Chapter Summaries

Lei Ying and Yan Jin arrived at the Gu Clan and challenged Yun Xi after discovering that Gu Yuan called him “lord.” Yun Xi agreed to fight them both at once, leaving the group to prepare for a battle above the hall.

• Lei Ying arrived and immediately challenged Gu Yuan to spar, while Yan Jin taunted him and the two began arguing.
• Gu Yuan told Lei Ying and Yan Jin that the gathering concerned Yun Xi, prompting them to scan Yun Xi with their soul power.
• Yun Xi suppressed his strength to Dou Zun, then revealed more power and rose into the Dou Sheng realm, making Lei Ying and Yan Jin realize he was a formidable expert.
• Lei Ying challenged Yun Xi to fight, and Yun Xi accepted on the condition that Lei Ying and Yan Jin attack together.
• Yun Xi said one move would be enough to defeat them both, while Gu Yuan quietly hoped he would go easy on them and Lei Ying promised the same.

Yun Xi faced Lei Ying and Yan Jin in the sky above the Gu Clan, drawing the attention of the gathered clans. He revealed seven Heavenly Flames and shaped them into a massive flaming dragon, leaving Lei Ying and Yan Jin confronting his overwhelming power.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin flew into the sky together, prompting the gathered clans to suspect they were joining forces against the Gu Clan chief.
• Gu Yuan asked Yun Xi through a voice transmission to show mercy toward the Thunder Clan and Yan Clan, and Yun Xi silently agreed.
• Lei Ying covered himself in black lightning while Yan Jin surrounded himself with the Nine Netherworld Golden Ancestral Flame and Volcanic Rock Flame.
• Yun Xi revealed seven Heavenly Flames, stunning Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and the people watching below.
• Yun Xi gathered the seven flames into a gigantic flaming dragon, and Lei Ying and Yan Jin sensed the immense energy within it.

Yun Xi overwhelmed Lei Ying and Yan Jin in a clash, revealed himself as a Dou Di, and introduced himself to the assembled clans as Xun'er's Strange Flame Guardian Spirit. Lei Ying and Yan Jin hoped he could help them reach the Dou Di realm.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin unleashed their strongest palm techniques against Yun Xi's flaming dragon, but it shattered their attacks and nearly overwhelmed their shields.
• Gu Yuan pleaded with Yun Xi to show mercy, and Lei Ying and Yan Jin surrendered as the dragon reached them.
• Yun Xi dispersed the flaming dragon, and Yan Jin asked if he had reached the Dou Di realm; Yun Xi nodded.
• Yun Xi vanished, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin returned to the main hall with renewed hope of breaking through to Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan left with Xun'er, and Yun Xi welcomed the kneeling crowd before introducing himself as Xun'er's Strange Flame Guardian Spirit.

Yun Xi told the gathered clans that the Soul Clan had a Dou Di and demanded they prepare for an alliance and war to protect the Dou Qi Continent. After leaving the meeting with Xun'er, he spoke with her at the Bamboo House about the coming battle.

• Yun Xi announced that the Soul Clan had a Dou Di and revealed that he himself was a Dou Di.
• Yun Xi ordered the Gu Clan, Yan Clan, and Thunder Clan to gather their people and be ready for war.
• Yun Xi left the hall with Xun'er, and Gu Yuan explained to the gathered clans that Yun Xi was Xun'er's Guardian Spirit.
• Xun'er recalled how Yun Xi had broken and rebuilt the Bamboo House, and Yun Xi warned her that an extremely terrifying battle was coming.

Yun Xi gathered Heavenly Flames and allies while helping Xun'er grow stronger, then assembled a powerful force to attack the Soul Clan. The chapter ended with the forces ready for battle against the Soul Clan.

• Yun Xi explained to Xun'er that the Dou Di called Demon Lord was a Plane Ruler, then Gu Yuan reported that most Heavenly Flames had already been subdued.
• Yun Xi traveled across the continent and devoured twenty Heavenly Flames, while Xun'er rose from Nine Star Dou Zong to Eight Star Dou Sheng and gained twenty flames within her body.
• Yun Xi informed Zhu Kun about the coming conflict, and Zhu Kun chose to join his side.
• Yun Xi gathered the allied experts on Gu Saint Mountain, including four Nine Star Dou Sheng experts, ten Eight Star Dou Sheng experts, and nearly fifty other Dou Sheng experts.
• The assembled forces prepared to attack the Soul Clan, and Yun Xi's power dispelled the doubts of those who had questioned whether a Dou Di had appeared.

