Chapter Summaries

After sending Zuo He and the others toward the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, Xiao Lin reassured his companions that he would go there himself. He revealed that he intended to target the Bodhi Ancient Tree, despite warnings that it could fight a Dou Emperor.

• Yi Moqiu and Weng Xing questioned Xiao Lin about letting Zuo He lead the team, worried that the First Elder was acting impulsively.
• Ji Li urged Xiao Lin to explain his plan, but Xiao Lin admitted he had none and then promised to personally go to the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to protect Zuo He.
• Ji Li guessed that Xiao Lin was targeting the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xiao Lin confirmed it.
• Ling Miao warned Xiao Lin that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was said to be capable of fighting a Dou Emperor and that even the Emperor Clans had never dared challenge it.

Xiao Lin told Ji Li and the others he planned to seek answers from the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, despite its legendary power. After leaving Xiao Xiao with her grandparents at Starfall Pavilion, he set off for the perilous region and entered it in secret.

• Xiao Lin explained that he wanted to question the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which was weakened from its prime, rather than take it for the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Ji Li and the others tried to dissuade Xiao Lin, but he insisted on going, and they accepted his decision.
• Xiao Lin took Xiao Xiao to Starfall Pavilion and left her with Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, then told them and Yao Lao about Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Lin traveled to the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, where crowds had gathered after the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared.
• Xiao Lin concealed his tracks and entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Xiao Lin entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, left Zuo He and Xiao Yan’s group behind, and traveled alone to the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Just before reaching it, a branch struck through his Dou Qi shield and hurled him into the void.

• Xiao Lin saw the crowds gathering in Desolate Town and secretly watched Zuo He, Xiao Yan, and their companions before deciding they were safe for now.
• Xiao Lin advanced alone through the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, passing deadly beast tides and battles without revealing himself or intervening.
• Xiao Lin reached the Ancient Domain Platform and sensed the vast remains of humans and magical beasts buried beneath it.
• Xiao Lin continued toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree as ferocious beasts gathered across the land below him.
• A green branch struck Xiao Lin, shattered his hastily formed Dou Qi shield, and sent him flying into the depths of the void.

Xiao Lin tried to approach the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but its attack revealed that even in its weakened state it rivaled the strongest Dou Saints. After he asked whether it was good or evil, the tree’s benevolent consciousness awakened, and a branch reached toward him.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree struck Xiao Lin and sent him flying, leading him to realize that its power rivaled Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and Zhukun even while weakened.
• Xiao Lin stopped a hundred kilometers away and told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that he meant no harm and wanted to talk.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree told Xiao Lin to leave, but he stayed and asked whether it was good or evil.
• Xiao Lin watched as his question stirred the tree’s benevolent consciousness, and its good and evil sides fought for control.
• After the tree stopped swaying, an emerald branch reached Xiao Lin and shook the Bodhi leaf at its tip.

Xiao Lin took hold of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s branch and was brought beneath its trunk, where the tree called him a “Wise One” and explained its meaning. The tree recognized that Xiao Lin knew his past and present lives, but said it could not know the details of his previous life, leaving him relieved.

• Xiao Lin agreed to hold the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s branch, which coiled around his arm and transported him beneath the tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree formed an aged face in its trunk and greeted Xiao Lin as a Wise One who had finally arrived.
• Xiao Lin questioned why the tree called him a Wise One and whether it had foreseen his arrival.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that a Wise One had knowledge of the past, present, and future, and that it could sense such wisdom in Xiao Lin.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree said a Wise One also knew their past and present lives, making Xiao Lin fear his secret had been exposed.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree clarified that it could not know the details of Xiao Lin’s previous life, and Xiao Lin felt relieved.

Xiao Lin learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree recognized his awakened Past-Life Wisdom and needed his help to destroy the evil thoughts controlling it. After the tree revealed that it had foreseen his arrival sixty years earlier, Xiao Lin realized his presence had changed the future and made him part of the history he once only witnessed.

