Chapter Summaries

After Yun Potian's remnant soul vanished, Xiao Xuan confirmed that the Life-and-Death Gate concealed high-level Half-Saint ruins. Xiao Yi entered the ruins with Xiao Xuan and encountered a group of Dou Zun-level puppets.

• Yun Potian told Xiao Yi that a greater opportunity lay beneath the Life-and-Death Gate before his remnant soul dissipated.
• Xiao Xuan sensed the hidden opportunity and identified it as the ruins of a high-level Half-Saint.
• Xiao Xuan shattered the seven stone coffins and revealed the ruins' entrance behind a wall of golden forbidden runes.
• Xiao Xuan dispelled the runes' suppression, and Xiao Yi followed him into the Half-Saint ruins.
• Xiao Yi saw rows of dried corpses, which Xiao Xuan identified as puppets, and evaded attacks from dozens of Dou Zun-level puppets.

Xiao Yi destroyed the first wave of Dou Zun puppets in the ruins, then faced the Puppet Refining Saint and eight Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppets. After Xiao Yi's enhanced spear attack failed to harm them, the puppets formed an Eight Trigrams Formation around him.

• Xiao Yi used his Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear and two Heavenly Flames to destroy dozens of One-Star Dou Zun puppets.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Yi that stronger guardians awaited, and the Puppet Refining Saint appeared on a throne with high-level puppets behind him.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that the Puppet Refining Saint had turned himself into a puppet, while the elder sent eight Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppets to attack Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi activated the second transformation of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, raising his strength to the peak of Five-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Yi's spear strike failed to damage the resilient puppets, and the Puppet Refining Saint directed them to surround Xiao Yi in an Eight Trigrams Formation.

Xiao Xuan defeated the Puppet Refining Saint and preserved a bone containing his puppet-refinement research. Xiao Yi accepted the chance to learn Living Human Puppet Refinement, despite its cruel reputation.

• Xiao Yi gathered power for the Myriad Phenomena Converging Finger while the eight Dou Zun puppets trapped him and attacked with blood-red chains and a dragon.
• Xiao Xuan shattered the formation, immobilized the puppets, and revealed his Dou Sheng strength to the Puppet Refining Saint.
• Xiao Xuan crushed the Puppet Refining Saint, a High-Level Half-Saint, while preserving a bone that contained his inheritance.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the bone held the Living Human Puppet Refinement technique and warned Xiao Yi that it was cruel and considered evil.
• Xiao Yi eagerly accepted the technique, seeing high-level puppets as a direct way to increase his combat strength.

Xiao Yi discovered that the Half-Saint Ruins held more than the eight Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppets: the Puppet Refining Saint had also left behind a powerful Qi-Absorbing Ring. After exploring its abilities, Xiao Yi left with a valuable tool for cultivation, combat, concealment, and puppet storage, though he found no powerful Dou Techniques.

• Xiao Yi put away the Puppet Refining Saint’s skeleton and asked Xiao Xuan whether the ruins held any other opportunities.
• Xiao Xuan pointed out the eight Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppets and revealed that another hidden opportunity awaited Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Xuan opened a concealed spatial gate, and Xiao Yi entered a small world to find the Puppet Refining Saint’s Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring.
• Xiao Yi explored the ring’s independent space, where a Spirit-Gathering Formation produced highly pure spiritual energy and a reinforced area could store puppets and isolate the laws of time.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the ring could replenish and refine Xiao Yi’s Dou Qi, conceal his aura, and provide a safe space for alchemy.
• Xiao Yi lamented that the ruins contained no powerful Dou Techniques beyond the puppet technique and the ring.

Xiao Yi learned that Xiao Xuan would teach him Heaven Class techniques and decided to secure the Life-and-Death Gate for the Xiao Clan. After arranging for Xiao Yan to receive help and leaving a message through Yao Lao, Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Residence, where Zi Yan demanded the pills he had promised.

• Xiao Xuan promised to teach Xiao Yi a Heaven Class Dou Technique and the Xiao Clan’s Heaven Class Cultivation Method once he mastered his existing arts.
• Xiao Yi realized the Life-and-Death Gate could rapidly strengthen the Xiao Clan and asked Xiao Xuan to restrict entry to Xiao Clan members.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan met Xiao Yan on the seventh floor of the Life-and-Death Gate, where Yao Lao agreed to stabilize Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and pass along Xiao Yi’s message about the Central Plains.
• Xiao Xuan sealed the Life-and-Death Gate so only those with Xiao Clan blood could enter, then returned to the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Residence, where Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan greeted him, and Zi Yan demanded the pills he had promised.

