Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan refined Zhu Kun’s treasures, reached three-star Dou Zun, and drew the attention of an intelligent tier-nine medicinal pill inside the Ancient God Cave Mansion. Zi Yan continued fusing the Dragon-Phoenix origin as Xiao Fan began approaching the Ancient Void Dragon’s spatial power.

• Xiao Fan absorbed half a drop of Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor essence blood, and his Heavenly Flames briefly stirred the Ancient God Cave Mansion.
• A spiritual tier-nine medicinal pill inside the cave mansion woke at the Heavenly Flame aura and remembered Xiao Fan’s flames.
• Zhu Kun gave Xiao Fan Dragon Saliva Earthcore Marrow, which stabilized his cultivation and advanced him to three-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan thanked Zhu Kun and discovered that he could conceal his Heavenly Flame aura within a Space Fold.
• Zi Yan’s cocoon began contracting as she neared the true fusion of the Dragon Phoenix origin, while Xiao Fan and Zhu Kun stayed by her.

Zi Yan emerged from the Dragon Phoenix cocoon with a fused bloodline and the strength of a Dou Saint, reuniting with Xiao Fan and Zhu Kun. After confirming Xiao Fan had kept his promise to stay by her side, she pulled him onto the stone platform and claimed him as her person.

• Zi Yan awakened inside the cocoon, asked for Xiao Fan and Zhu Kun, and learned she had refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan broke the cocoon herself and emerged grown, with a fused Dragon Phoenix mark and powerful bloodline pressure.
• Zi Yan tested her new spatial power and asked Xiao Fan whether she had grown taller and become more impressive.
• Zi Yan learned Xiao Fan had stayed beside her the whole time and teased him about what she had said while asleep.
• Zi Yan folded space to pull Xiao Fan onto the stone platform, then told him he was her person while Zhu Kun watched in silence.

After waking as a Dragon Phoenix, Zi Yan marked Xiao Fan with a Dragon Phoenix Imprint and made clear she intended to keep him close. Zhu Kun accepted her choice and watched as she reunited with Xiao Fan, ate, and affirmed her bond with both of them.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Fan she had feared waking alone and said she wanted to leave a mark on him.
• Zi Yan formed a Dragon Phoenix Imprint over Xiao Fan’s heart, and Zhu Kun reluctantly agreed not to stop her.
• Zi Yan explained that the imprint would let her find Xiao Fan wherever he hid, while Zhu Kun watched them together.
• Zhu Kun checked that Zi Yan’s bloodline fusion was stable, and she showed him that her dragon and phoenix powers worked together.
• Zi Yan complained that she was hungry, ate Xiao Fan’s prepared medicinal pills, and accepted spiritual treasures from Zhu Kun after he promised she would not have to return to Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Fan not to erase her imprint and said she had finally awakened because people were waiting for her to grow up.

Xiao Fan warned Zhu Kun and Zi Yan that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four islands, with three self-appointed Dragon Kings challenging the old order. Zi Yan and Xiao Fan prepared to return to East Dragon Island, establish her as emperor, and force the other islands to submit.

• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan it was time to return to Dragon Island and ascend the throne, and she agreed after confirming the old ministers would be told not to cry.
• Xiao Fan explained that West, South, and North Dragon Island had each raised their own Dragon Kings while Zhu Kun was trapped, and warned that some might try to capture Zi Yan and exploit her authority.
• Zhu Kun erupted in anger at the clan's division, admitted he had not known what happened outside the Ancient God Cave Mansion, and vowed that the rebels would have to kneel.
• Xiao Fan proposed using East Dragon Island's troops, Zhu Kun's imperial decree, and Zi Yan's Dragon Phoenix bloodline to establish her rule before dealing with the other islands.
• Xiao Fan identified the ambitious North Dragon King as the likely first opponent, and Zhu Kun declared that any island refusing to submit would be made to kneel.
• Xiao Fan asked Zhu Kun what he could offer as they discussed their return.

