Chapter Summaries

Nihility Devouring Flame eliminated the Soul Clan’s spies in several clans and set out to destroy the Shi Clan, while Ling Yuan grew suspicious of Ling Niu’s request to leave the Ling Clan. The chapter left Ling Yuan urging Ling Mie to delay approving the request until a trusted replacement could take over guarding the Ancient Jade.

• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan’s spies in the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao Clans to leave their clans, then secretly killed them with the flames implanted in them.
• Nihility Devouring Flame spared the Shi Clan spy for the moment and traveled toward the Shi Clan with two Seven-Star Dou Shengs, intending to use its people’s souls to aid his breakthrough.
• Ling Yuan and Ling Mie discussed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the possibility of waiting until they were strong enough to seize the other clans’ jades.
• Ling Mie received Ling Niu’s request to leave the clan so he could seek a breakthrough, and he welcomed the news without knowing Ling Niu was a spy.
• Ling Yuan suspected Ling Niu’s request was part of a Soul Clan scheme and advised Ling Mie to delay approval until a trusted replacement could learn the guarding duties.

Ling Yuan realized the Soul Clan might be framing the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan, so he rushed to expose Ling Niu as a spy. Zhu Kun uncovered a hidden mark of Nihility Devouring Flame in Ling Niu’s soul, confirming Ling Yuan’s suspicion.

• Ling Yuan told Ling Mie to delay Elder Ling Niu’s departure until a successor had been chosen, while resolving to expose him as a spy.
• Zhu Kun complained that the Dou God Clans were guarding their Ancient Jades after he defeated Gu Yuan, and Ling Yuan realized the Soul Clan might be preparing to frame them.
• Ling Yuan took Zhu Kun to the Ancestral Hall, where Zhu Kun restrained Ling Niu and sealed his Dou Qi.
• Ling Mie arrived and asked why Ling Yuan had restrained Ling Niu, and Ling Yuan said he suspected something was wrong with him.
• Zhu Kun inspected Ling Niu and discovered a deeply concealed mark of Nihility Devouring Flame in his soul.

Ling Yuan suspected the Soul Clan was preparing to destroy the Shi Clan, so he and Zhu Kun rushed toward the Stone Realm. Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed the Stone Realm and broke through its protective array, confronting Shi Yi and the Shi Clan elders.

• Ling Mie discovered Nihility Devouring Flame’s mark on Ling Niu, while Ling Yuan warned his father that the other Dou God Clans might also have spies.
• Ling Yuan took Zhu Kun toward the Stone Realm, hoping to stop a Soul Clan attack or expose its spies.
• Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Jing, and Hun Sha reached the Stone Realm while the other clans were distracted by Zhu Kun’s actions.
• Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed the Stone Realm, preventing the Shi Clan from receiving reinforcements, and ordered Hun Jing and Hun Sha to kill its descendant clansmen.
• Nihility Devouring Flame shattered the Shi Clan’s protective array and entered the Stone Realm with Hun Jing and Hun Sha, where Shi Yi and the elders confronted them.

Nihility Devouring Flame led the Soul Clan’s assault on the Shi Clan, sealing the Stone Realm and overwhelming its defenders. As the Shi Clan faced annihilation, a powerful aura approached—Zhu Kun’s—leaving Nihility Devouring Flame alarmed.

• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he wanted the Shi Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and sealed the Stone Realm to prevent Shi Yi’s distress signal from reaching the other clans.
• Shi Yi summoned the Stone Ancestor’s remnant soul, but Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed it and left the spatial seal intact.
• Hun Jing and Hun Sha slaughtered Shi Clan descendant clansmen while Shi Yi and the elders prepared to sacrifice themselves to break the seal and save survivors.
• Shi Yu betrayed Shi Yi with a sneak attack, but Shi Yi killed him before several elders and Shi Yi self-destructed; their explosions only dimmed the seal’s flames.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sensed an approaching aura stronger than Hun Tiandi’s and realized Zhu Kun was coming.

Nihility Devouring Flame fled the Stone Realm with Hun Jing and Hun Sha after sensing Zhu Kun’s arrival, while the Soul Clan’s attack left the Shi Clan nearly wiped out. Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan learned that the Soul Clan was responsible and pursued the fleeing attackers.

• Nihility Devouring Flame crushed an emergency jade slip for Hun Tiandi and ordered Hun Jing and Hun Sha to retreat.
• Hun Jing and Hun Sha gathered the Shi Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and Dou Di Bloodline before fleeing with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan entered the Stone Realm and found fewer than two hundred Shi Clan survivors among the dead.
• The survivors identified the Soul Clan as their attackers, confirming that Zhu Kun had not destroyed the Shi Clan.
• Zhu Kun sensed the fugitives’ trail, and he and Ling Yuan set off after Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Jing, and Hun Sha.

