Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu summoned the powerful figures of the Hun Clan and the Ancient Clans to propose a plan to stage a play that would change the Dou Qi Continent’s situation. He intended to make the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans enemies of the Soul and Ancient Clans, leaving everyone confused and the three clan leaders protesting.

• Hun Xiu gathered the Hun Clan’s experts and the other Ancient Clans in the grand hall and said he had a major matter requiring their cooperation.
• Gu Dao asked why they had been summoned, and Hun Xiu said he wanted them to put on a play that would alter the continent’s situation.
• Hun Tu asked what the play involved, and Hun Xiu declared that the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans should openly oppose the Soul and Ancient Clans.
• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Yao Dan protested that their clans intended to submit to the Hun and Gu Clans and would not dare make enemies of them.
• The Four Demon Saints exchanged confused glances, unable to understand why Hun Xiu wanted to force three clans that were already moving toward submission into rebellion.

Hun Xiu declared that the three clans would act as enemies of the Soul and Ancient Clans, but Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan mistook the plan for a pretext to destroy their clans and offered to submit. Hun Xiu overwhelmed everyone in the hall with his aura, and Gu Dao asked if he had reached the Dou Di realm.

• Hun Tu asked Hun Xiu why he intended to provoke the three clans, and Hun Xiu said their opposition to the Soul and Ancient Clans was only an act.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan offered to withdraw and submit to the Hun Clan, believing Hun Xiu was scheming to destroy their clans.
• Hun Xiu erupted with a terrifying aura that suppressed the hall and forced everyone present to their knees.
• Hun Xiu told the gathered clan leaders that they had no right to refuse the fate he arranged for them.
• Gu Dao looked up at Hun Xiu and asked whether he had entered the Dou Di realm.

Hun Xiu let the gathered experts mistake his Half-Emperor strength for that of a Dou Di and secured their obedience to his plans. After arranging for the Flame, Lightning, Medicine, Soul, and Ancient Clans to deceive Xiao Yan, he prepared for their final battle.

• Gu Dao identified Hun Xiu’s overwhelming pressure as Emperor’s Might, and the Hun Clan celebrated him as a Dou Di.
• Hun Xiu stayed silent as the hall accepted that he was a Dou Di, while Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan felt relieved they had sided with the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xiu asked Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan whether they objected to his arrangements, and they agreed to obey him.
• Hun Xiu ordered the Flame, Lightning, and Medicine Clans to cooperate with the Soul and Ancient Clans in deceiving Xiao Yan, then explained their roles.
• After dismissing everyone, Hun Xiu sat alone and said that his final battle with Xiao Yan was approaching.

Gu Dao reported Hun Xiu’s overwhelming power to Gu Yuan, who concluded that Hun Xiu had reached the Emperor Realm in Soul Power rather than broken through to Dou Di. Soul Emperor and the Four Demon Saints reached the same conclusion, leaving Hun Xiu’s true strength unresolved.

• Gu Dao entered Gu Yuan’s secluded cultivation space and reported that Hun Xiu had broken through to Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan rejected the claim, explaining that the Dou Qi Continent lacked what was needed for anyone to reach Dou Di and that a true breakthrough would have shaken the continent.
• After hearing how Hun Xiu’s might had suppressed the experts at the Hun Clan’s great hall, Gu Yuan suggested that Hun Xiu’s Soul Power had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Soul Emperor and the Four Demon Saints also decided that Hun Xiu was not a Dou Di, reasoning that the Hun Clan’s bloodline had not been renewed and its experts showed no signs of breakthrough.

Soul Emperor suspected that Hun Xiu had reached the Emperor Realm Soul and considered attacking Nihility Devouring Flame, but Hun Xiu claimed his Soul Power remained at Heaven Realm Great Perfection. After Hun Xiu effortlessly suppressed Soul Emperor with his pressure, Soul Emperor was left wondering how he had become so powerful.

