Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun watched the Dou Saint Skeleton unleash the Great Heaven Creation Palm, which erased the hall and killed most of the Dou Zuns and all the Dou Zongs nearby. After the attack exhausted the skeleton's remnant consciousness, Xiao Yun claimed its bones, but a black-robed attacker tried to steal them and recognized Xiao Yun's Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

• Xiao Yun waited as the battered Dou Saint Skeleton used the Great Heaven Creation Palm, unleashing a black ring that erased the hall and killed nearly a hundred Dou Zuns and several hundred Dou Zongs.
• Xiao Yun told Tang Zhen and the others to retreat while he and his group stayed near the passage entrance.
• The black ring faded, leaving the Dou Saint Skeleton suspended above a vast pit with its remnant consciousness extinguished.
• Xiao Yun teleported beside the skeleton and drew it into his hand, but a black-robed attacker struck at him from behind.
• Xiao Yun blocked the attack with a black-flame barrier, and the attacker recognized him as the owner of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

Xiao Yun fought Blood River Venerate after claiming the Dou Saint Skeleton, but Gu You arrived and forced him into a battle at Half-Saint level. Zi Yan and Medusa joined the fight, and the chapter ended with Gu You trapping Xiao Yun under a deadly barrage of blade lights as Xiao Yun activated the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yun put the skeleton in his Storage Ring and used his Heavenly Flames to overwhelm Blood River Venerate’s Blood River Dou Skill.
• Blood River Venerate revealed himself as the Hall of Souls’ Fourth Heavenly Venerate, and Xiao Yun’s aura rose to the Intermediate Half-Saint level when he summoned the Origin Heart Flame of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.
• Gu You, the Hall of Souls’ Second Heavenly Venerate, emerged from a spatial crack and clashed with Xiao Yun, while the surviving Dou Zuns fled the battle.
• Zi Yan and Medusa arrived to support Xiao Yun, who told them to fight Blood River Venerate while he faced Gu You.
• Gu You locked down the surrounding space and attacked Xiao Yun with repeated Corroding Bone Blade strikes, prompting Xiao Yun to activate the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yun fought Gu You in the ruins, using his awakened Xiao Clan Tribal Mark and Heavenly Flame to match the High-Rank Half-Saint. He outmaneuvered Gu You’s final attack and struck him with a black-flame dragon, leaving Gu You engulfed in a firestorm.

• Xiao Yun used Flame Dragon Ascends Heaven to clash with Gu You’s Corroding Bone Blade, and the two techniques exhausted each other.
• Gu You recognized the Xiao Clan Tribal Mark as Xiao Yun summoned another black-flame dragon and forced him into close combat.
• Xiao Yun’s full-strength punch sent Gu You flying and cracked his bone blade, prompting Gu You to unleash the Life-and-Death Annihilation Seal.
• Xiao Yun countered Gu You’s bone palm with Heavenly Flame Palm of Crosscutting, hiding the Origin Heart Flame of Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame inside the attack.
• As Gu You tried to escape into the void, Xiao Yun disrupted him with Soul Power and struck him with Heaven-Splitting Flame Palm.
• Xiao Yun’s black-flame dragon slammed into Gu You and engulfed him in a terrifying firestorm.

Xiao Yun defeated Gu You with the Origin Heart Flame but exhausted his Dou Qi, while Zhuli captured Blood River Venerate and Gu You and killed them. After recovering enough to leave, Xiao Yun and the others departed the Ruin Space with Zhuli, who said Elder Zhuming was waiting outside.

• Xiao Yun recalled the Origin Heart Flame after Gu You fell from the firestorm, then nearly collapsed from exhaustion as Medusa and Zi Yan caught him.
• Blood River Venerate tried to escape with Gu You using a Space Jade Slip, but Zhuli appeared and seized them both.
• Xiao Yun ordered Zhuli to kill the captives, and Zhuli crushed Blood River Venerate and Gu You with his power over space.
• Xiao Yun took a medicinal pill and said he planned to reach Half-Saint after recovering and refining pills in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Zhuli opened a rift in the Void Space, and Xiao Yun left the Ruin Space supported by Medusa and Zi Yan.

After escaping the ruins, Xiao Yun gave Tang Zhen the Dou Saint Skeleton and revealed the Heaven Tier Dou Technique hidden in its ribs. Elder Zhuming captured a Ninth Order Heaven Demon Phoenix, and Xiao Yun proposed seeking the trapped former Dragon Emperor Zhukun’s help with Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit before setting out for the Northwestern Continent.

