Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing defeated Yao Xiaotian and the First Elder, helped Yao Ming reclaim leadership of the Nine Nether Deepworld Python Clan, and brought the clan into the Heavenly Court. He then demanded access to the Yellow Spring Stone Stele’s inheritance and explained why the clan had failed to obtain it.

• Xiao Qing gravely wounded Yao Xiaotian and sealed the First Elder, keeping both alive as potential nourishment for Qing Lin.
• Yao Ming recovered the Nine Nether Underworld Staff and returned to the clan, where Xiao Qing helped him purge Yao Xiaotian’s loyalists and reclaim control.
• Yao Ming pledged the Nine Nether Deepworld Python Clan to Xiao Qing, who appointed him the Heavenly Court’s branch leader in the Beast Domain and ordered the clan to protect Qing Lin’s inheritance seclusion.
• Xiao Qing told Yao Ming that he wanted the Yellow Spring Stone Stele’s inheritance and named its three Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Qing said the clan had failed to obtain the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s inheritance because its members lacked sufficient soul power.

Xiao Qing entered the Yellow Spring Stone Stele and endured the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s soul attack to pass the inheritance test. The Demon Saint then presented him with two items, leaving the inheritance ready to be claimed.

• Yao Ming led Xiao Qing to the Yellow Spring Stone Stele and warned him that its test required a Heaven Realm soul.
• Xiao Qing approached the stele and used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul to activate it, causing the stele to draw him inside.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint appeared and challenged Xiao Qing to withstand one strike of Yellow Spring Heaven Wrath.
• Xiao Qing defended himself with a soul barrier infused with Spatial Law and endured the attack.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint declared that Xiao Qing had passed and summoned two items before him.

Xiao Qing gained Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s cultivation method and Half-Emperor Essence Blood, then brought Yao Xiaotian and other Snake Tribe captives to the Star Realm. There, Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control Yao Xiaotian, and the chapter ended as her first attempt succeeded.

• Yellow Spring Demon Saint told Xiao Qing that the disappearance of Source Qi had prevented him from breaking through to Dou Emperor before his remnant soul faded away.
• Xiao Qing left the collapsing inheritance space with Yellow Spring Heaven Wrath and the Half-Emperor Essence Blood, then gave Yao Ming a copy of the Dou Skill and took the essence blood.
• Yao Ming announced that the Nine Nether Deepworld Python clan had joined the Heavenly Court, and Xiao Qing returned to the Star Realm with Yao Xiaotian and more than one hundred Snake Tribe captives.
• Xiao Qing brought Qing Lin to a sealed dungeon and suppressed the captives’ resistance with his soul power so she could use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin’s eye technique overcame Yao Xiaotian’s resistance and formed a master-servant bond between them.

Qing Lin enslaved the Snake Tribe and used the energy stored in her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to break through to Dou Zun, while Xiao Qing absorbed the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s essence blood and reached late-stage Four-Star Dou Saint. The chapter ends as two powerful Ancient Void Dragon elders question Zhu Li about whether Zi Yan’s identity as the Imperial Princess has been verified.

• Qing Lin enslaved the Snake Tribe’s elders and fighters, then entered seclusion to advance her cultivation using their Dou Qi.
• Xiao Qing secluded himself and spent ten days absorbing the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s Half-Emperor Essence Blood, breaking through to late-stage Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Qing Lin emerged from seclusion as a One-Star Dou Zun, and Xiao Qing advised her to strengthen her foundation.
• Old Yao told Xiao Qing that Zhu Li had arrived with two High-Rank Dou Saints from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Xu asked Zhu Li whether Zi Yan was truly the Imperial Princess and whether her bloodline had been verified.

Xiao Qing informed Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu that Zi Yan was absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, earning the elders’ respect and raising their hopes for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s restoration. Three days later, Zi Yan emerged transformed into a mature Five-Star Dou Saint with the Supreme Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, and Xiao Qing gave her a robe to wear.

• Xiao Qing told Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu that Zi Yan was absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and the elders recognized its significance for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Qing explained that Zi Yan was his younger sister, then asked Old Yao to host Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu while he checked on her seclusion.
• Zhu Xuan, Zhu Xu, and Zhu Li spent three days evaluating the Star Realm and the Heavenly Court as Xiao Qing monitored Zi Yan’s cocoon.
• Xiao Qing reinforced the barrier as Zi Yan’s cocoon shook, cracked, and burst into violet-gold light.
• Zi Yan emerged as a mature Five-Star Dou Saint with the Supreme Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and teased Xiao Qing about her changed appearance.
• Xiao Qing tossed Zi Yan one of his robes, and she put it on despite complaining that he was boring.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion as a Supreme Dragon-Phoenix and a Five-Star Dou Saint, then prepared to return to Dragon Island and unify the Four Islands. After Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu recognized her as Dragon Emperor, Xiao Qing agreed to accompany her, while Zi Yan planned to make the Star Realm and Dragon Island both her home.

