Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin summoned the Eight Elders and Ji Li to reveal a formation-related surprise. He transported them into a formation with a wave of his hand, leaving the Elders arguing that creating a formation with a single thought was impossible.

• Xiao Lin summoned the Eight Elders, including Zhu Fang, who had left Qian Bai Er Lao to watch the Spatial Wormhole at Jia Nan Academy.
• The Eight Elders gathered and joked about Xiao Lin’s unexpected summons before he said he had something to share with them because of their formation skills.
• Zuo He guessed that Xiao Lin wanted them to join forces to set up a grand formation, but Xiao Lin denied it.
• Xiao Lin waved his hand and transported everyone into a different environment, where they realized they were inside a formation.
• The Eight Elders speculated about how Xiao Lin had set up the formation and rejected the idea that he had created it with a single thought.

Xiao Lin revealed that he could form arrays with a single thought and explained that Spirit Seals made the technique possible. He shared his plan to teach the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s leading Formation Masters how to condense Spirit Seals, while Ji Li began to understand how Xiao Lin had gained his abilities.

• Ji Li told the Eight Elders that Xiao Lin had formed an array instantly, one powerful enough to threaten him as a Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• After Xiao Lin reappeared, Ji Li and the others asked whether he had mastered forming arrays with a single thought, and Xiao Lin confirmed that the method could be learned.
• Xiao Lin put away the Purple Heaven Nine Extremes Formation and returned everyone to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Ji Li sensed Spirit Seals enter Xiao Lin’s body, and Xiao Lin explained that Spirit Seals were needed to form arrays with a single thought.
• Xiao Lin displayed his Spirit Seals and announced that he would teach Ji Li and the Eight Elders how to condense them and become Spirit Array Masters.
• Xiao Lin explained that he had learned the method through an inheritance, and Ji Li connected the explanation to their earlier discussion.

Xiao Lin taught Ji Li and the Eight Elders how to condense Spirit Seals so they could become Spirit Array Masters and preserve the art if he failed to return from the former site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. Over nine days, all nine succeeded, giving the Dou Qi Continent its first new Spirit Array Masters after Xiao Lin.

• Weng Xing celebrated the discovery of Spirit Array Masters and reflected on how the way of formations had declined on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Lin explained that he was sharing the secret with Ji Li and the others so they could carry on the art if anything happened to him.
• Xiao Lin taught the nine how to condense Spirit Seals and set up small formations to keep them from disturbing one another.
• Ji Li condensed his first Spirit Seal after three days and became a Spirit Array Master.
• The Eight Elders each condensed their first Spirit Seals, with the last succeeding after nine days.

After Ji Li and the other eight became Spirit Array Masters, Xiao Lin showed them the vast number of Spirit Seals he had condensed and urged them to train and teach trusted sect members. When Zuo He asked about Xiao Lin’s plans, Xiao Lin revealed that he created formations himself, surprising the group.

• Ji Li and the other eight examined their first Spirit Seals as Xiao Lin explained how continued practice would let them form arrays.
• Xiao Lin and the others agreed to keep the method of condensing Spirit Seals within the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace for now.
• Ji Li asked how many Spirit Seals Xiao Lin had condensed, and Xiao Lin summoned a dense mass that astonished the group.
• Xiao Lin told the new Spirit Array Masters to keep condensing Spirit Seals and later teach the method to reliable sect members.
• Zuo He asked what Xiao Lin planned to do, and Xiao Lin pointed out that he created formations himself, leaving Ji Li and the others shocked.

Xiao Lin explained how the Nine Fundamental Formations enabled him to create hundreds of formations and planned a Formation Pavilion to help the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's leaders learn them. After nearly half a year of construction, the pavilion was completed.

