Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping followed Fate Dragon Betty to a hidden valley, where he discovered a Dao Enlightenment Flower, a universe-rare sacred medicine that could help Saints comprehend the Dao. Green Ox urged him to seize it, and the chapter ended with the extraordinary treasure still concealed within the valley’s formations.

• Invisible Dragon Karida asked Xia Ping for his Chaos Bell, but he refused and told her and Fate Dragon Betty to find more treasures.
• Fate Dragon Betty sensed a valuable treasure northeast, so Xia Ping carried her and Invisible Dragon Karida there.
• A day later, Fate Dragon Betty led Xia Ping to a secluded valley, where he used his Hell Golden Crow Eye to see through its restriction formations.
• Xia Ping discovered a Dao Enlightenment Flower hidden at the valley’s center and learned that it could greatly aid Saints in comprehending the Dao.
• Green Ox explained the flower’s immense value and urged Xia Ping to seize it.

Xia Ping broke the formations around the Dao Enlightenment Flower and took it, prompting Invisible Dragon Theodore’s imprint to reveal his discovery to every dragon in the ruin. The flower’s value sparked widespread greed, and the chapter left dragons inside and outside the ruin intent on seizing it from him.

• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to find and break the formations protecting the Dao Enlightenment Flower, then stored the flower in the Mountain River Bead.
• Invisible Dragon Theodore’s imprint appeared and broadcast Xia Ping’s discovery to the dragons throughout the ruin.
• A knowledgeable dragon identified the flower, and other dragons learned that it could greatly aid comprehension of the laws and advancement to the invincible realm.
• Dragons in the ruin developed killing intent toward Xia Ping and resolved to find him and take the Dao Enlightenment Flower and Crimson Blood Dragon God Grass.
• Ancient dragon patriarchs at the Dragon God Palace learned of the flower and discussed waiting outside the ruin to seize it from Xia Ping.

After the dragons began hunting him for the Dao Enlightenment Flower, Xia Ping hid in the ruin with Fate Dragon Betty and Invisible Dragon Karida while making plans to protect Ye Mengyao. Frustrated by days of hiding, he decided to attack the medieval dragons searching for him.

• Dragons across the ruin hunted for Xia Ping after Invisible Dragon Theodore revealed that he had obtained the Dao Enlightenment Flower.
• Xia Ping told Betty and Karida that the ruin was safer than leaving, and explained that he had sent Ye Mengyao and the young dragons away from White Dragon City under the Hell Golden Crow avatar's protection.
• Over several days, dragons found other treasures and fought over them, while Xia Ping remained hidden and primordial dragons failed to contact him about the Dao Enlightenment Flower.
• Betty and Karida hid with Xia Ping as medieval dragons searched nearby, preventing them from finding more treasures.
• Xia Ping told Betty and Karida to stay hidden, then set out to wipe out the medieval dragons hunting him.

Xia Ping killed six ancient dragons and absorbed their energy to create six Time Fruits, then obtained an Invisible Token that granted access to the relic cave abode’s core. Invisible Dragon Theodore announced the token’s appearance to every dragon, leaving Xia Ping wary that it was a trap.

• The six ancient dragons found Xia Ping and attacked him, sealing the surrounding space with their spacetime domains.
• Xia Ping used the Mourning Staff to stun the dragons, then sent World Tree roots through them and killed all six.
• Xia Ping had the World Tree devour the dragons’ corpses, producing six Time Fruits that could help him comprehend time laws and reach the ancient realm.
• A transparent Invisible Token appeared, and Xia Ping learned it opened the hidden core region of Invisible Dragon Theodore’s relic cave abode.
• Invisible Dragon Theodore announced that a dragon had obtained the token and asked how many dragons it had killed, while Xia Ping suspected the token was a trap.

Invisible Dragon Theodore revealed that dragons with an Invisible Token had to survive a month of being hunted to qualify for his core residence and its treasures. After Xia Ping’s location and identity were exposed, dragons rushed to kill him, and he resolved to fight rather than surrender the token.

