Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua told Ao Zhan that Mulu King was hiding the Yi Ze Realm’s true purpose and proposed that they join forces to obtain True Dragon Blood. After Xiao Hua left, Ao Zhan met Zhu Mei and learned that they had no agreed meeting place with Mulu King.

• Xiao Hua explained the Yi Ze Realm to Ao Zhan and proposed an alliance, offering him any True Dragon Blood he obtained.
• Ao Zhan agreed to cooperate and told Xiao Hua that Mulu King had brought him there; Xiao Hua revealed his past conflict with Ao Shuai and Old Demon Zhi Feng.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Zhan discussed their plans without swearing an oath, then Xiao Hua left after warning that Zhu Mei was approaching.
• Ao Zhan told Zhu Mei that a Golden-Winged Great Peng had caused his injuries and questioned the beasts’ supposed training and rewards.
• Zhu Mei said the reward was the demon cores and other materials of the strange beasts, and admitted he and Ao Zhan had agreed only on a general direction for finding Mulu King.

Xiao Hua hunted exotic beasts in Cold Spirit Valley, testing his Eye of Delusion Breaking and gathering their materials while avoiding stronger foes. He encountered Ao Zhan’s group, but the Mulu King and Old Demon Zhi Feng called for Xiao Hua to be killed.

• Xiao Hua discovered that his Eye of Delusion Breaking could hear certain secret voice transmissions and began hunting exotic beasts for their hides, flesh, and demon cores.
• Xiao Hua fought a mantis-like exotic beast to a draw and deliberately retreated toward Ao Zhan and the others.
• Ao Zhan’s group encountered the Mulu King being pursued by a savage wolf, then escaped the wolf pack and killed one of four spirit apes before the Golden-Winged Great Peng appeared.
• The demons fled from the Golden-Winged Great Peng and found Xiao Hua fighting a Xianglang Beast.
• The Mulu King argued that Xiao Hua should be killed for entering the Demon Race’s sacred trial grounds, and Old Demon Zhi Feng agreed because Xiao Hua had repeatedly thwarted him.

Ao Qing’s group joined forces with Xiao Hua to escape the Golden-Winged Great Peng, though they still distrusted one another. After Xiao Hua led them to shelter from the pursuing beasts, Mulu King proposed that they train and leave Cold Spirit Valley together.

• Ao Qing demanded that Xiao Hua be killed, but Zhu Mei argued they should recruit him, and Ao Zhan persuaded Ao Qing to let them approach him.
• Zhu Mei and Mulu King offered Xiao Hua help, while Ao Qing threatened him and Ao Zhan asked him to reveal the exit.
• Xiao Hua refused to reveal his route out but agreed to lead the demons away from the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• Xiao Hua guided the group through the area where the Great Peng had been injured, then helped them hide from a giant centipede-like beast.
• Mulu King asked Xiao Hua how he entered and where the exit was, but Xiao Hua suggested the demons consult their Ink Cloud Pupil, and Mulu King proposed joining forces.

Xiao Hua joined Ao Zhan, Ao Qing, Zhu Mei, Mulu King, and the others as they fought through Cold Spirit Valley, using his secret technique and knowledge of the route to help them survive. As the group reached the altar marking the final trial, Xiao Hua realized the path might lead to another exit and secretly planned how to obtain the Supreme Sacred Bloodline.

• Xiao Hua offered a general direction to an exit, then warned the group that strange beasts were approaching and helped them flee.
• Ao Zhan agreed to let Xiao Hua travel with the group, and the demons gradually set aside their hostility after surviving several battles together.
• Mulu King guided the group along a winding route toward the Supreme Sacred Bloodline, while Xiao Hua shared his suspicions with Ao Zhan and secretly calculated how to claim it.
• After several days of fighting left the group wounded, Mulu King pointed out the altar at the end of Cold Spirit Valley.
• Xiao Hua said the altar's final trial might contain another path out, then warned Ao Qing not to provoke the demon beasts of Hundred Demon Mountain.