Zhu Kun declared Zi Yan the legitimate successor to the Ancient Void Dragon throne and gave her his decree and a single use of his pressure to support her claim. Zi Yan and Xiao Fan reached East Dragon Island, where the Dragon Emperor Bloodline was recognized and the clan accepted her as their new emperor, preparing for war.

• Zhu Kun issued a decree naming Zi Yan the new Dragon Emperor and ordering East Dragon Island to prepare for war against the usurping Dragon Kings.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan a Dragon Seal and a jade slip containing one use of his pressure, and she agreed to take the throne so others could no longer control her or steal from her.
• Zi Yan promised to return for Zhu Kun after securing her position, then she and Xiao Fan used space concealment to leave the Magma World.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Fan arrived at East Dragon Island, where the Dragon Emperor Bloodline bell rang and Hei Qing and Great Elder Zhuli welcomed her.
• Zhu Kun's decree confirmed that he still lived and named Zi Yan the clan's sole legitimate heir; East Dragon Island swore loyalty to her, and she ordered the gathered clansmen to rise.

Zi Yan returned to East Dragon Island as the Dragon Emperor, ending the island’s long restraint and prompting its Supreme Elders to emerge from seclusion. The elders accepted her rule, then turned their attention to Xiao Fan and questioned how a human could carry Dragon Emperor blood intent.

• Zi Yan ordered Zhuli and the East Dragon Island clansmen to rise, and Zhuli said the island no longer had to wait now that the new emperor had returned.
• Zi Yan allowed the Supreme Elders to emerge, and three powerful elders appeared from sealed mountains in the island’s depths.
• The three Supreme Elders recognized Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor lineage and knelt to welcome her; she told them to rise.
• The Supreme Elders examined Xiao Fan and sensed Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor blood intent and Zi Yan’s imprint on him.
• The elders questioned whether Xiao Fan was human or an ancient dragon, and Zi Yan insisted his bones and meridians had not broken.

Zi Yan returned to East Dragon Island with the Dragon Emperor’s recognition, and the three Supreme Elders accepted her as the new Emperor. When the other islands challenged her legitimacy, Zhu Kun’s decree declared her the sole successor and ordered East Dragon Island to prepare for war.

• Zhuxuan and the other Supreme Elders welcomed Xiao Fan as an honored guest after learning he had protected Zi Yan and received the old Dragon Emperor’s teachings.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Fan agreed that the three islands should be made to submit if they refused to recognize her, just as a message arrived inviting East Dragon Island to a Four-Island Council.
• Envoys from West, South, and North Dragon Island questioned East Dragon Island’s claim, and the North Dragon envoy demanded that Zi Yan be sent to North Dragon Island for verification.
• Zi Yan appeared before the envoys, revealed her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, and presented Zhu Kun’s Dragon Seal.
• Zhu Kun’s decree named Zi Yan the sole legitimate successor, ordered East Dragon Island to prepare for war, and branded any self-proclaimed Dragon Kings as usurpers.

Zi Yan asserted her authority as the Dragon Emperor by forcing the envoys of North, West, and South Dragon Island to kneel, then won East Dragon Island’s allegiance. With Xiao Fan’s advice, she ordered the other Dragon Kings to come acknowledge her within three days, setting the four islands on a path toward confrontation.

• Zi Yan used her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline to force the three island envoys and their counterparts to kneel, then destroyed their communication talismans after issuing a challenge to their Dragon Kings.
• Zhuxuan, the other Supreme Elders, Zhuli, Hei Qing, and the East Dragon Guards pledged to follow Zi Yan and reorganize the four islands.
• Zhuli reported East Dragon Island’s available forces, and Xiao Fan advised Zi Yan to win over the willing, pressure the hesitant, and fight those who resisted.
• Zi Yan and the elders identified the North Dragon King as the likeliest first opponent, while Xiao Fan urged her to fight with East Dragon Island united behind her.
• Zi Yan ordered the Dragon Kings of North, West, and South Dragon Island to come kneel before her within three days, warning that she would personally confront those who refused.
• The East Dragon Flag rose above East Dragon Island as the island announced its return to the struggle among the four islands.

