Chapter Summaries

Venerable Lei was ambushed and killed in the Endless Void after entering the Inheritance Palace. Back at the Ancient Ruins, Lei Xingheng concealed his disappearance and took temporary command of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Venerable Lei was swept into the Endless Void, where Death Soldiers trapped him with formations and attacked him with Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.
• A Death Soldier destroyed Venerable Lei’s soul and sent his Storage Ring to the Mirror World.
• The Wind Lightning Pavilion members grew worried when Venerable Lei did not emerge from the Inheritance Palace, then searched it and found no trace of him.
• Lei Xingheng urged the others to keep Venerable Lei’s disappearance secret and showed them a black token bearing a Dou Zun’s aura.
• After an elder proposed that Lei Xingheng lead the East Pavilion, he feigned reluctance before agreeing to temporarily take charge and search for Venerable Lei.

Lei Xingheng organized a search for Venerable Lei and moved to stabilize the Wind Lightning Pavilion while promising support from Lin Ze. Meanwhile, Lin Ze began refining Nine Heavens Profound Wind inside a Sealing Crystal to strengthen the quality of his Dou Qi.

• Lei Xingheng proposed sending disciples back into the Ancient Ruins to search for clues about Venerable Lei, and the elders agreed to his mission plan.
• Lei Xingheng ordered three elders to secretly invite the other branch pavilion masters to meet at the East Pavilion and reassured the group that he would contact a powerful senior.
• A disciple questioned whether the Venerate could be trusted, and Lei Xingheng said their dealings gave him reason to rely on him.
• Lin Ze swallowed a Sealing Crystal containing Nine Heavens Profound Wind and sent a thread of Dou Qi through it to begin refining the exotic item.

Lin Ze refined the Nine Heavens Profound Wind into his Dou Qi, strengthening it and nourishing his soul. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er finished her seclusion and prepared to leave the Gu Realm, with Gu Yuan asking her to watch for outsiders using the Gu Clan’s Emperor Seal Art.

• Lin Ze used the Golden Wind Qi Refining Method to refine the Nine Heavens Profound Wind, mutating his Dou Qi and increasing his combat strength.
• Lin Ze sensed that his strengthened Dou Qi was nourishing his soul and decided to monitor the effects.
• Gu Xun'er finished her cultivation in the Gu Realm and contacted Gu Yuan through the Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she wanted to travel the Dou Qi Continent, and he agreed that she could go without an escort.
• Gu Yuan asked Gu Xun'er to keep an eye out for outsiders using the Emperor Seal Art, and she agreed.

Lin Ze cultivated Three Thousand Lightning Movement after reaching Four-Star Dou Venerate and gaining control of the Wind Lightning Pavilion. Meanwhile, Lei Xingheng tried to assert authority over the pavilion’s other branches, but the South Pavilion Master openly challenged him.

• Gu Xun'er prepared to leave the Gu Realm to travel across the Dou Qi Continent, while Lin Ze continued focusing on his cultivation.
• Lin Ze reached Four-Star Dou Venerate, brought his Death Soldier force close to two hundred thousand, and used the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s wind-and-thunder energy to begin practicing Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Lin Ze planned to make wind-and-thunder energy available to his Death Soldiers so they could learn the Earth Tier movement technique.
• Lei Xingheng confronted senior figures from the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s other three branches as he tried to bring the whole pavilion under his authority.
• South Pavilion Master Li Nan rejected Lei Xingheng’s right to lead, and the assembly hall grew tense as the two clashed.

Lei Xingheng used a Black-Robed Person with Dou Zun strength to defeat the Master of South Pavilion and force Wind Lightning Pavilion’s leaders to accept him as acting Pavilion Master. After the meeting, Lei Xingheng began placing Death Soldiers throughout the pavilion, while the Black-Robed Person agreed to protect him for three years.

• The Master of South Pavilion challenged Lei Xingheng and tried to leave the council hall, but Lei Xingheng summoned the Black-Robed Person to block him.
• The Black-Robed Person struck the Master of South Pavilion down in one blow, frightening the other branch masters and elders.
• Lei Xingheng asked whether anyone still objected to him acting as Pavilion Master, and the Master of West Pavilion led the others in showing him respect.
• The Master of South Pavilion apologized to Lei Xingheng, who chose not to remove him from his post amid the pavilion’s turmoil.
• The Black-Robed Person agreed to protect Lei Xingheng for three years and went with him to a secluded courtyard.
• Lei Xingheng began placing Death Soldiers throughout Wind Lightning Pavilion, and the others could only accept the move in silence.

