Chapter Summaries

Lan Hong visited Jia Nan Academy, revealed Zi Yan’s Great Void Dragon origins and told her that her father, Zhu Kun, was trapped beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. After promising to take her to see him later, Lan Hong left, while Han Feng sought refuge with the Soul Hall to plan revenge.

• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er followed the expected competition events, and Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations and a Buddha Rage Fire Lotus to defeat Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao.
• Su Qian announced the students entering the Inner Academy, and Lan Hong accompanied him there as a guest.
• Zi Yan recognized Lan Hong as someone connected to her clan, and Lan Hong revealed that she was the little princess of the Great Void Dragon Clan who had taken human form after eating Shapeshifting Grass.
• Lan Hong told Zi Yan that her father, Zhu Kun, was trapped beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and promised to take her to see him on his next visit.
• Lan Hong suggested that Zi Yan have Xiao Yan refine her medicinal ingredients into pills, and she set out to find him after Lan Hong left.
• Han Feng sought refuge with the Soul Hall, which planned to use him to assess Lan Hong’s influence in the Black Corner Region and prepare for revenge.

Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng’s attack on Jia Nan Academy and used the Buddha Rage Fire Lotus to injure him, but Mu Gu intervened and seized Han Feng’s soul and Sea Heart Flame. A powerful figure then stopped Mu Gu from taking Yao Chen’s soul, leaving the Soul Hall’s Eighth-grade Alchemist facing a new opponent.

• Gu Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yan carried the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and warned him to keep it secret.
• Han Feng and two Soul Hall Protectors attacked the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian fought to stop them.
• Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng, revealed that Yao Chen was alive, and struck Han Feng with a Buddha Rage Fire Lotus after Ling Ying bought him time.
• Mu Gu pierced Han Feng with a chained scythe, tore out his soul and Sea Heart Flame, and then tried to seize Yao Chen’s soul.
• A powerful figure shattered Mu Gu’s scythe and chains before they could reach Xiao Yan, warning that the Soul Hall would pay for losing an Eighth-grade Alchemist.

Lan Hong fought Soul Hall’s Deputy Hall Master, First Venerable, and Second Venerable after they tried to force him to surrender and revealed they had targeted Queen Medusa. The three joined forces against him, and after their clash they could no longer sense his aura, though the Deputy Hall Master feared something was wrong.

• Lan Hong dismissed Mu Gu’s threat, and Soul Hall’s Deputy Hall Master, First Venerable, and Second Venerable appeared to confront him.
• Lan Hong tried to strike Mu Gu, but the First Venerable blocked the attack and sent Mu Gu through a Spatial Rift before Lan Hong drove the First Venerable back with a golden dragon sword strike.
• The Deputy Hall Master revealed that Soul Hall had targeted Queen Medusa to pressure Lan Hong into surrendering.
• Lan Hong transformed into a Dragon Person and summoned nine golden dragons of sword qi, while Zi Yan recognized him as a member of her clan.
• The Deputy Hall Master, First Venerable, and Second Venerable attacked Lan Hong together, and their clash shook the ground and cracked the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.
• The three Soul Hall fighters thought Lan Hong was dead when his aura vanished, but the Deputy Hall Master sensed danger and warned them to be careful.

Lan Hong killed the Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate and two other experts at Jia Nan Academy, while Qian Renxue, Gu Yue, and Nana defeated Mo Yu and Qing Hai’s ambush on Cai Lin and Amethyst in Black Seal City. Lan Hong then agreed to take Zi Yan to see her father, and Su Qian noticed cracks in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

• Lan Hong transformed into a golden dragon and devoured the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Second Heavenly Venerate, and the Soul Hall’s deputy hall master, gaining a trace of Origin Qi.
• Mo Yu and Qing Hai attacked Cai Lin and Amethyst in Black Seal City, but Gu Yue, Nana, and Qian Renxue arrived and broke their Space Seal.
• Qian Renxue wounded Mo Yu and Qing Hai with Angel Judgment, and Gu Yue and Nana destroyed their bodies with elemental compression spheres, though their souls escaped.
• Qian Renxue concluded that the Soul Hall had targeted Cai Lin to threaten Lan Hong, while Cai Lin avoided answering whether she cared for him.
• Zi Yan confronted Lan Hong about hiding their connection to the dragon clan and his promise to take her to her father, and Lan Hong agreed to bring her along.
• Su Qian saw Lan Hong lead Zi Yan toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and noticed cracks in the tower.

