Chapter Summaries

Xiao Li absorbed his puppets into the Purple Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet and subdued it, learning that the puppets guarded the relic’s gates and revealed how to open the central gate. When the other four Stone Gates opened, he and his companions headed for the Pill Hall.

• Xiao Li discovered that his puppets could merge into the Purple Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet and used their shared origin and his blood to take control of it.
• The Purple Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet defeated the cultivators surrounding it, then knelt before Xiao Li, who split it into more than thirty puppets.
• Xiao Li learned that the Heavenly Demon Puppets guarded the Stone Gates and that four keys from the other gates were needed to open the central Main Hall gate.
• The four Stone Gates opened, and Xiao Li led his companions toward the Pill Hall.

Xiao Li and his companions searched the Pill Hall, overcoming poisonous mist and collecting pills, ancient recipes, and two Pill Beasts. Wang Ming found a Grade 9 Treasure Pill Recipe and the key to the main hall, and the group set out for the Medicine Garden.

• Xiao Li led his companions through the Pill Hall’s first two floors, where they avoided poisonous mist with Detoxification Pills and Heavenly Flames and collected preserved pills.
• Xiao Li and Wang Ming dispersed the denser, corrosive mist on the third floor with their Heavenly Flames while Xiao Li stationed ten Heavenly Demon Puppets at the entrance.
• Xiao Li found the Luanfeng Hehuan Pill recipe and later collected high-grade pills and ancient recipes from the pill rooms.
• A Pill Beast pounced on Xiao Li, who fed it pills and sealed it in an ancient wooden box.
• Xiao Li’s group and Tianyinzi’s group each found a Pill Beast, while Wang Ming obtained a Grade 9 Treasure Pill Recipe and the key to the main hall.
• Wang Ming consulted a map of the medicinal ingredients and led the group toward the Medicine Garden.

Xiao Li delivered the final key fragment and led the gathered experts into the main hall, where they found treasures guarded by two powerful puppets. The hall then revealed a vast army of Heavenly Demon Puppets, turning the struggle for the Dou Saint’s inheritance into a fierce contest.

• Xiao Li fitted the final key fragment into the central stone gate, then sent his fused Heavenly Demon Puppets through it with his group.
• The experts followed a long passage into an ancient hall and saw twenty treasure-filled light spheres, Dou Saint Bones, and two Purple-Gold Puppets.
• Xiao Li warned his companions that the two guards were unusual as major factions and rival experts gathered in the hall.
• The floor shook and revealed several dozen Heavenly Demon Puppets, along with two puppets that appeared to be at least Half Saint level.

Xiao Li spoke with Tang Zhen about his alchemy and suggested that Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva might supply the Wood Qi he needed. When the sealed scrolls were released, the hall erupted into a deadly scramble, and Yun Yun killed Xiao Heavenly Venerate with a single strike.

• Xiao Li greeted Tang Zhen and learned that Ice Venerate’s acquired Disaster Poison Physique let him contend with Tang Zhen.
• Xiao Li advised Tang Zhen to prioritize cultivation and suggested Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva could help him gain Wood Qi for alchemy.
• The Spatial Seal vanished, the twenty scrolls shot from their light spheres, and the awakened Heavenly Demon Puppets attacked the crowd.
• The experts fought over the scrolls as Heavenly Demon Puppets were destroyed and began gathering to fuse again.
• Hei Lian of Soul Hall killed a wounded Dou Venerate and took his soul, but a mysterious figure burned Hei Lian to ashes.
• Yun Yun arrived beside Xiao Li and killed Xiao Heavenly Venerate with Yuanhong in a single strike.

Xiao Li challenged the Soul Hall and offered Grade 8 Pills to anyone who killed its members, prompting the gathered experts to attack. Six Heavenly Venerate escaped, while Xiao Li paid the killers and the Soul Hall survivors were left under assault.

• Demon Flame Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Li, but Xiao Li’s Heavenly Flame overwhelmed his Demon Flame, and Six Heavenly Venerate threatened him over Yin Valley’s past losses.
• Xiao Li offered escalating Grade 8 Pill rewards for killing Soul Hall members, including a prize of three Eight-Colored Pills for Six Heavenly Venerate’s head.
• Tang Zhen killed a Soul Hall Venerable Elder and brought the corpse to Xiao Li, who rewarded him with four Grade 8 Pills.
• After seeing Xiao Li pay Tang Zhen, the gathered experts charged the Soul Hall, while a Transformed Realm Dou Venerate confronted Six Heavenly Venerate.
• Six Heavenly Venerate fled with Ba Heavenly Venerate, and Xiao Li later distributed pills to the experts who had killed Soul Hall members.

Xiao Li watched the Dou Saint Bones awaken and attack the gathered experts, then used his puppet army to subdue one of the Purple-Gold Puppets. He discovered two Heaven Rank Low Grade techniques hidden inside it.

