Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyi freed the imprisoned Soul Bodies and bound them with marks to prevent them from possessing others, offering them a chance to regain physical forms through Free and Unfettered Hall. He then claimed Soul Hall’s million Soul Origins, but someone arrived and caught him admiring his prize.

• Xiao Tianyi shattered the chains holding the Soul Bodies and explained the dangers they would face if released without protection.
• Xiao Tianyi killed the Soul Bodies who tried to flee, then planted explosive marks in the rest to prevent them from possessing others.
• Xiao Tianyi invited the Soul Bodies to consider joining Free and Unfettered Hall and sent them to wait at the edge of the Protective Barrier.
• Xiao Tianyi uncovered a cluster containing a million Soul Origins, and its lingering negative emotions disappeared after he promised to avenge them.
• Someone landed beside Xiao Tianyi, teased him about Ya Fei, and asked whether the Soul Origin cluster was what he had been seeking.

After defeating the Human Hall, Xiao Tian and his allies returned to the Free and Unfettered World, where Zi Yan emerged from secluded cultivation as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng Peak. She reunited with Xiao Tian and immediately challenged him to spar.

• Queen Medusa killed Saint Hun Qing, and Xiao Tian destroyed his body and collected the soul light sphere.
• Xiao Tian led the victorious Free and Unfettered Hall away from the ruined Human Hall, entrusting Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian with the survivors' arrangements and resurrection matters.
• Three days later, Zi Yan emerged from secluded cultivation with a transformed appearance and the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng Peak.
• Zi Yan appeared before Xiao Tian, showed off her new strength and beauty, and challenged him to spar.
• Xiao Tian sarcastically claimed he was terrified, and a crisp knock sounded.

Zi Yan used her newly awakened Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline to bind Xiao Tian and carried him to his palace, while Zhu Kun struggled to accept their relationship. After spending the night together, Zi Yan woke up and declared that Xiao Tian was now her Dragon Empress.

• Zi Yan bound Xiao Tian with purple-gold light and carried him to his palace, announcing that she would spar with him.
• Zhu Kun watched Zi Yan leave with Xiao Tian and mourned that his daughter had willingly taken him away.
• Xiao Zhan reminded Zhu Kun that he could stop the relationship by returning the betrothal gift, so Zhu Kun changed his mind and left with him.
• Han Xue, Hu Jia, and the others joked about Zi Yan and Xiao Tian while the women of Sky Palace bickered among themselves.
• Zi Yan woke beside Xiao Tian, took a medicinal pill from him, and declared that he was now her Dragon Empress and had to obey her.

Zi Yan demanded her dowry from Zhu Kun, then decided to reunify the Dragon Islands and set out with Xiao Tian to confront the North Dragon King. They arrived at North Dragon Island, tore through its barrier, and drew the island’s defenders to meet them.

• Xiao Tian teased Zi Yan and led her through strenuous physical training.
• Zi Yan visited Zhu Kun and demanded the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and its treasures as her dowry.
• Zhu Kun agreed to summon the clan’s elders but told Zi Yan to handle the Three Great Dragon Islands herself.
• Zi Yan resolved to reunify the Dragon Islands and asked Xiao Tian to accompany her to North Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Tian tore open North Dragon Island’s barrier and entered, prompting its defenders to gather.
• A muscular middle-aged man appeared and angrily challenged the intruders.

Zi Yan attacked North Dragon Island to punish Zhu Mo for dividing the Dragon Islands and conspiring with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After Xiao Tian froze the island’s forces, Zi Yan defeated Zhu Mo and exposed his betrayal, but the wounded king activated a forbidden formation in a desperate bid to take everyone down.

• Zi Yan confronted Zhu Mo, the North Dragon King, and rejected his demand that East Dragon Island submit.
• Zi Yan struck Zhu Mo and Yan Ye with a single blow, while Xiao Tian froze the rest of North Dragon Island with World Loses Color.
• Zi Yan crippled Zhu Mo and Yan Ye, then sentenced Zhu Mo to death for his crimes against the Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan accused Zhu Mo of conspiring with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and presented a Jade Slip containing proof, turning North Dragon Island’s warriors against him.
• Zhu Mo spat out Essence Blood and activated the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation using Dragon Island’s earth veins and the Essence Blood of ten thousand dragons.

Zi Yan unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan by defeating the North, West, and South Dragon Kings and bringing the Dragon Islands into the Free and Unfettered World. Xiao Yan left to refine the Dragon King corpses and train in the Void Thunder Pool, while Xiao Tian began his next plans.

