Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and Medusa discovered that the seven-colored primordial stone was actually a nine-colored origin stone, then returned to Sacred Pill City. Xiao Yu refined a Saint Spirit Pill for Yun Yun, and a month later a black demon lightning cloud formed over the Xiao Residence, revealing that he was refining a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill.

• Medusa used her blood to reveal the stone’s eighth stripe, and Xiao Yu stopped her from putting it away as a faint ninth stripe began to appear.
• Medusa realized the nine-colored origin stone could help her bypass Half-Saint and reach Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yu urged her to hide it from prying eyes.
• Xiao Yu took Medusa and Yun Yun back to Sacred Pill City, told Medusa not to use the stone yet, and secluded himself to refine a Saint Spirit Pill for Yun Yun.
• A month later, a vast black demon lightning cloud gathered above the Xiao Residence, drawing powerful experts from Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi recognized the tribulation as a sign that Xiao Yu was refining a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill and celebrated his advancement as a Ninth-Grade Grandmaster Alchemist.

After a month of refining, Xiao Yu completed the Saint Spirit Pill and subdued the black demon lightning that appeared to test it. He gave the pill to Yun Yun, who asked whether he had made one for her alone.

• Dou Zuns gathered outside the Xiao Residence and recognized that Xiao Yu was refining a ninth-grade pill when black demon lightning formed overhead.
• Xiao Yu emerged with the Saint Spirit Pill, then approached the tribulation clouds and caused the black demon lightning to flee and disperse.
• Xiao Yu pulled the lightning back, subdued it, and decided to keep it as a pet that he would help develop intelligence.
• Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Residence and found Yun Yun cultivating behind the Isolation Barrier.
• Xiao Yu teased Yun Yun, then gave her the Saint Spirit Pill, explaining that it could increase her chances of reaching Dou Sheng by thirty percent.
• Yun Yun asked whether anyone else was receiving a pill, and Xiao Yu said she was the only one because he had enough herbs to refine just one.

Xiao Yu brought Medusa to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs so she could cultivate and pursue a breakthrough to Dou Sheng, then left her to enter the pool alone. After checking on the still-sleeping Zi Yan and returning to the Pill Region, he learned from Xiao Yan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was about to emerge.

• Xiao Yu and Medusa slipped past the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s defenses and reached the Nine Nether Yellow Springs in the depths of the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Xiao Yu warned Medusa about the dangers beneath the springs, gave her a Spatial Jade Slip and pills, and told her not to interfere with the imprisoned Yao Ming.
• Medusa kissed Xiao Yu, promised to help him after her breakthrough, and transformed into a Seven-Colored Giant Python before diving into the springs.
• Xiao Yu visited East Dragon Island and found that Zi Yan was still absorbing and integrating the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power.
• Xiao Yu returned to the Pill Region, where Xiao Yan informed him that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was about to emerge in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Xiao Yu traveled to Desolate Ancient Town to join Xiao Yan and his companions for a search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region. He arrived as they planned to wait for him, then urged them to enter the dangerous region with him that day.

• Xiao Yu decided to seek Bodhi Seeds and explore the Vast Desolate Ancient Region after reading Xiao Yan's message inviting him to Desolate Ancient Town.
• Xiao Yu left the Inner Region while Yun Yun remained in seclusion, securing the Xiao Residence before departing.
• Xiao Yu traveled to Desolate Ancient Town and found Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin at an inn.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked what they should do after learning that an earlier group had died in the ancient region, and Xiao Yan proposed waiting for Xiao Yu before deciding how to proceed.
• Xiao Yu appeared in their room and told them to enter the ancient region with him that day.

Xiao Yu revealed that he had reached the Dou Sheng realm and led Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region ahead of the other experts. After they appeared inside the silent forest, Xiao Yu warned them that poisonous mist was rising around them.

• Xiao Yu entered the room unnoticed, surprised Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and confirmed Xiao Yan’s guess that he had reached Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan and the two women to prepare to leave in an hour, and Xiao Yan said they no longer needed to wait for the experts gathering in town.
• Xiao Yu took Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin out of Vast Desolate Ancient Town and used spatial force to enter the Primeval Forest directly.
• Xiao Yan found the forest strangely quiet and asked why there were no Fierce Beasts nearby.
• Xiao Yu sensed poisonous mist rising and warned Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to be careful.

