Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie endured the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to perfect the seventh turn of the Nine Turns Golden Body Art. As the final bolt descended, Xiao Yi Xian rushed toward him and Ling Gan moved to intervene.

• Xiao Jie chose Origin Emperor Qi from the Life Simulation and stored his second strand for a future breakthrough to Dou Di.
• More than a month later, Nine Profound Golden Lightning gathered above Ice River Valley as Xiao Jie completed his seventh turn of the Nine Turns Golden Body Art.
• Ling Gan offered to help Xiao Jie withstand the tribulation, but he chose to face it himself while Ling Meng activated the valley’s defensive formation.
• Xiao Jie endured eighty lightning strikes, advancing to the peak of One-Revolution Dou Venerate as the lightning tempered his body.
• The final golden-red bolt tore through space, and Xiao Yi Xian rushed toward Xiao Jie before Ling Meng pulled her back and Ling Gan disappeared from her place.

After surviving the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Xiao Jie advanced to Two-Transformation Dou Venerate and prepared to claim the Heaven-Burning Great Sage's inheritance in the Southern Region. He arrived at the Burning Heaven Mountain Range with Ling Gan, ready to enter the hidden inheritance space beneath the magma.

• Xiao Jie survived the final tribulation bolt by using the earth to disperse its power, reached Two-Transformation Dou Venerate, and formed a new robe from his energy after his clothes burned away.
• Xiao Jie told Ice River Valley's elders to move its headquarters to the Heavenly Underworld Sect and establish Array Heaven Mansion.
• Xiao Jie planned a trip to the Southern Region with Ling Gan, while Ling Meng and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to return to Sound Valley and monitor the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jie and Ling Gan traveled for more than a month and arrived at the Burning Heaven Mountain Range, where the Inheritance Fire Bead guided them to the space beneath the magma.

Xiao Jie followed the Inheritance Fire Bead through the magma to the Heaven-Burning Great Sage’s inheritance space, where he met the Sage’s remnant soul. Recognized as a worthy successor, Xiao Jie received a flame mark and entered the chamber to refine the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame.

• Xiao Jie located the inheritance beneath the magma, while Ling Gan stayed behind to guard the entrance and conceal herself from the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jie used the Inheritance Fire Bead to open an ancient spatial gate and entered the inheritance space.
• The Heaven-Burning Great Sage’s remnant soul awakened, examined Xiao Jie, and accepted him as the inheritor without another trial.
• The remnant soul explained that the inheritance included treasures and information about the Red Lotus Medicine Saint, whose legacy could also be obtained.
• The remnant soul gave Xiao Jie a flame mark to help him refine the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame, and Xiao Jie entered its chamber to begin refining it.

Xiao Jie devoured the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame, advanced to Early One-star Dou Saint, and gained a Heavenly Flame Spirit he named Ya Yin. After leaving the inheritance space with its treasures, he learned that ten months had passed and encountered Soul Hall experts who had come to confront him.

• Xiao Jie broke through to Dou Saint as the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame’s energy transformed his body and gave birth to a Heavenly Flame Spirit.
• Xiao Jie named the spirit Ya Yin and learned from the Burning Heaven Great Sage Remnant Soul that ten months had passed and the remnant was about to disappear.
• The Burning Heaven Great Sage Remnant Soul asked Xiao Jie to take the inheritance’s treasures, then dissipated while lamenting Lian'er.
• Xiao Jie left the collapsing inheritance space with its treasures, including the Red Lotus Medicine Saint's Inheritance Key, and Ling Gan was shocked to learn he had become a Dou Saint.
• Ling Gan warned that Soul Hall forces might have arrived, and Hun Miesheng appeared with two other Dou Saints as Ling Gan offered to hold them back while Xiao Jie escaped.

Xiao Jie tested his strength against the Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate and killed him with the Heaven-Burning Great Hand Seal. He joined Ling Gan’s battle against Hun Miesheng and another Soul Hall Master, trapping them in Ya Yin’s array and accusing the Soul Clan of preying on declining Ancient Emperor Clans.

• Xiao Jie faced the Great Heavenly Venerate while Ling Gan and the two Soul Hall Masters fought in a separate sealed space.
• Xiao Jie overpowered the Great Heavenly Venerate in a physical clash, then crushed him with the Heaven-Burning Great Hand Seal.
• Xiao Jie summoned Ya Yin and traveled to Ling Gan’s battlefield after killing the Great Heavenly Venerate.
• Ya Yin raised a seven-colored array around Hun Miesheng and the remaining Soul Hall Master.
• Hun Miesheng threatened Ling Gan with the Soul Clan’s retaliation, but Xiao Jie and Ling Gan challenged his threat and Xiao Jie accused the Soul Clan of devouring declining Ancient Emperor Clans.

