Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan destroyed Soul Heavenly Emperor and used him, the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill, and the Hun Clan’s remaining blood to refine a pill. He then reached into the Heavenly Tomb, killed its guardian to take its soul origin, and left its soul bodies free from the urge to devour one another.

• Yan Qingshan purged the remaining Hun Clan experts, spared a few innocents, and melted Soul Heavenly Emperor into a soul orb beside the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill.
• The orb, pill, blood streams, and Heavenly Flame formed a medicinal cauldron above the Heavenly Flame Plaza.
• Yan Qingshan tore open the Heavenly Tomb and seized the Heavenly Tomb Soul while Xiao Xuan watched from within.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul attacked with soul storms and spears, but Yan Qingshan’s Fallen Heart Flame turned its assault back and set it ablaze.
• Yan Qingshan forcibly extracted the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s origin and withdrew, leaving the tomb’s soul bodies free of their devouring urge.

Yan Qingshan completed the Emperor Pill by drawing on the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling's accumulated energy and overcoming the Imperial Lightning. He stored the pill instead of giving it to Zhu Kun or Gu Yuan, who realized that Yan Qingshan must have found origin energy elsewhere.

• The pill cauldron drained the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling of its accumulated energy as Yan Qingshan refined the Emperor Pill.
• Golden lightning dragons and Origin Imperial Lightning descended, and Yan Qingshan fought and refined them with his own lightning.
• Yan Qingshan completed the Emperor Pill and condensed it into a purple-gold pill in his palm.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan considered taking the pill but regained their composure when Yan Qingshan warned that using it to break through would limit their strength.
• Yan Qingshan stored the Emperor Pill in a jade bottle, and Zhu Kun and the other clan leaders realized he had found origin energy elsewhere.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yan Qingshan reveals that Source Qi in the Dou Qi Continent's planar source is being used to suppress an ancient evil force.
• The Great Thousand World, facing an invasion by the Outer Realm Evil Race, is sending Source Qi to lower planes to gain more fighting forces.
• Yan Qingshan plans to break through the seal and open the passage between realms in a few years, drawing down the Source Qi of the upper realm.
• He requests all cultivation resources, methods, and Dou Skills of the fire, wood, and lightning attributes from the continent's clans, offering Ninth Grade Golden Pills in exchange.
• Yan Qingshan reveals that Tou She Ancient God's stone statue contains a secret more precious than the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill.

Character Developments

• Yan Qingshan: Shows his wisdom and understanding of the universe's will, planning to open the passage to the upper realm and drawing down Source Qi.
• Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and others: Learn about the truth behind the disappearance of the ancient Dou Gods and the upcoming descent of Source Qi.

Significant Themes

• The struggle between the Great Thousand World and the Outer Realm Evil Race, involving all planes and affecting the fate of the universe.
• The importance of Source Qi in the war and the role of lower planes in providing more combat power.
• The will of the universe and the inevitability of ascension for high-level cultivators.

Character Interactions

• Yan Qingshan interacts with Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and other clan chiefs, revealing secrets and making deals for cultivation resources.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying, clan chiefs of the Yan Clan and Lei Clan, agree to trade their clans' fire and lightning resources for Ninth Grade Golden Pills.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan discuss Tou She Ancient God's origins and identity, setting the stage for further revelations.

Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God had been a Heavenly Flame that devoured the other ranked flames, and explained that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling held his true inheritance. Yan Qingshan opened the inheritance and met Tou She Ancient God, who gave him a flame lotus seed to help his Heavenly Flame Clone transform into Emperor Flame.

• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had begun as a Heavenly Flame, devoured the twenty other ranked flames, and became the flame known as Emperor Flame.
• Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God's inheritance contained most of his origin energy and was more valuable than the Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Xiao Yao used Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to open the stone statue's chest, while Yan Qingshan protected the others from the inheritance's crushing pressure.
• Yan Qingshan's Heavenly Flame Clone entered the statue and met Tou She Ancient God in a sea of flames.
• Yan Qingshan asked Tou She Ancient God for help transforming his clone into Emperor Flame, and Tou She Ancient God presented him with a lotus seed made from his inheritance.

