Chapter Summaries

Ya Fei joined Holy Soul Village after swearing its oath, while the Xiao Clan’s First Elder begged Ning Qiu for protection from the dangers posed by their Heavenly Rankings rewards. Ning Qiu allowed the Xiao Clan to settle on village territory under protection, but demanded an annual payment of one hundred million spirit stones until a clan member qualified to join.

• Ya Fei agreed to join Holy Soul Village, swore its oath, received a Crystal Card, and went to check the Mission Board.
• Xiao Wu questioned Ning Qiu about accepting Ya Fei, and he explained that the village needed talented people.
• Xiao Wentian, the Xiao Clan’s First Elder, arrived with elders, children, and pregnant women and begged Ning Qiu to shelter them.
• Xiao Wentian explained that the Xiao Clan feared other factions would attack them over their Heavenly Rankings rewards.
• Ning Qiu said the Xiao Clan did not meet the village’s requirements but allowed them to settle on a nearby hill under Holy Soul Village’s protection.
• Ning Qiu demanded that the Xiao Clan pay one hundred million spirit stones each year until one of its members qualified to join the village.

The Xiao Clan joined Holy Soul Village’s protection in exchange for an annual fee, and Ning Qiu set rules for sharing the payment. He then approved a campaign to expand the village’s territory and invited Zhu Zhuqing to travel with him to the Tagor Grand Desert to seek Heavenly Flames.

• The Xiao Clan’s First Elder accepted Holy Soul Village’s protection, paid one hundred million spirit stones, and led the clan away to choose a mountain.
• Ning Qiu assigned Xiao Wu sixty million spirit stones as the clan’s direct protector and told her to give the rest to Zhu Zhuqing for the village.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that she had distributed the village’s forty million spirit stones by cultivation level and that Poison Douluo, Sword Douluo, and others wanted to expand the village’s territory; Ning Qiu approved their campaign.
• Ning Qiu asked Zhu Zhuqing to accompany him to the Tagor Grand Desert, and she agreed.
• Ning Qiu explained that he intended to seek Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Wu would stay behind to refine her spirit stones.

Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu reached Mo City, where Ning Qiu killed a merchant who tried to buy Xiao Wu. At an ancient map shop, Ning Qiu found a fragment of the Purification Lotus Demon Fire map, while the Little Fairy Doctor accompanied them after receiving the other treasures from a cave dwelling.

• Ning Qiu killed a wealthy merchant with the Water Element Law after the man offered to buy Xiao Wu.
• Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu, and the Little Fairy Doctor entered Mo City to purchase a map for crossing the Tagor Grand Desert.
• Ning Qiu found a damaged map fragment on a dusty shelf in the Ancient Map shop.
• Ning Qiu recognized the fragment as one of the four Purification Lotus Demon Fire map pieces and had brought the Little Fairy Doctor along after rescuing her and giving her the other treasures in a poison master's cave.

Ning Qiu obtained Hai Bodong’s remaining Fragmented Ancient Map and used his Dou Qi to remove the seal on Hai Bodong’s cultivation. Hai Bodong agreed to join Holy Soul Village after Xiao Wu invited him and Ning Qiu had him recite the village oath.

• Ning Qiu identified the old shopkeeper as Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and revealed that Hai Bodong had split the map into two fragments.
• Hai Bodong gave Ning Qiu the remaining map fragment after learning Ning Qiu was a Dou Sheng, and Ning Qiu promised to grant him a wish.
• Ning Qiu released Hai Bodong’s seal without a medicinal pill, restoring his Dou Emperor strength and causing his ice-attributed Dou Qi to freeze and destroy the shop.
• Xiao Wu invited Hai Bodong to join Holy Soul Village, and he accepted because of the village’s reputation and cultivation-speed benefit.
• Ning Qiu required Hai Bodong to recite the village oath, and Hai Bodong pledged his loyalty to Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu encountered a Half-Snake Person girl being forced into servitude while trying to sell herself to bury her father. After Ning Qiu killed the man who threatened her, the girl’s fate remained unresolved.

• Ning Qiu gave Hai Bodong a Crystal Card that identified him as a villager of Holy Soul Village, and Hai Bodong agreed to go there with Little Fairy Doctor.
• Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu stayed in Mo City, while a black-robed young man carrying a massive black ruler arrived and prepared to enter the desert the next day.
• Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu found a middle-aged man trying to take a Half-Snake Person girl without paying to bury her father.
• The middle-aged man struck the girl, but Ning Qiu’s power sent him flying before the black-robed young man could intervene.
• The middle-aged man coveted Xiao Wu after recognizing her as a half-beast person, so Ning Qiu killed him with a flick of his finger.

