Chapter Summaries

Xie Feng killed the tomb keeper and found a ring before the stele transformed into the Cloud Dream Sea, where the sea’s power rapidly raised his cultivation. Little Sword also recovered his true strength and began advancing to the Extreme Dao Sword, but a Sword Tribulation struck, and Xie Feng threw him A Candle in the Mortal World to help him face it.

• Xie Feng crushed the tomb keeper with his silver dragon, then picked up a black ring marked with the character for “tomb.”
• Xie Feng reached for the stone stele, which broke apart and released the Cloud Dream Sea; Little Sword recognized it as the place where he had once tempered himself for thirty thousand years.
• Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu reasoned that spatial turbulence had brought the real Cloud Dream Sea into the Origin Realm, and Xie Feng urged Little Sword to replenish his power there.
• Xie Feng meditated in the sea and rapidly advanced from the Nirvana Realm through the Universe Creation Realm, while his physique and soul power strengthened.
• Little Sword absorbed the sea’s power and advanced from the Cherished Wine Cup Dao Sword to the Extreme Dao Sword, then faced a destructive Sword Tribulation.
• Xie Feng hurled A Candle in the Mortal World toward Little Sword to help him withstand the tribulation.

After Little Sword became an Extreme Dao Sword, Kong Qiusu explained its danger and revealed that he was keeping its devouring nature suppressed. Xie Feng then met the injured owner of Cloud Dream Sea, who demanded his help.

• Little Sword celebrated becoming an Extreme Dao Sword, but Kong Qiusu defeated him with Emperor Su's Eight Returns, leaving him unconscious.
• Kong Qiusu explained that Extreme Dao Swords could devour wielders too weak to control them and that Little Sword was one formed through division.
• Xie Feng asked about Long Cangxue, his missing master, and cultivating fate, while Kong Qiusu admitted he had forgotten many techniques.
• A woman in green appeared at Cloud Dream Sea and confirmed it belonged to her.
• The woman in green revealed that she was severely injured and demanded that Xie Feng help her, asking whether he was an alchemist.

Xie Feng agreed to find ingredients and refine the Great Origin Dao Pill for Yue Heng in exchange for the Cloud Dream Sea, then sent her to recuperate at the Xuanji Sect. He returned to the swamp and reunited with Qianying, who decided they should go back.

• Kong Qiusu provided the Great Origin Dao Pill formula, and Xie Feng learned that the Cloud Dream Sea was one of its four ingredients.
• Yue Heng promised Xie Feng the Cloud Dream Sea if he refined the pill, and they sealed the deal with a pinky swear.
• Xie Feng and Yue Heng exchanged names, and he recalled the casual origins of Kong Qiusu and Ge Ya's names.
• Xie Feng asked Yue Heng to recuperate at the Xuanji Sect, then collected bottles of Cloud Dream Sea water as Little Sword escorted her there.
• Xie Feng returned to the swamp and told Qianying he had not found what they sought; Qianying gave up searching and urged them to return before her father discovered she had entered the forbidden grounds.

Xie Feng collected fifty million Origin Coins from Lu Yuan to obtain python king blood for Princess Qianying’s treatment, then left the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race. After saying goodbye to Qianying, he returned to the Xuanji Sect and found Gu Yuan being used as a punching bag.

• Xie Feng confronted Lu Yuan about the missing python king blood, then accepted Lu Yuan’s fifty-million-Origin-Coin reward to retrieve it himself.
• Lu Yuan made Xie Feng promise to obtain the blood and told him to seek money from Lu Yuan’s younger brother next time.
• Qianying visited Xie Feng before he left and asked to travel with him, but he refused and told her to keep her affection to herself.
• Qianying asked whether Xie Feng loved someone, and he said he did not know.
• Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and found Gu Yuan tied to a tree while disciples punched him; Gu Yuan said he had volunteered but complained that it hurt.

Xie Feng gave Cloud Dream Sea water to his companions and persuaded Gu Yuan to help him obtain blood from a Heavenly Gu Emperor Python. After spending the night cultivating in the Cloud Dream Sea, Sushang and Xie Feng's four disciples made major breakthroughs.

• Little Sword fled into Xie Feng's dantian, leaving Gu Yuan worried about its power.
• Xie Feng gave Cloud Dream Sea water to Sushang, Gu Yuan, and his four disciples, then revealed that Yue Heng had once owned the Cloud Dream Sea.
• Xie Feng asked Gu Yuan to obtain blood from a Heavenly Gu Emperor Python, and Gu Yuan agreed after Xie Feng teased him about being afraid.
• Xie Feng opened the Cloud Dream Sea space, where Sushang converted her Dao Qi into Origin Power and reached the tenth stage of the Universe Creation Realm.
• After spending the night in the sea, Ze Ling, A Ning, Lei Xing, and Cang Tong all advanced to the Insight Realm.

