Chapter Summaries

Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire regained physical bodies through Zhu Kun’s methods, and Xiao Yan prepared to break through to Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Zhu Kun activating a formation to help Xiao Yan absorb Fire Beads.

• Yao Lao emerged from the dark-red sphere in a younger, handsome body and revealed that he had become a Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Kun explained that the body’s perfect physical condition had repaired aging, and Yao Lao tested his new power by manipulating space.
• Venerable Skyfire used a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and a Five-Star Dou Sheng body to regain a physical form, returning as a One-Transition Dou Zun.
• Zhu Kun advised Venerable Skyfire to advance steadily toward Half-Saint rather than rush into the realm with a weak foundation.
• Zhu Kun began helping Xiao Yan break through to Dou Zong by placing Fire Beads into a formation and activating it.

Xiao Yan cultivated in Zhu Kun’s formation while Yao Lao refined a Human-Shaping Pill for Zi Yan, who regained her dragon form and began receiving the Dragon Emperor inheritance. Seven days later, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zong, but Zhu Kun warned him not to interrupt his lessons with Zi Yan, and Yao Lao assigned him to study alchemy.

• Xiao Yan entered Zhu Kun’s formation and began cultivating to break through the Dou Zong barrier.
• Zhu Kun learned that Zi Yan had eaten a mature Human-Shaping Grass, and Yao Lao began refining a Human-Shaping Pill for her.
• Three days later, Zi Yan transformed into her purple-gold dragon form, and Zhu Kun began passing the Dragon Emperor inheritance to her.
• After seven days of cultivation, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zong as the formation’s eighteen Crimson Fire Beads shattered.
• Zhu Kun warned Xiao Yan for interrupting his teaching, and Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to study the lessons of a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.

After Zhu Kun revealed that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split apart, he sent Venerable Skyfire to the surface to awaken the Dragon Seal of his loyal forces. Venerable Skyfire emerged near Jia Nan Academy and prepared to carry out the mission.

• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan to return to the clan, but explained that he remained trapped until someone used the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Yao Lao warned Zhu Kun that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split into factions since his disappearance, making Zi Yan’s return dangerous.
• Xiao Yan proposed contacting Zhu Kun’s loyalists, and Zhu Kun explained that Elder Zhu Tian had led them and could be reached through an awakened Dragon Seal.
• Zhu Kun taught the Dragon Seal secret technique to Venerable Skyfire and sent him to the surface to use it and wait seven days for a response.
• Venerable Skyfire left the Magma World through a spatial rift and arrived at a mountain behind Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan refined Earth Demon Old Ghost into a silver Earth Demon Puppet with Yao Lao’s help, while Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan. The puppet reached Five-Star Dou Zong strength, and Zhu Kun and Zi Yan noticed the commotion.

• Venerable Skyfire performed Zhu Kun’s secret technique and entered cultivation.
• Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan to call him Uncle, then sent him away so he could spend time with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan proposed refining Earth Demon Old Ghost into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Yao Lao erased the old ghost’s soul when it attacked.
• Xiao Yan used Azure Sky Flame, a Magic Core, strange metals, and his Essence Blood to refine the corpse over three days.
• The finished silver puppet reached Five-Star Dou Zong strength, and Yao Lao explained that it was an Earth Demon Puppet rather than a Dou Zun-level Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Zhu Kun and Zi Yan noticed the disturbance and looked toward the puppet.

Zhu Huo’s Purple-Gold Dragon Seal finally responded, leading the Ancient Void Dragon elder to travel to the Northwest Continent in search of the missing Dragon Emperor. He reached the mountain where Venerable Skyfire was guarding and reacted in shock when Skyfire addressed him as an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Zhu Huo woke from secluded cultivation when his Purple-Gold Dragon Seal began to shine, and he realized His Majesty the Dragon Emperor had answered his calls.
• Remembering how the Ancient Void Dragon clan had been divided after the Dragon Emperor vanished, Zhu Huo vowed to find His Majesty and left East Dragon Island.
• Zhu Huo followed the Dragon Seal through the void and reached the Northwest Continent after three days of travel.
• Zhu Huo sensed the Dragon Seal nearby and appeared above a mountain behind the Inner Academy, where Venerable Skyfire was meditating.
• Venerable Skyfire sensed Zhu Huo’s overwhelming strength, then asked whether he belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon clan, causing Zhu Huo’s aura to surge as he recognized something about Skyfire.

