Chapter Summaries

After defeating Hun Tiandi and returning to the Ling Realm, Ling Yuan spent time with his family before preparing to enter the Heavenly Tomb and break through to Dou Di. He left his loved ones behind as he began his seclusion, with the outcome still unknown.

• Ling Yuan met Ling Mie, Zhu Kun, and the others on his way back, showed them Hun Tiandi's severed half-body, and reassured them that Hun Tiandi had fled grievously injured.
• Ling Yuan stayed with his family and wives before seclusion, and Cao Ying brought Yao Ling into a surprise encounter with him.
• Everyone cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb came out to make room for Ling Yuan's breakthrough, while his family and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan gathered to see him off.
• Ling Yuan reassured his loved ones, entered the Heavenly Tomb, and began preparing to break through to Dou Di.

Ling Yuan drained the reserves of his nine clones and reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng before beginning his Dou Di breakthrough. After the Ling Clan, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Yao Clan supplied energy for his attempt, the vortex vanished and Ling Long and Ling Yao suddenly soared to early-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

• Ling Yuan used the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique for months to absorb the nine clones’ stored Dou Qi, leaving them at Dou Zhe and raising himself to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Ling Clan learned Medusa and Cao Ying were pregnant with Ling Yuan’s children, while Yao Ling asked Cao Ying about pregnancy and wondered why she had not conceived.
• Ling Yuan drew energy from the Heavenly Tomb and across the Ling Realm as he began his Dou Di breakthrough, prompting Ling Mie to order the Ling Clan to surrender its pills and medicinal herbs.
• Zi Yan ordered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to supply its resources, and Yao Dan brought the Yao Clan’s pills and herbs to help Ling Yuan replenish his energy.
• After the vortex vanished, Ling Long and Ling Yao surged from Dou Zong to early-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

After Ling Yuan broke through to Dou Di, his bloodline transformed the Ling Clan into the continent’s foremost power, and he promised to help the Ancient Void Dragon Clan reach its former peak. News of his achievement spread across the continent, while a joint purge by the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan crushed the surviving members’ hopes of revenge.

• Ling Yuan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb as a Dou Di, and his bloodline’s nourishment caused a wave of breakthroughs among the Ling Clan, including over a hundred members reaching Dou Sheng.
• The Ling Clan knelt to Ling Yuan and hailed him as the Spirit Emperor, while Ling Mie and Ling Ruo took pride in their son’s achievement.
• Ling Yuan learned that Medusa and Cao Ying were pregnant, and his Dou Di Bloodline strengthened them and nurtured their unborn children.
• Ling Yuan thanked the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Yao Clan for their support, then promised to help Zhu Kun and Zi Yan break through to Dou Di using the opportunity in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• News of Ling Yuan’s breakthrough spread across the Douqi Continent, alarming the scattered survivors of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans.
• The Ling Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan launched a joint purge that crushed the survivors’ hopes of revenge.

After becoming a Dou Di, Ling Yuan wiped out the scattered remnants of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans and went with Zhu Kun and his children to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. There he discovered Hun Tiandi, who had vanished from his searches, trapped beside the mansion.

• Ling Yuan used a Dou Di Bloodline-detecting artifact to locate and eliminate the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clan remnants, replenishing the Ling and Ancient Void Dragon Clans’ treasuries and reserving rare herbs for the Yao Clan.
• Ling Yuan remained unable to find Hun Tiandi, while Zhu Kun urged him to set out for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Ling Yuan brought Ling Long and Ling Yao along, and kept Zhu Kun’s old imprisonment in the cave mansion secret from the children.
• Ling Yuan struck the former Jia Nan Academy site, exposing the lava lake and opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Ling Yuan spotted Hun Tiandi bound by an invisible energy chain beside the cave mansion and laughed at him for being trapped there.

Ling Yuan found Hun Tiandi imprisoned in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion after breaking through to Dou Di. Hun Tiandi begged to serve him, but Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun decided he had to die, and Ling Yuan shattered the cave mansion's barrier and gates.

• Ling Yuan discovered Hun Tiandi trapped and badly injured inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where Hun Tiandi had been unable to escape.
• Ling Yuan mocked Hun Tiandi, who pleaded for his life and offered to submit, cripple his Dou Qi, or serve as Zhu Kun's punching bag.
• Zhu Kun privately urged Ling Yuan to kill Hun Tiandi, then offered Hun Tiandi a chance to escape by defeating him.
• Ling Yuan unleashed his Dou Di power against the cave mansion's seal, cracked its multicolored barrier, and shattered the barrier and ancient gates.

Ling Yuan killed Hun Tiandi and entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with Zhu Kun and the children to claim Tou She Ancient God's inheritance. There, he caught the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill trying to flee and exposed its disguise.

