Chapter Summaries

Zhu Jin learned that a Heavenly Flame lay in an ancient alchemist’s tomb in the Wild Mountain Range and decided to claim it despite the danger. The site had been occupied by the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan, but Zhu Jin prepared to investigate and seize the flame if it remained there.

• Zhu Jin pressed Xie Dong for details after hearing that the Wild Mountain Range held a Heavenly Flame.
• Xie Dong recalled that the flame had appeared in an ancient alchemist’s tomb and killed even Tier Five magical beasts that entered its chamber.
• Zhu Jin weighed the flame’s value for evolving his bloodline, strengthening his dragon flame, or trading for pills, and decided he could not pass up the opportunity.
• Xie Dong warned that the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan had occupied the site and might already have taken the Heavenly Flame.
• Zhu Jin dismissed the danger posed by the divided clan and ordered Xie Dong to take him to the tomb so he could identify the flame.

Zhu Jin traveled with Xie Dong to an ancient ruin and recognized it as part of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s former homeland, specifically the ancestral shrine of its vassal, the Wild Mountain Macaque Dragon Empire. With the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan guarding the entrance, Zhu Jin left Xie Dong behind and prepared to enter alone.

• After three days of rest, Zhu Jin summoned Xie Dong and ordered him to guide the way to the ancient ruin.
• As they traveled, Zhu Jin recognized the ruin as a former Ancient Void Dragon Clan territory and compared the route with an old map from Dragon Island.
• Zhu Jin and Xie Dong crossed a desolate landscape of ruined palaces, dead vegetation, and depleted rivers.
• Xie Dong recounted conflicting legends about the Wild Mountain Macaque Dragon Empire’s sudden disappearance, while Zhu Jin suspected the Ancient Void Dragon Clan concealed a deeper secret.
• Near the ruin, Xie Dong pointed out that the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan had sealed the entrance, and Zhu Jin told him to wait while he found a way in alone.

Zhu Jin entered the Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden through a hidden passage and found it devastated by an ancient battle. A powerful Ancient Void Dragon soul emerged from a fissure and revealed that he was the Dragon Emperor, imprisoned for a thousand years after a betrayal.

• Zhu Jin used Dragon Flash to enter the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's ancient territory, which the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan guarded from outside.
• Zhu Jin followed an ancient map to a stele identifying the ruined land as the Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden.
• Zhu Jin found signs of a massive battle and wondered why the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had abandoned the Beast Domain.
• Zhu Jin heard a faint plea for help and traced it to a deep ground fissure.
• A vast Ancient Void Dragon soul rose from the fissure and told Zhu Jin that he was the Dragon Emperor, imprisoned there for a thousand years by a treacherous dragon.

Zhu Jin questioned an old dragon soul’s claim to be the Dragon Emperor while pretending to believe it, then learned the soul wanted him to free it from the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation. The soul gave him a storage ring with enough power for one Dou Emperor-level boost, and Zhu Jin left claiming he would defeat the Nine Nether Deep Earth Pythons.

• Zhu Jin pretended to be shocked when the dragon soul claimed that traitorous Dragon Kings had destroyed its body and left it as a remnant soul.
• Zhu Jin suggested four Dragon Kings had ambushed the soul, and the soul agreed, unaware that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had only three Dragon Kings.
• The dragon soul promised to make Zhu Jin its adopted son and asked him to remove the formation core of the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation.
• Zhu Jin claimed he could not reach the core because the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan occupied the area, prompting the soul to give him a storage ring containing soul power.
• Zhu Jin judged the soul power too weak to be impressive, then said he would defeat the Nine Nether Deep Earth Pythons while the dragon soul waited.

Zhu Jin left the rift after obtaining a storage ring and realizing the supposed Dragon Emperor had been a Dou Emperor-level soul. He battled his way through the Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden, and after several days of fighting, he brought two combat skills to their peak.

• Zhu Jin kept his doubts about the Dragon Emperor to himself, then concluded the rift might have been made by an Ancient Void Dragon expert and regarded the Dou Emperor Experience Card as a valuable gain.
• A fire-breathing, Tier Four python attacked Zhu Jin, who killed it with one strike of Ancient Dragon Claw and ate its dragon tendon.
• Zhu Jin stored the python’s remains and continued toward the exit, fighting increasingly numerous magical beasts along the way.
• After several days of battles and training, Zhu Jin realized Ancient Dragon Claw and Dragon Tail Sweep had both reached peak proficiency.

