Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai consumed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and advanced to an Emperor Realm Soul, then began refining the ownerless Heavenly Tomb with his two Godheads. He expelled the Eight Clans’ young elites and divided the realm into three layers as he moved to claim it.

• Liu Bai awakened with an Emperor Realm Soul, and the Heavenly Tomb’s energy bodies prostrated themselves before him as Xiao Yan watched in shock.
• Liu Bai told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul was preserved within his divine soul and might be revived; Xiao Yan then left the Heavenly Tomb.
• Liu Bai spent half a month refining the Heavenly Tomb, then summoned the Fire God Godhead and began claiming the realm.
• Liu Bai forcibly teleported the Eight Clans’ young elites out of the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er and said Liu Bai was doing something momentous.
• Liu Bai summoned the Asura Godhead and declared that the Heavenly Tomb’s first layer would belong to energy-body souls, the second would be the Mortal Realm, and the third would be the God Realm.

Liu Bai transformed the Heavenly Tomb into his Divine Domain, the Kunxu Realm, then left and reunited with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Gu Yuan arrived seeking answers about the sealed Heavenly Tomb, and Liu Bai told him Xiao Xuan had destroyed its soul.

• Liu Bai reshaped the Heavenly Tomb into the three-layered Kunxu Realm and anchored it with the two Godheads.
• Liu Bai opened a spatial rift and returned to Ancient Holy City.
• Zi Yan embraced Liu Bai, and he told her he would need her help later.
• Gu Yuan appeared and asked Liu Bai what had happened to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Liu Bai said Xiao Xuan had destroyed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, and Gu Yuan revealed he had once sent Xiao Xuan's body there.

Liu Bai left Ancient Holy City after giving Xiao Yan a Blood Fire Hall token, then brought his companions to the newly unified Dragon Island. There, he revealed a silver sphere he called a Grotto-Heaven World, leaving Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin puzzled about what it was.

• Gu Yuan learned that Xiao Xuan had fallen into slumber after destroying the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, and invited Liu Bai to visit the Ancient Clan.
• Liu Bai gave Xiao Yan a Blood Fire Hall token that let him call on forces below the Dou Saint level and summon Liu Bai for help.
• Liu Bai left Ancient Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, while Gu Yuan ordered the city’s defenses strengthened and the Blood Fire Hall monitored.
• Liu Bai and his companions arrived at Dragon Island, where Zi Yan and Liu Bai entered the central hall with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Liu Bai produced a silver-white sphere and identified it as a Grotto-Heaven World, prompting Zhu Ying to wonder whether it was a small secret realm.

Liu Bai revealed that he had refined the Heavenly Tomb into the Kunxu Realm and asked the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe to expand it so its power could strengthen him. Zhu Ying led nearly sixty Dou Saints into the realm, where they began stabilizing and extending its boundaries.

• Liu Bai explained that he had refined the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Xuan’s help and bound it to his Godhead.
• Liu Bai asked the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe to expand the Kunxu Realm, and Zi Yan agreed on the clan’s behalf.
• Zhu Ying gathered the clan’s Dou Saint experts, while Qing Lin brought Yao Ming, Yao Xiao Tian, and the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Tribe’s Great Elder.
• Liu Bai opened a passage into the Kunxu Realm, and Zhu Ying and the gathered experts entered with him, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Zhu Ying ordered the experts to spread out, stabilize the Kunxu Realm, and expand its boundaries.

Liu Bai and the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe expanded and strengthened the Kunxu Realm, while Zi Yan considered relocating the clan there. Liu Bai then prepared to attend the Space Trade Fair to obtain the final Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the group set out after his preparations.

• Liu Bai drew spiritual energy from the void to enrich the expanding Kunxu Realm as Ancient Void Dragon experts stabilized and enlarged its boundaries.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Ying and the elders whether the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe should move into the Kunxu Realm, but they disagreed, so she ordered the experts to work there for ten years while postponing the decision.
• Liu Bai received the invitation to the Space Trade Fair and told Xiao Yi Xian he intended to obtain the final Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Liu Bai entered seclusion for half a month, during which Pill Lightning and other phenomena appeared above the Blood Fire Hall.
• Four figures gathered in the void above the Blood Fire Hall, and Liu Bai said it was time to set out.

