Chapter Summaries

Yun Zimo devised a plan to disable the puppets and weaken Ancient Saint Zaohua's skeleton without triggering the great array. The plan seemed to work at first, but the skeleton absorbed the puppets' energy, forcing the group into battle.

• Yun Zimo used an illusion to explain the great array and rejected plans that risked activating it or restoring the skeleton.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested removing four Human Puppets and destroying the vitality and remnant souls inside them while the others stalled the rest.
• Yun Zimo and the group agreed that the remaining puppets would eventually fail, leaving the skeleton weakened enough to defeat by avoiding close combat.
• Yun Zimo, Xiao Yi Xian, Venerable Qinghua, and Zhu Li removed four puppets and erased the remnants inside them as the Ancient Void Dragon elders trapped the other fourteen.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed the skeleton nod, and the fourteen puppets shattered before their energy streaked into its body.
• Yun Zimo and the others attacked the skeleton immediately as they realized Ancient Saint Zaohua had outmaneuvered them.

Yun Zimo and the others faced Ancient Saint Zaohua’s remnant, who revealed his past connection to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Pill Tower before challenging them for his inheritance. After the remnant vanished, they prepared to defeat the weakened skeleton that guarded the treasures.

• The skeleton absorbed the ten clusters of light and released Ancient Saint Zaohua’s remnant, whose power of creation had been hidden within the formation.
• Ancient Saint Zaohua recognized Zi Yan’s connection to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and told Zhu Li that he had once known the old Dragon Emperor, but did not know where he had disappeared.
• Ancient Saint Zaohua revealed that his old friend, a ninth-tier alchemist named Dan, had founded the Pill Tower, and suggested that Dan Chen might be his descendant.
• Ancient Saint Zaohua praised the Pill Tower, then declared that the group would have to fight him for the treasures before his remnant faded away.
• The ten clusters of light emerged without their power of creation, and Yun Zimo urged everyone to scatter the skeleton’s remaining vitality as it attacked.

Yun Zimo and the others battled the Dou Sheng Skeleton in Ancient Saint Zaohua’s palace until it unleashed the devastating Great Heaven Creation Palm. They recovered the skeleton and left the palace, only to be confronted by a sinister black fog above the Bone Basin.

• Elder Zhu Li sealed the space around the hall, allowing the group to fight the skeleton without it escaping through spatial rifts.
• The skeleton awakened eerie ghost fire, used an Ancient Void Dragon Roar, and chased Qing Mu before the group attacked it with full force.
• Yun Zimo sensed danger and drove everyone back as the skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, annihilating nearly a third of the hall.
• Zhu Li found only Di-class Dou Skills among the ten light clusters and discovered no hidden treasure in the skeleton, so Yun Zimo stored it away.
• Yun Zimo and the others left the Crimson Palace and emerged above the Bone Basin, where a sinister voice accused them of taking the remains first as black fog surged in.

Yun Zimo and the Ancient Void Dragons escaped a Soul Hall ambush and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where they examined Zi Yan and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. As they struggled to find a safe way for her to absorb it, a Heaven-class cultivation method appeared above the Star Tower.

• The Soul Hall ambushed Yun Zimo’s group at the Zaohua Ruins, but Hei Qing and the Ancient Void Dragons defeated their forces and pursued Mo Yu and Qiu Di until Qing Qi intervened.
• Zhu Li took Yun Zimo’s group back to Starfall Pavilion and agreed to have Zi Yan and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit examined before she absorbed it.
• Yun Zimo learned Xiao Yan had returned with Xuan Yi and was in seclusion, while Xuan Yi and Yao Chen discussed Xiao Yan’s gifts and Yao Chen’s revival.
• Yao Lao and the Starfall Pavilion alchemists spent two months studying Zi Yan and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and concluded that her young body might not safely withstand absorbing it.
• Thunder and a heavenly phenomenon appeared above the Star Tower, and Zhu Li recognized that a Heaven-class cultivation method had emerged.

