Chapter Summaries

Shen Luo entrusted the Fire Lotus Pill recipe and lotus materials to the Black Bear Spirit, then healed his injuries at the East Sea Dragon Palace and examined his spoils from the Guangcheng Immortal Estate. After discovering a sword containing nine-heavens metal essence and learning Fire Spirit Child was a skilled artifact refiner, Shen Luo asked whether he truly wished to help him.

• Fire Spirit Child gave Shen Luo the Fire Lotus Pill recipe, and Shen Luo handed it and most of his Nine-Petal Fire Lotuses to the Black Bear Spirit to arrange pill refinement at Mount Putuo.
• Shen Luo returned to the East Sea Dragon Palace, secluded himself, and healed the injuries caused by the Heaven-Turning Seal.
• Shen Luo tried to examine and refine the Heaven-Turning Seal, but its ancient restrictions proved too difficult to make quick progress.
• Fire Spirit Child identified the small golden sword as radiant goldstone containing nine-heavens metal essence, which Shen Luo needed for two of his Magic Treasures.
• Fire Spirit Child claimed expertise in artifact refinement and offered his services, prompting Shen Luo to ask whether he sincerely wished to help.

Shen Luo bound Fire Spirit Child with the Oathblood Sacrifice and questioned him about Lord Fu, the Guangcheng Immortal Estate, and the Netherfire Refining Furnace. After learning the furnace contained Demon-Burning Blaze and hearing Fire Spirit Child assess his treasures, Shen Luo asked him to strengthen the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff with Nine-Heavens Metal Essence.

• Shen Luo made Fire Spirit Child accept the Oathblood Sacrifice, which forbade him from harming Shen Luo or revealing information about him.
• Fire Spirit Child explained that Lord Fu had taken the Netherfire Refining Furnace after losing control of the Guangcheng Immortal Estate to the Super Crimson Flame Beast, and that Lord Fu had controlled Hua Zhao and Little Third with a spirit-controlling ability.
• Fire Spirit Child told Shen Luo that Wen Liang, a disciple of Guangchengzi, and a Demon Clan expert had both perished in Zhurong Basin during the previous Demonic Calamity, taking the Guangcheng Immortal Estate down with them.
• Fire Spirit Child revealed that the Netherfire Refining Furnace contained Demon-Burning Blaze, one of nine Spirit Fires fused by Guangchengzi to create the artifact-refining furnace.
• After judging that the Nine-Heavens Metal Essence in Shen Luo's little sword could only partly strengthen one treasure, Fire Spirit Child took it and the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff into the furnace.

Shen Luo examined Lord Fu’s stored treasures and discovered two mysterious objects, while the demonic aura in his eyes persisted after his use of the Heavenly Demon Eye. After two days of seclusion, Fire Spirit Child upgraded the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff, but could not identify the objects, leaving their purpose unknown.

• Shen Luo activated the Netherfire Refining Furnace and sorted Lord Fu’s wealth, pills, and other stored items.
• Shen Luo found a white jade bearing an image of a Nine-Tailed Fox and a black seed that contained an immense, apparently empty space.
• Shen Luo saw demonic aura mixed into his Netherworld Ghost Eye and realized it had taken root in his eyes after he used the Heavenly Demon Eye.
• Shen Luo cultivated in seclusion for two days while Fire Spirit Child refined the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff, raising it to a High-Grade Magic Treasure with fifty-two layers of Restrictions and additional forms.
• Shen Luo asked Fire Spirit Child to identify the white jade and Black Seed, but Fire Spirit Child recognized neither.

Ao Guang summoned Shen Luo to ask him to lead an Ice Formation that could draw out the Fire Poison damaging his bloodline. After Shen Luo agreed to help, Ao Guang also granted his request to borrow the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl, and the formation preparations were set to take several days.

• Ao Hong brought Shen Luo to meet Ao Guang in a side hall of the Dragon Palace.
• Ao Guang explained that Fire Poison from an old battle had steadily weakened him, and that the Nine-Petal Fire Lotus had failed to cure him.
• Ao Guang told Shen Luo that an ancient Ice Formation could counter the Fire Poison and asked him to serve as its primary formation master.
• Shen Luo asked to borrow the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl for an important purpose and promised to compensate the Dragon Palace for any harm to it.
• Ao Guang agreed to lend Shen Luo the pearl, and told Ao Hong to help Shen Luo rest while the formation was prepared.

