Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, Jiang Cheng set out with Qingyun Fairy, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa. On the War Boat, they revealed the message hidden on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map and learned its emergence might be tied to a rare phenomenon occurring once every thousand years.

• Qingyun Fairy withdrew her pressure, and the Ban Sheng gave up bidding against Jiang Cheng, who paid Old Man Baoshan with an Eighth-Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pill.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again, and Jiang Cheng left the auction, saying he knew its location in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Jiang Cheng told Qingyun Fairy he had visited the region before and befriended a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox there, prompting her to accuse him of having another lover.
• Jiang Cheng decided to travel to the Bodhi Ancient Tree in search of Bodhi Seeds, and his companions boarded the War Boat with him.
• Jiang Cheng burned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, revealing an ancient message about twin moons, nine stars, and the Demonic Flame's descent.
• Qingyun Fairy explained that the message might refer to a phenomenon that occurred every thousand years, and Yun Yun wondered whether they would have to wait that long.

Jiang Cheng and his companions reached Barbaric Town after learning the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would reappear in three years, and he absorbed the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint's spiritual power without being possessed. With the Bodhi Ancient Tree drawing experts into the deadly Vast Desolate Ancient Region, Jiang Cheng sent the women back to the Small World and entered the forest alone.

• The Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint's spiritual power into Jiang Cheng, and he let it merge into his soul.
• Cai Lin and Qingyun Fairy checked that Jiang Cheng had not been possessed, and he reassured them that no one could seize his body.
• Jiang Cheng and the others arrived in Barbaric Town and learned that everyone who had recently entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, including several Dou Venerate experts, had died.
• Jiang Cheng told Cai Lin and the others to return to the Small World, and Qingyun Fairy went with them.
• Jiang Cheng left Barbaric Town, passed the gathered experts at the forest's edge, and walked into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Jiang Cheng entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and fought his way to its deepest reaches, where he encountered Bai Ling, a powerful nine-star Dou Saint who had waited for him for years. Bai Ling confronted him over his long-ago departure, and the chapter ended with her advancing toward him across the frozen lake.

• Jiang Cheng entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region while other Experts followed, and he passed safely through its dangers with his Six-Star Dou Saint strength and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Jiang Cheng destroyed a Dou Venerate Fierce Beast with his Folding Fan, took its Magical Beast Core, and continued deeper into the region.
• Bai Ling waited at a lake in the region's depths and sensed that Jiang Cheng had returned.
• Jiang Cheng arrived at the lake and melted the ice Bai Ling had spread across it.
• Bai Ling rebuked Jiang Cheng for leaving her waiting, then recognized that he had advanced from Ban Sheng to Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Cheng identified Bai Ling as a Nine-Star Dou Saint, and she approached him across the ice while threatening to kill him.

Jiang Cheng reunited with Bai Ling in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and explained that he had returned to seek Bodhi Seeds from the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Bai Ling agreed to guide him there the next morning, though their conversation revealed how painful their impending separation was.

• Bai Ling confronted Jiang Cheng and demanded an explanation, but accepted the grape wine he had saved for her.
• Bai Ling realized Jiang Cheng needed Bodhi Seeds to make pills for someone else and teased him about the women whose scent clung to him.
• Jiang Cheng told Bai Ling he planned to leave the Vast Desolate Ancient Region the next morning to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree before others claimed its seeds.
• Bai Ling, saddened by his imminent departure, offered to accompany him and guide him to the tree.
• Jiang Cheng invited Bai Ling to travel with him, but she said she could not leave the Fierce Beasts and her land behind.

Jiang Cheng and Bai Ling entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to seek Bodhi Seeds, where Bai Ling confronted the gathered Experts and reunited with Xiao Xun Er. The chapter ended with Xiao Xun Er recognizing Bai Ling as the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox who had massacred tens of thousands three hundred years earlier.

• Jiang Cheng urged Bai Ling to consider leaving the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, but she struggled with abandoning the Magical Beasts under her care.
• Jiang Cheng and Bai Ling went to the Ancient Domain Platform to investigate the Bodhi Ancient Tree and obtain Bodhi Seeds.
• Bai Ling released her Dou Saint pressure and drove away the gathered Experts, killing some who could not withstand it.
• Xiao Xun Er recognized Jiang Cheng and greeted him, while Bai Ling learned she was Gu Yuan’s daughter and revealed her identity as the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.
• Xiao Xun Er recognized Bai Ling as the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox who had massacred tens of thousands three hundred years earlier.

Jiang Cheng and the Gu Clan geniuses traveled into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region under Bai Ling’s protection, while the Soul Clan secretly called for reinforcements to kill him. Bai Ling cleared a path through the Fierce Beasts, leaving the group to continue toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree as the beasts turned on anyone else who tried to follow.