After Xiao Yan evolved the Burning Mantra into a Tian-rank Qi Method and advanced to Dou Zun, he revealed that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had reacted to something beneath the magma at Jia Nan Academy. Yun Zimo connected that mystery to the vanished Old Dragon Emperor, and the group began considering an investigation.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after creating a Tian-rank Qi Method and breaking through to Dou Zun, shocking Zhu Li and the others.
• Yun Zimo and the others discussed what they had found in the ruins, divided the recovered resources, and heard Zhu Li question whether they could restore Yao Lao without Dou Sheng-level strength.
• Xiao Yan privately showed Yao Lao the Tou She Ancient God Jade and described how it had reacted to something deep beneath the magma at Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Zimo said he suspected Zi Yan's father, the vanished Old Dragon Emperor, might also be connected to what lay beneath the magma.
• Yun Zimo and Xiao Yan agreed that the clues were too closely linked to ignore, leaving the group considering a journey to Jia Nan Academy.

Yun Zimo traveled with Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, Zi Yan, and Elder Zhu Li toward Jia Nan Academy, stopping in the Black-Corner Region on urgent business. He learned that Ren Xia had carried on his work through the Xia Lan and sent him a message of praise before leaving for the academy.

• Zi Yan insisted on joining the journey to visit Jia Nan Academy, and Elder Zhu Li agreed to accompany her despite his concerns.
• Yun Zimo and the others used a Spatial Wormhole to reach Tianqing City, where their appearance caused rumors of a Dou Zun to spread across the Northwest Continent.
• At the Black-Corner Region gateway, Yun Zimo presented his old Xia Lan token to the guards, who summoned Ju Yuan and other Xia Lan members.
• Ju Yuan welcomed Yun Zimo and returned his personal insignia, explaining that Ren Xia had made it a symbol of the commander-in-chief.
• Yun Zimo declined to summon Ren Xia and told Ju Yuan to let him know that he was glad the Xia Lan had Ren Xia.

Yun Zimo, Xiao Yan, and their companions returned to the Black-Corner Region and learned how Jia Nan Academy and the region had changed over the years. At the academy, Yun Zimo reunited with Ren Xia and urged him to keep building their strength while they decided their next steps later.

• Yun Zimo told Elder Nijia that Xiao Yan had returned to deal with problems remaining beneath the magma, and Nijia recognized Zi Yan and welcomed her family.
• Elder Nijia explained that the Black-Corner Region had grown more stable and prosperous after Demon Flame Valley's destruction, aided by Jia Nan Academy and Gu He's exchanges and research.
• Yun Zimo and his companions returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Ren Xia had been waiting at the gates to greet them.
• Ren Xia credited Yun Zimo's leadership and reputation for their progress, but Yun Zimo told him to keep building things up and leave future plans for later.

Yun Zimo, Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, and Zi Yan descended into the Magma Sea, where they awakened Yao Tianhuo and learned of the danger lurking below. The group encountered a high-level Lava Lizard guarding a place it called God's Graveyard, and Zi Yan began to suspect the truth behind the guardian.

• Zi Yan joined Yun Zimo, Xiao Yan, and Xuan Yi in the Magma Sea, and Xiao Yan led them deeper toward the Tou She Ancient God Jade's destination.
• The group found Yao Tianhuo's sleeping soul, and he recounted how greed led him to die after two Heavenly Flames fought inside him.
• Xuan Yi told Yao Tianhuo that the Sky Flame Sect had been destroyed, and Venerable Yao offered to revive him in exchange for joining Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Yan the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method and warned that something terrifying lay deeper in the magma.
• A high-level Lava Lizard confronted the group, declared that they had trespassed into God's Graveyard, and threatened to kill them all.
• Zi Yan wondered whether the guardian was connected to the truth she had long yearned to uncover.

Zi Yan and her companions discovered that the Lava Lizard Clan’s Half-Saint revered her as the descendant of its Guardian, whom Zhu Li identified as the Old Dragon Emperor. Zi Yan entered the hidden space where her father had been sleeping, confronted him for abandoning her, and finally broke down in his arms as he apologized.

