Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin emerged from seclusion at Five-Turn Dou Venerate, and Su Yun prepared to attack Soul Hall. Feng Qing'er completed her nirvana and returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while Xiao Yan began refining a body for Medicine Elder, whose thoughts turned to Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua.

• The Ancient Clan Four-Star Dou Sheng and Yao Wangui resumed their battle after deciding their opponent could not sustain his cultivation.
• Qing Lin broke through to Five-Turn Dou Venerate, and Su Yun said they would next target Soul Hall branch halls.
• Feng Qing'er completed her phoenix nirvana at One-Turn Dou Venerate and thanked Venerable Lei before leaving for her clan.
• Xiao Yan began refining a body for Medicine Elder with help from the Pill Tower’s three giants.
• Medicine Elder sighed over Fairy Qing and Fairy Hua, and Xuan Kongzi and the others apologized for failing to reach Flower Sect in time.

Xiao Yan guarded as Yao Chen attempted to merge his soul with a Heavenly Flame-refined body, while Su Yun discovered Fairy Qing’s remnant soul and planned to use her to pressure Xiao Yan. Xuan Kongzi then warned Su Yun that a Yao Clan Dou Sheng had confronted Heavenly Flame Venerate and Hai Bodong in Holy Pill City.

• Xiao Yan watched as Yao Chen’s soul entered the refined body, beginning a dangerous attempt at rebirth.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower Three Giants left Xiao Yan and returned to the Pill Tower, where they received Heavenly Flame Venerate and Hai Bodong.
• Su Yun found Fairy Qing’s damaged remnant soul in a ruined Soul Hall branch hall, restored some of her Soul Power, and stored her in the System Space to use against Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi contacted Su Yun and explained that a Yao Clan Dou Sheng had stayed in Holy Pill City to demand Soul Nurturing Dust and had approached Heavenly Flame Venerate and Hai Bodong.
• Xuan Kongzi assured Su Yun that his subordinates were safe in Holy Pill City and said they had asked him to pass along intelligence.

Su Yun learned that Yao Wanyan, a Two-Star Dou Sheng, was lying in wait outside Holy Pill City to seize the Soul Nurturing Dust refinement method. He refused Xuan Kongzi’s offer of Pill Tower protection, then led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward the ambush, where Qing Lin summoned a powerful fighter to block Yao Wanyan’s attack.

• Xuan Kongzi warned Su Yun that Yao Wanyan had left Holy Pill City and was likely waiting to ambush him for the Soul Nurturing Dust refinement method.
• Su Yun declined Xuan Kongzi’s offer to join the Pill Tower and explained to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that the Yao Clan was occupied fighting Soul Hall, limiting the help it could send against them.
• Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled toward Holy Pill City after gathering nearly enough Soul Origin, while Qing Lin prepared the five Half-Saints and the Ancient Heavenly Snake Array.
• Yao Wanyan trapped the group in a Space Cage and demanded the Soul Nurturing Dust refinement method, boasting that the Yao Clan always obtained what it wanted.
• Su Yun mocked Yao Wanyan’s boast and ordered Qing Lin to act as Yao Wanyan launched an attack; a powerful man appeared and blocked him with a punch.

Su Yun and his allies fought Yao Wanyan, using their superior numbers and the Ancient Heavenly Snake Array to drive him off and sever both his arms. Yao Wanyan escaped, but left his Ring of Holding behind for Su Yun to claim.

• Yao Wanyan clashed with Yao Ming and was injured, then discovered that Su Yun had several Dou Sheng allies.
• Qing Lin activated the Ancient Heavenly Snake Array, boosting Yao Xiaotian's strength as Yao Wanyan unleashed his clan markings.
• Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian overwhelmed Yao Wanyan while Su Yun mocked his complaints about being outnumbered.
• Yao Wanyan tried to flee through a Space Channel, but Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian blasted off both his arms.
• Qing Lin retrieved Yao Wanyan's Ring of Holding, and Su Yun erased its Soul Imprint.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Holy Pill City with Qing Lin after escaping Yao Wanyan’s ambush and capturing his allies. At home, they learned that Ice River Valley had disbanded, Xiao Yan had reappeared in the city, Flower Sect had fallen, and the Ancient and Yao Clans were fighting Soul Hall.

• Qing Lin captured the five Nine Netherworld Python elders, Yao Xiaotian, and Yao Ming after Yao Wanyan fled, and Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin returned to Holy Pill City.
• Su Yun met Commander Luo at the city gates and learned that the Ancient Clan, Yao Clan, and Soul Hall had been at war, driving many people to seek refuge in the city.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate and Hai Bodong welcomed Su Yun and confirmed that Yao Wanyan had ambushed them on the road.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate reported that Ice River Valley had disbanded and that Old Man Bing Chuan had fled to the Southern Continent.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate told Su Yun that Xiao Yan had appeared in Holy Pill City and that Flower Sect had been destroyed.
• Su Yun learned that the Ancient and Yao Clans had besieged Soul Hall, where Hun Miesheng held off three Four-Star Dou Shengs and remained entrenched in Heaven Hall.

