Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan led the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan to demand the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s submission and Feng Qing’er’s hand in marriage. After Chen Xuan defeated the clan’s strongest formation, Huang Tian submitted, and Chen Xuan announced that he would marry Qing'er the next day.

• Yao Ming told Huang Tian that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan must submit to Chen Xuan and that Chen Xuan intended to marry Feng Qing’er.
• Chen Xuan revealed himself and offered a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit as a betrothal gift, but warned that refusal would mean war.
• Huang Tian attacked Chen Xuan, who burned away his golden feathers and raised his strength to the Eight-star Dou Sheng level.
• Huang Tian ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to form the Heavenly Phoenix Ancient Array, but Chen Xuan’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath shattered it and gravely injured the clan’s experts.
• Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s elders submitted to Chen Xuan, who gave Huang Tian the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and announced his wedding to Qing'er for the next day.

After marrying Feng Qing'er and taking control of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, Chen Xuan set his sights on the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and traveled to North Dragon Island with Phoenix. There, he confronted the West, North, and South Dragon Kings, who demanded to know who he was.

• Chen Xuan used Puppet Jade Talismans to secure the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's loyalty, then married Feng Qing'er after two days of preparation.
• Chen Xuan told Feng Qing'er he would help the clan grow stronger, and she asked him not to harm it.
• Chen Xuan gathered the clan's elders and announced his plan to attack the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, learning that its divided Dragon Islands could be reached through the clan's secret connections.
• On North Dragon Island, the three Dragon Kings planned to attack East Dragon Island in ten days and later destroy the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Phoenix forced her way onto North Dragon Island with Chen Xuan after being told to leave, prompting the three Dragon Kings to confront them.
• Chen Xuan challenged the Dragon Kings over their treatment of guests, and the North Dragon King demanded to know his identity.

Chen Xuan demanded that the Ancient Void Dragon clan submit to him, then overwhelmed the three Dragon Kings and their forces in battle. The Dragon Kings retreated behind Dragon Island’s protective formation and called for help as Chen Xuan prepared a Five-Colored Fire Lotus to break through their defenses.

• Chen Xuan told the three Dragon Kings that he wanted the Ancient Void Dragon clan to acknowledge him as their master, and they refused.
• The three Dragon Kings and the other dragon clan experts attacked Chen Xuan, who used his Berserk skill and Ice Heaven Frozen Earth to summon an Ice Dragon that shattered their attacks.
• The Ice Dragon’s explosion sent the dragon clan experts flying, killed weaker fighters, and severely wounded the three Dragon Kings, who fled to Dragon Island.
• The North Dragon King activated the island’s protective grand formation, while the West Dragon King and South Dragon King sent out distress signals.
• Chen Xuan summoned Heavenly Flames and fused them into a Five-Colored Fire Lotus as the three Dragon Kings watched in terror.

Chen Xuan shattered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s resistance, took control of its islands, and became master of the Beast Region. After strengthening his new forces, he learned that the Hall of Souls had captured Mei Ling’er, leaving him to decide whether to confront them.

• Chen Xuan destroyed North Dragon Island’s protective formation and beat the three Dragon Kings until they submitted, then used Puppet Jade Talismans to secure their loyalty.
• Chen Xuan led the western, northern, and southern branches against East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan refused to submit and the island’s experts resisted.
• Chen Xuan destroyed East Dragon Island’s formation, killed and devoured its defenders, including Zi Yan, and refined them to reach Six-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Chen Xuan reorganized the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, became master of the Beast Region, and used Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruits to strengthen his forces.
• Chen Xuan returned to the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and learned that the Hall of Souls had captured Mei Ling’er, challenging him to demand her release.

Chen Xuan rescued Mei Ling'er from the Soul Hall in exchange for a convincing imitation of the Tou She Ancient God Jade. After the Soul Hall revealed its trap, an Absolute Kill Array sealed the canyon around them.

