Chapter Summaries

As the Soul Clan’s plot to use the Tunling Clan became clear, Yao Dan entrusted the Yao Clan’s young survivors and treasures to Mo Tang before leading a desperate counterattack. The Yao Clan elders’ self-destruction shook Nihility Devouring Flame’s seal over the Medicine Realm, and the space began to rupture.

• Yan Jin realized the Tunling Clan explained how the Soul Clan had endured while other ancient clans declined.
• Yao Dan seized young Yao Clan members and ordered the elders to self-detonate so the clan’s bloodline could survive.
• Yao Dan pledged the Yao Clan’s treasures and survivors to Mo Tang in exchange for protection, and Mo Tang and Elder Shen Nong promised to help them.
• Yao Dan charged Hun Xuzi, while the remaining Yao Clan elders self-detonated and forced Nihility Devouring Flame to focus on stabilizing the Medicine Realm’s seal.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Mo Tang, and the others struck the rupturing space, breaking through Nihility Devouring Flame’s black flame runes.

Mo Tang and the survivors escaped the Medicine Realm after a devastating self-destruction killed Hun Xuzi and dealt the Soul Clan a major setback. As the clans recognized the Soul Clan’s overwhelming strength, Mo Tang’s rising power also drew attention, and his alliance emerged as a force capable of standing alongside the ancient clans.

• Mo Tang escaped the Medicine Realm as the self-destruction swept through it, destroying Hun Xuzi despite his defenses.
• Hun Shengtian lamented the Soul Clan’s losses, while Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the clan to collect the Yao Clan’s bloodline power.
• Mo Tang and the other survivors left the Southern Region together, and Lei Ying, Gu Dao, and Yan Jin discussed the Soul Clan’s hidden strength and the need for the clans to unite.
• Lei Ying thanked Mo Tang and departed with the Thunder Clan, followed by Yan Jin and the Yan Clan; survivors gathered to greet Mo Tang.
• Mo Tang found the Yao Clan survivors, Elder Shen Nong, and unharmed Xuan Kongzi among the escapees, while Xuan Kongzi resolved to retreat into seclusion for a hundred years.

After the Yao Clan's destruction, the Four Directions Alliance strengthened Ye City while Mo Tang stayed in Bodhi Space and helped a woman break through. The chapter ended with her emerging as a Seven-star Dou Sheng and reuniting with Mo Tang.

• News of the Soul Clan's destruction of the Yao Clan spread across the Central Plains, and the Four Directions Alliance moved its forces into Ye City.
• Elder Shen Nong refined a Ninth Grade Profound Pill, whose Nine Profound Heavenly Lightning flattened a mountain outside Ye City.
• Gu Yuan entered seclusion to monitor the Soul Realm, while the Tou She Ancient God Jade remained in Mo Tang's hands.
• Mo Tang used his Origin Qi to strengthen the Bodhi Ancient Tree and help a woman absorb energy during a thirteen-day breakthrough.
• The woman emerged from her cocoon as a Seven-star Dou Sheng, and Mo Tang embraced her.

Mo Tang used vast resources to raise Zi Yan to Seven-star Dou Sheng, then helped Queen Medusa break through to Six-star Dou Sheng. He had also secretly sent Qing Lin to guard the Black Corner Region, where the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy, and the chapter ended with Zi Yan surprising Medusa by revealing her superior strength.

• Mo Tang explained that Zi Yan had become a Seven-star Dou Sheng after consuming enormous resources, while Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian were still refining their pills.
• Mo Tang revealed that Qing Lin had left Bodhi Space for the Heavenly Snake Mansion in the Black Corner Region, bringing several powerful Ninth-tier snake-type Demonic Beasts under her control.
• Queen Medusa began breaking through, and Mo Tang called on the Bodhi Ancient Tree to supply energy that carried her from Five-star to Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan celebrated Medusa's breakthrough, and Mo Tang kissed her before Medusa teased her about their past closeness.
• Zi Yan lunged to cover Medusa's mouth, but Medusa realized that Zi Yan had surpassed her by a full star.

After the Yao Clan’s destruction, Gu Dao reported the Medicine Realm battle to Gu Yuan and revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had formed the Tunling Clan. Gu Yuan recognized the threat and ordered the Gu Clan to monitor the Soul Clan and coordinate with the other clans and the Four Directions Alliance.

