Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and Medusa enjoyed their first days with their daughter, Xiao Xi'er, as they watched over her powerful, poorly controlled Dou Zong strength. In the Divine Temple courtyard, Xiao Ling arrived to ask Qing Lin to seal Xi'er's cultivation, but their family gathering turned playful when Xi'er asked him to give her a horse ride.

• Xiao Ling and Medusa explained that their daughter was named Xiao Xi'er, and she happily thanked and kissed them.
• Xiao Xi'er shook Xiao Ling's arm aside with her uncontrolled strength, prompting him and Medusa to decide that her Dou Zong cultivation needed to be sealed.
• Xiao Ling stayed in the Snake People Sacred City to spend time with Medusa and Xi'er, who played in the Divine Temple courtyard among powerful snake Magical Beasts sent by Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin admitted she had wondered why Medusa had become a mother before her, and Xiao Ling teased her about wanting a child.
• Medusa scolded Xiao Ling for calling her young, then Xi'er leaped into his arms and asked to ride a horse.
• Xiao Ling lifted Xi'er onto his shoulders to give her the ride she wanted.

Xiao Ling sealed Xiao Xi'er's powerful Dou Qi with an ancient technique that would let her build a stronger foundation by cultivating anew. Afterward, Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Little Diao arrived to meet their niece, leaving Xiao Xi'er ready to greet her visitors.

• Xiao Ling explained why Xiao Xi'er's Dou Qi needed to be sealed, and she eagerly agreed after he promised to take her for delicious food.
• Xiao Ling used an ancient secret technique to seal Xiao Xi'er's cultivation into an Energy Seed, allowing her to start cultivating from the lower realms later.
• Xiao Xi'er ran to Xiao Ling for a hug, then reached for Medusa and kissed her cheek.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa left the Secret Chamber with Xiao Xi'er and found Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Little Diao waiting in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Ling and Medusa and eagerly looked at Xiao Xi'er, saying he had come to meet his little niece.

Xiao Ling reunited his family and friends around his daughter, Xiao Xi'er, and enjoyed a peaceful gathering in the Jia Ma Empire. That night, Medusa asked whether he had decided to leave the Snake People Race, and Xiao Ling said he planned to take her to the Nine Nether Emperor Nether Python Clan to reclaim her rightful opportunity.

• Xiao Ling introduced Xiao Xi'er to Xiao Yan, Little Diao, and Yao Chen, who warmly welcomed the child.
• Zi Yan arrived from Ancient Dragon Island, playfully scolded Xiao Ling for not telling her about his daughter, and embraced Xiao Xi'er as her goddaughter.
• Xiao Xi'er affectionately kissed Zi Yan but refused to kiss Xiao Yan, prompting Xiao Ling to declare that he would protect her from future suitors.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited everyone to a banquet, and Xiao Ling reflected on the happiness his daughter had brought to his family and friends amid looming danger from the Soul Clan.
• That night, Medusa asked Xiao Ling whether he was preparing to leave the Snake People Race, and he told her they would go to the Nine Nether Emperor Nether Python Clan once its affairs were settled.

Xiao Ling persuaded Medusa to leave the Snake People Race with him for the Central Plains, where she hoped to someday establish the clan, and helped prepare both the Snake People Race and Xiao Clan for their departure. As the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s headquarters rose in Jia Ma Imperial Capital and its power grew, Xiao Ling declared that it could one day rival Danta; several people then approached the tower’s terrace.

• Xiao Ling reassured Medusa that she and Xi'er would travel with him to the Central Plains, and Medusa agreed to make bringing the Snake People Race there her future goal.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa shared a kiss and then retired together while Xi'er slept beside them.
• Over the following days, Xiao Ling strengthened the Snake People Race and Xiao Clan, leaving ten peak Dou Venerate Sky Demon Puppets to protect each faction.
• The Heaven and Earth Alliance completed its headquarters in Jia Ma Imperial Capital, and Xiao Ling surveyed the towering structure with Jia Xing Tian.
• Xiao Ling told Jia Xing Tian that the Heaven and Earth Alliance could someday rival Danta, strengthening Jia Xing Tian’s resolve to support him.
• Several people climbed the stone steps toward Xiao Ling and Jia Xing Tian on the terrace.

Xiao Ling left the Jia Ma Empire with his family and companions, traveling by Space Ship toward Starfall Pavilion. On the journey, he reunited with Xiao Xi'er and teased Zi Yan, who privately resented how little attention he had given her.