Ning Qiu rescued Qing Lin and arranged for her father’s burial, then rejected Xiao Ding’s invitation and revealed that Ning Qiu’s village was responsible for Xiao Zhan’s death. After the burial, Qing Lin insisted on serving Ning Qiu and swore loyalty to Holy Soul Village.

• Ning Qiu paid for a carriage and laborers to take Qing Lin and her father outside the city for burial.
• Xiao Ding invited Ning Qiu for drinks, but Ning Qiu refused and told him that his father, Xiao Zhan, had died at the entrance to Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu identified himself as the village chief of Holy Soul Village, and Xiao Ding silently swallowed his anger rather than attack.
• Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu, and Qing Lin buried Qing Lin’s father on a hill, and Ning Qiu formed a barrier around the grave.
• Qing Lin insisted on being Ning Qiu’s maid, then solemnly repeated his oath of loyalty to Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu brought Xiao Wu and Qing Lin to an underground magma cavern near Mo Tie City, where they encountered Queen Medusa. Qing Lin revealed her Azure Eye Three Flower Pupils, briefly affecting Medusa before she broke free.

• Ning Qiu gave Qing Lin a Crystal Card and set out with her and Xiao Wu for the desert near Mo Tie City the next morning.
• Ning Qiu froze the snake people guarding a hidden entrance, but spared them after Qing Lin asked him to.
• The group reached a vast underground magma cavern, where Ning Qiu waited for Queen Medusa to emerge from below.
• A Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake burst from the magma, followed by Queen Medusa, who attacked Xiao Wu and then recognized Qing Lin's Azure Eye Three Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin's pupils briefly affected Queen Medusa, but Medusa broke free and identified the legendary ability.

Ning Qiu helped the Queen Medusa learn of a possible path to reaching Dou Zong, then arrived at Canaan Academy with Zhu Zhuqing to demand its submission to Holy Soul Village. After killing those who challenged him, he faced an aged black-robed man.

• Ning Qiu told the Queen Medusa about the Tian Mountain Blood Pool, which could help a peak Dou Huang break through to Dou Zong, then left the underground cave with Xiao Wu and Qing Lin.
• Ning Qiu arrived in Peace Town with Zhu Zhuqing, where Han Feng explained the history of the Undead Tree and Fan Lao agreed not to destroy it.
• Ning Qiu sent Han Feng, Fan Lao, the Gold Silver Duo Elders, and the others back to Holy Soul Village, then entered Canaan Academy with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Qiu demanded that Canaan Academy submit to Holy Soul Village or be destroyed, and killed the teachers and students who objected.
• An aged man in black robes appeared and answered Ning Qiu.

Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing subdued Canaan Academy and entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Ning Qiu captured and absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame. Afterward, he and Zhu Zhuqing confessed their feelings and became lovers beneath the lava.

• Su Qian recognized Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing as Dou Sheng-level experts and submitted Canaan Academy to them.
• Ning Qiu ordered the academy’s Dou Huang elders, including Su Qian and Qian Bai Er Lao, to become registered villagers of Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Ning Qiu restrained the Fallen Heart Flame and pulled its core from the fire python.
• Ning Qiu swallowed and absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame with the help of a Blood Lotus Pill.
• Ning Qiu embraced Zhu Zhuqing and asked whether she loved him, and Zhu Zhuqing confessed that she did.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Qiu for a child, and the two became lovers beneath the lava.

Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing discovered a mysterious presence beneath the lava that was calling to Zhu Zhuqing’s Fallen Heart Flame. They encountered the soul of a powerful elder, who realized that both visitors were Dou Saints.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Qiu that the Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul could gain Soul Power through sexual encounters and explained that her aunt, the Star Luo Empress, had told her about it.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed something beneath the lava calling to the Fallen Heart Flame, so she and Ning Qiu dressed and dove underground to investigate.
• Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing found a glowing skeleton inside a protected halo and watched an elderly soul body emerge from it.
• The elder tried to draw out Zhu Zhuqing’s Fallen Heart Flame, but Zhu Zhuqing severed his control and returned the flame to her body.
• The elder recognized Zhu Zhuqing as a Dou Saint, then stared at Ning Qiu and exclaimed that he was one too.

Ning Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing received the Little Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Round Li Fire Method from Yao TianHuo, then gave him a Soul Nourishing Pill to preserve his remnant soul. They headed deeper into the lava to investigate a life-filled fluctuation, where they encountered a Flame Lizardman.