• Xiao Lin told Ji Li, Weng Xing, and the others that he had created hundreds of formations, shocking them with the scale of his accomplishments.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Nine Fundamental Formations could be used to deduce other formations, and said that creating high-level formations still required sufficient mastery.
• Xiao Lin announced that he would build a Formation Pavilion where the leaders could comprehend the fundamentals by clearing its floors.
• Zuo He and the others promised to master the Nine Fundamental Formations while Xiao Lin gathered materials and built the pavilion.
• After nearly half a year, Xiao Lin completed the Formation Pavilion within the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Lin visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li on Xiao Yun Peak and invited them to return with him to the Xiao Household before his long trip. The brothers agreed, and Xiao Ding stopped Xiao Lin as he prepared to open a Spatial Wormhole.

• Xiao Lin left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and suddenly remembered Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding greeted Xiao Lin playfully, while Xiao Li asked why their grandfather had come.
• Xiao Lin praised both brothers for reaching the Dou Zun Realm, and they vowed to work hard and support the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin invited the brothers to return to the Xiao Household with him before his long trip, and both agreed eagerly.
• Xiao Li asked whether Xiao Yan would return too, and Xiao Lin said Xiao Yan had things to do in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ding hesitated and stopped Xiao Lin as he was about to open a Spatial Wormhole.

Xiao Ding asked his grandfather Xiao Lin to let him bring Xue Lan home, and Xiao Lin happily accepted her as family. The group then entered the Spatial Wormhole to return home.

• Xiao Ding nervously asked Xiao Lin if he could bring someone home, and Xiao Li revealed that the person was Xiao Ding’s beloved.
• Xiao Ding brought Xue Lan to meet Xiao Lin, who recognized her from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Li teased Xue Lan by calling her sister-in-law, while she worried that Xiao Lin might disapprove of their relationship.
• Xiao Lin reassured Xue Lan, playfully accused Xiao Ding of mistreating her, and then welcomed her as family by inviting her to call him Grandpa Xiao.
• Xiao Lin opened a Spatial Wormhole, and the group stepped inside.

Queen Medusa gave birth to a daughter whose immense hidden power led the Four Great Elders to urge that she inherit the title of Medusa. Medusa refused, named her Xiao Xiao, and left the elders unhappy and unable to challenge her decision.

• The Snake-People Tribe celebrated Queen Medusa giving birth to a baby girl in their Holy City.
• Medusa held her cooing daughter while the Four Great Elders offered to care for the princess and declared that she was destined to become the next Queen Medusa.
• Medusa rejected the elders’ demand, insisting that her daughter would not inherit the name Medusa.
• Medusa named her daughter Xiao Xiao, and the Four Great Elders realized she would not change her mind.

Medusa rejected the Four Great Elders’ plans for her newborn daughter, Xiao Xiao, and decided to raise her away from the Snake-People Tribe’s expectations. After Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xue Lan, Medusa arrived there with Xiao Xiao.

• The Four Great Elders agreed to try persuading Xiao Xiao to become Medusa, while Medusa resolved to keep them away from her daughter.
• Medusa decided that Xiao Xiao would have a happier childhood outside the Snake-People Tribe and chose the Xiao Household of the Jia Ma Empire as their destination.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xue Lan, where Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue warmly welcomed Xue Lan.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Li to invite his fiancée, Princess Yao Ye, to visit the household.
• Medusa opened a Spatial Wormhole above the Xiao Household and arrived with Xiao Xiao, catching Xiao Lin’s attention.

Medusa rushed to the Xiao Household after sensing powerful presences, only to discover they belonged to Xiao Yan’s family. She brought Xiao Yan’s infant daughter, Xiao Xiao, to meet his parents and brothers, leaving the family to celebrate their new granddaughter and niece.

• Medusa sensed two Dou Venerables and two Dou Zongs in the Xiao Household and hurried there, fearing it was under attack.
• She realized the Dou Zongs were Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, while the Dou Venerables were Xiao Yan’s older brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Yang Xiyue recognized the infant in Medusa’s arms as Xiao Yan’s child, and Medusa confirmed it and let her hold the baby.
• Medusa named the girl Xiao Xiao, prompting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to realize she was their niece.
• Xiao Lin explained that Xiao Xiao was Xiao Yan’s daughter and announced that he was her great-grandfather.

