Chapter Summaries

Su Wan Yin brought Xiao Li to Yin Valley’s hidden Yin Realm, where his musical aptitude on the Tianyin Staircase confirmed that he deserved the title of Saint Son. She introduced him to her elder brother, Su Jinyi, and they took Xiao Li to meet the formidable old man waiting in the main hall.

• Su Wan Yin led Xiao Li through a Spatial Door into Yin Valley’s Yin Realm and showed him the sect’s peach forest and buildings.
• Xiao Li climbed the Tianyin Staircase and heard its music, revealing his aptitude for Yin Valley’s Sound Law and qualifying him to cultivate its Core Technique.
• Su Wan Yin praised Xiao Li’s talent and led him to the main hall to meet someone who had been waiting for him.
• Su Wan Yin introduced the Grand Elder Tianyinzi as her elder brother, Su Jinyi, an Eighth Transformation Dou Venerate.
• Su Jinyi brought Su Wan Yin and Xiao Li into the main hall, where an old man’s soul pressure made Xiao Li suspect he was a Half Saint.

Xiao Li joined Yin Valley as its Saint Son, where Tianyin Old Man welcomed him and arranged for him to study the valley’s resources and advance his cultivation. Tianyin Old Man also gave Su Wan Yin a Crimson Yang Vermilion Fruit for Wang Ming, while Tianyinzi asked Xiao Li to help heal his injuries and Su Wan Yin’s cultivation needs.

• Tianyin Old Man welcomed Xiao Li to Yin Valley and urged him to focus on cultivating before attempting Grade 8 pills again.
• Xiao Li told Tianyin Old Man that Wang Ming had survived an ambush and was undergoing Nirvana State after Xiao Li used two pills to restore his Heavenly Yang Physique.
• Tianyin Old Man sent Tianyinzi to take Xiao Li to the Treasure Vault and Tianyan Mountain, then gave Su Wan Yin a Crimson Yang Vermilion Fruit for Wang Ming.
• Tianyinzi explained Yin Valley’s Heavenly Sound Scripture and its pill needs, but Xiao Li declined the inherited cultivation method because it lacked a suitable Heaven Rank Fire Attribute method.
• Xiao Li asked Tianyinzi about the pill needed to heal his injuries, and Tianyinzi invited him to come along.

Xiao Li studied Yin Valley’s powerful pill recipes and discussed how to heal Tianyinzi’s injuries, while Tianyin Old Man offered major support to bring Xiao Li’s family and influence closer to the valley. The chapter left Xiao Li preparing to refine pills for Yin Valley’s Dou Ancestor elders.

• Xiao Li learned that the Yin Yang Reversing Life Pill could fully heal Tianyinzi, but required scarce Soul Crystals, and promised to refine it after reaching Dou Zun.
• Tianyinzi proposed establishing a subsidiary sect in the Northwest Continent and building a Spatial Wormhole to connect it to Yin Valley.
• Xiao Li discovered recipes for the Bodhi Pill and other powerful pills, then learned that Yin Valley possessed three secret Grade 9 Pill Recipes.
• Tianyin Old Man revealed that Yin Valley’s Founder, Saint Yin, had been a Mid Seven Star Dou Saint and offered to send Yin Wuzi with elders and deacons to establish Yin Pavilion near Xiao Li’s family.
• Xiao Li agreed to help Yin Valley and asked to refine Primal Chaos Barrier Breaking Pills for its five Dou Ancestor Peak elders, while Su Wan Yin described the valley’s ample ingredients and wealth.

Xiao Li broke through to the Dou Zong realm after nearly three months of cultivation on Tianyan Mountain. He learned that Yin Valley had prepared a route back to the Northwest Continent, where he planned to visit home and establish Yin Pavilion.

• Xiao Li consumed a Breaking Ancestor Pill and cultivated on Tianyan Mountain for nearly three months to break through.
• Tianyinzi and Su Wan Yin discussed Xiao Li’s alchemy, the pills he had given Yin Valley’s Elders, and the Valley’s hopes for gaining more Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Li broke through to the Dou Zong realm, reaching roughly One-Star Dou Ancestor and advancing his Soul Force to the Peak of Early Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Li thanked Tianyinzi and Su Wan Yin, then said he planned to return to the Northwest Continent to visit home.
• Tianyinzi told Xiao Li that Yin Valley had completed a Spatial Wormhole and that Great Elder and other members had already gone to the Northwest Continent to establish Yin Pavilion.