• Wang Ming, Tianyinzi, and Xiao Li obtained scrolls, but all of them contained Earth Rank High Grade Battle Skills.
• Blood fell onto the Dou Saint Bones, which awakened, killed a Dou Zun Expert, and attacked the crowd with a massive Crimson Fireball.
• Bo Xuan rallied the experts to attack the remains, but the two Purple-Gold Puppets blocked his Heavenly Rank Dou Technique.
• Xiao Li fused his Twenty Heavenly Demon Puppets into a giant Purple Gold Puppet and used it to subdue one of the Purple-Gold Puppets.
• Xiao Li examined the subdued puppet and found scrolls containing the Saint Puppet Technique and Myriad Hearts Soul Control Technique, both Heaven Rank Low Grade.

Xiao Li uncovered that one Purple Gold Puppet was a hidden backup plan and coordinated with Xiao Kong to take control of the ruin. After being ejected with the other experts, he was left facing questions about Hua Jin’s motives for asking him to heal Hua Yu.

• Xiao Li sent Tianyinzi to inspect the Dou Saint Bones while he confronted the suspicious Purple Gold Puppet.
• Xiao Li discovered that the puppet could speak and watched it flee, then used the Spatial Jade Mirror to ask Xiao Kong to eject everyone and collect the ruin’s treasures.
• Hua Jin asked Xiao Li to heal her adoptive mother, Hua Yu, and admitted she wanted to prove herself to her despite years of feeling unappreciated.
• Xiao Li agreed to examine Hua Yu, while Yun Yun reacted jealously to Hua Jin’s suggestive offer.
• The ruin shook and teleported Xiao Li and the other experts to an open area in the Mo Sen Mountain Range.

Xiao Li and his companions returned to the Yin Realm with the treasures from the Thousand Demon Saint Ruins, where Xiao Kong revealed that he had uncovered and defeated Thousand Demon Saint’s plot. After Xiao Kong displayed the ruins’ greatest prizes, Xiao Li offered him the sentient Ninth Grade Treasure Pill so he could restore his lost cultivation.

• The experts expelled from the ruins cursed their unknown culprit and found the entrance sealed, while Xiao Li returned to the Yin Realm with his companions.
• Xiao Kong gave Xiao Li the Storage Rings of the Transformed Realm Dou Venerates he had killed and explained that he had not kept their bodies.
• Xiao Li displayed the Heavenly Rank Saint Puppet Technique and Myriad Hearts Soul Control Technique, and Xiao Kong revealed that Thousand Demon Saint’s weakened soul had survived inside a puppet.
• Xiao Kong explained how Thousand Demon Saint had planned to possess a new body and use his puppets, then said he would refine the captured soul into Soul Origin for Xiao Li.
• Xiao Kong presented the ruins’ treasures, including a complete set of One Star Dou Saint Bones, six Heavenly Rank techniques, puppets, and the sentient Ninth Grade Treasure Pill Qiankun Suyuandan.
• Xiao Li urged Xiao Kong to take the pill to restore his cultivation, and Xiao Kong agreed.

Xiao Kong discovered that Yun Yun was pregnant, and Xiao Li and the Yin Valley cared for her until she asked to return to the Northwest Continent. Xiao Li brought her back to the Xiao Clan, where the family welcomed her and Xiao Kong, and Xiao Li met Xiao Zhan’s three young sons.

• Xiao Kong explained the limits of the Qiankun Suyuandan and urged Xiao Li to seek the Xiao Tribe’s Dou God Bloodline in the Heavenly Tomb, but Xiao Li refused it again.
• Xiao Kong checked Yun Yun’s pulse, discovered she was pregnant, and berated Xiao Li for not noticing; Xiao Li and Yun Yun joyfully confirmed the news.
• Su Wan Yin advised Yun Yun to rest, and the Yin Valley prepared for her pregnancy while Xiao Li devoted himself to caring for her.
• Four months later, Yun Yun asked to return to the Northwest Continent to tell her teacher about the pregnancy, and Xiao Li agreed.
• Xiao Li, Yun Yun, and Xiao Kong returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Ting and Xiao Lin welcomed them and discovered Xiao Kong had been resurrected.
• Xiao Li praised Xiao Zhan’s cultivation and met Xiao Zhan’s sons, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Li spent ordinary days with his growing family while Xiao Yan began training and exploring Wutan City. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu chasing Xiao Yan after he teased her, as he stood out among the Xiao Clan’s younger generation.

