Chapter Summaries

Hun Tiandi fought the Purifying Demonic Saint, who was using Xiao Ming’s body, for control of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The battle left Hun Tiandi under pressure as the Great Elder and the others arrived and watched from the entrance.

• Hun Tiandi tried to persuade the Purifying Demonic Saint to hand over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the Saint refused and chose to protect it.
• Hun Tiandi attacked with a Tidal Giant Hand, but the Purifying Demonic Saint countered with a black hole and ignited Demonic Flame inside Hun Tiandi.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint unleashed Demonic Flame Annihilation, forcing Hun Tiandi to shield himself with a Blood Robe as Flame Mad Dragons struck him.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint followed with a Demonic Flame Halberd, and Hun Tiandi dodged before attacking with a Blood Cloud.
• The Great Elder and the others reached the Demonic Flame Space and watched the battle, while the Pill Tower Ancestor asked Zhu Zhen what he thought.

Purifying Demonic Saint drove Hun Tiandi from the Demonic Flame Space, then removed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s memories and intelligence to stop it from causing disaster. He and the Demonic Flame destroyed each other, leaving Xiao Ming alone with the Demonic Flame Origin.

• Hun Tiandi attacked Purifying Demonic Saint, but Nightmare Heavenly Mist made his strikes miss, and Purifying Demonic Saint struck him as he tried to escape.
• Purifying Demonic Saint opened a spatial passage and sent Pill Tower Ancestor, Zhu Zhen, and the others away, keeping Xiao Ming behind to receive the Demonic Flame.
• Purifying Demonic Saint used the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to extract Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s memories and intelligence, forcing it from its body.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Purifying Demonic Saint, who chose to destroy them both by collapsing the formation and the fire cage.
• Xiao Ming remained after the explosion and saw the white lotus with pink veins drifting above the Magma Sea, identified as the Demonic Flame Origin.

Xiao Ming captured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and left the Demonic Flame Space, while Hun Tiandi returned to the Soul Realm injured. Hun Tiandi decided to accelerate his Millennium Plan and attack the Ancient Races in one month.

• Xiao Ming had Ling swallow the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which had lost its memories and intelligence, then opened a spatial passage to leave the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Ming emerged and joined the Pill Tower Ancestor and the others, then led them away as the Ancient Races arrived too late to claim the Demonic Flame.
• Hun Tiandi returned to the Soul Realm injured and told Nihility Devouring Flame that the Purifying Demonic Saint had fought him and that Xiao Ming had likely obtained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that Xiao Ming had reached Eight Star Early Stage and said they should avoid confronting him for now.
• Hun Tiandi ordered that, after his injuries healed in one month, they attack the Gu, Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans and obtain the final Tou She Ancient God Jade from Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming prepared the Pill Tower and the Ancient Clans for the Soul Clan’s next moves, then entered seclusion to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. While he was away, the Soul Clan attacked the Yao Clan, and Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul before the Soul Clan wiped out the clan’s defenders.

• Xiao Ming warned the Pill Tower and the Four Great Ancient Clans to guard against the Soul Clan, then entered seclusion in the Pill Realm.
• Cao Ying’s victory at the Pill Gathering and Xiao Ming’s acquisition of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame became widely discussed.
• Hun Jing and Hun Yan led the Soul Clan’s attack on the Yao Clan, while Nihility Devouring Flame battled the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul.
• Yao Dan refused to make the Yao Clan a subordinate race, and the Soul Clan’s forces overwhelmed the clan across Medicine Mountain.
• The Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul sacrificed itself by rushing into Nihility Devouring Flame, but Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed it and ordered the massacre to continue.
• Hun Xuzi reported that no Yao Clan members had escaped, and Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan to return.

The Thunder and Flame Clans investigated the Yao Clan’s disappearance, only to find that the Soul Clan had stolen their Tou She Ancient God Jade. As the Central Plains rallied against the Soul Clan, Xiao Ming emerged from seclusion at the Heavenly Court headquarters.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin failed to identify who had destroyed the Yao Clan, so the Thunder and Flame Clans secretly sent away their geniuses and hid their Ancient Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame learned that Guardian Elders had taken the two clans’ Ancient Jade and ordered his subordinates to seize it without informing Hun Tiandi.
• Lei Ying found evidence in a Lightning Shadow Stone that the Soul Clan had attacked the Guardian Elders and stolen the jade, prompting the clans to seek help from the Ancient Clan and Heavenly Court.
• The destruction of the Yao Clan and the Soul Clan’s attacks spread panic across the Central Plains, while the Thunder, Flame, and Ancient Clans formed an alliance and invited Heavenly Court to join.
• Heavenly Court’s leaders debated how to respond while Xiao Ming remained in seclusion, then saw him appear in the seat of honor.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Xiao Ming learned of the Ancient Clan’s invitation and used a life simulation to foresee an imminent Soul Clan attack. He traveled to the Ancient Realm, where Gu Dao welcomed him and invited him to meet with the Lightning and Flame Clans.

