Chapter Summaries

After emerging from a three-month seclusion as a Two-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Jin prepared to take Zi Yan to meet her father, the former Dragon Emperor. He brought her to Su Qian to seek permission to visit the bottom of the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, where he believed Zi Yan could find an opportunity.

• Xiao Jin learned that his Bodhi Heart vision had revealed his origins but not granted him Hundred-Life Reincarnation, though his cultivation had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin she had reached Dou Venerate, and Xiao Jin promised to take Zi Yan to meet her father the next day.
• Xiao Jin cheered Zi Yan by suggesting they could either acknowledge her father or curse him out, then promised to take her to the Central Plains to seek opportunities and treasure.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Inner Academy, ate Qing Lin's cooking, and woke the next morning to Zi Yan urging him to leave early.
• Xiao Jin took Zi Yan to Su Qian and asked to bring her to the bottom of the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian agreed.

Xiao Jin brought Zi Yan through the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower and deep into the Magma World to find the space where Zhu Kun had been trapped. He left Zi Yan at its boundary and prepared to enter alone, hoping to reach the powerful Dragon Emperor despite the danger.

• Xiao Jin made Zi Yan repeat his warnings to stay close and avoid acting rashly when they encountered Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Jin and Zi Yan entered the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower and descended into the Magma World under the protection of the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame.
• Xiao Jin found the Magma World's spatial boundary and confirmed that Zi Yan felt no restraint nearby.
• Xiao Jin left a child flame to protect Zi Yan and told her to wait while he entered the space alone.

Xiao Jin entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion and encountered Zhu Kun, who attacked him before hearing his news about Zhu Kun’s child. A golden light from the mansion blocked the attack, leaving Zhu Kun stunned that Tou She Ancient God’s energy had appeared.

• Xiao Jin entered the hidden space beneath the magma and found the Heavenly Flame Plaza before the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Jin’s bloodline stirred when he saw the mansion’s inscription, then Zhu Kun appeared above him and demanded to know whether he had the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun he had news about Zhu Kun’s child, but Zhu Kun’s attack had already been released and struck toward him.
• The mansion’s inscription shone and a golden light shielded Xiao Jin from Zhu Kun’s Purple-Gold Light Seal.
• Zhu Kun recognized the golden light as Tou She Ancient God Energy, which had not appeared for thousands of years.

Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun that his daughter was nearby, and Tou She Ancient God appeared and confirmed it. After Zi Yan was brought into the space, Zhu Kun learned she was his daughter, while Tou She Ancient God asked Xiao Jin to speak with him and left the father and daughter together.

• Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun that his child was outside the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Tou She Ancient God appeared, took control of Xiao Jin's Heavenly Flames, and confirmed Zhu Kun's child was nearby.
• Tou She Ancient God expanded the space and brought Zi Yan inside, where Xiao Jin caught her.
• Xiao Jin introduced Zi Yan to Zhu Kun, and she recoiled behind Xiao Jin when she realized Zhu Kun was her father.
• Tou She Ancient God asked Xiao Jin to go with him and left Zhu Kun and Zi Yan to speak alone.

Xiao Jin learned that Tou She Ancient God had been preserved by his mother and that his parents were extraordinarily powerful, though their fate in the Great Thousand World remained unknown. Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin a scroll containing his fire-control art, which could let him contain twenty-two Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Jin left Zi Yan with Zhu Kun after reassuring her, then followed Tou She Ancient God to a stone pillar where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had once stayed.
• Tou She Ancient God told Xiao Jin that his mother had preserved him and carved the words above the stone door, while Xiao Jin's bloodline stirred in response.
• Tou She Ancient God said Xiao Jin's parents had gone to the Great Thousand World and were stronger than he had been, but he did not know whether they were still alive.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin a scroll of his lifetime's knowledge and explained that his fire-control art could help contain twenty-two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Jin eagerly accepted the scroll, and Tou She Ancient God explained that he had withheld the art from Xiao Jin's parents to keep him from refining Heavenly Flames before he was ready.

