Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng and the others fought to escape the Medicine Realm as the Soul Clan pursued them, but Hun Yan blocked the spatial rift. Xiao Yan prepared to strengthen his Destruction Fire Lotus with Xiao Heng’s flame while Xiao Heng challenged Hun Yan and pierced through his attack.

• Xiao Heng led the Yao Clan survivors toward the torn spatial rift while Elder Wan Huo and other Yao Clan members sacrificed themselves to hold off the Soul Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame remained occupied maintaining the spatial seal and controlling the Tunling Clan, while Hun Yan broke away to pursue the escaping group.
• Elder Shen Nong attacked Hun Yan with the Living Flame, but Hun Yan shattered the flame beast and his energy claw killed two One-star Dou Shengs before he reached the rift.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a Destruction Fire Lotus at Hun Yan, but Hun Yan survived it nearly unscathed, so Xiao Heng gave Xiao Yan his crimson flame to strengthen another attack.
• Xiao Heng confronted Hun Yan with Star Shatter, pierced through Hun Yan’s Heavenly Soul Funeral fist, and continued toward his heart.

Xiao Heng held Hun Yan back with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Five Elements Sword Array while Xiao Yan completed a Destruction Fire Lotus. The blast badly injured Hun Yan, allowing Xiao Heng and the others to escape through the spatial rift as Yao Dan thanked them.

• Xiao Heng stunned Hun Yan with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and trapped him in the Five Elements Sword Array.
• Xiao Yan fused the flames into a Destruction Fire Lotus and sent it through a gap Xiao Heng opened in the sword formation.
• The Destruction Fire Lotus exploded, injuring Hun Yan and clearing the way toward the widened spatial rift.
• Xiao Heng struck Hun Yan back as Elder Shen Nong and the others dealt with the remaining Soul Clan fighters.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and the medicine clan members escaped through the spatial rift, while Yao Dan thanked them and faced Hun Jing.

After escaping the Yao Clan’s destruction, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan split from their allies and headed for the Ancient Clan with Yao Tian and Yao Ling, while the Soul Clan pursued them. The chapter ended with a Seven-star Dou Sheng appearing behind them and attacking.

• Yao Dan’s self-destruction injured Hun Jing and Hun Yan, while Hun Jing recovered the Ancient Jade from the crater.
• Hun Xuzi decided to pursue Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan himself as Hun Jing and Hun Yan stayed to gather the Yao Clan’s bloodline.
• Xiao Heng’s group escaped to a mountain range, where Xiao Yan recovered and the surviving Yao Clan youths mourned their losses.
• Old Yao took the other survivors toward Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan escorted Yao Tian and Yao Ling toward the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Heng took Xiao Yan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and planned to draw pursuers away if they caught up.
• A Seven-star Dou Sheng attacked Xiao Heng’s group with black energy spheres and appeared before them.

Xiao Heng delayed Hun Sha so Xiao Yan could flee with Yao Tian and Yao Ling, but Hun Qiu pursued and confronted Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan fought back with a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill and powerful flame techniques, yet Hun Qiu remained largely unharmed as Xiao Yan’s strength began to wane.

• Xiao Heng used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to draw Hun Sha away while Xiao Yan escaped with Yao Tian and Yao Ling.
• Hun Sha sent two Soul Clan fighters after Xiao Yan, and Hun Qiu pursued him while Yao Tian and Yao Ling continued toward the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan stopped to face Hun Qiu, sent Yao Tian and Yao Ling ahead, and swallowed a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill to restore his strength.
• Xiao Yan fought Hun Qiu with the Yellow Springs Palm, Yellow Springs Finger, and Xiao Yi’s fire lotuses, then was pierced in the shoulder by a soul chain.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha’s Fury Reincarnation, but Hun Qiu emerged from the flames only slightly weakened while Xiao Yan coughed blood and struggled to continue.

