Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and returned to a relaxed evening with the women at Starfall Pavilion. Meanwhile, Old Ghost Di Mo, Venerable Qinghai, and Venerable Qintian brought a group of Dou Zun Experts back to Soul Fall Valley under the Master's orders.

• Xiao Ling reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, comforted the jealous Zi Yan, and promised to make dinner for the women.
• Xiao Ling invited Feng Qing'er to help him cook while Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Purple Shadow talked in the courtyard.
• Old Ghost Di Mo warned Venerable Qinghai and Venerable Qintian to follow the Master's instructions as their group approached Soul Fall Valley.
• Venerable Qinghai and Venerable Qintian surprised the Soul Hall Protectors, who recognized them and bowed after Qinghai released his aura.
• A Heavenly Rank Protector concluded that the newcomers were Dou Zun Experts and led the Soul Hall Protectors away to collect souls for their assignments.

After spending the night with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ling used his breakthrough rewards and drew Soul Nurturing Wood and Stone Masks, then devised a way to hide his banner slaves in Soul Nurturing Wood accessories. Later, he began training as a Talisman Master at Star Picking Cliff while Yao Chen and the others watched.

• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian shared an intimate night, and Xiao Yi Xian fell asleep in his arms.
• Xiao Ling used his drawing chances and received Soul Nurturing Wood and Stone Masks.
• Xiao Ling planned to house his banner slaves in Soul Nurturing Wood accessories so they could secretly protect the people around him.
• Xiao Ling began training with a mysterious rune at Star Picking Cliff as Yao Chen and the others observed.
• Zi Yan expressed interest in sparring with Xiao Ling once he became a Talisman Master, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin considered studying the art.

Xiao Ling began condensing his Destiny Seal with the rune and prepared aids, but his immense Soul Power caused his Spiritual Power vortex to explode and his Niwan Palace to erupt into chaos. Little Sable explained that the upheaval was unusually dangerous because of Xiao Ling’s powerful foundation, though he believed Xiao Ling would survive it.

• Xiao Ling used the rune, the Ancestor Stone’s preparations, and his Spiritual Power to begin forging a Destiny Seal.
• Xiao Ling shouted “Condense,” but a powerful mental fluctuation burst out and shattered the Spiritual Power vortex in his Niwan Palace.
• Xiao Ling’s Spiritual Power went out of control, and his Soul Power spread into a force field that alarmed Yao Chen, Zi Yan, Medusa, and the others.
• Zi Yan asked Little Sable what was happening, and Little Sable relayed the Ancestor Stone’s explanation that Xiao Ling’s powerful Soul Power had made the eruption unusually intense.
• Little Sable admitted that Xiao Ling faced real danger because of his formidable foundation, but said he believed Xiao Ling would get through it safely.

Xiao Ling stabilized his Niwan Palace and successfully condensed a Destiny Seal, which transformed into eight seals resembling the Eight Ancestral Symbols. Little Sable and the others recognized his progress as a Symbol Master, while Qing Lin prepared to enter seclusion for her Dou Zun breakthrough.

• Xiao Ling regained control of the Spiritual Power raging through his Niwan Palace and used the rune prepared by the Ancestor Stone to condense his Destiny Seal.
• Xiao Ling's new seal became a black hole that absorbed the remaining chaotic Spiritual Power and continued devouring energy until eight Destiny Seals had formed.
• The eight seals transformed into forms resembling the Eight Ancestral Symbols, creating a cycle that let Xiao Ling call upon similar power.
• Little Sable recognized Xiao Ling as a Symbol Master, and Yao Chen said he should cultivate further to develop his Spiritual Power.
• Yao Chen asked Qing Lin whether she needed help with her Dou Zun breakthrough, and Qing Lin said she was ready to enter seclusion on her own.

After two months of cultivation, Xiao Ling broke through to the Talisman Sect Master realm and triggered the Wind-Lightning Tribulation he had long suppressed. He used the tribulation to temper his three Heavenly Demon Puppets and absorbed the remaining lightning himself.

