

Gu Han helped Xiao Yi Xian refine the Netherworld Poison Fire and condense a Poison Pill through their Dual Cultivation. As Gu Han’s reputation spread across the Middle Continent, a young woman from Burning Flame Valley considered sneaking out to visit Starfall Pavilion.

• Gu Han sealed and suppressed the Netherworld Poison Fire, then prepared the Poison Pill Method with Xiao Yi Xian using several Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Body Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian confessed her fears and asked Gu Han to help her through Dual Cultivation, and Gu Han agreed to guide her in refining the flame.
• Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian cultivated together, suppressed the Netherworld Poison Fire, and turned it into a Poison Pill.
• News spread across the Middle Continent that Gu Han had defeated powerful Dou Venerates and possessed the potential to become a Dou Saint.
• A fiery red-haired young woman at Burning Flame Valley studied Gu Han’s portrait and wondered whether to sneak out to Starfall Pavilion.

Tang Huo'er persuaded Tang Zhen to let her travel with Tang Yue to seek Gu Han's help, while Huo Zhi broke through to the Dou Venerate realm and learned that her family hoped she would meet Gu Han. Huo Zhi was stunned to hear that Gu Han might rival Xiao Xuan, and considered that she might marry him if his talent truly matched.

• Tang Huo'er convinced Tang Zhen to let her leave Burning Flame Valley with Tang Yue, who hoped Gu Han could help her break through to the Dou Venerate realm.
• Huo Zhi emerged from her secret cultivation and celebrated breaking through to the Dou Venerate realm with Huo Ling.
• Huo Ling told Huo Zhi that she and Huo Zhi's father wanted her to meet Gu Han and possibly form a marriage alliance with him.
• Huo Zhi questioned why Huo Ling would not marry Gu Han herself, and Huo Ling joked that people would accuse her of preying on young men.
• Huo Ling compared Gu Han to Xiao Xuan, and Huo Zhi said she would consider marrying Gu Han if he truly possessed comparable talent.

Fairy Fire Spirit explained why the Flame Clan wanted to recruit Gu Han and urged Huo Zhi to approach him, while the major Imperial Clans made plans to recruit or eliminate him. Gu Xun'er learned that Gu Han's astonishing reputation had shaken the Ancient Clan's young geniuses, leaving her confident she could pursue her own wishes.

• Fairy Fire Spirit told Huo Zhi that Gu Han's rise resembled Ancestor Fen Yan's and that the Flame Clan would nurture him to challenge the Thunder Clan.
• Fairy Fire Spirit showed Huo Zhi a portrait of Gu Han and described his exceptional cultivation, Soul Realm, combat feat, and Heaven Tier cultivation technique.
• The Shi, Ling, Thunder, and Yao Clans sent talented women to approach Gu Han, while the Soul Clan ordered the Soul Hall to recruit him or destroy him.
• The Ancient Clan's young members had already treated Gu Han as a rival because Gu Xun'er said she admired him and would favor anyone who defeated him.
• Gu Xun'er read Gu Qingqing's information about Gu Han and smiled, believing she could now relax and do as she pleased.

Xun'er learned that the Ancient Clan would support her marriage to Gu Han if he joined the clan, and she traveled to Starfall Pavilion to meet him. There, Wind Venerate revealed that Gu Han had left a letter for her, while the other visitors received no such message.

• After reading intelligence about Gu Han's strength, Xun'er was summoned to the Ancient Clan Council Hall.
• Gu Tianquan offered to let Xun'er marry Gu Han if he joined the Ancient Clan, promising him clan support if he reached the Peak Dou Venerate realm before thirty.
• Xun'er accepted permission to leave the Ancient Realm and meet Gu Han, confident he would not disappoint her.
• Tang Huo'er asked Wind Venerate where Gu Han was, but he said he did not know and could not reveal his whereabouts even if he did.
• Mu Qing Luan brought Xun'er to Wind Venerate, who gave her a letter Gu Han had left in advance.