Liu Bai and his companions arrived at the Space Trade Fair and entered its hidden trading town. Using his Emperor Realm Soul, he located a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone that he intended to bring back as a gift for Medusa.

• The North Dragon King carried Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and their companions across the desert to the Space Trade Fair’s entrance.
• Liu Bai sensed the powerful experts in the desert, and the hidden observers waited for the Blood Fire Hall group to enter before acting.
• The group entered the independent space and suppressed their auras as Liu Bai searched the town with his Soul Power.
• Liu Bai found a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone at an old man’s stall and recognized it as a rare tonic for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Liu Bai traded two Tier 8 Pills with Three-Colored Pill Lightning for a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone and entered the Space Trade Fair with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin. The fair began with the auction of Demon Phoenix Wings, while Liu Bai waited for the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Liu Bai bought the Seven-Colored Primordial Stone from a gaunt old man and kept its hidden secret to himself.
• Liu Bai led the three women to the ancient pavilion, where they wore identity-concealing cloaks and entered the trade fair hall.
• Liu Bai used his Emperor Realm Soul to quietly sense the people in the hall as more than a hundred cloaked attendees gathered.
• Elder Baoshan appeared and announced the start of the Space Trade Fair.
• Elder Baoshan presented Demon Phoenix Wings for auction, seeking a Tier 8 Pill that had endured Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Liu Bai showed no interest in bidding.

Liu Bai waited through the trading fair for the Fragmented Map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then watched its price soar as powerful bidders competed. When a Half-Saint directed pressure at him, Liu Bai shattered it and warned the bidder that he was courting death.

• Elder Baoshan traded the Demon Phoenix Wings for a Tier 8 Pill with Four-Colored Pill Lightning, then exchanged the Vajra Glazed Body for a low-tier Heaven Tier water-element cultivation technique.
• Liu Bai ignored the fair’s increasingly valuable items while waiting for the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Elder Baoshan began the map’s auction, and bidders drove the price from Tier 8 Pills with Six-Colored Pill Lightning to pills with Seven-Colored and Eight-Colored Pill Lightning.
• A thin black-robed man outbid the others with two Tier 8 Pills with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, while Liu Bai sensed a familiar chill from him.
• Another bidder offered five Tier 8 Pills, then turned a sinister gaze and pressure toward Liu Bai; Liu Bai shattered the pressure and threatened him.

Liu Bai let the gaunt black-robed man win the Fragmented Map with a pill that had Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, then learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Wilderness. After the trade fair, Liu Bai and his companions confronted the map’s new owner, and Liu Bai opened the fight with his Great Heaven Creation Palm.

• The gaunt black-robed man traded a beast-shaped pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning for the Fragmented Map, while Liu Bai decided to take the map from him by force.
• Elder Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Wilderness, a perilous region along the northeastern border of the Central Plains.
• Liu Bai agreed to go after the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and North Dragon King.
• After leaving the trade fair, Liu Bai and his companions released their auras and stopped the gaunt black-robed man in the desert.
• Liu Bai attacked the gaunt black-robed man without warning with his Great Heaven Creation Palm, and the man tried to defend himself with a black barrier.

Liu Bai obtained the final Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and led his companions toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Wild Wilderness. After entering the forest behind a huge crowd, they detected poisonous miasma and heard panicked screams from the people ahead.

• Liu Bai killed the gaunt man in black robes and took the final Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from his Storage Ring.
• Liu Bai and his companions traveled to Wilderness Town, gathered there overnight, and set out for the Wild Wilderness the next day.
• Liu Bai waited until much of the crowd had entered the forest before leading Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin inside.
• Liu Bai’s group followed the crowd through the forest, and Xiao Yi Xian noticed poisonous miasma rising around them.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave the group Anti-Poison Pills, then miserable screams from the crowd ahead revealed that people were being poisoned.

Liu Bai and his companions crossed the poisonous-insect miasma and flew into the depths of the Wild Wilderness on the North Dragon King's back. There, they found Yun Yun and the Flower Sect under attack, and Liu Bai intervened as Yun Yun recognized him.

• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that the poisonous mist was made of tiny poisonous insects, so Liu Bai used his Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame to protect the group.
• The North Dragon King transformed into a dragon and carried Liu Bai and the others over the Heavenly Ravine into the depths of the Wild Wilderness.
• Liu Bai sensed a familiar presence and directed the North Dragon King toward a fight between the Flower Sect and the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Yun Yun struggled against four Dou Venerate experts while Nalan Yanran was struck and sent flying.
• Two Heavenly Underworld Sect attackers struck Yun Yun from behind, and an elder moved to attack her as she lay wounded.
• The North Dragon King descended and blasted the Heavenly Underworld Sect experts away with dragon breath, while Yun Yun looked up and recognized Liu Bai.

Liu Bai rescued Yun Yun and the Flower Sect from the Heavenly Underworld Sect, then invited them to travel with his group toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After nearly two days, they reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where many factions had gathered.

• Liu Bai struck Liu Cang with one blow and drove the Heavenly Underworld Sect away, saving Yun Yun and the Flower Sect.
• Yun Yun thanked Liu Bai, and he invited her and the Flower Sect members to join his group on the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yun Yun explained how she had become Flower Sect master and how the Heavenly Underworld Sect ambushed her group, killing Elder Qinghua and injuring the others.
• Liu Bai traveled through the Wild Wilderness with Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and his companions aboard the North Dragon King, avoiding other factions along the way.
• Liu Bai's group reached the Ancient Domain Platform after nearly two days of travel and descended into the crowded square.

Liu Bai and the Blood Fire Hall arrived at the Ancient Domain Platform, where powerful factions had gathered to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After spotting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Zi Yan unleashed her dragon might against them, leaving Feng Qing'er and her companions unable to resist.

• Liu Bai led his group into the square and identified the stone platform reserved for experts with at least Eight-Star Dou Venerate strength.
• Liu Bai recognized members of the Ancient Clan, Flame Clan, Lei Clan, and Soul Clan, including Gu Xun Er and Hun Yu.
• Zi Yan spotted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and released her overwhelming pressure across the platform.
• Zi Yan insulted Feng Qing'er and her clan as impure-blooded feathered mongrels while Liu Bai let her continue.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen remarked on Zi Yan's power, and Gu Xun Er opened her eyes to watch her.

Zi Yan intimidated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Liu Bai led the Blood Fire Hall through the Wild Wilderness beast tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The group reached the tree, where five Half-Saint puppets emerged to block their way.

• Zi Yan overwhelmed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with her dragon might, and Liu Bai promised to settle matters with them after the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Liu Bai set out with Zi Yan, Xiao Xi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and the Flower Sect members on the North Dragon King's back.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen discussed the Blood Fire Hall's strength and the Ancient Clans' restrictions, then led their faction and others after Liu Bai's group.
• The North Dragon King tore a passage through the beast tide with his dragon might, allowing the Blood Fire Hall to cross safely as other factions followed.
• Liu Bai's group approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saint puppets appeared and blocked their path.

Liu Bai and his companions reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he defeated its Half-Saint Puppets and approached the Bodhi Heart. The tree's strange power transported him into an apparently familiar God Realm, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong welcomed him.

• The North Dragon King's dragon breath weakened five Half-Saint Puppets, and Zi Yan shattered them.
• Liu Bai saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Bodhi Heart and sensed a sinister gray aura within its energy.
• The tree summoned five more Half-Saint Puppets, which Liu Bai burned to ash with his Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear.
• Liu Bai went toward the Bodhi Heart but was caught by a strange power and transported to the God Realm.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong greeted Liu Bai, who wondered how he had returned there.

Liu Bai broke free of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and learned that a dead Dou Emperor’s negative emotions had corrupted part of the tree’s intelligence. He accepted the Bodhi Heart as payment for purging the evil influence, then saw the tree reveal thirty-four Bodhi Seeds and a vision of one being refined to remove the corruption.