Xiao Jin learned that his parents had sealed his bloodline and left more relics in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion for him to claim once he was ready. Tou She Ancient God left him and Zi Yan with Spatial Marks, but Zhu Kun still had to wait for Xiao Jin to retrieve the relics, and Zi Yan refused to visit him again.

• Tou She Ancient God warned Xiao Jin that fusing too many Heavenly Flames without the Burning Mantra could kill him, and Xiao Jin stored the scroll containing the method.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that Xiao Jin's parents had sealed his bloodline and that he could claim their relics from the cave mansion once he was ready to unseal it.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin and Zi Yan Spatial Marks, then returned to the plaque and said Zhu Kun could leave after Xiao Jin retrieved his parents' relics.
• Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun he would have to remain trapped for now, but Zi Yan could return through her Spatial Mark whenever she wanted.
• Zi Yan said she did not want to visit Zhu Kun again, leaving him dismayed.

Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan five drops of his Ancient Void Dragon Essence Blood to help her awaken her Dragon Emperor bloodline, and Zi Yan entrusted most of it to Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin then revealed a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Zhu Kun trembling at the sight of the treasure prepared for Zi Yan.

• Xiao Jin tried to persuade Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but she worried that her Dou Wang strength would prevent others from accepting her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan five drops of his essence blood, explaining that she could refine only one drop for now and that refining them all could help her reach the treasures on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Jin to keep four drops of the essence blood, saying she trusted him and had received many gifts from him.
• Xiao Jin took the essence blood and produced a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zhu Kun recognized with astonishment.
• Zi Yan revealed that the fruit's scent had drawn her to Xiao Jin's courtyard and had made her break into his room at night.

Xiao Jin gave Zi Yan the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit but warned her to wait until she reached Dou Zun before absorbing it. Zi Yan chose to stay with Zhu Kun to train, while Xiao Jin returned to the Inner Academy and prepared to leave with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Zhu Kun explained the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s rarity and warned that anyone who failed to absorb it would die.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he had prepared the fruit for Zi Yan and told her to wait until she reached Dou Zun before trying to absorb it.
• Zi Yan decided to stay with Zhu Kun and learn the Ancient Void Dragons’ abilities so she could grow stronger without burdening Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Inner Academy alone and told Su Qian that Zi Yan had stayed with her father.
• Xiao Jin asked Su Qian to approve Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin’s early departure, and Su Qian dismissed him while expressing reluctance to see him go.

Xiao Jin’s group returned to the Xiao Clan, where the Pill Tower Ancestor revealed that he had built a wormhole into the newly opened Small World. Xiao Yan remained behind with the Fallen Heart Flame and materials for Yao Chen’s revival while Xiao Jin prepared to move ahead to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan completed a breakthrough to Five-Star Dou Ling after refining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and Xiao Jin teased him about how long it took.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan the sealed Fallen Heart Flame and other materials to help revive Yao Chen, then explained that Xiao Yan could use it to reach Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Jin that Yao Chen’s mark would let him seek help from Wind Venerable Feng Xian at Starfall Pavilion in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Jin and the group crossed the Black-Corner Region and arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan found Xiao Zhan waiting with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor led Xiao Jin to a wormhole and revealed that the Small World had been fully opened seven days earlier.

Xiao Jin escorted the Pill Tower Ancestor to the Small World, where the Xiao Clan would have a safe place to settle, while Nalan Yanran continued to punish herself with relentless training before the Three-Year Agreement. Three days later, Xiao Jin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to watch the agreement, where Ya Fei took Qing Lin’s seat beside him.

• Xiao Jin entered the Small World with the Pill Tower Ancestor and found its dense energy ideal for cultivation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor showed Xiao Jin a city for the Xiao Clan and said he would leave for the Central Plains to take control of the Pill Tower.
• Nalan Yanran trained herself to exhaustion, admitted to Yun Yun that she could not forgive herself, and planned to apologize to Xiao Yan before the gathered Jia Ma Empire forces.
• Xiao Jin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to watch the Three-Year Agreement.
• Uncomfortable with Ya Fei’s intense gaze, Qing Lin switched seats with her, and Ya Fei embraced Xiao Jin’s arm while Yao Ye teased him.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran met for the Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Jin and Ya Fei discussed Nalan Yanran’s grueling cultivation. Before the match began, Nalan Yanran apologized publicly to Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan, leaving the old grievance unresolved pending Xiao Yan’s response and the duel.