Yan Qingshan summoned twenty-two Heavenly Flames to begin his clone’s inheritance, then won the major clans’ support for an Imperial Court to unify the Dou Qi Continent. After the Court was established and brought the continent under a new order, Yan Qingshan settled into a largely hands-off role as its supreme figurehead.

• Yan Qingshan summoned the Heavenly Flames, which combined into the Heavenly Flame Eternal Ruler and entered the stone statue to support his clone’s inheritance.
• Yan Qingshan told Zhu Kun and the other experts that he planned to establish an Imperial Court, and the Yao, Stone, Spirit, Ancient Void Dragon, Gu, Yan, and Lei factions agreed to support it.
• Yan Qingshan sent his blood relatives who had gained Dou Di power to the Pill Realm, where he planned to test their conduct and ability before allowing them to keep the bloodline.
• The Danta Alliance and Imperial Clan Alliance formed the Imperial Court, which unified the continent and established rules for its empires, sects, and clans.
• Yan Qingshan gradually became a hands-off but powerful figurehead, enjoying a more relaxed life while the continent developed under the Court.

Yan Qingshan completed a Ninth Grade Golden Pill and prepared the Imperial Court for the Dou Qi Continent’s connection to the Great Thousand World. With his Lightning Path Clone stalled at the Dou Emperor threshold, he planned to explore other planes for a way to strengthen it.

• Yan Qingshan refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qingling that he would guide their cultivation.
• Yan Qingshan assessed the unstable Golden Lightning Illusory Body and concluded that his Lightning Path Clone needed stronger lightning resources to advance.
• Yan Qingshan watched the passage to the Great Thousand World take shape as the Dou Qi Continent’s seal lifted and its plane reconnected with the outside.
• Yan Qingshan decided to explore neighboring planes for a way to transform his Lightning Path Clone and considered visiting a plane under attack by the Outer Realm Evil Race.

Yan Qingshan sent his Lightning Path Clone across the chaotic starry sky and arrived on Tianxuan Continent, where he reached Demonic City during the events of Martial Universe. After considering whether to seek out Lin Dong, he decided he had little reason to interfere in the plane’s affairs.

• Yan Qingshan used Intelligent Brain Dawn to guide his Lightning Path Clone through the chaotic starry sky toward a familiar plane.
• The Lightning Path Clone arrived outside Demonic City in the Demonic Domain and declined Brother Wu’s offer to travel with the caravan.
• The Lightning Path Clone rode through the Treasure Hunting District, observing its stalls and vendors.
• The Lightning Path Clone identified the plane as Tianxuan Continent and recalled its lingering threat from the Outer Realm Evil Race.
• The Lightning Path Clone considered finding Lin Dong but decided against interfering because the plane’s rejection left him with little desire to stir up trouble.

Yan Qingshan learned that Yuan Gate had ambushed Dao Sect during the Sect Competition and went to watch as Dao Sect’s disciples fought to escape toward Demonic City. Yuan Gate’s Three Young Kings and Eight Spirit Generals overwhelmed Dao Sect, leaving its Heaven Hall Senior Sister and the rest in dire straits.

• Yan Qingshan pieced together that Lin Dong was still a child and that the story was set before the main events of Martial Universe.
• Yan Qingshan followed the crowds outside Demonic City to see Yuan Gate’s forces pursuing Dao Sect’s retreating disciples.
• Huo Yuan, Li Lei, and Chen Ling surrounded Dao Sect’s Heaven Hall Senior Sister, Wang, and demanded that Dao Sect withdraw from the Sect Competition.
• The chapter recounted how Zhou Tong’s death a century earlier had deepened the enmity between Yuan Gate and Dao Sect.
• Dao Sect’s disciples fought back despite their wounds, but Yuan Gate’s superior numbers and strength left them close to defeat.

