Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua, Ao Sheng, Ao Zhan, and Ao Tao entered Shener Abyss after the Butterfly Transformation Technique opened the restriction and released a flood of Dragon Spiritual Energy. At the place where the Crystal Dragon Script was hidden, Ao Zhan suddenly decided to retrieve it himself instead of letting Ao Tao do so.

• Ao Sheng complained that Xiao Hua had given him inferior pills, and Xiao Hua handed him another jade bottle.
• Ao Zhan used Ao Qin's Butterfly Transformation Technique to open the restriction, releasing Dragon Spiritual Energy that forced the humans and most dragons to retreat.
• Ao Tao remained with Ao Zhan, Ao Sheng, and Xiao Hua, then wore worn black armor that reacted powerfully to the Dragon Spiritual Energy.
• Ao Zhan led the group into Shener Abyss, where they avoided or endured the dangerous Dragon Spiritual Energy vortices.
• Ao Tao found the hiding place of the Crystal Dragon Script and began digging into the stone wall, but Ao Zhan stopped him and said he would retrieve it himself.

Ao Zhan and Ao Tao fought over whether the Crystal Dragon Script should go to Dragon Island or remain with the Long Clan, while Xiao Hua secretly had Dragon Vein Xiao Hua take it. The chapter ended as Ao Tao charged into Ao Zhan’s horns, apparently willing to die, and Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng watched in shock.

• Ao Tao opposed Ao Zhan’s plan to hand the Crystal Dragon Script to Dragon Island, arguing that the Long Clan’s descendants should decide its fate.
• Ao Zhan and Ao Tao fought fiercely in Shener Abyss, each defending his position on the Crystal Dragon Script.
• Xiao Hua tried to seize the script, burned his hand, and had Dragon Vein Xiao Hua swallow it and begin examining its secrets.
• Ao Sheng asked Xiao Hua for the script, while Xiao Hua questioned why Ao Tao had chosen this moment to attack despite being outmatched.
• Ao Zhan moved to avoid killing Ao Tao, but Ao Tao accelerated and charged his chest straight into Ao Zhan’s Dragon Horns.

Ao Tao revealed that he and Ao Zhan shared the Dá Clan’s bloodline and that he had chosen to die so Ao Zhan could lead the clan, then entrusted Xiao Hua with protecting his secret. Xiao Hua kept Ao Tao’s body and soul safe, deciphered the Crystal Dragon Script, and continued with Ao Zhan and Ao Sheng toward a dragon-pill aura in Shener Abyss, where dangerous spatial veins stopped the two dragons.

• Ao Tao confessed to Xiao Hua that he was the Dá Clan’s true leader and had arranged his death to clear the way for Ao Zhan, asking Xiao Hua to keep the truth from him.
• Ao Tao died, and Xiao Hua collected his soul and body before taking the Dragon Armor with him.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua studied the Crystal Dragon Script and discovered it contained secrets of the Dragon Realm and a key.
• Xiao Hua gave Ao Zhan the Dragon Armor and, after Ao Sheng shared a clue about the Dragon Cleansing Pool, handed him the Crystal Dragon Script.
• Ao Zhan told Xiao Hua that a dragon-pill aura lay ahead near the Diecui Relic Realm, and Xiao Hua pressed on with Ao Zhan and Ao Sheng until dangerous spatial veins forced the dragons to wait.

Xiao Hua explored the fractured space of the Diecui Relic Realm and was nearly erased after touching its black-and-white boundary, but a recovered memory of his original intent restored his resolve and body. He then entered a concealed passage and found a Crystal Little Dragon and a medicinal pill, reaching for both.

• Xiao Hua used his Eye of Delusion Breaking to examine the fractured spatial passages, but dragon patterns shattered his divine sense and blocked his path with black-and-white light patterns.
• Xiao Hua touched the boundary with crystalline divine sense, and its fluctuations began reducing his body and Dao Foundation to particles.
• A childhood memory of wanting to learn martial arts awakened Xiao Hua's original intent, and he vowed to treat the world with kindness and sincerity.
• Xiao Hua's body was repeatedly torn apart and restored amid the black-and-white fluctuations, after which he fled the boundary and entered a concealed spatial passage.
• Xiao Hua followed the winding passage and found a palm-sized Crystal Little Dragon and a medicinal pill, reaching for them both.

