Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan defeated and killed Heavenly Dragon Saint with his Seven-Colored Fire Lotus and Eight Desolations Burning Heaven Seal, then captured his soul and returned to the Chuyun Empire. After recovering, he searched Heavenly Dragon Saint’s storage ring and found a Golden Seal and a scroll that caught his attention.

• Yao Yan’s Seven-Colored Fire Lotus destroyed Heavenly Dragon Saint’s golden dragon pearl and severely wounded him, while Cai Lin stopped Cai Die from approaching the battle.
• Yao Yan struck Heavenly Dragon Saint with the Eight Desolations Burning Heaven Seal, captured his soul in a jade bottle, and collected his remains.
• Heavenly Serpent Saint and Spirit Turtle Saint fled, blamed the Soul Hall for the attack, and decided to hide in the Beast Region.
• Yao Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe Temple, recovered with the Saint Spirit Pill, and opened Heavenly Dragon Saint’s storage ring.
• Yao Yan found hundreds of Dou Skills and Cultivation Methods, pills, Natural Treasures, a Golden Seal, and a scroll in the ring.

Yao Yan discovered a method for gathering destiny into a Luck Dynasty and found that his Evil Eye could devour Luck Energy. He forged a seal for the Heavenly Court and returned to announce its establishment, leaving plans to gather the Northwest Continent’s rulers and test the power of destiny.

• Yao Yan examined a golden scroll describing how a ruler could gather Heaven and Earth Destiny, and realized the method could be adapted for the Heavenly Court.
• Yao Yan crushed the jade seal and absorbed its Luck Golden Dragon into his Evil Eye, which took on a faintly holy quality.
• Yao Yan learned from the Heavenly Dragon Saint that the Undying Saint had created the Luck Dynasty method eight thousand years earlier.
• Yao Yan forged a Heavenly Emperor Seal and a black seal, then bound the Heavenly Emperor Seal to his will.
• Yao Yan emerged from seclusion, asked Cai Lin to summon the leaders of their Northwest Continent territories, and declared his intention to establish the Heavenly Court.
• Yao Yan invited Qing Lin to join him in the Central Plains after their affairs were settled and said he would capture Nine Nether Earth Pythons for her.

Yao Yan entered seclusion after establishing the Heavenly Court, using nearly a thousand races’ Blood Essence and Luck Energy to form a Chaos Embryo and break through to the Dou Sheng Realm. After emerging more than three years later, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Cai Lin and Cai Die also emerged from seclusion, bringing Ling Er into view.

• Yao Yan established the Heavenly Court in the Chuyun Empire, prepared cultivation resources for his companions, and entered seclusion with the Ten Thousand Races Blood Essence.
• Yao Yan absorbed the Blood Essence and Luck Energy, gradually forming a Chaos Embryo within his body.
• After more than three years, Yao Yan ignited his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, completed his transformation, and broke through to the Dou Sheng Realm.
• Yao Yan's breakthrough drew Heaven and Earth Energy toward the Snake-People Tribe Temple, and the Son of Heaven Fire opened Space Cracks to the Soul World to supply more energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin welcomed Yao Yan after his emergence, and he praised their progress during his seclusion.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die emerged from seclusion with snake-shaped phantoms overhead, and Yao Yan noticed Ling Er in Cai Die's arms.

Yao Yan refined Ling Er into a Strange Fire Spirit, raising his Flame Mantra to the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng and gaining control of her abilities. Ling Er emerged transformed into a small fox-eared girl, while Yao Yan prepared for his coming trip to the Black-Corner Region and the Beast Region.

• Yao Yan told Cai Lin and Cai Die to maintain their territory, arrange the Jia Ma Empire’s annexation, and build a Space Wormhole to the Beast Region while he visited the Black-Corner Region with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Yan said he planned to refine Ling Er and reassured her that merging with his seven Exotic Fire Origins could help her grow and eventually take human form.
• Yao Yan sealed the secret chamber from the Son of Heaven Fire and swallowed Ling Er’s flame form, allowing her to fuse with his Exotic Fire Origins without dispersing her Spiritual Sense.
• Ling Er’s transformation advanced the Flame Mantra and raised Yao Yan’s aura to the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, while her vitality, herb-growing, concealment, and transformation abilities came under his control.
• Several days later, Yao Yan left seclusion with Ling Er transformed into a tiny fox-eared girl, and Cai Die hurried to see them.