Shen Luo joined Ao Guang and the other Dragon Palace figures in activating the Ten Absolutes Cold Ice Formation beneath the East Sea. The five formation hubs lit, and the formation began drawing icy energy toward its center.

• Ao Hong led Shen Luo through a hidden passage to an undersea ice cavern where Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings were waiting.
• Ao Guang showed the group the formation diagram and explained their positions; Ao Run questioned Shen Luo’s suitability for the key hub, but Ao Guang defended his abilities.
• Ao Yu asked Shen Luo about the recent eruption at Zhurong Basin, and he claimed it had been an underground volcanic eruption.
• Shen Luo and four others took positions on the five hubs while Ao Guang sat at the center and Ao Hong and Ao Zhong guarded him.
• Shen Luo and the other four used their cold-based abilities and artifacts to activate the hubs, starting the Ten Absolutes Cold Ice Formation.

Shen Luo and the Dragon Kings activated the Ten Absolutes Cold Ice Formation to purge the Fire Poison from Ao Guang. With the poison nearly gone, an unusual ripple and a gust of wind appeared behind Shen Luo at the final moment.

• Shen Luo absorbed the formation’s extreme cold, deepening his Ice Intent and strengthening his Indigo Sea divine ability as he channeled cold into Ao Guang.
• Ao Guang released the Dragon Soul Locking Flame Talisman, unleashing the Fire Poison that had been sealed within him.
• Shen Luo and the Dragon Kings drove the Ten Absolutes Cold Ice Formation to full power, using five ice dragons to draw the Fire Poison from Ao Guang.
• The Fire Poison receded until only the final traces remained along Ao Guang’s spine, and Ao Qin urged everyone to intensify their efforts.
• An unusual ripple passed through the air behind Shen Luo, followed by a swift gust of wind.

Ao Yu, Ao Shun, Ao Qin, and Ao Run ambushed Ao Guang and trapped Shen Luo and the others inside the ice cavern. Ao Run revealed a powerful golden mist and declared that the Dragon Race should claim its true power, leaving the Dragon Kings facing off over the Dragon Race’s future.

• Ao Yu and the other conspirators attacked Shen Luo and Ao Guang, and Ao Guang was struck through the spine while Shen Luo escaped with minor wounds.
• Shen Luo counterattacked Ao Yu with a blazing sword arc, but Ao Shun rescued her and used Thunderclap Golden Fiend to damage the sword qi.
• Ao Qin and Ao Run joined Ao Yu and Ao Shun, then Ao Yu sealed the cavern entrance with a blue command token.
• Ao Hong and Ao Zhong tried to save the badly wounded Ao Guang, while Ao Zhong demanded to know why the four Dragon Kings had attacked him.
• Ao Qin said Ao Guang refused to abandon his allegiance to the Heavenly Court, and Ao Run summoned overwhelming golden mist as he proclaimed the Dragon Race should pursue its true power.

Ao Qin and Ao Run tried to recruit Ao Zhong by promising him Ancestral Dragon Power and the East Sea throne, while Shen Luo warned him that they had murdered Ao Guang. Ao Zhong appeared to accept their offer and let Ao Run and Ao Shun attack Ao Hong, but Ao Hong's apparent death was a decoy, leaving him poised to strike Ao Shun from behind.

• Ao Run and Ao Qin revealed their Ancestral Dragon Power and urged Ao Zhong to join them and become the new East Sea Dragon King.
• Shen Luo warned Ao Zhong that the other Dragon Kings had killed Ao Guang and sought to make the brothers turn against each other.
• Ao Zhong asked the others to spare Ao Hong, but agreed to leave Ao Hong's fate to Ao Run after Ao Hong refused to submit.
• Ao Run and Ao Shun attacked Ao Hong, while Ao Qin watched Ao Zhong for signs of betrayal.
• Ao Hong's body turned into bubbles, and he appeared behind Ao Shun with a silver spear aimed at the North Sea Dragon King's heart.