Xiao Hua obtained a powerful dragon pill and left to search alone for the Dragon Cleansing Pool after Ao Sheng and Ao Zhan disappeared. Five North Sea Dragon Palace dragons surrounded him and attacked on Ao Zheng’s orders, leaving Xiao Hua fighting Ao Yan.

• Xiao Hua took the dragon pill, but the Crystal Little Dragon escaped through the spatial passage and Ao Sheng and Ao Zhan were gone when he returned.
• Xiao Hua found the pill inside his space, where Xiao Guo saw unfamiliar pill-refining arts in its flames and received permission to study them.
• After waiting for Ao Sheng, Xiao Hua set out alone to find the Dragon Cleansing Pool using Ao Sheng’s cryptic clues.
• Xiao Hua collected dragon bodies and Dragon Crystal Giant Stones from a valley while an unseen shadow began following him.
• Five dragons confronted Xiao Hua and demanded to know where Ao Sheng was, then Ao Zheng ordered them to kill him.
• Xiao Hua drew the As-You-Wish Staff and flew toward Ao Yan as the dragons attacked.

Xiao Hua fought Ao Zheng and four North Sea dragons in the Diecui Relic Realm, repeatedly attempting to escape their formation. Ao Zheng exposed him with the Dragon Pearl, and Ao Long’s torrent struck Xiao Hua without injuring him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Hua injured Ao Yan and tried to break through the dragons’ encirclement, but the other dragons blocked him and revealed that they had formed a trapping formation.
• Xiao Hua battled the light-red dragon, then used the spear’s force to vanish from sight and evade the formation.
• Ao Zheng used his ability to see through concealment and pierced Xiao Hua’s shoulder with a purple spear, but Xiao Hua seized the spear and escaped again.
• Ao Zheng released his Dragon Pearl, revealing Xiao Hua’s position, and Ao Long attacked him with a torrent from a jade-bottle Dragon Artifact.
• Xiao Hua enlarged his Dharma Body and withstood Ao Long’s water attack without injury.

Xiao Hua escaped Ao Zheng and four other dragons in the Diecui Relic Realm by revealing his Feng Wu incarnation and bluffing with the Dragon Language Heavenly Art. After hiding, he decided to study the art before searching for the Dragon Cleansing Pool.

• Ao Long was distracted when Xiao Hua survived the Dragon Artifact, and Xiao Hua struck it until it cracked.
• Ao Zheng ordered Ao Ding and the other dragons to attack together, then the five formed a Dragon Formation that restrained Xiao Hua’s Feng Wu incarnation.
• Feng Wu wounded Ao Yu and Ao Ding, while Xiao Hua used the Dragon Language Heavenly Art to frighten Ao Zheng into breaking the formation.
• Feng Wu escaped as the Dragon Qi spheres vanished, and Xiao Hua evaded the dragons’ pursuit.
• Xiao Hua reappeared after the dragons left, concealed himself in a mountain hollow, and chose to gain insight into Dragon Language Heavenly Arts before seeking the Dragon Cleansing Pool.

Xiao Hua searched the Diecui Relic Realm for clues and encountered Xuan Cheng, who explained the approaching closure and the Dragon Flipping Platform contest. Xuan Cheng invited Xiao Hua to help the West Sea Dragon Palace compete, leaving Xiao Hua to consider the offer and the palace’s rivalry with the other powers.

• Xiao Hua searched the Diecui Relic Realm for dragons and clues about Three Dragons Playing with a Pearl but found nothing.
• Xuan Cheng appeared and told Xiao Hua that the Diecui Relic Realm would soon close as time accelerated and the seasons changed.
• Xuan Cheng explained that the Four Seas Dragon Palace would hold a contest at the Dragon Flipping Platform to determine rankings and divide training gains.
• Xuan Cheng urged Xiao Hua to build ties with the West Sea Dragon Palace by earning merit in the contest, citing Xiao Hua’s potential and his conflict with the Immortal Palace.
• Xuan Cheng declared that the West Sea Dragon Palace feared neither the North Sea Dragon Palace, the East Sea Dragon Palace, nor the Immortal Palace.

