Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan learned that Xu Ran was a Dou Di and asked him to help her become a Dou Sheng, but he told her to cultivate at her own pace. Xu Ran and Zi Yan entered the space beneath the magma and reached the stone gate of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where Zi Yan felt a strange familiarity.

• Zi Yan asked Xu Ran what a god was, and he confirmed that he was a Dou Di.
• Zi Yan celebrated that the Hall of Souls had provoked Xu Ran and asked him to help her become a Dou Sheng, but Xu Ran refused to bypass her cultivation.
• Zi Yan worried that Xu Ran's status had created distance between them, and she admitted she would accept being more than friends.
• Xu Ran revealed that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay in a space beneath the magma, then led Zi Yan inside.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan crossed an empty, ancient space and reached an enormous stone gate marked Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zi Yan felt intimidated by the gate's presence, while her blood responded to it and stirred a sense of familiarity.

Xu Ran and Zi Yan entered the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, where Xu Ran explained the Dou Di Origin Qi and the Ancient Jade needed to reach Dou Di. Zi Yan sensed her father in the darkness, and Zhu Kun awoke and rushed toward her.

• Zi Yan asked Xu Ran about Dou Di and other worlds, and he said the other Dou Di had left for different worlds while he was the continent’s only Dou Di.
• Xu Ran explained that Zhu Kun and other Nine-Star Dou Sheng Peak experts needed Origin Qi to become Dou Di, and that the eight pieces of Tuoshe Ancient Jade could open the cave mansion where it remained.
• Zi Yan sensed a close bloodline presence and believed her father was inside.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan saw the enormous, sleeping Ancient Void Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, in the dark void.
• Zhu Kun opened his eyes, sensed his child’s presence, and charged upward.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan in the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s cave mansion and grew furious when he thought Xu Ran had deceived her. The chapter ended with Zhu Kun attacking Xu Ran after Zi Yan insisted he was a Dou Di who could rescue her father.

• Zhu Kun tearfully recognized Zi Yan as his daughter and lamented that he had been absent while the Ancient Void Dragon Clan fractured.
• Zhu Kun suspected Xu Ran had courted Zi Yan and brought her into danger, and he warned that she was destined to become the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan defended Xu Ran, saying he had come to rescue Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun questioned how Xu Ran could free him without the Ancient Jade, but Xu Ran said he did not have it.
• Zi Yan declared that Xu Ran was a Dou Di, and Zhu Kun dismissed the claim as deception.
• Zhu Kun flew into a rage and sent a purple-gold pillar of light through space toward Xu Ran.

Xu Ran easily avoided Zhu Kun’s attack and revealed that his power rivaled the strongest Dou Shengs, while Zhu Kun grew suspicious of his motives for bringing Zi Yan. Xu Ran dismissed the threat of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s cave, leaving Zhu Kun laughing at his claim that Tuoshe was weaker than him.

• Xu Ran praised Zhu Kun’s mastery of spatial power, while Zhu Kun insisted he could kill him.
• Zi Yan watched Zhu Kun attack Xu Ran and wondered what Xu Ran’s true form looked like.
• Zhu Kun’s attack passed through Xu Ran and exploded far behind him, leaving Xu Ran unharmed.
• Xu Ran told Zhu Kun that the outside world had changed and that other supreme experts now matched his strength.
• Zhu Kun suspected Xu Ran had brought Zi Yan to exploit him, but Xu Ran denied wanting anything from her or the cave.
• Xu Ran claimed Tuoshe Ancient Emperor could not trap him and was weaker than he was, prompting Zhu Kun to laugh at his arrogance.

Zhu Kun attacked Xu Ran after Xu Ran evaded his grasp, but he soon sensed that Xu Ran’s bloodline and power surpassed his own. The chapter left Zhu Kun seeing Xu Ran as a king, though Xu Ran had claimed to be his ancestor.

• Zhu Kun lunged at Xu Ran and tried to crush him, but Xu Ran slipped away using spatial abilities.
• Zhu Kun launched a furious assault, while Zi Yan refused to leave Xu Ran’s side.
• Xu Ran calmly endured Zhu Kun’s attacks, and Zhu Kun felt an overwhelming bloodline pressure and urge to submit.
• Zhu Kun asked whether Xu Ran was a magical beast, and Xu Ran claimed to be his ancestor as the Ancestral Dragon.
• Xu Ran questioned the origins of the Dragon Clan, and Zhu Kun’s anger faded as he began to see Xu Ran as his king.