• Xiao Lin realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree had identified him as a wise one because he had awakened his Past-Life Wisdom, though it did not know his former identity or birthplace.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that its benevolent thoughts had temporarily suppressed its evil thoughts and planned to use Xiao Lin's help to eliminate them before they struck back.
• Xiao Lin asked how the Bodhi Ancient Tree knew he would arrive, and it said it had glimpsed his coming about sixty years earlier while struggling against its evil thoughts.
• Xiao Lin connected the tree's vision to the time he had awakened his Past-Life Wisdom and concluded that his presence had changed the future, turning him from a witness of history into part of it.

Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree whether reincarnation existed, hoping to learn if the woman from the Wen Clan in the Greater World was his deceased wife reborn. The Bodhi Ancient Tree had not yet answered, leaving Xiao Lin awaiting the truth.

• Xiao Lin asked whether people would remember him in the distant future, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree promised it would.
• Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to call him by his name, and it agreed.
• Xiao Lin tested whether the Bodhi Ancient Tree knew why he had come, but it admitted its glimpse of the future had revealed only that he would arrive and help it.
• Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree whether reincarnation existed, thinking of the woman from the Wen Clan who resembled his deceased wife.

Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree whether reincarnation existed and learned that his wife, Wen Lingyun, must have come from another world where reincarnation was possible. He resolved to find her and bring her back, no matter how far apart their worlds were.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Xiao Lin whether he believed in reincarnation, and he admitted that he did.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that reincarnation did not exist on the Dou Qi Continent but existed beyond it.
• Xiao Lin asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree how Wen Lingyun could have reincarnated, and it concluded that she had come from another world.
• Xiao Lin accepted the explanation and vowed to find Wen Lingyun and bring her back, even if he had to cross worlds.

Xiao Lin set aside his questions about reincarnation to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the evil thoughts afflicting it. Inside the tree, he watched the memory of a Dou Emperor battling the tree and learned how the emperor’s lingering negative emotions created the evil thoughts; the Bodhi Ancient Tree had found someone who might finally help it.

• Xiao Lin told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that he would address its problem first because its mental state was poor.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Xiao Lin in light and brought him into its internal space.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Lin a memory of a black-robed Dou Emperor attacking it when it stood more than ten thousand zhang tall.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree fought back and, with a devastating gale, destroyed the black-robed Dou Emperor.
• The Dou Emperor’s lingering black Qi entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and gradually gave rise to evil thoughts that it could not purge.

Xiao Lin learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree intended to use Bodhi Seeds and his Heavenly Flames to purge the Dou Emperor’s evil thoughts, but he proposed a different method that might also speed its recovery. After Xiao Lin invoked the saying “A thought makes a Buddha, a thought makes a devil,” the Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed to proceed with his plan, leaving Xiao Lin embarrassed by its admiration.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent Xiao Lin the memory of its plan to have him refine Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames and cleanse the Dou Emperor’s evil thoughts from its body.
• Xiao Lin asked whether there was another solution and felt disappointed when the Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that the Bodhi Seed method was the only one it had considered.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered Xiao Lin its remaining Bodhi Seeds, but Xiao Lin clarified that he wanted to find a better way to solve its problem.
• Xiao Lin proposed an alternative method that could purge the evil thoughts and help the Bodhi Ancient Tree recover more quickly, and the tree considered the risks and benefits.
• Xiao Lin quoted “A thought makes a Buddha, a thought makes a devil,” prompting the Bodhi Ancient Tree to grasp something and agree to his proposal while praising him as the Wise One.

Xiao Lin used his Astral Dou Qi to confront the Black-Robed Dou Di’s evil thoughts inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, clearing the black Qi from its inner space. With the thoughts suppressed, the Bodhi Ancient Tree could begin transforming its own evil thoughts into good ones.