Xiao Jie killed Hun Miesheng and the other two Soul Hall Dou Saints, then sent Ling Gan to warn the Spirit Clan and protect his family as the Soul Clan’s plans threatened to accelerate. He simulated possible futures and saw the Soul Clan seize two Emperor Clans before he and his allies destroyed it, leaving him to prepare for the coming conflict.

• Xiao Jie used the Seven-Star Primordial Technique and the Seven Star Skyfire Array to kill Hun Miesheng and the other two Soul Hall Dou Saints.
• Xiao Jie told Ling Gan to warn the Spirit Clan, unite the other five clans, and send a Dou Saint to relocate his parents and clansmen.
• Ling Gan returned to the Spirit Clan, while Xiao Jie planned to hide from the Soul Clan and travel to Void Dragon Island.
• Xiao Jie began a life simulation that predicted the Soul Clan would devour the Yao Clan and Stone Clan before other clans could unite.
• The simulation showed Xiao Jie joining the Dragon Clan and Gu Yuan to destroy the Soul Clan, reaching Dou Di, and later establishing Tai Xuan Heaven in the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Jie chose World Origin after his simulation and arrived at East Dragon Island, where the Three Dragon Kings were besieging it to seize Zi Yan and the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. He declared that he would intervene, and Bi Ji recognized him as Zi Yan’s brother as the confrontation began.

• Xiao Jie selected World Origin, left his temporary space, and traveled to Void Dragon Island.
• The Three Dragon Kings and their forces demanded that Qing Shan surrender the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and Qing Shan ordered Zhu Li and Bi Ji to evacuate Zi Yan while he and the Second Elder held off the attackers.
• Xiao Jie arrived outside East Dragon Island and learned from the West Dragon King that the Three Dragon Kings were attacking it.
• Xiao Jie announced that he intended to intervene, and the North Dragon King ordered Xuan Mo to confront him.
• Bi Ji recognized Xiao Jie and told Qing Shan, Zhu Li, and the other elders that he was the brother Zi Yan had asked them to find.

Xiao Jie arrived at East Dragon Island and overwhelmed the three Dragon Kings, gravely injuring the North Dragon King and forcing the others to retreat. After reuniting with Bi Ji and Yun Yun, he learned that Zi Yan had encountered a problem while refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• First Elder Qing Shan and Second Elder vanished through the curtain to bring Xiao Jie back to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Jie defeated Xuan Mo in a single punch, prompting the three Dragon Kings to attack him together.
• Xiao Jie and Ya Yin withstood the Dragon Kings' attacks, and Xiao Jie wounded the North Dragon King with Seven Star Sky Fire.
• The South Dragon King, West Dragon King, and their allies fled, while Qing Shan thanked Xiao Jie and took custody of the North Dragon King and Xuan Mo.
• Bi Ji and Yun Yun reunited with Xiao Jie, and Yun Yun told him that Zi Yan had run into trouble refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Xiao Jie arrived on East Dragon Island and went straight to help Zi Yan refine the energy crystal surrounding her as she absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Ya Yin’s dark golden flames rapidly melted the crystal, and Zi Yan’s awakening drew closer.

• Xiao Jie told Qing Shan he would help Zi Yan refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, then declined a banquet and asked to visit her immediately.
• Xiao Jie reunited with Bi Ji and Yun Yun, learned they had advanced during their years on Dragon Island, and confirmed he had reached Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jie said Xiao Yi Xian was in seclusion in the Central Plains and hinted that a major event was approaching there.
• Qing Shan led Xiao Jie to the volcano summit, where Zi Yan rested inside an emerald-green cauldron, sealed in an energy crystal.
• Xiao Jie summoned Ya Yin, whose dark golden flames melted the crystal and released streams of purple-gold energy as Zi Yan’s aura strengthened.
• Qing Shan and the others watched the crystal melt and learned from Bi Ji that Xiao Jie had fused several Heavenly Flames to create his powerful flame and its spirit.

Xiao Jie completed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit refinement for Zi Yan and used the Simulator to obtain the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame. He then welcomed Yun Yun into his room and became intimate with her.

• Xiao Jie confirmed Zi Yan had safely absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy and left Second Elder to guard her while Qing Shan arranged his accommodations.
• Xiao Jie began a Life Simulation, which predicted the Ancient Void Dragons uniting and his later battles against the Soul Clan and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Jie spent Origin Power to improve the available rewards and chose the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, storing it in the Simulation Space for later refinement.
• Yun Yun visited Xiao Jie late at night and offered to attend to him as his maidservant.
• Xiao Jie pulled Yun Yun into his embrace, kissed her, and carried her to the bed.

Xiao Jie prepared East Dragon Island for an attack by the Southwest Dragon King and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then faced their forces as they arrived. Zi Yan emerged transformed as the Dragon Emperor, and the Ancient Void Dragons recognized her authority.

