Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Tribe, prepared the clan for his journey, and then traveled with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to Wilderness Town to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After learning that earlier explorers had died in the Wild Ancient Region, Xiao Ze chose to enter ahead of Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Zhan and the elders he would search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, left them Communication Jade Talismans, and strengthened the clan’s defenses.
• Xiao Ze spent several days planning for potential threats with the clan before leaving Thunder Mountain with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• News of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance spread across the Central Plains, drawing countless factions to Wilderness Town.
• Xiao Ze met Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion at the Welcome Guest Pavilion, where Xiao Yan reported that the first explorers in the Wild Ancient Region had all died, including several Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan planned to follow a large group into the ancient region, while Xiao Ze decided to enter ahead with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and gave Xiao Yan a Communication Jade Talisman for emergencies.

Xiao Ze, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian advanced through the Wild Ancient Domain toward the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, while Xiao Ze’s strength neutralized its deadly miasma and poisonous insects. Elsewhere, Yun Yun and the Flower Sect fled the Heavenly Underworld Sect after an ambush, but their pursuers caught up with them.

• Xiao Ze led Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian into the Wild Ancient Domain ahead of the larger expedition and used his Emperor Realm Soul to navigate its dangers.
• Xiao Ze’s Dou Saint pressure shielded the group from the increasingly toxic miasma, and his soul domain wiped out swarms of poisonous insects.
• Xiao Ze, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian continued toward the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts as vicious beasts prostrated themselves before Xiao Ze.
• Yun Yun and the Flower Sect fled after the Heavenly Underworld Sect ambushed them following their battle with an ancient vicious beast, killing one of their nine-star Dou Zun elders.
• Yun Yun said the Flower Sect could not face the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s two nine-star Dou Zun and needed to escape, but a disciple warned that their pursuers had caught up.

Xiao Ze rescued Yun Yun and the Flower Sect from the Heavenly Underworld Sect, then reunited with her and agreed to continue through the Wild Ancient Domain together. The group headed east toward the depths of the domain, avoiding the route guarded by an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.

• Liu Cang and the Heavenly Underworld Sect caught up with Yun Yun and the Flower Sect, and their attack overwhelmed the exhausted group.
• Xiao Ze arrived just as an enemy struck at Yun Yun, killed the attacker with a golden beam, and revealed strength Liu Cang recognized as Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ze swept away the Heavenly Underworld Sect forces, then comforted Yun Yun and checked her injuries.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Ze and Yun Yun, and Xiao Ze offered to take the surviving Flower Sect disciples out of the Wild Ancient Domain.
• Yun Yun insisted on helping Xiao Ze find the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and he agreed on the condition that she stay by his side.
• Yun Yun recommended heading east to avoid the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and Xiao Ze considered using the beast's blood to temper his clan members' bodies.

Xiao Ze subdued an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python and claimed its Blood Pool and treasures before leading his group to the Ancient Domain Platform. There, he reunited with Xiao Yan and saw Xun'er again, who hurried over to greet him.

• Xiao Ze forced the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python to surrender its essence blood, Blood Pool, and treasures, then let it flee.
• Xiao Ze and his companions continued through the Ancient Domain, avoiding other forces searching for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yun Yun explained that the Ancient Domain Platform was a safe resting place and the sole route into the core region.
• Xiao Ze's group reached the crowded platform and walked toward its center.
• Xiao Yan arrived with people from the Starfall Pavilion and greeted Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze spotted Xun'er among the Ancient Clan contingent, and she happily came over to greet him.

Xiao Ze killed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members on the stone platform, then defeated Saint Guyou and executed Hun Yu. With the rival factions eliminated, he turned to Xiao Yan and the others, ready to face the beast tide.

• Xiao Ze revealed himself, terrifying the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members who recognized him from the battle on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ze killed Jiu Feng and every other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member on the stone platform with a single attack.
• Hun Yu threatened Xiao Ze and summoned Saint Guyou with a Spatial Jade Slip, but Xiao Ze killed Saint Guyou with one palm strike.
• Hun Yu tried to detonate his Divine Grade Bloodline, but Xiao Ze stopped him and crushed his head beneath his foot.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and the others that the nuisances were dealt with and they could now face the beast tide.

Xiao Ze led Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and their companions through the beast tide using his Dou Sheng pressure, leaving other groups to fend for themselves. They reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s territory, where Xiao Ze warned them to beware of the ancient restrictions before flying inside.

