Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun cultivated in the Void Lightning Pool, using Dragon Jade Soul-Nourishing Grass to push his soul into the Heaven Realm. He met Mang Tian Chi, who recognized the technique Xiao Yun practiced as his own Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering.

• Xiao Yun settled in the lightning sea, sent his Thunder Dragon away to devour lightning, and began cultivating with Dragon Jade Soul-Nourishing Grass from Elder Zhuhuo.
• The grass released immense Soul Power, drawing Mang Tian Chi from the depths of the lightning pool to investigate Xiao Yun’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Yun’s soul pressure forced Mang Tian Chi to retreat as Xiao Yun’s soul officially reached the Heaven Realm.
• Mang Tian Chi approached Xiao Yun afterward, mistook him for a Thunder Clan member, and questioned his bloodline resonance.
• Xiao Yun identified himself as a student of Jia Nan Academy and showed Mang Tian Chi his token.
• Mang Tian Chi recognized Xiao Yun as the genius Su Qian had told him about and realized Xiao Yun practiced the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering he had left behind.

Xiao Yun worked with Mang Tian Chi in the Void Lightning Pool to improve the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering. Their experiments produced a heavenly phenomenon, revealing that they had created a Heaven Tier cultivation method.

• Mang Tian Chi praised Xiao Yun’s rapid rise to Dou Zun and warned him to beware of the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yun asked Mang Tian Chi to help improve the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering, and the two began testing new circulation paths.
• Xiao Yun repeatedly injured himself during experiments, recovering with pills before discussing each failure with Mang Tian Chi.
• Xiao Yun tested their latest version, drawing in lightning energy and breaking through from Five-Star Dou Zun to Six-Star Dou Zun.
• A mysterious fluctuation stirred the lightning pool, and Mang Tian Chi realized their revised method had reached Heaven Tier.

Xiao Yun and Mang Tian Chi completed the evolution of Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering, creating a low Heaven Tier cultivation method. Their attempt to test it in the depths of the Void Lightning Pool turned into a desperate escape after they disturbed Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, leaving them outside the pool with Hei Qing.

• Xiao Yun calmed the lightning disturbances after the cultivation method's evolution, and Mang Tian Chi judged its power to be low Heaven Tier.
• Xiao Yun tested Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering and found it strengthened his body while drawing in lightning more effectively; he and Mang Tian Chi agreed to place a copy in Jia Nan Academy's Library Pavilion.
• Mang Tian Chi led Xiao Yun deeper into the Void Lightning Pool, where they found Black Demon Lightning and six lighter bolts that Mang Tian Chi captured as Thunder Pearls while Xiao Yun distracted the swarm.
• Black Demon Lightning pursued Xiao Yun, and a roar from the depths revealed that Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning had been roused.
• Xiao Yun and Mang Tian Chi fled the pool, with Xiao Yun using Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame to escape the pursuing lightning; he grabbed Hei Qing and carried him away before stopping at a safe distance.

Xiao Yun returned from the Void Lightning Pool after absorbing three Thunder Pearls and advancing to Seven-Star Dou Zun, then reunited with his companions on Dragon Island. He arranged separate journeys for his companions and, with Elder Qing Shan, visited the Skeleton Mountain Range relic before leaving to continue toward the Northwestern Continent.

• Mang Tian Chi gave Xiao Yun three Thunder Pearls and vanished, while Xiao Yun and Hei Qing left the berserk lightning pool for Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yun swallowed the Thunder Pearls during the journey and broke through from Five-Star Dou Zun to Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yun reunited with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa, then recounted his encounter with Mang Tian Chi and the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning.
• Xiao Yun and Medusa chose to travel to the Northwestern Continent, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin planned to visit the Pill Tower; Zi Yan joined Xiao Yun, and Elder Qing Shan agreed to escort them.
• Xiao Yun asked Elder Qing Shan to examine the Skeleton Mountain Range relic, and Qing Shan placed a formation that would dissolve its seal within half a year.

Xiao Yun returned to the Northwestern Continent with Zi Yan and found that the Snake-People Tribe had left the Tagor Desert. He sent Medusa to search for her people and arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Jia Xing Tian was stunned by his return and immense strength.