Nihility Devouring Flame abandoned Hun Jing and Hun Sha to delay Zhu Kun while he fled, hoping to survive until Hun Tiandi arrived. Zhu Kun killed the two Seven-Star Dou Sheng with one strike and continued pursuing Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Jing and Hun Sha to hold off their pursuers, promising that he and Hun Tiandi would revive them, then escaped faster without them.
• Hun Jing and Hun Sha accepted their fate and attacked Zhu Kun with their strongest techniques while Ling Yuan urged Zhu Kun to kill them quickly and continue the pursuit.
• Zhu Kun shattered Hun Jing and Hun Sha's attacks with his Divine Dragon Claw and crushed them in a crater.
• Zhu Kun carried Ling Yuan onward after Nihility Devouring Flame, while Ling Yuan left the bodies behind to prioritize catching him.

Zhu Kun nearly killed Nihility Devouring Flame after intercepting him, but Hun Tiandi arrived in time to save him. Hun Tiandi then proposed that he and Zhu Kun cooperate to destroy the other Dou God Clans and claim the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, and Zhu Kun considered accepting while secretly planning to betray him.

• Zhu Kun caught up with Nihility Devouring Flame and attacked him with Dragon Emperor Claw as Hun Tiandi approached.
• Hun Tiandi blocked Zhu Kun’s attack with a black chain, but the resulting explosion seriously injured Nihility Devouring Flame and forced Hun Tiandi back.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that Hun Jing and Hun Sha had been killed while holding off Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan after the Soul Clan destroyed the Shi Clan.
• Hun Tiandi asked Zhu Kun to spare Nihility Devouring Flame, but Zhu Kun refused and demanded that Hun Tiandi hand him over.
• Hun Tiandi proposed that he and Zhu Kun destroy the other Dou God Clans, gather the Ancient Jade, and share the chance to become Dou Gods.
• Zhu Kun considered the proposal while secretly planning to seize Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance, reach the Dou God realm, and kill Hun Tiandi.

Ling Yuan decided to let Zhu Kun appear to accept Hun Tiandi’s offer of cooperation while secretly watching for a chance to turn against him. Their negotiation stopped when Gu Yuan arrived and discovered that the Soul Clan had exterminated the Shi Clan.

• Ling Yuan judged Hun Tiandi too dangerous to trust, then decided Zhu Kun should pretend to cooperate so they could monitor the Soul Clan and strike if needed.
• Zhu Kun agreed to Hun Tiandi’s proposal on the condition that he would choose first among the opportunities to become a Dou God in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Hun Tiandi suppressed his anger and agreed, then asked Zhu Kun to help the Soul Clan break the stalemate with the other Dou God Clans.
• Gu Yuan’s approaching aura interrupted the deal, so Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun staged a hostile confrontation to conceal their cooperation.
• Gu Yuan arrived, saw the Shi Clan had been wiped out and Nihility Devouring Flame had joined the Soul Clan, and recognized the danger to the remaining clans.

Ling Yuan returned to the ruined Stone Realm to claim the Shi Clan’s untouched treasury and offered protection to its surviving descendants. They accepted that the Ling Clan’s resources and protection were their only way to preserve the Shi Clan’s bloodline.

• Gu Yuan questioned Hun Tiandi over the Soul Clan’s massacre of the Shi Clan and urged Zhu Kun to join him in opposing the Soul Clan, but Zhu Kun refused to intervene for the Dou God Clans.
• Hun Tiandi left with Nihility Devouring Flame, while Gu Yuan declined to pursue him alone.
• Ling Yuan retrieved the bodies of Hun Jing and Hun Sha for the Ling Clan to use as puppet materials.
• Ling Yuan returned to the Stone Realm and found more than a hundred Shi Clan descendants gathering their dead; the Soul Clan had taken the Shi Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and Dou Di Bloodline but left its treasury untouched.
• Ling Yuan offered to take in and protect the survivors in exchange for the Shi Clan’s resources, and they recognized that accepting was their best chance to preserve their bloodline.

Ling Yuan secured the Shi Clan survivors and their resources for the Ling Clan, then worked with Ling Mie to delay the Soul Clan while preparing against Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan. At a gathering of clan leaders, Ling Mie proposed searching for the relocated Soul Realm before deciding how to act against the Soul Clan.

• Ling Yuan accepted the Shi Clan survivors after their strongest member offered the clan's resources in exchange for protection, and Gu Yuan failed to win them over.
• Ling Yuan told Ling Mie that Hun Tiandi wanted Zhu Kun to help gather the Ancient Jade, and they agreed to advise Zhu Kun to pretend to cooperate while secretly investigating the Soul Clan.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Hun Tiandi might have destroyed the Shi Clan to frame him, and Zhu Kun vowed to make Hun Tiandi pay.
• Gu Yuan announced that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Shi Clan and urged the clan leaders to unite and sanction the Soul Clan.
• Ling Mie declined to commit the Ling Clan or the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to a fight, arguing that the clans should first find the entrance to the relocated Soul Realm.