Xiao Yi entered the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring, admired its vast space, and prepared to claim the eight high-level Dou Zun puppets by learning the Puppet Refining Saint’s technique. The Saint’s soul imprint tried to turn Xiao Yi into a puppet, but Xiao Yi escaped its first attack and faced the remnant soul in a battle of Heaven Realm souls.

• Xiao Yi examined the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring as Xiao Xuan explained that its space could expand with its owner's soul power.
• Xiao Yi decided to learn the Living Human Puppet Refinement Technique to activate the eight eight-star Dou Zun puppets, despite Xiao Xuan's warning about the Saint's soul imprint.
• The Puppet Refining Saint's imprint attacked Xiao Yi's soul with the Soul Devouring Curse, attempting to refine him into a living puppet.
• The Fallen Heart Flame protected Xiao Yi's soul, allowing him to break free of the abyss and return his body's eyes to normal.
• Xiao Yi challenged the Puppet Refining Saint and began condensing crimson soul threads around himself.

Xiao Yi defeated the Puppet Refining Saint with the Fallen Heart Flame and learned his Living Human Puppet Refinement Technique. He used it to bring eight Dou Venerable puppets under his control, giving him powerful allies without needing Xiao Xuan to intervene.

• Xiao Yi countered the Puppet Refining Saint's Soul Devouring Curse with the Fallen Heart Flame and destroyed the remnant soul after overcoming its soul puppets.
• A green scroll appeared, and Xiao Yi learned the Puppet Refining Saint's technique for creating Living Human Puppets with Puppet Cores.
• Xiao Yi returned to his body in the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring, where Xiao Xuan confirmed that he had succeeded.
• Xiao Yi used the secret art on eight Dou Zun puppets, making their Puppet Cores respond to him and securing their loyalty.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan recognized that the eight Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppets greatly strengthened Xiao Yi, who could now face powerful enemies without exposing Xiao Xuan's presence.

Xiao Yi refined a Sect-Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong and Gathering Qi Powder for Zi Yan as he prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire. He invited Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to travel with him to Jia Nan Academy, promising Zi Yan answers about her father and suggesting Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body might be cured along the way.

• Xiao Yi refined a Sect-Breaking Pill and thirty or forty portions of Gathering Qi Powder inside the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring.
• Xiao Yi gave Hai Bodong the Sect-Breaking Pill and asked him to support the Xiao Clan after Xiao Yi left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Zi Yan complained that Xiao Yi had given Hai Bodong a better pill, then accepted the Gathering Qi Powder he had promised her.
• Xiao Yi told Zi Yan they would go to Jia Nan Academy to find her father, leaving her confused about her identity.
• Xiao Yi invited Xiao Yi Xian to come along, saying the journey might resolve her Calamity Poison Body.

After arranging for the Xiao Clan’s safety, Xiao Yi went to Jia Nan Academy and trained in the Magma World under Xiao Xuan’s guidance. He mastered the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art’s forms and began learning the Xiao Clan’s High-Level Heaven Class techniques, starting with the Living Soul Heaven-Destroying Art.

• Xiao Yi left an Eight-Star Dou Venerable puppet to guard the Xiao Clan, then traveled to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi went alone to the Magma World to train, where Xiao Xuan taught him the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art’s second, third, and fourth forms.
• Xiao Yi demonstrated the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art, shaking the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and prompting Su Qian to complain about the disturbance.
• Xiao Xuan offered to teach Xiao Yi the High-Level Heaven Class techniques Living Soul Heaven-Destroying Art and Heavenly Dipper Annihilation Fist, explaining their power and difficulty.
• Xiao Xuan began teaching the Living Soul Heaven-Destroying Art and demonstrated its first form, Soul Origin Resonance, with Soul Threads powerful enough to destroy experts below Five-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Xuan taught Xiao Yi the Living Soul Heaven-Destroying Art, and Xiao Yi managed to perform all three forms on his first attempt, nearly destabilizing the Magma World. After warning that the technique could exhaust his soul power, Xiao Xuan offered to teach him another Heaven Class Dou Technique.

