Recaps

Hun Xiu subdued Xiao Xuan and the other Energy Bodies with his overwhelming Emperor's Might, then told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan was doing well. Xiao Xuan learned the clan had produced a genius, but Hun Xiu had not yet revealed who it was.

• Hun Xiu rejected Xiao Xuan's denial that he guarded a method for achieving an Emperor Realm Soul and demanded his last words.
• Hun Xiu unleashed Emperor's Might, forcing Xiao Xuan and the two Energy Bodies to collapse while the Heavenly Tomb Spirit trembled deeper within the tomb.
• Xiao Xuan realized Hun Xiu had not become a Dou Emperor, despite possessing Emperor's Might, and accepted that he could not escape.
• Xiao Xuan asked how the Xiao Clan was doing, and Hun Xiu said its members were well while concealing that they had become miners in the Hun Realm and forgotten their past.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether the Xiao Clan had any geniuses, and Hun Xiu confirmed that one existed.

Hun Xiu told Xiao Xuan about Xiao Yan’s rise to Seven-Star Dou Saint and promised that Xiao Yan would become a Dou Emperor by inheriting the Tou She Ancient God’s legacy. After sending Xiao Xuan away, Hun Xiu used the Soul Devouring Great Technique to consume him and the Heavenly Tomb’s other Energy Bodies, despite the Heavenly Tomb Spirit’s furious protests.

• Hun Xiu told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Yan was a Seven-Star Dou Saint and recounted his rise from a youth with three stages of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xuan and the two Hun Clan Energy Bodies listened to Xiao Yan’s story and marveled at his achievements.
• Xiao Xuan questioned whether Hun Xiu’s claims were true, and Hun Xiu confirmed Xiao Yan’s existence and revealed that he would become a Dou Emperor through the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance.
• Hun Xiu invoked the Soul Devouring Great Technique and swallowed Xiao Xuan and the two Hun Clan Energy Bodies.
• Hun Xiu continued devouring the Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Bodies, ignoring the Heavenly Tomb Spirit as it demanded that he stop.

Hun Xiu devoured the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and spent half a year cultivating, breaking through to the Emperor Realm Soul. He emerged from the Heavenly Tomb to find Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er waiting with his newborn twins.

• Hun Xiu crushed the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, transformed him into a pearl, and swallowed him to absorb his Soul Power.
• After half a year of cultivation, Hun Xiu broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul and left the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she was worried about Hun Xiu, and the chapter revealed that she had given birth to twins, Gu Soul and Hun Gu.
• The Heavenly Tomb's stone gate opened, and Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er sensed the immense Soul Power of someone inside and prepared for a possible threat.
• Hun Xiu emerged from the black mist, revealed himself to Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er, and greeted Gu Yuan as his father-in-law.

Hun Xiu returned from the Heavenly Tomb with an Emperor Realm Soul and claimed the tomb as his own, then met his newborn son. Meanwhile, Nihility Devouring Flame also reached the Emperor Realm and prepared to locate Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Gu Yuan envied Hun Xiu's Emperor Realm Soul as Hun Xiu emerged from the Heavenly Tomb and shrank it into his palm.
• Gu Yuan agreed to give Hun Xiu the Heavenly Tomb after it acknowledged him as its master, and Hun Xiu reunited with Gu Xun'er.
• Hun Xiu realized the infant in Gu Yuan's arms was his son and held the baby, who stopped crying in his embrace.
• Hun Miesheng offered Nihility Devouring Flame a black bead filled with souls, and Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame's Soul Power broke through to the Emperor Realm, and he asked Soul Emperor for the Tou She Ancient God Jade so he could locate the cave mansion.

Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, but they had only seven of the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades and decided to wait for Hun Xiu. Hun Xiu returned from the Gu Clan and revealed that he had also reached Emperor Realm Soul, stunning Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Soul Emperor presented seven Tou She Ancient God Jades, and Nihility Devouring Flame asked why the Xiao Clan's jade was missing.
• Soul Emperor explained that Hun Xiu believed he could find Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion without the missing jade, and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed to wait for him.
• Hun Xiu arrived through a spatial door, and Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that his strength had grown even more unfathomable.
• Hun Xiu congratulated Nihility Devouring Flame on reaching Emperor Realm Soul, then revealed that he had reached the same realm during his trip to the Gu Clan.
• Hun Xiu unleashed his Soul Power across the hall, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame stunned and embarrassed.

