Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen persuaded the Pill Tower to prepare for the Ling Clan’s disappearance and arranged for Cao Ying and Dan Chen to succeed as Pill Tower Titans. He then left for the Beast Region with Cai Die and Qing Lin, heading toward the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe.

• No one could explain the Ling Clan’s sudden disappearance, and Ye Chen privately recognized that the Nihility Devouring Flame had consumed them.
• Great Elder Old Monster Lin announced that the Small Pill Tower would support Ye Chen’s decisions and strengthen the Pill Tower.
• Ye Chen told Cao Ying and Dan Chen to prepare to take over as Pill Tower Titans, and Dan Chen said she was ready to pursue Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• After arranging Pill Tower affairs for two days, Ye Chen departed for the Beast Region with Cai Die and Qing Lin.
• The Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe’s vast population had expanded its influence, but its leaders knew that spreading its bloodline had weakened its purity.

Ye Chen, Cai Die, and Qing Lin infiltrated the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe’s Nether Snake Earth Vein and found the Nine Nether Yellow Spring. Ye Chen descended into its freezing depths to seek the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, and Yao Ming, while Cai Die and Qing Lin hid above.

• Ye Chen led Cai Die and Qing Lin past the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe’s defenses and into the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• The three discovered the vast, freezing ravine and the deep-yellow lake known as the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Ye Chen told Cai Die he would retrieve the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal before helping her cultivate, then leaped into the lake.
• Cai Die and Qing Lin concealed themselves nearby and waited for Ye Chen to return.
• As Ye Chen descended through the Yellow Spring, he sensed the water behind him suddenly accelerate.

Ye Chen fought through the strange snakes in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and found the imprisoned Yao Ming, who offered him control of the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe in exchange for rescue. Ye Chen remained wary and asked for Yellow Spring Blood Crystals, only to learn that Yao Ming had swallowed all the crystals he had found.

• Ye Chen burned back the pursuing strange snakes with Purple Brown Flame and reached the bottom of the Yellow Spring, where he found no Yellow Spring Blood Crystals.
• Ye Chen heard Yao Ming's faint call for help and uncovered the chained Three-star Dou Sheng beneath the stones.
• Yao Ming begged Ye Chen to rescue him and promised to make the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe acknowledge Ye Chen as its master.
• Yao Ming told Ye Chen that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder were his chief obstacles, while his own cultivation had risen to the mid-stage of the Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Ye Chen demanded a worthwhile bargaining chip and asked Yao Ming where to find Yellow Spring Blood Crystals.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had swallowed all the Yellow Spring Blood Crystals he had collected over the centuries.

Ye Chen took the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and freed Yao Ming by shattering the Yellow Spring Yin Stone. After learning Yao Ming would help him seek revenge, Ye Chen imprisoned him and rushed out of the lake, where Cai Die and Qing Lin faced a hostile black-clothed man.

• Yao Ming gave Ye Chen the last Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and explained that breaking the mechanism inside the Yellow Spring Yin Stone would free him.
• Ye Chen used a thin needle of Heavenly Flames to shatter the Yellow Spring Yin Stone and break Yao Ming's seal.
• Yao Xiaotian learned that Yao Ming's seal had broken and left his meeting with the cloaked visitors to deal with him.
• Yao Ming thanked Ye Chen and pledged the support of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan if Ye Chen helped him take revenge.
• Ye Chen imprisoned Yao Ming and emerged from the lake to find Cai Die and Qing Lin confronting a black-clothed man who wanted to kill Qing Lin over her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Ye Chen defeated Yao Xiaotian and the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe’s Great Elder, then had Qing Lin enslave them and took control of the tribe. He learned that members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan were still in the Nether Snake Earth Vein and had sought an alliance with the tribe.

• Yao Xiaotian attacked Ye Chen with the Yellow Springs Finger, but Ye Chen countered with the Great Heaven Creation Palm and revealed his superior strength.
• Ye Chen used a concealed Soul Arrow to stun Yao Xiaotian, then defeated and sealed him and Yao Ming for Qing Lin to enslave.
• The Great Elder arrived with his personal confidants, but Ye Chen defeated him while Cai Die suppressed the other Nine Nether Earth Python experts.
• After Qing Lin enslaved the tribe’s leaders, Ye Chen installed Yao Ming as tribe leader and ordered the tribe to conceal what had happened.
• Qing Lin told Ye Chen that members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had sought an alliance with the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe and were still in the Nether Snake Earth Vein.

