Chapter Summaries

As Misty Cloud Sect prepared for its outer sect assessment, a massive force of Dou Wang-level disciples suddenly departed, while Nalan Yanran was confronted in the sect hall by a Soul Clan member seeking to use her against Mo Tang. Just as he tried to capture her with a Soul Locking Chain, an unknown figure entered through golden lightning.

• Hundreds of Misty Cloud Sect disciples swept across the sky, leaving the outer sect disciples wondering what had happened.
• Mo Li spoke with a white-clothed youth about the sect's unusual deployment as the chapter recounted Mo Linglin's leadership of the Mo Clan and Mo Alliance.
• After Elder Lin relayed her orders, Nalan Yanran prepared to leave the hall but discovered a black-misted Soul Clan member had appeared there.
• The Soul Clan member said he would bring Nalan Yanran's soul to someone for a surprise, and she realized he meant to threaten Mo Tang.
• The Soul Clan member launched a Soul Locking Chain as Nalan Yanran tried to resist, but a dragon's roar sounded and a figure entered through golden lightning.

Mo Tang’s clone rescued Nalan Yanran from Hun Yao and explained that she needed to leave the Misty Cloud Sect temporarily for her safety. He promised to have someone watch over the sect while she lay low.

• Hun Yao appeared in the hall and was shocked to find Mo Tang there, but Mo Tang’s pressure kept him from moving.
• Mo Tang recognized Hun Yao as a surviving Soul Clan elder and killed him with a single step.
• Nalan Yanran was stunned by the gap between her strength and Mo Tang’s, then awkwardly greeted him as her Martial Uncle.
• Mo Tang explained that he had sent a soul clone to protect her and revealed that its power came from the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and his Supreme Dragon Phoenix bloodline.
• Mo Tang told Nalan Yanran to leave with him temporarily, promising to arrange protection for the Misty Cloud Sect.

Mo Tang brought Nalan Yanran and Mo Linglin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion for Qing Lin to protect while he pursued the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. The Soul Clan, Gu Clan, and alliances all converged on the Black Corner Region as Gu Xun’er returned from the Heavenly Tomb stronger and carrying Xiao Xuan’s request to help restore the Xiao Clan.

• Mo Tang took Nalan Yanran and Mo Linglin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and entrusted them to Qing Lin, keeping them out of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion expedition.
• Hun Miesheng reported to Hun Tiandi that the cave mansion was likely in the Black Corner Region, and Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to set out there.
• Gu Yuan detected the Soul Clan’s movements, then received Mo Tang’s message directing the Four Directions Alliance to gather in the Black Corner Region.
• Gu Xun’er told Gu Yuan that Xiao Xuan had helped her reach the Seven-star Dou Sheng realm and strengthen her bloodline in exchange for the Gu Clan’s help restoring the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yuan agreed to Xiao Xuan’s conditions and led the Gu Clan’s strong individuals toward the Black Corner Region.

Mo Tang brought Zi Yan to the magma world beneath Jia Nan Academy to deliver the Fallen Heart Flame seedling and find the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. There, Zi Yan encountered her father, Zhu Kun, the long-lost Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

• Mo Tang and Zi Yan arrived beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower after arranging for Su Qian to evacuate the Inner Academy.
• Mo Tang captured the Fallen Heart Flame and gave it to Zi Yan to deliver to Su Qian.
• Mo Tang and Zi Yan entered the hidden Ancient Emperor Space and found the enormous gate to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• A tremor shook the darkness beneath the mansion, and Zhu Kun emerged in his colossal dragon form.
• Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, while she clung to Mo Tang, unfamiliar with the father she had never known.

Mo Tang and Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun, who agreed to help Mo Tang open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. Mo Tang, Gu Yuan, and Hun Tiandi gathered with their allies and used all eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the sealed gate, leaving them poised to enter.

• Zi Yan brought Mo Tang to meet Zhu Kun, and the two men discussed the cave mansion and the Soul Clan's possession of seven pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Mo Tang asked Zhu Kun to help with the plan to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Mo Tang, Zi Yan, Medusa, Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, Hun Tiandi, his avatar, and Hun Miesheng assembled at Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.
• Gu Yuan objected to Hun Tiandi's proposal to combine the jade pieces early, and Mo Tang supported waiting until they reached the stone gate.
• Mo Tang and Hun Tiandi joined the eight pieces of Ancient Emperor Jade, breaking the barrier and opening the ancient stone gate.

Mo Tang and the old Dragon Emperor ambushed Hun Tiandi's soul avatar as Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan rushed into the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. Mo Tang absorbed the defeated avatar and became a Half-Emperor, leaving the old Dragon Emperor stunned.

• A purple-gold seal struck Hun Tiandi's soul avatar as the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion opened, and Hun Tiandi mistakenly blamed Gu Yuan or Mo Tang for the ambush.
• Mo Tang and the old Dragon Emperor attacked Hun Tiandi's avatar while Gu Yuan fought Hun Tiandi's original body.
• Mo Tang and the old Dragon Emperor battered the avatar, while Hun Tiandi abandoned it and charged into the cave mansion.
• Gu Yuan chased Hun Tiandi into the cave mansion, and Mo Tang insisted on finishing off the avatar first.
• Mo Tang used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to stun the avatar, then absorbed it and unleashed an aura that the old Dragon Emperor recognized as a Half-Emperor's.

After Mo Tang reached the Half-Emperor realm, he entered the Tou She Ancient God’s domain with his companions and found Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan searching for the chance to become an emperor. The group crossed a vast square lined with weakened Heavenly Flames, while Gu Yuan accepted that he had little chance of claiming the opportunity.

• Mo Tang broke through to the Half-Emperor realm, and Zhu Kun, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan gathered around him.
• Mo Tang and his companions entered the continent beyond the stone gate and hurried toward the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• They found Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan crossing the square without fighting, and Gu Yuan recognized that Mo Tang’s strength left him little chance.
• Medusa spotted the Profound Yellow Flame, and Mo Tang explained that the pillars held weak remnants of many Heavenly Flames.
• The group reached the deepest part of the square and found the pillars for Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame empty.

Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun discovered the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill in Tou She Ancient God's cave and fought it, but Mo Tang waited for his chance. He used his system to restrain the pill, leaving its fate in his hands.

• Hun Tiandi dispersed the mist and revealed Tou She Ancient God's enormous statue, surrounded by hundreds of powerful cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• An aged figure appeared on the statue's shoulder, and Mo Tang identified him as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Hun Tiandi attacked the pill, and Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan joined the battle, but the pill overpowered all three.
• Hun Tiandi demanded that Mo Tang help, but Mo Tang vanished into the void and pressed a golden hand onto the pill.
• Mo Tang ordered his system to convert the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, which became unable to move.