Hun Xiu revealed that he had reached the Emperor Realm Soul and gave Nihility Devouring Flame the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, completing the set and revealing the location of Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion. He stopped Soul Emperor from sending people to search, saying he already knew the location: the Black Corner Region.

• Hun Xiu broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul, delighting Soul Emperor and Hun Miesheng while leaving Nihility Devouring Flame awkwardly congratulating him.
• Hun Xiu handed Nihility Devouring Flame the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, which he said had been in his possession for a long time.
• Nihility Devouring Flame joined the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades, forming a complete key that projected a map to Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Soul Emperor ordered Hun Miesheng to send people to search for the location, but Hun Xiu interrupted and said he already knew it.
• Hun Xiu identified the location as the Black Corner Region in the Great Northwest of the Dou Qi Continent.

Hun Xiu ordered the Hall of Souls to withdraw to the Hun Realm and reveal its headquarters to Xiao Yan. At the Soul Extermination Hall, Xiao Yan learned the location and prepared to lead an assault with the three clans’ support.

• Hun Xiu asked Hun Miesheng about the Hall of Souls’ losses and learned Xiao Yan had destroyed its Central Plains branch halls.
• Hun Xiu ordered the Hall of Souls to abandon its main hall, retreat to the Hun Realm, and disclose the main hall’s location to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan received word that the Soul Extermination Hall had found the Hall of Souls’ headquarters.
• Xiao Yan proposed leading half the alliance’s experts to destroy the headquarters, and Lei Ying, Yao Dan, and Yan Jin supported his plan.

Xiao Yan and the three clan leaders traveled to the Hall of Souls’ headquarters, where they found it empty and Xiao Yan encountered Hun Xiu waiting inside. Hun Xiu dismissed Xiao Yan as unqualified to surprise him, and Xiao Yan prepared to fight.

• Yao Dan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying insisted on accompanying Xiao Yan to the Hall of Souls’ headquarters, and Xiao Yan was moved to tears by their apparent loyalty.
• Xiao Yan and the others reached the Hall of Souls’ headquarters in the Heaven Burial Mountain Range and sensed no one there.
• Xiao Yan landed safely and entered the main hall after finding no apparent traps.
• Hun Xiu revealed himself, greeted Xiao Yan, and claimed that the Hall of Souls’ destruction and the Hun Clan’s losses had happened only because he allowed them.
• Xiao Yan challenged Hun Xiu for looking down on him and summoned his ruler as flames blazed around him.

Hun Xiu overwhelmed Xiao Yan in their fight and revealed that he had spared him because they came from the same place. The chapter left Xiao Yan stunned by the revelation while Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan remained blocked outside the hall.

• Xiao Yan attacked Hun Xiu with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but Hun Xiu stopped time and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan rushed toward the hall after sensing the battle, but Hun Xiu sealed its entrance with a barrier.
• Hun Xiu suppressed Xiao Yan's Dou Qi and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then kicked him down and ground his head beneath his shoe.
• Hun Xiu told Xiao Yan that he had spared him because they were fellow townsmen who came from the same place.
• Xiao Yan snapped out of his thoughts and stared at Hun Xiu in shock.

Hun Xiu revealed to Xiao Yan that they were both transmigrators from Blue-White Star, then left him in the hall after challenging him to meet again at the Dou Di level. Xiao Yan reunited with Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan and asked their forces to cooperate in finding Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan attacked an invisible barrier that blocked them from entering the hall, but could not break through it.
• Hun Xiu told the pinned-down Xiao Yan that they were both transmigrators from Blue-White Star and that he had held back against him because of their shared origin.
• Hun Xiu released Xiao Yan, restored his Dou Qi and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and challenged him to meet at the Dou Di level before vanishing.
• The barrier disappeared, and Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan found Xiao Yan alone in the hall; Xiao Yan blamed Hun Xiu for his humiliation.
• Xiao Yan asked Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and their forces to cooperate in finding Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

After the Hall of Souls fell, Xiao Yan proposed revealing the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and set out to prepare for a contest with the Hun Clan. Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan, where Soul Emperor gathered its strongest elders to prepare for the journey to the cave mansion.