The North Dragon King rejected Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor claim and persuaded the West Dragon King and South Dragon King to meet him. He trapped and devoured them in a hidden formation, then broke through to three-star Dou Saint.

• The North Dragon King declared Zhu Kun’s verbal decree forged and claimed East Dragon Island was using Zi Yan to seize power.
• The North Dragon King summoned the West Dragon King and South Dragon King and convinced them that East Dragon Island threatened their thrones.
• The North Dragon King activated the Devouring Dragon Formation, trapping the West Dragon King and South Dragon King inside North Dragon Hall.
• The North Dragon King devoured both Dragon Kings and their Dragon Seals, overcoming their resistance.
• The North Dragon King broke through to three-star Dou Saint as the void storm above North Dragon Island reversed.

The North Dragon King seized control of the Western and Southern Islands and allied with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to attack East Dragon Island, while both sides pursued their own schemes. Zi Yan and Xiao Fan learned the invasion was coming and prepared to face the North Dragon King.

• The North Dragon King claimed the Western and Southern Kings had entrusted him with their royal seals, then accused East Dragon Island of forging Zhu Kun's decree and abducting Zi Yan.
• Huang Tian revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan planned to exploit the battle to weaken the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and target Zi Yan's Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Huang Tian agreed to join the North Dragon King in sealing off East Dragon Island, while secretly intending to weaken both the North Dragon King and the dragon clan.
• The North Dragon King used the royal seals and force to consolidate the three islands' armies and sent a proclamation declaring war on East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan and East Dragon Island's grand elders that the North Dragon King was approaching with the merged forces of the three islands, which he suspected had been devoured into submission.
• Zi Yan rejected the North Dragon King's claim that she had been abducted and agreed with Xiao Fan that the North Dragon King deserved a beating.

The North Dragon King led the three islands against East Dragon Island after devouring the West and South Dragon Kings and reaching the three-star Dou Saint realm. Xiao Fan and Zi Yan prepared to expose the unstable forces inside him, and Zi Yan confronted him as the armies faced off.

• The North Dragon King arrived with the three islands, claiming East Dragon Island had forged Zhu Kun’s decree and abducted Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan recognized that the North Dragon King’s new power was unstable because the West and South Dragon Kings’ wills still resisted inside him.
• Xiao Fan proposed that Zi Yan awaken those residual bloodline wills while he used his soul power to disrupt the North Dragon King’s control over them.
• Huang Tian sealed the surrounding void with phoenix fire while waiting for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to weaken itself in battle.
• The North Dragon King projected his three-star Dou Saint pressure at East Dragon Island, and Zi Yan stepped forward and called him a liar.

Zi Yan and Xiao Fan exposed the North Dragon King’s devouring of the West and South Dragon Kings and used Zhu Kun’s true Dragon Emperor pressure to force him to kneel before the three islands’ forces. Huang Tian then ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to attack, leaving Zi Yan and Xiao Fan ready to fight alongside East Dragon Island.

• Zi Yan rejected the North Dragon King’s claim that East Dragon Island controlled her, while Huang Tian expanded the Heavenly Phoenix Sky-Sealing Formation to cut off escape routes.
• Zi Yan used her Dragon Phoenix pressure to agitate the North Dragon King’s bloodline, and Xiao Fan sent a soul needle into him to reveal the West and South Dragon Kings’ residual voices.
• The North Dragon King’s own soldiers learned he had devoured the other two Dragon Kings, and he attacked his allies as his control deteriorated.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Fan intensified the North Dragon King’s inner turmoil, exposing his fear that Zhu Kun’s Dragon Emperor authority was genuine.
• Zi Yan shattered Zhu Kun’s jade slip, and the Dragon Emperor pressure forced the North Dragon King to his knees before the three islands’ armies.
• Huang Tian ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to seal Zi Yan and kill Xiao Fan, and Zi Yan and Xiao Fan prepared to fight them together.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan separated the stolen Dragon Seals from the North Dragon King, exposing his betrayal and weakening him as the East Dragon Island forces subdued him. When Huang Tian attacked with a Six-Star Dou Saint’s power, Zi Yan, Xiao Fan, and the three grand elders turned his formation against him and captured him alive.

