Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiao and his allies rescued Yao Chen from Soul Hall, discovered the hall was extracting Soul Origins from captured souls, and escaped before reinforcements arrived. After parting from Wind Honored One and Yao Chen, Chen Xiao recruited Iron Sword Honored One into Purple Firmament Pavilion and continued toward the Ancient Emperor Cave’s space.

• After Nine Heavens Honored died, Chen Xiao and Wind Honored One defeated the remaining Soul Hall Venerable Elders while Iron Sword Honored One killed his opponent with a desperate sword strike.
• Chen Xiao, Wind Honored One, and Iron Sword Honored One broke into the hall’s prison, freed Yao Chen, and released the other captive Soul Bodies by destroying their chains.
• Chen Xiao dug beneath the prison plaza and found a mass of Soul Origin, which Yao Chen recognized as the product of Soul Hall extracting the essence from countless souls.
• Warned by Xiao Yi Xian that a powerful Soul Hall expert was approaching, Chen Xiao and the others withdrew from the Mountain Range of Lost Souls.
• After the group split up, Iron Sword Honored One caught up with Chen Xiao, accepted his offer to join Purple Firmament Pavilion, and received a token to go there ahead of him.

Chen Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian visited Zi Yan as she absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then Chen Xiao asked the Old Dragon Emperor about restoring the Ancient Dragon Clan and began refining Soul Origin. The chapter ended with Chen Xiao absorbing the purified Soul Origin while the Old Dragon Emperor warned that reaching the Heavenly Soul would be difficult.

• Chen Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Ancient Emperor Cave and found Zi Yan absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside a vast sphere of purple energy.
• The Old Dragon Emperor told Chen Xiao that Zi Yan would need one to three years to finish absorbing the fruit and could then help summon Ancient Dragon Clan members back from the Void Space.
• Chen Xiao asked the Old Dragon Emperor how to recover the scattered clan, and learned that only he and Zi Yan could summon the missing members.
• After Great Elder Qingshan arrived and Xiao Yi Xian left, Chen Xiao began refining Soul Origin he had obtained from a Soul Hall Dou Venerate.
• Chen Xiao burned away the Soul Origin's lingering negative wills and absorbed it, rapidly strengthening his soul as Great Elder Qingshan wondered whether he could reach the Heavenly Soul.
• The Old Dragon Emperor said reaching the Heavenly Soul would be difficult, even for Dou Saint-level experts.

After a month of cultivation in the Mysterious Space, Chen Xiao left with his Soul Power greatly strengthened and learned that Soul Hall and the Dan Tower had plunged the Central Plains into war. He returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion and sensed that Xun Er was in its rear courtyard.

• Chen Xiao mastered the Heavenly Wind Soul Imprint, and the Old Dragon Emperor judged his Soul Power to be at the peak of the Spirit Realm.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian gave Chen Xiao Xiao Yi Xian’s letter and explained that Soul Hall and the Dan Tower had gone to war after Yao Chen rallied the Dan Tower and the Ancient Races.
• Chen Xiao deduced that Yao Chen had exposed Soul Hall’s Soul Origin scheme to draw the Ancient Races into the conflict and shield Starfall Pavilion from retaliation.
• Chen Xiao left a puppet with Su Qian to guard Jia Nan Academy’s Spatial Wormhole, then hurried back toward Purple Firmament Pavilion.
• Chen Xiao found minor sects seeking shelter at the foot of Qifeng Mountain and sensed Xun Er’s familiar aura in the pavilion’s rear courtyard.

Chen Xiao reunited with Xun Er at Purple Firmament Pavilion and told her about his battle against Soul Hall and his recent adventures. After they reaffirmed their bond, he took her on a tour of the pavilion, while Cao Ying and Qing Lin left to visit Cai Lin.

• Chen Xiao found Xun Er reading in the rear courtyard, and they happily reunited.
• Xun Er explained that the Ancient Clan had come to investigate Soul Hall’s collection of Soul Origin, and Chen Xiao revealed that he had destroyed a branch hall and taken its Soul Origin.
• Chen Xiao told Xun Er he would make Purple Firmament Pavilion strong enough to bring her away from the Ancient Clan openly, and Xun Er promised to stand by him.
• Xun Er said she had met Cao Ying, Cai Lin, and Yao Yao, and reassured Chen Xiao that she would not make things difficult for him if he stopped causing trouble.
• Chen Xiao recounted his adventures over the past three years, then took Xun Er out to tour Purple Firmament Pavilion and introduced her as another pavilion master's wife.
• After Chen Xiao and Xun Er left, Cao Ying and Qing Lin went to Cai Lin's place to discuss Xun Er's valuable gift to Yao Yao.