Ling Mie refused to commit the Ling Clan to an alliance against the Soul Clan, while the other clans focused on protecting themselves. After Hun Tiandi discovered that the Ling Clan spy had been exposed, Ling Yuan urged his father to entrust the Ling Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade to Zhu Kun for safekeeping.

• Ling Mie insisted that the clans find the hidden Soul Realm before discussing a joint attack, and the other clan leaders failed to agree on any practical action.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin secretly arranged to connect their clans’ worlds and share resources and troops, while Yao Dan unsuccessfully urged the clans to destroy the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi learned that he could no longer sense the mark on Ling Niu and realized the Ling Clan had uncovered the spy.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan sealed while he and Nihility Devouring Flame recovered from their injuries.
• Ling Yuan told his father that Hun Tiandi might target him for the Tou She Ancient God Jade and proposed giving the jade to Zhu Kun for safekeeping.

Ling Yuan arranged for Zhu Kun to safeguard the Ling Clan’s Ancient Jade and planned to strengthen his allies before challenging Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan. He then focused on Zi Yan’s and Medusa’s growth, and ended by wondering whether an upcoming Space Trade Fair might offer the Nine-Colored Raw Stone Medusa needed to evolve.

• Ling Yuan warned Ling Mie that Hun Tiandi might target him, and Ling Mie agreed to claim that Zhu Kun would safeguard the Ancient Jade.
• Ling Mie handed the Ancient Jade to Zhu Kun, while Ling Yuan told Zhu Kun to wait about twenty years before pursuing other clan treasures.
• Ling Yuan planned to use future opportunities to raise his allies’ strength and prepared Zi Yan to temper her body using techniques taken from the Shi Clan.
• Ling Yuan recognized that Medusa’s bloodline might limit her advancement unless she evolved into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.
• Ling Yuan considered whether the Space Trade Fair in half a month would have the Nine-Colored Raw Stone and examined the invitation from the Ancient Treasure Pavilion.

Ling Yuan learned that the Space Trade Fair would not offer a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but still planned to search for the Nine-Colored Raw Stone. As the Soul Clan threatened the Yao Clan, the Ling Clan agreed to protect it in exchange for alchemy concessions and Cao Ying’s training, while Ling Yuan prepared an excuse to conceal the alliance from Hun Tiandi.

• Ling Yuan learned that the Ancient Treasure Pavilion would not auction a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment and planned to search the Space Trade Fair’s small vendors for the Nine-Colored Raw Stone.
• After the Soul Clan destroyed the Shi Clan, Yao Dan failed to persuade the major clans to unite against the Soul Clan, and the Yao Clan rejected an elder’s proposal to give away its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Yao Dan ruled out the Gu Clan and the Yan-Lei alliance as protectors, leaving the Ling Clan as the Yao Clan’s best option.
• The Ling Clan agreed to open a passage between the Ling Realm and Yao Realm and promised the Yao Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would provide aid if it faced danger within twenty years.
• The Yao Clan agreed to reduce its fee for refining the Ling Clan’s Ninth-Grade Pills from fifty percent to thirty percent, and Cao Ying would study alchemy with the Yao Clan.
• Ling Yuan prepared to tell Hun Tiandi that the Ling Clan’s cooperation with the Yao Clan was a pretense for a later attempt to seize its Ancient Jade.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan traveled to the Space Trade Fair, where Zi Yan’s powerful aura initially alarmed the visitors. After entering the independent space, they began searching the stalls for treasures, and Zi Yan quickly spotted something worth trading for.

• Zi Yan joined Ling Yuan on his trip to the Space Trade Fair after learning it gathered treasures from across the Central Plains.
• Ling Yuan arrived at the fair riding Zi Yan in her Dragon-Phoenix form, startling the gathered experts and prompting some to leave.
• Ling Yuan asked Zi Yan to lower her profile, and she returned to human form and suppressed her aura to roughly the Ban Sheng level.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan entered the independent space hosting the fair and explored its many stalls.
• Ling Yuan asked Zi Yan to search for valuable treasures, and she soon pointed out an item they could trade for.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan traded two eighth-tier medicinal pills for Purple-Gold Dragon-Nurturing Ginseng, which could nourish their future child. As they continued through the trade fair, Ling Yuan spotted the Nine-Colored Raw Stone he had come to find.

• Zi Yan recognized a rare Purple-Gold Dragon-Nurturing Ginseng at a stall, and the burly owner described its ability to improve dragon hatchlings' talent.
• Zi Yan confirmed the ginseng's effects and said it was a primary ingredient in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's highest-tier method for nourishing unborn children.
• Ling Yuan exchanged two eighth-tier medicinal pills with six-colored pill lightning for the ginseng, and the stall owner celebrated the deal.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan continued browsing and teased each other about having a child in the future.
• Ling Yuan spotted a seven-colored stone at one of the fair's final stalls and recognized it as the Nine-Colored Raw Stone he wanted.