• Yao TianHuo gave Ning Qiu the Little Fallen Heart Flame and his Five Round Li Fire Method after mistaking the pair's calmness for lingering hostility.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the flame-controlling art as an exchange item in their village's Treasure Pavilion, and Yao TianHuo was astonished that it could be obtained there.
• Ning Qiu offered Yao TianHuo a Soul Nourishing Pill, which he eagerly took to keep his remnant soul from dispersing.
• Ning Qiu led Zhu Zhuqing and Yao TianHuo deeper into the lava to investigate a mysterious fluctuation containing the aura of life.
• A Flame Lizardman attacked Yao TianHuo, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it with her Fire Blowing Palm and retrieved a Fire Spirit Pearl.

Zhu Zhuqing used her ninth soul skill to slaughter the Flame Lizardmen in the magma and collect their Fire Spirit Pearls. Ning Qiu then led her and the Heavenly Flame Honored One deeper underground, where they discovered a vast hidden space that might belong to a Dou Emperor.

• Ning Qiu stirred the magma to attract the Flame Lizardmen, and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight them.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Shadow Connection and her golden ninth soul ring’s Darkness Descends to overwhelm and kill the Flame Lizardmen.
• Zhu Zhuqing collected more than a thousand Fire Spirit Pearls after Ning Qiu told her the spoils were hers.
• Ning Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Heavenly Flame Honored One continued deeper into the magma and sensed an enormous hidden space.
• The Heavenly Flame Honored One wondered who could have created the space, and Ning Qiu suggested its owner might be a Dou Emperor.

Ning Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Heavenly Flame Honored One found Tuo She Ancient Emperor’s cave beneath the magma, where the injured Old Dragon Emperor attacked them for lacking the Ancient Jade. Ning Qiu trapped the dragon’s consciousness with his Slaughter Eye and broke through the stone gate with his Dark Gold Terror Claw, then entered the cave with Zhu Zhuqing while the dragon remained trapped.

• Ning Qiu and his companions reached the Ancient Emperor Cave’s stone gate and discovered a giant Void Ancient Dragon waiting in the darkness below.
• The Old Dragon Emperor immobilized Heavenly Flame Honored One and demanded the Ancient Jade, then attacked Ning Qiu when Ning Qiu refused.
• Ning Qiu endured the dragon’s purple beam and trapped its consciousness in the Slaughter Eye’s crimson battlefield.
• Ning Qiu used his Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Palm Bone to carve an opening through the stone gate.
• Ning Qiu entered the cave with Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the Old Dragon Emperor trapped temporarily.

Ning Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Heavenly Flame Honored One explored Tuo She Ancient Emperor's Cave and discovered the Emperor Pill Embryo. Ning Qiu struck a deal to help it escape in exchange for joining his Holy Soul Village as a Pill Servant.

• Ning Qiu explained that the Heavenly Flames on the pillars had weakened after being deprived of energy for thousands of years.
• Ning Qiu said the highest-ranked Heavenly Flame had been Tuo She Ancient Emperor himself, while the top three flames had escaped.
• The Emperor Pill Embryo appeared before Ning Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Heavenly Flame Honored One, and Heavenly Flame Honored One was forced to his knees by its aura.
• Ning Qiu offered to help the Emperor Pill Embryo escape if it became a Pill Servant for his Holy Soul Village, and it accepted.
• Ning Qiu told the Emperor Pill Embryo that it had to return to its original pill form so he could take it away.

Ning Qiu helped Zhu Zhuqing claim the Tuo She Ancient Emperor’s inheritance and received a system reward for completing a hidden mission. He then left her to undergo the inheritance and headed off to pursue another mission: rescuing the Old Dragon Emperor of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.

• Ning Qiu collected the Emperor Pill Embryo and hundreds of Heaven Rank techniques, promising Zhu Zhuqing and other deserving villagers access to the techniques.
• Ning Qiu directed Zhu Zhuqing to use her Fallen Heart Flame on the stone statue, revealing the Emperor’s Origin Source hidden in its chest.
• The Tuo She Ancient Emperor’s lingering will selected Zhu Zhuqing as its inheritor, while Ning Qiu resisted the pressure and Heavenly Flame Honored One knelt.
• Ning Qiu completed the hidden mission to seize the Emperor’s Origin Source and advanced to the Seven Star Dauntless Silver Body.
• Ning Qiu left Zhu Zhuqing to undergo the inheritance and went to pursue his mission to rescue the Old Dragon Emperor of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.

Ning Qiu found the Old Dragon Emperor trapped beneath Tuo She Ancient Emperor's Cave and secured his oath to make the Void Ancient Dragon Clan a subordinate force of Holy Soul Village. Zhu Zhuqing arrived as a Dou Di and melted the chains holding the Old Dragon Emperor, beginning his release.