Xiao Hua accompanied Xuan Cheng to the Dragon Flipping Platform, hoping to find the Dragon Cleansing Pool, but the West Sea Dragon Palace would not openly support him because he had offended Ao Zheng. As the Four Seas contest erupted into a chaotic battle, Xuan Cheng urged Xiao Hua to join, and the chapter ended with Xiao Hua questioning what the Third Crown Prince would do if angered.

• Xiao Hua agreed to travel with Xuan Cheng to the Dragon Flipping Platform after learning the West Sea Dragon Palace would first consult its Third Crown Prince.
• Xuan Cheng brought Xiao Hua near the platform, explaining that the Third Crown Prince would not risk offending Ao Zheng but might call on Xiao Hua if needed.
• Xiao Hua inspected the Dragon Flipping Platform for clues to the Dragon Cleansing Pool, then watched as Ao Qiong announced the Four Seas contest and dismissed the North Sea Dragon Palace’s request to wait for Ao Zheng.
• Dragon race members from the four palaces rushed onto the platform and began fighting, while Xiao Hua retreated from the battle.
• Xuan Cheng urged Xiao Hua to take advantage of the chaos and fight for the West Sea Dragon Palace, warning that refusing might anger the Third Crown Prince.
• Xiao Hua asked Xuan Cheng what would happen if the Third Crown Prince became enraged, and Xuan Cheng began to answer.

Xuan Cheng accused Xiao Hua of murdering Ao Zheng and the other North Sea dragons, prompting the West Sea and North Sea forces to surround him. Ao Sheng warned that the Dragon Sacrifice had arrived, and the beast appeared and began devouring helpless dragons.

• A dragon delivered the bodies of Ao Zheng, Ao Yan, Ao Long, Ao Ding, and Ao Yu to the Dragon Flipping Platform, and the Four Seas dragons halted their battle.
• Ao Qiong questioned Ao Ying and Ao Dai about the deaths, while the North Sea dragons offered to ally with whichever palace found the murderer.
• Xuan Cheng accused Xiao Hua of killing Ao Zheng and the others, and North Sea dragons confirmed that Ao Zheng had gone looking for Xiao Hua.
• Ao Ying ordered the West Sea dragons to surround Xiao Hua, and the North Sea dragons joined them as Xiao Hua prepared to reveal his phoenix form and flee.
• Ao Sheng arrived with Ao Zhan and warned everyone to run from the Dragon Sacrifice, causing the pursuing dragons to flee.
• The Dragon Sacrifice appeared, paralyzed nearby dragons with its cry, and devoured their brains with its dragon-shaped tongue.

Xiao Hua escaped the Dragon Sacrifice during the Diecui Relic Realm’s seasonal shift and discovered how the Dragon Cleansing Pool appeared. After Dragon Vein Xiao Hua consumed the nearby dragon veins, Xiao Hua entered the pool’s hidden space and found its immense power, but hesitated to release Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua there.

• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng and Ao Zhan fled the pursuing Dragon Sacrifice until the Diecui Relic Realm’s shifting scenery swept them away.
• Xiao Hua clung to the Dragon Flipping Platform through the realm’s transformation and found it rolling toward a mountain peak as winter began.
• Xiao Hua recognized the Three Dragons Playing with a Pearl formation and saw the Dragon Cleansing Pool appear through spatial rifts beside a stream.
• Xiao Hua sent Dragon Vein Xiao Hua to devour the dragon veins beneath the three mountain ranges, leaving part of each behind.
• Xiao Hua entered the hidden space and discovered the lightning-filled, dragon-shaped Dragon Cleansing Pool, whose patterns held the power to shape bodies.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua asked to be released to study the pool, but Xiao Hua warned that the realm’s incomplete spatial laws might prevent him from leaving.

Xiao Hua helped Little White use the Dragon Cleansing Pool to reshape his body, and Little White emerged as a powerful crimson dragon who could also take Xiao Hua’s human form. Little White agreed to travel and gain experience, while Xiao Hua wondered whether enough Dragon Cleansing Liquid remained for Dragon Vein fellow Daoist to condense a body.