• Bai Ling revealed that the Fierce Beasts were her subjects and agreed to guide Jiang Cheng and the Gu Clan geniuses toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Yu recognized Jiang Cheng as the Academy Confucian Sage on the Soul Clan’s Secret Kill List and sent an Eight-Turn Dou Venerate to summon reinforcements.
• Bai Ling used her authority to make the Fierce Beasts open a path for Jiang Cheng’s group, then restored their aggression toward the other humans.
• A human who tried to follow the group was killed by a Fierce Beast, and the other onlookers stopped trying to cross.
• Bai Ling enjoyed Jiang Cheng’s praise and led the group onward, while Gu Qingyang and Xiao Xun Er wondered whether her unusual behavior was because of him.

Bai Ling blocked Hun Yu and the other intruders from reaching the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Jiang Cheng and the Gu Clan followed her to meet it. The Ancient Tree agreed to let them meditate, and Bai Ling explained that its golden cocoons held people turned into guardians after they sought its treasures.

• Bai Ling ordered the Fierce Beasts to attack Hun Yu's pursuing forces and prevent anyone from entering.
• Hun Yu rallied more than a thousand people to charge the beast tide, then teamed up with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Young Clan Leader to use them as a distraction.
• Bai Ling led Jiang Cheng, Xiao Xun Er, and the Gu Clan through the beasts to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and told them to wait while she approached it as a white fox.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recognized Bai Ling and agreed to let Jiang Cheng and the others meditate beneath its branches.
• The Ancient Tree enveloped the group in its branches, and Bai Ling explained that its golden cocoons contained humans transformed into puppets to protect the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Jiang Cheng used the Tranquil Heart Orb to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree of the negative emotions left by an ancient battle between two Dou Emperors. The tree agreed to enter Jiang Cheng’s Small World to heal its severe injuries, but Bai Ling questioned whether Jiang Cheng could take it there.

• Bai Ling warned Gu Qingyang and the others not to covet the Bodhi Heart, while Xiao Xun Er and the others began trying to comprehend the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Jiang Cheng touched the Bodhi Ancient Tree and was drawn into an illusion of two Dou Emperors fighting in ancient times.
• Jiang Cheng realized that the battle’s lingering negative emotions had been corrupting the tree and agreed to remove them in exchange for its Bodhi Seeds.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree accepted Jiang Cheng’s offer, and he used the Tranquil Heart Orb to clear its negative emotions and help it recover.
• Jiang Cheng proposed bringing the injured tree into his Small World, and the tree agreed after Bai Ling interpreted its wishes.
• Bai Ling asked whether Jiang Cheng, a Six-Star Dou Saint, was strong enough to transport the Bodhi Ancient Tree into a Separate Small World.

Jiang Cheng claimed the Bodhi Ancient Tree and received the Three Thousand Shadow Clones technique, then prepared to leave the Vast Desolate Ancient Region. After parting from Bai Ling, he departed, and she turned her power against the Soul Clan Experts who remained behind.

• Jiang Cheng received the Heavenly Tier High-Grade Movement Dou Skill, Three Thousand Shadow Clones, and brought the Bodhi Ancient Tree into his Small World.
• Xiao Xun Er thanked Jiang Cheng and Bai Ling for the chance to comprehend the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then left with Gu Qingyang for the Gu Clan.
• Bai Ling told Jiang Cheng she could not leave the Vast Desolate Ancient Region because she had to protect her people, and the two promised to meet again.
• Jiang Cheng embraced Bai Ling, promised to return for her, and departed in a flash of golden light.
• Bai Ling attacked the Soul Clan Experts, killing many and blasting Hun Yu into the ground as he tried to retreat.

After the Vast Desolate Ancient Region’s King killed many experts, Jiang Cheng and his companions traveled across the Central Continent, planning to visit the Southern Continent. Jiang Cheng began breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Saint, while Qingyun Fairy faced approaching experts and warned them to stay away.

• The Vast Desolate Ancient Region’s King’s strength as a Nine-Star Dou Saint deterred survivors from seeking revenge.
• Cai Lin suggested resting until the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, and Jiang Cheng decided to take everyone to the Southern Continent.
• Jiang Cheng asked the women to guard him while he broke through to Seven-Star Dou Saint, then entered a room aboard the War Boat.
• Dark clouds gathered as the breakthrough stirred energy across the area, and Qingyun Fairy sent Yun Yun and Cai Lin into the Small World before confronting the approaching experts.
• Four Dou Saint Experts arrived, and Hun Sha began raising his hand after Qingyun Fairy ordered them to leave.

Hun Sha and three other Dou Saint Experts attacked Qingyun Fairy while Jiang Cheng continued breaking through inside the War Boat. Qingyun Fairy killed a peak Six-Star Dou Saint, but Hun Sha and the remaining Seven-Star Dou Saints prepared to overwhelm her before a silver-white-robed old man arrived.