• Zi Yan showed Xiao Qing her Supreme Dragon-Phoenix Form and learned that Zhu Li had brought two veteran elders to take her to Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan admitted she was reluctant to leave the Star Realm and proposed moving Dragon Island beside it after unifying the Four Islands; Xiao Qing agreed.
• Xiao Qing helped Zi Yan prepare for the elders, and they returned to the main hall, where Zhu Xuan, Zhu Xu, Zhu Li, and the others were waiting.
• Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu sensed Zi Yan's Supreme Dragon-Phoenix bloodline and Five-Star Dou Saint cultivation, then knelt and hailed her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Li asked Zi Yan to return to Dragon Island, ascend the throne, and unify the Four Islands; Xiao Qing promised to accompany her.

Zi Yan accepted the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s throne and began her enthronement on East Dragon Island, with Xiao Qing and their allies in attendance. The Three Great Dragon Kings interrupted the ceremony and attacked, but Zi Yan answered with her Dragon Phoenix pressure.

• Zi Yan agreed to return to Dragon Island, move it near the Star Realm, and bring Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Cao Ying, Old Yao, Feng, Yao, and Xiao Qing to live there.
• Three days later, Zi Yan arrived at East Dragon Island for her enthronement as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s thirty-seventh Dragon Emperor.
• Qingshan crowned Zi Yan, and she vowed to revive the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings arrived with their armies, challenged Zi Yan’s claim, and ordered their forces to seize her.
• Qingshan and Qi You moved to resist the Dragon Kings, but Zi Yan told them not to act and released her Dragon Phoenix pressure.

Zi Yan defeated the Three Great Dragon Kings and unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under her rule. After her coronation, she complained to Xiao Qing about the burdens of being Dragon Emperor, while he reminded her that the clan needed her.

• Zi Yan used her Supreme Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and strength to defeat the West, South, and North Dragon Kings, while Xiao Qing sealed the space to prevent the North Dragon King from escaping.
• Zi Yan offered the allied soldiers submission or death, and the soldiers and Three Great Dragon Kings surrendered and acknowledged her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan ordered Qingshan to strip the Three Great Dragon Kings of their titles, seal their cultivation, and reorganize the allied forces and Dragon Islands under East Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan completed her coronation ceremony and vowed to lead the Ancient Void Dragon Clan back to its peak.
• Zi Yan returned to the Dragon Emperor Palace, complained to Xiao Qing about the responsibilities of ruling, and he reminded her that the clan needed her.

After Dragon Island’s unification, Zi Yan began consolidating her rule while Xiao Qing prepared to train in the dangerous Void Lightning Pool. He entered the pool and absorbed its lightning, heading toward the deeper, more powerful currents.

• Zi Yan confided in Xiao Qing that she wanted to find her missing father, and he promised to go with her; she also insisted he help move Dragon Island beside the Star Realm.
• Qingshan reported that elders on the South and West Islands were withholding resources, and Zi Yan ordered Zhu Xuan to deal with the defiant Elder Chi Lin.
• Xiao Qing announced he would cultivate in the Void Lightning Pool, despite Zi Yan and Zhu Xu warning him about its dangerous Black Demon Lightning and a mysterious aura stronger than a Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu discussed Xiao Qing’s strength and secrets, then set out to purge Dragon Island’s opposition and help restore the clan.
• Xiao Qing entered the Void Lightning Pool and absorbed its silver lightning as he traveled deeper, where the lightning had turned violet and condensed into liquid.

Xiao Qing forged six Heavenly Demon Puppets and strengthened them by absorbing Black Demon Lightning, then consumed the lightning himself to reach Peak Five-Star Dou Saint and complete the third level of the Indestructible Golden Body. He sensed an even more terrifying aura in the deepest part of the Lightning Pool.

• Xiao Qing refined five Dou Zun corpses into numbered Heavenly Demon Puppets and made the Great Heavenly Venerable's corpse into the Heavenly Venerable Puppet.
• Xiao Qing used Black Demon Lightning to raise the five numbered puppets to Half-Saint levels, with three reaching peak Primary Half-Saint and two reaching Intermediate Half-Saint.
• Xiao Qing sent the Heavenly Venerable Puppet into the lightning sea, where it reached Late-Stage Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Qing devoured the Black Demon Lightning, advanced to Peak Five-Star Dou Saint, and raised the Indestructible Golden Body to the great perfection of its third level, the Ancient Saint Stage.
• Zhu Xuan and Zhu Xu observed the blood-energy pillar from Dragon Island and agreed that Xiao Qing's growth benefited the Ancient Void Dragon Clan despite draining the Lightning Pool.
• Xiao Qing assessed his new strength and looked toward the Lightning Pool's deepest region, sensing a more terrifying aura.