• Jade Slip Xiao Hua learned that Little White had completed the Dragon Transformation Art and prepared to reshape his body.
• Little White entered the Dragon Cleansing Pool, where dragon energy, lightning, and Xiao Hua’s blood essence formed his new body.
• Little White emerged with a nearly hundred-li-long dragon body and transformed into a human appearance identical to Xiao Hua’s.
• Little White explained that Xiao Hua’s blood essence and soul power let him imitate Xiao Hua so perfectly that even the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One could not tell them apart.
• Little White agreed to travel and gain experience, and Xiao Hua asked whether the remaining Dragon Cleansing Liquid would suffice for Dragon Vein fellow Daoist.

Dragon Vein Xiao Hua began forming a body in the Dragon Cleansing Pool, but the process stalled despite unleashing a tremendous spectacle across the Diecui Relic Realm. Xiao Hua supplied Dragon Yu and a Crystal Dragon to provide the missing Dragon Spiritual Energy, and the realm filled with Dragon Ancestor’s Blessings as Ao Sheng recognized Xiao Hua’s clone.

• Xiao Hua agreed to let Dragon Vein Xiao Hua form an independent body, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua entered the Dragon Cleansing Pool after receiving nine drops of Xiao Hua’s essence blood.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua’s body formation grew beyond control, drawing in the Diecui Relic Realm’s Dragon Spiritual Energy and stirring lightning, storms, and overwhelming dragon might.
• Ao Sheng and Ao Zhan were drawn toward the enormous dragon form, while Dragon Sacrifice and another shadow also moved toward the phenomenon.
• Xiao Hua realized the body formation still lacked the power of life, and Little White Dragon suggested that Dragon Vein Xiao Hua needed Dragon Realm essence blood.
• Xiao Hua sent Dragon Yu and a Crystal Dragon into the pool, triggering a wave of Dragon Spiritual Energy and a hundred Dragon Ancestor’s Blessings.
• Ao Sheng recognized that the blessings marked Dragon Vein Xiao Hua’s body formation and realized that Xiao Hua was behind the phenomenon.

Dragon Vein Xiao Hua completed his five-clawed dragon body, but Dragon Sacrifice attacked before he and Little White Dragon could celebrate. As the Dragon Palace Grand Elder fought Dragon Sacrifice, the wounded beast began revealing a strange creature inside its body.

• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua formed a five-clawed dragon body, and Xiao Hua collected the Dragon Cleansing Liquid left in the pool.
• Dragon Sacrifice attacked, and Little White Dragon, Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, and Xiao Hua fought it but were overwhelmed by its power.
• The Dragon Palace Grand Elder arrived and battled Dragon Sacrifice, allowing the others to recover as his strength began to wane.
• The Grand Elder wounded Dragon Sacrifice's abdomen, and a strange dragon-python-like creature emerged from the gash.

Xiao Hua negotiated the Dragon Palace Grand Elder’s help and led an assault on the advancing Dragon Sacrifice, whose growth threatened the Diecui Relic Realm and Dragon Island. The Great Elder weakened it with the Dragon Language Heavenly Art, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua struck its body, but Dragon Sacrifice remained dangerous as the battle continued.

• The Dragon Palace Grand Elder warned Xiao Hua that Dragon Sacrifice was advancing and urged him to join forces against it.
• Xiao Hua bargained over Longyu, then agreed to attack Dragon Sacrifice after learning that its umbilical cord was its weakness.
• Little White, Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, Feng Wu, and the Great Elder attacked Dragon Sacrifice as it emerged from its cocoon.
• The Great Elder used the Dragon Language Heavenly Art to shatter Dragon Sacrifice’s shed skin, but the backlash left him gravely weakened.
• Dragon Sacrifice expanded and struck Feng Wu with a corrosive tentacle, while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua drove his Dragon Horns into its body and made it shriek.

Xiao Hua and his allies defeated Dragon Sacrifice by destroying its fetal cord, and Xiao Hua captured the weakened beast. Before they could settle what had happened to Ao Zheng, a second, familiar strange insect appeared in the Diecui Relic Realm, forcing them to flee as Ao Zhan called for help.