• Xiao Ming emerged from seclusion and confirmed to Zhu Zhen that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had greatly increased his strength.
• Xiao Ming reviewed a life simulation that foretold a Soul Clan attack in the Ancient Realm and his future encounter with Zhu Kun and the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Xiao Ming told Heavenly Court’s leaders to follow his arrangements and prepare for danger, warning that the world might soon be reshuffled.
• Xiao Ming arrived at the Ancient Realm’s Ancient Stone Plaza, where Gu Dao recognized him as the Lord of Heavenly Court.
• Gu Dao invited Xiao Ming into the Ancient Realm to discuss the Soul Clan alongside the Lightning and Flame Clans.

Xiao Ming met with Gu Yuan and the leaders of the Ancient, Thunder, and Flame Clans to discuss the Soul Clan’s threat. As the gathering began, Xiao Ming privately considered using the conflict to bring the entire Dou Qi Continent under Heavenly Court’s control.

• Xiao Ming joined Gu Dao and met Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders, who were surprised by his hidden realm and growing strength.
• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Ming and recalled the Ancient and Xiao Clans’ past alliance, but Xiao Ming privately dismissed his explanation for Gu Xun’er’s time with the Xiao Family.
• Lei Ying joked about testing Xiao Ming’s strength, but Yan Jin urged the leaders to discuss the Soul Clan first.
• Xiao Ming recognized that the Ancient Races wanted to assess his strength and resolved to let them bear the struggle while he sought to expand Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Xiao Ming planned to bring the Ancient Races under Heavenly Court’s jurisdiction and weaken their power without exterminating them.

Xiao Ming warned Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders that the Soul Clan had two Nine Star Dou Shengs, including the Nihility Devouring Flame, and could use the Death Realm Great Formation. The gathering ended with the clans newly aware of the threat, while Xiao Ming secretly hoped they would weaken the Soul Clan for his own benefit.

• Xiao Ming asked Gu Yuan whether he knew of the ancient Tunling Clan, startling the elders.
• Xiao Ming explained that the Nihility Devouring Flame had devoured the Tunling Clan's leader and gained the Soul Clan's support, likely allowing him to reach Nine Star Dou Sheng and an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu Yuan concluded that the Nihility Devouring Flame had hidden the Soul Clan by swallowing its entire space, and confirmed that his power had greatly increased.
• Xiao Ming produced a Gate of Silence and warned that the Soul Clan possessed more gates that could form the deadly Death Realm Great Formation.
• The clan leaders absorbed Xiao Ming's warning and felt grateful, while Xiao Ming intended for them to fight the Soul Clan and leave him to benefit afterward.

Xiao Ming secured Gu Yuan’s help to enter the Heaven Tomb and travel to Xiao Xuan’s resting place. He reached the ancient tombstone, while Blood Saber Saint withdrew in reverence.

• After the alliance agreed to attack the Soul Clan in half a month, Xiao Ming asked Gu Yuan to let him visit Xiao Xuan in the Heaven Tomb.
• Gu Yuan forcibly opened a passage and warned Xiao Ming that the Heaven Tomb would reject him if he stayed too long.
• Xiao Ming sped through the Heaven Tomb, overcoming its dangers and knocking Blood Saber Saint and his Nine Star Energy Bodies to the ground.
• Xiao Ming ordered Blood Saber Saint to lead him to Xiao Xuan’s tombstone, and the Energy Bodies in the depths fled when they learned Xiao Ming was Xiao Xuan’s descendant.
• Blood Saber Saint stopped a thousand zhang from the tombstone and retreated, leaving Xiao Ming to approach it alone.

Xiao Ming met his ancestor Xiao Xuan in the Heaven Tomb and told him about the Xiao Clan’s decline, his own strength, and the conflict with the Soul Clan. Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Ming possessed Origin Emperor Qi, then warned him that his plan to exploit the coming clash between the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan was too risky.

• Xiao Ming met Xiao Xuan’s projection and followed him into the Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Ming explained how the Xiao Clan had declined into the Xiao Family, and Xiao Xuan revealed that the clan had transferred its bloodline power to him before his failed breakthrough and death.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Ming had Origin Emperor Qi and celebrated that the Xiao Clan might regain its former glory.
• Xiao Ming briefed Xiao Xuan on the Heavenly Court, the Soul Clan, the Ancient Thunder Flame Three Clans Alliance, and the coming Ancient Clan attack.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Ming that exploiting the conflict between Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan would be far riskier than he expected.