• Qing Lin and Tang Zhen reunited with Xiao Yun, who reassured them that he had only exhausted his Dou Qi and had fought Gu You to a draw.
• Xiao Yun gave Tang Zhen the Dou Saint Skeleton and used the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame to reveal the Heaven Tier Dou Technique recorded on three ribs.
• Elder Zhuming returned with a captured Ninth Order Heaven Demon Phoenix, and he and Zi Yan planned to cook it after addressing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit inside Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yun revealed a Purple-Gold Dragon Scale and suggested that the trapped former Dragon Emperor Zhukun could explain how to consume the fruit safely.
• Medusa and Qing Lin returned to Dragon Island with Zhuli, while Xiao Yun and Zhuming headed for the Northwestern Continent to find Zhukun.

Xiao Yun returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Elder Zhuming, then took them into the Ruin Space beneath the Underground Magma World. There, Zi Yan reunited with her father Zhukun, who asked if she had come to absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Xiao Yun emerged from a Spatial Wormhole at Jia Nan Academy, where Fire Elder recognized him and the elders welcomed him back.
• Xiao Yun introduced Zi Yan and Elder Zhuming to the academy elders, and Zhuming revealed himself as a Dou Sheng expert.
• Xiao Yun told the elders he had returned to enter the Underground Magma World, then left with Zi Yan and Zhuming.
• Xiao Yun tried to use Zhukun's dragon scale to enter the Ruin Space, but Zi Yan called Zhukun and he opened a spatial passage for them.
• Zhukun reunited with Zi Yan, learned that Xiao Yun had advanced to Eight-Turn Dou Zun in half a year, and asked whether Zi Yan had come to absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan brought the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zhukun, who prepared it with Heaven Demon Phoenix essence blood and his own Ancient Dragon essence blood. Zi Yan began absorbing it safely and advanced to One-Revolution Dou Zun, while Xiao Yun started cultivating nearby as Zhukun kept Zhuming to talk.

• Xiao Yun explained how they found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and asked Zhukun how Zi Yan could absorb it safely.
• Zhukun said Zi Yan needed essence blood from both clans, and Zhuming produced a captured Ninth Order Heaven Demon Phoenix.
• Zhukun extracted the phoenix’s essence blood and combined it with his own Ancient Dragon essence blood to transform the fruit into purple-gold liquid.
• Zhukun fed the prepared liquid to Zi Yan and guided her as she calmed its energy and began converting it into her own power.
• Zi Yan advanced to One-Revolution Dou Zun, and Zhukun placed her in a small space filled with dense energy to continue absorbing the fruit.
• Xiao Yun entered a fire-rich space to cultivate, while Zhukun invited Zhuming to keep him company.

After awakening from his breakthrough to Nine-Turn Dou Zun, Xiao Yun decided to attempt the Half-Saint realm despite Zhukun and Zhuming’s concerns. He began refining a Fire Restoration Pill in the cave mansion, leaving the two dragons impressed by his alchemy.

• Zhukun and Zhuming discussed how the Ancient Dragon Clan had lost its dominance and how the three rebel kings had fled after their forces collapsed.
• Xiao Yun awakened after reaching Nine-Turn Dou Zun, and Zhukun welcomed him and praised his talent.
• Xiao Yun told Zhukun and Zhuming that he planned to refine a pill to break through to Half-Saint, despite their warnings about the realm’s difficulty and risks.
• Xiao Yun showed that he possessed a Heaven Tier cultivation method and persuaded Zhukun to let him attempt the breakthrough under his protection.
• Xiao Yun summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron and began refining a Fire Restoration Pill, impressing Zhukun with his skill.
• Zhuming told Zhukun that Xiao Yun was known as the Central Plains’ number one genius alchemist and its youngest recorded Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster.

Xiao Yun completed a Peak Eighth-Tier Fire Restoration Pill, but Zhukun destroyed its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning before Xiao Yun could absorb it. Zhukun supplied abundant fire-element energy instead, and Xiao Yun swallowed the pill and began attempting to break through to Half-Saint.

• Xiao Yun refined the Fire Restoration Pill after two failed attempts, drawing Nine-Colored Pill Lightning in the Ruin Space.
• Zhukun erased the thunderclouds to protect Zi Yan, preventing Xiao Yun from absorbing the lightning for cultivation.
• Zhuming explained Xiao Yun's lightning cultivation method, and Zhukun created a small space filled with fire-element energy to make amends.
• Xiao Yun caught the pill as it tried to escape and identified it as a pill that could raise a Dou Zun's cultivation by one star and improve the chance of reaching Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yun entered the small space, absorbed its fire-element energy, swallowed the Fire Restoration Pill, and began his breakthrough attempt as Zhukun enclosed him behind a spatial barrier.

Xiao Yun’s attempt to compress his Dou Qi toward the Half-Saint realm was disrupted when Zi Yan awakened with the power of a Six-Star Dou Sheng. After seeing that he was injured, Zi Yan began healing him with her violet-gold energy.