Zhu Jin followed clues to a volcanic region in search of Heavenly Flames while learning that the Green Phoenix Prince Mu Qinghuang and Xiong Sinan were heading toward a rumored treasure. In a void passage, Zhu Jin found a honey-like flame and realized it was Heavenly Flames.

• Mu Qinghuang and Xiong Sinan arrived at the ancient ruin, drawing attention from the magical beasts searching there.
• Zhu Jin overheard that they were heading toward a burial chamber and formation core rumored to hold treasures, then decided to seek the Heavenly Flames first.
• Zhu Jin traveled through a volcanic region and reached a void passage made by an expert of his clan.
• Zhu Jin caught a translucent, honey-like flame in the void passage and recognized it as Heavenly Flames.

Zhu Jin entered the Heavenly Flame Space, devoured its scattered flame energy, and evolved his Dragon Flame after discovering the main Heavenly Flame had already been taken. His new Black-Yellow Dragon Flame unlocked a combat skill recorded in the Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.

• Zhu Jin realized the small flames were fragments of Heavenly Flame energy and entered the void to consume them safely.
• Zhu Jin swam through the Heavenly Flame Space, swallowing its sparks until he reached a dark region beyond it.
• Zhu Jin saw that the Heavenly Flame Space resembled a glowing galaxy and learned the Nine Netherworld Python Clan had taken the main Heavenly Flame.
• Zhu Jin continued devouring the remaining energy, evolving his Dragon Flame into Earth Tier Low Black-Yellow Dragon Flame.
• Zhu Jin recognized that his bloodline held information about the Black-Yellow Flame, and a bloodline combat skill unlocked.

Zhu Jin’s evolved Black-Yellow Dragon Flame awakened two powerful Earth Tier Dou Techniques and a strange Yellow Tier secret art. After discovering that Black-Yellow Breath could borrow fortune, he wondered whether Black-Yellow Flame held a deeper origin than the story had revealed.

• Zhu Jin learned that his Dragon Flame’s evolution had awakened the Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bullet, the Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bell, and the Black-Yellow Breath secret art.
• Zhu Jin read that the Dragon Flame Bullet could devastate a wide area and that the Dragon Flame Bell could absorb and rebound attacks.
• Zhu Jin realized that Black-Yellow Breath borrowed fortune, though its effects were uncertain and depended on heaven’s will and affinity.
• Zhu Jin recalled Black-Yellow Flame’s low ranking and speculated that it might have been born from the Dou Qi Continent’s primordial fortune.

Zhu Jin emerged from the collapsing Heavenly Flame Space after absorbing its remaining energy and taking an object hidden within it. Surrounded by powerful magical beast clans demanding the opportunity, he faced Mu Qinghuang’s order to hand it over.

• A black beam erupted from the depths of the ruins, and magical beasts spread rumors that an ancient pill or treasure was about to appear.
• The Heavenly Flame Space collapsed, and Zhu Jin was blasted out after taking an object from its void; Xie Dong recognized and pulled him from the dirt.
• Zhu Jin realized three days had passed while he cultivated and read bloodline combat techniques.
• Greedy magical beasts surrounded Zhu Jin and Xie Dong, but Zhu Jin’s dragon might sent some attackers flying.
• Mu Qinghuang and Snake Emperor Yao Yun disputed who had the right to the opportunity, then both demanded it from Zhu Jin.
• Mu Qinghuang told Zhu Jin to hand over the item so he could leave, while wondering why the little dragon looked familiar.

Zhu Jin faced down Mu Qinghuang, Snake Emperor Yaoyun, and the gathered magical beasts as they tried to seize his opportunity. He revealed that he was an Ancient Void Dragon and that the coveted jade slip contained clan secrets, but the greedy crowd still demanded it.

• Mu Qinghuang and Snake Emperor Yaoyun urged Zhu Jin to surrender his opportunity, while other magical beasts joined them in claiming it should be shared.
• Xie Dong denounced the crowd’s hypocrisy and declared that the Purple Cloud Scorpion Snake Tribe had left the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan to serve Zhu Jin.
• Xie Dong identified Zhu Jin as an Ancient Void Dragon, but most of the beasts doubted the claim because they had never heard of the clan and Zhu Jin was only Tier Four.
• Zhu Jin explained that he was a genuine Ancient Void Dragon whose father was pure-blooded, then revealed a Dragon Jade Slip that could be read only with an Ancient Void Dragon’s essence blood.
• Zhu Jin said the jade slip recorded clan secrets rather than a Dou Technique or cultivation method, but Mu Qinghuang demanded that he hand it over.

