Recaps

A mysterious novice revealed himself as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s representative and sent Xiao Yan into the tree to receive a fortuitous opportunity. As the crowd began his test, Xiao Lin discovered that the novice was the tree’s transformed spirit.

• The young novice appeared beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree and welcomed the crowd seeking its treasures.
• The novice recognized Xiao Yan’s mention of Buddha as a karmic connection and sent him into the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The novice identified himself as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s representative and said the crowd had to pass his test to obtain Bodhi Seeds or the Bodhi Heart.
• The crowd agreed to take the test, and the novice enveloped them in green light until they fell unconscious.
• Xiao Yan wandered through a green space inside the tree and sat beneath a miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree to meditate.
• The novice spoke with Xiao Lin, who recognized him as the transformed manifestation of the Spirit of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Lin learned that the novice monk was an avatar of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, created to help him find its main body when he pursued the Dou Emperor Realm. The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yan special access to the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, then agreed to follow Xiao Lin back to his sect.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that it had awakened the novice monk so Xiao Lin could locate its main body later.
• Xiao Lin realized his interference had changed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s history, removing its malicious intent and preventing it from attacking Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to help Xiao Yan, and it sent him directly into the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation without making him experience the illusion.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree chose the Buddhist name Bodhi after Xiao Lin addressed it.
• Xiao Lin invited Bodhi to return with him to his sect, and Bodhi agreed so it could stay near Xiao Lin until he sought the Dou Emperor Realm.

After passing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion test, fewer than a hundred people entered its inner space and learned they faced a second test. The test separated them and turned the Bodhi Seeds they coveted into reflections of themselves, leaving them to fight their own likenesses to claim the seeds.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent those who passed its illusion test into its inner space and left those who failed unconscious beneath its branches.
• Bodhi announced a second test, saying it was the participants themselves, then vanished after telling them they could go anywhere.
• The five allied factions searched the space while worrying about Xiao Yan, who was missing, and the Hun Clan kept a low profile.
• Spatial Power separated the participants, and a Bodhi Seed appeared before each person.
• The Bodhi Seeds transformed into the participants’ likenesses, and someone realized they had to defeat their reflections to obtain the seeds.

Xiao Lin watched the mirror-image trial he had proposed, while Xiao Yan underwent his uncontrollable Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation beneath the miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree. As fighters began losing and being expelled, Medusa defeated her mirror image, obtained a Bodhi Seed, and was transported out.

• Xiao Lin explained that he had persuaded Bodhi to replace the puppet trial with battles against mirror images so he could watch the younger generation fight.
• Xiao Yan began experiencing a hundred different lives without carrying memories between them, including one that followed the tragic events of the original work.
• Xiao Lin monitored Xiao Yan while Bodhi watched the contestants, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled people who lost to their mirror images.
• Medusa revealed her true form, defeated her mirror image, and claimed the Bodhi Seed it left behind.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree healed Medusa and restored her Dou Qi after she broke through during the fight, then transported her out of the space.

Medusa and Gu Xun'er both passed the reflection test and found Xiao Yan meditating beneath a miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he was undergoing Enlightenment Beneath the Bodhi Tree. More people passed the test and learned of Xiao Yan’s opportunity, while Hun Yu watched with envy.

• Medusa defeated her reflection and found Xiao Yan beneath the miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree, but he could not respond while undergoing the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation.
• Gu Xun'er explained that Xiao Yan had obtained Enlightenment Beneath the Bodhi Tree, and she and Medusa exchanged a tense look.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the reflection test, noticed the tension between Medusa and Xun'er, and heard their explanation of Xiao Yan’s condition.
• More of Xiao Yan’s companions passed the reflection test and learned about his opportunity beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Yu grew jealous and bitter that Xiao Yan had claimed the greatest opportunity from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance.

Hun Yu tried to interrupt Xiao Yan’s enlightenment, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree returned his attack and injured him. After the second trial eliminated more participants, Bodhi revealed the Bodhi Heart as the prize of the final trial.