The Allied Forces invaded the Soul World, where the Demon Lord had spread Demonic Qi through the realm and prepared for their arrival. Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin reached the palace, but four ancient Soul Clan experts confronted them and warned them to retreat.

• The Demon Lord gave Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame pale violet crystals, then surveyed his forces and waited for the Allied Forces.
• Soul Clan scouts spotted the approaching Allied Forces and sent a signal before the invaders overwhelmed them.
• Soul Slaughter led the Soul Clan army against the advancing troops as the battle spread through the Soul World.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin pushed toward the palace, but Soul Birth Heaven, Soul Origin Heaven, Soul Yao, and Soul Cliff appeared to block them.
• Soul Origin Heaven urged the four leaders to retreat, and Zhu Kun sensed danger as the ancient experts released Dou Qi mixed with Demonic Qi.

Soul Origin Heaven trapped Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin in the Death Realm Grand Array, where the Gates of Stillness drained their vitality and strengthened the Soul Clan. The four leaders faced Soul Clan opponents inside the dark space, with their strength worsening as the battle continued.

• Soul Origin Heaven and the Soul Clan opened four Gates of Stillness and trapped Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin in the Death Realm Grand Array.
• Gu Yuan explained that the gates formed an independent space where death drained vitality, souls, and Dou Qi, and Zhu Kun realized spatial power might offer a way out.
• Soul Clan fighters appeared inside the dark space, and Lei Ying attacked Soul Yao with the Thunder Tribulation Palm.
• Soul Yao's Extinguish Spirit Palm met Lei Ying's strike, and both attacks were swallowed by the dark space.
• Zhu Kun deduced that the Death Realm Grand Array drained their strength while enhancing the Soul Clan, and Soul Origin Heaven confirmed their predicament.

Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin fought to hold back the Soul Clan while Zhu Kun prepared to burn his life force to open an escape route. At the edge of the Soul World, Yun Xi and Xun'er learned that Soul Emperor had reached the Dou Di realm, as blood formations across the Central Plains began slaughtering cities to fuel his ascension.

• Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin to hold off four Soul Clan experts while he burned his soul to carve a Space Channel.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin formed a triangle around Zhu Kun and battled the encircling Soul Clan members.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er entered the Soul World and saw the Allied Forces fighting across a battlefield drenched in blood.
• Soul Emperor announced that he had entered the Dou Di realm and declared that the day of his Enfeoffment Di had arrived.
• Black pillars erupted from formations beneath cities across the Central Plains, killing their inhabitants and sending streams of blood qi toward a formation in the Soul World.

Yun Xi stopped the Soul Emperor’s blood-energy ritual and overwhelmed him in their opening clash while empowering the Allied Forces and weakening the Soul Clan. After Yun Xi drove Soul Emperor back again, Soul Emperor called on Nihility Devouring Flame for help.

• Yun Xi blocked the blood-red energy surging toward the Soul Clan’s depths and confronted Soul Emperor, who destroyed a mountain range and its tens of thousands of inhabitants.
• Yun Xi shattered Soul Emperor’s bloody attack, broke through his blood-wave defense, and struck him with a giant rune-covered finger.
• Yun Xi formed a golden formation that strengthened the Allied Forces and exposed demonic energy within the Soul Clan members caught in it.
• Yun Xi sent Xun'er to help the distant battle, then repelled Soul Emperor’s sneak attack and pressed him in close combat.
• Yun Xi struck Soul Emperor in the chest and sent him flying, prompting Soul Emperor to demand that Nihility Devouring Flame stop watching and join the fight.

Nihility Devouring Flame emerged to join Soul Emperor against Yun Xi, while his Black Flame threatened both armies and the battle raged across the Soul World. The Allied Forces advanced despite catastrophic losses as Yun Xi fought the two Dou Emperors above them.

• Soul Emperor called Nihility Devouring Flame out of hiding, and the two argued over whether Nihility Devouring Flame had intended to betray him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame spread Black Flame across the Soul World, killing anyone it touched and absorbing their souls and energy.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Emperor attacked Yun Xi, but he dodged and followed them into the sky for their battle.
• The Allied Forces pushed the Soul Clan back as the prison holding Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and two others began to crack.
• The Allied Forces saw the devastation across the Central Continent on a projection and continued fighting despite their losses.

Gu Yuan and the others escaped the Gates of Stillness and discovered the Soul Clan was sacrificing millions of people to advance its plan. Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame then appeared as Dou Di, and Soul Emperor struck down Gu Yuan after forbidding him from drawing on the energy of heaven and earth.