Xiao Yu led Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin through the dangers of the Vast Desolate Ancient Region toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After using the beast tide as a training ground, the group escaped deeper into the region with their combat skills improved.

• Xiao Yu protected the group from clouds of microscopic venomous insects with his Origin Flame, and they crossed a ravine into the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Xiao Yan used a Bodhi Seed to sense the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s direction, and Xiao Yu carried the group northwest while concealing their auras from Fierce Beasts and other travelers.
• Xiao Yu’s group bypassed the Ancient Domain Platform and found a vast beast tide blocking their path deeper into the region.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin chose to fight the Fierce Beasts for training, and Xiao Yu transported them into the tide and watched over them.
• Xiao Yu withdrew Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin when they reached their limits, then took the group out of the beast tide after Xiao Yan finished fighting.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Xiao Yu destroyed its Half-Saint puppets and broke free of its illusion. Inside the tree, they found the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s true body and witnessed an image of a black-robed figure whose aura identified him as a Dou Di.

• Xiao Yu detected sinister energy concealed within the Bodhi Ancient Tree and led Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin toward its Bodhi Heart.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent out five Half-Saint Puppets, and Xiao Yu erased them with a sweep of his sleeve.
• A beam transported the group into the tree, where Xiao Yu shattered his illusion and Xiao Yan soon emerged from his own.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan saw that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were trapped in illusions, then examined an image of the ancient tree at its peak.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu saw a black-robed figure whose overwhelming aura suggested he was a Dou Di.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan learned that a dark intelligence born from a dead Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which asked them to help cleanse it. The tree supplied them with sixty-eight Bodhi Seeds to refine with Heavenly Flames, and they prepared to begin.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan watched the Bodhi Ancient Tree and a white-robed Dou Di defeat the Black-Robed Dou Di, whose black energy seeped into the tree.
• The sphere’s information revealed that the Black-Robed Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree and created a second, dark intelligence within it.
• Xiao Yan realized the tree wanted their help, and Xiao Yu inferred that refining Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames could return pure energy to the tree and dispel the corruption.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree demonstrated the cleansing method and gave Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan sixty-eight Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yu urged Xiao Yan to begin refining the seeds, suggesting the tree would reward their help.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu refined the Bodhi Seeds until the Bodhi Ancient Tree was freed of its black energy, after which Xiao Yan entered enlightenment beneath the tree. Xiao Yu learned where the black-robed Dou Di had died and left to pursue his own opportunity, but a Soul Palace man blocked his path outside the tree.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu refined the Bodhi Seeds, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yan a green cushion to help restore his Dou Qi.
• After the final black energy left the tree, Xiao Yan collapsed from exhaustion and merged with the trunk to receive enlightenment.
• Xiao Yu declined the tree's enlightenment and asked where the black-robed Dou Di had died, receiving information and an aura through a tendril.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent Xiao Yu outside, where he told Gu Xun'er that Xiao Yan was still inside and then left to seek his own opportunity.
• A black-robed man confronted Xiao Yu and demanded that he share what he had obtained inside the tree, while the surrounding factions watched greedily.
• Xiao Yu identified the man as belonging to the Soul Palace and coldly confronted him.

Xiao Yu crushed Hun Yu and eliminated the Soul Clan members who attacked him, leaving the other treasure seekers too afraid to challenge him. After leaving the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he followed information to a location in the sky and vanished into the void.

• Hun Yu attacked Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu seized him, took his scroll, and crushed it to summon a Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yu punched into the spatial black hole, killing the Half-Saint before it could emerge.
• Xiao Yu crushed Hun Yu and erased the Three Elders with Black-and-White Lightning.
• Xiao Yu warned the gathered treasure seekers not to challenge him, then left the Bodhi Ancient Tree as Gu Xun'er wondered at his strength.
• Xiao Yu reached the indicated spot thousands of zhang above the ground and melded into space when he could not find what he sought.

Xiao Yu searched the void for remnants of the Black-Robed Dou Di and found only a dangerous wisp of black mist. After ten days of searching, he encountered a massive black storm and braced himself as it rushed toward him.

