Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan helped Qing Lin after her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened, prompting Xiao Yan and Old Yao to marvel at the extraordinary people around him and call him the Son of the Continent. After sending the women into his Inner Realm and arranging Xiao Yan’s cultivation, Zhang Yuan descended farther into the lava and discovered a skeleton behind a hidden barrier.

• Zhang Yuan handed the unconscious Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and explained that awakening her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had drained her mind after she controlled a Fourth-tier Magical Beast.
• Old Yao described the pupils’ abilities, and he and Xiao Yan agreed that Zhang Yuan seemed to be the Son of the Continent because he kept gathering people with rare powers and talents.
• Xun Er teased Zhang Yuan about finding legendary beasts, and he sent her, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, Medusa, and the other women into his Inner Realm.
• Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yan to cultivate near the Green Lotus Core Flame and use it to advance after reaching the peak Dou Master realm.
• Zhang Yuan, Ling Ying, and Hai Bodong continued descending through the lava and passed through a white energy barrier.
• The three found a skeleton beyond the barrier, and Zhang Yuan wondered whether a soul remnant remained.

Zhang Yuan discovered the remains of the Mysterious Yellow Saint beneath the lava and learned that the skeleton held the Mysterious Yellow Flame. The Saint offered Zhang Yuan the flame, his cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and Profound Yellow Gate treasure information if he passed a test, and Zhang Yuan asked what the test was.

• Zhang Yuan approached the mysterious skeleton while Hai Bodong tried to stop him, but Zhang Yuan reassured him and continued.
• Zhang Yuan noticed a black, red, and yellow Heavenly Flame between the skeleton's brows and identified it as the Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• The Mysterious Yellow Saint appeared and revealed that he had founded the Profound Yellow Gate, which collapsed after his death.
• Ling Ying explained the Profound Yellow Gate's history and noted that the Mysterious Yellow Saint had been a Half-Saint.
• Zhang Yuan admitted that he wanted the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and the Mysterious Yellow Saint offered him an inheritance if he passed a test.
• Zhang Yuan asked the Mysterious Yellow Saint what the test involved.

Zhang Yuan entered the Mysterious Yellow Flame's Heart-Questioning Trial and discovered that the supposed Mysterious Yellow Saint was actually Hun Mieyan, a Soul Clan Half-Saint plotting to steal his body. Protected by the Thunder God Visualization Diagram, Zhang Yuan seized control of the flame and prepared to destroy Hun Mieyan.

• Mysterious Yellow Saint offered Zhang Yuan nine tests with rewards ranging from techniques to discipleship, while Ling Ying and Hai Bodong warned him to be cautious.
• Zhang Yuan sat before the Mysterious Yellow Flame and entered its internal world, where Hun Mieyan revealed his plan to escape by taking Zhang Yuan's body and memories.
• The Thunder God Visualization Diagram told Zhang Yuan about the flame and assured him it could suppress Hun Mieyan, so Zhang Yuan let the soul believe its attack was succeeding.
• Hun Mieyan identified himself as the Soul Hall's former Third Heavenly Venerable, the Annihilation Saint, and explained how he would use Zhang Yuan's identity to infiltrate the Ancient Clan.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that he controlled the Mysterious Yellow Flame, cut Hun Mieyan off from his body, and sent a flame dragon to attack him.

Zhang Yuan seized control of the Mysterious Yellow Flame and killed Hun Mieyan by combining it with his Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. He gained Hun Mieyan’s memories and valuable secrets, while the Soul Clan learned that Hun Mieyan’s Soul Tablet had shattered.

• Hun Mieyan attacked Zhang Yuan with Soul Clan techniques, but Zhang Yuan used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to suppress and burn him.
• Zhang Yuan used the Thunder God Visualization Diagram to refine the Mysterious Yellow Flame through his soul and imprint it as his own.
• Zhang Yuan sent the Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire into the flame space, where the two Heavenly Flames overwhelmed Hun Mieyan and killed him.
• Zhang Yuan absorbed Hun Mieyan’s memories, learning about his Soul Hall role, Mysterious Yellow Old Ghost, and the hidden Profound Yellow Gate treasure vault.
• Zhang Yuan considered using Mysterious Yellow Old Ghost’s remains to forge a body for Yao Chen and claimed Hun Mieyan’s techniques and Soul Clan secrets.
• A Soul Clan member reported that Hun Mieyan’s Soul Tablet had shattered, stirring the clan and drawing out several Saint auras.

