Chapter Summaries

Taishu Jing and Little White left the Dragon Kings after Little White rejected their attempt to bind her to the Dragon Clan. At the Dragon Scale Timber Yard, Taishu Jing comforted her, while the Dragon Kings decided to observe them and avoid provoking Little White.

• Little White told the Dragon Kings that she owed the Dragon Clan nothing, and Taishu Jing stopped her from saying more before proposing they discuss matters another day.
• Ao Jue sent Ao Xiaoxiao to guide Taishu Jing and Little White around, while the Dragon Kings discussed Little White's transformed bloodline and Taishu Jing's mysterious power.
• The Dragon Kings decided to observe the pair for a few days and avoid making Little White hostile toward the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Xiaoxiao led Taishu Jing and Little White through the Dragon Scale Timber Yard, where Taishu Jing noticed the trees produced rich Dragon Qi and spiritual qi.
• Taishu Jing comforted Little White, and she cheered up before telling him she would decide later how he should make it up to her.

Taishu Jing and Little White encouraged Ao Xiaoxiao and gave her precious treasures to aid her cultivation. After the three went to the Dragon Scale Timber Yard, Holy Son Ao Jie arrived, prompting speculation that he had come to see Little White despite her having a Dao Companion.

• Taishu Jing praised Ao Xiaoxiao’s talent, and Little White encouraged her to believe in herself.
• Little White gave Ao Xiaoxiao a Chaos Origin Crystal, and Taishu Jing gave her Acquired Purple Qi Source, warning her to keep the gifts secret and use them to pursue Enlightenment.
• Ao Xiaoxiao led Taishu Jing and Little White to a pavilion in the Dragon Scale Timber Yard.
• Holy Son Ao Jie arrived at the Dragon Scale Timber Yard, and the Dragon Clan members speculated that he had come to see Little White.

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Ao Xiaoxiao joked about Little White’s domineering nature and how it had inspired other women. When Ao Jie approached, Little White showed no concern about his reputation and said she would kill him if he came after her.

• Ao Xiaoxiao asked Little White about her relationship with Taishu Jing, and Little White’s story made Taishu Jing sound clueless about romance.
• Taishu Jing teased Little White for being domineering, while Ao Xiaoxiao praised her bold stand against the three kings as an example for women.
• Little White and Ao Xiaoxiao jokingly blamed Taishu Jing for spoiling Little White, and the three laughed together.
• Ao Xiaoxiao recognized the approaching Ao Jie and explained that he was a powerful Dragon Clan Holy Son backed by someone at the half-step supreme realm.
• Taishu Jing suggested Ao Jie might have come because of Little White, and she said she would swat him to death if that were the case.
• Ao Xiaoxiao joked that Taishu Jing should act as Little White’s flower guardian, but Little White said she did not need one because she was not weak.

Little White learned that Taishu Jing’s Divine Blood had helped her develop a Sacred Dragon Bloodline, and he reassured her that he accepted her changing nature. At the Dragon Clan pavilion, Ao Jie approached and tried to introduce himself to Little White, who brushed him off.

• Little White realized that Taishu Jing’s Divine Blood had helped her True Dragon Bloodline evolve toward the Sacred Dragon Bloodline.
• Taishu Jing reassured Little White that she did not need to worry about him disliking her growing dominance, and she relaxed.
• Taishu Jing patted Little White’s head, while Ao Xiaoxiao and the Dragon Clan members nearby felt jealous of their closeness.
• Ao Jie arrived and pretended to chide Ao Xiaoxiao for neglecting her guest before turning his attention to Little White.
• Little White asked Ao Jie why she should tell him her name.

Dragon Clan Holy Son Ao Jie tried to court Little White by inviting her to his residence and offering her a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit. Little White refused and turned the offer toward Ao Xiaoxiao, leaving Ao Jie hesitating over whether to part with his treasured Medicine King.

• Little White challenged Ao Jie’s claim of kinship, and Ao Jie stopped a subordinate from invoking his grandmother’s status.
• Ao Jie invited Little White to his residence, but she pointedly praised the scenery instead of accepting.
• Ao Jie offered Little White a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, which Ao Xiaoxiao doubted his subordinates had acquired.
• Little White showed little interest in the Medicine King and asked Ao Jie to give it to Ao Xiaoxiao instead.
• Ao Jie hesitated, and Little White dismissed her request as a joke while Ao Xiaoxiao realized she had been teasing him.

Ao Jie offered Little White a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit in exchange for a private visit, but she rejected him and settled into Taishu Jing’s arms instead. Ao Jie challenged their relationship and clashed with Ao Xiaoxiao before Taishu Jing told him to leave.