• Xuan Yi and Yao Lao ordered a retreat, but the Lava Lizard Clan’s Half-Saint blocked their escape and stopped Yun Zimo’s message to Zhu Li.
• Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline, causing the lizardmen to kneel and their Half-Saint to beg her forgiveness.
• The Half-Saint explained that the clan’s Guardian had warned them never to harm him or his bloodline, and Zhu Li realized the Old Dragon Emperor was nearby.
• Zi Yan told Yun Zimo she was unsure how to face her father, but decided to meet him and ask why he had abandoned her and her mother.
• Zi Yan and the others entered a hidden space and found the Old Dragon Emperor, who recognized her and tried to explain himself.
• Zi Yan accused the Old Dragon Emperor of leaving her alone, then cried and beat at him before he embraced her and said Tou She Ancient God had tricked him.

Yun Zimo and his companions found Zhu Kun imprisoned inside the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion, where he recognized the Tou She Ancient God Jade and examined the Resurrection Technique. Zhu Kun revealed the cave’s history and how he had been trapped for thousands of years, then explained that he sent Zi Yan away as an egg and feared her slow growth would delay their reunion.

• Yun Zimo introduced Xiao Yan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade to Zhu Kun, who asked about Ancient Saint Zaohua and learned that he had died.
• Zhu Kun recognized Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan heritage and examined Ancient Saint Zaohua’s skeleton, noticing that something had been removed from a sealed area.
• Yun Zimo presented Yao Chen’s Resurrection Technique, and Zhu Kun was astonished by its use of fused Heavenly Flames.
• Zhu Kun revealed that the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion was also his prison and explained how Tou She Ancient God’s sudden rise to Dou Di had shaped the continent’s cultivation history.
• Zhu Kun recounted how he had followed rumors of the cave mansion, been trapped there, and sent the dragon egg containing Zi Yan away with his knowledge and secret arts in her bloodline.
• Zhu Kun explained that Zi Yan’s slow growth might keep her from becoming a Dou Sheng for at least a thousand years.

Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had become the number one heavenly flame by devouring other flames, then helped Xiao Yan prepare a Dou Sheng skeleton for the Resurrection Technique. He entrusted Zi Yan’s safety and other matters to Xiao Yan and Yun Zimo as the skeleton neared completion.

• Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God was the heavenly flame that survived after devouring the others, and Xiao Yan realized his fused flames were central to the Resurrection Technique.
• Xiao Yan promised to protect Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun agreed to refine the Dou Sheng skeleton and provide his blood as a catalyst.
• Zhu Kun refined Xiao Yan’s dragon seal to conceal the Heavenly Demon Phoenix aura, then used Xiao Yan’s five fused heavenly flames and his own blood to prepare the skeleton.
• Zhu Kun asked Yun Zimo about the sealed corpse and its Great Heaven Creation Palm, then gave him a body-refining art and a token for studying Ancient Void Dragon techniques on Dragon Island.
• Zhu Kun completed the skeleton’s preparation, withdrew his sacred might, and left the next step to Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.

Zhu Kun promised Zi Yan he would stay by her side and learned from Zhu Li how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had been divided and devastated after his disappearance. As Xiao Yan began forging a Dou Sheng body for Yao Lao, Zhu Kun recognized the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit Zi Yan had obtained, and Yao Lao’s soul imprint took hold in the purple-gold bones.

• Zhu Kun promised Zi Yan he would remain by her side, and Zi Yan’s coldness toward him eased.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Lao’s soul as a medium to imprint it on the Dou Sheng skeleton while Zhu Kun asked Zhu Li about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Li told Zhu Kun that the three Dragon Kings had split Dragon Island into four, the Dragon Empress had died from her injuries, and East Dragon Island had suffered devastating losses.
• Zhu Li explained that Zhu Huo was East Dragon Island’s First Elder and its only top expert, and Zhu Kun learned Zi Yan had obtained the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Kun identified the fruit as one cultivated by Dan Tian in Ancient Saint Zaohua’s ruins, while Heavenly Flames turned the bones purple-gold and Yao Lao successfully planted his soul imprint in them.

