Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while Su Yun learned that Feng Qing'er had survived the explosion by entering nirvana. Venerable Lei found Feng Qing'er’s cocoon, and Su Yun watched to see whether he would take her away.

• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and a drop of golden blood to claim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Su Yun learned from Gui Li that Feng Qing'er was undergoing nirvana inside a red cocoon, thanks to Ruoxi’s Origin Essence Blood.
• Su Yun and Gui Li considered how to protect Feng Qing’er without disrupting her nirvana or drawing the hidden Ancient Void Dragon expert’s attention.
• Venerable Lei arrived at the ruins and recognized the cocoon as a possible sign of phoenix nirvana.
• Venerable Lei approached the cocoon, shocked by Feng Qing’er’s apparent rebirth and the destruction around it.

Venerable Lei rescued Feng Qing'er after Wind Lightning Pavilion was devastated in the Blue Flame Fire Path, while Su Yun collected the corpses of two High-Tier Dou Sheng and left the Beast Spirit Barrier. Elsewhere in the ruins, Soul Hall began massacring survivors and harvesting Soul Bodies.

• Venerable Lei took Feng Qing'er’s Qi Methods and Dou Techniques, concealed her newly formed red cocoon in a Space Cage, and fled the ruins; he had lost nearly all of Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders and disciples in the Blue Flame Fire Path.
• Gui Li watched Venerable Lei leave with Feng Qing'er, then declared that he could act without restraint.
• Su Yun’s companions struggled under the altar’s pressure, so Heavenly Flame Venerate and Hai Bodong lay on the ground to endure it more comfortably.
• Su Yun pulled the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix corpses from the earth, scanned and recycled them into System Space, then led everyone out of the Beast Spirit Barrier.
• Soul Hall attacked across the ruins, slaughtering people and harvesting Soul Bodies as survivors, including members of Magical Beast clans, Burning Flame Valley, and Xiao Yan’s group, fled and cursed them.

After Soul Hall attacked the Ancient Ruin survivors, Xiao Yan learned that a Soul Hall Venerate wielded four Heavenly Flames and realized Soul Hall had orchestrated the Yao Clan massacre. The survivors planned to seek help from the Pill Tower and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, while Xiao Yan trusted Su Yun and held two powerful treasures in reserve.

• Tang Zhen stood with Tang Huo'er’s support, and Xiao Yan’s medicinal pills helped the injured survivors recover.
• Xi Tie and the other Magical Beasts described a Soul Hall Venerate who wielded four Heavenly Flames and slaughtered their companions.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Bone Chilling Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Nine Serene Wind Flame, and Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, and concluded that Soul Hall had killed the Yao Clan and framed the Ancient Clan.
• Tang Zhen urged Xiao Yan to control his anger, and Xi Tie proposed finding the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan said they could seek Su Yun’s group instead and revealed that he carried a Space Jade Slip and an ancient jade pendant capable of blocking a Half-Saint’s attack.

Xiao Yan recognized that the Soul Hall pursuer with four-colored Heavenly Flames was searching for him and Tang Zhen, then led the others to aid Pill Tower. Meanwhile, Su Yun’s group explored the Ancient Ruin, found a Pill Beast and pill formulas, and discovered a cache of Magic Cores and three more boxes of powerful items.

• Xiao Yan and Tang Zhen realized the Soul Hall pursuer was looking for them, and Xiao Yan resolved to settle their grudges.
• Xiao Yan sensed Soul Hall hunting Commander Luo and the Pill Tower experts, then led the group to help them.
• Su Yun’s group discussed how the ruin’s materials restricted Qing Lin’s soul perception, then followed her to a Pill Room.
• Xiao Yi Xian captured a white Pill Beast, while Su Yun collected ancient eighth-grade pill formulas from the chamber.
• Qing Lin guided the group to a storage room, where they found dozens of Eighth Tier Magic Cores and three boxes with stronger energy fluctuations.

Su Yun obtained several Ninth Tier Magic Cores and continued toward the remains’ main hall, while Xiao Yan’s group and the Soul Hall converged there from separate passages. Xiao Yan’s group found the ancient owner’s Dou Sheng remains, and their temporary alliance broke apart as everyone rushed to claim it.