After Dao Sect conceded defeat, Yuan Gate’s Li Lei attacked the wounded Heaven Hall Senior Sister, but a mysterious Golden Thunder struck and crippled Yuan Gate’s strongest fighters. The two sides faced off again, and Huo Yuan tried to blame Dao Sect as the injured senior sister restrained her disciples from restarting the battle.

• Heaven Hall Senior Sister conceded to Huo Yuan and surrendered her treasured sword after Yuan Gate overwhelmed Dao Sect.
• Li Lei attacked the senior sister after she conceded, and he and several Spirit Generals surrounded her as Huo Yuan and Chen Ling watched.
• A bolt of Golden Thunder blasted Li Lei, Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and the Spirit Generals, destroying their Elemental Force and leaving them crippled or gravely injured.
• Wang Yan rushed to help his injured sister, then drew his sword to resume the fight until she ordered Dao Sect to withdraw.
• Huo Yuan accused Dao Sect of starting a war, but Heaven Hall Senior Sister rejected his blame and kept her disciples from attacking again.

Yan Qingshan quietly left Demonic City after Yuan Sect and Dao Sect withdrew from the competition, while rumors of Yuan Sect’s failed attack and the mysterious expert who crippled its geniuses shook the Eastern Xuan Region. At Yuan Sect’s stronghold, its elders prepared to blame Dao Sect, but Dao Sect leaders arrived and confronted them over the incident.

• Huo Yuan withdrew Yuan Sect from the competition, and Wang let its disciples leave while restraining Dao Sect’s angry members.
• Yan Qingshan returned to Demonic City unnoticed and considered his next destination and the timeline of Lin Dong’s story.
• News spread that a mysterious expert had crippled Yuan Sect’s Three Little Kings and Eight Spirit Generals after Yuan Sect tried to kill Dao Sect’s disciples.
• Huo Yuan told Yuan Sect’s elders that heavenly lightning had crippled him and the other young experts, and pleaded for justice.
• An elder ordered Yuan Sect to confront Dao Sect and shift the blame onto them, but Qi Lei and three Dao Sect leaders arrived at the stronghold and challenged Yuan Sect over its actions.

Ying Xuanzi intervened when Yuan Gate's division chiefs attacked Qi Lei and the Dao Sect elders, escalating the dispute into a confrontation between Dao Sect and Yuan Gate's grandmasters. Ren Yuanzi was joined by Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi, leaving both sects' leaders facing one another in Demonic City.

• Qi Lei accused Yuan Gate of concealing a traitor's role in the attacks, and Yuan Gate's division chiefs moved to detain the Dao Sect disciples.
• The six Yuan Gate division chiefs formed the Heavenly Yuan Array and used Shi Dong to unleash the Heaven Suppressing Seal at Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect experts.
• Ying Xuanzi appeared and shattered the seal with one finger, then confronted Ren Yuanzi over Yuan Gate's accusations and threats against Dao Sect.
• Ren Yuanzi argued that Yuan Gate had suffered heavy losses, but Ying Xuanzi rejected his excuse and warned that Dao Sect would fight rather than accept blame.
• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi appeared and urged Ying Xuanzi to let the Sect Competition's grievances end, bringing all three Yuan Gate grandmasters together with Ying Xuanzi.

Yan Qingshan left Demonic City after Yuan Gate abandoned its investigation into the mysterious expert who had injured its disciples. He arrived in the Great Yan Dynasty, where he planned to enjoy the bustle of a secular city.

• Ying Xuanzi withdrew the Dao Sect disciples from Demonic City after Tian Yuanzi called the clash a misunderstanding.
• Tian Yuanzi was injured by golden lightning while examining Huo Yuan and Chen Ling, and Yuan Gate decided to end its investigation and conceal what had happened.
• Yan Qingshan headed for the teleportation array after speculating about Yuan Gate's forbidden ground and the Demonic Tribe within it.
• The teleportation array at Sacred War Peak opened unexpectedly, and Yan Qingshan arrived in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Mo Jingtian met Yan Qingshan, who asked him to keep his arrival secret and gave him one hundred thousand Nirvana Pills.
• Yan Qingshan strolled through the Great Yan Imperial City, pleased to be in a lively secular dynasty.