• Invisible Dragon Theodore announced that token holders would have their locations exposed daily and be hunted, while dragons who killed them could enter his core residence.
• Dragons across the ruin learned that Wu Taidou held the first Invisible Token and saw his location and the scene of him obtaining it.
• Jealous dragons set off to hunt Xia Ping, expecting his exposed trail to make escape impossible.
• Xia Ping realized he could no longer rely on concealment but refused to give up the token because he wanted the core treasures.
• Xia Ping prepared to kill any dragon who tried to take his possessions.

A group of powerful Metal Dragons tracked down Xia Ping, hoping to seize his treasures and Invisible Token. They trapped him in a vast cage and unleashed a barrage of attacks, leaving the battle poised to begin in earnest.

• Metal Dragons gathered into a team to hunt Xia Ping after his location was exposed.
• Xia Ping stayed put, intending to fight the dragons rather than flee.
• The Steel Dragon and Diamond Dragon surrounded the area with walls and restrictions to prevent Xia Ping from escaping.
• The Rock Dragon, Mercury Dragon, Bronze Dragon, and Golden Dragon attacked Xia Ping with boulders, toxic mercury, a cannon blast, and a vast sword array.

Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Wings to evade the metal dragons’ attacks, then incapacitated them with the soul secret technique Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly. He captured and sealed the dragons, while Green Ox and Cat Immortal discussed using them and their offspring as labor and allies.

• Xia Ping dodged the metal dragons’ attacks with his Hell Golden Crow Wings and waited for them to become vulnerable.
• Xia Ping emerged from the dimension and used Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly to pull the metal dragons’ souls into a dream, leaving them unconscious.
• Xia Ping used the Six Paths Sealing Technique to seal the dragons’ powers and imprison them in the Mountain River Bead space.
• Green Ox welcomed the captured dragons as workers, while Cat Immortal questioned whether the proud dragons could be tamed.
• Green Ox proposed using the captured dragons as breeding stock and raising their offspring to serve them.

After ten days of ambushing dragons in the ruins, Wu Taidou became infamous for defeating even stronger opponents, and many dragons turned their attention elsewhere. A group of Middle Ages Elemental Dragons then gathered to plan how to take his Dao Enlightenment Flower and Invisible Token, believing their natural soul strength could protect them from his secret arts.

• Wu Taidou ambushed and captured dragons throughout the ruins, earning a fearsome reputation among dragons inside and outside the ruins.
• Dragons speculated that Wu Taidou’s strength came from the Crimson Blood Dragon God Grass and warned that only a Middle Ages Dragon might be able to kill him.
• Middle Ages Elemental Dragons gathered in a forest and discussed reports that Wu Taidou had killed a group of Metal Dragons using soul secret arts.
• The Elemental Dragons decided to pursue Wu Taidou’s Dao Enlightenment Flower and Invisible Token, hoping to trade the flower to Primal Dragons for other treasures.

Xia Ping waited for the elemental dragons to find him, and they attacked at once to seize the Dao Enlightenment Flower and Invisible Token. The chapter ended with their overwhelming elemental abilities converging on him.

• The ice dragon traced the Invisible Token to Wu Taidou and led the elemental dragons to his location.
• Xia Ping sensed the dragons arriving while he meditated on a plain and prepared for battle.
• The elemental dragons attacked Xia Ping without discussion, seeking to kill him and take his treasures.
• The thunder, storm, water, ice, sand, and earth dragons unleashed their powerful attacks on Xia Ping simultaneously.

Xia Ping used the Mountain River Bead to block the Elemental Dragons’ attacks and trap them in a spatial labyrinth, then attacked them with the Salvation Divine Blade. The Elemental Dragons survived the slash with only light wounds and prepared to kill Xia Ping and seize his treasures.

• Xia Ping summoned the Mountain River Bead’s Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram, which blocked the Elemental Dragons’ attacks across the surrounding void.
• Xia Ping activated the Boundless Space Diagram and trapped the Elemental Dragons in a vast spatial labyrinth.
• Xia Ping attacked the Elemental Dragons with the Salvation Divine Blade, cleaving several of them in two and damaging their souls.
• The Elemental Dragons quickly recovered from the slash and resolved to kill Xia Ping and take his treasures.

