Chapter Summaries

Hun Youmu learned that withering wood Protector had died and sent two trusted Dou Zun elders to investigate. On the road to Wu Tan City, Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan encountered Yun Yun and Flower Granny, and Zhang Tian’s counterattack against Flower Granny ended the chapter with her stunned by his strength.

• Hun Youmu learned that withering wood Protector’s soul tablet had shattered and ordered Soul and Kong to investigate his death.
• Hun Youmu brooded over his hatred of Hun Miesheng and Hun Xuzi and resolved to gather ancient souls’ Soul Power to break through to Dou Sheng.
• Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan were intercepted on their way to Wu Tan City by Yun Yun and Flower Granny.
• Zhang Tian learned that Yun Yun had come to ask about Nalan Yanran, who was in the Gama Imperial Capital.
• Flower Granny attacked Zhang Tian, but he struck her cane with the Dragon Yin Halberd and forced her back.

Yao Lao revealed himself to Flower Granny, who recognized him and learned that Han Feng had betrayed him with the Soul Hall. As the group traveled to the Imperial Capital, the citizens cursed Yun Yun for the Yun Lan Sect’s invasion, and Xiao Yan confronted her over trying to destroy their home.

• Zhang Tian knocked back Flower Granny before Yao Lao stopped their fight and revealed his identity to her.
• Flower Granny recognized Yao Lao and learned that Han Feng had framed him and forced him to flee with the Soul Hall’s help.
• Flower Granny offered to capture Han Feng, but Yao Lao insisted he would deal with his former disciple himself and asked whether the Flower Sect had any Dou Zun corpses.
• The group flew toward the Imperial Capital, where citizens recognized Xiao Yan and then cursed Yun Yun for the Yun Lan Sect’s invasion.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun that her attempt to destroy the Gama Empire was no different from banditry.

Zhang Tian tested the Invincible War Roar in the Ten Thousand Miles Wilderness, where its power devastated the surrounding land and accidentally saved a fleeing youth from his pursuers. The youth survived with a cracked jade pendant, while Chen Mo Han left the wilderness believing her nephew had died and planning to recover from her injuries.

• Zhang Tian examined new inheritances, including the Invincible War Roar, Ancient Dragon Spear Emperor spear arts, and Blazing Sun Extinction, then activated the Invincible War Roar and crossed through a spatial rift.
• Zhang Tian emerged in the Ten Thousand Miles Wilderness and unleashed explosions that burned a hundred-li stretch of wilderness, using much of his Dou Qi to negate the damage.
• A wounded youth from the Chen Long Family survived inside a protective light screen after Zhang Tian's flames destroyed the pursuers chasing him, though his jade pendant shattered.
• Zhang Tian used Soul Power to carry the youth several hundred li away, keeping him within the wilderness as he continued digesting his gains.
• Wan Jianhe and Blood Jasmine watched the hazy wilderness from outside, and Chen Mo Han departed, assuming her nephew had died while resolving to suppress her injuries.

Zhang Tian confronted Hun Shi and Kong Mu of the Soul Hall after they came seeking revenge for Withered Wood Protector. As their battle devastated the Ten Thousand Miles Wilderness, Chen Zihan struggled to escape the destruction.

• Hun Shi and Kong Mu tracked Zhang Tian to the Ten Thousand Miles Wilderness and suspected he had killed Withered Wood Protector.
• Zhang Tian rejected Chen Zihan’s plea for help, and Chen Zihan vowed to become stronger.
• Hun Shi attacked Zhang Tian, but Zhang Tian destroyed his skull with two Heavenly Flames, drawing Kong Mu’s greed.
• Kong Mu tried to seize the flames, but Zhang Tian’s Phoenix Cry Sword injured his hand and struck both Soul Hall members’ souls.
• Kong Mu unleashed Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and Zhang Tian countered with a devastating Dragon Yin Halberd strike that shattered the skull and ravaged the land.
• Kong Mu and Hun Shi joined forces against Zhang Tian, while Chen Zihan tried to flee but was slowed by the battle’s violent winds.

