Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan and Yao Lao to Starfall Pavilion in the Central Plains, where Yao Lao’s old friend Feng Xian lived. Feng Xian nearly attacked Xiao Yan after hearing him claim he had killed Yao Chen, but Yao Lao revealed himself and reunited with his stunned friend.

• Xiao Yan used the Rabbit Talisman to take Zi Yan and Yao Lao from the Northwest Continent to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range in only a few breaths.
• Xiao Yan used the Pig Talisman’s ability to see through illusions and revealed Starfall Pavilion behind its concealment formation.
• Feng Xian welcomed Xiao Yan and Zi Yan into Starfall Pavilion, then recognized the Bone Flame Ring on Xiao Yan’s hand.
• Xiao Yan claimed he had killed Yao Chen, prompting Feng Xian to unleash his Four-Star Dou Zun aura and prepare to attack.
• Yao Lao appeared from the Bone Flame Ring, and Feng Xian’s anger gave way to joy and disbelief at seeing his friend alive.

Yao Lao reunited with Feng Xian and told him how Han Feng had betrayed him, leaving Feng Xian furious. Xiao Yan met his new junior sister Mu Qingluan and toured Starfall Pavilion with her and Zi Yan.

• Feng Xian embraced Yao Lao after confirming that his old friend was alive, and Yao Lao introduced Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Yao Lao recounted his past to Feng Xian, who smashed a table in anger when he learned that Han Feng had murdered his master.
• Mu Qingluan arrived, met Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, and learned that Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun and her new senior brother.
• Zi Yan grew jealous when Xiao Yan looked at Mu Qingluan and denied it when he teased her.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Mu Qingluan toured Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan revealed he came from the Xiao Clan on the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao set out from Starfall Pavilion to find the Dou Saint Ruins in the Beast Region, seeking treasures that could aid Yao Lao’s revival and advance Zi Yan’s cultivation. Zi Yan located the ruins and led Xiao Yan through their restrictions, where they began their search.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao and Zi Yan about his plan to explore the Dou Saint Ruins and secure the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, the Saint of Creation’s remains, and a Heaven-Class Dou Technique.
• After informing Feng Xian, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao left Starfall Pavilion for the Beast Region, with Yao Lao entering the Bone Flame Ring.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon aura drove away the watching magical beasts.
• Zi Yan used her talent to find the ruins and guided Xiao Yan through their layers of restrictions.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao entered the ancient ruins, and Xiao Yan announced that they would begin collecting treasures.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao entered the crimson ruins, overcame its hidden entrance and silver puppet guardians, and searched an ancient forest for treasures. At a lake, they found a Soul Infant Demon Tree and Zi Yan attacked the water, where its guardian might be hiding.

• Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan to the enormous crimson hall and led her into its fire-filled passage, discovering that the true route lay beneath the lava.
• Xiao Yan passed through the lava with Zi Yan and took control of the ten silver puppets guarding the inner stone door, causing it to open.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered an ancient forest with Yao Lao and gathered rare treasures without destroying their sources.
• Yao Lao recognized a Soul Infant Demon Tree on an island in a lake and warned that a Magical Beast was likely guarding it.
• Zi Yan rushed over the lake and struck its surface with her fist.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao secured a Soul Infant Fruit before Zi Yan sensed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the forest. They entered a hidden Spirit Beast Barrier, found the legendary fruit on an ancient altar, and left with it protected by Xiao Yan’s talisman power.

• Zi Yan subdued a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon with her Ancient Void Dragon aura, and Xiao Yan gave it an improved Transformation Pill in exchange for the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Zi Yan used her treasure-finding gift to locate a distant presence calling to her through her bloodline, which Xiao Yan identified as the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan opened the hidden Spirit Beast Barrier with her blood, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao followed her into a desolate plain.
• Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman's power to shield Zi Yan and Yao Lao from the altar's pressure as they reached its summit.
• Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing on a sapling above the skeletons of an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and an Ancient Void Dragon, then put it away.
• Xiao Yan added protection with the Sheep Talisman's power to keep the precious fruit safe.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan shared a kiss after she thanked him for helping her obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then the trio searched a pill storehouse and captured a Pill Beast. They reached the Ruins’ main hall, where Xiao Yan began to reveal the truth about the ten glowing orbs and the real Heaven-Class Dou Technique.

• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Yan, and he returned the kiss; she revealed that Ya Fei had taught her.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao left the Spirit Beast Barrier and discovered the Pill Hall.
• The trio searched the Pill Hall, collected pills and Pill Recipes, and Xiao Yan captured a Pill Beast.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao navigated the passages and reached the main hall, where a Dou Sheng skeleton sat among ten glowing orbs and Stone Statue Puppets.
• Xiao Yan stopped Yao Lao and Zi Yan’s speculation and began explaining that the orbs were a distraction and where the real Heaven-Class Dou Technique was.

Xiao Yan took control of the ten Dou Zun-level Stone Statue Puppets and sent Zi Yan away before approaching the Dou Sheng Skeleton with Yao Lao. The skeleton’s lingering will awakened and attacked them, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Lao facing a dangerous battle.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the Heaven-Class Dou Technique was on the Dou Sheng Skeleton’s ribs and told Yao Lao he planned to use the skeleton and Zhu Kun’s essence blood to revive him.
• Xiao Yan erased the marks in all ten Stone Statue Puppets and replaced them with his own, gaining control of the Dou Zun-level puppets.
• Xiao Yan sent Zi Yan to collect the scattered scrolls and assigned two puppets to guard her.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao approached the Dou Sheng Skeleton, but one of its fingers twitched when Xiao Yan touched it.
• The skeleton’s lingering will awakened and unleashed a roar, which Xiao Yan blocked with his Seven-String Guqin’s Zither Sound Domain.
• The skeleton stepped forward, fracturing space, and warned Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that trespassers in the ruins would die.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao joined forces against the Dou Sheng Skeleton, which unleashed the devastating Heaven-rank Great Heaven Creation Palm. The attack destroyed the main hall, but the skeleton’s lingering will faded, leaving Xiao Yan ready to claim the spoils.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao attacked the Dou Sheng Skeleton together, with Xiao Yan striking it while Yao Lao and the puppets harried it from the side.
• The skeleton devoured their attacks and countered, but Xiao Yan and Yao Lao coordinated with the stone puppets to crack its bones and weaken its aura.
• When the skeleton went still and its eye sockets flashed red, Xiao Yan warned Yao Lao to retreat and carried him to safety beside Zi Yan.
• The skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, creating a black ring that annihilated the main hall and left a vast pit.
• Xiao Yan confirmed the skeleton’s lingering will had vanished and prepared to collect the spoils.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao left the emptied Ruins and prepared to head to Dragon Island, where Xiao Yan planned to help Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Yao Lao briefly recovered a fragment of a lost memory, but Xiao Yan concealed what he suspected about it.

• Xiao Yan stored the Dou Sheng Skeleton, and the three searched the Ruins again before leaving with the remaining minor opportunities.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan about returning to Dragon Island, and she was delighted when he said he would accompany her and help refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan grew flustered at her feelings for Xiao Yan, then playfully hit him after he messed up her hair.
• Yao Lao experienced hazy memories of a snowy plain and murmured, "Sister Shan," before returning to normal.
• Xiao Yan tried the Horse Talisman on Yao Lao, but it only restored some Soul Power; he chose not to reveal what he suspected about Yao Lao's memories and Han Shanshan.

Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to unlock the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the Dou Sheng Skeleton and learned the technique from the Saint of Creation in a Void Space. After awakening, he found his right palm transformed, just as a terrifying pressure descended.

• Zi Yan activated a black dragon scale to summon her clansmen, and Xiao Yan waited with her and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan tempered the three rune-marked ribs from the Dou Sheng Skeleton with Heavenly Flames until they melted into dark-gold liquid.
• Xiao Yan touched the liquid, which enveloped his hand and seeped into his skin as he learned the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Xiao Yan entered a Void Space, where the Saint of Creation demonstrated the technique and revealed its energy circulation route.
• Xiao Yan awakened with a strengthened right palm, but a terrifying pressure suddenly descended.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao encountered Zhu Ling, a powerful Ancient Void Dragon who recognized Zi Yan’s bloodline and treated her with familiar affection. Zhu Ling learned that Zhu Kun was trapped and became curious about Xiao Yan after sensing Zhu Kun’s blood essence on him.

