Chapter Summaries

After Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin clues about the Dou Emperor Cave Mansions seeking him out, Xiao Jin asked him to release Zhu Kun so the dragon could protect him. Tou She Ancient God had not yet answered, leaving Zhu Kun’s freedom unresolved.

• Xiao Jin returned to Tou She Ancient God Space and pestered Tou She Ancient God for clues about finding the next Dou Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Tou She Ancient God prompted Xiao Jin to connect the cave mansions to the people around him, leading him to suspect that Xiao Yi Xian was linked to the next clue.
• Tou She Ancient God pointed out that Feng Qingyao's cave mansion had sought Xiao Jin out, and Xiao Jin realized other Dou Emperor Cave Mansions could do the same.
• Xiao Jin asked Tou She Ancient God to release Zhu Kun so he could protect Xiao Jin from the Soul Clan, whose Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng might target him.
• Tou She Ancient God looked ready to refuse, so Xiao Jin dropped to the floor again and began throwing a tantrum.

Xiao Jin annoyed Tou She Ancient God by settling into his cave mansion and preparing to stay until he reached Dou Emperor, hoping to secure help for the Pill Tower Ancestor. Tou She Ancient God unexpectedly agreed to let Zhu Kun leave, giving Xiao Jin another powerful ally against the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Jin insisted that he would stay in Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion until he broke through to Dou Emperor and unpacked furniture from his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Jin and Zhu Kun teamed up to irritate Tou She Ancient God, with Xiao Jin pretending to cook using the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame.
• Tou She Ancient God finally agreed to Xiao Jin's request to let Zhu Kun leave.
• Xiao Jin was stunned by the agreement and considered how Zhu Kun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan could strengthen his position against the Soul Clan.

Xiao Jin freed Zhu Kun from the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion after Zhu Kun accepted a Soul Mark, and the two returned to the Pill Tower. Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan, but her cold reaction left him facing the difficult task of repairing their relationship.

• Zhu Kun accepted Xiao Jin's Soul Mark and left the cave mansion, then eagerly asked where Zi Yan was.
• Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was at the Pill Tower and agreed to let him meet her, while Zhu Kun called Xiao Jin his nephew and asked him to put in a good word.
• Xiao Jin warned Zhu Kun he would not go against Zi Yan's wishes, and Zhu Kun agreed before planning to return to Ancient Dragon Island and reunify it.
• Zhu Kun arrived at the Pill Tower, reassured the Pill Tower Ancestor that he would not interfere in its affairs, and revealed his intention to deal with the divided Ancient Dragon Islands.
• Zi Yan entered the gathering, saw Zhu Kun, and reproached Xiao Jin for bringing him.

Xiao Jin coaxed Zi Yan into hearing Zhu Kun out, then helped the two reconcile by explaining the danger posed by the Soul Clan and proposing that Zhu Kun protect her. Zi Yan accepted Zhu Kun’s offer to make her empress and set conditions for him, ending by asking to marry Xiao Jin.

• Xiao Jin calmed Zi Yan with an Eighth Grade pill and explained that his Emperor Realm Soul might have been exposed to the Soul Clan.
• Zi Yan agreed to let Zhu Kun stay because she trusted his strength, despite criticizing his character.
• Xiao Jin suggested that Zhu Kun help Zi Yan become empress of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Zhu Kun immediately declared her the sole empress.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to unify Ancient Dragon Island and form an alliance with the Pill Tower, and he agreed to both requests.
• Zi Yan’s final request was to marry Xiao Jin, who frantically denied teaching her to ask.

Xiao Jin, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun agreed to head to Ancient Dragon Island to unite the clan, with Xiao Jin offering Pill Tower support. As they traveled through Zhu Kun’s Spatial Passage, Zi Yan cautiously asked her father to teach her how to manipulate space.

• Zi Yan confessed her feelings to Xiao Jin, who urged her to focus on unifying Ancient Dragon Island while Zhu Kun accepted their bond.
• Xiao Jin proposed accompanying Zhu Kun with Zi Yan and possibly Pill Tower allies, while privately hoping to obtain the Three Dragon Kings’ corpses for Puppets.
• Zi Yan agreed to go and said she would gather Cai Lin and the others before the group informed the Pill Tower Ancestor and set out.
• Zhu Kun tore open a Spatial Passage directly to Ancient Dragon Island and led Xiao Jin and the women inside.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun if he could teach her his spatial technique, and he gladly promised to teach her after dealing with the clan’s rebels.

