Chapter Summaries

Zu Zong helped Zi Yan reunite with her father, Zhu Kun, who had been trapped outside the Ancient Emperor Cave for thousands of years. After Zu Zong teleported them away, his sudden appearance as a peak nine-star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm soul drew the attention of the Ancient Clan and Hun Tiandi.

• Zhu Kun revealed that he was Zi Yan's father and apologized for being unable to find her while trapped by Tuo She Ancient Emperor.
• Zi Yan accepted Zhu Kun's apology after Zu Zong urged her to forgive him, then demanded that he get medicinal ingredients from the cave for Zu Zong to refine into pills.
• Zu Zong claimed he had a spatial teleportation Secret Method and offered to rescue Zhu Kun, who transformed into his giant dragon form.
• Zu Zong used the system to teleport himself and Zi Yan into Zhu Kun's mouth, taking them away from the Ancient Emperor Cave.
• Dark clouds, lightning, and spatial cracks appeared above Jianan Academy, while people across the Black-Corner Region watched in alarm.
• A middle-aged man in the Ancient Clan and Hun Tiandi sensed the arrival of a peak nine-star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm soul; Hun Tiandi vowed to recruit the expert or kill him.

Zhu Kun emerged from the Ancient Emperor Cave and confronted Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi, who had come to investigate the immense power near Jianan Academy. After Hun Tiandi departed, Gu Xun'er rushed to Zu Zong and introduced him to her father as her boyfriend, leaving Gu Yuan stunned.

• Zhu Kun roared after escaping his confinement, but stopped when Zi Yan warned him that his power was threatening Jianan Academy.
• Zhu Kun discovered Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi watching from the void, and both clan patriarchs recognized his overwhelming strength.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi explained their reasons for coming, and Hun Tiandi left rather than risk a fight against Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan.
• Gu Xun'er ran past her father and leaped into Zu Zong's arms, reassuring herself that he was unharmed.
• Gu Xun'er introduced Zu Zong as her boyfriend, and Gu Yuan assessed his exceptional looks and cultivation before teasing his daughter for greeting Zu Zong first.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and thanked Zu Zong for saving him, granting Zu Zong his Life-Bound Scale and the status of an honored guest of the Void Ancient Dragon clan. After Zhu Kun and Zi Yan left for Ancient Dragon Island, Gu Yuan sent Xun'er away so he could speak privately with Zu Zong.

• Zhu Kun thanked Su Qian for taking care of Zi Yan and promised to protect Jianan Academy.
• Zu Zong reassured Xun'er that he knew her identity as Gu Xun'er and did not resent her for hiding it.
• Zhu Kun gave Zu Zong his Life-Bound Scale, promised to answer its summons, and asked Zu Zong to call him Dragon Uncle.
• Zu Zong warned Zhu Kun that East Dragon Island had stayed loyal to the royal family, while the other three Dragon Islands were uncertain.
• Zi Yan cried at the prospect of leaving with Zhu Kun, then agreed to go after Zu Zong promised to make her ten thousand medicinal pills.
• After Zhu Kun and Zi Yan departed, Gu Yuan asked Xun'er to wait outside so he could talk privately with Zu Zong.

Gu Yuan told Zu Zong that he sensed Xiao Clan bloodline in him and offered to take him to meet Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul in the Heavenly Tomb. A year later, Zhu Kun unified the Void Ancient Dragon clan, Zu Zong secretly destroyed most Soul Hall branches and advanced his soul realm, and Medusa entered seclusion.

• Gu Yuan confronted Zu Zong about his secrets, then revealed that he sensed a trace of Xiao Clan Dou Emperor Bloodline in him.
• Zu Zong declined to accept his Xiao Clan ancestry until he understood it, and Gu Yuan offered to take him to meet Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan returned to the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, who agreed to go after learning Zu Zong would follow.
• Zhu Kun returned and killed the West Dragon King, North Dragon King, and South Dragon King, reunifying the Void Ancient Dragon clan and alarming the continent’s factions.
• Zu Zong secretly destroyed nearly all Soul Hall branch halls as Hun Dan, refined the Soul Origin he gained, and reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Zu Zong obtained three Heaven Rank Dou Skills and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s essence blood from the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, helped Medusa find the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python nest, and she entered seclusion.

Zu Zong attended the Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan faced each other in a life-or-death duel. The fight began with Zu Zong and the powerful guests watching from the VIP platform.

• Zu Zong became a renowned Pill Saint after winning the Pill Tower Grand Meeting, subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and reaching the peak of one-star Dou Sheng.
• Zu Zong gathered Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei at the Misty Cloud Sect to watch the Three-Year Agreement.
• Qing Lin noticed that Xiao Yan had arrived carrying the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, while Little Doctor Fairy expected Nalan Yanran to defeat him easily.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the square and challenged Nalan Yanran, declaring that life and death would be left to fate.
• Nalan Yanran accepted Xiao Yan's terms, and Zu Zong ordered the duel to begin.