• Su Yun recognized the jade-box contents as Ninth Tier Magic Cores, stored them in the System Space, and headed deeper into the remains.
• Xiao Yan’s group joined forces with Commander Luo’s Pill Tower party after helping them escape Huntu’s squad, then hurried toward the main hall.
• Huntu and Hunshi planned to ambush Xiao Yan’s group in the main hall, while Gui Li secretly intended to use the chaos to target Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s group discovered the seated skeleton of the remains’ Dou Sheng owner, and its holy might stirred their desire to claim it.
• A Swift Star Wolf Dou Zun rushed toward the skeleton, prompting the others to charge after him as Commander Luo pulled the Pill Tower disciples back and searched for an exit.

Xiao Yan and the others joined forces to stop the Saint's corpse from attacking with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, but the Soul Hall arrived after the corpse fell. Huntu and Hunshi attacked Commander Luo while the other Soul Hall members charged at the group.

• The Swift Star Wolf rushed toward the Saint's corpse, which rose and killed him with its lingering saintly might.
• Xiao Yan recognized that a remnant of the Saint's soul will controlled the corpse and rallied everyone to resist it.
• The corpse unleashed the Heaven Tier Great Heaven Creation Palm, and Xiao Yan, Commander Luo, and the others combined their attacks to block it.
• The Saint's corpse fell, leaving an empty shell, and the battered group celebrated their victory.
• Huntu led nine Soul Hall members into the hall and launched an attack, prompting Xiao Yan to rally the others to fight back.

Gui Li attacked Xiao Yan, but Elder Shennong intervened and saved him. After killing the nine Soul Hall members, Elder Shennong prepared to help Xiao Yan question Gui Li.

• Gui Li revealed himself in the Ancient Ruin and attacked Xiao Yan with his flaming scythe.
• Xiao Yan's defensive Magic Core Weapon blocked the strike, and a second shattered item summoned Elder Shennong, whose holy might immobilized everyone.
• Elder Shennong freed Xiao Yan and explained that their agreement gave Xiao Yan three chances to call on his help.
• At Xiao Yan's request, Elder Shennong turned Huntu, Hunshi, and the other Soul Hall members into dust.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Shennong to make Gui Li talk so he could question him.

Xiao Yan questioned Gui Li about his Heavenly Flames and his sect, while Elder Shennong helped explain why Gui Li could not reveal its secrets. The confrontation ended with Gui Li warning Elder Shennong about opposing Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan asked Gui Li where he had obtained the Bone Chilling Flame, and Gui Li claimed he had found it ownerless.
• Xiao Yan asked about Gui Li's Nine Serene Wind Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, and Gui Li implied Soul Hall had given them to him, intensifying Xiao Yan's anger.
• Gui Li recognized Elder Shennong and claimed his sect's secret arts prevented him from revealing its identity.
• Elder Shennong confirmed that ancient soul techniques could compel people to keep secrets, and Xiao Yan understood why Su Yun had been evasive about the sect.
• Gui Li invited Elder Shennong to join Soul Hall, but Elder Shennong refused and said he was helping Xiao Yan because Xiao Yan had helped him.

Xiao Yan confronted Gui Li in the Ancient Ruin, but Gui Li escaped after revealing that Soul Hall and the Heavenly Underworld Sect had attacked the Flower Sect while Xiao Yan was away. Xiao Yan asked Elder Shennong to take everyone to reinforce the Flower Sect, while Su Yun and the others found the remaining fighters battling over the ruin’s opportunities.

• Xiao Yan demanded that Elder Shennong kill Gui Li and extract the Heavenly Flames from him, but Gui Li warned that Soul Hall had attacked the Flower Sect with the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Xiao Yan calmed himself after Elder Shennong cautioned him against acting in anger, then asked Elder Shennong to kill Gui Li.
• Gui Li vanished without spatial or energy fluctuations, and Elder Shennong searched the Ancient Ruin with his Soul Power but could not find him.
• Elder Shennong released everyone from his control, and Xiao Yan asked him to take them to the Flower Sect for reinforcements.
• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others reached the main hall and found humans and Magical Beasts fighting over the remaining opportunities; Xiao Yan had taken the Saint's corpse.

Su Yun’s group survived an attack in the Ancient Ruin after Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Half-Saint strength, and Su Yun secretly considered how to obtain Tang Zhen’s Heavenly Flame. After the others left, Hei Qing arrived to take Zi Yan back to her clan, leaving her tearfully reluctant to part with Su Yun.

• Three Magical Beast Dou Venerate experts attacked Su Yun’s group, and Xiao Yi Xian killed them with poisonous Purple Flame butterflies.
• Su Yun calmed the gathered experts and let the Magical Beast group leave, then exchanged greetings with Tang Zhen while considering how to obtain the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame.
• Su Yun declined Tang Zhen’s invitation to return to the Central Plains and later agreed to visit Burning Flame Valley in the future.
• After everyone else departed, Su Yun’s group waited for Hei Qing, who thanked Su Yun for protecting Zi Yan and asked to take her back.
• Zi Yan clung to Su Yun and cried that she did not want to return to her clan.

