Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze completed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and gave it to Zi Yan to refine in the Dragon Hall. After she entered seclusion, Xiao Ze toured Ancient Dragon Island with Hei Qing and considered how his actions had kept the Xiao Clan out of Soul Hall’s notice.

• Xiao Ze finished tempering the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and explained that Zi Yan could consume it as it was rather than risk refining it into a tier-nine pill.
• Zhu Li led Zi Yan to the Dragon Hall, where she entered through a Space Channel to refine the fruit.
• Xiao Ze reassured Zi Yan that the Golden Sapling would let them stay in contact while she was away.
• Hei Qing offered to show Xiao Ze and his companions around Ancient Dragon Island after Zi Yan entered the Dragon Hall.
• Xiao Ze reflected that his actions had kept the Xiao Clan hidden from Soul Hall and decided not to interfere with Xiao Yan’s current pursuit by Soul Hall.

Xiao Ze and his companions entered the Ancient Dragon Tomb, where they returned the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon senior to their clan’s resting place. Afterward, Elder Zhu Li thanked Xiao Ze and gave him a Storage Ring filled with pill formulas.

• Hei Qing led Xiao Ze and the others to the Ancient Dragon Tomb, and Xiao Ze handed him the Storage Ring containing the Ancient Dragon remains.
• Hei Qing opened a Space Channel and guided the group into the brightly lit tomb, where he buried the remains in an empty plot.
• Xiao Ze and the others bowed to the newly arranged tomb before leaving the Ancient Dragon Tomb.
• Zhu Li emerged from the void, heard Hei Qing’s explanation, and thanked Xiao Ze for returning the fallen clan member’s remains.
• Zhu Li gave Xiao Ze a Storage Ring containing many Ancient Void Dragon pill formulas, and Xiao Ze accepted it.

Xiao Ze and his companions stayed on Ancient Dragon Island, where he studied the Dragon-Phoenix Pill Recipes and decided to seek out the Void Lightning Pool to strengthen his Lightning Body. He planned to ask Elder Zhu Li for its location.

• Elder Zhu Li invited Xiao Ze and his companions to stay on Ancient Dragon Island, and Xiao Ze accepted.
• Xiao Ze studied the Dragon-Phoenix Pill Recipes and discovered an ancient eighth-tier recipe capable of summoning Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Ze considered the treasures and techniques from the Dou Saint Ruins, noting that the Lightning Body had struggled against a high-level Half-Saint's combat techniques.
• Xiao Ze decided that increasing his lightning power at the Void Lightning Pool was the best way to improve the Lightning Body, but he judged its deeper regions too dangerous for now.
• Xiao Ze planned to ask Elder Zhu Li where the Void Lightning Pool was located.

Xun Er decided to join the Stone Clan’s Rock Demon Hunt so she could leave the Ancient Realm and meet Xiao Ze. Meanwhile, Xiao Ze learned about the Void Lightning Pool and arranged to travel there with Hei Qing.

• After speaking with Xiao Ze through the Golden Sapling, Xun Er practiced the Emperor Seal Technique and learned that the Stone Clan had invited the Ancient Clan to the Rock Demon Hunt.
• Xun Er chose to participate and bring friends as guest elders, then left the Ancient Realm to make arrangements with the Elder Hall.
• The Elder Hall approved Xun Er’s departure and assigned Elder Tong Xuan to protect her on the journey.
• Xiao Ze returned the Dragon-Phoenix Pill Recipe to Zhu Li after mastering its formulas and asked where he could train with abundant lightning power.
• Zhu Li told Xiao Ze about the dangerous Void Lightning Pool and offered to have Hei Qing guide him there.

Xiao Ze traveled alone to the Void Lightning Pool to temper a Heavenly Demon Puppet and cultivate in its lightning. He settled a thousand zhang into the pool, wary that deeper lightning had begun to show signs of intelligence.

• Xiao Ze left Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to cultivate on Ancient Dragon Island while Hei Qing escorted him to the Void Lightning Pool.
• Hei Qing warned Xiao Ze about the pool’s danger, then watched from outside as Xiao Ze entered.
• Xiao Ze passed through the outer lightning, which could not pierce the lightning power surrounding him.
• Xiao Ze placed his Heavenly Demon Puppet a hundred zhang into the pool, where it began absorbing lightning to grow stronger.
• Xiao Ze advanced a thousand zhang into the pool and chose the area for cultivation, sensing that the lightning deeper inside might react to his presence.