Chen Xiao returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion, reviewed the Dan Tower and Soul Hall conflict, and assigned duties while deciding the pavilion would wait before getting involved. When Feng Xian, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen arrived, Yao Chen offered compensation for Chen Xiao’s past help, including teaching notes and a Fragment Map that Chen Xiao recognized.

• Chen Xiao gave Xun Er a Flame Lizardman's Fire Pill and an inheritance in the Dao of Formations before returning to the main hall to hear Hai Bo Dong’s report.
• Hai Bo Dong reported the factions’ positions in the Dan Tower and Soul Hall conflict, and Chen Xiao decided Purple Firmament Pavilion would wait for the situation to stabilize before entering the field.
• Chen Xiao told Hai Bo Dong to inform Feng Xian he had returned, ordered Heavenly Flame Honored One to resume collecting a Heavenly Flame, and appointed Iron Sword Honored One to lead the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Chen Xiao assured Iron Sword Honored One that an Eighth Grade Heaven Mending Pill could repair his damaged foundation and learned that Xun Er’s accompanying elder had been the unfamiliar presence near Qifeng Mountain.
• On the third morning, Feng Xian and Xiao Yan brought Yao Chen to meet Chen Xiao, and Yao Chen offered two sets of teaching notes and other items as compensation for Chen Xiao’s help.
• Chen Xiao found a familiar Fragment Map among Yao Chen’s offerings and asked what it meant.

Yao Chen traded the Fragment Map for guidance on finding rare ingredients to restore his Origin Soul Qi, then left to pursue them. Xun Er returned to the Ancient Realm, and Chen Xiao discovered that Cao Ying was pregnant.

• Yao Chen gave Chen Xiao the Fragment Map and asked for information about the Soul Infant Fruit and Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma.
• Chen Xiao told Yao Chen that the Ancient Clans held Soul Infant Fruits and that several clans and Sound Valley possessed Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma.
• Yao Chen chose to investigate Sound Valley and departed with Wind Honored One and Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er told Chen Xiao she had to return to the Ancient Realm, and he saw her off as she left by flying boat.
• Qing Lin relayed Xun Er's request that Chen Xiao examine Cao Ying, and Chen Xiao sensed the familiar sign of a new life within her.

Cao Ying’s pregnancy brought joy to Chen Xiao’s household as conflict between the Dan Tower and Soul Hall spread across the Central Plains. After three months of cultivation, Chen Xiao reached Seven Star Dou Venerate, Xiao Yi Xian broke through, and Cai Lin began considering how to strengthen herself; the chapter ended when Cai Lin summoned Chen Xiao.

• Chen Xiao discovered that Cao Ying was pregnant, and he and Cai Lin promised to help her rest and prepare for the child.
• Over the next three months, the Dan Tower and Soul Hall’s clashes intensified, while Cao Ying’s family joined Purple Firmament Pavilion’s Elixir Hall.
• Chen Xiao cultivated with the miniature Yin Yang Harmony Heaven Great Array and advanced to Seven Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through amid a dark-green phenomenon, and Cai Lin resolved to improve her strength as the Central Plains grew more dangerous.
• Chen Xiao advised Hai Bo Dong that the Seven-Colored Spirit Crane would not submit because of its clan’s ties to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then received Cai Lin’s voice transmission calling him over.

Cai Lin asked Chen Xiao to help her grow stronger, and he prepared to take her to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring after securing the Nine Nether Earth Python Race. She discovered that the stone he gave her was a Nine-Colored Original Stone, while Chen Xiao also arranged for Hei Qing to temper his Heavenly Demon Puppets in the Void Thunder Pool.

