Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu led Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong into One-Line Sky, where Magic Flame Valley, Elder Eagle Mountain, and the Black Emperor Sect converged to seize the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. As Mo Tianxing joined the conflict, he decided the Black Emperor Sect could not let anyone leave to reveal its involvement.

• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong into One-Line Sky, where a powerful boulder attack forced them to scatter.
• Fang Yan and Magic Flame Valley confronted Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong, while Xiao Yu recognized the black-robed figure as someone with a Soul Hall-like aura.
• Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong revealed their Dou Emperor strength, but Fang Yan's Dou Zong aura overwhelmed them.
• Elder Eagle Mountain attacked Fang Yan, but the black-robed figure blocked him and proved stronger than either Dou Zong.
• Mo Tianxing arrived with Mo Ya and Black Emperor Sect experts and proposed joining forces with Elder Eagle Mountain.
• After Fang Yan accused the Black Emperor Sect of secretly reclaiming what it had auctioned, Mo Tianxing decided to eliminate witnesses to the Sect's involvement.

Xiao Yu revealed that the Underworld had surrounded the gorge and defeated the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley forces. After freezing Iron Protector, he learned that one more Soul Hall member had come to the Northwest Region.

• Fang Yan, Elder Eagle Mountain, and Mo Tianxing agreed to eliminate Xiao Yu’s group and divide the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva afterward.
• Xiao Yu summoned the Underworld’s experts, who surrounded the gorge, and refused Mo Tianxing’s attempt to withdraw peacefully.
• Xiao Yu ordered the attack, and Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian killed Mo Tianxing, Elder Eagle Mountain, and Fang Yan while the Underworld forces overwhelmed the others.
• Xiao Yu fought the Soul Hall Protector, identified him as Iron Protector, and shattered his frozen chain.
• Xiao Yu froze Iron Protector’s body and soul, then asked how many Soul Hall members had come to the Northwest Region; Iron Protector revealed there was one more.

Xiao Yu endured and shattered a heavenly tribulation, breaking through to the four-star Dou Zong realm with strength he believed could contend with a Dou Zun. After the trial, he and the others set out, while the chapter ended with the valley’s corpses reduced to ashes.

• Xiao Yu interrogated Iron Protector about the missing Soul Hall elder, learned the elder had gone to the northwestern sects, and killed Iron Protector with Chaos Flame.
• Xiao Yu suspected the elder had targeted Heavenly Snake Mansion and said he would go there after completing his tribulation.
• Xiao Yu rose to meet the heavenly tribulation, withstanding increasingly powerful lightning that strengthened his body and soul.
• Xiao Yu punched through the dark clouds and dispersed the tribulation, then sensed that he had reached the four-star Dou Zong realm and could likely withstand a few moves from a One-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yu reunited with Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Hai Bodong, Xiao Ding, and the others, and they left the valley as flames consumed the corpses.

Xiao Yu returned to Black Emperor City, announced the deaths of the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley leaders, and prepared to travel to Heavenly Snake Mansion with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu and Yun Yun spending the night together before his departure.

• Xiao Yu reunited with Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian at the inn, then used candy to win Little Xiao Nian over and calm Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei that Mo Tianxing, Mo Ya, Elder Eagle Mountain, and several Magic Flame Valley elders had died, and instructed her to prepare to take over the Black Emperor Sect's territory.
• Xiao Yu said he planned to visit Heavenly Snake Mansion because he feared Qing Lin might be in danger, and Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian insisted on accompanying him.
• Xiao Yu distributed Storage Rings taken from the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley, then told Yun Yun he had confidence in the journey and might use it to break through.
• Xiao Yu and Yun Yun spent the night together before his planned departure the next day.

Xiao Yu left for Heavenly Snake Mansion with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian while Yun Yun worried about his safe return. At the mansion, Lin Guannan became attracted to Qing Lin and Lin Qingge hoped to pair them, but Qing Lin rejected his advances and left.

• Xiao Yu promised Yun Yun he would return safely, then departed with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Lin Guannan objected to his mother Lin Qingge secretly naming Qing Lin a Saintess and proposing that they be paired.
• Qing Lin arrived with Green Man and told Lin Qingge she had absorbed the Ba Snake soul and reached the two-star Dou Zong realm.
• Lin Guannan tried to get close to Qing Lin, but she rejected his offer to help with her cultivation and refused to spend time with him.
• Qing Lin left the hall, Lin Guannan vowed to make her accept him, and Lin Qingge thought of Xiao Yu.