Xiao Ming discovered that Hun Tiandi’s actions had disturbed the space between the Heaven Tomb and the Ancient Realm, so he left to confront the unfolding crisis. Hun Tiandi arrived in the Ancient Realm with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints, facing Gu Yuan and the gathered Ancient Clan forces.

• Xiao Xuan sensed a disturbance in the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Ming confirmed that the Ancient Realm’s space had been damaged.
• Xiao Xuan regretted that he could not help Xiao Ming, who gave him the Heaven Reversal Creation Pill recipe and left for the Ancient Realm.
• The Ancient Clan sounded its alarm, and Gu Yuan told Yan Jin and Lei Ying that Hun Tiandi had arrived.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a spatial vortex with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints behind him.
• Gu Yuan warned Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Realm was not a place he should be, and Hun Tiandi replied that there was nowhere he should not go.

Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan in the Ancient Realm while Nihility Devouring Flame revealed his Nine Star Dou Sheng strength. As Gu Yuan fought Hun Tiandi, the Ancient Clan discovered that Gu Yang had stolen the Ancient Jade, and the Soul Clan moved to block the search for him.

• Lei Ying questioned Hun Tiandi about the disappearances of the Ling, Stone, and Medicine Clans, and Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he had reached the Nine Star Dou Sheng Early Stage and the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Hun Tiandi asked where Xiao Ming was, leading Gu Yuan to suspect that the Soul Clan wanted the Ancient Jade.
• An alarm sounded from the Ancestral Hall, and an Ancient Clan member reported that Gu Yang had injured the elder there and stolen the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Dao and the others to search for Gu Yang, but the Four Demon Saints moved to stop them as Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame intercepted Yan Jin and Lei Ying and demanded that they reveal Xiao Ming's whereabouts.

The Ancient Clan searched for Gu Yang while its leaders fought the Soul Clan, but the discovered traitor revealed he was a Soul Clan spy and sent the Ancient Jade flying with a self-destruction. Xiao Ming appeared to seize it, only for Nihility Devouring Flame to intercept him; the chapter ended with Nihility Devouring Flame realizing Xiao Ming had ambushed him.

• Gu Xun'er sent the Black Annihilation Army to search for Gu Yang as Gu Dao ordered the elders to seal the Ancient Realm, and Gu Lie joined Yan Jin and Lei Ying against Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Black Annihilation Army found Gu Yang beneath a mountain, but he shattered its Spirit Binding Net and fled toward the sky.
• Three Soul Clan Demon Saints attacked the elders and damaged the barrier, while the elders stopped Gu Yang and learned that a Soul Clan spy had shared his body for a hundred years.
• Gu Yang self-destructed to send the Ancient Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade toward the battlefield, and the blast tore through the weakened barrier.
• Xiao Ming reached for the flying Ancient Jade, but Nihility Devouring Flame blocked his hand with a black hand and demanded the other Ancient Jade before crying out that Xiao Ming had ambushed him.

Xiao Ming arrived at the Ancient Clan’s battlefield and badly injured Nihility Devouring Flame, disrupting the Soul Clan’s plans. Hun Tiandi then threatened Xiao Ming with more than a hundred captives, including Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Ming to face a hostage crisis.

• Xiao Ming emerged in the Ancient Realm and struck Nihility Devouring Flame away from the Tou She Ancient God Jade, severely injuring him.
• Xiao Ming rebuked Nihility Devouring Flame, while Hun Tu ordered Hun Xuzi to bring out the Soul Clan’s captives.
• Hun Tiandi ended his clash with Gu Yuan and demanded that Xiao Ming hand over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Ming refused Hun Tiandi’s demand, and Hun Tiandi revealed over a hundred captives, including Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and people from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ming recognized the disguised Dou Zun holding Soul Locking Chains as Xiao Yan, who had captured his eldest and second brothers.

Xiao Ming traded the final Tou She Ancient God Jade to Hun Tiandi to free the captives, including Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. After rescuing them, Xiao Ming and the three clan leaders prepared to attack the Soul Clan before it could use the jade.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li worried that Xiao Ming might not be able to save them, while Xiao Yan secretly resolved to free his brothers amid the coming chaos.
• Hun Tiandi demanded the final Ancient Jade in exchange for the captives, and Xiao Ming agreed despite warnings from the three clans and the prisoners.
• Hun Tiandi released the captives as Xiao Ming handed over the Ancient Jade and swiftly severed the black ropes restraining them.
• Xiao Yan helped carry the rescued captives into the formation and set them down safely.
• Xiao Ming comforted the captives, then joined Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and the others in preparing to attack Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan.

Xiao Ming and the allied clans pursued Hun Tiandi after his Soul Clan forces clashed with the Ancient Clan in the Ancient Realm. The armies converged on the Burial Heaven Mountain Range, where Lei Ying launched the Thunder Clan's attack against the Soul Clan.

