Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo returned to Jia Nan Academy and effortlessly repelled a Soul Hall attack, then learned the Soul Clan was targeting something beneath the magma. He ordered the academy evacuated and prepared to investigate the magma world again as a larger battle loomed.

• A Half-Saint struck Elder Bai and Elder Qian and attacked the statue, but Ning Luo appeared and killed him, forcing the Soul Hall experts to retreat.
• Ning Luo defeated Hun You with a flame attack, and Mang Tianchi arrived to reunite with Su Qian and the others.
• Ning Luo and Mang Tianchi warned that the Soul Clan had massacred factions in the Black Corner Region and might soon send its main army.
• Ning Luo told the academy to evacuate its students and asked Mang Tianchi to watch for Soul Clan experts while allied reinforcements arrived.
• Ning Luo said he would return to the magma world to discover what the Soul Clan sought beneath it.

Ning Luo entered the magma world beneath the Inner Academy to find the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and discovered a living creature guarding it. The creature awakened and demanded to know whether Ning Luo possessed the Ancient Jade.

• Ning Luo refused Xun'er’s offer to accompany him and descended alone into the magma world beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Ning Luo encountered magma lizardmen led by two Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen, who warned him to leave the place they called God's Burial Ground.
• Ning Luo pushed past the lizardmen and found a hidden space containing a towering stone gate marked Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Ning Luo spotted an enormous creature coiled in the darkness and began retreating when he realized it was alive.
• The creature opened its immense eyes, pressed Ning Luo with its terrifying presence, and asked whether he possessed the Ancient Jade.

Ning Luo escaped the mysterious creature beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion after his golden blood awakened its interest, while Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan prepared to face each other in the Black Corner Region. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Ning Luo reunited with Xiao Yu, who thanked him as he fell asleep beside her.

• Ning Luo fought off the mysterious creature's attacks, but it noticed the scent of a child in his golden blood and blamed Tou She Ancient God for keeping it trapped.
• Ning Luo emerged from the magma passage at Jia Nan Academy, where Xun'er and the others saw him return in a bedraggled state.
• Hun Tiandi learned that his mission had failed and confronted Gu Yuan, who confirmed he knew the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was in the Black Corner Region.
• Gu Yuan ordered Lei Ying and the allied army to advance to the Black Corner Region and stop the Soul Clan.
• Ning Luo reunited with Xiao Yu at Jia Nan Academy, and she thanked him before he fell asleep beside her.
• Xiao Yu reached to touch Ning Luo's face, but his eyes suddenly opened.

Ning Luo prepared Jia Nan Academy and its allies for the Soul Clan’s assault, then joined the battle to stop Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. The war remained deadlocked as Ning Luo faced Hun Yuantian and Hun Shengtian, two Eight-Star Dou Saints.

• Ning Luo sensed the Soul Clan approaching and asked Xiao Yu to alert the Grand Elder and gather the students.
• Ning Luo told Xun'er and Cai Lin to stay safe and promised them a grand wedding if they survived the battle.
• The Soul Clan army arrived, and Gu Yuan ordered the allied forces to stop Hun Tiandi from using the Ancient Jade to summon the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• The allied army attacked as the Soul Clan formed a chain barrier, while Gu Yuan fought three figures of Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ning Luo confronted Hun Yuantian and Hun Shengtian, then repelled their attacks with a firestorm and began unleashing his powerful techniques.

Ning Luo destroyed the Gate of Silence to stop Hun Yuantian and another Soul Clan expert from reclaiming it, while Gu Yuan fought Hun Tiandi as the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion emerged. A mysterious ancient creature rose from the lava sea and revealed that it remembered the Gu and Soul Clans from tens of thousands of years ago.

• Ning Luo clashed with Hun Shengtian, then trapped Hun Yuantian and another man inside the Gate of Silence with flames.
• Ning Luo detonated his Destruction Fire Lotuses and destroyed the soul stone, collapsing the Gate of Silence and killing Hun Yuantian while severely injuring the other man.
• Ning Luo noticed a vast vortex forming in the lava sea as the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion began to emerge.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi held the Tou She Ancient God Jade and declared that the Cave Mansion was about to appear.
• A mysterious creature erupted from the lava sea, causing Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi to stop fighting and approach it cautiously.
• The creature said it remembered when the Gu and Soul Clans were not among the foremost clans, startling Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi.