Su Yun cultivated while Hun Miesheng investigated Gui Li and realized the mysterious attacks on Soul Hall’s branch halls were linked to him. After half a month, Su Yun advanced his Soul Power to the middle Heaven Realm and turned to the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame to improve further.

• Su Yun learned intelligence from Heavenly Flame Venerate, then entered the Cultivation Chamber to strengthen himself.
• Hun Miesheng questioned Soul Hall’s leaders about Gui Li and concluded that a traitor had revealed Soul Hall’s role in Yao Ling’s death.
• Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate reported that branch halls near the Beast Region bore traces of four Heavenly Flames, and Hun Miesheng realized Gui Li had attacked them.
• Su Yun scanned and recycled Fairy Qing’s memories, learning that the Flower Sect’s inherited secret technique was Heaven Tier Low Grade.
• Su Yun absorbed Soul Origins for half a month and advanced his Soul Power to the middle Heaven Realm.
• Su Yun entered the System Space and prepared to use the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame to break through a cultivation bottleneck.

Su Yun absorbed the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame and broke through to Six-Revolving Dou Venerate. Afterward, he searched Tang Zhen’s memories and uncovered a secret involving the Ancient Races and events from a thousand years ago.

• Su Yun revealed his eight Heavenly Flames to Tang Zhen and refused to let him leave the System Space.
• Su Yun froze Tang Zhen in time and absorbed the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame after removing its mark.
• Su Yun refined the flame and broke through to Six-Revolving Dou Venerate after fifteen days.
• Su Yun considered the approaching appearance of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the possibility of obtaining the Bodhi Heart.
• Su Yun scanned Tang Zhen’s memories and discovered that ancient records linked the Ancient Races to the unexplained events of a thousand years ago.

Su Yun uncovered how the Soul Clan’s attack killed Burning Heaven Ancestor and the Pill Tower Founding Ancestor, then returned to cultivation. Meanwhile, Medicine Elder completed his body fusion and reached Advanced Half-Saint, while Su Ruoxi confronted a Heavenly Demon Phoenix elder who accused Feng Qing'er of betrayal.

• Su Yun learned from Burning Flame Valley’s records that the Soul Clan ambushed and killed Burning Heaven Ancestor, and that the Pill Tower Founding Ancestor later fell as well.
• Su Yun set aside his unanswered questions about the ancient battle and returned to cultivating in the Cultivation Chamber.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng saw Medicine Elder complete his fusion with the Saint’s corpse and reach Advanced Half-Saint, while his Soul Power broke through the great barrier of the Heavenly Realm.
• Medicine Elder announced that his reckoning had begun, and Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng understood that he intended to seek revenge.
• A Heavenly Demon Phoenix Dou Sheng elder accused Feng Qing'er of betraying the clan and tried to take her away, but Su Ruoxi confronted him and blocked his way.
• A woman in red robes appeared and told Kun Huang that he had gone too far.

Su Ruoxi was upset after Phoenix dismissed Kun Huang’s beating of Feng Qing’er as a misunderstanding, so she asked Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian for advice. Su Yun explained the clan’s power dynamics, and Ruoxi ended by asking what she should do next.

• Su Ruoxi told Phoenix that Kun Huang had badly injured Feng Qing’er, but Phoenix gave Feng Qing’er a healing pill and urged her to let the matter go.
• Feng Qing’er accepted Phoenix’s suggestion and called the incident a misunderstanding, allowing Kun Huang to leave despite Su Ruoxi’s protest.
• That night, Su Ruoxi contacted Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian and told them what had happened.
• Su Yun recognized that Phoenix had protected Kun Huang and that Feng Qing’er had likely yielded to avoid making her position in the clan worse.
• Su Yun explained the adults’ motives and the clan’s power dynamics to Su Ruoxi, who then asked what she should do.

Su Yun encouraged Su Ruoxi and later struggled with a cultivation bottleneck before Hei Qing arrived with news that Zi Yan had encountered a problem absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Su Yun agreed to travel with Hei Qing to Eastern Dragon Island to help her.

