Chapter Summaries

As the battle between Xiao Yan’s forces and Hun Tiandi’s forces raged, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Cave emerged from the Magma Sea. Hun Tiandi celebrated its appearance while Gu Yuan and the others faced the ancient relic.

• Xiao Yan and Luo Chuan held back while the battle continued and a vortex formed in the Magma Sea.
• Hun Shengtian emerged badly injured, and Xiao Yan let him flee after confirming that Hun Yuantian had died.
• Gu Yuan failed to stop Hun Tiandi from activating the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade as the magma vortex expanded.
• The Ancient Emperor Cave rose from the Magma Sea, and Hun Tiandi laughed as he saw the relic he had sought for thousands of years.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi struggled over the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade as the Ancient Emperor Cave began to open, but a terrifying creature emerged from the Magma Sea and interrupted them. The creature asked who had summoned the cave, and Hun Tiandi claimed the credit, pleased that it owed its summoner a favor.

• Hun Tiandi raised the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, causing the sealed gate of the Ancient Emperor Cave to show signs of opening.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi and pursued him, preventing him from opening the cave uninterrupted.
• Xiao Yan heard the Magma Sea churning and warned everyone to move away before enormous waves erupted.
• A colossal violet-gold-scaled creature emerged from the magma, and Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi stopped fighting to face it.
• The creature asked who had summoned the Ancient Emperor Cave, and Hun Tiandi claimed that he had done so with the Ancient Jade.

A mysterious purple-gold-haired man attacked Xiao Yan, believing he had devoured the bloodline of the man’s child. Xiao Yan was rescued by Zi Yan, and the chapter ended with the attacker recognizing her as his child.

• The mysterious man ignored Hun Tiandi and seized Xiao Yan with a golden claw, while Gu Yuan and the Allied Forces tried to intervene.
• The man’s roar sent Lei Ying and the others flying, and the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python pulled Xiao Yan away as a young woman’s Golden Emperor Sky Burning Slash failed to stop him.
• The man caught up with Xiao Yan and Xun Er, but Xiao Yan sent Xun Er clear and began to self-destruct rather than be captured.
• Zi Yan’s dragon seal suppressed Xiao Yan’s self-destruction, and she emerged from a rift as a golden dragon to shield him.
• The mysterious man’s purple-gold seal crumbled above Zi Yan, and he trembled as he recognized her as his child.

Zhu Kun discovered that Zi Yan was his daughter and apologized for losing her, then agreed to kill Hun Tiandi when she asked. After learning how Xiao Yan had helped Zi Yan and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, Zhu Kun realized he had nearly made a grave mistake and welcomed Xiao Yan as family.

• Luo Chuan revealed that Zhu Kun had gone to meet Xiao Yan, while Yun Yun and Xiao Yan realized Zhu Kun was Zi Yan’s father and understood why he had hunted Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun she had grown up an orphan, and Zhu Kun apologized for being trapped in the Ancient Emperor Cave and promised to obey her.
• Zi Yan pointed to Hun Tiandi and asked Zhu Kun to kill him, prompting Zhu Kun to unleash his ferocity and stunning both the Allied Forces and the Soul Clan.
• Candle Flame Elder recognized Zhu Kun as the vanished former Dragon Emperor, and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s elders celebrated his return.
• Candle Flame Elder told Zhu Kun how Xiao Yan had helped the clan and Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun learned the clan had split into four factions.
• Zhu Kun apologized to Xiao Yan for nearly harming him and asked him to call him Uncle.

Zhu Kun joined Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan as Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor Cave, where an Emperor Pill Embryo could help someone reach the Dou Di realm. Luo Chuan appeared and claimed Hun Tiandi for himself, but Hun Tiandi remained confident he could escape with the embryo.

• Zhu Kun agreed to kill Hun Tiandi to fulfill his promise to Zi Yan and joined forces with Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi used the Ancient Jade to open the Ancient Emperor Cave, and its powerful ripples disrupted both armies.
• Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan that the cave held an Emperor Pill Embryo and proposed they obtain it before Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan searched for Luo Chuan, who appeared and said they did not need to fight over the embryo because a new Dou Di could draw the source substance needed for others to advance.
• Luo Chuan confronted Hun Tiandi, who vowed to take the Emperor Pill Embryo and kill him after reaching the Dou Di realm.