Xiao Li returned to the Northwest Continent and met Yin Valley’s elders at Yin Pavilion, where Yin Wuzi assigned his daughters to accompany and protect him. Xiao Li set out for Jia Nan Academy with Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru.

• Tianyinzi gave Xiao Li a Rank 8 Spatial Ship, and Xiao Li traveled through a Spatial Wormhole to the Northwest Continent.
• Mang Tian Chi arrived at Yin Valley looking for Xiao Li, but Su Wan Yin told him Xiao Li had already left for the Northwest Continent.
• Yin Ruxue welcomed Xiao Li and brought him to Yin Pavilion, where he met Yin Wuzi and the other elders and deacons.
• Yin Wuzi explained that Yin Valley’s branch stood near the border of the Tian Snake Empire and the Black Horn Region, and described the Tian Snake Mansion’s plans to unify the continent.
• Xiao Li handed the Spatial Ship to Yin Wuzi and said he planned to visit home; Yin Wuzi assigned his daughters Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru to protect him.
• Xiao Li departed with Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru, saying they would visit Jia Nan Academy first.

Xiao Li and the Pei Sisters entered the Black Horn Region and encountered Hei Ming fleeing from three Dou Ancestors, including Xiao Li’s grandfather, Xiao Ting. A clash nearly broke out before Xiao Li recognized the pursuers, and Hai Bodong arrived as the group reunited.

• Xiao Li asked Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru to conceal their appearances before they entered the Black Horn Region.
• Xiao Li learned they were in Black Skull Tomb territory and headed toward Demon Flame Valley to look for Old Ghost of the Earth Demon.
• Xiao Li and the Pei Sisters encountered the fleeing Five-Star Dou Ancestor Hei Ming and moved to investigate.
• Wang Ming, Yun Shan, and Xiao Ting arrived in pursuit of Hei Ming, and the Pei Sisters used Heavenly Law Ninefold to disperse Wang Ming’s Volcano Stone Flame attack.
• Xiao Li revealed his identity and greeted his grandfather, Yun Shan, and his teacher Wang Ming.
• Hai Bodong caught up with the group, and Yun Shan pointed out Xiao Li to him.

Xiao Li reunited with Wang Ming after Wang Ming killed Hei Ming and recovered the Xuantian Qingling Fruit. Wang Ming learned that Xiao Li had placed second in the Pill Assembly as a Rank 8 Alchemist, and the group prepared to discuss the opportunities that had transformed their cultivation.

• Wang Ming blocked Hei Ming's escape, killed him with the Volcano Stone Flame, and took the Xuantian Qingling Fruit from his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Li told Wang Ming that he had joined Yin Valley and offered him a pill that could improve his chances of breaking through to Dou Zun.
• Wang Ming explained that he had awakened from Nirvana after more than a year, reached the Dou Zong Peak, and found the Volcano Stone Flame beneath a volcano.
• Xiao Li revealed that he had placed second in the Pill Assembly after refining a Grade 8 Pill, and Wang Ming celebrated upon seeing his Rank 8 Alchemist Badge.
• Wang Ming told Xiao Li that he, Yun Shan, and Xiao Li's grandfather had advanced through major opportunities, then suggested they find a better place to discuss what happened.

Wang Ming and Xiao Li reunited and exchanged stories about their years of travel and cultivation, and Xiao Li gave his teacher a Grade 8 pill to aid his breakthrough. The group traveled to Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and the elders recognized Xiao Li among the approaching Dou Ancestors.

• Wang Ming recounted his travels with Yun Shan and Hai Bodong, his pill-refining success, and how he helped his companions and Xiao Ting grow stronger.
• Xiao Li told Wang Ming and the others about his journey through the Central Continent, his Pill Assembly success, and Su Wan Yin’s wish to marry Wang Ming.
• Xiao Li presented Wang Ming with a Grade 8 Four-Colored Primal Chaos Barrier Breaking Pill, and Wang Ming accepted it and resolved to enter seclusion to break through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Li privately told Wang Ming that he also had a Grade 8 Three-Colored Purple-Green Supreme Pill for him to take after reaching Dou Zun.
• Xiao Li led the group toward Jia Nan Academy to fulfill his promise to Bai Lie, while Su Qian and Elder Xu sensed several approaching Dou Ancestors.
• Bai Lie recognized Xiao Li’s aura among the approaching experts and told Su Qian that Xiao Li had returned as a Dou Ancestor.

