Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun persuaded Xi Yue not to join the battle after they realized the Hall of Souls was using the war to collect souls. They traveled to Green Mountain Town, where Xi Yue enjoyed candied fruit and a poor boy unexpectedly found a gold coin.

• Lin Qingyun restrained Xi Yue, then persuaded her that the uneasy alliance between the Snake-People Race and the Jia Ma Empire could offer a chance for peaceful coexistence.
• After Xi Yue agreed to hold back, she and Lin Qingyun noticed the Chuyun Empire’s fighters were acting strangely and discovered the Hall of Souls was harvesting souls amid the war.
• Lin Qingyun told Xi Yue the enemy forces were still useful and took her with him toward the Xiao Family.
• Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue arrived in Green Mountain Town, where Xi Yue admired the town and reluctantly accepted a candied skewer from him.
• A poor boy selling candied skewers found a gold coin left at his stall and celebrated the unexpected windfall.

Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue found the Xiao Family hiding in a secluded valley in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. He reunited with Xiao Nan and saw that the family had grown stronger, though its members still worried about the missing clan chief and Xiao Yan.

• Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue tracked the Xiao Family to its hidden refuge but Lin Qingyun chose not to interfere with the family's tribulation.
• Two White Apes attacked them, and Xi Yue nearly struck back before Lin Qingyun stopped her and identified the apes as the Xiao Family's guardians.
• Xiao Nan and a group of young Xiao Family fighters surrounded Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue, then recognized Lin Qingyun and welcomed him back.
• Xiao Nan told Lin Qingyun that the Xiao Family was surviving by trading rare ore with the Mittel Family, but its clan chief and Xiao Yan remained missing.
• Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue entered the thriving valley, where the Xiao Family cultivated crops and herbs, trained with monster beasts, and mined ore.
• Word spread through the valley that Young Master Qingyun had returned.

Lin Qingyun returned to the Xiao Family’s secluded valley, reunited with its elders and the Fourth Elder, and gave Xiao Nan pills to heal him and strengthen the clan. As Lin Qingyun and the Fourth Elder headed home, they found a crowd gathered around a tall, beautiful woman confronting someone, and Lin Qingyun recognized her.

• Lin Qingyun greeted the Xiao Family members who welcomed him and gave Xiao Nan a blue bottle of healing pills and a white bottle that could raise a person’s cultivation by one realm.
• Lin Qingyun entered the pavilion and talked with the elders about his life at Jia Nan Academy, while they avoided discussing Xiao Zhan’s disappearance.
• The Fourth Elder rushed in, welcomed Lin Qingyun home, and joked about meeting his daughter-in-law.
• Lin Qingyun and the Fourth Elder set off for home, but stopped when they saw a crowd surrounding a tall, beautiful woman confronting someone.
• The Fourth Elder dispersed the onlookers, and Lin Qingyun recognized the woman.

Xi Yue tried to arrange a meeting with Yao Ye to discuss the Snake-People Race’s relocation, and Yao Yue agreed to pass on her request after Xi Yue proved her power and invoked Lin Qingyun’s trust. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire and sensed a Soul Hall Protector amid the battle ahead.

• Yao Yue served Xi Yue a massage while Lin Qingyun and Fourth Elder left the room.
• Xi Yue asked Yao Yue to arrange a meeting with her elder sister, Yao Ye, about the Snake-People Race settling in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xi Yue demonstrated power over the sky and said Lin Qingyun trusted her, convincing Yao Yue to relay her request despite the ongoing war.
• Xi Yue invited Yao Yue to a place where she could grow stronger and study with powerful alchemists.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire with ten Monster Beasts and sensed a Soul Hall Protector on the distant battlefield.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Li diverted toward the Jia Ma Empire’s great pass while Lin Qingyun gathered his students and sent them through a Space Channel to fight there. Lin Qingyun reduced their cultivation to one-star Dou Emperor and tasked them with defeating the three empires’ forces and killing a Dou Zong expert.

• Xiao Yan restrained his anger at the Soul Hall Protectors and directed Xiao Li to steer their Tiger Eagle Beasts around the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Family might have left Wutan City, then headed with Xiao Li toward the Jia Ma Empire’s great pass.
• Lin Qingyun opened a Space Channel, and Zi Yan and the others reunited with him in the courtyard.
• Lin Qingyun lowered Wu Hao, Murong Yanlan, and the others to one-star Dou Emperor and ordered them to join the Jia Ma Empire’s forces and kill a Dou Zong expert.
• Wu Hao led the group into the Space Channel, followed by Murong Yanlan and the others, while Lin Qingyun and another figure prepared to watch over them.

The Jia Ma Empire faced a massive assault at Black Mountain Fortress as experts from three empires challenged its defenders. With the battle underway and the defenders fighting powerful opponents, several figures emerged from a black passage above the battlefield.