• Gu Dao told Gu Lie and the Gu Clan elders that the Soul Clan had four Eight-star Dou Sheng experts and that Mo Tang had killed Hun Yuantian.
• Gu Yuan returned to the Ancient Realm and asked Gu Dao to explain why the Medicine Realm battle had cost the three clans so many lives and failed to save the Yao Clan.
• Gu Dao and the Gu Clan’s Three Immortals described how Nihility Devouring Flame had formed the Tunling Clan, shocking the elders and Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Tunling Clan had once devoured other clans’ bloodlines before being defeated, and recalled that the Soul Clan had slain its last leader.
• Gu Yuan said he would personally watch the Soul Clan while the Gu Clan coordinated with the other two clans and brought the Four Directions Alliance into the operation.

After the four women broke through in Bodhi Space, Mo Tang prepared to cultivate before the coming war between the Soul Clan and the other clans. He used Origin Qi to pursue the Emperor Realm in soul power, and his breakthrough sent a powerful tremor through Bodhi Space.

• Mo Tang praised the four women’s progress, then comforted Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian about their lower cultivation levels.
• Medusa worried Mo Tang would not have time to grow stronger before the clans’ impending war, so he sent her and Zi Yan out to oversee the situation.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed in Bodhi Space while Mo Tang prepared to advance his soul realm from Great Perfection Heaven Tier.
• Mo Tang merged Origin Qi into his forehead and entered a vast ocean of soul power.
• Mo Tang declared he would break through into the Emperor Realm, and Bodhi Space trembled as a sovereign-like fluctuation spread outward.

Mo Tang reached the late stage of the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm and returned to find the Four Directions Alliance facing a crisis. Zi Yan learned that the Thunder, Yan, and Gu clans had lost their Ancient Emperor Jade, while Mo Tang remained missing.

• Mo Tang used his Emperor Realm Soul to advance his cultivation, reaching the late stage of the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm after exhausting his resources.
• Mo Tang returned to Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian and said it was time to leave Bodhi Space.
• Zi Yan met with Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Lie at the Four Directions Alliance headquarters as they discussed the stolen Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Gu Lie explained that trusted elders guarding the jade in the Thunder and Yan clans had betrayed them and wounded clan experts.
• Zi Yan suspected the Soul Clan had plotted for a long time and resolved to guard Mo Tang's alliances.
• Yan Jin criticized Mo Tang for being missing, and Zi Yan grew angry over his hostility toward Mo Tang.

Mo Tang learned that the Soul Clan had gathered seven Ancient Emperor Jades and agreed to join the allied forces in attacking them. As the armies prepared for battle, he looked forward to facing Nihility Devouring Flame and using the fight to break through to Nine Stars.

• Mo Tang surprised the gathered clan chiefs with his late Eight-star Dou Saint strength, and Lei Ying warned him that the Soul Clan had obtained seven Ancient Emperor Jades.
• Zi Yan explained how the Thunder, Yan, and Gu clans had lost their Ancient Emperor Jades, and Mo Tang agreed to join their alliance against the Soul Clan.
• The four allied forces arranged to meet at the Burial Sky Mountain Range three days later, while the Four Directions Alliance summoned its Dou Zun and stronger experts.
• Mo Tang and Yun Yun discussed the dangers of the coming battle, and Mo Tang anticipated fighting Nihility Devouring Flame to pursue a breakthrough to Nine Stars.
• Mo Tang promised Yun Yun that he would hold a grand wedding for his four women after the conflict, then took her into her room.

Mo Tang led the Four Directions Alliance and Myriad Beast Alliance to the Ancient Battlefield as the allied clans mobilized for the coming war. The armies arrived and began searching the mountains for traps or formations prepared by the Soul Clan.

• Mo Tang set out with Zi Yan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and the assembled experts of the Four Directions Alliance and Myriad Beast Alliance.
• Zi Yan explained that she had summoned Ancient Void Dragon experts from seclusion, while Mo Tang surveyed the strength of the allied clans and their leaders.
• Gu Yuan mobilized the Gu Clan, and the Thunder Clan and Yan Clan also set out with their forces.
• Mo Tang's forces reached the Ancient Battlefield, where the Demonic Beasts had disappeared ahead of the approaching war.
• Mo Tang ordered the assembled experts to search the mountains for a Soul Clan formation or other preparations.

The Gu, Thunder, and Yan Clans joined Mo Tang’s Four Directions Alliance at the Burial Sky Mountain Range, where the assembled forces awaited the Soul Clan. Hun Tiandi arrived with the Soul Clan’s full strength and offered Mo Tang a place in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion in exchange for his Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Mo Tang sensed the Gu Clan approaching before the others could detect them, and Elder Shen Nong suspected Mo Tang had reached the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu Yuan arrived with the Gu Clan, followed by Lei Ying and Yan Jin with the Thunder and Yan Clans, completing the four-power alliance.
• Mo Tang noticed that Huo Ling, the Yan Clan’s strongest expert after Yan Jin, possessed a Great Perfection Heaven Tier soul realm.
• Hun Tiandi appeared through a spatial passage with Nihility Devouring Flame, the Soul Clan’s elders, the Four Demon Saints, and their other experts.
• Lei Ying demanded the Ancient Emperor Jades, and Hun Tiandi offered Mo Tang a place in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion if he surrendered his jade.