Xiao Li returned to Jia Nan Academy with Wang Ming and delivered the promised Primal Chaos Barrier Breaking Pills, arranging support in exchange for help after Qian Mu and Bai Lie broke through to Dou Zun. He took Zi Yan along with his group, then led them to Demon Flame Valley, where Wang Ming killed Old Ghost of the Earth Demon.

• Xiao Li and his companions arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and Bai Lie learned that Wang Ming had reached Dou Ancestor Peak after completing his Nirvana State.
• Xiao Li reunited with Zi Yan, gave her Rank 6 and higher pills, and presented Qian Mu and Bai Lie with the Primal Chaos Barrier Breaking Pills.
• Xiao Li arranged for Qian Mu and Bai Lie to help him after they reached Dou Zun, while they gave him medicinal ingredients and agreed to enter seclusion with Elder Xu.
• Xiao Li asked to take Zi Yan traveling and help her approach Rank 6, and Su Qian agreed to let her join his group.
• Xiao Li brought his team to Demon Flame Valley, where Wang Ming appeared before Old Ghost of the Earth Demon and killed him with his Heavenly Flames.

Wang Ming and his companions explored Old Ghost of the Earth Demon's hidden treasure vault after killing him, uncovering a trove of cultivation methods, battle skills, and medicinal ingredients. They agreed to divide the collection among their families and sects and auction the remaining items through the Mittel Family.

• Wang Ming took Old Ghost of the Earth Demon's Storage Ring and gave Hai Bodong several valuable Ice Attribute cultivation methods and battle skills.
• Hai Bodong celebrated his new treasures and planned to use them to challenge Jia Xingtian and strengthen his prospects of reaching Dou Zong.
• Zi Yan led the group through Demon Flame Valley to a concealed vault, where Wang Ming broke open the Stone Gate and Yun Shan killed the Rank 5 snake guarding it.
• The group found a richly stocked storeroom built from Ink Steel Stone, containing shelves of cultivation methods and battle skills alongside cabinets of rare medicinal ingredients.
• Hai Bodong proposed that Xiao Li and Yun Shan select items for the Xiao Clan and Misty Cloud Sect, while the Mittel Family auctioned the rest and shared the proceeds; Wang Ming and the others agreed.

Xiao Li and the others uncovered four treasures in Old Ghost of the Earth Demon's storeroom, including an ancient Heavenly Demon Puppet crafting book. He demonstrated his powerful puppet to Wang Ming and explained how it could withstand Pill Lightning, leaving the group with a valuable aid for high-grade alchemy.

• Xiao Li broke the Space Barriers around four wooden boxes and found a Seventh Grade Fire Attribute Magical Core in the first.
• Xiao Li discovered the Earth Rank Intermediate Thick Earth Rock Dragon Technique and its Matching Dou Techniques in the second box, and the group agreed Jia Xingtian must not obtain them.
• Xiao Li and Wang Ming read the True Nongyan Technique and discussed improving it into an artificial Heavenly Flame based on the Cao Family's Blood Demon Flame.
• Xiao Li opened the final box and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet Crafting Book, then summoned his golden Heavenly Demon Puppet for Wang Ming to inspect.
• Wang Ming struck the puppet with Volcano Stone Flame, but its chest remained unharmed, and Xiao Li explained that it had advanced by absorbing Lightning Force and could resist Pill Lightning.

After leaving Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan while Wang Ming went into seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Zun. Xiao Li found his elder brother Xiao Lin gravely injured after a group of strangers attacked him, and began treating him with Yang Fire and a Return Life Pill.

