Chapter Summaries

The Extraterrestrial Evil Race invaded the ancient Dou Qi Continent, but its Demon Emperor and forces were defeated by the Sea Clan and more than twenty Dou Emperors. Eighteen years later, a full-scale invasion began, bringing as many as twenty Demon Emperor-level experts.

• The Extraterrestrial Evil Race attacked the Sea Clan without warning, and Xiao Lin joined the battle, killing a Demon King despite suffering severe injuries.
• More than twenty Dou Emperors intervened and wiped out the invaders, including their Demon Emperor, who failed to escape after self-detonating.
• The Dou Qi Continent’s factions stayed on guard and temporarily set aside their grudges, allowing Xiao Lin to focus on improving his strength and avoid being hunted by Xi Guang.
• Eighteen years after the first invasion, the Extraterrestrial Evil Race returned with a full-scale attack led by as many as twenty Demon Emperor-level experts.

The Extraterrestrial Evil Race launched a massive second invasion of the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Lin fought through several Demon Kings before killing a Blade Demon Clan Demon King. The dying enemy revealed that Flame Demon Clan forces had attacked Xiao Lin's clan, and Xiao Lin returned to find his home and family gone.

• The Extraterrestrial Evil Race invaded the entire Dou Qi Continent with twenty-three Demon Emperor realm experts, and the continent’s fighters prepared to defend themselves.
• Xiao Lin, now a Seven-Star Dou Saint, killed a Demon King and then confronted a Blade Demon Clan Demon King who had come seeking revenge.
• After a three-day battle, Xiao Lin killed the Blade Demon Clan Demon King, but the enemy revealed that Flame Demon Clan forces had attacked Xiao Lin's clan while he was away.
• Xiao Lin raced back and found his clan’s grounds reduced to a burning ruin with no sign of life.

After his family's deaths, Xiao Lin turned his grief into a relentless campaign against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race as the century-long war devastated both sides. The invaders were reduced to twelve Demon Emperors trapped on an island, and the Dou Qi Continent launched another assault led by a voice declaring, “I am a Dou Emperor!”

• Xiao Lin mourned his family and hunted the Extraterrestrial Evil Race with such fury that he nearly died several times.
• The war lasted more than a hundred years, leaving the Extraterrestrial Evil Race with only twelve of its original twenty-three Demon Emperors and devastating the Dou Qi Continent as well.
• The surviving Demon Emperors gathered at their island headquarters and lamented their losses and the Dou Qi Continent's seemingly endless supply of new experts.
• The Dou Qi Continent's forces attacked the headquarters, and a commanding voice announced, “I am a Dou Emperor! The Evil Clan shall be destroyed!”

After a century of war, the Dou Qi Continent’s eighteen Dou Emperors launched a decisive battle against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race on an isolated island. They defeated the invaders at great cost, but just as Xiao Lin and the others believed the war was over, a Demon Emperor arrived and crushed one of them.

• The Dou Emperors confronted the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s twelve Demon Emperors and learned that a greater Demon Emperor had noticed the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Lin fought a Demon Emperor and, after killing him, joined the other battles as the fighting continued for a year.
• The Dou Emperors killed the last Demon Emperor, ending the second invasion, though six Dou Emperors died in the battle.
• A scarlet hand reached from the horizon and crushed a Dou Emperor as a Demon Emperor announced his arrival.

The Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor overwhelmed the Dou Emperors and began transforming the people of the Dou Qi Continent into members of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. A Heavenly Sovereign from the Greater World arrived to confront him, and Xiao Lin recognized her as the spitting image of his late wife, Wen Lingyun.

• The Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor appeared and revealed that he alone had led the third wave of invaders.
• The Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor unleashed a blood-red light that began turning the people and even the Dou Emperors into members of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• A silver beam pierced the Demon Emperor's blood-red sphere and helped the Dou Emperors expel the Demonic Qi from their bodies.
• A woman in battle armor carrying a silver spear broke through the Demonic Qi and challenged the Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Lin froze when he saw that the woman had the same face as his late wife, Wen Lingyun.

Xiao Lin watched his wife’s suspected previous incarnation defeat the Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor, then sacrifice herself to save the collapsing Dou Qi Continent. Before she vanished, he promised they would meet again after ten thousand lifetimes of reincarnation.

