Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun reunited with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian and took them along the Flame Great Dao to an unknown place. Medusa Queen arrived at the Imperial Capital and followed the same path, troubled by a question she repeated aloud.

• A mysterious figure crossed the Flame Great Dao toward the Imperial Capital, then vanished before the gathered experts could locate him.
• Lin Qingyun reunited with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian, promised to take them with him, and led them onto the Flame Great Dao.
• Lin Qingyun sensed Xiao Yi Xian's poison was nearing its limit and reassured her as they entered the sky's crack.
• Medusa Queen appeared above the Imperial Capital, where Yun Shan recognized her as a Dou Zun, and she stepped into the crack onto the Flame Great Dao.

Lin Qingyun brought Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden inheritance site where the Purple Nether Poison Flame revealed a Dou Di inheritance suited to her Calamity Poison Body. The inheritance vortex enveloped Xiao Yi Xian and isolated Lin Qingyun, though she reassured him that she was fine.

• Lin Qingyun introduced the Purple Nether Poison Flame to Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian inside the mysterious space.
• Lin Qingyun explained that the stone statue held the inheritance of an expert who had mastered the Calamity Poison Body, and Xiao Yi Xian firmly chose to try for it.
• The Purple Nether Poison Flame led Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian up to the statue and explained that the inheritance would be painful but not life-threatening.
• The Purple Nether Poison Flame opened the statue with a pillar of purple light, and a white vortex formed.
• The vortex's light enveloped Xiao Yi Xian and pinned Lin Qingyun outside its power, while Xiao Yi Xian told him she was fine.

Xiao Yi Xian entered the vortex to seek a solution to her Calamity Poison Body, protected by Lin Qingyun’s mysterious spear, while Purple Nether Poison Flame followed her and left Lin Qingyun the Heaven Poison Sect’s Sect Leader’s Order. In a distant world, the Heaven Poison God’s Stone Statue announced that the sect had a successor, as the ancient figures guarding a sealed fiend remained hopeful it could be slain within three lifetimes.

• Xiao Yi Xian sensed a change in her body and saw a figure resembling her inside the vortex.
• Lin Qingyun sent his black spear to protect Xiao Yi Xian, and she entered the vortex.
• Purple Nether Poison Flame followed Xiao Yi Xian into the vortex, then burned away and left Lin Qingyun the Heaven Poison Sect’s Sect Leader’s Order.
• Lin Qingyun used his soul command on the jade token and descended the spatial steps to explore the heavenly palace’s treasures.
• In a distant world, the twenty-three Stone Statues suppressed a black Stone Statue, and the Heaven Poison God’s statue declared that the Heaven Poison Sect had a successor.
• The ancient figures guarding the fiend said they hoped it could be slain within three lifetimes.

Lin Qingyun used the Heavenly Pool, a powerful Heaven Poison Sect training ground, to begin baptizing Ya Fei and Yun Yun. As their cultivation rose inside protective Merit Golden Lotuses, he realized he would have to bring the rest of his companions into the treasure land as well.

• Lin Qingyun reassured Ya Fei and Yun Yun about Xiao Yi Xian, then used the token to reveal the Heavenly Pool among the worlds held within the Heavenly Palace.
• An energy storm from the Heavenly Pool boosted Ya Fei and Yun Yun’s cultivation and pushed Lin Qingyun to Nine Star Dou Huang, while mysterious energy further transformed his foundation.
• Lin Qingyun gave Ya Fei and Yun Yun Merit Golden Lotuses to protect them from the deadly seawater and brought them into the Heavenly Pool.
• The token summoned a vast Heavenly River, and Lin Qingyun sent two streams of its radiance down to baptize Ya Fei and Yun Yun.
• As the women’s auras rose and Ya Fei began to be remade, Lin Qingyun saw a dozen companions outside and prepared to bring them into the Heavenly Pool too.

Lin Qingyun reunited with Zi Yan, Qinglin, Murong Yanlan, and the others after rescuing them from the ancient giant. He praised their growth and resolved to strengthen the Evergreen Gate, then brought them into a world of abundant spiritual energy so they could improve their cultivation.

• Murong Yanlan woke atop a golden lotus and found the others alive after Lin Qingyun rescued them from the ancient giant.
• Zi Yan clung to Lin Qingyun and tearfully asked him to avenge her, then Qinglin reunited with her young master and confessed her longing through tears.
• Lin Qingyun greeted Murong Yanlan and the others from Jia Nan Academy, recognizing how much they had grown during their journey.
• Lin Qingyun resolved to take greater responsibility for the Evergreen Gate and strengthen it before leaving the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Qingyun gave everyone Merit Golden Lotuses and carried them through a crack into a world overflowing with spiritual energy.