• Xiao Yan told Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan that he intended to reveal the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, and they agreed to prepare to seize it from the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan left the great hall, and it collapsed after he and the three clan leaders departed, marking the end of the Hall of Souls.
• Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan and told Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame that they could prepare to head to the Black Corner Region.
• Soul Emperor summoned the Four Demon Saints and Four Elders of the Soul Clan, who were surprised by Hun Xiu's age and strength.
• Hun Yuantian and the other elders praised Hun Xiu as having the bearing to become an Emperor after Soul Emperor introduced him as his son and the Hun Clan's Young Master.

Hun Xiu ordered the Hun Clan to prepare for a journey to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, then privately asked Nihility Devouring Flame to aid the clan and revealed that Xiao Yan possessed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan prepared the three allied clans to race for the cave mansion and planned to kill their leaders after claiming its inheritance.

• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu and the four elders that the Hun Clan had located Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and would mobilize to seize the Emperor Grade Young Pill.
• Hun Xiu decided that the Hun Clan would depart in a few days, and Soul Emperor tasked the Four Demon Saints with gathering manpower and making preparations.
• Hun Xiu asked Soul Emperor and the four elders to leave so he could speak privately with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Xiu asked Nihility Devouring Flame to fully assist the Hun Clan, then revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was in Xiao Yan's hands.
• At Soul Extermination Hall, Xiao Yan instructed Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan to gather their clans and prepare to reach the cave mansion before their rivals.
• Xiao Yan watched the three Clan Heads make preparations and resolved to kill them after obtaining Tou She Ancient God's inheritance.

Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan reaffirmed their plan to seize the Opportunity within Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, while Yao Dan secretly remained afraid of Hun Xiu. After Hun Xiu learned of the scheme, the Black Corner Region grew tense as powerful figures gathered there.

• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan met in secret and agreed their three clans would unite to claim the Opportunity within Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying dismissed Xiao Yan as a threat, while Yao Dan warned that Hun Xiu, Hun Clan, and Gu Clan posed the real danger.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin persuaded Yao Dan to join their gamble, though Yao Dan privately feared betraying Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu received Yao Dan's message, learned of Lei Ying and Yan Jin's plan, and decided he had been too soft-hearted toward them.
• Dou Zun and Dou Saint experts gathered in the Black Corner Region, prompting local factions to lie low as the region grew more chaotic.

Su Qian and Jia Nan Academy’s guardians sensed an approaching disaster, while Xiao Yan led the three clan heads and their forces toward the Black Corner Region. The journey’s destination was Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan said the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was located, shocking the academy’s founder, Mang Tianchi.

• Su Qian consulted Elder Qian and Elder Bai about their ominous premonitions, and they agreed to evacuate Jia Nan Academy’s students before disaster struck.
• Lei Ying asked Xiao Yan how much farther they had to travel, and Xiao Yan said the Black Corner Region was just ahead.
• The gray-robed Mang Tianchi recognized their route as the way to Jia Nan Academy and revealed that he was its President and founder.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was in Jia Nan Academy, and Mang Tianchi said he had never found it there.

Xiao Yan reunited with Mang Tianchi, the dean of Jia Nan Academy, and revealed that he had once studied there. Mang Tianchi then asked where Yun Xiu was, leaving Xiao Yan’s anger rising as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan was surprised to learn that the gray-robed Mang Tianchi was Jia Nan Academy’s dean.
• Mang Tianchi confirmed his identity to Lei Ying and Xiao Yan, explaining that he had founded Jia Nan Academy after leaving the Thunder Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Mang Tianchi and the other experts that he had cultivated at Jia Nan Academy when he was young.
• Mang Tianchi took pride in the academy having produced a Seven-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan recalled his past and his repeated defeats at Hun Xiu’s hands.
• Mang Tianchi asked Xiao Yan whether he knew where Yun Xiu was, and Xiao Yan’s anger surged.

Xiao Yan suppressed his anger after Mang Tianchi praised Yun Xiu, then revealed that Yun Xiu was Hun Xiu. As Xiao Yan’s warship reached Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian ordered the students to evacuate and went to negotiate with the approaching experts.