• Xiao Ling greeted Xiao Xi'er, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian at the tower, then learned that they were ready to leave except for Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan arrived and opened a Space Gate, while Xiao Ling entrusted Jia Xing Tian and the elders with managing the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Xiao Ling and the others appeared at the Xiao Family courtyard, where Zi Yan opened a Space Passage and the group departed aboard a Space Ship.
• Zi Yan played with Xiao Xi'er on the ship, and Xiao Ling joined them, promising Zi Yan medicinal pills for looking after his daughter.
• Zi Yan complained that Xiao Ling made her hide her strength during the journey and felt jealous of the women who admired him.
• Xiao Xi'er went to find Medusa, and Xiao Ling praised his daughter's intelligence and unusual birth.

Xiao Ling and Zi Yan discussed his plan to visit the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, then parted ways after Zi Yan agreed to take Xiao Xi'er to Ancient Dragon Island. Medusa stayed with Xiao Ling, preparing to pursue the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's inheritance as he continued toward his next task.

• Xiao Ling teased Zi Yan about having children, then refused her offer to help him confront the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan because she needed to return to her duties as Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Ling kissed Zi Yan to soothe her, while Medusa and Xiao Xi'er watched from the Space Ship and Medusa gently scolded Xi'er for commenting on the adults' affection.
• The Space Ship arrived above the Sky Star Mountain Range, where Xiao Ling sent Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei back to Starfall Pavilion and noted that Yao Chen, Little Diao, and Xiao Yan had gone to the Spirit Talisman Hall.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan exchanged farewells, and he entrusted Xiao Xi'er to Zi Yan so she could stay on Ancient Dragon Island while he visited the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan.
• Zi Yan took Xiao Xi'er through a Space Passage to Ancient Dragon Island, and Xiao Ling reassured Medusa that their daughter would adapt while she pursued the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's inheritance.

Xiao Ling led Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin into the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s underground headquarters, intending to subdue the clan without alerting it. They reached the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and began searching beneath the lake for the imprisoned Yao Ming.

• Xiao Ling used a Space Passage to take Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin from the Sky Star Mountain Range to the Beast Region.
• Guided by Qing Lin’s knowledge of the clan’s defenses and headquarters, Xiao Ling concealed the group as they passed through the Nine Nether Abyss and traveled to the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Xiao Ling avoided the clan’s experts and led the group to the chasm above the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Yao Ming was imprisoned beneath the lake.
• Xiao Ling tested the Yellow Springs’ extreme cold and found that it could freeze his hand, though his spatial power stopped the ice from spreading.
• Xiao Ling led the three women toward the lake to investigate the faint aura he had sensed beneath it.

Xiao Ling led Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, fighting off its black snake beasts and locating the imprisoned Yao Ming. After revealing Yao Ming beneath the mud, they approached him, and he pleaded with Xiao Ling to save him in exchange for making the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan acknowledge Xiao Ling as its master.

• Xiao Ling wrapped the group in Heavenly Flames and led them into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where the extreme cold pressed against his barrier.
• Xiao Ling burned away the attacking black snakes and used Great Creation Palm to clear a swarm, then hurried deeper with the three women.
• Xiao Ling reached the bottom of the springs and followed a faint cry for help to a concealed site beneath the sand.
• Xiao Ling exposed four massive chains and uncovered a nearly lifeless man hidden beneath black mud, whom Qing Lin and Medusa recognized as carrying a pure Nine Nether Nether Python Clan bloodline.
• The emaciated Yao Ming opened his eyes and begged Xiao Ling to save him, promising to make the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan acknowledge Xiao Ling as its master.

Xiao Ling learned that Yao Ming had been betrayed by Yao Xiaotian and imprisoned in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, but refused to promise to rescue him. Instead, he told Qing Lin to subdue Yao Ming with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and she struck him with their emerald beam.

• Yao Ming introduced himself as the former Clan Leader of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan and accused Yao Xiaotian and the First Elder of imprisoning him for hundreds of years.
• Yao Ming offered to serve Xiao Ling and bring the clan under his command if Xiao Ling freed him, but Xiao Ling said he had no intention of helping him out of benevolence.
• Xiao Ling told Qing Lin to control Yao Ming and said the powerful snake-type Magical Beast could become her Snake Pet.
• Qing Lin activated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which Yao Ming recognized with alarm as the emerald beam struck his brow.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subjugate Yao Ming, who then accepted her command to obey Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling promised to free him and sliced apart the Yellow Springs Yin Stone mountain sustaining his seal, leaving Yao Ming’s chains breaking as the mountain collapsed.