Gu Han's letter amazed Tang Huo'er and the other women with its predictions, and Xun'er learned of his plans to marry her and seek the Ancient Clan's Golden Emperor inheritance. A month later, Gu Han reached the Skeleton Mountain Range with Cai Li, Cai Die, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin to pursue an opportunity.

• Feng Xian explained that Gu Han had known the Imperial Clans would seek him out and had left to avoid trouble.
• Xun'er let Tang Huo'er read Gu Han's letter, which predicted her curiosity and offered a way to heal the damage from the Nine Dragons Thunderous Fire in exchange for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xun'er learned that Gu Han planned to ask for her hand at the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony in eight years and urged her to seek the Golden Emperor inheritance.
• Xun'er told Huo Zhi and the other women that Gu Han would be in the Beast Region and could grant them opportunities tied to their clans' Dou Emperor inheritances.
• A month later, Gu Han arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range with Cai Li, Cai Die, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin, and asked Qing Lin to release the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and follow his instructions.

Gu Han led Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the others to Skeleton Mountain Range to enter a sealed Dou Saint ruin through an ancient tunnel. Qing Lin found the entrance, while Zi Yan sensed a Dragon Seal linked to her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit within.

• Qing Lin used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to claim the blood of myriad beasts in Skeleton Mountain Range and locate the tunnel opened by an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Gu Han led the group to an unremarkable mountain above the tunnel into the Dou Saint ruin.
• Zi Yan discovered a pale violet-gold mark on her palm, and Gu Han identified it as the Dragon Seal of the Ancient Void Dragon Royal Clan.
• Gu Han explained that Zi Yan's bloodline could reach Divine Grade and that the ruin contained a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit capable of transforming her into a Dragon Phoenix.
• Gu Han told the women that refining the fruit usually carried a nine-in-ten chance of death, but promised that his help would guarantee success.

Gu Han and Zi Yan entered the Dou Saint Ruins through a hidden entrance, then Gu Han’s energy incarnation met Hei Qing, who had come searching for the Old Dragon Emperor’s descendant. Gu Han refused to reveal Zi Yan’s location and argued that she should not return to East Dragon Island yet, claiming he could help her grow stronger faster than its inheritance could.

• Gu Han explained that Zi Yan’s bloodline and the Dragon Seal could open the hidden entrance, then used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to help her meet its strength requirement.
• Gu Han and Zi Yan entered the spatial vortex before the Dou Saint Ruins erased the entrance.
• Hei Qing arrived at the mountain, sensed the Old Dragon Emperor’s descendant, and encountered Gu Han’s energy incarnation.
• Gu Han confirmed that Zi Yan was the Old Dragon Emperor’s daughter but refused to tell Hei Qing where she was, warning that her return could reignite the Four Dragon Islands’ conflict.
• Hei Qing urged Gu Han to send Zi Yan to East Dragon Island for its bloodline inheritance, but Gu Han claimed the inheritance he could help her obtain surpassed it.

Gu Han persuaded Hei Qing not to take Zi Yan back to East Dragon Island by claiming he knew where the Old Dragon Emperor was trapped and promising Zi Yan his inheritance within ten years. Inside the Dou Saint Ruins, Gu Han and Zi Yan arrived above an ancient forest and began searching for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Gu Han asked Hei Qing to compare East Dragon Island's inheritance with the Old Dragon Emperor's, then revealed that he knew where the Old Dragon Emperor was trapped.
• Gu Han promised to take Zi Yan to receive the Old Dragon Emperor's inheritance within ten years, and Hei Qing agreed to leave her in Gu Han's care.
• Hei Qing offered to send Half-Saint experts to protect Starfall Pavilion and Flower Sect, while Gu Han asked him to have Zhu Li watch over someone as well.
• Gu Han and Zi Yan passed through a spatial passage into an ancient forest inside the Dou Saint Ruins.
• Gu Han used the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique but received no answer, then used Zi Yan's blood to locate the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Gu Han, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin searched the ruins and gathered the remains and powers of the Ancient Void Dragons and Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes. After harvesting the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and beginning plans to create a Dragon Phoenix body, Gu Han brought Qing Lin to the Creation Universe Pool and told her to devour the power in an Ancient Heavenly Snake skeleton.

