Chapter Summaries

As the Yao Clan’s defeat seemed certain, Yao Dan sacrificed himself to injure Hun You, and Chen Guan’s daughter seized the Gate of Silence and helped turn the battle. Hun Xuzi looted the Medicine Clan’s treasures and found its inheritance and Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Great Elder Zhu Kong killed him and took everything.

• Yao Dan self-destructed to severely injure Hun You, creating an opening for Lei Ying and Yan Jin to attack.
• Chen Guan’s daughter appeared in Golden Lightning, killed Hun You, took the Gate of Silence, and fled while Lei Ying and Yan Jin escaped the formation.
• Hun Xuzi sent Hun Qianmo after Gu Nanhai’s group and went to raid the Medicine Clan’s treasure vaults and ancestral hall.
• Hun Xuzi took the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the Yao Clan inheritance, which he believed contained its Emperor Grade Pill Recipe.
• Great Elder Zhu Kong ambushed and killed Hun Xuzi, then took his looted treasures and thanked Hun Qianmo for opening the vaults.

Chen Guan’s soul breakthrough unfolded as Nihility Devouring Flame escaped the Medicine Emperor’s cauldron and attacked him. Chen Guan’s soul phantom then towered over Medicine Mountain, revealing that he had succeeded in reaching the Emperor Realm Soul.

• Great Elder Zhu Kong returned to the battlefield while Chen Guan continued cultivating and the Soul Clan maintained the upper hand.
• The giant cauldron exploded, freeing Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Qianmo and the other Soul Clan experts gathered around it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Chen Guan’s Emperor Realm Soul and attacked him with Black Flame.
• Two Ancient Dragon Tribe elders revealed their Late Eight Star Dou Saint strength and blocked Nihility Devouring Flame’s strike.
• Chen Guan’s enormous soul phantom emerged above Medicine Mountain, and Old Man Shennong realized that Chen Guan had succeeded.

Chen Guan and the allied clans battled Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s forces in the Medicine Realm. After defeating the Soul Clan fighters and containing Nihility Devouring Flame, Chen Guan asked the Flame Clan to lend him their Heavenly Flames so he could devour and refine it.

• Chen Guan revealed his Emperor Realm Soul and helped Elder Zhu Kong and Elder Zhuwen fight Nihility Devouring Flame as it unleashed Tunling Clan monsters and tried to absorb the energy of millions of Yao Clan Descendants.
• Chen Guan diverted half the energy into his own vortex, consumed the Ninth Grade Profound Pill, and broke through to an Eight Star Dou Saint before joining the elders to trap Nihility Devouring Flame in an emerald Fire Purgatory.
• Little Nine and Old Man Shennong helped defeat Hun Qianmo and the Soul Clan forces, while Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and their allies fought Hun Shengtian, Hun Yuantian, and Hun Yao.
• Hun Shengtian, Hun Yuantian, and Hun Yao self-destructed with their Gates of Silence, badly injuring Lei Ying and Yan Jin, while Little Nine survived unharmed.
• Chen Guan warned the survivors that Nihility Devouring Flame still held them inside the Medicine Realm and said he planned to devour and refine it using the Heavenly Flames of Yan Jin, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi.

Chen Guan took four Heavenly Flames from Yan Jin, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi while refining them and suppressing Nihility Devouring Flame. In Ancient Holy City, Gu Yuan led Ancient Clan forces toward the Medicine Clan, but Hun Tiandi and the Four Demon Saints intercepted them, forcing a battle.

• Yan Jin agreed that the Flame Clan should help stop Nihility Devouring Flame and ordered Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi to hand over their Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Guan absorbed the Nine Serene Golden Ancestor Flame, Volcanic Stone Flame, Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and Red Lotus Karmic Fire while continuing to suppress Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying worried that Chen Guan had benefited from nearly every turn of the Medicine Ceremony and feared the Soul Clan's plans.
• Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, and two of the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals emerged in Ancient Holy City and set out toward the Medicine Clan.
• Hun Tiandi and the Four Demon Saints blocked Gu Yuan's path, and Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi before they began fighting.

Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen encountered a Soul Clan impostor fleeing the Flame Realm with the Tou She Ancient God Jade. A powerful black-robed person killed the impostor and took the jade, then escaped through a spatial passage, leaving the Flame Clan and Xiao Yan’s group with a warning that the Lei Clan had suffered a similar ambush.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen crossed into the Flame Clan’s territory on their way to the Ancient Clan.
• A white-haired elder disguised as Huo Ji escaped the Flame Realm with the Ancient Jade while Flame Clan experts pursued him.
• Xiao Chen and the Flame Clan attacked the fleeing elder, but a black-robed person appeared and swallowed Xiao Chen’s strike with a spatial rift.
• The black-robed person killed the elder, took the Ancient Jade, and escaped through a Space Channel.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, Yao Chen, and the Flame Clan pursued the black-robed person, but a huge tail swept them out of the channel.
• The Flame Clan leader received word that the Lei Clan had also been tricked and ambushed over an Ancient Jade.

Chen Guan trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in a Void Space where they had to devour one another to escape. He provoked it into revealing its origin, then used his Emperor Realm Soul to lock it down and declared that he would become its Master.

• Nihility Devouring Flame gathered its Black Flame into a defensive core, then dragged Chen Guan into a Void Space for a final fight.
• Chen Guan wandered through the darkness, confident in his Emperor Realm Soul, eleven Heavenly Flames, and the Medicine Realm's energy.
• Chen Guan taunted Nihility Devouring Flame with details about the Soul Clan, the Ancient Jade, and the Heavenly Flames he had gained, provoking it into reacting.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared in a tall black form and demanded to know who Chen Guan was.
• Chen Guan locked down Nihility Devouring Flame with his Emperor Realm Soul and declared that he would be its Master.

Chen Guan devoured the Nihility Devouring Flame Origin and began a transformation that carried him past the Nine-Star Dou Saint threshold. At the Ancient Holy City, Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi over the stolen Ancient Jade, then learned from Xiao Chen that the Soul Clan’s plans had been thwarted and chased after Hun Tiandi as he withdrew toward the Medicine Realm.

• Chen Guan absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame Origin while Old Man Kong, Old Man Wen, and Little Nine guarded him, and his body, Dou Qi, and soul began transforming.
• Gu Yuan learned that Hun Tiandi had taken the Ancient Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and attacked him in fury, blaming Chen Guan for withholding his knowledge of the Soul Clan’s plot.
• Hun Tiandi questioned the Four Demon Saints about missing forces and learned that Chen Guan’s allies and the Soul Clan’s targets had vanished, while contact with the Medicine Realm remained cut off.
• Hun Tiandi badly injured Xiao Chen with a single slap but spared him so he could witness Hun Tiandi surpass Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Chen told Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Jades had been intercepted and the Soul Clan’s forces in the Flame Clan, Lei Clan, and Medicine Realm had been exposed.
• Hun Tiandi withdrew toward the Medicine Realm, and Gu Yuan pursued him rather than let him escape.

After refining the Nihility Devouring Flame, Chen Guan emerged from the Medicine Realm vastly stronger and reunited with his allies outside. He confronted Hun Tiandi and challenged him to fight, having finally risen to his former enemy’s level or beyond.

• Chen Guan finished absorbing the Medicine Realm’s energy, revealed his overwhelming aura, and told Little Nine that he was invincible under heaven.
• Chen Guan tore open the sealed realm and returned with his companions and the Medicine Clan Tablet as the armies outside paused their battle.
• Zi Yan and Chen Guan’s allies cheered his safe return, and he assured them they no longer needed to fear anyone.
• Chen Guan identified Hun Tiandi and the Ancient Clan Chief, while both were stunned by his leap to Late Nine Star Dou Saint strength.
• Chen Guan recalled how Hun Tiandi had once seemed like a mountain above him, then challenged him to fight.