Yao Yan reunited with Heavenly Fire Venerable in the Black-Corner Region and caught him up on his origins and recent choices. After revealing that he had reached the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, Yao Yan proposed that Heavenly Fire Venerable move to the Northwest Continent, and they agreed.

• Cai Die greeted Ling Er, and Yao Yan explained that the Exotic Fire had taken human form before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian for the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived above the Heavenly Court and found Heavenly Fire Venerable studying formations in an aerial pavilion.
• Yao Yan admitted that he had joined the Soul Clan and Soul Hall to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then explained his mixed Yao Clan and Soul Clan parentage.
• Yao Yan revealed that he had reached the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, astonishing Heavenly Fire Venerable, who urged him to aim for Dou Di.
• Yao Yan suggested that Heavenly Fire Venerable relocate to the Northwest Continent, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed that the Black-Corner Region was unsuitable for his research.

Yao Yan returned to the Black-Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy, where he prepared to use the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower to help resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. He left Su Qian stunned by his Dou Sheng strength and asking to borrow the tower.

• Ya Fei hosted an auction in Heavenly Court City, while Yao Yan told Hai Bo Dong to keep the Heavenly Court stable and gave him a Space Jade Pendant for emergencies.
• Yao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy to use the Black Tower for Xiao Yi Xian’s treatment.
• Yao Yan revealed to Su Qian that he had reached the One-Star Dou Sheng Peak, leaving the Grand Elder astonished and urging him to pursue Dou Di.
• Yao Yan told Su Qian that Zi Yan was safe with the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and offered to bring her to visit.
• Yao Yan asked Su Qian to let him borrow the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

Yao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and began using the Poison Pill Method to awaken her Calamity Poison Body. As Xiao Yi Xian worked to form the poison pill, the Inner Academy wondered why the tower had closed, and Hu Jia eagerly pursued Ya Fei.

• Yao Yan explained Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body to Su Qian, who agreed to temporarily close the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower for them.
• Yao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the tower's lowest level, where Ling Er formed a Five Round Li Fire Grand Formation around her.
• Yao Yan explained the Poison Pill Method, released Xiao Yi Xian's seal, and suppressed the poison gas erupting from her body with the formation and Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided the poison gas into the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core and began condensing a poison pill as Yao Yan waited.
• Su Qian told Hu Gan that Yao Yan had returned, and Hu Gan understood why the tower had been closed.
• Hu Jia asked Ya Fei to stay over and bathe with her, but Ya Fei declined because she was busy.

Yao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian reach Nine Star Dou Zun in the sealed Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, then left Jia Nan Academy with her for the Central Plains. His sudden reunion with Ya Fei left her confused and disappointed, and she flew back to the Heavenly Court to confront Hai Bo Dong and Teng Shan.

• Ya Fei and Hu Jia saw the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower stir as Yao Yan sealed off its surroundings to support Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough.
• Yao Yan refined Dou Sheng Essence Blood into energy for Xiao Yi Xian, who stabilized at Nine Star Dou Zun after three days.
• Yao Yan teased the newly awakened Xiao Yi Xian, restored the Fallen Heart Flame to the magma, and decided they would leave for the Central Plains.
• Yao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited Su Qian to say farewell, where they encountered Ya Fei before Yao Yan departed with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ya Fei told Su Qian she had known Yao Yan before, then flew to the Heavenly Court to ask Hai Bo Dong and Teng Shan why they had not told her he had returned.

Yao Yan bid farewell to Hai Bo Dong after spending the night with Ya Fei, whom he left behind with a place in the Mittel Family and the option to manage its auction house. He then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Fire Venerable to the Chuyun Empire, preparing to return to the Central Plains and pursue Nine Star Dou Sheng at any cost.