Xu Ran revealed his Ancestral Dragon bloodline and Dou Di power to Zhu Kun inside the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave mansion. Zi Yan and Zhu Kun were overwhelmed by the gulf between Xu Ran and even the strongest Dou Shengs.

• Zhu Kun questioned Xu Ran about his age and bloodline, noting that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was the only dragon branch left on the continent.
• Xu Ran declared that he might be a Dou Di and released the full presence of his Ancestral Dragon bloodline.
• Xu Ran's power shook the cave mansion, and he considered how his strength compared with the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor in the Great Thousand World.
• Zi Yan sensed Xu Ran's power and worried that she could never catch up to him.
• Zhu Kun realized Xu Ran could have killed him during their earlier fight and marveled at the overwhelming power of a Dou Di.

Xu Ran revealed his immense dragon form, forcing Zhu Kun and Zi Yan to kneel before the Ancestral Dragon. After learning Xu Ran’s identity, Zhu Kun pledged his loyalty, and Xu Ran ordered him to reunite the fractured Ancient Void Dragon Clan once he escaped.

• Xu Ran transformed into a vast black dragon, and his bloodline power made Zi Yan and Zhu Kun kneel.
• Zhu Kun recognized Xu Ran as the Ancestral Dragon and kowtowed to him, while Zi Yan reflected on how deeply Xu Ran had affected her.
• Xu Ran helped Zi Yan up, then told Zhu Kun he would not help him claim the cave abode’s treasures.
• Zhu Kun pledged lifelong loyalty to Xu Ran, who told him to regain control of the fractured Ancient Void Dragon Clan after escaping.

Zhu Kun escaped the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and pledged loyalty to Xu Ran, while Skyfire Venerable learned that Xu Ran planned to restore him in a Dou Sheng body. Xu Ran left the underground magma world with them, enhanced Jia Nan Academy's cultivation facilities, and began placing Skyfire Venerable's soul into the Great Heavenly Venerable's body.

• Zhu Kun emerged from the cave mansion and resolved to serve Xu Ran in hopes of receiving guidance to become a Dou Di.
• Xu Ran introduced Zhu Kun to Skyfire Venerable, who was shocked that the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor called Xu Ran his master.
• Xu Ran brought Zhu Kun and Skyfire Venerable out of the underground magma world and promised to revive Skyfire Venerable in a Dou Sheng body.
• Xu Ran released the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, restored the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and created a cultivation space filled with condensed energy.
• Xu Ran placed Skyfire Venerable's soul into the Great Heavenly Venerable's body, ensuring Skyfire Venerable would gain a Dou Sheng body and incur the Hall of Souls' enmity.

Xu Ran resurrected Skyfire Venerable as Skyfire Saint, a Dou Sheng who pledged loyalty and was assigned to protect Ya Fei. After Xu Ran restored the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and earned the Inner Academy elders’ gratitude, Zhu Kun departed while leaving Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xu Ran transformed Skyfire Venerable into Skyfire Saint, whose soul and Dou Sheng body joined without rejection and whose strength rose to Dou Sheng.
• Skyfire Saint knelt before Xu Ran, pledged lifelong loyalty, and left to protect Ya Fei at the auction house.
• The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower returned to normal with greatly improved cultivation benefits, and Xu Ran told Su Qian he had secured the Fallen Heart Flame and requisitioned the tower’s lowest level.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders praised Xu Ran and held a banquet where he answered their questions about cultivation and pill refining.
• Zhu Kun came to bid Xu Ran farewell and left Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy.

After Zhu Kun left, Su Qian reflected on Zi Yan’s origins and Xu Ran’s strength, while Zi Yan thanked her foster father for raising her at Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended with Zi Yan gazing affectionately at Xu Ran as she began to express her feelings for him.

• Su Qian realized that Zi Yan was Zhu Kun’s daughter and that Xu Ran was powerful enough to earn the Dragon Emperor’s respect.
• Zi Yan told Su Qian she would always cherish her years at Jia Nan Academy, and he left the two alone.
• Su Qian hoped Xu Ran would treat Zi Yan well and decided to stop worrying about threats beyond his own power.
• Xu Ran praised Zi Yan for showing gratitude to Su Qian, and she explained how much her foster father meant to her.
• Zi Yan told Xu Ran that meeting Su Qian had brought her to Jia Nan Academy and led her to Xu Ran, then looked at him affectionately.