Xiao Ze cultivated in the Void Lightning Pool, tempering his body and strengthening his Origin Tree until he reached another bottleneck. As he left the pool, he encountered an old man fleeing Black Demon Lightning and escaped with his Heavenly Demon Puppets while the man pursued him with questions.

• Xiao Ze formed a Thunder Fire Profound Robe and cultivated at a depth of a thousand zhang, using the lightning to improve his physical strength and expand his Origin Tree.
• After more than half a month, Xiao Ze reached another physical bottleneck and decided to wait until he became a Dou Sheng before venturing deeper into the pool.
• Xiao Ze spotted an old man pursued by Black Demon Lightning and hurried toward the edge of the pool.
• Xiao Ze retrieved his Heavenly Demon Puppets and refused to let the old man lead the Black Demon Lightning toward him.
• The old man escaped the lightning, caught up to Xiao Ze, and asked which clan he belonged to and who had trained him.

Xiao Ze met Mang Tianchi at the Void Lightning Pool and revealed that he was both a Jia Nan Academy student and the Pill Tower's vice president. Mang Tianchi recognized Xiao Ze’s accomplishments, welcomed him warmly, and left him with an offer of support.

• Mang Tianchi questioned Xiao Ze about his origins, and Xiao Ze challenged him over his earlier attempt to divert trouble onto someone else.
• Mang Tianchi introduced himself as a member of the Lei Clan, and Xiao Ze recognized him as Jia Nan Academy’s dean.
• Xiao Ze greeted Mang Tianchi as a student and confirmed that he was the Xiao Ze Su Qian had praised and the Pill Tower’s vice president.
• Mang Tianchi laughed at the academy’s good fortune, offered to support Xiao Ze, and marveled that Xiao Ze’s lightning robe did not react to his touch.
• Mang Tianchi praised Xiao Ze’s achievements and remarked that he might become Pill Tower president after the Three Presidents retired.

Xiao Ze sensed that Xun Er was coming and left the Void Lightning Pool with Mang Tianchi to meet her. Xun Er arrived in the Endless Void, and the two reunited warmly, leaving Mang Tianchi astonished by her identity and connection to Xiao Ze.

• Xiao Ze sensed a Golden Sapling nearby and told Mang Tianchi that an important visitor was coming.
• Xiao Ze and Mang Tianchi left the Void Lightning Pool, where Hei Qing joined them and learned that Mang Tianchi was the headmaster of Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ze told Hei Qing and Mang Tianchi that he was waiting for an old friend, while Mang Tianchi wondered who could make Xiao Ze so delighted.
• Xun Er arrived wrapped in the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heaven Flame, and Mang Tianchi recognized it as the Ancient Clan's inherited Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ze flew to Xun Er, and she embraced him and told him she had missed him before they kissed.

Xiao Ze reunited with Xun Er and learned about the Stone Clan’s Rock Demon Hunt, a trial where rock demons carried valuable Rock Demon Hearts. Xun Er invited Xiao Ze and his companions to join under her name, and they set out toward Ancient Dragon Island to gather the others.

• Xiao Ze reunited with Xun Er, who explained that Elder Tong Xuan had let her travel to the Stone Realm alone and given her a Space Jade Slip.
• Mang Tianchi and Hei Qing arrived, and Mang Tianchi explained that the Stone Clan had brought rock demons into the Stone Realm as training for its younger generation.
• Xun Er invited Xiao Ze and his companions to participate in the Rock Demon Hunt as guest elders under her name.
• Mang Tianchi explained that rock demons self-destruct around Dou Saint experts, destroying their valuable Rock Demon Hearts and preventing the Stone Clan from clearing the realm.
• Xiao Ze accepted the invitation and suggested returning to Ancient Dragon Island to bring Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others along.

Hei Qing brought Xiao Ze, Xun Er, and Mang Tianchi back to Ancient Dragon Island, where they waited for Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to finish cultivating. While they waited, Xiao Ze and Xun Er enjoyed time alone together and reaffirmed their hopes for the future, unaware that Xiao Yi Xian watched them from a distant peak.

• Hei Qing transformed into a black dragon and carried Xiao Ze, Xun Er, and Mang Tianchi through the void to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ze asked Elder Zhu Li whether Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa had finished cultivating, and Zhu Li said they had not yet left their cultivation grounds.
• Xiao Ze and Xun Er spent several days together on the island, and Xiao Ze promised to openly claim his place beside her once he reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Ze told Xun Er that he believed he could surpass the Dou Saint realm, and Xun Er said she hoped to reach Dou Saint so she could remain by his side.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Ze and Xun Er from a distant mountain peak and smiled bitterly as she murmured Xun Er's name.