• Xiao Lin and the Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed that he would suppress the Black-Robed Dou Di’s evil thoughts while the tree transformed its own evil thoughts into good ones.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree guided Xiao Lin into its inner space, where the green mist darkened into black Qi and the Dou Emperor’s hateful voices surrounded him.
• Xiao Lin’s Astral Dou Qi drove away the black Qi and blocked the negative voices from affecting his mind.
• Xiao Lin released more Astral Dou Qi, filling the space with starlight and completely wiping out the Dou Emperor’s evil thoughts.

Xiao Lin suppressed the Dou Emperor’s evil thought while the Bodhi Ancient Tree gradually transformed its malevolent thought into benevolent thought. When the transformation stalled at its final remnant, Xiao Lin recited a Bodhi Verse that helped the tree achieve complete enlightenment, leaving the Bodhi Ancient Tree purified.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s benevolent thought began transforming its malevolent thought as Xiao Lin drove back the Dou Emperor’s evil thought.
• The tree’s benevolent and malevolent thoughts repeatedly shifted in dominance until benevolent thought occupied more than ninety percent of the space.
• The transformation stopped when only a final sliver of malevolent thought remained, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree could not eliminate it.
• After suppressing the Dou Emperor’s evil thought, Xiao Lin involuntarily recited a Bodhi Verse that matched the tree’s predicament.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recited the verse, achieved enlightenment, and transformed its last malevolent thought into benevolent thought.
• The remaining trace of the Dou Emperor’s evil thought emerged as black smoke and dissipated, restoring the Bodhi Ancient Tree to its pure state.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly expanded to ten thousand zhang, shaking the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and surprising the cultivators gathered at the Ancient Domain Platform. Believing the change might bring greater rewards, the groups abandoned their rest and hurried toward the tree.

• After nearly half a month of travel, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace group and other powerful groups reached the Ancient Domain Platform to rest for the night.
• A distant emerald light spread through the darkness as the ground shook and the Bodhi Ancient Tree grew into a towering tree visible from the platform.
• Members of the ancient clans recognized the tree and realized its ten-thousand-zhang height exceeded the scale recorded in their clan histories.
• A cultivator suggested the tree's sudden growth might bring more Bodhi Seeds or other benefits, convincing the gathered groups to set out at once.
• Zuo He led the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace group toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the others followed him.

Xiao Lin helped the Bodhi Ancient Tree transform its evil thoughts and recover nearly to its peak, then revealed that he had obtained a wisp of Origin Qi. The Bodhi Ancient Tree realized that Xiao Lin wanted it to provide the vast energy needed for his breakthrough to the Dou Emperor Realm.

• A terrifying beast tide engulfed those who had left the Ancient Domain Platform, turning their journey toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree into a deadly path.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recovered to nearly its former peak after transforming its evil thoughts, and Xiao Lin asked how it felt.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree thanked Xiao Lin and promised to help him with a future favor.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree assessed Xiao Lin as an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul, and Xiao Lin revealed a glass-colored orb of Origin Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree deduced that Xiao Lin needed its vast energy of heaven and earth to complete his breakthrough to the Dou Emperor Realm, and Xiao Lin confirmed it was the final piece of his puzzle.

Xiao Lin secured the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s promise to provide the vast energy needed for his future attempt to become a Dou Emperor, and learned that it would prepare a way for him to find it later. The Bodhi Ancient Tree then offered him a cycle of reincarnation, leaving Xiao Lin unsure what it meant.

• Xiao Lin explained that he needed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s immense energy to attempt a breakthrough to the Dou Emperor Realm, and it agreed to help him.
• Xiao Lin asked how he could find the Bodhi Ancient Tree after it disappeared, and it said it would prepare a way for him to locate it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree observed that Xiao Lin seemed to have no remaining questions, and Xiao Lin boasted that nothing could stump him.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered to give Xiao Lin a cycle of reincarnation, and Xiao Lin asked what it meant.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered Xiao Lin a specially constructed, controllable reincarnation, and he accepted. He awoke as an infant in an ancient Dou Qi Continent world filled with powerful clans and numerous Dou Emperors, leaving him to wonder whether it was imagined or truly ancient.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that its reincarnation was false but could let people bring back insights and accumulated power, then offered Xiao Lin a controllable world shaped by his deepest wishes.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Xiao Lin in black-and-white reincarnation energy and sent him into a new life.
• Xiao Lin was born into a great clan in a world resembling the Dou Qi Continent but lacking its familiar factions and other continents.
• Xiao Lin learned that this era had around twenty or more Dou Emperors among humans and magical beast clans, including Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes and Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.
• After his clan’s coming-of-age ceremony at sixteen, Xiao Lin wondered whether the world was imagined or truly ancient and realized he would need to reach the continent’s peak or end the reincarnation to find answers.