Xu Ran teased Zi Yan as they walked through Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, while Zi Yan privately weighed her feelings for him and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s plans to keep his Dou Di identity secret. Their banter drew attention, and the chapter ended with Senior Sister Han Yue watching them from afar.

• Zi Yan grew angry when Xu Ran failed to understand her feelings, then denied liking him when he called her out.
• Zi Yan recalled Zhu Kun’s warning to conceal Xu Ran’s Dou Di identity and his hope that she would stay close to Xu Ran, though she insisted her feelings were not about benefits.
• Xu Ran and Zi Yan bantered through the Inner Academy, where Zi Yan boasted about her first-place Strong Ranking position and her reputation among powerful students.
• Senior Sister Han Yue watched Xu Ran and Zi Yan as they walked away, introduced as the Inner Academy’s universally acknowledged greatest beauty.

Han Yue watched Xu Ran and recognized him as a powerful figure her family hoped to win over as an ally. She planned to approach him by befriending Xun'er and the other new students, while Zi Yan scolded Xu Ran for looking at Han Yue.

• Han Yue warned her friends that Zi Yan was the Inner Academy's top Strong Ranking student and that they should not offend Xu Ran.
• Han Yue recalled that the Han Family wanted her to cultivate a connection with Xu Ran, a renowned alchemist and powerful Dou Zong.
• Han Yue decided she could meet Xu Ran more often by recruiting Xun'er and the other talented new students into Moon Spirit.
• Zi Yan pinched Xu Ran's arm for looking at Han Yue and claimed she would be the Inner Academy's greatest beauty if people knew her better.

Xu Ran reunited with Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Xun'er, then learned that people from the Gu Clan were coming to see him after he killed two Hall of Souls Dou Shengs. He summoned two Heavenly Demon Puppets and said they could protect the girls, though Xiao Mei immediately imagined using one to cause trouble at the academy.

• Xiao Mei accused Xu Ran of spending the previous day with other girls, while Xiao Yu and Xun'er showed their jealousy.
• Xu Ran teased Xiao Yu about her legs and pulled her and Xun'er into his arms; Xiao Mei joined them on his lap, and Zi Yan left unhappily.
• Xun'er told Xu Ran that people from her clan might visit, likely because he had killed the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Second Heavenly Venerable.
• Xu Ran said he did not need protection, then summoned two Heavenly Demon Puppets made from the bodies of the Hall of Souls fighters he had killed.
• Xiao Mei admired the puppets and asked whether one could help her overpower Zi Yan, and Xu Ran warned her not to use them to make trouble.

Xu Ran gave Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu two Heavenly Demon Puppets, prompting the women to compete over who would claim them. Xun'er and Xue Ni withdrew, leaving Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia preparing to fight for the Dou Zun-level puppets.

• Xiao Yu worried that Xiao Yan might attack the Xiao Clan, and Xu Ran said the Mist Cloud Sect was watching over it.
• Xiao Mei asked how to use the puppets and how they would be divided, and Xu Ran said they could leave soul imprints and compete for them.
• Xun'er warned that the Hall of Souls would likely send a Dou Sheng expert after Xu Ran next time, while Xu Ran joked about refining more puppets from future enemies.
• Xu Ran revealed that one puppet had seven-star Dou Zun strength and the other had peak Dou Zun strength, shocking the women.
• Xun'er and Xue Ni withdrew from the competition, leaving Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia to fight for the puppets.
• Xiao Mei said she would use the Earth-Rank Dou Techniques Xu Ran had taught her, and Hu Jia envied her advantages.

At Jia Nan Academy, Hu Jia lost to Xiao Yu in the arena, while the girls’ strength drew attention from the Inner Academy. Han Yue approached Xu Ran and the girls to invite them to join Moon Spirit.

• Hu Jia challenged Xiao Yu with her whip but conceded after several minutes, accepting that she would compete against Xiao Mei instead.
• Xu Ran and Xun'er explained that Xiao Yu’s strength came from her cultivation and the Di-rank Dou Techniques Xu Ran had given her.
• Inner Academy students recognized Hu Jia and marveled at the powerful new girls arriving from the Outer Academy.
• Han Yue compared the girls’ rapid growth with their past cultivation and concluded that Xu Ran had likely helped them become so strong.
• Han Yue nervously approached Xu Ran, Xun'er, and the others and invited the girls to consider joining Moon Spirit.