• Xiao Li teased Xiao Zhan about being outmatched by his father and sons, then said he would stay with the family for a while.
• Two years later, Xiao Li played with Xiao Yun before Yun Yun sent him to keep Pei Yuhan company as she approached childbirth.
• Xiao Li visited Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru, who was holding their month-old son, Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yan finished training and agreed to explore Wutan City with Xiao Ning, but Xiao Yu caught them and scolded them for neglecting cultivation.
• Xiao Yan ran off after muttering about Xiao Yu’s legs, and Xiao Yu chased him while he apologized.

Gu Yuan arrived at the Xiao Clan with his young daughter, Gu Xun'er, and asked the clan to raise her there. His reunion with Xiao Kong brought the old grievances between the Gu and Xiao Clans to the surface, while Xiao Kong vowed to protect the Xiao Tribe.

• Xiao Li sensed the Gu Clan's arrival and joined Xiao Lin and the Shadow Guards in preparing to receive them.
• Gu Yuan entered the Xiao Clan with Gu Xun'er and a formidable Black Annihilation Army escort, and Xiao Li welcomed him.
• Gu Yuan introduced Gu Xun'er and asked the Xiao Clan to let her grow up there; Xiao Li offered her a lollipop, and Xiao Zhan was introduced as the clan's Patriarch.
• Xiao Li proposed treating Gu Xun'er as a distant niece and changing her surname to Xiao, but Gu Yuan said he cared only that she have a happy home.
• Xiao Kong appeared and challenged Gu Yuan over the Gu Clan's gains from the ancient war, then vowed to guard the Xiao Tribe against anyone who threatened it.

Xiao Li traded the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient God Jade to Gu Yuan for four Heavenly Tomb quotas and arranged for Gu Yuan to carry the jade and announce that the Xiao Tribe had given it to the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan left Xiao Xun'er with the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Li and Xiao Kong prepared the clan’s candidates for the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Li gave Gu Yuan the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient God Jade and negotiated four Heavenly Tomb quotas for the next opening.
• Gu Yuan agreed to carry the jade rather than leave it in the Gu Clan’s Ancestral Hall, and promised to tell the other God Clans that the Xiao Tribe had handed over its jade.
• Gu Yuan left Xiao Xun'er with the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan introduced her to the disciples as their new little cousin.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Xun'er’s pale, unsteady appearance and wondered whether she might be ill.
• Xiao Kong named Xiao Li, Yu Han, Yu Rou, and Xiao Ting as the Xiao Tribe’s four Heavenly Tomb entrants, then warned Xiao Li that he would also need to convince the stubborn Patriarch.

Xiao Li planned to raise Xiao Ting’s cultivation with pills while the family waited for the Dou God Bloodline to awaken. Meanwhile, four-year-old Xiao Yan tried to help Xiao Xun'er when he noticed her poor health, and Xiao Li identified the cause as the Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xiao Li refused the Dou God Bloodline for himself and planned to help Xiao Ting reach Dou Venerate Peak with pills before relying on the bloodline’s future awakening.
• Xiao Li reassured Xiao Ting that the family was safer after discarding the Tou She Ancient God Jade and said he would focus on teaching Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan followed Xiao Xun'er in the rear garden and offered to find a Physician because she looked ill, but she dismissed his concern and left.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Ling Ying about Xiao Yan and learned that he was Xiao Zhan’s four-year-old son with remarkable cultivation talent.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Xun'er seemed sick, and Xiao Zhan reported the concern to Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Zhan there was no need to worry because Xiao Xun'er’s poor complexion came from the Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inside her.

Xiao Yan worried about Xiao Xun'er's poor complexion and sneaked into her room at night to check on her. After he used his Dou Qi to ease her discomfort, Xiao Xun'er explained his intentions to Ling Ying, while Xiao Li watched and marveled at the start of their bond.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan to trust Second Grandfather's judgment about Xiao Xun'er's health and said he would understand the family's burdens when he was older.
• Xiao Yan could not sleep because he worried about Xiao Xun'er, so he secretly went to her room while Xiao Li followed him.
• Xiao Yan entered Xiao Xun'er's room, tried Jiu Sha on her arm, then used his Dou Qi to warm her meridians and bones, easing the heat from her Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yan left the room exhausted, and his fall alerted Ling Ying, who entered to check on Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying that Xiao Yan had come out of concern for her, and Xiao Li watched Xiao Yan limp back to his room before leaving.

Xiao Yan continued calming the Emperor Burning Heaven Flame in Xiao Xun'er while she warned him that Xiao Li supported the Xiao Clan. Meanwhile, Xiao Li refined a nine-colored Bodhi Pill, returned home, and received a personal visit from Zhong Yan bearing letters from Yin Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan secretly visited Xiao Xun'er each night and used his Dou Qi to calm the flame within her.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan to seek Xiao Li if he ever faced danger, and Xiao Yan wondered why Xiao Li was not among the Jia Ma Empire's Top Ten Experts.
• Xiao Li refined a Bodhi Pill that attracted Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Kong sealed the lightning into a bead.
• Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Kong and wondered whether a Grade 8 Nine Colors Thunder Tribulation Pill would require Black Demon Thunder.
• Xia Yilong told Xiao Li that Yin Pavilion had delivered letters requiring his attention, and Zhong Yan arrived in person at the Cool Pavilion.