Xiao Ze and his companions accepted Xun Er’s invitation to join the Stone Clan’s Rock Demon Hunt and traveled to the Giant Stone Wasteland. There, they encountered Elder Tong Xuan, the guardian overseeing their arrival.

• Xun Er reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and invited Xiao Ze and the others to participate in the Rock Demon Hunt, and they agreed.
• Xiao Ze and his companions bid farewell to Elder Zhu Li, and Hei Qing transported them through the void toward the Central Plains Southern Region.
• Hei Qing brought the group to the Giant Stone Wasteland and returned to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Elder Tong Xuan appeared before the group and recognized Mang Tianchi.

Elder Tong Xuan welcomed Xiao Ze and his companions, warning Xiao Ze to wait until he became a Dou Saint before openly revealing his relationship with Xun Er to the Ancient Clan. Tong Xuan led the group through the Stone Realm’s defenses, and they arrived at a mountain range filled with palaces and powerful auras.

• Elder Tong Xuan recognized the unusual abilities of Xiao Ze’s companions and told Xiao Ze to become a Dou Saint before declaring his relationship with Xun Er to the Ancient Clan.
• Tong Xuan led the group through the Giant Stone Wasteland’s natural formation and past the Stone Clan guards at its center.
• Xun Er explained that the Stone Clan kept a low profile and had no Ancient Saint City outside its realm.
• A Stone Clan girl greeted the visitors and guided them onto a flying magical beast.
• Xun Er described the Stone Realm to Xiao Ze as the group flew for nearly half an hour toward a palace-covered mountain range.

Xiao Ze's group arrived at the Stone Clan's gathering for the Rock Demon Hunt, where Xun Er recognized the Soul Clan's Hun Yu and warned that he was a dangerous God-Grade Bloodline prodigy. Xiao Ze resolved to deal with Hun Yu if the opportunity arose as the Soul Clan pursued a secret mission in the Rock Demon Realm.

• The Stone Clan's Supreme Elder welcomed Tong Xuan and arranged for Xiao Ze's group to stay in a separate palace from the other Ancient Clan participants.
• The hidden sect's Supreme Elder sensed Tong Xuan's extraordinary power, while Hun Yu discussed Xun Er with his subordinates and considered killing her if the chance arose.
• Hun Yu told his subordinates that completing the Soul Clan's mission concerning its bloodline was more important than the Rock Demon Hunt, then left the hall.
• Xun Er told Xiao Ze that Hun Yu had made her uneasy and explained his standing, God-Grade Bloodline, and Nine Turns Saint-Becoming Method.
• Xiao Ze recalled Hun Yu's ruthless schemes and decided he would deal with him if given the chance.

Xiao Ze and Xun Er prepared to enter the Rock Demon Realm, where they learned Hun Yu would also be present. Three days later, the Stone Clan elder opened the realm for the Rock Demon Hunt.

• Xun Er welcomed Gu Qingyang and his companions, then declined his offer to explore the Rock Demon Realm together, saying her friends would accompany her as guest elders.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xun Er that Hun Yu, a powerful bearer of a God-Grade Bloodline, would enter the Rock Demon Realm.
• After leaving, Gu Qingyang told his companions that Xiao Ze seemed stronger than he was and that Gu Yao would likely have challenged him if he had come.
• Three days later, Xiao Ze and the others gathered with the Stone Clan at a sealed circular mountain range.
• A Stone Clan elder unleashed spatial power, opening the Rock Demon Realm.

Xiao Ze entered the Rock Demon Realm with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others after studying how the spatial stones interacted with the sealing formation. He quickly killed a Rock Demon and claimed its core, wondering whether it had effects comparable to Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

• Xiao Ze examined the Circular Mountain Range’s sealing formation and worked out how to reproduce the spatial stone’s effects.
• Xiao Ze and the women entered the Rock Demon Realm, while Tong Xuan praised Xiao Ze’s talent and potential to restore the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Ze arrived in the realm and sensed that Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others were nearby through his connection to the Origin Tree.
• A Rock Demon attacked Xiao Ze by hurling a huge stone pillar, but Xiao Ze shattered the pillar and destroyed the Rock Demon with his Vast Sea Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ze retrieved a black-and-red Rock Demon Core and wondered whether it could compare to Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Xiao Ze found that rock demon cores could barely improve his physique and gave Xun Er Ancient Void Dragon Clan essence blood. As the group moved toward the Rock Demon Realm’s central region, Xun Er explained the rock demons’ Linking Talent and the danger they once posed to the Stone Clan.