• Xiao Yun, Zi Yan, and Medusa found the Snake-People Holy City abandoned in the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yun gave Medusa a jade token, and she left to search the Warcraft Mountains for her tribe.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan traveled to Jia Ma Sacred City and appeared above the Xiao Clan residence through a vast spatial rift.
• Jia Xing Tian flew to greet Xiao Yun but froze when he recognized him and realized he had become a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yun greeted Jia Xing Tian and descended into the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yun welcomed Jia Ma’s powerful families back to the Xiao Clan and refused their offer to make the Xiao Clan the imperial family. Later, he gave his clan better pill formulas and obtained the jade fragment he identified as the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Prominent families and leaders, including Hai Bo Dong, Yun Shan, and Jia Xing Tian, visited the Xiao Clan to pay their respects to Xiao Yun.
• Jia Xing Tian offered the imperial throne to Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Yun refused.
• Xiao Yun brought Xiao Zhan and the elders to the study and gave them cultivation pills and pill formulas to help the clan grow stronger.
• Xiao Zhan offered to give Xiao Yun the clan-leader position, but Xiao Yun instead asked for the clan’s inherited jade fragment.
• Xiao Zhan handed Xiao Yun the fragment, and Xiao Yun recognized it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xiao Yun entrusted the Xiao Clan’s protection to Jia Ma Empire’s four great figures before leaving with Zi Yan. He reunited with Medusa at the Snake-People Holy Temple, and the three then set out for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yun studied the Tou She Ancient God Jade and glimpsed mysterious characters before Xiao Zhan summoned him to the reception hall.
• Xiao Yun gave Hai Bo Dong, Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Fa Ma valuable cultivation methods or alchemy notes in exchange for their promise to protect the Xiao Clan with at least two experts above Dou Emperor present.
• Xiao Yun left with Zi Yan and asked about her father, the previous Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan; Zi Yan said she wanted to confront him for abandoning her.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan reached the Warcraft Mountains, where Hua She'er welcomed them and directed them to Medusa at the Snake-People Holy Temple.
• Xiao Yun reunited with Medusa, discussed the Snake-People Tribe’s new home and future, and waited while she arranged the tribe’s affairs.
• Xiao Yun, Medusa, and Zi Yan tore through space and headed for Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yun returned to Jia Nan Academy with Medusa and Zi Yan and discovered that Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army were confronting Xun'er and Xiao Yan. When Ling Quan tried to kill Xiao Yan, Xiao Yun intervened, and the Ancient Clan’s force faced a Dou Zun expert emerging from the void.

• Xiao Yun returned to Jia Nan Academy with Medusa and Zi Yan, found Fire Elder and Elder Su, and sensed trouble elsewhere in the academy.
• Ling Quan arrived with the Black Annihilation Army and ordered Xun'er to return to the clan, while Xun'er said she would go back on her own.
• Xiao Yan challenged Ling Quan, whose soldiers subdued him before Xun'er drove them away and helped Xiao Yan up.
• Ling Quan threatened the Xiao Clan and said he would search Jia Ma Empire for the Xiao Clan's key, provoking Xiao Yan into attacking him with a Purple Flame palm.
• A mysterious force froze Ling Quan and dispersed his Dou Qi, allowing Xiao Yan's attack to strike him; Xiao Yun then emerged from the void as Ling Quan identified him as a Dou Zun expert.

Xiao Yun arrived in time to protect Xiao Yan and forced the Ancient Clan to answer for Ling Quan’s attack. After securing an apology and punishment, Xiao Yun raised the Xiao Clan’s portion of the key, and the strange thunder left the matter unresolved.

• Xiao Yun revealed his Dou Zun cultivation to Xiao Yan and confronted Ling Quan for attacking a member of the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Qingyang emerged from hiding, identified himself as the Ancient Clan’s Chief Commander, and affirmed that the alliance with the Xiao Clan remained valid.
• Xiao Yun revealed Zi Yan’s presence and warned that he might ally the Xiao Clan with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Gu Qingyang ordered Ling Quan to apologize to Xiao Yan and promised to confine him for five years; Xiao Yun accepted the settlement.
• Xiao Yun told Gu Qingyang that he wanted to discuss the Xiao Clan’s portion of the key, and thunder sounded in the clear sky.

Xiao Yun negotiated with Gu Qingyang and then Gu Yuan over the Xiao Clan’s Inheritance Jade Tablet, trading it for Ancient Clan resources, entry to the Heavenly Tomb, and protection from the Soul Clan. Gu Yuan accepted the jade and left Xiao Yun with an agreement to watch the Soul Clan, while Xiao Yun warned him not to keep the Ancient Jades together.

• Xiao Yun revealed that the Xiao Clan’s Inheritance Jade Tablet remained in the clan and proposed selling it to the Ancient Clan for resources and entry to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Qingyang agreed that the Ancient Clan could provide resources but explained that he could not arrange entry to the Heavenly Tomb before it reopened.
• Gu Yuan appeared, moved Xiao Yun into a ravine, and accepted the Tou She Ancient God Jade after asking what Xiao Yun wanted in return.
• Xiao Yun requested Heavenly Tomb entry, cultivation resources, and protection from Soul Clan experts above Five-Star Dou Sheng until he reached Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan agreed to provide Ancient Clan surveillance and possible protection, then warned Xiao Yun not to waste his talent.
• Gu Yuan departed with the others, and Xiao Yun called after him to keep the Ancient Jades separated before reflecting that Hun Tiandi was the remaining threat.

