Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fought Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder while Yao Ming’s supporters blocked the clan chief’s followers. Yao Ming revealed that he had recovered to the Two-star Dou Sheng level and moved to confront Yao Xiaotian, while Xiao Yan faced the Grand Elder.

• Xiao Yan activated his clan tattoo and strengthened his Vajra Glazed Body before confronting Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder together.
• Xiao Yan exchanged powerful attacks with the two Dou Shengs, while Elder Ming and the old elders stopped Yao Xiaotian’s followers from reaching Yao Ming.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Great Heavenly Creation Palm and Five Seals Combined, forcing Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder back without gaining an advantage over him.
• Yao Ming emerged and revealed that he had reached the Two-star Dou Sheng level, shocking Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder.
• Yao Ming thanked Xiao Yan, then went to settle his grievances with Yao Xiaotian as Xiao Yan confronted the Grand Elder.

Xiao Yan survived Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and received the sage’s ultimate arts and Demonic Sage Blood Essence. As the remnant soul completed its mission and vanished, Yellow Springs Demonic Sage hinted that something missing from the world might explain why Dou God Experts no longer appeared.

• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s remnant soul unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, shattering Xiao Yan’s soul body, but Xiao Yan survived with protection from his Heavenly Flames.
• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage gave Xiao Yan the cultivation methods for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage revealed that becoming a Dou God Expert had grown impossible because something seemed to be missing from the world, though he could not explain further.
• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage passed his Blood Essence to Xiao Yan and, with his mission complete, dissipated along with the mountain and throne.
• Xiao Yan bowed farewell and then left as the void space disappeared.

Yao Ming told Xiao Yan that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held Yellow Springs Medicine Sage’s essence blood and the hidden high-level Heavenly Grade skill Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and asked him to open it with his Heavenly Realm soul. The next morning, Yao Ming led Xiao Yan and his companions to the tablet, where Xiao Yan sensed the formidable pressure of the Medicine Sage’s residual soul.

• Yao Ming explained that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held Yellow Springs Medicine Sage’s essence blood and three fighting skills, including Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Yao Ming revealed that a residual soul inside the tablet guarded the method and that a Heavenly Realm soul might enter it.
• Yao Ming asked Xiao Yan to help open the tablet so he could strengthen himself and take control of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, and Xiao Yan agreed to try.
• After resting overnight, Xiao Yan and his companions followed Yao Ming to an ancient altar in the rear mountain.
• Xiao Yan examined the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and sensed the powerful spiritual pressure of Yellow Springs Medicine Sage’s residual soul.

Xiao Yan entered the space inside the stone tablet and challenged Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s remnant soul for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Sage Blood Essence. Their soul battle intensified as Yellow Springs Demonic Sage unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, leaving Xiao Yan facing a dangerous attack.

• Xiao Yan separated his soul from his body and entered the stone tablet while Yao Ming and the others watched over him.
• Xiao Yan endured the space’s lightning and defeated Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s Yellow Springs Finger and giant palm attacks.
• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage appeared on a throne and demanded that Xiao Yan leave, but Xiao Yan asked for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Sage Blood Essence.
• Yellow Springs Demonic Sage revealed that his soul had reached the Emperor Realm, then attacked Xiao Yan with countless giant palms.
• Xiao Yan countered with soul force containing Heavenly Flames, and Yellow Springs Demonic Sage began using Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.

After completing his cultivation, Xiao Yan advanced to the late One-star Dou Sheng stage and learned that three powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders would soon join the Three Dragon Islands. He and Yao Ming agreed to head to Void Space and intercept them before they could threaten Zi Yan’s East Dragon Island.

• After waiting for Xiao Yan to finish cultivating, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched him absorb a massive energy storm, while Cai Lin continued cultivating in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming congratulated Xiao Yan on reaching the late One-star Dou Sheng stage and told him that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan planned to aid the Three Dragon Islands.
• Yao Ming identified the incoming Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes as Phoenix, Carp Phoenix, and Eagle Phoenix, three Dou Sheng experts capable of challenging a Three-star Dou Sheng together.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming to help stop the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Yao Ming agreed to side with East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ming planned to depart for Void Space the next day and intercept the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in three days.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet injured but victorious, then shared the Demonic Sage Blood Essence with Yao Ming, Cai Lin, and the other women. He persuaded Yao Ming to keep the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan out of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s conflict and asked him to help intercept the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements.