• Hun Yu secretly launched a mass of Dou Qi at Xiao Yan, but a spatial vortex swallowed it and returned it with twice the force, injuring Hun Yu.
• Zuo He stopped the others from attacking Hun Yu, and Xun'er agreed to wait until they left the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s domain to settle the score.
• Hun Yu brooded over Xiao Yan’s special treatment and his own rivalry with Hun Feng for the position of young clan leader.
• Nearly half a month after the reflection trial began, fewer than fifty of the original participants remained.
• Bodhi announced the final trial, then joined nine branches together to reveal the jade-green Bodhi Heart.

The competitors learned that the third trial required them to seize the Bodhi Heart while enduring increasing pressure and facing interference from one another. Xiao Lin and Bodhi watched as the struggle began, with the contestants slowly forcing their way upward.

• Bodhi announced that whoever seized the Bodhi Heart would win it, and explained that contestants could stop their rivals.
• A contestant rushed toward the Bodhi Heart but fell under the pressure and was expelled after losing the right to compete.
• The remaining contestants realized they had to resist both the rising pressure and attacks from their rivals.
• Bodhi vanished, and Xiao Lin revealed to Bodhi that he had devised the third trial.
• The competitors began climbing toward the Bodhi Heart as Xiao Lin and Bodhi watched with amusement.

The contestants struggled against the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s crushing pressure and attacked one another as they climbed toward the Bodhi Heart. As the final six fought near the summit, Xiao Yan awakened beneath the tree and noticed the battle.

• More than forty experts attempted to fly toward the Bodhi Heart, but the pressure forced many to fall and be eliminated.
• A Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable reached 950 meters before a barrage of attacks knocked him down, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree protected him from fatal harm.
• Xiao Lin watched the contestants fall and joked about their landings while Bodhi agreed with his commentary.
• The contenders dwindled to six: Zuo He, Xiao Xun'er, Jiufeng, Hun Yu, and two other Nine-Transformation Dou Venerables.
• The six began fighting in two groups of three while trying to climb higher, and Xiao Yan opened his eyes beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan awakened from Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation just as Hun Yu used a dangerous boost and soul attack to seize the Bodhi Heart. Xiao Yan snatched it first, and Bodhi sent everyone outside, where the gathered crowd saw that the Bodhi Heart belonged to Xiao Yan.

• Hun Yu swallowed a strange black object, temporarily boosting his strength beyond that of a Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable.
• Hun Yu used Demonic Sound Soul Capture to immobilize Xun'er and the other competitors, then flew toward the Bodhi Heart.
• Xiao Yan awakened from Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and snatched the Bodhi Heart just before Hun Yu could reach it.
• Bodhi sent everyone out of its space, and the crowd saw Xiao Yan holding the Bodhi Heart.

After emerging from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yan reunited with his family and friends and kept the Bodhi Heart. When Hun Yu demanded it and confronted him with a hidden force of Hun Clan Dou Venerables, Xiao Yan revealed overwhelming strength, leaving Hun Yu alone amid the stunned onlookers.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the Bodhi Heart, and his family and friends gathered around him as he concealed his improved cultivation.
• Hun Yu demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the Bodhi Heart, and Xiao Yan accused him of trying to interrupt his enlightenment.
• Hun Yu summoned thirty or forty Hun Clan Dou Venerables and threatened Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan members who stood with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward alone and used Space Strangulation to kill every Hun Clan Dou Venerable except Hun Yu.
• Xiao Yan caught the falling Bodhi Heart as the crowd fell silent.

After gaining enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yan became an Early One-Star Dou Sheng and crushed the Hun Clan forces. He killed Gu You and Hun Yu, leaving the Bodhi Heart in his possession.

• Xiao Yan revealed that his enlightenment had raised him to Early One-Star Dou Sheng, frightening Hun Yu and the surviving experts.
• Hun Yu offered to stop contesting the Bodhi Heart, but Xiao Yan refused to spare anyone from the Hun Clan.
• Gu You reached out from the void to rescue Hun Yu, and Xiao Yan severed his hand.
• Gu You fled into the void, but Xiao Yan pursued him with the Great Heaven Creation Palm and killed him.
• Xiao Yan killed Hun Yu with a finger, turning his body to ash.