• Xiao Ling condensed his Spiritual Power into a silver ocean and broke through to the Talisman Sect Master realm, drawing attention from Yao Chen, Medusa, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Little Sable.
• Xiao Ling tested his new power, froze the wind and falling leaves with the Power of Space, and saw a massive lightning tribulation gather overhead.
• Xiao Ling summoned three Heavenly Demon Puppets and sent them to meet the accumulated Wind-Lightning Tribulation, hoping its power would help them advance beyond peak Dou Zun.
• The three puppets absorbed most of the lightning, while Xiao Ling swallowed the remaining energy with his Natal Spirit Talisman.

Xiao Ling endured the Wind-Lightning Tribulation by absorbing its lightning with the Natal Spirit Talisman while the strikes tempered his Heavenly Demon Puppets. After one puppet advanced to violet-gold and gained Half-Saint-level strength, Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion and learned Qing Lin was in seclusion attempting to break through to Dou Zun; he headed to bathe, unaware someone was already in his palace bathroom.

• Xiao Ling used the Natal Spirit Talisman to devour the lightning and convert it into Soul Power, while the tribulation strengthened the three Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• The Wind-Lightning Tribulation unleashed a final strike, and a Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked it before absorbing its power and transforming into violet-gold with strength to contend with a Half-Saint Expert.
• Xiao Ling stored the puppets and used the Natal Spirit Talisman's Power of Space to return to Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling that Qing Lin had entered seclusion in the depths of Starfall Pavilion to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ling said he would bathe before gathering with the women, unaware that a graceful figure was already bathing in his palace bathroom.

While Xiao Ling was in seclusion, Feng Qing'er secretly bathed in his bathroom, where he unexpectedly found her after emerging. He told her that she would have to make amends, leaving her facing an unclear punishment.

• Feng Qing'er reflected on missing Xiao Ling and admitted to herself that she had secretly bathed in his bathroom before.
• Hearing footsteps, Feng Qing'er climbed out of the bath and anxiously waited for the visitor to appear.
• Xiao Ling arrived, and Feng Qing'er bowed and apologized for breaking the rules.
• Xiao Ling told Feng Qing'er that her sincere apology spared her a harsh punishment, but she would have to make amends by calming his anger another way.

Xiao Ling reassured Feng Qing'er that she was willing to be intimate with him, and they kissed in the bath. Elsewhere, Zi Yan decided to visit Yao Chen for pills while Medusa felt that she had missed an opportunity but could not identify it.

• Feng Qing'er admitted that she had long hoped to be intimate with Xiao Ling but was nervous because she was inexperienced.
• Xiao Ling comforted Feng Qing'er, and she accepted his affection and promised to stay by his side.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er kissed and fell into the bath together, becoming absorbed in their intimacy.
• Zi Yan complained that Xiao Ling had not refined pills for her and decided to ask Yao Chen to make some instead.
• Medusa watched Zi Yan and felt inexplicably that she had missed an opportunity, but she could not work out what it was.

Xiao Yi Xian offered to refine pills for Zi Yan, who invited Queen Medusa to join them in the Medicine Garden. After bathing, Xiao Ling spoke with the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone about his breakthrough to the Minor Talisman Sect Master Realm and whether he could ever reach the Divine Palace Realm.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Zi Yan she could make pills for her, and Zi Yan eagerly agreed to try them.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Zi Yan toward the Medicine Garden, and Zi Yan invited Queen Medusa to come along for the Serpent Spirit Holy Fruits.
• Queen Medusa thought fondly of Xiao Ling’s care for her before joining Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ling came out of his room after bathing, leaving Feng Qing'er asleep in his bed, and met the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone in the living room.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone praised Xiao Ling’s breakthrough but suggested that even he might be unable to advance beyond the Grand Talisman Master Realm.
• Xiao Ling argued that if the Ice Master had reached the Divine Palace Realm, he could do so as well.

Zi Yan found Xiao Ling cultivating in an isolated, ruined valley and received the Vast Sky Star Dust Powder he had refined for her. She told him Qing Lin had ended her seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zun, and Xiao Ling decided they would go to the Beast Domain for an opportunity.

