Chapter Summaries

Su Baichen gave Su Ling'er a pill to seal some of her hidden power, then asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu about the Xiao Clan's rise and return to Jia Ma Holy City. Their account revealed that the Ya and Nalan Clans had aided them, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan explaining that his grandfather had arranged a marriage contract with Nalan Yanran.

• Su Baichen gave Su Ling'er a pill that temporarily sealed part of her power, and she swallowed it.
• Su Baichen asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu to describe what had happened to the Xiao Clan since he left Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu recounted how the Xiao Clan defeated the Aoba Clan, unified Wutan City, and returned to Jia Ma Holy City with help from the Ya Family.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu explained that the Ya Family and Nalan Clan had supported the Xiao Clan's campaign against its old enemies.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his grandfather had arranged a marriage contract between him and Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu learned from Su Baichen that the Ancient Jade passed down by the Xiao Clan concealed a secret coveted by the continent’s greatest powers. Su Baichen revealed that two powerful clans had watched the Xiao Clan for years, leaving its safety dependent on their rivalry.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu discussed the Xiao Clan’s changed fortunes and how Xiao Zhan had accepted Nalan Yanran’s marriage contract to repay Nalan Jie’s kindness.
• Su Baichen asked whether the Xiao Clan possessed an Ancient Jade, and Xiao Yan said he would ask his father about it.
• Xiao Yan realized Su Baichen’s question was a warning that the jade could bring disaster to the Xiao Clan.
• Su Baichen revealed that the Ancient Jade concealed a secret capable of driving every peak power on the continent mad.
• Su Baichen told Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu that two of the continent’s strongest clans had always watched the Xiao Clan, but their rivalry had prevented either from openly attacking.

Su Baichen warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu that the Xiao Clan could not safely keep the Ancient Jade and advised them to hand it to one of the two powerful families. Xiao Yan chose to trust a certain young woman as their best chance of survival and received a Flame of Life's Sub-Flame from Su Baichen, while Xiao Yu worried that Xiao Yan would outshine Xiao Ning in the clan.

• Xiao Yan asked Su Baichen whether he belonged to either of the two powerful families, and Su Baichen said he belonged to neither but was still insignificant to their true powerhouses.
• Xiao Yu begged Su Baichen to save the Xiao Clan, but he explained that the Ancient Jade made the clan a target and that he could not protect them.
• Xiao Yan asked for a way for the clan to survive, and Su Baichen advised them to willingly give the Ancient Jade to one side.
• Xiao Yan said he had someone in mind who might give the Xiao Clan a chance, and Su Baichen approved of his willingness to relinquish the treasure.
• Su Baichen encouraged Xiao Yan to keep earning Yao Chen's trust and gave him a wisp of the Flame of Life's Sub-Flame.
• Xiao Yan knelt to thank Su Baichen, while Xiao Yu privately concluded that Xiao Yan's temperament, opportunities, and courage could make it difficult for Xiao Ning to become young clan leader.

Su Baichen frightened Xiao Yan into promising to stay away from Ling'er, then met with Xiao Xun'er to discuss her return to her clan and the Ancient Jades. Xun'er challenged him over whether he had anything to say about her beyond clan affairs, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Su Baichen warned Xiao Yan to stay away from his daughter, and Xiao Yan swore he had no improper thoughts about Ling'er.
• Su Baichen revealed that he had been joking and dismissed Xiao Yan, who left with Xiao Yu, shaken and barely able to stand.
• Xiao Xun'er told Su Baichen that her clan planned to fetch her in a few years, and he said she should take Xiao Yan's Ancient Jade with her.
• Su Baichen warned Xun'er to tell her father to safeguard the two Ancient Jades separately because the Soul Clan was plotting and a storm might come.
• Xun'er asked Su Baichen whether he had anything to say to her personally, apart from matters concerning her clan and the Ancient Jade.

Xun'er confessed her love to Su Baichen, who agreed to accept her if she still felt the same at eighteen. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan sensed something was wrong with the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade, but Elder Gu Yang falsely assured him it was safe, leaving Gu Yuan unaware that Xun'er had given her heart to Su Baichen.

• Xun'er told Su Baichen her feelings were love, not gratitude, and said she wanted to stay by his side despite his existing wives.
• Su Baichen agreed to accept Xun'er if her feelings remained unchanged when she turned eighteen, and she embraced him happily.
• Gu Yuan's cultivation was interrupted by a premonition that something precious was slipping from his control, so he ordered a check on the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment.
• Elder Gu Yang briefly displayed the jade's aura to the guard, falsely claiming the fragment was safe after secretly removing it.
• After hearing the guard's report, Gu Yuan relaxed and assumed his unease came from worrying about Gu Xun'er.

