Chapter Summaries

The Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill offered Cailin information about Amon in exchange for a powerful Tier 8 medicinal pill that could become its new body. After Cailin swallowed it and gained access to its power, Huang Tao agreed to refine the requested pill, leaving her wondering how her child could help him advance.

• The Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill told Cailin it had retained part of an avatar's intelligence and memories, then offered information about Amon in exchange for a Tier 8 pill with seven-colored Pill Lightning or higher.
• Cailin said she could not obtain such a pill, and the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill suggested she ask Huang Tao for one as the mother of his child.
• The Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill sealed itself into a pill and told Cailin to swallow it, then its medicinal force gathered around her fetus.
• Cailin used the pill's power to undo the spatial barrier trapping her, while the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill warned that using its power would loosen its seal.
• Cailin asked Huang Tao for a suitable pill, and he agreed to refine one for her to collect in seven days.
• Cailin asked what use her child had for Huang Tao, and the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill said the child was a stepping stone for him to advance.

Cailin learned from the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill that Amon planned to join her children's evolution and intensify their Thunder Tribulation to reshape himself, placing them in deadly danger. She accepted the bargain despite the likely loss of some children, and learned the identities of the Dou Qi Continent's strongest beings.

• The Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill told Cailin that Amon's cultivation had stagnated and he intended to use the Snake-People's evolution to reshape his body and advance.
• The pill explained that Amon would strengthen the children's Thunder Tribulation, making their survival unlikely, and said he was a mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• The pill described how some of Cailin's children might become Sacrifices while the survivors gained peerless talent, and confirmed that Amon had not lied about the bargain.
• Cailin chose to honor her promise, reasoning that Amon bore no direct malice toward her children and that the survivors could still have a chance.
• Cailin asked why Amon cultivated Queen Medusas, and the pill said he needed a Dou Sheng-level Queen Medusa's evolution as a foundation.
• The pill named Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi as late-stage Nine-Star Dou Shengs above Amon, then revealed that the strongest being was a medicinal pill.

Cailin received a powerful Tier 8 medicinal pill refined by Huang Tao, while Jiu Bao prepared to transfer his consciousness into it. In the Black-Corner Region, Hun Xiao and two black-robed figures set out for the Jianan Academy Inner Court.

• Cailin and Jiu Bao discussed Jiu Bao temporarily residing in her body, and he chose the name Jiu Bao.
• Seven days later, a Tier 8 pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning emerged from the Fire Cauldron as a white snake, but Huang Tao caught it and turned it into a medicinal pill.
• Huang Tao sent the pill to Cailin, who stored it and returned to her room to ask Jiu Bao how to transfer his consciousness into it.
• Jiu Bao said he needed a few more days to improve the seal on his body and reduce the pill's energy leakage, which was causing Cailin pain.
• Hun Xiao and two black-robed figures headed toward the mountains after locating the Jianan Academy Inner Court.

Xiao Zhan revealed the Xiao Tribe’s history and the Soul Clan threat, then introduced Amon and demonstrated how Spirit Worms could grant their hosts immense power. The Xiao Clan members eagerly considered accepting Tier 5 Spirit Worms as Amon offered one to each of them.

• Pain and Xiao Ke returned to the Xiao Clan’s settlement celebrating their growing strength, while Xiao Zhan and Wu Meng discussed the Soul Clan threat and plans to explain the Spirit Worms.
• Xiao Zhan gathered the clan and revealed the Xiao Tribe’s past, its enemy the Soul Clan, and its surviving ancestor, whom Wu Meng introduced as Xiao Yuanshan.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Amon as an ally and demonstrated a Tier 6 Spirit Worm’s power by merging with it and gaining Dou Huang strength.
• Amon supplied Xiao Zhan with a Tier 7 Spirit Worm, and Xiao Zhan’s power rose to Dou Zong level, astonishing the clan members.
• Amon offered each Xiao Clan member a Tier 5 Spirit Worm in exchange for gathering resources, while making clear that merging with one was optional.