Zhu Jin crushed the Dragon Jade Slip and unleashed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s spatial power, killing the Magic Beasts that had attacked him. He sent Xie Dong out of the Dragon Cave but stayed behind to deal with unfinished business near the Medicine Garden.

• Mu Qinghuang, Snake Emperor Yaoyun, and other Magic Beasts attacked Zhu Jin, hoping to kill him and seize the opportunity.
• Zhu Jin crushed the Dragon Jade Slip, and its spatial power erased the attacks and blasted the surrounding Magic Beasts away.
• Zhu Jin used Spatial Annihilation to tear apart hundreds of Magic Beasts, including Mu Qinghuang and Snake Emperor Yaoyun.
• Zhu Jin collected the Magic Cores, bones, storage rings, and corpses, gaining enough wealth to pay for a Spatial Wormhole ticket.
• Zhu Jin told Xie Dong he would send him out, then stayed behind because he still had something to do near the Medicine Garden.

Zhu Jin used the Dragon Jade Slip to free an Ancient Dragon Turtle imprisoned beneath the Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden and offered to remove its Dragon Seal Lock if it served him for a hundred years. The turtle doubted him until Zhu Jin revealed that he could draw the Dragon Seal, leaving it shocked and convinced that he might truly free it.

• Zhu Jin opened a spatial passage for Xie Dong, then returned to the Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden and withdrew the spatial power sealing its fissure.
• An Ancient Dragon Turtle burst from the fissure after thousands of years of imprisonment, and Zhu Jin explained that its cultivation had declined during its confinement.
• The Ancient Dragon Turtle asked about Zhu Jin's elders, but Zhu Jin said he had freed it himself and offered to remove its Dragon Seal Lock in exchange for a hundred years of service.
• The Ancient Dragon Turtle doubted that Zhu Jin could undo a seal placed by a Dou Saint, but Zhu Jin drew a Dragon Seal using his essence blood.
• The Ancient Dragon Turtle tried to seize the mark, watched it scatter, and realized Zhu Jin might be able to remove its Dragon Seal Lock.

Zhu Jin used the Dragon Jade Slip’s authority to subdue Shi Yuan, the Ancient Dragon Turtle, by promising him a pill that could restore his cultivation. After learning that a mysterious force had emptied the Dragon Cave, Zhu Jin left for the Black-Corner Region, while the annual Dou Qi testing ceremony began in Wutan City.

• Zhu Jin explained that he had inherited the Dragon Cave and held authority over its Medicine Garden and the imprisoned Ancient Dragon Turtle.
• When Shi Yuan refused to pledge loyalty, Zhu Jin used spatial power to pin him down and invoked the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s law to condemn him for stealing a Dragonblood Heavenly Fruit.
• Zhu Jin claimed he could obtain a Poria Green Pill from Xiao Yan, and Shi Yuan pledged loyalty in hopes of recovering his cultivation.
• Zhu Jin withdrew the suppression, rode Shi Yuan, and learned that Shi Yuan had sensed a terrifying underground aura before the Dragon Cave lost all life.
• Zhu Jin decided to leave the Dragon Cave and head to the Black-Corner Region, while the Dou Qi testing ceremony began in Wutan City.

At the Xiao Clan’s annual strength assessment, Xiao Yan astonished Wutan City by testing as a seven-star Dou Zhe at nearly fifteen, while Xun Er tested at six stars. As Xiao Yan and Xun Er left together, the clan elders discussed their possible marriage and remembered Xiao Yan’s engagement to the Nalan Clan girl, while Xiao Zhan worried about Xun Er’s mysterious family.

• Xiao Yan tested as a seven-star Dou Zhe, shocking the crowd and making the Jia Lie Family guard flee to report his result.
• Xiao Yan returned to the square and spoke warmly with Xun Er, whose test result had been six-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Mei hurried after Xiao Yan with a question about a Dou Technique as Xiao Yan and Xun Er left side by side.
• The First, Second, and Third Elders praised Xiao Yan and Xun Er as a suitable match, but Xiao Zhan warned that Xun Er was not part of the Xiao Clan.
• The First Elder recalled Xiao Yan’s engagement to a young lady of the Nalan Clan who had become a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Zhan silently worried about Xun Er’s mysterious family.

Xiao Yan prepared to meet his fiancée, Nalan Yanran, when she arrived at the Xiao Clan with representatives of the Misty Cloud Sect. The chapter ended with the sect’s envoy asking Xiao Zhan to dissolve the engagement between the Xiao and Nalan Clans.