While Soul Hall repeatedly delegated the investigation into Hun Mieyan’s death, Zhang Yuan used the Mysterious Yellow Flame’s power to strengthen his soul and prepare for a breakthrough. He evolved the Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire into the Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame and began breaking through to Dou Wang.

• Soul Clan elders dismissed Hun Mieyan’s death as minor and assigned its investigation to Soul Hall.
• Hun Miesheng and successive Soul Hall officials passed the investigation down until it reached Protector Ying, a Peak Dou Zong.
• Zhang Yuan absorbed the refined soul power of Hun Mieyan and reached the late Spirit Realm while cultivating beneath the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Zhang Yuan used the Mysterious Yellow Flame and the Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to temper his body and accelerate his cultivation.
• The Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire evolved into the Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame, and Zhang Yuan began attacking his Dou Crystal to break through to Dou Wang.

After becoming a Dou Wang, Zhang Yuan uncovered the Xiao Clan’s Fire Vein Array and decided to establish himself in the Northwest Continent. He returned to the Ancient Void Realm to seek Medusa’s cooperation, only to find her trying to recruit Qing Lin.

• Zhang Yuan broke through to Dou Wang, gained the ability to draw on lightning-attributed energy from the surroundings, and formed Dou Qi Wings.
• By absorbing Hun Mieyan’s memories, Zhang Yuan learned about the Xiao Clan’s history, the Mysterious Yellow Saint, and the Fire Vein Array.
• Zhang Yuan resolved to activate the Fire Vein Array and develop the Northwest Continent as a center for fire-attributed cultivation and alchemy.
• Zhang Yuan, Hai Bodong, and Ling Ying left the lava and returned to Stone Desert City, where Zhang Yuan stored the Mysterious Yellow Saint’s skeleton in his Small World.
• Zhang Yuan returned to the Ancient Void Realm to discuss cooperation with Medusa and found her persuading Qing Lin to join the Snake People tribe.

Queen Medusa tried to recruit Qing Lin as the Snake People tribe’s saintess, but Qing Lin refused to leave Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan offered a compromise, and Medusa challenged him to a fight, leaving the terms of Qing Lin’s future unsettled.

• Qing Lin rejected Queen Medusa’s invitation to return to the Snake People tribe, explaining that Zhang Yuan had treated her with kindness and earned her loyalty.
• Medusa urged Qing Lin to grow stronger through the tribe’s inheritance and argued that becoming its saintess would help Zhang Yuan and secure the Snake People tribe’s cooperation.
• Zhang Yuan appeared after breaking through to Dou Wang and objected to Medusa’s attempt to recruit Qing Lin behind his back.
• Zhang Yuan proposed that Qing Lin become the tribe’s saintess and learn its techniques while remaining his personal maid, and Medusa said Qing Lin could decide whether to keep serving him.
• Medusa challenged Zhang Yuan to a fight, saying she would let Qing Lin become the tribe’s saintess if his performance satisfied her.

Zhang Yuan fought Queen Medusa to test his strength, then brought Qing Lin back to reunite with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Yanjing. Meanwhile, Yun Yun, Gu He, Jia Xingtian, and the others gathered in Desert City and rushed to Stone Desert City after sensing the battle, where they recognized Zhang Yuan and Medusa fighting.

• Medusa attacked Zhang Yuan and struck him with her Snake Seal, but Zhang Yuan revealed he was unaffected and transported her outside the Ancient Void Realm for a proper fight.
• Zhang Yuan brought Qing Lin to meet Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Yanjing, then invited them and several others to watch his battle with Medusa.
• In Desert City, Yun Yun discussed Gu He's Purple Spirit Crystal Lotus Pill, while Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie joined the gathering for their own requests to Zhang Yuan.
• Gu He sensed the aura of a Peak Dou Emperor, so Yun Yun and the others flew toward Stone Desert City to investigate.
• The group arrived to find Zhang Yuan and Medusa exchanging powerful blows in the sky.