Xiao Zhan explained the Spirit Worms, their risks, and how the Xiao Clan would distribute them through missions and Contribution Points. Wu Meng announced plans to form the Hidden Soul Hall to infiltrate the Soul Hall, and Xiao Zhan agreed to bring back clan members from Jianan Academy while keeping Xiao Yan away from Spirit Worms.

• Third Elder asked Xiao Zhan about the dangers of Spirit Worm fusion, and Xiao Zhan warned that the worms could be reclaimed and that clan members should not neglect their own cultivation.
• Xiao Zhan described temporary Spirit Worm assignments, Contribution Points, and the possibility of accumulating power from multiple worms.
• Wu Meng announced that the Xiao Clan would create the Hidden Soul Hall to infiltrate the Soul Hall, investigate its purpose, and earn resources for the clan.
• Xiao Zhan dismissed the clan members and scheduled a gathering three days later to distribute Spirit Worms.
• First Elder asked Xiao Zhan to bring Xiao Ning and other clan members back from Jianan Academy so they could choose whether to fuse with Spirit Worms, and Xiao Zhan agreed.
• Xiao Zhan ordered First Elder to keep Xiao Yan away from the clan and Spirit Worms, then decided to accompany the group so he could see Xiao Yan from afar.

Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Wang in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower just as the Fallen Heart Flame attacked its seal. After the academy evacuated, three Dou Zong figures arrived, threatening the seal and setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Xiao Yan used two Origin Pills to break through from peak Dou Ling to Dou Wang, then spent a day consolidating his realm.
• The Fire Python strengthened itself with fire-attributed energy and attacked the seal beneath the tower, making the entire structure shake.
• The Tower Guard Elder ordered everyone to evacuate, and Su Qian learned the attack had nearly shattered the seal.
• Xiao Yan secretly returned near the tower, hoping the Fallen Heart Flame would escape so he could refine it.
• Three black-robed Dou Zong experts appeared in black mist, and Su Qian asked what had brought them to Jianan Academy.

Hun Xiao and the Soul Hall Protectors attacked Jianan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen recognized Soul Hall as an enemy. The Fallen Heart Flame and Hun Xiao broke the seal on the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, releasing a terrifying aura from within.

• Hun Xiao demanded that Su Qian lend her the Fallen Heart Flame, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had helped Han Feng betray and attack him.
• Hun Xiao headed for the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower while Protector Feng and Protector Cheng restrained Su Qian; Baimu and Qianlie arrived to fight the two Soul Hall Protectors.
• Baimu and Qianlie battled Protector Feng and Protector Cheng as Su Qian tried to stop Hun Xiao, but her strength forced him back.
• The Fallen Heart Flame struck the seal from inside the tower, and Hun Xiao used the opening to attack it from outside.
• Hun Xiao broke the seal, the aboveground portion of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower collapsed, and a terrifying aura surged from its opening.

Hun Xiao tried to draw the escaped Fallen Heart Flame toward Jianan Academy’s students, but it detected Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame and attacked him instead. Su Qian realized he would have to fight alongside Xiao Yan to keep the flame away from the refuge.

• Hun Xiao provoked the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian’s elders failed to restore its seal as it emerged from the tower.
• Su Qian ordered weaker elders to protect the students while he and the Dou Huang elders remained behind.
• Hun Xiao lured the Fallen Heart Flame toward the student refuge, prompting Baimu to attack her and Qianlie to hold off her allies.
• The Fallen Heart Flame sensed Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame and broke away to attack him, but Xiao Yan dodged its bite.
• Bailie struck Hun Xiao with an ancient character, forcing her to escape in black smoke.
• Su Qian discovered Xiao Yan had reached Dou Wang and prepared to face the Fallen Heart Flame with him.

Hun Xiao weakened the Fallen Heart Flame with Heavenly Cold Qi, but the fire python swallowed Xiao Yan and fled into the ruins of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower. Hun Xiao hesitated to follow it into the dangerous cavern and called for Honored Elder Mu, alarming Jianan Academy.