Xiao Hua and the six demons approached the sacrificial platform, where they discovered a vast swarm of Flying Ants that could devour soul sense. As Xiao Hua fled, Old Demon Zhi Feng trapped him with a bone talisman, and the ants surged toward the golden-bell prison.

• Ao Qing, Ao Zhan, Ao Shuai, Zhu Mei, Mulu King, and Old Demon Zhi Feng hurried toward the sacrificial platform after hearing the distant Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Zhan noticed that the ground near the platform was unusually flat and bare, with no moss, grass, or bones.
• Xiao Hua discovered hundreds of millions of Flying Ants emerging from underground and watched them devour his soul sense.
• Xiao Hua fled toward the entrance, but Old Demon Zhi Feng activated a bone talisman that imprisoned him inside a golden-bell barrier.
• The talisman’s starlight and moonlight enlarged and sped up the Flying Ants as they swarmed over the golden bell.

As the demons fled through an overwhelming swarm of ants, Xiao Hua broke free and pursued Old Demon Zhi Feng. Xiao Hua brought him down, but the ants devoured him after he glimpsed a secret of the Demon Race’s supreme sage.

• Ao Zhan led Ao Qing and Ao Shuai through the ants, while Zhu Mei and the Mulu King also fled ahead.
• Xiao Hua burst from the swarm in sword form, and the Mulu King veered away rather than risk crossing his path.
• Old Demon Zhi Feng prepared his venom and talisman-covered bone, but Xiao Hua distracted him with a soul attack and cut off his tail with the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• The ants overwhelmed Old Demon Zhi Feng, devouring his bone, talismans, body, and Qiankun Ring.
• As the ants ate him, Old Demon Zhi Feng saw what he believed was the Demon Race’s supreme sage’s inheritance before he died.

Xiao Hua struggled to survive the Flying Ants’ assault after seeing Old Demon Zhi Feng perish, while the Mulu King relied on his Yi Ze Realm token. Xiao Hua found a way to shield himself with divine sense and continued toward the sacrificial platform, prompting the Mulu King to reconsider his plans.

• Xiao Hua realized the ants were consuming his sword light rapidly and inferred that the Mulu King’s token was protecting him, but he concealed his own token.
• The ants’ assault induced a dangerous state of comfort that Xiao Hua recognized as poison, and he escaped a dense swarm with the Kunlun Mirror.
• Xiao Hua used his Nascent Soul hand and Lightning Evasion Technique to push through the ants, but the effort drained his magic power and the ants devoured his lightning.
• Xiao Hua learned to circulate his divine sense over his body like armor, which blocked the ants more efficiently than his other powers.
• The Mulu King observed Xiao Hua’s unexplained defense and changed the plan he had been forming.

Xiao Hua, Mulu King, and the injured demons reached the rising altar, where a Myriad Monsters Map formed around it. Mulu King proposed that the demons take positions around him so he could use his token to break the restriction, while Xiao Hua stayed back and watched warily.

• Mulu King accelerated through the ant swarm, but a surge of Primordial Chaos aura annihilated the ants and revealed the altar, which rose from the ground beneath falling talismans.
• Xiao Hua saw Ao Zhan, Ao Qing, Ao Shuai, and Zhu Mei badly wounded beneath the altar as starlight transformed its talismans into a Myriad Monsters Map.
• Ao Zhan stored the injured Ao Shuai in a scale, then privately asked Xiao Hua whether the altar held the Demon Race bloodline and whether Mulu King's token could break the formation.
• Mulu King claimed the group could break the restriction by attacking together and activating his token, without using blood essence.
• Mulu King assigned Ao Zhan, Ao Qing, and Zhu Mei positions around him, while Xiao Hua retreated and warned Ao Zhan to stay alert to the token.

Ao Qing was critically poisoned when two small dragons ambushed the group, while the Mulu King vanished into the altar. Xiao Hua saved Ao Qing with Qing Ming Dragon Saliva and proposed using his Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal to break the demon array, leaving the group ready to try to enter.