• Fang Yan led the remnants of Demon Flame Valley toward Maple City to join Han Feng.
• At the Jia Ma Empire border, Wang Ming set out for seclusion while Xiao Li, Hai Bodong, and the others headed to the Imperial Capital; Xiao Ting and Yun Shan went to guard Wang Ming.
• Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan and learned from Xia Yilong that strangers had attacked Xiao Lin, leaving the patriarch seriously injured.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Li that Xiao Lin’s cultivation path had been effectively destroyed, and Xiao Li went to his brother’s room.
• Xiao Li infused Xiao Lin with Yang Fire and gave him a Return Life Pill to treat his injuries.

After healing Xiao Lin, Xiao Li learned that members of the Gu Clan had attacked him while seeking the Xiao Clan heirloom, and explained the Xiao Tribe’s lost Dou God Bloodline to Xiao Lin and Xiao Zhan. He urged Xiao Zhan to cultivate toward becoming a Dou Emperor within fifteen years as the clan awaited Gu Yuan’s visit.

• Xiao Li healed Xiao Lin with a seventh-rank Return Life Pill, and Mujin and Xiao Zhan rejoiced at his recovery.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li that Gu Clan members had attacked him, mocked the fallen Xiao Tribe, and sought the family heirloom before promising to return in two years.
• Xiao Li recognized the attackers as Gu Clan members and said Gu Yuan would come, while resolving to remain with the clan and prepare pills.
• Xiao Li explained that the Xiao Tribe’s Dou God Bloodline had disappeared after Xiao Xuan’s era, leaving the clan far weaker than before.
• Xiao Zhan protested that the Gu Clan was bullying the Xiao Tribe, and Xiao Li set him a goal of reaching Dou Emperor within fifteen years.

Xiao Li gave his family powerful cultivation methods and pills before setting out to seek greater strength. A month later, he visited Misty Cloud Sect, where he revealed to Yun Ji that he had reached the Dou Ancestor Level and asked to see Yun'er.

• Xiao Li gave Xiao Lin, Mujin, and Xiao Zhan Earth Rank cultivation methods and encouraged them to cultivate diligently.
• Mujin left to cultivate after learning that higher cultivation could help preserve her youth, and Xiao Li supplied her with pills.
• Xiao Li decided to seek a Secret Realm and chose to investigate the Gate of Life and Death after spending a month refining pills.
• At Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Ji ordered Yun Leng to punish the ringleaders of clans abusing the sect's name while sparing the innocent.
• Xiao Li arrived at Misty Cloud Sect and asked Yun Ji to take him to Yun'er, who was cultivating in the Back Mountain.
• Xiao Li told Yun Ji that he had reached the Dou Ancestor Level and offered to refine him a Breaking Ancestor Pill once he reached the peak of Dou Emperor.

Xiao Li reunited with Yun Yun and asked to enter the Gate of Life and Death again, bringing Zi Yan and his two protectors. Yun Yun agreed, and the group entered the secret realm, leaving Great Elder Yun Ji to manage the sect.

• Xiao Li met Yun Yun in the Misty Cloud Sect’s forbidden back mountain and told her he wanted to investigate the Gate of Life and Death again.
• Zi Yan appeared, having taken Green Emperor Fruits from the sect, and Xiao Li made her return them and apologize to Yun Yun.
• Xiao Li explained that Zi Yan and his two protectors would accompany him, and Yun Yun agreed to let them enter the sect’s secret realm.
• Half a month later, Yun Yun opened the Gate of Life and Death, and Xiao Li, Yun Yun, Zi Yan, Pei Yuhan, Pei Yurou, and Yun Ji entered together.
• After they passed through, Yun Ji remarked on Xiao Li’s luck with women and wondered whether Yun Yun would be bullied in the future.

Xiao Li confronted the Misty Cloud Sect’s past leaders in the Gate of Life and Death and learned that its founder’s inheritance might be hidden on a deeper layer. He left to search for the entrance to the second layer.

• Yun Hui challenged Xiao Li for bringing Yun Yun into the secret realm, and Xiao Li grabbed her and angrily rebuked her.
• Yun Yanrou recognized Xiao Li as a Dou Zong and identified his badge as proof that he was a Rank 8 Alchemist, then withdrew her objection to his relationship with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Li asked about the Sect Leaders’ unusual state, and Yun Yanrou explained that the Gate of Life and Death had preserved them as the Misty Cloud Sect’s final test.
• Yun Yanrou revealed that the sect’s lost Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Technique might be on the secret realm’s second layer, where its founder Yun Potian may also have vanished.
• Xiao Li said farewell to the past Sect Leaders and left to search for the entrance to the second layer.