Chen Guan defeated Hun Tiandi in a fierce battle by exploiting the Heart Flame that had formed inside him, but Hun Tiandi escaped before Chen Guan could kill him. Chen Guan ordered the Soul Clan army destroyed and sent allies to secure the Soul Realm and Jia Nan Academy before asking Gu Yuan to join the pursuit.

• Hun Tiandi confronted Chen Guan over the missing Nihility Devouring Flame, and Chen Guan revealed that he possessed it.
• Chen Guan’s domains stirred Hun Tiandi’s emotions and ignited Heart Flame inside him, then Chen Guan overwhelmed his defenses with Heavenly Flame techniques and the Yellow Springs Three Absolutes.
• Chen Guan struck Hun Tiandi with Rhinoceros Finger, forcing the burning, disheveled Hun Tiandi to flee while Chen Guan remained victorious.
• Chen Guan triggered the destruction of most of the Soul Clan army and ordered Elder Ming Xie to finish off the survivors.
• Chen Guan sent Old Man Kong and Old Man Wen to seize the Soul Realm and ordered Zi Yan, Dieyi, and Great Elder Su Qian to evacuate Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Guan told Gu Yuan that Hun Tiandi had escaped and asked him to join the pursuit; Gu Yuan agreed.

After the Medicine Realm battle, Chen Guan’s side emerged as the dominant power while the Central Plains celebrated the Soul Clan’s collapse. In the Ancient Realm, Xiao Chen learned that Chen Guan would soon arrive to honor his agreement with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, and understood the message behind the Dragon Monarch’s story.

• People across the Central Plains celebrated Chen Guan’s victory over Hun Tiandi and discussed his pursuit of the wounded Soul Clan Chief with Gu Yuan.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying accepted the loss of their clans’ Ancient Jades and instructed their heirs not to provoke Chen Guan.
• Xiao Chen’s resentment toward the Ancient Clan grew as he compared its prosperity with the Xiao Clan’s decline, while Xiao Yan recounted Chen Guan’s achievements to the Ancient Clan’s young members.
• Gu Ju claimed the Ancient Clan had a newly born genius whose talent rivaled Gu Xun’er, but Xiao Yan remained unconvinced.
• An Ancient Dragon Tribe elder told Xiao Chen that Dragon Emperor would arrive within ten days to fulfill Chen Guan’s agreement with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• The elder described how Chen Guan had wanted to protect his family and home, and Xiao Chen realized the message was about his own desire to protect the Xiao Clan.

Chen Guan and Gu Yuan lured the wounded Hun Tiandi to the Ancient Emperor's Cave, where they confronted him. As Hun Tiandi threatened to perish with them, a pair of enormous eyes appeared in the sky, revealing another peak Nine Star Dou Saint.

• Chen Guan told Gu Yuan that they had driven Hun Tiandi northwest to draw him toward Zhu Kun, who was trapped near the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Hun Tiandi detected a fluctuation at the former Jia Nan Academy and entered the Lava World, where Black Corner Region fighters battled Flame Lizardmen for their Fire Cores.
• Hun Tiandi sensed the Tou She Ancient God Jade reacting and secretly followed it to the Ancient Emperor's Cave, unaware that Chen Guan and Gu Yuan were watching.
• Chen Guan and Gu Yuan revealed themselves at the cave and confirmed that they had planned Hun Tiandi's capture, then Chen Guan said their confrontation would end there.
• Hun Tiandi threatened to destroy them along with himself, but Chen Guan urged him to proceed, and enormous eyes opened in the sky with an aura equal to a peak Nine Star Dou Saint.

Chen Guan and Gu Yuan left the Old Dragon Emperor to interrogate Hun Tiandi about the missing Ancient Jade, then went to the Ancient Clan, where Gu Qingyang reported that Xiao Chen had gone mad and attacked the clan.