• Yao Yan and Hai Bo Dong reminisced over drinks, and Hai Bo Dong told him about the hot spring in the back mountains.
• Yao Yan discovered the hot spring would not strengthen him, then accepted Ya Fei's intimate visit, arranged for her cultivation, and left her in Hai Bo Dong's care.
• Yao Yan instructed Hai Bo Dong to let Ya Fei continue managing the auction house or send her to the Northwest Continent, and Hai Bo Dong said she would become the Mittel Family's next clan leader.
• Yao Yan departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Fire Venerable, giving Heavenly Fire Venerable Dou Sheng Jade Marrow to guard his base in the Northwest Continent.
• The three arrived at the Snake-People Tribe Temple in the Chuyun Empire, where Yao Yan prepared to return to the Central Plains and raise his strength to Nine Star Dou Sheng.

Yao Yan brought Cai Lin and Cai Die to the Nine Serene Yellow Springs so Cai Lin could seek a bloodline breakthrough, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Nine Serene Earth Python territory. Yao Yan entered the dangerous springs first to assess them, leaving the sisters waiting at the shore.

• Yao Yan told Cai Lin that the Nine Serene Earth Python territory held Devouring Heaven Python remains that might help her reach Dou Sheng, and revealed that he was also preparing to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Son of Heaven Fire appeared aboard the space ship, urged Yao Yan to grow stronger, and spoke of devouring Dou Sheng; Cai Lin and Cai Die warned Yao Yan that the spirit seemed strange.
• Yao Yan discussed Ling Er's plan to devour a hidden threat and said they would weaken it and destroy its spiritual body if possible.
• Yao Yan led the group through the Nine Serene Earth Python's underground territory, then sent Qing Lin to explore with Xiao Yi Xian while he took Cai Lin and Cai Die toward the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Yao Yan entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to test its dangers as Ling Er absorbed its Yin cold qi, while Cai Lin and Cai Die waited at the shore.

Yao Yan descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, freed Yao Ming, and brought him together with Cai Lin and Cai Die to confront the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s current leader, Yao Xiao Tian. Yao Yan overwhelmed Yao Xiao Tian’s attacks and summoned eight Strange Fire Spirits, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Yao Yan fought off swarms of venomous snakes and reached the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, where he found Yao Ming chained and near death.
• Yao Ming told Yao Yan that his younger brother, Yao Xiao Tian, had betrayed and imprisoned him, and agreed to acknowledge Yao Yan as his master in exchange for help taking revenge.
• Yao Yan destroyed the Yellow Springs Yin Stone, freed Yao Ming, and gave him medicinal pills to recover while explaining that he planned for Cai Lin and Cai Die to help unify the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• Yao Xiao Tian sensed that Yao Ming’s seal had broken, left a banquet at the clan’s territory, and rushed to confront him and Yao Yan.
• Yao Xiao Tian attacked Yao Yan with the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Seal, but Yao Yan countered with Five Seals Overlay and the Devouring Heaven Mirror.
• Yao Yan summoned eight Exotic Fire Origins as Strange Fire Spirits and challenged Yao Xiao Tian to continue fighting.

Yao Yan defeated Yao Xiao Tian and helped Yao Ming expose the betrayal that had driven him from the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan. Yao Ming reclaimed the clan’s support, but the gray-robed Grand Elder chose to self-detonate.

• Yao Yan trapped Yao Xiao Tian with an Eight-Colored Fire Plate and Exotic Flame Soul Chains, extracted his soul, and stored his serpent body.
• The gray-robed Grand Elder and Nether Serpent Guards confronted Yao Yan, while Yao Ming appeared and accused the Grand Elder of helping Yao Xiao Tian imprison him.
• Yao Ming revealed the Nine Netherworld Scepter, and the elders recognized it as the clan’s lost leadership token.
• Yao Ming accused the Grand Elder of framing and imprisoning him, then reached Two Star Dou Sheng strength and demanded to know who supported his return as clan leader.
• The gray-robed Grand Elder accepted that Yao Ming had won the clan’s backing and began to self-detonate.

