Recaps

Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Emperor fought the half-finished Emperor Pill posing as Tou She Ancient God, sealing the palace and beating him back step by step. Xiao Yan and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame watched from hiding, where Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame eagerly wished to join the attack.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sneak-attacked the half-finished Emperor Pill disguised as Tou She Ancient God, but it struck back with Pill Emperor Palm and sent him crashing into the palace wall.
• Nihility Devouring Flame called on Soul Emperor to attack and used his Emperor Realm Soul to seal the palace and cut off the disguised Emperor Pill's escape.
• The disguised Emperor Pill realized it could not flee and fought both attackers, who overwhelmed it and drove it back step by step.
• Xiao Yan and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame watched from a hidden spot outside the palace as the fight raged.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame excitedly urged Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame to beat the disguised Tou She Ancient God to death, while Xiao Yan wondered why he hated it so much.

Xiao Yan learned from Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame that Tou She Ancient God's inheritance was separate from the Incomplete Emperor Pill, and that he was the only one who could claim it. Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame captured the pill, and Soul Emperor revealed that it would help Xiu'er reach the Dou Di realm.

• Xiao Yan urged Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to stop the Incomplete Emperor Pill from falling into the Hun Clan's hands, but Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame said they should wait and pursue Tou She Ancient God's inheritance instead.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame explained that the Incomplete Emperor Pill held a thread of Origin Qi, while Tou She Ancient God's inheritance could let its chosen successor cultivate to the Dou Di realm.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame battered the fake Tou She Ancient God until it reverted to its jade-green pill form.
• Nihility Devouring Flame used his Emperor Realm Soul to seal the Incomplete Emperor Pill, allowing Soul Emperor to capture and subdue it.
• Soul Emperor thanked Nihility Devouring Flame and said the Hun Clan would reward him once Xiu'er reached the Dou Di realm, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame surprised.

Soul Emperor left Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion with the half-finished Emperor Pill to give it to Hun Xiu, while Xiao Yan and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged from hiding. Nihility Devouring Flame confronted them and questioned how Xiao Yan had gained Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, as Xiao Yan noticed the statue of Tou She Ancient God appear to move.

• Nihility Devouring Flame urged Soul Emperor to return to the Hun Clan and give Hun Xiu the half-finished Emperor Pill, and Soul Emperor departed with it.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame left hiding after Soul Emperor departed, forcing Xiao Yan to follow him into the palace while Nihility Devouring Flame remained there.
• Xiao Yan studied the palace and thought he saw the statue of Tou She Ancient God move, but it appeared motionless when he looked again.
• Nihility Devouring Flame acknowledged that he had sensed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Xiao Yan, then wondered how Xiao Yan had taken Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from Hun Xiu.

Xiao Yan learned that Hun Xiu had repeatedly gone easy on him, leaving him unsure of Hun Xiu’s motives. Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame then confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and demanded that he leave, provoking him into open hostility.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame told Nihility Devouring Flame that Hun Xiu had sent him into Xiao Yan’s body instead of taking him away.
• Nihility Devouring Flame wondered why Hun Xiu kept sparing Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan questioned whether Hun Xiu cared for him or had another reason.
• Nihility Devouring Flame asked why Xiao Yan and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had come, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame said their goal matched his.
• Nihility Devouring Flame flared with black flames and asked whether they intended to become his enemies, while Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ignited his own flames.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame told Nihility Devouring Flame to leave, claiming he and Xiao Yan would let him go safely.
• Nihility Devouring Flame mocked their Seven-Star Dou Saint strength and insulted Xiao Yan, who clenched his fists in anger.

Nihility Devouring Flame humiliated Xiao Yan and overwhelmed him with his Emperor Realm Soul, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s words deepened Xiao Yan’s fury. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan rising in a strange, rage-filled state and reaching for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame taunted Xiao Yan about being nourished by Hun Xiu’s piss and shit, then dismissed Xiao Yan as an ant.
• Xiao Yan attacked Nihility Devouring Flame with his massive ruler, but Nihility Devouring Flame restrained him with his Soul Power and slapped him into a palace wall.
• Xiao Yan demanded that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame intervene, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame called Xiao Yan his dog while asking Nihility Devouring Flame to consider its master.
• Nihility Devouring Flame echoed the dog insult, and Xiao Yan erupted in rage, his hair falling loose as terrifying Dou Qi surged from him.
• Xiao Yan stared at the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with crimson-lit eyes, rose into the air, and reached out to grab him.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had cultivated the Flame Mantra, prompting Nihility Devouring Flame to demand the technique. After Xiao Yan refused and fought back, Nihility Devouring Flame severely wounded him beneath the statue of Tou She Ancient God, which reacted faintly to Xiao Yan’s blood.