Zhang Tian killed Kong Mu and Hun Shi with the Phoenix Cry Sword, then rescued Chen Zihan from the aftermath of the battle. He refused Chen Zihan’s pleas to become his disciple or friend, but sent him flying hundreds of miles with a touch to the forehead.

• Zhang Tian unleashed Wind Extreme Meteor Kill and erased Kong Mu’s soul with the Phoenix Cry Sword.
• Hun Shi tried to block Zhang Tian’s purple sword energy, but the attack pierced him and he fell to his death.
• Zhang Tian caught Chen Zihan after the gale carried him toward the battlefield, then twice let him fall before safely stopping him with spatial power.
• Chen Zihan begged Zhang Tian to accept him as a disciple, and his jade pendant briefly allowed him to grab Zhang Tian’s clothing.
• Zhang Tian refused to take Chen Zihan as a disciple or friend, touched his forehead, and sent him tumbling hundreds of miles away.

Zhang Tian escaped Hun Youmu after killing Soul Hall pursuers, then returned to the Gama Empire and warned Yao Lao and Xiao Yan about the threat. He arranged for Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to enter the Life and Death Gate for a year of cultivation, leaving the two Heavenly Flames with them.

• Zhang Tian survived spatial turbulence, broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong, and destroyed Hun Youmu's distant attack before escaping through spatial rifts.
• Zhang Tian returned to the Gama Empire and told Yao Lao that Hun Youmu, Soul Hall's Human Hall master, was targeting him; Yao Lao urged him to keep a low profile.
• Zhang Tian and Yao Lao found Xiao Yan, and Zhang Tian explained the danger and asked whether Xiao Yan wanted to become stronger.
• Zhang Tian told Xiao Yan to cultivate in the Life and Death Gate for a year and instructed Yao Lao to help him master the Flame Mantra.
• Zhang Tian gave Yao Lao two Heavenly Flames, then left to visit Xiao Xin and told Xiao Yan to meet him on Yunlan Mountain the next day.

Xiao Yan entered the Life and Death Gate to temper his strength while Zhang Tian stayed behind to guard the Xiao Family and later cultivated in seclusion. After two cycles passed inside the Gate, Zhang Tian advanced to Five Star Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Yun Lan Sect ruins, where Zhang Tian and Xiao Xin were waiting, and prepared to enter the Life and Death Gate with Yao Lao.
• Zhang Tian opened a deep pit at the Gate’s location, then stayed behind with Xiao Xin to protect the Xiao Family while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao entered.
• Xiao Yan studied the Life and Death Tablet’s account of the Gate’s nine illusions and began refining its energy with the Flame Mantra despite the shifting hazards.
• Xiao Yan found a bloodstained sanitary pad, suspected it had belonged to Nalan Yanran, and burned it before Yao Lao could see it.
• After two sixty-four-day cycles passed inside the Gate, Zhang Tian’s power surged and he reached Five Star Dou Zun.

During Xiao Yan’s training inside the Life and Death Gate, Yao Lao decided he was ready to begin refining the Azure Lotus Core Flame. Xiao Yan endured the Flame Hell Illusion, swallowed the Heavenly Flame into a space within his body, and began using a Snow Lotus Pill to withstand its heat.

• Zhang Tian and Yao Lao discussed Xiao Yan’s progress, and Yao Lao said Xiao Yan had reached Four-Star Dou Ling and was ready to devour a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Lao returned to the Life and Death Gate and warned Xiao Yan that he was in the Flame Hell Illusion, prompting Xiao Yan to temper his body rather than absorb its energy recklessly.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan he would refine a Heavenly Flame during the next half year, and Xiao Yan agreed despite the added danger.
• Yao Lao brought out the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan used his Dou Qi and Soul Power to mark and swallow it.
• Xiao Yan stored the Azure Lotus Core Flame in a small space created by Soul Collection and swallowed a Snow Lotus Pill to counter its heat.

