Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun left the Douqi Continent and endured a dangerous journey through the chaotic void. They reached the planar passages to the Great Thousand World, where Ling Yuan warned the others that they were newcomers and must remain cautious.

• Ling Yuan prepared to leave with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun while his family stayed behind, and he left a clone so they could contact him.
• Ling Yuan tore open a passage through the void and departed with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun after saying farewell to their family.
• Ling Long invited Ling Yao to explore a secret realm shortly after their parents left.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun traveled through the chaotic void in turns, conserving their strength and avoiding spatial currents.
• Ling Yuan led Zi Yan and Zhu Kun away from a deadly spatial storm that contained the broken limbs of a gigantic magical beast.
• Zi Yan spotted three planar passages, and Ling Yuan confirmed they had reached the Great Thousand World and warned them to stay alert.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun emerged from the Void into the Great Thousand World, where the Spiritual Power Assimilation Tribulation began draining their Dou Qi. With no local help to rely on, Ling Yuan tried to learn spiritual power’s circulation before their remaining strength ran out, then remembered several old scrolls.

• Ling Yuan widened the spatial crack, and he, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun crossed through to a vast plain in the Great Thousand World.
• Ling Yuan recognized that the new world’s energy was spiritual power as dark clouds gathered and their Dou Qi began dissipating in the Spiritual Power Assimilation Tribulation.
• Ling Yuan told Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to stop absorbing spiritual power and guard him while he attempted to stabilize and convert his cultivation.
• Ling Yuan’s attempts to circulate spiritual power using Dou Qi methods failed, and Zi Yan and Zhu Kun’s auras grew weaker.
• Ling Yuan suddenly remembered several worn scrolls in his storage ring and pulled them out.

Ling Yuan used the White-Robed Dou Di’s Sunflame Divine Art to learn how to convert his energy into spiritual energy, while the Luo Shen Clan and Blood God Clan raced to recruit the newly ascended trio. After Ling Yuan nearly completed his conversion, Blood Spirit Son offered protection and resources to Zhu Kun and Zi Yan on behalf of the Blood God Clan.

• Ling Yuan chose the Spirit Grade Sunflame Divine Art and followed its instructions to expel Dou Qi and cultivate spiritual energy.
• Luo Tianshen sensed the ascension phenomenon and headed toward it with members of the Luo Shen Clan, while Blood Spirit Son set out with Blood God Clan elders to secure the newcomer for his clan or prevent the Luo Shen Clan from gaining an advantage.
• Ling Yuan successfully grasped the principles of spiritual energy circulation and continued filling his meridians as the two clans arrived at the plain.
• Luo Tianshen and Blood Spirit Son confronted each other, then saw Zhu Kun and Zi Yan guarding Ling Yuan as he neared the end of his conversion.
• Blood Spirit Son approached Zhu Kun and Zi Yan and offered them the Blood God Clan’s protection and priority access to its resources if they joined.

Ling Yuan awakened after converting his battle qi into spiritual energy and faced pressure to join the Luo Shen Clan as three rival clans prepared to attack. The confrontation stopped when the clan chiefs recognized something about Zi Yan and Zhu Kun’s dragon forms, and Luo Tianshen asked about their connection to the Dragon Clan.

• Blood Spirit Son and Luo Tianshen tried to recruit Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, but they refused to decide until Ling Yuan awakened.
• The Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan arrived, and Blood Spirit Son threatened Zi Yan while his allies prepared to attack.
• Ling Yuan completed his spiritual energy conversion, then privately asked Luo Tianshen whether the Luo Shen Clan would protect them.
• Luo Tianshen promised protection if Ling Yuan joined the Luo Shen Clan, while Blood Spirit Son and the other clan chiefs decided to eliminate him before that could happen.
• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun transformed into their true dragon forms, causing the three rival clan chiefs to stop in alarm.
• 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 resemblance to true dragons to bluff the three clan chiefs into believing they had ties to the Dragon Clan. Luo Tianshen protected the trio, leaving Ling Yuan with a way to escape without joining the Luo Shen Clan.

• Ling Yuan realized Blood Spirit Son and the other clan chiefs feared that Zi Yan and Zhu Kun might belong to the Dragon Clan.
• Ling Yuan claimed that a Dragon Clan expert had recognized Zi Yan’s true dragon bloodline and promised to introduce them to the True Dragon Emperor, then secretly told Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to support his story.
• Blood Spirit Son and the other clan chiefs believed the claim and abandoned their intention to attack.
• Luo Tianshen stepped in to shield Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun, saying his clan’s elders were on their way and warning the three chiefs not to harm them.
• Luo Tianshen hoped to build ties with the Dragon Clan through the trio, while Ling Yuan welcomed his protection and the three chiefs were left unable to act.