Xiao Yun reunited with Zi Yan, Su Qian, and Fire Elder at Jia Nan Academy and revealed his extraordinary achievements in the Central Plains. He proposed establishing a Spatial Wormhole and exploring the Magma World beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, leaving Su Qian and Fire Elder stunned by the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

• Zi Yan told Su Qian about finding the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and her appetite for medicinal herbs, while Medusa and Zi Yan hesitated when he asked about Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun appeared through Void Shift and revealed that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Zun, astonishing Su Qian.
• Fire Elder arrived, welcomed Xiao Yun home, and listened as Xiao Yun described his Central Plains experiences and showed his Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster badge.
• Xiao Yun proposed building a Spatial Wormhole connecting Jia Nan Academy with the Jia Ma Empire and the Central Plains, and asked to visit the Magma World beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• After Su Qian and Fire Elder warned him about the Magma World's danger, Xiao Yun summoned the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan descended into the Underground Magma World, where he hoped to help her find her father. After overcoming the Flame Lizardmen with Zi Yan’s dragon might, they reached the ancient space containing the Tou She Ancient God’s cave mansion.

• Xiao Yun told Zi Yan that her father might be in the Underground Magma World, and she initially refused to meet him because she feared being abandoned again.
• After Xiao Yun went to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Zi Yan changed her mind and asked to confront her father about why he had left her.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan plunged into the magma, where the Flame Lizardmen surrounded them and warned them to leave.
• Xiao Yun revealed Zi Yan’s Guardian bloodline, frightening the Lizardmen into letting them pass.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan reached a dark, ancient space beyond the reddish-black magma, and a streak of purple-golden light suddenly appeared before them.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where its guardian Zhukun awakened and recognized Zi Yan as his daughter. Zi Yan struggled to accept him after years alone, while Xiao Yun urged her to follow her heart; Zhukun kept his distance as she considered what to do.

• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan traveled along Zhukun's enormous dragon body and arrived at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhukun awakened, attacked Xiao Yun and Zi Yan for lacking the Ancient Jade, then stopped when Xiao Yun called his name and recognized Zi Yan.
• Zhukun transformed into a man and tried to reunite with Zi Yan, but she said Xiao Yun was her family and turned away from him.
• Zhukun grew jealous of Xiao Yun's closeness to Zi Yan, but Zi Yan shielded Xiao Yun and Zhukun vented his anger by striking the sealed stone gate.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yun whether she should acknowledge Zhukun, and Xiao Yun encouraged her to decide for herself while explaining Zhukun's likely reasons.
• Zhukun returned to them and retreated a hundred feet when Zi Yan told him to stay away.

Xiao Yun helped Zi Yan confront Zhukun, who explained how he had been trapped in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and separated from her. After learning that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had fractured and Eastern Dragon Island had recently come under attack, Zhukun erupted in fury and vowed revenge.

• Xiao Yun persuaded Zi Yan to let Zhukun approach and ask him why he had left her alone.
• Zhukun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him in the cave mansion, forcing him to send the unborn Zi Yan away for her safety.
• Zhukun sensed Zi Yan's bloodline and discovered that her growth had been stunted, then began using his power to awaken and restore it.
• Xiao Yun told Zhukun that the three Dragon Kings had divided Ancient Dragon Island and that Eastern Dragon Island had recently been attacked.
• Zhukun transformed into a purple-gold dragon, blasted the cave mansion's stone gate, and condemned Zhu Guang, Zhu Huan, and Zhu Yi.

Zhukun regretted how his pursuit of Dou Di had damaged the Ancient Dragon Clan and separated him from Zi Yan, then prepared a pool of energy and heartblood to restore and strengthen her bloodline. Zi Yan began absorbing it, while Zhukun celebrated her thanks by accidentally breaking Xiao Yun’s bones with his enthusiastic pats.

• Zhukun confessed that he had no way to escape the cave mansion without the scattered Ancient Jade and lamented the Ancient Dragon Clan’s decline.
• Zhukun formed a pool of condensed natural energy and added several drops of his precious heartblood for Zi Yan.
• Zhukun urged Zi Yan to absorb the essence blood so she could restore and strengthen her Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and Xiao Yun encouraged her to accept it.
• Zi Yan thanked Zhukun and stepped into the pool, beginning to absorb its energy as violet mist concealed her.
• Overjoyed by Zi Yan’s thanks, Zhukun patted Xiao Yun hard enough to crack his bones several times before checking that Zi Yan was safe.