• Xiao Fan used Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix pressure as a bridge to break the North Dragon King’s control over the West and South Dragon Seals.
• Zi Yan tore all three Dragon Seals from the North Dragon King, and Zhuxuan accepted the West and South seals for safekeeping as their clansmen submitted to the new emperor’s judgment.
• Huang Tian unleashed his Six-Star Dou Saint power and attacked East Dragon Island with the Heavenly Phoenix Sky-Sealing Formation.
• Zhu Zhong and Zhu Lie fought Huang Tian while Zhuxuan restrained his phoenix phantom, and Xiao Fan found the formation’s core patterns.
• Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix pressure disrupted Huang Tian, allowing Xiao Fan to reverse the formation and the three grand elders to seal Huang Tian in a Space Dragon Prison.

After unifying the four Dragon Islands, Zi Yan wanted to leave, but Zhuli and the elders urged her to stay and reassure the unsettled clan. Xiao Fan advised her to remain for a few days to stabilize her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, and Zi Yan asked how many days he meant.

• Zhuli reported the work required to settle the four islands, while Zi Yan sat beside the Dragon Emperor Throne and Xiao Fan recovered from his recent exertions.
• Zi Yan announced that she wanted to leave the Ancient Void Dragon Clan because she disliked the constant duties and decisions.
• Zhuli and elders from the west, south, and north islands knelt and explained that the clan feared the new emperor would leave before their divisions had healed.
• Zi Yan looked to Xiao Fan for advice, and he told her the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's effects had not fully settled and that the Dragon Pool and the clan's dragon aura could help stabilize her bloodline.
• Xiao Fan agreed they could leave once she stabilized, and Zi Yan asked how many days she needed to stay.

Xiao Fan prepared to temper his body in the Void Thunder Pool while Zi Yan agreed to remain in the Dragon Clan for seven days and stabilize her bloodline. The chapter left them ready to pursue their separate training, with Zi Yan warning Xiao Fan to return safely.

• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan he would go to the Thunder Pool, and the elders warned him about its dangerous lightning.
• Xiao Fan explained that his protections and physique gave him confidence, while Zi Yan used the Dragon Phoenix Imprint to sense his condition and made him promise not to hide his pain.
• Zi Yan agreed to stay for seven days and assigned Zhuli and the three grand elders to manage clan affairs.
• Zi Yan ordered the elders to handle the island submissions carefully, investigate North Dragon Island without punishing ordinary clansmen, and keep Huang Tian sealed but alive.
• Xiao Fan said he would go to the Thunder Pool immediately, and Zi Yan told him he was going there to come back.

Xiao Fan entered the Void Thunder Pool to temper his body, absorbing silver lightning and a thread of dark lightning before Zi Yan persuaded him to stop. As Zi Yan prepared to stabilize her bloodline and settle the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Xiao Fan planned to train for the seven days before they departed.

• Xiao Fan entered the Thunder Pool and used his bloodline, flames, and devouring power to endure and refine the silver lightning.
• Xiao Fan drew in a thread of residual Black Demon Lightning, injuring his arm as he began refining it.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Fan to leave, and he listened after she reminded him not to treat himself as unbreakable.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Fan a Dragon Marrow Pill, then learned that elders from the Western and Southern Islands were waiting to present their clan registers.
• Zi Yan left to handle clan matters and stabilize her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, while she and Xiao Fan agreed to depart in seven days.
• Xiao Fan resolved to spend the seven days strengthening his body and moving deeper into the Thunder Pool.