• Xiao Yun used the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame to compress his Dou Qi while cultivating inside the small space.
• Zi Yan’s awakening roar disrupted Xiao Yun’s cultivation, leaving his Dou Qi chaotic and causing a minor internal injury.
• Zi Yan emerged with a Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, and Zhukun recognized that she had reached Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan asked where Xiao Yun was, and Zhukun realized her awakening might have disturbed his breakthrough.
• Zi Yan rushed to Xiao Yun and used her violet-gold energy to calm his Dou Qi and heal his injuries.

After Zi Yan awakened with the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power, Xiao Yun confirmed she had not altered his bloodline and learned she had reached Six-Star Dou Sheng. Zi Yan accepted the Dragon Emperor position and left with Xiao Yun for Dragon Island, while Zhukun remained behind and urged her to summon the elders trapped in the void.

• Xiao Yun woke in Zi Yan’s arms and checked that the violet-gold light had not introduced Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline into his body.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yun she had become a Six-Star Dou Sheng and could reach Seven-Star after absorbing the dormant power in her bloodline.
• Zhukun proposed that Zi Yan become Dragon Emperor, and Zhuming swore allegiance to her and urged an attack on the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Zi Yan rejected the idea of starting a war immediately and said she would consult the elders after returning to Dragon Island.
• Zhukun advised Zi Yan to use the Ancient Dragon Altar to summon the elders trapped in the void, and she promised to visit him again after restoring the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yun left for Dragon Island, and Zhuming departed after Zhukun told him to assist Zi Yan.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan left Jia Nan Academy for Dragon Island after Xiao Yun secretly delivered resources to his teachers. On the journey, Zi Yan confided her worries about leading the Ancient Dragon Clan and the possibility of war with the Heaven Demon Phoenix and Nine Serene Ground Python clans, and Xiao Yun suggested a way to strengthen the clan.

• Xiao Yun discovered Fire Elder and the others were in secluded cultivation, so he left resources for them before departing with Zi Yan and Zhuming.
• Zi Yan opened a long-distance Spatial Wormhole with extraordinary precision, and the three traveled through it toward Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan teased Xiao Yun about his height and asked him to stay on Dragon Island and keep her company.
• Xiao Yun told Zi Yan that, as Dragon Emperor, she could visit him and his companions whenever she wanted, easing her concerns about being lonely.
• Zi Yan explained that she feared members of the Ancient Dragon Clan would push for war against the Heaven Demon Phoenix and Nine Serene Ground Python clans.
• Xiao Yun suggested involving clansmen from the other three islands and letting them atone for their crimes through meritorious service.

Xiao Yun returned to Ancient Dragon Island with Zi Yan, who had become a Dou Sheng after consuming the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and reunited with Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian. After learning that Xiao Yi Xian had resolved the danger of her Woeful Poison Body, Xiao Yun left for the Void Lightning Pool to attempt a breakthrough into the Half-Saint realm.

• Xiao Yun proposed letting the people of the Western, Southern, and Northern Islands redeem their rebellion through meritorious service in the coming war, and Zi Yan agreed the plan could unite the four islands and strengthen their younger generation.
• Qing Lin told Medusa that she had reached Eight-Star Dou Zun and was close to fully refining the Ancient Heavenly Serpent's soul.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan returned, and Zi Yan revealed that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit had transformed her into a mature Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Yun and explained that she had condensed her Woeful Poison Body into a forehead rune, removing its danger and raising her cultivation to Two-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yun told the women he would seek Hei Qing's help to reach the Void Lightning Pool and use its lightning to break through to Half-Saint, then set out after Zi Yan gave him a protective Dou Qi barrier.

Xiao Yun entered the Void Lightning Pool to retrieve his Natal Lightning, but found it deep inside beside the terrifying Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning. After his Natal Lightning shielded him from the surrounding Black Demon Lightning, Xiao Yun noticed that the golden dragon seemed to possess a trace of intelligence.

• Hei Qing brought Xiao Yun to the Void Lightning Pool, and Xiao Yun entered alone to cultivate and retrieve his Natal Lightning.
• Xiao Yun absorbed the outer lightning as nourishment and traveled deeper, where the pool turned multicolored and then black.
• Xiao Yun sensed his Natal Lightning and called it back from the center of the pool, but its approach stirred the surrounding lightning.
• Xiao Yun discovered his Natal Lightning beside the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning and tried to retreat, but the golden dragon blocked his path and surrounded him with Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Yun's Natal Lightning returned and shielded him; the Black Demon Lightning stopped attacking it, then scattered when the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning roared.
• Xiao Yun noticed a glimmer of intelligence in the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning's eyes.

Xiao Yun discovered that the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning wanted to become like his Natal Lightning so it could gain Spirit Gathering. He explained that its overwhelming power was the real obstacle, but refused when it offered its power to him.

