Arc 10Dragon Emperor and Poison Ruins

Yao Xuan helped Zi Yan complete her Dragon Emperor inheritance and defended her against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Three Great Dragon Kings. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, he rushed to the Myriad Poison Ruins and rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Gu Chi’s possession attempt.

  • Yao Xuan defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in the Dragon Phoenix Ruins, then brought the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zi Yan on Dragon Island.
  • Yao Xuan refined the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill and helped Zi Yan complete her inheritance, while Zhu Zhuo recognized Zhu Kun’s blood essence in Yao Xuan and agreed to help him.
  • Yao Xuan cultivated in the Void Thunder Pool, strengthening his soul and battle qi before returning to help Zi Yan survive her Dragon Phoenix transformation.
  • Zi Yan became a Five-Star Dou Saint Dragon Phoenix, but Huang Tian and the Three Great Dragon Kings invaded Eastern Dragon Island to seize her bloodline.
  • Yao Xuan summoned Zhu Zhuo, who killed Huang Tian, the Heaven Demon Phoenix elders, and the Three Great Dragon Kings, then left Zi Yan in command of the clan.
  • Yao Xuan turned the Dragon Kings’ remains into combat puppets and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where he learned Xiao Yi Xian had gone to the Myriad Poison Ruins.
  • Gu Chi trapped Xiao Yi Xian and attempted to possess her, but Yao Xuan found her, destroyed Gu Chi’s remnant soul, and protected Xiao Yi Xian as she absorbed the poison origin crystal core.
Chapters 233–257 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 233What a Coincidence, I Have an Ancient Void Dragon Friend

Yao Xuan confronted Huang Xuan and Feng Qing'er over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which they discovered alongside the corpses of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. After overpowering Feng Qing'er, he refused Huang Xuan's attempt to claim the fruit and revealed that he had an Ancient Void Dragon friend.

  • Huang Xuan and Feng Qing'er found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on the altar and decided it could benefit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
  • Yao Xuan appeared and thanked Huang Xuan for finding the fruit for him.
  • Feng Qing'er threatened Yao Xuan, who slapped her twice and forced her to kneel under his pressure.
  • Huang Xuan restrained his anger and tried to persuade Yao Xuan to surrender the fruit to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
  • Yao Xuan rejected Huang Xuan's appeal and said he had a friend who was an Ancient Void Dragon.

Ch. 234Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, All Appear!

Huang Xuan sacrificed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s blood essence to summon an ancestral soul, but Yao Xuan destroyed it with one palm. After Huang Xuan sent word to his clan, three Dou Saints arrived in the ruins, leaving Yao Xuan facing the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.

  • Huang Xuan refused to call for clan reinforcements at first because he wanted to claim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and earn the clan’s greatest merit.
  • Huang Xuan, Feng Qing’er, and the other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members sacrificed their blood essence to summon a Nine-Star Battle Venerable Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul.
  • Yao Xuan used the Fire-Asura Thunder Astral Palm to shatter the ancestral soul and destroy the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeleton.
  • After Feng Qing’er urged him to summon help, Huang Xuan sent a spatial message to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and threatened Yao Xuan.
  • Three Dou Saints emerged from spatial rifts, and Yao Xuan recognized them as the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.

Ch. 235Below Dou Saints, All Are Ants!

The Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes confronted Yao Xuan over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Feng Huang and Ying Huang attacked him despite his defiance. As Ying Huang's palm strike descended, Yao Xuan summoned a figure from his Storage Ring that blocked it.

  • The Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes arrived, and Huang Xuan told them Yao Xuan had taken the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
  • Ying Huang reprimanded Huang Xuan, then demanded that Yao Xuan hand over the fruit or die.
  • Yao Xuan insisted the fruit had been ownerless, while Kun Huang showed interest in eating him and Feng Huang decided to kill him.
  • Feng Huang attacked Yao Xuan with a demonic-flame claw, but Yao Xuan narrowly dodged and impressed Feng Huang, who offered to admit him into the clan if he surrendered the fruit.
  • Ying Huang dismissed Yao Xuan as a lowly human and struck at him with a Dou Saint-grade palm, but Yao Xuan summoned a figure that blocked the attack.

