Chapter Summaries

Mang Tianchi cultivated in the Void Thunder Pool and reached the peak of One-Star Dou Saint before Eighth Elder captured him and brought him before the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders. There, Zi Yan recognized him as the Dean of Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.

• Mang Tianchi absorbed the Void Thunder Pool’s energy, underwent a transformation, and advanced to the peak of One-Star Dou Saint.
• Pleased with his breakthrough, Mang Tianchi mocked the Thunder Clan elders for warning him away from the pool and praised the idea of taking it for the clan.
• After Zi Yan reported the intruder, Eighth Elder found Mang Tianchi in the pool and struck him down with an enormous lightning palm.
• Eighth Elder brought the unconscious Mang Tianchi to the secret realm, where he awoke before the elders and trembled under their stares.
• Zi Yan recognized Mang Tianchi from the Dean statue at Jia Nan Academy, and Mang Tianchi insisted that she call him Dean.

Mang Tianchi was caught trespassing in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Void Thunder Pool, then was made to oversee Jia Nan Academy under Zi Yan for ten years and granted another chance to cultivate there. Meanwhile, Hun Miesheng awoke and reported his defeat by an Ancient Void Dragon Clan expert, leaving Hun Tiandi to question why the clan had come to the Central Continent and whether it sought the Ancient Jade.

• Fourth Elder questioned Mang Tianchi about secretly absorbing energy from the Void Thunder Pool, and Zi Yan confirmed he was Jia Nan Academy’s founder.
• The elders spared Mang Tianchi on the condition that he oversee Jia Nan Academy and obey Zi Yan for ten years, then allowed him to return to the Void Thunder Pool to attempt a breakthrough.
• Hun Xuzi used a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill to awaken Hun Miesheng after months of unconsciousness.
• Hun Miesheng told Hun Xuzi that an Ancient Void Dragon Clan expert had defeated him and killed several Soul Hall Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Hun Tiandi asked Hun Miesheng whether his attacker belonged to an Emperor Clan, then questioned why the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had come to the Central Continent.

Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to attack the Ling and Shi Clans, and their destruction prompted Gu Yuan to suspect the Soul Clan was using Nihility Devouring Flame’s power to seize bloodlines and Ancient Jades. Gu Yuan called for an alliance with the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans, while admitting the Ancient Void Dragon Clan might also be involved.

• Hun Tiandi dismissed Hun Miesheng’s ignorance about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and moved the Soul Clan’s plan forward, choosing the Ling and Shi Clans as targets.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s forces destroyed the Ling and Shi Clans in a single day, leaving the Central Continent in turmoil.
• Gu Xun’er raised the possibility that the Soul Clan’s methods resembled those of the ancient Tunling Clan, and Gu Yuan explained how that clan had devoured other races’ bloodlines.
• Gu Yuan concluded that Nihility Devouring Flame had likely acquired the Tunling Clan’s ability and that the Soul Clan had attacked for bloodlines and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan agreed to summon the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clan leaders to discuss resisting the Soul Clan, then acknowledged that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan might also have destroyed the Ling and Shi Clans.

Gu Yuan tried to persuade the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans to unite against the Soul Clan after the Ling and Shi Clans were destroyed, but the other Clan Leaders doubted his claims and refused. The gathering ended with all three clans leaving the Gu Clan, leaving Gu Yuan furious and the Soul Clan unopposed by an alliance.

• Gu Xun'er arrived at the Gu Clan's reception and observed Flame Clan Leader Yan Jin and Thunder Clan Leader Lei Ying as Gu Dao introduced the visiting leaders.
• Gu Hua asked Gu Dao for help after Thunder Clan members provoked and defeated Black Annihilation Army soldiers, but Gu Dao told him to leave the young fighters to settle their disputes.
• Gu Yuan told Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Yao Dan that the Soul Clan likely destroyed the Ling and Shi Clans and urged them to form an alliance against it.
• Yao Dan questioned Gu Yuan's evidence and refused to join an alliance, then left the Gu Clan for the Yao Clan.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying also declined to commit to an alliance and departed with their clansmen, leaving Gu Yuan furious.

After the Yao Clan rejected Gu Yuan’s concerns about the Soul Clan, he sought an alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. He met Ao Qing at Jia Nan Academy and explained that he wanted to prevent the Soul Clan from gathering the Ancient Jade and reaching the Dou Emperor realm.

• Gu Yuan left the Four Clans Assembly furious with Yao Dan, then reflected on his past failure to help Xiao Xuan and resolved to stop Hun Tiandi from becoming a Dou Emperor.
• Gu Yuan decided that the Gu Clan needed an ally and traveled with Gu Dao to Jia Nan Academy to approach the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Ao Qing met Gu Yuan outside the Star Realm, questioned his purpose, and summoned the Grand Elder Zhu Qian.
• Gu Yuan told Zhu Qian that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Ling and Shi Clans and likely held their Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan asked the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to ally with the Gu Clan against the Soul Clan, explaining that the other human clans could not be trusted.