Zhu Kun attacked Ning Luo but recognized Zi Yan as his long-lost daughter after sensing her bloodline. When Zi Yan asked him to kill Hun Tiandi, the returned Old Dragon Emperor joined the allied side, leaving the battle poised to turn against the Soul Clan.

• Hun Tiandi claimed that his side had summoned the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and Zhu Kun lunged at Ning Luo with a golden claw.
• Zi Yan rescued Ning Luo, who tried to protect Xun'er by sending her clear of the seal and preparing to self-destruct.
• Zhu Kun stopped his attack after sensing his bloodline in Zi Yan, and Gu Yuan intervened to protect her and Ning Luo.
• Zi Yan transformed back into human form, supported Ning Luo, and asked Zhu Kun to kill Hun Tiandi.
• Candle Fire Elder recognized Zhu Kun as the vanished Old Dragon Emperor, and Ning Luo learned that the powerful newcomer was Zi Yan's father.
• Candle Fire Elder told Zhu Kun that Ning Luo had repeatedly saved the Ancient Dragon Clan, while Gu Yuan welcomed Zhu Kun as an ally.

Zhu Kun, Ning Luo, and the other experts entered Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion as it opened, racing the Soul Clan to find the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. They reached a vast plaza filled with the traces of collected Heavenly Flames and treasures, but the pill remained missing.

• Zhu Kun learned about the Ancient Void Dragon clan's troubles and vowed to kill Hun Tiandi for his daughter's sake.
• The ancient gate opened, and Ning Luo, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and their followers entered the cave mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame led the Soul Clan toward the suspended continent, and Zhu Kun's group followed.
• The groups crossed a vast plaza lined with stone pillars displaying Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Yi felt the place was familiar.
• Ning Luo realized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame had escaped the cave mansion, and Xiao Yi reacted fearfully to the pillars.
• The groups found Tou She Ancient God's statue and hundreds of Heavenly Grade cultivation methods and Dou skills, but the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill was still nowhere in sight.

Ning Luo and the others watched as the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill fought off Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun. Hun Tiandi then swallowed the pill to seize its power and gained the upper hand, though the pill’s energy threatened to destroy him.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the old man as the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, who accused the stone statue of concealing Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s forgotten agreement with him.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill overwhelmed the attacks of Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun, leaving Ning Luo and the others unable to intervene.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill struck the four experts with Emperor Pill Palm and declared that they could not refine him.
• Hun Tiandi used exploding ninth-tier treasure pills to stall Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, then swallowed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill into his body.
• Gu Yuan warned that the pill’s energy could burst Hun Tiandi’s body and soul, but Hun Tiandi gained severalfold strength and claimed he had won.

Hun Tiandi escaped with the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and began using the Central Plains to refine it into a complete Emperor Grade Pill. Gu Yuan and the others could only watch as Hun Tiandi’s plan unfolded and he declared that victory belonged to him.

• Hun Tiandi fled with Nihility Devouring Flame after taking the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, while Zi Yan and Lei Ying worried about the danger he posed.
• Zhu Kun moved the plaza and statue out of the Ancient Emperor Space, and Gu Yuan led the allied army away after they failed to enter the Soul Realm.
• Ning Luo returned to the Star Realm with Xun'er and Cai Lin as the others waited uneasily for the Soul Clan to act.
• Half a month later, a vast Light Cauldron appeared over the Central Plains, and Gu Yuan explained that Hun Tiandi was using the land, its people, and his own body to refine the pill and become a Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan warned that Hun Tiandi’s power had become too great for him and Zhu Kun to withstand, while Hun Tiandi declared that his preparations were complete and victory was his.

Hun Tiandi activated the Soul Devouring Life Extinguishing Array, massacring people across the Central Plains as Gu Yuan and the others searched for a way to stop him. The Ancient Emperor's inheritance chose Ning Luo, who planned to enter the Heavenly Tomb and cultivate before Hun Tiandi reached the Dou Di realm.

• Hun Tiandi's array sent black pillars of light across the Central Plains, killing the people caught within them and plunging the region into panic.
• Gu Yuan, Ning Luo, Zhu Kun, and the others learned that Hun Tiandi possessed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and that the Source of Emperor was hidden inside the stone statue.
• Xiao Yi used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to open the statue, and the Ancient Emperor's inheritance chose Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo decided to take the plaza and statue into the Heavenly Tomb so he could gain more time, then opened a spatial rift that swallowed them.