Ch. 236Ying Huang Is a True Man, Meeting the Nine-Colored Fire Lotus Head-On!

Yao Xuan summoned the Four-Star Dou Saint puppet Yao Wangu to fight the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes while he prepared a nine-colored fire lotus. After Ying Huang was badly injured by the attack, Feng Huang and the others fled, vowing that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would return for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

  • Yao Xuan summoned Yao Wangu, whose Four-Star Dou Saint aura forced Feng Huang, Kun Huang, and Ying Huang to take him seriously.
  • The three phoenixes joined forces against Yao Wangu, but his greater strength and inexhaustible puppet Dou Qi overwhelmed their attacks.
  • Feng Huang and Kun Huang tried to hold Yao Wangu back while Ying Huang bypassed him to attack Yao Xuan.
  • Yao Xuan raised his strength to the Half-Saint Realm and struck Ying Huang with a nine-colored fire lotus, shattering his Demon Phoenix Bell and destroying his left arm.
  • Feng Huang withdrew with the others and warned Yao Xuan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would return for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Ch. 237Alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Journey to Dragon Island

Yao Xuan secured the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and decided to bring it to Zi Yan to help her inherit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. After learning that Zi Yan’s inheritance had stalled, he gave the fruit to Zhu Li and traveled with him to Dragon Island.

  • The Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes escaped the Dragon Phoenix Ruins, while Yao Xuan chose not to pursue them and stored the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
  • Yao Xuan reunited with Xiao Yan, who showed him the Dou Saint arm Valley Master Tang had helped him obtain and passed along Tang’s invitation to Flame Valley.
  • Yao Xuan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan, then activated Zhu Li’s Dragon Seal to summon him.
  • Zhu Li told Yao Xuan that Zi Yan’s Ancient Dragon Inheritance had not gone smoothly, and Yao Xuan offered her the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
  • Zhu Li accepted Yao Xuan’s offer to visit Dragon Island, opened a spatial passage, and brought him along to see Zi Yan.

Ch. 238Ancient Dragon Inheritance, and I Happen to Be a Ninth-Rank Alchemist

Yao Xuan accompanied Zhu Li to Eastern Dragon Island, where Qingshan explained Zi Yan’s dangerous Ancient Dragon Inheritance and the pill needed to save her. Yao Xuan revealed that he was a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill Alchemist and offered to refine it.

  • Zhu Li explained that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four Dragon Islands after the previous Dragon Emperor disappeared, and that Eastern Dragon Island supported Zi Yan’s return as their ruler.
  • Zhu Li introduced Yao Xuan to Qingshan, who thanked him for finding Zi Yan and received the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit he had brought.
  • Qingshan explained that resentful souls and Primordial Ancient Dragon Origin had overwhelmed Zi Yan during her inheritance, leaving her sealed within the Ancestral Land.
  • Qingshan said the Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill could stabilize Zi Yan and let her complete the inheritance, but the clan had no alchemist capable of making it.
  • Yao Xuan offered to help and revealed that he was a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill Alchemist.

Ch. 239Ninth-Rank Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill Complete! Peak Four-Star Dou Saint

Yao Xuan refined a Ninth-Rank Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill to help Zi Yan complete the Ancient Dragon Inheritance. The pill tribulation tempered Yao Wangu, raising him to the peak of Four-Star Dou Saint, and Yao Xuan finished the pill successfully.

  • Qingshan gave Yao Xuan the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill formula and ingredients and agreed to guard him.
  • Yao Xuan summoned the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron and used his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flames to refine the Dragon Clan ingredients.
  • The pill’s tribulation drew in the thunder power and dragon aura of Dragon Island, creating a mutated Black Demon Lightning.
  • Yao Xuan sent Yao Wangu to endure the lightning, which tempered the puppet and stabilized his strength at peak Four-Star Dou Saint.
  • Yao Xuan called the pill forth from the cauldron and completed the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill.