• Zi Yan used her grasp of the Power of Space to find Xiao Ling's hidden cultivation space in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ling showed Zi Yan the Vast Sky Star Dust Powder he had refined, and she happily tasted it and kissed him.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that Qing Lin had ended her seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ling guessed the reason Zi Yan had come and said they would go to the Beast Domain for a great opportunity, though Zi Yan complained she did not want to go.
• After Xiao Ling and Zi Yan left, an icy aura spread through the valley and froze the lava and ruined landscape.

After Qing Lin’s breakthrough, Xiao Ling led his group from Starfall Pavilion toward the Ancient Ruins in the Beast Domain, visiting Cao Ying and Dan Chen along the way. The group reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where they expected trouble with the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan as they sought the ruins.

• Xiao Ling and his group celebrated Qing Lin’s breakthrough, left Starfall Pavilion, and set out for the Beast Domain.
• Xiao Ling visited Cao Ying and Dan Chen in Holy Pill City and found that both had advanced to Immortal Talisman Masters.
• Zi Yan complained about the slow journey, so Rayquaza sped up after she promised it a treat.
• Medusa warned Xiao Ling that the Skeleton Mountain Range lay within the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s territory and that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could make her a target.
• Xiao Ling promised to help Medusa confront the clan and capture Nine Nether Underworld Pythons for Qing Lin to subdue.
• After another day of travel, Xiao Ling and his group arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range.

Xiao Ling and the four women searched the Skeleton Mountain Range for the Ancient Ruins while Sky Blazing Seat kept watch. Three days later, Xiao Ling detected a concealed space beneath the bone-filled basin and gathered the others there.

• Xiao Ling ordered the four women to search for spatial anomalies and sent Sky Blazing Seat to watch the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ling and the women searched discreetly for three days without drawing attention from nearby magical beasts or human cultivators.
• Xiao Ling detected a spatial rift at the center of a vast basin beneath a towering ancient tree.
• Xiao Ling used his Spiritual Power to tell Xiao Yi Xian and the other women that he had found the Ancient Ruins.
• Zi Yan and the other women joined Xiao Ling, and he confirmed that the ruins lay within the concealed space.

Zi Yan used her control over space to open a passage into the hidden Ancient Ruins, and Xiao Ling’s group entered before other factions could detect the disturbance. They reached a massive crimson hall, whose gate began to open as they hovered outside.

• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the hidden space, and Zi Yan explained that it was weakening and would soon reveal itself.
• Zi Yan summoned her gauntlets and opened a Space Passage without damaging the hidden space.
• Xiao Ling led the group through the passage and dispersed a surge of chaotic Power of Space with a barrier.
• Xiao Ling and the others arrived before a colossal crimson great hall and flew to its entrance.
• The ground trembled, and a heavy crimson stone gate rose, revealing a dark passage into the hall.

Xiao Ling led the group through the Dou Sheng Relic’s deadly traps and discovered the true path beneath a magma river. At the stone gate guarding the relic, he took control of ten Earth Demon Puppets, leaving the group poised to enter.

• The group entered the Space Passage and faced a corridor filled with magma and blue flames, but Xiao Ling protected Medusa and swallowed the flames with a summoned dragon.
• As the group advanced through the corridor, Xiao Ling deduced that the true path lay beneath the magma and shielded everyone as they descended through it.
• The group emerged in a stone passage leading to an ancient plaza, where Zi Yan hurried ahead in search of treasures.
• At the plaza’s stone gate, the group found ten Earth Demon Puppets, and Xiao Ling erased their remaining Soul Imprints and planted his own to control them.

Xiao Ling and his companions entered the Dou Sheng Relic and found a vast forest of ancient medicinal herbs. They began gathering its treasures, with Zi Yan leading the way and eagerly collecting rare herbs.

• Xiao Ling took control of ten puppets, learned their Combined Attack Method, and stored them away before the stone hall opened.
• Xiao Ling led the group into the relic’s enormous hall and decided they would stay together while searching for the Medicine Garden first.
• Zi Yan sensed the area with the most medicinal herbs and guided the group through the corridors to an ancient stone door.
• Xiao Ling sent a Heavenly Demon Puppet to open the door, revealing a primeval forest filled with medicinal herbs.
• Zi Yan rushed into the forest and gathered rare herbs, while Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa joined her.

