Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan refined the Heavenly Tomb into a Spiritual Tool, allowing Xiao Xuan to act through it, and learned that Hun Tiandi’s movements pointed to trouble in the Eastern Continent. Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb and reunited with Gu Yuan, who discovered Xiao Yan’s Emperor Realm Soul and heard how Xiao Xuan had become an artifact spirit.

• Xiao Yan refined the Heavenly Tomb into the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet, and Xiao Xuan explained that their connection would let him wield Nine Star Dou Sheng strength through it.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan to recount the details about Hun Tiandi and the Spirit Devouring Clan, then concluded that Hun Tiandi’s restraint meant a major event was coming in the Eastern Continent.
• Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb as Gu Yuan’s energy attack was blocked by a Soul Fluctuation from within it.
• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Xuan’s presence, and Xiao Yan emerged with an Emperor Realm Soul, astonishing Gu Yuan and the gathered Gu Clan experts.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had refined the Heavenly Tomb into a Spiritual Tool and that Xiao Xuan had become something like its artifact spirit.

Xiao Yan left the Gu Realm for Eastern State after learning that Yao Wan had sacrificed her God Grade Bloodline to repair his shattered Heart Meridian, and he realized the region had been engulfed by calamity flames. Yao Wan faced the Spirit Devouring Clan’s prepared array as Xiao Yan hurried toward her.

• Xiao Xuan confronted Gu Yuan about the Gu Clan’s past failure to help the Xiao Clan, then Xiao Yan departed for Eastern State.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan why the Yao Clan bloodline in his Heart Meridian had grown, and Xiao Yan explained that Yao Wan had used her God Grade Bloodline to save him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that his debt was personal, then arrived in Eastern State and found it covered by calamity flames beneath the Black Sun.
• Yao Wan had burned across half of Eastern State over nearly half a month, destroying the Spirit Devouring Clan forces that resisted her.
• Li Sheng Zhe and six Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Sheng joined forces against Yao Wan, who struck their Demon Light with her golden stone hammer.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan’s Essence Devouring Spirit Swallowing Grand Array stabilized the battlefield as Yao Wan prepared to face it.

Yao Wan fought six Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Sheng, using her strength and Emperor Realm Soul to resist their formation and coordinated attacks. As Li Sheng Zhe joined the battle, Yao Wan sent her soul double to face the others and prepared to confront him herself.

• Yao Wan charged the six Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Sheng and battled them across the shattered sky.
• Xun Saint and Gen Sheng blocked Yao Wan's attack, while Dui Sheng and Kan Sheng combined their techniques against her.
• Zhen Sheng Zhe attacked Yao Wan with lightning, overpowering her golden light as Li Sheng Zhe appeared behind him.
• Yao Wan formed an Emperor Realm Soul double, which clashed with Li Sheng Zhe's bizarre flame while she turned to face the other attackers.

Yao Wan fought Li Sheng Zhe with her Power of Creation and Destruction and Calamity Fire, but he overwhelmed her with his Demonic Fire techniques. After landing a surprise Flame Sword, she was sent flying as Li Sheng Zhe closed in to finish her.

• Li Sheng Zhe and Yao Wan clashed, and her Black White Twin Dragons weakened his Dark Star before its burst forced her back.
• Li Sheng Zhe identified Yao Wan as the source of the deathly aura that had killed his incarnation and resolved to eliminate her.
• Li Sheng Zhe used Extinguish Sun to disrupt Yao Wan’s energy circulation, then moved in to strike her.
• Yao Wan concealed her killing intent and stabbed Li Sheng Zhe with Flame Sword, Burning Heaven, using the Calamity Fire to wound him.
• Li Sheng Zhe struck Yao Wan away and pursued her, but an unseen voice shouted for him to get away from her.

Xiao Yan rescued Yao Wan from Li Sheng Zhe’s attack, and they realized the Spirit Devouring Clan’s saints carried fragments of their former king’s power. Li Sheng Zhe then unleashed the clan’s secret plan, as an Abyssal Worm began devouring the Eastern Continent to fuel the Saint King’s revival; Yao Wan struck back with a rain of Fire Lotuses.

• Xiao Yan shielded Yao Wan from Li Sheng Zhe’s Fire Lotus and gave her a medicinal pill to stabilize her injuries.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan sensed that Li Sheng Zhe carried an aura connected to the Demon Fetus and concluded the saints were fragments left by the former Spirit Devouring Clan king.
• Li Sheng Zhe activated the clan’s masterpiece, causing the Eastern Continent’s land and space to collapse into a growing abyss.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan saw the Abyssal Worm emerge and devour the continent, while Zhen Sheng Zhe explained that it would provide energy to revive the Saint King.
• Yao Wan rejected the Saint King’s revival and unleashed countless Fire Lotuses upon the Spirit Devouring Clan saints.

Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet to drive back Li Sheng Zhe while protecting Yao Wan, but Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint arrived before Xiao Yan could finish him. The Venerable Saint offered Xiao Yan and Yao Wan equal status if they joined his clan as the Saint King's revival neared.

• The Spirit Devouring Clan saints formed an array to shield the Saint King's revival from the falling Fire Lotuses, while Li Sheng Zhe charged at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan clashed with Li Sheng Zhe and used the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet to tear apart his demonic attack and force him back.
• Xiao Yan protected Yao Wan from Li Sheng Zhe's strike and reassured her as they faced the arrival of a powerful presence.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint descended and identified himself as Qian For Heaven, then offered Xiao Yan and Yao Wan equal status if they joined his clan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan failed to stop the Saint King Demon Fetus from consuming the Eastern Continent, then escaped into the Heavenly Tomb. After recovering and recognizing the danger, they left to spread the news, where they noticed something strange about the sun.

• Yao Wan warned Xiao Yan that the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint was stalling, and Xiao Yan and Yao Wan joined forces to strike the light screen with the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet.
• Xiao Yan used the stone tablet to hold the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint in a stalemate and shatter the light screen, but a Demon Light escaped from the Abyssal Giant Maw and merged into the Black Sun.
• The Black Sun spread its strange light across the Eastern Continent, consuming it as the Spirit Devouring Clan saints proclaimed the Saint King had revived.
• Xiao Yan took Yao Wan into the Heavenly Tomb to escape the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint, and Xiao Xuan helped them recover.
• Yao Wan urged Xiao Yan to spread the news, and after they left the Heavenly Tomb, she pointed out that something was wrong with the sun.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan reported that the Eastern Continent had vanished and the Spirit Devouring Saint King was nearing revival, leaving the Eight Clans unable to safely attack its Demon Fetus. Demonic Qi then spread into Ancient Saint City, and the clan leaders realized the Eastern Region of Central State was beginning to suffer the same calamity.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to the Ancient Emperor Palace and told Gu Yuan and the other clan chiefs what they had witnessed in the Eastern Continent.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan explained that the Spirit Devouring Clan could potentially reach Dou Di without the Dou Qi Continent's usual restraints, while Gu Yuan warned that destroying the Demon Fetus was too dangerous.
• An elder named Gu Yun reported trouble in Ancient Saint City, so Gu Yuan led the experts out of the Gu Realm to investigate.
• The experts found a purple aurora and spreading Demonic Qi, which drove people in Ancient Saint City into berserk attacks; Gu Dao ordered them subdued and the Demonic Qi dispelled.
• Gu Yuan ordered patrols across the Eastern Region of Central State as the clan chiefs recognized that the calamity would threaten them all.

After Demonic Qi triggered widespread cultivation deviation across the Eastern Region of Central State, the clans contained the first wave and prepared defenses as they considered how to obtain a Dou Di. The Hun Clan then sent Soul Extinguisher to propose that the Eight Clans jointly open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

• Demonic Qi spread through the Eastern Region of Central State, causing cultivation deviation and deadly violence until the factions, aided by Gu Clan experts, suppressed the first wave.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan confirmed that the Yao Clan and Starfall Pavilion were temporarily safe, and Yao Wan arranged protective formations for their territories.
• Gu Yuan and the clan chiefs discussed the Spirit Devouring Saint King and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Xun'er suggested asking the Hun Clan for its two pieces.
• A messenger announced that the Hun Clan had requested an audience, and Gu Yuan allowed Soul Extinguisher into the Gu Realm.
• Soul Extinguisher proposed that the Eight Clans jointly hold the Ancient Jade and open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, provoking objections from the gathered clans.

The Eight Clans agreed to cooperate with the Hun Clan and seek the Ancient Emperor Inheritance to survive the Spirit Devouring Clan’s threat. With Hun Tiandi due in the Eastern Region the next day, Gu Yuan prepared for the meeting and asked Xiao Yan to contact Zi Yan.

• The Stone Clan Leader angrily confronted Soul Extinguisher, but Yao Wan calmed him enough for Soul Extinguisher to argue that the world faced destruction within a few years.
• The clan leaders agreed to cooperate with the Hun Clan, and Soul Extinguisher announced that Hun Tiandi would arrive in the Eastern Region the next day.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying left to retrieve their clans’ Ancient Jade, while Gu Yuan warned that Hun Tiandi was unlikely to risk disrupting the cooperation.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade was with him, and Yao Wan revealed the Yao Clan’s jade fragment.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan to contact Zi Yan, whose injuries and cultivation might have left her stronger and ready to help.