Ch. 240Ancient Dragon Ancestral Land, Mysterious Expert

Yao Xuan completed the Ninth-Rank Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill and entered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land with Qingshan and Zhu Li to bring it to Zi Yan. His Zhu Kun Blood Essence stirred inside the Ancestral Land, drawing the attention of a powerful presence that wondered whether Lord Zhu Kun had returned.

  • Yao Xuan subdued the pill after it transformed into an Ancient Void Dragon and tried to escape, then showed the completed pill to Qingshan and Zhu Li.
  • Qingshan apologized for doubting Yao Xuan and marked him so he could enter the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land.
  • Qingshan and Zhu Li led Yao Xuan through the Ancestral Land to the Dragon Emperor Platform, where Zi Yan was sealed.
  • Yao Xuan concealed the surge of Zhu Kun Blood Essence within him with the Nine-Colored Heavenly Flames, keeping Qingshan from discovering that Zhu Kun might still be alive.
  • A powerful presence above the Ancestral Land sensed the blood essence and wondered whether Lord Zhu Kun had returned.

Ch. 241Vengeful Dragon Souls, a Great Tonic! Human Emperor Banner, Emerge!

Yao Xuan helped Zi Yan continue the Dragon Emperor Inheritance by giving her a pill that healed and strengthened her, then used the Human Emperor Banner to absorb the vengeful dragon souls attacking her. The inheritance resumed, and Yao Xuan expected the captured souls to help him reach the Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm.

  • Qingshan used his essence blood to reach Zi Yan on the Dragon Emperor Platform, removed her seal, and fed her the Dragon Marrow Meridian-Fixing Pill.
  • Zi Yan absorbed the pill's power, rose to Nine-Star Dou Zong, and resumed the Dragon Emperor Inheritance.
  • Vengeful Dragon Souls awakened across the Ancestral Land and attacked Zi Yan, threatening to disrupt her inheritance.
  • Yao Xuan offered to clear the vengeful souls, and Qingshan asked him to protect Zi Yan and the inheritance.
  • Yao Xuan summoned the Human Emperor Banner and absorbed all the vengeful souls, allowing Zi Yan's inheritance to continue.
  • Yao Xuan anticipated that purifying the captured souls would help him break through to the Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm.

Ch. 242Inheritance Successful, Dragon Emperor Zi Yan!

Zi Yan completed the Dragon Emperor Inheritance, awakened her full Dragon Emperor bloodline, and became the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new ruler. After greeting Yao Xuan, she learned he had obtained a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and he urged her to refine it and become a Dragon Phoenix.

  • Yao Xuan returned to Qingshan and Zhu Li after gathering the resentful dragon souls into the Human Emperor Banner and explained how it purified souls.
  • Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Inheritance proceeded smoothly, drawing the Ancestral Land’s dragon aura into her as the inheritance light faded.
  • Zi Yan’s seals broke, her Dragon Emperor Origin awakened, and her body transformed into a mature form as her cultivation remained at Nine-Star Dou Zong.
  • Qingshan and Zhu Li bowed to Zi Yan as their new Dragon Emperor, and she eagerly greeted Yao Xuan before thanking him for the pill that helped her inheritance.
  • Qingshan presented the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Yao Xuan urged Zi Yan to refine it and become a Dragon Phoenix.

Ch. 243Ancient Void Dragon Clan Ancient Expert, Zhu Kun's Steadfast Follower

Zi Yan began refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit so she could grow strong enough to unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Yao Xuan went to the Void Thunder Pool to temper his body. There, a powerful Ancient Void Dragon recognized Zhu Kun’s essence blood in Yao Xuan and demanded to know where he had met Zhu Kun.