Lin Guannan plotted with a shadowy figure to seize Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Qing Lin discovered a great serpent spirit inside Ink Scale Sword. Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian rested on their way to the Heavenly Snake Mansion, where Xiao Yu voiced a desire to visit the Central Plains.

• Lin Guannan told a shadowy figure that he intended to marry Qing Lin and take her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the figure agreed to help.
• Qing Lin found that Ink Scale Sword responded to her, then used Dou Qi to investigate its spirit.
• A dark-red magic core in Ink Scale Sword released energy into Qing Lin’s eyes, forming a connection between her and the sword.
• Qing Lin saw a winged great serpent’s soul in her mind and found its image tattooed on her arm.
• Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian stopped to rest in the Northwest Region, and Xiao Yu said he wanted to visit the Central Plains.

Xiao Yu arrived at the Heavenly Snake Mansion with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and asked Mansion Lord Lin Qingge to let Qing Lin travel with him to the Central Plains. Lin Qingge resisted, leaving Xiao Yu to argue that he could better support Qing Lin’s cultivation and promised she would not abandon the mansion.

• Cai Lin agreed to travel to the Central Plains with Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yi Xian insisted on joining them.
• Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Heavenly Snake Mansion and learned that its Saint Son was the Mansion Lord’s son.
• Elder Qing led them to Lin Qingge, who was surprised by Xiao Yu’s rapid progress to the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yu asked Lin Qingge for permission to take Qing Lin to the Central Plains.
• Lin Qingge objected that Qing Lin was the mansion’s Saintess, and Xiao Yu argued that he could provide the resources and alchemy needed for her growth.

Xiao Yu confronted Heavenly Snake Mansion over Qing Lin’s freedom, clashing with Lin Guannan and then blocking Lin Qingge’s attack. Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Yu and urged him and the Mansion Lord to talk, but Lin Qingge rebuked her for calling him “Young Master.”

• Lin Guannan entered the hall and argued that Qing Lin belonged to Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Xiao Yu reminded Lin Qingge that Qing Lin had been promised freedom to leave.
• Lin Guannan released his Dou Zong pressure, and Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian countered with auras stronger than his.
• Lin Qingge unleashed her Dou Zun aura and attacked, but Xiao Yu blocked her strike and Lin Guannan was thrown across the hall.
• Qing Lin and Green Man rushed into the hall, and Qing Lin happily reunited with Xiao Yu, who introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin.
• Qing Lin asked Lin Qingge and Xiao Yu to discuss their conflict calmly, but Lin Qingge rebuked her for addressing Xiao Yu as Young Master.

Xiao Yu took Qing Lin from the Heavenly Snake Mansion after Lin Qingge agreed to let her leave, while Lin Guannan grew resentful and began considering other ways to claim her abilities. Xiao Yu and his companions returned toward Maple City, and Xiao Yan arrived at Pan Men with Nalan Yanran, where he noticed someone refining pills.

• Qing Lin chose to leave the Heavenly Snake Mansion with Xiao Yu, and Lin Qingge let her go after Xiao Yu offered the mansion two Shattering Sect Pills and one Imperial Pill.
• Lin Qingge told Lin Guannan that Xiao Yu could contend with a Dou Zun, but Lin Guannan resented her restrictions and vowed to claim the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by other means.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin left the mansion and decided to return to Maple City while waiting for news of Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to Pan Men headquarters at Jia Nan Academy and noticed the fragrance of someone refining pills.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran visited Pan Men, where Xiao Yan met the alchemist Ye Xinlan and gave her advice on refining a Weather Pill. After Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, he learned Pan Men had become the Inner Academy’s leading faction and turned his attention back to Xin Lan.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran entered Pan Men’s headquarters and watched Ye Xinlan finish refining a fourth-grade Weather Pill.
• Xiao Yan pointed out how Xin Lan could improve the pill’s quality, and she thanked him before asking who he was.
• Xiao Mei recognized Xiao Yan as her cousin, revealing to the gathered Pan Men members that he was one of the faction’s founders.
• Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao returned to welcome Xiao Yan, who said Xiao Yu had likely gone to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Hu Jia told Xiao Yan that Pan Men had become the Inner Academy’s number one faction and sent talented members to the Underworld.
• Xiao Yan said he would stay at Pan Men for a few days, then asked whether Xin Lan had joined the faction that year.