• Gu Han used Zi Yan’s blood to find the Beast Spirit Shield, and Zi Yan opened it with her bloodline.
• Gu Han and Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the intertwined skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Gu Han released Qing Lin and instructed her to search for the ancient clans’ remains and gather their residual power with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Zi Yan harvested the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit without harming its sapling, while Qing Lin gathered and devoured some of the remains’ blood essence and Soul Power.
• Gu Han gathered the ancient skeletons and used the Mystic Armor Heaven-Peering Technique to model a future Dragon Phoenix puppet.
• Gu Han brought Qing Lin to the Creation Universe Pool and told her to devour the power within an Ancient Heavenly Snake skeleton.

Gu Han helped Qing Lin control the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's soul, restore its body, and advance her cultivation while strengthening his own abilities. After Qing Lin departed to meet Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Han entered the Dou Saint Ruins' main hall and found the Creation Saint.

• Gu Han used the Creation Universe Spring to help Qing Lin refine and control the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's soul, restore its body, and reach Two-Star Dou Venerate with Half-Step Heaven Realm Soul Power.
• Gu Han improved the Yin Yang Twin Flames and his physique, while his cultivation reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Venerate.
• Gu Han told Qing Lin to meet Xiao Yi Xian and use their abilities to gather strength in the Savage Ancient Region, and Qing Lin asked him to help her cultivate once more.
• Gu Han entered the main hall of the Dou Saint Ruins and recognized the central figure seated there as the Creation Saint.

Gu Han received the Creation Saint’s recognition and the origin core of the Dou Saint Ruins, then began merging it with the Xuanwu Secret Realm. Two years later, Starfall Pavilion celebrated Xiao Yan’s birthday and achievements while reports of Gu Han’s influence and powerful Dao Companions spread across Middle Continent.

• Gu Han reached the Creation Saint’s remains without alerting the Ancient Puppets and persuaded the Saint’s lingering divine will to entrust him with the ruins’ origin core.
• Gu Han began refining the secret realm origin and merging it into the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Two years later, Starfall Pavilion celebrated Xiao Yan’s twenty-first birthday, his rise to Eighth-grade Alchemist, and Mu Qing Luan’s breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Reports spread that Gu Han had helped Tang Huo'er resolve the danger of merging with the Nine Dragons Thunderous Fire and that Tang Yue had become a Dou Venerate.
• Middle Continent learned that Xiao Yi Xian had overcome the danger of her Calamity Poison Body, refined the Netherworld Poison Fire, and defeated Ice Venerable’s attempt to seize her power.
• News from the Beast Region surfaced about another of Gu Han’s Dao Companions, who called herself his maidservant.

A storyteller recounted Qing Lin’s rise and the growing fame of Gu Han and Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Yan refined a Tier 8 pill. On the outskirts of the Savage Ancient Region, Xiao Yi Xian defended Qing Lin during her bloodline refinement from Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate, who launched an attack for Soul Hall.

• A storyteller described Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, her conflict with the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan, and her partnership with Xiao Yi Xian.
• The people of Starfall Pavilion’s North City discussed Gu Han’s reputation and the growing prominence of his companions and Xiao Yan.
• Four-Color Pill Lightning appeared over Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Yan refined a Tier 8 medicinal pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin completed the difficult battle against a Late-stage Tier 8 blood python, and Qing Lin began devouring its bloodline power.
• Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin from the dark clouds, threatening to capture Xiao Yi Xian and use her corpse to humiliate Gu Han.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Calamity Poison Body and Netherworld Poison Fire to resist as Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate invoked his Ice and Snow World.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were nearly frozen by Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate, but both broke through to Seven-Star Dou Venerate and were saved by Hei Qing. When Qian Mo arrived to capture them, an unknown elder challenged his claim that no one could save them.

• Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate’s freezing attack overwhelmed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin until Qing Lin reinforced their defenses with her newly awakened strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin broke through to Seven-Star Dou Venerate, then prepared to escape with the Xuanwu Jade Pendant.
• Mo Jiuyou joined Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate, but Hei Qing appeared and suppressed both Peak Dou Venerates while protecting the two women.
• Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate summoned Qian Mo, who erased Hei Qing’s attack and declared that the Soul Hall would capture Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• An aged voice challenged Qian Mo’s certainty that no one could save them.

Zhu Li and Hei Qing intervened when Qian Mo attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, forcing the Soul Hall Third Venerate into a fierce battle. Qian Mo retreated by betraying Mo Jiuyou, whose body erupted into the Nihility Devouring Flame and threatened Hei Qing.

• Zhu Li emerged from a spatial passage and attacked Qian Mo, Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate, and Mo Jiuyou with spatial techniques while Hei Qing joined the fight.
• Qian Mo and Zhu Li clashed as spatial turbulence wounded Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate and Mo Jiuyou, and Zhu Li revealed his Ancient Void Dragon form.
• Qian Mo decided to withdraw rather than summon reinforcements and warned Zhu Li that Soul Hall would oppose East Dragon Island in the Dragon Islands' civil war.
• Qian Mo ignited Mo Jiuyou's essence, energy, and spirit with black flames while escaping through a spatial passage, and Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate fled after him.
• Mo Jiuyou exploded into a vast sea of flames that engulfed the area and drew in Hei Qing, prompting Zhu Li to recognize the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Gu Han’s plan trapped the Soul Hall Third Venerate and Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate after Zhu Li and Hei Qing survived Qian Mo’s attack. Gu Han then hinted that he knew why Zhu Li had lost contact with Zhu Huo, leaving Zhu Li eager for answers.

• Qian Mo detonated Mo Jiuyou with the Nihility Devouring Flame, forcing Zhu Li to shield Hei Qing while the Third Venerate and Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate fled.
• Fairy Hua appeared with the Yin Yang Tai Xu Map, sealed the space, and captured the Third Venerate and Ice Pupil Heavenly Venerate in her lotus.
• Gu Han’s energy body praised Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for reaching Seven-Star Dou Venerate and gave them soul-power pills to help them reach the Heavenly Realm.
• Gu Han thanked Zhu Li and Hei Qing, then said Zi Yan was doing well and revealed that Zhu Li had been unable to contact Zhu Huo for five hundred years.
• Zhu Li asked whether Gu Han knew where Zhu Huo was, realizing his lack of contact might have another explanation.

Gu Han told Zhu Li that Zhu Huo was trapped in a Dou Emperor Cave Mansion and that a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python could open its barrier. He proposed creating two such pythons through an inheritance and a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, then arranged for Zhu Li and Fairy Hua to help his plans.

• Gu Han explained that Zhu Huo had reached Nine-Star Dou Saint but was trapped behind a Cave Mansion barrier that only a Dou Emperor or a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python could open.
• Gu Han warned Zhu Li that Hun Tiandi would learn of Zhu Huo’s predicament and might attack the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, so they needed to find a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Gu Han revealed that his two wives were Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons and that a Seven-Colored nest, a Nine-Colored inheritance, and a Nine-Colored Origin Stone could transform them into Nine-Colored pythons.
• Gu Han asked Zhu Li to bring Qing Shan and Qing Mu out of seclusion to help his wives obtain the inheritance, and he gave Zhu Li a bottle to open upon returning to East Dragon Island.
• Gu Han asked Fairy Hua to carry out another task, promising that she and Green Fairy could reach One-Star Dou Saint, while Zhu Li asked whether he could receive help breaking through as well.