• Su Qian asked Xiao Yan how to weaken the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan said he had no suitable cold treasures.
• Hun Xiao swallowed a Dou Zong-level soul and used a secret technique to repel Bailie's attack while the Protectors kept Qianmu occupied.
• Hun Xiao shattered jade bottles of Heavenly Cold Qi to freeze the Fallen Heart Flame, then broke its frozen body to expose its origin flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame reformed, swallowed Xiao Yan, and fled into the ruins of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower despite Su Qian's attack.
• Hun Xiao stopped at the cavern entrance and called on Honored Elder Mu for help, prompting fear among the people from Jianan Academy.

Hun Mu drove off the black-robed man, who was revealed as Xiao Zhan, while Hun Xiao entered the magma world and nearly seized Fallen Heart Flame before Hun Mu pulled her away. Xiao Yan then began refining the weakened flame, but Qing Meng swallowed it and entered his body.

• Hun Mu fought the black-robed man, who overwhelmed him with low-grade Dou Techniques until Hun Mu escaped by releasing a crowd of illusory doubles; the man revealed himself as Xiao Zhan and celebrated driving off a Dou Zun.
• Hun Xiao entered the magma world, found Fallen Heart Flame weakened and Xiao Yan trapped inside it, then froze and shattered its fire body with Heavenly Cold Qi.
• Hun Mu emerged from a spatial rift and took Hun Xiao away before she could claim Fallen Heart Flame, and her hurried speech revealed she was a woman.
• Xiao Yan waited for the threat pursuing Soul Hall to pass, then followed Yao Chen's advice to refine Fallen Heart Flame.
• Qing Meng swallowed Fallen Heart Flame despite its resistance, returned to Xiao Yan's shoulder, and entered his body as Xiao Yan began cultivating on the Lotus Pedestal of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Hun Mu and Soul Hall’s forces withdrew from Jianan Academy after an unknown expert interfered, and Qianmu, Bailie, and Su Qian searched the magma world for Xiao Yan and the Fallen Heart Flame. They failed to find him, but Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were hiding below, where Xiao Yan fought the Fallen Heart Flame’s influence with a Clear Heart Pill.

• Hun Mu told Hun Xiao that an expert from Jianan Academy had intercepted him, and Hun Xiao vowed to take revenge.
• Protector Feng and Protector Cheng withdrew, leaving Qianmu, Bailie, and Su Qian to assess the damage and suspect that someone had driven Soul Hall away.
• Qianmu, Bailie, and Su Qian searched the magma world for Xiao Yan and found a frozen region containing remnants of the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Qianmu, Bailie, and Su Qian left without finding Xiao Yan, and Qianmu ordered Su Qian to organize people to restore the seal.
• Yao Chen hid with Xiao Yan in a cave, while Xiao Yan endured the Fallen Heart Flame’s influence and took a Clear Heart Pill.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei struggled in Jianan Academy after hearing that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed, until the First Elder revealed himself and said the Xiao Tribe’s foundations remained. He led them toward the tribe and reassured Xiao Mei that her family was alive.

• Ma Yan confronted Xiao Ning, beat him in front of Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, and urged Xiao Mei to rely on him.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei took the injured Xiao Ning to a clinic, where a black-robed stranger summoned them to a secluded alley.
• The stranger revealed himself as the First Elder, and Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu recognized their grandfather.
• The First Elder said the Xiao Clan had been destroyed but the Xiao Tribe’s foundations remained, and he told them to return with him.
• The First Elder told Xiao Yu not to inform Xiao Yan and assured Xiao Mei that her family was still alive.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li fled a trap in Maple City before Xiao Zhan appeared and revealed power far beyond what they expected. He took them and the others through a Spatial Passage toward the Xiao Clan’s ancestral grounds, leaving them bewildered about their family.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li escaped an attack on their mercenary corps, only for Hall Master Wu of the Lion Tooth Sect to demand they join a mission under threat.
• Hall Master Wu revealed the Lion Tooth Sect had used the mercenaries as bait over a supposedly stolen Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and planned to silence Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Zhan appeared and used Space Strangulation to kill Hall Master Wu and his subordinates, shocking Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• The Xiao Clan’s First Elder arrived with Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei, and Xiao Zhan opened a Spatial Passage to the clan’s ancestral grounds.
• Xiao Zhan led the group through the Void toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range while the younger generation wondered whether their clan was really the one they knew.