Ling Yuan used the Dragon Clan’s reputation to stop the three god clans from attacking him and his companions. After the clans paid compensation and agreed to help find the Dragon Clan, Ling Yuan accepted their offer and left the four clans on better terms.

• Luo Tianshen’s summoned elders arrived, ending Blood Spirit Son’s chance to silence Ling Yuan and the others.
• Blood Spirit Son apologized and offered Ling Yuan five million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, and the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan patriarchs each offered the same.
• Ling Yuan accepted all three Sumeru Rings after seeing that Luo Tianshen preferred reconciliation, securing fifteen million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Blood Spirit Son and the other patriarchs offered to help search for the Dragon Clan, while Luo Tianshen insisted the Luo Shen Clan would handle the search.
• Ling Yuan thanked all four patriarchs and promised to repay their favor once they found the expert.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun took refuge in Luo Shen City after Luo Tianshen saved them, while Ling Yuan concealed that he had invented the Dragon Clan connection. Ling Yuan failed to activate the White-Robed Dou Di’s token, but on the distant Tailing Continent, a powerful woman sensed the faint fluctuation she had long awaited.

• Luo Tianshen invited Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun to Luo Shen City and helped them convert their Dou Qi into spiritual energy.
• Ling Yuan thanked Luo Tianshen with fifteen million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid and claimed to have learned about the Luo Shen Clan from a Dragon Clan expert.
• Ling Yuan decided the trio should stay under Luo Tianshen’s protection, while privately admitting that the Dragon Clan expert he had mentioned was made up.
• Ling Yuan infused spiritual energy into the White-Robed Dou Di’s token, but it only flickered and gave no response.
• On the distant Tailing Continent, a woman meditating amid a vast supply of Supreme Spirit Liquid sensed a faint, peculiar fluctuation she had sought for years.

Ling Yuan adapted the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique to spiritual energy and cultivated with Supreme Spirit Liquid alongside Zi Yan and Zhu Kun. When an alarm summoned the Luo Shen Clan, Ling Yuan found an immensely powerful woman called Elder Yu at the main city hall, and she noticed him arriving.

• Ling Yuan modified the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique to use spiritual energy and confirmed that its cultivation speed depended on his own strength and talent.
• Ling Yuan gave Zi Yan and Zhu Kun more than two million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid each, then continued cultivating with his avatars.
• A sudden alarm called the Luo Shen Clan's members and elders to the main city hall, and Ling Yuan followed them to offer his help.
• Luo Tianshen met Elder Yu, whose strength was far beyond his own, and she showed him a token identical to the life-saving token left by the White-Robed Dou Di.
• Ling Yuan arrived at the hall and sensed that Elder Yu's foundation was unfathomably deep; she turned her gaze toward him.

Ling Yuan delivered Ling Jing’s token to Yu Tan, who learned of Ling Jing’s death and thanked him. She offered to take Ling Yuan and his companions to the Tailing Continent, revealing that she was the Second Elder of the Tailing Ancient Clan.

• Ling Yuan tried to retreat from Yu Tan, but she confronted him and demanded to know his relationship with Ling Jing.
• Ling Yuan explained that Ling Jing had entrusted him with the token, and Yu Tan used it to view Ling Jing’s message.
• Ling Yuan told Yu Tan how Ling Jing had pursued the Outer Realm Evil Clan to the Douqi Continent, where they perished together.
• Yu Tan asked about Ling Yuan’s plans, and he admitted he had only invoked the Dragon Clan’s name to deter the Blood God Clan.
• Yu Tan invited Ling Yuan and his companions to the Tailing Continent and revealed she was the Second Elder of the Tailing Ancient Clan.

Ling Yuan learned that Yu Tan was the Tailing Ancient Clan’s Second Elder and agreed to travel with her, believing her clan offered safety for him, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun. Yu Tan led the three away from the Luo Shen Clan, while news of their journey stirred the Lesser Western Heaven Realm.

• Yu Tan warned Ling Yuan not to misuse her name or bring disgrace upon the Tailing Ancient Clan, and Ling Yuan promised to obey its rules.
• Ling Yuan called back Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, and Yu Tan noticed that both were pure-blooded true dragons.
• Ling Yuan explained to Zi Yan why traveling with Yu Tan was safer than remaining in Luo Shen City, and Zi Yan agreed.
• Yu Tan thanked Luo Tianshen for caring for the group, while Ling Yuan promised to repay the Luo Shen Clan when he grew stronger.
• Yu Tan departed with Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun for the Tailing Continent, as the Lesser Western Heaven Realm erupted with news.

Ling Yuan and his companions arrived in the Tailing Domain, where he declined Yu Tan’s offer to enter the Tailing Ancient Clan’s selection for Holy Son and Holy Maiden. Yu Tan provided them with rooms and cultivation resources, then reported her discovery of the Evil Spirit Clan to Ancestor Taiming.