Su Yun comforted Zi Yan before she returned to her tribe with Hei Qing, then sent his avatar Gui Li to seize Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame. Gui Li confronted Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley group, leaving them facing a far stronger opponent.

• Su Yun and the others comforted Zi Yan and gave her a Ring of Holding filled with pills before she left with Hei Qing, promising to return after becoming a Dou Sheng.
• After Zi Yan departed, Su Yun summoned Gui Li and ordered him to take Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame and soul.
• Tang Zhen discussed Burning Flame Valley’s gains from the Ancient Ruin with Tang Huo'er and reflected on the valley’s secret ancestral instruction.
• Gui Li ambushed Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley group, revealing his Five-Turn Peak Dou Venerate strength and declaring that he would claim the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame.
• Tang Zhen invoked Elder Shennong’s name, but Gui Li mocked him, saying Shennong had gone to Flower Sect with Xiao Yan.

Gui Li killed Tang Zhen, captured his soul, and subdued the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame despite Tang Huo'er’s interference. He left Tang Huo'er alive and flew back toward his main body, intending for her anger to bring trouble to Soul Hall.

• Gui Li broke through Tang Zhen’s fire barrier, cut him in half, and sealed his soul in a Jade Bottle.
• Tang Huo'er watched her father die and caught his half-body as Gui Li began subduing the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame.
• Tang Huo'er provoked the Heavenly Flame through Burning Flame Valley’s inherited method, disrupting Gui Li’s attempt to seal it.
• Gui Li struck Tang Huo'er twice, then used the Spirit Transformation secret art to calm and seal the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame.
• Gui Li decided to leave Tang Huo'er alive because her anger could cause trouble for Soul Hall, then flew toward his main body.

Su Yun recovered the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame and set off with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. At the ruined Flower Sect, Xiao Yan learned from a dying disciple that Soul Hall and the Heavenly Underworld Sect had nearly wiped out the sect, and she began revealing how they had defeated its leaders.

• Gui Li returned the flame cage to Su Yun, who stored the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame in the System Space.
• Su Yun sent Heavenly Underworld Venerate and Hai Bodong back to Holy Pill City, then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng found the Flower Sect in ruins, where a dying disciple was briefly stabilized by Elder Shennong.
• Elder Shennong told Xiao Yan that the disciple's damaged Soul Origin could not withstand a Soul Infant Fruit, and she reassured Xiao Yan before sharing her final report.
• The disciple said Soul Hall and the Heavenly Underworld Sect had nearly annihilated the Flower Sect, and that their Beginner Half-Saint and Advanced Half-Saint leaders had overwhelmed the Qing Hua Two Immortals.

After learning that Hua Jin had betrayed the Flower Sect and that Venerable Yao had been sent away in the Bone Flame Ring, Xiao Yan vowed to rescue Fairy Qing and avenge the sect. Meanwhile, Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s underground entrance, where Su Yun prepared to deal with its hidden guards.

• The surviving Flower Sect disciple told Xiao Yan that Fairy Qing had been captured, Fairy Hua had self-destructed, and Hua Jin had betrayed the sect by informing the Soul Hall and Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• The disciple explained that Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua had used Shifting Flowers and Connecting Wood to transfer Venerable Yao’s Bone Flame Ring elsewhere, then died after entrusting the survivors’ hopes to Xiao Yan.
• Venerable Lei emerged from the Ancient Ruin after hiding from the Saints and hurried away with the red cocoon inside his Space Cage.
• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached the passage to the underground world and entered with their auras concealed.
• Two One-Turn Dou Venerates guarded the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s entrance, each carrying a Space Jade Slip that could summon a Half-Saint.
• Su Yun used the system scan to locate the hidden guards and prepared to act with the Dragon Seal in his palm.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian infiltrated the Nine Netherworld Python Clan with Qing Lin’s help, using controlled guards to reach a Half-Saint elder. They arrived at the Second Elder’s hall, where he recognized them as humans but had not yet acted.