Su Baichen reached Late-Stage One-Star Dou Sheng and told the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings he would eventually restore their bodies and send them back to Douluo Planet. After he left, the Ice Dragon King rejected Gu Yuena’s plan to win his favor and resolved to explain her decision to the Silver Dragon King.

• Su Baichen absorbed the energies of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and advanced to Late-Stage One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Su Baichen praised the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and promised to reconstruct their bodies so they could return to Douluo Planet.
• The Ice Dragon King stopped the Fire Dragon King from objecting and thanked Su Baichen for his kindness.
• After Su Baichen departed, the Fire Dragon King asked why the Ice Dragon King had agreed to leave instead of completing Gu Yuena’s mission.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that she could not compete with Cailin or replace Su Baichen’s close companions, and said she would explain her choice to the Silver Dragon King.
• Su Baichen appeared atop a mountain and considered visiting an old senior for guidance on his cultivation.

Over the course of a year, Su Baichen’s companions advanced in cultivation, and he resurrected the siblings Xiao Bing and Xiao Huo from two Dou Zong corpses. After Cailin and Caidie turned him away that night, he found Yun Yun waiting in his bedroom, sent there by Cailin.

• Cailin entered seclusion to break through to Dou Zun, while Caidie, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin continued cultivating and caring for Su Ling'er and Zi Yan.
• After Xun'er obtained the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade, she visited Su Baichen almost every day.
• Su Baichen killed Mo Tianxing, Old Man Yinshan, and Earth Demon Old Ghost, then used two Dou Zong corpses to resurrect Xiao Bing and Xiao Huo.
• Su Baichen told Xiao Bing and Xiao Huo to follow Yun Yun, who would arrange their daily lives and cultivation.
• That night, Cailin and Caidie each turned Su Baichen away, so he thought of Xuanyi before discovering Yun Yun waiting in his bedroom.
• Yun Yun explained that Cailin had brought her there and left her dressed for the evening.

Su Baichen accepted Yun Yun’s feelings, and the two spent the night together. The next morning, Zi Yan came seeking answers about her origins, and after disciplining her for waking him, Su Baichen told her to return the following day for a task.

• Su Baichen pulled Yun Yun into his embrace and kept her with him, while Cailin noticed and understood what had happened.
• Zi Yan hurried to Su Baichen’s room at dawn, hoping he could explain her dragon origins.
• Su Baichen left Yun Yun resting, carried Zi Yan to a guest room, and ordered Xiao Bing to prepare restorative soup for Yun Yun.
• Zi Yan explained why she had come, and Su Baichen spanked her for disturbing his sleep before she could finish asking about her background.
• Su Baichen carried the crying Zi Yan outside and told her to find him the next day for a task, while Yun Yun drank the soup he had ordered.

Su Ling'er, Caidie, and Xun'er teased Yun Yun after Su Baichen left, while Zi Yan waited all day to ask him about her origins. Su Baichen revealed that she was an Ancient Void Dragon but said he could not safely find her hidden clan, leaving her hopes dimmed.

• Su Ling'er visited Yun Yun and teased her about being called Mother Yun Yun, making Caidie laugh and stirring Xun'er's envy.
• Zi Yan arrived late, wondered why everyone was acting strangely, and joined the others at Yun Yun's bedside.
• Zi Yan waited outside Su Baichen's room all day and brought him breakfast in hopes of learning about her origins.
• Su Baichen told Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and explained that her appetite, treasure sense, and perception of spatial fluctuations came from her bloodline.
• Zi Yan asked Su Baichen to take her to her clan, but he said its layered spatial defenses were beyond his current ability to navigate safely.

Su Baichen told Zi Yan that he had found a lead to her parents by tracing her bloodline and the cave where she hatched. After their emotional reunion, he invited her to go meet them, and Zi Yan overcame her fear enough to follow him.

• Su Baichen told Zi Yan that he had found her parents by following an ancient mark in her bloodline and clues from her birth cave.
• Zi Yan broke down in tears, thanked Su Baichen, and offered to marry him when she grew up to repay him.
• Su Baichen teased Zi Yan about her offer, and their banter helped ease her despair.
• Su Baichen set off to take Zi Yan to see her parents, and she hurried after him despite her fear of being rejected.