Xia Ping used the Hell Eye to see and sever the elemental dragons’ threads of death, killing the Sand Dragon, Magma Dragon, and Earth Dragon with the Salvation Divine Blade. The surviving dragons lost their will to fight and surrendered to him.

• Xia Ping activated the Hell Eye and saw the elemental dragons’ threads of death.
• The elemental dragons sensed the danger and tried to flee, but Xia Ping severed the Sand Dragon’s death thread and killed it.
• Xia Ping struck again and killed the Magma Dragon.
• The Earth Dragon attacked Xia Ping with the laws of earth and its burning vitality, but he killed it with another slash.
• The Ice Dragon and the other surviving elemental dragons knelt and surrendered to Xia Ping.

Xia Ping imprisoned the elemental dragons and examined the treasures he had taken from them, discovering several extraordinary sacred medicines. Green Ox identified the rare treasures, leaving Xia Ping with a vast trove of riches from the Invisible Dragon Theodore.

• Xia Ping sealed the surviving elemental dragons inside the Mountain River Bead and refined the dead Middle Ancient Dragons into Time Fruits.
• Xia Ping reflected on the Hell Eye's immense power and mana cost, deciding it was best used as a trump card.
• Xia Ping broke the restrictions on the elemental dragons' Space Rings and inspected their treasures with Green Ox.
• Green Ox identified a Golden Arhat Fruit and explained its rarity and potential to cultivate an Arhat Golden Body.
• Green Ox revealed that the Nine Immortal Vine produced liquid capable of healing severe injuries, including damage to a Saint's soul.
• Green Ox identified Sea God Tea, and it and Xia Ping concluded that the Invisible Dragon Theodore had amassed an astonishing collection of plundered treasures.

After surviving a month of attacks, Xia Ping made the dragons in the ruins fear him enough to stop pursuing his treasures. He then shared the Crimson Blood Dragon God Grass with Fate Dragon Betty and Invisible Dragon Karida before learning that he had passed the trial and could enter Invisible Dragon Theodore’s core cave estate.

• Dragons speculated that Wu Taidou had secretly killed the Middle Antiquity dragons who challenged him, and their fear drove most of them to leave him alone.
• Xia Ping, Fate Dragon Betty, and Invisible Dragon Karida searched the ruins for treasures without interference.
• Karida and Betty asked Xia Ping for the Crimson Blood Dragon God Grass, and he gave it to them.
• Xia Ping sensed his Invisible Dragon trembling and received the news that he had passed the trial and could enter Invisible Dragon Theodore’s core cave estate.

After passing the first trial, Xia Ping waited for the other Invisible Token holders and used a Time Fruit to cultivate. Meanwhile, captured dragons awakened in the Mountain River Bead space, where Black Dragon Basta helped Feiyi bring them under control.

• Xia Ping learned he had to wait for the other Invisible Token holders before entering the core cave estate, then decided to cultivate during the delay.
• Xia Ping swallowed a Time Fruit and absorbed its energy and insights into the laws of space and time.
• The captured dragons awakened in the Mountain River Bead space and discovered that they had lost their powers.
• Black Dragon Basta slapped an Elemental Dragon and warned the prisoners to obey.
• Feiyi arrived with other ancient remnants, praised Black Dragon Basta, and appointed him minor boss over the captured dragons.

After completing the trial, Xia Ping was teleported to the core residence with the other surviving dragons. Invisible Dragon Theodore revealed that they had to find the exit of a deadly Spatial Maze, and the first to succeed would inherit his treasure.

• Xia Ping finished absorbing the laws in a Time Fruit and sensed that the trial had ended.
• Xia Ping put Fate Dragon Betty and Invisible Dragon Karida to sleep and stored them in the Mountain River Bead space before teleporting away.
• Xia Ping and the other dragons who passed the trial arrived in the core residence, where they recognized him as Wu Taidou.
• Invisible Dragon Theodore announced that only one dragon could inherit his treasure and introduced the Spatial Maze trial.
• Invisible Dragon Theodore explained that the maze contained one hundred and ninety million dimensional worlds, with one exit and deadly traps on nearly every wrong path.

