Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that he would need to reach Dou Sheng for the Gu Clan to accept his relationship with Xun'er, while Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen prepared to return to the Ancient Realm amid fears the Hun Clan might target her. Jiang Yun and his companions left Jia Ma and flew toward the Snake-People Royal City to fulfill his promise to build a protective formation for the tribe.

• Gu Zhen explained that the Gu Clan opposed Xun'er marrying an outsider because of her exceptionally pure Dou Di Bloodline, and said Xiao Yan would need to become a true Dou Sheng to overcome that barrier.
• Xiao Yan regained his determination to reach Dou Sheng, and Xun'er interrupted Gu Zhen before he could finish warning him.
• Gu Qingyang concluded that Jiang Yun was not seeking the Ancient Jade, then told Gu Zhen the clan had ordered them to return because the Hun Clan might move against Xun'er.
• Jiang Yun and his companions left Jia Ma after meeting Xiao Yan and set out for the Snake-People Tribe to fulfill his promise to build a Clan Protection Array.
• Zi Yan objected to leaving Medusa behind because she wanted to see Little Nine, and the group reached the outskirts of the Snake-People Royal City.

Jiang Yun reunited with Medusa and warned her about the Hall of Souls, after which Medusa decided to move the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert. She led the tribe to seize new territory, killed the Mulan Three Elders and their forces, and settled the Snake-People in the Mulan Empire and much of the Chu Yun Empire.

• The Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python rushed to Jiang Yun, and Medusa welcomed him and his companions into the Divine Temple as guests.
• Jiang Yun explained the Hall of Souls’ activities and the likely conflict between the Hun Clan and Gu Clan, easing Medusa’s concerns about an immediate threat.
• Jiang Yun urged Medusa to find the Snake-People Tribe a new homeland, and she decided to lead the tribe out of the desert.
• Three days later, Medusa and Zi Yan helped the Snake-People Tribe move into the former Chu Yun Empire, the Mulan Empire, and part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The Mulan Three Elders confronted Medusa, but she killed them and their forces, allowing the Snake-People Tribe to take the Mulan Empire and more than half of the Chu Yun Empire.

Jiang Yun received the Snake-People elders’ blessing and gifts for his relationship with Medusa, then prepared to leave with her and the others. After securing the tribe with a defensive array, he set out toward Jia Nan Academy and the Central Plains, while Medusa and Zi Yan began fighting over Jiang Yun’s teasing claim that he had bought Medusa.

• The Great Elder thanked Jiang Yun for helping Medusa grow stronger, gave him the Medusa bloodline’s child-baptism secret method, and accepted his pills as betrothal gifts.
• Jiang Yun kissed Medusa, and she struck him hard enough to send him flying into rubble before she disappeared.
• Jiang Yun and Qing Ming discussed rescuing a Soul Clone of the Old Dragon Emperor, then Jiang Yun spent three days preparing a defensive array for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Jiang Yun completed a Fifth-Level Spirit Array with help from the elders and tribe members, then prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy and the Central Plains.
• Medusa chose to travel with Jiang Yun, and Zi Yan challenged her after Medusa joked that Jiang Yun had bought her.

Jiang Yun returned to Jia Nan Academy with his companions, then entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower to break through to Dou Zun. After emerging as a Two-Star Dou Zun with peak Spirit Realm soul power, he encountered Flame Lizards in the magma and prepared to face an even greater threat.

• Jiang Yun and his companions reached the Black-Corner Region after Qing Lin advanced to Dou Emperor and Xiao Yi Xian reached Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian visited Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan revealed she had become a Dou Zun.
• Jiang Yun told Su Qian he had reached Peak Dou Zong, asked to cultivate beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, and offered to refine grade 8 pills for the academy.
• Jiang Yun absorbed the Saint Heavenly Demon Flame within Qing Ming and broke through after two months, reaching Two-Star Dou Zun and peak Spirit Realm.
• Jiang Yun killed the approaching Flame Lizards with spatial force and collected their scarlet energy beads before a more terrifying roar sounded from deep in the magma.

