Chapter Summaries

The Xiao Tribe settled into the Xiao Realm as Xiao Xuan plotted to expand the clan’s population, while Xiao Yan helped rebuild its Dan Department. Venerable Skyfire summoned Xiao Yan back to the Star Realm for the upcoming Space Trading Assembly.

• The Xiao Tribe relocated all one hundred thousand descendants to the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range, and Xiao Xuan sealed the empty Wutan City away.
• Xiao Xuan decided to form a Xiao Tribe Population Growth Group and aimed to raise the clan’s population to ten million.
• Xiao Yan entrusted the Dan Department to Xiao Yun and Xu Yi after helping them develop its alchemists and facilities.
• Venerable Skyfire appeared before Xiao Yan and revealed that he had recently reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Venerable Skyfire told Xiao Yan that the Space Trading Assembly would begin in half a month, so Xiao Yan returned with him to the Star Realm.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao traveled to the Space Trade Fair to obtain the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment. While browsing the stalls, Xiao Yan recognized a valuable stone for Cai Lin and asked its seller to name a price.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that they needed to secure the final map fragment at the upcoming Space Trade Fair.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan left the Star Realm and arrived in Space Town, where Xiao Yan joked about robbing the merchants.
• Yao Lao spotted a Seven-Colored Raw Stone that could benefit Cai Lin and urged Xiao Yan to buy it.
• Xiao Yan recognized the stone as a hidden Nine-Colored Origin Stone and asked the gaunt old man for its price.
• The gaunt old man demanded two Eighth-Grade Pills with at least Three-Colored Pill Lightning, leaving Xiao Yan astonished by how low the price was.

Xiao Yan bought a supposed Seven-Colored Raw Stone that he recognized as a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, then attended Space Town’s trade fair with Yao Lao. When a Heaven-Tier body-tempering technique came up for exchange, Yao Lao stepped in with a powerful pill offer.

• Xiao Yan traded two Eighth-Grade Pills with Three-Colored Pill Lightning for the Seven-Colored Raw Stone and told its seller it held no secret.
• Xiao Yan explained to Yao Lao that the stone was likely a Nine-Colored Origin Stone capable of helping Cai Lin advance.
• Yao Lao identified the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts among the trade fair’s attendees, and Old Man Baoshan opened the fair with a pair of Demon Phoenix Wings.
• Xiao Yan declined to bid for the Demon Phoenix Wings and urged Yao Lao to acquire the Heaven-Tier Vajra Glazed Body technique.
• After several buyers offered water-element Heaven-Tier cultivation methods, Yao Lao offered an Eighth-Grade Pill with Eight-Color Pill Lightning.

Yao Lao acquired the Vajra Glazed Body and Heavenly Nether Poison Canon with pills, then joined the fierce bidding for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map. After he raised the price to five Eighth-Grade Pills with Eight-Color Pill Lightning, the cloaked old man accused him of stealing the map as well as the earlier Dou Technique.

• Yao Lao traded an Eighth-Grade Pill with Eight-Color Pill Lightning for the Vajra Glazed Body after its owner changed the requested payment to pills.
• Yao Lao bought the Heavenly Nether Poison Canon with an Eighth-Grade Pill with Six-Color Pill Lightning for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan waited through the remaining trade items for the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Buyers drove the map's price up to three Eighth-Grade Pills with Eight-Color Pill Lightning before Yao Lao bid five.
• The cloaked old man accused Yao Lao of taking both the Vajra Glazed Body and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map.

Yao Lao outbid Scorpion Demon Big Ghost for the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map with two Eighth-Grade Pills with Nine-Color Pill Lightning. After Scorpion Demon Big Ghost threatened him outside Space Town, Yao Lao recognized him as one of the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, leaving the hall shocked and Scorpion Demon Big Ghost panicked.

• Yao Lao repeatedly raised Scorpion Demon Big Ghost’s bids until he offered two Eighth-Grade Pills with Nine-Color Pill Lightning, and Scorpion Demon Big Ghost stopped bidding.
• Yao Lao sent two jade boxes of pills to Old Man Baoshan, who confirmed their quality and awarded Yao Lao the Fragment Map.
• Scorpion Demon Big Ghost threatened Yao Lao, warning him to protect the map after leaving Space Town.
• Yao Lao addressed Scorpion Demon Big Ghost as the Big Ghost of the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and asked where Second Ghost and Third Ghost were.
• Scorpion Demon Big Ghost panicked after Yao Lao recognized his identity, while the other auction attendees reacted with shock and disgust.