• Xiao Jin listened as the crowd discussed his reputation, while Ya Fei teased him and provoked Xiao Yi Xian’s jealousy.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Jin that Nalan Yanran had trained relentlessly for a year and had reached Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the arena and told Nalan Yanran he hoped their battle would settle their past grievances.
• Nalan Yanran bowed to Xiao Yan and apologized to him and the Xiao Clan for humiliating them when she canceled their engagement three years earlier.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement duel after agreeing to put the past behind them. As the fight reached its decisive stage, Nalan Yanran revealed that she could use Xiao Jin’s Thousand Flow Wind Blade, leaving him worried that Xiao Yan might lose.

• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that their dispute would end after the battle, and they formally began their duel.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Jin to take Ya Fei to the Central Plains, but Xiao Jin and Ya Fei told him they had already agreed she would remain in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged blows in a close fight, while Nalan Jie reflected on how far the Nalan Clan had fallen behind the Xiao Clan and Mittel Family.
• Nalan Yanran’s sword began to glow and tremble as she prepared Thousand Flow Wind Blade, and Xiao Jin realized she had learned the Earth Tier Intermediate Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought with their strongest Dou Techniques to settle the Three-Year Agreement. Xiao Yan won the spar, and both agreed that their grievances were over, leaving Xiao Jin ready to head toward the Central Plains.

• Nalan Yanran prepared a modified Thousand Flow Wind Blade, while Xiao Yan readied the Five-Wheel Fire Technique.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan launched their Dou Techniques, and their clash sent a scorching gale across the plaza.
• After the smoke cleared, Nalan Yanran knelt exhausted while Xiao Yan remained standing.
• Yun Shan declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan said his grievances with Nalan Yanran were settled.
• Xiao Jin accepted the end of the Three-Year Agreement and looked toward the Central Plains.

After Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s match, Xiao Jin treated them with medicinal pills and learned why Yun Yun had stayed away from the arena. He told her he planned to leave for the Central Plains in a month, and Yun Yun eagerly agreed to go with him.

• Xiao Jin appeared after the competition and gave Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran pills to restore their strength and heal their injuries.
• Nalan Yanran fell asleep from exhaustion, and Yun Yun carried her away after reproaching Xiao Jin for not helping her.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Jin about the women around him, and Xiao Jin kicked him in the butt.
• Xiao Jin visited Yun Yun, who explained she had avoided the match because she feared favoring Xiao Yan over her disciple and did not want to appear too openly beside Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin told Yun Yun he planned to leave for the Central Plains in a month, and Yun Yun said she could leave anytime.

Xiao Jin stopped pretending about his feelings for Xiao Yi Xian and arranged to travel to the Central Plains with his companions. He arrived at Mulan Valley to find the Snake-Person Race under attack by the Mulan Empire while Medusa was in seclusion.

• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Jin about his kiss, and he asked when she would let him take her down; she fled in embarrassment.
• Xiao Jin and Yun Yun agreed to meet in Wutan City in a month and travel to Jia Nan Academy with their companions before heading to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Jin realized he would be the weakest member of the expedition if Zi Yan did not advance further.
• Xiao Jin went to Mulan Valley and found the Snake-Person Race on alert, with its members recognizing him as Medusa's man.
• Hua She'er told Xiao Jin that Medusa was in seclusion and that the Mulan Empire had launched an attack on the Snake-Person Race.

Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion had brought a powerful force to Mulan Valley to seize someone with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, putting it on a collision course with the Snake-Person Race. He realized the attackers likely underestimated Medusa because they did not know she had reached Dou Zun.