• Su Yun encouraged Su Ruoxi to train so she could one day rule the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, while Kun Huang persuaded Phoenix to let him leave the Phoenix Mountain Range to investigate.
• Half a year later, Su Yun reached the peak of Sixth Grade Dou Venerate but remained frustrated by his cultivation bottleneck, and Xiao Yi Xian told him her progress had slowed after reaching Intermediate Half-Saint.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian watched the sunset together until Hei Qing arrived and said Zi Yan had run into trouble absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Su Yun agreed to go with Hei Qing to Eastern Dragon Island and used Soul Transmission to call Qing Lin over.

Su Yun and his companions reached Eastern Dragon Island and learned that Zi Yan had become encased in crystals after failing to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He began preparing to use his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flame to refine the crystals and rescue her.

• Hei Qing led Su Yun, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian through a spatial passage to Eastern Dragon Island.
• Great Elder Qingshan explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s overwhelming energy had crystallized inside Zi Yan, sealing her body.
• The group found Zi Yan lying motionless on an altar, with crystals filling her meridians and organs.
• Su Yun assured Qingshan that he would handle the crystals, and Qing Lin raised a Soul Barrier around the hall.
• Su Yun summoned his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flame and focused on refining the crystals around Zi Yan.

Su Yun spent half a year using the Nine-Colored Heavenly Flame to melt the crystals inside Zi Yan, while the Three Dragon Islands launched an assault on Eastern Dragon Island to seize her. As Great Elder Qingshan faced execution, two powerful figures appeared behind his attackers.

• Su Yun melted the crystals covering Zi Yan and began slowly dissolving the crystals inside her, which kept reappearing as the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's energy filled her meridians.
• After half a year, the Three Dragon Islands attacked Eastern Dragon Island, demanding that Great Elder Qingshan hand over Zi Yan.
• Great Elder Qingshan refused, fought the enemy leaders, and was beaten down and questioned about Zi Yan's location.
• The Northern Dragon Island Great Elder tricked Qingshan into revealing that Zi Yan was still on the island, and the allied forces began searching for her.
• As the three enemy leaders prepared to kill Qingshan, two powerful waves of saintly might appeared behind them, followed by a young girl's cry to attack.

Yao Ming, Yao Xiaotian, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian held back the Three Dragon Islands’ forces while Su Yun protected Zi Yan as she absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. After three days of fighting, the enemy leaders realized Eastern Dragon Island was stalling, and Qing Lin’s side struggled to keep them contained.

• Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian ambushed the Three Dragon Islands’ leaders with the Ancient Heavenly Snake Array, while Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control them.
• Xiao Yi Xian trapped seven One-Star Dou Shengs in poisonous miasma, leaving the other Dou Shengs occupied as Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• An Advanced Half-Saint approached the palace barrier, but Gui Li ambushed and killed him with a sword infused with Heavenly Flames and Heavenly Cold Qi.
• Three days passed as the battle continued, and the Northern Dragon Island Great Elder realized Eastern Dragon Island was stalling and urged the others to unleash their full power.
• Qing Lin and Great Elder Qingshan struggled against the strengthened leaders, but Qing Lin told Great Elder Qingshan that they had to keep holding them back until Su Yun was ready.

Zi Yan returned to Eastern Dragon Island as a powerful Dragon Phoenix and ended the fighting by ordering the other dragon clans to leave. Su Yun cared for the exhausted Xiao Yi Xian, then finally collapsed from fatigue as Qing Lin watched over him.

• Zi Yan appeared on Eastern Dragon Island with the Supreme Dragon Phoenix bloodline, causing the Ancient Void Dragons to kneel and the fighting to stop.
• The three leading chiefs of the other Dragon Islands fled, and Zi Yan ordered their clans to leave Eastern Dragon Island.
• Su Yun found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious after she exhausted herself fighting the seven One-Star Dou Sheng, then carried her away with Qing Lin.
• Zi Yan ordered Great Elder Qingshan to send precious medicinal ingredients to Su Yun and his companions while she dealt with the island's chaos.
• Su Yun used pills and his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flame to treat Xiao Yi Xian, who soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
• After admitting he was exhausted from half a year without rest, Su Yun fell asleep in Qing Lin's arms.

After recovering, Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin met the newly matured Zi Yan, who planned to reunify the Four Great Dragon Islands. They exposed Zi Yan’s attempt to act grown-up, exchanged gifts, and prepared to part ways.

• Su Yun told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that he had let the captured people go because Zi Yan had made her own decision.
• Zi Yan appeared with her mature Royal Bloodline and said she would strengthen Eastern Dragon Island before subduing the other Three Dragon Islands.
• As Su Yun and the others prepared to leave, Zi Yan replaced his Dragon Seal and gave him an Ancient Void Dragon secret art that could summon her.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to cook for Zi Yan, and Zi Yan’s demand for Braised Lion’s Head revealed that she still had her childish appetite.
• Su Yun warned Zi Yan that the Three Dragon Kings might target her, but she insisted she could defeat them.
• Zi Yan gave Su Yun three bottles of her Dragon Phoenix Blood for the group to refine before they parted.

