Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun infiltrated the Blood Sacrifice Great Array’s core and found Xiao Yan near death as Hun Tiandi drained his Emperor Flame Origin. Xiao Chen disrupted the devouring and phased away with Xiao Yan, leaving them hidden in a spatial fold while Hun Tiandi searched for them.

• Xiao Chen sensed Xiao Yan’s fading life force and approached the core with Zhu Kun through the Chaos passage.
• Xiao Chen saw Hun Tiandi using the Ancient Emperor Jade and Blood Sacrifice Great Array to stabilize the Emperor Soul’s descent while devouring Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen asked Zhu Kun to draw their enemies’ attention and used Chaos Energy to trigger a brief conflict in the dark tentacles’ energy.
• Xiao Chen rushed in during the interruption, reached Xiao Yan, and used Chaos Return to Ruins—Phasing to escape with him.
• Hun Tiandi ordered a search as Xiao Chen hid with the barely living Xiao Yan in a quiet fold of space and considered how to save him.

Xiao Chen kept Xiao Yan’s failing life and soul from collapsing, then learned that Void Origin Fire might restore his burned Emperor Flame Origin. Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun set off to seek it in unstable regions of space, unaware that a dark golden pursuer was following them.

• Xiao Chen used his Chaos Energy to stabilize Xiao Yan’s nearly extinguished Emperor Flame Origin and crumbling soul imprint.
• Xiao Chen realized that Xiao Yan might need an Emperor-level flame origin to recover and asked Zhu Kun about a suitable source.
• Zhu Kun revealed that Void Origin Fire could repair origin damage and said it might be found in unstable spatial regions.
• Xiao Chen proposed searching places where the Blood Sacrifice Great Array’s energy clashed with earth veins and ancient rules, and Zhu Kun agreed to accompany him.
• Xiao Chen carried Xiao Yan’s protected light cluster as he and Zhu Kun entered the chaotic energy sea to search for Void Origin Fire.
• A dark golden streak containing Vengeful Poison sensed a faint resonance and silently pursued Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun.

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun found an embryonic Void Origin Fire, but the remnant soul of the Ancient Heavenly Snake attacked them to seize Xiao Yan’s orb. Xiao Chen tried to guide the fire into the orb, only to leave Xiao Yan facing a violent infusion from the fire and the snake’s lethal strike at once.

• Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun followed clashes in the Space Rules to a spatial opening containing a faint embryonic Void Origin Fire.
• The remnant soul of the Ancient Heavenly Snake ambushed them and lunged for the orb holding Xiao Yan’s remaining origin.
• Xiao Chen slowed the snake with his Chaos Domain, and Zhu Kun struck it, but the wounded remnant soul attacked again.
• The Void Origin Fire flared and drew the surrounding Chaos turbulence toward itself, prompting Xiao Chen to form a bridge and guide it toward the orb.
• The fire’s violent power surged into the orb as the snake lunged at it, leaving Xiao Yan threatened from both sides.

Xiao Chen risked his life to rekindle Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame by joining it with his Chaos Emperor Flame and the Void Origin Fire. After the brothers survived the attack and Xiao Yan’s flame stabilized, Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun left the danger zone, while Soul Clan forces arrived too late to find them.

• Xiao Chen used the Void Origin Fire and his Chaos Emperor Flame to awaken the nearly extinguished Emperor Flame Origin within Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s newborn flame fused with traces of Xiao Chen’s Chaos and burned away the Ancient Heavenly Snake’s remnant soul.
• Xiao Chen carefully nourished Xiao Yan’s weak flame and soul imprint until the light cluster stabilized.
• Zhu Kun warned Xiao Chen that the battle’s energy fluctuations could attract attention, and Xiao Chen withdrew with him and Xiao Yan.
• Soul Clan forces arrived after their departure, found signs of the battle and the destroyed remnant soul, and left empty-handed.

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun planned to hide and recover in the Endless Fire Domain after learning that Hun Tiandi intended to open a passage to an unknown Upper Realm. As they set out for the Heart of Molten Fire, Zhu Kun recalled a possible connection between the Void Origin Fire and the lost Void Dragon Abyss.