• Xiao Yan restored Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to its lotus form and drew it into his palm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the Flame Mantra in Xiao Yan’s technique and demanded that Xiao Yan teach it to him.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but Nihility Devouring Flame scattered the fire dragon with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Nihility Devouring Flame punched Xiao Yan, then urged him to surrender the Flame Mantra; Xiao Yan refused and charged again.
• Nihility Devouring Flame pierced Xiao Yan’s chest with Nihility Finger and struck him with Nihility Palm, sending him into the statue of Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Yan’s blood touched the statue and caused a faint reaction that neither he nor Nihility Devouring Flame noticed.

Nihility Devouring Flame tried to extract the Flame Mantra from Xiao Yan and nearly killed him, but the Tou She Ancient God statue intervened. It healed Xiao Yan and drew him inside, while Nihility Devouring Flame was left behind.

• Nihility Devouring Flame demanded the Flame Mantra from Xiao Yan and threatened to Soul Search him when he refused.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked a barrier that appeared around Xiao Yan, eventually shattering it with repeated Nihility Palms.
• As Nihility Devouring Flame's palm imprint moved in to kill Xiao Yan, the Tou She Ancient God statue released multicolored light and dispersed the attack.
• The statue's terrifying pressure forced Nihility Devouring Flame to his knees as gentle light healed Xiao Yan's injuries.
• The light carried Xiao Yan into the Tou She Ancient God statue, and its pressure on Nihility Devouring Flame vanished.

Nihility Devouring Flame fainted after Xiao Yan obtained Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, while Zhu Kun returned to the weakened Ancient Void Dragon Clan after thousands of years away. On East Dragon Island, Long Aotian and his squad mistook Zhu Kun for an intruder and challenged him, only for Long Aotian's spear to stop against an invisible force.

• Nihility Devouring Flame raged over Xiao Yan taking the inheritance he had spent thousands of years pursuing, then spat blood and collapsed.
• Zhu Kun returned to Ancient Dragon Island and wondered why the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had grown so weak.
• Zhu Kun arrived on East Dragon Island, where Long Aotian's squad surrounded him and demanded that he leave.
• Zhu Kun identified himself as the Emperor and ordered Long Aotian to withdraw his spear and apologize.
• Long Aotian refused and pushed his spear toward Zhu Kun, but an invisible force stopped it from moving.

Zhu Kun overwhelmed Long Aotian and the Ancient Void Dragon experts who tried to stop him on East Dragon Island. After effortlessly dispelling Long Da and Long Er’s attacks, he left Hei Qing convinced that his strength was terrifying and that he had held back rather than seek a fight.

• Long Aotian and nine soldiers failed to pierce Zhu Kun’s defenses, and Zhu Kun shattered their spears and sent them crashing to the ground.
• Long Aotian fired a signal flare, bringing Hei Qing and more than ten Dou Zun experts to surround Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun dismissed the gathered experts as unqualified and demanded that the elders of the Ancient Dragon Island appear.
• Long Aotian reported Zhu Kun for injuring the patrol soldiers, but Zhu Kun arrogantly confirmed the accusation and challenged the group to act.
• Long Da and Long Er attacked Zhu Kun with the Heaven Dragon Fist and Heaven Dragon Palm, but Zhu Kun waved away both techniques without effort.
• Hei Qing realized Zhu Kun was extraordinarily powerful and had held back, suggesting he did not intend to become enemies with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Zhu Kun returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and discovered that its Dragon Emperor, Zi Yan, was his long-lost daughter. Zi Yan did not recognize him and attacked him with the Dragon Slaying Sword, leaving Zhu Kun reaching out to catch her strike barehanded.

• Hei Qing asked Zhu Kun his name, and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts found it familiar.
• Zi Yan appeared as the Dragon Emperor, and Zhu Kun recognized her as the daughter he had once held as a dragon egg.
• Zhu Kun tearfully called Zi Yan his daughter and claimed to be her father, but she accused him of insulting her.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and unleashed Dragon Slaying Slash at Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun reached out to catch the attack barehanded, while Zi Yan declared him unworthy.

