Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan gave Ling Yuan Dou Saint Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood, strengthening his body, raising him to Seven-Star Dou Zun, and granting him the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Armor. Meanwhile, Zhu Kun moved Dragon Island beside the Ling Realm, alarming the Dou God Clans, while Nihility Devouring Flame choked Hun Miesheng over the shortage of Soul Origin.

• Zi Yan gave Ling Yuan a drop of her Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood, and he spent ten days absorbing it as his body was remade.
• Ling Yuan broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zun and manifested the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Armor, which Zi Yan said could withstand attacks from two- or three-star Dou Zuns.
• Zi Yan asked Ling Yuan to repay her for the essence blood, and he grabbed her and carried her off.
• Zhu Kun summoned more than forty Ancient Void Dragon Clan Dou Saints and had them move Dragon Island beside the Ling Realm in less than three days.
• The Dou God Clans observed Dragon Island's relocation and noted that the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan together had sixty Dou Saints.
• Nihility Devouring Flame confronted Hun Miesheng over the meager Soul Origin he had provided and lifted him by the throat with a hand of black flames.

Nihility Devouring Flame learned that an Ancient Void Dragon had stolen the Soul Origin, while Hun Tiandi connected the clan’s strength to an unfamiliar Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Hun Tiandi decided to attend Ling Yuan and Zi Yan’s wedding to investigate, and the Ling Clan prepared to let him see Zhu Kun’s power openly.

• Hun Miesheng told Nihility Devouring Flame that a mysterious expert had bypassed his seals and taken the Soul Origin, leading Nihility Devouring Flame to suspect the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Hun Tiandi linked the unfamiliar Nine-Star Dou Sheng to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and decided to attend Ling Yuan and Zi Yan’s wedding in person.
• Zhu Kun celebrated Zi Yan’s praise by sending Ancient Void Dragons across the Central Plains to gather treasures for the approaching wedding.
• Ling Mie showed Ling Yuan Hun Tiandi’s reply, and they concluded that Hun Tiandi wanted to investigate the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s strength.
• Ling Yuan and Ling Mie agreed to welcome Hun Tiandi and let him see that Zhu Kun supported the Ling Clan.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi confronted each other at Ling Yuan and Zi Yan’s wedding, while Hun Tiandi quietly assessed the Ling Clan’s defenses and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s support. The ceremony began with a spectacular procession, but the bride’s arrival had not yet been shown.

• Gu Yuan changed plans and personally went to the Ling Realm after learning Hun Tiandi would attend the wedding.
• Hun Tiandi exposed the Gu Clan’s role in profiting from Xiao Xuan’s death, and Gu Yuan angrily accused him of slander before Ling Xiao led the guests inside.
• Hun Tiandi probed Dragon Island but found it protected by a powerful formation, and he realized the Ancient Void Dragon Clan could quickly defend the Ling Clan.
• The wedding began, and nine Ban Sheng-level Heavenly Demon Phoenixes pulled Zi Yan’s crimson bridal sedan into the Ling Realm Plaza.
• More than forty Dou Saint-level dragons emerged behind the sedan, led by a nearly ten-thousand-zhang dragon.

Zhu Kun arrived at Ling Yuan and Zi Yan’s wedding, revealing himself as a Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng and pledging the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s support to the Ling Clan. He presented a lavish dowry for the newlyweds, while Hun Tiandi suspected Zhu Kun had been trapped in Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance site.

• Zhu Kun led the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s powerful delegation into the plaza, shocking Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and the other guests with his Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan appeared in wedding attire, and Ling Mie welcomed the guests and celebrated the marriage alliance between their clans.
• Zhu Kun thanked Ling Yuan for rescuing him and helping Zi Yan obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, then promised the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would stand by the Ling Clan.
• Hun Tiandi focused on Zhu Kun’s account of being trapped and suspected Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance site, while wondering how Ling Yuan had found and freed him.
• Zhu Kun announced that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s collected treasures would serve as Zi Yan’s dowry and displayed a dragon-patterned Storage Ring.

Zhu Kun presented Zi Yan’s lavish dowry at her wedding to Ling Yuan, then urged Ling Yuan to treat her well. After the wedding, Hun Tiandi probed Zhu Kun about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and wondered whether it had more hidden Dou Sheng experts.

• Zhu Kun displayed a mountain of rare treasures as Zi Yan’s dowry, stunning the guests and Ling Yuan.
• Zhu Kun warned Ling Yuan to treat Zi Yan well, and Ling Yuan promised not to let her down.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan completed the wedding procedures, and Ling Mie welcomed the guests’ congratulations.
• Gu Yuan congratulated Ling Mie on his breakthrough, which Ling Mie credited to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint Essence Blood his son had found.
• Hun Tiandi questioned Zhu Kun about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then grew suspicious that its forty displayed Dou Shengs were not all its experts.