• Gu Yuan and the allied experts attacked with the Ancient Emperor's Mirror, but the Soul Clan countered with the Mark of Destruction, and both formations collapsed with heavy losses.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame retreated through spatial fissures, and Gu Yuan led the clans in pursuit while Xiao Ming gathered a small group of allies.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, Zhu Zhen, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and other Heavenly Court fighters followed Gu Yuan to the Burial Heaven Mountain Range, where the Soul Clan army awaited them.
• Gu Yuan suspected Hun Tiandi had chosen the ancient battlefield for a final reckoning, and Lei Ying ordered the Thunder Clan to form the Nine Dragon Heavenly Lightning Formation.
• The Thunder Clan's nine lightning dragons charged toward the Soul Clan Army, shattering space in their path.

The Soul Clan held its ground against the Three Clans Allied Army while Xiao Ming fought the injured Nihility Devouring Flame. The Soul Clan then unleashed the Death Realm Great Formation, trapping the allied forces as Lei Ying and Yan Jin called for retreat.

• The Thunder, Flame, and Ancient Clans attacked the Soul Clan, but Hun Tiandi blocked their strikes with a net of black chains before facing Gu Yuan.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin led the allied experts against the Four Demon Saints while Xiao Ming confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and overpowered his Black Flame with Mutated Lightning.
• Gu Yuan urgently warned everyone to retreat as the black clouds stirred and four coffins appeared above the battlefield.
• Four Soul Clan Living Dead emerged from the coffins and summoned four Gates of Silence, forming the Death Realm Great Formation and draining the allied experts’ life force.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin recognized the formation and urgently called for retreat.

The Soul Clan trapped the Three Clans Allied Army inside the Death Realm Great Formation, where Death Aura and attacks caused heavy losses. Outside the formation, Xiao Ming defeated Nihility Devouring Flame in a soul-created world and emerged holding his Black Flame.

• A gaunt Soul Clan elder completed the Death Realm Great Formation, enclosing the Three Clans Allied Army in corrosive Death Aura.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Gu Lie, Gu Dao, and Fire Spirit Fairy considered their options as the formation blocked detection and threatened the weaker fighters.
• Zhu Zhen raised his Gate of Silence to absorb Death Aura, and the army advanced toward the formation’s boundary while black spears and giant deathly hands killed many of the three clans’ fighters.
• Zhu Zhen called on Lei Ying and Yan Jin to help attack an invisible barrier near one of the Soul Clan experts, and their combined strikes made it tremble.
• Xiao Ming lured Nihility Devouring Flame into Silent World, overpowered him with Soul Power, and emerged after the world shattered with Black Flame swirling around his palm.

Xiao Ming swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame, shattered the Death Realm Great Formation, and attacked the retreating Soul Clan alongside the allied forces. Hun Tiandi arrived, escaped into the Soul Realm after threatening to reach Dou Di, and the devastated coalition resolved to pursue him.

• Xiao Ming swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame and broke the Death Realm barrier with Yellow Springs Palm, leaving the Soul Clan elders gravely injured.
• The coalition saw that nearly ninety percent of its army had perished, while Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to retreat through a spatial passage.
• Xiao Ming attacked the retreating Soul Clan with Yellow Springs Heaven's Wrath and countless flames, and the allied forces joined the assault.
• Hun Tiandi appeared, tore open space to block Xiao Ming's attack, and retreated into the Soul Realm after boasting that he had gathered the Ancient Jade and would destroy his enemies once he became Dou Di.
• The allied leaders proposed storming into the Soul Realm, encouraged by Xiao Ming's victory over Nihility Devouring Flame and Gu Yuan's presence.

After the Three Clans Allied Army agreed to invade the Soul Realm, Xiao Ming sent Zi Yan to eliminate the Hall of Souls while he joined Gu Yuan and the others in attacking the Soul Clan. Gu Yuan broke through the Soul Clan’s defensive formation and the allied forces began slaughtering their way through the realm, while Xiao Ming searched for Hun Tiandi, who had yet to appear.

• Xiao Ming and Gu Yuan agreed that the surviving Eight-Star and stronger fighters would invade the Soul Realm, while the remaining army stayed at the Heavenly Court to destroy the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Ming assigned Zi Yan to wipe out the Hall of Souls’ strongholds across the Central Plains.
• Gu Yuan opened a spatial gate and led Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Xiao Ming, Zhu Zhen, and Gu Lie into the Soul Realm.
• Soul Clan experts activated the Blood Splendor Sky Curtain formation, but Gu Yuan shattered it with the Ancient Emperor Nirvana Shattering Finger.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the others attacked the Soul Clan forces and razed buildings and mountains as Xiao Ming searched for Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Ming grew suspicious when Hun Tiandi failed to react to the invasion and continued looking for him.