• Xiao Jie told Qing Shan that the Southwest Dragon King would return with an allied race and ordered East Dragon Island to prepare for war.
• Xiao Jie requested tier-nine magic beast cores from Zhu Li to set up the Seven Star Skyfire Array, while Qing Shan agreed to follow his plan.
• After a month, the Southwest Dragon King arrived with three elders and four Heaven Demon Phoenixes, including their chief, Huang Tian, and demanded the Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• Xiao Jie stepped outside the silver curtain to face the enemy forces, but Zi Yan appeared and said she would handle them.
• Zi Yan revealed her violet-gold wings and transformed appearance, prompting the Ancient Void Dragons to kneel and welcome her as Lord Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Jie revealed Seven-Star Dou Saint strength, grievously wounded Huang Tian, and captured his soul and body. He joined Zi Yan inside the Seven Star Skyfire Array and faced the remaining six Dou Saints as Ya Yin summoned six flaming swords.

• Zi Yan, Qing Shan, and the Second Elder fought the seven Dou Saints while Xiao Jie confronted Huang Tian.
• Ya Yin’s flaming swords broke through Huang Tian’s Demon Phoenix Saint Image, but Huang Tian counterattacked and sealed Xiao Jie’s surroundings.
• Xiao Jie revealed Seven-Star Dou Saint strength, caught Huang Tian’s claw, pierced his chest, and sealed away his soul and body.
• Xiao Jie entered the formation, where Zi Yan greeted him before he rejected the South Dragon Island First Elder’s plea for submission and killed him.
• The West Dragon King rallied the remaining six Dou Saints, who transformed into dragons and phoenixes as Ya Yin conjured six flaming swords.

Xiao Jie used the Heavenly Fire Furnace to kill six Dou Saints, including the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s leaders and the Southwest Dragon King, then returned to East Dragon Island as the Ancient Void Dragon clan prepared to reunify. After speaking with Zi Yan and the others, he went to his room, where Yun Yun joined him.

• Xiao Jie trapped the six Dou Saints in the Heavenly Fire Furnace and refined them, while Zi Yan stayed by his side.
• Xiao Jie collected the six magical cores and masses of energy, then explained that refining them would help him grow stronger.
• Xiao Jie dismissed the array and learned from Bi Ji that the enemy forces had fled after Huang Tian fell.
• Xiao Jie left the aftermath to Qing Shan, then returned to East Dragon Island with Zi Yan and the others.
• Qing Shan ordered Hei Qing and Zhu Li to summon the three Dragon Islands and announce the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s reunification.
• Xiao Jie spoke with Zi Yan and the other women, then returned to his room, where Yun Yun arrived and kissed him.

After reaching the peak of Two-Star Dou Saint, Xiao Jie left seclusion and headed for the Void Thunder Pool to seek a Nine Profound Golden Lightning that was nearing sentience. He reached the depths and entered the Black Demon Thunder region, where the lightning struck him as his Seven Turns Golden Body absorbed its energy.

• Xiao Jie failed to break through to Three-star Dou Saint after refining the energy of six Dou Saints, but reached the peak of Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jie discovered that Dragon Island had united and that eight unfamiliar Dou Saint experts had returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Jie that the clan had grown stronger, while Qing Shan learned of Xiao Jie's cultivation and directed him to the Thunder Pool.
• Xiao Jie refused to let Zi Yan accompany him and left for the Void Thunder Pool, asking her to tell Yun Yun and Bi Ji he would return soon.
• Xiao Jie passed through the Thunder Pool's outer lightning and reached the Black Demon Thunder region.
• The Black Demon Thunder attacked Xiao Jie, and his Seven Turns Golden Body absorbed its energy to strengthen his physique.

Xiao Jie reached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the depths of the Void Thunder Pool and broke through to Three-star Dou Saint while enduring its attack. When the lightning struggled to develop intelligence and neared destruction, Xiao Jie removed most of its power, gave it a seed of spiritual energy, and left it to begin a new life.

• Xiao Jie crossed the Black Demon Thunder, absorbing its attacks as he advanced toward the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning awakened and struck Xiao Jie, whose strength rose from the peak of Two-star Dou Saint to Three-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jie watched the Nine Profound Golden Lightning struggle to develop intelligence as the Black Demon Thunder sacrificed itself to shield it from the backlash.
• Xiao Jie drew most of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's energy from its body and had Ya Yin swallow the extracted power.
• Xiao Jie placed a seed of spiritual energy in the weakened golden lightning, then left as it began to develop intelligence.

After half a year away from the Central Plains, Xiao Jie learned that the Soul Clan and the united Four Clans had reached a tense stalemate. He entered seclusion on Void Dragon Island to refine the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, leaving Ya Yin to absorb its Origin Flame Seed.