• A terrifying presence arrived as an Ancient Void Dragon, and Zi Yan recognized the newcomer as one of her people.
• The dragon transformed into a woman, introduced herself as Zhu Ling, and showed affection toward Zi Yan, who felt a kinship with her.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Ling that Zhu Kun was trapped and that gathering the pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade was needed to free him.
• Zi Yan introduced Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to Zhu Ling, who noticed Zi Yan’s flushed reaction while describing Xiao Yan.
• Zhu Ling scrutinized Xiao Yan, sensed Zhu Kun’s blood essence on him, and remarked that Zhu Kun must have trusted him greatly.

Zhu Ling took Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to Dragon Island, where her overwhelming aura summoned the island’s leaders. After the Three Great Dragon Kings realized she was not the Dragon Emperor, Zhu Ling asked which of them belonged to East Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan told Zhu Ling how he had helped Zi Yan, and Zhu Ling thanked him and promised to support him.
• Zhu Ling set out for Dragon Island with Zi Yan and Xiao Yan, tearing open a Space Wormhole to reach it.
• Zhu Ling, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan arrived at Dragon Island, where Zhu Ling sensed the clan had weakened and lost many familiar faces.
• Zhu Ling released her aura across Dragon Island, prompting experts from all four islands to gather and wonder if the Dragon Emperor had returned.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings recognized Zhu Ling and relaxed when they learned she was not the Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Ling asked which of the gathered experts belonged to East Dragon Island, making the Three Great Dragon Kings suspect she bore it a grudge.

Zi Yan revealed her Dragon Emperor inheritance and was recognized as ruler of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. After she sentenced the Three Great Dragon Kings to death, Zhu Ling killed them when the North Dragon King tried to take others with him.

• Qing Shan and the East Dragon Island elders feared Zhu Ling’s arrival, while the North Dragon King noticed Zi Yan’s powerful royal aura.
• Zi Yan released her Royal Bloodline and used a Purple-Gold Dragon Scale to summon Zhu Kun’s phantom, which declared her the new Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan vowed to reunite the clan and make Dragon Island whole, then sentenced the Three Great Dragon Kings to death for inciting civil strife.
• The North Dragon King tried to self-destruct, but Zhu Ling stopped him and killed him instantly.
• The West and South Dragon Kings attempted to flee, but Zhu Ling killed them too, leaving Xiao Yan to contemplate their bodies.

After Zhu Ling killed the Three Great Dragon Kings, Zi Yan spared their followers and began reunifying Dragon Island. She gave Xiao Yan the dead kings’ bodies for his plans to refine them, then summoned the Ancient Void Dragons who were still searching the void for Zhu Kun.

• Zi Yan spared the Three Great Dragon Kings’ followers and ordered them to help reunify Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan took control of the Three Great Dragon Islands, while Xiao Yan settled into the Dragon Emperor’s palace.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan for the Three Great Dragon Kings’ bodies, and she gave them to him despite the Dragon Tomb custom.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan about the Ancient Void Dragons searching for Zhu Kun, and she sent out a call with several roars.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan to rest on Dragon Island while he prepared to refine the bodies.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao refined an eighth-tier pill to advance their souls, and Xiao Yan reached the Heaven Realm after a month in seclusion. He then prepared to help Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving off as he readied the Tiger Talisman's power.

• Xiao Yan shared the soul-strengthening herbs Zi Yan had supplied with Yao Lao so they could refine a pill to advance their souls.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao completed the pill amid Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan swallowed it before entering seclusion.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with his soul at the Heaven Realm and agreed with Zi Yan to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit the next day.
• Zi Yan brought out the sealed Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan lifted its Sealing with the Sheep Talisman.
• Xiao Yan prepared to use the Tiger Talisman's power to help Zi Yan refine the fruit.

Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Yao Lao broke through to the Heaven Realm and refined pills for him. After more than two months, Zi Yan emerged with her Dragon-Phoenix Royal Bloodline fully awakened.

• Xiao Yan used the Horse, Dog, and Tiger Talismans to help Zi Yan safely refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Yao Lao emerged from seclusion with a Heaven Realm soul and began refining pills at Xiao Yan's request.
• Over two months passed as Dragon Island was restored and more Ancient Void Dragons returned.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion with her Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline fully awakened and a fully matured Royal Bloodline.

Zi Yan completed her initial refinement of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and was welcomed as Dragon Emperor by the Ancient Void Dragons. After discussing Ninth-Tier pills with Yao Lao, Xiao Yan hurried to Zi Yan’s bedchamber, where her intimate gift inspired him to comprehend the Thirteen Deathly Spears.

• Zi Yan displayed her purple-gold wings and Ancient Dragon Body, and the Ancient Void Dragons knelt to welcome her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan thanked Xiao Yan and Zhu Ling, while Zhu Ling briefly showed regret over someone she remembered before hiding her feelings.
• Xiao Yan returned to his quarters and learned that Yao Lao had gained insights into refining a Ninth-Tier pill from an ancient formula.
• Xiao Yan discussed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill with Yao Lao, then rushed to Zi Yan’s bedchamber after realizing how late it was.
• Zi Yan revealed that her gift was her body, and Xiao Yan gained enlightenment in the Thirteen Deathly Spears.

After a month with Zi Yan, Xiao Yan returned to his quarters and began refining a Ninth-grade Pill with Yao Lao. His cauldron produced Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, but Xiao Yan unleashed even greater power, and a trace of black appeared in the clouds.

• Xiao Yan left Zi Yan’s bedchamber after a month and told Zhu Ling that he had cleared the blockage in Zi Yan’s medicinal energy so she could enter seclusion.
• Xiao Yan returned to his quarters, where Yao Lao teased him before they revised a Pill Recipe and gathered the herbs needed to refine a Ninth-grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan spent thirty days refining the pill while Yao Lao watched and advised him.
• Xiao Yan released the pill’s energy, drawing Pill Lightning that transformed into Nine-Colored Pill Lightning above Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan struck the Medicine Cauldron again and poured in more power, causing a trace of black to appear in the thunderclouds.

Xiao Yan transformed an Eighth-Tier Pill into a Ninth-grade Pill, then endured its Black Demon Lightning baptism to strengthen his Physique. The pill took Xiao Yan’s form and tried to flee, but Xiao Yan caught up and subdued it with his soul power.

• Xiao Yan used Yao Lao’s Spirit Ascension Method to transform the pill, summoning Black Demon Lightning that darkened the sky above Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan met the Black Demon Lightning head-on and endured it without injury, while it tempered his body and strengthened his Physique.
• Xiao Yan decided to explore Dragon Island’s Void Lightning Pool after finishing with the pill.
• The Ninth-grade Pill emerged from the Medicine Cauldron in Xiao Yan’s human form and tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind the fleeing pill and pressed it down with a huge spectral hand formed from his Heaven Realm soul power.

Xiao Yan became a Ninth-Rank Alchemist on Dragon Island and earned the Ancient Void Dragons’ friendship. He returned to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Lao, where Yao Lao recounted their journey and revealed Xiao Yan’s achievement to Feng Xian and Mu Qingluan.

• Xiao Yan subdued the sentient pill with his soul power and completed his first Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
• Zhu Ling and the Ancient Void Dragon experts congratulated Xiao Yan, befriended him, and gave him Spatial Jade Slips for future aid.
• Xiao Yan returned to his quarters, where Yao Lao praised his achievement and discussed Alchemy with him.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave Dragon Island before refining Yao Lao’s body, then used the Rabbit Talisman to return to Starfall Pavilion with him.
• Feng Xian and Mu Qingluan welcomed them, and Yao Lao recounted their adventures, including Xiao Yan’s rise to Ninth-Rank Alchemist.