• Soul Emperor decided to verify Hun Xiu’s Soul Power and considered acting against Nihility Devouring Flame if Hun Xiu had reached the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Soul Emperor tested Hun Xiu with a burst of pressure, but Hun Xiu made it vanish without visible effort.
• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor that he remained a peak late Nine-Star Dou Saint with Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power.
• Hun Xiu released his pressure at Soul Emperor’s request, forcing Soul Emperor to his knees and preventing him from mobilizing his Dou Qi.
• Hun Xiu withdrew the pressure, and Soul Emperor’s surging Dou Qi destroyed the hall.

After Hun Xiu overwhelmed Soul Emperor, Soul Emperor withdrew into seclusion while Nihility Devouring Flame grew wary of the Hun Clan’s power. As the Thunder, Flame, and Yao Clans declared war on the Hun Clan, Xiao Yan sought an alliance with them, and Hun Xiu headed to the Gu Clan to obtain nourishment for his Soul Power.

• Soul Emperor calmed his raging Dou Qi, left the ruined hall in Hun Xiu’s hands, and departed to continue his seclusion.
• Hun Xiu vanished from the ruins, while Nihility Devouring Flame concluded that Hun Xiu had an Emperor Realm Soul and began preparing for seclusion himself.
• The Thunder, Flame, and Yao Clans declared war on the Hun Clan, claiming it had stolen their Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan discussed the opportunity with Ancestor Huoyun and Yao Chen, then went to seek an alliance with the three clans.
• Hun Xiu traveled to the Gu Clan, intending to use the Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Bodies and Xiao Xuan to advance his Soul Power.

Hun Xiu entered the Heavenly Tomb to claim its inhabitants as nourishment and killed the energy bodies that attacked him. After reaching deeper into the tomb, he was stopped by two surviving Hun Clan energy bodies who recognized his bloodline and feared Xiao Xuan would kill him if he went farther.

• Gu Yuan opened the Heavenly Tomb for Hun Xiu and warned him to beware of Xiao Xuan's energy body.
• Hun Xiu entered the tomb and swiftly destroyed a Dou Zun-level energy body that attacked him.
• Hun Xiu advanced while killing hostile energy bodies, and the Heavenly Tomb Spirit devoured them and urged him to continue.
• Xiao Xuan sensed Hun Xiu's arrival and suspected he was from the Hun Clan.
• Two Hun Clan energy bodies blocked Hun Xiu, recognized him as a clan junior, and sought to keep him from entering Xiao Xuan's territory.

Hun Xiu pressed on toward the Heavenly Tomb’s taboo, Xiao Xuan, despite warnings from two Hun Clan Energy Bodies. After proving his strength against them, Hun Xiu encountered Xiao Xuan, whose unexpected response left the two Energy Bodies stunned.

• Two Hun Clan Energy Bodies warned Hun Xiu that Xiao Xuan guarded the depths of the Heavenly Tomb and urged him to stop.
• Hun Xiu insisted on meeting Xiao Xuan, so the two Energy Bodies attacked to make him retreat.
• Hun Xiu’s pressure sent both Energy Bodies flying, and they admitted they could not stop him while warning him that Xiao Xuan was far stronger.
• Hun Xiu sensed someone hidden in the darkness, and Xiao Xuan emerged and told him to leave the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Xiu challenged Xiao Xuan’s strength, and the two Hun Clan Energy Bodies were stunned when Xiao Xuan responded unexpectedly.

Hun Xiu met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan recognized his immense strength and learned he was Soul Emperor’s son. Hun Xiu revealed that he had come seeking a way to reach an Emperor Realm Soul, but Xiao Xuan denied that the Heavenly Tomb held such a method.

• Xiao Xuan judged Hun Xiu to be extraordinarily powerful, while the two Hun Clan Energy Bodies feared him.
• Hun Xiu gave Xiao Xuan his name, and the two Energy Bodies recognized him as the Hun Clan’s Young Master and Soul Emperor’s son.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether Hun Xiu had surpassed Soul Emperor, and Hun Xiu replied that Xiao Xuan could guess.
• Hun Xiu explained that he had entered the Heavenly Tomb to increase his Soul Power and seek a method to achieve an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Xuan questioned how Hun Xiu had learned of the method and insisted that no such method could exist in the Heavenly Tomb.

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.