Xiao Yan fought Hun Qiu to a standstill with his flames and Xiao Yi’s fire lotus, then escaped by tricking Hun Qiu into fleeing first. He headed for the Ancient Clan to seek help for Xiao Heng, whose jade tablet showed he was still alive.

• Hun Qiu struck Xiao Yan and countered his Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath with Soul Howl, then attacked him with Soul Splitting Claw.
• Xiao Yan used Destruction Flame Body to break through Hun Qiu’s black mist, while Xiao Yi hurled a fire lotus that badly wounded them both.
• Xiao Yan swallowed his last Ninth-grade Treasure Pill and provoked Hun Qiu into fleeing, then changed direction and escaped toward the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Qiu could not pursue Xiao Yan because the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tormented him, so he returned toward the Medicine Realm.
• Xiao Yan checked Xiao Heng’s jade tablet, saw it still glowed, and hurried toward the Ancient Clan to request help rescuing him.

Xiao Heng used a devastating sword strike to wound Hun Sha, but Hun Sha burned his Bloodline Power and caught up with him. Their confrontation left Xiao Heng badly injured in a crater, where they continued fighting at close range.

• Xiao Heng repeatedly tricked Hun Sha into defending against feigned attacks while fleeing, then drew his longsword and split Hun Sha's defense and the sky with a powerful strike.
• Xiao Heng fled, but Hun Sha survived with a severe wound and burned his Bloodline Power to pursue him.
• Xiao Heng attacked Hun Sha with Sea Heaven Cross Line, but Hun Sha countered with Earth Fiend Palm and trapped Xiao Heng beneath a five-colored shield.
• Hun Sha pierced Xiao Heng's shield with Myriad Souls Return, Hundred Break Strike and blasted him into the mountain range, leaving him badly wounded in a crater.
• Hun Sha charged into the crater, and Xiao Heng met him with his sword as the two began fighting at close range.

Xiao Heng fought Hun Sha to a stalemate after swallowing a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, then unleashed an unending Five Elements Sword River to hold him back. The chapter ended with the Sword River still crashing against Hun Sha’s defenses as both men struggled to endure.

• Xiao Heng wounded Hun Sha with Star Shatter, Extreme Break, but Hun Sha’s counterattack shattered Xiao Heng’s sword and sent him crashing into a lake.
• Hun Sha pursued Xiao Heng, who revealed a Ninth-grade Profound Pill and swallowed it rather than surrendering it.
• The pill’s power let Xiao Heng match Hun Sha in a direct clash, after which Xiao Heng retreated hundreds of thousands of feet.
• Xiao Heng summoned a Five Elements Formation and sent an endless Sword River against Hun Sha’s black energy barrier.
• Xiao Heng continued sustaining the Sword River with his life as Hun Sha grew increasingly anxious under the unrelenting attacks.

Xiao Heng defeated Hun Sha after sustaining the Sword River for ten minutes, but Hun Xuzi appeared while Xiao Heng was badly injured and tried to kill him. An unidentified Eight-star Dou Sheng intervened and killed Hun Xuzi, leaving Xiao Heng alive with the outcome of the battle settled.

• Two concealed observers watched Xiao Heng’s Sword River overwhelm Hun Sha, while Hun Xuzi hid nearby and waited for a chance to seize the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Heng’s Sword River shattered Hun Sha’s shield and pierced him, then collapsed after Xiao Heng exhausted himself.
• Xiao Heng struggled to reach Hun Sha and prepare to kill him, but Hun Xuzi emerged and attacked the wounded Xiao Heng with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• An unidentified man appeared, caught Hun Xuzi’s attack, and revealed himself as an Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Xuzi launched Divine Wrath Soul Burst, but the man countered with Nebula Rend, struck him down, and crushed his head.

The Great Elder and the Ancient Clan Leader defeated Hun Sha’s threat and stabilized Xiao Heng, while Xiao Yan reached the Ancient Clan with news of the Yao Clan’s destruction. Gu Yuan uncovered the Soul Clan’s scheme and called on the Lei and Huo Clans to join forces, as Xiao Yan rested and worried about Xiao Heng.