• Hun Sha gathered three Dou Saint Experts to stop Jiang Cheng’s breakthrough and seize the War Boat and Qingyun Fairy’s weapon.
• Qingyun Fairy fought off the attackers with her Earth-tier High-grade Weapon while protecting Jiang Cheng.
• Qingyun Fairy severed a peak Six-Star Dou Saint’s arms and killed him with her Green Lotus Jade Sword.
• Hun Sha recognized Qingyun Fairy, urged her to leave, and offered the others rewards from the Soul Clan for killing her and capturing Jiang Cheng.
• The Green Robe Old Man and another Seven-Star Dou Saint agreed to join Hun Sha against Qingyun Fairy.
• A silver-white-robed old man appeared and addressed the group.

Gu Dao arrived and stopped Hun Sha and two other experts from attacking Qingyun Fairy, revealing that he knew her grandfather, Spear God Liu Bantian. After the two experts withdrew, Hun Sha called on nearby Soul Clan experts for reinforcements, and Gu Dao and Qingyun Fairy launched an attack.

• Gu Dao confronted Hun Sha and condemned him for attacking Qingyun Fairy.
• Gu Dao recognized Qingyun Fairy as Qingrou, the descendant of his old friend Spear God Liu Bantian, and vowed to protect her.
• The Green Robe Old Man and another Seven-Star Dou Saint apologized to Qingyun Fairy and withdrew.
• Hun Sha revealed that Soul Clan experts were nearby and preparing to join the fight.
• Gu Dao warned Qingyun Fairy that Hun Sha was calling for reinforcements, and she charged at Hun Sha with him.

Hun Sha summoned Hun Tu and Hun Jing to help him attack Gu Dao and Qingyun Fairy, who fought to keep the Soul Clan experts from reaching Jiang Cheng. Gu Dao unleashed a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique as the battle grew desperate, while Qingyun Fairy prepared to risk her life to hold Hun Jing back.

• Hun Sha crushed a jade token and summoned Hun Tu and Hun Jing, bringing three Seven-Star Dou Saint experts against Gu Dao and Qingyun Fairy.
• Gu Dao asked Qingyun Fairy to hold off Hun Jing while he fought Hun Sha and Hun Tu, and the two sides clashed.
• Hun Jing wounded Qingyun Fairy, but she got back up and used the Green Lotus Jade Sword to block his way to the War Boat.
• Hun Sha struck Gu Dao when he was distracted by Qingyun Fairy, and Gu Dao responded by summoning Heavenly Thunder with a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique.
• Gu Dao admitted the technique would deplete his Dou Qi, but continued the fight despite the danger.

Gu Dao and Qingyun Fairy escaped the Soul Clan’s attack aboard Jiang Cheng’s War Boat, while the Soul Clan pursued them to stop Jiang Cheng’s breakthrough. Gu Dao learned Jiang Cheng was aboard and revealed the Gu Clan also considered him an enemy over a missing Heaven Tier Weapon, leaving them with no safe refuge as they fled the Central Continent.

• Gu Dao faked a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique, then called Qingyun Fairy back and fled the Soul Clan’s fighters aboard the War Boat.
• Hun Sha identified the person aboard as Jiang Cheng, prompting Hun Tu and Hun Jing to pursue him before he could complete his breakthrough.
• Gu Dao warned Qingyun Fairy that the War Boat consumed too much Dou Qi and planned to take her to the Gu Clan for safety.
• Qingyun Fairy revealed Jiang Cheng was her husband, and Gu Dao recognized him as the Academy Confucian Sage.
• Gu Dao explained that the Gu Clan blamed Jiang Cheng for a missing Heaven Tier Weapon and that Gu Lie had vowed to make him pay for crippling Ling Quan.
• Gu Dao decided to flee the Central Continent instead of going to the Gu Clan, though the Soul Clan was likely to keep pursuing them.

Gu Dao and Qingyun Fairy fought to protect Jiang Cheng while the Soul Clan’s Hun Tu, Hun Sha, and Hun Jing caught up with them. As Qingyun Fairy stood alone against the attackers, a surge of Dou Qi suddenly drove Hun Tu back, leaving Jiang Cheng’s breakthrough unresolved.

• After three days without signs of Jiang Cheng breaking through, Hun Tu, Hun Sha, and Hun Jing caught up with the War Boat using a secret technique that cost each of them ten years of lifespan.
• Gu Dao attacked the three Soul Clan Dou Saints to buy Jiang Cheng time, but their combined strike wounded him and sent him crashing into the War Boat.
• Hun Sha stayed to fight Gu Dao while Hun Tu and Hun Jing went after Jiang Cheng, and Hun Jing struck Qingyun Fairy when she blocked their way.
• Though wounded, Qingyun Fairy refused to leave the door to Jiang Cheng’s room, and Hun Tu charged at her with a weapon aimed at her chest.
• A powerful surge of Dou Qi erupted and sent Hun Tu retreating hundreds of meters.

After breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Saint, Jiang Cheng returned to the battle and killed Hun Tu with one sword strike. Hun Sha fled, leaving Hun Jing alone to face Jiang Cheng’s flames.

• Jiang Cheng emerged from seclusion, healed Qingyun Fairy, thanked Gu Dao, and confronted Hun Tu, Hun Sha, and Hun Jing.
• Jiang Cheng and Hun Tu exchanged a single clash, and Jiang Cheng killed him with one sword strike.
• Hun Sha urged Hun Jing to attack Jiang Cheng together, claiming Jiang Cheng’s breakthrough had left him unstable.
• Jiang Cheng revealed that Hun Sha had fled, and Hun Jing discovered the betrayal when he turned around.
• As Hun Jing tried to escape, Jiang Cheng’s flames engulfed him, and he pleaded for his life.

Jiang Cheng killed Hun Jing and caught the fleeing Hun Sha, who admitted the Soul Clan had put Jiang Cheng on its Secret Kill List. Hun Sha unleashed a dangerous Soul Clan secret technique to try to take Jiang Cheng down with him.

• Jiang Cheng burned Hun Jing to death with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and asked Gu Dao to protect Qingyun Fairy.
• Hun Sha fled toward Soul Clan territory, but Jiang Cheng struck him down and appeared before him.
• Hun Sha pleaded for his life and offered to help Jiang Cheng fight the Soul Clan, but Jiang Cheng refused to spare him.
• Hun Sha asked how Jiang Cheng had reached the Seven-Star Dou Saint realm so young, and Jiang Cheng said he possessed a special ability.
• Hun Sha revealed that the Soul Clan had placed Jiang Cheng on its Secret Kill List, then activated a secret technique and threatened to die alongside him.

Jiang Cheng used Heaven and Earth Power to kill Hun Sha and then discussed the Soul Clan’s threat and his next journey with Gu Dao. After Gu Dao departed, Jiang Cheng suffered backlash from forcing his breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Saint, but Qingyun Fairy was recovering and he began treating his injuries.

• Hun Sha unleashed his soul-merging Dou Technique, but Jiang Cheng tore through the attack with Heaven and Earth Power and Sword Qi, killing him completely.
• Jiang Cheng thanked Gu Dao aboard the War Boat, and Gu Dao praised his strength and noted that the Soul Clan had lost three peak Seven-Star Dou Saints.
• Jiang Cheng said he would take his family around the Southern Continent, while Gu Dao offered him help through the Gu Clan and urged him to treat Qingrou well.
• Gu Dao flew back to the Gu Clan, leaving Jiang Cheng and Qingyun Fairy alone aboard the War Boat.
• Jiang Cheng felt the backlash from forcibly raising his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Saint, saw that Qingyun Fairy was recovering, and took an Eighth-Grade Pill to heal.

After recovering from her severe injuries, Qingyun Fairy learned that Jiang Cheng had risked his life to reach Seven-Star Dou Saint and urged him not to do so again. Jiang Cheng traveled with her and the other women to the Southern Continent, where he headed to Jingjiang City to meet an old friend.

• Qingyun Fairy woke after half a month and discovered that Jiang Cheng had forcibly broken through to Seven-Star Dou Saint, leaving his meridians and Dou Qi unstable.
• Qingyun Fairy embraced Jiang Cheng and made him promise not to risk another forced breakthrough, and Jiang Cheng said he valued his family and hoped to hold a grand wedding for them.
• Jiang Cheng took Qingyun Fairy and the other women to the Southern Continent, where he considered the continent's factions and his plans to strengthen himself for future battles.
• Jiang Cheng and his companions reached Jingjiang City, where the women went shopping while Jiang Cheng headed alone to meet a friend who owned a long-standing tavern.

Jiang Cheng reunited with Lin Tianyi at his tavern and learned that the three major powers were pressuring Lin after his breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Saint. Jiang Cheng asked about the ingredients he had commissioned, but the crucial Ice Crystal Three Souls Grass was still missing.

• Jiang Cheng arrived at Lin Tianyi’s tavern and asked the youth to tell Lin that Xuegong Jiang Cheng had come.
• Lin Tianyi recognized Jiang Cheng and welcomed him to a private room, where they shared wine and caught up.
• Lin Tianyi said he had become a Two-Star Dou Saint but was being excluded by the Southern Continent’s three major powers for refusing to join them.
• Jiang Cheng revealed that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Saint and said he expected to reach Nine-Star Dou Saint in about two years without cultivation resources.
• Jiang Cheng asked about the materials he had requested, and Lin Tianyi said he had gathered most of them but still lacked the Ice Crystal Three Souls Grass.