• Su Yun silently seized two Dou Venerates through spatial rifts and knocked them unconscious with his soul strength.
• Qing Lin controlled the two men and learned they could lead the group to a Half-Saint elder who might connect them to the clan leader or Great Elder.
• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin posed as captives while Yao Xun led them through the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s heavily guarded base.
• Yao Xun brought the group to the Second Elder’s hall and claimed the humans might be linked to the disappearance of clan elders.
• The Second Elder sensed Su Yun and the two women, let them into the hall, and noticed Yao Xun’s unusual tension without suspecting the truth.

Su Yun and his companions used Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control Second Elder, then prepared to seize another Dou Sheng of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. Great Elder arrived, unaware of their plan, and Qing Lin began trying to control him.

• Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils incapacitated Second Elder, freeing Su Yun and his companions from their seals.
• Qing Lin sensed a Dou Sheng approaching, and Su Yun reassured her that the arrival was likely a coincidence.
• Qing Lin controlled Second Elder while Yao Xun placed Dou Qi seals on the group, and Great Elder entered the hall.
• Great Elder gave Second Elder a list of clan elders suspected of investigating Yao Ming’s disappearance and prepared to leave.
• Second Elder stopped Great Elder and pointed out Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin as the missing-elders case’s captives.
• Great Elder leered at Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as Qing Lin gathered the courage to control him.

Su Yun, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian escaped the Great Elder’s attack and used Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control him. As Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s experts arrived, they pretended to be cornered while preparing to confront them.

• The Great Elder tried to kill Qing Lin before her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could activate, but Xiao Yi Xian broke through to One-Star Dou Sheng and blocked his strike.
• Su Yun used Illusory Shadow to carry Qing Lin away, then shielded them from the explosion with Mysterious Ice Flame Bell and suffered internal injuries.
• Qing Lin revealed that she had already controlled the Great Elder with her Pupil Technique, and Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian regrouped with her.
• Over ten thousand Nine Netherworld Python Clan experts approached, so Su Yun had Qing Lin make the controlled Great Elder attack them to make their predicament look real.
• Yao Xiaotian arrived and joined the Great Elder in pressuring Su Yun, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian as the clan’s experts surrounded them.

Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin seized control of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan by using the Great Elder's betrayal and Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After recovering, they left the Great Elder to govern the clan and prepared to visit the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.

• Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder attacked Xiao Yi Xian, who countered with her Slaughter Poison Seal.
• The Great Elder struck Yao Xiaotian with his Snake Head Staff, revealing that Qing Lin had controlled him with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yi Xian's poison seal overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian's Yellow Springs Finger, and Qing Lin controlled the Nine Netherworld Pythons throughout the clan.
• Qing Lin fainted from the strain, and Xiao Yi Xian was weakened after the battle, so Su Yun treated them while they recovered for seven days.
• Qing Lin took Yao Xiaotian and five Half-Saint elders into her eye space, while the Great Elder remained to govern the clan.
• Su Yun asked Qing Lin to have Yao Xiaotian lead them to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs.

Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs and used Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to free and control Yao Ming. Qing Lin began cultivating with the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s power, while Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind and discussed the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s inheritance.

• Su Yun led Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the controlled Yao Xiaotian into the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs to find Yao Ming.
• Su Yun discovered that the Yellow Springs’ immense cold power could benefit his Fennel Cold Art, but decided he could not absorb its source yet.
• Yao Ming recognized Yao Xiaotian’s condition, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control him and take him from the chains.
• After returning to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, Qing Lin asked to stay and cultivate, and Su Yun agreed while she entered seclusion.
• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood, which the clan had not obtained.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian waited in the Nether Snake Earth Vein while Qing Lin cultivated, as news spread that Su Yun had driven Ice River Valley into collapse. Old Man Bing Chuan secretly prepared to seek revenge, while Hun Miesheng used Soul Devour to turn the tide against the Ancient and Yao Clans.

• Su Yun explained why Qing Lin should not enter the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet yet, and he and Xiao Yi Xian continued waiting for her in seclusion.
• After half a year, people in the Central Plains discussed Ice River Valley’s defeat and the reports that Su Yun had reached the Eighth Grade as an alchemist and Xiao Yi Xian had become a Half-Saint.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed Su Yun’s success before setting out to explore more of the Central Plains.
• Old Man Bing Chuan secretly cultivated in Ice River Valley, reached Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate, and vowed to settle his grudge with Xiao Yi Xian in a hundred years.
• The Ancient and Yao Clans attacked Hun Miesheng at Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall and demanded that he hand over Gui Li.
• Hun Miesheng denied knowing Gui Li, then absorbed countless Soul Bodies with Soul Devour and raised his strength to Five-Star Dou Sheng.