Recaps

Xiao Ling freed Yao Ming, claimed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance, and strengthened his allies before pursuing the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Xun Er. The tree emerged in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, drawing powerful factions and Xiao Yan’s expedition toward it.

• Xiao Ling freed Yao Ming from the Yellow Spring seal, helped him defeat Yao Xiao Tian and the First Elder, and Qing Lin subdued the clan’s captured serpentine beasts.
• Xiao Ling passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trials, received his techniques and Blood Essence, and left the collapsing inheritance space.
• Xiao Ling gave Medusa purified Blood Essence before she entered the Yellow Spring to cultivate, then took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ling refined the Demon Saint Blood Essence, advanced to the mid-stage of Two-star Dou Sheng, and gained a major increase in Spiritual Power.
• At the Space Trading Fair, Xiao Ling obtained a Seven-Colored Raw Stone, then traded Xiao Yan a Rank 9 healing pill for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment and told him where the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear.
• Xiao Ling joined Xun Er in the Ancient Realm and traveled with her into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, where his Bodhi Seed guided them toward the tree.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er passed the Beast Tide, reached the fog-covered plain, and witnessed the Bodhi Ancient Tree emerge as factions across the Central Plains mobilized.
• Yao Chen sent Xiao Yan to lead the Spirit Talisman Hall’s expedition, and Xiao Yan set out for the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Xiao Ling cleansed the Bodhi Ancient Tree, exposed a Hun Clan spy, and resurrected Xiao Xuan before entering the Demonic Flame Space. After the Netherworld Demonic Sage sacrificed himself to erase the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness, Xiao Ling prepared to refine its origin while Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen held off approaching experts.

• Xiao Ling purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s resentment, endured its hundred-lifetime trial with Xun Er, and emerged at Three-star Dou Sheng with her at Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ling defeated Hun Feng, brought him to the Gu Clan, and helped Gu Yuan expose and kill the Hun Clan elder disguised as Gu Yang.
• Xiao Ling refined the Living Flame and Void Devouring Flame, then entered the Heavenly Tomb and helped Xiao Xuan defeat the tomb’s soul and return to life with the Soul Returning Pill.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xuan secretly entered the Demonic Flame Space to find Xiao Chen, and Xiao Ling confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation sealed the space.
• Xiao Ling let the Netherworld Demonic Sage use his body to seize control of the formation and drain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Netherworld Demonic Sage sacrificed his remnant soul to erase the Flame’s consciousness, leaving Xiao Ling its origin and the Sage’s inheritance.
• Xiao Xuan introduced Xiao Chen to Xiao Ling, and they agreed to hold off the arriving experts while Xiao Ling refined the Flame’s origin.

Xiao Ling refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nine Profound Golden Lightning, freed Zhu Kun, and destroyed the Nihility Devouring Flame before breaking through to Dou Di and defeating Hun Tiandi. After opening Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and securing its inheritance, Xiao Ling helped establish an age of peace, then prepared to travel to the Tian Xuan Continent.

• Xiao Ling refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, reached peak Five-Star Dou Sheng, and named its newly awakened spirit Lotus Treasure.
• Xiao Ling took the Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s origin, nurtured its consciousness, and named the reborn lightning spirit Jin Chen.
• Xiao Ling used the Boundary Breaking Talisman to free Zhu Kun, then joined Zhu Kun and Zi Yan in ambushing the Nihility Devouring Flame and erased its consciousness.
• While Xiao Ling cultivated, Hun Tiandi stole six Tou She Ancient God Jades, and Xiao Xi’er’s awakening released the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline.
• Xiao Ling broke through to Dou Di, declared himself Emperor Lingtian, and killed Hun Tiandi, bringing the Hun Clan to the brink of collapse.
• Xiao Ling gathered all eight Tou She Ancient God Jades, entered the cave mansion, captured the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and received Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance.
• Xiao Ling gave Emperor Grade Pills to Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan, who later joined Xiao Xuan in breaking through to Dou Di as the continent entered a peaceful age.
• Xiao Ling returned to his family and told Xun Er he needed to travel to the Tian Xuan Continent, while she agreed to oversee the Xiao Realm and their household.

Xiao Ling crossed into the Tian Xuan Continent, gathered allies, and pursued the Ancestral Symbols while helping Ying Huanhuan awaken the Ice Master’s power and taking Lin Qingtian under his wing. The arc ended with Xiao Ling finding the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and merging it into his Spirit Seal.

• Xiao Ling left Xun Er and the Xiao Realm, crossed the plane barrier, and arrived in the Eastern Xuan Region, where he met Ling Qingzhu and entered the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Xiao Ling mastered the Supreme Sensing Art, advanced to the Shen Gong Realm, and accompanied Ling Qingzhu to the Sect War, where he stopped time and saved the Dao Sect disciples from Yuan Sect.
• Xiao Ling revealed Ying Huanhuan’s connection to the Ice Master, took the Great Desolate Tablet, defeated the Evil Demon King within it, and agreed to help awaken Ying Huanhuan’s power.
• Xiao Ling activated Ying Huanhuan’s Reincarnation Spirit Seal, then traveled with her and Ling Qingzhu to the Great Yan Dynasty to seek Lin Qingtian and trace the Ancestral Symbols.
• Xiao Ling found Lin Qingtian suffering from the Fiend Body and offered to cure her in exchange for taking her as his disciple, then brought her along with Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu.
• Xiao Ling led the group into the Great Wilderness Ancient Monument, where he defeated the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s guardian and merged the symbol with his incomplete Spirit Seal.