Xiao Yan invited his friends to his wedding with Nalan Yanran, while Hu Jia told Xin Lan about Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu’s formidable alchemy skills. As Xiao Yu’s group traveled, Qing Lin’s arm began hurting, and Xiao Yu discovered an Ancient Teng Snake soul inside her Ink Scale Sword; after entering its misty space to investigate, he was struck by its powerful soul attack.

• Xiao Yan told his friends that he and Nalan Yanran would marry in two months, and Xiao Mei ran away in tears.
• Xiao Yan went to help replenish the Heart Flame in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, while Hu Jia explained his and Xiao Yu’s abilities to Xin Lan.
• Qing Lin felt a burning pain in her arm, and Xiao Yu identified the mark as an Ancient Teng Snake soul connected to the magical core in her Ink Scale Sword.
• Xiao Yu entered the Teng Snake’s misty space with his Soul Power, was attacked, and emerged pale and coughing blood.
• Xiao Yu asked Qing Lin how she felt, and she said the pain seemed to have passed.

Xiao Yu and his companions continued toward Maple City while Qing Lin absorbed the Ancient Teng Snake's power. In Maple City, the Underworld prepared for a possible attack from Magic Flame Valley, and Xiao Yu returned to find the group gathered.

• Xiao Yu sensed the Teng Snake's Soul Power weakening as Qing Lin's strength grew, and he reassured Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin that the creature meant Qing Lin no harm.
• Venerable Zhao Yang taught Lin Guannan the Soul Hall's Soul Seizing Technique, enabling him to devour souls, and Lin Guannan embraced his growing greed and bloodlust.
• Xiao Ding warned that Old Ghost Di Mo might target the Underworld, but Yun Yun revealed her Eight-Star Dou Zong strength and reassured the gathered members.
• Xiao Ding issued defensive orders and reflected on delegating responsibilities after Ya Fei advised him to cultivate capable aides.
• Xiao Yu, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin returned to Maple City, where Ya Fei resolved to teach Xiao Yu a lesson after seeing the women with him.

Xiao Yu began refining pills and claimed a system reward: a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood. After fusing it with his own blood, he endured a painful transformation and woke with a dragon-like claw and scales on his back, while Zi Yan and Cai Lin sensed the bloodline pressure outside.

• Xiao Yu agreed to stay in the Xiao Residence, help prepare for Third Brother’s wedding, watch Magic Flame Valley, and refine pills for the Underworld and the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yu claimed his monthly reward in seclusion and received a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.
• Zi Yan and Cai Lin felt the bloodline pressure from Xiao Yu’s secret chamber and went there with Yun Yun and Little Xiao Nian.
• Xiao Yu fused the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood with his own, endured severe pain as his body began transforming, and fainted.
• Xiao Yu woke to find his hand had become a dragon-like claw and his back was covered in scab-like scales, then angrily questioned the system.

Xiao Yu absorbed the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood in seclusion while the Xiao Clan prepared for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s wedding. As the Nalan family arrived to celebrate, Magic Flame Valley attacked the Xiao Residence, leaving Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian facing its forces.

• Xiao Yu learned that absorbing all the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood would let him control his dragon features and might raise him to Dou Zun, then began cultivating inside a crimson cocoon.
• Three months later, Xiao Zhan welcomed Nalan Jie and Nalan Su to Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s wedding celebrations at the Xiao Residence.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan assured Nalan Jie and Nalan Su that they would treat Nalan Yanran well, and the visitors saw the Xiao Clan’s formidable guards and powerful cultivators.
• Xiao Yan sensed powerful auras approaching from the east, and the Xiao Residence raised a signal to alert its people.
• The leader of Magic Flame Valley demanded that the people of the Underworld come out and die, while Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to confront the attackers.

Old Ghost Di Mo attacked the Xiao Residence to avenge Magic Flame Valley and reclaim the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but Yun Yun confronted him while the Xiao clan fought his forces. The battle spread beyond Maple City, and Yun Yun’s clash with Old Ghost Di Mo ended in a violent explosion.

