Chapter Summaries

After refining Yellow Springs Demon Saint's Blood Essence, Xiao Ling gave portions to Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Medusa entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to seek her clan's inheritance and cultivate in seclusion, while Xiao Ling left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, traveling through the Space Turbulence.

• Xiao Ling showed Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin the Demon Saint Blood Essence and promised to share it after refining its violent energy.
• Xiao Ling accompanied Medusa to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, gave her Ninth-grade Pills and refined Blood Essence, and watched as she descended to cultivate and search for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python inheritance.
• Xiao Ling returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, gave each of them a portion of the refined Blood Essence, and arranged for them to travel to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Ling instructed Qing Lin and Yao Ming to guard Medusa's secluded cultivation and asked the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to arrange the Space Teleportation Array with Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and the group traveled through the dangerous Space Turbulence.

Xiao Ling arrived at Ancient Dragon Island with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, reunited with his daughter Xiao Xi'er, and comforted her over Medusa’s absence while she cultivated. After spending several days with Xi'er, he entered seclusion and began refining the Demon Saint Blood Essence with the help of his Heavenly Flames and Destiny Talisman.

• Xiao Ling guided Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin through Ancient Dragon Island’s Space Barrier and met Zi Yan, who was caring for Xiao Xi'er.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Xiao Xi'er, who asked where Medusa was, and explained that her mother was cultivating in seclusion.
• Xiao Ling promised to spend more time with Xiao Xi'er and stayed with her for several days before telling her he needed to cultivate.
• Xiao Ling entered a quiet stone chamber, swallowed the Demon Saint Blood Essence, and used his Heavenly Flames to restrain its violent energy.
• Xiao Ling activated the Destiny Talisman to devour and refine the blood essence’s energy.

After more than a month refining the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s blood essence, Xiao Ling broke through to the middle stage of the Two-star Dou Saint realm and emerged from seclusion on Ancient Dragon Island. He reunited with Zi Yan, and their walk together was interrupted by Xiao Xi’er arriving on Hei Qing’s head.

• The Destiny Talisman’s Black Hole refined the blood essence and nourished Xiao Ling, steadily strengthening his body, Dou Qi, and Spiritual Power.
• A massive energy surge swept across the Nether Snake Earth Vein, alarming Ancient Dragon Island’s inhabitants, and Zi Yan realized Xiao Ling’s seclusion was nearing its end.
• Xiao Ling emerged after absorbing one-third of the blood essence, having reached the middle stage of the Two-star Dou Saint realm and greatly increased his Spiritual Power.
• Elder Qing Mu and Elder Qing Shan congratulated Xiao Ling, while Zi Yan teased him about the blood essence he had saved for Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan walked toward her residence, where Xiao Xi’er flew over atop Hei Qing and called out to them.

Xiao Ling learned that the Space Trade Fair would offer a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and a Nine-Colored Raw Stone, then traveled there after spending time with Xiao Xi'er. He entered the hidden marketplace and, after finding little of interest, sensed a faint energy fluctuation at a stall.

• Hei Qing told Xiao Ling that the Space Trade Fair would begin in seven days, and Xiao Ling explained that he sought the Fragment Map and Nine-Colored Raw Stone for himself, Xiao Xi'er, and the little Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Ling spent several more days with Xiao Xi'er before leaving Ancient Dragon Island for the trade fair, which he planned to visit before heading to the Barbaric Ancient Region to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Ling arrived in the desert three days before the fair began, sensed numerous powerful experts nearby, and entered its hidden space without using the Space Black Hole entrance.
• Xiao Ling explored the marketplace while concealed, exchanged for several medicinal herbs, and found no bargains among the displayed treasures.
• Xiao Ling sensed a faint energy fluctuation and turned his attention toward a stall in a corner.

Xiao Ling bought a Seven-Colored Raw Stone and entered the Space Trade Fair’s hidden pavilion by using an invitation he had taken from an unconscious Nine-Revolutions Dou Venerate. He concealed his identity among the cloaked attendees, and the trade fair began as a white-haired old man appeared in the hall.

• Xiao Ling bought the Seven-Colored Raw Stone from a gaunt old man for two Eighth-grade Pills with three-colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Ling used the invitation he had taken from a Nine-Revolutions Dou Venerate and disguised himself to pass the pavilion’s gatekeepers.
• Xiao Ling entered the ancient hall, surveyed the cloaked attendees with his Soul Power, then sat in a secluded seat and blocked others from probing him.
• A bell rang to announce the start of the trade fair, and a white-haired old man stepped out of twisted space in the center of the hall.

