Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong surrendered the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to Hun Xiu, who took it. Hun Xiu killed Lin Langtian despite Lin Fan’s arrival, leaving the Lin Clan’s Clan Head stunned.

• Lin Dong decided he could not protect the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and handed it to Hun Xiu, resolving to reclaim it someday.
• Lin Langtian attacked Hun Xiu from behind, but Hun Xiu stopped the strike and destroyed Elder Mu’s Nascent Soul.
• Lin Langtian begged Hun Xiu to spare him after losing Elder Mu, his greatest backing.
• Lin Fan arrived and promised to save Lin Langtian, but Hun Xiu killed Lin Langtian before the Clan Head could act.
• Lin Fan stared in disbelief at Lin Langtian’s death on Lin Clan territory.

Hun Xiu killed Lin Langtian and Clan Head Lin Fan, took the Devouring Ancestral Symbol from Lin Dong, and warned him not to seek it back. After Hun Xiu vanished, Lin Dong was left terrified but determined to remember the name Emperor Xiu and pursue him.

• Lin Dong mourned Lin Langtian's death, then resolved to reclaim the Devouring Ancestral Symbol from Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu told Lin Dong about Xiao Yan, whom he had killed, and warned Lin Dong against challenging him.
• Lin Fan attacked Hun Xiu, who erased the strike and killed Lin Fan with a glance.
• The Lin Clan members and Lin Dong were shaken by Hun Xiu's overwhelming power, and Lin Dong realized he could not challenge him.
• Hun Xiu introduced himself as Emperor Xiu and vanished, leaving Lin Dong to etch his name into his heart.

Hun Xiu claimed the Lightning Ancestral Symbol and forced the Immortal Sacred Whale Tribe to surrender Mu Lingshan, the incarnation of the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol. After taking the Primeval Ancestral Symbol, he arrived at Dao Sect and demanded that its sect master meet him.

• Hun Xiu took the Lightning Ancestral Symbol from the Thunder Sea Region and destroyed the Otherworldly Demon sealed with it.
• Mu Lan and the Immortal Sacred Whale Tribe agreed to give Hun Xiu Mu Lingshan rather than risk their destruction, and Hun Xiu left with the sleeping girl.
• Hun Xiu claimed the Primeval Ancestral Symbol in the Beast Region and absorbed part of Mu Lingshan's source power, intending to recreate the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol without returning her to her original form.
• Hun Xiu traveled to Dao Sect with Mu Lingshan and announced himself at the mountain gate, demanding that the sect master appear.
• Ying Xuanzi heard Hun Xiu's call, recognized him with fear, and hurried out to meet him.

Hun Xiu visited the Dao Sect to claim the Ice Ancestral Symbol within Ying Huanhuan, revealing that she was the reincarnation of the Ice Master. When Ying Xuanzi hesitated, Hun Xiu awakened Ying Huanhuan ahead of time, and she confronted him in her newly awakened, icy state.

• Ying Xuanzi welcomed Hun Xiu into the Dao Sect with great respect, while Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao followed them to eavesdrop.
• Hun Xiu told Ying Xuanzi that Ying Huanhuan was the reincarnation of the Ice Master and carried the Ice Ancestral Symbol.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao were caught eavesdropping, then stared at Hun Xiu in surprise before Ying Xuanzi reprimanded them.
• Hun Xiu asked Ying Xuanzi to choose what to do about the Ice Ancestral Symbol, then pointed at Ying Huanhuan when Ying Xuanzi could not decide.
• Ying Huanhuan released immense cold that froze the hall and spread across the Dao Sect, while Hun Xiu protected Ying Xiaoxiao from the blast.
• Hun Xiu explained that he had awakened Ying Huanhuan ahead of time, and Ying Huanhuan asked him if he was the one who had awakened her.

Hun Xiu took the Ice Ancestral Symbol from Ying Huanhuan after revealing that he had already destroyed the Yimo, then killed an Other-Demon sealed beneath the Dao Sect. He traveled to Yuan Sect with Mu Lingshan, where he effortlessly killed the disciples who attacked him and left the three sect leaders reeling as they recognized him as Lord Emperor Xiu.

• Hun Xiu admitted to Ying Huanhuan that he came from another world and demanded the Ice Ancestral Symbol, while she asked him to eliminate the Yimo in exchange.
• Hun Xiu showed Ying Huanhuan a memory of the Yimo's destruction, and she gave him the Ice Ancestral Symbol.
• Ying Huanhuan recognized Mu Lingshan as the Life-Death Ancestral Symbol, then Hun Xiu killed an Other-Demon that escaped from the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao that she was both the Ice Master and Ying Huanhuan, reassuring her sister.
• Hun Xiu entered Yuan Sect with Mu Lingshan, killed attacking disciples, and injured the three sect leaders with his aura.
• Yuan Sect's three sect leaders recognized Hun Xiu as Lord Emperor Xiu.