Xiao Jin and Zhu Kun reached East Dragon Island, where they discovered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four islands. Zhu Kun revealed his Dragon Emperor authority, leaving East Dragon Island’s people kneeling and exposing the island’s formidable hidden strength.

• Zhu Kun led Xiao Jin and the others through a spatial passage to Ancient Dragon Island and offered to improve the Xiao Clan’s Small World.
• East Dragon Island guards challenged the newcomers, and Zhu Kun knocked them back when they demanded his identity.
• Zhu Li arrived and questioned Zhu Kun, while Xiao Jin urged his uncle to hear an explanation about events during his long absence.
• Zhu Kun summoned the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and Zhu Li recognized the Dragon Emperor’s authority and fell to his knees.
• East Dragon Island’s elders and other Ancient Void Dragons gathered and knelt, including at least ten Dou Saints, one of whom had reached Five-Star Dou Saint Late Stage.

Zhu Kun returned to East Dragon Island, reclaimed the loyalty of its Ancient Dragons, and named Zi Yan the new Dragon Emperor. After hearing how the clan had fractured, he summoned the Dragon Kings of the other Three Islands, leaving them terrified by news of his return.

• Zi Yan envied Zhu Kun's Dragon-Slaying Sword, and Xiao Jin told her she would be able to wield it after refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Kun reassured Zhu Huo and East Dragon Island's Ancient Dragons, then announced that Zi Yan would become the clan's new Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Jin gave Zhu Kun the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zi Yan revealed her pure Dragon Emperor aura; Zhu Kun praised Xiao Jin for helping him and his daughter.
• Zhu Huo recounted the clan's division and the other Three Islands' rebellion, angering Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun ordered the Three Islands' Dragon Kings to come meet him, and they were terrified by the news of his return.

After Zhu Kun reunited the Ancient Dragon Islands, Zi Yan brought Xiao Jin to a hidden cave and gave him Dragon Emperor Essence Blood to strengthen the Dragon King bodies he planned to turn into Puppets. The chapter ended with Zi Yan asking Xiao Jin to marry her after he said she had grown up.

• The three rebel Dragon Islands submitted to Zhu Kun, and the separated territories reunited with East Dragon Island.
• Zhu Kun killed the three Dragon Kings and gave their bodies to Xiao Jin, who planned to refine them into Puppets.
• Xiao Jin learned that the united Ancient Void Dragon Clan had fifteen Dou Saint experts after Zhu Kun dealt with the rebellion.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Jin to a cave protected by a powerful barrier and showed him a bottle of Dragon Emperor Essence Blood.
• Zi Yan gave the Essence Blood to Xiao Jin to strengthen his planned Puppets, then asked whether she could become his bride.

After receiving Zi Yan’s Essence Blood and learning how it could strengthen his defenses, Xiao Jin began refining a Puppet from the West Dragon King’s corpse. He subdued and refined the Dragon King’s hidden remnant soul, leaving the body ready to become a combat-capable Puppet.

• Zi Yan gave Xiao Jin her Essence Blood and explained that it could grant him powerful defenses and summon Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Armor.
• Zhu Kun provided Xiao Jin with a secret chamber and rare materials, and Xiao Jin chose the West Dragon King’s corpse for his first Puppet.
• Xiao Jin used the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to temper the West Dragon King’s body for five days.
• The West Dragon King’s remnant soul emerged and boasted that its tempered body would show Xiao Jin its power.
• Xiao Jin restrained the West Dragon King with his Emperor Realm Soul and completely refined its remnant soul.

Xiao Jin used Dragon Emperor Essence Blood to strengthen three puppets made from the Three Great Dragon Kings, then set out for the Void Lightning Pool to temper them further. With the puppets accompanying him, he entered the dangerous pool while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind on Ancient Dragon Island.

• Xiao Jin infused the three Four-Star Dou Saint Early Stage puppets with Dragon Emperor Essence Blood and refined them for five days, raising them to the Four-Star Dou Saint Late Stage.
• Xiao Jin reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, told her he would take her to a ruin after they left Ancient Dragon Island, and learned she wanted to see Xun Er first.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that Qing Lin was cultivating in the Dragon Tomb and that she, Yun Yun, and Cai Lin would stay with Zi Yan.
• Zhu Li guided Xiao Jin to the Void Lightning Pool and warned him about its Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Jin released the three puppets, and Zhu Li recognized the Three Great Dragon Kings and agreed that they could protect Xiao Jin inside the pool.