• Hun Tiandi self-destructed, but Zhu Kun captured his shattered soul while Chen Guan collected three pieces of Ancient Jade from the cave entrance.
• The Old Dragon Emperor sealed Hun Tiandi's soul in a formation and promised to interrogate him about the missing fourth piece of Ancient Jade.
• Chen Guan and Gu Yuan agreed to leave the Old Dragon Emperor behind and traveled to the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan announced the Soul Clan's destruction to the Ancient Clan elders, who pressed Chen Guan to explain his relationship with Gu Xun'er.
• Chen Guan accepted responsibility but said Gu Xun'er could choose whether to be with him, and Gu Xun'er made no response.
• Gu Qingyang reported that Xiao Chen had gone mad, killed or injured clan members, and defeated Ling Quan and Gu Yao.

Xiao Chen attacked the Ancient Clan after learning that it had kept Xiao Clan treasures and failed to honor Xiao Xuan’s request, and Chen Guan intervened to stop the conflict from escalating. Chen Guan then took Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Tomb, while Gu Xun'er hurried back to her residence after Gu Yuan told her someone had gone there.

• Xiao Chen warned Xiao Yan not to grow close to the Ancient Clan and accused it of inheriting the Xiao Clan’s Great Burning Heaven Finger.
• Ancient Clan members confronted Xiao Chen, and their argument escalated until Xiao Chen attacked, killing two Black Annihilation Army commanders and leaving hundreds dead or injured.
• Gu Yuan arrived and attacked Xiao Chen, but Chen Guan stopped him and explained that he was protecting Xiao Chen because of their connection to Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Chen demanded to know whether the Ancient Clan had honored Xiao Xuan’s request to protect the Xiao Clan’s survivors, and Gu Yuan admitted Xiao Xuan had visited him before the great battle.
• Chen Guan mediated an end to the dispute, then carried Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan toward the Heavenly Tomb and announced that he would leave with Yao Chen afterward.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that an Ancient Dragon Tribe elder had gone to her residence, and she hurried back.

Chen Guan settled the surviving Yao Clan members in Qingce Manor and spent half a month preparing to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave. When Little Nine sensed something moving beneath them, Chen Guan discovered the Bodhi Ancient Tree underground and went to meet it.

• Chen Guan offered the eighty-nine surviving Yao Clan members protection and let them choose whether to stay or leave.
• Yao Xingji, Yao Tian, and Yao Ling arranged for some clansmen to stay with Chen Guan while Yao Xingji led the others to seek opportunities in the Central Plains.
• Chen Guan brought down the Yao Clan stele, and Yao Chen inscribed his parents' names before Yao Xingji invited him to acknowledge his ancestry.
• Chen Guan spent half a month with family and friends while preparing to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Little Nine sensed something moving underground, and Chen Guan identified it as the Bodhi Ancient Tree before leaving to see it.

Chen Guan helped the Bodhi Ancient Tree gather spirit by teaching it how Little Nine had taken human form, while absorbing and sealing much of the tree’s vast energy. After Bodhi became human, Chen Guan discovered that his soul had advanced and that he had reached the Half-Emperor realm.

• Chen Guan caught up with the Bodhi Ancient Tree deep underground and asked whether it wanted to gain greater intelligence and become human.
• Bodhi agreed to try gathering spirit, and Chen Guan shared the method and his memory of Little Nine’s transformation.
• Bodhi began transferring its immense energy to Chen Guan, who refined some of it, sealed the rest, and supplied the tree with Spiritual Energy Seeds.
• As Bodhi’s spiritual nature grew, Chen Guan’s Soul Perception rose beyond its previous Emperor Realm limit.
• Bodhi successfully gathered spirit and took human form, explaining that memories it had absorbed let it quickly understand human behavior.
• Bodhi said it was at the Early Stage Nine Star Dou Saint realm, and Chen Guan realized he had become a Half-Emperor.

Chen Guan reunited the Tou She Ancient God Jade and opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave, allowing Zhu Kun and the Dou Saint experts to enter. As the remaining onlookers struggled outside, Hun Tiandi secretly called to the Black Corner Region experts for help breaking his seal.