After A Ning and Lei Xing were attacked in town, Lei Xing returned to the Xuanji Sect and reported that A Ning had been kidnapped. Cang Tong and Yue Heng identified the python scales on A Ning’s sword as belonging to a high-ranking Heavenly Gu Emperor Python, and Sushang realized A Ning carried that clan’s bloodline.

• A Ning sold her healing pills in town, then took Lei Xing to a beef soup stall for a meal.
• Two gray-robed strangers noticed the golden scale on A Ning’s sword and followed her and Lei Xing after they left the stall.
• The strangers knocked A Ning unconscious and attacked Lei Xing with poisonous mist; Lei Xing collapsed while A Ning was taken.
• Ze Ling found Lei Xing unconscious and brought him back to the Xuanji Sect, where he told Sushang that A Ning had been kidnapped.
• Cang Tong explained that A Ning and he had taken golden scales from a black-and-white python, and Yue Heng identified the creature as a high-ranking Heavenly Gu Emperor Python.
• Sushang recalled that A Ning was a Heavenly Gu Glazed Python with Heavenly Gu Emperor Python blood, while Yue Heng explained how high-level races treated mixed-bloods.

Xie Feng went to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race to find A Ning and learn why the race had taken her. After confirming she was safe, he told Bu Lei he planned to beat him up to obtain his Python King blood.

• Xie Feng told Sushang to care for Lei Xing and collect the medicinal ingredients while he went to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race.
• Xie Feng appeared in Nine Python City’s royal palace and confronted Bu Lei about A Ning.
• Xie Feng threatened Bu Lei with the Extreme Dao Sword, and Bu Lei admitted that his people had brought A Ning to the race after discovering her mixed-blood heritage.
• Bu Lei showed Xie Feng a mirror image of A Ning, who appeared safe and well.
• Xie Feng asked Bu Lei for his Python King bloodline, then announced that he wanted to beat him up.

Xie Feng beat Bu Lei and collected his blood before leaving, and Gu Yuan then arrived demanding to know where A Ning was. After confirming she was safe, Gu Yuan threatened Bu Lei into giving him blood as well.

• Xie Feng struck Bu Lei, collected his blood, and left after telling him to treat A Ning well.
• Bu Lei learned that Gu Yuan had invaded and killed two gray-robed commanders, then Gu Yuan seized him and demanded to know where A Ning was.
• Bu Lei showed Gu Yuan a mirror of Origin Power revealing A Ning's condition, and Gu Yuan accepted his explanation for the moment.
• Gu Yuan demanded a few drops of Bu Lei's blood and threatened him with the Profound Abyss Saber when Bu Lei resisted.

Xie Feng obtained the final ingredient for the Exquisite Dantian-Opening Pill, refined it, and gave it to Qianying. As the pill formed her dantian, her cultivation surged from the Origin Insight Realm Ninth Stage to the Creation Realm Ninth Stage.

• Gu Yuan took Bu Lei’s Python King Blood, then learned Xie Feng had already taken some and discarded it before leaving.
• Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect, where Sushang gave him the gathered ingredients, and he went to Yu Xiu for the ten-thousand-year dragon horns.
• Yu Xiu revealed that the Shadow Dragon Royal Clan had badly injured him and asked Xie Feng to take Qianying away, but Xie Feng refused to get involved in the race’s internal conflict.
• Xie Feng refined the Exquisite Dantian-Opening Pill over three days and brought it to Qianying.
• Qianying swallowed the pill, formed a dantian, and rose from the Origin Insight Realm Ninth Stage to the Creation Realm Ninth Stage.

After opening Qianying’s dantian, Xie Feng tried to leave the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race, but Yu Xiu and his allies accused him of stealing the queen’s cocoon and killing the priestess. Xie Feng defeated the soldiers and killed Mo Wu and Xin Zhong, spared Yu Xiu for Qianying’s sake, and vanished as Yu Xiu set out after him.

• Qianying’s cultivation stabilized after Xie Feng opened her dantian, and she chased after him when he announced he was leaving.
• Yu Xiu, Xin Zhong, and Mo Wu surrounded Xie Feng and accused him of taking the queen’s cocoon and its power; Qianying arrived and pleaded for her father to spare her teacher.
• When Xin Zhong ordered the troops to seize Xie Feng, Xie Feng unleashed silver dragons that destroyed the soldiers surrounding him.
• Xie Feng killed Mo Wu and Xin Zhong, then stopped Yu Xiu’s attack and spared him for Qianying’s sake.
• Xie Feng vanished, and Yu Xiu resolved to pursue him rather than let him leave unpunished.