Ye Chen agreed to help the Three Great Dragon Kings only after the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe's rebellion had been quelled, using the alliance to gather intelligence while he pursued the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance. He reached the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet with Qing Lin and Cai Die, where Qing Lin warned that the most valuable inheritance was hidden inside and had already claimed powerful lives.

• Ye Chen told Qing Lin to have Yao Ming offer the Dragon Clan guests an alliance after the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe's rebellion was quelled, hoping to gain time and spy on the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• The Dragon Clan guests accepted the offer without concern over who ruled the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe, then left with complicated feelings about their own divided clan.
• Ye Chen explained to Cai Die that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance and remaining essence blood, which could help their cultivation and evolution.
• Qing Lin led Ye Chen and Cai Die to the altar in the Nether Snake Earth Vein, where they found the ancient Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.
• Qing Lin warned Ye Chen that the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood were hidden inside the tablet, and that previous powerhouses had died trying to obtain them.

Ye Chen entered the Soul Severing Space inside the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and faced the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul. He brushed aside its attacks and provoked it into unleashing a stronger technique.

• Ye Chen separated a Soul Avatar and entered the space hidden within the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.
• Illusory Divine Thunders struck at Ye Chen, but his soul defense kept them from reaching him.
• Ye Chen used a Soul Handprint to shatter the Yellow Springs Finger and broke free of a giant palm that tried to seize him.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul appeared on an iron throne and ordered Ye Chen to leave.
• Ye Chen mocked the remnant soul’s weakened state, prompting it to attack with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.

Ye Chen survived the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath because his Star Domain Space made him immune to attacks that lacked Space Power. The Demon Saint Remnant Soul then revealed that Ye Chen was the successor he had awaited and prepared to pass on the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood.

• The Demon Saint Remnant Soul unleashed the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, summoning the Demon Saint True Body to attack Ye Chen with a devastating soul-powered sound wave.
• Ye Chen emerged unharmed and explained that his Star Domain Space granted him immunity to attacks other than Space Power, even those targeting souls and Laws.
• The Demon Saint Remnant Soul recovered from his surprise and explained that his mission was to await someone who could defeat him and inherit his knowledge.
• The Demon Saint Remnant Soul confirmed that Ye Chen met the requirements to cultivate the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and showed him the Demon Saint Essence Blood.

After obtaining the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood, Ye Chen arranged for Cai Die and Qing Lin to refine the blood and strengthen themselves. As Cai Die prepared to enter the Nine Nether Yellow Spring for her evolution, she kissed Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen emerged safely from the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, and a mouth-shaped mark revealed the inheritance of the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Cai Die tried to receive the inheritance but could not withstand its Soul Impact; she believed she could cultivate it after breaking through to Dou Sheng.
• Ye Chen divided the Demon Saint Essence Blood between Cai Die and Qing Lin and told Qing Lin to put the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe on guard.
• The next morning, Ye Chen gave Cai Die two Ninth-grade Bodhi Sacred Pills to help with her breakthrough and evolution in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Cai Die kissed Ye Chen before entering the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.

Ye Chen refined Demon Saint Essence Blood to strengthen his body and rapidly increase his Dou Qi, while Qing Lin emerged from seclusion as a One-star Primary Dou Saint. The blood also awakened new abilities in Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, leaving her enslaved followers conscious and allowing her to draw on their cultivated Dou Qi.

• Cai Die left Ye Chen and plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Spring in her Sky Swallowing Python form.
• Ye Chen refined a drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood and endured its violent energy as it strengthened his body and pushed his Dou Qi toward a breakthrough to Three-star Dou Sheng.
• Qing Lin finished her seclusion and reached the One-star Primary Dou Saint level.
• Qing Lin discovered that those enslaved by her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils retained their memories and consciousness while remaining completely loyal to her.
• Qing Lin gained the ability to use the Dou Qi cultivated by everyone enslaved through her pupils, greatly accelerating her own cultivation.

After three days of seclusion, Ye Chen broke through to the Primary Dou Saint level, and Qing Lin reported that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan planned to join the Ancient Void Dragons at North Dragon Island. Ye Chen decided to go to Dragon Island ahead of them, warn Zi Yan, and prepare to strike from within and without while guarding against the North Dragon King’s plans.