• Xiao Ze rejected the proposed alliance and led his group toward the beast tide north of the Ancient Domain Platform.
• Xiao Ze’s golden Dou Sheng pressure killed or frightened away the beasts that approached, opening a passage for his companions.
• Xiao Ze passed several battered alliance groups without helping them, while the survivors watched in shock.
• Xiao Ze’s group reached the green glow around the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xiao Ze warned them not to touch anything carelessly before entering.

Xiao Ze led Xiao Yan and the others through the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s dangerous restriction, defeating its puppets and rescuing the group from illusions. He broke the restriction’s core, leaving the true Bodhi Heart within reach.

• Xiao Ze warned the group about the restriction, then destroyed five Half-Saint Puppets with a single attack.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree engulfed everyone in an illusion that suppressed their Dou Qi and soul power.
• Xiao Yan nearly succumbed to an illusion of possessing Dou Sheng power until Xiao Ze’s voice and the Bodhi Seed brought him back to his senses.
• Xiao Ze rescued Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and the others from their personal illusions and led them to the tree’s true core.
• Xiao Ze blocked the core’s vines and pierced its core node, breaking the restriction and revealing the Bodhi Heart.

Xiao Ze used Bodhi Seeds and his fused Heavenly Flames to purge the black energy from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and restore it. The tree rewarded him and the others with treasures before the group teleported back to the Wild Ancient Region.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed visions of two Dou Di fighting, and Xiao Ze realized the tree's consciousness had split after black energy corrupted it.
• The tree asked Xiao Ze to remove the black energy and offered Bodhi Seeds; he refined them with his fused Heavenly Flames and sent their energy into the tree until it was purified.
• The restored tree gave Xiao Ze a Bodhi Leaf and the Bodhi Heart, and distributed Bodhi Seeds among Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Gu Qingyang, and others.
• Xiao Ze sealed the Space Rift with a palm strike when Half-Saint Puppets tried to enter, then led the group toward the teleportation array.
• The group returned to the plains of the Wild Ancient Region, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree fell back into slumber.

Xiao Ze said farewell to Xun'er, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan before returning to the Xiao Tribe, distributing the Bodhi Ancient Tree treasures and entering seclusion to refine the Bodhi Heart. After two years, he emerged as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng and learned that the Heavenly Underworld Sect was challenging the Starfall Pavilion, so he prepared to join forces with Yao Lao against them.

• Xiao Ze bid farewell to Xun'er and Yun Yun, then gave Xiao Yan a Bodhi Leaf before Xiao Yan returned to the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Tribe, distributed Bodhi Seeds, Bodhi Leaves, and Dou Technique scrolls, and entrusted Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian with watching over the clan as he entered seclusion.
• Xiao Ze refined the Bodhi Heart and nourished his soul with a Bodhi Leaf during two years of seclusion, then emerged as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders reported that the Xiao Tribe had gained nearly ten Dou Zun experts and two Half-Saints, while the Heavenly Underworld Sect expanded its influence and threatened the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ze ordered the clan to gather its Half-Saint and Dou Zun experts and sent word to Yao Lao that he intended to settle accounts with the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Xiao Ze arrived at the besieged Starfall Pavilion and rescued Xiao Yan, then swiftly killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s three Intermediate Half-Saints. Old Demon Tianming launched a desperate counterattack, and Xiao Ze faced him down.

• Old Demon Tianming and the Heavenly Underworld Sect overwhelmed the Starfall Pavilion’s defenses, and an Intermediate Half-Saint struck Xiao Yan from behind, leaving him badly wounded.
• Xiao Ze appeared in time to block Old Demon Tianming’s killing blow, gave Xiao Yan a healing pill, and told him to recover while he handled the battle.
• Xiao Ze killed two Intermediate Half-Saints and then slew the third after the man begged for mercy.
• Old Demon Tianming detonated part of his Half-Saint origin and sent the Nether Cauldron’s black mist surging at Xiao Ze, who dismissed his attack as futile.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect after it attacked Starfall Pavilion, then joined forces to rebuild the pavilion and strengthen their alliance. As they vowed to dominate the Central Plains, Xiao Ze reminded Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan remained their true enemy.

• Xiao Ze killed Old Demon Tianming with the Delusion-Breaking Sword and left the surviving Heavenly Underworld Sect members to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan avenged Starfall Pavilion's fallen disciples by killing every remaining member of the Heavenly Underworld Sect while Xiao Ze sealed the battlefield.
• Xiao Ze promised the Xiao Tribe's support, and news of the sect's destruction spread across the Central Plains, making other forces wary of the brothers.
• The Xiao Tribe helped rebuild Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Seed to stabilize his Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ze vowed to strengthen their alliance, but Xiao Ze reminded him that the Hun Clan was their real enemy.