Zhu Huo reunited with Zhu Kun after Venerable Skyfire brought him to the hidden space where Zhu Kun had been imprisoned for thousands of years. Zhu Kun revealed he could not return to Ancient Dragon Island yet, but hinted that someone else could go in his place.

• Venerable Skyfire led Zhu Huo through the magma to Zhu Kun’s independent space, where Zhu Kun recognized him.
• Zhu Huo broke down and wept upon seeing Zhu Kun, then explained how Ancient Dragon Island split into four factions after Zhu Kun left and Zhu Tian later died.
• Zhu Kun blamed the three collateral branches for the split and said he did not blame Zhu Huo or Zhu Tian.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion, preventing him from returning without someone holding the proper token.
• Zhu Kun said someone could return in his place, and Zhu Huo eagerly asked about the dragon egg Zhu Kun and Her Majesty had taken away.

Zhu Kun entrusted Zi Yan to Zhu Huo and sent her back to the Ancient Void Dragon clan to grow strong enough to claim the throne. Xiao Yan brought them to Jia Nan Academy, where their arrival stunned Su Qian.

• Zhu Kun introduced Zi Yan as his daughter and successor, and charged Zhu Huo with protecting her as she returned to the clan.
• Zhu Kun told Zhu Huo to build a Space Wormhole between Ancient Dragon Island and Jia Nan Academy and secretly bring trusted elders to visit him.
• Zhu Kun instructed Zi Yan to reach Dou Sheng and wield the Dragon-Slaying Sword against dragons who refused to submit.
• Xiao Yan, Zhu Huo, Zi Yan, and their companions left Zhu Kun and traveled to the Inner Academy to meet Su Qian.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Dou Zong and brought three imposing experts and Zi Yan into Su Qian's office.
• Su Qian ordered Elder Qin Xuan to keep everyone out while he received the unexpected guests.

Zhu Huo revealed that Zi Yan belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s royal Bloodline and thanked Su Qian for raising her by offering Jia Nan Academy lasting ties to the clan. Yao Lao then reunited with Su Qian, who recognized him after learning that his breakthrough to Dou Sheng had made him look younger.

• Zhu Huo introduced himself as an Ancient Void Dragon Clan Great Elder and explained that he had come to bring Zi Yan, a royal Bloodline, back to the clan.
• Su Qian learned that Zhu Huo was a Dou Sheng and accepted his gratitude for Jia Nan Academy’s care of Zi Yan.
• Zhu Huo offered to establish two Space Wormhole exits and grant Jia Nan Academy ten elder and ten student exchange places each year.
• Yao Lao greeted Su Qian, who recognized him as the famed alchemist Yao Chen from decades earlier.
• Yao Lao explained that his cultivation method had reconstructed his body after he broke through to Dou Sheng, and Venerable Skyfire introduced himself as a Star Fall Pavilion elder.

Xiao Yan and his companions prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy after Zhu Huo opened a Space Wormhole, while Yao Lao planned to return secretly to the Central Plains and rebuild Star Fall Pavilion. Xiao Yan departed for the Jia Ma Empire with Venerable, leaving Su Qian with a gift from Yao Lao.

• Su Qian led Zhu Huo to a vacant Inner Academy hall, where Zhu Huo chose a location for the Space Wormhole and said it would take seven days to open.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Yao Lao, and Tian Huo returned to Wangtian Headquarters, where Yao Lao planned to travel to the Central Plains and rebuild Star Fall Pavilion while Xiao Yan decided to visit his clansmen first.
• Xiao Yan asked Huang Hao to gather Yan Qishang and the others, promising them gifts before he and Zi Yan left Jia Nan Academy.
• Seven days later, Zhu Huo opened the Space Wormhole and left through it with Zi Yan and Yao Lao, telling Xiao Yan to settle matters in the Jia Ma Empire and then come to Star Fall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan gave Su Qian a Storage Ring from Yao Lao, then departed with Venerable to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• A month later, Yan Qishang and the others became Inner Academy elders and named themselves the Five Rakes.

Xiao Yan returned to Azure Lotus Path, assigned its leaders tasks to protect the Xiao Tribe and search for treasures, then traveled with Medusa and Venerable Skyfire to the Jia Ma Empire. He parted from Medusa near Wutan City and entered the Xiao Tribe’s territory alone, with Venerable Skyfire hidden nearby to protect him.