• Cai Lin told Chen Xiao she wanted to pursue the Nine Nether Yellow Spring opportunity so she could protect Yao Yao and keep pace with him and the others.
• Chen Xiao gave Cai Lin an Original Stone, and her blood revealed it was a Nine-Colored Original Stone that could greatly strengthen her.
• Chen Xiao decided he needed to free Yao Ming and change the Nine Nether Earth Python Race's leadership before Cai Lin entered the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, so he contacted Great Elder Qingshan for help.
• Chen Xiao met Hei Qing in the Northern Heaven Desert and asked him to take the Heavenly Demon Puppets to the Void Thunder Pool for lightning tempering.
• Hei Qing agreed to take the puppets to the Void Thunder Pool, where Chen Xiao hoped they would grow powerful enough to shake the Central Plains.

Chen Xiao and Cai Lin left the Purple Firmament Pavilion with Great Elder Qingshan to reach the Nine Nether Earth Python Race’s territory, where Cai Lin planned to receive an inheritance. After entering the Nether Snake Earth Vein undetected, they prepared to go deeper into the race’s domain.

• Great Elder Qingshan arrived, and Chen Xiao and Cai Lin decided to depart at once, leaving Yao Yao in Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying’s care.
• Chen Xiao instructed Xiao Yi Xian to send a Puppet to guard the Tagor Desert Spatial Wormhole and bring Qing Huan and Xing Yao from Jia Nan Academy to keep Yao Yao company.
• Chen Xiao, Cai Lin, and Great Elder Qingshan traveled by Seven-Colored Spirit Crane through the war-torn Central Plains and discussed how the Soul Hall’s conflict with the Dan Tower could serve the Soul Clan’s plans.
• The group reached the Nine Nether Earth Abyss and quietly traveled through its underground passages toward the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Great Elder Qingshan assessed the Nine Nether Earth Python Race’s strength, then concealed himself, Chen Xiao, and Cai Lin in distorted space so they could approach the domain undetected.

Chen Xiao, Cai Lin, and Great Elder Qingshan reached the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and discovered Yao Ming, the imprisoned former Clan Leader of the Nine Nether Earth Python Race. After learning that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had seized power and sealed him there, Qingshan left the decision to rescue him to Chen Xiao.

• Great Elder Qingshan used spatial power to bring Chen Xiao and Cai Lin into the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where its cold yin energy strengthened them.
• The three descended through the lake, fought off attacks from Black Snakes, and found a skeleton-like man chained at the bottom.
• Great Elder Qingshan identified the prisoner as a Two-star Dou Sheng and learned that he was Yao Ming, the supposedly dead former Clan Leader.
• Yao Ming said that Yao Xiaotian had poisoned him, defeated him, and secretly imprisoned him to take the clan leadership.
• Great Elder Qingshan judged Yao Ming's account credible, then asked Chen Xiao to decide whether to rescue him.

Chen Xiao freed Yao from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring after binding him with a Soul Mark, while Great Elder Qingshan helped Yao escape the Nine Nether Earth Python Race. Chen Xiao then helped Cai Lin begin her Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python inheritance and secured the area as she entered seclusion.

• Chen Xiao agreed to rescue Yao in exchange for a Soul Mark, and Yao promised to serve him after reclaiming leadership of the Nine Nether Earth Python Race.
• Yao gave Chen Xiao three Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and explained that the Yellow Spring Yin Stones anchored the chains trapping him.
• Chen Xiao used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break the mechanisms in all four Yellow Spring Yin Stones and free Yao.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed that Yao's seal had broken and sent the race's Great Elder to suppress him, while Great Elder Qingshan escorted Yao away.
• Cai Lin activated the Nine-Colored Original Stone, absorbed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python phantoms, and began receiving her inheritance.
• Chen Xiao watched over Cai Lin, then spent half a day placing Rune Seals around the area to protect her seclusion.

Yao Ming defeated Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Nether Earth Python Race's Great Elder, reclaiming leadership with Chen Xiao and Qingshan's help. After declaring the Purple Firmament Pavilion and Primordial Void Dragon Clan honored guests, Yao Ming invited them into the hall, where Chen Xiao hoped to learn about using the Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet.

• Chen Xiao returned from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and watched Yao Ming fight Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder while Qingshan explained that Yao Ming had recovered most of his strength.
• Yao Ming defeated Yao Xiaotian and killed him, extracting his Magical Core as the Nine Nether Earth Python clansmen watched.
• The Great Elder tried to escape by detonating his body, but Chen Xiao and Qingshan intercepted the clone carrying his Magical Core, which Yao Ming gave to Chen Xiao.
• Yao Ming declared the Purple Firmament Pavilion and Primordial Void Dragon Clan honored guests and ordered the clan to remove Yao Xiaotian's remaining followers.
• Yao Ming invited Chen Xiao and Qingshan into the hall, and Chen Xiao accepted, hoping to discuss the Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and Yellow Spring Stone Tablet.