Xiao Yan successfully refined two Heavenly Flames, evolving the Flame Mantra, while Zhang Tian revealed himself to be a Two Star Dou Sheng. In a distant realm, Yi and Zi Shou helped defeat an invasion by the Extraterrestrial Demons, and Shi sensed that someone they had awaited was coming.

• Xiao Yan opened his eyes with green and purple flames in his pupils, and the Flame Mantra evolved into an Earth Rank Low-Level Technique.
• Zhang Tian's aura erupted outside the Life and Death Gate, revealing that he had reached the Two Star Dou Sheng level.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan's success and teased Zhang Tian about Xiao Yan surpassing him.
• Yi fired a golden arrow that destroyed many powerful Extraterrestrial Demons as Zi Shou fought their forces across the stars.
• Zi Shou severely wounded an alien Emperor and killed a Dou Di with a glance.
• Yi and Shi declared victory, Shi sensed that the person they had awaited was coming, and Zi Shou began repairing the shattered universe.

Zhang Tian, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao traveled to the Burial Soul Mountain Range to attack a Soul Hall stronghold, where Zhang Tian revealed that Hun Youmu was inside. Zhang Tian struck the main hall and drew out Hun Youmu and his Dou Zun forces, leaving Yao Lao alarmed by the enemy's strength.

• Zhang Tian learned that Yao Lao could not open the sealed strange stone, then decided to head for the Burial Soul Mountain Range and destroy a Soul Hall branch while seeking a body for Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan joined Zhang Tian and Yao Lao, and Zhang Tian carried Xiao Yan and Xiao Xin through space toward the mountain range.
• The group reached the Burial Soul Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan discovered that the blue mist obstructed his Soul Power.
• Zhang Tian spotted the Soul Hall hidden in the mountains and struck its walls, thinning the mist and cracking the hall's defenses.
• Hun Youmu emerged with more than twenty black-robed Dou Zun cultivators, and Yao Lao realized Hun Youmu's strength was close to his own at his peak.

Zhang Tian revealed that he had become a Dou Sheng and overwhelmed Hun Youmu in their battle. Hun Youmu was left beaten and terrified, while Yao Lao recognized Zhang Tian as a living legend.

• Xiao Yan warned Zhang Tian to be careful as the Dou Zuns joined their auras against him.
• Zhang Tian shattered their combined aura with one finger, revealing the overwhelming power of a Dou Sheng.
• Zhang Tian struck Hun Youmu down and split the Burial Soul Mountain Range with the Phoenix Cry Sword, narrowly missing him.
• Hun Youmu attacked Zhang Tian with soul techniques and a ghostly head, but Zhang Tian destroyed both with the Dragon Yin Halberd.
• Zhang Tian overwhelmed Hun Youmu in close combat, beating him to the ground and leaving him unable to fight back.
• Yao Lao watched Hun Youmu's defeat and concluded that Zhang Tian was a legend himself.

Hun Youmu activated the Soul Devouring Array at the Burial Soul Mountain Range, sacrificing his subordinates and harnessing the remains of a Dou Sheng Bone Dragon to reach mid One Star Dou Sheng strength. Zhang Tian confronted both opponents and left Hun Youmu badly beaten and held by the neck.

• Hun Youmu activated the Soul Devouring Array, which drained the Soul Hall fighters and trapped everyone in the Burial Soul Mountain Range.
• Zhang Tian attacked Hun Youmu, but the array’s barrier blocked his halberd and redirected the force into the land.
• Hun Youmu drew on the array and the mountain’s Earth Fire to rise to mid One Star Dou Sheng, then summoned a Bone Dragon made from a Dou Sheng-level magical beast’s remains.
• The array infused the Bone Dragon with blood-colored energy, and Hun Youmu controlled it at the same level as himself.
• Zhang Tian struck the Bone Dragon and sent it crashing down, then overwhelmed Hun Youmu and grabbed him by the neck.