• The Ancient Clan Leader killed Hun Sha, and the Great Elder preserved Hun Sha’s corpse; the Clan Leader also gave Xiao Heng Hun Xuzi’s body before sealing the Ninth-grade Profound Pill’s power in Xiao Heng and letting him recover.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Ancient Clan with Yao Tian and Yao Ling and reported that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Yao Clan and that Xiao Heng had stayed behind to draw Hun Sha away.
• Gu Yuan sent Elder Gu Dao to assist Xiao Heng and gathered the Ancient Clan elders to hear Xiao Yan’s account.
• Gu Yuan and the elders concluded that the Soul Clan had been devouring the bloodlines of other ancient races and was seeking the power tied to the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Lei Clan and Huo Clan to come to the Ancient Clan to discuss an alliance against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan returned with Xun Er to recover, while she reassured him that Elder Gu Dao could help Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng woke after his battle and met Bai Yun, the Bai Clan Leader, who discussed the Soul Clan’s strength and gave him Hun Xuzi’s corpse and a Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame. Xiao Heng planned to heal, refine the remaining Ninth-grade Profound Pill energy, and improve his strength as the conflict with the Soul Clan and Tunling Clan loomed.

• Xiao Yan entered seclusion to refine the Ninth-grade Profound Pill, while Xiao Heng woke in the Bai Clan’s mountain valley.
• Bai Yun and Bai Qufeng met Xiao Heng, and Bai Yun explained that he and Bai Qufeng had watched his fight with Hun Sha before intervening.
• Xiao Heng told Bai Yun that the Yao Clan had been destroyed by the Soul Clan and revealed what he knew about the Tunling Clan and the Soul Clan’s Nine-star Dou Shengs.
• Bai Yun revealed that he was an early Nine-star Dou Sheng and compared his strength with Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi, and Gu Yuan.
• Bai Yun gave Xiao Heng Hun Xuzi’s corpse and a sealed Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame as gifts.
• Xiao Heng examined his injuries and planned to heal before refining the Ninth-grade Profound Pill’s remaining energy and the Child Flame.

Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and refined the power of a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, reaching peak Six-star Dou Sheng before turning to refine the sealed Nihility Devouring Flame. As he absorbed the flame’s source, Bai Yun resolved to gamble on the Bai Clan’s future and take Xiao Heng to the Ancient Clan.

• Bai Yun and Bai Qufeng discussed the Bai Clan’s dwindling bloodline and agreed to risk joining the coming conflict against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Heng spent a day refining seven supplementary pills, then used them to heal his injuries and absorb the Ninth-grade Profound Pill’s power over six days, reaching peak Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Heng released the sealed Nihility Devouring Flame and trapped it inside his Five Elements Devouring Array.
• Xiao Heng used his innate Devouring Power and the array to consume the flame’s source and fuse it into his Fire Element over three days.
• Bai Yun arranged to travel with Xiao Heng to the Ancient Clan while Bai Qufeng returned to protect the Bai Clan and preserve its bloodline if they lost.

Xiao Heng stabilized his breakthrough at Peak Six-star Dou Sheng and traveled with Bai Yun toward the Ancient Clan, learning the Bai Clan planned to join the coming conflict with the Soul Clan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan recovered in the Ancient Realm and learned Xiao Heng was still missing as the Lei Clan and Yan Clan arrived.

• Xiao Heng compressed the energy from the Ninth-grade Profound Pill and Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame, stopping short of breaking through to Seven-star Dou Sheng while greatly strengthening his fire lotus and elemental powers.
• Bai Yun took Xiao Heng toward the Ancient Clan and explained that the Bai Clan’s bloodline was fading, the Soul Clan had brought disaster upon them, and he planned to join the battle while the rest of the clan hid.
• Xiao Heng agreed to return to the Bai Realm if the Ancient Clan retreated and received permission to bring a limited number of people from the Heavenly Mansion there for safety.
• Xiao Heng considered the threats posed by Hun Tiandi and the Tunling Clan, as well as his uncertain path to becoming a Dou Di, before deciding not to dwell on what he could not yet control.
• Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and refined the Ninth-grade Profound Pill; Xun Er told him Xiao Heng had not been found, and Xiao Yan concluded he was likely still alive.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that the Lei Clan and Yan Clan had arrived and wanted to meet him, and Xiao Yan agreed to go see them.