Nalan Yanran dominated her duel with Xiao Yan using her Wind-Wind Fruit powers, leaving him badly injured despite his refusal to surrender. Xiao Yan began a desperate counterattack with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.

• Nalan Yanran struck Xiao Yan with lightning before he could prepare, leaving him battered and exposed as the arena mocked him.
• Xiao Yan calmed himself after Yao Lao warned him not to lose focus, then charged Nalan Yanran with the Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Nalan Yanran blocked Xiao Yan's attack and countered his Baji Collapse with a wind-blade sphere, mangling his right hand.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to give up, but Xiao Yan refused and raised the Xuan Heavy Ruler to unleash Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Zu Zong recognized that Xiao Yan had combined a Heavenly Flame with an Earth Rank Dou Skill.

After the Three-Year Agreement ended, Zu Zong advanced his plans by entering the Heavenly Tomb, arranging an auction for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and reviving four women with female Dou Sheng skeletons. He ended the chapter at the early stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng after refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yan lost the Three-Year Agreement, left the Xiao Clan, and was sent by Zu Zong to the One Piece World, while Zu Zong took the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade to spare them from the Soul Clan.
• Zu Zong entered the Heavenly Tomb, advanced to Three-Star Dou Sheng, gained an Emperor Realm soul with Xiao Xuan's help, and became master of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Zu Zong and Zi Yan found a Dou Sheng skeleton and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, then Zu Zong arranged an auction of pills and the Ancient Jade, requiring a female Dou Sheng skeleton or Heavenly Flame as payment.
• The Soul Clan won the Ancient Jade after Hun Tiandi killed a female Dou Sheng and extracted the Flame of Life from Elder Shennong; Zu Zong acquired the Flame of Life and female Dou Sheng skeletons.
• Zu Zong revived Bo Saixi, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Bai Xiuxiu with the skeletons, and all four broke through to Dou Sheng.
• Zu Zong devoured the Flame of Life, refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and reached the early stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.

Zu Zong broke through to Dou Di after seizing the treasures in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb, then prepared to thwart the Soul Clan’s plan and pursue his next goals. He left Bibi Dong and the other women to establish the Sea King Palace while he planned to subdue the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and reshape cultivation in the Douluo Continent.

• Zu Zong and Zhu Kun fought to a standstill, after which Zu Zong recruited Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan to help him enter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and seize its treasures.
• Zu Zong collected the Emperor's Origin and the cave’s other treasures, escaped with Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, and left the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill trapped inside.
• Zu Zong spent six years cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb and broke through to Dou Di, while his wives and allies rapidly advanced in strength.
• Zu Zong told Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to let Hun Tiandi gather the Ancient Jade before confronting the Soul Clan, and asked them to spread news of the Spirit Devouring Life Extinction Array.
• Zu Zong ordered Bibi Dong and the women to defeat the three old demons of the Cloud Rain Sect and establish the Sea King Palace, while he planned to subdue the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and alter cultivation in the Douluo Continent.

Xiao Yan tried to fight Nalan Yanran with a Heavenly Flame ruler attack, but she outmaneuvered him and badly wounded him with her sword sheath. After Xiao Yan’s attempt to pull it free left part of it embedded inside him, Gu He declared Nalan Yanran the winner.

• Xiao Yan launched a Heavenly Flame ruler beam at Nalan Yanran, who vanished and attacked him from behind with her sword sheath.
• Nalan Yanran’s attack left Xiao Yan bleeding and unable to fight, while Zu Zong’s four wives questioned whether he had taught her the move.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to surrender, but Xiao Yan refused and yanked on the embedded sheath, breaking part of it inside him.
• Xiao Yan collapsed from his injuries, and Gu He declared Nalan Yanran the winner.
• The crowd accepted Nalan Yanran’s victory and resolved not to provoke her.

Zu Zong used his power to reshape the God Realm and many worlds, then reached Transcendence through a hundred reincarnations and reunited with his family across universes. After Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun defeated the Soul Clan, Zu Zong returned to his parents in the mountain village, bringing the story to a close.

• Zu Zong converted Douluo Planet to Dou Qi cultivation, barred gods from interfering in mortal worlds, and turned the God Realm into a hub connecting many worlds.
• Zu Zong and his family traveled among subordinate worlds, and his daughters discovered children with his bloodline in several of them.
• Under the Bodhi Tree, Zu Zong experienced a hundred lives, became a Transcendent, and united his many versions, wives, and children across worlds.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun defeated the Soul Clan, revealing that Zu Zong had taken the treasures from the Ancient Emperor Cave years earlier and helped them become Dou Emperors.
• Zu Zong reunited with his mother, Lan Xiaoling, at the Zu Wang family home, and the novel ended.