Sixteen-year-old Xiao Lin, the Xiao Household’s foremost genius, accepted a challenge from the older Yu Xiong and defeated him with a single punch. After leaving his rivals stunned, Xiao Lin departed the Xiao Household to explore the reincarnation world and experience what he had missed in real life.

• A Xiao Household youth told Xiao Lin that Yu Xiong of the Yu Household had challenged him, and Xiao Lin agreed to meet him despite grumbling about the age gap.
• Xiao Lin arrived at the training ground, where Yu Xiong provoked him before the fight began.
• Xiao Lin shattered Yu Xiong’s Dou Technique with an ordinary punch and knocked him unconscious instantly.
• Xiao Household youths abandoned the idea of competing with Xiao Lin and turned their attention to vying for second place.
• Xiao Lin left the Xiao Household to venture into the world and experience everything he had missed in the reincarnation world.

After years of roaming the ancient Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Lin reached the peak of Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable and left home again to pursue greater strength. His training plans were interrupted when the Light Clan's holy maiden caught up with him and attacked with the Holy Sword of Light.

• Xiao Lin traveled across the ancient continent, encountering vanished races and indulging in adventures that included fighting the Darkness Clan, exploring Phantom Valley, and visiting an ocean kingdom.
• By his early thirties, Xiao Lin had reached Nine-Transformation Peak Dou Venerable, and the Xiao Household named him its future clan head.
• Eager to see whether he could reach Dou Emperor and bring something back from the reincarnation world, Xiao Lin left home again to train.
• The Light Clan's holy maiden appeared and chased Xiao Lin, still furious that he had flirted with her.
• When Xiao Lin fled and refused to stop, the holy maiden unleashed the Holy Sword of Light, sending a devastating wave of white light after him.

Xiao Lin spent more than a month fleeing Xi Guang, who pursued him with the Light Sword over the humiliation he had caused her. After escaping into the sea and taking refuge in the Ocean Kingdom, he cultivated in the Abyssal Sea Region and emerged a Dou Sheng a year later.

• Xi Guang chased Xiao Lin across the continent for more than a month, repeatedly breaking his attacks with the Light Sword.
• Cornered beside the sea, Xiao Lin taunted Xi Guang and plunged into the water, while she stopped short of entering Sea Clan territory and ordered her clanspeople to watch the shore.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Ocean Kingdom, where his friends mocked his repeated escapes and he announced he would cultivate in the Abyssal Sea Region.
• Xiao Lin spent a year cultivating under the region’s extreme water pressure and emerged as a Dou Sheng.

After breaking through to Dou Sheng, Xiao Lin prepared to leave the Ocean Kingdom, but an attack by the Extraterrestrial Evil Race devastated the sea and revealed that the ancient Dou Qi Continent was entering its decline. The Sea Emperor struck back against the invaders, while Xiao Lin watched the battle begin.

• Xiao Lin emerged from the Abyssal Sea Region as a Dou Sheng, celebrated with his Ocean Kingdom friends, and prepared to go ashore.
• A blood-red beam destroyed more than half of the Ocean Kingdom, narrowly missing Xiao Lin and killing countless marine creatures.
• The Sea Emperor appeared and condemned the attackers, and Xiao Lin recognized the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and the era he had wanted to investigate.
• The Extraterrestrial Evil Race descended through a blood-lit black hole, and its leader called the world promising.
• The Sea Emperor attacked the invaders with his trident, sending their Demon Emperor leader flying and burning several subordinates to ash.