Zhu Kun confronted Zi Yan on Ancient Dragon Island, crushed her Dragon Slaying Slash, and insisted that he was her father. When Zi Yan called for Hun Xiu to save her, Zhu Kun stopped and reacted to the name.

• Zhu Kun caught Zi Yan's Dragon Slaying Slash with his bare hand and crushed it, shocking the Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts.
• Zhu Kun called Zi Yan his daughter, but she rejected him and threatened to attack him for impersonating her father.
• Zi Yan said her man would kill Zhu Kun, causing him to erupt with pressure and demand to know who she meant.
• Zhu Kun advanced on Zi Yan and forced her to retreat as he kept demanding the man's name.
• Zi Yan shouted for Hun Xiu to save her, and Zhu Kun stopped to mutter Hun Xiu's name.

Zhu Kun learned that Zi Yan was close to Hun Xiu and threatened to kill him, but Hun Xiu appeared when Zi Yan called for help. Zi Yan greeted Hun Xiu with a kiss in front of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, leaving Zhu Kun heartbroken.

• Zhu Kun learned Hun Xiu's name and vowed to kill him for pursuing Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Hun Xiu was the Hun Clan's young master, a Nine-Star Dou Saint with the potential to become Emperor.
• Zhu Kun dismissed Hun Xiu's strength and insisted that he had come home to win Zi Yan's recognition.
• Zi Yan called for Hun Xiu, and Hun Xiu appeared on auspicious clouds in the void.
• Zi Yan flew to Hun Xiu, embraced him, and kissed him as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan watched and Zhu Kun's heart broke.

Hun Xiu arrived as Zi Yan accused Zhu Kun of bullying her, then recognized Zhu Kun as an Ancient Void Dragon. Zhu Kun revealed that he was the long-missing Dragon Emperor, leaving Zi Yan wondering whether he was her father.

• Zi Yan clung to Hun Xiu and asked him to defend her against Zhu Kun, while Zhu Kun watched with resentment.
• Hun Xiu inferred that Zhu Kun had mistaken Zi Yan's closeness for evidence that Hun Xiu had taken his daughter from him.
• Hun Xiu greeted Zhu Kun and identified him as an Ancient Void Dragon, surprising Zi Yan and the surrounding clan members.
• Zhu Kun confirmed he was an Ancient Void Dragon, and three elders recognized him as their vanished Dragon Emperor.
• The Ancient Void Dragons discussed Zhu Kun's return and what it meant for their current Dragon Emperor, while Zi Yan wondered if Zhu Kun was her father.

Zi Yan learned that Zhu Kun was her father, who had been trapped for thousands of years, and confronted him over his absence throughout her childhood. Unable to accept his return, she asked Hun Xiu to take her back to the Hun Clan, leaving Zhu Kun behind.

• The great elder told Zhu Kun how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had weakened and how the Three Kings had divided it after Zhu Kun disappeared.
• Zhu Kun learned that Zi Yan had grown up outside the clan and apologized for leaving her to suffer.
• Zi Yan rejected Zhu Kun as her father and demanded to know why he had not protected her when she was bullied.
• Zi Yan asked Hun Xiu to take her home to the Hun Clan, and he escorted her away while Zhu Kun watched.

Hun Xiu accepted the Incomplete Emperor Pill from Soul Emperor and declared he was certain he could reach the Dou Emperor realm. A massive breakthrough phenomenon then rose over the Black Corner Region, leaving Soul Emperor shocked as Hun Xiu identified someone there attempting to become a Dou Emperor.

• Zhu Kun vowed to find a way to make Zi Yan acknowledge him as her father.
• Hun Xiu returned Zi Yan to the Hun Clan, comforted her, and then went to meet Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor gave Hun Xiu the Incomplete Emperor Pill and promised the Hun Clan would use its resources to turn it into a true Emperor Pill.
• Hun Xiu said he could break through to the Dou Emperor realm even with the Incomplete Emperor Pill and was completely confident.
• Thunder and violent Dou Qi gathered over the Great Northwest, and Hun Xiu identified the disturbance as someone in the Black Corner Region breaking through to the Dou Emperor realm.

After half a year of seclusion, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Di in the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan saw the Great Northwest’s tribulation clouds change and realized Xiao Yan had advanced first, while Hun Xiu remained in seclusion.

