Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin unlocked Ming Mei’s Grand Splendor Dual Cultivation Scripture and began cultivating it with the unconscious Xiao Yan to help him absorb the Nihility Devouring Flame. Their cold and hot Dou Qi formed a seamless cycle, and Qing Lin’s jade-green gaze triggered a resonance in Xiao Yan as the cultivation continued.

• Qing Lin’s new cold energy removed Ming Mei’s final seal and revealed the Grand Splendor Dual Cultivation Scripture.
• Qing Lin realized the technique could let her and Xiao Yan cultivate together and help him absorb the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Qing Lin froze the water into an ice platform, laid Xiao Yan down, and circulated the scripture despite his unconsciousness.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yan’s opposing Dou Qi began flowing through both their bodies in a seamless cycle, incorporating the Nihility Devouring Flame and Qing Lin’s frigid energy.
• Qing Lin kissed Xiao Yan, her eyes shone jade-green, and Xiao Yan’s body trembled as a resonance stirred within his soul.

Ming Mei secretly accelerated Qing Lin’s absorption of energy during her and Xiao Yan’s cultivation, but the Void Heavenly Emperor intervened because Xiao Yan needed strength to seal an invasion breach. Ming Mei agreed that Qing Lin would receive thirty percent of the energy, leaving Xiao Yan with seventy.

• Ming Mei appeared while Xiao Yan and Qing Lin cultivated and increased Qing Lin’s share of the Dou Qi.
• The Void Heavenly Emperor warned Ming Mei that Xiao Yan needed to grow stronger to seal a breach through which outsiders were invading the Douqi Continent.
• Ming Mei defended Qing Lin’s share by citing her innate cold qi and the benefits of the dual cultivation method.
• Ming Mei and the Void Heavenly Emperor negotiated the split, settling on seventy percent for Xiao Yan and thirty percent for Qing Lin.
• The Void Heavenly Emperor reassured Ming Mei that Qing Lin had advanced quickly and warned that absorbing too much could hinder her future breakthrough to Dou Di.

Ming Mei released her final attachment to Qing Lin, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yan completed their cultivation in the icy lake and Xiao Yan absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame. Xiao Yan emerged at the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm, ready to test his strength.

• Ming Mei accepted that Qing Lin had surpassed her and dissolved into faint light after completing her final safeguards for her disciple.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yan's auras continued to rise as they finished absorbing the Nihility Devouring Flame and Qing Lin's innate cold qi.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the lake and used the Nihility Devouring Flame to devour the ice crystals and suppress the eruption.
• Qing Lin congratulated Xiao Yan, and the two stood together as lovers rather than master and servant.
• Xiao Yan realized that absorbing the Nihility Devouring Flame had raised him from the late Three-Star Dou Saint realm to the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm and strengthened his confidence in battle.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin completed their secluded cultivation and both advanced to the eight-star Dou Saint realm after refining Nihility Devouring Flame. Xiao Yan discovered that the flame had taken on a childlike form influenced by both of them, and he named it Little Scale.

• Qing Lin advanced from the six-star to the eight-star Dou Saint realm, matching Xiao Yan’s strength as they prepared to return to the Central Plains and face the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan thanked Void Heavenly Emperor for helping him refine Nihility Devouring Flame, then summoned the flame in its new half-human form.
• Void Heavenly Emperor explained that Nihility Devouring Flame had become a pure, newborn-like living existence that Xiao Yan could guide.
• Qing Lin affectionately held Nihility Devouring Flame, and Void Heavenly Emperor said its appearance reflected both Xiao Yan’s and Qing Lin’s auras.
• Xiao Yan named the flame Little Scale, and it happily accepted its name.

Xiao Yan learned that mending the continental breach would restore the Douqi Continent’s protective power, weakening the Extraterritorial Evil Clan when they arrived. He prepared to set out with Qing Lin, knowing that repairing the breach would also cause Void Heavenly Emperor’s remnant power to disappear.