Ning Luo entered the Heavenly Tomb and received Tou She Ancient God's legacy, learning that Source Qi was the key to becoming a Dou Di and that the legacy held one of the world's last remaining strands. As the inheritance began, its power tore Ning Luo's body apart.

• Ning Luo gave Gu Yuan a soul jade slip to summon him from seclusion if the allied army was defeated, then entered a spatial rift to begin his seclusion.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to throw even the Soul Clan's descendants into the blood pool, while a hidden black flame flickered unnoticed.
• Ning Luo entered the Heavenly Tomb's stone cave and met Tou She Ancient God, who explained that the Dou Qi Continent had lost the Source needed to reach the Dou Di realm.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Ning Luo a flaming lotus seed containing his legacy and warned that Ning Luo needed an unwavering heart to survive it.
• The lotus seed entered Ning Luo, and its immense power made his eyes burst before his body was blown apart.

Ning Luo endured the fiery lotus seed’s destructive power by repeatedly rebuilding his body, while Hun Tiandi used the blood formation to complete the Emperor Grade Pills and ascend to Dou Di. The allied forces prepared to face him as Gu Yuan and the others waited anxiously for Ning Luo, who had not yet returned.

• Ning Luo steadied his mind and repeatedly condensed a new body amid the fiery lotus seed’s explosions, earning Tou She Ancient God’s approval.
• Hun Tiandi’s blood formation ravaged the Central Plains for months as Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and their allies failed to stop it.
• Hun Tiandi emerged atop a blood lotus, swallowed the black flames, and killed the Soul Clan experts who had gathered around him.
• Hun Tiandi announced that he had ascended as Emperor, and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun sensed the aura of a Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan ordered the allied army to prepare for battle, while Lei Ying asked about Ning Luo and learned that he had not returned.

Hun Tiandi overwhelmed Gu Yuan and the allied army with the power of a Dou Di, leaving them on the brink of defeat. Ning Luo emerged from seclusion as another Dou Di, confronting Hun Tiandi and ending the chapter with their clash imminent.

• Hun Tiandi arrived on a blood lotus and shattered Gu Yuan and the allied army's defenses with a casual attack.
• Gu Yuan rallied the allied army and unleashed a powerful formation attack, but Hun Tiandi destroyed it with a single finger.
• Hun Tiandi sealed Gu Yuan's connection to heaven and earth, then defeated the allied army's Dou Qi dragon and kicked the Ancient Void Dragon into a mountain range.
• Gu Yuan and the allies held on in hopes that Ning Luo would emerge from seclusion, while Hun Tiandi continued to dominate the battlefield.
• Ning Luo appeared in a blaze of flames, revealing that he had also reached the Dou Di realm, and Hun Tiandi reacted in disbelief.

Ning Luo emerged after Zhu Kun and the Allied Army had suffered heavy losses, then faced Hun Tiandi in a destructive battle between the two Dou Di experts. Their fight continued with neither side defeated, and Ning Luo’s golden strike suddenly headed toward the Soul Clan.

• Ning Luo appeared as Zhu Kun recovered and warned him that Hun Tiandi had nearly slaughtered everyone.
• Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi declared that the loser’s faction would be destroyed, then launched their final battle.
• The two Dou Di fought across the sky, wrecking the surrounding world with their clashes.
• Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi traded powerful attacks, and Ning Luo was knocked back a thousand meters by one strike.
• A streak of golden light tore across the sky toward the Soul Clan.

Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi traded devastating attacks in a fierce battle, with Ning Luo's golden powers breaking through Hun Tiandi's defenses and leaving him badly wounded. Hun Tiandi then attacked from behind with a dagger, but Ning Luo struck it aside and sent him flying as their fight continued.

• Hun Tiandi retreated from the Sacred Artifact's strike, but Ning Luo unleashed endless golden pillars that shattered his defenses and wounded him.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Ning Luo with a storm of sword qi and a regenerating golden barrier, but Ning Luo's golden aura and flames let him withstand the assault and destroy the sword qi with a punch.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he would become Emperor and demanded a decisive battle, and Ning Luo agreed to fight with everything he had.
• Hun Tiandi vanished and stabbed at Ning Luo's heart from behind with a black dagger, but Ning Luo smashed the dagger with his fist and sent Hun Tiandi flying while he coughed up blood.

Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi clashed in a devastating battle above the Central Plains, with Ning Luo drawing on the formation and his own spiritual power to withstand Hun Tiandi’s attacks. Hun Tiandi unleashed Blood Demon Heart-Corroding Lightning, and Ning Luo struck the blood clouds apart as the battle continued.

• Hun Tiandi surged forward and sent a towering sea of blood and a razor-sharp blade attack toward Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo summoned a wave of magma that collided with Hun Tiandi’s blood tide, shaking the sky and forcing nearby fighters to retreat.
• Ning Luo stomped apart the blood wave and activated the formation, which formed a pale blue barrier around him.
• Ning Luo released his spiritual power and surrounded himself with blue-purple flames as bloody rain and magma poured across the Central Plains.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Blood Demon Heart-Corroding Lightning, sending mountain-sized bolts of blood lightning toward Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo blasted a blue vortex into the blood clouds, shattering them as spatial fissures spread across the sky.

Ning Luo withstood Hun Tiandi’s blood lightning and sword attacks, then grew into a giant and struck back with overwhelming force. He prepared to unleash his Golden-yellow Flames as the battle continued.

• Ning Luo expanded and summoned a Flame Giant that clashed with Hun Tiandi’s blood lightning, leaving him unscathed.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed a stronger barrage of blood lightning, and Ning Luo scattered it with a punch but staggered back, pale and sweating.
• Hun Tiandi formed a Blood-red Longsword and slashed Ning Luo with its sword qi, but Ning Luo’s body endured the attack.
• Ning Luo grew into a thousand-meter giant and punched Hun Tiandi, sending him flying.
• Ning Luo stomped and brought down a mountain as Golden-yellow Flames gathered around his fist and revolved around him.

Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi fought fiercely, and Hun Tiandi swallowed the blood clouds over the Central Plains to become a colossal armored giant. As Hun Tiandi launched a deadly sword strike, Ning Luo’s Bronze Ancient Mirror appeared and blocked it at the last moment.

• Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi traded powerful axe and sword blows that shattered the surrounding buildings and ground.
• Ning Luo formed a golden flame barrier, but Hun Tiandi’s blood-red sword pierced it and sent Ning Luo flying, drenched in blood.
• Hun Tiandi swallowed the blood clouds covering the Central Plains, allowing sunlight to return.
• Hun Tiandi grew into a tens-of-thousands-of-meters-tall blood-red giant clad in armor and threatened to grind Ning Luo’s bones to ash.
• Hun Tiandi fired a sword beam at Ning Luo, but Ning Luo’s Bronze Ancient Mirror appeared and blocked it just before it struck his brow.

Ning Luo used the Bronze Ancient Mirror to blast Hun Tiandi apart, then grew into a Flame Emperor Body and fought Hun Tiandi’s Blood Emperor Body. Hun Tiandi eventually broke through Ning Luo’s sword attack and sent him crashing into the ground, leaving Ning Luo injured and Hun Tiandi mocking him.

• The Bronze Ancient Mirror suddenly appeared and blasted Hun Tiandi’s body to pieces, though he quickly reformed.
• Ning Luo drew in magma and expanded into a Flame Emperor Body to face Hun Tiandi’s Blood Emperor Body.
• Ning Luo attacked Hun Tiandi with the Azure Jade Ancient Sword and drove him back amid a blazing sea of fire.
• Hun Tiandi countered Ning Luo’s sword lights with a blood-colored flood dragon and struck the Azure Jade Ancient Sword.
• Hun Tiandi’s attack sent Ning Luo crashing into a deep pit, where Ning Luo struggled to stand as Hun Tiandi called him weak.

Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi fought across the Central Plains until Hun Tiandi unleashed a blood sacrifice that killed its inhabitants. Ning Luo attacked Hun Tiandi and then defended against a deadly blood arrow as the battle continued.

• Ning Luo and Hun Tiandi traded devastating attacks for nearly half a day, shattering the space above the Central Plains.
• Hun Tiandi activated a blood sacrifice that spread across the Central Plains and raised the corpses of its people.
• Ning Luo recognized the sacrifice’s purpose and thrust his purple-gold spear at Hun Tiandi, whose attack was pierced through a mountain.
• Hun Tiandi sent a blood arrow formed from his divine sense toward Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo repeatedly swung his spear against the blood arrow, cracking the surrounding void.