Arc 7Rise of the Dragon Emperor

Xiao Yan and his companions traveled to the Central Plains, where he reclaimed his clan’s technique, explored a Dou Sheng ruin, and helped Zi Yan claim her Dragon Emperor heritage. The arc ended with Xiao Yan reaching 9,600 stages of Dou Qi and becoming the continent’s youngest Ninth-Rank Alchemist.

  • Xiao Yan led Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan into the Central Plains, where they destroyed a Hall of Souls branch and freed its captured souls.
  • Xiao Yan visited Burning Flame Valley, proved his Xiao Clan heritage to Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun, and cured Tang Huo’er with an eighth-tier Fire Bodhi Pill.
  • Xiao Yan uncovered a Dou Sheng ruin in the Beast Region, and Zi Yan claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while his group gathered its treasures.
  • Xiao Yan defeated the factions that attacked them outside the ruin, and Hei Qing brought Zi Yan and her companions to East Dragon Island.
  • Zhu Li confirmed Zi Yan was the Dragon Emperor’s daughter, and Xiao Yan helped her absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit until she reached early five-star Dou Sheng.
  • Zi Yan lured the North Dragon King to East Dragon Island, killed him, and forced the remaining Dragon Kings to submit while Xiao Yan revived Yao Lao in the North Dragon King’s body.
  • Xiao Yan trained in the Void Lightning Pool, reached 9,600 stages of Dou Qi, and later used black demon lightning to temper himself while refining a ninth-grade Energy-Gathering Pill.
  • Xiao Yan completed the ninth-grade pill and became the youngest Ninth-Rank Alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Returning to the Black-Corner Region, Reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian

Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance with Yao Yue and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to cure her woeful poison body. Xiao Yi Xian accepted his complicated relationships but teased him about Xun'er and Nalan Yanran.

  • Jia Xingtian sent his great-granddaughter Yao Yue and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast with Xiao Yan to join the Flame Alliance.
  • Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance, where Yao Yue began studying alchemy under Gu He and the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast joined the Heavenly Snake Hall.
  • Xiao Yan gave Gu He the ingredients to refine a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast.
  • Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and told her he had gathered what he needed to refine a Poison Pill and eliminate the danger of her woeful poison body.
  • Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Yan's promise to take her on his travels, then teased him about Xun'er and Nalan Yanran.

Ch. 152Condensing the Poison Pill, Xiao Yi Xian Becomes a Dou Emperor

Xiao Yan began helping Xiao Yi Xian condense her Poison Pill, using Heavenly Flames, Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and an Eighth-Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core. Xiao Yi Xian’s aura surged to Seven-Star Dou Huang as the poison qi and magic core began to fuse.

  • Xiao Yi Xian celebrated the coming end of the danger from her woeful poison body by spending an intimate night with Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yi Xian discovered that she had reached Seven-Star Dou Wang during their intimacy, and Xiao Yan attributed her breakthrough to his powerful constitution.
  • Xiao Yan used the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame to drive Xiao Yi Xian’s poison qi into her lower abdomen and compress it.
  • Xiao Yan refined the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, sent its life force into Xiao Yi Xian, and instructed her to compress the poison qi with her Dou Qi.
  • Xiao Yan refined the Eighth-Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and placed it inside Xiao Yi Xian as she activated the Poison Pill Method.
  • Xiao Yi Xian began fusing the poison qi vortex with the magic core, and her aura erupted to Seven-Star Dou Huang.

Ch. 153No, You Came at Just the Right Time

Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance, oversaw its rapid expansion, and led it to unify the Black-Corner Region. After setting his sights on the Northwest Continent, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, whose growing strength reflected the opportunities he had given them.

  • Xiao Yi Xian successfully condensed her Poison Pill and celebrated with Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reported the Flame Alliance’s growth, and Xiao Yan set its next goal as unifying the Black-Corner Region.
  • Xiao Yan’s return led to Queen Medusa awakening and reaching Three-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Xun’er joining the Flame Alliance, and Nalan Yanran returning after advancing to Six-Star Dou Emperor.
  • The Flame Alliance unified the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yan announced that he would next target the Northwest Continent.
  • Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan in his bedchamber, and Nalan Yanran arrived after breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Huang.

Ch. 154Two years in a flash, destination: Central Plains

After two years of growth, Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Central Plains with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan, leaving Qing Lin and Queen Medusa to oversee the Flame Alliance. He relied on Xiao Ding to manage the alliance and declared that his name would soon shake the continent.