• The Mulu King used his antler token to summon a great deer, but Ao Zhan stopped him after questioning whether they were in the legendary Yi Ze Realm.
• Two small dragons attacked Ao Qing, and one exploded, badly injuring and poisoning him as the Mulu King disappeared.
• Ao Zhan said only Dragon God Grass could cure Ao Qing, but Xiao Hua gave him Qing Ming Dragon Saliva, which halted the poison long enough for Ao Zhan to place Ao Qing in his Dragon Pouch.
• Ao Zhan gave Xiao Hua a Dragon Pendant in gratitude and warned Zhu Mei not to harm him.
• Xiao Hua revealed his Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal and planned to use its Law-Engraved Chain Lock to try to break the demon array, and Zhu Mei agreed to cooperate.

Xiao Hua used the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal against the Myriad Monsters Map, freeing Qiongqiong and allowing Ao Zhan and Zhu Mei to enter the altar before he followed. At the bone-white altar, he witnessed the Mulu King admit he had invited Zhu Mei for her strength and deny knowing who attacked the young prince of the dragon palace.

• Xiao Hua activated the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal, triggering a clash between its law-binding chains and the Myriad Monsters Map.
• Qiongqiong emerged from the shattered crystal, and Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to take her and the crystal fragments away while Ao Zhan and Zhu Mei entered the vortex.
• Xiao Hua entered the Myriad Monsters Map with the token and retained visions of Primordial Chaos through the power of his bloodline.
• Xiao Hua arrived at the bone-white altar, where Zhu Mei and Ao Zhan confronted the Mulu King over his betrayal.
• The Mulu King said he had invited Zhu Mei because he needed her strength and claimed he did not know which dragon had attacked the young prince of the dragon palace.

Xiao Hua, Zhu Mei, and Ao Zhan watched the Mulu King attempt to fuse with ancient Deer Clan essence blood, but his impure bloodline caused the fusion to explode and kill him. Xiao Hua and the two demon generals agreed to keep their discoveries secret, while Ao Zhan and Zhu Mei turned their attention to the other bloodline totems on the altar.

• Xiao Hua reached the altar as the Mulu King accused him of bringing Zhu Mei and Ao Zhan into the Yi Ze Realm, and the Mulu King began fusing with ancient Deer Clan essence blood.
• Ao Zhan and Zhu Mei attacked the Mulu King, but white bones from the altar repelled their strikes; Xiao Hua glimpsed the laws of fire in Zhu Mei's attack and gained new insights.
• The Mulu King's transformation went awry because his impure bloodline could not withstand the ancient essence blood, and the blood blister exploded, killing him.
• Xiao Hua told Zhu Mei and Ao Zhan that his token had been used and asked them not to involve him in any search for the Yi Ze Realm; they agreed to keep their discoveries secret.
• Ao Zhan pointed out the altar's other dimmed totems, and he and Zhu Mei grew excited at the possibility that Great Sages had once possessed similar true bodies.

Zhu Mei and Ao Zhan fused with the Vermilion Bird and True Dragon bloodlines, each leaving Xiao Hua a remnant of True Blood. After collecting both, Xiao Hua used Ao Zhan’s secret technique to try to seize the Phoenix bloodline from the altar, where a skeleton appeared to resist him.

• Zhu Mei endured the Vermilion Bird bloodline’s trial and emerged reborn, leaving behind half a drop of True Blood for Xiao Hua to collect.
• Ao Zhan fused with the True Dragon bloodline and kept his promise by leaving Xiao Hua a remnant of bloodline.
• Xiao Hua thought of Fairy Hongxia and decided to use the opportunity to help her advance by taking the Phoenix bloodline.
• Xiao Hua studied Ao Zhan’s secret technique and used it with soul threads to reach for the Phoenix bloodline.
• A skeleton rose from the altar and struck at Xiao Hua’s soul threads with lightning, but the threads met the attack before the skeleton fell back toward the altar.

Xiao Hua harvested Primordial Chaos bloodlines from the altar and helped his companions find bloodlines suited to them. After finishing the harvest, he climbed to the summit to seek the Supreme Sacred Bloodline.