Gu Yuan sought an alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan against the Soul Clan, offering them a chance to claim an Ancient Jade from the Yao Clan. After the agreement, Gu Yuan toured Jia Nan Academy with Ao Qing and asked to send his daughter there to gain experience.

• Gu Yuan warned the Grand Elder and Ao Qing that the Soul Clan might be stronger than the Gu Clan and urged the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to join forces against it.
• Ao Qing requested permission to enter the Heavenly Tomb in five years, and Gu Yuan agreed.
• The Grand Elder asked to claim one Ancient Jade from the three clans; Gu Yuan agreed to notify him if the Soul Clan attacked the Yao Clan so the Ancient Void Dragon Clan could take its jade.
• After exchanging Message Jade Tokens with Gu Yuan, the Grand Elder left, and Gu Yuan stayed to tour Jia Nan Academy with Ao Qing and Gu Dao.
• Gu Yuan saw several talented students at the academy and asked Ao Qing to let his daughter come there for experience, and Ao Qing agreed.

Ao Qing explained his plan to enter the Gu Clan’s Heavenly Tomb and use its strange soul to reach the Emperor Realm Soul, while revealing to the Grand Elder that the Purification Lotus Demon Saint was alive. Back in the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan explained his alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and told Gu Xun’er to go to Jia Nan Academy.

• Ao Qing told the Grand Elder that he planned to enter the Heavenly Tomb to seek its pure Soul Power and break through to the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Ao Qing revealed that the Purification Lotus Demon Saint survived as a remnant soul and had been subdued by him, delighting the Grand Elder, who called the Demon Saint an old friend.
• Gu Yuan explained to Gu Dao that the alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would help keep Hun Tiandi from gathering all Eight Jade and becoming a Dou Emperor.
• Gu Yuan summoned Gu Xun’er and told her to go to Jia Nan Academy in the Central Continent.

Gu Xun'er entered Jia Nan Academy at Gu Yuan's request to build ties with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Ao Qing and Zi Yan accepted her as a student. On the Northwest Continent, the Purification Lotus Demon Saint recovered Soul Origin from the Demon Fire Remnant Map and relived his attempt to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories before setting his sights on the Central Continent.

• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er to attend Jia Nan Academy and build a good relationship with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Gu Dao delivered Gu Xun'er to Ao Qing, who escorted her into the Star Realm and introduced her to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan recognized Gu Xun'er from the Xiao Clan, but accepted Ao Qing's explanation that the Academy needed talented students and the Gu Clan had agreed to the arrangement.
• Ao Qing returned to secluded cultivation to prepare for the Heavenly Tomb, while the Purification Lotus Demon Saint extracted Soul Origin from the Demon Fire Remnant Map.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint experienced a vision of himself using the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to remove the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's memories and intelligence.
• After the vision ended, the Purification Lotus Demon Saint questioned his past actions, resolved to obtain a physical body, and turned toward the Central Continent.

Ao Qing prepared and carried out the revival of Purification Lotus Demon Saint by crafting an Ancient Void Dragon body and tempering it with Dragon Flame. After a month, Purification Lotus Demon Saint awakened as a powerful Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint, carrying a fusion of his own bloodline and that of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Ya Fei and Purification Lotus Demon Saint arrived in the Star Realm, and Ao Qing learned that the Demon Saint had recovered his Soul Power after finding the remaining fragment maps.
• Ao Qing promised to revive Purification Lotus Demon Saint, asked Yao Chen to refine the necessary pills, and began preparing the body.
• Ao Qing used a deceased Ancient Void Dragon's body, peak-expert Essence Blood, and his Life Dragon Flame to prepare the vessel, then guided Purification Lotus Demon Saint's soul into it.
• Ao Qing kept the body under Dragon Flame for a month while Purification Lotus Demon Saint endured the rebirth process.
• Purification Lotus Demon Saint awakened with strength comparable to or greater than an Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint and a fused Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.

Ao Qing resurrected the Purification Lotus Demon Saint, then set out to destroy the Soul Hall so he could cultivate without interference. After Ao Qing wiped out its Central Continent branch halls, Hun Tiandi ordered the remaining Soul Hall forces to withdraw, and the Soul Hall disappeared from Central Continent.

• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint learned that his resurrected body combined his human abilities with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan bloodline, and he vowed to repay Ao Qing for bringing him back.
• After recovering, Ao Qing traveled to Central Continent and killed Soul Hall members who were attacking independent cultivators.
• Ao Qing gave the injured cultivators pills, learned that a nearby Soul Hall branch hall was guarded by a one-star Dou Saint, and took their leader there.
• Ao Qing destroyed the branch hall and its Soul Saint, then continued eradicating Soul Hall branches and experts throughout the day.
• Hun Tiandi refused to confront the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and ordered the remaining Soul Hall members to return to the clan, ending the Soul Hall's presence in Central Continent.