• Blood Spirit Son and the patriarchs of the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan learned of Ling Yuan’s ties to the Tailing Ancient Clan and felt relieved they had settled their conflict peacefully.
• Yu Tan brought Ling Yuan and his companions to the Tailing Domain and explained that joining the Tailing Ancient Clan would require passing fair assessments and trials.
• Ling Yuan declined the offer to compete for the Holy Son position, and Zi Yan also gave up the possibility of competing for Holy Maiden.
• Yu Tan settled the group at Flower-Filled Tower and gave Ling Yuan a Sumeru Ring containing spirit arts and fifty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Yu Tan reported to Ancestor Taiming that the Evil Spirit Clan could wield both evil qi and spiritual energy and might originate from a union between an Outer Realm Evil Clan member and a being of the Great Thousand World.

The Ancestor Taiming learned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had created a hidden species and rushed to inform Qin Tian at the Great Thousand Palace. Ling Yuan received an official reward of fifty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid and went treasure shopping with Zi Yan, where he found a soul cultivation method that interested him.

• The Ancestor Taiming concluded that the Evil Spirit Clan’s special aberrations could help the Outer Realm Evil Clan infiltrate the Great Thousand World, and decided to report the threat to Qin Tian.
• The Ancestor Taiming told Yu Tan to reward Ling Yuan officially for bringing back important intelligence, separate from her personal gift.
• Ling Yuan received fifty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, bringing his savings to one hundred million, and invited Zi Yan to go treasure hunting.
• An attendant guided Ling Yuan and Zi Yan to the Myriad Treasure Pavilion, where they browsed its higher-grade treasures on the second floor.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan selected more than ten kinds of pills and natural treasures, and Ling Yuan bought them all.
• Ling Yuan took an interest in the Star Gazing Divine Art, which nourished the soul and expanded the sea of consciousness.

Ling Yuan bought the Star Gazing Divine Art and used it to cultivate his divine soul, discovering that Three Thousand Burning Flame greatly increased its efficiency. He left the chapter with a new use for the Heavenly Flame and a promising method to strengthen his already powerful soul.

• Ling Yuan bought the Star Gazing Divine Art and supplies for Zi Yan, spending thirteen million Supreme Spirit Liquid on the second floor of the Myriad Treasure Pavilion.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan browsed the third floor, where he bought more pills, but they could not access the fourth floor reserved for Heavenly Sovereigns.
• After returning to the Flower-Filled Tower, Zi Yan began cultivating to digest the medicinal power from eating three pills.
• Ling Yuan cultivated the Star Gazing Divine Art at night and felt his divine soul improve for the first time in a long while.
• Ling Yuan summoned Three Thousand Burning Flame and found that it drew in stellar power, doubling his divine soul cultivation efficiency.

After mastering three divine abilities, Ling Yuan went to the Douling Arena to test his combat strength and registered under the title Dugu Qiubai. While waiting for his first match against the stronger Marshal Tianpeng, he decided to bet on himself.

• Ling Yuan spent more than a month cultivating and mastered the Golden Bell Shield, Blazing Flame Palm, and Qilin Step.
• Ling Yuan went alone to the Douling Arena and paid the registration fee, recording his cultivation as Eighth-Grade Supreme.
• Ling Yuan chose the title Dugu Qiubai despite the staff member warning that it would attract challenges.
• Ling Yuan requested a match against Ninth-Grade Supreme Marshal Tianpeng and was assigned to Arena Three.
• While waiting for his sixth-scheduled match, Ling Yuan watched the betting crowd and decided to wager on himself.

Ling Yuan tried to wager seventy million Supreme Spirit Liquid on himself in his upcoming match, but learned that contestants could not bet on their own fights. When Zi Yan arrived after breaking through to third-grade Sovereign, he brought her to register so she could place the bet for him.

• Ling Yuan placed a seventy-million-Supreme-Spirit-Liquid bet on Dugu Qiubai to win, stunning the spectators.
• A registration worker explained that Ling Yuan’s huge wager could only win the much smaller opposing pool, which held about seven hundred thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• The worker refused to register Ling Yuan’s bet after recognizing him as a contestant and explaining the arena’s ban on betting on one’s own match.
• Ling Yuan decided to find someone else to place the wager, then noticed Zi Yan had arrived and learned she had advanced to third-grade Sovereign.
• Ling Yuan hurriedly registered Zi Yan as a Douling Arena member and took her to the betting counter.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan wagered all their Supreme Spirit Liquid on his victory, then drew gamblers from across the Douling Arena to inflate the betting pool. Their efforts left Arena Three packed and the crowd waiting for Ling Yuan’s match against Marshal Tianpeng.