• Xiao Ze absorbed a rock demon core, found its energy had almost no effect on him, and gave Xun Er inherited Ancient Void Dragon Clan essence blood.
• Xun Er explained that rock demons could link their strength while standing on black earth they had corrupted, and the group set out for the realm’s central region.
• The group encountered linked rock demons whose combined strength rose from Dou Zong to Dou Venerate level as their numbers increased.
• At the central region’s edge, Xun Er described how a Dou Saint-level rock demon once led a breakout and was killed by the Stone Clan after a costly battle.

Xiao Ze and his companions defeated a settlement of twenty-four Rock Demons and gathered their cores, but he grew concerned about how the Rock Demons’ linking talent might empower larger colonies in the core region. Xun Er and the others began absorbing the cores as Xiao Ze prepared to continue onward, with the group able to escape using spatial stones if they faced an overwhelming threat.

• Xiao Ze unleashed a sphere of lightning on the Rock Demon settlement while Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa attacked the four Dou Venerate Rock Demons.
• Xiao Ze’s lightning killed the twenty lower-level Rock Demons, while his companions badly injured the four survivors and finished their battles.
• Xiao Ze gathered the Rock Demon cores, divided the lower-level cores among his companions, and stood guard as they absorbed them to improve their physical strength.
• Xiao Ze examined the dark-red patterns on the Dou Venerate cores and worried that the linking talent could let large core-region colonies achieve Dou Saint-level combat power.
• Xun Er finished refining her cores and agreed that only the Stone Clan might know the linking talent’s limits; Xiao Ze said the group could retreat with spatial stones if necessary.

Xiao Ze’s group continued hunting Rock Demons as they neared the core region, then spotted an eight-star Rock Demon chasing a group of explorers. After the explorers escaped by crushing their spatial stones, Xiao Ze led his group to hunt the now-isolated Rock Demon.

• Xun Er refined a five-star Rock Demon Core after the group defeated a medium-sized settlement, and Xiao Ze judged that they were nearing the core region.
• Xiao Ze spotted an eight-star Rock Demon pursuing a loosely assembled group of explorers and concealed his group’s traces to avoid attracting trouble.
• Xun Er and Xiao Ze discussed the Rock Demon’s strength, and Xiao Ze secretly placed a Soul Seal on it while they watched the pursuit.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others joined Xiao Ze and Xun Er to watch as the explorers crushed their spatial stones and fled the realm.
• Xiao Ze led his group toward the isolated eight-star Rock Demon to hunt it.

Xiao Ze and the others killed an Eight-Star Rock Demon through coordinated attacks and continued toward the inner core region. Elsewhere, Hun Yu used black flames to corrupt a Rock Demon, intending to repeat the process to complete his mission.

• Qing Lin stunned the Eight-Star Rock Demon, Xiao Yi Xian weakened its defenses, and Medusa and Xun Er struck it with powerful attacks.
• Xun Er's Golden Emperor Incinerating Heaven Flame split the Rock Demon in half, and Xiao Ze retrieved its core.
• Xiao Ze said he had reached the peak of the Nine Transformations Dou Venerate and kept the core for later distribution among the group.
• Xiao Ze led Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin toward the inner core region to search for the Rock Demon tribe.
• Hun Yu pressed black flames against a Rock Demon's head, causing black to appear in its crimson eyes, and decided to corrupt more Rock Demons.

Xiao Ze’s group hunted rock demon settlements in the contaminated core region and divided their Rock Demon Cores before refining them. While the others cultivated under guard, Xiao Ze sensed that Gu Qingyang’s group was being pursued by three peak Dou Venerate rock demons and went to investigate.

• Xiao Ze observed that contamination in the core region was severe and reasoned that it was connected to the number and strength of the rock demons there.
• Xun Er and Xiao Ze’s group defeated another medium-sized rock demon settlement, and Xiao Ze divided their accumulated Rock Demon Cores evenly among the four women.
• Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin began refining their shares while Xiao Ze summoned four Lightning Bodies to guard them.
• Xiao Ze sensed a battle nearby and recognized Gu Qingyang’s group fleeing from three peak Dou Venerate rock demons.
• Xiao Ze decided to go see what had provoked the rock demons to pursue Gu Qingyang’s group.