Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin subdued Yao Ming with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and ordered him to obey Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling began freeing Yao Ming from his centuries-old seal and destroyed the Yellow Spring Yin Stone mountain, leaving Yao Ming astonished and finally hopeful of escape.

• Qing Lin used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to bind Yao Ming to her and made him obey Xiao Ling.
• Yao Ming asked Xiao Ling to break the seal and help him reclaim control of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, promising the clan's support.
• Xiao Ling agreed to free Yao Ming and identified the black mountain as the source of the seal's yin energy.
• Xiao Ling's first strike barely marked the Yellow Spring Yin Stone mountain, so he formed a spatial blade from the Godfall Weapon.
• Xiao Ling's blade split the mountain and its core, causing the chains restraining Yao Ming to break apart.

Xiao Ling destroyed the Yellow Spring Yin Stone mountains and freed Yao Ming, who accepted Qing Lin and Xiao Ling as his masters and began recovering with Grade 8 Recovery Pills. At the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s palace, Yao Xiao Tian sensed the seal break and rushed to confront his escaped elder brother.

• Xiao Ling shattered the three remaining Yellow Spring Yin Stone mountains, breaking the chains that bound Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming thanked Qing Lin and Xiao Ling, pledged his obedience, and resolved to reclaim his authority from Yao Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ming a bottle of Grade 8 Recovery Pills, which he swallowed to restore his meridians and Dou Qi.
• Yao Xiao Tian sensed that the seal at the bottom of the Yellow Spring had broken and realized Yao Ming might have escaped.
• Yao Xiao Tian dismissed the snake women, dressed in his black python robe, and left the palace to confront Yao Ming.

After recovering much of his strength, Yao Ming gave Xiao Ling the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and joined him in heading for the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan to reclaim his position. Yao Xiao Tian intercepted them at the surface, and Yao Ming confronted his treacherous younger brother as Xiao Ling remained at his side.

• Yao Ming recovered seventy to eighty percent of his combat strength with Xiao Ling's Rank 8 Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Ling asked for the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, and Yao Ming handed him the crystal he had collected.
• Xiao Ling stored the crystal, sent Xiao Yi Xian and the other two women into his Portable Space, and set off with Yao Ming for the clan's territory.
• Yao Ming controlled the strange snakes in the Yellow Spring as he and Xiao Ling raced toward the surface, where Xiao Ling sensed Yao Xiao Tian waiting.
• Yao Ming blocked Yao Xiao Tian's black Dou Qi palm strike as the two men emerged from the water.
• Yao Xiao Tian demanded that Xiao Ling hand over Yao Ming, while Yao Ming threatened to kill his younger brother; Yao Xiao Tian privately waited for the First Elder and clan experts to arrive.

Xiao Ling confronted Yao Xiao Tian over his imprisonment of Yao Ming and rejected his offer to become allies. Yao Xiao Tian attacked, but Xiao Ling countered his techniques with Spiritual Power and the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand, leaving their fierce battle unresolved.

• Xiao Ling told Yao Xiao Tian he wanted Yao Ming to regain control of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, then condemned Yao Xiao Tian for imprisoning his elder brother.
• Yao Xiao Tian lost his temper, unleashed his Dou Sheng aura, and created a giant palm of freezing energy to crush Xiao Ling and Yao Ming.
• Xiao Ling used Spiritual Power to warp space and swallow Yao Xiao Tian's giant palm, startling the clan chief.
• Yao Xiao Tian launched the Heavenly Tier technique Yellow Springs Finger at Xiao Ling and Yao Ming.
• Xiao Ling activated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and used the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand to tear apart the Yellow Springs Finger.

Xiao Ling overwhelmed Yao Xiao Tian, shattered his Yellow Springs Great Seal, and left him badly wounded. He handed the defeated usurper to Yao Ming, who began brutally beating him while keeping him alive as Xiao Ling instructed.

• Yao Xiao Tian transformed into a giant python and attacked Xiao Ling with the Yellow Springs Great Seal.
• Xiao Ling cleaved the seal in two with his dragon wings and slashed Yao Xiao Tian's belly, hurling him into a rock wall.
• Yao Xiao Tian pleaded for his life and offered the tribe's treasures and a blood oath, but Xiao Ling rejected his plea and told Yao Ming to settle their feud.
• Xiao Ling ordered Yao Ming not to kill Yao Xiao Tian, explaining that Qing Lin could subdue him for future use.
• Yao Ming seized Yao Xiao Tian by the tail and repeatedly smashed him against the rock walls and ground.