• Xiao Hua collected a strand of Phoenix bloodline, then released Little Silver and the Divine Strength Centipede to search for bloodlines suited to them.
• Little Lei awakened and flew into a totem’s blood-colored lightning to absorb its bloodline.
• Xiao Hua sensed a connection to the Nine-tailed Fox totem and resolved to collect its bloodline, then found bloodlines for his other creatures and helped them transform.
• Little Silver completed his transformation and returned to Xiao Hua, who collected him and the other creatures into his space.
• Xiao Hua harvested the altar’s remaining Primordial Chaos bloodlines, then climbed to the summit to seek his own opportunity.

Xiao Hua transformed into a Phoenix and reached the Supreme Sacred Bloodline at the altar, where an ancient voice invited him to shoulder a task. As countless demon inheritances overwhelmed him, he fled into his Space, where Jade Slip Xiao Hua began absorbing the Primordial Chaos Records while the Phoenix body fused with 132 million bloodlines inside the Heaven and Earth Bronze Furnace.

• Xiao Hua absorbed starlight and moonlight through 132 million vortices and transformed into a colossal Phoenix.
• Phoenix Xiao Hua flew to the altar and caused the crystalline Supreme Sacred Bloodline to melt into a droplet of blood.
• An ancient presence recognized the Heavenly Phoenix and invited him to undertake a task, then the droplet's powerful consciousnesses overwhelmed Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua escaped into the Space, where Jade Slip Xiao Hua began absorbing the Primordial Chaos Records carried by the demon inheritances.
• Inside the bronze furnace, 132 million inherited bloodlines joined with the 132 million tiny points in Phoenix Xiao Hua's body as he and the Yi Ze Realm repeatedly changed in scale.

Xiao Hua left the sacrificial platform with the Supreme Sacred Bloodline and was pulled into a strange void along with the dragon that attacked him. There, Dragon Vein Xiao Hua recognized a familiar presence and revealed that Canglangzi's cave residence rested atop a living dragon vein trapped by a giant cauldron.

• Xiao Hua collected the sacrificial bones and the Nine-tailed Fox totem after his body fused with the Supreme Sacred Bloodline.
• A huge dragon attacked Xiao Hua as the pillar of light carried him away, and its clash with the Kunlun Mirror pulled them both into the void.
• Xiao Hua used the turtle shell to reveal a Heavenly Book containing the cultivation method for Wood Qi Returning to Origin, while the Four-Colored Heavenly Heart drew him downward.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua sensed a familiar presence below, and Xiao Hua followed the sound of the dragon's roar.
• Xiao Hua found a vast dragon form with Canglangzi's cave residence on its back, its tail caught by a giant cauldron, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua emerged and expanded beside it.

Xiao Hua learned that the object pinning down the dragon vein was the Jingzhou Ding, one of the Nine Dings, and bargained with Jiang Che for the method to collect it. After releasing Jiang Che and pulling the ding from the earth, Xiao Hua recognized it as one of the strange-shaped objects from Kong Hongwu’s Cosmic Bag.

• Xiao Hua questioned Xiaolong and learned the ding was the Jingzhou Ding, one of the Nine Dings of Cangxian Continent, which could be collected with the Heavenly Book’s Heavenly Heart and a secret method.
• Xiao Hua exposed Xiaolong as a dragon of the Dongtian River and learned that the water tribe had flooded Changsheng Town while searching for Dragon Lady Jiang Hong, whom they brought home.
• Xiao Hua asked about Jiang Hong for his disciple Liu Yi, then had Dragon Vein Xiao Hua devour most of the dragon vein to pressure Xiaolong into revealing the collection method.
• Xiaolong revealed his name was Jiang Che, gave Xiao Hua his Dragon Pendant, and explained how he had evaded Ao Zhan’s detection before leaving.
• Xiao Hua used the Four-Colored Heavenly Heart, nine flying swords, and Jiang Che’s secret method to pull the Jingzhou Ding from the earth, where it shrank to palm size.
• Xiao Hua recognized the Jingzhou Ding as one of the strange-shaped objects from Kong Hongwu’s Cosmic Bag.

Xiao Hua secured six of the Nine Provinces Ding, left Canglangzi’s cave dwelling intact, and brought Qiongqiong out of the Kunlun Mirror to question her about the Immortal Palace. The chapter ended with Qiongqiong warning that her return could lead to an investigation or soul search, while a powerful fox demon entered the Yi Ze Realm seeking an ancient bloodline.