Xiao Zhan brought the Xiao Clan into Amon’s hidden realm and revealed the clan’s alliance, Spirit Worms, and plans to his sons and the younger generation. He left Xiao Yan out of the secret, intending for him to endure hardship and pursue the Dou Emperor realm while his brothers protected his path.

• Xiao Zhan learned from Amon that the Xiao Clan had been moved into a concealed realm, then opened a spatial rift and led the returning clan members inside.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning explored the floating islands and learned from Xiao Qing that each family would receive an island and that members could fly between them.
• Xiao Zhan brought the group to Amon and explained the Xiao Tribe’s history, its conflict with the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan, its alliance with the Amon Clan, and its reliance on Spirit Worms.
• Xiao Li asked why Xiao Yan was absent, and Xiao Zhan said Yan'er could not learn about the clan’s current power because he needed to face hardship and pursue the Dou Emperor realm on his own.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li offered to help Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan told them to fuse with more Spirit Worms and protect him from enemies beyond his ability.

Hun Xiao returned to the Soul Realm with Hun Mu after failing to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame, then reunited with Hun Zhang outside Soul Emperor City. Hun Zhang said he had someone to introduce as their potential father.

• Hun Xiao and Hun Mu reached the Heaven Hall, where Hun Xiao used her Elder Token to enter the Soul Realm without approval.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Mu traveled through the Space Wormhole and emerged in the Soul Realm.
• Hun Xiao went to Soul Emperor City and met Hun Zhang, who greeted her excitedly.
• Hun Xiao told Hun Zhang she had nearly obtained the Fallen Heart Flame but had failed.
• Hun Zhang said he had found someone to introduce as their father, and Hun Xiao questioned his habit of recognizing new dads.

Xiao Zhan sent Xiao Ding, Xiao Yu, and the others out after they fused with Spirit Worms, while Xiao Qing offered to help them train for Contribution Points. He then connected to his Amon substitute in the Soul Realm and discovered that the substitute had become the adoptive father of Hun Zhang, who proposed a marriage between Hun Xiao and Xiao Yan; Xiao Zhan left convinced the Soul Clan was courting his family because it saw Xiao Yan’s potential to become a Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Qing offered to spar with Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei for two Contribution Points each and demonstrated how Spirit Worms could be consumed to increase cultivation.
• Xiao Ding worried that the clan’s easy power from Spirit Worms would discourage people from cultivating on their own and recalled Xiao Zhan’s warning to keep the worms from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan connected to his Amon substitute in the Soul Realm and found Hun Zhang greeting him as his adoptive father.
• Hun Zhang introduced Hun Xiao and said he had arranged for her to marry Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Zhan stunned.
• Xiao Zhan questioned Hun Zhang about his standing, and Hun Zhang identified himself as the Soul Clan’s youngest elder and a member of its Three Sword Saints.
• Xiao Zhan inferred that the Soul Clan wanted to win him and Xiao Yan over because it believed Xiao Yan could become a Dou Emperor.

Hun Xiao agreed to help Hun Zhang use her engagement to probe Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Zhan learned that Hun Zhang would duel Hun Jing. He went to watch the battle in the mountains, where Hun Zhang and Hun Jing prepared to fight despite Hun Jing’s advantage in strength.