• Chen Guan led the Ancient Dragon Tribe and other experts to the Ancient Emperor's Cave, where Zhu Kun reunited with his clansmen and acknowledged Zi Yan's leadership.
• Chen Guan joined the eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and its image of the Tou She Ancient God appeared before the assembled experts.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin emerged from hiding and watched as Chen Guan used his Dou Qi to open the cave gate.
• Chen Guan, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Bodhi, Zi Yan, Medusa, and the other Dou Saint experts entered the cave, followed by several hundred people who braved its pressure.
• Hun Tiandi contacted the Black Corner Region experts, asking them to help free him and promising to make one of them the Soul Clan's Great Elder.

Chen Guan and the others explored Tou She Ancient God's Cave, where they learned that Tou She Ancient God had been the number one Heavenly Flame, Emperor Flame. Chen Guan used the Pill Transformation Divine Art to defeat the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and leave it in its original light-cluster form.

• Chen Guan led the group across the floating land to Tou She Ancient God's Stone Hall, where they found the ranked Heavenly Flames displayed on towering pillars.
• Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God had been a Heavenly Flame who became Emperor Flame by devouring other Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Guan dispersed the mist, collected more than a hundred Heaven-tier Dou Skills and cultivation methods, and exposed the figure on the statue's shoulder as the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill attacked Chen Guan after realizing he had gathered the Ancient Jade, but Chen Guan countered him with the Pill Transformation Divine Art.
• Chen Guan's Pill Transformation Ring suppressed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and broke apart his transformed body, leaving Chen Guan holding the pill's original light-cluster form.

Chen Guan opened the Tou She Ancient God stone statue and was chosen to inherit its Emperor's Origin. He entered the statue to complete the final step, while his companions left or prepared to wait for him.

• Bodhi sensed something hidden inside the Tou She Ancient God stone statue, and Chen Guan revealed that it held the Emperor's Origin.
• Chen Guan assured Zhu Kun that he would help him obtain the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill once it was upgraded, then used his Heavenly Flames to open the statue's chest.
• The statue released overwhelming Emperor's Might that forced most people to the ground, while Chen Guan remained untouched and was chosen by Tou She Ancient God.
• Chen Guan said he would stay to complete the inheritance, and Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others decided to return home and wait for him.
• Bodhi announced that he would travel across the continent, and Chen Guan entered the opening in the statue's chest.

Chen Guan received Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and endured repeated destruction and rebirth until he broke through to Dou Emperor. He declared himself the Azure Emperor before the continent and sensed powerful bloodlines awakening in Qingce Manor and the Ancient Realm.

• Tou She Ancient God welcomed Chen Guan, recognized his unusual soul and talent, and gave him the Flame Lotus Seed containing his inheritance.
• Chen Guan absorbed the Emperor's Origin, repeatedly destroyed and recreated his body while guarding his mind, and ultimately crossed the threshold into Dou Emperor.
• Little Qing Yan's bloodline power surged to the level of an eight-star Dou Saint in Qingce Manor, while a terrifying aura erupted from Gu Xun'er's residence in the Ancient Realm.
• Chen Guan's Emperor's Might emerged from beneath Jia Nan Academy, and he announced that he had become the Azure Emperor.
• Chen Guan sensed Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Bodhi, and his companions across the continent, along with bloodlines awakening in Qingce Manor and the Ancient Realm.

Chen Guan consolidated the Dou Qi Continent under the Heavenly Alliance, helped Zhu Kun become a Dou Di, and reopened a planar passage for Origin Qi. Although he felt drawn to the Great Thousand World, he stayed to give the women in his life an honorable status and hold a grand wedding.

• Chen Guan reorganized the Heavenly Alliance across the continent and promoted Puppet Mastery through Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Guan spent half a year in the Ancient Realm, then left with Gu Xun'er and Gu Lin as Gu Yuan saw them off.
• Four years after Chen Guan became a Dou Di, he refined an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill that helped Zhu Kun break through to Dou Di.
• Chen Guan opened a planar passage that restored Origin Qi to the Dou Qi Continent, allowing Zi Yan, Bodhi, and Gu Yuan to feel their strength rising.
• When Zhu Kun asked whether he was preparing to leave, Chen Guan said he would first give the women a proper status and hold a grand wedding.