Zhang Yuan fought Queen Medusa head-on, first matching her inherited snake techniques and then unveiling his lightning halberd forms. Their clash ended with Zhang Yuan’s silver thunder flood dragon still advancing after Medusa’s arrow struck it, leaving the onlookers stunned by the result.

• Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, Gu He, and the others discovered that Zhang Yuan was fighting Medusa, while Hai Bodong arrived and asked them not to interfere.
• Zhang Yuan blocked Medusa’s attacks with a shield of Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame and then formed a halberd from Dou Qi.
• Zhang Yuan’s Raging Python Halberd collided with Medusa’s energy python, and the two attacks destroyed each other.
• Zhang Yuan unleashed the Furious Flood Dragon Halberd as Medusa fired an arrow infused with the Power of Space.
• Medusa’s arrow burst inside the silver thunder dragon, but the dragon continued forward before cracks spread across its body and Jia Xingtian exclaimed in shock.

Zhang Yuan and Medusa pushed their spar to a destructive clash, with Zhang Yuan repeatedly overpowering her despite his lower rank. After secretly using a soul attack to throw her off balance, he called for the fight to stop before either of them was killed.

• Zhang Yuan unleashed his Thunder Emperor Finger, while the watching Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, Gu He, and others reassessed his strength and the value of joining Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Medusa transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form, and Hai Bodong explained the Snake People tribe's companion-soul technique to Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Yuan and Medusa's attacks tore open the sky and drained the energy around them, while Jia Xingtian sensed the Power of Space.
• Medusa struck Zhang Yuan with her tail, but he used Heavenly Flame armor to seize it and smash her into the ground after secretly disrupting her with a soul attack.
• Knowing he was nearly out of strength and that Medusa was growing serious, Zhang Yuan asked her to stop the fight before someone died.

Zhang Yuan subdued Medusa by drawing her into the Mysterious Yellow Flame Space and offering to help her evolve, securing her agreement to have the Snake People tribe follow his lead. After Medusa returned to the desert and departed for the Sacred City with her commanders, Zhang Yuan reunited with Yun Yun and the others and invited them to talk in the city.

• Medusa began gathering power to attack Zhang Yuan, while Old Yao explained why she had delayed her breakthrough to pursue bloodline evolution.
• Zhang Yuan used the Six Dragon Thunder Heavenly Flame to trap Medusa, briefly disrupt her focus, and pull her into the Mysterious Yellow Flame Space.
• Four Snake-People Dou Wangs surrounded Zhang Yuan and demanded that he return Medusa, but Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the others arrived and surrounded them in turn.
• Zhang Yuan offered to help Medusa evolve and gave her the Phantom Moon Pearl; Medusa agreed that the Snake People tribe would follow his lead and that Qing Lin would become their saintess.
• Medusa returned to the desert, stopped the confrontation, and left for the Sacred City with her four commanders.
• Zhang Yuan greeted Yun Yun and the others and invited them back into Stone Desert City to talk.

Zhang Yuan gathered Desert City's leaders, accepted the Three Great Families' tribute, and cured Nalan Jie of Brand Venom with his Heavenly Flame. Jia Xingtian then revealed that the imperial family needed a Primal Bone-Shaping Pill for its injured Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and Gu He suspected Zhang Yuan had the pill formula.

• Zhang Yuan accepted the Three Great Families' treasuries and ended their past exclusion of the Zhang Family, while noting that he would still deal with the family that had plotted against them.
• At Yun Yun's request, Zhang Yuan used the Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame to remove Nalan Jie's Brand Venom and said the treatment could help him reach Dou Emperor.
• Nalan Jie thanked Zhang Yuan, and the Nalan family gave him Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva and a Six-Colored Void Stone.
• Jia Xingtian said the imperial family's injured Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast needed a Primal Bone-Shaping Pill, whose formula the family had not found.
• Gu He offered to refine the pill if they obtained its formula, then guessed that Zhang Yuan had summoned him because he possessed it.