Xiao Yan completed the resurrection ritual, and Yao Lao returned to life as a young Dou Sheng. Yun Zimo emerged from seclusion after absorbing Dou Sheng essence, while Zi Yan revealed her Dragon-Phoenix Origin Body and shared its power with him.

• Xiao Yan used the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and a fiery cauldron to rebuild Yao Lao's body as Zhu Kun assisted.
• Yun Zimo finished digesting a trace of Dou Sheng essence and sensed new changes in the Heaven-Swallowing Python within his dantian.
• Zi Yan returned in a grown form after refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zhu Kun explained that she had formed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Body.
• Zi Yan gave Yun Zimo a trace of Dragon-Phoenix power to help him fuse techniques and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan continued tempering Yao Lao's body for seven days until Yao Lao crossed into the Dou Sheng realm.
• Yao Lao emerged from the furnace with his youth restored, and Zhu Kun explained that the power of creation had fused with him.

After Yao Lao’s revival, Yun Zimo and his companions parted ways to pursue their separate goals. Yun Zimo traveled to the Far West Lands and reunited with Yun Qingfeng, whose powerful teacher accompanied him from Dark Night Forest.

• Yao Lao thanked those who had helped revive him, and Zhu Kun offered the group his support through the Dragon Seal.
• Yao Lao planned to gather old allies against the Soul Hall, Xiao Yan intended to return to the Xiao Clan and confront the Mysterious Underworld Sect, and Xuan Yi offered to rally the Pill Tower elders.
• Zhu Li prepared to escort Zi Yan back to Dragon Island, while Yun Zimo set out for the Far West Lands to seek news of Yun Yue from Qingfeng.
• In Dark Night Forest, Yun Qingfeng heard Yun Zimo’s call and set out with his teacher to meet him.
• Yun Zimo reunited with Yun Qingfeng and was surprised to learn that his companion was a Dou Sheng.

Yun Zimo visited the Dark Night Forest and reunited with Yun Qingfeng, but they could not locate the missing Yun Yue despite sensing his aura across the continent. Yun Zimo returned to the Central Plains to prepare to deal with Soul Hall, while Qingfeng watched him leave with an unexplained parting remark.

• Li Meng welcomed Yun Zimo to the Dark Night Forest, where Yun Qingfeng explained the Elf Clan’s customs and showed him his secluded hut.
• Yun Qingfeng told Yun Zimo that he had no news of Yun Yue, and Yun Zimo admitted he had been unable to find him in the Central Plains.
• Yun Qingfeng revealed that he had awakened a Sword Heart, and he and Yun Zimo used it with the Origin Sword to search the continent for Yun Yue.
• The search found Yun Yue’s aura seemingly everywhere but no trace of him, so Yun Zimo and Yun Qingfeng decided not to tell Ji Xiaoman yet.
• Yun Qingfeng passed the Elf Clan’s inherited arts and spells to Yun Zimo, who left for the Central Plains to find Xiao Ming and prepare to confront Soul Hall.
• After Yun Zimo departed, Yun Qingfeng watched the sky and said that something belonged to his brother.

Yun Zimo practiced elven arts while traveling through the void toward the Beast Region, where Yao Lao had sent word of trouble among the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan. After discovering the clan pursuing a Heavenly Snake Mansion cultivator, he rescued the stranger and left the pursuers guessing at his identity.

• Yun Zimo used elven arts to summon wind and clouds, then learned to ride a cloud without reaching Dou Wang.
• Yun Zimo received Yao Lao's message about the ancient Underworld Snake and traveled through the void toward the Beast Region, collecting Void Creature bodies along the way.
• Yun Zimo encountered Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan members searching for a Dou Zun and secretly followed them after hearing they were hunting someone.
• Yun Zimo found the Python Clan members attacking a green-clad two-star Dou Zun, whom he recognized as likely belonging to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Yun Zimo opened a rift and swallowed the green-clad cultivator away, leaving the Python Clan members unable to stop him.

Yun Zimo rescued the Third Mansion Master of Heavenly Snake Mansion and followed the Snake Seal to Qing Lin, who was surrounded by the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan. There he reunited with Cai Lin, who revealed that she had risen through the clan and warned that a half-saint commanded the forces holding Qing Lin.