• Xiao Yan cultivated late into the night, and Xiao Zhan reminded him to rest before revealing that Nalan Yanran would visit the next day.
• Xun Er summoned Xiao Yan to the main hall, where the Xiao Clan’s leaders and younger members had gathered to receive Nalan Yanran.
• The Xiao Clan members compared Nalan Yanran’s three-star Dou Zhe rank with Xiao Yan’s seven-star rank and questioned whether she was worthy of him.
• A Misty Cloud Sect elder asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve the engagement between the Xiao Clan and the Nalan Clan.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Clan to annul her engagement to Xiao Yan, and their dispute led to a duel that ended with her sword fingers piercing his body. The chapter left Xiao Yan wounded as the Xiao Clan watched in shock.

• Nalan Yanran declared that annulling the engagement was her own decision, while Ge Ye said the Misty Cloud Sect considered her future too important for the marriage.
• The Xiao Clan reacted angrily, and Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to defeat her if he wanted the engagement handled on his terms.
• Xiao Yan accepted and attacked with Lion Mountain Split, while Nalan Yanran countered with the Green Wood Sword Art.
• Nalan Yanran's wind blades broke through Xiao Yan's attack and cut his cheek, then her sword fingers pierced his body as he stood resolute.

Xiao Yan survived his confrontation with Nalan Yanran and accepted her challenge to duel again in three years. After he awoke, Xun Er revealed that she belonged to the Gu Clan and that the Xiao Clan had once been a Dou God Clan.

• Xiao Yan struck Nalan Yanran with a surprise punch, then declared that he would make the Xiao Clan rise above the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to fight her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and he accepted before collapsing from his injuries.
• Xiao Yan awoke and admitted that the gap between his cultivation technique and Nalan Yanran's made a true fight perilous.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan about the strength of the Misty Cloud Sect and gave him a high-grade Mystic Tier fire technique called Flame Manipulation Formula.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that she came from the Gu Clan, that the Xiao Clan had once been a Dou God Clan, and that she had come to Wutan City because of an Ancient Jade left by the Xiao Clan.

Xun Er explained the Xiao Clan’s history and gave Xiao Yan the introductory Flame Manipulation Formula, then decided to travel with him until the Three-Year Agreement ended. Meanwhile, Zhu Jin found that the story’s course had changed and wondered why a Magic Core tasted like roasted sweet potato.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan once possessed the Ancient Jade and revealed that the Flame Manipulation Formula was the introductory section of Xiao Xuan’s Heaven Tier cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun Er that she had not stolen from his clan, teased that she had stolen his heart, and accepted her Grade Four healing pill.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that the Gu Clan’s elders would not let him retrieve the Xiao Clan’s stored Dou Techniques and cultivation methods.
• Xun Er decided to travel and train with Xiao Yan until the Three-Year Agreement ended, confident he would become a Dou Di.
• Zhu Jin, still in the Beast Domain, realized the story had changed and wondered why a Magic Core tasted like roasted sweet potato.

Zhu Jin began forging a four-mouthed medicinal cauldron so he could earn money for a spatial wormhole ticket to Jia Nan Academy. After preparing the materials and forming a metal ingot, he started shaping it with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s hammering technique.

• Zhu Jin decided to forge and sell a medicinal cauldron to fund his trip to Jia Nan Academy.
• Zhu Jin gathered the ores, bones, essence stones, and other materials he had collected from magical beasts’ storage rings.
• Zhu Jin studied a blueprint for a four-mouthed Black Iron Red Copper Cauldron and prepared its required materials.
• Zhu Jin used Dragon Flame and sulfur-removing herbs to purify the iron and copper ores, then fused them with ground bones and essence stones into an alloy ingot.
• Zhu Jin invoked the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique and began shaping the ingot with his claws and scales.

After seven days in seclusion, Zhu Jin completed three medicinal cauldrons and emerged to find the tribes of the Wild Mountain Range united under his rule. He set out with his companions for the Six-eared Spirit Python Empire, hoping to learn more about its Spatial Wormhole.

• Zhu Jin forged a Four-mouth Black-Yellow Cauldron, which gained a dragon pattern and succeeded without cracks or failure.
• Zhu Jin left his cave to find several hundred magical beasts from the Wild Mountain Range kneeling in welcome, including newly submitted tribes.
• Zhu Jin gave his people several Tier Four magical beast corpses to share before leaving the range.
• Zhu Jin, Shi Yuan, Xie Dong, and Flame Wolf headed for the Six-eared Spirit Python Empire, the nearest place with a Spatial Wormhole.
• Old Turtle explained that Dou Venerate experts created Spatial Wormholes and Dou Zong experts maintained them, while Zhu Jin recognized the immense profits such a passage could bring.