Xiao Qing subdued and refined the sentient Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Void Lightning Pool, gaining the Law of Thunder and advancing to the early Seven-Star Dou Saint realm. He learned that a fully matured Innate Spirit Body could let him reach the Dou Emperor realm without Source Qi, though he still had to cultivate to Nine-Star Dou Saint first.

• Xiao Qing found the sentient Nine Profound Golden Lightning deep in the Void Lightning Pool and offered to stabilize its intelligence with the Law of Life if it submitted to him.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning agreed, but instinctively resisted entering Xiao Qing, so he used the Spatial Law and the Law of Life to restrain and soothe it.
• Xiao Qing spent more than half a year refining the lightning while Zi Yan worried about the danger and Qingshan reassured her.
• The Golden Book granted Xiao Qing the Law of Thunder, and he calmed the lightning's energy while keeping its intelligence intact and asleep.
• Xiao Qing learned that a grand-completion Innate Spirit Body could bypass the need for Source Qi to break through to Dou Emperor, then rose from peak Five-Star to early Seven-Star Dou Saint.

After breaking through to the Early-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint, Xiao Qing left Dragon Island for the Star Realm and was ambushed in a void passage by Nihility Devouring Flame. Xiao Qing’s higher-order Law of Devouring repelled the attack, and Nihility Devouring Flame appeared before him.

• Xiao Qing emerged from the Lightning Pool after refining the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and revealed his breakthrough to Zi Yan and the others.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Qing that Dragon Island had been unified but that she needed to stay and handle follow-up matters, so Xiao Qing set out for the Star Realm.
• Xiao Qing sensed an orderly encirclement in the void passage and challenged the hidden attacker.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked with a domain of darkness and a giant palm of black flames that sought to devour Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing countered with his crimson-gold flames and Law of Devouring, forcing the black giant palm to dissipate.
• Nihility Devouring Flame emerged from the void, revealing himself as an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint with an Emperor Realm Soul.

Xiao Qing rejected Nihility Devouring Flame’s offer to join forces and challenged him over his past deeds. When Nihility Devouring Flame attacked, Xiao Qing revealed mastery of five laws and manifested the prototype of his Law True Body, shocking his opponent.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Qing as a human whose body and essence had become like a heavenly flame, with an aura ranked above his own.
• Nihility Devouring Flame proposed that they cooperate to obtain the inheritance and Source Qi in Tou She Ancient God’s cave mansion, then enter the Dou Emperor realm together.
• Xiao Qing accused Nihility Devouring Flame of devouring innocents and colluding with the Soul Clan, then asked whether the stronger should devour him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame abandoned his calm facade and sent billions of black fire serpents to attack Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing revealed the laws of Fire, space, life, thunder, and Devour, then formed a thousand-zhang Law True Body prototype that left Nihility Devouring Flame trembling with fear.

Xiao Qing defeated Nihility Devouring Flame in a battle that showcased his mastery of five fundamental laws, but the heavenly flame escaped by burning his origin. Xiao Qing returned home knowing the Soul Clan remained a threat, while Nihility Devouring Flame recovered in the Soul Realm and awaited Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Qing used the Five Great Powers of Heaven and Earth to overpower Nihility Devouring Flame, draining his origin and forcing him out of his flame giant form.
• Xiao Qing declared that he would kill Nihility Devouring Flame and destroy the Soul Clan, while Nihility Devouring Flame warned that Hun Tiandi would seek to capture Xiao Qing as a key to Tou She Ancient God's inheritance.
• Nihility Devouring Flame burned his origin to break through Xiao Qing's spatial seal and escape, vowing to make the Heavenly Court pay.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the remnant black flames, chose not to pursue Nihility Devouring Flame, and returned home through a spatial passage.
• In the Soul Realm, Nihility Devouring Flame spat black blood and suppressed his killing intent when Hun Tiandi entered the hidden hall.

Hun Tiandi checked on the injured Nihility Devouring Flame, who suspected Hun Tiandi planned to kill him after the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion opened. In the Star Realm, Qing Lin advanced to Four-Turn Dou Zun, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to admit she felt inadequate and unable to protect her younger sister.

• Hun Tiandi confirmed that the plan to open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion remained unchanged and reminded Nihility Devouring Flame of their agreement.
• Nihility Devouring Flame resolved to devour Xiao Qing and reach Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint before Hun Tiandi could kill him.
• Qing Lin absorbed Dou Qi from three controlled Snake Tribe Dou Zuns and broke through to Four-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian compared her slower cultivation with Qing Lin's progress and worried that scarce poison resources prevented her Woe Poison Body from advancing.
• Qing Lin noticed Xiao Yi Xian's disappointment, and Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she felt useless and could no longer protect her younger sister.