• Xiao Xuan demonstrated the Living Soul Heaven-Destroying Art’s Soul Origin Resonance, Life-and-Death Vortex, and Heaven-Annihilating Strike forms.
• Xiao Yi practiced under Xiao Xuan’s guidance and formed a vortex before unleashing the final form, which Xiao Xuan redirected to keep the Magma World from collapsing.
• Xiao Yi recovered from the technique’s severe drain on his soul power and decided to reserve it as a trump card.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yi’s comprehension and said he could now fight some High-Tier or Peak Dou Venerables with the technique.
• Xiao Yi accepted Xiao Xuan’s offer to learn the Low-Level Heaven Class Heavenly Dipper Annihilation Fist.

Xiao Yi learned Xiao Xuan’s Heavenly Dipper Annihilation Fist and explored the magma world with him, where they sensed a terrifying presence in the abyss below. Xiao Yi began cultivating there, then killed an attacking Flame Lizardman for its fire-rich core.

• Xiao Xuan passed the Heavenly Dipper Annihilation Fist to Xiao Yi, who used it to unleash a punch powerful enough to tear open space before Xiao Xuan dispersed it.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan entered the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and discovered a hidden world.
• Xiao Xuan sensed a formidable presence in the abyss, and Xiao Yi recognized that Zhukun and the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion lay below.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi to cultivate in the magma world while he handled any danger, and Xiao Yi agreed.
• A Flame Lizardman attacked Xiao Yi, who froze it and erased the Dou Zong-level creature with a burst of force.

Xiao Yi defeated a horde of Flame Lizard Men and encountered Skyfire Venerable, but the Tou She Ancient God Jade then reacted to a terrifying presence in the abyss. Xiao Xuan suspected that Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion lay below them and prepared to investigate.

• Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan were surrounded by Flame Lizard Men, and Xiao Yi swiftly turned them into fire pearls.
• As Xiao Yi summoned Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Xuan pulled its juvenile form from a spatial barrier, revealing Skyfire Venerable within it.
• A powerful presence stirred in the abyss, and Xiao Xuan saw pale red double pupils watching them.
• The Tou She Ancient God Jade reacted, leading Xiao Xuan to suspect the Ancient Emperor's Cave was hidden in the abyss.
• Skyfire Venerable retreated into the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, which hid in Xiao Yi's storage ring, while Xiao Xuan focused on investigating the abyss.

Xiao Yi, Xiao Xuan, and Zi Yan descended into the abyss beneath the magma and encountered Zhukun, the guardian of God's Graveyard. Zhukun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter through their bloodline resonance, but she did not recognize him and called herself an orphan.

• Xiao Yi persuaded Xiao Xuan to let him leave with Zi Yan, then promised her the pills she had been promised.
• Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yi, and Zi Yan descended into the abyss, where two Half-Saint white lizardfolk warned them to leave God's Graveyard.
• Zhukun released his soul pressure, but Zi Yan's connection to him caused the darkness to fade and drew him toward her.
• Zhukun took human form and told Zi Yan he was her father, but she rejected the claim and hid behind Xiao Yi.
• Zhukun took Zi Yan's hand, and their bloodline resonance erupted in dazzling golden light.

Zhukun revealed that Zi Yan was his daughter and the heir to the Ancient Void Dragon throne, while Xiao Xuan recognized him as the legendary Dragon Emperor. After Zi Yan accepted Zhukun as her father, he learned that her companions were Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan.

• Zhukun told Zi Yan that they shared the same bloodline and that she was his only child.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Zhukun as the Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Emperor and realized the mysterious world was the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Zi Yan learned that she had royal Ancient Void Dragon blood and was the next Dragon Emperor, but at first rejected Zhukun as her father.
• Zhukun explained that he had been trapped for thousands of years after seeking the Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, and Zi Yan finally called him father.
• Zi Yan introduced Xiao Yi as her best friend and protector, and Zhukun asked Xiao Xuan his name.
• Xiao Xuan identified himself, and Zhukun recognized him as a member of the Xiao Clan.

Zhukun explained that the Ancient Emperor's Cave could only be opened with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then began passing the Dragon Emperor Inheritance to Zi Yan. The inheritance's dangerous fusion of Zhukun's Origin Dragon Essence with her bloodline was underway as he urged her to steady herself.

• Zhukun warned Xiao Xuan and the others that only the Tou She Ancient God Jade could open the Ancient Emperor's Cave and urged them to leave.
• Zhukun told Zi Yan to accept the Dragon Emperor Inheritance and lead the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe in his place.
• Zhukun transformed into his Ancient Void Dragon true body, and his royal bloodline resonated with Zi Yan's, making her appearance more mature.
• Zhukun summoned the inheritance, and the Dragon Emperor Seal released a golden rune that began imprinting power and memories onto Zi Yan.
• Zhukun gave Zi Yan his Origin Dragon Essence, causing her bloodline to boil and her body to grow as golden Annihilation Dragon Marks appeared.
• Zhukun warned Zi Yan to guide the dragon essence into her dantian and withstand the dangerous fusion.