• Jia Xingtian received word that Xie Biyan had appeared, and the defenders assigned opponents among their experts and the Snake-People Race.
• The armies of the three empires advanced on Black Mountain Fortress, while the Jia Ma Empire mobilized its Dou Wang experts to defend the walls.
• Yan Luotian challenged Yun Shan, but Jia Xingtian intercepted his attack and began fighting him.
• Hai Bodong and Fa Ma confronted the Three Elders of Murong as the armies and experts clashed across the battlefield.
• A black passage opened above the battlefield, and several figures walked out and looked down at the fighting.

Five young experts arrived to aid the Jia Ma Empire, quickly turning the battle against the invading forces. Wu Hao saved Jia Xingtian from Yan Luotian and left him with a Grade 7 healing pill as the newcomers confronted the enemy.

• Wu Hao, Murong Yanlan, Lu Mu, Zi Yi, and Hong Yi chose their opponents, and Zi Yi and Hong Yi swiftly killed several Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs.
• One of the newcomers froze the void to stop a dozen attackers, revealing the newcomers’ Dou Zong-level power.
• Yan Luotian cornered the wounded Jia Xingtian with a lethal golden sword-feather, but Wu Hao arrived and destroyed it.
• Wu Hao identified himself as a messenger from his master, gave Jia Xingtian a jade bottle, and forced an attacker out of hiding with a sword strike.
• Jia Xingtian swallowed the Grade 7 pill and recovered, while Yun Shan watched the five newcomers and wondered who they were.

Wu Hao and Murong Yanlan joined the battle against Yan Luotian and the Three Elders of Murong, with Xiao Yan arriving to help defeat them. After the survivors retreated, Wu Hao and Xiao Yan headed to the fortress together, while Lin Qingyun and Zi Yan watched from afar and departed.

• Wu Hao fought Yan Luotian, whose attacks could not overcome Wu Hao’s speed and armor, and Yan Luotian called for his forces to retreat.
• Wu Hao moved to help Murong Yanlan battle the Three Elders of Murong, and Xiao Yan arrived and joined the fight.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the elders’ Three Beasts Savage Art concentrated their power in one of them, leaving the other two vulnerable; Wu Hao and Murong Yanlan killed those two.
• Murong Yanlan killed the remaining lion-headed elder before he could attack, and Xiao Yan asked Wu Hao about her and Master’s whereabouts.
• Wu Hao and Xiao Yan agreed to return to the fortress with the others, while Lin Qingyun and Zi Yan watched the battle and then left.

After helping repel the allied army, Lin Qingyun returned home and naturally advanced to the Dou Saint level. Xi Yue asked him to accompany her to the Snake-People Race the next morning to explain her pregnancy to its elders, leaving him anxious about their reaction.

• The Jia Ma Empire's defenders celebrated as the allied army retreated, and Hai Bodong and the others prepared to welcome Xiao Yan and the young fighters who had helped force the enemy back.
• News of the victory spread through the empire, where Xiao Yan and the others became celebrated heroes; Lin Qingyun and Zi Yan heard the stories before returning to the valley.
• Lin Qingyun reunited with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Xi Yue, then listened as Fourth Elder urged him to care for his family and spend time with his wives.
• As Lin Qingyun reflected on Fourth Elder's advice, his aura linked with the world and he advanced to the Dou Saint level without obstruction.
• Xi Yue asked Lin Qingyun to travel with her to the Snake-People Race the next morning and explain her pregnancy to the elders, warning that they were former Medusa Queens.

Lin Qingyun accompanied Xi Yue to Snake-People City to meet the four elders, who questioned him about the powerful bloodline in Xi Yue’s unborn child. After he admitted the bloodline came from him, the First Elder revealed that the elders intended to settle Xi Yue’s lifelong matter.

• Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue traveled through the desert to Snake-People City, where the war had left the city quieter and less guarded.
• Hua She'er attacked Lin Qingyun at the palace entrance, but he deflected her energy serpent and passed her after explaining he had come with Xi Yue.
• Xi Yue led Lin Qingyun through a hidden passage beneath a stone mountain to a cave where the four elders waited.
• The four elders tested Lin Qingyun with their combined aura, but he dispelled it and greeted them politely.
• The First Elder explained that the elders had detected a pure yang bloodline in Xi Yue’s fetus, and Lin Qingyun admitted it came from him.
• The elders called Lin Qingyun the child’s biological father, then the First Elder said they meant to settle Xi Yue’s lifelong matter.

The First Elder urged Xi Yue and Lin Qingyun to accept an engagement, while revealing plans to make Xi Yue the clan’s next Medusa Queen and fifth elder. They refused and parted on tense terms, and Lin Qingyun left to vent his irritation as the chapter shifted to Xie Biyan meeting Iron Protector.