• Cai Lin and the others waited anxiously as Xiao Yan spent nearly an afternoon inside the stone tablet.
• Xiao Yan returned injured and told Yao Ming that he had narrowly defeated the Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s remnant soul, which had dispersed.
• Yao Ming failed to withstand the soul impact from the tablet’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath mark, while Xiao Yan explained that he could cultivate the technique if he met its requirements later.
• Xiao Yan divided the Demonic Sage Blood Essence among Yao Ming, Cai Lin, and the other women, keeping a drop for himself and another for Old Yao.
• Xiao Yan explained the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s internal conflict, and Yao Ming promised that the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan would not aid the Three Dragon Islands.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming to help intercept the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements, and Yao Ming agreed in exchange for a future alliance with the unified Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yan arranged to work with Yao Ming against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while Cai Lin entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to temper her body. Xiao Yan then began absorbing the Demonic Sage Blood Essence to strengthen himself before the coming confrontation.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming to monitor the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Yao Ming agreed to notify him when its experts moved.
• Yao Ming led Xiao Yan and the others back to the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, where he began preparing to deal with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin a Bodhi Great Restoration Pill, and she transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan settled on a boulder and prepared to absorb the Demonic Sage Blood Essence, using Heavenly Flames to temper it first.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the blood essence and controlled its violent energy, gradually softening and merging it into his body.

Xiao Yan defeated and sealed Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix, then trapped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces. He announced their defeat to Phoenix during his battle with Yao Ming, leaving Phoenix stunned.

• Eagle Phoenix and Kun Phoenix coordinated attacks against Xiao Yan, but he countered them with the Yellow Springs Finger and Great Heavenly Creation Palm.
• Xiao Yan sent Elder Ming and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to attack the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces while he confronted the two Supreme Elders.
• Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix transformed and resisted Xiao Yan's Yellow Springs Palm until he raised his strength to the Two-star Dou Sheng level and crippled them.
• Xiao Yan sealed Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix, then trapped the fleeing Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts in a confined space.
• Xiao Yan told Phoenix that the two Supreme Elders had been defeated, and Phoenix and Yao Ming stared in disbelief at the bloodied captives.

Xiao Yan and Yao Ming led a group into the void to ambush the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements. As the Phoenix Clan’s forces appeared, Xiao Yan and Yao Ming sensed their approach and prepared to strike.

• Xiao Yan left Cai Lin to cultivate in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where she sensed a summons from its deepest reaches and swam toward it.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yao Ming, and six elders entered the void to intercept the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements.
• Yao Ming guided the group to a concealed position near the Phoenix Clan’s expected route, and they waited there for two days.
• A red-robed Supreme Elder led more than twenty Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members into the void, including Feng Qing'er and Jiu Feng.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ming sensed the approaching Phoenix Clan group and readied themselves for the ambush.

Xiao Yan and Yao Ming intercepted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as it headed to support the three Dragon Islands’ attack on East Dragon Island. When Phoenix’s forces refused to retreat, Xiao Yan fought Kun Phoenix and forced Eagle Phoenix to join him.

• Phoenix delayed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s advance, hoping the Dragon Islands would weaken each other before her clan took the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline.
• Yao Ming ambushed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and revealed that he was helping East Dragon Island, while Xiao Yan appeared beside him.
• Phoenix refused Xiao Yan’s demand that her group leave the void, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan launched an attack.
• Xiao Yan smashed Kun Phoenix’s Devour Heaven and Earth attack and drove him back with a powerful punch.
• Eagle Phoenix joined Kun Phoenix against Xiao Yan, who welcomed the fight as the two phoenix elders transformed into battle forms.