• Xiao Yun found himself in a silent standoff with the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning after his Natal Lightning attracted its attention.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning pointed first at the Natal Lightning and then at Xiao Yun, prompting him to try communicating through their souls.
• Xiao Yun learned that the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning wanted to strengthen itself before attempting Spirit Gathering.
• Xiao Yun told the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning that its immense power prevented Spirit Gathering and advised it to abandon that power.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning offered its power to Xiao Yun, who refused because absorbing it could kill him.

Xiao Yun showed Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning that its power was too strong for him to absorb, then persuaded it to take him deeper into the Void Lightning Pool. He began cultivating in a dark region while Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning guarded him, leaving his breakthrough underway.

• Xiao Yun refused Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning's offer of power and demonstrated its danger by having it empower a Black Demon Lightning, which exploded.
• Xiao Yun explained that he needed to grow stronger before he could help Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning gather a spirit, and asked it to take him deeper into the pool.
• Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning led Xiao Yun through the calm Black Demon Lightning to a dark area where he chose to cultivate.
• Xiao Yun asked Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning to protect him, then began circulating his Dou Qi according to the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering method.
• Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning held the surrounding Black Demon Lightning back and wrapped its tail around Xiao Yun while he cultivated.

Xiao Yun broke through to Half-Saint in the Void Lightning Pool, said farewell to the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, and returned to Dragon Island to find Zi Yan leading a campaign against the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan. He arrived on the final day of the attack as Zi Yan addressed the Ancient Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Yun reached the Nine-Turn Dou Zun Peak, compressed his Dou Qi into mist, and broke through to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yun promised the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning he would return to help it gather spiritual intelligence, then left the Void Lightning Pool with his Natal Lightning strengthened to One-Star Dou Sheng level.
• Xiao Yun learned from a dragon guard that Zi Yan had gathered the criminals from the three rebel islands to attack the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan, with the campaign set to end that day.
• Xiao Yun hurried to Eastern Dragon Island and saw Zi Yan, clad in dark-gold armor, addressing the assembled Ancient Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yun returned from the Void Lightning Pool as a Half-Saint and learned that Zi Yan was preparing to attack the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan. After giving Zi Yan intelligence to help the Ancient Dragon Clan win quickly, he reunited with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, learned Qing Lin was refining an Ancient Heavenly Serpent in the Dragon Tomb, and promised Medusa a chance to advance in the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.

• Zi Yan rallied the Dragon Armor Army and ordered an attack on the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan, while Xiao Yun arrived and waited until her speech ended.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yun that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had made no move, and Xiao Yun shared intelligence about the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan for her to pass on to Elders Zhuming and the others.
• Xiao Yun returned to the pavilion, reunited with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, and revealed that he had reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Qing Lin had subdued a Nine-Headed Ancient Heavenly Serpent and entered the Dragon Tomb to refine it before the coming war.
• Xiao Yun told Medusa that the Nine Serene Yellow Spring could help her reach Dou Sheng and might let her evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Zi Yan, Xiao Yun, and their companions infiltrated the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan’s underground headquarters to reach the Nine Serene Yellow Spring. After arranging for the Dragon Armor Army to approach, Xiao Yun and Zi Yan entered the spring while the others hid nearby and waited.

• Zi Yan assembled the Dragon Armor Army and ordered it to move against the Nine Nether Earth Veins under Elder Qing Shan’s command.
• Zi Yan opened a Spatial Wormhole, and Xiao Yun and the women traveled to the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan’s territory.
• Xiao Yun’s group used Zi Yan’s spatial abilities and Xiao Yun’s Soul Perception to pass through the clan’s defenses and reach the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Zi Yan led the group toward the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, where Xiao Yun explained its severe cold and warned the others to hide their auras.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan entered the Nine Serene Yellow Spring together, while Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin concealed themselves nearby.

Xiao Yun and Zi Yan descended through the freezing Nine Serene Yellow Spring, fighting off a swarm of Strange Snakes before reaching its rocky bottom. They found the source of a faint cry for help and uncovered a skeletal person bound beneath the mud by massive chains.

• Xiao Yun struggled to keep the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame burning against the lake’s cold, and Zi Yan transferred her Dou Qi to help him continue descending.
• Zi Yan caught a Strange Snake, then Xiao Yun used his flames to block a swarm of Strange Snakes while they escaped farther down.
• Zi Yan speculated that a cold-element Dou Di might have left a cave abode beneath the Yellow Springs, but Xiao Yun doubted it and warned that the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan would have found it first.
• Xiao Yun and Zi Yan reached the illuminated rocky bottom, where Xiao Yun said an even colder underground region lay beneath it.
• After hearing Yao Ming’s faint cry for help, Zi Yan found enormous chains buried under the ground, and Xiao Yun cleared away the mud to reveal a withered, skeletal person.