Yao Ming defeated Yao Xiao Tian, but the First Elder tried to deny his identity and attack him before Xiao Ling overwhelmed the elder. Yao Ming then presented a clan relic to prove who he was and stop the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan from fighting.

• Yao Ming battered Yao Xiao Tian and used Yellow Springs Earth Vein Dou Qi to keep him conscious through the pain.
• The First Elder and Nether Snake Guards arrived, and the elders recognized Yao Ming, whom they had believed dead for centuries.
• The First Elder called Yao Ming an impostor and attacked him with the Withered Leaf Great Poison Palm.
• Xiao Ling stepped in, destroyed the poisonous attack with one finger, and burned the First Elder with a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Ming urged the clan to stand down and produced a black staff bearing the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s insignia to prove his identity.

Yao Ming revealed the Nine Nether Underworld Staff and reclaimed the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, while Xiao Ling stopped the First Elder from detonating his Natal Demonic Core. The First Elder was left severely wounded and barely alive as Yao Ming’s clan members rallied behind him.

• Yao Ming revealed the Nine Nether Underworld Staff, and the elders recognized its royal bloodline power and significance to the clan.
• Yao Ming called on Elder Xian, Elder Ming, and Elder Liu to support him, and the clan members withdrew the Ten Thousand Serpents Grand Formation and acknowledged him as clan chief.
• Yao Ming seized Yao Xiao Tian and revealed that he had advanced to Two-star Dou Sheng, while the clan praised him.
• The First Elder activated Demonic Snake Sky Explosion and threatened to detonate his Natal Demonic Core, prompting Yao Ming to order everyone to retreat.
• Xiao Ling used Spatial Strangulation to suppress the First Elder’s forbidden technique and leave him mangled, powerless, and barely alive.

Xiao Ling handed the defeated First Elder and Yao Xiao Tian over to Qing Lin’s control while Yao Ming reclaimed leadership of the Nine Nether Netherworld Python Tribe and purged their followers. After Qing Lin subdued the captured elders and Dou Shengs, she told Xiao Ling that the strengthened control had accelerated her cultivation and brought her close to a Half-Saint breakthrough.

• Xiao Ling restrained the First Elder, and Yao Ming began reorganizing the Nine Nether Netherworld Python Tribe and ordering Yao Xiao Tian’s remaining followers purged.
• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiao Tian, rejected his pleas, and knocked him unconscious after stopping his attempted self-destruction.
• Xiao Ling arranged for Qing Lin to subdue Yao Xiao Tian, the First Elder, and the clan members who had supported them.
• At dawn, Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that she felt well after controlling the captured Serpentine Magical Beasts and that her cultivation had advanced toward a Half-Saint breakthrough.

Xiao Ling went with Yao Ming to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s Yellow Springs Stone Tablet to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance. He entered the tablet’s trial with his soul, leaving Yao Ming to guard him.

• Xiao Ling reflected on Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and their ability to let her subdue powerful serpentine beasts and benefit from their cultivation.
• Yao Ming arrived after reclaiming his position as chief, and Xiao Ling asked him to take him to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.
• Qing Lin declined to accompany them, saying her Spiritual Power needed time to recover after subduing several high-level beasts.
• Xiao Ling and Yao Ming reached the ancient altar and examined the tablet, which held the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, the Demon Saint’s blood essence, and other inheritances.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Ming not to let anyone disturb him, manifested his soul body, and entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.

Xiao Ling entered the hidden space inside the stone stele and overcame the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s first trials as he approached the divine hall. He encountered the Demon Saint’s Soul Imprint, which ordered him to leave.

• Xiao Ling’s soul body was drawn into the stone stele while Yao Ming stayed behind to cultivate.
• Xiao Ling crossed the storm-filled space, swallowed its lightning with a black vortex, and destroyed the Yellow Springs Finger with lightning, fire, and spatial power.
• Xiao Ling froze the Yellow Springs Palm with Frostbind, evaded it, and erased it with Bone-Eroding Demonic Mist.
• Xiao Ling approached the divine hall and saw a phantom take form on the throne.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Soul Imprint ordered Xiao Ling to leave.