Lin Qingyun found Medusa Queen hiding in the hall and urged her to cultivate in the Heavenly Pool for the sake of her and her unborn child. After giving her two pills to strengthen the child’s foundation, he left her to follow him and raise her strength.

• Lin Qingyun saw Xiao Yi Xian safe within the Stone Statue and called Medusa Queen out of hiding.
• Lin Qingyun tore open the space around Medusa Queen, and the two exchanged teasing remarks about how close he could stand to her without dying.
• Lin Qingyun urged Medusa Queen to cultivate in the Heavenly Pool, explaining that its energy could remake her body and benefit her child.
• Lin Qingyun gave Medusa Queen a sixth-tier Tianxuan Jade Marrow Pill and an eighth-tier Heavenly Soul Meridian Pill to help build the child’s foundation.
• Lin Qingyun criticized Medusa Queen for avoiding her responsibilities to Xiao Qi, then released her hand and walked ahead as she accepted the pills and followed.

Powerful cultivators broke through the barrier around the bronze palace to search for their dead disciples and kin. Murong Bo stayed hidden with the Cangyun Empire’s experts, but a blood shadow emerged from the palace, and he realized the Northwest Region was about to descend into chaos.

• The Red Eyebrow Old Man urged the gathered cultivators to break the formation after his grandson’s jade tablet went dim, while Murong Fu concealed that his granddaughter was still alive.
• A burly man and the other cultivators attacked the barrier, and Winter Elder arrived and weakened it with his ice powers.
• The cultivators opened a crack in the barrier and rushed into the bronze palace, while Murong Bo and the Cangyun Empire’s experts hid in the void.
• After the others disappeared, a blood shadow surged from the bronze doors and a bloodied figure fled before being engulfed by dark light.
• Murong Bo emerged from the void and warned that the Northwest Region was going to fall into chaos.

After nearly three hundred days of cultivation in the Heavenly Pool, Lin Qingyun emerged with a vastly strengthened body and advanced to Peak Nine Revolutions Dou Zun. He left the pool while still suppressing the power that could carry him further.

• Sky Eagle Saint waited at the crack for the person who had entered, while the crack's energy erased his ailments and raised him to Advanced Half-Saint.
• After nearly three hundred days beneath the Heavenly Pool, Lin Qingyun opened his eyes and rose to the surface amid a violent storm.
• Lin Qingyun tested his newly strengthened body and shattered space with his palm and a casual punch.
• Lin Qingyun stepped through successive breakthroughs until he reached Peak Nine Revolutions Dou Zun, then stopped to keep his Dou Qi stable.
• Lin Qingyun noted that his Soul Power remained at Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm and left the Heavenly Pool in a green robe.

Lin Qingyun emerged from the Heavenly Pool, revealing a strength that shocked Sky Eagle Saint and reassuring the people who had waited for him. He then sensed Xiao Yi Xian coming out of seclusion, and she appeared through a vortex with an overwhelming aura.

• Lin Qingyun emerged from the crack, and Sky Eagle Saint was shaken by his immense pressure and strength.
• Ya Fei embraced Lin Qingyun in relief, and he greeted his companions and teased Lu Mu.
• Lin Qingyun noticed Medusa Queen's pregnancy, and she vanished after telling him to explain himself later.
• Lin Qingyun sensed Xiao Yi Xian awakening within the Ten Thousand Zhang Stone Statue and reassured Ya Fei that she was about to emerge.
• A vortex opened before the Stone Statue, and Xiao Yi Xian appeared in white with an aura that briefly overwhelmed everyone.

Xiao Yi Xian returned with the Heaven Poison Sect’s inheritance and reunited with Lin Qingyun, who then proposed establishing a foundation for the Evergreen Gate at the sect grounds. The group began planning specialized branch halls, leaving Lu Mu charged with pursuing higher alchemy ranks for the chance to lead Pill Hall and receive a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned from the inheritance space, embraced Lin Qingyun, and revealed that she had resolved her Calamity Poison Body and gained Emperor Realm Soul and Dou Saint strength.
• Murong Yanlan left through a Space Channel, and Lin Qingyun promised Qinglin that she could accompany him to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion after a few hours.
• Lin Qingyun proposed establishing the Evergreen Gate at the Heaven Poison Sect grounds and explained the sect’s islands, formations, and sect master’s token.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to establish Heaven Poison Hall, while Ya Fei decided to create Commerce Hall and Yun Yun declined to lead a branch.
• Lin Qingyun challenged Lu Mu to reach the seventh or eighth alchemy tier within two years, promising him a Heavenly Flame and the position of Pill Hall master if he succeeded.