• Yun Zimo rescued the injured Third Mansion Master of Heavenly Snake Mansion and used the Snake Seal to locate Qing Lin.
• Yun Zimo discovered that Qing Lin and Yun Ming were surrounded by the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan, while Cai Lin had become one of its leaders.
• Yun Zimo used an illusion to pass through the clan’s defensive lines and sent Cai Lin a jade hairpin through her guards.
• Cai Lin welcomed Yun Zimo in a courtyard modeled after her old home, and they reunited after several years apart.
• Cai Lin explained how she had joined the clan and become a newly promoted Dou Zun elder, then said she had ordered the forces not to attack Qing Lin.
• Cai Lin revealed that a half-saint commanded the operation and that the clan intended to seize Qing Lin’s Underworld Snake and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Yun Zimo, Cai Lin, and their allies staged a chaotic battle at Sunset Mountain to rescue Qing Lin and Yun Ming and cover their escape from the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan. Cai Lin took the blame but kept her position, though her entry to the Nine Nether Deep Spring was delayed.

• Yun Zimo and Cai Lin planned to use Xiao Yan and the others’ attack as cover to rescue Qing Lin and Yun Ming from the Half-Saint’s pursuit.
• Cai Lin led Yun Zimo and the Third Mansion Master into Sunset Mountain while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian caused destruction around the perimeter and drew the Half-Saint away.
• Yun Zimo, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin fabricated evidence of a battle using corpses, puppets, and Cai Lin’s blood so the clan would believe powerful outsiders had attacked.
• Yun Zimo escaped with the rescued group, while Cai Lin claimed she had been wounded and could not stop the attackers from taking the Underworld Snake.
• The clan elders reprimanded Cai Lin and took some Snake-People Tribe territory but left her position intact, delaying her entry to the Nine Nether Deep Spring.

After reuniting with Yao Lao, Qing Lin explained how she and her companions escaped the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan after discovering an Ancient Heaven Snake’s remains. The group prepared to leave before the clan could send its Dou Sheng after them, while Xiao Ming slept as he digested the remains.

• Yun Zimo asked Qing Lin what had happened after the spatial storm scattered them, and she explained that the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Pythons had pursued her and Xiao Ming for their bloodlines.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to capture the pursuers, drawing elite Dou Zun squads after her group.
• In a secret realm, Xiao Hong fused with the soul of an Ancient Heaven Snake and transformed into a seven-headed serpent, while Qing Lin’s strength was impaired as Xiao Hong entered dormancy.
• Qing Lin recounted how Xiao Ming fought the pursuing Dou Zun and swallowed the Ancient Heaven Snake’s skeleton, then Yun Zimo determined that Xiao Ming was sleeping while his bloodline digested it.
• Yao Lao removed the spatial barrier and urged everyone to leave before the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan could summon its Grand Elder.

Feng Qing'er accompanied Tian Leizi to Starfall Pavilion for Gu Ling's Four Pavilions meeting, where she learned how powerful Xiao Yan and Yun Zimo had become. She arrived at the meeting hall just after Tian Leizi finalized a contract and recognized the white-robed Yao Lao as a Dou Sheng.

• Tian Leizi received Gu Ling's invitation, and Feng Qing'er warned him against trying to unite the Four Pavilions before agreeing to attend the meeting.
• The Pavilion Masters of Yellow Spring Pavilion and Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion accepted their invitations, while Yao Lao's group discussed how to bring the other pavilions into cooperation.
• Venerable Feng welcomed the visiting Pavilion Masters to the Star Realm, where Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan and exchanged barbs with Mu Qingluan.
• Mu Qingluan told Feng Qing'er that Xiao Yan was an eighth-tier grandmaster alchemist and a Dou Zun, while Yun Zimo had killed Ice Venerable Bing He.
• Feng Qing'er hurried to the meeting hall and found Tian Leizi withdrawing his hand after finalizing a contract; she then recognized Yao Lao as a Saint and bowed to him.