• The North Dragon King’s forbidden Dragon Transformation Demon Formation failed because Xiao Tian had secretly destroyed it and strengthened North Dragon Island’s defenses.
• Zi Yan stripped Zhu Mo of his Dragon King title, sentenced him and his blood relatives to death, and made North Dragon Island swear allegiance before Xiao Tian moved it into the Free and Unfettered World.
• Zi Yan killed the West Dragon King and South Dragon King, subdued the surviving experts, and unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Kun summoned the clan members who were outside, and many Ancient Void Dragons gathered in the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Yan took the three Dragon King corpses as materials for Heavenly Demon Puppets and left for the Void Thunder Pool, agreeing to return in three months.
• Xiao Tian set off to begin the next stage of his plans.

Xiao Tian, Medusa, and Qing Lin entered the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s headquarters, where Xiao Tian planned to capture powerful clan members as battle pets. Xiao Tian immobilized Clan Leader Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder, then handed them to Qing Lin.

• Xiao Tian and Medusa reached the Nether Serpent Earth Vein and discussed whether Medusa’s tribe had migrated from the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s territory.
• Xiao Tian told Qing Lin to handle the clan members, leaving anyone below Half-Saint alone.
• Yao Xiaotian discovered Xiao Tian, Medusa, and Qing Lin in his hall and secretly summoned the Grand Elder while Xiao Tian announced he had come for battle pets.
• The Grand Elder arrived and sensed Xiao Tian’s immense strength, but Xiao Tian’s Dou Qi immobilized both him and Yao Xiaotian.
• Xiao Tian told Qing Lin that the two Dou Shengs were hers to handle.

Qing Lin subdued Yao Xiaotian, Yao Heng, and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s Half-Saint elders, then Xiao Tian led her and Medusa into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. Xiao Tian revealed that souls of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan might remain there, leaving Medusa eager to find them as they entered the lake to subdue its guardian.

• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to make Yao Xiaotian and Yao Heng acknowledge her as their master.
• Qing Lin subdued the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s Half-Saint elders and placed the clan members inside her pupil-art space.
• Xiao Tian brought Medusa and Qing Lin to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Medusa noted that its cold aura suited her cultivation.
• Xiao Tian told Medusa that souls of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan might remain in the lake, and Medusa resolved to find them.
• Medusa kicked Xiao Tian into the water, then followed him with Qing Lin to confront the being beneath the lake.

Xiao Tian, Qing Lin, and Medusa reached the depths of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and found the imprisoned former Nine Nether Earth Python Clan Leader, Yao Ming. Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control him, and Xiao Tian freed him from his chains.

• Xiao Tian led Qing Lin and Medusa through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, burning the strange serpents that attacked them.
• At the bottom, Xiao Tian heard a faint plea for help and uncovered Yao Ming, bound by four iron chains.
• Yao Ming mistook the group for agents of Yao Xiaotian before Xiao Tian explained that Yao Xiaotian was already under his control.
• Qing Lin subdued Yao Ming with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, though using the ability left her weak.
• Xiao Tian caught Qing Lin, gave her a medicinal pill, and crushed Yao Ming's chains with the Qilin Burning Sky Sacred Fire.

Xiao Tian healed Yao Ming and promised him a chance to take revenge on Yao Xiaotian before leaving the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. He persuaded Xiao Wan to cultivate there with Medusa, then kissed Medusa goodbye as she and their daughter descended into the depths.

• Xiao Tian gave Yao Ming two Rank 8 Pills, restoring his body and raising his aura to the late Two-Star Dou Sheng stage.
• Yao Ming offered Xiao Tian a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal, and Xiao Tian promised him a chance to confront Yao Xiaotian after they left.
• Xiao Tian brought Yao Ming and the others out, then had Qing Lin summon the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan's Grand Elder and Yao Xiaotian to spar.
• Xiao Wan resisted secluded cultivation in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, but Xiao Tian promised to buy her gifts afterward, and she agreed to go with Medusa.
• Xiao Tian and Medusa kissed before Medusa and Xiao Wan entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for cultivation.

Xiao Tian entered the Yellow Springs Demon Stele and found the remnant soul of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint. He persuaded the Demon Saint to join him with the promise that he might resurrect him one day, and the Demon Saint entrusted him with his Soul Mark.

• Yao Ming explained that the Yellow Springs Demon Stele held the Demon Saint's powerful Dou Techniques and Essence Blood.
• Xiao Tian entered the stele's inner space and brushed aside the Demon Saint's lightning and warnings.
• Xiao Tian told the Yellow Springs Demon Saint that he had come for him, prompting the Demon Saint to mistakenly accuse him of being attracted to men.
• Xiao Tian clarified that he wanted the Demon Saint to join him and offered the possibility of rebuilding his body and resurrecting him.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed, swore loyalty to Xiao Tian, and sent him his Soul Mark.

Xiao Tian secured the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood and remnant soul, then left the collapsing pocket dimension with Qing Lin and Yao Ming. Afterward, he reunited with Han Yue, Han Xue, and Hu Jia, and later discussed Xiao Yan's puppets before preparing to leave.