  • Qingshan agreed with Yao Xuan that Zi Yan should refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zi Yan began refining it on the Dragon Emperor Platform.
  • Yao Xuan asked Qingshan to take him to the Void Thunder Pool, and Qingshan warned him to avoid its dangerous central region.
  • Yao Xuan entered the Void Thunder Pool and was overwhelmed by a terrifying pressure from an unseen presence.
  • A mysterious figure demanded to know where Yao Xuan had obtained the Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, and Yao Xuan said Zhu Kun had gifted it to him and was still alive.
  • The old man revealed his devotion to Zhu Kun and asked Yao Xuan where he had encountered him.

Ch. 244Statue of Zhu Kun the Dragon Emperor, Ancient Elder Zhu Zhuo

Yao Xuan was threatened by Zhu Zhuo until Zhu Kun’s blood essence summoned the Dragon Emperor’s projection and revealed that Zhu Kun had left a safeguard to protect him. Zhu Zhuo accepted Yao Xuan as Zhu Kun’s chosen person, offered his help, and departed after warning Yao Xuan to keep their meeting secret.

  • Zhu Zhuo accused Yao Xuan of stealing Zhu Kun’s blood essence and threatened to kill him unless he revealed Zhu Kun’s whereabouts.
  • Zhu Kun’s blood essence activated and manifested a Dragon Emperor projection that froze Zhu Zhuo and forced him to retreat.
  • Zhu Zhuo recognized the projection, realized Zhu Kun had entrusted Yao Xuan with a task, and apologized for threatening him.
  • Zhu Zhuo offered to help Yao Xuan and told him not to tell outsiders about their meeting.
  • Zhu Zhuo gave his name before vanishing, and Yao Xuan judged that he was at least a Seven-Star Dou Saint.

Ch. 245Using Lightning to Forge the Soul; Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm Rivals Late Heavenly Soul Realm

In the Void Thunder Pool, Yao Xuan refined purified soul origins and risked using Black Demon Lightning to temper his soul. He broke through to the Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm, with soul power strong enough to rival a top Late Heavenly Soul Realm, and gained the lightning’s power.

  • After Zhu Zhuo departed and the spatial zone vanished, Yao Xuan settled at the Void Thunder Pool’s outer edge to refine soul origins from the Human Emperor Banner.
  • Yao Xuan absorbed the purified soul origins using the Divine Soul Canon, strengthening his soul power and drawing the surrounding Black Demon Lightning toward him.
  • Yao Xuan recalled how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan used lightning to temper their bodies and decided to try forging his soul with Black Demon Lightning.
  • Yao Xuan withdrew his protective Heavenly Flames and endured the lightning tearing at his soul as he used the Divine Soul Canon to suppress and refine it.
  • With the lightning and dragon soul origins tempering his soul, Yao Xuan broke through to the Mid-Stage Heavenly Realm and reached a level comparable to a top Late Heavenly Soul Realm.
  • Yao Xuan’s golden soul power drove back the Black Demon Lightning, while traces of its dark purple power remained fused with his soul.

Ch. 246The Mutated Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, Nine-Revolution Battle Venerable Peak!

Yao Xuan absorbed Black Demon Lightning in the Void Thunder Pool, transforming his Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame into the Nine-Chen Demon Lightning Flame. The power from the mutation pushed him to the peak of Nine-Revolution Battle Venerable, leaving him one final insight and source transformation away from becoming a Dou Saint.

  • Yao Xuan began cultivating in the Void Thunder Pool, hoping to break through from Six-Turn Peak Battle Venerable.
  • The Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame separated from his Fused Heavenly Flame and drew in the surrounding Black Demon Lightning.
  • Black Demon Lightning transformed the flame into the Nine-Chen Demon Lightning Flame, whose power rivaled the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame but remained violent and difficult to control.
  • Yao Xuan drew the mutated flame back into his body and absorbed the power it returned to him.
  • Yao Xuan advanced through Seven-Turn and Eight-Turn Battle Venerable to Nine-Revolution Battle Venerable Peak.
  • Yao Xuan sensed that one final insight into the laws and a transformation of his source stood between him and becoming a Dou Saint.