• Xiao Yan learned that he and Qing Lin had cultivated for about three months and asked Void Heavenly Emperor when they would mend the breach.
• Void Heavenly Emperor explained that his remnant power would vanish once the breach was repaired, since the Ten Thousand Beasts Space had been created for that purpose.
• Xiao Yan discovered that mending the breach would not prevent the Extraterritorial Evil Clan from arriving and feared the continent could not withstand Dou Di-level enemies.
• Void Heavenly Emperor explained that restoring the continent would cause it to reject the invading clan and greatly weaken them, keeping their strength below the Dou Di level.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the explanation and felt the responsibility of protecting the continent weigh more heavily on him.

Xiao Yan followed the Void Heavenly Emperor beyond the world and saw the breach through which dangerous currents entered the Douqi Continent. The Void Heavenly Emperor explained the true nature of the starry sky, but had not yet revealed how Xiao Yan could seal the breach or prevent another invasion.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help seal the breach, and the Void Heavenly Emperor invited Qing Lin to gather the rare herbs in the Ten Thousand Beasts Space before it disappeared.
• Xiao Yan and the Void Heavenly Emperor traveled to the breach, leaving Qing Lin behind to collect herbs and seeds.
• Xiao Yan saw the hole in the starry sky and felt violent currents beyond the world batter his protective Dou Qi.
• The Void Heavenly Emperor explained that the continent's visible stars were an illusion, while the currents beyond the breach could kill anyone below Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan asked how to repair the breach and stop the Extraterritorial Evil Clan from breaking through again, and the Void Heavenly Emperor said sealing it was not as simple as patching a hole.

Void Heavenly Emperor explained how Xiao Yan could repair the continent’s breach and revealed that his remaining power would be sacrificed to seal it. Xiao Yan confronted him over his earlier concealment, agreed to cooperate without resentment but rejected a future reward, and began the repair.

• Void Heavenly Emperor explained that the breach had formed when his advancement to Dou Di overwhelmed the Northwest Region, and said restoring it would revive the continent’s laws and repel future invaders.
• Void Heavenly Emperor sent Xiao Yan the repair instructions and revealed that he would use his remaining power to fill the breach.
• Xiao Yan told Void Heavenly Emperor he had suspected his concealment after refining Nihility Devouring Flame, and Void Heavenly Emperor realized Xiao Yan had uncovered the truth.
• Xiao Yan said he did not resent Void Heavenly Emperor and would help repair the breach, but refused the promised opportunity and said he hoped to challenge him someday.
• Void Heavenly Emperor accepted Xiao Yan’s future challenge, then ordered the repair to begin as Xiao Yan summoned Little Scale and his other six Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan used Little Scale and the other six Heavenly Flames to shield the continent’s breach while Void Heavenly Emperor repaired it with gathered materials. Void Heavenly Emperor then sacrificed himself to complete the repair, leaving Xiao Yan to finish the remaining work.

• Xiao Yan realized that Little Scale could control the seven Heavenly Flames and let each unleash its full power.
• The combined flames shook the continent’s boundary and formed a barrier against the astral winds and gases.
• Void Heavenly Emperor fed his gathered materials into the flames while Xiao Yan adjusted their heat and strength to protect them.
• After the last material was added, Void Heavenly Emperor thanked Xiao Yan and entered the flames.
• Void Heavenly Emperor transformed into mysterious seven-colored light that completely sealed the breach.
• Xiao Yan saw that the continent had been repaired and prepared to complete the remaining work.

As a massive beast tide led by a Dou Saint Dragon Bear advanced on Tianlan City, Yang Lingyan, Xu Yingwu, and Chu Qun organized the defense and evacuation. The Dragon Bear reached the horizon as the three men remained on the city wall, ready to face the attack.

• Yang Lingyan received Xu Yingwu's report that a Dou Saint Magical Beast had broken through the defense line and killed four Dou Zong elders.
• Xu Yingwu urged Yang Lingyan to evacuate the city, but Yang Lingyan refused to leave him behind.
• Chu Qun arrived and said he had arranged for Ya Fei to leave the city with an escort.
• Yang Lingyan, Xu Yingwu, and Chu Qun stayed together on the walls as the ground began to shake.
• A vast beast tide surged toward Tianlan City, led by a gigantic black-gold Dragon Bear whose confused gaze was drawn to the city's residents.

Dragon Bear shattered Tianlan City's protective formation and devastated its defenders, leaving Yang Lingyan, Xu Yingwu, and Chu Qun helpless before its attack. Just as the beast was about to crush them, a familiar black-robed man appeared and stopped its paw.