• Xiao Jie spent the morning with Yun Yun before Zi Yan arrived with information about the Central Plains.
• Zi Yan reported that the Soul Clan had failed to find Xiao Jie and that the Four Clans had united after discovering the Stone Realm and Medicine Realm had been emptied.
• Xiao Jie reassured Zi Yan, asked her to monitor events in the Central Plains, and went into seclusion.
• Xiao Jie summoned the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame in a sealed underground chamber and extracted its Origin Flame Seed.
• Xiao Jie gave the Origin Flame Seed to Ya Yin, who swallowed it and began fusing it while Xiao Jie cultivated.

Xiao Jie completed his breakthrough to the middle stage of Five-Star Dou Saint, fused the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and prepared to return to the Central Plains with the Ancient Void Dragons. As the clans braced for conflict, Hun Tiandi appeared in the Ancient Realm and asked the assembled leaders about Xiao Jie.

• Xiao Jie broke through to the middle stage of Five-Star Dou Saint, completed the fusion of the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and reunited with Zi Yan and the others on Dragon Island.
• Xiao Jie agreed to return to the Central Plains with most of the Ancient Void Dragons, leaving three Dou Saints behind, and selected Soul Origin from his simulation rewards.
• Zi Yan spent the night with Xiao Jie, and he told her they would leave for the Central Plains that morning to settle matters.
• The Spirit Clan moved most of its members to safety and secretly sent three Dou Saints to protect Xiao Jie's clansmen in the Jia Ma Empire as the clans prepared for the Soul Clan's attack.
• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi entering the Ancient Realm and confronted him with the leaders of the other clans.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed questions about the Yao Clan and Stone Clan and asked whether Xiao Jie, the surviving remnant of the Xiao Clan, was with them.

Hun Tiandi led the Soul Clan into the Ancient Realm, challenged Gu Yuan, and used the clash to cover the theft of the Ancient Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade. With seven pieces now in Soul Clan hands, Hun Tiandi said he would find the Xiao Clan's remaining piece, while Nihility Devouring Flame stood ready to fight the gathered clans.

• Hun Tiandi arrived with Nihility Devouring Flame, the Four Demon Saints, and several powerful Soul Clan elders, then demanded that Gu Yuan hand over the person he sought.
• Gu Yuan refused Hun Tiandi's demand, and the two leaders began fighting with their powerful seals as their forces gathered around them.
• Gu Yang revealed himself as a Soul Clan spy and delivered the Ancient Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade to Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The other clans realized the Soul Clan had used the confrontation to steal their Ancient Jades, bringing its total to seven pieces.
• Gu Yuan said the Soul Clan still needed the Xiao Clan's piece to open the Ancient God Cave Mansion, but Hun Tiandi claimed he could obtain it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame stored the Ancient Jade in his Storage Ring and mocked Lei Ying's threat as the surrounding Dou Saints prepared to attack.

The Four Clans fought the Soul Clan in the Ancient Realm while Gu Yuan and the clan leaders tried to hold back the Soul Clan’s strongest experts. The arrival of Hun Yao and Hun Ming turned the battle against the Four Clans, and Hun Ming handed Hun Tiandi three pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Ling Tianji, and the Ancient Clan experts led their forces in attacks that Hun Tiandi blocked with a net of black chains.
• Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi while Lei Ying and Yan Jin attacked Nihility Devouring Flame, and the remaining clan forces clashed with Soul Clan experts across the Ancient Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame overpowered Lei Ying and Yan Jin, while both sides suffered casualties and the Four Clans struggled to hold their advantage.
• Hun Yao and Hun Ming arrived, and Gu Yuan recognized them as two of the Soul Clan’s Four Elders alongside Hun Tiansheng and Hun Yuantian.
• Hun Ming joined Hun Tiandi and gave him three pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade obtained from the three clans.

Xiao Jie arrived in the Ancient Realm with Zi Yan, Yun Yun, and the Ancient Void Dragons, then revealed power far beyond his apparent cultivation. After transforming into a Nine-star Peak Dou Saint, he trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Fire formation and left him calling for Hun Tiandi to save him.

• Hun Tiandi took the Ancient Clan's jade and fought Gu Yuan while Hun Ming attacked the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Jie arrived beside Zi Yan with Yun Yun and the Ancient Void Dragons, startling Ling Tianji with his Mid-stage Five-Star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to devour Ya Yin and Xiao Jie, but Xiao Jie's dark-golden flames resisted him.
• Xiao Jie unleashed the Seven-Star Primordial Technique and revealed power at the Nine-star Peak Dou Saint level.
• Xiao Jie struck Nihility Devouring Flame out of the void and sealed him inside the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Fire formation.