• Xiao Hua identified the six objects as Nine Provinces Ding and hid them in his space, resolving not to reveal them.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua said he could sense the hidden cauldrons within a hundred li, though he could not see them.
• Xiao Hua chose not to damage Canglangzi’s cave dwelling and escaped the Yi Ze Realm through the underground passage.
• A great demon entered the Yi Ze Realm, seized a fox-shaped object, and vowed to obtain an ancient bloodline and become a Saint Emperor.
• Xiao Hua found the Yunshan Illusion Array still operating and released Qiongqiong from the Kunlun Mirror.
• Qiongqiong refused to disclose Immortal Palace secrets and warned Xiao Hua that officials might investigate her escape or subject her to a soul search.

Xiao Hua helped Qiongqiong face the Punishment Envoy, who took her and the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal fragment back to the Immortal Palace for verification. Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen waited by the sinking Yunshan Illusion Array, where someone finally emerged after more than half a year.

• Qiongqiong told Xiao Hua that Fu Zhiwen could reunite with her if he reached Great Grandmaster in Confucian cultivation or fifth-grade Yuan force in Daoist cultivation, and Xiao Hua promised to teach him.
• Fu Zhiwen and Qiongqiong said their tearful farewells before Xiao Hua brought Qiongqiong away and revealed the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal fragment.
• The Punishment Envoy appeared, bound Qiongqiong in a golden chain, and took her and the crystal fragment to the Punishment Hall of the Thunder Province Three Divisions.
• Xiao Hua reassured Fu Zhiwen that Qiongqiong had powerful backing, and Fu Zhiwen resolved to cultivate so he could bring her home.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen waited for more than half a year as the Yunshan Illusion Array sank into the earth, until a person rushed out from one of its entrances.

The cultivators emerged from the Yunshan Illusion Array with greatly improved cultivation, and Xiao Hua learned that Canglangzi had provided several groups with different genuine abodes. As the group prepared to part, Gongshu Yixin collapsed after flying away, forcing Gu Suqiudi and Zhai Xingzi to escort her home.

• Zhai Xingzi, Gu Suqiudi, Gongshu Yixin, Xunkong Shangren, Zhang Daoran, and the other survivors emerged from the Yunshan Illusion Array with their cultivation greatly advanced.
• Xiao Hua and Gu Suqiudi stopped a phantom figure who threatened to kill Xiao Hua in three years, and Fairy Xiangfeng explained that Dao Cheng had died in a secret passage.
• True Person Diquan, True Person Han, and their companions departed to cultivate, while Xiao Hua told Fairy Xiangfeng to leave after reflecting on the path of righteousness.
• Gongshu Yixin revealed that she and the others had entered Canglangzi's true abode, and Zhai Xingzi, Zhang Daoran, and Xunkong Shangren gave Xiao Hua their jade slips.
• Gongshu Yixin collapsed after flying away, so Gu Suqiudi and Zhai Xingzi prepared to escort her home.

Xiao Hua learned that Daoist cultivators who break through fifth-grade Yuan Force are detected by the Immortal Palace, then helped several cultivators conceal their realms and improve their cultivation. The chapter ended at Qionghua Palace, where a princess played the zither and warned her maid Yu Xiajing against speaking too freely.

• Zhai Xingzi told Xiao Hua, Xunkong Shangren, and Zhang Daoran that they had reached the Out of Body realm and had to suppress their cultivation to avoid detection by the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua and the others discussed the threat posed by the Immortal Palace and doubted whether the Xiaoyao Immortal Realm truly existed.
• Xiao Hua gave Zhai Xingzi, Xunkong Shangren, and Zhang Daoran his Invisibility Technique, prompting them to remain and study it.
• Xiao Hua instructed Xue Ping and the other cultivators, gave them supplies and techniques, and invited them to cultivate nearby while they waited.
• At Qionghua Palace, the princess stopped playing the zither and warned Yu Xiajing not to repeat her praise.