Hun Xiu confronted the Yuan Sect’s three headmasters, who knelt and begged for mercy after recognizing him. When they denied knowing about the Space Ancestral Symbol he had come to claim, Hun Xiu killed Diyuanzi with a single word.

• The Yuan Sect’s three headmasters recognized Hun Xiu and knelt, pleading that their earlier hostility had been a misunderstanding.
• Hun Xiu asked the headmasters why he had come, and they secretly agreed not to surrender the Space Ancestral Symbol.
• Renyuanzi pretended not to know what Hun Xiu wanted, while Diyuanzi, Tianyuanzi, and the Yuan Sect’s assembled experts and disciples pledged to serve him.
• Hun Xiu revealed that he had come for the Space Ancestral Symbol and asked whether the headmasters understood.
• Diyuanzi denied that the Yuan Sect possessed the Space Ancestral Symbol, and Hun Xiu said “Die,” causing Diyuanzi to explode into blood mist.

Hun Xiu forced the Yuan Sect to surrender the Space Ancestral Symbol after killing Diyuanzi and Tianyuanzi. He freed Zhou Tong from the Demonic Qi and took the symbol, bringing all Eight Great Ancestral Symbols into his possession.

• Hun Xiu killed Diyuanzi after demanding the Space Ancestral Symbol, then killed Tianyuanzi when he denied that the Yuan Sect had it.
• Renyuanzi surrendered and summoned Zhou Tong, revealing that the Space Ancestral Symbol was inside him.
• Hun Xiu removed the Demonic Qi from Zhou Tong and restored him.
• Hun Xiu took the Space Ancestral Symbol from Zhou Tong, completing his collection of all Eight Great Ancestral Symbols.

Hun Xiu returned to the Dou Qi Continent and found it overrun by Emperor Ziwei’s Demonic Qi, with the Hun Realm as its last sanctuary. As Emperor Ziwei’s forces cracked the formation, the people inside hoped Hun Xiu would return, unaware that he had already come back.

• Hun Xiu sent Mu Lingshan to the Immortal Sacred Whale Tribe, returned to the Great Thousand World, and then traveled back to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Hun Xiu discovered that the continent had become desolate and was covered in Demonic Qi.
• Emperor Ziwei’s corrupted forces besieged the Hun Realm, whose formation was sustained by the Xuanyuan Sword Hun Xiu had left behind.
• Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun had become Dou Emperors but were badly injured after fighting Emperor Ziwei, while their clans suffered heavy losses.
• Emperor Ziwei struck the formation, spreading cracks across it as Gu Xun'er, Zi Yan, Medusa, and the others feared the Hun Realm would fall.
• Emperor Ziwei demanded that Medusa open the formation and claimed Hun Xiu could not return from the Great Thousand World, but Medusa refused and declared that Hun Xiu was on his way.

Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Realm as Emperor Ziwei attacked, reclaimed the Xuanyuan Sword, and defeated the demon forces. He annihilated Emperor Ziwei, leaving the Hun Realm protected and the corrupted fiends beginning to recover.

• Emperor Ziwei shattered the Hun Realm’s formation and sent his fiends charging at Medusa and the Hun Realm’s defenders.
• The Xuanyuan Sword reappeared on the battlefield, repelled the fiends, and resisted Emperor Ziwei’s attempts to claim it.
• Hun Xiu emerged from hiding, took up the Xuanyuan Sword, and confronted Emperor Ziwei, revealing he had returned from the Great Thousand World.
• Hun Xiu’s sword light dispelled the fiends’ Demonic Qi, and he protected the Hun Realm’s defenders from Emperor Ziwei’s palm strike.
• Hun Xiu overpowered Emperor Ziwei, crushed his body, and completely annihilated him.

Hun Xiu returned to the Dou Qi Continent and defeated Emperor Ziwei, ending the threat to the continent. After reuniting with Zi Yan and meeting the leaders of the four clans, he learned that Soul Emperor and his fathers-in-law were gravely injured and went to check on them.