Xiao Jin tempered his puppets and cultivated in the depths of the Void Lightning Pool before encountering Mang Tianchi, whom he rescued from Black Demon Lightning. Mang Tianchi asked about Xiao Jin’s background, and Xiao Jin said he had ties to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Jin released ten Heaven Demon Puppets to absorb ordinary lightning while he led three Ancient Dragon Puppets deeper into the Void Lightning Pool.
• Xiao Jin sent the three puppets to absorb Black Demon Lightning, then cultivated for a month as the lightning strengthened the puppets and helped him consolidate his realm.
• Xiao Jin discovered that the three puppets had advanced to Five-Star Dou Saint Late Stage and prepared to leave without finding the sentient Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• Mang Tianchi fled toward Xiao Jin with Black Demon Lightning pursuing him and warned Xiao Jin to run.
• Xiao Jin devoured the pursuing lightning with the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, and Mang Tianchi praised his power before asking which Ancient Emperor Clan he belonged to.
• Xiao Jin denied belonging to an Ancient Emperor Clan and told Mang Tianchi that he had ties to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Jin left the Void Lightning Pool after warning Mang Tianchi about the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and assessing his Heaven Demon Puppets. At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan reached the Spirit Realm and prepared to earn a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame through the Pill Gathering.

• Xiao Jin told Mang Tianchi that Su Qian had called him a hands-off manager, and Mang Tianchi chose to leave the Void Lightning Pool rather than return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Jin warned Mang Tianchi that a Nine Profound Golden Lightning lay deeper in the pool, and Mang Tianchi departed after learning Xiao Jin knew of the Ancient Emperor Clan.
• Xiao Jin inspected his ten Heaven Demon Puppets and found that a month of tempering had raised them to Seven-Star Dou Zun, while their resistance to ordinary lightning had increased.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that his soul had reached the Spirit Realm with the help of the Spirit-Nurturing Dust, allowing him to refine Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Xiao Yan declined to compete in the Four Pavilions Assembly and planned to focus on the Pill Gathering, where he needed to place in the top ten to enter the Star Domain and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Jin returned to Ancient Dragon Island, saw how Zi Yan and Qing Lin had advanced, and prepared to leave with Zhu Kun’s help. Zi Yan reconciled with her father before Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower, where he learned that Nalan Yanran was recovering and would break through to Dou Zong when she awoke.

• Xiao Jin found that Zi Yan had risen to Four-Star Dou Zun and Qing Lin had entered the Dou Zun realm after mastering her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Zhu Kun gave Xiao Jin three Space Jade Slips and assigned Qingshan to accompany him to the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun to manage the Ancient Dragon Clan until she became the true Dragon Emperor, then said she no longer blamed him.
• Xiao Jin and Yun Yun examined the unconscious Nalan Yanran, whose injuries were healing as she absorbed the Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill and the Flame of Life.
• Xiao Jin assured Yun Yun that Nalan Yanran would awaken by breaking through to Dou Zong and could eventually reach Peak Dou Zun.

Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor discussed restoring the Ancestor’s strength and plans to subdue the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan. After settling the Han Clan and preparing their group, Xiao Jin set out for the clan with Cai Lin and their companions.

• Xiao Jin told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might restore his original strength when it appeared in less than five years, but the Ancestor kept quiet about what he knew.
• Xiao Jin agreed to investigate the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s mysterious expert and pursue the Nine Serenities Cold Spring for Cai Lin’s benefit.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Jin that the Han Clan had settled in Sound Valley, then warned that Ling Yu seemed to have feelings for him; Xiao Jin said he would avoid meeting the clan.
• Xiao Jin rested for several days, then departed for the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Dan Xuansheng, Qingshan, and three Puppets.
• Yun Yun stayed behind because Nalan Yanran might awaken soon, while Qing Lin remained asleep as she subdued the Ancient Heaven Snake’s remnant soul.

Xiao Jin and his companions traveled through the Beast Domain to the Nine Serenities Deep Abyss, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan plotted to capture Xiao Jin and uncover his secrets. The group entered the underground world and Cai Lin spotted a Snake People tribe, leaving her to reflect on her origins and future as the ruler of snake Magical Beasts.

• Qingshan let his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline pressure intimidate Magical Beasts throughout the Beast Domain as Xiao Jin and the others traveled to the Nine Serenities Deep Abyss.
• Huang Tian heard that Zhu Kun had returned, but the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Ancestor dismissed the threat and ordered his clan to find Xiao Jin and keep him in the Beast Domain.
• Qingshan opened a spatial rift that let Xiao Jin's group bypass the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan guards and enter the underground world.
• Cai Lin noticed a Snake People tribe and wondered whether her ancestors had migrated from the Beast Domain to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Jin told Cai Lin that she would become the ruler of all snake Magical Beasts and teased that he would not let her return to the Snake People tribe.