Lan Hong took Zi Yan through the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to find her father, Zhu Kun, who was trapped at the entrance to the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Mansion. Zi Yan reunited with him, and Zhu Kun asked Lan Hong how she had lived.

• Su Qian summoned Jia Nan Academy's forces to reinforce the damaged Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, while Xiao Yan left after being warned that Fallen Heart Flame could go berserk.
• Lan Hong and Zi Yan descended through the magma, learned that Zhu Kun was trapped because of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Mansion, and fought past its Fire Lizard Clan guards.
• Lan Hong drove off two powerful white lizardmen with his Dragon Might, and he and Zi Yan reached the mansion's entrance.
• Lan Hong called out to Zhu Kun, who emerged in chains and questioned whether Zi Yan was his daughter, upsetting her.
• Zhu Kun apologized, Zi Yan embraced Lan Hong as she cried, and Zhu Kun asked Lan Hong about her life.

Lan Hong failed to free Zhu Kun from the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode, but agreed to take Zi Yan away and help her grow. After leaving Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, Lan Hong returned to Black Seal City, while Hun Miesheng learned that several powerful Soul Hall members had died.

• Lan Hong discovered that the cave abode could only be opened with all the Tuoshe Ancient Jade pieces and cultivated nearby while Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun.
• Lan Hong briefly forced the cave abode's gate open before its rebounding force hurled him away, and he explained that he was at the Half-Dou Di stage.
• Zhu Kun asked Lan Hong to take Zi Yan back to the Great Void Dragon Clan and help her grow, and Lan Hong agreed before leaving the cave abode with her.
• Lan Hong and Zi Yan left the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, said goodbye to Su Qian, and returned to Black Seal City, where Zi Yan met Qian Renxue, Gu Yue, Nana, and the others.
• Hun Miesheng discovered that the soul tablets of the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Second Heavenly Venerate, and the deputy hall master had shattered.

Lan Hong traveled to the Central Plains, informed Gu Ling that Yao Chen was at Jia Nan Academy, and then went to the Flower Sect. He found the missing Hua Yu and brought her before the sect, where her adopted daughter Hua Jin immediately demanded the leadership position.

• Lan Hong's group visited the Starfall Pavilion, where he told Gu Ling that Yao Chen was at Jia Nan Academy and warned that the Soul Hall was after him.
• Lan Hong and his companions headed to the Flower Sect, and he explained that he hoped to save Hua Yu, one of Yao Chen's former loves.
• Lan Hong entered the Flower Sect's main hall and subdued its members with his Dou Saint aura after Hua Jin ordered them to seize him.
• Lan Hong used his Spiritual Power to locate Hua Yu in a cave and brought her back to the Flower Sect.
• Hua Yu's elders recognized her, and she explained that You Mingzi had grievously injured her before Hua Jin demanded the sect leader's position.

Lan Hong restored Hua Yu, exposed the Tian Ming Sect’s plot against the Flower Sect, and went to the Pill Tower seeking Xuan Yi and Yao Chen. As Lan Hong settled in to study alchemy, Feng Xian arrived at Jia Nan Academy asking for Xiao Yan.

• Lan Hong gave Hua Yu a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, restoring her legs and youth, and told her that Yao Chen was at Jia Nan Academy.
• Hua Yu learned that Demonic Flower Evil Lord was a member of the Tian Ming Sect, sealed Hua Jin’s Dou Qi, and ordered her confined while she dealt with the Flower Sect’s affairs.
• Lan Hong and his group visited the Pill Tower, where Xuan Yi learned Yao Chen’s location and agreed to arrange matters before leaving for Jia Nan Academy.
• Elder Lin the Strange welcomed Lan Hong after learning that Lan Hong had badly wounded Soul Hall, and offered him a place in the Pill Convention finals.
• Xiao Yan continued studying at Jia Nan Academy and prepared pills to refine the Fallen Heart Flame, while Feng Xian arrived and asked Su Qian whether Xiao Yan was there.