• Ye Chen absorbed the energy storm and emerged from seclusion at the Primary Dou Saint level, while Qing Lin had also advanced to the Dou Saint level.
• Qing Lin told Ye Chen that West Dragon Island’s Ancient Void Dragons had demanded an answer from the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe and that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would gather at North Dragon Island in a week.
• Ye Chen rejected Qing Lin’s suggestion to ambush the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan on the way and chose to deal with them after they reached Dragon Island.
• Ye Chen planned to reach Dragon Island early to warn Zi Yan and stop the North Dragon King from strengthening himself by devouring other Royal Bloodlines.
• Ye Chen told Qing Lin to restore Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian’s consciousness so they could conceal her identity and attack from inside and outside once they confirmed the situation.

Ye Chen warned Zi Yan and East Dragon Island that the Three Great Dragon Islands had allied with outside forces and planned to attack in seven days. He urged them to seize the initiative by attacking one of the rival islands before their forces gathered.

• Ye Chen returned to East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan welcomed him and explained that she intended to unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan without his help.
• Elder Zhu Li said Zi Yan had reached late Four Star Dou Sheng strength and that East Dragon Island had recalled additional experts.
• Ye Chen told the Dragon Emperor Hall that the Three Great Dragon Islands had united and sought help from the Nine Nether Earth Python, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and hidden Beast Region experts.
• Ye Chen revealed that the Three Great Dragon Islands planned to gather on North Dragon Island in seven days and then attack East Dragon Island.
• After Elder Zhu Li proposed intercepting the enemy's outside allies, Ye Chen urged East Dragon Island to attack one of the Three Great Dragon Islands before the forces assembled.

Ye Chen, Zi Yan, and East Dragon Island’s elders planned a surprise attack on North Dragon Island to defeat the North Dragon King before the other islands could respond. Zi Yan and Ye Chen located their target, while Qing Mu held off the island’s defenders, and Zi Yan’s spear struck through the mountain toward the North Dragon King.

• East Dragon Island’s leaders debated which Dragon King to target, then chose the North Dragon King after Qing Mu warned that his faction might have kept dangerous forbidden arts.
• Ye Chen proposed a small strike team, and Zi Yan led him, Great Elder Qing Mu, and several Dou Shengs through space toward North Dragon Island while Elder Zhu Li stayed behind to guard East Dragon Island.
• North Dragon Island’s guards raised an alarm as Zi Yan and Ye Chen searched for the North Dragon King, while Qing Mu and the other Dou Shengs blocked the island’s forces.
• Zi Yan and Ye Chen found the North Dragon King cultivating in a cave, and Zi Yan’s golden spear pierced through the mountain above him.

Zi Yan and Ye Chen teamed up against the North Dragon King, with Ye Chen’s attacks leaving him wounded and Zi Yan striking off his dragon horns. The North Dragon King recognized the Dragon Slaying Sword in Zi Yan’s hand, and she faced him with the Dragon Emperor’s weapon.

• Zi Yan used her Dragon Phoenix strength and Dark Gold Long Spear to overwhelm the North Dragon King in battle.
• As the North Dragon King charged at Zi Yan, Ye Chen struck him with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and left him reeling from the Soul Impact.
• Ye Chen summoned the stacked Seven Heavenly Dragon Seals, forcing the North Dragon King to transform and defend himself with lightning from his horns.
• The Heavenly Dragon Seal shattered the North Dragon King’s scales and bones, but he endured the attack.
• Zi Yan appeared with a golden long sword and severed both of the North Dragon King’s horns.
• The North Dragon King recognized Zi Yan’s weapon as the Dragon Slaying Sword and cried out in fear.

Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, forcing North Dragon Island’s forces to submit, and killed the North Dragon King with Ye Chen’s help. With North Dragon Island under her command, the remaining Dragon Kings prepared to discuss how to respond to her strengthened faction.

• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, and North Dragon Island’s warriors began kneeling in submission.
• The North Dragon King tried to flee, but Ye Chen stopped him with Dragon Devour.
• Zi Yan struck the North Dragon King with the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Ye Chen destroyed his soul before he could escape.
• Zi Yan declared that North Dragon Island would cease to exist and ordered its people to serve under her; the surviving forces submitted.
• The South and West Dragon Kings learned of the North Dragon King’s death and gathered to discuss how to face Zi Yan’s faction.
• Ye Chen collected the North Dragon King’s corpse to refine into a powerful puppet.

After using the Dragon Slaying Sword to subdue North Dragon Island, Zi Yan collapsed from the technique’s strain, and Ye Chen comforted her and revealed his plan to ambush the remaining enemies. As the West and South Dragon Kings gathered reinforcements for an attack, Zi Yan ordered East Dragon Island to prepare for battle.