Xiao Ling faced the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s deadly inheritance trial and survived the full-force Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath by using a seal that commanded many kinds of power. The Demon Saint recognized that he had misjudged Xiao Ling, leaving the trial’s outcome poised for what came next.

• Xiao Ling insisted that he would pursue the inheritance, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed to test him with the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, warning that failure would destroy his soul.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint unleashed a devastating soul attack, forming a thousand-zhang phantom that struck with the ancient syllable “Mou!”
• Xiao Ling summoned an ancient seal and shaped its powers into a five-colored defensive curtain to withstand the sound-wave assault.
• The attack shattered the stone tablet space and nearly exhausted Xiao Ling, while the Yellow Springs Demon Saint used most of his remaining strength.
• Xiao Ling emerged from a black hole battered but alive, astonishing the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, who praised his profound technique and admitted he had misjudged him.

Xiao Ling survived Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and received the Yellow Springs Three Absolutes and Demon Saint Blood Essence. Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul vanished after entrusting Xiao Ling with his hopes of reaching the Dou Di Realm, and the inheritance space collapsed.

• Xiao Ling explained how he used the Heaven Talisman’s power and Devouring Power to withstand Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and Yellow Springs Demon Saint praised him for surviving the attack.
• Xiao Ling considered using his Soul Returning Pill to resurrect Yellow Springs Demon Saint, but rejected the idea because he could not control the ancient expert and had reserved the pill for Xiao Xuan.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint passed Xiao Ling the complete methods and insights for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Ling his Blood Essence and asked him to cross the Emperor Realm threshold; Xiao Ling accepted the inheritance and promised to pursue the Dou Di Realm.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul dispersed, and the divine hall, mountain, and inheritance space collapsed as Xiao Ling departed.

Xiao Ling passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial and obtained the Demon Saint Blood Essence, while Yao Ming failed to withstand the soul impact guarding Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath. After returning to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, Xiao Ling showed the blood essence to Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin and promised to refine it before sharing portions with them.

• The Yellow Springs Stone Tablet revealed the mouth-shaped imprint for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but its soul impact injured Yao Ming when he tried to reach it.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ming a Spirit-Concentrating Soul Recovery Pill, which healed his soul injury, and the two left the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Yao Ming restrained his envy over the Demon Saint Blood Essence and resolved to work with Xiao Ling to rebuild the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan; Xiao Ling planned to compensate the clan with pills and later help Yao Ming strengthen his Soul Power.
• Yao Ming returned to the clan’s main hall to handle its affairs and pursue sweeping reforms, while Xiao Ling went back to his residence.
• Xiao Ling showed Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin the Demon Saint Blood Essence and said he would refine it before giving each of them a portion.

Xiao Ling accompanied Medusa to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where she entered seclusion to seek the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Clan’s inheritance. He left her in Yao Ming’s protection and departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Ling told Medusa that the clan’s hidden nest and inheritance lay beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, and she trusted him despite his failure to locate them.
• Medusa decided to cultivate in the spring, shared a tender farewell with Xiao Ling, and reminded him to care for their daughter Xi'er.
• Xiao Ling gave Medusa Rank 9 Pills and purified Yellow Springs Demon Saint Blood Essence before she descended into the spring.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, asked Qing Lin to have Yao Ming secure the spring, and gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin Demon Saint Blood Essence.
• Xiao Ling instructed Yao Ming to arrange a Spatial Teleportation Array, then left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached Ancient Dragon Island, where Xiao Ling reunited with his young daughter, Xiao Xi'er. Medusa remained in secluded cultivation, and Xiao Ling decided to spend the coming days with Xi'er before refining the Demon Saint Blood Essence.

• Xiao Ling guided Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin through Spatial Turbulence and opened Ancient Dragon Island's barrier with his dragon-pattern totem.
• Zi Yan played with Xiao Xi'er in the palace and noticed Xiao Ling and his companions arriving.
• Xiao Xi'er eagerly reunited with Xiao Ling, who thanked Zi Yan for caring for her.
• Xiao Xi'er asked where Medusa was, and Xiao Ling explained that she was cultivating in seclusion; Xi'er accepted the separation without fuss.
• Xiao Ling postponed refining the Demon Saint Blood Essence and spent the following days with Xiao Xi'er.

Xiao Ling entered seclusion on Ancient Dragon Island to refine the Demon Saint Blood Essence, using his Heavenly Flames and Destiny Talisman to control and purify its power. After more than a month, he emerged having advanced to the mid-stage of the Two-star Dou Sheng realm and greatly strengthened his Spiritual Power.