After five years of cultivation, Ao Qing used a Golden Thunder Pearl to break through to Seven-Star Dou Saint. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged from its seal, he prepared to accompany Purification Lotus Demon Saint to the Demon Fire Space.

• Ao Qing refined a Golden Thunder Pearl in the Void Thunder Pool and advanced from Six-Star to Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Purification Lotus Demon Saint praised Ao Qing's cultivation and said he planned to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame at the Demon Fire Plains.
• A heavenly phenomenon appeared above the Star Realm, signaling that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had emerged from its seal.
• Ao Qing and Purification Lotus Demon Saint discussed whether the flame had retained its former kindness, and Ao Qing offered to accompany him to the Demon Fire Space.

Experts from across Central State gathered at the shattered space containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Soul Clan, Gu Clan, Yao Clan, and other powers waited for a chance to enter. As Yao Chen faced taunts from his former clan, Ao Qing and Purification Lotus Demon Saint watched from hiding, preparing to see what the flame would do.

• Purification Lotus Demon Saint and Ao Qing led the rush toward the Demon Fire Space, drawing factions from across Central State to the milky-white desert.
• Yao Chen and his companions reached the ruptured space and waited outside, judging its residual heat and danger too great to enter.
• The Soul Hall Master arrived with the Soul Clan Young Clan Leader and planned to wait until the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame weakened while breaking its seal.
• Gu Xun'er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Gu Nanhai, followed by the Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan as the crowd of experts grew.
• Yao Wangui and Yao Tian mocked Yao Chen for leaving the Yao Clan, and Yao Chen struggled to contain his anger.
• Ao Qing and Purification Lotus Demon Saint watched the gathered experts from hiding, while Ao Qing considered whether the Pill Tower Old Ancestor could serve as a substitute for a Golden Pill.

Ao Qing secretly gave Yao Chen a protective puppet before the powerhouses entered the Demon Fire Space, where Yao Chen’s group reunited with Gu Xun’er’s and fought through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Fire Slaves. As they reached the Demon Fire Hall, Ao Qing killed Xiao Chen to prevent him from disrupting a future plan, while choosing not to further weaken the Soul Clan.

• Ao Qing warned Yao Chen, Feng Xian, and Heavenly Flame Venerable to stay together and gave Yao Chen a puppet made from Hua Qianmeng’s body.
• Gu Xun’er warned Yao Chen and the others that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could use their emotions to create demonic flames inside them before they entered the Demon Fire Space.
• Yao Chen’s group reunited with Gu Xun’er and Gu Nanhai at a giant gate, then fought through endless Fire Slaves and broke into the Demon Fire Hall.
• Gu Nanhai fought a powerful gaunt man wielding a blood-red axe, whose forehead revealed the Xiao Clan Crest.
• Ao Qing killed the blood-axe fighter, Xiao Chen, with a single spear strike and explained that he wanted to prevent Xiao Chen from interfering with his plans while preserving the Soul Clan’s strength.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped the intruders in a fiery prison and slaughtered most of the weaker fighters, then overwhelmed six powerful Dou Saints who joined forces against him. Ao Qing and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint watched from the void as the battle continued, with the Flame's true strength still unrevealed.

• Hua Qianmeng shattered the nightmare illusion, bringing everyone together and revealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's true form.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed the spatial passage and created a prison of fire, then made weaker fighters explode by igniting flames within their bodies.
• Hun Miesheng and Gu Nanhai agreed to lead six Four-Star Dou Saints or stronger in an attack, while Yao Chen, Gu Xun'er, and the others stayed wary of the Soul Hall.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame repelled the six Saints with a wave of demonic fire and knocked them into the magma with a gigantic hand.
• Ao Qing and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint watched from the void, and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint warned that even the hidden Six-Star experts might have little chance against the Flame.

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor revealed himself as a Six-Star Dou Saint and exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s plan to let itself be sealed. As he fought to keep the Flame trapped, it activated the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, leaving the Old Ancestor and the others in serious danger while Ao Qing and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint watched.

• Hun Mo Laoren revealed himself as a hidden Soul Clan expert, and the Azure Ox Herdboy emerged as the Small Pill Tower’s ancestor.
• The Azure Ox Herdboy used Spatial Transposition to stop Hun Mo Laoren from seizing the Demon Fire Origin and revealed that he had reached Six-Star Dou Saint.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s deliberate capture, forcing it to break free of the black pillar of light.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, using Dan Rong Tian to melt much of its Demon Fire Statue.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation above and below the Demon Fire Space, alarming the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Hun Mo Laoren.
• Ao Qing asked whether they should keep watching, and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint sighed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had taken the wrong path.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped the gathered experts in the Demon Fire Space and attacked them with the Refining Heaven Great Formation, but the Purification Lotus Demon Saint and Ao Qing appeared and saved them. Ao Qing killed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and took his pill form, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Demon Saint and reeled in disbelief.