Su Baichen took Zi Yan beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower to find the last clue to her parents, leading them through the magma to the Ancient God Cave Mansion. There, he revealed Zi Yan to Zhu Kun, who recognized her as his daughter and transformed into human form to meet her.

• Su Baichen opened a spatial rift and brought Zi Yan beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where he said the Fallen Heart Flame’s old nest held the last clue to her parents.
• Su Baichen fought off Fire Lizard-Men as he carried Zi Yan through the magma, then hid her inside the Tianxuan Bead.
• Using the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade, Su Baichen found a massive gate in the darkness and encountered Zhu Kun, who asked whether he carried a complete Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Su Baichen said he had come to reunite family and brought Zi Yan out of the Tianxuan Bead.
• Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, then transformed into the human form of a middle-aged man after she hid behind Su Baichen.

Zi Yan confronted Zhu Kun over the years she spent alone, but Su Baichen explained that Zhu Kun had left a drop of origin blood to protect her before Tou She Ancient God imprisoned him. Convinced that her father had not abandoned her, Zi Yan embraced Zhu Kun, and they reunited in tears.

• Zi Yan accused Zhu Kun of abandoning her and described the hunger, danger, and loneliness she endured alone.
• Su Baichen comforted Zi Yan and explained that a drop of Zhu Kun's origin blood had protected the cave where she grew up.
• Su Baichen suggested Zhu Kun had left Zi Yan there for her safety before being imprisoned by Tou She Ancient God.
• Zhu Kun confirmed he had been trapped for thousands of years and had never stopped longing for his daughter.
• Zi Yan accepted Zhu Kun as her father and rushed into his arms, and he promised to protect her from then on.

Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun and learned why he had been trapped in the Ancient God Cave Mansion: he had sought the inheritance to save her mother, who sacrificed herself protecting them. The chapter left Zi Yan grieving for her mother and comforting her father as their bond grew closer.

• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun how strong he was, and he boasted that he was nearly unmatched below the Dou Di realm.
• Zi Yan teased Zhu Kun for getting trapped while seeking the Ancient God’s inheritance, and he explained how Tou She Ancient God’s restrictions had caught him.
• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan that her mother was a special being born from heaven and earth and the Dragon Clan’s origin, and that she had once been strong enough to suppress him.
• Zhu Kun recounted how Zi Yan’s mother sacrificed her life force and Soul Force to save him and their unborn daughter from their enemies, leaving only a wisp of her remnant soul.
• Zhu Kun explained that he sought the Ancient God’s inheritance in hopes of reviving Zi Yan’s mother, and Zi Yan cried as she held his hand and comforted him.

Su Baichen strengthened Zi Yan’s mother’s remnant soul and recognized the unusual auspicious power within it, prompting him to hide Xiao Jin. When Zi Yan asked him to free Zhu Kun, Su Baichen requested that Zhu Kun activate the prison formation so he could study it.

• Su Baichen refined heavenly treasures into medicinal liquid, and Zhu Kun used it to strengthen his wife’s remnant soul.
• Su Baichen sensed that the remnant soul carried the luck power of an auspicious beast and ordered the system to conceal and confine Xiao Jin.
• Zi Yan asked Su Baichen to help her father escape, while Zhu Kun explained that only a Dou Di could break Tou She Ancient God’s restriction.
• Zi Yan revealed that Su Baichen was a Formation Master, surprising Zhu Kun and giving him renewed hope.
• Su Baichen asked Zhu Kun to activate the formation so he could observe its structure and energy pathways.

Zhu Kun tried to escape Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion but was caught and dragged back by its Flame Chains. Su Baichen said he could not break the Formation Arts array, then revealed he still had a way to help Zhu Kun leave, though not immediately.

• Zhu Kun transformed into a dragon and charged skyward, but the Formation Arts array ensnared him with Flame Chains and slammed him back to the ground.
• Zhu Kun blamed Tou She Ancient God’s guard formation and asked Su Baichen if he could break it.
• Su Baichen explained that the Formation Arts array was connected to the Ancient Jade and could not be forcibly broken without it.
• Zi Yan worried that her father would remain trapped, while Zhu Kun tried to reassure her.
• Su Baichen clarified that he could still help Zhu Kun escape without breaking the formation, but refused to do it immediately.