Lin Ze used his Death Soldiers to secure the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s inheritances and investigated the Gu Clan’s leaked Emperor Seal Art, tracing it to a ruin that drifted through the Endless Void. His Death Soldiers found the ruin, which Lin Ze recognized as a Dou Saint Relic.

• Lin Ze reviewed the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s inheritances and planned to cultivate Three Thousand Lightning Movement before attempting Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body.
• Lin Ze confirmed that the Bronze Hall, now nearly two hundred thousand members strong, remained stable and loyal under the Death Soldiers’ control.
• Lin Ze learned that a Gu Clan member had died inside a roaming ancient ruin, leaving behind the Emperor Seal Art, which a lucky survivor later recovered.
• Lin Ze sent Death Soldiers into the Endless Void to search for the ruin and finally found an ice-blue island containing a vast inner world.
• Lin Ze examined the island through a Death Soldier and concluded that its spatial power marked it as a true Dou Saint Relic.

Lin Ze discovered a Dou Sheng relic on the Ice Blue Island and began using his Death Soldiers to wear down its spatial-fragment barrier. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er left the Gu Realm to investigate the leaked Emperor Seal Art and spotted a hint of ice blue within the Void Space near Space-Breaking Mountain.

• Lin Ze found the Ice Blue Island and realized countless spatial fragments formed a barrier around the Dou Sheng relic.
• Lin Ze attacked the barrier with Golden Wind Void-Shattering Hand and discovered that the spatial fragments lost many of their number while destroying it.
• Lin Ze ordered his Death Soldiers to keep weakening the barrier and asked the Central Hub Hall to send reinforcements so they could open a way inside.
• Gu Xun'er left the Gu Realm to investigate the leak of the clan's secret Dou Skill and traveled toward the outsider who possessed the Emperor Seal Art.
• Gu Xun'er reached Space-Breaking Mountain and glimpsed something ice blue amid the spatial currents in the Void Space.

Lin Ze entered the Ice Blue Island after his Death Soldiers weakened its ancient barrier and found an immense world filled with dense ice-type energy. The island began moving toward Space-Breaking Mountain, where Gu Xun'er watched it approach.

• Lin Ze had his Death Soldiers unleash High-Level Dou Techniques for more than ten days until they reduced the Ice Blue Island's spatial barrier to a faint veil.
• Lin Ze sent a Death Soldier with the Ice Attribute through the barrier and found that the island's interior was an enormous Extreme Cold World.
• After other Death Soldiers entered, the island kept moving, and Lin Ze waited rather than risk making the situation worse.
• Lin Ze sensed that the island was descending toward Space-Breaking Mountain and learned through Mirror Spirit Trace that Gu Xun'er was there.
• Lin Ze ordered the other Death Soldiers to hide as Gu Xun'er watched the Ice Blue Island approach and wondered whether it was an Ancient Ruins.

Gu Xun'er discovered the ruins of Tianhan Saint in the Void Space and entered after her father explained their trials and opportunities. Inside, she met Lin Ze, who proposed they explore together, and she agreed.

• Gu Xun'er spotted an ice-blue island in the Void Space, recognized it as Ancient Ruins, and tried to leave when its pressure made her wary.
• The ruins formed a bridge of cold qi toward Gu Xun'er, and she contacted Gu Yuan, who identified them as the ruins of Tianhan Saint and told her they offered trials.
• Gu Xun'er chose to enter the ruins, and Gu Yuan supported her decision.
• Lin Ze noticed the ruins guiding Gu Xun'er inside and suspected they might possess a will or be controlled by someone.
• Gu Xun'er met the concealed Lin Ze inside the ruins, and he suggested they explore together without fighting.
• Gu Xun'er agreed to travel with Lin Ze while they each sought opportunities.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er traveled deeper into the Tianhan Ruins, where Lin Ze uncovered a vast horde of Ice Puppets beneath an Ice Plain. As the puppets rose and linked their auras into what seemed to be a formation, Gu Xun'er wondered whether they were conscious.