• Tribulation clouds covered the Central Plains and Great Northwest as Hun Xiu and Xiao Yan continued their Emperor Tribulations.
• Soul Emperor worried that Xiao Yan might reach Dou Di before Hun Xiu, but Gu Yuan reassured him that the Gu Clan would stand with the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan awakened after six months of cultivation and became the first Dou Di in ten thousand years.
• Xiao Yan mocked Hun Xiu and vowed to defeat him after his breakthrough.
• Gu Yuan and Soul Emperor saw the Great Northwest’s tribulation clouds change and concluded that Xiao Yan had broken through to Dou Di.

Xiao Yan emerged from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, announced his breakthrough to Dou Emperor as the Flame Emperor, and awakened the Dou Emperor Bloodlines of his family. After Lei Ying and Yan Jin pledged their clans to him, Xiao Yan killed them and the gathered experts.

• Xiao Yan took the twenty-two Stone Pillars from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and proclaimed himself the Flame Emperor after breaking through to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Huo'er’s Dou Emperor Bloodline awakened, raising her strength to Five-Star Dou Saint as Tang Huo'er and Yao Chen rejoiced over Xiao Yan’s breakthrough.
• The memories-erased Xiao Zhan and others awakened their Dou Emperor Bloodlines while mining in the Hun Realm, and their strength surged.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin led their experts to kneel before Xiao Yan and offer their allegiance.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his pressure and turned Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the assembled experts into bloody mist.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Hun Realm after killing Lei Ying and Yan Jin, confident that his new Dou Emperor power would let him destroy the Hun Clan. He shattered the Clan Protection Array and overpowered Soul Emperor, but Soul Emperor seized Xiao Zhan as a hostage, leaving Xiao Yan shaken.

• Xiao Yan killed Lei Ying and Yan Jin, then celebrated surpassing Hun Xiu and becoming a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan reached the Hun Realm, where the Hun Clan, Gu Clan, and Yao Clan gathered behind the Clan Protection Array while hoping Hun Xiu could break through.
• Xiao Yan shattered the formation and entered the Hun Realm, demanding that Soul Emperor and the others surrender or die.
• Xiao Yan seized Soul Emperor by the throat, then threw him into a rocky mountain and humiliated him.
• Soul Emperor revealed Xiao Zhan as a hostage, and Xiao Yan recognized his father and trembled in shock.

Soul Emperor used Xiao Zhan to force Xiao Yan to retreat, but Xiao Yan countered by threatening the Hun Clan. When both sides seized hostages, Soul Emperor revealed that Gu Yuan had captured Xiao Yan’s brother, Xiao Ding, leaving Xiao Yan facing another hostage dilemma.

• Soul Emperor threatened Xiao Yan with Xiao Zhan and demanded that he retreat, but Xiao Yan pointed out that he could threaten the Hun Clan in return.
• Soul Emperor declared that he would sacrifice Hun Clan members rather than yield, and Xiao Yan struck down countless Hun Clan powerhouses.
• Xiao Yan stopped attacking when Soul Emperor tightened his grip on Xiao Zhan, then retreated several steps while Soul Emperor kept the hostage in his grasp.
• Xiao Yan seized Soul Jade and threatened Soul Emperor with his son, but Soul Emperor said Xiao Ding’s life was at stake.
• Gu Yuan appeared beside Soul Emperor with Xiao Ding captured, and Xiao Yan became agitated as Soul Emperor dismissed the use of hostages as a means to achieve his goal.

Xiao Yan fought off Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan’s threats, only to be betrayed by Xiao Zhan, who revealed himself as Soul Zhan of the Hun Clan. Though wounded and devastated, Xiao Yan faced a charge from the gathered clans as the hole in his chest began to heal.

• Gu Yuan killed Xiao Ding to force Xiao Yan to retreat, and Soul Emperor threatened to kill Xiao Zhan next.
• Xiao Yan’s rage killed Soul Jade, then he struck back at Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan, freed Xiao Zhan, and embraced him.
• Xiao Zhan suddenly stabbed Xiao Yan through the heart and revealed that he was Soul Zhan, a loyal member of the Hun Clan.
• Soul Emperor mocked Xiao Yan and ordered the Hun Clan, Gu Clan, and Yao Clan experts to attack the wounded Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the attackers as ants as the hole in his chest rapidly healed.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the experts attacking the Hun Clan, while Hun Xiu cultivated toward the Dou Emperor realm. As Xiao Yan prepared to wipe out the Hun Clan, Hun Xiu emerged after breaking through to Dou Emperor, and the Hun Realm celebrated his arrival.