Hun Tiandi rejected Mo Tang’s refusal and led the Soul Clan into battle against the allied clans. After Hun Tiandi demonstrated his overwhelming strength and ordered his forces to seize the Ancient Emperor Jade, the Soul Clan abruptly attacked the Yan Clan, leaving Yan Jin in terror.

• Mo Tang refused Hun Tiandi’s offer, and Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Yuan launched their clans’ great arrays against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi blocked every attack with the Soul Locking Chain and then confronted Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to kill Mo Tang and reclaim the Ancient Emperor Jade, prompting the allied clans to charge into battle.
• Zi Yan and Huang Tian summoned the Ancient Void Dragon and Heaven Demon Phoenix great arrays while Mo Tang prepared to fight.
• Nihility Devouring Flame led the Soul Clan forces in a sudden turn against the Yan Clan, terrifying Yan Jin.

Yan Jin absorbed the Yan Clan’s Sky Burning Flame and sacrificed himself to protect his clansmen from the Soul Clan’s assault. The blast left both armies badly battered, and as the Thunder and Gu Clans charged in fury, Nihility Devouring Flame reappeared alive and summoned four black gates.

• Nihility Devouring Flame used two Six-star Dou Shengs’ self-destruction to shatter Lei Ying’s thunder attack and disrupt the Four Directions Alliance’s defenses.
• Yan Jin told Fairy Fire Spirit to lead the Yan Clan survivors away, then absorbed the Sky Burning Flame and charged at Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yan Jin’s clash with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan elders unleashed a devastating storm that swept through both armies and killed or incapacitated many fighters.
• Fairy Fire Spirit and the remaining Yan Clan experts mourned Yan Jin, while Lei Ying and Gu Lie led their forces against the Soul Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reappeared badly injured but alive and summoned four pitch-black gates, shocking Mo Tang.

Hun Tiandi revealed that he had created an equally powerful clone by sacrificing most of the Soul Clan, turning the battle against the allied forces into a desperate struggle. With the Thunder and Yan Clans trapped and the Gu Clan under attack, Mo Tang concluded that he had to break through to Nine-star Dou Sheng to face Hun Tiandi’s clone.

• Hun Tiandi appeared before Mo Tang and the Four Directions Alliance while Nihility Devouring Flame confronted the Gu Clan and the Realm of Death Formation trapped the Thunder and Yan Clans.
• Gu Yuan arrived from the void and accused Hun Tiandi of sacrificing tens of billions of Soul Clan descendants and hundreds of millions of Dou Zhes to forge an equal-strength clone.
• Hun Tiandi mocked Gu Yuan by comparing his actions to Xiao Xuan’s use of the Xiao Clan bloodline, while the battle revealed that Hun Miesheng had also been raised to Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan warned Mo Tang that the allied forces were close to being wiped out as the Soul Clan overwhelmed the Thunder, Yan, and Gu Clans.
• Mo Tang decided that he had to break through to Nine-star Dou Sheng so he could contend with Hun Tiandi’s clone using the two ancient formations.

Mo Tang intervened in the Soul Clan's assault on the Gu Clan, where Gu Xun'er fought back with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. After Nihility Devouring Flame struck down Gu Dao, Mo Tang used his soul attack and system to bind and absorb it.

• Mo Tang ordered Zi Yan and Huang Tian to hold back Hun Tiandi, while the other allied forces supported their formations.
• Mo Tang charged into the battle as Gu Xun'er killed a Soul Clan Dou Sheng with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and blocked Hun Yan's attack.
• Nihility Devouring Flame exploited Gu Dao's distraction, fatally burned him, and began tearing him from his body despite his attempt to self-destruct.
• Mo Tang unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, stunning Hun Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame, then used the system to bind and absorb Nihility Devouring Flame.

Mo Tang absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame and began breaking through while the Gu Clan and Four Directions Alliance fought to protect him. The Pill Tower Ancestor sacrificed himself to create a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, and Mo Tang reached the Nine-star Dou Sheng realm just as Hun Tiandi broke the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Formation and an unknown power halted his attack.