Jiang Yun entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and discovered that the imprisoned Old Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, was Zi Yan's father. After promising to bring Zi Yan to him, Jiang Yun returned to his companions and revealed that their journey to the Central Plains would have to wait.

• Jiang Yun defeated a powerful Flame Lizardman, took its crimson flame bead, and evaded the clan's search.
• Jiang Yun crossed into God's Graveyard and entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion despite warnings from two Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen.
• Jiang Yun met Zhu Kun, recognized his connection to Zi Yan, and told him she was living at Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Yun left Zhu Kun and returned to his courtyard, where Medusa and the others noted that they had all advanced in strength.
• Jiang Yun told his companions they would have to delay traveling to the Central Plains and revealed to Zi Yan that he had found her father.

Jiang Yun brought Zi Yan to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where she reunited with her father, Zhu Kun, who had been trapped there for thousands of years. Jiang Yun revealed he could open a breach in the seal so Zhu Kun could leave in soul form, and the three prepared to try it.

• Jiang Yun told Zi Yan he had found her father and persuaded her to meet him despite her reluctance.
• Jiang Yun took Zi Yan to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun recognized her through their shared bloodline.
• Zi Yan initially rejected Zhu Kun, but softened after he explained how Tou She Ancient God had trapped him and why he had sent her away.
• Jiang Yun explained that gathering the Tou She Ancient God Jade would free Zhu Kun, but the Eight Great Emperor Clans held its pieces and were too powerful to challenge yet.
• Jiang Yun offered to open a small breach in the seal so Zhu Kun could send out his Emperor Realm soul, and Zhu Kun eagerly agreed.
• Zi Yan kissed Jiang Yun in excitement, while Zhu Kun watched and became visibly dispirited.

Jiang Yun awakened the Azure Nether Tower to help Zhu Kun free his soul clone from the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, while a hidden danger forced them to abandon a full escape. After reuniting with Zi Yan, Zhu Kun protected them from the Flame Lizards, and the trio returned to Jia Nan Academy with the tribe's treasures.

• Jiang Yun had Zi Yan move back and summoned the Azure Nether Tower, which struck a spatial node and created a brief opening in Zhu Kun's seal.
• As a seven-colored flame appeared near the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Jiang Yun warned Zhu Kun, who sent out his Emperor Realm Soul and escaped as a soul clone before the space repaired itself.
• Zhu Kun thanked Jiang Yun and Qing Ming, then promised to protect Jiang Yun and Zi Yan while the Azure Nether Tower withdrew to rest.
• Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun, called him Father, and left with Jiang Yun as Zhu Kun laughed with excitement.
• Outside the Ancient Emperor Space, the Flame Lizards recognized Zhu Kun as their Lord Guardian and knelt; at Jiang Yun's request, they handed over their Dou Zun-level fire beads and natural treasures.
• Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun flew back to Jia Nan Academy, arriving at the Inner Academy at midnight.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and offered support to Jia Nan Academy while Jiang Yun prepared to refine a Dou Zun Advancement Pill. In the Soul Realm, Yun Yi returned as a One-Star Dou Zun, met Hun Feng, and their promised duel began with Hun Feng losing the first exchange.

• Qing Lin introduced herself to Zhu Kun and told him about Zi Yan, Jiang Yun, and the others; Zhu Kun later offered Su Qian a dragon scale and a path for Jia Nan Academy students to study on Dragon Island.
• Jiang Yun accepted six sets of ingredients for a Dou Zun Advancement Pill and began preparing to refine it with Zhu Kun standing guard.
• Yun Yi reached One-Star Dou Zun, returned to the Hun Clan, and learned from the Nihility Devouring Flame that Hun Feng had emerged and might challenge him.
• Yun Yi declared that he would crush Hun Feng, and news of their impending fight spread through the Soul Realm.
• Hun Feng confronted Yun Yi on a mountain peak, and their first clash left Hun Feng's palm swollen and bleeding.
• Hun Feng attacked with Riftwind Tiger Roar Palm, but Yun Yi used spatial movement to appear behind him and countered with Black Extremity Collapse Force.