Yan Qingshan entered the Flame City Symbol Master Association during its tower battle and slipped into the Talisman Master Tower to investigate the Mental Power cultivation system. He passed through the tower’s lower levels and reached the ninth floor, where he discovered imprints of Ancestral Symbols.

• Yan Qingshan arrived in Flame City and went to the Symbol Master Association after hearing that its Talisman Master Tower was open for a battle against Skyfire City.
• Master Yan began the tower battle, and Yan Qingshan blended into the crowd and entered the tower unnoticed.
• Yan Qingshan felt none of the spiritual pressure that overwhelmed the Symbol Masters and quickly climbed past the crowded lower floors.
• Yan Qingshan examined the Life Creation Talisman Array on the eighth floor but dismissed it as too low-grade to be useful.
• Yan Qingshan reached the empty ninth floor and recognized the wall patterns as imprints of Ancestral Symbols.

Yan Qingshan obtained the spatial coordinates of the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Talismans before traveling to the Qingyang Town Lin Family’s secluded mountain. There he met young Lin Dong and Qingtan, and Lin Xiao grew suspicious after Liu Yan told him about the stranger.

• Yan Qingshan activated the Ancestral Talisman imprints in Flame City’s Symbol Master Tower and memorized the coordinates of the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Talismans.
• Yan Qingshan left Flame City and traveled to the secluded mountain where Lin Xiao’s family lived.
• Lin Dong ran into Yan Qingshan, who steadied him and met his younger sister, Qingtan.
• Yan Qingshan warmed Qingtan with his touch, and Liu Yan noticed that her daughter found his hand unusually warm despite her naturally cold constitution.
• Liu Yan returned home with the children and told Lin Xiao about the stranger, prompting his surprise and suspicion.

Yan Qingshan found the Ancestral Stone in a hidden cave and borrowed its knowledge to advance his understanding of talisman seals, while avoiding becoming its master. He left the mountain after meeting Lin Dong and his wary father, Lin Xiao, and began having Intelligent Brain Dawn deduce a Natal Talisman Seal suited to him.

• Yan Qingshan followed a concealed path beneath a cliff and found the Ancestral Stone hidden in a cave.
• Yan Qingshan examined the Ancestral Stone, learned about its history and power, and used its knowledge without claiming ownership.
• Yan Qingshan noticed a remnant demon spirit inside the stone but chose to ignore it.
• Yan Qingshan returned the Ancestral Stone to its hiding place and began deducing a Natal Talisman Seal with Intelligent Brain Dawn.
• Yan Qingshan met Lin Dong and Lin Xiao on the mountain path, exchanged greetings with Lin Xiao, and continued down the mountain.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Xiao why he and Lin Dong's mother seemed wary of Yan Qingshan, and Lin Xiao told him he was too young to understand.

Three years after Lin Dong began practicing martial arts, Yan Qingshan watched his rise and studied the Ancestral Stone. When Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion, Yan Qingshan intervened during the tomb owner's attempt to bring them together, leaving Lin Dong stunned to find him holding Ling Qingzhu on a mountain peak.

• Lin Dong mastered the basics of Through-Back Fist and went to his secret cave, where he obtained the Ancestral Stone.
• Yan Qingshan observed Lin Dong's new opportunity and continued studying a talisman resembling the Stone Talisman.
• Lin Dong gained renown in Flame City before joining the experts who entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion.
• Ling Qingzhu absorbed the Nirvana Heart, and Lin Dong resisted her attempt to seize his yang energy with help from Little Marten.
• The tomb owner's lingering spirit tried to unite Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu, but Yan Qingshan teleported them out and dispelled Ling Qingzhu's desire.
• Lin Dong recognized Yan Qingshan holding Ling Qingzhu and wondered how powerful his familiar visitor to the Lin Family could be.