The clans gathered in Saintly Arrival City and combined their eight Ancient Jade fragments. The complete Tou She Ancient God Jade revealed an ancient aura and summoned the illusory figure of Tou She Ancient God.

• Yao Wan and Xun'er discussed their preparations and confidence before the allied clans departed for Saintly Arrival City.
• The leaders and elite forces of the clans arrived, and Hun Tiandi urged them to seek the Ancient Emperor Inheritance.
• The Soul Clan, the other five clans, Yao Wan, and Xiao Yan each presented their Ancient Jade fragments.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi joined their forces to merge the eight fragments into one complete Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The jade released an ancient aura and manifested an illusory black-robed old man whom the gathered leaders recognized as Tou She Ancient God.

Tou She Ancient God's phantom appeared above Saintly Arrival City, drove away the Demonic Qi, and revealed the location of his cave mansion. Yao Wan identified it as the Black-Corner Region, and Hun Tiandi led the gathered experts toward the Northwest Continent.

• Tou She Ancient God's phantom spread its pressure across the Eastern Region and rapidly purified the Demonic Qi.
• Hun Tiandi attacked the phantom but was blasted several hundred zhang away by its force.
• Void Swallowing Flame revealed that the cave mansion's location was hidden in the phantom's eyes, and Hun Tiandi saw a Magma Sea and the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Yao Wan recognized the projected region as the Black-Corner Region of the Northwest Continent.
• Hun Tiandi opened Space Tunnels and set out with the various clans' experts for the Black-Corner Region.

Zi Yan returned to Canaan Academy and moved it into a protected Small World as the Eight Clans gathered in the Black-Corner Region. The Tou She Ancient God Jade awakened the magma beneath the academy, and the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode’s stone door began to emerge.

• Zi Yan reunited with Su Qian and warned him to evacuate Canaan Academy before a great danger arrived.
• Zi Yan used her Space Power to separate Canaan Academy into a Small World and hide it in a spatial rift, revealing the magma sea beneath it.
• The Eight Clans arrived in the Black-Corner Region, and Zi Yan returned to Xiao Yan after securing the academy.
• The Tou She Ancient God Jade drew out the magma, which engulfed the Black-Corner Region and destroyed its cities and sects.
• A ten-thousand-foot stone door slowly appeared in the Magma Sea.

The Ancient Emperor Cave Abode appeared, and a mysterious purple-gold-scaled creature emerged from the Magma Sea, announcing that the Spirit Devouring Clan threatened the continent. The creature recognized Zi Yan as his child and, after noticing Xiao Yan’s Dragon Phoenix bloodline, realized that Xiao Yan was her partner.

• The Ancient Emperor Cave Abode emerged from the Magma Sea, and Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi gathered their forces above the erupting waves.
• A powerful creature rose from the magma, noticed Zi Yan, and said the Spirit Devouring Clan’s king was about to manifest a Dou Di Body.
• The creature transformed into a middle-aged man and approached Zi Yan, but Xiao Yan blocked him with the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet.
• The man sensed Dragon Phoenix qi and blood on Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan grabbed Xiao Yan’s hand and told him it was none of the man’s business.
• The man realized Xiao Yan and Zi Yan were together, then apologized to Zi Yan for separating from her while pursuing the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

Zhuo Kun revealed that he was Zi Yan’s father, but she refused to acknowledge him and said they would talk later. As the Spirit Devouring Clan arrived, Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and entered with the Hun Clan; the other clan experts followed, where Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint confronted them over the Emperor Grade Young Pill.

• Zhuo Kun introduced himself as the former Dragon Emperor and Zi Yan’s father, but Zi Yan said she was an orphan and refused to speak with him until later.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan appeared, and Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode before entering with the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan led the other clan experts into the cave abode to stop Hun Tiandi, while Zhuo Kun reflected on his failed reunion with Zi Yan and his lost chance at the inheritance.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan overcame its hesitation at the blazing barrier and entered the cave abode as well.
• Xiao Yan recognized the cave abode from his visions in the Bodhi Ancient Tree and saw that the pillars for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Void Swallowing Flame were empty.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint arrived with the Eight Saints, identified the inheritance as an Emperor Grade Young Pill, and threatened to use the assembled experts to hasten the Saint King’s revival.

The Spirit Devouring Clan arrived at the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint revealed its plans to claim Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame. As the major powers attacked Emperor Grade Young Pill, Yao Wan stopped Xiao Yan from joining the fight and said they would serve as the final trump cards.