• Su Qian discovered that Xiao Yan had left Jia Nan Academy a Storage Ring filled with high-tier medicinal pills for its powerful members.
• At Azure Lotus Path headquarters, Xiao Yan ordered its leaders to seek Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and a map fragment, and to support the Xiao Tribe if it came under threat.
• Xiao Yan asked Venerable Skyfire to create a Space Wormhole to Wutan City, then agreed with Medusa to return to the Jia Ma Empire together after five days.
• Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Venerable Skyfire traveled through the Space Wormhole and arrived near the forest where Xiao Yan and Medusa had met six years earlier.
• Medusa left to return to the Snake-People Tribe, and Xiao Yan instructed Venerable Skyfire to hide and intervene only in a life-or-death crisis before heading toward the Xiao Tribe.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Tribe after six years away, having graduated from Jia Nan Academy and reached the Dou Zong realm. He planned to stay for half a year before heading to the Central Plains, and reunited with Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Yan arrived over Wutan City, where Xiao Tribe guards recognized him and welcomed him back.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Zhan outside his residence after his wife struck him with Dou Qi for trying to enter, and Xiao Zhan hurried him away.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that he had graduated from Jia Nan Academy, become a Dou Zong, and planned to stay with the clan for about half a year.
• Xiao Xun'er worried over what cultivation level to display when meeting Xiao Yan, then decided to reveal her true One-Star Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Xun'er, and she rushed into his embrace after they greeted each other.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Tribe, reunited with Xiao Xun'er, and revealed that he had obtained the Fallen Heart Flame and reached One-Star Dou Zong. At the Alchemy Hall, Elder Xiao Yun teased Master Xu Yi about Xiao Yan’s likely alchemy rank, leaving Xu Yi worried about his long-awaited duel.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan she had planned to seek him at Jia Nan Academy and said she intended to return early to her tribe for its complete inheritance.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Xun'er the Fallen Heart Flame, explained that Jia Nan Inner Academy had let him take it after he found them another Heavenly Flame, and revealed his One-Star Dou Zong cultivation.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Xun'er by saying he would set out for the Central Plains in six months, then invited her to walk around the Xiao Tribe with him.
• The chapter recounted how Xu Yi obtained a Peak Eighth-Grade Alchemist’s inheritance and rose to High Sixth-Grade Alchemist, while Xiao Yun also advanced to Sixth-Grade.
• Xiao Yun told Xu Yi that Xiao Yan had returned and suggested he might already be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, causing Xu Yi to lose heart over his hoped-for alchemy duel.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had left six years earlier and built powerful positions in the Chu Yun Empire and Heavenly Snake Empire. In Heavenly Snake Holy City, Qing Lin refused an invitation from the Third Prince, who then asked to meet her.

• Xiao Yan greeted Elder Xiao Yun at the Alchemy Hall and ordered a fair alchemy contest with Master Xu, despite Xu Yi’s attempt to extend his service agreement.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had secretly left after him and gave him a dossier tracking their progress.
• Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin had become the young mistress of Heavenly Snake Mansion and reached Six-Star Dou Wang, while Xiao Yi Xian had founded the Poison Sect and reached Nine-Star Dou Wang.
• In Heavenly Snake Holy City, Elder Qin told Qing Lin that the Third Prince had invited her to a gathering, and she refused.
• The Third Prince asked Elder Qin to have Qing Lin come out and meet him, even briefly.

Qing Lin received Xiao Yan’s letter promising to take her to the Central Plains after she reached Dou Zong, and resolved to cultivate harder. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect to attack a rival faction, then received word that a letter had arrived from the clan.

• Qing Lin refused to meet the Third Prince and learned that Xiao Yan had returned to his clan and planned to take her to the Central Plains once she reached Dou Zong.
• Qing Lin decided to return to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and cultivate under her teacher.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Poison Sect experts to attack the Poison Centipede Sect and bring back its master’s head.
• The former Poison Sect Master warned Xiao Yi Xian that her expansion could draw the attention of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she wanted to strengthen the sect while testing whether one person’s dream was real, then learned that a letter from the clan had arrived.

Xiao Yan spoke with Xiao Zhan about their family and went to find his second brother, while Zhu Huo brought Zi Yan and Yao Chen to Ancient Dragon Island. The elders recognized Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and welcomed her as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new emperor, and Yao Chen departed with a jade tablet that could locate the island.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that the two girls should remain where they were until their cultivation improved, then asked where his second brother was and went to find him.
• Zhu Huo escorted Zi Yan and Yao Chen through the void to Ancient Dragon Island, the ancestral land of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Huo summoned Zhu Qing and Zhu Li and asked Zi Yan to reveal her golden royal bloodline.
• Zhu Qing and Zhu Li knelt before Zi Yan and hailed her as the clan’s new emperor, and she formally declared that she had returned after enduring her tribulations.
• Three days later, Zi Yan reluctantly said goodbye to Yao Chen, who accepted a location-tracking jade tablet from Zhu Huo before departing.