Feng Xian reunited with Yao Chen at Jia Nan Academy and stayed to train Xiao Yan, while Lan Hong prepared to pursue the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Xuan Yi and Hua Yu then arrived to ask Yao Chen to return with them and help revive him.

• Feng Xian found Yao Chen through Xiao Yan, offered to revive him, and agreed to stay at Jia Nan Academy to train Xiao Yan.
• Lan Hong obtained a map of the Central Plains factions and planned to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Xuan Yi arrived at Jia Nan Academy and confronted Yao Chen, demanding that he return to the Pill Tower.
• Hua Yu arrived and also urged Yao Chen to return with her to the Flower Sect so she could revive him.

Xiao Yan subdued the Fallen Heart Flame with help from three Dou Zuns, while Lan Hong’s group later entered the Dou Sheng Ruins. Lan Hong gave Zi Yan the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to refine, leaving the gathered factions outside unable to enter.

• Xiao Yan rushed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower after the Fallen Heart Flame went berserk, and subdued it with help from Feng Xian, Hua Yu, and Xuan Yi.
• Xiao Yan found another seed of the Fallen Heart Flame and the soul of Heavenly Fire Venerable, Yao Tianhuo.
• After spending nearly half a year at the Pill Tower, Lan Hong’s group traveled to the Bone Mountain Range and tore open the seal of the Dou Sheng Ruins.
• Lan Hong sensed the ruins, led the group past its traps and puppets, and took them to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lan Hong gave the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to Zi Yan, who swallowed it and began refining its power.
• Factions gathered outside the ruins tried and failed to widen the healing gap, realizing a high-star Dou Sheng had entered.

Lan Hong and his companions explored the Dou Sheng Ruins, where they encountered the Creation Sage’s remains, an Ancient Sky Snake’s soul, and a playful Pill Beast. Outside, rival factions waited for the group to emerge, while the ruins’ discoveries left several companions with new opportunities to grow stronger.

• Star-Picking Old Ghost and Tang Zhen traded insults outside the ruins, while Huang Xuan stopped Feng Qing'er from provoking the Soul Hall further.
• Lan Hong explained that the Creation Sage had engraved the Great Heaven Creation Palm on his bones, then neutralized the technique’s attack so Qian Renxue, Gu Yue, and Nana could study it.
• Qing Lin’s Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils awakened the Ancient Sky Snake’s Remnant Soul, which overwhelmed her and Little Doctor Immortal until Lan Hong bound it and helped Qing Lin control it.
• Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling found a Pill Beast in a Pill Room, and Lan Hong used pills to win its trust.

Lan Hong helped Zi Yan absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit with his replicated Heavenly Flames, while Zhu Li sensed her Dragon Emperor bloodline and sent Hei Qing to retrieve her. The Sky Demon Phoenix Clan also detected the emerging Dragon Phoenix and dispatched the Sky Demon Three Phoenixes to kill it before it matured.

• Lan Hong brought Cai Lin, Xiao Wu, and the others to study the Great Heaven Creation Palm, then found the Soul Infant Fruit for Yao Chen.
• Lan Hong used his power and replicated Heavenly Flames to help Zi Yan overcome a bottleneck and digest the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Li sensed the Dragon Emperor bloodline, summoned Hei Qing, and ordered him to bring it back to East Dragon Island.
• Huang Xuan recognized the Dragon Phoenix aura from the light pillar at the Dou Sheng Ruins and reported it to Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian ordered Phoenix, Eagle Phoenix, and Kun Phoenix to kill the Dragon Phoenix and prevent the Great Void Dragon Clan from recovering its corpse.
• Hei Qing reached the Dou Sheng Ruins, saw the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, and reacted to the pillar of light.