Zhang Tian overwhelmed Hun Youmu and destroyed the Bone Dragon, while Xiao Yan and Gula Er joined forces with five newcomers to survive Hun Youmu’s attack. After erasing Hun Youmu and a hidden clone of Hun Miesheng, Zhang Tian challenged Hun Tiandi to come fight him.

• Zhang Tian hurled Hun Youmu away, then smashed the Bone Dragon from the sky as Xiao Yan fought the remaining Soul Hall Protectors.
• Iron Serpent approached Xiao Yan, but her elder pulled her clear of Xiao Yan’s attack and Gula Er revealed that he was an infiltrator rather than a Soul Hall member.
• Hun Youmu struck at Gula Er, Xiao Yan, and the five newcomers, forcing them to combine their strength to block his palm.
• Zhang Tian destroyed the Bone Dragon and used Vast Sea Seal: Vast Sea Sky Opening to erase Hun Youmu and the surrounding Burial Soul Mountain Range.
• Zhang Tian destroyed a hidden Child Flame clone of Hun Miesheng and declared that he wanted Hun Tiandi to come fight him.

Zhang Tian killed Hun Youmu and stopped Gula Er from executing Star Elder and the Starfall Mercenary Group after they revealed they had a Dou Sheng's treasure. He decided to spare them and led the group toward Central State to seek its treasures and confront Hun Tiandi.

• Zhang Tian effortlessly destroyed Hun Youmu, whose Dou Qi returned to the world after his death.
• Gula Er attacked Star Elder, breaking his arm, then demanded that he and the others surrender.
• Star Elder argued that Zhang Tian should decide their fate, and Gula Er quickly apologized for acting without the Saint's permission.
• Zhang Tian considered killing the group for knowing the Ancient Clan's secrets, but Star Elder offered a Child Flame and the location of a Dou Sheng's treasure.
• Zhang Tian spared Star Elder and announced that they would travel to Central State.

Xiao Yan defeated a Starfall Pavilion disciple but spared him, while Zhang Tian reflected on who could cultivate the Qingxu Dao Decree. Feng Xian revealed that the defector, Xing Liu, was the son of his old friend Feng Ruo and explained his connection to Ruo Rou.

• Xiao Yan fought a Seven Star Dou Wang using his own strength and knocked the Starfall Pavilion Disciple away with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler.
• Zhang Tian asked whether Xiao Yan had held back, and Xiao Yan admitted that he had before letting the defeated disciple go.
• Zhang Tian concluded that Xing Liu’s resentment made him unsuitable for the Qingxu Dao Decree and allowed him to leave.
• Feng Xian and Yao Lao arrived, and Feng Xian offered to help Yao Lao find a body while Zhang Tian promised to find him a better one.
• Feng Xian told Yao Lao that the defecting disciple was Xing Liu, Feng Ruo’s son, and explained that Xing Liu loved Ruo Rou without knowing their family connection.

Zhang Tian, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao entered a Star Power-filled space to find the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Yan fought the Heavenly Flame until Zhang Tian helped subdue it. Xiao Yan absorbed the victory’s benefits and broke through to Two-Star Dou Wang.

• Zhang Tian used his Soul Power to pull the concealed Three Thousand Burning Flame from the stars.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame became a blue-flamed Starry Dragon and attacked Xiao Yan, who fought back with the Azure Lotus Core Flame and Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi ran low, so Yao Lao struck the Starry Dragon and gave Xiao Yan medicinal pills while Zhang Tian stabilized the space.
• Zhang Tian suppressed the struggling Starry Dragon with his aura, turning it into a Heavenly Flame seed for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recovered, broke through from One-Star Dou Wang to Two-Star Dou Wang, and left Yao Lao grumbling that his own trials had been harder.

After securing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Zhang Tian left Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion to prepare for refining it and went to confront the Soul Hall. As Xiao Yan trained under Yao Lao, Feng Xian worried about the missing Xing Liu, and Soul Hall Dou Zuns approached the pavilion before its grand array concealed it.