Yao Yan stopped the Gray-Clothed Grand Elder from self-detonating, helped Yao Ming reclaim control of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and began refining two Ninth Grade Treasure Pills for Cai Lin and Cai Die. After gathering Yellow Springs Blood Crystals and learning about the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance, he brought one pill to the brink of completion as Black Demon Lightning formed overhead.

• The Gray-Clothed Grand Elder tried to self-detonate, but Yao Yan and Son of Heaven Fire drained his power and extracted his soul with Soul Chains.
• Yao Yan left Yao Ming to deal with the clan and Yao Xiao Tian’s soul, then returned to Cai Lin and Cai Die to prepare pills for their transformations.
• Yao Yan used the Ninth Grade Magic Cores of Yao Xiao Tian and the Gray-Clothed Grand Elder to refine Sky Serpent Shedding Bone Pills in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron.
• Yao Ming settled the clan’s affairs, gave Yao Yan two Yellow Springs Blood Crystals, and agreed to show him the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and provide captured Dou Zun and Half-Saints.
• After half a month, Yao Yan fed Yao Xiao Tian’s Flesh and Blood Essence and Dou Sheng marrow into the pill, then drew Extreme Cold Qi from the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to complete its transformation.
• Black Demon Lightning gathered above the finished pill, and Yao Ming realized Yao Yan was a Ninth Grade Alchemist Grandmaster.

Yao Yan refined two Sky Serpent Shedding Bone Pills for Cai Lin and Cai Die, then entered the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance stele. He defeated and absorbed the Demon Saint’s remnant soul, gaining the three Heaven Rank Dou Skills and finding the Demon Saint’s blood essence.

• Yao Yan crushed the Black Demon Lightning threatening his Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, then captured the pill after it transformed into a giant serpent and tried to flee.
• Yao Yan gave the Sky Serpent Shedding Bone Pill to Cai Lin, who entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate, and later refined another pill for Cai Die.
• After Cai Die entered the lake to cultivate, Yao Yan asked Yao Ming to take him to the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance.
• Yao Ming explained the stone stele’s techniques, blood essence, and remnant soul, then led Yao Yan to the inheritance site.
• Yao Yan entered the stele and shattered the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm attacks before confronting the Demon Saint’s remnant soul.
• Yao Yan devoured the remnant soul and received the Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, and Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, then spotted the Demon Saint’s blood essence.

Yao Yan retrieved the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and blood essence, then cultivated at the Nine Serene Yellow Springs until he reached Late Two Star Dou Sheng. He began devouring Son of Heaven Fire, driving his strength to Two Star Dou Sheng Peak while the spirit fell asleep, unaware that Ling Er was about to consume its main body.

• Yao Yan gave Yao Ming a drop of Demon Saint Blood Essence and ordered him to search the Beast Bone Mountain Range for Dou Sheng Relics and look after Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Yao Yan absorbed the Demon Saint Blood Essence and the energy of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, breaking through to Late Two Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Yan used his vertical eye to absorb the Soul Bodies of the Heavenly Dragon Saint and the Gray-Clothed Grand Elder, then decided that the Heavenly Tomb Soul was a better path to the Emperor Realm.
• Yao Yan began devouring Son of Heaven Fire, deceiving it with promises that it would control the origins of nine kinds of Exotic Fire.
• Yao Yan reached Two Star Dou Sheng Peak as Son of Heaven Fire weakened and fell asleep, and he called Ling Er over to eat its main body.

Yao Yan subdued the weakened Son of Heaven Fire, introduced Ling Er as his younger sister, and used Ling Er to prepare a disguise that could fool Nihility Devouring Flame. After testing his new spatial ability, he decided to target the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and build his strength before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared.