Xiao Ze, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao planned an alliance of Central Plains forces against the Hun Clan, starting with the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Burning Flame Valley. After Xiao Ze discovered the Soul Hall had been spying on them, Yao Lao sent envoys to the Flower Sect and Burning Flame Valley to begin the negotiations.

• Xiao Ze warned Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that the Xiao Tribe and Starfall Pavilion could not face the Hun Clan alone, and Yao Lao identified the Pill Tower's hidden Little Pill Tower as a potential ally.
• Yao Lao explained the Pill Tower's deep hatred of the Hun Clan and proposed recruiting the Flower Sect and Burning Flame Valley, citing their powerful elders and his connections.
• Xiao Ze urged the alliance to form before the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame appeared, and Yao Lao agreed to visit the Pill Tower with him after the Starfall Pavilion's affairs were settled.
• Xiao Ze showed Xiao Yan and Yao Lao a Communication Jade Talisman taken from a spy and warned that the Soul Hall was holding back for a major strike.
• Yao Lao arranged for Starfall Pavilion elites to carry letters to the Flower Sect and Burning Flame Valley, and two streams of Dou Qi departed at dawn.

Xiao Ze secured the Flower Sect and Burning Flame Valley’s support for an alliance against the Soul Hall, then set out with Yao Lao and Xuan Yi to persuade the Pill Tower. They reached Holy Pill City and reunited Xuan Yi with the Pill Tower’s leaders as she explained that she had returned to help form the alliance.

• The Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders agreed to join the alliance after Yun Yun argued that the Soul Hall threatened the sect and that it needed powerful allies.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor accepted the alliance after Tang Zhen told him Xiao Ze would treat his old injury even if Burning Flame Valley refused to join.
• Xiao Ze received both factions’ replies and decided that the alliance still needed the Pill Tower’s support.
• Xiao Ze asked Xuan Yi to return to the Pill Tower with him and Yao Lao, and she agreed despite expecting resistance from its elders.
• Xiao Ze, Yao Lao, and Xuan Yi reached Holy Pill City and met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and another elder.
• Xuan Yi told the Pill Tower leaders that she had stayed with Xiao Ze in the Xiao Tribe and had returned to help with the alliance.

Xiao Ze and Yao Lao asked the Pill Tower to join the Alliance against the Soul Hall, but the decision depended on the Little Pill Tower's Great Elder Council. Xiao Ze agreed to challenge Old Monster Hou in an alchemy contest to stop him from gaining a council seat and voting against the Alliance.

• Xiao Ze and Yao Lao urged Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi to bring the Pill Tower into the Alliance against the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Yi explained that the missing Pill Tower Ancestor was a sentient mutated Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, and Xuan Kongzi said the Great Elder Council had to decide the Alliance's fate.
• Xuan Kongzi led Xiao Ze and Yao Lao through a spatial passage into the Little Pill Tower, where they waited while the three leaders approached the elders.
• Xuan Yi reported that two elders opposed to the Soul Hall would vote for the Alliance, but Old Monster Hou was the leading candidate for a new council seat and would vote against it.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ze he could compete against Old Monster Hou in an alchemy contest, and Xiao Ze accepted the challenge.

Xiao Ze competed against Old Monster Hou for a Little Pill Tower elder position and won by refining a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill. His victory gave him a vote at the coming Great Elder Council meeting, where he hoped to secure approval for the Alliance.

• Xuan Kongzi and the others persuaded Xiao Ze to run against Old Monster Hou, and Xiao Ze spent three days exploring the Little Pill Tower's medicinal gardens.
• At the elder selection, Xiao Ze answered Old Monster Hou's taunts and chose to refine a Nirvana Dragon Blood Pill while Old Monster Hou prepared his own pill.
• Old Monster Hou completed a pill that drew nine-colored lightning, but Xiao Ze's pill drew ten-colored lightning and was revealed as a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• The Great Elder declared Xiao Ze the winner, and Old Monster Hou left the plaza in defeat.
• The Great Elder invited Xiao Ze to the council meeting, and Xiao Ze realized his vote could help pass the Alliance resolution.

Xiao Ze persuaded the Pill Tower to join the Xiao Tribe, Starfall Pavilion, Flower Sect, and Burning Flame Valley in an alliance against the Soul Hall and Hun Clan. As the Nine Heavens Alliance was formally established, five Soul Hall figures invaded the ceremony and challenged Xiao Ze, bringing the assembled leaders to the brink of battle.