• Xiao Yan admitted he could not yet devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame, so Yao Lao began preparing pills and body-tempering medicine to strengthen him.
• Zhang Tian warned that the Soul Hall would likely act within days, left Xiao Yan in Yao Lao’s care at Starfall Pavilion, and went to face the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan endured painful medicinal body-tempering, while Yao Lao estimated he would be ready to refine the flame in two and a half months.
• Feng Xian learned that Xing Liu was still missing and lamented that he had not told him the truth about Yun Rou.
• Yao Lao sensed powerful Soul Power, and Feng Xian detected three three-star Dou Zuns and one five-star Dou Zun from the Soul Hall approaching Starfall Pavilion.
• Feng Xian activated the Starfall Grand Array, which concealed the pavilion from the approaching Soul Hall group.

Zhang Tian fought Hun Miesheng, the Soul Hall’s Hall Master, after learning that Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan stood behind the Hall. Zhang Tian gained the upper hand despite Hun Miesheng’s superior cultivation, and the battle left Hun Miesheng wounded with his Soul Startling Sword nearly shattered.

• Zhang Tian restrained Hun Qi as he tried to self-destruct, but Hun Miesheng arrived before Yao Lao could extract Hun Qi’s memories.
• Hun Miesheng revealed that Hun Tiandi led the Soul Clan and offered Zhang Tian greater power if he joined the Soul Hall.
• Zhang Tian refused Hun Miesheng’s offer and raised his strength to the middle Three-Star Dou Sheng stage.
• Hun Miesheng drew the Soul Startling Sword, and Zhang Tian met his attack with the Phoenix Cry Sword and Dragon Yin Halberd.
• Zhang Tian’s Dragon Yin Halberd nearly shattered Hun Miesheng’s sword, while the Phoenix Cry Sword cut Hun Miesheng’s right arm.

Zhang Tian defeated and killed Hun Miesheng after resisting his destructive aura and breaking through his defenses with the Phoenix Cry Sword and Dragon Yin Halberd. He looted Hun Miesheng’s storage ring, found precious Magic Cores for a powerful technique, and kept the corpse for Yao Lao’s resurrection.

• Hun Miesheng empowered the Soul Startling Sword with his essence blood, but Zhang Tian shattered it and struck Hun Miesheng with his Invincible Battle Body.
• Hun Miesheng unleashed late Heaven Realm soul power and urged Zhang Tian to submit to Hun Tiandi, but Zhang Tian resisted the destructive aura with the Phoenix Cry Sword.
• Zhang Tian pierced Hun Miesheng with the Dragon Yin Halberd and split his body apart with azure sword qi, killing him.
• Zhang Tian took Hun Miesheng’s storage ring and found three Rank 9 and four Rank 8 Magic Cores that could power the Demon Lyre Life and Death Game.
• Zhang Tian saved Hun Miesheng’s corpse for Yao Lao’s resurrection, which could let Yao Lao retain Three-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.

Zhang Tian slaughtered Magical Beasts across the Magical Beast World, then fought his way through the Azure Luan, Void Ancient Dragon, and Heaven Demon Phoenix clans. After being driven from the Heaven Demon Phoenix territory, his power surged, and he annihilated Huang Tian and the clan along with their entire territory.

• Zhang Tian killed Yao Xiaotian and Yao Ming, then hunted down Qing Feng and other Azure Luan Clan members after interrupting Qing Feng’s breakthrough.
• Zhang Tian failed to overcome two Dragon Kings on Dragon Island, killed one Dou Zun-level Void Ancient Dragon, and spared Sunglasses Bear when he encountered it among the Ancient War Bears.
• Zhang Tian fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for four months before Huang Tian and the clan’s forces barely drove him out of their territory.
• Huang Tian attacked Zhang Tian with a massive fireball, but Zhang Tian’s aura recovered and grew stronger as the attack approached.
• Zhang Tian destroyed Huang Tian, the remaining Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members, their barrier, and the clan’s entire territory with a single punch.