• Ning Qiu offered to free the Old Dragon Emperor in exchange for the Void Ancient Dragon Clan joining Holy Soul Village, and the Old Dragon Emperor swore to accept.
• Ning Qiu discovered that the chains beneath the cave were protected by a barrier and could not be broken with his own strength.
• A powerful aura filled the cave, and Ning Qiu explained that he was close to Dou Di but had not comprehended the Water Attribute Law.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived after advancing to Dou Di and destroyed the stone gate with a wave of her hand.
• At Ning Qiu's request, Zhu Zhuqing used her Fallen Heart Flame to melt the chains binding the Old Dragon Emperor.

Ning Qiu waited with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing for the Heavenly Rankings' Territory Rankings to descend, while teasing them with a wager about the village's placement. The rankings placed Holy Soul Village first, ahead of the Soul Clan and Gu Clan, and awarded it three Ascension Emperor Pills.

• Ning Qiu wagered that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing would share his bed if Holy Soul Village ranked third or second, and promised to serve both of them if it ranked first.
• The Heavenly Rankings appeared and listed Pill Tower in ninth place, followed by Spirit Clan, Stone Clan, Medicine Clan, Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Gu Clan.
• The Gu Clan received third place and one Ascension Emperor Pill, prompting Soul Clan elders to realize the reward could let Gu Clan produce a Dou Emperor.
• Soul Clan ranked second and received two Ascension Emperor Pills, while Soul Emperor wondered which force had taken first place.
• Holy Soul Village was announced as first, earning three Ascension Emperor Pills.

After Holy Soul Village won the Territory Rankings, Ning Qiu distributed Ascension Emperor Pills to Shui Bing'er, Sword Saint Chen Xin, and Xiao Wu as the Soul Clan considered forming an alliance to attack the village. Three months later, the Peerless Beauty Rankings appeared, while major clans continued encroaching on the Pill Tower as their forces advanced toward Holy Soul Village.

• The Soul Clan elders discussed attacking Holy Soul Village and proposed joining forces with other factions to avoid a costly solo battle.
• Ning Qiu received the Territory Rankings rewards, including eight Heavenly Flames and three Ascension Emperor Pills.
• Ning Qiu gave an Ascension Emperor Pill to Shui Bing'er and asked her to become a Dou Di to help defend Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu gave another Ascension Emperor Pill to Sword Saint Chen Xin, who accepted it and vanished to refine it.
• Ning Qiu offered the last Ascension Emperor Pill to Xiao Wu, who accepted after Zhu Zhuqing encouraged her.
• Three months later, the Peerless Beauty Rankings appeared with Xuan Yi in one hundredth place, as the ancient clans encroached on the Pill Tower and advanced toward Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu tried to avert a battle with the Ancient Seven Great Clans, but they rejected his offer and attacked Holy Soul Village. Zhu Zhuqing massacred their strongest fighters with the Fallen Heart Flame and trapped the survivors in a vast ring of fire.

• The Ancient Seven Great Clans gathered more than fifty Dou Saints outside Holy Soul Village and declared their intent to destroy it.
• Ning Qiu offered to forgive the clans if they withdrew and compensated the village, but they dismissed his offer and demanded a fight.
• Ning Qiu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to face the clans, and she revealed an aura and power that made the attackers realize she was a Dou Di expert.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Fallen Heart Flame to burn the clans' Dou Saints, Dou Zuns, and Dou Zongs to ashes, while one Dou Zun fled in terror and went mad.
• The surviving Dou Huangs and affiliated forces tried to escape, but Zhu Zhuqing surrounded them with falling flames and demanded an apology.

Ning Qiu faced Soul Emperor and Hun Feng as they arrived with the Soul Clan, while three people in Holy Soul Village attempted to break through to the Dou Di Realm. Sword Saint Chen Xin and Shui Bing'er emerged as new Dou Di experts, leaving Holy Soul Village with the advantage in numbers.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s captives apologized to Ning Qiu, who reiterated that Holy Soul Village sought neither conquest nor war.
• Soul Emperor and Hun Feng appeared as Dou Dis, and Soul Emperor attacked the village to disrupt the three breakthroughs.
• Ning Qiu shielded Holy Soul Village with a water barrier and revealed that he had Dou Di-level strength.
• Sword Saint Chen Xin emerged from a tornado of weapons after breaking through, and Ning Qiu told Soul Emperor that Holy Soul Village now had more Dou Dis.
• Snow fell over Holy Soul Village, and Shui Bing'er appeared after breaking through to the Dou Di Realm.