• Ling Yuan told Zi Yan to bet their fortune on Dugu Qiubai, and she staked her savings after learning he was Dugu Qiubai.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan placed a total of seventy-five million Supreme Spirit Liquid on Ling Yuan, sending the odds soaring to 151:1.
• Ling Yuan used the enormous wager and exaggerated rumors about his stake to lure gamblers from the arena’s other venues.
• Earthly Sovereign gamblers poured money into Marshal Tianpeng’s side, pushing the pool on his victory past twenty-eight million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Marshal Tianpeng arrived carrying an Eight-Toothed Rake and eating a Ginseng Fruit as the crowd turned to watch him.

Ling Yuan, fighting as Dugu Qiubai, faced Ninth-Grade Supreme Marshal Tianpeng in the Douling Arena after gamblers heavily backed both fighters. Ling Yuan gained the upper hand in their opening clash and considered whether to finish the fight quickly or conceal his strength to profit from another match.

• Marshal Tianpeng learned that his Eighth-Grade Supreme opponent had bet over seventy million Supreme Spirit Liquid on himself, then placed a wager on his own victory.
• The betting pool closed with seventy-seven million Supreme Spirit Liquid on Dugu Qiubai and forty-eight million on Marshal Tianpeng.
• Ling Yuan and Marshal Tianpeng entered the arena, heard the rules, and began their match.
• Ling Yuan used Qilin Step and Blazing Flame Palm, while Marshal Tianpeng activated Unyielding Dharmakaya and countered with his Eight-Toothed Rake.
• Their attacks collided, but Marshal Tianpeng was badly shaken and bloodied while Ling Yuan remained unharmed.
• After assessing his advantage, Ling Yuan considered using his full power to win quickly or hiding his strength and arranging another profitable match.

Ling Yuan feigned exhaustion to narrowly defeat Marshal Tianpeng and help Zi Yan collect forty-three million Supreme Spirit Liquid. He entered a second match against Fat Tiger, but with the arena crowd now wary of him, he decided to finish the fight quickly.

• Ling Yuan hid his true strength and staged an even fight before defeating Marshal Tianpeng with a Blazing Flame Palm.
• Zi Yan collected forty-three million Supreme Spirit Liquid in winnings, and Ling Yuan warned her that future bets would attract less money.
• After recovering in the resting room, Ling Yuan registered for another cross-level match against Fat Tiger.
• Ling Yuan wagered one hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid on himself, while gamblers placed only fifteen million on Fat Tiger.
• Ling Yuan entered the arena and resolved to end the match quickly rather than keep pretending to be weak.

Ling Yuan won his second match against Fat Tiger and completed ten victories before returning to Flower-Filled Tower, where he asked Zhu Kun about Supreme Spirit Liquid. The next day, Ling Yuan staged a loss to Tang Chen, leaving gamblers stunned and the middle-aged man who bet against him celebrating, while Zi Yan helped Ling Yuan keep up the act.

• Ling Yuan easily defeated Fat Tiger, collected fourteen million Supreme Spirit Liquid with Zi Yan, and won his third match despite attracting almost no bets against him.
• Ling Yuan won all ten of his matches that day, then returned to Flower-Filled Tower with Zi Yan as two angry gamblers followed them and fled after seeing their VIP suite.
• Ling Yuan asked Zhu Kun whether he wanted Supreme Spirit Liquid, then returned to the Douling Arena the next day and registered for another match.
• A middle-aged gambler bet eighty million Supreme Spirit Liquid that Ling Yuan would lose to Tang Chen, prompting other gamblers to wager heavily on Ling Yuan to win.
• Ling Yuan appeared to suffer an internal injury during the fight, let Tang Chen knock him out of the arena, and Zi Yan pretended to worry about her husband as he asked for a healing pill.

Ling Yuan secretly fixed a match with Tang Chen to earn Supreme Spirit Liquid, then spent months fighting at the Douling Arena and cultivating until he advanced to Ninth-Grade Sovereign. The chapter ends as Dugu Qiubai faced his first lower-stage Earth Sovereign opponent.

• Zi Yan helped Ling Yuan pretend to be badly injured after he deliberately lost to Tang Chen, while Zhu Kun’s betting scheme earned them a net sixty-five million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ling Yuan stopped fixing matches and continued fighting regularly at the Douling Arena, defeating Ninth-Grade Sovereigns and challengers from the Tailing Ancient Clan.
• Ling Yuan used arena combat and cultivation resources to improve his fighting skill and reach the peak of Eighth-Grade Sovereign.
• Ling Yuan secluded himself for half a month and used spiritual power from his ten clones to break through into Ninth-Grade Sovereign.
• Ling Yuan returned to the Douling Arena, where he was matched against a lower-stage Earth Sovereign and accepted the challenge.