• Xiao Ling said goodbye to Xi'er and entered a stone chamber to cultivate with the Demon Saint Blood Essence.
• Xiao Ling swallowed the blood essence and used his Heavenly Flames and Destiny Talisman to refine its violent energy, strengthening his body and Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling's cultivation continued for more than a month as his pressure spread across the Nether Snake Earth Vein and drew in the surrounding worldly energy.
• Zi Yan approached the chamber as a powerful ripple swept across Ancient Dragon Island, and she concluded that Xiao Ling's cultivation was nearing its end.
• Elder Qing Mu and Elder Qing Shan arrived, sensed Xiao Ling's immense aura, and waited with Zi Yan for him to emerge.
• Xiao Ling left the chamber after breaking through to the mid-stage of the Two-star Dou Sheng realm and absorbing part of the purified Soul Origin, which greatly enhanced his Spiritual Power.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Xiao Ling reunited with Zi Yan and his daughter, Xiao Xi'er, on Ancient Dragon Island. He learned the Space Trading Fair would begin in seven days and planned to attend for a map fragment tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and a Nine-Colored Raw Stone that could help Xi'er.

• Elder Qing Mu and Elder Qing Shan congratulated Xiao Ling on his breakthrough, and he joked with Zi Yan about sharing the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's blood essence.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan met Xiao Xi'er, who arrived riding Hei Qing; Xiao Ling caught her and thanked Hei Qing for looking after her.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Ling that the Space Trading Fair would begin in seven days.
• Xiao Ling explained that the fair would offer the final fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and might also hold a Nine-Colored Raw Stone for Xi'er and her little snake.
• Xiao Ling decided to spend time with Xi'er before traveling to the fair.

Xiao Ling arrived at the Space Trading Fair to obtain a Seven-Colored Raw Stone and a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame before traveling to the Ancient Wasteland Region. He found and bought the raw stone with two Grade 8 Pills, then disappeared into the crowd.

• Xiao Ling reached the desert hosting the Space Trading Fair and sensed more than a hundred concealed experts nearby.
• Xiao Ling bypassed the fair’s entrance passage and entered its independent space unnoticed.
• Xiao Ling searched the market stalls but found no overlooked treasures, exchanging for several rare medicinal ingredients instead.
• Xiao Ling spotted a Seven-Colored Raw Stone at a stall run by a gaunt old man and offered to buy it.
• Xiao Ling gave the old man two Grade 8 Pills with three-colored Pill Lightning, took the Seven-Colored Raw Stone, and left; the old man confirmed the pills were genuine.

Xiao Ling entered the Space Trading Fair by disguising himself as a Peak Ninth-turn Dou Zun whose invitation he had taken, then concealed himself among the cloaked attendees. The fair officially began when Old Man Baoshan appeared to host it, and the attendees focused their attention on the auction platform.

• Xiao Ling reached the pavilion at the edge of Space Town and used a stolen invitation to pass the Six-star Dou Zun gatekeepers.
• Xiao Ling disguised himself as the invitation's original owner, accepted a black cloak, and entered the ancient hall.
• Xiao Ling sensed famous figures among the cloaked attendees, then sat in a secluded corner and shielded himself with a spatial barrier.
• A bell rang, and Old Man Baoshan appeared in the hall; Xiao Ling recognized him as the sect master of Treasure Appraisal Mountain and judged that he was near the Half-Saint realm.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Space Trading Fair had officially begun, drawing the attendees' attention to the auction platform.

At the Space Trading Fair, Xiao Ling watched rare treasures change hands and bought medicinal ingredients while waiting for the Demonic Flame Fragment Map. Xiao Yan won the map with two Grade 8 Pills tempered by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, leaving Xiao Ling’s pursuit of it unresolved.

• Old Man Baoshan exchanged a Demon Phoenix Wing for a Grade 8 Pill tempered by Four-colored Pill Lightning.
• Several traders bid for the Diamond Glazed Body, and Xiao Yan won it with a water-attributed cultivation method scroll.
• Xiao Ling purchased rare medicinal ingredients and became the hall’s biggest spender, drawing suspicious attention.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a fragment map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, triggering fierce bidding.
• Xiao Yan outbid the remaining contender with two Grade 8 Pills tempered by Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and obtained the fragment map.