Shen Luo helped Ao Hong strike Ao Run and Ao Shun, but Ao Yu stole the Dragon King Token from Ao Guang and fled with Ao Qin. Shen Luo was blocked by a powerful restriction at the cavern exit, while Fire Spirit Child gave him a talisman that could help him pass through it.

• Shen Luo used the Soul-Shaking Sonic Secret Art to stun Ao Run and Ao Shun, allowing Ao Hong to pierce both Dragon Kings with his spear.
• Ao Qin attacked Ao Hong, but Ao Zhong arrived to intervene, and Ao Qin’s exploding flames blasted Ao Hong, Ao Zhong, and Shen Luo backward.
• Ao Yu seized the Dragon King Token from Ao Guang and fled toward the ice cavern’s exit.
• Shen Luo froze Ao Yu with his Indigo Sea divine ability, but Ao Qin rescued her and carried her through the blue light curtain.
• Shen Luo failed to pass through the Kui Water Divine Restriction, so Fire Spirit Child gave him a Minor Spatial-Shift Immortal Talisman.
• Ao Zhong declared that they had to recover the Dragon King Token and summoned a black triangular flag as Ao Hong pursued Ao Qin and Ao Yu.

Shen Luo and Ao Hong escaped the Undersea Maze and raced to stop Ao Qin and Ao Yu from reaching the East Sea Dragon Palace treasury and stealing the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl. They found Ao Qin fighting the treasury guards while Ao Yu used the Dragon King Token to open the mountain entrance.

• Ao Zhong activated the Six Ding Six Jia Soul-Locking Formation, binding Ao Run and Ao Shun while Shen Luo and Ao Hong escaped with the Minor Spatial-Shift Immortal Talisman.
• Ao Zhong refused Ao Run's offer to join forces, saying he would not cooperate with his father's killers.
• Shen Luo and Ao Hong pursued Ao Qin and Ao Yu through the Coral Sea, and Shen Luo suspected they wanted the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl from the treasury.
• Ao Hong confirmed the pearl might be in the treasury, and he and Shen Luo hurried after the thieves.
• Shen Luo and Ao Hong found Ao Qin overpowering the East Sea guards as Ao Yu used the Dragon King Token to open the treasury entrance.

Ao Yu opened the Dragon Palace treasury and raced toward its deepest treasures while Ao Hong held off Ao Qin and Shen Luo pursued her. Shen Luo entered the vault and recognized the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl, but Ao Yu removed the main barrier around the three treasures, and Shen Luo hurled his staff at her.

• Ao Qin attacked Ao Hong and Shen Luo with purple-gold lightning, damaging the spiritual radiance of Shen Luo's Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff.
• Ao Yu opened the treasury door with the Dragon Orb and rushed inside as Ao Hong trapped Ao Qin with an earthen-yellow banner.
• Ao Hong told Shen Luo to stop Ao Yu, then aided his pursuit with Ride the Wind, Break the Waves.
• Shen Luo dodged Ao Qin's attacks and entered the treasure vault, where he saw Ao Yu reach a platform holding a scroll, a dark-red pearl, and a Bone Flute.
• Ao Yu used the Dragon King Token to remove the platform's main barrier, and Shen Luo hurled the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff at her.

Shen Luo and Ao Yu fought over the treasures in the vault as the barriers fell and the Bone Flute stirred demonic energy. Ao Yu seized the Sacred Flute and a counterfeit Dragon Orb, but Ao Hong blocked her escape and struck her down.

• Shen Luo and Ao Yu battled around the stone platform, and the collapsing barriers released demonic energy from the Bone Flute.
• The Heavenly Fiend Corpse King and Ao Yu's black figure clashed, blasting the treasures off their pedestals; Shen Luo took the Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl and the black book scroll while Ao Yu claimed the flute.
• Ao Yu infused the Sacred Flute with blood essence and laughed, but Ao Hong was thrown into the vault as Ao Qin arrived with a chest wound.
• Ao Yu revealed a second Dragon Orb, which Shen Luo recognized as a counterfeit concealing demonic energy, and Ao Qin urged her to flee before reinforcements arrived.
• Ao Hong used the Azure Silk Cloth to trap Ao Yu, then struck her into the golden sand with his Dragon Spear.