Hun Tiandi tried to uncover the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s hidden strength, but Zhu Kun’s blunt answers and Qingshan’s deliberate ambiguity left him more wary. Ling Yuan’s precautions kept the clan’s true foundations secret, while Zi Yan’s resentment toward Zhu Kun continued to fade.

• Hun Tiandi asked Zhu Kun about absent Ancient Void Dragon experts, and Zhu Kun confirmed that several Dou Shengs were cultivating in seclusion.
• Elder Qingshan summoned Zhu Kun to meet Zi Yan, cutting off Hun Tiandi’s questions.
• Hun Tiandi probed Qingshan instead, but Qingshan gave ambiguous answers that made the Ancient Void Dragon Clan seem even stronger.
• Hun Tiandi grew gloomy as the clan’s apparent strength disrupted his long-prepared plan.
• Ling Yuan revealed that he had sent Qingshan to shield the clan’s secrets from Hun Tiandi, while Zi Yan’s resentment toward Zhu Kun had nearly faded.

Ling Yuan persuaded Zhu Kun to challenge Hun Tiandi to a sparring match, hoping to worsen Hun Tiandi’s injuries and delay the Soul Clan’s plans. Hun Tiandi declined and redirected Zhu Kun toward Gu Yuan, who was left facing Zhu Kun’s challenge as the guests prepared to leave.

• Zi Yan thanked Zhu Kun for her dowry gifts, and their conversation improved his standing with her.
• Zhu Kun told Ling Yuan about his conversation with Hun Tiandi, including Hun Tiandi’s questions about missing Ancient Void Dragon Clan powerhouses.
• Ling Yuan encouraged Zhu Kun to seek a sparring match with Hun Tiandi, and Zi Yan agreed the idea was fine.
• As the guests were leaving, Zhu Kun challenged Hun Tiandi to a friendly spar, but Hun Tiandi declined because his old injuries had not healed.
• Hun Tiandi suggested that Zhu Kun spar with Gu Yuan instead, and Zhu Kun turned to Gu Yuan with a challenge.

At Zi Yan’s wedding, Zhu Kun failed to persuade Hun Tiandi or Gu Yuan to spar, then the newlyweds discussed having children and Zi Yan asked Ling Yuan to ensure she became pregnant before Medusa. Hun Tiandi left intending to hide the Soul Realm more thoroughly, while Ling Yuan agreed to Zi Yan’s request.

• Zhu Kun challenged Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan to spar, but both declined because they feared being injured and had other excuses.
• Zhu Kun accepted their refusals and said he would visit them with gifts, prompting Hun Tiandi to plan to conceal the Soul Realm’s entrance.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan departed the Ling Realm without sparring, disappointing the onlookers.
• On their wedding night, Zi Yan and Ling Yuan discussed children, and Ling Yuan said they could let nature take its course.
• Zi Yan asked Ling Yuan to promise that no one, especially Medusa, would become pregnant before her, and Ling Yuan agreed.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan sorted through Zhu Kun’s wedding gifts, while news spread that Zhu Kun had destroyed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Ling Yuan failed to obtain Huang Tian’s corpse for a puppet, but learned the harvested Heaven Demon Phoenix essence blood could strengthen the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Zi Yan gave Ling Yuan Soul Nourishing Dew, Soul Origin, Origin Blood Grass, and other treasures, while Ling Yuan planned to refine the medicinal ingredients into pills.
• Ling Yuan considered asking the Yao Clan to refine the rare ingredients and continued training Cao Ying to improve her combat skills alongside her alchemy.
• Reports of Zhu Kun’s destruction of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan reached the major factions, whose Dou God Clans stayed silent rather than challenge him.
• Ling Yuan asked Zhu Kun for Huang Tian’s corpse to make a puppet, but Zhu Kun said he had struck Huang Tian into bloody mist.
• Zhu Kun collected the Heaven Demon Phoenixes’ essence blood to strengthen the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Ling Yuan accepted that it had not gone to waste.

Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to conceal and relocate the Soul Realm after learning that Zhu Kun might threaten their plans. Despite the danger, he kept the plan to destroy the Shi Clan unchanged and prepared a hidden formation to supply energy for the Emperor-Slaying Array.

• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan's experts to seal the Soul Realm, conceal it, and relocate it before Zhu Kun could discover their strength.
• Nihility Devouring Flame learned that Zhu Kun was a Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng who had escaped from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, and realized Hun Tiandi feared Zhu Kun would seek the Soul Clan's jade fragment.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that the plan to destroy the Shi Clan would proceed because the other Dou God Clans might suspect the Ancient Void Dragon Clan instead.
• Hun Tiandi summoned Hun Miesheng and ordered him to secretly prepare the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array to provide energy for the Emperor-Slaying Array.