• Qing Lin overcame Yao Ming’s resistance and bound his soul to her with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin ordered Yao Ming to follow Xiao Ling’s commands, and he obeyed despite his lingering resentment toward Xiao Ling.
• Yao Ming asked Xiao Ling to free him and help him reclaim control of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, offering the clan’s support in return.
• Xiao Ling promised to break Yao Ming’s seal and examined the black mountain anchoring the chains.
• After his powerful palm barely marked the mountain, Xiao Ling formed a spatial blade from the Meteor God Weapon and cut through the Yellow Springs Yin Stone and its inner core.
• The mountain collapsed, the chains binding Yao Ming snapped, and Yao Ming’s resentment gave way to astonishment at Xiao Ling’s power.

Xiao Ling freed Yao Ming from the Yellow Springs seal and gave him Eighth-grade Recovery Pills, while Yao Xiaotian sensed the seal had broken and set out to confront his escaped elder brother. Yao Ming recovered much of his strength, and Yao Xiaotian moved to stop him before he could reclaim the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan.

• Xiao Ling destroyed the remaining Yellow Springs Yin Stone mountains, breaking Yao Ming’s chains and freeing him from the seal.
• Yao Ming bowed to Xiao Ling and Qing Lin, accepted his bond to Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and pledged his service to them.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ming a bottle of Eighth-grade Recovery Pills and told him to recover before they discussed reclaiming the clan.
• Yao Xiaotian felt his connection to the seal break, realized Yao Ming might have escaped, and left his palace to confront him.
• Yao Ming swallowed the pills and recovered roughly seventy to eighty percent of his combat strength.

Xiao Ling helped Yao Ming recover and obtained the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal before they headed to the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to remove Yao Xiaotian from power. They confronted Yao Xiaotian above the Yellow Springs, where Xiao Ling made clear that he intended to help Yao Ming reclaim the clan.

• Yao Ming gave Xiao Ling a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal, and Xiao Ling sealed it away for safekeeping.
• Xiao Ling and Yao Ming left the depths of the Yellow Springs, while Yao Ming used a secret method to turn the strange snakes aside.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked them as they emerged, but Yao Ming blocked his palm strike.
• Yao Xiaotian threatened Xiao Ling and mocked Yao Ming, while secretly expecting the First Elder and clan forces to arrive as reinforcements.
• Xiao Ling rejected Yao Xiaotian's offer of friendship and declared that he preferred Yao Ming to reclaim control of the clan.

Xiao Ling confronted Yao Xiaotian over his betrayal of Yao Ming and overwhelmed his attacks while demonstrating his spiritual power and dragon-enhanced physical strength. The chapter ended as Xiao Ling’s Azure Dragon World-Breaking Slash fractured Yao Xiaotian’s Yellow Springs Great Seal.

• Xiao Ling condemned Yao Xiaotian for imprisoning Yao Ming, and Yao Xiaotian responded by unleashing his power and attacking them.
• Xiao Ling used spiritual power to distort space and erase Yao Xiaotian’s first giant palm attack.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked with the Yellow Springs Finger, but Xiao Ling transformed with the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and tore the attack apart with the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into his Nine Nether Underworld Python form and sent the Yellow Springs Great Seal toward Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling charged into the seal with his dragon wings and Azure Dragon World-Breaking Slash, cracking it across its surface.

Xiao Ling defeated Yao Xiaotian and left him alive for Yao Ming to exact revenge and later subdue. As the clan’s elders and guards arrived, the First Elder denied Yao Ming’s identity and ordered the clan-protecting formation activated against him.

• Xiao Ling cleaved through Yao Xiaotian’s Yellow Springs Great Seal, grievously wounded him, and dismissed his plea for mercy.
• Xiao Ling entrusted Yao Xiaotian to Yao Ming, who battered him and used icy Dou Qi to keep him conscious for further torment.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Ming not to kill Yao Xiaotian outright, intending for Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue him.
• The First Elder and the Nether Snake Guards arrived, and the elders recognized Yao Ming as the former clan leader thought dead for centuries.
• The First Elder denied that Yao Ming was genuine and ordered the clan-protecting grand formation activated to kill him.

Xiao Ling stopped the First Elder’s attack on Yao Ming, and Yao Ming proved his identity with the Nine Nether Nether Staff, winning the clan’s support against the traitors. As Yao Ming confronted the defeated leaders, the First Elder began a forbidden technique to escape, and Xiao Ling prepared to intervene.