Yan Qingshan asked Ling Qingzhu for the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace’s Supreme Induction Art, then took Lin Dong as his disciple and bestowed the art’s spiritual seed on him. He explained that he had watched Lin Dong mainly because of Qing Tan and hinted that he would teach him powers from the Great Thousand World.

• Ling Qingzhu thanked Yan Qingshan for saving her, but refused to reveal the Supreme Induction Art’s cultivation method.
• Yan Qingshan told Lin Dong to kneel and acknowledge him as his master, explaining that Lin Dong’s Ancestral Stone and its recognition had drawn his interest.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had watched Lin Dong mainly because of Qing Tan, while Lin Dong’s Heavenly Demonic Marten urged him to accept the offer.
• Lin Dong performed the formal rites and became Yan Qingshan’s disciple.
• Yan Qingshan bestowed a spiritual seed of the Supreme Induction Art on Lin Dong and said he might teach him universal powers from the Great Thousand World.

Yan Qingshan tempered Lin Dong’s body with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and helped him form a Lightning Seed, bringing him close to the Creation Three Realms. He revealed his ambitions beyond the Tianxuan Continent and set Lin Dong on a path toward the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, before disappearing.

• Yan Qingshan forced Lin Dong through repeated rounds of golden lightning to temper his body and form a Lightning Seed, while Little Marten and Ling Qingzhu watched.
• Lin Dong accidentally unleashed the Seed’s power on a mountain, then learned that he should use it for cultivation rather than battle until his strength improved.
• Yan Qingshan declared himself invincible under heaven while explaining that the Great Thousand World was a far broader stage and that the Symbol Ancestor had fallen and the Demonic Emperor had been sealed.
• Yan Qingshan showed Lin Dong clues to the Thunder Ancestral Talisman in the Chaotic Demonic Sea and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman in the Great Desolate Sect ruins, assigning the latter as a test.
• Yan Qingshan told Lin Dong that Little Marten’s chance to regain a body lay in the Hundred Dynasties War, then faded away as Lin Dong resolved to continue onward.

Yan Qingshan left Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu, comforted Lin Qingtan before she departed with Boxuan for the Darkness Palace, and then traveled to the Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling in the Chaotic Demonic Sea. He entered the ruined domain and began cleansing the Demonic Being Qi that had corrupted its dead inhabitants.

• Yan Qingshan told Lin Qingtan that he had taken Lin Dong as his disciple, gave her pills, and encouraged her to visit the Darkness Palace with Boxuan before leaving.
• Yan Qingshan entered a thunderstorm in the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region, where his Nine Profound Golden Lightning devoured the lightning and grew stronger.
• Yan Qingshan forced open the Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling and absorbed the lightning arrows fired by its puppet army.
• Yan Qingshan reached the ruins and destroyed corrupted corpses, collecting the eighteen Dead Silence Pills left behind.
• Yan Qingshan continued through the plazas, using golden lightning to annihilate the Demonic Being Qi and gather more Dead Silence Pills.

Yan Qingshan explored the Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling, purged its demonic remnants, and claimed the Thunder Emperor Scepter, reforging it with his golden lightning. He opened a spatial vortex in the Thunder Emperor's statue and entered the Thunder Realm in search of the Thunder Ancestral Talisman.

• Yan Qingshan collected Thunder Hearts and destroyed the Demonic Being Qi infecting the thunder mummies, including the remnant of Eastern Thunder King Zuo Fei.
• Yan Qingshan entered the sealed Thunder Hall and destroyed three demonic puppets who had once been the other Thunder Kings.
• Yan Qingshan took the Thunder Emperor Scepter and infused it with golden lightning, transforming it into a weapon suited to his power.
• Yan Qingshan struck the Thunder Emperor's statue with the scepter, opening a spatial vortex in its chest.
• Yan Qingshan entered the vortex and vanished into the Thunder Realm.