Xiao Jin and Qingshan descended into the Nine Serenities Yellow Spring, where Xiao Jin used his overwhelming power to destroy a swarm of strange snakes. After hearing a call for help, they continued downward and reached a massive mountain.

• Xiao Jin chose to enter the Nine Serenities Yellow Spring with Qingshan while Dan Xuansheng protected Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian above.
• Xiao Jin and Qingshan plunged into the lake, where its frigid power made Qingshan's Dou Qi sluggish but could not hinder Xiao Jin's Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Jin stopped Qingshan from attacking and used his soul power to blast countless black strange snakes into blood.
• Xiao Jin explained that his powerful soul had alerted him to something abnormal beneath the underground world, and he and Qingshan followed a voice calling for help.
• Xiao Jin and Qingshan sank deeper into the Yellow Spring and arrived before a massive mountain.

Qingshan and Xiao Jin found Yao Ming imprisoned beneath the Nine Serenities Yellow Spring and agreed to free him after he pledged his loyalty to Xiao Jin. After Xiao Jin broke the seals, Yao Ming collapsed from exhaustion, and they prepared to flee before his enemies arrived.

• Qingshan recognized the chained prisoner as Yao Ming, the former clan chief of the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan, and explained his imprisonment to Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin accepted Yao Ming's Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and made him offer his soul as a pledge of loyalty.
• Yao Ming explained that a mechanism hidden in the mountain's Yellow Spring Yin Stone maintained the chains, and Xiao Jin used the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to break it.
• A black-clothed man and an old man with a scarlet venomous snake learned that Yao Ming's seal had broken and rushed away.
• Xiao Jin broke the final seal, Yao Ming collapsed from exhaustion, and Qingshan caught him and gave him pills while Xiao Jin urged them to leave.

Dan Xuansheng subdued Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder after they attacked Xiao Jin’s group, and Yao Ming confronted his treacherous brother. With the Great Elder dead and Yao Xiaotian defeated, Yao Ming said he could retake control of the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan within three days.

• Dan Xuansheng sealed the surrounding energy and knocked Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder to the ground after they attacked his group.
• Xiao Jin emerged from the Nine Serenities Yellow Spring and confirmed that Cai Lin and the other women were unharmed.
• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiaotian, who begged for mercy, while Xiao Jin sent the North Dragon King to guard against a counterattack.
• The Great Elder tried to self-destruct, but Dan Xuansheng sealed him, crippled his cultivation, and dragged him before Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming killed the Great Elder, took his Ninth Rank Magic Core, and gave it to Xiao Jin as thanks.
• Yao Ming told Xiao Jin that he could regain control of the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan within three days.

After reclaiming leadership of the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan, Yao Ming began purging its factions while Xiao Jin said goodbye to Cai Lin as she entered a long retreat. In the Ancient Clan, Xun Er prepared for her Coming of Age Ceremony and eagerly awaited seeing Xiao Jin again.

• Yao Ming reclaimed leadership of the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan and began purging Yao Xiaotian's and the Great Elder's supporters.
• Cai Lin recalled how she and Xiao Jin first met and asked him to convey her apologies to Xun Er before diving into the Nine Serenities Yellow Spring to cultivate.
• Xiao Jin watched Cai Lin enter seclusion, expecting her to return in three to five years as a powerful Dou Saint.
• Gu Yuan asked Xun Er whether she had anything left to do before the Coming of Age Ceremony, which was two months away.
• Xun Er, already at Peak Nine-Turn Dou Venerate, thought about seeing Xiao Jin again after nearly five years apart, while Gu Yuan regretted sending her to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Jin left the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan after asking Yao Ming to investigate the mysterious powerhouse in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and protect Cai Lin. As he traveled with his companions, an attacker suddenly ambushed them with a powerful palm strike.

• Yao Ming agreed to investigate the mysterious powerhouse and protect Cai Lin while she remained in seclusion.
• Xiao Jin gave Yao Ming a Space Jade Slip and departed with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Dan Xuansheng, and Qingshan.
• Zi Yan worried about refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and teased Xiao Jin about not being her husband.
• A powerful aura descended and an attacker struck at the group, prompting Qingshan to meet the palm with his Dou Qi.