Lu Yuan killed Yu Xiu and tried to kill Qianying, but Little Sword arrived and slew him and his soldiers. Qianying said goodbye to Little Sword and Xie Feng, while Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and asked Gu Yuan for help finding ingredients for Yue Heng’s Great Origin Dao Pill.

• Lu Yuan killed Yu Xiu, framed Xie Feng, and drove the elders to pursue him.
• Lu Yuan defeated Qianying and prepared to cripple her, but Little Sword killed him and wiped out his soldiers.
• Qianying asked Little Sword where Xie Feng was, then said goodbye to both him and her teacher as Little Sword departed.
• Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and asked Gu Yuan how to find origin-shaping wood and dark spirit fruit for Yue Heng’s Great Origin Dao Pill.

Xie Feng and Gu Yuan traveled to the Azure Mystic Domain to search for origin-shaping wood and dark spirit fruit, then attended the Heavenly Mystic Auction House’s sale of ten rare treasures. As Mu Ting began the auction, Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to inspect the chests and frowned at what he saw.

• Gu Yuan suggested searching the commercial hub of the Azure Mystic Domain, and Xie Feng agreed to go there with him.
• Xie Feng and Gu Yuan reached Central City and paid for front-row seats at the Heavenly Mystic Auction House.
• Xu Xiang tried to order Xie Feng aside, but a woman in his group scolded him and apologized to Xie Feng.
• Gu Yuan identified the woman hosting the auction as Mu Ting, a partner of the Heavenly Mystic Auction House.
• Mu Ting opened the first chest and presented the Thunder Radiance Battle Armor, while Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to inspect the treasures and frowned.

Xie Feng remained uninterested in most of the auction’s treasures until Kong Qiusu urged him to buy the Cangwu Heart Source, suspecting its included seed was unusual. After Xie Feng’s side won it for fifty thousand Origin Coins, he waited for the mysterious final item.

• Mu Ting introduced the Cangwu Heart Source, but the audience showed little interest until she offered a tree seed with it.
• Kong Qiusu told Xie Feng that the seed might not be a genuine Cangwu tree seed and urged him to buy it.
• Xie Feng told Gu Yuan to bid, and Gu Yuan won the Cangwu Heart Source for fifty thousand Origin Coins.
• Xu Xiang mocked Xie Feng and Gu Yuan, while the woman beside him warned him not to cause trouble.
• As Mu Ting continued auctioning the remaining treasures, Xie Feng said he was waiting for the mysterious final item, and Gu Yuan joked about his ability to see through things.

Xie Feng and Gu Yuan watched the auction’s final lot, the Dark Spirit Fruit, spark a fierce bidding war between the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan and the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race. As the price reached fifty million, Xie Feng waited for the factions to weaken each other before making a move.

• Gu Yuan teased Xie Feng about the cloaked silver-haired woman sitting nearby, and Xie Feng told him to stop acting like a sex devil.
• Mu Ting unveiled the Dark Spirit Fruit and explained that it could upgrade objects when fused with them, prompting the guests to compete for it.
• Xie Feng recognized the Dark Spirit Fruit as something he needed, while Gu Yuan marveled at his luck.
• Xie Feng identified the rival bidders as the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race and advised Gu Yuan to let them and the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan fight first.
• The bidding climbed to fifty million, and Ni Hao urged Mu Ting to end the auction as a broad-backed man asked their prince what he thought.

Xie Feng and Gu Yuan entered a fierce bidding contest with Bu Lei for the Dark Spirit Fruit, until a silver-haired woman suddenly bid two hundred million and won it. She then declared that the treasure would be a gift for Gu Yuan, leaving him and Xie Feng stunned.

• Gu Yuan followed Xie Feng’s instructions to raise the bid by only a thousand Origin Coins each time Bu Lei bid, frustrating Bu Lei and his companions.
• Bu Lei continued bidding despite the rising cost after Ni Hao and Fang Mu urged him to consider the benefits of the Dark Spirit Fruit.
• When Bu Lei raised the bid to eighty million, the silver-haired woman abruptly offered two hundred million.
• Bu Lei decided he could not risk matching the woman’s bid, and the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race stopped bidding.
• The silver-haired woman said the Dark Spirit Fruit she had won would be a gift for Gu Yuan, who was stunned because he did not know her.

A mysterious silver-haired woman bought the Dark Spirit Fruit for Gu Yuan, then killed Fang Mu and his men after they confronted her. Back at the inn, Kong Qiusu identified Xie Feng’s supposed tree seed as ten-million-year-old top-grade Burning Faith that could upgrade his Dao Fire, though it required a catalyst.