• Xiao Chen decided that he and Zhu Kun would avoid the Star Realm and other allies for now and seek refuge in the Endless Fire Domain, where Xiao Yan might recover.
• Zhu Kun identified the Heart of Molten Fire, a concealed lava labyrinth whose fire laws could disrupt detection, as a suitable hiding place.
• Xiao Chen received a fragmented message from Elder Xing and Elder Kong Yan reporting that the Alliance Commando Team had withdrawn to the Star Realm and that Hun Tiandi had been injured, delaying the Blood Sacrifice Great Array.
• Xiao Chen learned that Hun Tiandi might use the array and Ancient Emperor Jade to open a passage to an unknown Upper Realm and lead the Soul Clan there.
• Xiao Chen learned that ancient races and ruins were stirring, while Zhu Kun recalled that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's lost Void Dragon Abyss might be connected to the Void Origin Fire and the defense of the continent's space.
• Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun set out to construct a Space Passage to the Heart of Molten Fire so they could recover and investigate the new clues.

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun hid in the Heart of Molten Fire while recovering and helping Xiao Yan’s sphere of light stabilize. After seven days, Xiao Yan awakened enough to speak with Xiao Chen, but Zhu Kun sensed several powerful beings approaching the cave.

• Zhu Kun brought Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan’s sphere of light through the Endless Fire Domain and into the Heart of Molten Fire.
• Zhu Kun found a concealed lava cavern where Xiao Chen and he could recover while the fire energy nourished Xiao Yan’s sphere.
• Xiao Chen spent seven days slowly restoring his Chaos Origin and channeling Earth Fire energy into Xiao Yan’s sphere.
• Xiao Yan awakened and spoke with Xiao Chen, learning about his rescue, the alliance’s situation, and the changes to his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and protect his family, but Zhu Kun sensed several powerful beings entering the cave.

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun were discovered by Yan Lie and Feng Ling, survivors of the Stone Clan and Tianluan Clan, while hiding in a lava cave. The ancient races revealed that a prophecy called for them to unite and seek the “Source of the Spark,” which they believed might be the newly born hope of flame Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun concealed themselves when Yan Lie and Feng Ling entered the lava cave, and Yan Lie began preparing it as a hidden base.
• Feng Ling sensed the concealed pair and ordered them to come out, recognizing Zhu Kun as the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Kun identified Yan Lie and Feng Ling as survivors of the Stone Clan and Tianluan Clan, while Xiao Chen introduced himself and the gravely injured Xiao Yan as members of the Star Realm Alliance.
• Feng Ling explained that the Soul Clan’s Blood Sacrifice Great Array was damaging the ancient races’ secret realms and draining the continent’s earth-vein energy.
• Yan Lie shared an ancient prophecy warning that the Continent Origin faced collapse and that the ancient races must unite to seek the Source of the Spark.
• Feng Ling and Yan Lie concluded that the Source of the Spark might be Xiao Yan, whose pure flame aura pulsed within Xiao Chen’s sphere of light.

Xiao Chen forged an alliance with the Stone Clan and Tianluan Clan, who began helping Xiao Yan recover in their hidden camp. With Hun Tiandi searching the Endless Fire Domain for signs of Void Origin Fire, Xiao Chen proposed creating more variables to confuse the Soul Clan.

• Yan Lie and Feng Ling assessed Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan’s worth as allies, and Xiao Chen revealed their shared enemies and clues to the Void Dragon Abyss.
• Yan Lie and Feng Ling swore that the Stone Clan and Tianluan Clan would ally with the Star Realm Alliance, and Xiao Chen pledged to cooperate with them.
• Xiao Chen agreed to move Xiao Yan to the clans’ temporary camp, where the Feng Ling Nirvana Pool and Earth Nurturing Spirit Array could aid his recovery.
• Yan Lie and Feng Ling activated the camp’s array, and Xiao Yan’s soul grew more stable and powerful in the pool.
• A scout reported that Hun Tiandi had stabilized the Blood Sacrifice Great Array’s backlash and was gathering forces to search for the source of Void Origin Fire.
• Xiao Chen proposed creating several more variables to confuse the Soul Clan as its search intensified.

Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun triggered explosions in the Heart of Molten Fire labyrinth while Feng Ling’s squad faked Void Origin Fire traces to misdirect the Soul Clan. As the search parties scattered, Xiao Yan’s recovery continued in the Nirvana Pool, bringing his awakening closer.

• Xiao Chen proposed dividing the forces to distract the Soul Clan and protect Xiao Yan while he recovered.
• Feng Ling and Yan Lie selected an elite squad to create false Void Origin Fire fluctuations near a fragile Space Node, while the remaining fighters guarded the camp.
• Xiao Chen and Zhu Kun triggered a massive eruption at Boiling Rock Lake and set off explosions at two more energy accumulation points.
• Feng Ling’s squad used the Void Origin Fire aura to create a false Space Passage and suspected Void Origin Fire traces.
• The Soul Clan’s search forces split their attention between the chaotic explosions and the false fluctuations as Xiao Yan’s soul fluctuation grew stronger.