• Zhu Kun overwhelmed the injured Hun Tiandi while Ling Yuan watched, then Ling Yuan destroyed Hun Tiandi's body and soul with Dou Di energy and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Ling Yuan entered the cave mansion with Zhu Kun, Ling Long, and Ling Yao, and explained that the Heavenly Flames on the stone pillars had little energy left.
• Ling Yuan sensed that the Tou She Ancient God Statue contained immense energy and Origin Qi.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill emerged from behind the statue and tried to escape, but Ling Yuan froze it in place.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill pretended to be Tou She Ancient God and demanded its release, but Ling Yuan identified it and tightened his hold.

Ling Yuan returned from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion with an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and a stone statue, then arranged for Zhu Kun to use the pill to pursue the Dou Di realm. Ling Yuan and Zi Yan traveled across the Douqi Continent to claim hidden treasures, uncovering powerful spiritual treasures, Heavenly Flames, and rare medicinal materials.

• Ling Yuan brought the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and stone statue back to the clan, where Zi Yan had emerged from seclusion at the middle phase of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun failed to obtain the stone statue's inheritance, so Ling Yuan gave her the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and explained that Zhu Kun was better suited to refine it.
• Zi Yan passed the pill to Zhu Kun, and Ling Yuan persuaded him to accept it and enter the Heavenly Tomb to break through to Dou Di.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan set out to explore the Douqi Continent's unexplored secret realms and perilous lands.
• Ling Yuan found seven or eight ownerless Heavenly Flames, a powerful ice-attribute spiritual treasure in the northern icefield, and a Heart of the Ocean beneath the Eastern Region's seas.
• The pair also gathered rare ingredients for Ninth-Grade Profound Pills and many other ancient heavenly treasures and earthly materials.

Ling Yuan brought Origin Qi to the Douqi Continent, enabling Zhu Kun to break through to Dou Di and strengthening the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. As the continent began to reject Ling Yuan, Zi Yan entered seclusion to attempt her own breakthrough, and Medusa gave birth to Ling Yuan’s youngest daughter, Ling Mo.

• Ling Yuan arranged for Yao Dan to refine Ninth-Grade Profound Pills, and Cao Ying later resumed alchemy after giving birth to Ling Nuo.
• Zi Yan reached the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, while Zhu Kun emerged from seclusion without enough energy to break through to Dou Di.
• Ling Yuan traveled beyond the Douqi Continent, found a plane rich in Origin Qi, and opened a passage that sent its Origin Qi into his world.
• Zhu Kun used the influx of Origin Qi to break through to Dou Di, empowering the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and raising Zi Yan to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Kun challenged Ling Yuan to a spar and could not last three moves, while Ling Yuan sensed that the Douqi Continent was beginning to reject him.
• Zi Yan entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Di, and Medusa gave birth to a daughter whom Ling Yuan named Ling Mo.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree warned that Ling Yuan’s strength was obstructing future breakthroughs on Douqi Continent, he decided to leave for the Great Thousand World ahead of schedule. He planned to take Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, while the others stayed behind to guard the continent until he could bring them over.

• Over several years, Zi Yan, Ling Mie, and Cao Ying became Dou Di, while Ling Yuan grew stronger through repeated Source Return and felt Douqi Continent’s rejection intensify.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree told Ling Yuan that he was nearing the plane’s bearing limit and explained that its own roots bound it to Douqi Continent, making it the world’s guardian tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree warned that Ling Yuan’s presence would make it harder for peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts to break through to Dou Di.
• Ling Yuan summoned his companions, explained the situation, and announced that he would leave for the Great Thousand World immediately.
• Ling Yuan chose to bring Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, while Cao Ying, Ling Mie, and the others stayed to care for Ling Nuo, strengthen their cultivation, and guard Douqi Continent until Ling Yuan established a foothold.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun left Douqi Continent and endured a dangerous journey through the chaotic void. They reached the Great Thousand World’s plane passages, where Ling Yuan warned them to stay cautious among its powerful experts.

• Ling Yuan prepared to leave for the Great Thousand World, while Cao Ying and the others stayed behind to cultivate and catch up to him.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun said goodbye to their family, and Ling Yuan left a clone on Douqi Continent before opening a planar passage.
• After the trio departed, Ling Long persuaded Ling Yao to join her in exploring a secret realm.
• The three traveled through the chaotic void for about two and a half months, taking turns advancing and resting, and Ling Yuan led them away from a deadly spatial storm.
• Zi Yan spotted three passages to the Great Thousand World, and Ling Yuan warned that they were newcomers there and should remain ready for danger.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun emerged from the chaotic void into the Great Thousand World, where a Spiritual Energy Assimilation Tribulation began breaking down their Douqi. As Zi Yan and Zhu Kun guarded Ling Yuan, he struggled to learn how to cultivate spiritual energy and finally remembered the old scrolls in his storage ring.