Ch. 247The Thunder Clan Wanderer, Mang Tianchi

Yao Xuan met Mang Tianchi in the Void Thunder Pool after his breakthrough, and the two discussed the pool’s dangerous depths. Mang Tianchi left abruptly, while Yao Xuan remained unwilling to venture farther in.

  • Yao Xuan reached Nine-Revolution Battle Venerable Peak and sensed a Half-Saint Realm cultivator approaching through the Void Thunder Pool.
  • Yao Xuan fled the Black Demon Lightning pursuing Mang Tianchi, and they escaped through space to a cliff above the pool.
  • Mang Tianchi introduced himself, and Yao Xuan revealed that he had once served as a guest elder at Jia Nan Academy.
  • Mang Tianchi noticed Black Demon Lightning in Yao Xuan’s battle qi and wondered about his origins, but did not question him.
  • Mang Tianchi invited Yao Xuan to explore the pool’s center, but Yao Xuan refused, warning that the Black Demon Lightning would overwhelm him.
  • Mang Tianchi abruptly departed after telling Yao Xuan he would remember him.

Ch. 248The Dragon Phoenix Descends, a Five-Star Dou Saint!

Yao Xuan rushed to the Ancient Dragon Ancestral Land and used his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flames to save Zi Yan from the rampaging power of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zi Yan awakened as a Five-Star Dou Saint and Supreme Dragon Phoenix, and the Ancient Void Dragons welcomed her.

  • Hei Qing found Yao Xuan in the Void Thunder Pool and told him that something had happened to Lady Dragon Phoenix.
  • Yao Xuan reached the Dragon Emperor Platform and saw Zi Yan sealed inside Dragon Phoenix Crystal as her dragon and phoenix origins clashed.
  • Yao Xuan used his Nine-Colored Heavenly Flames to dissolve the crystal and temper the opposing powers inside Zi Yan.
  • Zi Yan awakened with a Five-Star Dou Saint aura and a perfect Dragon Phoenix bloodline.
  • Qingshan and Zhu Li knelt to welcome Lady Dragon Phoenix, while the Ancient Void Dragons across Eastern Dragon Island hailed their Dragon Emperor.

Ch. 249The Three Kings Gather and Join Forces with Huang Tian!

After Zi Yan became a Dragon Phoenix and inherited the Dragon Emperor’s power, the Three Great Dragon Kings arrived to challenge her and claim her blood. They revealed an alliance with Huang Tian of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, who appeared with three grand elders to seize her fresh dragon-phoenix blood essence.

  • Zi Yan gave Yao Xuan a drop of her dragon-phoenix blood essence after completing her transformation.
  • The Three Great Dragon Kings led an army from the western, southern, and northern islands to Eastern Dragon Island, where Zi Yan and Qingshan confronted them.
  • The South Dragon King proposed killing Zi Yan and dividing her Dragon Emperor Bloodline, but Zi Yan asserted her authority and demanded the kings submit or die.
  • Zi Yan’s Five-Star Dou Saint aura and Dragon Emperor bloodline pressure made the Three Great Dragon Kings retreat and left many of their followers wavering.
  • The North Dragon King revealed his plan to take Zi Yan’s blood and summoned Huang Tian, who arrived with three Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan grand elders.

Ch. 250The Terrifying Power of the Dragon Phoenix

Zi Yan confronted the Three Great Dragon Kings and Huang Tian after they joined forces against her, while Yao Xuan refused to leave her side. She unleashed Dragon-Phoenix Power to repel the Dragon Kings, but Huang Tian remained unshaken and claimed she could not control it.