Su Yun returned with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, accepted the Ancient Clan’s invitation, and spent a month refining powerful blood and fusing a Heaven Tier body-forging technique to strengthen his physical body. Meanwhile, Feng Qing'er confronted Kun Huang over her teacher’s death, and he denied responsibility and threatened to punish her for disrespect.

• Su Yun and the others returned to Holy Pill City, where Hai Bodong and Heavenly Flame Venerate told them the Ancient Clan had invited them to its Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Su Yun agreed to attend with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Hai Bodong and Heavenly Flame Venerate stayed behind.
• Su Yun began refining Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Blood and blood from ancient beasts while fusing the Profound Heaven Dragon Phoenix Body technique with the system’s help.
• After a month of painful transformation, Su Yun gained enough physical strength to crack open space with a punch.
• Feng Qing'er accused Kun Huang of killing her teacher, but Kun Huang denied it and threatened to punish her for disrespecting him.

Feng Qing'er confronted Kun Huang over her teacher Venerable Lei's death, while Su Yun and the Pill Tower delegation traveled to Ancient Holy City for the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony. At the reception platform, a Yao Clan elder threatened Su Yun, who challenged the clan's accusations.

• Kun Huang taunted Feng Qing'er with details of Venerable Lei's torture and falsely denied killing him, then used Space Power to eject her from the hall.
• Feng Qing'er reflected on the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's corrupt leadership and felt powerless to change it.
• Su Yun arrived at the Pill Tower with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Xuan Kongzi led the delegation toward the Ancient Realm with Cao Ying and Dan Chen among the disciples.
• Su Yun and the Pill Tower delegation reached Ancient Holy City, presented their invitations, and were escorted to the reception platform.
• A Yao Clan elder threatened Su Yun over past events, and Su Yun retorted that the Yao Clan had coveted his secret technique and that Soul Hall had killed Yao Ling and the others.

Su Yun confronted the Yao Clan over its demand for the Soul Nurturing Dust refinement method and revealed his Nine-Star Peak Dou Venerate cultivation when Ling Quan challenged him. At the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Huo Zhi noticed Su Yun and considered his Heavenly Flame worth pursuing.

• Su Yun accused the Yao Clan elder of acting like a victim while trying to seize the Soul Nurturing Dust refinement method, and Xuan Kongzi backed him up.
• The Yao Clan elder threatened Su Yun before leaving, and Su Yun remained wary of the clan’s plans.
• Ling Quan challenged Su Yun, but withdrew when Su Yun revealed his Nine-Star Peak Dou Venerate cultivation.
• Su Yun’s display stunned the gathered young members of the Ancient Races, though some still dismissed his combat ability.
• Huo Zhi watched Su Yun and sensed a strange connection, while the man in white discussed her Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Su Yun’s Fallen Heart Flame.
• Huo Zhi decided that Su Yun’s Heavenly Flame was worth getting.

Su Yun watched as Xiao Yan arrived at the Ancient Realm and confronted Ling Quan, who had once humiliated him. After Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan, Ling Quan returned with Black Annihilation Army commanders, and Xiao Yan prepared to fight them.

• Su Yun learned that Xiao Yan from the declining Xiao Clan would be coming to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan arrived with a Bone Chilling Flame, and Ling Quan called him out before Xiao Yan punched him flying.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Xiao Yan where he had obtained the Bone Chilling Flame, and Xiao Yan said he had found it in an extremely cold place in the Central Plains.
• Su Yun warned Xiao Yan that Ling Quan might retaliate, but Xiao Yan said he was prepared to face the challenges of visiting Xun'er.
• Ling Quan returned with Black Annihilation Army commanders, and Xiao Yan challenged them all as they prepared to attack.

Xiao Yan defeated several Ancient Clan commanders before a Half-Saint elder intervened and declared that he had passed the first trial. As the Ancient Realm opened, Gu Yang learned that Su Yun had no Dou Di Bloodline and ordered the discovery kept secret.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavy Xuan Ruler and three Heavenly Flames to overpower several Ancient Clan commanders, but a Half-Saint elder stopped his finishing strike and excused the commanders.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that the fight was only his first trial and warned him about the Black Annihilation Army’s four chief commanders.
• Su Yun named Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao as Xiao Yan’s main opponents and said the elders favored Gu Yao as Xun'er’s other half.
• The Ancient Realm’s entrance opened, and Su Yun entered with Xiao Yan and the others.
• The Half-Saint elder reported to Gu Yang that Su Yun appeared to have no Dou Di Bloodline, and Gu Yang ordered him to keep the matter secret.