• Ling Yuan widened the spatial rift, and he, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun passed through it into the Great Thousand World.
• Ling Yuan realized the world’s energy was spiritual energy, while a gathering heavenly phenomenon began destabilizing the trio’s Douqi.
• Ling Yuan identified the disturbance as the Spiritual Energy Assimilation Tribulation and told Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to stop absorbing spiritual energy and guard him.
• Ling Yuan tried to circulate spiritual energy using Douqi cultivation methods, but his attempts failed as Zi Yan and Zhu Kun’s auras weakened.
• Ling Yuan suddenly remembered several worn scrolls in his storage ring and pulled them out.

Ling Yuan used the Sunflame Divine Art to begin converting his energy into spiritual energy after ascending to the Great Thousand World. As the Luo Shen Clan and Blood God Clan arrived to recruit the newcomers, Blood Spirit Son offered protection and resources to Zhu Kun and Zi Yan, while Ling Yuan continued his transformation.

• Ling Yuan chose the Sunflame Divine Art from the White-Robed Dou Di's scrolls and began cultivating spiritual energy.
• Luo Tianshen detected the ascension and set out to recruit the newcomer, while Blood Spirit Son prepared to secure the talent for the Blood God Clan or prevent the Luo Shen Clan from gaining him.
• Ling Yuan learned to circulate spiritual energy and neared the completion of his conversion as the two rival clans arrived at the plain.
• Luo Tianshen and Blood Spirit Son confronted each other, then recognized Ling Yuan's exceptional potential as Zhu Kun and Zi Yan guarded him.
• Blood Spirit Son introduced himself to Zhu Kun and Zi Yan and offered them the Blood God Clan's protection and resources.

Ling Yuan finished converting his energy as the three allied clan chiefs threatened to attack, but Zi Yan and Zhu Kun’s dragon forms suddenly made them stop. The chapter ended with Luo Tianshen asking what connection the two had to the Dragon Clan.

• Blood Spirit Son tried to recruit Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, while Luo Tianshen warned them against joining the Blood God Clan.
• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun refused both offers and insisted on waiting for Ling Yuan to decide.
• The Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan chiefs arrived, and Blood Spirit Son threatened Zi Yan as Ling Yuan completed his spiritual energy conversion.
• Ling Yuan asked Luo Tianshen for protection, and Luo Tianshen offered it if Ling Yuan joined the Luo Shen Clan.
• Blood Spirit Son and the other two chiefs prepared to attack Ling Yuan, but stopped when Zi Yan and Zhu Kun transformed into dragons.
• Luo Tianshen asked Ling Yuan what relationship Zi Yan and Zhu Kun had with the Dragon Clan.

Ling Yuan used Zi Yan and Zhu Kun’s true dragon forms to convince Blood Spirit Son and the other clan chiefs that they had ties to the Dragon Clan, ending the threat against them. Luo Tianshen offered them protection, leaving the three rival clans unable to act.

• Ling Yuan realized the clan chiefs feared that Zi Yan and Zhu Kun belonged to the powerful Dragon Clan.
• Ling Yuan claimed that a Dragon Clan expert had recognized Zi Yan’s true dragon bloodline and planned to introduce them to the True Dragon Emperor.
• Blood Spirit Son and the other clan chiefs believed Ling Yuan’s story and abandoned their killing intent.
• Luo Tianshen stepped in to protect Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun, and said his clan’s elders were on their way.
• Luo Tianshen warned the three rival clans not to harm the group, leaving their chiefs trapped in a dilemma.

Blood Spirit Son and the other two patriarchs abandoned their attempt to silence Ling Yuan after Luo Shen Clan reinforcements arrived. They compensated him with Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and offered to help find the Dragon Clan, leaving the clans reconciled for now.

• Luo Shen Clan elders arrived, preventing Blood Spirit Son and the other patriarchs from attacking Ling Yuan and his companions.
• Blood Spirit Son offered Ling Yuan five million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, and the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan patriarchs each offered the same amount.
• Ling Yuan accepted all three spatial rings, deciding that compensation and a public reconciliation would discourage future attacks.
• Blood Spirit Son and the other patriarchs offered to search for the Dragon Clan members, while Luo Tianshen insisted that the Luo Shen Clan would handle the search.
• Ling Yuan welcomed the clans' help and promised to repay their favor once they found the expert.

After Luo Tianshen rescued Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun, they settled in Luo Shen City while Ling Yuan waited for a chance to contact the White-Robed Dou Di’s old friend. Far away on Tailing Continent, a woman sensed the faint fluctuation she had searched for over countless years.