Zhang Yuan revealed that he could help the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast evolve into a Nether Sea Flood Dragon in exchange for Origin Points and Profound Tier Mission Points. After tasting Zhang Yuan’s Dragon Qi, the beast eagerly pledged loyalty, leaving Jia Xingtian stunned.

• Gu He offered to refine a Primal Bone-Shaping Pill, but Zhang Yuan said he had another way to help the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast evolve.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the evolution required Origin Points and three Profound Tier Mission Points, and Jia Xingtian agreed to provide the necessary items.
• Jia Xingtian summoned the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast from a Beast-Taming Pouch, and the beast mocked Zhang Yuan until Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun confirmed he had defeated Medusa.
• Zhang Yuan gave the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast a strand of Dragon Qi, which repaired his injuries and stirred his bloodline.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast pledged loyalty to Zhang Yuan and offered to keep an eye on Jia Xingtian.

Zhang Yuan offered Gu He a chance to study under a powerful Alchemist and become a Rank 7 Alchemist, but Gu He refused because he regarded Dan Chenzi, whose legacy had shaped his life, as his sole master. Gu He agreed to join the Nine Abyss Mansion, leaving Zhang Yuan curious about whether he would reconsider if he learned that Yao Chen was the prospective master.

• Zhang Yuan sent the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast into the Ancient Void Realm, where it began absorbing Dragon Qi to heal and evolve its bloodline.
• Zhang Yuan offered Gu He the chance to become a disciple of a powerful Alchemist who could guide him to Rank 7 within five years, but Gu He firmly refused to take another master.
• Gu He offered to join the Nine Abyss Mansion and earn points toward Alchemist guidance and a soul-enhancement method.
• Gu He recounted how Dan Chenzi's inheritance had made him an Alchemist and explained that he would always consider Dan Chenzi his only master.
• Zhang Yuan admired Gu He's resolve and wondered how he would react if he discovered that Yao Chen was the master being offered.

Zhang Yuan brought Gu He to meet Yao Chen, whose identity convinced Gu He to beg to become his disciple. A portrait from Gu He's collection revealed Han Shanshan, stirring forgotten feelings in Yao Chen and leaving Gu He and Xiao Yan shocked by the claim that she had been both Yao Chen's teacher and lover.

• Gu He offered to join Nine Abyss Mansion, and Zhang Yuan took him into the Ancient Void Realm to meet a potential master.
• Gu He spotted the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered everything he owned for it, but refused to take a master.
• Zhang Yuan introduced Gu He to Yao Chen, and Gu He recognized him as Venerable Yao and knelt to ask to become his disciple.
• Gu He showed Yao Chen a portrait from his master Dan Chenzi, and Yao Chen became shaken by the woman depicted beside his younger self.
• Zhang Yuan identified the woman as Han Shanshan and said she had been Yao Chen's alchemy teacher and lover, leaving Gu He and Xiao Yan stunned.

Zhang Yuan revealed that Han Shanshan had been Yao Chen’s teacher and that her disappearance and the loss of Yao Chen’s memories were tied to the Bone Spirit Cold Fire. Gu He became Yao Chen’s granddisciple and pledged his service to the Nine Abyss Mansion, leaving Yun Yun’s situation as Zhang Yuan’s next concern.

• Yao Chen explained that Han Shanshan had taken him in as a medicine boy, though he could no longer remember her or their time together.
• Yao Chen said he believed Han Shanshan vanished during their attempt to subdue the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, while Zhang Yuan withheld what he knew about the truth.
• Gu He refused to become Yao Chen’s direct disciple and instead asked to join Yao Chen’s lineage as Dan Chenzi’s successor.
• Yao Chen accepted Gu He as his granddisciple, gave him the Two Forms Soul Art, and bestowed a Low-level Earth-tier fire cultivation method.
• Gu He pledged to serve Zhang Yuan and the Nine Abyss Mansion, while Zhang Yuan identified Yun Yun’s side, including Yun Shan and the Soul Hall Protector, as the remaining problem.