Zi Yan completed Zhukun's Dragon Emperor Inheritance, becoming the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe's new Dragon Emperor and reaching Two-Star Dou Sheng. Zhukun asked Xiao Xuan to escort her back to Dragon Island and offered him a Soul-Infused Dragon Crystal Fruit.

• Zi Yan guided Zhukun's golden Dragon Essence into her dantian, where it fused with her seven-colored dragon aura and raised her cultivation to Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhukun sent a Dragon Language Rune into Zi Yan, awakening her Dragon Emperor bloodline and transforming her into a powerful Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan returned to human form as the mature new Dragon Emperor, and her Dou Sheng pressure nearly overwhelmed Xiao Yi until Xiao Xuan steadied him.
• Zhukun asked Xiao Xuan to escort Zi Yan to Dragon Island, explaining that her cultivation was unstable and that the Ancient Emperor's Cave could not be entered safely.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to escort Zi Yan, and Zhukun revealed a Soul-Infused Dragon Crystal Fruit that might help Xiao Xuan's incomplete soul.

Zhukun gave Xiao Xuan the Soul-Infused Dragon Crystal Fruit in gratitude for helping the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe, and Xiao Xuan used it to restore his Soul Origin and greatly increase his power. Xiao Xuan promised to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave and free Zhukun one day.

• Zhukun explained the origin of the Soul-Infused Dragon Crystal Fruit and offered it to Xiao Xuan as thanks for helping the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe.
• Xiao Xuan hesitated to accept the treasure, but Zhukun urged him to take it to restore his incomplete Soul Origin and help protect Zi Yan.
• Xiao Xuan swallowed the fruit and refined its energy, which repaired his Soul Origin and strengthened his soul.
• Xiao Xuan's aura surged to the level of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and his restored soul reached the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Xuan thanked Zhukun and promised to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave and help him escape.

Zhukun entrusted Zi Yan to Xiao Xuan and named her the new Dragon Emperor before returning to the Ancient Emperor's Cave. Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yi accompanied Zi Yan through a spatial passage to East Dragon Island, where they saw the island's immense dragon aura.

• Zhukun asked Xiao Xuan to protect Zi Yan, named her the new Dragon Emperor, and returned to the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to take Zi Yan to Dragon Island, and Zi Yan opened a spatial passage using the Dragon Emperor Seal.
• Xiao Yi encouraged Zi Yan to enter the passage, and Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yi followed her.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi that the Soul-Infused Dragon Crystal Fruit had restored his soul and that he could wield the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• The three reached East Dragon Island, and Xiao Yi recognized it as only one quarter of the original Dragon Island.

Zi Yan arrived at East Dragon Island, where her awakened Royal Bloodline proved she was the returned Dragon Emperor and won the island’s allegiance. Qingshan explained that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four islands after Zi Yan’s father disappeared with her as an egg.

• Zhuli sensed powerful arrivals approaching East Dragon Island and recognized the spatial tunnel as one created by an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Yi emerged from the tunnel, and Zi Yan’s pure Royal Bloodline caused Zhuli to kneel and welcome her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan’s bloodline awakened the island’s ancient formation and summoned the Ancient Void Dragons, who bowed to her; Qingshan and Qingmu also emerged from seclusion and pledged their allegiance.
• Zi Yan asked about Dragon Island’s situation, and Qingshan explained that the clan had split into four islands after her father vanished with her while she was still an egg.

Zi Yan declared that she would reunify the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe, but the three false Dragon Kings arrived with their forces to challenge her claim. When they threatened East Dragon Island, Xiao Xuan revealed his Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength and forced them to reconsider.

• Zi Yan announced that she would reclaim the Royal Bloodline from the three false Dragon Kings and reunite the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe.
• Qingshan warned Zi Yan that her Two-Star Dou Sheng strength might not be enough to defeat the three rebel kings.
• The West, South, and Northern Dragon Kings arrived with their forces and rejected Zi Yan's authority, then joined forces to attack East Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Xuan to help suppress the rebels, and Xiao Xuan agreed to honor his promise to her father.
• Xiao Xuan unleashed his Nine-Star Dou Sheng aura, terrifying the Dragon Kings, who respectfully asked him for his name.