Yun Yi decisively defeated Hun Feng, even after Hun Feng activated his divine-grade bloodline clan mark and reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun. The victory won Yun Yi the Hun Clan’s respect, and Nihility Devouring Flame praised how his recovered flames had suppressed a child flame.

• Yun Yi overwhelmed Hun Feng with the Saint Heavenly Demon Flame and a relentless barrage of attacks, drawing a crowd of Hun Clan spectators.
• Hun Feng activated his clan mark and surged to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun, but Yun Yi continued to beat him down and declared that he would one day become an Emperor Clan alone.
• Yun Yi knocked Hun Feng unconscious and left as Elder Hun Shang healed his external injuries and carried him away.
• News of Hun Feng’s crushing defeat spread through the Soul Realm, changing the Hun Clan’s view of Yun Yi from an outsider to a legendary prodigy.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Yun Yi that his flames had recovered enough to suppress one of his child flames, and Yun Yi attributed his advantage to his Great Thousand World origins.

Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and their companions left the Hun Clan and traveled with Zhu Kun through the Void Passage to Dragon Island. Zhu Kun discovered that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had fallen into discord, and he summoned the clan to face his wrath.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame warned Yun Yi not to provoke the Gu Clan while the Hun Clan prepared for its future plans, and Yun Yi left to continue his travels.
• Jiang Yun and Zi Yan bade farewell to Su Qian and the elders, then Zhu Kun opened a spatial rift and led the group toward Dragon Island.
• In the Void Passage, Zhu Kun discussed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and learned from Jiang Yun how a treasure from beyond the Dou Qi Continent had stabilized Zi Yan's bloodline.
• The group arrived at Dragon Island, where Zhu Kun sensed the clan's dire state and grew furious at the Three Great Dragon Kings' betrayal.
• Zhu Kun released his Emperor Realm Soul pressure across Dragon Island and demanded that any surviving members of the Ancient Dragon Clan come before him.

Zhu Kun returned to the Ancient Dragon Clan, confronted the Three Great Dragon Kings’ rebellion, and reclaimed authority as Dragon Emperor. After Zhu Kun killed the West and South Dragon Kings, Zi Yan urged him to save the North Dragon Island clansmen, and he destroyed the Dragon Transformation Demon Array and killed the North Dragon King.

• Zhu Huo recognized Zhu Kun’s bloodline call, emerged from seclusion, and greeted the returned Old Dragon Emperor as the Three Great Dragon Kings reacted with fear.
• Zhu Kun demanded to know what had happened to the clan, and Zhu Huo recounted its division while Zi Yan criticized her father’s past arrogance.
• Zhu Kun summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and killed the fleeing West Dragon King and South Dragon King with two strikes.
• The North Dragon King activated the forbidden Dragon Transformation Demon Array, and Zi Yan pleaded with Zhu Kun to save the innocent clansmen on North Dragon Island.
• Zhu Kun disrupted the array with his soul pressure, killed the North Dragon King, and melted away the blood-red radiance surrounding North Dragon Island.

After Zhu Kun reunited the Ancient Dragon Clan, he offered Jiang Yun and his companions a Dou Sheng protector and brought them to the Dragon Blood Pool to cultivate. As Zi Yan prepared for her Bloodline Baptism and parted from Jiang Yun, Zhu Kun hinted at a mysterious third treasure ground.

• Zhu Kun ordered Zhu Huo to eliminate resistance across the Three Great Dragon Islands, then took the Dragon Emperor's throne and ordered the elders in the void to return.
• Zhu Kun promised Zi Yan a Bloodline Baptism and offered Jiang Yun and his companions a Dou Sheng protector for their journey to the Beast Region and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Zhu Kun led Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian toward the Dragon Blood Pool and described the Ancient Dragon Clan's three treasure grounds, leaving the third one unexplained.
• Zhu Kun revealed the hidden Dragon Blood Pool and told Jiang Yun and the others to cultivate there while he took Zi Yan for her Bloodline Baptism.
• Zi Yan kissed Jiang Yun before leaving, prompting displeased reactions from Medusa and Zhu Kun.