Xiao Heng and Bai Yun entered the Ancient Realm and joined Gu Yuan’s gathering of the clans preparing to campaign against the Soul Clan. Bai Yun revealed himself as the Bai Clan’s leader and a Nine-star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Heng reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er.

• Xiao Heng and Bai Yun arrived at the Ancient Realm, where Elder Tong Xuan escorted them toward its center.
• Gu Yuan sensed their arrival, welcomed Bai Yun into the ceremonial hall, and offered him a seat among the gathering’s leading experts.
• Bai Yun introduced himself as the Bai Clan’s leader and said he had come to seek justice from the Soul Clan for his dead clansmen.
• Gu Yuan and the others recalled the Bai Clan’s disappearance and concluded that the Soul Clan had sealed the Bai Realm.
• Xiao Heng reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er, and Xiao Yan guessed that Bai Yun was a Nine-star Dou Sheng.

Xun Er introduced Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan to the powerful leaders and experts gathered from the Ancient Races. After Gu Hua asked for reinforcements against the Lei Clan, Xiao Heng agreed to go help him.

• Xiao Heng explained the Bai Clan's history and discussed the Soul Clan's threat with Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
• Xun Er introduced the Ancient Clan's Gu Yuan, the Huo Clan's Yan Jin, the Lei Clan's Lei Ying, and the other experts gathered in the hall.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan learned that the gathered leaders were powerful Dou Sheng experts and recognized the strength of the Ancient Races.
• Gu Hua arrived, greeted Xiao Heng, and asked where Mo Sha was; Xiao Heng said Mo Sha was dead.
• Gu Hua told Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er that the Lei Clan had provoked the Black Mist Army and defeated him and Qing Yang, so he asked them for help.
• Xiao Heng agreed to go with Gu Hua, and Xiao Yan and Xun Er agreed to join them.

Xiao Heng revealed that he had killed Hun Sha, shocking Gu Hua and leading him to propose Xiao Heng marry his older sister, Gu Yuan; Xiao Heng refused and Xiao Yan was caught in trouble over Tang Huo'er. At the Martial Arts Arena, Lei Dong and the Lei Clan youths continued to taunt the Ancient Clan after defeating Gu Qingyang, while Huo Xuan hinted that the confrontation was not over.

• Xiao Heng told Gu Hua that he had killed Hun Sha, then explained that victory had taken all his strength and luck.
• Gu Hua proposed that Xiao Heng marry his older sister, Gu Yuan, but Xiao Heng declined, saying he was devoted to someone already.
• Xiao Heng mentioned Tang Huo'er, prompting Xun Er to confront Xiao Yan and leaving Xiao Yan in trouble.
• The Lei Clan youths defeated the Ancient Clan fighters at the Martial Arts Arena, and Lei Yun mocked them for their losses.
• Lei Dong showed interest when an Ancient Clan youth said Xun Er was their strongest fighter, while Huo Xuan told Huo Zhi that the matter was not over.

Xiao Yan defeated Lei Dong and the Lei Clan’s younger generation with ease, confirming the rumors about his strength. Lei Ying then challenged Xiao Heng to withstand one move, and Xiao Heng accepted, preparing to strike first.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan arrived with Xun Er as Lei Dong provoked the Ancient Clan and challenged them to fight.
• Xiao Yan faced Lei Dong and several Lei Clan youths, then overwhelmed them with his speed and flames in less than ten seconds.
• Lei Ying arrived and challenged Xiao Yan to take one move from him using half his strength.
• Xiao Heng stopped Xiao Yan and volunteered to take Lei Ying’s palm strike instead.
• Lei Ying agreed to let Xiao Heng strike first, and Xiao Heng placed his hand on his sword hilt.