  • Over two years, the Flame Alliance grew stronger as its members advanced, while Xiao Yan reached 7,200 Stages of Dou Qi and improved his alchemy and soul power.
  • Xiao Yan announced his plan to visit the Central Plains, and Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan each expressed interest in joining him.
  • Xiao Yan chose Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan to accompany him, and tasked Qing Lin and Queen Medusa with protecting the Flame Alliance.
  • Queen Medusa resolved to keep pursuing Xiao Yan, while Qing Lin accepted her responsibility to guard the alliance.
  • Xiao Ding teased Xiao Yan for leaving the alliance's affairs to him, and Xiao Yan thanked his brother before confidently predicting that his name would soon be known across the continent.

Ch. 155The Tianqing Mountain Range, a Hall of Souls Branch

Xiao Yan led his companions to a Hall of Souls branch hidden in the Tianqing Mountain Range and launched an attack before their journey to the Central Plains. As the branch’s leaders prepared to fight, Xiao Xun'er began using a powerful seal against the deputy hall masters.

  • Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan that he had found the branch’s location by interrogating a captured Hall of Souls member.
  • Xiao Yan shattered the spatial barrier around the branch’s canyon, prompting its forces to gather and attack the intruders.
  • Nalan Yanran volunteered to fight the Dou Zongs, while Xiao Xun'er took on the deputy hall masters and Zi Yan offered to handle the weaker fighters.
  • Xiao Yi Xian killed the branch hall master with a beam of gray energy and sealed the surrounding space so the deputy hall masters could not send a distress signal.
  • Xiao Xun'er formed seals and invoked the Mountain Splitting Seal as the two deputy hall masters prepared to fight their way out.

Ch. 156Clearing the Battlefield, Soul Origin

Xiao Yan and his companions defeated the Hall of Souls guards and discovered a plaza where thousands of captured souls were being held for a ritual. After claiming a cache of soul origin and freeing the prisoners, Xiao Yan reflected that Gu Yuan had badly underestimated the Hun Clan, leaving him to handle the coming crisis himself.

  • Xiao Xun'er quickly defeated two deputy hall masters, Zi Yan easily handled several Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors, and Nalan Yanran won her arduous battle after nearly two hours.
  • Xiao Yan praised Nalan Yanran and gave her a Sixth-Grade Pill before the group collected the fallen enemies' Storage Rings and entered the hall's deepest chamber.
  • Xiao Yan recognized a glowing cluster as soul origin, took it, and used his soul power to break the chains binding thousands of captured souls.
  • The freed souls thanked Xiao Yan and departed, while he personally released those whose consciousness had been destroyed.
  • Xiao Xun'er explained that the Hun Clan used soul origin for its secret arts and that Gu Yuan had long known of the Hall of Souls' activities but had not intervened.
  • Xiao Yan condemned Gu Yuan for overlooking the Hun Clan's schemes and resolved that he would have to carry the team himself.

Ch. 157Half-Step Heaven Realm, Arrival at Tianya City

Xiao Yan refined the soul origin and advanced to the half-step heaven realm before traveling with the women to Tianya City. As they headed for the city’s spatial passage, Luo Cheng realized the visitors were far stronger than he had expected and hurried to greet them.

  • Xiao Yan used the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame to remove the Hall of Souls’ hidden tampering from the soul origin, then absorbed and refined it.
  • After two days, Xiao Yan’s soul power surged, and he reached the half-step heaven realm; Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan congratulated him.
  • Xiao Yan and the women traveled toward Tianya City, taking five days as Zi Yan found medicinal herbs and they stopped to search for treasures.
  • A yellow-robed elder met Xiao Yan and his companions near Tianya City and offered them hospitality, but Xiao Yan asked to go directly to the spatial passage.
  • When an informant told Luo Cheng that four Dou Zong experts had arrived, Luo Cheng hurried to receive them and realized they were Dou Zun; he bowed to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.

Ch. 158Two Women's Thoughts: The Drunkard's Heart Was Not Set on Wine

Xiao Yan and the women traveled through Tianya City's Spatial Passage toward the Central Plains aboard a space ship. After eleven days of travel and signs that the passage's barriers were failing, they emerged safely in the Central Plains.