Ling Yuan traded for a genuine Nine-Colored Raw Stone at the Space Trade Fair, refusing Ming He’s attempt to curry favor. After leaving the fair with Zi Yan, he discovered she could freely switch between her little-girl and mature-beauty forms, and they spent a long time together before he gave her the promised grand gift.

• Ling Yuan recognized the stall’s Seven-Colored Raw Stone as a genuine Nine-Colored Raw Stone and announced he would buy it.
• Ming He recognized Ling Yuan as the Young Clan Leader Ling and offered to pay for the stone, but Ling Yuan declined and traded two eighth-tier medicinal pills himself.
• Ling Yuan sent the disappointed Ming He away, finished browsing the stalls with Zi Yan, and decided to skip the Ancient Treasure Pavilion auction.
• Zi Yan clung to Ling Yuan and showed him that she could freely switch between her little-girl and mature-beauty forms.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan spent a long time together, and Ling Yuan delivered the grand gift he had promised her.

Ling Yuan gave Medusa Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and promised to help her evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, then continued advancing his own cultivation. Six months later, Medusa had reached Six-Star Dou Venerate and Ling Yuan had become a One-Revolution Dou Venerate, with the Gu Clan's Heavenly Tomb still seven years away.

• Ling Yuan visited Medusa, gave her a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, and said he would help her evolve after she refined it.
• Ling Yuan revealed the Nine-Colored Raw Stone, convincing Medusa that her evolution into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python was possible.
• Over six months, Medusa refined half a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and advanced from Two-Star to Six-Star Dou Venerate.
• Ling Yuan reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate, tempered his Dou Qi, and returned his three clones to the source to break through to One-Revolution Dou Venerate.
• Ling Yuan considered whether the Heavenly Tomb's energy bodies would still benefit him if he reached Ban Sheng or Dou Saint before it opened in seven years.

Ling Yuan decided to use the Ling Clan’s four Heavenly Tomb slots for himself and his allies rather than its younger generation, counting the Shi Clan’s two slots among them. He then took Medusa to the Nine Serene Yellow Spring to begin her evolution, where Yao Ming was astonished by Ling Yuan’s rapid progress.

• Ling Yuan dismissed giving Heavenly Tomb slots to the Ling Clan’s younger generation and considered bringing Zi Yan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian instead.
• Ling Yuan remembered that the nearly destroyed Shi Clan still had two Heavenly Tomb slots and decided they should belong to the Ling Clan in exchange for its protection.
• Ling Yuan counted the Ling Clan’s two slots and the Shi Clan’s two slots as four, planning to take Zi Yan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Ling Yuan changed his plan and took Medusa to the Nine Serene Yellow Spring so she could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python sooner.
• Yao Ming welcomed Ling Yuan at the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan and was shocked that Ling Yuan had already compressed his Dou Qi since their last meeting.

Ling Yuan brought Medusa to the Nine Serene Yellow Spring so she could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and Yao Ming agreed to protect her while she cultivated. After Medusa descended into the spring, Ling Yuan surveyed the Beast Domain and found the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan ruling it uncontested.

• Ling Yuan instructed Yao Ming to keep the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan away from Medusa while she stayed beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.
• Ling Yuan encouraged Medusa to pursue her evolution, saying her future strength could let her stand against the entire Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan.
• Ling Yuan gave Medusa the Nine-Colored Raw Stone and told her to refine it with the remaining Yellow Spring Blood Crystals, then warned her to return if she encountered danger.
• Medusa kissed Ling Yuan before leaping into the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, where its powerful yin-cold energy did not hinder her.
• Ling Yuan ordered Yao Ming to notify him if anything happened, then discovered that the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan had become the Beast Domain's undisputed ruler.

Ling Ruo discovered that Zi Yan was pregnant with Ling Yuan’s child, and the news filled them both with joy. Ling Yuan hurried back to the Ling Realm after his mother summoned him, where he learned the wonderful news.

• Ling Yuan praised Yao Ming for expanding the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan and told him to keep consolidating control of the Beast Domain.
• Zi Yan complained to Ling Ruo that Ling Yuan had gone out with Medusa, then worried that he found her too clingy.
• Ling Ruo suspected Zi Yan was pregnant and confirmed a stable fetus less than a month along by probing her abdomen with her soul.
• Zi Yan rejoiced at the news and wanted to find Ling Yuan, but Ling Ruo stopped her and summoned him back instead.
• Ling Yuan returned to the peaceful Ling Realm, where Ling Ruo told him that Zi Yan was pregnant.