• Lin Ze explained that the Ice Blue Cold Qi above the ruins was dangerous and suggested traveling along the ground, while Gu Xun'er briefly tested it with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er crossed a frozen forest and reached a vast Ice Plain, where Lin Ze sensed something beneath the surface.
• Lin Ze struck the plain with a giant palm of Ice Blue Dou Qi, shattering the ice and exposing the presence below.
• Thousands of enormous Ice Puppets emerged from beneath the plain, their linked auras suggesting they could form a formation.
• Gu Xun'er wondered whether the Ice Puppets were conscious.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er fought through the Ice Puppet Formation in the Tianhan Ruins, with Lin Ze identifying its core and Gu Xun'er using her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to destroy it. With the formation broken, their path through the Ice Plain opened.

• Gu Xun'er questioned whether Lin Ze could pass the trial, and he claimed he could unleash Dou Venerate-level strength with a secret technique.
• Lin Ze explained that the Ice Blue Cold Qi above the plain formed part of the Ice Puppet Formation’s foundation, so they would have to enter and attack its core.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er fought through the ice puppets, destroying them as they grew stronger and gained armor and weapons from the cold energy.
• After traveling dozens of li, they found the hundred-zhang core puppet, and Lin Ze offered to clear a path so Gu Xun'er could attack it.
• Lin Ze opened a path with golden slashes, and Gu Xun'er melted the Five-Star Dou Venerate-level core puppet with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, breaking the formation.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er escaped the Ice Plain and discovered five Heavenly Crystal Cold Marrow Fruits, while Gu Xun'er grew suspicious that Lin Ze was a disguised Dou Venerate. They agreed to divide the fruits and consider exchanging the extra one for Resource Points.

• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er killed the core Ice Puppet, weakening the formation, then fought their way out of the Ice Plain.
• Gu Xun'er scrutinized the Black-Robed Person’s power and abilities, concluding that Lin Ze might be a Dou Venerate concealing his cultivation.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er discussed why the Tianhan Ruins’ trials seemed dangerously difficult and considered whether the trials matched their strength.
• Lin Ze pointed out an ice-blue tree bearing five Heavenly Crystal Cold Marrow Fruits, and Gu Xun'er recognized the rare treasure.
• Lin Ze suggested splitting the fruits and using his Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror to exchange the fifth for Resource Points to share.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er shared the treasures they found in the Tianhan Ruins and pressed on toward its increasingly dangerous core. Their haul strengthened Gu Xun'er's trust in Lin Ze, and both chose to continue despite the risks.

• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er divided three Heavenly Crystal Cold Marrow Fruits between themselves and converted the remaining fruit into Resource Points.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er crossed a frozen lake and climbed into the mountains, splitting their discoveries evenly and earning nearly a million Resource Points each from surplus treasures.
• Gu Xun'er grew less wary of Lin Ze after he consistently shared the treasures fairly, while Lin Ze wondered what controlled the ruins.
• Lin Ze asked whether Gu Xun'er wanted to face the more dangerous trials ahead, and she agreed to continue toward the core.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er reached the summit of the central ice mountain, where they discovered a vast lake of Extreme Cold Spirit Liquid and the hidden Tianhan Palace. They headed toward the palace, believing it to be the Tianhan Saint’s abode.

• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er tested the ice mountain and sensed that it was connected to the entire ruin.
• They climbed the mountain without encountering any obstacles and found a crater-like summit filled with the Ice Blue Lake.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er recognized the lake as Extreme Cold Spirit Liquid and approached it despite its soul-freezing chill.
• An enormous palace appeared in the middle of the lake, and they read the name Tianhan Palace above its entrance.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er decided to go to the palace and seek the Tianhan Saint’s legacy.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er avoided the dangerous Extreme Cold Spirit Liquid and reached Tianhan Palace, where its aura and guardian puppets revealed the relic’s dangers. After defeating the sixteen-puppet formation, Lin Ze opened the palace doors, eager to face the full Tianhan Ice Puppet Legion.

• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er sensed danger from the Extreme Cold Spirit Liquid and left it untouched before heading to Tianhan Palace.
• The pair resisted the palace’s ancient aura and approached its entrance, where sixteen Ice Puppets demanded they leave.
• The Ice Puppets formed a battle formation, boosting the leading pair to early-stage Dou Venerate strength and revealing a strange Battle Will to Lin Ze.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er combined their attacks and quickly destroyed all sixteen guardians.
• Lin Ze pushed open Tianhan Palace’s doors and said he was eager to see the full might of the Tianhan Ice Puppet Legion.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er explored Tianhan Palace, where icy-blue mist concealed unusually intelligent Ice Puppets and restricted their senses. After working together to clear the mist and fight off attacks, they reached a hall and discovered an Extreme Cold Ice Dragon.