Zhang Yuan recruited Gu He into Nine Abyss Mansion, while Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger after the Three Year Agreement. Yun Yun revealed that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong but was controlled by an unknown force, and the chapter ended with Zhang Yuan sensing something deeply wrong about him.

• Zhang Yuan brought Gu He out of the Ancient Void Realm, and Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he would head to the Black Corner Region after the Three Year Agreement to become stronger.
• Gu He offered to persuade Fama to join Nine Abyss Mansion, then left the City Lord's Manor to approach him.
• Yun Yun told Zhang Yuan and the others that Yun Shan was alive, had broken through to Dou Zong, and was being controlled by someone.
• Yun Yun recounted how Yun Shan ordered her to prepare the Misty Cloud Sect to seize the Jia Ma Empire and insisted she obey him.
• Yun Yun revealed that Yun Shan had passed his Nine Abyss Token to someone else and asked Zhang Yuan if he could save him; Zhang Yuan frowned and said something was wrong with Yun Shan.

Zhang Yuan concluded that Yun Shan’s sudden, forceful actions suggested the Soul Hall had given him powerful backing, and he prepared to deal with the threat while arranging opportunities for his allies. Three days later, he sensed a fluctuation in the Ancient Void Realm and flew to the Snake People tribe to check on Medusa’s advancement.

• Zhang Yuan explained to Yun Yun and the others that Yun Shan’s behavior was too reckless to be explained by his new Dou Zong strength alone, suggesting he had powerful support from the Soul Hall.
• Zhang Yuan vowed to eliminate anyone who threatened the land he had claimed and told Yun Yun to make Yun Shan acknowledge the Nine Abyss Token before he arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun left after Zhang Yuan hinted that he expected a reward, while Zhang Yuan gave Yun Feng a Yellow Grade Nine Abyss Token and offered Jia Xingtian a chance to become a Dou Zong.
• Three days later, Zhang Yuan sensed an unusual fluctuation from the Ancient Void Realm and flew toward the Snake People tribe to check on Medusa.

Zhang Yuan flew into the Snake People tribe’s Sacred City and announced his arrival to Medusa, whose decree had placed the tribe under the Nine Abyss Mansion. When Mo Siba attacked him, Medusa intervened and demanded that her orders to welcome the distinguished guest be obeyed.

• Zhang Yuan flew past the Snake People tribe’s fortress defenses, leaving the Charm Snake Tribe’s head archer unable to stop him and prompting her to summon the commanders.
• Zhang Yuan reached the Sacred City, bypassed its guards, and called for Medusa above the Sacred Hall.
• Yue Mei quieted the Snake-People residents and greeted Zhang Yuan as the Mansion Lord, explaining through her response that Medusa had ordered the tribe to join the Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Mo Siba charged at Zhang Yuan and struck him, but Zhang Yuan’s counterblow sent him crashing into the ground.
• Medusa appeared before Zhang Yuan and rebuked Mo Siba for disobeying her order to properly receive their distinguished guest.

Zhang Yuan met Medusa and the Snake People tribe’s four elders, overcoming their initial hostility and offering the tribe affiliation with Nine Abyss Mansion. The elders accepted after seeing the benefits on the Nine Abyss Tokens, while Qing Lin’s refusal to become their saintess left reconciliation with her for another time.

• Medusa stopped Mo Siba from attacking Zhang Yuan, then ordered him to recover and serve on the battlefield against the Chuyun Empire.
• Medusa led Zhang Yuan to meet the four elders, who tried to intimidate him until Ling Ying revealed his Dou Zong strength and subdued their summoned python.
• Zhang Yuan told Medusa and the elders that Qing Lin refused the saintess role because the Snake People tribe had made her and her mother suffer, and Medusa offered Qing Lin suitable cultivation techniques.
• Zhang Yuan offered to make the Snake People tribe an affiliate of Nine Abyss Mansion and gave the four elders Yellow Grade Nine Abyss Tokens to inspect its benefits.
• After reading the tokens’ exchange list, the four elders pledged loyalty to Zhang Yuan as Mansion Master.