• Xiao Lin realized the woman fighting the Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor might be his deceased wife’s first incarnation and understood why the Bodhi Ancient Tree had created this reincarnation.
• The woman killed the Scarlet Blood Nether Demon Emperor, but his remaining blood struck the already weakened Dou Qi Continent and caused it to crumble.
• The woman chose to sacrifice herself to save the Dou Qi Continent, and its people bowed to her in gratitude.
• Xiao Lin called out to the woman and promised he would find her and bring her back after ten thousand lifetimes of reincarnation.
• The woman wondered who Xiao Lin was, said she looked forward to meeting him again, and dissolved into points of light.

After the war against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, Xiao Lin stayed on the Dou Qi Continent and spent millennia witnessing its recovery and later history. He died at roughly 16,000 years old after seeing the ancestors of the Ancient Eight Clans become Dou Emperors, and his vision went dark.

• The Dou Emperors gathered the shattered Dou Qi Continent into separate landmasses, purged Demonic Qi, and debated whether to ascend to the Greater World.
• Xiao Lin chose to remain on the Dou Qi Continent, expecting the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s reincarnation to end if he left, and spent the following years watching history unfold.
• Xiao Lin emerged to fight when teams from the Extraterrestrial Evil Race invaded, while the Dou Emperors repeatedly defeated the invaders.
• About 15,000 years after Xiao Lin became a Dou Emperor, the ancestors of the Ancient Eight Clans became Dou Emperors one after another.
• Xiao Lin died naturally after living approximately 16,000 years in the Reincarnation World, and his vision plunged into darkness.

Xiao Lin returned from the Reincarnation World with new cultivation insights and a wisp of Reincarnation Qi, which entered the black jade token he had exchanged with his late wife, Yun'er. Meanwhile, in the Greater World, Ling Yun awakened in her coffin after a presence beyond the Earthly Sovereign realm erupted at the Wen Clan.

• Xiao Lin awoke in the Bodhi Ancient Tree's space and retained some cultivation insights, loosening his bottleneck at Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint and finding a way to advance the Nine Heavens Star Record.
• Xiao Lin discovered that he had brought back a wisp of Reincarnation Qi, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree suggested it might be connected to someone he met in the Reincarnation World.
• The Reincarnation Qi entered the black jade token Xiao Lin had exchanged with Yun'er, and he hung the jade against his chest and vowed to find and bring her back.
• A presence beyond the Earthly Sovereign realm erupted at the Wen Clan, drawing its leaders to a coffin containing Ling Yun.
• After the change lasted about half a month, Ling Yun opened her eyes on the sixteenth day and told the clan leaders, "I had a dream..."

Xiao Lin watched as Zuo He recklessly led the exhausted Myriad Formation Spirit Palace group through the final beast tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. When a powerful beast nearly killed Zuo He, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan intervened, exposing its connection to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin observed that Zuo He and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace group were injured and exhausted, and chose not to intervene.
• Zuo He ignored Baili Qing and another member’s warnings and charged into the final beast tide, insisting he could lead everyone through.
• Zuo He fought his way halfway through the tide, but a Nine-Transformation Dou Venerable Hundred-Footed Heavenly Dragon ambushed him as his strength waned.
• A member of the group warned Zuo He, who could only raise a hurried defense as the beast tide also surrounded the others.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan appeared and used Demon Phoenix Sacred Manifestation to pin the Hundred-Footed Heavenly Dragon, saving Zuo He and exposing its relationship with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Jiufeng and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan rescued Zuo He’s group, revealing their alliance with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace as Hun Yu continued toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Inside the tree, Xiao Lin sensed another presence, while Xiao Yan’s group reached its shade and spotted a little novice monk.

• Jiufeng led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to save Zuo He and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, exposing their alliance to Hun Yu.
• Jiufeng explained that Palace Master Lin Xiao had ordered him to help, and Zuo He regretted that the alliance had been revealed.
• Hun Yu glared at Jiufeng and led the Hun Clan onward toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Lin watched the rescue from inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then sensed someone approaching and saw another person appear.
• Groups of cultivators reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and began cautiously approaching it, aware that the tree would set further trials.
• Xiao Yan’s group arrived beneath the tree, where Xiao Yan recognized the figure ahead as a little novice monk.

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.