  • Luo Cheng welcomed Xiao Yan and the women, then personally escorted them to Tianya City's Spatial Passage after they declined to visit the Luo family.
  • Xiao Yan paid Luo Cheng a Fifth-grade Pill as the passage fee and entered the Spatial Passage with the women.
  • Xiao Yan summoned a Fifth-Level Space Ship and powered it with crimson energy to carry them through the passage.
  • During the journey, Xiao Yan and the women cultivated, drank tea, chatted, and played board games while Xiao Yan noticed tension beneath the games between Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian.
  • After eleven days, the passage's spatial barriers showed signs of collapse and battered the ship, but Xiao Yan and the women continued without intervening.
  • The ship passed through the silver-lit exit, and Xiao Yan and the women arrived in the Central Plains.

Ch. 159Xiao Yan of the Flame Alliance, Here to Pay a Visit

Xiao Yan brought his companions to the Burning Flame Valley to learn the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, an art once created by his ancestor. After reaching the valley and announcing himself, he left its leaders wary of the powerful soul force in his voice.

  • Xiao Yan explained that the Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Xuan had created the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and that the Burning Flame Valley held its complete version.
  • Xiao Yan bought a Central Region map, subdued a Peak Sixth Tier Six-Winged Flying Tiger, and traveled with his companions for half a month to the Blazing Fire Mountain Range.
  • Xiao Yan thanked the Six-Winged Flying Tiger with a rare medicinal herb and identified the concealed spatial barrier to the Burning Flame Valley.
  • Xiao Yi Xian suggested breaking through the barrier, but Xiao Yan refused and announced himself as Xiao Yan of the Flame Alliance.
  • The Burning Flame Valley's red-haired Valley Master and the others sensed Xiao Yan's soul power and wondered who he was.

Ch. 160Above Burning Flame Valley, seeking the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations

Xiao Yan and his companions visited Burning Flame Valley, where he asked Tang Zhen for the valley’s inherited Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations. Tang Zhen refused to pass on the secret technique to an outsider, but Xiao Yan revealed a powerful heavenly flame, leaving Tang Zhen shocked and the request unresolved.

  • Tang Zhen led Burning Flame Valley’s elders and Tang Huo'er out to welcome Xiao Yan and his companions.
  • Tang Zhen invited Xiao Yan’s group into Burning Flame Valley and escorted them to a crimson hall.
  • Tang Zhen asked why Xiao Yan had come, and Xiao Yan requested the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
  • Tang Zhen explained that the technique was not passed to outsiders, prompting Zi Yan to point out that Xiao Yan possessed heavenly flames.
  • Xiao Yan revealed the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame, and Tang Zhen recognized it as a heavenly flame more terrifying than the three thousand burning flame.

Ch. 161Xiao Xuan's descendant, Beast King Transformation shocks everyone

Xiao Yan revealed that he was Xiao Xuan’s descendant and demonstrated the Beast King Transformation to prove his identity to Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Valley. Convinced, Tang Zhen agreed to return the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, while Tang Huo’er’s admiration for Xiao Yan left her father uneasy.

  • Tang Zhen explained that he could not hand over the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations without the secluded grand elder’s approval.
  • Xiao Yan told Tang Zhen that Xiao Xuan created the technique and revealed that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor and patriarch of the Xiao Clan.
  • Xiao Yan explained that the technique had been created as a contingency for the Xiao Clan and that only a clan member could reveal its true purpose.
  • Xiao Yan demonstrated the first transformation, Beast King Transformation, unleashing a powerful aura and awakening the Xiao Clan Mark; Xiao Xun'er recognized it as a sign that his imperial bloodline had awakened.
  • Tang Zhen accepted Xiao Yan’s identity and told Tang Huo’er to fetch the technique, then noticed her admiring gaze and worried she had fallen for Xiao Yan.

Ch. 162Old Ancestor Huoyun: So You're an Old Friend's Disciple

Old Ancestor Huoyun arrived at Burning Flame Valley, welcomed Xiao Yan as an old friend's disciple, and offered him treasures in exchange for the return of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations. After Yao Lao appeared and revealed Xiao Yan might be able to cure Huoyun's lingering condition, Huoyun was left astonished.