• Zhu Kun carried Gu Yuan and the other two out of the dark world after they shattered the Gates of Stillness, leaving Soul Origin Heaven, Soul Birth Heaven, Soul Yao, and Soul Cliff in coffins.
• Gu Yuan and the Allied Forces saw the Soul Clan sacrifice tens of thousands of people in the formation and condemned its actions.
• Xun'er checked on Gu Yuan, who asked where Lord Yun Xi had gone.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame appeared before the castle with the aura of Dou Di, shocking Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the others.
• Soul Emperor forbade Gu Yuan from drawing on the energy of heaven and earth, then overwhelmed his Ancient Emperor Shattering Nirvana Finger and injured him with a crimson attack.

Yun Xi returned to the battlefield and held off Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame, while Soul Emperor unleashed a horde of resurrected Soul Clan fighters against the Allied Forces. The Allied Forces fought back, unaware that Demonic Qi was beginning to transform them as well.

• Soul Emperor summoned blood-colored lightning to strike Gu Yuan, but Yun Xi arrived and intercepted it with Flame Lightning.
• Yun Xi faced Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame, who had failed to wound him despite their combined attacks.
• Soul Emperor raised the dead Soul Clan fighters as Demonic Corpses and sent them charging at the Allied Forces.
• Gu Yuan and the Allied Forces attacked the Demonic Corpses, but their severed limbs remained dangerous and one crushed a Dou Zong expert's head.
• As the Allied Forces destroyed the Demonic Corpses, strands of Demonic Qi spread into their eyes and began transforming them.

Yun Xi faced Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame after realizing they had been stalling for the Demon Lord, who was emerging from seclusion. Soul Emperor transformed into a colossal Dou Di Body, but Yun Xi turned the fight against Nihility Devouring Flame, whose terror grew when he discovered Yun Xi possessed twenty Heavenly Flames.

• Yun Xi sensed the hidden Demon Lord beneath the Soul Clan palace and realized Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame had been delaying him.
• Soul Emperor swallowed the gathered blood-red energy and transformed into a towering Dou Di Body.
• Soul Emperor attacked Yun Xi, but Yun Xi escaped the punch and appeared behind Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame trapped Yun Xi in the Void Realm, where Yun Xi unleashed twenty Heavenly Flames as powerful flame beasts.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Soul Emperor that Yun Xi possessed twenty kinds of Heavenly Flames and trembled as he recognized the source of his fear.

Yun Xi trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in a formation inside the Void Realm, but Soul Emperor broke the barrier and allowed him to escape. Back on the battlefield, Yun Xi confronted Soul Emperor and began dismantling Nihility Devouring Flame’s Dou Di Body from within.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that Yun Xi carried twenty Heavenly Flames and was reminded of Tou She Ancient God, while Soul Emperor dismissed his concern and attacked the flames below.
• Nihility Devouring Flame entered the Void Realm and searched for Yun Xi, who ambushed him with the Ancient Halberd and fought him amid the fading sea of Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Xi’s spatial movements formed a trap that immobilized Nihility Devouring Flame, who called for Soul Emperor’s help.
• Soul Emperor struck the barrier and cracked it, allowing Nihility Devouring Flame to escape as the Void Realm dissipated.
• Yun Xi returned to the Soul Clan battlefield, met Soul Emperor’s falling meteor with a giant golden dragon, and charged toward Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame lost control of his body as an unknown force began dismantling his Dou Di Body from within.

Yun Xi seized and devoured Nihility Devouring Flame, then pursued Soul Emperor and dismantled his massive Dou Di Body as Soul Emperor fled toward the palace for protection. Just as Yun Xi moved to kill the crippled Soul Emperor, Demon Lord appeared.

• As Nihility Devouring Flame began to disintegrate, Yun Xi rescued him from Soul Emperor and threatened to destroy him if Soul Emperor attacked again.
• Yun Xi severed Soul Emperor's left arm with the Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd, and Soul Emperor realized Yun Xi had been waiting to capture Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Soul Emperor fled toward the castle to seek Demon Lord's protection, while Yun Xi swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame and gained a black-red flame.
• Yun Xi cut off Soul Emperor's left leg and right leg, forcing Soul Emperor to abandon his giant Dou Di Body and collapse before the palace gates.
• As Yun Xi moved to kill Soul Emperor, Demon Lord appeared in a surge of Demonic Qi, and Yun Xi retreated.

The Demon Lord tried to recruit Yun Xi by revealing that they were both Spirit Drivers used to nurture the Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd and Demon Abyss Ancient Scythe. Yun Xi refused and accused the Demon Lord of being the one who had impersonated Tou She Ancient God, exposing him as one of the players controlling the continent’s game.