  • Qingshan confronted Zhu Lie for conspiring with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but Zhu Lie immobilized him with his superior strength.
  • Zi Yan released her Five-Star Dou Saint aura, forced Zhu Lie back, and declared that Huang Tian and the traitors would die for invading Dragon Island.
  • Zi Yan told Yao Xuan to leave, but he stayed with her and summoned the Nine-Colored Fire Dragon.
  • Zhu Lie called on Huang Tian to help attack Zi Yan and promised to share her blood so they could become Dragon Phoenixes.
  • The Three Great Dragon Kings surrounded Zi Yan as Huang Tian unleashed phoenix flames, while Zi Yan ordered Qingshan to protect Yao Xuan.
  • Zi Yan's Dragon-Phoenix Power blasted the Three Great Dragon Kings away, but Huang Tian said she could not control it.

Ch. 251Battle on Dragon Island! Huang Tian Fights Zi Yan

Zi Yan fought Huang Tian while the Three Great Dragon Kings joined the attack, and Yao Xuan called for help as she began to struggle. Zhu Zhuo appeared above Eastern Dragon Island and confronted the attackers.

  • The Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes attacked Yao Xuan, who summoned Yao Wangu while Qingshan tried to protect him.
  • Zi Yan met Huang Tian in battle and repelled his first attacks with her Dragon-Phoenix Power.
  • Huang Tian unleashed Nine Heavens Phoenix Fall, but Zi Yan answered with a Dragon Phoenix phantom and clashed with him again.
  • Huang Tian called on the Three Great Dragon Kings to attack Zi Yan, and their combined assault forced her onto the defensive.
  • Yao Xuan crushed a Spatial Jade Slip to summon Old Man Shennong and called out to Zhu Kun’s descendant for help.
  • Zhu Zhuo appeared in the sky, rebuked Zhu Lie and the other Dragon Kings, and challenged Huang Tian.

Ch. 252Slaughter Dragon, Nine-Star Dou Saint

Zhu Zhuo emerged and overwhelmed the Three Great Dragon Kings and Huang Tian with his power. After killing and devouring Huang Tian, he left the onlookers to wonder whether he had reached Nine-Star Dou Saint.

  • Huang Tian accused the North Dragon King of luring him into a trap, while the North Dragon King denied knowing Zhu Zhuo was alive.
  • Zhu Zhuo appeared from a vortex in the void, and his killing aura reduced the rebellious Battle Venerables to ash.
  • Zhu Zhuo immobilized Huang Tian as he tried to flee, then killed the three Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders with a glance.
  • Huang Tian attacked with all his strength, but Zhu Zhuo killed him with a single finger and devoured his body.
  • Yao Xuan and the Three Great Dragon Kings watched in shock as Qingshan recalled Zhu Zhuo's past strength and suggested he might now be a Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Ch. 253You are not my Dragon Emperor. Lord Zhu Kun is my only Dragon Emperor

Zhu Zhuo appeared on Eastern Dragon Island, revealed himself as a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and crushed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s rebellion. After Zi Yan recovered, she affirmed her claim as Dragon Emperor and offered Yao Xuan the Three Great Dragon Kings’ corpses to refine into puppets.

  • Zhu Zhuo defeated Huang Tian, then condemned the Three Great Dragon Kings for betraying the clan and killed them with spatial power.
  • Zhu Zhuo said Zi Yan resembled Zhu Kun but was not Zhu Kun, then vanished after telling Qingshan to serve the Dragon Emperor.
  • Yao Xuan helped Zi Yan recover with pills, and Qingshan explained that Zhu Zhuo had been Zhu Kun’s Supreme Guardian and had advanced to Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
  • Zi Yan declared that the Dragon Emperor Inheritance made her the Dragon Emperor and vowed to prove herself through her own strength.
  • Zi Yan offered Yao Xuan the Three Great Dragon Kings’ corpses to refine into puppets.