• Hun Zhang told Hun Xiao that Xiao Zhan had a serious problem and that he wanted to use her to learn more; Hun Xiao agreed in exchange for a Heavenly Flame.
• Hun Xiao returned to Xiao Zhan and called him “Father,” startling him.
• Three days later, Xiao Zhan explored Soul Emperor City in an Amon Avatar and learned that Hun Zhang would duel Hun Jing.
• Hun Qiu took Xiao Zhan and Hun Xiao to the mountains, where they saw the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints and other powerful clansmen gathered.
• Hun Jing and Hun Zhang faced each other; Hun Jing warned he would not hold back, while Hun Zhang said he was ready to defeat him.
• The gathered clansmen noted that Hun Zhang had reached the middle stage of the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, though Hun Jing remained stronger at the late stage.

Hun Zhang defeated Hun Jing with a four-sword technique, changing how the Soul Clan viewed the Three Sword Saints, while Hun Tiandi ordered the witnesses to keep the result secret. Hun Zhang then settled Xiao Yan’s marriage to Hun Xiao with Xiao Zhan and asked him to help choose a wedding date.

• Hun Zhang unveiled three special swords and trapped Hun Jing in a formation before striking with his Dissolving Soul Sword.
• A Ghost Head Blade and a black energy palm intervened to weaken Hun Zhang’s final attack, after which Hun Jing admitted defeat.
• Xiao Zhan realized many powerful experts had watched the battle, and Hun Tiandi ordered everyone not to reveal its outcome.
• Hun Zhang told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan and Hun Xiao’s marriage was settled, then asked when they should hold the wedding.
• Xiao Zhan suggested discussing the wedding later while considering how the marriage might benefit his clan.

Hun Zhang discussed a possible marriage between Xiao Yan and Hun Xiao with Xiao Zhan, then reported to Hun Tiandi about the hidden Xiao Tribe and proposed cooperation. Hun Tiandi granted Hun Xiao treatment equal to the Young Clan Leader, and she called him “Clan Leader Grandpa,” leaving him speechless.

• Xiao Zhan accepted Hun Zhang’s proposal to let Xiao Yan and Hun Xiao decide for themselves whether their feelings developed.
• Hun Zhang explained to Hun Dan how he had used the Fourth Sword and said the Three Sword Saints still had a long way to go before surpassing the Four Demon Saints.
• Hun Zhang told Hun Tiandi that Xiao Zhan seemed to have two personalities and that he had found no clues about Xiao Men.
• Hun Zhang proposed setting aside old hatred and cooperating with the Xiao Tribe, citing the possible engagement between Xiao Yan and Hun Xiao.
• Hun Tiandi agreed to give Hun Xiao treatment equal to the Young Clan Leader and summoned her to meet him.
• Hun Xiao called Hun Tiandi “Clan Leader Grandpa,” and he asked her to call him Clan Leader or Hun Tiandi instead.

Hun Tiandi questioned Xiao Zhan and revealed that he believed the Xiao Clan was connected to a hidden true Xiao Tribe, while Xiao Zhan realized Hun Tiandi had detected a difference between him and the previous avatar. Wu Meng concluded that an Amon had misled Hun Tiandi, and the chapter ended with Zhou Mingrui examining the barrier around the Ancient Holy City.

• Hun Tiandi sent Hun Xiao away and summoned Xiao Zhan to meet him.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Zhan that he had never ordered the Xiao Clan’s destruction and explained that he had only recently begun taking the Xiao Tribe seriously.
• Xiao Zhan realized Hun Tiandi had noticed he differed from the previous avatar, while Wu Meng urged him to stay calm.
• Hun Tiandi asked who led the Xiao Tribe, then said Xiao Men’s consciousness was inside Xiao Zhan and dismissed him as a puppet.
• Wu Meng guessed that an Amon had invented the hidden Xiao Tribe and the name Xiao Men, prompting Xiao Zhan to wonder whether Amons could lie.
• Zhou Mingrui visited the Ancient Holy City, tested its barrier, and remarked on its rumored connection to a Dou Emperor.