Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin learned that the Blood Pool was a gift from his mother, though Cai Lianyi refused to explain how he could use it to awaken his bloodline. She then began telling him about his parents, revealing that his father had become a Dou Emperor at twenty and ended the ancient era's wars through his strength.

• Cai Lianyi reassured Xiao Jin that Dan Xuansheng was only asleep and would awaken with an unexpected gain.
• Cai Lianyi told Xiao Jin that the Blood Pool was his mother's gift, but said he was not yet capable of entering it safely and would not reveal what he needed to awaken his bloodline.
• Cai Lianyi explained that she was a complete remnant soul with all her true body's memories and offered to tell Xiao Jin about his parents.
• Cai Lianyi revealed that Xiao Jin's father became a Dou Emperor at twenty without inheriting a Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Cai Lianyi described the ancient era's frequent wars and said Xiao Jin's father ended them through his own strength.

Cai Lianyi told Xiao Jin how his father once suppressed the continent’s Dou Emperors and how his mother, a Star Observer with a special constitution, surpassed him to become the strongest in just ten years. She revealed that Xiao Jin shared his mother’s constitution, but could not explain what happened after the passage to the Great Thousand World was sealed, and began to explain how she died.

• Cai Lianyi explained that Xiao Jin’s father had forbidden Dou Emperors from joining wars among ordinary people after suppressing those who threatened to ignite conflict.
• Cai Lianyi said Xiao Jin’s mother had been an ordinary person and the continent’s only Star Observer, able to predict his father’s actions.
• Cai Lianyi recounted that Xiao Jin’s mother’s predictions helped his father repel five Outer Realm Evil Clan invasions, before she surpassed him and became the continent’s strongest Dou Emperor in ten years.
• Cai Lianyi told Xiao Jin that he possessed the same special constitution as his mother and could become a Dou Emperor by finding the method she had used to unlock it.
• Cai Lianyi said she did not know what happened after the passage was sealed because she had already died, then admitted that she had died by overestimating herself.

Cai Lianyi explained her failed attempt to evolve her bloodline and revealed how she and others helped Xiao Jin’s parents seal him away. After Medusa awakened, Cai Lianyi proposed that she take the name Cai Lin, which Medusa accepted.

• Cai Lianyi told Xiao Jin that she had died from the backlash of a Nirvana Lightning Tribulation while trying to evolve her bloodline, and promised to help Medusa complete that path.
• Cai Lianyi explained that Xiao Jin’s name came from a note she had placed in his swaddling clothes, then revealed that she, Little Feng, and Little Huo had helped his parents seal him away.
• Cai Lianyi suggested that Medusa take her surname and use the name Cai Lin, and Medusa agreed from the entrance of the great hall.
• Xiao Jin checked on the awakened Medusa, who said she was fine and thanked Cai Lianyi for protecting her.

Cai Lianyi gave Cai Lin treasures to strengthen her bloodline and explained two ways to refine the Nine-Colored Source Core. Cai Lin chose to use Xiao Jin as a cauldron, leaving him protesting that he had never agreed.

• Cai Lianyi learned that Cai Lin’s bloodline had nearly reached the Nine-Colored level and asked her to call her Aunt Cai.
• Cai Lianyi gave Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Source Core and Nine-Colored Source Scale Fruit, explaining their effects and warning that Cai Lin could not yet withstand the core’s energy.
• Cai Lianyi offered Cai Lin the choice of waiting until she became a Dou Saint or using Xiao Jin to digest the excess energy.
• Cai Lin chose the second method, while Xiao Jin objected that he had never agreed.

After Cai Lin gained the Nine-Colored Source Core’s inheritance and Xiao Jin’s cultivation rose, they left the ruins with the unconscious Dan Xuansheng and waited nearby for him to wake. The Pill Tower Ancestor confirmed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were safe, and Dan Xuansheng finally awoke celebrating a breakthrough.

• Cai Lin refined the Nine-Colored Source Core, advancing to Six-Star Dou Zun, while Xiao Jin rose to Eight-Star Dou Ancestor and complained about Cai Lianyi’s treatment of him.
• Cai Lianyi told Cai Lin to study the Primordial Heaven-Swallowing Python inheritance, explained that Dan Xuansheng would wake within three days, and placed Spatial Marks on Cai Lin and Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin and Cai Lin found Dan Xuansheng in the passage, carried him out of the ruins, and settled in a nearby cave while he remained unconscious.
• Xiao Jin contacted the Pill Tower Ancestor, whose delayed reply confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had returned safely from the Shennong Mountains.
• Dan Xuansheng woke on the third day and shouted that he had achieved his goal.