Xiao Yan’s newly attained Dou Sheng strength stunned his family and allies after he killed the Hun Clan experts, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled everyone before vanishing. Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Bodhi, who became its second Grand Elder.

• Xiao Yan returned to his family and friends after killing Hun Yu, Gu You, and the other Hun Clan experts, and they praised his sudden rise to Dou Sheng.
• Gu Qingyang, Feng Qing'er, Jiufeng, and the Flower Sect members acknowledged Xiao Yan and welcomed his strength and ties to their allies.
• Xiao Lin and Bodhi agreed that Xiao Yan had exceptional potential, then withdrew from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s inner space as it began expelling its visitors.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space shattered and cast Xiao Yan and the others out at the Ancient Domain Platform before the tree sank into the ground and disappeared.
• Xiao Lin and Bodhi left the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Bodhi became the second Grand Elder.

After becoming a Dou Sheng and claiming the Bodhi Heart, Xiao Yan left for the Starfall Pavilion with his companions while news of his achievement spread across the Central Plains. On the journey, he discovered thirty-six mysterious green lights beside the Bodhi Heart in his Storage Ring, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree vanished, and people across the Central Plains learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Sheng Realm, claimed the Bodhi Heart, and killed members of the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan thanked Zuo He and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace before setting off for the Starfall Pavilion with his brothers and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xun'er celebrated Xiao Yan's breakthrough, and Xiao Ding teased them about marrying while Gu Qingyang and the other Gu Clan members reluctantly accepted their relationship.
• Xiao Yan checked his Storage Ring during the journey and found thirty-six green lights floating beside the Bodhi Heart.
• Xiao Yan took out the green lights, and everyone around him was dumbfounded.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with thirty-six Bodhi Seeds unexpectedly placed in his Storage Ring, leaving him and his brothers wondering why the Bodhi Ancient Tree favored him. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin brought Bodhi to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, appointed him its second Grand Elder, and announced that the sect would receive 108 Bodhi Seeds.

• Nalan Yanran and Gu Qingyang questioned Xiao Yan about the thirty-six Bodhi Seeds he had taken from his Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan could not explain why the Bodhi Ancient Tree had given them to him.
• Xiao Yan and the others returned to Starfall Pavilion still puzzled by the Bodhi Ancient Tree's apparent favor toward him.
• Zuo He and the others returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and were shocked to find Bodhi there with Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin explained that Bodhi would stay at the sect and appointed him its second Grand Elder.
• Xiao Lin told the First Elder to store 108 Bodhi Seeds contributed by Bodhi so sect members could exchange for them with contribution points, leaving everyone stunned.

Xiao Lin gave the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace 108 Bodhi Seeds and announced he was going to the Star Domain. Before leaving, he met Bodhi in the Realm of Formations to assess his strength, where Bodhi discovered the Cangwu Ancient Tree.

• Ji Li asked Bodhi whether he had a special relationship with the Palace Master's family, and Bodhi explained he was repaying Xiao Lin for helping him.
• Xiao Lin presented the sect's Leadership with 108 Bodhi Seeds, and Zuo He took them to arrange an exchange rate in sect contribution points.
• Xiao Lin announced his journey to the Star Domain, and Ji Li agreed to manage the sect while Xiao Lin was away.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Realm of Formations with Bodhi to find out how much strength Bodhi could display.
• Bodhi recognized the Cangwu Ancient Tree and said the Realm of Formations felt like the most comfortable place for him after his Main Body's home.

Xiao Lin learned what Bodhi’s incarnation could do and entrusted him with helping the Cangwu Ancient Tree develop intelligence while protecting the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. Xiao Lin then left for the Star Domain, arriving amid the starry sky.