Xiao Ling harvested rare herbs and led Zi Yan deeper into the Ancient Forest to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. When Zi Yan sensed something ahead, she stopped and began to cry, leaving Xiao Ling wondering what she had discovered.

• Xiao Ling used his Spiritual Power and Portable Space to gather a vast number of rare herbs.
• Qing Lin subdued an Eighth-tier Serpentine Magical Beast while Xiao Ling reflected on the Ancient Forest’s resources and dangers.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Ling to explore deeper, and he agreed so they could find the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit first.
• Xiao Ling left Xiao Yi Xian to watch over Qing Lin and Medusa while he and Zi Yan traveled toward the forest’s depths.
• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline pressure to deter beasts as she and Xiao Ling collected herbs along the way.
• Zi Yan suddenly stopped, stared in one direction, and began to cry, leaving Xiao Ling alarmed by what she might have sensed.

Xiao Ling and Zi Yan followed a bloodline summons into a sealed space, where they discovered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Xiao Ling urged Zi Yan, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s princess, to claim the treasure and transform her bloodline.

• Zi Yan sensed a powerful summons in the forest, and Xiao Ling carried her toward its source.
• They found a Beast Spirit Shield, and Zi Yan used her clan’s blood to open a passage through it.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan entered the sealed space and saw an ancient altar surrounded by the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan discovered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing on the altar, and Zi Yan identified it as a legendary treasure capable of creating a Supreme Magical Beast.
• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan to take the fruit because it could transform her bloodline and greatly increase her cultivation.

Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and prepared to return to Ancient Dragon Island, but Xiao Ling insisted she remain with him for an important journey. Elder Zhu Li, who had secretly followed her to protect her, challenged Xiao Ling’s proposal, leaving the three at an impasse.

• Zi Yan touched the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which dissolved into golden-purple liquid and entered her body, where she temporarily sealed its power.
• Xiao Ling revealed that an Ancient Void Dragon Clan elder was hiding nearby, and Elder Zhu Li emerged from the space and explained that he had followed Zi Yan to protect her.
• Zi Yan complained that Zhu Li had secretly followed her, then accepted his promise to tell her before doing so again.
• Zhu Li urged Zi Yan to return to Ancient Dragon Island with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit so the clan elders could plan how she would use it.
• Xiao Ling proposed that Zhu Li take the fruit back while Zi Yan stayed with him, explaining that he needed to take her somewhere important.
• Zhu Li insisted that Zi Yan return with him, while Xiao Ling refused to let her go, and tension rose between them.

Elder Zhu Li tested Xiao Ling’s strength before agreeing to let Zi Yan remain with him, while taking the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit back to the Ancient Dragon Clan. He promised to keep the fruit’s existence secret and departed through a Space Passage, leaving Xiao Ling and Zi Yan together.

• Elder Zhu Li released his Half-Saint pressure against Xiao Ling, who countered it with his Spiritual Power and a devouring black-hole vortex.
• Zi Yan intervened and urged Elder Zhu Li to hear Xiao Ling out, but Xiao Ling refused to reveal his reasons and promised to protect her.
• Elder Zhu Li agreed to let Zi Yan stay with Xiao Ling and accepted Xiao Ling’s promise to return her to the Ancient Dragon Clan soon.
• Zi Yan handed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Elder Zhu Li, and Xiao Ling advised him to tell only the First Elder and Second Elder about it.
• Elder Zhu Li agreed to keep the fruit’s existence secret, gave Zi Yan further instructions, and departed through a Space Passage.

Xiao Ling planned to take Zi Yan to meet her father, Zhu Kun, and secured the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while collecting the remains of an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. After Xiao Ling and his companions swept the Ancient Forest for treasures, Rayquaza struggled to keep approaching scouts away from the Skeleton Mountain Range.

• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan that he would reveal their destination later, hoping Zhu Kun could advise them about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and guide Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ling stored the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's remains and uprooted the tree that had borne the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit before he and Zi Yan left the hidden space.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, and they spent several days gathering rare medicinal herbs and defeating or subduing beasts that guarded them.
• Rayquaza destroyed a Seventh-tier Magical Beast that came to scout the Skeleton Mountain Range, but it detected more scouts approaching and realized it could not keep the ruins' opening secret for long.