Xiao Yi Xian confided her fears that she was too weak to help Xiao Qing or stand beside him, and Xiao Qing reassured her that her work and strength mattered even if her cultivation lagged behind. The chapter left him comforting her as she faced her deepest fear of being left behind.

• Qing Lin comforted Xiao Yi Xian, saying they could face danger together and that Xiao Qing might find resources to help her cultivation.
• At the Star-Gazing Platform, Xiao Yi Xian brooded over her slow progress and worried she could no longer keep pace with Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing praised Xiao Yi Xian’s poison expertise and explained that her Woe Poison Body developed slowly because suitable resources were scarce.
• Xiao Yi Xian tearfully admitted she wanted to help Xiao Qing against powerful enemies but feared she was too weak to stand beside him.
• Xiao Qing recalled Xiao Yi Xian’s courage and years of contributions, promised to seek resources for her, and told her he had never asked her to catch up to him.

Xiao Qing comforted Xiao Yi Xian about her worth and feelings, then took her to the Wild Ancient Domain to gather poison-attribute resources and help her advance. After days of fighting beasts and collecting rare ingredients, they found a hidden cave radiating powerful poison energy.

• Xiao Qing reassured Xiao Yi Xian that her poison skills and healing made her invaluable, and she cried in his arms.
• Xiao Qing arranged a search for rare poison ingredients and announced he would take Xiao Yi Xian to the Wild Ancient Domain, while Qing Lin stayed behind.
• Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Wild Ancient Domain, where Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison miasma and fought a seventh stage Corrosive Poison Demon Spider.
• Over three days, Xiao Yi Xian collected poison-beast cores and medicinal ingredients, and her cultivation rose to the middle stage of One-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian entered the domain's middle layer, collected a Blood-Veined Ghost Ginseng, and uncovered a cave emitting powerful poison energy.

Xiao Qing helped Xiao Yi Xian gather rare poison treasures in the Ancient Domain, allowing her cultivation and Woe Poison Body to advance dramatically. After they rested, Xiao Yi Xian began to ask Xiao Qing when he had found out something about her.

• Xiao Yi Xian fought and killed a powerful poison python, then refined three Nine Yin Poison Lotuses to reach the late stage of Second-Transformation Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing extracted venom essence from a Nether Sky Scorpion for Xiao Yi Xian, who refined it and advanced to the peak of Three-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing killed the Myriad Poison Sky Spider and gave Xiao Yi Xian its magical core and poison origin to refine.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian reached the peak of Seven-Turn Dou Zun and her poison turned dark purple.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Qing, rested beside him, and asked when he had found out.

After Xiao Yi Xian confessed her love, Xiao Qing accepted her, and the two returned to the Star Realm a month later with her Woe Poison Body stronger than before. There, Cao Ying began refining a Tier 8 Eight Treasure Glazed Pill before the gathered Pill Hall and Pill Tower experts, and the pill’s formation drew clouds and the threat of Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she had long loved Xiao Qing, and he kissed her, accepting her feelings.
• A month later, Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Star Realm, where Qing Lin noticed Xiao Yi Xian’s change and rapid rise to Seven-Revolution Peak.
• Xiao Qing told Old Yao that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body had transformed and could harm even a Half-Saint with its poison.
• Cao Ying began refining a five-colored Tier 8 Eight Treasure Glazed Pill at the Pill Hall ceremony as Xiao Qing and the Pill Tower’s Three Great Elders watched.
• Cao Ying refined the ingredients with the Sub-Flame of Life and Creation, and the forming pill began to gather clouds that threatened to produce Pill Lightning.

Cao Ying completed an Eight-Tier Five-Colored pill, while Xiao Qing and Old Yao discussed Old Yao’s relationship with Xuan Yi and the threat of the Soul Clan. Xiao Qing then arranged for Xuan Kongzi to test Xiao Yan, who earned a place as his disciple.

• Cao Ying used a Heavenly Demon Puppet to absorb the Pill Lightning and successfully refined an Eight-Tier Five-Colored pill.
• Old Yao and Xuan Yi watched the crowd disperse, and Xiao Qing discussed their relationship and the timing of their ceremony with them.
• Xiao Qing told Old Yao he planned to ask Xuan Kongzi to teach Xiao Yan, and Old Yao approved of the choice.
• Xuan Kongzi tested Xiao Yan by watching him refine a Break Sect Pill and praised his solid alchemy foundation.
• Xuan Kongzi accepted Xiao Yan as his disciple, and Xiao Yan bowed to greet his new teacher.