Yao Chen revealed himself at the Space Trade Fair and confronted the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, who fled after learning he had become a Dou Sheng. After Old Man Baoshan announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Wild Ancient Region within a month, Yao Chen caught up with the three brothers and prepared to deal with them.

• Yao Chen identified himself to Scorpion Demon Big Ghost and told him to stay after the trade fair for a chat.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would reappear in the Wild Ancient Region within a month, prompting Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to plan their next steps.
• Scorpion Demon Big Ghost, later called Tian Xiezi, led his brothers Di Xiezi and the third brother away and decided their best plan was to run.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan pursued the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and intercepted them above a desert.
• Tian Xiezi threatened to fight Yao Chen, who mocked the brothers and made clear he would not spare them.

Yao Lao killed the three fleeing Xiezi and helped Xiao Yan assemble the map fragments, revealing the conditions for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to appear. A remnant soul of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint entered Xiao Yan’s soul, and Yao Lao urged him to obtain the Bodhi Heart and reach Dou Sheng before the flame’s arrival.

• Tian Xiezi, Di Xiezi, and Ren Xiezi tried to flee in different directions, but Yao Lao killed them with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan assembled the four map fragments and burned the map, revealing a message about the twin moons, nine stars, and the Heaven and Earth Tide.
• The white Fire Lotus imprint flew into Xiao Yan’s brow and lodged a remnant soul of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint deep within his soul.
• Yao Lao examined Xiao Yan’s soul and found the remnant soul inseparable from it, so they agreed to leave it alone.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to obtain the Bodhi Heart and reach Dou Sheng before the Heaven and Earth Tide in three to five years, and Xiao Yan agreed.

Xiao Yan perfected the Vajra Glazed Body and set out with Tian Huo, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian for the Wild Ancient Region after the Bodhi Ancient Tree emerged. As the group entered the poisonous forest, Xiao Yi Xian protected them with her poison barrier, but Qing Lin panicked when she learned Xiao Yi Xian could not withstand her own poison.

• Xiao Yan cultivated the Vajra Glazed Body to its perfected nine-zhang form, then learned from Yao Chen that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Ancient Region.
• Xiao Yan left for the Wild Ancient Region with Tian Huo, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, while Cai Lin stayed behind in seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached crowded Wild Ancient Town and waited for other experts to enter the forest before setting out.
• Xiao Yan warned the group about the poisonous miasma, and Xiao Yi Xian used the Heavenly Poison Prison Realm to shield them as they flew through it.
• Qing Lin poked the barrier, then burst into tears when Xiao Yi Xian said a poison master could not be immune to their own poison.

Xiao Yan’s group crossed the poisonous miasma safely, then sensed Yun Yun’s Fire Seal and hurried to meet her. Yun Yun and the Flower Sect were fleeing Heavenly Underworld Sect pursuers after an ambush, and the chapter ended as space rippled ahead of them.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Qing Lin with a frightening line, then guided Xiao Yan’s group through the poisonous miasma without casualties.
• After resting, Xiao Yan sensed the Fire Seal he had left inside Yun Yun and led his companions toward her.
• Yun Yun’s Flower Sect group fled after a Four-Transition Peak Dou Zun Ancient Heavenly Demon Python and two Nine-Star Dou Zuns from the Heavenly Underworld Sect attacked them.
• Elder Qinghua urged Yun Yun to leave her behind, but Yun Yun insisted on bringing everyone back safely.
• As the Flower Sect group’s morale fell, space in front of Yun Yun rippled violently.

Xiao Yan arrived to rescue Yun Yun and learned that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had attacked the Flower Sect. He confronted Deputy Sect Master Liu Cang and began to overwhelm him with a single punch.

• Xiao Yan arrived with Tian Huo and two others, and gave the injured Qing Hua a healing pill.
• Nalan Yanran explained that the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python and the Heavenly Underworld Sect had attacked Yun Yun and her group.
• Xiao Yan and the Flower Sect’s reinforcements surrounded Liu Cang and the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and Xiao Yan demanded that Liu Cang kill himself.
• Liu Cang recognized Xiao Yan and accepted his offer to leave if he could withstand one punch, then launched the Great Underworld Dragon Fist.
• Xiao Yan transformed into a ninety-foot Golden Giant and swung a massive fist at Liu Cang and his black energy dragon.