Shen Luo and Ao Hong fought Ao Qin after Shen Luo destroyed Ao Qin’s jade seal, but Ao Qin absorbed its Ancestral Dragon power and reached the Taiyi level. Ao Qin overpowered both opponents, leaving Ao Hong in grave danger from a streak of bloody light.

• Ao Qin attacked Shen Luo with a jade seal and a golden flood dragon, but Shen Luo sent the Fire Spirit Vermilion Bird inside it and shattered the dragon and seal.
• Ao Qin absorbed the Ancestral Dragon power from the seal, healed his wounds, donned golden bone armor, and surged to the Taiyi level.
• Ao Qin struck Shen Luo and pursued him, but Ao Hong restrained him with a golden rope, allowing Shen Luo to counterattack with the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff.
• Ao Qin blocked Shen Luo’s staff strike with a black awl, then yanked the golden rope and smashed Ao Hong into the ground.
• A streak of bloody light shot toward the dazed Ao Hong’s neck, leaving him in immediate danger.

Shen Luo saved Ao Hong and exposed Princess Wansheng as the disguised Ao Yu, but she escaped by playing the Blood-Colored Bone Flute. Its music drove Shen Luo toward a bloodthirsty frenzy, leaving him struggling to hold on to his sanity.

• Shen Luo interrupted Ao Yu's ambush, revealed her disguise with the Netherfire Refining Furnace, and recognized Princess Wansheng beneath her borrowed appearance.
• Princess Wansheng rejoined Ao Qin and told him to leave with the Dragon Orb, but Ao Qin charged Shen Luo and Ao Hong instead.
• Ao Hong transformed into his True Dragon body and tried to block Princess Wansheng's escape, but she played the newly acquired Blood-Colored Bone Flute and knocked him down.
• The flute's music filled Shen Luo's mind with bloodlust and made his immortal and demonic energies clash as he nearly attacked Ao Hong.
• Shen Luo used the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art to preserve the last shred of his sanity while the flute continued to torment him.

The Bone Flute’s demonic notes nearly overwhelmed Shen Luo, but the Black Seed entered his Dantian and absorbed the aura, transforming his sea of consciousness and greatly advancing his techniques. Shen Luo regained control and transformed to help the dying Ao Hong, while Ao Qin watched in alarm at the strength of Shen Luo’s demonic aura.

• The Black Seed escaped the Exquisite Ring, absorbed the Bone Flute’s blood-red notes, and entered Shen Luo’s Dantian to devour Chi You Demonic Aura.
• The seed sprouted a root that spread strange energy through Shen Luo, transforming his sea of consciousness and advancing the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art and his understanding of other techniques.
• Shen Luo discovered the seed had taken root in his Dantian, then saw Ao Hong near death as the flute’s notes tore through his body.
• Shen Luo used an improved Profound Yang Demon Transformation, calming the conflict within him and releasing a powerful aura.
• Ao Qin shielded himself with Ancestral Dragon power and froze when Shen Luo transformed, realizing Shen Luo’s demonic aura was denser than his own.

Shen Luo saved Ao Hong from Ao Qin’s flute, but Ao Qin’s dragon-soul attack left Ao Hong in a corpse-like state. Shen Luo stopped Ao Qin’s next attacks, though his magic power was nearly exhausted as Ao Qin prepared to strike Ao Hong again.

• Shen Luo drew the blood-red notes out of Ao Hong, restoring his senses, and Ao Qin ordered the flute music stopped.
• Ao Qin attacked Shen Luo and Ao Hong with a deep-blue sphere containing a sliver of dragon soul, blasting open the treasury ceiling and wounding Ao Hong.
• Shen Luo used the Soft-Smoke Silk Robe to divert a golden flood dragon’s attack, but Ao Hong collapsed and rose again in a blank, blood-shrouded state.
• Ao Qin tried to kill Ao Hong with a snow-white sword, but Shen Luo blocked it and countered Ao Qin’s Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Spear with the Pure Yang Instant Kill Sword.
• With Shen Luo weakened and Ao Hong unresponsive, Ao Qin lunged at Ao Hong with a sphere of compressed purple-gold lightning.

The Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl saved Ao Hong from Ao Qin and revealed that it held a wisp of the Ancestral Dragon’s soul. After Ao Qin and Princess Wansheng left, Shen Luo approached the pearl to help heal Ao Hong, but it suddenly attacked him, leaving him frozen as Ao Zhong arrived.