Xiao Yan rescued Hei Qing and Elder Zhu Li from North Dragon Island’s forces, revealing that he had become a Dou Sheng. After Yao Ming arrived with captured pursuers and offered the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s support, Zhu Li explained that the three Dragon Kings had surrounded Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan set out for East Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan stopped Huo Zhan from killing Hei Qing, then subdued and sealed the Half-Saint with ease.
• Xiao Yan captured Huo Zhan and another fleeing Half-Dragon elder after Yao Ming and his party intercepted them.
• Yao Ming told Zhu Li that his Nine Nether Nether Python Clan had come to assist East Dragon Island at Xiao Yan’s invitation.
• Zhu Li told Xiao Yan that the three Dragon Kings had surrounded Zi Yan while East Dragon Island descended into chaos.
• Xiao Yan decided to go to East Dragon Island to help Zi Yan.

Xiao Yan forced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to withdraw from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s conflict and kept three of its members as hostages. With East Dragon Island apparently under attack by the Three Dragon Islands, he and his allies hurried into Void Space to reach Zi Yan.

• Yao Ming praised Xiao Yan for swiftly defeating Eagle Phoenix and Kun Phoenix, while Phoenix threatened revenge on behalf of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan demanded that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan stop interfering in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s affairs and threatened Phoenix with the lives of the captured Dou Shengs.
• Phoenix agreed to withdraw, but Xiao Yan kept Jiu Feng, Kun Phoenix, and Eagle Phoenix as hostages until the clan abandoned its interference.
• Phoenix took the rest of her people back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to deliver Xiao Yan’s warning.
• Xiao Yan handed the hostages to Nine Nether Nether Python Clan elders and set off with Yao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others for East Dragon Island.

Xiao Yan and his companions encountered Three Dragon Islands forces attacking East Dragon Island’s people in the Void Space. As Huo Zhan prepared to kill Hei Qing, Xiao Yan appeared and placed a hand on Huo Zhan’s head.

• Xiao Yan sensed a familiar aura and halted while traveling with Yao Ming and the others.
• Three Dragon Islands forces led by Qian Xuan and Huo Zhan cornered Zhu Li, Hei Qing, and the other East Dragon Island warriors.
• Huo Zhan struck Hei Qing and ordered his forces to kill the rest, while Zhu Li fought the armored Qian Xuan.
• Huo Zhan overwhelmed Hei Qing and prepared to crush his head as Zhu Li warned him against killing the Dragon Emperor’s ally.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Huo Zhan and asked whether he could crush Hei Qing’s head faster than Xiao Yan could crush his.

Xiao Yan arrived as Zi Yan faced the West, North, and South Dragon Kings and volunteered to hold them off while she prepared a powerful move. He struck the three with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, then revealed a second Xiao Yan holding a Five-Colored Fire Lotus as it exploded behind them.

• Zi Yan rebuked the three Dragon Kings for dividing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and they prepared to attack her together.
• Xiao Yan interrupted the fight and asked Zi Yan how long she needed to prepare her move; she answered ten minutes.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan to leave the three Dragon Kings to him and unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, injuring the West and South Dragon Kings and staggering the North Dragon King.
• Xiao Yan revealed another version of himself behind the Dragon Kings, holding a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, and detonated it.

Xiao Yan and his allies arrived at East Dragon Island, where the Three Dragon Islands had pushed the defenders back toward the Dragon Hall. He saw Zi Yan fighting the Three Dragon Kings, then rushed to the Dragon Hall and confronted Xuan Mo.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the forces guarding East Dragon Island and saw that the Three Dragon Islands had occupied most of the island.
• Xiao Yan spotted Zi Yan, now a Dragon-Phoenix, fighting the Three Dragon Kings in the distant Void Space.
• A warrior tried to alert the Three Dragon Islands to Xiao Yan's arrival, but Xiao Yan killed him and led his allies toward the Dragon Hall.
• Xiao Yan used a sea of flames to break through the intercepting troops and bring his allies to the Dragon Hall.
• Xuan Mo attacked Xiao Yan, who transformed into a golden giant and met his punch head-on.

Xiao Yan helped East Dragon Island resist the Three Dragon Islands’ forces and learned that Zi Yan was struggling against the three Dragon Kings. He left the main battle to join her, while Yao Ming and East Dragon Island’s elders held off Xuan Mo and the other commanders.