Xiao Ling attended the Space Trade Fair, where rare treasures were exchanged and Xiao Yan acquired the Diamond Glazed Body Fighting Skill. When Old Man Baoshan auctioned a Fragment Map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan both pursued it, and Xiao Yan's offer of two Eighth-grade Pills tempered by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning silenced the other bidders.

• Old Man Baoshan opened the Space Trade Fair and exchanged a Demon Phoenix Wing for an Eighth-grade Pill tempered by Four-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Old Man Baoshan offered the Diamond Glazed Body Fighting Skill, and Xiao Yan won it with a bid of a Water Element Cultivation Method scroll.
• Xiao Ling bought several rare ingredients and treasures as other valuable items changed hands, drawing attention with his high spending.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a Fragment Map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and bidders drove its price up to nine Eighth-grade Pills tempered by Six-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan offered two Eighth-grade Pills tempered by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, silencing the remaining competitor.

Xiao Ling took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map from Xiao Yan and warned him that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear in the Barren Ancient Region. As Xiao Ling headed there, a token from the Gu Clan signaled that there was news from Xun Er.

• Xiao Yan won the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map at the Space Trade Fair with two Eighth-grade Pills tempered by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Ling transported Xiao Yan into a void, revealed himself, and exchanged the map for a ninth-grade healing pill.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan to warn Old Yao that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Barren Ancient Region and said he would protect their allies there.
• Xiao Yan returned toward Danta, hoping he might still obtain the Bodhi Heart despite Xiao Ling's plans to help Xun'er and their companions.
• Xiao Ling set out for the Barren Ancient Region, but a trembling Gu Clan token alerted him to news from Xun Er.

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear, Xiao Ling traveled to the Ancient Realm and agreed to accompany Xun Er to the Barren Ancient Region to seek its opportunity. The chapter left them together in the Ancient Realm, with Xiao Ling promising to help Xun Er break through to the Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Ling left the Space Trade Fair, while Old Man Baoshan announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree's imminent return and news of it spread throughout the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling traveled to Ancient Saint City, where Gu Yuan opened a passage and welcomed him into the Ancient Realm.
• The Ancient Clan elders were astonished to sense that Xiao Ling had reached the peak of the middle stage of the Two-star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Ling told Gu Yuan he wanted to obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree's opportunity for Xun Er, and Gu Yuan assigned them to go together to the Barren Ancient Region.
• After discussing their plans with Gu Yuan and the elders, Xiao Ling and Xun Er spent time together in a courtyard, where Xiao Ling promised to help her break through the Dou Saint bottleneck.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er traveled to Barren Ancient Town after learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was about to emerge, then entered the dangerous Barren Ancient Region in search of it. They reached the edge of the core mountain range, where Xiao Ling prepared to lead Xun Er onward.

• Xiao Ling teased Xun Er about their future promises, and the two shared a kiss in the courtyard.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er arrived in Barren Ancient Town, gathered information, and stocked up on rare herbs and Monster Cores.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er left town and entered the Barren Ancient Region, where Xun Er sensed powerful Ninth Order Magical Beasts and Xiao Ling warned her to stay cautious.
• Xiao Ling led Xun Er deeper through the forest, passing dangerous beasts, rare plants, and the corpses of cultivators who had died there.
• Xiao Ling protected himself and Xun Er with a Space Barrier as they crossed a deadly Black Mist filled with poisonous insects.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er reached a vast Sky Chasm overlooking the core mountain range, and Xiao Ling assessed the dangers awaiting them beyond it.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er traveled through the Barren Ancient Region, using a Bodhi Seed to follow the Bodhi Ancient Tree while avoiding the region’s fierce beasts. After the seed reacted and the land shook, the Bodhi Ancient Tree emerged before them in all its immense grandeur.

• Xiao Ling sensed a faint pull from the Bodhi Seed and followed it northwest with Xun Er.
• Xun Er burned several attacking Fierce Beasts to ash with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xiao Ling collected their Monster Cores.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er crossed the Ancient Domain Stage and concealed themselves with Spiritual Power and Space Power to pass over a vast horde of Fierce Beasts.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er entered thick fog that suppressed Soul Power, then noticed the Bodhi Seed glowing more brightly as the ground began to tremble.
• Xiao Ling identified the disturbance as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence, and the enormous tree rose from the earth before him and Xun Er.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Xun Er defeated five Half-Saint puppets before the tree transported them away and suppressed their Dou Qi. Xiao Ling then awoke in a classroom, leaving the nature of the ancient tree’s trial uncertain.