  • Old Ancestor Huoyun entered the hall, praised Xiao Yan, and allowed him to choose three treasures from Burning Flame Valley's treasury.
  • Huoyun explained that the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations belonged to the Xiao Clan and said Xiao Yan was welcome to take it back.
  • Tang Huo'er returned, and Huoyun praised her cultivation while privately considering her a suitable match for Xiao Yan.
  • Yao Lao appeared from the Bone Flame Ring, and Huoyun recognized him as an old friend and learned that Xiao Yan was his disciple.
  • Tang Zhen realized Yao Lao might be able to treat Tang Huo'er's injuries from forcibly merging with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
  • Yao Lao hinted that Xiao Yan could resolve Huoyun's lingering condition, leaving Huoyun stunned.

Ch. 163Yao Lao Appeared: Something Was Off About You, Kid

Yao Lao revealed Xiao Yan’s extraordinary alchemy talent to Old Ancestor Huoyun and sought Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but Xiao Yan refused to demand payment for curing Huoyun’s ailment. Xiao Yan then offered to treat Tang Huo’er, leaving everyone wondering how he had noticed her condition.

  • Yao Lao claimed that Xiao Yan’s alchemy already rivaled his own, astonishing Old Ancestor Huoyun and the people of Burning Flame Valley.
  • Yao Lao asked for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but Old Ancestor Huoyun refused to give it up.
  • Xiao Yan offered to cure Old Ancestor Huoyun’s hidden ailment once he became a Ninth-Rank Alchemist, asking for nothing in return.
  • Xiao Yan said he could treat Tang Huo’er’s condition, and Old Ancestor Huoyun discovered the problem and scolded Tang Zhen for keeping it from him.
  • Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Lao, and the people of Burning Flame Valley wondered how Xiao Yan had noticed Tang Huo’er’s condition.

Ch. 164The Spirit Ascension Technique, Three-Colored Thunderclouds

Xiao Yan began refining a Fire Bodhi Pill to treat Tang Huo'er, impressing Burning Flame Valley with his speed and control. He used Yao Lao’s Spirit Ascension Technique to raise the pill from seventh grade to eighth tier, summoning three-colored pill lightning.

  • Xiao Yan identified Tang Huo'er's condition and said a Fire Bodhi Pill would cure it, while Tang Zhen provided the ingredients.
  • Xiao Yan began refining the pill in the hall, controlling all 888 ingredients with his soul power and tossing them into the Black Demon Cauldron together.
  • Xiao Yan quickly melted the ingredients and condensed the Fire Bodhi Pill, drawing dark clouds and lightning above the hall.
  • Xiao Yan used the Spirit Ascension Technique and a blood sacrifice to improve the completed pill's quality.
  • The Fire Bodhi Pill ascended to eighth tier, and three-colored pill lightning appeared in the clouds, shocking everyone in the hall.

Ch. 165Tang Huo'er's heart stirs, the Burning Flame Trial

Xiao Yan refined an eighth-tier Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er, whose strength and feelings for him grew. After he left the Burning Flame Valley, Tang Huo'er resolved to enter the perilous Burning Flame Trial to become stronger.

  • Xiao Yan completed the Fire Bodhi Pill, absorbed and shattered its pill lightning, then gave the pill to Tang Huo'er.
  • Tang Huo'er absorbed the pill and advanced from five-star Dou Zong to peak seven-star Dou Zong, thanking Xiao Yan for saving her life.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions stayed as honored guests in the Burning Flame Valley for two and a half months before departing.
  • Old Ancestor Huoyun revealed that Gu Xun'er came from the Gu Clan and tried to reassure Tang Huo'er that Xiao Yan's group was safe.
  • Tang Huo'er decided to enter the Burning Flame Trial despite Old Ancestor Huoyun warning that failure meant death.

Ch. 166Arrival in the Beast Region, the Skeleton Mountain Range

Xiao Yan traveled to the Beast Region with Zi Yan and his companions, hoping to find her clan and ancient ruins. In the Skeleton Mountain Range, he uncovered and opened the ruins of a Dou Sheng, then led the others inside.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions crossed three Spatial Passages to reach the Beast Region, and he asked Zi Yan to watch for bloodline fluctuations that might lead her to her clansmen.
  • Xiao Yan searched the Skeleton Mountain Range for the ancient ruins and found a hidden basin beneath a primeval forest.
  • Xiao Yan struck the Space Seal with his Heaven-Splitting Giant Hand, but it only cracked.
  • Xiao Yan unleashed the Heavenly Flame Ancient Finger, shattering the damaged Space Seal and causing a vast bone-filled basin and palace to rise from the earth.
  • Xiao Yan recognized the palace as a Dou Sheng's ruins and vanished inside, inviting his companions to follow.