Yao revealed that the Nine Nether Earth Python Race’s Yellow Spring Stone Tablet contained the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s ultimate arts and essence blood, but only someone with a Heavenly Soul could challenge the remnant soul guarding the Yellow Spring Sky Fury. Chen Xiao admitted he had not reached that level yet, then visited the tablet with Great Elder Qingshan, who wondered whether the Yellow Spring Demon Saint could return to the world.

• Yao told Chen Xiao and Great Elder Qingshan that the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet preserved the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s techniques and essence blood, and that a Heavenly Soul was needed to approach the Yellow Spring Sky Fury.
• Chen Xiao revealed that his soul had reached the peak of the Spirit Realm but had not yet advanced to the Heavenly Soul, and Yao invited him to try again after he broke through.
• At dawn, Yao took Chen Xiao and Great Elder Qingshan to the altar in the Back Mountain and offered them access to the Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm techniques.
• After Yao left to handle clan business, Chen Xiao and Great Elder Qingshan studied the stone tablet and sensed the formidable pressure of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s remnant soul.
• Chen Xiao wondered whether the Yellow Spring Demon Saint possessed an Emperor Realm Soul, and Great Elder Qingshan asked whether the ancient expert could return to the world.

Chen Xiao considered whether Emperor Realm Soul power could revive legendary figures, then used Yellow Spring Blood Crystals and Dou Sheng Marrow to raise his cultivation. He reached Eight-Star Dou Venerate but still failed to break through to the Heavenly Soul, and prepared to try another method.

• Chen Xiao asked Great Elder Qingshan whether an Emperor Realm Soul could revive powerful figures, and Qingshan said only the Old Dragon Emperor might know.
• Chen Xiao set aside the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s techniques and prepared to attempt a Heavenly Soul breakthrough using Star Marrow Liquid.
• Great Elder Qingshan advised Chen Xiao to absorb the Yellow Spring Blood Crystals first so that stronger Dou Qi could support his soul.
• Chen Xiao used a great array to absorb the three Yellow Spring Blood Crystals, advancing to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Venerate before consuming three Dou Sheng Marrow pellets to reach Eight-Star Dou Venerate.
• After consolidating his new realm, Chen Xiao found that his body and soul had grown stronger but he had not reached the Heavenly Realm, so he brought out the Star Marrow Liquid to try another approach.

Chen Xiao began cultivating the Heavenly Star Soul Tempering Art beneath the night sky, using Star Marrow Liquid to draw Star Power into his sea of consciousness and form a Star Vortex. After one session, his soul felt clearer, and he believed the technique had improved his chances of reaching the Heaven Realm within half a month.

• Chen Xiao reviewed the art’s three stages and prepared to cultivate under Great Elder Qingshan’s protection.
• As night fell, Chen Xiao applied a drop of Star Marrow Liquid between his brows and began drawing Star Power into his sea of consciousness.
• After two hours, Chen Xiao formed a Star Vortex and used it to scour impurities from his soul for half an hour.
• Chen Xiao finished with a clearer soul, and Great Elder Qingshan warned him to keep the valuable cultivation method secret.
• Chen Xiao said the art had raised his chance of breaking through to the Heaven Realm from thirty or forty percent to at least fifty percent.

Chen Xiao completed the Heavenly Star Soul Tempering Art and broke through to the Heavenly Soul, unlocking new pre-pay options. The chapter ended with his expanded awareness surveying the Beast Region as Great Elder Qingshan and Yao Ming witnessed his breakthrough.