After returning to Pill Tower, Xiao Jin confessed to Yun Yun that he had become involved with Cai Lin, then faced Xiao Yi Xian, who feared he would abandon her. He promised he would never leave her and insisted that she remain with him for life.

• Dan Xuansheng brought Xiao Jin and the others back to Pill Tower through a spatial passage after five days of travel.
• Xiao Jin reported to the Pill Tower Ancestor, then honestly told Yun Yun what had happened with Cai Lin.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Jin that Xiao Yi Xian was angry and left them alone when Xiao Yi Xian came to see him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin she had reached Three-Star Dou Zun, then clung to him and begged him not to abandon her.
• Xiao Jin promised he would never abandon Xiao Yi Xian and would not let her leave him for the rest of her life.

Xiao Jin regretted making Xiao Yi Xian feel neglected and reunited with Qing Lin, who revealed a striking increase in her power. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan confirmed the Soul Clan had two Nine-Star Dou Sheng forces, though the Nihility Devouring Flame had been badly injured and would be unable to act for three to five years.

• Xiao Yi Xian fled Yun Yun's room after breaking down in front of Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin realized how deeply he had hurt her by not seeking her out sooner.
• Xiao Jin returned to his courtyard and learned from Qing Lin that she had reached Six-Star Dou Emperor after spending much of her time sleeping.
• Qing Lin released three Eighth-Rank serpentine Magical Beasts that she had subdued, giving her four Dou Zun-level forces when combined with the Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake.
• Xiao Jin praised Qing Lin, then gathered with the women close to him in his courtyard in Saint Pill City.
• Gu Yuan learned that the Nihility Devouring Flame had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng, leaving the Soul Clan with two Nine-Star Dou Sheng forces.
• Gu Yuan also learned that the Spirit Emperor Remnant Soul had seriously injured the Nihility Devouring Flame, which would be unable to cause trouble for three to five years.

Gu Yuan considered asking Xun Er about Xiao Jin’s mysterious teacher as he searched for a way to counter the Soul Clan. Meanwhile, Xiao Jin and his companions traveled to Blazing Flame Valley, armed with Yin Youyao’s name and a token for entry.

• Gu Yuan realized the other Ancient Emperor Clans would not ally with the Ancient Clan against the Soul Clan, so he considered asking Xun Er about Xiao Jin’s teacher.
• Dan Xuansheng gave Xiao Jin a jade token that would let the group pass through Blazing Flame Valley’s barrier.
• Qing Lin stayed behind at the Pill Tower to strengthen herself, while Zi Yan remained behind because she wanted to avoid being taken back to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Yin Youyao told Xiao Jin that Ancestor Fire Cloud owed her a favor and gave him a Space Jade Slip so he could call on her if needed.
• Xiao Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Yun Yun traveled through a spatial passage for nearly ten days and arrived in the volcanic mountains of Blazing Flame Valley.

Xiao Jin and his companions entered Blazing Flame Valley using the token from Sound Valley and met Valley Master Tang. Xiao Jin asked to speak with Ancestor Fire Cloud, revealing that Sound Valley’s valley master had invoked an old favor.

• Xiao Jin used Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to ease Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun’s discomfort in the Scorching Volcano Mountain Range.
• Xiao Jin presented Dan Xuansheng’s jade token to open Blazing Flame Valley’s spatial barrier, and the group entered the valley.
• Blazing Flame Valley disciples surrounded the newcomers, then sent two disciples to report Xiao Jin’s arrival after inspecting his token.
• Tang Zhen arrived with Tang Huo'er and invited the group inside after recognizing them as guests from Sound Valley.
• Xiao Jin asked where Ancestor Fire Cloud was and explained that Sound Valley’s valley master wanted to discuss a favor the ancestor owed her.

Xiao Jin challenged Blazing Flame Valley’s declining strength while trying to recruit the sect for a war against Soul Hall and obtain the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. He revealed his connection to the Xiao Clan, whose ancestor Xiao Xuan created the technique, leaving Ancestor Fire Cloud and Tang Zhen facing that claim.

• Ancestor Fire Cloud questioned Xiao Jin about his battle against Wind Lightning Pavilion and Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Xiao Jin confirmed his achievements with a confident reply.
• Xiao Jin criticized Ancestor Fire Cloud for failing to restore Blazing Flame Valley’s former glory, then recounted its past strength and exposed how far it had fallen.
• Xiao Jin announced that he intended to declare war on Soul Hall and recruit Blazing Flame Valley to join him.
• Xiao Jin asked for Blazing Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, but Tang Zhen refused because the treasured technique could not be passed to outsiders.
• Xiao Jin introduced himself as a member of the Xiao Clan and reminded Tang Zhen that Xiao Xuan had created the technique for Blazing Flame Valley’s ancestor.