• Chen Xuan traveled alone to the Mountain Range of Departed Souls to rescue Mei Ling'er.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master demanded the Ancient Jade before allowing Chen Xuan to see Mei Ling'er.
• Chen Xuan showed the Vice Hall Master a defective imitation of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then exchanged it for Mei Ling'er.
• After examining the jade, the Vice Hall Master declared that Chen Xuan would die and activated the Absolute Kill Array surrounding the canyon.
• The array sealed the canyon as sinister energy gathered, and Chen Xuan released his aura in response.

Chen Xuan protected Mei Ling'er from the Soul Hall's Absolute Kill Array and destroyed it with overwhelming force. After killing the Soul Hall experts, he took Mei Ling'er back and began investigating the Soul Hall, while planning to bring Medusa and his Northwest Continent subordinates to the Beast Region.

• Chen Xuan shielded Mei Ling'er from the array's ghostly chains with his Heavenly Flames and destroyed its first attack.
• The Vice Hall Master ordered the Soul Hall experts to power up the Absolute Kill Array as Chen Xuan raised his strength to near Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Xuan used the Godslayer Spear to shatter the array, killing the Dou Zun experts and severely injuring the Dou Sheng experts.
• The Vice Hall Master tried to escape through space, but Chen Xuan struck him down and devoured his soul with the Godslayer Spear.
• Chen Xuan slaughtered the remaining Soul Hall experts, took Mei Ling'er back, and began investigating the Soul Hall.
• Chen Xuan planned to bring Medusa and his Northwest Continent subordinates to settle in the Beast Region.

Chen Xuan brought Medusa, Xiao Nannan, the Snake People Race, and his magical beast subordinates from the Northwest Continent to the Beast Region, where they settled in the Nether Serpent Mountain Range. As he built up his forces and gathered intelligence on the Hall of Souls, he received news that the Heavenly Tomb had opened.

• Xiao Nannan punished Green Flame Python for flirting with Snake People Race women, then teased Chen Xuan about his other women when he returned to discuss migration with Medusa.
• Chen Xuan and Medusa agreed to move the Snake People Race to the Beast Region, and Chen Xuan arranged spatial ships to transport them and his magical beast subordinates through a wormhole.
• After more than half a month in the wormhole, Chen Xuan's group reached the Beast Region, where experts from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan welcomed him.
• Xiao Nannan explored the ancient magical beasts and rode on the North Dragon King's true form as Chen Xuan led the procession to the Nether Serpent Mountain Range.
• Medusa took Xiao Nannan to cultivate at the Nine Serene Yellow Springs while Chen Xuan secured the area, developed his forces, and ordered his subordinates to gather information about the Hall of Souls.
• Chen Xuan received news that the Heavenly Tomb had opened and recalled that his jade pendant had come from there.

Chen Xuan infiltrated the Yao Clan by capturing Yao Xingrong and impersonating a disciple, aiming to pose as Yao Xingji and enter the Heavenly Tomb. After delivering the Soul Infant Fruit to Yao Xingji’s pill-refining chamber, Chen Xuan revealed his hostile intent and prepared to kill him.

• Chen Xuan enslaved Lin Zhidong and used the Spirit Spring Sect’s Soul Infant Fruit to lure Yao Xingrong to the sect.
• Chen Xuan defeated and enslaved Yao Xingrong, learning that Yao Xingji would travel to the Ancient Clan in ten days and receive the Nine Serene Wind Flame.
• Chen Xuan killed a Yao Clan disciple, assumed his appearance, and followed Yao Xingrong into the Yao Clan.
• Chen Xuan transformed into Yao Xingrong, brought the Soul Infant Fruit to Yao Xingji, and sealed the pill-refining chamber’s space.
• Yao Xingji ordered Chen Xuan to leave, but Chen Xuan refused and declared that Yao Xingji would die.