Ch. 254A Dou Sheng Punching Bag That Could Take on a Five-Star Dou Saint

Yao Xuan accepted the remains of the three Dragon Kings from Zi Yan and refined them into Dou Sheng puppets in the Void Thunder Pool. With the new puppets, he could fight an ordinary Five-Star Dou Saint, though Zhu Zhuo’s strength reminded him that he remained far below the continent’s strongest cultivators.

  • Yao Xuan examined the three Dragon Kings’ remains and found that Zhu Zhuo’s attack had destroyed their source dragon qi and souls, leaving only bodies suitable for crude combat puppets.
  • Zi Yan offered Yao Xuan the remains as thanks for helping her become Dragon Emperor, and Qingshan agreed that he had earned them.
  • Yao Xuan thanked Zi Yan and accepted her invitation to refine the puppets in the Void Thunder Pool.
  • Yao Xuan used Black Demon Lightning to turn the North Dragon King and the other two Dragon Kings into close-combat Dou Sheng puppets.
  • Yao Xuan realized that the North Dragon King’s body could withstand attacks from a Five-Star Dou Saint and that his combined strength now let him fight an ordinary Five-Star Dou Saint.

Ch. 255The Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and the Forgotten Xiao Yi Xian

After returning from Dragon Island, Yao Xuan learned about the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and reunited with Xiao Yan, who had advanced to Three-Star Battle Venerable. Yao Lao then began to tell Yao Xuan what had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

  • Yao Xuan left Dragon Island after Zi Yan gave him a Dragon Emperor seal and promised to help him if he needed it.
  • Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall had attacked Starfall Pavilion, but Shennong drove them away and then entered seclusion.
  • Yao Lao said the Ancient Clan had invited Starfall Pavilion to its Coming-of-Age Ceremony and asked Yao Xuan to attend with Xiao Yan.
  • Yao Xuan and Yao Lao found Xiao Yan emerging from seclusion at Three-Star Battle Venerable, and Yao Xuan gave him bones inscribed with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
  • Yao Lao began telling Yao Xuan about Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Xuan demanded to know what had happened to her.

Ch. 256Myriad Poison Ruins, Relics of Calamity

Yao Xuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had gone alone to the Myriad Poison Ruins and lost contact, so he set out to find her. At the ruin’s center, Xiao Yi Xian met Gu Chi, who offered her a crystal core that could fully control her Woeful Poison Body.

  • Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that Xiao Yi Xian had gone to the Myriad Poison Ruins and that he had received no word from her.
  • Yao Xuan learned the ruin’s location from Yao Lao and left Starfall Pavilion to search for Xiao Yi Xian.
  • Xiao Yi Xian followed a strange presence through the poisonous ruin, overcame its Poison Puppets, and unknowingly absorbed their emerald miasma.
  • Xiao Yi Xian reached the ruin’s central hall, where Gu Chi revealed that she also bore the Woeful Poison Body.
  • Gu Chi offered Xiao Yi Xian a Woeful Poison Body Origin Crystal Core and said refining it would give her complete control over her constitution.

Ch. 257Possession—Little Yao Xuan Finally Arrived

Gu Chi lured Xiao Yi Xian into a possession trap in the Myriad Poison Ruins, but Yao Xuan arrived and destroyed Gu Chi before rescuing her. Xiao Yi Xian remained in Yao Xuan's arms as he enclosed them both in a cocoon of heavenly flames.

  • Gu Chi persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to absorb the poison origin crystal core, then activated a formation to seal her and began possessing her.
  • Yao Xuan entered the Myriad Poison Ruins, protected from its poisonous fumes by the Little Dragon Man's heavenly flame armor.
  • Yao Xuan sensed that Xiao Yi Xian was in danger, found her trapped in a poison cocoon, and broke into the hall.
  • Gu Chi attacked Yao Xuan, but he overwhelmed her and annihilated her remnant soul with nine-colored heavenly flames.
  • Yao Xuan freed Xiao Yi Xian and caught her in his arms as she continued absorbing the poison crystal's power.
  • Yao Xuan formed a cocoon of heavenly flames around himself and Xiao Yi Xian.
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