Xiao Heng demonstrated his sheathed-sword technique in a single strike against Lei Ying, impressing the assembled leaders despite the move’s limitations. Bai Yun then challenged Lei Ying and won their one-move spar, strengthening Gu Yuan’s confidence in the Bai Clan as a potential ally against the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Heng poured his Dou Qi into his sword and unleashed a brilliant strike that collided with Lei Ying’s Thunder Tribulation Palm, tearing through Lei Ying’s defenses.
• Lei Ying praised Xiao Heng’s strength and acknowledged that Xiao Heng’s strike had forced him to use fifty percent of his strength.
• Bai Yun stopped Lei Ying and proposed a spar, while Gu Yuan directed them to fight in the void space to protect the Ancient Realm.
• Bai Yun and Lei Ying exchanged one powerful palm strike in the void, and Lei Ying admitted that he had lost.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Bai Yun’s strength as an asset against the Soul Clan and trusted Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan’s judgment.

Hun Tiandi appeared at the Ancient Clan gathering with Nihility Devouring Flame and a formidable Soul Clan force, while Gu Yuan confronted him over the Soul Clan’s actions. Xiao Heng realized Hun Tiandi’s real target was the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and the chapter ended as Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi’s energy tides collided.

• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi beyond the Ancient Realm, and Ancient Clan experts prepared for battle as Hun Tiandi arrived with Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Clan forces.
• Hun Tiandi acknowledged the Bai Clan’s survival, while Gu Yuan and Lei Ying challenged him over the vanished clans and Nihility Devouring Flame’s rise to Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Heng realized Hun Tiandi had come for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Yuan ordered Elder Gu Dao to rush to the ancestral shrine.
• The shrine’s warning signal sounded, but Soul Clan experts blocked the Ancient Clan’s forces as Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed its aura.
• Gu Yuan attacked in fury, and Hun Tiandi met his surging energy with a counterforce that collided with it.

Hun Tiandi kept Gu Yuan occupied while the Soul Clan stole the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade, and the clans clashed across the Ancient Realm. Xiao Heng used his Third Eye to locate Gu Yang, leaving the Black Mist Army to try to capture him.

• An Ancient Clan elder reported that Gu Yang had wounded the ancestral shrine’s guard and stolen the Ancient Jade, revealing Hun Tiandi’s scheme to hold Gu Yuan back.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Black Mist Army to seal the Ancient Realm and the elders to find Gu Yang, while Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s forces intercepted the Ancient Clan.
• Bai Yun engaged Nihility Devouring Flame, and Lei Ying and Yan Jin moved to confront the other Soul Clan experts.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan joined Xun Er’s search for Gu Yang, and Xiao Heng used his Third Eye to locate him inside a nearby mountain.
• Xiao Heng split the mountain with a sword strike, and Gu Yang emerged as Gu Qingyang and the Black Mist Army moved to capture him.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan killed Gu Yang and recovered the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Hun Yan attacked them before they could escape. The two fought Hun Yan together and wounded him, but the peak Seven-star Dou Sheng survived and vowed to kill them.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan joined forces to kill Gu Yang, then Xiao Heng took the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the blood mist.
• Hun Yan attacked the group with the Heavenly Soul Demon Fiend Claw, burying them in a collapsing mountain range; Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan protected the others, and Xun Er retreated with the injured Gu Qingyang.
• Hun Yan demanded the Ancient God Jade, then fought Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan while Xun Er carried Gu Qingyang away.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan resolved to kill Hun Yan and exchanged attacks with him, destroying the mountain range around them.
• Xiao Yan struck Hun Yan with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and Xiao Heng followed with Starfall, leaving a deep wound in Hun Yan's chest.
• Hun Yan survived the combined attack and swore that Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan would die.