The Sky Demon Phoenix Clan discovered Zi Yan's impending evolution into a Dragon Phoenix and sent the Sky Demon Three Phoenixes to stop it. Zhu Li arrived to help Hei Qing, but he was badly wounded as the Dou Shengs attacked, while Lan Hong warned the others inside the ruins to prepare for danger.

• Hei Qing recognized the Dragon Phoenix aura and sent word to Zhu Li, who summoned Qing Shan and Qing Mu before rushing to the ruins.
• Lan Hong told Xiao Wu and the others that Zi Yan's evolution would soon be complete, and a crack appeared in her eggshell.
• The Sky Demon Three Phoenixes arrived, and Eagle Phoenix attacked Hei Qing after he stood in their way.
• Zhu Li arrived in time to save Hei Qing, then confronted the Sky Demon Three Phoenixes as they attacked him.
• Lan Hong sensed the battle outside and told Xiao Wu and the others to protect themselves and teleport to his Small World if danger reached them.
• Phoenix fired a scorching ray at the badly wounded Zhu Li.

Phoenix held Qing Shan and Qing Mu outside the Dou Sheng Ruins while Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix entered to stop Lan Hong from helping Zi Yan evolve. Hong Mao fought them off, killing Kun Phoenix, and Lan Hong shattered Eagle Phoenix’s bell; Eagle Phoenix remained injured but saw the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s corpse and still hoped to seize it.

• Qing Shan and Qing Mu arrived and tried to enter the Dou Sheng Ruins, but Phoenix blocked them while Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix slipped inside.
• Lan Hong summoned Hong Mao to stop the two Dou Sheng, and Hong Mao easily blocked their attacks despite being trapped in their Sacred Image Demon Emperor Bells.
• After Hong Mao wounded both attackers, Kun Phoenix held him back while Eagle Phoenix rushed toward Lan Hong and Zi Yan.
• Hong Mao killed Kun Phoenix with Heaven and Earth Great Collision and hurried after Eagle Phoenix.
• Eagle Phoenix trapped Lan Hong and Zi Yan in another Sacred Image Demon Emperor Bell, but Lan Hong destroyed it and warned him to stop attacking.
• Eagle Phoenix, exhausted and badly wounded, noticed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s corpse and still saw a chance to claim it.

Eagle Phoenix sacrificed himself to revive the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul, which attacked Lan Hong while Zi Yan completed her Dragon Phoenix evolution. Zi Yan emerged as a One-star Dou Sheng and destroyed the ancestral soul, leaving the Great Void Dragon Clan with a powerful new Dragon Phoenix.

• Eagle Phoenix gave his power and soul force to revive the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul, which immediately attacked Lan Hong.
• Hong Mao stopped Qing Mu from reaching Zi Yan, then told him she was the daughter of Zhu Kun and that the other Sky Demon Phoenix Dou Sheng had been badly wounded.
• Zi Yan's eggshell broke, completing her evolution into a Dragon Phoenix and raising her strength to the One-star Dou Sheng realm.
• Zi Yan returned to human form as a mature beauty, then awakened the Great Void Dragon ancestral soul to fight the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul.
• Zi Yan joined the ancestral soul battle, transformed into her Dragon Phoenix form, and blasted the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ancestral soul apart with spatial energy.

Lan Hong and his companions left the Dou Sheng Ruins after Nana killed Star-Picking Old Ghost with the Great Heaven Creation Palm. They helped Zi Yan defeat the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, and Zi Yan set out for Dragon Island with Qing Shan while keeping Feng Qing'er as her captive.

• Lan Hong caught Zi Yan after her attack, and Qing Mu reported that the Great Elder was fighting the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan outside the ruins.
• Lan Hong exposed Star-Picking Old Ghost hiding in the ruins, and Nana killed him with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Lan Hong's group emerged from the ruins, causing Phoenix to flee while Zi Yan killed Huang Xuan and the other Sky Demon Phoenix Clan minions.
• Zi Yan spared Feng Qing'er and declared her a pet, then reunited with Qing Shan and the injured Zhu Li and Hei Qing.
• Zi Yan agreed to return to Dragon Island with Qing Shan, and Lan Hong told the other factions that nothing valuable remained in the ruins.