Medusa brought Xiao Xiao to the Xiao Household and asked Xiao Yan’s family to look after her, explaining that she did not want the child to inherit the name Medusa. She stayed behind to confront the Lion Nether Sect’s expansion, which Xiao Lin recognized as a threat tied to the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Lin revealed that Medusa was Xiao Yan’s partner and the mother of Xiao Xiao, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li excited to meet their niece.
• Xiao Lin greeted Medusa and asked whether the family should call her Medusa or Cai Lin; she reluctantly let them use Cai Lin.
• Xiao Zhan asked why Medusa had come, and she said she wanted the Xiao Household to raise Xiao Xiao rather than let the Snake-People Tribe prepare her to inherit the name Medusa.
• Medusa explained that the Lion Nether Sect was rapidly expanding toward the Tagor Desert and Jia Ma Empire, forcing her to remain with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Lin recognized the Lion Nether Sect as connected to the Soul Hall’s renewed reach into the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Lin and the Xiao Household offered Medusa support against the Lion Nether Sect, and Medusa began to accept them as her family. When Xiao Xiao woke, the family gathered around her, leaving Xiao Lin moving closer to his granddaughter too.

• Xiao Lin told Medusa that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li would stay to help her against the Lion Nether Sect.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhan, and Yang Xiyue assured Medusa that the Xiao Household would stand behind her.
• Medusa accepted the family's support and began to see herself as part of the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Xiao woke in Yang Xiyue's arms and babbled as the family gathered around her.
• Xiao Li gently poked Xiao Xiao's cheek, and she grabbed his finger while Xiao Lin quietly moved closer.

Xiao Lin held Xiao Xiao and discovered the remnant Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul within her. He used a mysterious, star-flecked power to address the danger, leaving Medusa shocked by his hidden strength.

• Yang Xiyue passed Xiao Xiao to Xiao Lin after Medusa agreed, and the baby happily babbled and clapped at him.
• Xiao Lin examined Xiao Xiao with his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power, awakening the Seven-Colored Little Snake within her.
• Medusa explained that a remnant of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul had fused into Xiao Xiao during her pregnancy.
• Medusa grew anxious as Xiao Lin drew out the remnant soul, but he reassured her and said he could resolve the danger without a First Beginning Pill.
• Xiao Lin released gentle, star-flecked Dou Qi over Xiao Xiao's belly, and Medusa realized his strength far exceeded what she had believed.

Xiao Lin sealed the uncontrollable Dou Zong power in Xiao Xiao and left her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul dormant for her to decide how to handle later. As the Xiao Household welcomed the baby, Xiao Lin gave Medusa the Myriad Formation Token, granting her authority over the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin sealed Xiao Xiao’s Dou Zong power and explained that she could later fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul or draw it out as a companion magical beast.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Lin, and he told her that Xiao Xiao was family; she gradually accepted the Xiao Household’s claims of kinship.
• Xiao Lin handed Xiao Xiao to Xiao Zhan, who excitedly carried his granddaughter while Yang Xiyue and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li gathered around her.
• Xue Lan imagined having a child with Xiao Ding, and they both blushed when they looked at each other.
• Xiao Lin gave Medusa the Myriad Formation Token, which could open restrictions and command the power of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Lin gave Medusa a Myriad Formation Token so she could call on the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace if she faced trouble, and told her he had placed a protective power inside Xiao Xiao. Medusa recognized Xiao Lin as Supreme Elder Lin of Jia Nan Academy, leaving her astonished by the identity of Xiao Yan’s grandfather.

• Xiao Lin explained that the Myriad Formation Token would let Medusa receive unconditional help from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Medusa accepted it as a gift from his family.
• Xiao Lin told Medusa that a protective power inside Xiao Xiao would activate automatically if she encountered danger, and asked Medusa not to tell her about it.
• Medusa asked Xiao Lin whether he knew Supreme Elder Lin of Jia Nan Academy after recognizing the presence he had revealed.
• Xiao Lin hinted that Medusa already knew the answer, and Medusa realized he was Supreme Elder Lin, the person who had helped her at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Lin revealed to Medusa that he was Jia Nan Academy’s Supreme Elder Lin and persuaded her to accept the Xiao Household as family. Medusa agreed to stay with them for a while, and the household later grew livelier when Xiao Li brought Yao Ye.

