Chapter Summaries

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.

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.