Han Yue, impressed by Xu Ran’s strength and his influence on Xue Ni’s rapid cultivation, tried to recruit him into Moon Spirit. She offered him the leadership, and Xu Ran teased her about the faction’s ban on male members.

• Han Yue realized Xue Ni had advanced from Dou Zhe to Dou Ling in a month and concluded Xu Ran had deliberately restrained his disciples’ cultivation.
• Han Yue nervously addressed Xu Ran and asked him to join Moon Spirit.
• Han Yue offered to give Xu Ran her position and make him the faction’s leader.
• Xu Ran pointed out that Moon Spirit did not accept male members, and Han Yue replied that he was different from other men.

Xu Ran agreed to join Han Yue’s Moon Spirit faction while leaving her in charge and warning he would only help in a crisis. As Xiao Mei fought Hu Jia for a puppet, Xu Ran promised Xun’er he would eventually refine a Dou Sheng-level puppet for her.

• Han Yue explained that her family had told her about Xu Ran’s fame in the Central Plains and his conflict with the Hall of Souls.
• Xu Ran agreed to join Moon Spirit, but said Han Yue should remain its leader and that he would only help the faction if it faced a crisis.
• Han Yue thanked Xu Ran and joked that she would not mind if he did something to her, then realized she had said it in front of Xun’er and Xue Ni.
• Xun’er showed her displeasure at Xu Ran’s conversation with Han Yue, and Xu Ran drew her into his arms to watch Xiao Mei and Hu Jia’s duel.
• Xun’er predicted Xiao Mei would win the puppet, and Xu Ran promised to refine a Dou Sheng-level puppet for her when the Hall of Souls came after them.

Xu Ran explained his Battle Puppets to Han Yue, who learned that he had no intention of reconciling with the Hall of Souls. After Xiao Mei narrowly beat Hu Jia in the Arena, she asked Xu Ran for a puppet as the Inner Academy students watched their group’s strength with alarm.

• Xun'er told Han Yue that Xu Ran had refined Battle Puppets from the corpses of slain Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables, and Han Yue was shocked by his methods.
• Han Yue worried that the Hall of Souls would retaliate, but Xu Ran said it was only the strongest faction on the surface and that stronger factions existed.
• Xiao Mei narrowly defeated Hu Jia in the Arena, then taunted her while Hu Jia vowed to settle the score.
• Inner Academy students watching the fight were startled by the newcomers’ strength and wondered whether they would soon dominate the Strong Ranking.
• Xiao Mei asked Xu Ran for a puppet, choosing the Seven-Star one while saying Xiao Yu could take the Nine-Star one; Xu Ran warned her not to use it carelessly.

Xu Ran made lifelike statuettes of Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and the other girls, then considered creating puppets modeled after himself. He left the chapter wondering whether he could develop a signature technique without relying on the system.

• Xu Ran gave Xiao Mei a puppet and considered making similar ones for the others.
• Xu Ran formed a statuette of Xun'er, and the girls admired it before Xun'er took it for herself.
• Xu Ran made statuettes for Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Hu Jia, Xue Ni, and Han Yue.
• Han Yue considered selling statuettes, but Xu Ran warned her that buyers might use them inappropriately, so she dropped the idea.
• Xun'er asked Xu Ran to make puppets that looked exactly like him, and he began considering how to create controllable clones using his soul power and Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Xu Ran wondered whether developing the clone technique could help him stop depending on System Lady's power.

Xu Ran agreed to join Han Yue’s Moon Spirit faction alongside Xun’er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Hu Jia, while the women teased each other and welcomed Han Yue into their group. Xu Ran vanished without explanation, leaving the Inner Academy students wary and turning him into a legend as factions took notice of the new students.

• Xun’er explained that Xu Ran and the others had joined Han Yue’s Moon Spirit faction, and Xiao Yu promised to help Han Yue lead it.
• Xiao Mei and Hu Jia bickered over their strength and Xu Ran’s techniques, while Xu Ran refused to take sides.
• Xun’er ended their argument by suggesting they explore the Inner Academy, and Xiao Yu told Han Yue they would be family.
• Xu Ran suddenly disappeared, startling the Inner Academy students who had considered approaching him.
• Xu Ran became a mysterious legend at Jia Nan Academy, and the smaller factions began pursuing the talented new students.