Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reached Starfall Pavilion with his companions after a long journey and reunited with Venerable Feng and Mu Qingluan. He learned that Venerable Feng had found no trace of the Dou Saint Ruins needed for Old Yao’s resurrection and told him to call off the search.

• Han Chi escorted Xiao Yan and his companions to the spatial wormhole, and they began their journey south toward the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• During the journey, Xiao Yan examined his cultivation and devised a plan to reforge the Heavy Profound Ruler with Devouring Ancestral Symbol and Heavenly Flame inscriptions.
• Xiao Yan summoned Venerable Feng, who led the group through Starfall Pavilion’s concealed formation and introduced them to Mu Qingluan.
• Mu Qingluan greeted Xiao Yan affectionately, and Venerable Feng welcomed the group into the pavilion.
• Xiao Yan asked about the search for the Dou Saint Ruins, and Venerable Feng reported that Starfall Pavilion had found no trace of them.
• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng to call back his men because he had not considered the matter carefully.

Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Beast Domain to search for the Dou Saint ruins, bringing Zi Yan, Mu Qingluan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian. As Mu Qingluan described the Beast Domain’s powers, she mentioned that Feng Qing'er had become a disciple of Thunder Venerable, prompting Xiao Yan to recognize the name.

• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng he would take Zi Yan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and seek its help finding the ruins in the Bone Mountains, and Venerable Feng warned him about the Beast Domain’s dangerous clans.
• Venerable Feng agreed to let Mu Qingluan accompany Xiao Yan as their guide, and he announced Xiao Yan as Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master before privately reassuring its old members that Xiao Yan’s position was legitimate.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan and his companions departed Starfall Pavilion on Mu Qingluan’s white crane and traveled toward the Beast Domain, following Zi Yan’s sense of her clan.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Qingluan about the Beast Domain’s powers, and she warned him not to provoke the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Mu Qingluan told Xiao Yan that Thunder Venerable had taken in a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan disciple named Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Yan recognized the name.

Xiao Yan’s group traveled through Qingluan Clan territory while searching for the Ancient Void Dragon clan and stopped at Roosting Phoenix Valley. Zi Yan’s bloodline pressure revealed that the Qingluan Clan served the Ancient Void Dragons, giving the group a possible connection to the clan they sought.

• Mu Qingluan explained Feng Qing’er’s ties to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as Xiao Yan prioritized finding the Ancient Void Dragons and asked Zi Yan to sense her clansmen.
• Zi Yan sensed an aura to the southeast, and Mu Qingluan led the group through Qingluan Clan territory toward it.
• At Roosting Phoenix Valley, Mu Qingluan introduced Xiao Yan and his companions to Mu Zhao, who told them the Ancient Void Dragons’ territory lay hidden in the void.
• Xiao Yan explained that Zi Yan wanted to return to her people, and Zi Yan released her dragon pressure, forcing Mu Zhao to his knees.
• Mu Zhao revealed that the Qingluan Clan was a subordinate clan of the Ancient Void Dragons and explained that it had kept the connection secret because of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s threat.

Xiao Yan’s group stayed with the Qingluan Clan while waiting for the Ancient Void Dragons, and Mu Qingluan grew closer to Xiao Yan. Zhu Li and Hei Qing arrived, recognized Zi Yan’s bloodline, and Zhu Li began testing her ancestry.

• Mu Zhao invited Xiao Yan and his companions to stay at Roosting Phoenix Valley until the Ancient Void Dragons arrived, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Mu Zhao described the Beast Domain’s recent affairs at a banquet, while Queen Medusa asked about the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan.
• Mu Qingluan gave Xiao Yan her natal feather, and she later held his hand while Zi Yan grew jealous of their closeness.
• Zi Yan sensed her clansmen approaching, and Zhu Li and Hei Qing emerged from a spatial rift above the valley.
• Zhu Li identified himself and Hei Qing, and Zi Yan introduced Xiao Yan and the others as her friends.
• Zhu Li asked to test Zi Yan’s bloodline, and she dropped blood onto his dragon-patterned jade disc.

Zi Yan’s blood revealed her as the heir to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Elder Zhu Li brought her and Xiao Yan’s companions to East Dragon Island. The group arrived at a courtyard where they would stay while Zhu Li arranged matters.

• Zi Yan’s blood awakened the dragon-patterned jade disc, and Zhu Li declared her the undisputed new Dragon Emperor according to clan rules, though she was not yet strong enough for the succession ceremony.
• Zi Yan agreed to return with Zhu Li only if Xiao Yan and his companions came too, and Zhu Li welcomed them as honored guests of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Li told Hei Qing to restore relations with the Qingluan Clan and promised Mu Zhao a reward for helping recover Zi Yan.
• During their journey through the void, Zhu Li asked about Xiao Yan’s connection to Danta, and Zi Yan revealed that he was its Young President and a Peak Eighth-Grade alchemist.
• Zhu Li brought Xiao Yan’s group to East Dragon Island and showed them to a secluded courtyard where they could rest.