• The First Elder attacked Yao Ming with the Withered Leaf Great Poison Palm, but Xiao Ling destroyed the attack and burned him with Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Ming displayed the Nine Nether Nether Staff, convincing the clan elders that he was their former Clan Leader.
• Yao Ming called on Elder Xian and the others to withdraw the formation and stand down, and the clan members abandoned Yao Xiaotian’s side.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had advanced to Two-star Dou Saint and seized the helpless Yao Xiaotian.
• The First Elder began Demonic Snake Heavenly Explosion, prompting Yao Ming to order everyone to retreat as Xiao Ling prepared to act.

Xiao Ling subdued the First Elder and arranged for Qing Lin to control him, Yao Xiaotian, and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s remaining traitors. Yao Ming reclaimed control of the clan, and Qing Lin later reported that her new Snake Pets had accelerated her cultivation and brought her closer to breaking through to Half-Saint.

• Xiao Ling used Space Strangulation to cripple the First Elder, sealed his meridians, and told Yao Ming he would take custody of him for Qing Lin.
• Yao Ming ordered the elders to purge Yao Xiaotian’s followers, then agreed to let Qing Lin control Yao Xiaotian and the First Elder.
• Yao Xiaotian begged Yao Ming for mercy, tried to trigger his Life-Bound Monster Core, and was knocked unconscious and sealed by Yao Ming.
• Xiao Ling had Qing Lin subdue the clan’s remaining followers, including several Half-Saints, and the clan’s turmoil ended by dawn.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that controlling the Snake Pets had increased her cultivation speed and that she was nearing an attempt to break through the Half-Saint bottleneck.

Xiao Ling went with Yao Ming to the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and entered its hidden space to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance. Inside, he headed toward a distant Divine Temple while a storm of lightning attacked him, but his vortex swallowed every strike.

• Xiao Ling reflected on Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and their ability to subdue powerful snake-type Magical Beasts and aid her cultivation.
• Yao Ming arrived, and Xiao Ling told him to lead the way to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet; Qing Lin stayed behind to recover her Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Ling and Yao Ming reached the altar, where Yao Ming explained that the tablet held the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s blood essence.
• Xiao Ling sent his Soul Body into the tablet and was drawn into its hidden space, while Yao Ming stayed on the altar and began cultivating.
• Xiao Ling flew toward the distant Divine Temple as violet-gold lightning attacked him, but a black vortex around him swallowed the bolts.

Xiao Ling overcame the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm trials and reached the Divine Temple, where the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s soul imprint appeared. Xiao Ling accepted the Demon Saint’s deadly test of withstanding Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and the attack began to form before him.

• Xiao Ling destroyed the Yellow Springs Finger with a torrent of lightning, fire, and Space Power.
• Xiao Ling froze the Yellow Springs Palm with Frostbind, evaded it, and erased it with Bone-Eroding Demon Mist.
• Xiao Ling reached the Divine Temple, where the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s soul imprint appeared and told him to leave.
• Xiao Ling insisted on seeking the inheritance, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed to test him with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint unleashed the soul attack, forming a towering phantom that faced Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling survived the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and received the Yellow Springs Three Ultimates inheritance. The Yellow Springs Demon Saint then produced his Blood Essence, leaving Xiao Ling poised to accept the next part of the inheritance.

• Xiao Ling used the Heavenly Talisman’s powers to withstand Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, surviving by devouring the remaining soul impact with a Black Hole.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint acknowledged Xiao Ling’s strength and prepared to pass on his inheritance as his Remnant Soul faded.
• Xiao Ling considered using his Soul Returning Pill to revive the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, but rejected the idea because the risks were too great and he had reserved the pill for Xiao Xuan.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint transmitted the cultivation methods and insights for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm to Xiao Ling.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint released a mass of his golden Blood Essence, stirring the dormant bloodline power within Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial, received his Demon Saint Blood Essence, and witnessed the Demon Saint’s Remnant Soul disappear. After returning to the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, Xiao Ling planned compensation for the clan while Yao Ming began preparing to restore its fortunes.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Ling his blood essence and entrusted him with the hope of reaching the Dou Emperor Realm before his Remnant Soul dispersed.
• Xiao Ling returned from the stone tablet space, revealing the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath imprint, but Yao Ming was injured when he tried to touch it.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ming a Spirit Calming Soul Restoration Pill, which healed his soul injury.
• As they traveled back, Yao Ming chose not to ask Xiao Ling for the Demon Saint Blood Essence, while Xiao Ling planned to repay the clan with pills and later provide Yao Ming with a Soul Cultivation Secret Art through Qing Lin.
• Yao Ming returned to the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s territory and hurried to the main hall to handle its affairs and begin a plan to reverse the clan’s decline.