Lin Qingyun received the first stage of the Sect Campaign, which required Evergreen Gate to recruit ten thousand disciples, including one hundred Heavenly Prodigies, within a year. He then helped Sky Eagle Saint’s wife by offering Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to protect her fading vitality, leaving her chance of awakening uncertain.

• The system activated the nine-stage Sect Campaign and set a one-year goal of recruiting ten thousand disciples, including one hundred Heavenly Prodigies.
• Lin Qingyun saw that Evergreen Gate had nine disciples and no Heavenly Prodigies, then turned his attention to a promise he had made Sky Eagle Saint.
• Lin Qingyun asked Xiao Yi Xian to treat Sky Eagle Saint’s wife, whose soul and vitality had nearly faded after a century in a Stone Coffin.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the poison could be removed, but awakening Sky Eagle Saint’s wife would require a life-essence treasure and still carried only a fifty percent chance.
• Lin Qingyun offered Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to preserve Sky Eagle Saint’s wife’s vitality, and Sky Eagle Saint asked what Lin Qingyun wanted in return.

Sky Eagle Saint agreed to join the Evergreen Gate after Lin Qingyun offered to help save his wife. Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian began treating the woman in the Stone Coffin, while a Bodhi Seed took root in the Heavenly Pool.

• Lin Qingyun persuaded Sky Eagle Saint to leave the Grave Mansion and join the Evergreen Gate by offering help for his wife.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her Calamity Poison Body to draw poison from the woman in the Stone Coffin, leaving the poison exposed as black liquid.
• Lin Qingyun used the Chaotic Fire to restore some vitality to the woman, whose body and True Spirit were close to failing.
• Lin Qingyun refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and extracted a Bodhi Seed.
• Lin Qingyun swallowed the Bodhi Seed, which emerged in the Heavenly Pool and sprouted into a tiny seedling.

Lin Qingyun used Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, soul-healing herbs, and the Merit Golden Lotus to revive Sky Eagle Saint’s wife, then prepared to leave the Heavenly Palace with Qinglin. He encountered Medusa Queen in a Space Channel, sealed her power to protect her unborn child, and brought her along under the name Xi Yue; they arrived at the Heavenly Serpent Mountain Range, near Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

• Lin Qingyun restored vitality to Sky Eagle Saint’s wife and used healing herbs and the Merit Golden Lotus to awaken a response from her True Spirit.
• Sky Eagle Saint revealed that his real name was Yang Jiu, while Ya Fei arranged for him to move his wife because the area would soon be sealed off.
• Lin Qingyun said goodbye to Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun, then entered a Space Channel with Qinglin.
• Lin Qingyun met Medusa Queen, sealed her Dou Qi to keep her from disturbing the fetus, and led her along despite her protests.
• Lin Qingyun suggested Medusa Queen use the name Xi Yue, and Qinglin accompanied them as they arrived at the Heavenly Serpent Mountain Range near Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Lin Qingyun, Medusa Queen, and Qinglin entered the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s hidden Independent Space and found the sect on alert. Qinglin reunited with Mulan, who revealed that the Northwest Region had fallen into chaos, prompting Lin Qingyun to ask for details.

• Qinglin used her jade talisman to open the concealed Independent Space, and Lin Qingyun and Medusa Queen followed her inside.
• The party heard the ancient bronze bell, and Qinglin grew tense because it had not rung for centuries.
• Lin Qingyun, Medusa Queen, and Qinglin crossed the mansion’s grounds and saw powerful figures gathering as sect members respectfully greeted Qinglin as Holy Maiden.
• Qinglin reunited with Mulan, the Mansion Master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, who teased her about being away for nearly a year.
• Mulan told Qinglin and Lin Qingyun that the Northwest Region had fallen into chaos and that the Grand Elders were handling the situation.
• Lin Qingyun asked Mulan to explain what had happened, seeing the regional turmoil as an opportunity for the Evergreen Gate.

Lin Qingyun and Medusa Queen visited the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, where Mulan explained how the Northwest Region’s turmoil began after a deadly incident in the treasury and the Reincarnation Sect was blamed. The crisis had now turned toward the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Cangyun Empire after Qinglin and Princess Cangyue were revealed to be alive.

• Mulan welcomed Lin Qingyun, Medusa Queen, and Qinglin to her mountain retreat and offered them Spirit Infused Hundred Flower Fruit Tea.
• Mulan questioned how Qinglin had returned and advanced; Lin Qingyun claimed he had found and rescued Qinglin in a secret realm, and Mulan suspected he had reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Mulan explained that a terrifying power killed many experts in the treasury, after which rumors blamed the Reincarnation Sect and led factions to destroy it.
• Mulan said the Reincarnation Sect’s master allied with the Hall of Souls and attacked other factions, drawing the Heavenly Serpent Mansion into the conflict.
• Mulan revealed that news of Qinglin and Princess Cangyue’s survival had spread, and Cangyue’s return that morning had made nearly every faction target the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Cangyun Empire.