Ch. 167Ancient Ruins, the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit

Xiao Yan and his companions explored the Dou Sheng ruins, claimed its puppets and medicinal treasures, and followed Zi Yan’s instincts to a hidden chamber. They found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an altar, leaving its fate unresolved.

  • Xiao Yan led the women through a lava trap, seized control of ten Earth Demon Puppets, and sent Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to search separate passages.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran entered an ancient forest of medicinal herbs and gathered its treasures, including the Soul Infant Fruit.
  • Zi Yan sensed something valuable and guided Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to a golden barrier that opened when she offered her blood.
  • Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan and Nalan Yanran to an altar on a hidden plain, where they found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Ch. 168A Dou Sheng's Remains, Treasures from Head to Toe

Xiao Yan and his companions plundered the ancient ruin, where Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the group claimed a Dou Sheng’s remains and treasures. They emerged to find experts from various factions waiting outside, and Xiao Yan eyed the gathered crowd as potential enemies.

  • Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit into a mark on her palm, though its energy was too powerful for her to digest.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions spent days collecting the ancient forest’s medicinal ingredients and stripping the ruin’s side halls, and Xiao Yan gave an intelligent Pill Beast to Xiao Yi Xian.
  • In the main hall, Xiao Yan shattered a Dou Sheng’s remains before they could attack, while Zi Yan collected bones containing Dou Sheng marrow and Xiao Xun'er gathered ten clusters of light.
  • Xiao Yan erased the soul imprints from the puppets and said his soul power was close to breaking through to the Heaven Realm before the group left the ruin.
  • Experts from various factions gathered outside the ruin, and Xiao Yan emerged with his companions to face their hostile attention.

Ch. 169A Just Cause, a Slaughter on All Sides

Xiao Yan baited the gathered experts into attacking him over the supposed treasures from the ruins, then revealed his overwhelming strength and began slaughtering them. As the battle raged, he killed a Heavenly Underworld Sect Dou Zun and took the threat against him as a reason to remember the sect.

  • Qiu Di and experts from several factions demanded to inspect Xiao Yan's group's Storage Rings, but Xiao Yan claimed the treasures were all in his own ring and challenged them to take it.
  • Greedy experts attacked Xiao Yan's group, and Xiao Yan protected Xiao Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan with a flame barrier before summoning more than a dozen Dou Zun Puppets.
  • Major-power experts joined the assault, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to fight five Dou Zuns while more than twenty surrounded Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and his Clan Mark to raise his strength, then blocked the attackers' combined assault with a flame canopy.
  • Xiao Yan began killing the Dou Zuns one by one, and after a Heavenly Underworld Sect Dou Zun threatened him, Xiao Yan killed him and said he would remember the sect.

Ch. 170The Madman Who Even Killed a Heavenly Venerate of the Hall of Souls

Xiao Yan wiped out the attackers and met Hei Qing’s Ancient Void Dragon Clan party, who recognized Zi Yan’s extraordinary bloodline and brought her and her companions to East Dragon Island. Elder Qi You sensed Zi Yan’s power and ordered the group to see the Third Elder while keeping the discovery secret.

  • Xiao Yan killed the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates of the Hall of Souls and the other attackers, while Xiao Yi Xian finished her battle.
  • Hei Qing and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts emerged from hiding, and Zi Yan sensed that they were her clansmen.
  • Hei Qing suspected Zi Yan was connected to the Old Dragon Emperor and invited Xiao Yan and the others to East Dragon Island to protect her.
  • Hei Qing led Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the others through a void passage to East Dragon Island.
  • Qi You sensed Zi Yan’s immense Dragon Emperor bloodline and ordered everyone to meet the Third Elder while sealing off information about her arrival.

Ch. 171Something Was Off with Zi Yan, Refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit

Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, where Zhu Li and the others recognized her as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s princess and learned she possessed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. After preparing the clan’s secret technique and materials, Zhu Li and Qi You began helping Zi Yan refine the fruit.