• Bodhi told Xiao Lin he could help the Cangwu Ancient Tree develop intelligence, though it might take at least a hundred years, and described his strength as normally that of a Four-Star Dou Sheng and at most a Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Lin concluded that Bodhi’s arrival strengthened the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and eased his concerns about leaving it exposed to the Soul Hall.
• Ji Li and Ling Miao returned, and Xiao Lin asked them and Bodhi to protect the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace while he went to the Star Domain.
• Xiao Lin instructed Bodhi to seek help from Ji Li, Ling Miao, or Zhukun if necessary, then departed without informing anyone beyond the sect’s leadership.
• Xiao Lin had given the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan ten Bodhi Seeds in thanks for helping Zuo He, leaving the clan hopeful about its future under the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin arrived amid the starry sky.

Xiao Lin entered the Star Domain to improve his Cultivation Method and break through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, while considering whether to part with the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He transformed into a colossal violet-black fire dragon and ventured deeper into the stars, leaving a treasure-seeker stunned in his wake.

• Xiao Lin arrived in the Star Domain and let the Three Thousand Burning Flame emerge, calling it Little Six and reflecting that he might eventually give it to Xiao Yan.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled around Xiao Lin like a child seeking affection, and he decided not to separate from it yet.
• Xiao Lin set out to upgrade his Cultivation Method and break through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Lin transformed into a thousand-zhang violet-black fire dragon and roared through the Star Domain without borrowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame's power.
• Nie Yu, a High-Level Dou Venerable who had found a Star Flower, came face-to-face with Xiao Lin's enormous dragon form and froze in terror.
• Xiao Lin called the encounter interesting and flew away, leaving Nie Yu gasping and shaken.

Xiao Lin cruised through the Star Domain in his purple-black fire dragon form, studying the stars and frightening treasure hunters for amusement. At a gathering spot, the hunters discussed him until Qu Feng, a High-Level Half-Saint, declared that he wanted to meet the dragon.

• Xiao Lin used his dragon form to observe the stars and advance his Nine Heavens Star Record cultivation.
• Xiao Lin discovered treasure hunters in the Star Domain and learned about the treasures and dangers there.
• Xiao Lin frightened treasure hunters as he cruised through the Star Domain, leaving many shaken.
• Nearly a hundred treasure hunters gathered on a small star and debated the purple-black fire dragon, while Chang Xiu initially dismissed their fears.
• Qu Feng stood up and said he wanted to meet the thousand-zhang purple-black fire dragon.

Xiao Lin continued roaming the Star Domain, collecting treasures and unknowingly entering a state of unity with the heavens as he traveled. When a starry sky storm and asteroid explosion threatened five Saint Realm experts, he effortlessly compressed their combined force into a sphere and swallowed it before continuing on.

• Xiao Lin collected rare crafting materials and medicinal herbs while roaming the Star Domain in his purple-black fire dragon form.
• Xiao Lin roared across the Star Domain, drawing some curious treasure hunters—including Qu Feng—toward his location while others fled.
• Xiao Lin simulated the stars’ movements and entered a state of unity with heaven and earth, gaining a starlit appearance and moving through space without noticing obstacles.
• Qu Feng, Fen Yu, and three other Saint Realm experts became trapped ahead of a starry sky storm combined with an asteroid explosion, and Fen Yu admitted even he could not withstand it.
• Xiao Lin swept past the five, seized the disasters’ combined energy and surrounding space into a sphere, swallowed it, and continued onward without slowing down.

After Xiao Lin effortlessly devoured the combined energy of a starry sky storm and an asteroid explosion, witnesses debated whether he was the Three Thousand Burning Flame and spread warnings about the purple-black fire dragon. Xiao Lin remained unaware as he continued merging with heaven and earth, eventually becoming a thousand-zhang asteroid wreathed in purple-black flames.

• Fen Yu, Qu Feng, and the other three recovered from their fear and wondered whether Xiao Lin resembled the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• An Intermediate Half-Saint argued that the fire dragon's strength far exceeded the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and Fen Yu agreed.
• Xiao Lin continued roaming the Star Domain as though he were a star, treating nearby beings and objects as obstacles along his path.
• Fen Yu, Qu Feng, and the others spread warnings that people should stay out of the fire dragon's way, and a legend about Xiao Lin began circulating through the Star Domain.
• Rock gradually covered Xiao Lin until he became a thousand-zhang asteroid with purple-black flames flickering across its surface.