• Liu Bai recognized the God Realm as an illusion and shattered it with his Emperor Realm Soul, returning to the Wild Wilderness.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree shrank into a small tree and showed Liu Bai a vision of its ancient battle with a black-robed Dou Emperor and the corruption that followed.
• Liu Bai learned that the tree’s intelligence had split between its original benevolent nature and an evil portion formed from the Dou Emperor’s negative emotions.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Liu Bai to dispel the evil intelligence, and he agreed in exchange for its Bodhi Heart and a future condition.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Liu Bai the Bodhi Heart and thirty-four Bodhi Seeds, then showed him a flame refining a seed as pure qi entered the tree and weakened its sinister coldness.

Liu Bai used all thirty-four Bodhi Seeds to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree of its negative emotions, while the tree’s meditation cushion replenished his energy. After he collapsed from soul exhaustion, the tree drew him inside for Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree, leaving the onlookers envious and Hun Yu intent on competing for the remaining Bodhi Seeds.

• Liu Bai refined the Bodhi Seeds with the Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame and sent their pure energy into the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which gradually expelled its black aura.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree placed Liu Bai on an Emerald Ancient Meditation Cushion, restoring his Dou Qi and nourishing his soul as he continued refining the seeds.
• After Liu Bai refined the final Bodhi Seed and fully cleared the tree’s negative emotions, the Bodhi Ancient Tree glowed with renewed life and gently touched his shoulder.
• Liu Bai succumbed to soul exhaustion, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree drew him into its trunk as a strange ripple pushed nearby experts away.
• The gathered experts recognized Liu Bai’s state as Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree, while Hun Yu suppressed his anger and told the Soul Clan experts to seek the Bodhi Seeds instead.

After completing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation, Liu Bai reached the peak of the Half-Saint realm and received all twenty-seven Bodhi Seeds. He gave five to the Ancient Clan, faced down the other factions’ demands, and left with his companions through a spatial rift.

• Liu Bai awakened after seven days beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, his state of mind transformed and his cultivation at the peak of the Half-Saint realm.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Liu Bai twenty-seven Bodhi Seeds, and Liu Bai gave five of them to Xun Er and the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Yu accused Liu Bai of favoring the Ancient Clan and demanded that he share the Bodhi Seeds, drawing support from other greedy experts.
• Xun Er defended Liu Bai, and Liu Bai and his four Dou Saint companions released their auras until the crowd fell silent.
• Liu Bai said farewell to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then left with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the North Dragon King through a spatial rift.

After returning from the Wild Wilderness with the Bodhi treasures, Liu Bai prepared to break through to Dou Sheng at Blood Fire Hall. He and the three women entered seclusion, while news of his gains drew many experts to join the hall in hopes of obtaining Bodhi Pills.

• Hun Yu left the Wild Wilderness bitter over Liu Bai’s gains, and the other factions dispersed.
• Liu Bai gave Yun Yun two Bodhi Seeds and agreed to refine them into pills for her and Nalan Yanran.
• Back at Blood Fire Hall, Liu Bai announced he would enter seclusion to break through to Dou Sheng, then spent two days with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Liu Bai and the three women entered seclusion, which lasted a full year as their auras grew stronger.
• News of Liu Bai’s Bodhi treasures spread across the Central Plains, prompting many experts to join Blood Fire Hall and wait for Bodhi Pills.

The Ling Clan vanished from its space, triggering widespread suspicion among the Ancient Races and leaving the Ancient Clan isolated despite Gu Yuan’s insistence that it was uninvolved. As the Central Plains watched the clans’ reactions, Liu Bai remained in seclusion, on the verge of becoming a Dou Saint and unaware of the upheaval.

• Investigators found the Ling Clan Space empty, and news of the clan’s disappearance spread across the Central Plains.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Realm’s defenses strengthened and other Ancient Races monitored while he weighed possible culprits.
• The Flame, Lei, Yao, Stone, and other clans questioned the Ancient Clan, and rumors pushed it into isolation.
• Gu Yuan refused the Flame Clan’s demand to search the Ancient Realm and chose not to make further moves.
• The Soul Clan denied involvement while Soul Hall continued capturing souls and expanding across the Central Plains.
• Venerable Skyfire worried about Liu Bai’s secluded cultivation as Liu Bai drew on the Bodhi Heart, nearing the final step to Dou Saint.