Xiao Li learned that Yin Valley’s elders had advanced to Dou Saint and Half Saint, then received requests from the Burning Flame Valley and Flower Sect to treat injured leaders. He planned to visit the Central Continent after Xiao Xue’s full-month celebration, but Pei Yuhan suddenly went into labor.

• Zhong Yan delivered letters from Yin Valley, the Burning Flame Valley, and the Flower Sect to Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li learned that Tianyin Old Man had reached One Star Dou Saint and Tianyinzi had advanced to Half Saint.
• Xiao Li read Tang Zhen’s request to treat the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and Hua Jin’s request to treat Hua Yu, and decided to visit both sects.
• Xiao Li gave Zhong Yan four seventh-tier medicinal pills as errand fees and told Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru about Yin Valley’s advances.
• Xiao Li said he would leave for the Central Continent after Xiao Xue’s full-month celebration, but Pei Yuhan’s labor began, and he called for help throughout the Xiao Clan.

As Xiao Li prepared for his daughter’s one-month celebration, Zi Yan arrived after fleeing Jia Nan Academy, with Elder Xu following close behind. After hearing that Han Feng had become a powerful Dou Zong and built up Maple City, Xiao Li began plotting to make him a challenge for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Li met Zi Yan, who complained that he had not visited or given her pills, and coaxed her into explaining why she had come.
• Elder Xu revealed that he had followed Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy after Hu Gan reported her escape and recounted the trouble she had caused in the Black Horn Region.
• Xiao Li rewarded Elder Xu with pills, then learned that Han Feng had become a Two Star Dou Zong, a Rank 7 Alchemist, and the leader of the powerful Maple City.
• Elder Xu accepted Xiao Li’s invitation to stay for the Xiao Clan’s celebration of his daughter’s first month.
• Xiao Li suspected Han Feng had used the Nongyan Technique to create a Pseudo-Heavenly Flame and decided Han Feng would be a suitable opponent to temper Xiao Yan.

Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man traveled to Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen welcomed them and asked Xiao Li to treat the secluded Fire Cloud Old Ancestor. The chapter left Xiao Li preparing to handle the medical request, with the reward still to be negotiated.

• Tianyin Old Man explained that he had accompanied Xiao Li as a public shield because the Ancient Emperor Clans barred experts above Five Star Dou Saint from fighting.
• Yan Huo greeted Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man and led them through Burning Flame Valley's Space Barrier to its core region.
• Tang Zhen welcomed Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man with a banquet and discussed arranging a future meeting between their young children.
• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Li to treat Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, whose old injuries had worsened after he attempted to advance.

Xiao Li examined Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and offered to cure him in exchange for an alliance with Burning Flame Valley. After revealing that he knew the valley’s inherited technique because it belonged to the Xiao Tribe, Xiao Li gained Fire Cloud Old Ancestor’s acceptance of his lineage and made his alliance request.

• Xiao Li examined Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and said an Eight-Colored Yin Yang Reversing Life Pill and a Seven-Colored Bathing Rejuvenation Pill could cure him.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor explained that he had avoided Danta because he distrusted its Eight Great Elders.
• Xiao Li demonstrated all three transformations of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, shocking Tang Zhen and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor.
• Xiao Li revealed his real surname and said Xiao Xuan had created the technique for the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Kong appeared and reminded Fire Cloud Old Ancestor that Xiao Xuan had gifted the technique to Burning Flame Valley; Fire Cloud Old Ancestor accepted Xiao Li’s right to cultivate it.
• Xiao Li asked to form an alliance with Burning Flame Valley after curing Fire Cloud Old Ancestor.

Xiao Li secured Burning Flame Valley’s agreement to join an alliance against Soul Hall and planned to recruit the Flower Sect as well. He arrived at the Flower Sect with Tianyin Old Man, where Hua Jin welcomed them and led them through its Hundred Flowers Array.

• Xiao Li persuaded Fire Cloud Old Ancestor to ally Burning Flame Valley with the Xiao Tribe and Yin Valley, and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor agreed to discuss his condition later.
• Xiao Li gave Fire Cloud Old Ancestor two bottles of prepared pills to treat his injuries and told Tang Zhen to keep the alliance secret.
• Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man traveled to the Flower Sect, where Hua Jin used a petal token to open its hidden entrance.
• Hua Jin welcomed Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man and guided them through the Flower Sect’s floral landscape and its Hundred Flowers Array.