• Xiao Ling and Xun Er flew toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree as its appearance stirred forces across the Central Plains, while Xiao Yan led the Spirit Talisman Hall team toward the Barren Ancient Region.
• Xiao Ling sensed the Bodhi Heart and learned from the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone that a violent consciousness was influencing the ancient tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent five Half-Saint puppets to attack, and Xun Er destroyed their Energy Cores.
• Xiao Ling warned Xun Er to guard her heart, but the ancient tree enveloped them in a pillar of light, drained their Dou Qi, and pulled them into its trunk.
• Xiao Ling awoke in a classroom after apparently falling asleep, where his math teacher scolded him about sleeping in class and an upcoming exam.

Xiao Ling escaped the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and found its benevolent consciousness, which showed him the ancient battle that had left the tree tainted by a dead Dou Emperor’s resentment. He realized the tree was communicating about its plight, but its contradictory gestures left its request unclear.

• Xiao Ling broke free from a convincing illusion of his former life and reunited with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s consciousness, where he saw that Xun Er had also fallen into an illusion.
• Xiao Ling asked the tree to release Xun Er and offered to make a fair trade in exchange.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Ling a vision of a black-clothed Dou Emperor attacking it and being destroyed by the tree and an allied Dou Emperor.
• The vision revealed that the dead Dou Emperor’s resentment had entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and tainted its pure aura.
• The tree sent Xiao Ling information explaining its history and lack of complete intelligence, then nodded and shook its branches when he asked whether it wanted his help.

Xiao Ling enlisted the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree of the Dou Emperor’s lingering resentment in exchange for Bodhi Seeds. The purification succeeded, and the tree replenished Xiao Ling’s Dou Qi throughout the process, strengthening his foundation as it left him with a gentle touch.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Ling how Bodhi Seeds could purify its corruption and offered him a large number of seeds if he removed the resentment.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone, whom he called Yan, and asked it to cleanse the ancient tree.
• Yan’s purification drew out and dissolved the tree’s black resentment, while the effort rapidly consumed Xiao Ling’s Dou Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree repeatedly replenished Xiao Ling with pure energy, expanding his Dou Qi capacity and advancing his cultivation to the peak of the mid-phase Two-star Dou Saint realm.
• Yan removed the final trace of resentment, confirmed that the purification was complete, and returned to Xiao Ling’s body.
• The purified Bodhi Ancient Tree extended an emerald branch and gently rested it atop Xiao Ling’s head.

After cleansing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s corruption, Xiao Ling and Xun Er were drawn into its hundred lifetimes of reincarnation. Outside, the Soul Clan gathered at the beast tide and planned to use the advance toward the tree to hunt Xiao Ling.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released Xun Er from its illusion after Xiao Ling asked it to, then offered Xiao Ling the Bodhi Heart, which he accepted and promised to give to Xun Er.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly struck Xiao Ling and Xun Er with its branches, placing them into a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation while Yan observed that the trial could aid Xiao Ling’s cultivation.
• Large forces from across the Central Plains gathered near the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Hun Yu reported to Hun Feng that Xiao Ling had come with Xun Er.
• Hun Feng revealed that the Soul Clan intended to summon Dou Saint experts and kill Xiao Ling, while Hun Yu proposed that the gathered factions join forces to break through the beast tide.
• Gu Qingyang distrusted Hun Yu’s offer, but the assembled factions agreed to the alliance, and Hun Yu led the charge toward the beast tide.

The allied forces fought through the Barbaric Ancient Region’s beast tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where its restored power drew them into a trial of reincarnation. After experiencing a hundred lifetimes, Xiao Ling awoke beside Xun Er with his mind and bond with her strengthened.

• Hun Yu led the allied forces into the beast tide, and the Soul Clan later withdrew from the vanguard as the battle grew more dangerous.
• The beast tide killed most of the advancing force, but Hun Feng and other powerful survivors broke through to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, followed by Xiao Yan’s Danta group and a few other experts.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped the arrivals in golden light and sent them into individual reincarnation illusions, while Xiao Ling and Xun Er underwent their own trials.
• Across his many lives, Xiao Ling experienced different fates and repeatedly met Xun Er, deepening his understanding of love and strengthening his state of mind.
• A month later, Xiao Ling awoke on a meditation cushion inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and recognized Xun Er beside him.