• Xiao Lin revealed that he was Supreme Elder Lin, prompting Medusa to realize he had once saved her and helped her stay at Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa tried to thank Xiao Lin, but he insisted that she was already family and told her there was no need for thanks.
• Xiao Lin asked Medusa to call him Grandpa, and he seized on her startled repetition of the word as her accepting the title.
• Xiao Lin convinced Medusa to stay at the Xiao Household so Xiao Xiao could adjust to life there, and Medusa agreed.
• Xiao Li brought his fiancée Yao Ye to the Xiao Household, making the household more lively.

Xiao Lin enjoyed time with the Xiao Household before preparing a retreat for them in case danger befell him. He went to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Lin spent a joyful month with his family while Medusa, Xue Lan, and Yao Ye gradually grew close as sisters-in-law.
• Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe to face the Lion Nether Sect’s expansion, and Yao Ye left with Xiao Li to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Lin decided it was time to make final preparations for the Xiao Household and vanished from the courtyard.
• Xiao Lin appeared in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave, startling the beast into humbly greeting him.
• Xiao Lin recognized the Amethyst Winged Lion King as a Tier Six magical beast and flicked a fragrant Medicinal Pill into his mouth as a stroke of fortune.

Xiao Lin gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, enabling him to break through to Tier Seven. After Xiao Lin destroyed the resulting Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, the beast took human form and pledged his loyalty as Zi Shi.

• Xiao Lin offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and gave him three breaths to decide whether to take it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed the pill, refined it in less than a day, and broke through to Tier Seven.
• Dark clouds gathered as the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Transformation Heavenly Tribulation arrived, but Xiao Lin seized and refined it with a vast hand.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King transformed into a purple-haired man and named himself Zi Shi.
• Zi Shi knelt before Xiao Lin and pledged to obey his commands, and Xiao Lin approved.

Xiao Lin began creating the Xiao Realm in the Magical Beast Mountain Range as an escape route for the Xiao Household, assigning Zi Shi to guard its entrance. While Xiao Lin spent months preparing the realm before his expedition to the former Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, the Pill Gathering was about to begin in the Central Plains.

• Xiao Lin told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that he would create the Xiao Realm in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and ordered him to guard its entrance and keep outsiders away.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King, now called Zi Shi, accepted the duty, and Xiao Lin began opening and expanding the Xiao Realm while Zi Shi stabilized his cultivation.
• Xiao Lin estimated that making the Xiao Realm comparable in size to the Realm of Formations would take six months to a year.
• Xiao Lin learned that Zhukun and Hun Tiandi had been injured in their fight and would each need years to recover, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame as the Hun Clan's main threat to him.
• Alchemists began gathering in the Pill Region for Danta's Pill Gathering, whose champion would receive great rewards and widespread acclaim.

Xiao Yan struggled to appease Nalan Yanran after returning to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Yi Xian accepted the complicated situation. As Danta’s Pill Gathering approached, Xiao Yan assured Yao Lao that he was prepared and said he hoped to resurrect him after the event.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, angering Nalan Yanran by bringing home another woman.
• Nalan Yanran remained at odds with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian accepted that she was not the first woman at his side.
• Yao Lao summoned Xiao Yan to discuss Danta’s Pill Gathering, and Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian accompanied him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had made all the preparations for the Pill Gathering.
• Feng Xian and Yao Lao reminisced about attending the Pill Gathering thirty years earlier and founding Starfall Pavilion afterward.
• Xiao Yan said he hoped to resurrect Yao Lao after the Pill Gathering, once he obtained a suitable Dou Venerable Skeleton or, if possible, a Dou Sheng Skeleton.