Lan Hong advised Zi Yan to claim the Dragon Emperor title and divide her rivals, while the three rival Dragon Kings plotted to attack East Dragon Island. After Zi Yan’s coronation, Lan Hong took her to strike West Dragon Island directly, leaving her anxious about the danger and reluctant to take on the throne.

• Lan Hong proposed that Zi Yan summon the other Dragon Kings to pay respects, while Qing Shan warned that the rival islands might attack East Dragon Island if they learned she had returned.
• Phoenix blamed Lan Hong for Kun Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix’s deaths, and Huang Tian passed news of Zi Yan to his ally, the North Dragon King.
• Huo Zhan urged the North Dragon King to seize Zi Yan, but Qian Xuan proposed joining the South and West Dragon Kings to attack East Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan completed a coronation ceremony on East Dragon Island and summoned the other Dragon Kings, while Lan Hong intended to defeat them one by one.
• Lan Hong took Zi Yan to West Dragon Island to carry out a decapitation strike, and Zi Yan admitted she wanted her father to take the throne when he returned.

Zi Yan and Lan Hong confronted the West Dragon King on West Dragon Island, where Zi Yan challenged the rebel king to a duel to bring the island back under her rule. After revealing her growing power as a Dragon Phoenix, Zi Yan drew the Great Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Slaying Sword, leaving the West Dragon King and his allies stunned.

• Lan Hong brought Zi Yan through a Spatial Rift to the West Dragon King, who ordered his forces to capture her.
• Lan Hong’s overwhelming pressure forced most of the West Dragon Island elders and commanders to their knees, and he offered the West Dragon King a chance to fight Zi Yan one-on-one.
• The West Dragon King attacked Zi Yan, but she evaded him and broke one of his dragon horns with a counterattack.
• Zi Yan used her Dragon Phoenix abilities to fight the West Dragon King, who eventually began to counter her attacks and offered to submit if she protected West Dragon Island’s interests.
• Zi Yan rejected the West Dragon King’s offer and drew the Dragon Slaying Sword, an Imperial Dou Technique that suppressed the Great Void Dragon Clan.

Zi Yan killed the West Dragon King with the Dragon Slaying Sword and secured the submission of West Dragon Island’s leaders and Dragon Armor Army. With Lan Hong at her side, she prepared to take control of South Dragon Island, where the South Dragon King was readying an attack on East Dragon Island.

• Zi Yan beheaded the West Dragon King after he transformed into his true form, and Zhu Mu and Xuan Mo swore allegiance to her.
• Zi Yan ordered Zhu Mu and Xuan Mo to gather the people of West Dragon Island and the Dragon Armor Army, and Lan Hong assured her the army could not defeat them.
• Zi Yan showed the assembled Dragon Armor Army the West Dragon King's head and demanded their submission, and the troops recognized her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan and Lan Hong instructed West Dragon Island's upper ranks and set out for South Dragon Island with Xuan Mo.
• The South Dragon King, unaware of the West Dragon King's defeat, prepared the Barbarian Dragon Army to attack East Dragon Island.

Zi Yan confronted the South Dragon King and his Barbarian Dragon Army, then killed him with the Dragon Slaying Sword. The army surrendered to her, leaving only the North Dragon King to oppose her.

• Lie Shan told the South Dragon King that the Barbarian Dragon Army was ready to march on East Dragon Island.
• Lan Hong, Zi Yan, and Xuan Mo arrived, and Xuan Mo declared Zi Yan the Dragon Emperor while warning that the West Dragon King was dead.
• Zi Yan revealed her Dou Saint strength and knocked the attacking Barbarian Dragon Army from the sky.
• The South Dragon King charged Zi Yan, but she wounded him with the Dragon Slaying Sword and killed him when he tried to flee.
• Lie Shan and the Barbarian Dragon Army submitted to Zi Yan, who noted that only the North Dragon King remained.