• The First Elder told Xi Yue and Lin Qingyun that the elders had chosen Xi Yue to become the next Medusa Queen and fifth elder, citing her strength, talent, and unborn child.
• The First Elder urged Xi Yue and Lin Qingyun to become engaged, but both rejected the idea; she also alluded privately to Lin Qingyun’s bloodline needing to break through first.
• Xi Yue left with Lin Qingyun and said she would return to Evergreen Gate after handling clan matters, while Lin Qingyun considered explaining himself and apologizing.
• Lin Qingyun watched Xi Yue leave, grew irritated, and disappeared amid the astonished gazes of those nearby.
• In a military tent, Xie Biyan opened his eyes as Iron Protector appeared from black smoke and remarked that Xie Biyan had finally reached Five-Star Dou Zong.

Xie Biyan agreed to end the war against the Jia Ma Empire and search for the Xiao Family under Iron Protector’s orders, while preparing to confront Yun Shan. As the armies advanced toward the pass, a young green-clad man trapped Iron Protector in a Space Prison and revealed himself to be a Dou Zun.

• Iron Protector ordered Xie Biyan to end the war and capture anyone from the Xiao Family without killing or humiliating them, warning him that the order came from the highest hall master.
• Xie Biyan agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall and resolved to end the war, lamenting the loss of the Three Elders of Murong and anticipating a fight with Yun Shan.
• Xie Biyan released his aura over the military camp, and Yan Luotian and the other commanders rose to meet him.
• Xie Biyan declared the war was over and the army advanced toward the pass as Iron Protector watched from above the battlefield.
• A young man in green confronted Iron Protector, sealed the surrounding space with a Space Prison, and was identified as a Dou Zun.

Xie Biyan led the enemy assault on the fortress, forcing Yun Shan and Xiao Yan to face the powerful Five-Star Dou Zong. Xiao Yan borrowed his teacher’s strength and revealed an aura that stunned the attackers, while the battle continued in the sky.

• Xie Biyan arrived before the fortress and his overwhelming Five-Star Dou Zong aura frightened its defenders.
• Wu Hao, Xiao Yan, and Yun Shan agreed that Yun Shan and Xiao Yan would hold off Xie Biyan while Wu Hao fought Yan Luotian.
• Yun Shan confronted Xie Biyan, and Xiao Yan rose to fight despite Xiao Li’s warning.
• Xie Biyan fired purple light at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan burned it away with a pale-yellow flame and borrowed his teacher’s strength.
• Xiao Yan’s aura surged to the level of a Five-Star Dou Zong, and Jia Xingtian led the fortress forces into battle.
• Xie Biyan reappeared unharmed and reacted with shock to Xiao Yan’s strength.

Xiao Yan used borrowed power to fight Xie Biyan while Yun Shan and Wu Hao turned the tide against the Three Empires Alliance Army, forcing Yan Luotian to flee. Lin Qingyun kept Iron Protector trapped in a crystal sphere, sent him after the retreating Golden Goose Sect members, and captured him again after he tried to escape.

• Xiao Yan rose into the air with overwhelming power, rejected Yun Shan's offer of help, and attacked Xie Biyan alone.
• Yun Shan joined the battle below, and Wu Hao pressured Yan Luotian until the Golden Goose Sect leader escaped with several others and ordered his disciples to withdraw.
• Lin Qingyun questioned the captive Iron Protector, then sent him through a mirror to pursue the fleeing Golden Goose Sect members.
• Iron Protector emerged in a forest cave and tried to flee, but Lin Qingyun's invisible barrier stopped him and Lin Qingyun trapped him again in the crystal ball.
• Lin Qingyun tossed the crystal ball away and wondered who would be the next to obtain Iron Protector.

After Xiao Yan asked Lin Qingyun for a way to grow stronger and rescue his family, Lin Qingyun urged him to leave Jia Ma Empire and brought him to Evergreen Gate. Lin Qingyun began helping Xiao Yan break through, then received a system reward for completing the sect’s first stage.

• Xiao Yan visited Lin Qingyun and revealed that Soul Hall had captured his father and eldest brother, asking to become stronger quickly.
• Lin Qingyun warned Xiao Yan about Soul Hall’s strength and advised him to leave, travel to the Black-Corner Region and Central Plains, and avoid going alone.
• Lin Qingyun opened a Space Channel and brought Xiao Yan to Evergreen Gate, where Xiao Yan met Heavenly Flame Venerable One and four others.
• Lin Qingyun began helping Xiao Yan break through, stabilizing his mind and placing a crystal containing vast power into his Dantian.
• The system announced that Lin Qingyun had completed the first stage of the Side Quest and rewarded him with Eight Directions Heavenly Pavilion.