• Xiao Yu entered the void and used the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s aura to search for traces of the Black-Robed Dou Di.
• Xiao Yu found a tiny wisp of black mist, suppressed it with his profound venerable ancestral flame, and resumed his search.
• After searching for about ten days, Xiao Yu gave up and opened a passage to leave the void.
• Xiao Yu sensed a distant roar and used five qi thunder and the Void Eye to spot a vast black storm racing toward him.
• Unable to escape, Xiao Yu covered himself in golden flames and formed a sturdy independent space with silver flames.

After surviving a devastating void storm, Xiao Yu explored a dark space connected to the Black-Robed Dou Di and found a fragment of a Storage Ring containing valuable treasures. He gained a powerful Dou Technique, a pill formula, and a source of pure energy that greatly advanced his cultivation.

• Xiao Yu recovered from the void storm's injuries and identified the dark space's connection to the Black-Robed Dou Di.
• Xiao Yu found a Storage Ring fragment and entered its broken internal space.
• Xiao Yu discovered the Black-Sky Profound Finger Dou Technique and judged it well suited to his strength and divine thunder.
• Xiao Yu found the Black Emperor Mystic Pill formula but realized its ingredients and refinement were beyond his current reach.
• Xiao Yu refined a wisp of energy from a mysterious stone, advancing to the peak of the middle stage of one-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yu collected the treasures and Storage Ring fragment before leaving the broken space.

Trapped in the black-mist space, Xiao Yu spent over a year refining the Milky White Stone and reached late Four-Star Dou Sheng before breaking his way out with the Ha Que Profound Firmament Finger. He emerged in the Beast Region rather than the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and set off to see Zi Yan.

• Xiao Yu failed to escape the black-mist space by force and began refining the Milky White Stone.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, later reached peak One-Star Dou Sheng, and defeated the Nether River Alliance as it attacked Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, the Pill Tower, and other factions to oppose the Soul Palace.
• After more than a year of refining the stone, Xiao Yu reached late Four-Star Dou Sheng and shattered the black-mist space with the Ha Que Profound Firmament Finger.
• Xiao Yu emerged in the Beast Region, realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree's location had shifted, and decided to visit Zi Yan.

Xiao Yu arrived at East Dragon Island after reaching Dou Sheng, where the elders welcomed him and told him Zi Yan had refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and was preparing to advance to Four-Star Dou Sheng. Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Yu in the Dragon Emperor Hall, and the chapter ended with him asking what she planned to do next.

• Elder Zhu Li and East Dragon Island’s Elder and Second Elder sensed Xiao Yu’s Dou Sheng aura and went to meet him.
• Xiao Yu greeted Qing Shan and Huang He, and Zhu Li explained that Xiao Yu was Zi Yan’s elder brother and had helped her obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Li told Xiao Yu that Zi Yan had refined the fruit and was preparing to break through to Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Qing Shan hosted Xiao Yu in the Dragon Emperor Hall, where Zi Yan arrived and playfully threw herself into his arms.
• Zi Yan took her place as Dragon Emperor after Xiao Yu scolded her, and he asked what she planned to do after absorbing the fruit.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Zi Yan reunite the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and she led an army from East Dragon Island to attack South Dragon Island. The South Dragon King learned of the invasion and went out to confront her.

• Zi Yan said she could defeat two Dragon Kings if Xiao Yu kept the third occupied, and they planned a surprise attack on the other islands.
• Xiao Yu gave Zi Yan medicinal pills, and she spent the next day catching up with him before their army assembled.
• Zi Yan rallied the assembled Ancient Void Dragon experts and led them, with Xiao Yu, out of East Dragon Island.
• The South Dragon King told Lie Shan that he planned to eliminate the Dragon Emperor and unify the dragon clan.
• East Dragon Island's forces announced Zi Yan's arrival, and the South Dragon King went out with his senior leaders to meet her.

Zi Yan led East Dragon Island’s forces against the South Dragon King and battled him in the void, where she gained the advantage. As the South Dragon King appeared to find hope, two crowned men approached the battlefield, and Xiao Yu prepared to confront them.

• Zi Yan demanded the South Dragon King submit, but he refused and claimed his royal bloodline entitled him to rule.
• Zi Yan ordered East Dragon Island’s army to attack, and the two armies clashed across South Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan and the South Dragon King moved their duel into the void, while Xiao Yu watched in case she needed help.
• Zi Yan overpowered the South Dragon King and wounded him with her spear, then offered to spare him if he accepted a soul imprint.
• The South Dragon King spotted a possible opportunity as two crowned men in dragon robes approached, and Xiao Yu noticed their arrival.