Xiao Li and his companions discovered a passage behind the Stone Sword and entered the Gate of Life and Death’s Second Layer, where they found energy crystals that rapidly strengthened cultivation. Xiao Li suspected the realm shared properties with the Heavenly Tomb as they prepared to explore further.

• Xiao Li brought out his Heavenly Demon and Earth Demon Puppets, and he and Yun Yun, Zi Yan, Pei Yuhan, and Pei Yuru entered the Spatial Vortex behind the Stone Sword.
• The group arrived together in a mist-covered Second Layer, where Pei Yuhan sensed that its dense World Energy came from a space possibly created by a Dou Saint Expert.
• Xiao Li ordered the Heavenly Demon Puppet to destroy an approaching Phantom, revealing a diamond-shaped crystal made of pure energy.
• Xiao Li absorbed the crystal and found that it greatly advanced his cultivation, so he sent the puppets to search for more.
• The puppets returned with fourteen crystals, and Xiao Li, Yun Yun, Pei Yuhan, Pei Yuru, and Zi Yan absorbed them to increase their strength.
• Xiao Li wondered whether the crystals were like Energy Cores from the Heavenly Tomb and concluded that the Secret Realm might share its properties.

Xiao Li and his companions explored the Second Layer of the Gate of Life and Death, absorbing Energy Crystals and raising their cultivation. Zi Yan led them to Yun Potian, the Misty Cloud Sect’s founder, whose spirit emerged from his skeleton and asked Yun Yun to tell him about the sect.

• Xiao Li’s group spent about two months hunting Energy Lifeforms, and their cultivation improved as they collected Energy Crystals.
• Zi Yan sensed something nearby and led everyone to a skeleton beside the Cloud Soul Sword, which Yun Yun recognized as Yun Potian’s personal weapon.
• Yun Potian’s spirit appeared and recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Ninth Generation Sect Leader.
• Xiao Li explained how they had entered the Gate of Life and Death, identified himself as Yin Valley’s Saint Son, and showed Yun Potian his Rank 8 Alchemist badge.
• Yun Potian lamented that he could not be saved and asked Yun Yun how the Misty Cloud Sect had fared since his disappearance.
• Yun Yun began recounting the sect’s history and its successive Sect Leaders to Yun Potian.

Yun Potian passed the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Technique and his lifelong Dou Qi to Yun Yun before his Remnant Soul dissipated. Xiao Li began refining a pill to help Yun Yun absorb the power, while elsewhere a furious Headmaster returned to Tianya City.

• Yun Potian gave Yun Yun the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Technique and Heavenly Breaking Sword Technique, then explained that his grievously damaged Remnant Soul could not be saved.
• Yun Potian transferred his lifelong Dou Qi to Yun Yun, and Xiao Li, Pei Yuhan, and Pei Yuru sealed it inside her after she fainted from the pressure.
• Yun Potian asked Xiao Li to avenge him against Youmu Tianzun of the Soul Hall, then dissipated completely.
• Xiao Li found the Qi Returning Yuan Pill formula and began refining the Rank 7 Advanced pill while Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru guarded him.
• A furious Headmaster returned to Tianya City and complained that Xiao Li had come back without him.

Xiao Li helped Yun Yun absorb Yun Potian’s sealed Dou Qi, causing her cultivation to surge before she suppressed the excess power. Yun Yun ultimately stabilized at the Two Star Dou Venerate realm.

• Xiao Li refined a Rank 7 Peak pill for Yun Yun, but no Pill Lightning appeared.
• Xiao Li used Yang Fire to open Yun Yun’s seal and protect her meridians as she swallowed the pill and absorbed Yun Potian’s Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun’s cultivation rapidly climbed to Dou Venerate, reaching a Five-Star Dou Venerate Peak before her aura began to recede.
• Yun Yun repeatedly suppressed her cultivation to keep the sudden growth from destabilizing her foundation.
• Yun Yun’s cultivation rebounded slowly and stabilized at Two Star Dou Venerate.