• Luo Tianshen invited Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun to Luo Shen City and offered to help Zi Yan and Zhu Kun convert their Dou Qi into spiritual energy.
• Ling Yuan praised the Luo Goddess, gave Luo Tianshen fifteen million drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and persuaded him that the Dragon Clan stood behind them.
• Ling Yuan and Luo Tianshen guided Zi Yan and Zhu Kun through their spiritual energy conversion, and Ling Yuan chose to remain under Luo Tianshen’s protection.
• Ling Yuan tried to activate the White-Robed Dou Di’s token, but it flickered without sending a response.
• On Tailing Continent, a woman sensed a faint, special fluctuation and recognized it as what she had searched for over countless years.

Ling Yuan adapted the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique to spiritual energy and shared Supreme Spirit Liquid with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun while cultivating in Luo Shen City. An alarm brought him to the main city hall, where he saw Elder Yu, an overwhelmingly powerful woman whose token matched the one given to him by the White-Robed Dou Di.

• Ling Yuan revised the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique for spiritual energy and found that Supreme Spirit Liquid greatly increased his cultivation efficiency.
• Ling Yuan gave more than two million Supreme Spirit Liquid each to Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, then concluded that strengthening his soul would let him develop an advanced version of his technique.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun cultivated in seclusion for several days until an alarm rang across Luo Shen City.
• Luo Tianshen summoned the Luo Shen Clan's forces after sensing a powerful arrival, but recognized the woman in the main city hall as a Heavenly Sovereign far beyond his ability to oppose.
• Elder Yu showed Luo Tianshen a token matching the one the White-Robed Dou Di had given Ling Yuan, then noticed Ling Yuan approaching the hall.
• Ling Yuan joined the Luo Shen Clan elders and sensed that Elder Yu's peaceful aura concealed unfathomable strength.

Yu Tan confronted Ling Yuan over the token he carried, then learned it had been entrusted to him by Ling Jing, the White-Robed Dou Di. After hearing Ling Jing’s final message, she offered to take Ling Yuan and his companions to the Tailing Continent, where she was the Second Elder of the Tailing Ancient Clan.

• Ling Yuan tried to retreat from the confrontation, but Yu Tan stopped him and asked about his relationship with Ling Jing.
• Luo Tianshen explained that Ling Yuan had only recently ascended and belonged to the Dragon Clan.
• Ling Yuan revealed that Ling Jing had left him the token and an inheritance in the lower realm, and Yu Tan used the token to receive Ling Jing’s final message.
• Yu Tan thanked Ling Yuan and asked him about Ling Jing, while Luo Tianshen realized Ling Yuan had ties to powerful factions and quietly cleared the area.
• Ling Yuan admitted that he had used the Dragon Clan’s name to intimidate the Blood God Clan, and Yu Tan invited him to the Tailing Continent for protection.
• Yu Tan revealed that she was the Second Elder of the Tailing Ancient Clan.

Ling Yuan learned that Yu Tan was the Second Elder of the Tailing Ancient Clan and agreed to travel with her, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun to the Tailing Continent. As they departed from the Luo Shen Clan, turmoil was already erupting in the Lesser Western Heaven Realm.

• Yu Tan warned Ling Yuan not to misuse her name or bring disgrace upon the Tailing Ancient Clan, then promised he need not tolerate anyone who came looking for trouble.
• Ling Yuan introduced Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to Yu Tan, who recognized them as pure-blooded true dragons.
• Ling Yuan explained to Zi Yan why traveling with Yu Tan was safer than remaining in Luo Shen City, and the group quickly prepared to leave.
• Yu Tan thanked Luo Tianshen for caring for Ling Yuan and offered him help from the Tailing Ancient Clan; Ling Yuan also promised to repay the Luo Shen Clan's kindness.
• Yu Tan led Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun away from the Luo Shen Clan toward the Tailing Continent, while upheaval spread through the Lesser Western Heaven Realm.

Ling Yuan and the others arrived in the Tailing Domain, where he declined Elder Yu’s offer to compete for the Tailing Ancient Clan’s Holy Son and Holy Maiden positions. After Elder Yu provided them with a place to stay and cultivation resources, she reported to Ancestor Taiming that a newly discovered Evil Spirit Clan might be connected to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

• The Blood Spirit Son and the patriarchs of the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan learned of Ling Yuan’s connections and felt relieved they had not provoked him further.
• Elder Yu brought Ling Yuan and the other two to the Tailing Domain after a journey of just over ten days.
• Elder Yu offered Ling Yuan and Zi Yan the chance to compete for the Tailing Ancient Clan’s Holy Son and Holy Maiden positions, but Ling Yuan declined after hearing about the character assessments.
• Elder Yu arranged rooms for Ling Yuan and the other two at Flower-Filled Tower, then gave Ling Yuan a Sumeru Ring containing cultivation techniques and fifty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Elder Yu reported to Ancestor Taiming that a being on a lower plane who wielded both evil qi and spiritual energy might belong to the Evil Spirit Clan.