Xiao Yan wiped out the Heavenly Underworld Sect and led his group toward the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s lair to capture it for Qing Lin. He met Xiao Qing, whose bloodline could help subdue the python, and offered to help her evolve in exchange for her transforming into human form and calling him Brother Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan killed Liu Cang and the fleeing members of the Heavenly Underworld Sect, then recovered from using the Vajra Glazed Body.
• Xiao Yan learned the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s location from Yun Yun and set out with his group to capture it alive for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to summon Xiao Qing, and the Ancient Eight-Headed Heavenly Snake emerged from the tattoo on Qing Lin’s wrist.
• Xiao Qing teased Xiao Yan and revealed she was an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Zun who had not transformed into human form.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Xiao Qing capture the Four-Transition Peak Dou Zun Ancient Heavenly Demon Python so Qing Lin could transfer its energy to her, if Xiao Qing transformed and called him Brother Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Qing sensed the python and decided that evolving was worth setting aside her dignity.

Xiao Qing embarrassed Qing Lin by revealing her private coquettish behavior, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to question Xiao Yan about his relationships. Xiao Yan flew to capture the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python and seized its tail in his Golden Giant form, leaving the enormous beast dangling in midair as he prepared to fight.

• Xiao Qing emerged from Qing Lin and repeated the private words and gestures Qing Lin used to flirt with Xiao Yan, leaving Qing Lin mortified.
• Xiao Yi Xian comforted Qing Lin while suspecting that Xiao Yan had concealed his relationship with her; another woman twisted Xiao Yan's waist and questioned how many women he was involved with.
• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Qing he would capture the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, then flew toward the mist-covered peak as Yun Yun and the others followed.
• The Ancient Heavenly Demon Python attacked Xiao Yan with its massive tail, but his Golden Giant form caught it and held on.
• Xiao Yan pulled the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python off the ground by its tail, while Qing Lin watched excitedly and Elder Qing Hua moved away from her.

Xiao Yan subdued the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, then used the energy in its blood pool to advance his Vajra Glazed Body to a ten-zhang golden body. He and his companions traveled to the Ancient Region Platform, where they joined the crowd and headed toward the Ancient Clan members.

• Xiao Yan battered the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python until it was nearly dead, and Qing Lin controlled it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan had Qing Lin guide the group to the python's lair and entered its blood pool to temper his Vajra Glazed Body for two days.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the blood pool and advanced his true body beyond its nine-zhang-nine limit, forming a ten-zhang golden body.
• Xiao Yan rejoined Yun Yun and the others, and they set out for the Ancient Region Platform with the Heavenly Demon Python carrying them.
• Xiao Yan led the group to the central stone platform after they reached the Ancient Region Platform and spotted people from the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er at the Ancient Region Platform as the gathered experts prepared to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Jiu Feng approached Xiao Yan, and the other factions watched as the two prepared to face each other.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the experts were waiting to break through the beast tide and explained that Feng Qing'er and Jiu Feng were rival candidates for leadership of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing'er considered asking Xiao Yan to help her eliminate Jiu Feng, while Jiu Feng learned Xiao Yan had taken the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and injured his younger brother.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan about Hun Yu of the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan said he intended to deal with him after obtaining the Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds.
• Jiu Feng walked toward Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan stood to meet him as the gathered experts and Hun Yu watched expectantly.

Xiao Yan confronted Jiu Feng over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and used an Ancient Dragon Phoenix phantom to overwhelm him. After Jiu Feng left, Xiao Yan approached Hun Yu and warned him not to die in the beast tide, leaving their hostility unresolved.

• Jiu Feng confronted Xiao Yan over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and his younger brother’s injury, then summoned a Heavenly Phoenix phantom to pressure him.
• Xun'er refused Gu Qingyang’s offer to help, trusting Xiao Yan to handle Jiu Feng.
• Xiao Yan summoned an Ancient Dragon Phoenix phantom, which forced Jiu Feng’s Heavenly Phoenix phantom back and injured him through backlash.
• Jiu Feng realized Xiao Yan had helped an Ancient Void Dragon become an Ancient Dragon Phoenix, threatened him, and left while considering an alliance with Hun Yu.
• Xiao Yan approached Hun Yu, mocked his friendly demeanor, and warned him not to die in the beast tide; Hun Yu suppressed his urge to attack.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er joined Hun Yu's force to cross the Beast Tide, knowing Hun Yu planned to use the gathered experts as cannon fodder. As the advance stalled and Hun Yu withdrew to the rear, Xiao Yan used voice-altered accusations to turn the victims against him.