Xiao Jin used his connection to Xiao Xuan to secure Xiao Yan a chance to study the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations at Blazing Flame Valley. He then warned Tang Huo'er that fusing with the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame was dangerous, but revealed his mastery of Heavenly Flames and offered to help her succeed.

• Xiao Jin revealed that he was an adopted son of the Xiao Clan and wanted the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations for his third brother, Xiao Yan.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud waived Blazing Flame Valley's usual rules, and Tang Zhen promised to let Xiao Yan study the technique when he visited.
• Xiao Jin warned Tang Huo'er that her talent might not be enough to safely fuse with the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Xiao Jin displayed the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame and split it into ten Heavenly Flames, convincing Tang Zhen and Ancestor Fire Cloud of his expertise.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er to postpone the fusion, but Xiao Jin offered to help her successfully fuse with the Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Jin explained how the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill could make Tang Huo'er’s attempt to subdue the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame safer, then used his alchemy skills to secure an alliance with Blazing Flame Valley. Ancestor Fire Cloud agreed to wait up to three years for Xiao Jin to refine the Bodhi Pill.

• Xiao Jin described the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill’s effects and listed the rare materials needed to refine it.
• Tang Zhen offered to gather the remaining medicinal herbs, and Xiao Jin revealed that he already had the five main materials.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud recognized that Xiao Jin’s pill was bait for an alliance, and Xiao Jin showed his Eighth-Grade High-Level Alchemist badge.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud agreed to ally with Xiao Jin, provided Xiao Jin did not involve him in matters concerning Soul Hall before he reached Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jin said he could not yet guarantee success refining the Bodhi Pill and offered to wait until he became a Dou Zun, within three years; Ancestor Fire Cloud accepted.

Xiao Jin began refining the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill at Blazing Flame Valley, impressing Tang Zhen and Ancestor Fire Cloud with his flames, cauldron, and precise alchemy. After he merged the pill’s opposing lightning and fire energies, Three-Colored Pill Lightning gathered overhead.

• Ancestor Fire Cloud and Tang Zhen guarded the plaza while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Tang Huo'er watched Xiao Jin prepare to refine the pill.
• Yun Yun told Tang Huo'er that Xiao Jin was an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, leaving Tang Huo'er stunned by his strength and talent.
• Xiao Jin brought out the Samsara Cauldron and used the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to refine the medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Jin used his soul power to force the pill’s lightning and fire medicinal liquids to merge despite their violent repulsion.
• Dark clouds gathered above the plaza, and Tang Zhen recognized the Three-Colored Pill Lightning.

Xiao Jin used the Spirit-Ascension Method to raise the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill’s quality, and its Pill Lightning grew to six colors. He used two Heaven Demon Puppets to withstand the lightning, then handed the finished pill to Tang Zhen with instructions for using it before fusing with a Heavenly Flame.

• Tang Zhen offered to block the Three-Colored Pill Lightning, but Xiao Jin summoned a Dou Zun-level Heaven Demon Puppet to endure it.
• Xiao Jin enveloped the formed pill in the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame and used his Emperor Realm Soul and a drop of blood to improve it with the Spirit-Ascension Method.
• The Pill Lightning advanced from three colors to five, then six, as Xiao Jin sent a second Heaven Demon Puppet to help temper the puppets.
• The two Heaven Demon Puppets took turns blocking the Six-Colored Pill Lightning until it dissipated, and Xiao Jin recalled them.
• Xiao Jin gave the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill to Tang Zhen and explained when and how to take it before refining the Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Jin helped Tang Huo'er begin safely refining the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, then stayed at Blazing Flame Valley for a banquet before a thunderous eruption nearby raised his suspicions. He left with Xiao Yi Xian and the others to investigate, while Ancestor Fire Cloud urged Tang Zhen to follow.

• Tang Huo'er used the Thunder Fire Pulse-Protecting Pill to protect herself as she began refining the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and Tang Zhen confirmed that her condition was stable.
• Xiao Jin prepared to leave after assisting Tang Huo'er and reaching an agreement with Ancestor Fire Cloud, but Tang Zhen persuaded him to stay for two days.
• Tang Zhen hosted a banquet, where Xiao Jin drank three cups of Red Flame Fruit Wine and the guests celebrated the prospects of Tang Huo'er and Ancestor Fire Cloud.
• A powerful thunderclap sounded during the banquet, and Tang Zhen explained that a nearby volcano had erupted.
• Xiao Jin suspected the thunder was more than an ordinary volcanic eruption, so he left with Xiao Yi Xian and the other women to investigate.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud told Tang Zhen to go after them and ensure nothing happened to their guests.