• Xiao Yan saw the seven Dou Shengs of the Spirit Devouring Clan arrive and suspected their ties to the Hun Clan.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint invited Hun Tiandi to submit to the Spirit Devouring Clan, but Hun Tiandi rejected the offer and mocked the clan's ambitions.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint accused Void Swallowing Flame of devouring Saint Kun's power, and Li Sheng Zhe revealed his intent to devour Void Swallowing Flame.
• Emperor Grade Young Pill identified the Spirit Devouring Clan as seeds of the Spirit Devouring Saint King, and Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint urged the others to attack the pill together.
• Hun Tiandi and the other Nine Star Dou Shengs launched a combined attack on Emperor Grade Young Pill, while Yao Wan stopped Xiao Yan and told him they were the final trump cards.

After Xiao Yan and Yao Wan helped subdue the Emperor Grade Young Pill, the fragile alliance collapsed and they faced the newly strengthened Zhen Sheng Zhe and Xun Saint. Zi Yan held the two off while Xiao Yan and Yao Wan went to the pill, and Li Sheng Zhe pursued an injured Void Swallowing Flame.

• The Transformation Pill Incantation subdued the Emperor Grade Young Pill, and the three factions’ cooperation fell apart.
• Yao Wan urged Xiao Yan to help seize the pill, but Zhen Sheng Zhe and Xun Saint blocked them and revealed their increased strength from their Dou Di Bloodline.
• Zi Yan struck Zhen Sheng Zhe and Xun Saint with her Dragon Phoenix power and told Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to take the Emperor Grade Young Pill.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan flew upward while Zi Yan stayed to fight the two Saints.
• Li Sheng Zhe attacked the injured Void Swallowing Flame, whose Black Flame hand seal broke against Li Sheng Zhe’s evil sun, leaving Void Swallowing Flame wounded and trying to escape.

Xiao Yan captured the weakened Void Swallowing Flame and let Xiao Xuan drag him into Dou Di Space, then joined Yao Wan in leaving the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode. As the Nine Star Dou Shengs remained locked in battle, Xiao Yan flew toward the Emperor Grade Young Pill, drawing Hun Tiandi’s attention.

• Li Sheng Zhe attacked Void Swallowing Flame, but a tremendous pressure interrupted their fight and forced Void Swallowing Flame to flee.
• Xiao Yan seized Void Swallowing Flame and restrained him with his space; when Yao Wan confronted him, Xiao Xuan pulled him into Dou Di Space.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan left Li Sheng Zhe trapped beneath the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet and flew toward the cave abode’s sky.
• Gu Yuan and Zhuo Kun fought alongside one another against Hun Tiandi and the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint as the four Nine Star Dou Shengs battled in a stalemate.
• Hun Tiandi detonated a Grade Nine Treasure Pill to hinder Zhuo Kun, then rushed toward the Emperor Grade Young Pill and found Xiao Yan approaching it.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan tried to seize the Emperor Grade Young Pill while Hun Tiandi fought them off, but the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint swallowed it first. Hun Tiandi then took the pill from him and gained the upper hand against Gu Yuan and Zhuo Kun, while the Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint joined the fight.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet to knock Hun Tiandi away while Yao Wan reached for the Emperor Grade Young Pill.
• The Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint seized the pill and swallowed it, but Hun Tiandi struck through his chest and took it from him.
• Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Grade Young Pill, and his aura surged as Gu Yuan and Zhuo Kun attacked to stop him from refining it.
• Hun Tiandi suppressed Gu Yuan and Zhuo Kun, while the injured Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint asked Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to cooperate.
• The Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint charged into the battle before Xiao Yan could answer.

Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Grade Young Pill and escaped the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode after fighting off Gu Yuan, Zhuo Kun, and their allies. Xiao Yan and Yao Wan planned their next moves around the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet, while Yao Wan also raised a matter about a destroyed Soul Clan Branch Hall.

• Hun Tiandi's body began breaking down under the Emperor Grade Young Pill's energy, and Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint attacked him from behind.
• Hun Tiandi defeated Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint but discovered the Demonic Qi he left behind had damaged him, as Gu Yuan, Zhuo Kun, and Xiao Yan prepared to stop him.
• Hun Tiandi opened a spatial crack, sent Hun Clan experts through it, and escaped the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode while wounded.
• Gu Yuan and Zhuo Kun failed to reopen Hun Tiandi's spatial crack, and Spirit Devouring Venerable Saint withdrew with the Eight Saints.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan to focus on the Heavenly Tomb Stone Tablet and said she would quickly raise her cultivation before checking on the Soul Clan Branch Hall they had destroyed.