Chen Xuan killed Yao Xingji, stole his identity, and devoured the Nine Serene Wind Flame before traveling with the Yao Clan to the Gu Clan. At the Heavenly Tomb’s opening, he eyed Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Xiao Xun’er’s Divine Grade Bloodline as potential gains and threats.

• Chen Xuan sealed Yao Xingji away from the outside world, killed him, and devoured the Nine Serene Wind Flame.
• Chen Xuan took Yao Xingji’s appearance and traveled with the Yao Clan delegation to the Gu Clan.
• Chen Xuan encountered Huo Zhi, whose Red Lotus Karmic Fire stirred his Heavenly Flames, and considered taking it and Xiao Xun’er’s Heavenly Flame.
• At the coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Xun’er was revealed to possess a tenth-grade Divine Grade Bloodline, and Chen Xuan decided she had to be eliminated.
• The Gu Clan opened the Heavenly Tomb, and Chen Xuan looked forward to entering it.

Chen Xuan used his Yao Xingji disguise to seize control of several Heavenly Tomb entrants and hunt for the Yan and Gu Clan women, gaining the Red Lotus Karmic Fire from Huo Zhi. He reached the third level and found Xiao Xun'er fighting a nine-star energy body.

• Chen Xuan used a Puppet Jade Talisman on the Yao Clan woman, then crossed the first and second levels while devouring energy bodies.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li attacked Chen Xuan, but he defeated and controlled them with Puppet Jade Talismans, then sent them to search for Yan and Gu Clan members.
• After Hun Ya and Hun Li found Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan, Chen Xuan defeated their eight-star energy body, devoured Huo Zhi, and refined her Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Chen Xuan used a Puppet Jade Talisman on Huo Xuan and continued toward the third level.
• Chen Xuan found Xiao Xun'er among four Gu Clan disciples fighting a nine-star energy body, and Xiao Xun'er sensed his gaze and felt uneasy.

Chen Xuan exposed his identity in the Heavenly Tomb, defeated Xiao Xun'er and the Gu Clan disciples, devoured her Heavenly Flame, and survived an energy storm. After turning the major clans’ entrants into subordinates and growing stronger by consuming energy bodies, he drew the attention of a powerful presence that called itself Xiao Xuan.

• Chen Xuan revealed Dou Sheng-level strength, defeated Xiao Xun'er and the three Gu Clan disciples, destroyed the nine-star energy entity, and identified himself as the man Xiao Xun'er wanted to kill.
• Chen Xuan swallowed Xiao Xun'er and refined her Heavenly Flame, advancing to the late stage of Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Xuan confronted and dispersed a Heavenly Tomb energy storm, then used Puppet Jade Talismans to make Gu Yao and the other two Gu Clan disciples his subordinates.
• Chen Xuan made the major clans’ entrants his subordinates and devoured Ancient Devouring Worms and increasingly powerful energy bodies as he explored the Heavenly Tomb’s third level.
• After Chen Xuan’s strength neared a breakthrough, an ancient voice from the darkness identified itself as Xiao Xuan.

Chen Xuan fought Xiao Xuan, a powerful energy body in the third level of the Heavenly Tomb, and devoured him after overpowering him with Heavenly Flame and the Godslayer Spear. He absorbed Xiao Xuan’s energy core, reached the peak of the late Seven-star Dou Sheng stage, and continued exploring the third level.

• Xiao Xuan confronted Chen Xuan for entering the Heavenly Tomb despite not belonging to the Eight Ancient Clans and attacked him with a giant hand of soul power.
• Chen Xuan used his fused golden Heavenly Flame to destroy Xiao Xuan’s attack, then challenged him to emerge from the darkness.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and reached the peak of Nine-star Dou Sheng, while Chen Xuan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to reach the same level.
• Chen Xuan’s Heavenly Flame gave him the advantage in their battle, and he used the Godslayer Spear to stop Xiao Xuan from burning his soul and devour him.
• Chen Xuan swallowed Xiao Xuan’s energy core, reached the peak of the late Seven-star Dou Sheng stage, and continued exploring the third level of the Heavenly Tomb.