Lin Qingyun agreed to help Mulan if a powerful enemy attacked and settled with Medusa Queen in a secluded valley. From there, he used his Soul Power to locate Mu Yuan, Luo Kun, and Wang Gang in the Northwest Region and touched the three seeds he had planted in them.

• Mulan worried that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion could not withstand the Northwest Region's forces while the Hall of Souls waited to strike.
• Qinglin tugged at Lin Qingyun's clothes, and Mulan realized he had decided to help her.
• Mulan removed her veil to thank Lin Qingyun, while Qinglin teased her about only unveiling herself for a man she liked.
• Medusa Queen said she was tired, and Lin Qingyun told Mulan to keep their reason for coming secret and arrange a quiet place.
• Qinglin led Lin Qingyun and Medusa Queen to a secluded valley, where Medusa Queen rested and Lin Qingyun entered a stone cave to cultivate.
• Lin Qingyun sensed that Mu Yuan, Luo Kun, and Wang Gang were all in the Northwest Region and sent his intent to the seeds planted in them.

Luo Kun cultivated within the Hall of Souls while concealing his connection to a mysterious Master. Summoned to meet a Saint from the main hall, he entered a grand hall and sensed the frightening presence of a Half-Saint.

• Luo Kun absorbed power among the bound Soul Bodies and sensed that he was nearing the boundary of a Dou Zun.
• Luo Kun heard his Master warn him not to move as the Master's power descended, and he briefly revealed a golden path in one eye.
• A purple-robed Venerable Elder questioned Luo Kun about the powerful fluctuation, and Luo Kun claimed he had tried to break through the spiritual realm barrier.
• The Venerable Elder told Luo Kun that the Heavenly Venerable had summoned everyone and that a Saint from the main hall would attend.
• Luo Kun inwardly affirmed his loyalty to his Master, then entered the grand hall and sensed that its terrifying presence belonged to a Half-Saint.

Luo Kun faced the Soul Hall’s suspicious elders as Saint Withered Wood arrived and began issuing orders. Elsewhere, Lin Qingyun learned the Soul Hall’s plan to target the Cangyun Empire and prepared to forge new bodies for his allies.

• Luo Kun entered the Soul Hall’s Northwest Region branch hall, where three Heavenly Venerables and ten Venerable Elders questioned his rapid cultivation and the method he had provided.
• Saint Withered Wood descended in person, absorbed his projection, and ordered Luo Kun to take a seat among the assembled Soul Hall members.
• Lin Qingyun reviewed intelligence that the Soul Hall would use a feint at the Heavenly Serpent Mansion while sending most of its forces toward the Cangyun Empire three days later.
• Lin Qingyun gathered medicinal herbs and began preparing to refine the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill for new bodies for Heavenly Flame Venerable One, Luo Kun, and the others.

Medusa Queen reflected on her conflicted feelings for Lin Qingyun and the circumstances that had made her pregnant, while Qinglin tried to comfort her. Mulan arrived with urgent news that their allied factions had defected and several Half-Saints were bringing most of their forces against them.

• Qinglin questioned Medusa Queen about protecting Lin Qingyun’s pill refining and pointed out her conflicting feelings for him.
• Medusa Queen explained the Snake-People Race’s expectations of its queen and recalled how golden blood and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python had led to her pregnancy.
• Qinglin suggested that fate might have arranged events, but Medusa Queen remained unwilling to accept her connection to Lin Qingyun.
• Mulan arrived seeking Lin Qingyun, and Medusa Queen stopped her from interrupting his pill refining.
• Mulan told Medusa Queen and Qinglin that their allied factions had defected and several Half-Saints were bringing more than half their forces.

Mulan warned Medusa Queen that enemy forces were approaching while Lin Qingyun remained occupied refining a high-grade Rank 8 pill. At the ancient imperial city, six Half-Saints and their forces broke through the defenders’ formation, leaving Murong Bo and the Cangyun Empire preparing to fight.

• Mulan told Medusa Queen about the approaching threat and waited for Lin Qingyun to finish refining his pill.
• Murong Bo and the imperial city defenders sensed powerful enemies arriving and activated their great formation.
• Six Half-Saints arrived aboard Warships, while Murong Bo’s attempts to summon Heavenly Serpent Mansion failed because space had been sealed.
• The six Half-Saints attacked the formation, injuring many defenders and forcing Murong Bo to order the younger generation evacuated.
• The formation collapsed, and the invading forces advanced to flatten Cangyun as the defenders charged into battle.