Lin Qingyun brought forth the Eight Directions Heavenly Pavilion, whose arrival transformed the world and its energy. Recognized by the Pavilion, he entered its starry interior, where it declined to collect his Great Dao abilities and told him to return for three stored items when his cultivation was sufficient.

• Lin Qingyun summoned the Eight Directions Heavenly Pavilion, and its eight palaces descended over the Evergreen Gate despite the Sect Protecting Grand Formation.
• Lin Qingyun calmed the frightened disciples and told Heavenly Flame Venerable One that the Pavilion was a foundation of the Evergreen Gate.
• The Pavilion formed a great formation that expanded the world and improved the quality of its Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Lin Qingyun entered the Pavilion’s starry interior and saw countless ancient treasures, including divine abilities and a sword that could turn its qi into a star river.
• The Pavilion asked to collect Lin Qingyun’s Great Dao divine abilities, but withdrew the request after he warned it about their karma.
• The Pavilion offered Lin Qingyun three stored items but barred him from taking them until it judged his cultivation sufficient.

Lin Qingyun prepared Xiao Yan and his disciples for their next stages of growth, sending Xiao Yan back to the Black-Corner Region and dispatching his students to train in the Central Plains. The chapter ended with Lin Qingyun setting a two-year challenge for Lu Mu involving the Pill Tower gathering and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• The system opened a second-phase sect quest requiring Lin Qingyun to raise every disciple's strength within seven years, and Medicine Elder emerged to speak with him.
• Lin Qingyun gave Medicine Elder the remains of a Three-star Dou Sheng so he could rebuild his physical body, while Xiao Yan finished cultivating and reached Five Star Dou Huang.
• Lin Qingyun opened a Space Channel and kicked Xiao Yan through it toward the Black-Corner Region, then summoned Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Murong Yanlan, and Lu Mu.
• Lin Qingyun sent the five disciples to train in the Central Plains, blocked their progress toward Dou Zun until they could break through the barrier, and sealed the power in Murong Yanlan's jade pendant.
• Lin Qingyun told Lu Mu that he could become Pill Hall hall master by placing first at the Pill Tower gathering in two years, and promised him the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame if he won.

Lu Mu received three fragments of a map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Zi Yi and the others set out for the Central Plains with gifts from Lin Qingyun. Lin Qingyun revealed Zi Yan’s Taixu Ancient Dragon origins and plans to help her find her father, then decided to follow his disciples with Yao Lao using an External Incarnation.

• Lu Mu examined three map fragments leading to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lin Qingyun reminded him that he was not yet strong enough to approach it.
• Lin Qingyun gave Zi Yi and the others low-grade Heavenly Tier Fighting Skills and sent them through a Space Channel to the Central Plains.
• Lin Qingyun told Zi Yan that she belonged to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, that her father was the missing Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, and that her home was Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan chose to visit Dragon Island and grow stronger, while Lin Qingyun promised to help find Zhu Kun.
• Lin Qingyun summoned Yao Lao to follow Zi Yi and the others, then created an External Incarnation and traveled with him toward the Central Plains.

Lin Qingyun brought Zi Yan to Dragon Island, where the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan recognized her as the Dragon Emperor’s daughter and heir. As the clan gathered around them, Lin Qingyun concealed them in an independent space and ordered that his existence remain secret.

• Lin Qingyun found the hidden Dragon Island and entered its protective barrier with Zi Yan.
• Hei Qing recognized Zi Yan’s dragon aura, knelt before her, and led her to the island’s central mountain.
• The Third Elder confirmed Zi Yan’s identity, and his announcement summoned elders and powerful clan members.
• Lin Qingyun created an independent space to contain the gathering and warned the clan not to spread or ask about his existence.

Lin Qingyun left Zi Yan to speak privately with the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan elders, then returned and agreed to make the Dragon Emperor's line an ally of Evergreen Gate. He could not confirm where the missing Old Dragon Emperor was, and Hei Qing took Lin Qingyun and Zi Yan to arrange lodging while the elders considered how to announce Zi Yan's lineage.

• Lin Qingyun dispelled his overwhelming aura, told Zi Yan he would not interfere in the clan's affairs, and left her with the elders to talk.
• Lin Qingyun explored dangerous parts of Dragon Island before returning to the small world, where Zi Yan complained that the elders were boring.
• Lin Qingyun told Zi Yan to respect her elders, and the Dragon Emperor's line offered Evergreen Gate a firm alliance, which Lin Qingyun accepted.
• The elders asked Lin Qingyun about the missing Old Dragon Emperor, and he said he could not yet determine the emperor's location.
• Lin Qingyun collapsed the small world, and Hei Qing led Lin Qingyun and Zi Yan away to arrange lodging while the elders stayed behind to discuss Zi Yan's lineage and coronation.