• Hun Xiu killed Emperor Ziwei after returning stronger from Tianxuan Continent.
• Hun Xiu reunited with Zi Yan, who tearfully told him how close she had come to dying during his absence.
• Hun Xiu addressed the Hun Clan, Gu Clan, Yao Clan, and Ancient Void Dragon Clan, asking them to help rebuild the Dou Qi Continent.
• Medusa told Hun Xiu that Soul Emperor and his fathers-in-law were severely injured and had been healing with the Xuanyuan Sword's help.
• Hun Xiu left the hall to check on the injured elders and entrusted the continent's affairs to Medusa and the others.

Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun remained gravely injured inside the Hun Realm, with little hope of recovery. As Soul Emperor accepted that he was near death, he resolved to self-destruct before Hun Xiu’s formation failed and the enemies outside attacked again.

• Medusa and the other women realized Hun Xiu had left them to handle the aftermath of the Dou Qi Continent’s devastation.
• Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun stopped trying to absorb Dou Qi because it could not heal their fatal injuries.
• Soul Emperor regretted opening the formation to fight Emperor Ziwei, whose single strike had defeated the three Dou Emperors and devastated the four clans.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun told Soul Emperor that they had all shared responsibility for choosing to face Emperor Ziwei.
• Soul Emperor accepted that he was about to die and decided to self-destruct to protect the Hun Clan before Hun Xiu’s formation failed.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan understood Soul Emperor’s intention and asked whether he planned to self-destruct.

Hun Xiu returned to the secret chamber as Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun prepared to sacrifice themselves to defend the Dou Qi Continent. His father and fathers-in-law recognized him, and Soul Emperor embraced him in tears; Hun Xiu then asked what had happened to them.

• Soul Emperor said he and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun would give their lives to buy time for Hun Xiu to return and protect the Dou Qi Continent.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun agreed to sacrifice themselves alongside Soul Emperor, and the three prepared to leave the secret chamber.
• Hun Xiu appeared before them, but Soul Emperor initially thought he was hallucinating, even as Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun recognized him.
• Hun Xiu confirmed he had returned, and Soul Emperor embraced him and wept with relief.
• Hun Xiu noticed the three elders' condition and asked what had happened to them.

Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun that he had slain Emperor Ziwei and the invading evil demons, then healed their grave injuries. He arranged for the demonized experts to leave and gave each of his women Origin Qi so they could advance to Dou Di.

• Soul Emperor recounted the events that had left him, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun gravely injured, and Hun Xiu assured them he had killed Emperor Ziwei and the evil demons threatening the continent.
• Hun Xiu sent powerful energy and vitality into Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun to heal them, then left them to refine it.
• Demonized experts knelt outside the Hun Realm to beg for forgiveness, and Hun Xiu ordered Hun Tu to arrange for them to leave because the continent still needed them.
• After Medusa handled most of the Hun Clan's affairs over three days, Hun Xiu gave each of his women a strand of Origin Qi so they could reach Dou Di.

Three years after the disaster, Hun Xiu gathered the strongest experts from four clans and announced that he planned to lead them to conquer the Great Thousand World. He revealed that he had created a passage allowing people of any strength to travel there, and Soul Emperor welcomed the opportunity.

• Three years after the Dou Qi Continent’s near-destruction, it continued to recover as Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Xun'er, and Zi Yan reached Dou Emperor level, while Soul Emperor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun advanced to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Hun Xiu assembled the powerful experts of the Hun Clan, Yao Clan, Gu Clan, and Ancient Void Dragon Clan in the Hun Clan’s great hall.
• Hun Xiu told the gathered experts that he intended to lead them into the new world and make the Hall of Souls renowned there.
• Soul Emperor questioned how the Dou Saints could travel to the new world, and Hun Xiu explained that he had created a passage connecting it to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Soul Emperor grew excited when Hun Xiu said the passage allowed people to travel regardless of their strength.

Hun Xiu brought the Hall of Souls from the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World, where the group converted their Dou Qi into spiritual energy and grew stronger. He left them in the Heavenly Tomb and flew toward the Western Heaven War Hall, intending to destroy it and establish the Hall of Souls in its place.

• Hun Xiu explained the Great Thousand World’s size, strength hierarchy, and potential for the Hall of Souls to advance.
• Hun Xiu asked the Hall of Souls’ experts to follow him into battle, and they pledged their loyalty.
• Three days later, Hun Xiu led Soul Emperor and more than eighty others to the Western Heaven Continent without scattering them.
• Hun Xiu taught the group to convert Dou Qi into spiritual energy, prompting breakthroughs among Medusa, the Four Demon Saints, and the Four Elders.
• Hun Xiu stored the group in the Heavenly Tomb and flew toward the Western Heaven War Hall to settle scores with the Western Heaven War Sovereign and establish the Hall of Souls there.