• Hun Yu grew furious when Xiao Yan dismissed him, then hid his anger while planning to sacrifice the experts he had recruited.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the force would set out around noon the next day, and warned him that Hun Yu was sinister.
• Hun Yu led more than a thousand experts into the Beast Tide, while Xiao Yan's group followed and Gu Qingyang recognized Hun Yu's scheme.
• After the force reached the Beast Tide's middle section and suffered heavy losses, Gu Qingyang spotted Hun Yu and his Soul Clan experts retreating to the rear.
• Xiao Yan used Dou Qi and voice alteration to broadcast miserable accusations against Hun Yu, shocking Xun'er and the others.

Hun Yu’s attempt to use the other fighters as a shield backfired when an anonymous voice exposed him and rallied the formation against him. Cornered into taking the front line, Hun Yu led the Soul Clan in a desperate fight against the beast tide, while Xiao Yan watched from the middle of the formation.

• An unidentified speaker accused Hun Yu of abandoning the charge, prompting the fighters to curse him and the Soul Clan.
• When Hun Yu refused to respond, the speaker urged the others to threaten his companions and block the Soul Clan from slipping away.
• The fighters surrounded Hun Yu’s group and forced them toward the front of the formation, where Hun Yu admitted defeat and agreed to lead the charge.
• Xiao Yan killed several eighth-tier ferocious beasts with a massive flaming palm and remarked that deceiving people was wrong.
• Hun Yu ordered the Soul Clan members to unleash their strength against the beasts, while the other fighters grew even more hostile toward them.

After surviving the beast tide, the remaining experts reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and found five Half-Saint puppets blocking their way. Xiao Yan and the others prepared to fight them, while Hun Yu was left without allies for the Soul Clan.

• The beast tide receded after the survivors escaped its range, leaving fewer than two hundred experts alive and twelve of Hun Yu's fourteen Soul Clan Dou Zuns dead.
• Xiao Yan's group counted no deaths apart from a severely injured Flower Sect elder, and around three quarters of the survivors chose to stay behind.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Yun Yun, and the remaining experts approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saint figures emerged from beneath its branches.
• Hun Yu recognized one figure as a vanished Soul Clan ancestor and warned the others, while Jiu Feng identified all five as puppets with strength around the Nine-Transition Dou Zun Peak.
• Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan volunteered to face puppets, but the other experts split into teams rather than helping Hun Yu, darkening his expression.

Xiao Yan and the others destroyed the Half-Saint Puppets and approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, despite the growing sense of danger. When the tree’s light swept over them, everyone vanished, and Xiao Yan was left gripping a Bodhi Seed and the Bodhi Heart.

• Hun Yu agreed to fight one Half-Saint Puppet with the Soul Clan team, while Xiao Yan led the others in destroying theirs.
• Xiao Yan warned the struggling teams to attack the puppets’ heads, helping them defeat all five Half-Saint Puppets.
• Hun Yu lost his two remaining companions, and Xiao Yan mocked and encouraged him until Hun Yu angrily threatened to kill him.
• About thirty survivors approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree as Xiao Yan secretly held a low-purity Bodhi Seed and the Bodhi Heart.
• A pillar of light swept over the group, and everyone vanished from the tree’s surroundings.

Xiao Yan broke free of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion with the Bodhi Seed and learned how the resentment of a Black-Robed Dou Di had corrupted the tree. The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered him a Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds as payment for help, and Xiao Yan began considering how to get even more from his generous benefactor.

• Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Seed to stay clear-headed while he fought the illusion’s beasts, then shattered the illusion when it sent Hun Yu and Jiu Feng after him.
• Xiao Yan watched the Bodhi Ancient Tree reveal how a dying Black-Robed Dou Di’s resentment had corrupted it over tens of thousands of years.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Yan that refining Bodhi Seeds produced Clear Qi that could remove the black aura, and it gave him twenty-four new Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree for payment, and it offered him a Bodhi Heart and thirty-two Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree felt guilty for not offering more and began forming a bold idea.