Xiao Yan recovered in the Feng Ling Clan’s Nirvana Pool, awakening with a reborn Emperor Flame that could erode rules, while Xiao Chen organized the Ancient Alliance against Hun Tiandi’s plan to reach the Upper Realm. The brothers set out for the Star Realm to check on Cai Lin and Xiao Xiao as Soul Clan forces gathered near the Endless Fire Domain.

• Xiao Li brought Xiao Chen intelligence that the Soul Clan was mobilizing near the Endless Fire Domain, and Xiao Chen joined Yan Lie and Feng Ling to discuss the threat and the prophecy.
• Xiao Chen and the clan leaders concluded that Hun Tiandi might use Garuda’s World Devouring rule to breach the barrier between realms, so they assigned allies to seek out other Ancient Races.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Nirvana Pool at Peak Early One-star Dou Di and demonstrated that his Emperor Flame could burn fragments of rules, though the attack consumed much of his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help unite the Ancient Races but chose to travel with Xiao Chen to the Star Realm to check on Cai Lin and the unconscious Xiao Xiao.
• While traveling through the void, Xiao Yan sensed that the World Will had awakened and was resisting the Soul Clan’s extraction of the Continent Origin as Soul Clan forces moved through the Endless Fire Domain.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan fought off a Soul Clan ambush on their way back to the Star Realm, then discovered Xiao Xiao had been cursed in an attack intended to awaken Garuda’s consciousness within her. They resolved to seek the Ancient Heavenly Snake Ancestral Land in the Void Dragon Abyss, while preparing the Star Realm and their allies for the expedition.

• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan encountered Soul Clan fighters led by Hun Tu, Hun Sha, and Hun Mei, and Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame and Xiao Chen’s Chaos power broke their array before the attackers escaped.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm and learned that an elite Soul Clan squad had attacked the recuperation hall and targeted Xiao Xiao.
• Cai Lin revealed that Xiao Xiao had been struck with a Soul Erosion Seal mixed with an Ancient Heavenly Snake curse, which could let Garuda’s consciousness take over her body.
• Yao Lao said the curse was difficult to remove, while Xun'er and Zhu Kun identified the Ancient Heavenly Snake Ancestral Land in the Void Dragon Abyss as a possible source of a cure.
• Xiao Yan vowed to save Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Chen ordered the Star Realm to enter its highest state of alert and prepare to enter the Void Dragon Abyss within a month.

Xiao Yan and his allies discovered that the curse afflicting Xiao Xiao had awakened from her inherited snake bloodline and could potentially be transferred to an Ancestor Snake Remains. They prepared to seek a Serpent Scale in the Void Dragon Abyss while negotiating with the Sea Demon Clan, unaware that Hun Tiandi was counting on the curse to torment Xiao Yan and advancing his Blood Sacrifice Great Array.

• Xun'er suppressed Xiao Xiao's curse with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Ancient Emperor Talisman, while Zhu Kun explained that it came from the Ancestor Snake's corrupted bloodline.
• Xiao Yi Xian proposed transferring the curse into an Ancestor Snake Remains, and Xiao Chen organized a search for a Serpent Scale in the Void Dragon Abyss and for the missing piece.
• The Sea Demon Clan demanded Xiao Yan's Emperor Flame Essence Blood and Zhu Kun's Dragon Emperor Origin, so Xun'er and Zhu Kun offered an Emperor Realm Enlightenment Fragment and a thread of Zhu Kun's Space Rules comprehension instead.
• Xiao Yan comforted Cai Lin as they kept watch over Xiao Xiao, and their allies prepared for the expedition set to leave in three days.
• Hun Tiandi learned that his forces had failed to stop Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, but he revealed that Garuda's consciousness was meant to awaken within Xiao Xiao and that the Blood Sacrifice Great Array was nearing completion.

Xiao Li met with the Sea Emperor to trade for information about the final piece of the Ancestor Snake Remains, agreeing to the Sea Demon Clan’s conditions on behalf of the Xiao Family. He learned the eighth Serpent Scale lay in Dragon Burial Ravine in the Void Dragon Abyss, and left with only one month to retrieve it before the Eye of Guixu’s spacetime tides became active.