Jiang Yun and his companions cultivated in the Dragon Blood Pool, where he reached Four-Star Dou Zun before resurrecting Yao Tianhuo in a prepared Dou Zun body. The resurrection gave Jiang Yun an insight into life and death, and after his breakthrough to Five-Star Dou Zun, Medusa emerged at Seven-Star Dou Zun as they prepared for a future opportunity in the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s territory.

• After Zhu Kun dragged Zi Yan away, Jiang Yun warned Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to be careful with the Dragon Blood Pool, then joined them in cultivation.
• Jiang Yun absorbed the pool’s energy and emerged as a Four-Star Dou Zun, while the others continued their secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Yun used Ancient Void Dragon blood essence, the Undying Saint Flame, and a Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill to resurrect Yao Tianhuo in a Dou Zun corpse.
• Yao Tianhuo’s body regenerated over two days, and he revived as a Six-Star Dou Zun; watching the process, Jiang Yun gained an insight into life and death.
• Medusa emerged from cultivation at Seven-Star Dou Zun, and Jiang Yun later broke through to Five-Star Dou Zun before telling her about a great opportunity in the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s territory.

After leaving Dragon Island, Jiang Yun and his companions traveled to the Beast Region to seek an opportunity for Medusa at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. They reached the hidden sacred pool, where Zhu Feng sensed someone sealed beneath it and dove in to retrieve him.

• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion stronger, and Jiang Yun’s group met Zhu Kun and the returning Ancient Void Dragon elders on Dragon Island.
• Zhu Kun gave Jiang Yun a dragon scale for emergencies and assigned Zhu Feng to accompany the group as they departed for the Central Plains.
• Jiang Yun chose to visit the Beast Region first, while Heavenly Fire Venerable went ahead to the Pill Region to gather information.
• Jiang Yun’s group reached the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Medusa sensed the pool’s cultivation benefits and Zhu Feng detected a sealed expert below.
• At Jiang Yun’s request, Zhu Feng plunged into the pool to bring the sealed expert out without alerting the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.

Jiang Yun freed Yao Ming and bound him to serve for ten years, then watched him reclaim leadership of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan from Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder. With Yao Ming’s victory paving the way for Qing Lin, Jiang Yun led Medusa and the others toward the clan’s Half-Emperor inheritance.

• Jiang Yun made Yao Ming accept a ten-year service bond and ordered him to secure supremacy over the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Yao Ming recovered his strength while Jiang Yun’s group concealed themselves and waited for Yao Xiaotian to discover the broken seal.
• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, defeated them, and used the Nine Nether Underworld Staff to win the clan’s support.
• Jiang Yun told Medusa and the others that Yao Ming’s victory had cleared the way for Qing Lin, then proposed they inspect the Half-Emperor inheritance.

Yao Ming restored Qing Lin's authority over the Nine Netherworld Pythons and led Jiang Yun's group to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Jiang Yun entered the tablet's trial to claim the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance, and the chapter ended as the Demon Saint unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.

• Yao Ming agreed to let Qing Lin use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the clan's remaining supporters of Yao Xiaotian.
• Yao Ming guided Jiang Yun, Medusa, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zhu Feng to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and explained its inheritance and dangers.
• Despite warnings that the trial required a Heaven Realm soul, Jiang Yun entered the tablet with his soul.
• Jiang Yun countered the trial's lightning and Yellow Springs Finger before confronting the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint recognized Jiang Yun as someone from the Outer Realm and began using Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, while Jiang Yun demanded that he hand it over.

Jiang Yun subdued the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul and obtained its essence blood, then sent Medusa into seclusion before traveling with Xiao Yi Xian to Sacred Pill City in the Central Plains. The chapter ended with them settling in for the night, planning to explore the city the next day.