• Lin Ze sensed an Ice Puppet ambushing Gu Xun'er and warned her, allowing her to capture and destroy it.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er took turns clearing the mist so they could see approaching Ice Puppets and defeat them.
• The mist began surging deeper into Tianhan Palace, exposing a corridor filled with motionless slender Ice Puppets.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er saw a colossal creature in the hall ahead and recognized it as an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast, an Extreme Cold Ice Dragon.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er reached the end of Tianhan Palace and discovered that its enormous Extreme Cold Ice Dragon was an Ice Puppet shell containing a forcibly extracted soul. After the dragon attacked them, they escaped the palace, but it swallowed the Tianhan Saint's bones and pursued them outside, where they began to fight.

• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er reached the hall and saw the enormous Extreme Cold Ice Dragon, which spoke to them instead of attacking at first.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Dragon revealed that Tianhan had placed its soul inside an Ice Puppet shell, then launched a sudden ice-blue attack.
• Lin Ze used golden light to rescue Gu Xun'er, and the two retreated from Tianhan Palace.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Dragon swallowed the Tianhan Saint's bones from the Sacrificial Altar and emerged outside through a Spatial Rift.
• Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er faced the dragon on the ice mountain, and Lin Ze opened the battle with golden slashes.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er trapped the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon inside Gu Xun'er's Flame Golden Lotus and wounded it, but the dragon activated the Tianhan Saint's skeleton and unleashed Frozen Space. The two were caught and immobilized as the chapter ended.

• Gu Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to form a Flame Golden Lotus that burned away the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon's Ice Blue Cold Qi.
• Lin Ze distracted the dragon with his speed while Gu Xun'er expanded the lotus, changing the battlefield and weakening the dragon's advantage.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Dragon attacked Gu Xun'er, but Lin Ze accelerated her out of the way, and the two continued to wound the dragon inside the lotus.
• Enraged, the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon produced the Tianhan Saint's skeleton and activated its Ice Blue Patterns.
• The skeleton released Extreme Cold Dou Qi that froze the surrounding space and trapped Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er, leaving them unable to move.

Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er struggled against the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon after Tianhan Saint's skeleton trapped them in Frozen Space. As the dragon fused with the skeleton and prepared to freeze the space again, Lin Ze sent Gu Xun'er through a Spatial Rift, leaving himself behind.

• Tianhan Saint's skeleton unleashed Frozen Space, trapping Lin Ze and Gu Xun'er while the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon attacked them.
• Lin Ze wounded the dragon's soul with a soul Dou Skill, giving Gu Xun'er time to break free and push him beyond Frozen Space's boundary.
• Gu Xun'er blocked the dragon's icy beam with a Flame Golden Lotus and was injured, then Lin Ze joined her after escaping the frozen area.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Dragon fused Tianhan Saint's skeleton into its body and began forming Frozen Space again.
• Lin Ze crushed a Spatial Jade Slip and shoved Gu Xun'er into a Spatial Rift, choosing to remain behind as she escaped.

Lin Ze used a refined self-destruction technique to blast apart the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon’s Frozen Space, seemingly sacrificing himself as Gu Xun’er escaped. As the dragon retreated to Tianhan Palace and Gu Xun’er contacted her father, she remembered Lin Ze’s help and felt moved by his willingness to risk his life for her.

• Lin Ze sent Gu Xun’er away with a Spatial Jade Slip and detonated his Dou Qi, breaking through the Extreme Cold Ice Dragon’s Frozen Space and damaging the ruins.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Dragon realized Lin Ze’s self-destruction could have badly wounded it, lamented the damage to its home, and retreated into Tianhan Palace.
• Lin Ze’s Death Soldiers maintained precautions outside the Tianhan Ruins while he tracked Gu Xun’er through the Mirror Spirit Trace.
• Gu Xun’er burned away Lin Ze’s Golden Wind Dou Qi barrier, recovered from the dragon’s cold energy, and contacted Gu Yuan for help.
• Gu Xun’er recalled how Lin Ze had repeatedly protected her and resolved to repay him, while admitting to herself that his sacrifice had stirred her feelings.