• Xiao Li descended to the Sea Emperor Hall with a Sea Demon Clan guide and met the Sea Emperor.
• The Sea Emperor demanded Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame Essence Blood, Zhu Kun’s origin essence, and Xiao Chen’s promise to protect the Sea Demon Clan and recreate its shattered Sea Heart Core.
• After receiving Zhu Kun’s origin essence and Gu Yuan’s Emperor Realm Enlightenment Fragment, the Sea Emperor agreed to defer the essence blood and revealed the Serpent Scale’s history and the Cold White Light entity that had taken it.
• The Sea Emperor told Xiao Li that the eighth Serpent Scale was at the bottom of Dragon Burial Ravine on the third level of the Void Dragon Abyss, warning that ancient things slept there and Chaos Power could trigger unforeseen changes.
• The Sea Emperor warned Xiao Li that he had one month to retrieve the scale before the Eye of Guixu’s tides became active, and told an elder that the Cold Presence’s return threatened the entire continent.
• Xiao Li left the Sea Emperor Hall and sped toward the Star Realm with the coordinates of Dragon Burial Ravine.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan prepared to enter Dragon Burial Ravine and retrieve the Serpent Scale before Xiao Xiao’s curse took her life. As they departed for Void Dragon Abyss, Hun Tiandi set the third phase of his Puppet Plan in motion, seeking to open the Eye of Guixu and summon Garuda’s consciousness.

• Xiao Chen learned from Zhu Kun that Dragon Burial Ravine’s forbidden third level held something older than the Primordial Dragon, and he planned to draw away anything awakened by his Chaos Power while Xiao Yan retrieved the Serpent Scale.
• Yao Lao, Wind Venerate, the Stone Clan elders, and Xiao Chen’s family prepared pills, a teleportation array, talismans, medicines, and defenses for the expedition.
• Xiao Chen promised Cai Lin he would save Xiao Xiao, and he and Xiao Yan agreed they would risk their lives to bring back the Serpent Scale.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, Yan Shan, and Yan Lin departed from Star Realm for Void Dragon Abyss.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Dark Pawns near Void Dragon Abyss to follow their plan and began the third phase of the Puppet Plan, intending to use Xiao Xiao’s curse and Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame to break the Eye of Guixu’s final barrier.

Xiao Chen followed a pull from his Chaos Power into a side hall in Void Dragon Abyss, where he discovered a remnant from a previous era and fused with the damaged Chaos Source Crystal. He learned that Cold White Light sought to open the Ultimate Gate and that Hun Tiandi’s Blood Sacrifice Great Array was tied to the Eye of Guixu, then hurried back as the hall collapsed.

• Zhu Kun led Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Yan Shan, and Yan Lin into Void Dragon Abyss, where they survived the Temporal Echoes and entered the Dragon Tomb Corridor.
• At a fork in the corridor, Xiao Chen felt his Chaos Power draw him toward the left path and left the others waiting while he investigated.
• Xiao Chen found a Chaos Source Crystal in a side hall and heard a remnant consciousness identify itself as the Graveyard Keeper of the previous era.
• The remnant warned Xiao Chen that Cold White Light was gathering Origin Marks to open the Ultimate Gate and told him Hun Tiandi’s Blood Sacrifice Great Array would provide coordinates for the Eye of Guixu.
• Xiao Chen fused with the crystal, strengthened his Chaos Universe, and saw an enormous hole and a watching eye in the world’s Basic Rule Strings.
• As the stone hall collapsed, Xiao Chen fled toward the others, realizing the battle extended beyond saving Xiao'er.

Xiao Chen found Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and the Stone Clan elders trapped by the Time-Devouring Dragon Emperor’s Time Domain, then used the time resonance in the Chaos Source Crystal to destroy it. The group reached the Dragon Burial Ravine, where Serpent Scale lay among mountains of dragon corpses.

• Xiao Chen discovered the fork empty and found the corridor frozen in time, then used Chaos Power to reach Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Chen attacked the guardian black dragon, and Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame restored movement for the group.
• The Time-Devouring Dragon Soul emerged from the dragon-eye gem and froze time again, but Xiao Chen used the Time String’s resonance to shatter its Time Domain.
• Xiao Chen and the others crossed the platform and reached the enormous stone gate, which Zhu Kun opened with his Dragon Patterns.
• The group saw Serpent Scale glowing atop a mountain of dragon corpses at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Ravine.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Kun descended into the Dragon Burial Ravine to retrieve the Serpent Scale and lift Xiao Xiao’s curse, but a mysterious Bone Claw awakened and destroyed the scale while absorbing its curse energy. Xiao Chen received a memory and an agreement from the Bone Claw, which promised to explain how to fight Return to Void when he reached Creation Chaos.