• Ao Jie agreed to give Xiaoxiao his Heavenly Fragrance Fruit and invited Little White to his residence.
• Little White refused Ao Jie’s invitation, asked him to send the fruit to Xiaoxiao, and lay down in Taishu Jing’s arms.
• Ao Jie accused Taishu Jing of being an unsuitable human shield and said he was not worthy of Little White.
• Ao Xiaoxiao defended Little White and rebuked Ao Jie for acting superior and throwing his status around.
• Taishu Jing told Ao Xiaoxiao to rest, then dismissed Ao Jie and said he did not belong there.

Taishu Jing and Little White drove Ao Jie from the Dragon Scale Timber Yard after Little White’s Dragon Might overwhelmed him and his lackeys. Ao Jie returned home and began investigating whether Little White possessed a bloodline beyond the Five-Clawed True Dragon Bloodline.

• Taishu Jing rebuked Ao Jie for claiming to speak for the Dragon Clan, and Ao Xiaoxiao joined in telling him to leave.
• Little White released her Dragon Might, forcing Ao Jie’s lackeys to their knees and making Ao Jie’s own bloodline and Dragon Soul tremble.
• Taishu Jing asked Little White to withdraw her Dragon Might, and she warned Ao Jie to control his subordinates before he left with them.
• Ao Xiaoxiao invited Taishu Jing and Little White to stay at her home, and they accepted.
• Ao Jie pondered Little White’s unusual Dragon Might and decided to ask his grandmother what her bloodline might be.

Taishu Jing and Little White comprehended Order Power, a force that brought them halfway into the Emperor Realm. Ao Xiaoxiao witnessed their breakthrough and revealed that she was about to awaken a powerful Karma Fire Origin.

• Taishu Jing and Little White spent several days deepening their understanding of Primordial Power instead of undergoing the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Taishu Jing and Little White transformed their power into Order Power, opening the gates to the Emperor Realm.
• Ao Xiaoxiao found Taishu Jing and Little White surrounded by visions and asked what had happened.
• Little White explained that the glowing butterflies were Order Power and said Ao Xiaoxiao would understand it after awakening her origin.
• Ao Xiaoxiao proudly told Taishu Jing and Little White that she was about to awaken a powerful Karma Fire Origin.
• Taishu Jing and Little White wondered whether Ao Xiaoxiao's Karma Fire Origin was the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

Ao Xiaoxiao showed Taishu Jing and Little White her Red Lotus Karma Fire, and Taishu Jing’s Dao helped it awaken its Great Dao Origin and transform into Primordial Power. The flame’s evolution succeeded, and Little White then asked Ao Xiaoxiao how she had comprehended the Way of Karmic Fire.

• Ao Xiaoxiao revealed her Red Lotus Karma Fire, and Taishu Jing touched it without being burned because it sensed an aura from the same source as his Dao.
• Taishu Jing let the flame absorb his milky-white light, causing Ao Xiaoxiao’s Power of Laws to evolve and awaken its Great Dao Origin.
• The flame transformed into a strand of red-crystal Primordial Power, and Ao Xiaoxiao excitedly hugged Taishu Jing and joked that she would become his little wife.
• Little White teased Taishu Jing about Ao Xiaoxiao’s declaration, and Taishu Jing warned Ao Xiaoxiao to be careful with such jokes.
• Little White asked Ao Xiaoxiao how she had comprehended the Way of Karmic Fire.

Taishu Jing and Little White agreed to accompany Ao Xiaoxiao to the Alchemy Master Grand Gathering in Pill City, where Taishu Jing expected his brother Taishu Yun to honor a five-year-old promise to compete. Before the gathering, Taishu Jing and Little White left to face the Inner Demon Tribulation in the Starry Sky, while Ao Xiaoxiao returned to cultivate.

• Taishu Jing and Little White discussed the secrets of Ao Xiaoxiao's Way of Karmic Fire and encouraged her to explore its connection to the Dao of Karma.
• Ao Xiaoxiao invited Taishu Jing and Little White to the Alchemy Master Grand Gathering in Pill City, and they agreed to go with her.
• Taishu Jing recalled that Taishu Yun had promised Alchemist Fu Yuan to attend the gathering five years after winning the Yun Country competition.
• Ao Xiaoxiao told Taishu Jing and Little White that the Dragon Clan's teleportation array would take them to Pill City in about a month.
• Taishu Jing told Ao Xiaoxiao to keep their plan to undergo the Inner Demon Tribulation secret, then he and Little White entered a rift to the Starry Sky.
• Ao Xiaoxiao returned to cultivate, hoping to surprise Taishu Jing and Little White when they came back.

Taishu Jing and Little White underwent the Inner Demon Tribulation in the starry heavens, where Taishu Jing answered the Heavenly Dao’s Three Questions and rejected an illusion of Qianqian. Taishu Jing overcame the tribulation, which could earn him Mark Light for condensing a King's Mark.