Xiao Yan accepted the position of East Dragon Island’s guest elder and revealed to Zhu Li that he knew the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s location and the fate of Zi Yan’s father, the missing Dragon Emperor. He persuaded Zhu Li to keep Zi Yan’s return secret and help them seek the fruit, leaving the group set to depart for the Bone Mountains the next day.

• Xiao Yan accepted Zhu Li’s offer to become a guest elder and urged him to provide Zi Yan with the resources she needed to grow.
• Xiao Yan revealed that a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit might lie in the Bone Mountains, and that the missing Dragon Emperor was imprisoned in Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan was saddened to learn about her father, and Xiao Yan comforted her and promised to accompany her to find him when they were strong enough.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Li to keep Zi Yan’s return secret and help them obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit before the Three Dragon Kings could threaten her.
• Zhu Li agreed to prepare cultivation resources and set out with them for the Bone Mountains the next day.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Dou Saint Ruins in Bone Mountains by using the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to evade the seal’s detection. They reached the ruins’ plaza and found ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding a stone door.

• Zhu Li located the concealed ruins and warned that its seal would retaliate against anyone above the Dou Zun level, but Xiao Yan insisted on entering.
• Xiao Yan used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to hide the group from the seal as Zhu Li opened a passage into the ruins.
• The group crossed a fire-filled passage, with Xiao Yan’s devouring membrane absorbing the flames, and reached the proper route into the ruins.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan to help find the Soul Infant Fruit for Medusa, then led everyone toward the plaza to seek the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit as well.
• Xiao Yan and the group reached the plaza, where ten Earth Demon Puppets stood before a massive stone door.

Xiao Yan subdued ten Earth Demon Puppets and led his group through the ruins to the Ancient Forest, where they found the Soul Infant Demon Tree. He left the group poised to obtain the Soul Infant Fruit, while a Heaven-reaching Flood Dragon trembled beneath the lake.

• Xiao Yan erased the soul imprints in ten Earth Demon Puppets, added his own protective imprints, and stored them for the Yan Alliance.
• Xiao Yan led the group through the opened stone door and followed Zi Yan to an ancient garden filled with medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan promised Zi Yan her share of the garden's treasures, and she sensed a path toward the Soul Infant Fruit and Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan and the others reached a lake where they found the Soul Infant Demon Tree, confirming their target was nearby.
• A peak seventh-rank Heaven-reaching Flood Dragon at the bottom of the lake sensed the group above and trembled before the powerful Ancient Void Dragons.

Xiao Yan traded pills with a Heaven-reaching Flood Dragon for the Soul Infant Fruits, then guided Zi Yan to the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit hidden inside a Beast Spirit Barrier. Zi Yan claimed the fruit, and Elder Zhu Li agreed to let Xiao Yan use the ancient remains within the barrier, giving him Ancient Dragon essence blood to aid his body cultivation.

• Xiao Yan exchanged a Human Transformation Pill and body-tempering pills for the Heaven-reaching Flood Dragon's Soul Infant Fruits.
• Zi Yan sensed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Elder Zhu Li opened the Beast Spirit Barrier with his bloodline.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Queen Medusa, and Zhu Li entered the barrier and found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit atop an altar surrounded by the skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Sky Phoenix.
• Zi Yan touched the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, which transformed into purple-gold liquid and entered her palm.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Li for permission to use the ancient remains, and Zhu Li agreed and gave him a bottle of Ancient Dragon essence blood.

Xiao Yan used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to overcome and absorb the Ancient Sky Phoenix's remnant soul, intending to refine its blood essence and skeleton. He then began extracting the Ancient Void Dragon's remains, but purple light suddenly enveloped him.

• Xiao Yan activated his Clan Mark and the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, raising his strength to Eight-Star Dou Zun so he could safely extract the remains' power.
• Xiao Yan lifted the Ancient Sky Phoenix skeleton with his soul power, awakening its powerful remnant soul.
• Xiao Yan used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to restrain and devour the Ancient Sky Phoenix's remnant soul, sealing it for the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to refine later.
• Xiao Yan planned to refine the Ancient Sky Phoenix's blood essence and skeleton, then used the Heavenly Goose Nine-Travel Wings method to prepare the bones as a flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan gently pressed his hand to the Ancient Void Dragon skeleton's head, but purple light spread from it and enveloped him before he could extract its blood essence.