After completing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s hundred-life trial, Xiao Ling broke through to Three-star Dou Saint and reached the peak of alchemy, while Xun Er also advanced to Dou Saint. The tree showed them visions of those seeking it, including a Soul Clan prodigy whose vision suggested he might target Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling emerged from the hundred lifetimes with a steadier Dao heart, advanced to Three-star Dou Saint, and became the Dou Qi Continent’s foremost Alchemist.
• Xun Er awakened, embraced Xiao Ling, and affirmed that her devotion to him had remained unchanged through every reincarnation.
• Xun Er revealed that she had also broken through into the Dou Saint realm, and she and Xiao Ling thanked the Bodhi Ancient Tree for its trial.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree displayed visions of people who had entered the Barren Ancient Region, including Gu Qingyang, Xiao Yan, Danta members, and Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Ling saw a vision in which a Soul Clan member defeated him and rose to become Soul Clan Leader and a Dou Emperor.
• Xun Er identified the person in the vision as Hun Feng, the Soul Clan’s young clan leader, prompting Xiao Ling to suspect that Hun Feng had come to target him.

Xiao Ling freed Hun Feng from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion, defeated him, and decided to take him to the Ancient Clan to extract Soul Clan secrets. After receiving more than two hundred Bodhi Seeds, Xiao Ling offered the tree Heaven-Reaching Creation Dew to help it recover.

• Xiao Ling asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to release Hun Feng, who emerged from the illusion and recognized Xiao Ling and Gu Xun'er.
• Hun Feng tried to send a distress signal with a Spatial Jade Slip, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s core space blocked it; he attacked Xiao Ling and was overwhelmed by Xiao Ling’s Three-star Dou Saint strength.
• Xiao Ling struck Hun Feng with Spiritual Power and knocked him unconscious, then told Xun Er they would take him to the Ancient Clan and question him about the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Ling suspected Gu Yang had leaked his cultivation information to the Soul Clan and reassured Xun Er that the Ancient Clan could handle any retaliation.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Ling more than two hundred Bodhi Seeds, and he offered it Heaven-Reaching Creation Dew to help heal its remaining injuries.

Xiao Ling traded Heaven-Reaching Creation Dew with the Bodhi Ancient Tree for five Bodhi Hearts and an origin root, then returned to the Ancient Clan with Xun Er and the captive Hun Feng. After warning Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had planted a spy among the Ancient Clan’s upper ranks, Xiao Ling began interrogating Hun Feng, extracted the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame, and faced its sudden attack.

• Xiao Ling gave the Bodhi Ancient Tree Heaven-Reaching Creation Dew and received five Bodhi Hearts and an origin root in exchange.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er left the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space with the unconscious Hun Feng and returned to the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan welcomed them.
• Xiao Ling told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had ambushed him with knowledge of his cultivation and route, suggesting a high-ranking spy within the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan brought Xiao Ling, Xun Er, and Hun Feng to a sealed chamber and entrusted Hun Feng’s interrogation to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling used the Fallen Heart Flame to torture Hun Feng and forcibly extracted the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame from his body.
• The Child Flame expanded into a huge mass of black fire and lunged at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling tortured Hun Feng into revealing the Soul Clan’s plans and the identity of its spy in the Ancient Clan. Gu Yuan confronted the exposed spy, Gu Yang, and began testing him with a powerful attack.

• Xiao Ling captured the Nihility Devouring Flame’s child flame and intensified the Fallen Heart Flame’s torture until Hun Feng agreed to confess.
• Hun Feng revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had ordered the ambush and disclosed that a Dou Saint-level spy had infiltrated the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Feng identified the spy as Gu Yang, whose body had been taken over by a Soul Clan elder through Nihility Devouring Flame’s soul-fusion technique.
• Gu Yuan opened a Space Passage to the Ancestral Shrine and confronted Gu Yang, who had been cultivating there.
• Gu Yang realized his identity had been exposed and hastily raised his full strength to block Gu Yuan’s palm strike.

Gu Yuan exposed and destroyed the Soul Clan soul inhabiting Gu Yang, then revealed the conspiracy to the Ancient Clan elders and arranged an honored funeral for the real Gu Yang. After the clan mourned and resumed its duties, Xun Er entered the Cultivation Room while Xiao Ling watched her depart.

• Gu Yang fled after Gu Yuan's attack, but Gu Yuan froze him in space, captured him, and killed the Soul Clan soul that had occupied his body.
• Gu Yuan explained to the arriving elders that Nihility Devouring Flame had replaced Gu Yang a hundred years earlier, and ordered a grand funeral and heightened vigilance against the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan arranged Gu Yang's funeral, and the Ancient Clan mourned him with the highest honors before gradually returning to its usual order.
• Xun Er, still saddened by Gu Yang's fate, said farewell to Xiao Ling and entered the Cultivation Room.