Xiao Yan, Luo Chuan, and the other experts entered the Ancient Emperor Cave and followed Void Swallowing Flame toward an ancient stone hall. As they crossed its vast square, Xiao Yi recognized the place as familiar, leaving Xiao Yan wondering why.

• The Ancient Emperor's Gate opened, and Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, Void Swallowing Flame, Xiao Yan, and the others entered the tomb.
• Luo Chuan stayed behind to seal the tomb's sole exit and establish a Grand Array before following the others.
• Void Swallowing Flame led Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan experts through the suppressed space, and Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yan pursued them.
• The two groups reached a vast square before an ancient stone hall and cautiously walked forward on opposite sides.
• Xiao Yan spotted a weak Profound Yellow Flame on a pillar, and Xiao Yi appeared and said the place felt familiar.

Xiao Yan and the others crossed a vast square lined with stone pillars bearing Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Yi and Void Swallowing Flame showed signs of recognizing the place. Xiao Yan suspected they had once been bound to the pillars and escaped, but the details remained lost to memory.

• Xiao Yi told Xiao Yan that the place felt familiar, and Xiao Yan wondered how that could be possible.
• Xiao Yan and the others found more pillars bearing ranked Heavenly Flames as they hurried across the square.
• Gu Yuan and Yan Jin wondered whether the top three Heavenly Flames were present, but the final two pillars stood empty.
• Xiao Yan suspected that Purification Lotus Demonic Flame and Void Swallowing Flame had escaped from the pillars, rather than being absent from Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's collection.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Xiao Yi and Void Swallowing Flame had likely once been bound to the pillars, though their memories of escaping had become blurred.

Hun Tiandi and the others discovered that the Emperor Pill Embryo was an ancient man resembling Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, while Void Swallowing Flame revealed their past connection. Luo Chuan sealed the Emperor Pill Embryo and contained him in his lotus platform as Xiao Yan and the others moved to stop Hun Tiandi.

• Void Swallowing Flame swallowed the mist and revealed a colossal statue of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor surrounded by Heavenly Rank techniques and fighting skills.
• An old man appeared on the statue and revealed himself as the Emperor Pill Embryo, accusing Void Swallowing Flame and Purification Lotus Demonic Flame of breaking free after promising to rescue him.
• Void Swallowing Flame invited the Emperor Pill Embryo to leave with him, but Luo Chuan used the Six Immortal Seals to seal him first.
• Luo Chuan enclosed the Emperor Pill Embryo in his Thirty-Six Grade Lotus Platform and threatened to destroy his true spirit if he resisted.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan led the others against the Soul Clan while Zhu Kun blocked Hun Tiandi, and Luo Chuan declared that Hun Tiandi had no chance left.

Void Flame Swallowing used the Ancient Emperor Jade to gain Dou Emperor power and helped the Emperor Pill escape Luo Chuan’s seal, but Hun Tiandi swallowed the pill and gained a huge, unstable increase in strength. After driving back Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi opened a Space Rift as he and Void Flame Swallowing sought to leave.

• Void Flame Swallowing took the Ancient Emperor Jade from Hun Tiandi, briefly transformed into Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, and fought Luo Chuan.
• Void Flame Swallowing and the Emperor Pill broke Luo Chuan’s seal, but Void Flame Swallowing used the Pill Transformation Ring to suppress the pill again.
• Hun Tiandi seized and swallowed the Emperor Pill Embryo, causing his injuries to heal and his strength to surge.
• Hun Tiandi repelled Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun’s attacks as the Emperor Pill’s energy continued to build inside him.
• Hun Tiandi told Void Flame Swallowing they would leave safely, blocked Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun’s attacks, and opened a Space Rift.

Luo Chuan defeated Hun Tiandi in the Ancient Emperor's Tomb, gave Xiao Yan the means to pursue Dou Di, and revealed that a greater world lay beyond the Dou Qi Continent. The chapter left Xiao Yan and the others investigating Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's identity as Luo Chuan departed and set a two-year deadline.

• Luo Chuan trapped Hun Tiandi and Void Flame Swallowing in the tomb's formations, killed Hun Tiandi, and sealed Void Flame Swallowing.
• Luo Chuan gave Xiao Yan the damaged Emperor Pill Embryo and Strange Fire Square, telling him to gather Heavenly Flames and reach Dou Di within two years.
• Luo Chuan revealed that Dou Di could enter a broader world beyond the Dou Qi Continent and that Xiao Yan's breakthrough could help the others advance as well.
• Luo Chuan departed with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, warning Xiao Yan that he would kill him if he failed to become Dou Di within two years.
• Xiao Yan and the others examined Strange Fire Square, and Zhu Kun asked whether they knew Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's origins and identity.

Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun explained that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had emerged from a Heavenly Flame that devoured twenty-one other Heavenly Flames and named itself Emperor Flame. Xiao Yan realized he would need to gather many Heavenly Flames and use Strange Fire Square and the Emperor Pill Embryo to break through to the Dou Emperor realm within two years.

• Gu Yuan recalled that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had appeared mysteriously, reached the Dou Emperor realm, and left no known clan or bloodline.
• Zhu Kun revealed that the first-ranked Heavenly Flame was not a specific flame but one that had devoured twenty-one other Heavenly Flames.
• Zhu Kun explained that the surviving flame named itself Emperor Flame and was later known on the Dou Qi Continent as Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.
• Xiao Yan concluded that he would need to devour many Heavenly Flames and use Strange Fire Square and the Emperor Pill Embryo to reach the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yan worried that accomplishing this within two years would be difficult.

Zhu Kun revealed that the Emperor's Origin Source was sealed inside the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue and that Xiao Yan was best suited to absorb it. When everyone failed to find a way to open the statue, Xiao Yi used the Purification Lotus Demonic Flame to make it split open.

• Zhu Kun explained that the Emperor's Origin Source was inside the statue and could produce a Dou Di expert, but he had been unable to obtain it.
• Lei Ying struck the statue and was hurled away, proving that the Emperor's Origin Source protected it from damage.
• Zhu Kun said someone close to Heavenly Flames would face less rejection from the inheritance, and Gu Yuan identified Xiao Yan as a suitable candidate.
• Xiao Yi said he could open the statue and sent a beam of Purification Lotus Demonic Flame into its heart.
• The statue trembled, and a stone cave slowly opened in its chest.

Xiao Yan was chosen by the Emperor’s Origin Source and entered the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue, where he met Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. Tuoshe confirmed that the Dou Qi Continent had lost the energy needed to reach the Dou Di realm.

• The radiance from the stone cave forced Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun to their knees, then enveloped Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan entered the stone cave in the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue, protected by Xiao Yi and the Purification Lotus Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Strange Flame Ocean, where the Heavenly Flames gathered around him and he recognized Three Thousand Yan Flame Fire.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor appeared before Xiao Yan and asked whether a new Dou Di expert had emerged since his time.
• Xiao Yan told Tuoshe Ancient Emperor that no new Dou Di had appeared, and Tuoshe explained that the continent had lost the energy required to reach that realm.

Xiao Yan learned that the Dou Qi Continent had exhausted its Source Qi and that Hun Tiandi could reach the Dou Emperor realm through the Emperor Pill Embryo. Tuoshe Ancient Emperor gave Xiao Yan his inheritance, and the Flame Lotus Seed entered Xiao Yan’s body, beginning a painful ordeal.

• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor explained that Source Qi was needed to become a Dou Emperor and that the continent had none left because ancient Dou Emperors had consumed it.
• Xiao Yan told Tuoshe Ancient Emperor that Hun Tiandi had obtained the Emperor Pill Embryo and was slaughtering people to complete it.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor agreed to pass on his inheritance, recognized Xiao Yi as the Purification Lotus Demonic Flame, and revealed his connection to the Flame Scripture.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor formed his inheritance into a Flame Lotus Seed and warned Xiao Yan that he needed unwavering resolve to survive it.
• The Flame Lotus Seed entered Xiao Yan’s head, flooding his body with energy and causing extreme pain as his body rapidly shrank.

Xiao Yan endured the Ancient Emperor’s inheritance and emerged as a Dou Emperor, then fought Luo Chuan, who broke through to the same realm. Luo Chuan departed for another world, and the story ended with a brief glimpse of his later journey and the author’s completion notice.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly rebuilt his body through destruction and rebirth until it adapted to the inheritance, while time passed in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xiao became a Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as the Flame Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Chuan fought in the sky, first reaching an apparent draw before Luo Chuan opened the Divine Prohibition and attained the Dou Emperor realm.
• Luo Chuan and Xiao Yan began a decisive battle, after which Luo Chuan departed the Dou Qi Continent; he later left Yun Yun and traveled to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• A thousand years later, Luo Chuan struck at Luo Xiaoyao after the young man boasted of becoming an immortal, and the author announced the book was complete.