• Xiao Ze convinced the Pill Tower elders to join the alliance, and the Great Elder agreed to attend the ceremony with Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi.
• The Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Pill Tower delegations arrived at the Xiao Tribe, where Xiao Ze and Yao Lao hosted them alongside Starfall Pavilion.
• The leaders chose Xiao Ze as Alliance Leader, appointed a system of three vice-leaders, and named their coalition the Nine Heavens Alliance.
• Yao Lao declared the alliance established, with its five forces pledging to stand together against the Soul Hall.
• Five Soul Hall figures appeared in the hall, and their leader threatened Xiao Ze, who readied his Heavenly Flame as the assembled leaders prepared to fight.

Xiao Ze defeated five Soul Hall Vice Master avatars and organized the newly formed Nine Heavens Alliance. After learning that the Soul Hall was waiting for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, Xiao Ze decided to accompany Cai Lin to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring to strengthen her before the flame appeared.

• The Soul Hall Vice Master sent five Dou Sheng avatars to threaten the Alliance and demand the Xiao Tribe's Ancient Jade, but Xiao Ze destroyed them.
• Xiao Ze ordered Venerable Wind to manage Alliance affairs, Space Wormholes to connect its factions, an Intelligence Hall to locate Soul Hall branches, and a Guard Corps to protect Pill Tower alchemists.
• Venerable Wind helped organize the Alliance, its Space Wormholes were completed, and the Intelligence Hall found three Soul Hall branches before the Soul Hall fell silent.
• Yao Lao warned that the Soul Hall was waiting for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, which would emerge in nine months, and the group discussed preparing to contest it.
• Yao Lao proposed that Cai Lin train in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and use her Nine-Colored Raw Stone to advance, while Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation and helped manage the Alliance.
• Xiao Ze decided to leave Venerable Wind and the three vice-leaders in charge and accompany Cai Lin to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.

Xiao Ze infiltrated the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s sacred Nine Nether Yellow Spring to find the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, but instead discovered the imprisoned former patriarch, Yao Ming. After freeing him in exchange for the clan joining the Nine Heavens Alliance, Xiao Ze faced Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder as they arrived to stop them.

• Xiao Ze and his companions entered the Nine Nether Abyss and reached the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where Xiao Ze descended alone to search for the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Ze fought off strange serpents in the lake and, finding no crystal, uncovered a chained figure buried in the lakebed.
• Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother, Yao Xiaotian, had usurped him and imprisoned him for hundreds of years; he offered to help Xiao Ze take control of the clan.
• Xiao Ze freed Yao Ming after securing his promise that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan would join the Nine Heavens Alliance and oppose the Soul Hall.
• Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder arrived, and Yao Ming asked Xiao Ze to kill the traitor; Xiao Ze warned them to stand aside or face disaster.

Xiao Ze defeated Yao Xiaotian, helped Yao Ming reclaim leadership of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, and gained the clan as an ally against the Soul Hall. After receiving a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal for Cai Lin, Xiao Ze heard that Yao Ming had another reward connected to the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint.

• Xiao Ze overpowered Yao Xiaotian, broke his Yellow Spring Great Seal, and wounded him with Nirvana Burning Heavens.
• Yao Ming revealed his identity as the rightful clan leader, and Xiao Ze’s Seven-Star Dou Sheng pressure made the Nether Snake Guards lay down their weapons and kneel to Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming crippled and imprisoned Yao Xiaotian, then purged the clan’s supporters.
• Yao Ming led the Nine Netherworld Python Clan in joining the Nine Heavens Alliance to fight the Soul Hall.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Ze a fist-sized Yellow Spring Blood Crystal for Cai Lin’s cultivation.
• Yao Ming offered Xiao Ze another reward and asked if he had heard of the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint.

Xiao Ze entered the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet and overcame the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint's remnant soul to claim his inheritance. He returned with Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Saint's essence blood, while the Nine Netherworld Python Clan joined the Alliance against the Soul Hall.

• Yao Ming told Xiao Ze about the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet, its guarded inheritance, and the essence blood within it, offering him a share in exchange for help.
• Xiao Ze agreed to enter the tablet and traveled with Yao Ming, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the altar behind the mountain.
• Xiao Ze revealed his Emperor Realm Soul and entered the tablet, where he defeated the remnant soul's Yellow Spring Finger, Yellow Spring Palm, and Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath.
• The Yellow Spring Demonic Saint's remnant soul accepted Xiao Ze as worthy and gave him the inheritance and essence blood before disappearing.
• Xiao Ze gave Yao Ming the methods for Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm, and Yao Ming pledged the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to the Alliance's fight against the Soul Hall.