Ling Yuan focused on strengthening his soul while preparing to advance his Dou Di Bloodline before his coming-of-age ceremony. When Lei Dong challenged him to a spar, Ling Yuan agreed only if he could cultivate in the Lei Clan's Demon Lightning Pool, and Lei Dong refused.

• Ling Yuan used Soul Nourishing Dew to strengthen his soul and continued pursuing greater power.
• A Lei Clan delegation arrived at the Ling Clan, and Lei Dong challenged Ling Yuan to help resolve his doubts about their difference in strength.
• The Lei Clan's Ban Sheng explained that Lei Ying had sent Lei Dong to spar with Ling Yuan so he would stop dwelling on his perceived inferiority.
• Ling Yuan agreed to the challenge on the condition that he be allowed to cultivate in the Demon Lightning Pool.
• Lei Dong refused to let an outsider enter the Lei Clan's sacred pool, so Ling Yuan ordered the visitors to leave.

Ling Yuan negotiated with Lei Dong for access to the Demon Lightning Pool by offering pills and future sparring matches. Their first bout ended in an instant when Ling Yuan knocked Lei Dong unconscious with a soul attack, leaving the Lei Clan Ban Sheng stunned.

• Ling Yuan refused Lei Dong’s initial offer of resources and proposed three Thunder Roar Pills and future challenge matches in exchange for entering the Demon Lightning Pool.
• Lei Dong bargained for three future challenges, and Ling Yuan agreed before they went to the Trial Grounds.
• Lei Dong allowed Ling Yuan to suppress his cultivation to the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm, but Ling Yuan compressed it to the Five-Star Dou Zong instead.
• Lei Dong prepared to attack, but Ling Yuan struck him with a soul attack and knocked him unconscious in one second.
• The Lei Clan Ban Sheng was dumbfounded by Lei Dong’s defeat and Ling Yuan’s powerful soul.

Ling Yuan secured the Lei Clan’s promise to let him enter the Demon Lightning Pool and negotiated a better share of the Ninth-Grade pills refined by the Yao Clan. After refining an Origin Blood Pill to strengthen his Dou Di Bloodline, he discovered it was also affecting the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline Zi Yan had left in him.

• Ling Yuan defeated Lei Dong in one move and told Lei Nong to take him back to recover.
• Ling Yuan renegotiated the Yao Clan’s pill-refining fee, raising the Ling Clan’s share from twelve Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills to fifteen.
• Lei Ying scolded Lei Dong for promising Ling Yuan access to the Demon Lightning Pool but said the Lei Clan would honor the agreement.
• After two months of soul cultivation, Ling Yuan received and began refining the Ninth-Grade Origin Blood Pill to pursue a God-Grade Bloodline.
• Ling Yuan discovered that the pill’s energy was transforming both his Ling Clan bloodline and the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline Zi Yan had left in him.

Ling Yuan spent half a year merging the Ling Clan Dou Di Bloodline with Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, ultimately evolving it into a God-Grade Bloodline. After recovering from seclusion, he learned that his family had grown stronger and defeated Lei Dong again when Lei Dong returned to challenge him.

• Ling Yuan’s bloodline transformation lasted six months, and he broke through to Eight-Star Dou Zun during the process.
• Ling Mie examined Ling Yuan and suspected that his bloodline was evolving into a God-Grade Bloodline.
• Ling Yuan’s bloodline power erupted, suppressing others in the Ling Realm, and he woke with a stronger body and bloodline.
• Ling Yuan found that he absorbed Dou Qi about thirty percent faster and faced no obstruction in cultivation, confirming his God-Grade Bloodline.
• Ling Yuan learned that Mother Ling and Zi Yan had both advanced in cultivation while the Soul Clan remained quiet.
• Lei Dong challenged Ling Yuan again, and Ling Yuan suppressed his realm to One-Star Dou Zun before beating Lei Dong and sending him back to bed for five or six days.

Xiao Yi Xian asked to leave the Ling Realm because she feared her Woe Poison Body would erupt and endanger Ling Yuan and the clan. Ling Yuan recognized her feelings, comforted her, and persuaded her to stay while he searched for the missing material needed to cure her.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Ling Yuan she wanted to go out and gain experience, though she actually feared her Woe Poison Body would harm the Ling Clan.
• Ling Yuan realized Xiao Yi Xian had feelings for him and understood that her poison body had worsened because she absorbed toxins while treating clan members.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she feared dragging Ling Yuan and the others down if her poison body erupted.
• Ling Yuan held Xiao Yi Xian and promised to protect her while he sought Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to complete the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay in the Ling Realm and trust Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan treated Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body with a Heavenly Poison Pill, and she reached Three-Star Dou Zong before the two became lovers. Meanwhile, Ling Yuan broke through to a Heavenly Realm Soul, and Zhu Kun charged into the Ancient Realm to visit Gu Yuan.