• After the surprise attack, Ye Chen took Zi Yan back to East Dragon Island, where she spat out blood from the strain of using the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Ye Chen gave Zi Yan a Bodhi Seed, warned her not to use the Dragon Slaying Sword casually, and reassured her that East Dragon Island could withstand the other Dragon Kings.
• Ye Chen revealed that Qing Lin controlled the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan’s Strong Persons as puppets and that they could ambush the West and South Dragon Kings and their allies.
• Over the next several days, East Dragon Island absorbed North Dragon Island’s Clan Members while the West and South Dragon Kings gathered the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and other Magical Beast Strong Persons.
• After learning the enemy reinforcements had arrived and an attack was being planned, Zi Yan told the Dragon Clan Strong Persons to prepare.

The West and South Dragon Kings gathered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe to attack East Dragon Island, believing Zi Yan was weakened by the Dragon Slaying Sword. As the forces faced off, Zi Yan still looked pale, while Qing Mu claimed she had made arrangements without knowing what they were.

• The West Dragon King assured the South Dragon King that Zi Yan had been injured by the Dragon Slaying Sword’s backlash, and the two discussed how the North Dragon King’s death had spared them from being defeated together.
• The South Dragon King promised Phoenix Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood in exchange for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s help defeating Zi Yan.
• The West Dragon King promised Yao Ming a portion of the Ancient Heaven Snake’s essence, while privately planning to use the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe as cannon fodder; Qing Lin had already contacted Ye Chen and planned to betray them.
• The West Dragon King led the assembled force toward East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan and the island’s allies prepared to meet them.
• Bing Xuan worried that the enemy’s superior numbers and Dou Saint experts left Zi Yan at a disadvantage, but Qing Mu said she had made arrangements.
• The West and South Dragon Kings saw Zi Yan’s pale complexion and unstable aura and concluded that she was still weakened.

The West Dragon King and South Dragon King attacked Zi Yan and East Dragon Island, but Qing Lin and Yao Ming’s betrayal turned the battle against them. As the Dragon Kings tried to retreat, Ye Chen struck them with Heavenly Dragon’s Wrath.

• The West Dragon King demanded that Zi Yan declare West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island independent, but she refused and accused the kings of betraying the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• The West Dragon King and South Dragon King fought Zi Yan while their forces engaged East Dragon Island’s fighters, and the Great Elders restrained the opposing leaders.
• Yao Ming stabbed Phoenix through the heart with Nine Nether Underworld Stab, forcing her Phoenix Gallbladder to flee as she began Nirvana.
• Qing Lin intercepted the Phoenix Gallbladder and released her puppets, while Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe attacked the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan; Kun Phoenix fell and the clan suffered heavy losses.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King realized Zi Yan had set a trap and attempted to flee, but Ye Chen struck them with Heavenly Dragon’s Wrath.

Ye Chen killed the North and South Dragon Kings by relentlessly bombarding them with battle skills, ending the Dragon Clan’s internal war. With the Three Great Dragon Kings dead, Zi Yan prepared to lead the unified clan as its Dragon Emperor.

• Ye Chen struck the two trapped Dragon Kings with seven Heavenly Dragon Seals until their roars and screams stopped.
• Ye Chen confirmed that the bombardment had killed both Dragon Kings and reflected on how Star Essence Points let him overwhelm powerful opponents if they could not escape.
• Ye Chen appeared on East Dragon Island carrying the battered corpses, and Zi Yan lamented the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s decline.
• Ye Chen reassured Zi Yan that the clan could recover and encouraged her to draw strength from her Dragon Phoenix Physique.
• Ye Chen urged Zi Yan to address the Dragon Clan, as East Dragon Island’s warriors celebrated and the defeated West and South Dragon Island forces stood stunned.

After the Ancient Void Dragon Clan reunited under Zi Yan, Ye Chen refined the Three Great Dragon Kings’ corpses into powerful puppets. He named the finished creations Long Yi, Long Two, and Long Three, then took them to the Void Thunder Pool to strengthen them further.

• Zi Yan unified the Four Great Dragon Islands as Dragon Emperor, while Ye Chen sent Qing Lin and the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe back to protect Cai Die.
• Ye Chen began refining the North Dragon King's corpse in the Star Chen Cauldron, tempering it with Starry Sky Fire and rare materials.
• Ye Chen fused a Soul Avatar into the North Dragon King Puppet, giving it intelligence and agile movement, and declared the refinement successful.
• Ye Chen completed puppets from all three Dragon Kings and named them Long Yi, Long Two, and Long Three.
• Ye Chen brought the three puppets to the Void Thunder Pool to prepare them for further enhancement.