• Xiao Yan clashed with Xuan Mo, and the two West and South Dragon Islands elders arrived to support him.
• Qing Shan and East Dragon Island’s Second Elder confronted the enemy commanders, while Xiao Yan revealed that he had captured Sai Huang and turned back the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements.
• Xuan Mo ordered an assault, and the armies of the Three Dragon Islands and East Dragon Island charged into battle.
• Xiao Yan struck down several enemy fighters and saw that Zi Yan was being forced back by the three Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming and East Dragon Island’s elders to hold off Xuan Mo and the other commanders, then flew toward Zi Yan’s battle.

Zi Yan defeated the Three Dragon Kings with the Dragon Slaying Sword, securing East Dragon Island and setting the Ancient Dragon Clan on a path toward unification. Xiao Yan entered seclusion to recover, where Xiao Xuan's purplish-red bloodline power began healing and tempering his body as his strength slowly rose.

• Zi Yan collapsed after using the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Xiao Yan caught her before the Grand Elder reported that East Dragon Island was safe.
• Zi Yan ordered the island to take in the defectors under guard and said East Dragon Island would counterattack the Three Dragon Islands after recovering.
• Zi Yan thanked Xiao Yan for holding off the Dragon Kings, then supported his injured body back to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion, and ten days later his severe injuries had healed while purplish-red bloodline power continued to cleanse his body and increase his strength.

Xiao Yan fought the three Dragon Kings with successive soul attacks and fire lotuses, badly injuring them but suffering severe wounds himself. As the South Dragon King prepared to kill him, a purple-haired woman appeared and severed the king’s arm, warning that she would send them to Dragon Prison if they touched Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus to catch the three Dragon Kings in a devastating attack, but they survived with severe injuries.
• The three Dragon Kings emerged from the flames and attacked Xiao Yan with three light pillars, which he reflected with Buddha's Wrath Samsara at the cost of heavy injuries.
• Xiao Yan launched another Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and traded blows with the North Dragon King, blasting him away with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King rushed Xiao Yan as the bloodline in Xiao Yan's body restored his strength.
• A purple-haired woman appeared and severed the South Dragon King's arm with a golden longsword, threatening the Dragon Kings with Dragon Prison.

Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, forcing the Ancient Void Dragons to submit and overwhelming the South and West Dragon Kings. She left the Dragon Kings crippled, but the sword consumed her life force, and the North Dragon King escaped with them into Void Space.

• Zi Yan revealed the Dragon Slaying Sword, and the warriors of the three islands knelt as the Grand Elder declared her the true Dragon Emperor.
• The West and South Dragon Kings fled, but Zi Yan’s sword slash severely wounded the West Dragon King and drove them to summon the Dragon Emperor Bell.
• The Dragon Slaying Sword shattered the bell and crippled both Dragon Kings, while Xiao Yan noticed that Zi Yan’s hair was turning gray from the sword’s life-force cost.
• Zi Yan faltered while preparing another slash, and the North Dragon King seized the wounded pair and fled with them into Void Space as a pursuing ripple struck.
• Xuan Mo and the other fleeing warriors abandoned East Dragon Island, while Xiao Yan watched Zi Yan and the terrifying sword.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao prepared to strike the Soul Hall’s Human Hall after Old Yao advanced to One-star Dou Sheng. With Zi Yan’s help, they reached the Human Hall’s hidden location in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range and began their attack.

• Old Yao explained the Soul Hall’s Earth Fiend and Heavenly Gang Halls and identified the Human Hall as their target.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Ancestor Huoyun and the Pill Tower's Grand Elder to remain behind, while Old Yao joined the expedition.
• Xiao Yan gave Old Yao Demonic Sage Blood Essence, and Old Yao refined it to break through to One-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan spent several days at Starfall Pavilion teaching Xiao Xiao Dou Techniques before setting out with Old Yao and Zi Yan.
• The group arrived at the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, where Zi Yan raised a spatial barrier around the Human Hall’s detection field.
• Xiao Yan ordered that no one in the Human Hall be left alive.