• Mang Tianchi praised Yun Xiu to Xiao Yan, unaware that the name stirred up Xiao Yan’s resentment toward Hun Xiu.
• Xiao Yan told Mang Tianchi that Yun Xiu was the Hun Clan’s young master, Hun Xiu, and held back from killing Mang Tianchi.
• Su Qian sensed danger from the approaching warship and ordered Elder Qian and Elder Bai to begin evacuating Jia Nan Academy’s students.
• The warship hovered above Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian led the academy’s elders toward it to negotiate.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Xiao Yan watched the chaotic academy from the warship as Yan Jin pointed out Su Qian and the others approaching.

Xiao Yan stopped Lei Ying from attacking Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy elders, then urged them to evacuate because a disaster threatened the academy and the Black Corner Region. Su Qian accused Xiao Yan of betraying the academy, and Lei Ying asked whether he should kill them, leaving their fate in Xiao Yan’s hands.

• Lei Ying prepared to strike Su Qian and the others, but Mang Tianchi and Xiao Yan both intervened, and Lei Ying agreed to spare them at Xiao Yan’s request.
• Su Qian recognized Xiao Yan and asked about the warship, and Xiao Yan warned him that Jia Nan Academy and possibly the Black Corner Region faced destruction.
• Su Qian refused to evacuate and accused Xiao Yan of planning to destroy the academy, while Xiao Yan’s aura forced Su Qian and the others back.
• Lei Ying appeared beside Xiao Yan, threatened to kill Su Qian and the others, and waited for Xiao Yan’s answer.

Mang Tianchi intervened to save Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy students from Xiao Yan’s execution order, but Hun Xiu arrived before they could evacuate. Hun Xiu revealed that he was a Nine-Star Dou Saint and countered Xiao Yan’s opening attack with a devouring black hole.

• Mang Tianchi asked Lei Ying and Xiao Yan to let him handle the Jia Nan Academy forces, and Xiao Yan agreed to spare them if they withdrew quickly.
• Mang Tianchi ordered Su Qian to evacuate the academy’s students from Jia Nan Academy and the Black Corner Region.
• Hun Xiu tore through the clouds and confronted Xiao Yan, who gathered the three clans’ experts behind him.
• Hun Xiu declared that he was a Nine-Star Dou Saint, shocking Xiao Yan and the three Clan Heads.
• Xiao Yan attacked Hun Xiu with a ruler strike infused with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Hun Xiu formed a black hole that swallowed the attack and expanded toward Xiao Yan and the warship.

Hun Xiu swallowed Xiao Yan and the other experts inside a Void Space formed by the Black Flame, but they combined their strength to escape. Xiao Yan and the allied clans then surrounded Hun Xiu and demanded his surrender.

• Hun Xiu used the Black Flame to swallow the warship and everyone aboard it.
• Inside the Void Space, Lei Ying's Thunder Dragon Palm and Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Wave Ruler failed to break through alone.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame told Xiao Yan that the Void Space was not formed by a Sub-Flame and that everyone needed to combine their strength to escape.
• Xiao Yan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and the other experts struck one point together, tore open the Void Space, and escaped.
• Xiao Yan and the other clans surrounded Hun Xiu, and Xiao Yan demanded that he surrender without a fight.

Hun Xiu faced Xiao Yan and the experts of the three clans, then revealed that his Soul Power had hidden a vast force of Hun Clan experts from their perception. Xiao Yan’s confidence collapsed when the Hun Clan appeared around Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu mocked Xiao Yan’s reliance on numbers, while Xiao Yan claimed his gathered experts could overwhelm a lone Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan attacked Hun Xiu with milky-white flames, but Hun Xiu swallowed them with a black hole and explained that Emperor Realm Soul Power could conceal the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Hun Xiu’s claim and prepared to attack, but paused when Hun Xiu said he wanted to call for help.
• Hun Xiu summoned the Hun Clan, and thousands of experts—including hundreds of Dou Saints—appeared without Xiao Yan’s Soul Power detecting them.
• Xiao Yan’s laughter stopped as he saw the Hun Clan’s force and realized his perception had failed.