• Xiao Tian stored the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood and remnant soul in the Free and Unfettered World, then escaped as the pocket dimension collapsed.
• Xiao Tian rewarded Yao Ming with contribution points and sent him into the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Tian carried Qing Lin to Han Yue's palace, where Han Yue, Han Xue, and Hu Jia discovered her exhausted condition.
• Han Yue, Hu Jia, and Han Xue joined Xiao Tian in sharing food while Hu Jia and Han Xue teased one another.
• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Yan about his puppets, learned they were now One-Star Dou Sheng, and invited Xiao Yan to leave with him.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Sacred City, where the Black Annihilation Army greeted Xiao Tian as their boss and impressed the visiting factions with their renewed discipline. The Yan Clan’s Huo Zhi showed interest in Xiao Tian and their Heavenly Flames as the group entered the city.

• Ling Quan welcomed the Yan Clan and other visiting factions to Ancient Sacred City, while the Black Annihilation Army saluted in unison.
• The visitors remarked on Ling Quan and the army’s transformed spirit as they entered the city.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan appeared outside the gate, and the Black Annihilation Army struck their armor and shouted a greeting to their boss.
• The visiting factions wondered who Xiao Tian was, while Huo Zhi glanced at him and said she was interested in their Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan identified the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and Xiao Tian warned him not to pursue them.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan reunited with Mang Tianchi before entering the Gu World, where Mang Tianchi offered to protect them. Once inside, Xiao Tian led the others to a Void Shuttle Boat, leaving Mang Tianchi curious about how familiar he seemed with the place.

• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan joked about their fortunes and planned to eliminate the Soul Clan members entering the Heavenly Tomb.
• Mang Tianchi appeared, and Xiao Yan explained that he had once drawn black demon thunder toward the old man while refining a puppet.
• Mang Tianchi recognized Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan as Jia Nan Academy students, then promised to look after them in the Gu World.
• Three days later, Xiao Tian, Xiao Yan, and Mang Tianchi entered the Gu World through the spatial gate alongside the gathered factions.
• Xiao Tian led them to a Void Shuttle Boat, and Mang Tianchi remarked that Xiao Tian seemed familiar with the place and was stronger than him.

Xiao Tian arrived in the Gu World and went to meet Xun'er, while Xun'er summoned the Gu Clan elders to discuss returning the Xiao Clan's Heavenly Tomb quota. The elders hesitated under the threat of Xiao Tian's intervention, and Xun'er left the meeting before they could reach an agreement.

• Xiao Tian left the warships and flew toward the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range, while the Gu Clan punished other trespassers by revoking their factions' invitations.
• Xiao Tian reunited with Xun'er and told her he wanted to meet the elders about the Xiao Clan's Heavenly Tomb quota and visit his ancestor for something important.
• Xun'er summoned the Gu Clan elders and argued that the Xiao Clan's quota should be returned now that someone from the clan had arrived.
• Gu Shan objected, but Xun'er warned that Xiao Tian might lose his temper if the elders refused.
• Xun'er turned to leave, and Gu Shan called after her to say they could discuss the matter.

Xiao Tian forced the Gu Clan elders to return both of the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb Quota slots, then joined Xun'er and Xiao Yan at the coming-of-age ceremony grounds. The chapter left them gathered in the plaza as the ceremony was about to begin.

• Xiao Tian appeared behind Gu Shan and heard him argue for keeping the Xiao Clan’s slots.
• Xiao Tian demanded that the Gu Clan return both slots, and the elders agreed under his pressure.
• Elder Tongxuan confirmed the decision, while Gu Shan reluctantly supported returning the slots.
• Xiao Tian left with Xun'er after warning Gu Shan to listen to the younger generation.
• Xiao Tian and Xun'er rode a winged unicorn to the ceremony grounds, where Xiao Yan and Mang Tianchi were waiting.
• Mang Tianchi praised Xiao Tian, who said he and Xun'er loved each other before heading toward the plaza.

Xiao Tian and his companions attended the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where the clan began testing its young members and awarding clan marks. Ling Quan received a Golden Clan Mark, while Mang Tianchi suggested Xun’er might possess a divine-grade bloodline with the potential to reach Dou Sheng Peak.

• Xiao Tian entered the ceremony grounds with Xun’er and Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan vowed to kill Hun Ya and the other Soul Clan figures after learning their connection to Xiao Xuan’s injury.
• The Black Annihilation Army commanders welcomed Xiao Tian as their boss, and he encouraged them to impress the guests at the ceremony.
• A powerful voice announced the start of the ceremony, and three Gu Clan Elders entered the square to oversee it.
• Ling Quan underwent the Star Disk test and was declared a Three Star Dou Zun with a sixth-grade bloodline, earning a Golden Clan Mark.
• Xun’er explained the Gu Clan’s bloodline grades and clan marks, and Mang Tianchi said her bloodline might be divine grade and capable of reaching Dou Sheng Peak.