• Taishu Jing and Little White reached a star and began the tribulation, summoning the Heavenly Dao’s faceless visage.
• Taishu Jing answered that he had no regrets in this life, committed no sin he felt guilty for, and followed a Dao centered on himself and his loved ones.
• An illusion of Qianqian urged Taishu Jing to leave with her and live together, but he saw through her act.
• Taishu Jing shattered the false Qianqian and overcame the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• The chapter explained that passing the tribulation earned cultivators varying amounts of Mark Light, which helped them condense a King's Mark and draw on Great Dao power.

Taishu Jing and Little White passed the Inner Demon Tribulation and received matching quantities of heavenly mark-light, forming their King's Marks amid unprecedented celestial phenomena. Their breakthrough shook the Desolate Continent, and Taishu Jing suggested they refuse to entrust their King's Marks to heaven and earth.

• Taishu Jing opened his eyes and saw that Little White had passed the Inner Demon Tribulation before him.
• Heaven and earth bestowed forty-nine strands of platinum mark-light on each of them, which they shaped into King's Marks.
• The formation of the marks triggered vast auspicious clouds, divine beasts, Lingxiao Palace, and other phenomena across the starry sky and Desolate Continent.
• Ao Jue saw the million-li auspicious clouds, wondered who had become a King, and decided to question Ao Xiaoxiao about Taishu Jing and the others.
• Taishu Jing asked Little White if she understood what it meant to refuse to entrust their King's Marks to heaven and earth.

Taishu Jing and Little White engraved their King's Marks into their true spirits and advanced into the Dao Source Realm without entrusting their marks to heaven and earth. After the Purple Profound Cauldron and Purple Profound Mirror survived the Slaughter Lightning Tribulation and gained physical forms, their appearances surprised Taishu Jing.

• Taishu Jing and Little White merged their King's Marks into their true spirits, becoming True Kings who could not borrow the power of the Great Dao between heaven and earth.
• Their newly strengthened auras shattered the star beneath them, and they cultivated for several days as their bodies, wills, and Nine Revolutions Saint Realms transformed.
• The Purple Profound Cauldron and Purple Profound Mirror faced the Slaughter Lightning Tribulation so their Weapon Souls could take form.
• After surviving the half-hour tribulation, the Purple Profound Cauldron's Weapon Soul appeared as a youth resembling Taishu Jing with pale-purple hair and eyes.
• The Purple Profound Mirror's Weapon Soul also appeared as a figure resembling Taishu Jing, leaving Taishu Jing dumbfounded and Little White amused.

Taishu Jing and Little White consolidated their newly materialized King Weapon souls after reaching the Dao Source Realm, then returned to the courtyard. Ao Xiaoxiao told them that Ao Jue had visited after the recent heavenly phenomena, and Taishu Jing concluded that Ao Jue had likely guessed their advancement.

• The Purple Profound Cauldron and Purple Profound Mirror manifested Weapon Souls resembling Taishu Jing and Little White, and Taishu Jing told them to return to their weapons and consolidate themselves.
• Taishu Jing and Little White left the starry sky and returned to the courtyard, where Ao Xiaoxiao eagerly examined them for signs of their new realm.
• Ao Xiaoxiao admitted she could not sense Taishu Jing's power, and Taishu Jing told her she would understand when she reached the same realm.
• Ao Xiaoxiao told Taishu Jing and Little White that the recent phenomena had impressed her and that Ao Jue had visited two days earlier to see them.
• Taishu Jing and Little White recognized that Ao Jue had likely inferred their advancement, but Taishu Jing decided there was no need to hide it once the commotion passed.

Ao Xiaoxiao trained under Taishu Jing and Little White while waiting for the Alchemy Master Grand Gathering. A new Dao Source Realm breakthrough stirred the continent, and Taishu Jing and Little White recognized Taishu Yun and Lan Xiyue as the ones behind the phenomenon, though the surrounding factions could not identify them.

• Ao Xiaoxiao asked how long remained before the Alchemy Master Grand Gathering, and Taishu Jing and Little White urged her to stabilize her newly awakened Primordial Power.
• Ao Xiaoxiao cultivated alongside Little White and Taishu Jing for several days and received their guidance.
• A continent-wide heavenly phenomenon announced another breakthrough into the Dao Source Realm, and Ao Xiaoxiao resolved to work harder.
• Taishu Jing told Ao Xiaoxiao to focus on comprehending the Dao and uncovering the mysteries of Primordial Power.
• Taishu Jing and Little White identified Taishu Yun, his elder brother, and Lan Xiyue as the ones who had advanced, while factions across the Central Region spread conflicting guesses.