• Hun Mo Laoren and the other experts tried to flee, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the spatial passage and trapped them inside the Demon Fire Space.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor, Gu Nanhai, and other experts joined forces with Hun Mo Laoren to resist the Refining Heaven Great Formation, but its attack overwhelmed them.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared and shielded the survivors, while Ao Qing arrived with the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Saint and opened a way out.
• Ao Qing ordered the others to leave, then held the Pill Tower Old Ancestor inside the Demon Fire Space as the others escaped.
• Ao Qing stopped the Pill Tower Old Ancestor from self-destructing, burned away his soul with Dragon Flame, and took his body as a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Purification Lotus Demon Saint and cried out in shock that he had returned from the dead.

The Purification Lotus Demon Saint defeated Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and handed its essence to Ao Qing to help refine the Pill Tower Old Ancestor into a Ninth Grade Golden Core. After a month of absorption, the pill began its transformation beneath a violent wave of black lightning, leaving its success uncertain.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the Purification Lotus Demon Saint, but the Demon Saint shattered his fire dragons, destroyed the Refining Heaven Great Formation, and sealed him.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint began stripping Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of his memories and power, but Ao Qing asked to use the Strange Fire essence to advance the Pill Tower Old Ancestor.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint agreed and left Ao Qing alone with the restrained Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Ao Qing placed the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill beneath Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and drew the Strange Fire's energy into it for a month.
• The pill gathered energy from the Demon Fire Space, formed a golden core, and summoned dark clouds and destructive black lightning as its transformation began.

Ao Qing subdued the newly born Ninth Grade Golden Core, then brought Xiao Yan and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint to the Gu Clan as the Heavenly Tomb opened. Ao Qing and Xiao Yan entered the tomb and found themselves in its mist-covered depths, where Ao Qing sensed someone waiting ahead.

• Ao Qing captured the Ninth Grade Golden Core after it emerged from its embryonic egg and tried to flee.
• Ao Qing took Xiao Yan and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint to the Gu Clan before the Heavenly Tomb opened.
• Gu Xun'er explained the Heavenly Tomb's dangers, three levels, and three-year time limit to Xiao Yan and Ao Qing.
• The Gate of Heavenly Tomb opened, and Ao Qing carried Xiao Yan through it with the other entrants.
• Ao Qing and Xiao Yan arrived in the Heavenly Tomb, where Ao Qing sensed someone waiting in the depths.

Ao Qing brought Xiao Yan into the Heavenly Tomb, helped him reach Two-Star Dou Zun, and led him to Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan destroyed the Soul Clan attackers and invited Ao Qing deeper into the tomb to discuss his purpose.

• Ao Qing found a Nine-Star Energy Body and turned it into an energy bead for Xiao Yan to absorb.
• After three months of cultivation, Xiao Yan advanced to Two-Star Dou Zun, and Ao Qing led him toward the depths of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Diao and another Soul Clan Dou Saint attacked Gu Qingyang and the others, but the Blood Blade Saint arrived to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and killed Hun Diao and the other Soul Clan Dou Saint, while Hun Ya and Hun Li escaped.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Xuan as his ancestor, and Xiao Xuan invited Ao Qing deeper into the tomb to discuss his objective; Ao Qing agreed.

Xiao Xuan revealed how he had preserved the Xiao Clan’s last Dou Di Bloodline and began passing it to Xiao Yan through a painful blood-replacement ritual. As Xiao Yan endured the ten-day process, Xiao Xuan learned that Ao Qing had come to the Heavenly Tomb for the Soul of Heavenly Tomb and was stunned.

• Xiao Xuan brought Ao Qing, Xiao Yan, and Gu Qingyang’s group to his tomb residence, where Gu Qingyang and the others stayed outside to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had fallen into decline, and Xiao Xuan explained that he had transferred most of the clan’s bloodline into himself before his failed attempt to become a Dou Di and his death at the Soul Clan’s hands.
• Xiao Xuan poured the bloodline power he had preserved into a pool and told Xiao Yan to inherit it as the Xiao Clan’s last hope.
• Xiao Yan entered the blood pool and endured the painful replacement of his ordinary blood while Xiao Xuan warned him not to lose consciousness.
• After ten days, Xiao Xuan asked Ao Qing why he had come to the Heavenly Tomb, and Ao Qing answered that he sought the Soul of Heavenly Tomb, stunning Xiao Xuan.