Chen Xuan joined the two halves of a jade pendant at a giant stele in the Heavenly Tomb, revealing a nine-colored treasure and awakening the Heavenly Tomb Spirit. When the spirit tried to seize the treasure, Chen Xuan attacked with the Godslayer Spear, which began devouring the spirit’s soul power.

• Chen Xuan found a giant stele carved with a python and recognized that his damaged jade pendant might be connected to it.
• Chen Xuan endured the stele’s immense pressure, joined his pendant with the matching half in its groove, and caused the stele to sink and reveal a statue holding a glowing nine-colored jade pendant.
• A giant face formed in the sky and tried to devour the jade pendant, revealing itself as the Heavenly Tomb Spirit when Chen Xuan attacked.
• Chen Xuan activated Berserk and struck the spirit with the Godslayer Spear, which suppressed and devoured its soul power.

Chen Xuan absorbed the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, advanced the Godslayer Spear, and spent a year cultivating before leaving the Heavenly Tomb. When Gu Yuan discovered that Xiao Xun'er’s reported death and the disappearance of the tomb’s energy bodies were suspicious, he detained everyone for questioning, prompting Chen Xuan to decide to act first.

• Chen Xuan obtained the nine-colored jade pendant, then cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb for a year without reaching Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• After everyone emerged, Huo Zhu said Huo Zhi had died in an energy storm, while Gu Yao claimed Ancient Devouring Worms had killed Xiao Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan tore open the Heavenly Tomb and searched for Xiao Xun'er, then returned ten days later and accused Gu Yao of lying because he found no Ancient Devouring Worms.
• Gu Yao blamed Xiao Xuan for destroying the worms, but Gu Yuan questioned where Xiao Xuan and the tomb’s other energy bodies had gone.
• Gu Yuan forbade anyone from leaving the Gu Clan and announced he would inspect everyone who had entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Chen Xuan realized Gu Yuan’s investigation would expose him and decided to make the first move.

During Gu Yuan’s inspection of the gathered clans, Chen Xuan revealed himself by launching a powerful attack and was exposed as an infiltrator posing as Yao Xingji. Gu Yuan identified him as the magical beast who had killed Xiao Xun’er and the Pill Tower Ancestor, and the chapter ended with Chen Xuan surrounded by Gu Clan experts as he confronted Gu Yuan.

• Gu Yuan inspected the Gu Clan, Soul Clan, and Yao Clan disciples and found nothing unusual before turning to Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan unleashed a blood-red spear and clashed with Gu Yuan, destroying buildings and shattering the surrounding space.
• Gu Yuan’s experts encircled the Yao Clan members and sealed the area while Chen Xuan remained surrounded.
• Gu Yuan recognized Chen Xuan as a magical beast and accused him of killing Xiao Xun’er and the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Chen Xuan taunted Gu Yuan as both men prepared to fight.

Chen Xuan confronted Gu Yuan in the Ancient Realm after revealing that he could reach peak Nine-star Dou Sheng strength. He shattered Gu Yuan’s attacks with his physical strength and Yellow Springs Palm, and their clash left the surrounding space devastated.

• Chen Xuan activated the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and raised his strength to the peak of Nine-star Dou Sheng, alarming the gathered experts.
• Gu Yuan sealed the surrounding space with the Ancient Clan’s experts and attacked Chen Xuan with the Mountain-Splitting Seal.
• Chen Xuan charged into the golden hand seal and shattered it with one punch, remaining unharmed.
• Gu Yuan unleashed and fused all five seals of the Emperor Seal Art into an attack with Heaven-tier power.
• Chen Xuan countered with Yellow Springs Palm, and the two attacks collided, shattering space and forcing everyone nearby back.
• Gu Yuan acknowledged that Chen Xuan had exceeded his expectations.