A third person broke through to the Dao Source Realm, prompting speculation across the Central Region while Ao Jue privately celebrated the Dragon Clan’s latest advancement. At True Dragon Sacred Mountain, Ao Jie discovered records identifying a female Clan Member’s bloodline as the Sacred Dragon Bloodline and became convinced it could surpass the True Dragon Bloodline.

• Auspicious Clouds and falling starlight appeared across three hundred thousand miles, marking a third Dao Source Realm breakthrough that no one could identify.
• Ao Jue watched the phenomenon and privately recalled learning from Ao Xiaoxiao that Taishu Jing and the others were in secluded cultivation.
• Ao Jue’s fellow clan members wondered why he seemed unusually cheerful, then returned their attention to the sky.
• Ao Jie visited his grandmother, the Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl, after finding fragmented ancient records about the Sacred Dragon Bloodline.
• Ao Jie read that Sacred Dragons were born sacred and made Divine Kings bow, and rejoiced at finding a bloodline beyond the True Dragon Bloodline.

Ao Jie told the Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl that a Dragon Girl in the Dragon Clan might carry the Sacred Dragon Bloodline. His account of her overwhelming Dragon Might and combat prowess made his grandmother reconsider whether the legendary bloodline had appeared.

• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl welcomed Ao Jie and urged him to keep cultivating toward greater strength.
• Ao Jie asked his grandmother about Sacred Dragons, and she explained that the Dragon Clan believed only a Sacred Body could bear the Sacred Dragon Bloodline.
• Ao Jie insisted that a Dragon Clan member had been born with that bloodline, saying her Dragon Might made his own bloodline feel compelled to submit.
• Ao Jie described the Dragon Girl's strength, including her victory over two True Kings while she was a quasi-king.
• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl considered Ao Jie's claims and asked whether he had taken a liking to the Dragon Girl.

Ao Jie sought his grandmother’s help to separate his clan sister from the human she loved, hoping to claim her and confirm her suspected Sacred Dragon Bloodline. The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl saw through his motives, refused to interfere in the couple’s relationship, and ordered Ao Jie to leave the matter to his great-uncles and remain with her to cultivate.

• Ao Jie admitted that his clan sister already loved a human, and the Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl asked about the man’s talent.
• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl recognized that the human was likely a powerful genius and said she could not intervene in the woman’s choice.
• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl confronted Ao Jie for scheming to obtain the woman and her Sacred Dragon Bloodline.
• Ao Jie apologized and fell to his knees, while his grandmother blamed herself for failing to guide him.
• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl said she would have her great-uncles confirm the bloodline and ordered Ao Jie not to interfere.
• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl told Ao Jie to stay by her side and cultivate until he became a king, then dismissed him.

The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl regretted giving in to Ao Jie by spreading rumors about the Sacred Dragon Bloodline, while Ao Jie ended his scheme and left her palace. As the Central Region saw a wave of geniuses reach the Dao Source Realm, Taishu Jing and Little White competed through their Dao, and Ao Xiaoxiao continued improving her control of the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

• The Sky-Splitting Dragon Girl reflected on her family and decided to keep Ao Jie beside her until he corrected his temperament, though she had spread news of the Sacred Dragon Bloodline at his request.
• Ao Jie told his subordinates that the matter was over and left without explaining what his grandmother had said.
• More than ten geniuses advanced to the Dao Source Realm in less than a month, and the Central Region was abuzz with auspicious clouds and ancient phenomena.
• Taishu Jing and Little White faced each other over an illusory starry chessboard as they tested their differing understandings of the Dao.
• Ao Xiaoxiao watched from beside the pond and reflected on how her training had improved her control of the Red Lotus Karma Fire and her understanding of Primordial Power.

Taishu Jing and Little White tested their understandings of the Dao of Chaos before Ao Jue arrived with news that the Dragon Clan suspected Little White had a Sacred Dragon Bloodline. Ao Jue warned them to leave True Dragon Sacred Mountain and Myriad Emperors Ridge before the bloodline brought danger.

• Taishu Jing and Little White clashed through a game of chess, shattered the board, and found their Dao of Chaos equally matched.
• Ao Xiaoxiao teased Taishu Jing and Little White about speaking in riddles before maid Xiao Qing announced Ao Jue's arrival.
• Taishu Jing suspected Ao Jue had come because the Dragon Clan had learned something about Little White.
• Ao Jue told them that Dragon Kings and ancestral uncles believed Little White carried Sacred Dragon Bloodline and wanted to examine her.
• Ao Jue urged Little White, Taishu Jing, and Ao Xiaoxiao to leave True Dragon Sacred Mountain and Myriad Emperors Ridge to avoid the danger surrounding the bloodline.