Hun Xiu brutally humiliated Xiao Yan before the gathered experts, then ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy Jia Nan Academy and flood the Black Corner Region with magma. As the survivors faced the devastation, Soul Emperor brought out the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Key, and the Tou She Ancient God Jade began radiating power.

• Hun Xiu attacked Xiao Yan, stomped him into a crater, and drenched him with yellow-white liquid while the gathered experts watched.
• Xiao Yan regained consciousness during the humiliation but pretended to remain unconscious and secretly vowed to kill Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu returned to the void, and Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, unleashing magma across Jia Nan Academy and the Black Corner Region.
• The magma engulfed countless people and swallowed Xiao Yan, leaving his life and death unknown.
• Nihility Devouring Flame called on Soul Emperor, who produced the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Key as the Tou She Ancient God Jade blazed with light and released a vast aura.

The Tou She Ancient God Jade summoned the Heaven Gate, and a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint Demonic Dragon emerged from the magma after thousands of years of imprisonment. He left after acknowledging Soul Emperor’s claim to the jade, while Hun Xiu assured Soul Emperor that the Ancient Void Dragon’s arrival would not threaten Zi Yan’s rule.

• The Tou She Ancient God Jade appeared, causing the magma to churn and revealing the Heaven Gate sealed with a matching groove.
• A violet-gold Demonic Dragon emerged from the magma, and its roar knocked weaker experts into the molten depths.
• The Demonic Dragon transformed into a middle-aged man and announced that he had escaped Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion after thousands of years.
• Soul Emperor claimed the Tou She Ancient God Jade for the Hun Clan, and the Demonic Dragon agreed to treat him as an equal and owed him a favor.
• The Demonic Dragon transformed back and tore through space to leave, prompting Soul Emperor to wonder whether his arrival would affect Zi Yan’s rule.
• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor that the Demonic Dragon would strengthen the Ancient Void Dragon Clan without threatening Zi Yan’s rule.

Hun Xiu left Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to check on Zi Yan, while Soul Emperor opened the gate and claimed the cave for the Hun Clan. Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan refused to accept the claim and prepared to fight the Hun Clan for entry.

• Soul Emperor worried that Zhu Kun could threaten Zi Yan’s position and urged Hun Xiu to go to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Hun Xiu noticed Xiao Yan hiding beneath the magma but left without exposing him, agreeing to leave the cave’s treasures to Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor ordered that only Hun Clan members could enter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, then opened the Heaven Gate with the Tou She Ancient God Jade and entered with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Yuantian told Lei Ying and the others to leave, but Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan decided to challenge the Hun Clan’s claim.
• Hun Yuantian warned Lei Ying that resisting the Hun Clan would carry a price they could not bear.

While the three clans and the Hun Clan fought outside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Xiao Yan used the chaos to enter it, taking a devastating palm strike from Hun Yuantian on the way. He summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to guide him deeper inside, while Soul Emperor and Tou She Ancient God entered a hall where Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the pillar that had once bound him.

• Lei Ying led the three clans into battle against Hun Yuantian and the Hun Clan, and experts fell into the lava as the fighting intensified.
• Xiao Yan watched from the lava, then took the chance to rush toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Hun Yuantian struck Xiao Yan in the back, but Xiao Yan used the force to enter the cave mansion and survived.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who led him deeper into the cave mansion.
• Soul Emperor and Tou She Ancient God entered a great hall lined with twenty-two pillars binding Heavenly Flames, and Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the pillar that had once bound him.

Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Emperor found the incomplete Emperor Grade Pill in Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion, where it appeared as Tou She Ancient God. Nihility Devouring Flame revealed their past connection and tried to persuade the pill to leave, but its distrust led him to attack.

• Nihility Devouring Flame struck a stone pillar, failed to damage it, and hid his numbed hand from Soul Emperor.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed the Emperor Pill before Tou She Ancient God's statue, and it transformed into a gray-robed old man whose pressure made Soul Emperor wary.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Soul Emperor the old man was the incomplete Emperor Pill, not Tou She Ancient God, and the pill recognized Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame claimed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was waiting outside and urged the pill to leave the cave mansion, but the pill suspected a trap and refused to trust him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame launched a black-flame sneak attack that staggered the Emperor Pill, then appeared before it as it regained its balance.