Xiao Yan received the Ancient Void Dragon’s skeleton and endured Dragon Transformation Bone, tempering his body with Heavenly Flames as the process reshaped him. After twenty-six days, he emerged transformed, with a bloodline powerful enough to rival the Three Dragon Kings.

• An Ancient Void Dragon’s memories enveloped Xiao Yan, and its skeleton merged into the purple cocoon around him.
• Master of Devouring explained that Xiao Yan was undergoing the lost Dragon Transformation Bone process, while the dragon’s remnant soul granted him its remains because of his connection to Zi Yan’s clan.
• Xiao Yan endured the agony of his bones being reforged and activated the Great Sun Separation Fire Body to temper himself with the Six-Harmony Heaven-Annihilating Flame.
• Elder Zhu Li told Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the others that Xiao Yan was receiving the ancestor’s gift and would retain human form while gaining the ability to transform into an Ancient Void Dragon.
• After twenty-six days, the cocoon broke open, and Xiao Yan emerged taller and stronger, radiating bloodline pressure comparable to that of the Three Dragon Kings.

After fusing with the remains of a ninth-rank Ancient Void Dragon, Xiao Yan gained its bloodline, powerful physical strength, and control over the Beast Spirit Barrier. He led the group through the ruins to a Pill Hall and captured an ancient pill beast, which he threatened to keep obedient as he considered raising it.

• Xiao Yan completed his transformation into an Ancient Void Dragon, and Zhu Li praised the purity of his bloodline while Zi Yan celebrated his change.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Li for Ancient Void Dragon techniques and records, and Zhu Li agreed to provide them while considering Xiao Yan a possible future Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan opened the Beast Spirit Barrier, led the group out of the Ancient Forest, and guided them through the ruins to a Pill Hall.
• Xiao Yan sent his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body to gather pills while he and the others searched the upper floors for the pill beast.
• Xiao Yan found the snow-white pill beast hiding in a corner, seized it through a tear in space, and threatened to refine it if it disobeyed.

Xiao Yan’s group reached the central hall of the Ancient Ruins, where they found a Dou Saint skeleton, ten sealed light spheres, and a circle of powerful Ancient Human Puppets. When the puppets awakened, Xiao Yan fought them while the Master of Devouring began erasing their soul marks, but one puppet was accidentally destroyed by its companions’ attack.

• Xiao Yan finished looting the Ancient Ruins, sealed the Ancient Forest, and decided to support the Ancient Void Dragon Clan alongside Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s group entered the central hall and found a Dou Saint skeleton surrounded by ten light spheres and more than ten gray-white puppets.
• Xiao Yan approached the puppets, awakening them, and tested their strength as they surrounded him.
• Venerable Skyfire identified the enemies as Ancient Human Puppets that retained the intelligence and techniques of the souls sealed inside them.
• Xiao Yan asked the Master of Devouring to erase the puppets’ soul marks, then dodged their attacks and let them shatter the puppet he had seized.

Xiao Yan subdued the ancient puppets, seized the Dou Saint Skeleton and its treasures, and returned with his companions to prepare for Old Yao’s revival. He invited Elder Zhu Li and Venerable Feng to accompany him to Danta, where Zi Yan would also refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit under Zhu Li’s watch.

• Xiao Yan used the Devouring Realm and his soul power to erase the control marks from the ancient human puppets, then collected them.
• Xiao Yan trapped and refined the Dou Saint Skeleton’s remaining will, stored its remains, and took the sealed cultivation methods and Dou Skills, promising Zhu Li copies for the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Zhu Li to accompany the group to Danta while Zi Yan refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zhu Li agreed.
• Xiao Yan led the group to Starfall Pavilion, where Venerable Feng welcomed them and learned that they had found the body needed for Old Yao’s revival.
• Xiao Yan introduced Zhu Li to Venerable Feng and invited him to Danta, explaining that he planned to begin preparing for Old Yao’s revival immediately.

Xiao Yan returned to Danta with Venerable Feng and Elder Zhu Li to prepare for Yao Chen’s resurrection, bringing the resources needed to restore him at the level of a Dou Saint. Elder Zhu Li explained the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s alliance offer and Xiao Yan’s dragon transformation, while Xuan Yi welcomed him and sought to understand his changed physique.

• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng that he had gathered the materials to revive Yao Chen and planned to use a Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill, estimating the process could take about a year.
• Venerable Feng arranged Starfall Pavilion’s affairs, then accompanied Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan as Elder Zhu Li transported them toward Danta.
• Xiao Yan used Xuan Yi’s President Token to bring the group into Danta, where Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi greeted them and met Elder Zhu Li.
• Elder Zhu Li told Danta’s Three Great Elders that he had come to protect Zi Yan while she refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and offered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as a future ally.
• Elder Zhu Li explained that Xiao Yan’s dragon bones came from the Dragon Transformation Method and said the transformation had no hidden dangers; Xuan Yi accepted the explanation but planned to ask Xiao Yan about the details privately.