• Jiang Yun used the Azure Nether Tower and Qing Ming’s power to suppress the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul and collect its essence blood.
• Jiang Yun emerged from the stone stele with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, then told Yao Ming to go to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs with them.
• Jiang Yun gave Medusa most of the demon saint’s essence blood and sent her into seclusion, where she revealed her Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form and promised to return stronger.
• Jiang Yun ordered Yao Ming to protect Medusa and prepare to deal with Yao Xiaotian’s followers, then stayed with the Nine Netherworld Python Clan until Qing Lin was on the right track.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to the Central Plains and reached Sacred Pill City, where Jiang Yun planned to explore and have Xiao Yi Xian certify her Alchemist rank.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian spent the day exploring Sacred Pill City, then found an inn and rested for the night.

Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Sacred Pill City, where Jiang Yun clashed with the Cao Family before taking Xiao Yi Xian to the Pill Tower for an alchemist assessment. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian passing the sixth-grade assessment and proudly calling Jiang Yun her teacher.

• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian entered Sacred Pill City and decided to visit the Pill Tower for rank certification and contact Yao Lao.
• When Cao Xuan's carriage stopped near them and his guards confronted them, Jiang Yun released his Dou Zun aura, struck Cao Xuan, and sent Cao Lin and the guards flying before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Jiang Yun showed his fifth-grade alchemist badge to enter the Pill Tower Branch Tower with Xiao Yi Xian, and they joined the rank assessment queue.
• Xiao Yi Xian requested a sixth-grade assessment, and Elder Zhao personally escorted her into the Heaven room while Jiang Yun encouraged her.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged with a new sixth-grade alchemist badge, embraced Jiang Yun, and whispered that she had not let his teachings down before calling him Teacher.

Xiao Yi Xian earned a sixth-grade alchemist badge, and Jiang Yun traded a pill formula for a copper fragment containing spirit nurturing dust. After giving the dust to Xiao Yi Xian, Jiang Yun began refining a Venerable King Pill in Sacred Pill City, hoping to draw attention with the grade-eight pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian passed the assessment as a sixth-grade alchemist, astonishing the examiners and nearby alchemists.
• Jiang Yun traded a mid-grade seventh-rank Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill formula for the old man's copper fragment after revealing his Spirit Realm soul pressure.
• Cao Cheng punished Cao Lin for lying about the fight with Jiang Yun, while the former Cao Family head ordered a discreet investigation into Jiang Yun's background.
• Jiang Yun discovered spirit nurturing dust in the copper fragment and gave its five grains to Xiao Yi Xian to help her soul enter the Spirit Realm.
• Jiang Yun began refining a Venerable King Pill with the Myriad Beast Cauldron, while Xiao Yi Xian watched and learned.
• After two days of extracting nearly a thousand ingredients, Jiang Yun formed a hand seal and commanded the medicinal essences to condense.

Jiang Yun refined the Venerable King Pill, drawing Six-Colored Pill Lightning and attracting the attention of the Pill Tower and the entire Central Plains. After the Pill Tower confirmed the pill’s extraordinary effects and Jiang Yun became a sensation, the Cao Family Patriarch arrived at his residence with Cao Cheng, Cao Xuan, and a captivating young woman.

• Jiang Yun completed the Venerable King Pill, and its emergence summoned Six-Colored Pill Lightning over Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi shielded the city from the lightning, while Jiang Yun subdued the pill when it tried to escape and explained its power to raise a Dou Zun’s strength.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian accompanied Xuan Kongzi to the Pill Tower, where the Tower agreed to exchange a valuable price for the pill and Jiang Yun studied alchemy with its elders.
• A Pill Tower elder used the Venerable King Pill to rise from Six-Star Dou Zun to Nine-Star Dou Zun, causing Jiang Yun’s fame and the crowds seeking him to grow.
• The Cao Family Patriarch arrived at Jiang Yun’s residence with Cao Cheng, the injured Cao Xuan, and a graceful young woman, and Jiang Yun greeted the elder.