Xiao Fan cultivated in the Void Thunder Pool and encountered Mang Tianchi, who explained that the Gold Lightning had developed intelligence. Xiao Fan approached it hoping to speak rather than seize it, but Gold Lightning challenged him to explain how he differed from those who had tried to devour it.

• Xiao Fan tempered his body in the Void Thunder Pool for three days and advanced from three-star to six-star Dou Zun.
• Mang Tianchi arrived and warned Xiao Fan that the intelligent Gold Lightning had repeatedly driven him away.
• Xiao Fan told Mang Tianchi he wanted to speak with Gold Lightning rather than forcefully absorb it.
• Gold Lightning revealed itself and accused Xiao Fan of wanting to devour it because he carried devouring power.
• Gold Lightning asked Xiao Fan what made him different from the others who had tried to take it, and Xiao Fan fell silent.

Xiao Fan negotiated with Gold Lightning and formed a willing symbiosis with it, naming the lightning spirit Jinyao before using its power to reach Nine-Star Dou Zun. Zi Yan arrived after supporting his breakthrough from afar, and the chapter ended with her taking Xiao Fan back to East Dragon Island while Jinyao chose to accompany them.

• Xiao Fan offered Gold Lightning a place in his lightning patterns without erasing its consciousness, and Gold Lightning agreed to coexist with him under several conditions.
• Xiao Fan named the lightning spirit Jinyao, and Jinyao entered his body to strengthen his lightning patterns and temper him.
• Zi Yan sent Dragon Phoenix Origin through their imprint to steady Xiao Fan as he advanced through Seven-Star and Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan reached Nine-Star Dou Zun, while Jinyao settled within his lightning patterns and retained its consciousness.
• Zi Yan came to the Thunder Pool, met Jinyao, and told it to watch over Xiao Fan; Jinyao agreed.
• Zi Yan took Xiao Fan back to East Dragon Island to stabilize his cultivation, and Jinyao chose to go with them.

Xiao Fan returned to East Dragon Island with Jinyao after advancing to Nine-Star Dou Zun in the Void Thunder Pool, while Zi Yan remained troubled by the danger he had faced. When the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan sent envoys demanding answers about Huang Tian’s disappearance, Zi Yan prepared to face them herself.

• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan returned to East Dragon Island, where Jinyao remarked that the Ancient Void Dragons looked like they could take a beating.
• Zhuli told Zi Yan that Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elder Huang Jue and two Demi-Saints had arrived, claiming Huang Tian was missing and demanding an explanation.
• Zhu Zhong and the other elders learned that Xiao Fan had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun and bonded with the sentient Gold Lightning.
• Zhuxuan confirmed that Huang Tian was alive and sealed in the Space Dragon Prison.
• Zi Yan ordered the envoys to be shown her rather than Huang Tian.

Zi Yan faced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s envoy as the new Dragon Emperor, demanding compensation for Huang Tian and warning the clan not to trespass again. Afterward, she and Xiao Fan shared a quiet moment by the Dragon Pool, where Zi Yan reflected on her new role and planned to show Zhu Kun what she had accomplished.

• Zi Yan confirmed that East Dragon Island had captured Huang Tian after he and the North Dragon King interfered in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s affairs.
• Zi Yan demanded phoenix resources and set a three-day deadline, threatening to take one of Huang Tian’s wings if the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan failed to pay.
• Zi Yan warned Huang Jue that any further intrusion into the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s territory would be met with death, and Huang Jue left to report her terms.
• Xiao Fan stabilized his cultivation beside the Dragon Pool while Jinyao tempered his meridians with Gold Lightning, and Zi Yan gave him a Dragon Marrow Pill.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Fan whether she had seemed like a Dragon Emperor and said she wanted to protect those who could not defend themselves and the places others might trample.
• Zi Yan decided that if the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan did not send the requested items, she and Xiao Fan would take Huang Tian to show Zhu Kun.