Su Baichen explained that freeing Zhu Kun required reaching Five-Star Dou Sheng and obtaining rare materials, but learned Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor Token might hold little authority because the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split into four factions. Zhu Kun decided not to send Zi Yan to the divided Dragon Islands and began teaching Su Baichen the deeper mysteries of space.

• Su Baichen told Zi Yan and Zhu Kun that he needed to reach Five-Star Dou Sheng and gather rare materials before he could safely free Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun gave Su Baichen his Dragon Emperor Token and said the Ancient Void Dragon clan could provide the necessary materials.
• Su Baichen revealed that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split into East, West, South, and North Dragon Islands after Zhu Kun disappeared.
• Su Baichen explained that East Dragon Island still recognized Zhu Kun but could not safely protect Zi Yan from the other three factions.
• Zhu Kun agreed to guide Su Baichen in the Dao of space, knowing his family’s fate depended on him.

Su Baichen completed ten days of training under Zhu Kun, advancing to Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng and mastering spatial power with extraordinary speed. Zhu Kun gave him several powerful spatial Dou Techniques and teasingly called them advance payment for Zi Yan’s meals if she followed Su Baichen.

• Over five days of Zhu Kun’s instruction, Su Baichen advanced from Late-Stage One-Star to Late-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng and quickly grasped spatial techniques.
• On the tenth day, Su Baichen broke through to Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng and thanked Zhu Kun for his guidance.
• Zi Yan praised Su Baichen and stayed affectionately by his side, while Zhu Kun recognized her feelings for him.
• Zhu Kun gave Su Baichen spatial Dou Technique scrolls ranging from High-Level Earth Tier to Intermediate Heaven Tier.
• Zhu Kun called the scrolls advance food expenses for Zi Yan, and Su Baichen’s delight in the gift faded.

Su Baichen and Zi Yan left Zhu Kun with Zi Yan’s inheritance and her mother’s Dragon Spear, while Zi Yan promised to return and save her father. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan went to absorb her gifts, and Su Baichen reunited with Cailin and told her what had happened.

• Su Baichen accepted Zhu Kun’s inheritance scroll and promised to provide Zi Yan with the resources she needed.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan her mother’s Dragon Emperor’s Weeping Blood, which merged into her body and carried her mother’s remnant soul.
• Su Baichen and Zi Yan departed, and Zi Yan vowed to return after becoming strong enough to save Zhu Kun.
• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan hurried away to digest the treasures Zhu Kun had given her.
• Cailin reunited with Su Baichen and told him she had broken through to Dou Zun the day before.
• Su Baichen recounted his meeting with Zhu Kun, leaving Cailin shocked by the dragon emperor’s power and troubled by Zi Yan’s fate.

Cailin comforted Su Baichen as they discussed Zi Yan’s burdens, while Zi Yan devoted herself to cultivation and her spear. After Cailin left to enter seclusion, Xun'er tried to make Su Ling'er use a new private form of address, but Ling'er tricked her and fled.

• Cailin worried about Zi Yan’s difficult past, and Su Baichen reassured her that they would help Zi Yan without taking excessive risks.
• Zi Yan reduced her playtime and spent most of her days cultivating, taking pills, or stroking her spear.
• Su Ling'er asked Cailin why Zi Yan had stopped coming to play, and Cailin explained that Zi Yan needed to focus on matters at home.
• Cailin returned Xun'er's Ancient Jade and left to enter seclusion, asking Su Ling'er to stay with Xun'er.
• Xun'er reminded Su Ling'er not to call her “Sister Xun'er” when they were alone, but Ling'er pretended Su Baichen had arrived and ran away.
• Xun'er realized she had been tricked and chased after Su Ling'er.

After two years of cultivation, Su Baichen received a letter saying Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian had decided to travel to the Central Plains. He worried that the Soul Hall might endanger them, though their ties to powerful groups offered some protection.

• Su Baichen and his companions made progress in cultivation over two years, while Su Ling'er spent much of her time with Xun'er.
• Su Baichen read Cao Ying's letter announcing that she had reached Three Star Dou Zun and Xiao Yi Xian had reached One Star Dou Zun.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian told Su Baichen they planned to go to the Central Plains to seek opportunities and experience a broader world.
• Cailin and Caidie tried to calm Su Baichen, while Yun Yun reminded him that the Cao Clan, Danta, and Yao Lao's Starfall Pavilion could help protect the two women.
• Su Baichen's anger eased, but he continued worrying that Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian's abilities would attract the Soul Hall's attention.