Xiao Jin and the others discovered that Nine Profound Golden Lightning had destroyed a volcano near Blazing Flame Valley, and he recognized the threat it posed. He sent Tang Zhen and Xiao Yi Xian away while staying with Cai Lin and Yun Yun to face the lightning and protect the valley.

• Xiao Jin and Tang Zhen reached the ruined volcano site and found a vast crater filled with potent lightning energy.
• Yun Yun spotted golden lightning arcs, and Xiao Jin realized the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had appeared and ordered Blazing Flame Valley to prepare for evacuation.
• Tang Zhen returned to reinforce the barriers around Tang Huo'er while she continued fusing with the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Xiao Jin sent Xiao Yi Xian away and warned Cai Lin and Yun Yun to retreat if the battle turned dangerous.
• Xiao Jin identified the lightning as the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, but chose to stay and confront it rather than abandon Blazing Flame Valley.

Xiao Jin approached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the thunderclouds and was discovered, forcing him to fight for his life. He unleashed the full power of his Emperor Realm Soul with Nine Refinements of the Heavenly Soul, and the chapter ended as his attack surged toward the lightning.

• Xiao Jin left Cai Lin and Yun Yun behind and approached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning under the protection of the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame and his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Jin saw the golden Thunder Dragon sleeping among countless Black Demon Lightning and tried to conceal his presence.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning opened its eyes, and Xiao Jin created more than a hundred soul clones to escape its attention.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning destroyed all the clones at once, injuring Xiao Jin and leaving him unable to outrun its attacks.
• Xiao Jin summoned twelve Heaven Demon Puppets and unleashed the full power of his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Jin used Nine Refinements of the Heavenly Soul to send his soul power roaring toward the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Xiao Jin used Nine Refinements of the Heavenly Soul against the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, but the Black Demon Lightning absorbed his attacks and left him near exhaustion. Just as he prepared to flee, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning approached, shrank into a Little Golden Dragon, and licked his face.

• Xiao Jin unleashed all six levels he could master, but the Black Demon Lightning shielded the Nine Profound Golden Lightning from harm.
• The Black Demon Lightning surrounded Xiao Jin, forcing him to use Nine Refinements of the Heavenly Soul again and weakening his soul by at least fifty percent.
• Xiao Jin prepared one final attack and planned to escape with the Spatial Mark, while sending a soul transmission to Yun Yun and Cai Lin to leave.
• The Thunder Dragon charged through the Black Demon Lightning and stopped before Xiao Jin as he readied his final attack and the Heaven Demon Puppets stood guard.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning shrank into a Little Golden Dragon, which licked Xiao Jin's face and left him numb with shock.

Xiao Jin discovered that the intelligent Nine Profound Golden Lightning had formed alongside the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill inside him and wanted to reunite with it. He convinced the lightning to wait until he reached the Dou Saint realm before attempting to merge.

• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning subdued the Black Demon Lightning and greeted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which said it did not recognize it.
• Xiao Jin realized the Nine Profound Golden Lightning might have originated with the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill he had consumed and confirmed his guess when the Little Golden Dragon responded happily.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning used Black Demon Lightning to write that it and the pill had originally been one and should reunite so Xiao Jin could absorb the pill's medicinal power.
• Xiao Jin warned that merging them immediately would overwhelm him and asked the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to return when he reached the Dou Saint realm.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning nodded in agreement.

The Nine Profound Golden Lightning strengthened Xiao Jin’s Heaven Demon Puppets before departing, and Xiao Jin reunited with Cai Lin and Yun Yun. Just as the lightning’s lingering effects wore off, the Soul Mark inside Xiao Yi Xian began fluctuating violently.

• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning split its energy among Xiao Jin’s ten Heaven Demon Puppets, tempering them all and raising their strength to that of Six-Star Dou Zun experts.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning left, the Black Demon Lightning vanished, and Xiao Jin saw Cai Lin and Yun Yun flying toward him through the thunderclouds.
• Cai Lin threw herself into Xiao Jin’s arms, and he explained his connection with the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to both women.
• Yun Yun joined Xiao Jin and Cai Lin in his arms when the lightning’s lingering current kept them pressed together; after two minutes, Xiao Jin released them.
• The Soul Mark Xiao Jin had placed inside Xiao Yi Xian’s body began fluctuating violently.