Yao Lao returned to Star Fall Pavilion and was mistaken by Mu Qingluan for the patriarch's son. He reunited with Venerable Feng, who recognized him and said he had searched hard for him.

• Zhu Huo assigned Hei Qing to remain by Zi Yan's side as her guard.
• Yao Lao traveled to Star Fall Pavilion and entered through the Star Fall Great Array.
• Mu Qingluan mistook Yao Lao for the patriarch's son and brought him to meet her teacher.
• Venerable Feng released his Dou Zun pressure when he saw Yao Lao, and Yao Lao shielded Mu Qingluan from it.
• Venerable Feng relaxed and told Yao Lao that he had searched hard for him.

Yao Chen reunited with Venerable Feng and explained that Star Fall Pavilion would lie low and grow stronger while he contacted old friends. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower’s leaders prepared to receive Venerable Feng’s delegation, and Xuan Yi appeared lost in thought over Star Fall Pavilion.

• Yao Lao teased Mu Qingluan after she mistook him for someone young, and Venerable Feng introduced him as Yao Chen, Star Fall Pavilion’s master.
• Venerable Feng told Yao Chen that he had never believed Han Feng’s claim that Yao Chen died, and he asked where Yao Chen had been; Mu Qingluan guarded the entrance while they spoke privately.
• Three days later, Yao Chen told Venerable Feng that Star Fall Pavilion would avoid confronting the Soul Hall and Soul Clan for now, strengthen itself, and have Yao Chen visit old friends across the Central Plains.
• Venerable Feng agreed to protect Star Fall Pavilion while Yao Chen carried out his plans.
• Xuan Kongzi told Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi that Venerable Feng had invited Star Fall Pavilion’s upper ranks to the Pill Tower, and Xuan Yi murmured about Star Fall Pavilion.

Yao Chen visited Pill Tower and agreed to join as its fourth Great Head, then traveled to the Flower Sect to reunite with an old friend. He entered the sect and found Yu'er, while his other companion left them alone.

• Yao Chen appeared before Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi, and discussed joining Pill Tower as its fourth Great Head.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed Yao Chen's decision and offered to take him to meet the Old Ancestor.
• Seven days later, Yao Chen left Pill Tower and headed for the Flower Sect, joking about his aching back after spending time with old friends.
• Xuan Kongzi told Tian Leizi that Xuan Yi was unwell and would miss their meeting about an alliance with Star Fall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen used an old technique to enter the Flower Sect and reunited with Yu'er, prompting the other Half-Saint woman to leave them alone.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er found Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hunting magical beasts in the back mountain. After reuniting with his brothers and revealing that he had reached One-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan gave Xiao Li a matching set of Earth-Tier Intermediate lightning manuals, then led everyone back to the tribe.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er found Xiao Ding and Xiao Li fighting a Fifth-Order snake beast in the back mountain.
• Xiao Ding bound the snake beast with a wood-element Dou Technique, and Xiao Li killed it with his Thunder Technique.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li after six years apart, and Xiao Li learned that Xiao Yan was a One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Li the Earth-Tier Intermediate Thunderbolt Manual and its matching Awakening Thunder Technique, while Xiao Ding complained that he had received no gift.
• Xiao Yan told his brothers that their father had called them home, and the four flew back to the tribe.

Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Yan the first two seals of her clan’s God Seal Technique and explained why she had planned to return to her clan at eighteen. More than a month later, a war began between the Jia Ma Empire and an alliance of three neighboring empires, and the Xiao Tribe received an invitation to send its experts to the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a scroll containing the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Overturning Seal, the first two seals of the God Seal Technique, and warned him to use the clan’s secret technique sparingly.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that her clan had planned to send for her when she turned eighteen, and Xiao Yan accompanied her to visit her mother.
• The Chu Yun Empire launched a surprise attack on the Jia Ma Empire, but the Jia Ma forces repelled it and advanced into Chu Yun territory.
• The Chu Yun Empire allied with the Luo Yan and Mu Lan Empires, and their combined forces pushed the Jia Ma army back to the border.
• The Jia Ma Emperor summoned experts at the Dou Ling realm and above, and the Xiao Tribe received an invitation to join the war effort.
• Xiao Yan learned that the three allied empires did not know how many Dou Zong experts the Jia Ma Empire had secretly gained, which had led them to underestimate it.