• Chen Xiao repeatedly struck the Soul Barrier with the Star Vortex, expanding his sea of consciousness to twice its original size.
• Yao Ming told Chen Xiao that the Soul Hall's Eight Heavenly Guardian had attacked Wind Honored One and Xiao Yan near Purple Firmament Pavilion, and Chen Xiao asked Yao Ming to keep watch over the pavilion.
• Chen Xiao failed to condense his ninth Soul Star until Great Elder Qingshan reminded him about the Seven-Colored Spirit Crane he had left behind.
• Chen Xiao found the Seven-Colored Spirit Crane and released her to return to her clan.
• Chen Xiao condensed the ninth Soul Star, achieved the Heavenly Soul, and unlocked new pre-pay options, including Heaven-Rank techniques, ninth-tier pills, Bodhi Heart, and Ice Spirit Jade.

After advancing to the Heavenly Soul, Chen Xiao entered the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet to claim the Yellow Spring Sky Fury and the Demon Saint Essence Blood. He faced the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s remnant soul and, as the two unleashed their strongest soul techniques, Chen Xiao fought to withstand the Demon Saint’s Emperor Realm Soul.

• Chen Xiao chose to prioritize obtaining the Bodhi Heart, then prepared to enter the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet with his newly advanced Heavenly Soul.
• Chen Xiao’s Soul Body entered the tablet and overcame its lightning, Yellow Spring Finger, and Soul Profound Seal Palm trials.
• Chen Xiao confronted the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, who demanded that he leave and revealed his soul had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Chen Xiao transformed into a soul giant and used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break apart the Demon Saint’s barrage of giant palms.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint unleashed Yellow Spring Heaven Wrath, and Chen Xiao answered with the Heavenly Wind Soul-Annihilating Seal.

Chen Xiao passed the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s test by surviving the Yellow Spring Sky Fury and received the Demon Saint’s inheritance and essence blood. As the Demon Saint’s remnant soul began to fade, Chen Xiao offered to try using Spirit Nurturing Dust to help him endure longer.

• Chen Xiao withstood the Yellow Spring Sky Fury, and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint acknowledged his victory despite his injured soul.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint transmitted the complete Yellow Spring Sky Fury, Yellow Spring Finger, and Yellow Spring Palm cultivation methods to Chen Xiao.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint gave Chen Xiao his Half Emperor essence blood and explained that even an Emperor Realm Soul would eventually dissipate after death.
• Chen Xiao asked whether Spirit Nurturing Dust could help the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, who said it might prolong his existence but could not reverse his decline.
• Chen Xiao promised to do his utmost to help the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and suggested that restoring him might not be impossible.

Chen Xiao completed the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet trial, gained the Demon Saint Essence Blood and Yellow Spring Three Ultimates, and gave Yao Ming a soul cultivation method in exchange for leaving the essence blood to him. After departing the Beast Region, Chen Xiao chose to pursue the Nine-Colored Original Stone and pre-paid for the Bodhi Heart, which appeared inside his body as he headed toward the Dan Domain.

• Chen Xiao emerged from the stone stele injured but successful, and Yao Ming was struck back when he tried to learn Yellow Spring Sky Fury.
• Chen Xiao gave Yao Ming the Nine Nether Soul Scripture, and Yao Ming accepted it instead of claiming a share of the Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Chen Xiao placed Spirit Nurturing Dust on the stone tablet to help the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, then left the Beast Region with Great Elder Qingshan.
• Chen Xiao gave Great Elder Qingshan a portion of the Demon Saint Essence Blood and decided to seek the Nine-Colored Original Stone at Yellow Maple Valley or Sound Valley.
• Chen Xiao set out for the Dan Domain and pre-paid for the Bodhi Heart, which merged into his body.

Chen Xiao visited the Dan Tower, learned about Sound Valley and Yellow Maple Valley, and set out for Yellow Maple Valley to seek the Nine-Colored Original Stone. He reached the declining sect and restored the faded writing on its mountain gate.

• Chen Xiao rescued a group of travelers near the Dan Domain and then entered Holy Pill City, where he met Xiao Yan in the Dan Tower.
• Chen Xiao met with Xuan Kongzi and Yao Chen, learned Yellow Maple Valley lay in Gold River Valley, and heard that Yao Chen had obtained the materials needed to revive himself but could not ask the pregnant Cao Ying to help refine a body.
• Chen Xiao chose to visit Yellow Maple Valley rather than the distant, unwelcoming Sound Valley, and traveled to the Eastern Domain, where he thought of Xun Er.
• Chen Xiao entered Gold River Valley, found Yellow Maple Valley’s dilapidated buildings, and used his Dou Qi to restore the sect’s faded mountain-gate plaque.