• The silver-haired woman won the Dark Spirit Fruit for two hundred million and gave it to Gu Yuan, saying she was a friend of the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Fang Mu and his subordinates confronted the woman, but she revealed her face, killed them, and vanished; Ni Hao blamed Xie Feng for Fang Mu’s death.
• Gu Yuan wondered why the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race had not attacked them, while Little Sword claimed its reputation had frightened them away.
• At the inn, Kong Qiusu examined Xie Feng’s tree seed and found that it was top-grade Burning Faith capable of upgrading Dao Fire into Extreme Dao Fire.
• Kong Qiusu said Burning Faith needed a catalyst and searched his book for the answer.

Xie Feng went to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python clan to collect Bu Lei’s blood, but found A Ning transformed into a weapon-like puppet undergoing a dangerous bloodline separation. Kong Qiusu revealed that without a remedy, A Ning would die if the Glazed Rabbit bloodline disappeared.

• Xie Feng learned that the primer for Burning Incense was Python King Blood and decided to visit the python clan again.
• Bu Lei raged over Su Mu’s death and planned to blame Xie Feng when the Illusory Void Feilian clan investigated.
• Xie Feng defeated Bu Lei’s attack, took his blood, and was about to strike him when A Ning entered and attacked.
• Xie Feng restrained A Ning and tore off Bu Lei’s arm before forcing him to explain that the clan turned mixed-bloods into pureblood puppets by awakening their Emperor Python power.
• Bu Lei said A Ning’s Glazed Rabbit bloodline was being removed, and Kong Qiusu warned that she would die if it vanished without proper treatment.

Xie Feng forced Bu Lei to explain A Ning’s worsening condition and followed him to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race’s dungeon, where he discovered the race was extracting blood from mixed-blood children to transform them. The chapter left Xie Feng demanding a way to restore A Ning’s removed Glazed Rabbit bloodline and save her life.

• Xie Feng threatened Bu Lei into suppressing A Ning’s rampaging bloodline, but Bu Lei noticed that red blood mist meant someone was still feeding her python blood.
• Bu Lei explained that Dark Spirit Fruit could separate bloodlines in living beings, then led Xie Feng and Little Sword to the dungeon.
• Xie Feng found three hundred imprisoned mixed-bloods and corpses left by the race’s attempts to turn mixed-bloods into purebloods.
• Xie Feng learned that patriarch Yi Da’er had ordered the experiments and saw five children’s blood being extracted and sent to A Ning.
• Bu Lei said A Ning’s removed Glazed Rabbit bloodline had to be restored or her unbalanced bloodlines would kill her, and Xie Feng demanded to know how to save her.

Xie Feng sought Feng Jia’s pure Emperor Python blood to help save A Ning, after Bu Lei said she needed to become a pureblood to survive. He took Feng Jia’s blood and brought A Ning to him, asking him to find a cure.

• Bu Lei explained that A Ning’s Glazed Rabbit bloodline had been stripped away and that injecting Emperor Python blood was her only chance, though the process could cost her sense of self.
• Bu Lei identified Feng Jia, patriarch of East Python Island, as the possessor of the strongest bloodline and agreed to search for Origin-Shaping Wood if Xie Feng wiped out the island.
• Xie Feng went to East Python Island and confronted Feng Jia, who recognized him as the man involved in the events on West Python Island.
• Xie Feng used the Extreme Dao Sword to make Feng Jia submit, then drew a tube of blood from him.
• Xie Feng released A Ning from a spatial fissure and asked Feng Jia to examine her and find a way to cure her.

Xie Feng bargained with Feng Jia over A Ning’s recovery and origin-shaping wood, then settled on East Python Island while waiting for Feng Jia to act. He used Feng Jia’s ancestral python blood on Burning Faith, revealing a powerful blue-and-gold liquid inside.

• Feng Jia examined A Ning and warned that her broken bloodline balance would soon kill her, but offered to save her if Xie Feng gave her to him.
• Xie Feng agreed to let Feng Jia take A Ning and help her rule the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race, on the condition that Feng Jia find origin-shaping wood within a month.
• Feng Jia agreed and arranged for Xie Feng to stay in a luxurious courtyard on East Python Island.
• Little Sword asked whether Xie Feng trusted Feng Jia, and Xie Feng said he would help whichever side first fulfilled his goals of saving A Ning and obtaining origin-shaping wood.
• Xie Feng dripped Feng Jia’s ancestral python blood onto Burning Faith, causing its outer skin to split and reveal a powerful blue-and-gold liquid.