Xiao Yun told Zhukun how he had become close to Zi Yan, and Zhukun grew grateful to him and gave him powerful protection against the Hall of Souls. The chapter left Xiao Yun cultivating after swallowing Zhukun’s blood while Zhukun infused a Purple-Gold Dragon Scale with his power and watched over Zi Yan.

• Xiao Yun recounted his journey and his friendship with Zi Yan, and Zhukun softened and asked Xiao Yun to call him Uncle.
• Zhukun explained that the Dou Qi Continent lacked the Origin Qi needed for anyone to become a Dou Di and learned that Hun Tiandi was a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhukun warned that the Soul Clan threatened Xiao Yun and the Ancient Dragon Clan, then gave Xiao Yun a Purple-Gold Dragon Scale capable of unleashing a Peak Dou Sheng-level strike.
• Zhukun gave Xiao Yun a drop of his blood, which Xiao Yun swallowed and refined with the Flame Dragon Art to raise his cultivation.
• Zhukun separated Xiao Yun’s cultivation area from Zi Yan’s with a spatial boundary, then began pouring his power into the Purple-Gold Dragon Scale.

Zi Yan awakened in an adult body, and Zhukun told her how her mother had died and how Zi Yan had been born. Xiao Yun and Zi Yan left the Underground Magma World with Zhukun’s scales and promised to return for him.

• Zi Yan awoke grown up, changed into the dress Medusa had made for her, and reunited with Zhukun.
• Zhukun told Zi Yan about meeting her mother, her mother’s fatal injuries, and how they used their bloodline power to bring Zi Yan into the world.
• Zi Yan cried over her mother, and Xiao Yun comforted her while Zhukun watched jealously.
• Zhukun gave Xiao Yun and Zi Yan scales carrying his power and aura, then urged them to leave.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan departed the dark space, and Zi Yan promised Zhukun she would return.
• Xiao Yun told Zi Yan they would come back and help rescue Zhukun.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan emerged from the Magma World after Zhukun awakened Zi Yan's Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and Elder Qing Shan recognized her as the Ancient Dragon Clan's emperor. They returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Qing Shan left to prepare Dragon Island for the Dragon Emperor's return while Xiao Yun planned to continue toward the Eastern Region and the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan swam toward the surface, and Xiao Yun carried her after she bit his shoulder and refused to continue on her own.
• Elder Qing Shan arrived and knelt before Zi Yan after sensing her fully awakened Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• Xiao Yun showed Qing Shan Zhukun's dragon scale and explained that Zhukun was alive and had resolved Zi Yan's bloodline problem.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yun persuaded Qing Shan to take them to Jia Nan Academy instead of Dragon Island, where Medusa recognized the transformed Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yun asked Qing Shan to establish spatial passages and reassured him that Zhukun's dragon scales could protect them from powerful attacks.
• Qing Shan departed to place Zhukun's dragon scale on the Dragon Emperor Altar and rally the Ancient Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yun returned from the Underground Magma World and told Fire Elder and Su Qian about Zi Yan’s trapped father. He strengthened Jia Nan Academy’s defenses, gave the academy a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, and rewarded Fire Elder with alchemy knowledge and a soul cultivation method.

• Xiao Yun returned to Su Qian’s office and explained that Zi Yan’s father was trapped in the Underground Magma World, while withholding details about Zhukun and the Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Yun gave Su Qian the Heaven Tier Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering technique for the academy and planned a spatial passage to Holy Pill City and a reinforced seal around the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yun and the two elders placed the technique in the Library Pavilion and rearranged the spatial seal.
• Xiao Yun offered to refine pills to help Fire Elder advance and gave him alchemy notes containing Vortex Alchemy.
• Xiao Yun transmitted a soul cultivation method to Fire Elder, who thanked him for repaying his teacher.

Xiao Yun finished refining pills for Jia Nan Academy’s elders and received Elder Zhuming, who offered to protect him and Zi Yan. After the Pill Tower approved a spatial passage, Zhuming began opening one at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yun completed batches of pills for the elders, gave Fire Elder pills and Seventh-Tier formulas, and accepted their thanks.
• Elder Zhuming told Xiao Yun that the Dragon Emperor Scale had reunited many Ancient Void Dragon experts and weakened the three false kings.
• Elder Zhuming said he would protect Xiao Yun and Zi Yan while Zi Yan’s bloodline was fully awakened.
• Xiao Yun contacted Xuan Yi and received the Pill Tower’s approval to establish a passage to Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Yun led Elder Zhuming to a cleared area at Jia Nan Academy, where Zhuming tore open a vast spatial rift.