  • Qi You introduced Xiao Yan and his companions to Zhu Li, and Xiao Yan revealed that he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
  • Zhu Li tested Zi Yan’s blood, recognized her as the princess, and confirmed that her father had been the missing Dragon Emperor.
  • Xiao Yan comforted Zi Yan about her missing father, while Zhu Li and the others hoped to secure Xiao Yan’s support for Ancient Dragon Island.
  • Zhu Li and Qi You identified Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and explained that their secret technique could help her refine it.
  • After Hei Qing gathered the required materials, Zhu Li and Qi You placed Zi Yan in a formation and told her to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Ch. 172A Traitor on Ancient Dragon Island, Xiao Yan Makes His Move

Xiao Yan stopped Black Fang from warning the other Dragon Kings and proposed using the traitor to lure out his contact. When Zi Yan began crystallizing under the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy, Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flame to melt the crystals and help her absorb the energy safely.

  • Xiao Yan captured Black Fang after stopping him from sending a Soul Message outside.
  • Zhu Li asked Xiao Yan to kill Black Fang, but Xiao Yan suggested keeping him as bait to lure out the person behind him.
  • Zi Yan began crystallizing as her body struggled to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy, and Zhu Li warned she could be sealed inside.
  • Xiao Yan used the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame to melt the crystals and return their energy to Zi Yan’s body.
  • Xiao Yan said Zi Yan would need three to five months to refine the fruit’s energy and told Xiao Xun'er and the other two women to attend to their own affairs.

Ch. 173Early Five-Star Dou Sheng, Zi Yan Takes the Dragon Emperor's Throne

After refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Zi Yan became the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new Dragon Emperor and reached early five-star Dou Sheng. Xiao Yan and the others watched her ascend to power, while Nalan Yanran continued to lag behind in cultivation despite strengthening her physique.

  • News of Xiao Yan’s slaughter at the Ancient Ruins spread, prompting rumors that he came from the Yan Clan or the Pill Tower.
  • Zi Yan’s aura surged as she completed her refinement of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she revealed that she had reached early five-star Dou Sheng.
  • Xiao Yan draped a robe over Zi Yan, learned that the fruit’s energy would raise her strength to seven-star Dou Sheng within ten years, and agreed to rely on her protection.
  • Three days later, the Ancient Void Dragons and their First Elder and Second Elder recognized Zi Yan as their Dragon Emperor.
  • Nalan Yanran said Zi Yan had advanced in a single step, while Xiao Yan noted that Nalan Yanran’s fourth refinement had transformed her physique despite her slower cultivation.

Ch. 174Inviting the Enemy into the Trap, Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkeys

Zi Yan and the elders lured the North Dragon King to East Dragon Island with a false report about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then trapped his forces with a space-sealing formation. As the North Dragon King realized the trap, Zi Yan moved to attack, revealing a power that left him overwhelmed.

  • Zi Yan approved Xiao Yan's plan to lure the North Dragon King to East Dragon Island, and Zhu Li arranged for Black Fang to send him a misleading message.
  • The North Dragon King believed the report about Zi Yan and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then marched to East Dragon Island without inviting the other kings.
  • Zi Yan prepared for his arrival with the elders, Xiao Yan, and his companions, while Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that the North Dragon King's corpse could be used to rebuild his body.
  • The elders activated a formation that sealed space as the North Dragon King and his forces entered East Dragon Island, and he realized they had been trapped.
  • The North Dragon King sensed Zi Yan's overwhelming bloodline pressure, and Zi Yan vanished from her throne and declared, "Traitor, die!"

Ch. 175Zi Yan's Dominance: Those Who Obey Shall Prosper, Those Who Defy Shall Perish

Zi Yan killed the North Dragon King, forced North Dragon Island to surrender, and ordered the West and South Dragon Kings to submit as well. Xiao Yan prepared to resurrect Yao Lao with a refined pill and the North Dragon King’s body, then began the process.

  • Zi Yan killed the North Dragon King with a single sword strike and declared herself the new Dragon Emperor.
  • North Dragon Island’s elites, including its First and Second Elders, surrendered to Zi Yan and agreed to hand over their accumulated treasures.
  • Zi Yan ordered Zhu Li to summon the West and South Dragon Kings to confess their crimes within seven days, or face death.
  • The West and South Dragon Kings learned of the North Dragon King’s death and traveled to Ancient Dragon Island to plead guilty.
  • Xiao Yan refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill with nine-colored pill lightning and prepared the North Dragon King’s body to make a new body for Yao Lao.
  • Xiao Yan began melting the North Dragon King’s body with the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame and called for Yao Lao to act.
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