Xiao Yan prepared to revive Yao Chen and began refining the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill in the Star Domain. After half a month of work, the pill took shape and Nine-Colored Pill Lightning gathered overhead.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao and the Three Great Elders that he had a seventy percent chance of refining the pill, then reassured them that the Dragon Transformation Method had caused no abnormalities.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed Xiao Yan's growing strength and persuaded Xuan Kongzi not to resign from overseeing Danta.
• Xiao Yan reunited with his disciples and the Han Sisters, checked their cultivation, and returned to seclusion to refine a pill from the Ancient Sky Phoenix's remaining soul origin.
• Xiao Yan gathered Danta's elders and his companions in the Star Domain to begin refining the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill for Yao Chen.
• After half a month, Xiao Yan condensed the pill, and nine-colored thunderclouds formed above the Star Domain.

Xiao Yan refined a Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill and began restoring Old Yao's body with a Dou Saint Skeleton and Ancient Sky Phoenix essence blood. Old Yao fused with the skeleton, and a new body formed, leaving his final reunion with it and his rise to sainthood unfinished.

• Xiao Yan used pill lightning to temper ten Earth Demon Puppets, advancing them into Dou Zun-level Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Yan completed the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill after half a month of refining and prepared to resurrect Old Yao.
• Xiao Yan and the others established a barrier while Xiao Yan refined the Dou Saint Skeleton with Ancient Sky Phoenix essence blood and the Six-Harmony Heaven-Annihilating Flame.
• Old Yao swallowed the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill and entered the dark golden skeleton to fuse his soul with it.
• Xiao Yan burned and tempered the growing flesh until a complete body resembling Old Yao formed, while Old Yao's final fusion remained underway.

Xiao Yan completed Yao Chen’s body and left him with Xuan Yi as his soul and flesh began to fuse. He then consulted Elder Zhu Li about safely refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan and began to raise another personal matter.

• Xiao Yan formed a robe from the Bone Chilling Flame, withdrew the Six-Harmony Heaven-Annihilating Flame, and declared Yao Chen’s body fully refined.
• Xuan Yi embraced Xiao Yan, then stayed beside Yao Chen and tearfully touched his restored body as Xiao Yan led the elders away.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, Venerable Feng, Venerable Skyfire, and Elder Zhu Li discussed Yao Chen’s likely rise to Dou Saint and Ninth-Grade Alchemist status, then agreed to strengthen the Star Domain’s seal against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan left with Elder Zhu Li and discussed how to prepare for Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit refinement, including sealing part of its energy with a Heavenly Flame Seal.
• After they agreed to work together on the seal, Xiao Yan asked Elder Zhu Li for his opinion on another matter.

Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix blood essence could eventually reconcile the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodlines in his body, potentially granting him a Dragon-Phoenix Physique. After Elder Zhu Li devised a Heavenly Flame Seal to help Zi Yan safely absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, Xiao Yan prepared to perform the sealing while Zi Yan’s affection for him deepened.

• Xiao Yan asked Elder Zhu Li how he could refine the Ancient Sky Phoenix Blood Essence and Sky Phoenix Wings without triggering a backlash from his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• Elder Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan could later use her Dragon-Phoenix blood essence to reconcile Xiao Yan’s bloodlines, but advised waiting until she had matured and stabilized her physique.
• Three days later, Elder Zhu Li devised a Heavenly Flame Seal to draw out and gradually refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy, and entrusted Xiao Yan with applying it to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan entered the quiet chamber, worried about Xiao Yan’s exhaustion and privately resolved to become his girlfriend after refining the fruit and reaching adulthood.
• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Yan’s cheek, then grew angry when he teased her and treated her punches as cute before she grabbed him by the neck and shook him.

Xiao Yan inscribed a Heavenly Flame sealing array on Zi Yan so she could refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zi Yan confessed that she wanted to protect him and kissed him, leaving their relationship more intimate as the refinement still lay ahead.

• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan confessed his affection before explaining the risks involved in inscribing the seal.
• Zi Yan chose to endure the pain, and Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to inscribe the sealing array across her body and connect it to the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan completed the seal and draped a robe over Zi Yan, but she hugged him and cried instead of beginning to refine the fruit.
• Zi Yan vowed to become the Dragon Emperor and protect Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan encouraged her.
• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Yan on the lips, and he returned the kiss.