• Xiao Yan instantly healed and struck down the attacking experts, sparing the former Xiao Clan members while Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan feared for the Hun Clan.
• Soul Emperor urged Hun Xiu to hurry as Hun Xiu approached a breakthrough inside his secluded Void Space.
• Zhu Kun arrived with allied clans to defend the Hun Clan and challenged Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan demanded he become his mount.
• Xiao Yan shattered Zhu Kun's Dragon Slaying Slash, punched him into the ground, and declared that he would wipe out the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xiu appeared in white robes after breaking through to Dou Emperor, prompting the Hun Clan to celebrate as Soul Emperor's injuries healed.

Hun Xiu broke through to the Dou Emperor realm and confronted Xiao Yan in the Hun Realm, where both vowed to kill the other. Hun Xiu revealed the Xuanyuan Sword and attacked, while Xiao Yan declared that he would slay an Emperor and take the sword.

• Hun Xiu became a Dou Emperor using the Incomplete Emperor Pill, thrilling his father and the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Xiu traded taunts and vowed that one of them would die.
• Hun Xiu summoned the Xuanyuan Sword, whose Sword Intent filled the Hun Realm, and Xiao Yan recognized the legendary divine artifact.
• Hun Xiu slashed at Xiao Yan with the Xuanyuan Sword, and Xiao Yan blocked the sword qi with his black ruler.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would slay an Emperor and claim the Xuanyuan Sword, and his voice spread across the continent.

Xiao Yan and Hun Xiu prepared to fight to the death as each claimed he would slaughter the other Emperor. Xiao Yan summoned the Heavenly Flames into Tou She Ancient God's twenty-three Stone Pillars, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame as the last flame to answer his call.

• Hun Xiu and Xiao Yan declared that each would be the one to kill the other, while their allies worried over Xiao Yan's Method to Slaughter an Emperor.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavenly Flames with his title Emperor of Ten Thousand Flames and called the Mysterious Yellow Flame into a Stone Pillar.
• The Heavenly Flames Hun Xiu had seized from Xiao Yan broke free from Hun Xiu and entered the Stone Pillars, prompting Xiao Yan to question whether Hun Xiu had absorbed them.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which reluctantly entered a Stone Pillar.
• Xiao Yan called for Nihility Devouring Flame, who had avoided returning to the Hun Clan after concealing Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and now had nowhere left to escape.

Nihility Devouring Flame returned to the stone pillar, completing the gathering of the twenty-two Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan forged them into the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler to attack Hun Xiu. Hun Xiu stopped the emperor-slaying strike barehanded, destroyed Xiao Yan’s weapon with a punch, and declared himself invincible over the Dou Qi Continent.

• Nihility Devouring Flame resisted returning to the stone pillar, cursed Xiao Yan for taking the fruits of his schemes, and was pulled inside as the twenty-second Heavenly Flame.
• Hun Xiu pointed out that all twenty-two Heavenly Flames had gathered, and Xiao Yan combined their stone pillars into the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler.
• Xiao Yan swung the ruler at Hun Xiu, who stopped the emperor-slaying strike with one hand, while its shockwave destroyed the Hun Realm.
• Xiao Yan was stunned that Hun Xiu had blocked the strike, and Hun Xiu punched the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler away.
• Hun Xiu declared himself invincible and said the continent would fall under his rule.

Hun Xiu revealed that the Hun Clan had prepared the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, then dismissed Xiao Yan as an ant. Xiao Yan transformed into his Emperor Flame Body and attacked, but Hun Xiu answered with his Emperor Xiu Body and gained the advantage in their clash.

• Hun Xiu claimed he also possessed a Method to Slaughter an Emperor, and explained that the Hun Clan had prepared for the possibility of two Dou Dis emerging.
• Soul Emperor identified Hun Xiu’s method as the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade and warned Gu Yuan that it required a blood sacrifice of experts.
• Hun Xiu told Xiao Yan he had always looked down on him and did not consider him an equal.
• Xiao Yan erupted in anger, transformed into his Emperor Flame Body, and charged Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu transformed into his Emperor Xiu Body, and the two giants exchanged blows as Xiao Yan fell behind.
• Xiao Yan shouted “Flame Emperor Fist!” and struck at Hun Xiu.