After three years of living in fear of Hun Xiu, the Western Heaven War Sovereign finally faced him as he arrived at Western Heaven War Hall to take revenge. The Western Heaven War Sovereign knelt and offered to submit, but Hun Xiu had already decided to kill him.

• For three years, the Western Heaven War Sovereign lived in fear of Hun Xiu and watched for news of him, while Hun Xiu traveled toward Western Heaven War Hall with a group of experts.
• Hun Xiu called for the Western Heaven War Sovereign to come out and die, and the Western Heaven War Sovereign realized Hun Xiu had finally arrived.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign met Hun Xiu and acknowledged he had expected him to return, while Hun Xiu mocked his fear and challenged him to fight.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign swallowed his pride and knelt before Hun Xiu, offering his own allegiance and the submission of Western Heaven War Hall in exchange for his life.

Hun Xiu rejected the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s surrender and killed him, taking control of the Western Heaven War Hall and the Western Heaven Continent. The Hall of Souls emerged as the new ruler, and the Western Heaven War Hall’s experts were offered the chance to surrender.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign begged Hun Xiu to accept him as a loyal subordinate, but Hun Xiu refused and declared that he would die.
• Hun Xiu sealed the Western Heaven War Sovereign in space, leaving him unable to resist or self-destruct.
• Hun Xiu summoned eight Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, eight Quasi Heavenly Sovereigns, and more than eighty Earth Sovereigns from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Xiu killed the Western Heaven War Sovereign, whose death ended his rule over the Western Heaven Continent.
• Hun Xiu announced that members of the Western Heaven War Hall who surrendered would be spared, and the crowd hailed Emperor Xiu.

Hun Xiu killed the Western Heaven War Sovereign and replaced the Western Heaven War Hall with the Hall of Souls, which quickly subdued the Western Heaven Continent. News of his return reached the Great Thousand World, where Tou She Ancient God awaited his promised arrival at the Fire Spirit Clan.

• The Hall of Souls took over Soul City, killed the faction leaders who challenged its rule, and forced the Western Heaven Continent to submit.
• Factions across the Great Thousand World learned that Hun Xiu had slain the Western Heaven War Sovereign and made the Hall of Souls the continent's new overlord.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor told Tou She Ancient God that Hun Xiu had returned and reminded him that Hun Xiu had promised to come to the Fire Spirit Clan and devour him.
• Tou She Ancient God said he was unafraid and awaited Hun Xiu's arrival as he defeated Fire Spirit Ancestor at chess.
• Ice Spirit Ancestor reflected that the Western Heaven War Sovereign's earlier sneak attack had brought about his death and the fall of the Western Heaven War Hall.

After the Hall of Souls was established and Hun Xiu killed the Western Heaven War Sovereign, powerful factions reacted to his rise and considered how to build ties with him. Hun Xiu left the new faction’s affairs to Soul Emperor and entered seclusion to pursue greater strength.

• Ice Spirit Ancestor feared Hun Xiu would punish him for helping the Western Heaven War Sovereign and decided to prepare a gift for the Hall of Souls.
• Azure Robe Sword Saint believed Hun Xiu would surpass him and sent a Heavenly Sovereign to deliver a generous gift and build goodwill with the Hall of Souls.
• Futur Xuan doubted Hun Xiu could truly control the former Western Heaven War Hall without loyal followers and a deeper foundation.
• Hun Xiu handed the Hall of Souls’ affairs to Soul Emperor and entered seclusion to cultivate toward the Firmament Ranking and Master Realm.

After three years of seclusion, Hun Xiu reached the peak of Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and traveled to the Fire Spirit Clan to seek Tou She Ancient God, the highest-ranked Heavenly Flame. Fire Spirit Clan guards initially denied him entry, but recognized his Hall of Souls token as a Heaven Rank Token, identifying him as a Heavenly Sovereign.

• During three years of seclusion, Hun Xiu advanced to the peak of Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and decided to seek an opportunity by devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Xiu chose the Fire Spirit Clan as his destination because Tou She Ancient God, the highest-ranked Heavenly Flame, was there.
• Hun Xiu arrived at the Divine Flame Mountain Range and encountered two Eighth Grade Sovereigns guarding the Fire Spirit Clan's territory.
• Hun Xiu said he had promised the Fire Spirit Ancestor six years earlier that he would visit, but the guards refused entry without an invitation.
• Hun Xiu identified himself as a member of the Hall of Souls and showed the guards his token.
• The guards recognized the token as a Heaven Rank Token reserved for Hall of Souls Heavenly Sovereigns.