• Nihility Devouring Flame vanished, freeing the Gu Clan and leaving Hun Tiandi's side without its powerful ally.
• Mo Tang drew in energy from tens of thousands of miles around him to attempt a breakthrough, and Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to stop him.
• Zi Yan, Huang Tian, Queen Medusa, and others risked their lives to hold back Hun Tiandi's avatar while the Gu Clan and Four Directions Alliance defended Mo Tang.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor transformed himself into a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, which Elder Shen Nong gave to Mo Tang.
• Mo Tang consumed the pill and broke through to the Nine-star Dou Sheng realm, while Hun Tiandi destroyed the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Formation and severely injured its defenders.
• As Hun Tiandi attacked Zi Yan and Huang Tian, an unknown power slowed time and stopped his strike, prompting him to suspect an innate divine ability.

After Mo Tang broke through to the middle stage of the Nine-star Dou Sheng, Hun Tiandi agreed to end the battle and search for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion together with Mo Tang and Gu Yuan. The two sides withdrew, leaving Mo Tang time to strengthen his forces before the search.

• Mo Tang gave Bodhi Seeds to the injured Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and the wounded members of the Four Directions Alliance, then confronted Hun Tiandi's avatar.
• Hun Tiandi proposed that both sides explore the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion together, threatening to destroy everyone on the battlefield if they refused.
• Mo Tang accepted the proposal to keep his women and allies from dying in battle, and Gu Yuan agreed as well.
• Mo Tang and Hun Tiandi agreed that both sides would cease hostilities and search for the cave mansion together, while Mo Tang kept its location secret.
• Hun Tiandi vanished from the battlefield, ending the battle and prompting both sides to withdraw.

After Hun Tiandi’s defeat, Mo Tang organized the surviving forces and prepared to help Feng Qing'er advance her bloodline in Bodhi Space. He left the continent under the Four Directions Alliance’s control and began guiding Feng Qing’er beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Mo Tang ordered Venerable Lei to manage the alliance’s recovery and assist the Gu Clan in searching for the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, while secretly having Qing Lin delay its discovery.
• Fairy Fire Spirit and the Yan Clan’s remaining elite stayed in Ye City for protection, and the weakened Gu Clan withdrew most of its forces to the Ancient Realm.
• Mo Tang brought Medusa, Zi Yan, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er into Bodhi Space, while Qing Lin remained hidden in the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Tang thanked Feng Qing'er for raising You Quan, but she was disappointed when he did not respond to her feelings.
• Mo Tang seated Feng Qing'er beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree and sent gray energy into her forehead to help transform her Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline into an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline.

Gu Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb to seize the chance to strengthen herself, while Gu Yuan hoped she would return in time to lead the Gu Clan. She headed for the tomb’s third level, where a blood-armored figure and wary Energy Bodies awaited the sound of her approach.

• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she was determined to enter the Heavenly Tomb and pursue a breakthrough after witnessing Mo Tang’s power.
• Gu Yuan forcibly opened a rift and warned Gu Xun'er not to stay inside for more than a year.
• Gu Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb and flew toward its deepest level, seeking Dou Saint-level Energy Bodies.
• In a jagged stone forest, a blood-armored figure sat beside a Blood Saber as nearby Energy Bodies kept their distance.
• A rushing sound rang overhead, and several peak Nine-turn Dou Zun Energy Bodies rose to look toward its source.

Gu Xun'er hunted powerful Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb, while Mo Tang arranged for Yun Yun and the other women to grow stronger using the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s energy. Mo Tang considered repaying the tree’s help by promising it an Imperial Throne.

• A Golden Flame destroyed a Seven-turn Dou Zun Energy Body, and the bloody figure recognized Gu Xun'er as a powerful Gu Clan Dou Saint.
• Gu Xun'er wiped out the Energy Bodies in the area and collected twenty Energy Cores.
• The bloody figure attacked Gu Xun'er, but she crushed his blood-red strike and shattered his Energy Body.
• Mo Tang thanked the Bodhi Ancient Tree for providing energy to raise Yun Yun and the other women’s strength, and the tree replied that they were friends.
• Mo Tang realized he had enough Origin Qi to forge three Imperial Thrones and considered promising one to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

As Mo Tang remained in seclusion, factions across the continent searched for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran waited for news of Mo Tang and ordered the sect to intensify its search.

• A Soul Clan-backed group led by the Po Shan Sect's Young Sect Master searched the Red Cliff Plains for a clue to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• The Soul Clan, the Gu Clan, and the Four Directions Alliance dispatched people to search ancient records and ruins for the cave mansion.
• Nalan Yanran led the now-dominant Misty Cloud Sect, which had three Dou Zun-level experts, while awaiting news from the Central Plains.
• Elder Lin told Nalan Yanran that Mo Tang, Yun Yun, and others had entered seclusion after the great battle and had not emerged.
• Nalan Yanran ordered the sects and empires under Misty Cloud Sect to devote themselves to finding traces of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.