Chen Xuan and Gu Yuan escalated their battle in the Ancient Realm, each unleashing powerful attacks that shattered space and threatened the surrounding Ancient Clan experts. Gu Yuan realized his strength alone might not be enough to defeat Chen Xuan, who remained composed after their latest clash.

• Gu Yuan decided Chen Xuan was too dangerous to leave alive and unleashed his full power, while Ancient Clan experts encircled the battlefield.
• Gu Yuan attacked with the Emperor Heaven Art: Sky-Piercing Finger, and Chen Xuan countered with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, causing their attacks to shatter the void.
• The collision pushed Gu Yuan back over a hundred meters and Chen Xuan back fifty meters, leading Gu Yuan to recognize that he could not defeat Chen Xuan alone.
• Gu Yuan used the Emperor Heaven Art: Heavenly Eye and sent a golden beam from a blazing sun toward Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan summoned the Godslayer Spear and met the golden beam with blood-red energy, unleashing a destructive blast that left Gu Yuan pale while Chen Xuan remained relaxed.

Chen Xuan overwhelmed Gu Yuan’s strongest attack, leaving the Ancient Clan leader injured and outmatched. Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan experts to form a battle formation that trapped Chen Xuan and cut him off from outside energy, but Chen Xuan welcomed the challenge.

• Gu Yuan unleashed the third form of the Emperor Heaven Art and sent a colossal golden giant’s palm crashing down on Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan countered with the Emperor Spear Art: Heaven-Splitting, and the Godslayer Spear’s scarlet strike injured Gu Yuan and sent him flying.
• The Ancient Clan experts realized Gu Yuan could not defeat Chen Xuan alone and prepared to join forces.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan experts to form a battle formation, which sealed the surrounding space and blocked Chen Xuan from absorbing outside energy.
• Dou Zun experts joined the formation to increase its power, and Chen Xuan greeted the challenge with a look of madness.

Chen Xuan unleashed a Nine-Colored Fire Lotus against the Ancient Clan’s battle formation, devastating the Ancient Realm and badly injuring Gu Yuan and the clan’s experts. Drained by the attack, he escaped through the rift he had torn in the sky.

• The Ancient Clan’s experts formed a battle formation to kill Chen Xuan, while the watching clans suspected he had killed Huo Zhi and Yao Xingji to take their Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Xuan activated his Berserk skill, increasing his strength sixfold, and fought the formation’s golden giant with his Godslayer Spear.
• When the golden giant began to overpower him, Chen Xuan fused his Heavenly Flames into a Nine-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The fire lotus struck the golden giant, collapsing the formation, killing many Ancient Clan experts, severely injuring Gu Yuan and the clan’s leaders, and tearing a massive rift through the Ancient Realm.
• Exhausted, Chen Xuan flew into the rift and disappeared.

After escaping the Ancient Realm, Chen Xuan traveled to the Yao Clan’s Shennong Mountain Range to recover and gather medicinal herbs. He entered a vast herb-filled valley and was confronted by a powerful linen-robed elder, whose appearance stirred the Heavenly Flames within Chen Xuan.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan to heal, strengthen its defenses, and seal the Ancient Realm after Chen Xuan’s attack.
• Huo Yao denied that the Yao Clan was allied with Chen Xuan, explained that Chen Xuan had killed Yao Xingji and taken the Nine Nether Phoenix Flame, then led the Yao Clan members away.
• Chen Xuan left the Ancient Realm, recovered some strength with a medicinal pill, and emerged in the Shennong Mountain Range.
• Chen Xuan gathered rare medicinal herbs as he traveled deeper into the Yao Clan’s territory and found a valley filled with valuable plants.
• A hidden elder warned Chen Xuan not to enter the valley, but Chen Xuan challenged him, and the linen-robed elder appeared before him.
• The Heavenly Flames inside Chen Xuan stirred excitedly when the elder appeared.