Xiao Yu held off the North Dragon King while Zi Yan fought the South and West Dragon Kings. Zi Yan killed both with her Dragon Phoenix Sky-Rending Art, then collapsed from the strain as Xiao Yu gave her a Healing Pill and carried her away with the defeated North Dragon King.

• Xiao Yu intercepted the North Dragon King and used his superior speed to prevent him from joining the battle against Zi Yan.
• The North Dragon King transformed into his dragon form and unleashed his power, alarming the South Dragon King and West Dragon King.
• Zi Yan wounded the South Dragon King, revealed her phoenix wings, and confronted both Dragon Kings in their true forms.
• Zi Yan used Dragon Phoenix Sky-Rending Art to tear the South Dragon King and West Dragon King apart, killing them and their souls.
• Xiao Yu gave the exhausted Zi Yan a Healing Pill; she swallowed it, fell unconscious in his arms, and Xiao Yu departed with her and the North Dragon King.

After restoring the Ancient Dragon Clan, Xiao Yu returned to the Central Plains and learned that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance was fighting the Soul Palace. He gathered ingredients and seeds for a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill while announcing that he possessed the Tou She Ancient God Jade, drawing the Soul Palace’s attention.

• Zi Yan reunited the three Dragon Islands with East Dragon Island, restored Ancient Dragon Island, and took charge as the clan’s sole Dragon Emperor while Xiao Yu departed.
• Xiao Yu visited the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, sensed Medusa’s greatly increased strength, and returned to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yu learned that Yun Yun and Chen Ye had joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s fight against the Soul Palace, then returned to the Pill Tower.
• Tian Leizi told Xiao Yu that Yun Yun had gone to the Northwest to face Soul Palace reinforcements and gave him a Spatial Jade Slip for emergencies.
• Xiao Yu asked Xuan Kongzi to announce that he possessed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and used the Pill Tower’s resources to gather medicinal herbs and seeds.
• After a month of collecting ingredients, Xiao Yu planted the herbs and seeds in the Xiao Residence as the Soul Palace learned of his claim to the jade.

Xiao Yu accelerated the growth of his medicinal herbs and waited for them to mature, while Soul Demon Elder set out to seize the Ancient Emperor Jade and kill him. Soul Demon Elder attacked Xiao Yu above the Inner Pill Region, and the Pill Tower’s Old Monster Lin feared Xiao Yu was in danger.

• Xiao Yu used the Heavenly Evolution Profound Flame to grow medicinal herbs and planned to refine a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill after another month.
• Soul Demon Elder learned that Xiao Yu possessed the Ancient Emperor Jade and decided to eliminate him personally.
• After half a month of peace, Soul Demon Elder appeared over the Inner Pill Region and demanded that Xiao Yu hand over the jade.
• Xiao Yu confronted Soul Demon Elder, and the two began fighting in the sky as their clashes shattered buildings below.
• Old Monster Lin arrived beside the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and worried that Xiao Yu might lose without the absent ancestor.

Xiao Yu fought the Soul Demon Elder in a temporary space and killed him with the Ha Que Profound Firmament Finger. He returned to the Pill Tower, where the Three Giants and the Little Pill Tower Elder learned of his victory.

• The Pill Tower Elder told the Three Giants that Xiao Yu had held his own against the Soul Demon Elder, though he could no longer see their battle.
• Xiao Yu used the Divine Origin Heaven Mysterious Transformation and the Profound Venerable Ancestral Flame to wound the Soul Gu Frog and strike the Soul Demon Elder.
• The Soul Demon Elder tried to unleash a final attack by devouring the injured Soul Gu Frog, but Xiao Yu crushed him and his blood sphere with the Ha Que Profound Firmament Finger.
• Xiao Yu searched the void for the Soul Demon Elder and found no trace of him before returning to the Inner Pill Region.
• Xiao Yu apologized to Tian Leizi and the other Giants for involving the Pill Tower, then told them he had killed the Soul Demon Elder with one finger strike.
• The Three Giants were shocked, and the Little Pill Tower Elder greeted Xiao Yu as an equal.