Nearly a year after Xiao Lin entered the Star Domain, Starfall Pavilion rose to prominence under Yao Lao and Xiao Yan while its conflict with the Soul Hall intensified. Xiao Yan formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, secured the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s covert support, and persuaded Danta to join after Yao Lao met privately with Xuan Yi.

• Xiao Yan’s rise to Dou Sheng and Yao Lao’s return made Starfall Pavilion a powerful force, drawing visitors and new members as its clashes with the Soul Hall grew fiercer.
• Xiao Yan advanced to the Late-Stage One-Star Dou Saint realm, while Yao Lao broke through to the Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to oppose the Soul Hall.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace declined to join openly but agreed to restrain Hun Clan experts and sent Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and other juniors to Starfall Pavilion for exchange and study.
• Xiao Yan became a Danta Elder and worked to persuade Danta to join the alliance, but conservative members initially resisted.
• Yao Lao met privately with Xuan Yi, and Danta joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance three days later amid rumors that Yao Lao had sacrificed his looks to secure its support.

Xiao Yan’s scheme helped Xuan Yi and Yao Lao finally acknowledge their feelings, while also securing Danta’s entry into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left Danta to continue their preparations, and Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi congratulated Xuan Yi.

• Xuan Yi saw Xiao Yan and Yao Lao off, and the narration revealed that she and Xiao Yan had arranged obstacles to Danta joining the alliance so Yao Lao would come to Danta.
• After Yao Lao arrived, he and Xuan Yi grew closer, and Danta’s entry into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance passed without a hitch.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao and Xuan Yi by calling her Mistress Xuan Yi, and Yao Lao allowed the affectionate title.
• Yao Lao invited Xuan Yi to visit Starfall Pavilion before the alliance’s establishment, and she happily accepted his feelings.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao departed, and Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi congratulated Xuan Yi.

Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about helping Xuan Yi delay Danta’s decision to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, then warned him that he would have to explain Xuan Yi to his fiancée, Hu Jiujiu. When they returned to Starfall Pavilion, Yao Lao learned that Fairy Qing was already talking with Hu Jiujiu, and he rushed to the main hall.

• Yao Lao realized that Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi had worked together to delay Danta’s decision until he arrived.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about enjoying the scheme and fled when Yao Lao threatened to discipline him.
• Xiao Yan reminded Yao Lao that he would have to explain Xuan Yi to Hu Jiujiu, his official fiancée.
• Yao Lao returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan and asked Feng Xian why the sect’s atmosphere seemed strange.
• Feng Xian told Yao Lao that Yun Yun and Fairy Qing had arrived, and Fairy Qing was speaking with Hu Jiujiu in the main hall.
• Yao Lao hurried to the main hall while Feng Xian laughed at his predicament.

Yao Lao hurried back to Starfall Pavilion fearing Fairy Qing and Hu Jiujiu would clash, but found them happily chatting and accepting each other. They teased him, and Fairy Qing pledged the Flower Sect to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, leaving Yao Lao feeling like the odd one out.

• Yao Lao rushed back to Starfall Pavilion after Feng Xian told him Fairy Qing had arrived, worried Hu Jiujiu and Fairy Qing might fight.
• Yao Lao found Hu Jiujiu and Fairy Qing drinking tea and chatting amicably in the main hall.
• Hu Jiujiu revealed she had come to accept Yao Lao's former confidantes, and Fairy Qing joined her in teasing him.
• Fairy Qing said the Flower Sect would join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and told Yao Lao to leave them alone.
• Yao Lao left the hall wondering why he had become the odd one out.

Xiao Yan reassured Yun Yun that he would openly acknowledge their relationship and brought her to meet his parents. Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue realized that Yun Yun, their senior sister, had become their daughter-in-law.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Fairy Qing had brought her to Starfall Pavilion to discuss their relationship with his family.
• Xiao Yan took Yun Yun's hand and reassured her that he would face the conversation with her.
• Yun Yun agreed to go with Xiao Yan, who led her to meet Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue saw them arrive holding hands and asked what was going on.
• Xiao Yan confirmed their relationship, leaving his parents stunned that their senior sister had become their daughter-in-law.