• Ling Er transformed from a fearsome Nine-Tailed Fox into her small human form, and Yao Yan told her to call him big brother instead of master.
• Yao Yan awakened the Son of Heaven Fire, revealed that he had taken its Origin Power, and threatened to annihilate it if it resisted.
• The Son of Heaven Fire recognized Ling Er as a Strange Fire Spirit and accused Yao Yan of deceiving it, while Yao Yan reminded it that it had wanted to seize his body.
• Yao Yan had Ling Er imitate the Son of Heaven Fire so she could help conceal their plans from Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yao Yan used his enhanced grasp of Space Power to travel between locations and resolved to target the Three Dragon Kings, then pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

After absorbing the Son of Heaven Fire, Yao Yan investigated a sealed ruin and traveled to East Dragon Island to help Zi Yan claim the Dragon Emperor Position. He reunited with Zhu Li, who learned Yao Yan had reached the Four Star Dou Sheng realm, and planned to bring Zi Yan back.

• Yao Yan emerged from seclusion and learned that Yao Ming had located a sealed ruin in the Beast Bone Mountain Range.
• Yao Yan entered the ruin, judged that forcing open its defenses could endanger the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and left Yao Ming to guard the site.
• Yao Yan used Zhu Li's Teleportation Jade Token to travel to East Dragon Island, intending to resolve the Void Ancient Dragon Clan's troubles and support Zi Yan's ascension.
• Yao Yan surprised Zhu Li with his arrival, and Zhu Li struggled to believe that he had advanced from Dou Zong to Four Star Dou Sheng in just over ten years.
• Zhu Li told Yao Yan that Zi Yan was away traveling with Hei Qing, then promised to contact her and have her return.

Yao Yan reunited with Zi Yan on East Dragon Island and brought her to the Creation Saint’s secret realm to seek a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit that could transform her into a Dragon Phoenix. The chapter ended with them finding the fruit inside a Beast Spirit Shield, confirming that the rare treasure existed.

• Hei Qing received word that Yao Yan had arrived on East Dragon Island, so he took Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan back there.
• Zi Yan reunited with Yao Yan, who told Third Elder that he planned to take her somewhere with an important opportunity for her growth.
• Yao Yan brought Zi Yan into the Creation Saint’s secret realm and explained that a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit might have formed where a Primordial Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix had fallen.
• Zi Yan sensed a calling from a barren plain, and Yao Yan used his vertical eye to reveal a hidden altar behind a Beast Spirit Shield.
• Zi Yan opened the shield with her blood, and she and Yao Yan entered the protected area.
• They found a golden-violet Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing atop an ancient altar.

Yao Yan retrieved the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan and refined the ruins that contained it into a Space Crystal Ball. Back on East Dragon Island, he prepared a scheme to draw the Three Great Dragon Kings and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan into conflict while Zi Yan began refining the fruit.

• Zi Yan sealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside her body, and Yao Yan took the Creation Saint's Great Creation Palm before refining the ruins into a Space Crystal Ball.
• Yao Yan warned Yao Ming to avoid affairs involving the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then returned with Zi Yan to East Dragon Island.
• Zhu Li confirmed that Zi Yan possessed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Yao Yan proposed using the altar and a forged fruit to lure the Three Great Dragon Kings and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan into battle.
• Yao Yan promised to protect Zi Yan and arrange the clan's affairs while she refined the fruit, and Zhu Li led them to the Dragon Phoenix Blood Pool.
• Yao Yan began preparing a Heavenly Flame formation to help Zi Yan absorb the fruit's energy, revealing that he was already a ninth-rank alchemist and summoning nine Heavenly Flames.

Yao Yan sealed Zi Yan’s body so she could safely absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and begin transforming into a Supreme Dragon Phoenix. He arranged a trap in the Wild Ancient Region to draw in the Three Great Dragon Kings and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and recruited Hun Miesheng to join the ambush.

• Yao Yan used nine Strange Fires to seal Zi Yan’s body and contain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy as she began absorbing it.
• Yao Yan told Zhu Li to spread news of a relic in the Wild Ancient Region and planned to create a fake Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to lure in their enemies.
• Yao Yan began preparing the fake fruit and contacted Hun Miesheng, offering him the souls of the Dou Zun and Dou Sheng experts who would be killed.
• Yao Yan revealed that he was a Four Star Dou Sheng Early Stage and explained his plan to lure the Three Great Dragon Kings and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan into a trap.
• Hun Miesheng agreed to join the operation, and he and Yao Yan arranged to meet in the Wild Ancient Region one month later.