• Old Ghost Di Mo demanded that the Xiao Residence answer for killing his men, and Xiao Zhan refused to submit to his threats.
• Old Ghost Di Mo attacked Xiao Zhan, but Yun Yun blocked the strike and revealed an aura stronger than his own.
• Yun Yun fought Old Ghost Di Mo in the sky while Xiao Ding ordered the Xiao Residence to attack the Magic Flame Valley experts.
• Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and the Xiao brothers joined the battle, driving the Magic Flame Valley forces beyond Maple City.
• Yun Yun and Old Ghost Di Mo exchanged their strongest sword techniques, and their collision unleashed a deafening explosion.

Yun Yun defeated Old Ghost Di Mo’s forces in Maple City, but he escaped before she could capture him. A powerful Ancestral Dragon aura awakened Zhu Kun and triggered Xiao Yu’s terrifying heavenly tribulation, which he faced by flying toward the Black Domain Plains.

• Old Ghost Di Mo used Spatial Blood Escape to flee after Yun Yun and the others failed to stop him.
• Ya Fei identified the escape technique, and Yun Yun explained she could not easily catch a determined Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• The aura of the Ancestral Dragon spread from the Xiao Residence, overwhelming magical beasts and alarming two experts at Jia Nan Academy.
• The aura awakened Zhu Kun, who recognized it as the Ancestral Dragon’s and struggled unsuccessfully against the stone gate imprisoning him.
• Xiao Yu’s heavenly tribulation descended over the Xiao Residence, and he flew toward the Black Domain Plains after reassuring those gathered.

Xiao Yu underwent a heavenly tribulation in the Black Domain Plains and endured its final strike, which battered both his body and soul. After recovering and stabilizing at the two-star Dou Zun level, he returned to the Xiao Residence with Yun Yun and the others.

• Xiao Yu led the tribulation cloud to a deserted part of the Black Domain Plains, where crimson lightning struck him and blasted him into a crater.
• Xiao Yu fought back against the tribulation cloud with a Dou Qi-coated punch, but another lightning bolt wounded him severely.
• Xiao Yu faced a final crimson-and-black bolt that shattered his Dou Qi shield and attacked his body and soul, then dispersed the tribulation cloud with a roar.
• Xiao Yu absorbed and refined the remaining tribulation energy while Yun Yun and the others guarded him through a day and night of recovery.
• Xiao Yu emerged from his blood scabs, stabilized at the two-star Dou Zun level, and flew back toward the Xiao Residence with the group.

Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Residence after breaking through to Dou Zun, and the clan celebrated his achievement. At Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s wedding, Xiao Yu and Cai Lin acknowledged their feelings and spent the night together.

• Xiao Yu returned safely to the Xiao Residence and confirmed to Xiao Zhan that he had broken through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Clan elders, Nalan Jie, and Nalan Su congratulated Xiao Yu, while the clan’s younger generation looked up to him.
• After Xiao Yu recovered, Xiao Yan married Nalan Yanran, and allies of the Xiao Residence gathered to celebrate in Maple City.
• Xiao Yu found Cai Lin alone in the courtyard and kissed her after she admitted she was thinking about their relationship.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Lin spent the night together, and the next day Xiao Yu told her he wanted her to call him husband.

Xiao Yu learned that Xin Lan had come to seek his help with the Ye Family’s place in the Pill Tower. He proposed that Xiao Yan compete on the Ye Family’s behalf while he accompanied him and offered support.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yu that someone had come looking for him, and the group went to the main hall.
• Su Qian introduced Xin Lan, who asked for Xiao Yu’s help because of his alchemy skills.
• Xiao Yu recognized that Xiao Yan had reached the Sixth Grade Alchemist level and learned that Xiao Yan planned to visit the Pill Tower to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yu pointed out that the Ye Family likely had only one slot and proposed that Xiao Yan compete for the family while he went along to support him.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Xin Lan’s family, promised the academy elders guidance on breaking through to Dou Zong, and then descended beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to retrieve the Fallen Heart Flame. In the blackened depths, he found Heavenly Flame Venerate.

• Xin Lan accepted Xiao Yu’s plan to help the Ye Family regain its standing, and Xiao Yu agreed to advise Qian Mu and Bai Lie on breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan said he would enter seclusion before the journey to the Pill Tower, while Xiao Yu agreed to go with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to destroy Magic Flame Valley after visiting the tower.
• Su Qian reminded Xiao Yu about the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and gave him a Fire-Gathering Pot to contain it.
• Xiao Yu entered the magma alone and warned Chaos Flame not to swallow the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yu swam into the blackened depths and discovered Heavenly Flame Venerate inside a transparent sphere.