• The Demon Lord told Yun Xi that they were both pawns on a vast chessboard and that their artifacts were being cultivated for an invasion that would leave Dou Qi Continent abandoned.
• The Demon Lord offered Yun Xi the Soul Clan, the Plane Womb, and the chance to rule and conquer other planes if they allied.
• The Demon Lord struck Soul Emperor aside when he protested, then urged Yun Xi to cooperate by pointing to the continent’s destruction and casualties.
• Yun Xi questioned the Demon Lord about his knowledge of Yun Xi’s two souls and rebirth, then rejected the offer and raised his Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd.
• Yun Xi accused the Demon Lord of impersonating Tou She Ancient God and being one of the chess players, prompting the Demon Lord to ask how Yun Xi had discovered it.

The Allied Forces nearly eliminated the Soul Clan’s Demonic Corpses as Yun Xi fought the Demon Lord, whose strike destroyed the Soul World and sent the armies crashing out. Yun Xi survived but collapsed, and the Demon Lord’s parting words revealed that he had cursed Yun Xi and was waiting for him in the Demon Region.

• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin fought through the remaining Demonic Corpses as the Allied Forces dwindled to fewer than one-fifth of their original numbers.
• Xun'er discovered that she had reached Peak Nine Star Dou Sheng after using the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Slash to destroy tens of thousands of Demonic Corpses.
• Yun Xi confronted the Demon Lord, who asked how Yun Xi had discovered his secret and claimed the plane could not support his true body.
• The Demon Lord’s strike collided with Yun Xi’s Ancient Halberd, collapsing the Soul World and blasting a vast abyss into the continent.
• Xun'er and the continent’s survivors feared Yun Xi had died, but he reformed from starlight before collapsing into her arms.
• The Demon Lord, Ming, revealed that he had cursed Yun Xi, left him half of the broken Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd, and said Yun Xi would need the Plane Womb to survive.

After the battle, Yun Xi remained powerless but learned to open space tunnels, and he and Xun'er left the Dou Qi Continent together. A mysterious figure diverted them from the Main World into a Small World, where Spirit Hall members found them.

• Yun Xi woke on a Sky Island with his power sealed by a black mark, and Xun'er accidentally broke his arm when she rushed to him.
• Three years after the battle, Yun Xi opened a Space Channel in the Gu Clan Secret Realm and left the Dou Qi Continent with Xun'er, bidding farewell to Gu Yuan.
• A golden-eyed observer lamented Yun Xi's condition, while a scarlet-eyed figure used a hand seal to divert the pair from the Main World toward a Small World.
• Yun Xi stopped resisting the altered tunnel and warned Xun'er to hold tight as they fell into a new world.
• Yan and Na Na found the pair and ordered the Spirit Hall group to take them back so His Holiness the Pope could help.

Yun Xi woke in a secret chamber in the Small World and agreed to join the Spirit Hall after meeting its Pope, Bi Bi Dong. When she attacked him for dismissing her authority, her poison failed to affect him, leaving her stunned as he walked away.

• Yun Xi woke in a dim chamber and confirmed through their bloodline connection that Xun'er was safe, though far away.
• Bi Bi Dong entered and offered Yun Xi the choice to join the Spirit Hall or take another option, and he immediately chose to join.
• Bi Bi Dong introduced herself as the Spirit Hall's Pope, but Yun Xi showed no reaction and started toward the exit.
• Bi Bi Dong fired her Bloodsucking Spider Sting at Yun Xi, but he dodged it by bending down to wipe his shoe.
• Bi Bi Dong sealed the doorway with poison, but Yun Xi walked through the toxic fumes unharmed and told her his name.

Yun Xi explored Spirit City and unintentionally forced everyone nearby to their knees when he released his soul power. At the Pope's Palace, Bi Bi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would begin the Soul Hunt Operation in one month and target rival powers, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Clear Sky School.

• Bi Bi Dong asked Yun Xi about his identity and invited him to join Spirit Hall, but he declined to explain himself and disappeared before she could continue.
• Yun Xi explored Spirit City, learned the basics of Spirits and soul power, and accidentally made the city's residents and soldiers kneel when he searched for Bi Bi Dong with his soul power.
• Bi Bi Dong and the Spirit Hall higher-ups trembled after the overwhelming pressure passed through the Pope's Palace, and she suspected Yun Xi had caused it.
• Bi Bi Dong announced the Soul Hunt Operation, set to begin in one month, and ordered Spirit Hall forces to obey the Pope's Palace as they moved against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Clear Sky School.