• The Blood-Seeking Nine-Chi Pearl appeared beside Ao Hong, swallowed Ao Qin’s lightning sphere, and began healing Ao Hong by draining Ao Qin’s arm.
• Ao Qin severed his right arm to escape the pearl’s pull, while Princess Wansheng recognized the voice within it as the Ancestral Dragon’s soul.
• Princess Wansheng invited the Ancestral Dragon to leave with her and Ao Qin, but it refused because of its pact with the East Sea Dragon Palace, and they left the treasury.
• The Ancestral Dragon asked Shen Luo to lend his bloodline power to save Ao Hong, and Shen Luo cautiously approached.
• The pearl’s crimson threads pierced Shen Luo’s brow and froze his blood as Ao Zhong rushed into the treasury and cried that it was over.

Ao Zhong watched helplessly as the Ancestral Dragon Soul prepared to possess Ao Hong, while Shen Luo was trapped in his Consciousness Sea and targeted as nourishment. Shen Luo appeared to surrender, but his chant shook the Consciousness Sea as the dragon swallowed his Divine Soul avatar.

• Ao Zhong begged the Ancestral Dragon Soul to spare Ao Hong and possess him instead, but the ancestor refused because Ao Hong had purer bloodline.
• Ao Zhong recalled that Ao Guang had warned against reviving the ancestor, then remained still rather than risk Ao Hong's life.
• The Ancestral Dragon Soul entered Shen Luo's Consciousness Sea, declared it would consume him, and imprisoned his Divine Thought.
• Shen Luo challenged the dragon's strength and tried to contact Ao Zhong, but the dragon told him he could not escape or get help.
• Shen Luo pretended to cooperate and named Chi You as his enemy, angering the dragon into lunging to swallow him.
• As the dragon swallowed Shen Luo's Divine Soul avatar, Shen Luo chanted, making the Consciousness Sea tremble and begin to collapse.

Shen Luo used the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art and Red Lotus Karmic Fire to subdue the Ancestral Dragon Soul in his Consciousness Sea. The dragon revealed that its soul was fused with Ao Hong’s bloodline and offered ancient arts and treasure locations in exchange for its life.

• Shen Luo summoned Mount Buzhou to crush the Ancestral Dragon Soul after recognizing that it was bluffing and had entered his Consciousness Sea.
• Shen Luo unleashed Red Lotus Karmic Fire, refining the Ancestral Dragon Soul until its power was nearly exhausted and his own Divine Soul grew stronger.
• The Ancestral Dragon Soul warned Shen Luo that its secret fusion with Ao Hong meant Ao Hong would die if it was destroyed.
• Shen Luo stopped the fire but kept Mount Buzhou pinning the dragon, threatening to imprison it in his Consciousness Sea indefinitely.
• The Ancestral Dragon Soul offered Shen Luo ancient Dragon Race cultivation arts and access to secret realms and cave abodes in exchange for its life.

Shen Luo convinced the Ancestral Dragon Soul to help Ao Hong restore the East Sea Dragonkind in exchange for sparing it, then taught Ao Hong the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art. As Shen Luo prepared to place the remnant soul in Ao Hong’s Consciousness Sea, the Ancestral Dragon Soul suspected he had been deceived.

• The Ancestral Dragon Soul tried to self-destruct, but Shen Luo suppressed it with Mount Buzhou and offered to spare it if it helped Ao Hong restore the East Sea Dragonkind.
• The Ancestral Dragon Soul agreed to sever its bloodline connection with Ao Hong and let Shen Luo seal it in Ao Hong’s Consciousness Sea so it could recover.
• Ao Hong awoke, and Ao Zhong told Shen Luo that Ao Run and Ao Shun had escaped after breaking free from the Six Ding Six Jia Grand Formation.
• Shen Luo explained his agreement with the Ancestral Dragon Soul, and Ao Hong accepted the plan despite Ao Zhong’s concerns about possession.
• Shen Luo taught Ao Hong the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art, and after half an hour of cultivation, he judged Ao Hong would be able to suppress the remnant soul within three months.
• As Shen Luo prepared to transfer the Ancestral Dragon Soul into Ao Hong’s Consciousness Sea, the soul accused him of breaking his promise.