• Yang Lingyan ordered the defenders to prepare for Dragon Bear and sent Chu Qun and Xu Yingwu to join an ambush.
• Dragon Bear struck Tianlan City's formation and weakened it, then broke it with a second claw strike that killed many defenders.
• Yang Lingyan, Xu Yingwu, and Chu Qun tried to evade Dragon Bear's attack but were injured and thrown through buildings.
• The formation's destruction let the beast tide flood into Tianlan City while the five Dou Zun experts were too injured to help.
• Dragon Bear raised its paw over the helpless trio, but a familiar black-robed man appeared and stopped the blow, challenging the beast to surrender.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin arrived in the Northwest Region and used Xiao Yan’s devouring ability to eliminate the invading magical beasts. After reuniting with his old companions at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the strength of an eight-star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan appeared in Tianlan City and swallowed the Dragon Bear and the other invading magical beasts with his black vortex.
• Xu Yingwu, Chu Qun, and Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Yan, who said they would talk after dealing with the crisis.
• Yang Lingyan left the cleanup to his deputy and brought Xiao Yan and the others back to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• At the mansion, Yang Lingyan and Xu Yingwu described how the Heavenly Snake Mansion had grown into the leading power of the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that the upheaval six months earlier was connected to him and said he had been chased to the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Yan told his companions that his current strength was around eight-star Dou Saint, leaving them speechless.

Xiao Yan reunited with old friends at a grand welcome banquet held by the Heavenly Snake Mansion and learned that Liang Mengying had mysteriously disappeared. He left the banquet with Ya Fei for a private walk, where they recalled their time together in Wutan City.

• Yang Lingyan and other Heavenly Snake Mansion members were stunned to learn Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Dou Saint, and old acquaintances gathered to welcome him.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion held a grand banquet for Xiao Yan, where guests reminisced about his past feats in the Northwest Region.
• Qing Lin reunited with Green Man and a middle-aged woman surnamed Chu, rewarding them for once treating her well.
• Xiao Yan asked Chu Qun about Liang Mengying and learned that she had left the Splendid Flower Tower in Chu Qun's care and vanished without explanation.
• Ya Fei reunited with Xiao Yan, and Yang Lingyan encouraged them to take a walk together; they left the banquet and recalled how Xiao Yan had helped her in Wutan City.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei in the Northwest Region, where she learned about his daughter and the women in his life and accepted that she could not enter his heart. After sharing his experiences and resolving to face the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, Xiao Yan left for the Central Plains with Qing Lin because the situation was urgent.

• Ya Fei asked Xiao Yan about his journey and learned that he had a daughter named Xiao Qingqing, whose mother was Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yan's happiness with his family and realized she could not compete with the women around him.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei about his experiences in the Central Plains, and their long conversation helped him accept his strength and responsibility to face the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Xu Yingwu, Yang Lingyan, and Chu Qun that he and Qing Lin had to return to the Central Plains, then promised to reunite with his brothers after everything was settled.

Xiao Yan reunited with Zi Yan and decided to take her to Jia Nan Academy, recognizing that the time had come for the opportunity Mu Yaoyin had mentioned. In the Soul Realm, Soul Heavenly Emperor learned that the Nihility Devouring Flame had vanished and set out with his subordinates to bring him back.

• Zi Yan found Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, then explained that Yan Jin had returned safely and that she and Xun Er had searched for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xun Er was on her way and decided to go to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor emerged from seclusion and asked the Soul Clan's leaders where the Nihility Devouring Flame was.
• The Living Dead leader told Soul Heavenly Emperor that the Nihility Devouring Flame had joined the Ancient Clan in attacking the Thunder, Yao, and Stone Clans, then disappeared.
• After learning that their connection to the Nihility Devouring Flame was severed but his approximate location was known, Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to go invite him back.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin returned to Jia Nan Academy to investigate a clue connected to defeating the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan. They descended into the underground magma, where Little Scale detected a hidden mass of strange energy.

• Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin and learned that they were searching for something possibly connected to a Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian about the underground magma and its fire-producing lizard monsters, and Su Qian led them to the entrance.
• Zi Yan revealed that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and a Dou Saint, reassuring Su Qian about their ability to explore the magma.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin descended through the magma until Little Scale sensed something concealed within it.
• Little Scale drew an unusually faint mass of energy out of the magma with a targeted pull.

Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan found a second, weak Fallen Heart Flame in the Underground Magma World and encountered lizardlike guardians who warned them away from the God's Graveyard. They ignored the warning and discovered a hidden pocket space at the magma world's edge, entering it together to investigate.

• Xiao Yan identified the flame Little Scale handed him as a weak Fallen Heart Flame and sensed it was connected to a long-dead Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin warned Xiao Yan that coordinated strangers were approaching, and lizardlike creatures surrounded the group and named the God's Graveyard.
• Zi Yan drove back the Lizardmen with her dragon power, but Xiao Yan spared them and led Qing Lin and Zi Yan deeper into the magma.
• The three reached the magma world's apparent boundary, where Xiao Yan sensed spatial power and discovered a hidden pocket space.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan entered the pocket space together.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin discovered Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion inside the Magma World's hidden space and encountered a gigantic creature guarding it. The creature demanded the Gu Yu and attacked them, leaving Xiao Yan surrounded by its claws.

• Xiao Yan and his companions entered a hidden pocket of space, cutting off the Soul Clan's tracking of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The three traveled toward a distant light and found the immense gate to Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the cave mansion held the secret to advancing to Dou Di, but remained wary of the dangers and the other pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• A colossal creature opened its eye beneath them and demanded to know whether they had the Gu Yu.
• When Xiao Yan said they would leave, the creature attacked, and Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to devour its Dou Qi strike.
• The creature recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame and sent five enormous claws closing around Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan fought a powerful strange creature that overwhelmed their attacks. The creature stopped fighting after recognizing something and transformed into a burly man.

• Xiao Yan countered the creature's giant claw with Star River Reversal and the Nihility Devouring Flame, but the blow still injured him.
• Qing Lin attacked the creature with ice, and Little Scale used five fused fire lotuses to help her block its purple-gold seal.
• The creature's runes forced Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan back, so Xiao Yan strengthened himself and told Zi Yan to retreat if he created an opening.
• Zi Yan transformed into her Ancient Void Dragon form and refused to leave, while Qing Lin launched another icy blade at the creature.
• The creature let Qing Lin's blade wound and freeze it, then stopped attacking and transformed into a burly man.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin discovered that the powerful man trapped beneath Jia Nan Academy claimed to be Zi Yan’s father and a former Dragon Emperor. Their bloodline essence fused, confirming his claim, but Zi Yan remained uncertain and asked Xiao Yan to hear the man’s full story.

• The man focused on Zi Yan and asked whether she had been born into the Ancient Void Dragon Clan; Zi Yan identified herself as its current Dragon Emperor.
• The man told Zi Yan that he was her father, a former Dragon Emperor who had been trapped while searching for Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• The man and Zi Yan each released life essence blood, and the drops fused into violet-gold radiance, convincing Xiao Yan that they shared a bloodline.
• Zi Yan recoiled when the man approached and asked Xiao Yan whether she should believe him; Xiao Yan said the evidence supported the claim but asked for more details.
• Xiao Yan asked why the man had remained trapped and what had happened before he entered the cave mansion, and the man agreed to explain.

Zhukun explained how he had been trapped in Tou She Ancient God's cave for nearly ten thousand years and why Zi Yan had hatched long after he left her behind. When Xiao Yan suggested they leave together, Zhukun revealed that a powerful seal required the Tou She Ancient God Jade and might have trapped them all.

• Zhukun told Xiao Yan and Zi Yan that he had entered the cave seeking the Dou Di opportunity and had been imprisoned by its binding formation for nearly ten thousand years.
• Zhukun explained that he had left Zi Yan outside under a protective restriction, which weakened over time until she hatched.
• Zi Yan struggled to respond to Zhukun's apology, while Xiao Yan suggested they leave the cave and talk afterward.
• Zhukun showed them the ancient formation, and Xiao Yan escaped its disorienting pull while Zhukun rescued Zi Yan and Qing Lin from it.
• Zhukun said that only the Tou She Ancient God Jade could let them leave and warned that Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin might also be trapped.