• Ling Yuan brought Xiao Yi Xian to a poisonous medicinal bath and gave her a Heavenly Poison Pill to gather and balance the toxins in her body.
• While Xiao Yi Xian guided the toxins into the pill, Ling Yuan broke through to a Heavenly Realm Soul and tested his enhanced perception and control.
• After five days, Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison in the bath, advanced to Three-Star Dou Zong, and gained control of her Woe Poison Body until Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Ling Yuan, kissed him, and became his lover.
• Zhu Kun found the Soul Realm gone when he went to visit Hun Tiandi, then headed for the Ancient Realm and bypassed its defenses, alarming the Gu Clan.

Zhu Kun visited the Gu Clan and insisted on sparring with Gu Yuan, who reluctantly accepted to avoid provoking a conflict. They began a battle in the Void Space, where their evenly matched power made each clash shake the void.

• Gu Yuan welcomed Zhu Kun and accepted the modest cultivation resources he brought as gifts.
• Zhu Kun said he had come to spar with Gu Yuan and complained that Hun Tiandi had moved the Soul Realm without warning.
• Gu Yuan tried to decline, but Zhu Kun grew angry and pressured him into accepting the challenge.
• Gu Yuan led Zhu Kun into the Void Space so their fight would not damage the Ancient Realm or harm the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun began fighting, and their clashes sent powerful shockwaves across the void.

Gu Yuan fought Zhu Kun in the Ancient Realm, then hosted him and gave him four Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills before he departed. Afterward, Gu Xian warned that Zhu Kun had likely been searching for the Gu Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Lie urged Gu Yuan to safeguard it personally.

• Zhu Kun overwhelmed Gu Yuan in a prolonged sparring match, and Gu Yuan eventually called it off to avoid further injuries.
• Gu Yuan invited Zhu Kun into the main hall, while Zhu Kun discreetly surveyed the Ancient Realm and its Ancestral Hall.
• Gu Yuan gave Zhu Kun four Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills as a return gift, and Zhu Kun left after saying he would help Gu Yuan teach Hun Tiandi a lesson.
• Gu Yuan and the elders lamented the loss of the pills, while Gu Xian suspected Zhu Kun had been searching for the Gu Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Lie urged Gu Yuan to safeguard the Tou She Ancient God Jade personally because Zhu Kun could bypass the Ancient Realm’s restrictions.

Gu Yuan took the Tou She Ancient God Jade into his personal custody after the Gu Clan’s elders suspected Zhu Kun had ulterior motives. News of the move led the other Dou God Clans to suspect Zhu Kun was seeking the Ancient Jade and consider safeguarding their own pieces personally.

• The Gu Clan’s elders urged Gu Yuan to protect the Tou She Ancient God Jade himself, and he agreed to retrieve it from the Ancestral Hall.
• Elder Gu Yang, a Soul Clan spy controlled by the Nihility Devouring Flame, handed Gu Yuan the Ancient Jade without being exposed.
• Gu Yuan reassigned Gu Yang to manage the Resource Treasury, and Gu Yang privately realized he had escaped suspicion.
• News spread that Zhu Kun had sparred with Gu Yuan and won, followed days later by word that Gu Yuan was safeguarding the Ancient Jade personally.
• The Yan, Lei, Yao, and Shi Clans interpreted the Gu Clan’s actions as evidence Zhu Kun wanted the Ancient Jade and discussed protecting their own pieces.

Hun Tiandi learned that Zhu Kun’s actions had put the Tou She Ancient God Jades under the Dou God Clans’ patriarchs’ protection, disrupting the Soul Clan’s plans. He ordered the Soul Clan to destroy the Shi Clan and frame Zhu Kun, while Ling Yuan welcomed the setback to Hun Tiandi’s plans.

• After Zhu Kun’s actions, the Dou God Clans other than the Ling Clan placed their Ancient Jades in their patriarchs’ care, and Nihility Devouring Flame reported the news to Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi erupted in anger, then decided the Soul Clan would destroy the Shi Clan and blame Zhu Kun to make the other clans turn against him.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to discreetly kill the Soul Clan’s informants, including the Ling Clan informant, so no evidence could expose them.
• Ling Yuan emerged from cultivation, learned what Zhu Kun had done, and was pleased that Hun Tiandi’s plan to gather the Ancient Jades had become far more difficult.