• Xiao Jin saw that fewer than a thousand attackers, led by a Three-Star Dou Zong, had surrounded Mulan Valley and asked Hua She'er who they were.
• Hua She'er identified the attackers as people from Heavenly Snake Mansion, a faction Xiao Jin remembered as having taken Qing Lin in the original work.
• Hua She'er explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion had come seeking the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which were associated with the offspring of male snake-people and human women.
• Hua She'er said the Snake-Person Race had prepared for battle after Heavenly Snake Mansion refused to listen, while Medusa was away in seclusion.
• Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion probably did not know Medusa had broken through to Dou Zun and had mistaken her for a Two-Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion was attacking the Snake-Person Race and suspected someone was manipulating the conflict. He met Medusa, who had been pretending to be in seclusion to draw out the mastermind, and agreed to investigate before preparing to leave for the Central Plains.

• Hua She'er told Xiao Jin that Heavenly Snake Mansion refused to believe the Snake-Person Race had no Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Jin left a powerful Heaven Demon Puppet with the guards and went to Medusa's sleeping palace.
• Medusa revealed she was not in seclusion and was waiting for the person behind the conflict to expose themselves.
• Xiao Jin agreed to investigate who was instigating Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Medusa declined his invitation to travel to the Central Plains because of the crisis.
• Medusa teased Xiao Jin about his other women, and he left her palace flustered.

Xiao Jin confronted the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Earth Underworld Sect in their camp, learning why they had come to Mulan Valley in search of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower Ancestor encountered Mu Tong near the Pill Domain and recognized the name Xuansheng.

• Xiao Jin entered the camp protected by Heaven Demon Puppets and removed its foul-smelling central tent before questioning the seven people inside.
• A female Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Emperor explained that traces left by Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils led them from the Tagor Desert to Mulan Valley.
• The female Dou Emperor said the Heavenly Snake Mansion had pressured the Snake-Person Race because its Old Mansion Master was dying and might be saved by the pupils.
• Xiao Jin learned that the three suspicious cultivators belonged to the Earth Underworld Sect and asked how it was connected to the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor encountered Mu Tong near the Pill Domain and asked how he had cultivated enough to refine a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Mu Tong transformed into an old man, and the Pill Tower Ancestor recognized him as Xuansheng, a name that had not been used for centuries.

The Pill Tower Ancestor learned that Dan Xuansheng had died while refining the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and agreed to return to lead the diminished Pill Tower. Meanwhile, Xiao Jin uncovered the Earth Underworld Sect’s plot to target Medusa’s awakened bloodline and sealed its agents with Spatial Power.

• Dan Xuansheng explained how his remnant soul had merged with the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill after the Pill Tower Ancestor’s death, and the ancestor accepted him as a disciple.
• Dan Xuansheng told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Pill Tower had weakened, and agreed to let his teacher take control again.
• Xiao Jin confronted the Earth Underworld Sect’s Dou Zong and suspected the sect was behind the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s actions against the Snake-Person Race.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s female Dou Emperor revealed that the Earth Underworld Sect wanted Medusa.
• Xiao Jin’s expression turned cold, and his two Heaven Demon Puppets sealed the Earth Underworld Sect’s agents with Spatial Power.

Xiao Jin learned that the Earth Underworld Sect had targeted Medusa to exploit her Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, and arranged a future visit to the Heavenly Snake Mansion in exchange for its location. He slaughtered the Earth Underworld Sect camp’s fighters, leaving one Dou Zong alive for interrogation, then returned to Medusa.

• Xiao Jin promised the Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Emperors that he would visit in half a month if they gave him the mansion’s location, and they agreed before departing.
• Xiao Jin ordered the Heaven Demon Puppets to kill everyone from the Earth Underworld Sect except one Dou Zong, while he left the camp.
• The Heaven Demon Puppets slaughtered the Earth Underworld Sect fighters and subdued the surviving Dou Zong after sealing the area for five minutes.
• Xiao Jin returned to Medusa’s bedchamber, explained that the Earth Underworld Sect had orchestrated the scheme, and asked for a room to interrogate the survivor.