• Little White Dragon held Dragon Sacrifice in place while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua pierced its fetal cord, ending its power over the dragons.
• Ao Sheng swallowed Dragon Sacrifice's fetal cord, and Xiao Hua captured the beast's shell in his Qiankun Ring.
• Xiao Hua realized another strange beast had killed Dragon Clan members by eating their hearts and lungs, possibly including Ao Zheng.
• A giant strange insect Xiao Hua had fought before appeared above Ao Zhan, and Xiao Hua sent Little White Dragon into his space before fleeing with Ao Sheng.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua entered Xiao Hua's body, making Ao Sheng's flight falter as Ao Zhan pleaded for help behind them.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng turned back to help Ao Zhan and the Dragon Clan fight a deadly strange insect in the Diecui Relic Realm. The insect overwhelmed them, and the chapter ended with it tearing open a dragon and devouring his heart and lungs.

• Ao Sheng persuaded Xiao Hua to turn back, and Xiao Hua warned the Dragon Clan that ordinary Dragon Artifacts could not hurt the strange insect.
• Xiao Hua rushed to help Ao Zhan, but the insect wounded him with a concealed hind leg and revealed that it had been using Ao Zhan as bait.
• The insect cut Ao Zhan's spear in two and slashed open his abdomen, so Xiao Hua sent him to find Ao Sheng while he fought the insect alone.
• The insect nearly pierced Xiao Hua's forehead before the dragons distracted it with seabed spirit treasures, which it devoured and absorbed.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng discussed how to stop the insect, but it suddenly attacked a dragon, tore open his body, and ate his heart and lungs.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng escaped the Diecui Relic Realm after the strange bug slaughtered dragons, repaired itself from the Great Elder’s sacrifice, and then exploded after devouring Ao Sheng’s Dragon Pouch. Back on Dragon Island, Ao Sheng told Xiao Hua that the Dragon Palace planned to reward him, while Xiao Hua demanded to find Xuan Cheng for falsely accusing him.

• Ao Sheng urged the dragons to distract the strange bug with spiritual items and hold out until the Diecui Relic Realm closed, while the Great Elder sacrificed his Primordial Spirit to attack it.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng tried to lure the strange bug away from the dragons, but it pierced Ao Sheng’s True Dragon Token before suddenly swelling and exploding.
• Xiao Hua concealed Dragon Vein Xiao Hua’s Dragon Spiritual Energy, gathered the remains and scattered belongings, and then vanished from the Diecui Relic Realm.
• Xiao Hua reappeared on Dragon Island, where Ao Sheng said the Dragon Palace Ninth Elder was ready to reward him for his service.
• Xiao Hua asked Ao Sheng where to find Xuan Cheng so he could confront him for falsely accusing him of killing Ao Zheng.

Xiao Hua reported the Diecui Relic Realm expedition to the Dragon Palace elders and returned the remains of fallen dragons. He revealed Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, whose appearance caused the Nine Elders to bow and hail him as the Sacred Dragon.

• Ao Sheng told Xiao Hua that one meal inside the Diecui Relic Realm had equaled three days on Dragon Island and that the Four Seas Dragon Palace had already departed.
• The Great Elder thanked Xiao Hua for helping the dragon lineage and assigned the Fourth Elder to distribute Xiao Hua’s grain seeds across the world.
• Xiao Hua recounted the expedition, concealed some details, and explained that he had brought the fallen dragons’ remains back to Dragon Island.
• The elders considered Xiao Hua’s request to comprehend the Dragon Jade and asked him to reveal the true dragon he carried.
• Xiao Hua summoned Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, whose dragon might shook the palace and prompted the Nine Elders to salute him as the Sacred Dragon.

Dragon Vein Xiao Hua refused Dragon Island’s offer of an elder’s position, while Xiao Hua accepted the honorary title of Dragon Master. After learning Ao Zhantian was missing in Smoke Tree, Xiao Hua left with Ao Sheng to search for him, as the elders debated reconciling with the Dá Clan.

• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua declined to become Dragon Island’s Tenth Elder, and the elders named Xiao Hua the Dragon Race’s Dragon Master instead.
• Xiao Hua asked about Ao Zhantian and learned that he had disappeared while searching for a Daoist spiritual treasure in a forbidden area in Smoke Tree.
• Xiao Hua asked Ao Sheng to take him to Smoke Tree immediately, and Great Elder Ao Jia agreed.
• After Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng departed, the elders discussed the Dá Clan, and Great Elder Ao Jia argued that the return of Dragon Jade and the Crystal Dragon Script offered a chance for reconciliation.