• Xiao Chen identified the Serpent Scale at the summit of the dragon-bone mountain, and he, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Kun descended while Yan Shan and Yan Lin prepared a defensive formation above.
• Zhu Kun paid respects to the Boundary-Breaking Dragon Emperor’s remains as the three climbed toward the Serpent Scale.
• The Serpent Scale’s will revealed that Xiao Xiao’s curse could be transferred to Zhu Kun, but Xiao Chen warned that it was trying to turn them against one another.
• Xiao Chen tried to seal the Serpent Scale with Chaos Power, but a Bone Claw emerged, drained the scale’s curse energy, and began restoring itself with silver Dragon Patterns.
• The Bone Claw analyzed the trio’s power as they fled, then sent a fragmentary memory into Xiao Chen before Yan Shan and Yan Lin’s formation carried them out of the collapsing ravine.
• Xiao Chen told Zhu Kun that the Bone Claw had asked him to return and awaken it once he reached Creation Chaos, in exchange for revealing how to fight Return to Void.

Xiao Chen learned that his master Xu had prepared for the previous era’s Return to Void, but he still did not know whether Xu was connected to the Cold Presence. As Xu Beasts poured from the Eye of Guixu and attacked the Star Realm, Xiao Chen organized the forces to resist them and set out to save Xiao'er before joining the battle.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and the elders that Xu had sealed the Primordial Dragon while seeking a way to resist Return to Void, and he resolved to oppose Xu if he learned that Xu’s path was wrong.
• Xiao Chen discovered that the bone claw’s purified Ancestor Snake origin could replace Xiao'er’s curse after he broke it down with Chaos Power and the Nirvana Pool.
• Xiao Chen and his companions left Dragon Burial Ravine, where Xiao Chen sensed that the Ancestor Snake origin might help him give his Chaos Universe true life.
• Xiao Li and the injured Sea Demon Clan elder reported that Xu Beasts had emerged from the Eye of Guixu, devastated the Sea Demon Clan, and attacked the Star Realm; the Sea Emperor warned that the world could be devoured within three months.
• Xiao Chen ordered the Ancient Races and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to gather, promised the Sea Emperor he would arrive within half a month, and returned to the Star Realm to treat Xiao'er and prepare for battle.
• After Xiao Chen left, a mysterious figure manifested through the silver bone claw and said that Creation Chaos was not enough and that time was running out.

Xiao Chen saved Xiao Xiao by purging her curse with the Ancestor Snake origin, then revealed that the Eye of Guixu had opened and the Xu Beasts threatened their world. He left the Star Realm’s leaders preparing to march with him in three days, despite believing they had no chance of winning.

• Xiao Chen examined the Xu Beasts and learned from Yao Lao that they had no souls, possessed exceptionally hard cores, and could adapt to attacks.
• Xiao Chen used the Ancestor Snake origin to remove Xiao Xiao’s curse, while Xiao Yan and Zhu Kun protected her; Xiao Chen also destroyed the Soul Erosion Seal’s attack.
• Xiao Chen told the gathered leaders about the Void Dragon Abyss, the Xu Beasts, and the Eye of Guixu, and said he had no confidence they could win.
• Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and the leaders of the Stone Clan, Tianluan Clan, Gu Clan, Alchemist Tower, and Sea Demon Clan pledged to fight alongside Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen set a gathering at the eastern coast in three days, where they would march to fight for their world’s future.

Xiao Chen entered the expanding Eye of Guixu and confronted his master Xu, who admitted to accelerating Return to Void so the old era could nourish a new one. Xiao Chen rejected Xu’s plan and prepared to fight him as the Xu Beasts launched a full-scale assault on the defensive line outside.

• The Sea Emperor reported that the Eye of Guixu’s defenses had collapsed and that at least three Xu Beasts wielded rules with the power of six-star Dou Saints.
• Xiao Chen assigned the assembled forces to rebuild the defensive line and declared that he would enter the Eye of Guixu to stop the disaster at its source.
• Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and Yao Lao offered to accompany Xiao Chen, but he told them to remain outside and hold the line while he went alone.
• Xiao Chen used his Chaos Domain to enter the fissure and evade the Xu Beasts until he reached an ancient palace among shattered world fragments.
• Xiao Chen met Xu, who explained that he was accelerating the cycle of Return to Void, and vowed to stop him after rejecting his plan to transform the current world’s inhabitants.
• Xu attacked Xiao Chen with a giant python formed from Chaos Mist as the Xu Beast army began its first full-scale assault outside the fissure.