The dragons faced a choice between abandoning Invisible Dragon Theodore’s inheritance and risking death in his spatial maze, and several chose to enter. Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to see through the maze’s paths and set off, leaving the others watching to see what would happen.

• Invisible Dragon Theodore warned that dragons who entered the maze would die unless they found its single safe path, while those who withdrew could leave unharmed.
• Several dragons gave up the competition and were teleported away by Invisible Dragon Theodore.
• More than a dozen dragons, including two Ancient Dragons, chose to enter the maze despite the danger.
• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to see the maze’s entrances, traps, and shifting branches, realizing he could navigate them.
• Xia Ping entered the maze, prompting the other dragons to watch him go.

Xia Ping entered Invisible Dragon Theodore’s Spatial Maze and passed through it with ease, while many other dragons died in its traps. At the maze’s end, Theodore revealed that it had survived as an undying ghost and planned to possess a suitable dragon to regain its power.

• The dragons outside discussed Wu Taidou’s decision to enter the maze and worried that his sacred medicines would be lost if he died.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask and Hell Golden Crow Eye to navigate the maze and swiftly find its safe passages.
• Other dragons fell victim to the maze’s dark prison, holy fire, freezing winds, and other deadly traps.
• Invisible Dragon Theodore watched the dragons from its palace and declared that it had no intention of giving away its treasures.
• Theodore revealed that the Undying Ghost Fruit had revived it as an immortal ghost after its death in the war against the Abyss Demons.
• Theodore explained that it had designed the maze’s rules and trials to find a suitable dragon to possess and reclaim its strength.

Xia Ping reached Invisible Dragon Theodore’s palace after secretly bypassing the maze, where Theodore tried to deny him the treasure and inheritance. Xia Ping subdued Theodore with the Soul-Locking Chain and discovered that the ghost dragon was likely the legendary Invisible Dragon itself.

• Invisible Dragon Theodore watched the maze trials and selected dragons as potential bodies, intending to prevent any challenger from passing.
• Xia Ping entered the palace after using the Formless Mask to conceal himself and pass through the maze undetected.
• Theodore demanded that Xia Ping leave and denied him access to the treasure, so Xia Ping attacked with the Soul-Locking Chain.
• The chain bound and sealed Theodore before he could activate the palace’s defenses.
• Theodore denied being Invisible Dragon Theodore, but Xia Ping saw through the lie and began interrogating him.

Xia Ping forced the ghost dragon to reveal that it was the Invisible Dragon Theodore and to explain the purpose of the trial. He seized control of Theodore’s top-grade Saint artifact, the Invisible Hall, leaving Theodore powerless inside it.

• After an hour of torture, Xia Ping made the ghost dragon identify itself as the Invisible Dragon Theodore and reveal the trial’s purpose.
• Xia Ping recognized that Theodore had gained invincible-realm strength through a divine medicine and mocked his weak combat ability.
• Xia Ping demanded the method for controlling the Invisible Hall, and Theodore refused to surrender the palace.
• Xia Ping punished Theodore with the Soul-Locking Chain, forcing him to hand over the Invisible Hall’s refinement method.
• Xia Ping expelled Theodore’s spiritual imprint from the dragon throne and refined the Invisible Hall, bringing its restrictions under his control.

Xia Ping discovered that the Invisible Hall was a peerless Saint artifact focused entirely on escape and defense, but its artifact spirit had been destroyed. He merged Cat Immortal into the Hall as its new artifact spirit, giving Cat Immortal access to its spacetime powers while it began learning to control them.

• Xia Ping learned that the Invisible Hall could escape through dimensional spacetime, conceal itself, and weaken incoming attacks, but had no offensive abilities.
• Xia Ping concluded that the Hall's original artifact spirit had been destroyed during the primordial war and considered how to restore it.
• Xia Ping proposed making Cat Immortal the Invisible Hall's new artifact spirit, and Cat Immortal eagerly agreed.
• Green Ox felt jealous of Cat Immortal's opportunity but recognized that it could not leave the Mountain River Bead.
• Xia Ping merged Cat Immortal's soul into the Invisible Hall's core, then helped it control the artifact's power.
• Cat Immortal regained consciousness with a preliminary grasp of the Hall's laws and began learning to master its spacetime powers.