Chapter Summaries

Gu He revealed that he had reached Half-Emperor and urged his allies to leave Central Continent until he advanced to Dou Di, citing the threat of Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan. After learning that Yan Jin planned to ally the Yan Clan with the Lei Clan, Gu He feared the Hun Clan could seize the Ancient Jades and set out to disrupt its plans.

• Gu He told Caiyi and the others that he was a Half-Emperor and asked them to relocate to a space he had opened outside Central Continent while he prepared to advance to Dou Di.
• Caiyi recognized that Gu He feared his companions could become his weakness, and Gu He explained the danger posed by Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor reported that the Yan Clan had sealed the Yao Clan's space and that Yan Jin planned to bring elders to form an alliance with the Lei Clan.
• Gu He realized that the Hun Clan might attack the remaining clans and collect their Ancient Jades, so he decided to interfere with Hun Tiandi's plans.
• Gu He asked the Pill Tower members to decide quickly whether to leave, sent Caiyi to inform Xiao Yi Xian and the others, and went to ask Heavenly Fire Venerable to leave.

Gu He secured his closest companions in a hidden space while the Yan Clan completed its migration to the Central Continent and joined the Lei Clan in the Lei Realm. The Yan and Lei elders formally discussed an alliance as they prepared to face the threats posed by the Hun and Ancient Clans.

• Gu He moved those closest to him beyond the Central Continent, concealed them in a secluded space, and placed spatial restrictions around it.
• Yan Jin oversaw the Yan Clan’s migration, then sealed the Yan Realm’s Space Channels and returned to the Lei Realm.
• Lei Ying welcomed Yan Jin and promised the Lei Clan would help protect the Yan Clan people living in the Central Continent.
• Lei Ying explained the attacks on the Medicine, Stone, Spirit, and Yan Realms and said the Yan Clan had joined forces with the Lei Clan.
• The Yan and Lei elders debated sealing the Lei Realm, but members of both clans rejected hiding from their enemies.

Hun Tiandi sent Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy the Lei Realm while he led the Soul Clan toward the Ancient Realm to confront Gu Yuan. Nihility Devouring Flame sealed off the Lei Realm and confronted Lei Ying and Yan Jin with four Eight-star Dou Shengs, leaving the two clan leaders facing overwhelming odds.

• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame and four elders to attack the Lei Realm while he took the Four Demon Saints and reserves to the Ancient Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame surrounded the Lei Realm with black flames and severed its Space Channels.
• Lei Ying detected the isolation and warned the Lei Clan, and Yan Jin joined him as Nihility Devouring Flame appeared.
• Nihility Devouring Flame demanded the Ancient Jade from the Yan and Lei Clans, but Lei Ying refused.
• Nihility Devouring Flame summoned four coffins containing Eight-star Dou Shengs, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying realized their combined forces were badly outmatched.

Nihility Devouring Flame and four Hun Clan elders attacked the Lei and Yan Clans, whose leaders struggled to defend their people. The clans were left trapped inside the Realm of Death Array, facing the threat of having their blood essence and souls consumed.

• Gu He secretly watched the battle from an underground space beneath the Lei Clan's lands.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying activated their clans' protective arrays, and the gathered Lei and Yan Clan members attacked Nihility Devouring Flame and the four Hun Clan elders.
• The Hun elders used Gates of Deathly Silence to swallow the clans' attacks, while Nihility Devouring Flame counterattacked with black dragons.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying blocked the combined assault, but the blast scattered the Lei Clan formation, killed or injured many clansmen, and left both leaders weakened.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Hun elders to deploy the Realm of Death Array, surrounding and trapping the Yan and Lei Clans with four enormous death gates.

Gu He seized control of the four Gates of Deathly Silence and broke the Realm of Death Array, but Nihility Devouring Flame ambushed Yan Jin and Lei Ying and took the Ancient Jade from their rings. As Nihility Devouring Flame tried to escape, Gu He emerged and attacked him.

• Gu He infiltrated the four Gates of Deathly Silence and erased the Hun Clan elders’ Soul Imprints from their cores.
• Gu He took control of the gates and broke the Realm of Death Array, while Nihility Devouring Flame rushed toward Yan Jin and Lei Ying.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ambushed Yan Jin and Lei Ying, then used black flames to devour their attacks and the Ancient Jade in their rings.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to flee, but Gu He appeared and struck at him with a giant palm.

Gu He overwhelmed Nihility Devouring Flame in the Lei Realm, prompting Nihility Devouring Flame to self-destruct and scatter his origin into countless Earth Seed Flames. Gu He destroyed many with a soul attack, but some escaped into the void, and he rushed to contain the rest when the flames began to flicker.

• Gu He’s Pill-Refining Palm clashed with Nihility Devouring Flame’s black halo while Gu He moved the Yan and Lei Clans out of danger.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying realized Gu He had reached Half-Emperor strength, and Gu He confronted Nihility Devouring Flame with his multicolored Heavenly Flames.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Gu He was close to forming the Emperor Flame and self-destructed, scattering his origin into countless Earth Seed Flames.
• Gu He froze many fleeing flames with his spatial control and used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy nearly half of them.
• Some Earth Seed Flames escaped into the void, and Gu He wrapped the remaining flames in black fire when they began to flicker.

Gu He absorbed most of Nihility Devouring Flame’s Earth Child Flames and defeated the four Hun Clan elders, but Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with the Ancient Jade. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan considered the Hun Clan’s gains and warned Gu Xun’er that the Yan and Lei Clans might also be in danger.

• Gu He absorbed the Earth Child Flames he had captured, discovered the Ancient Jade was missing, then sealed the four Hun Clan elders’ escape and struck them down with a soul attack.
• Nihility Devouring Flame emerged far from the Lei Realm, gravely weakened but still carrying the Ancient Jade toward the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tiandi had taken the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade after clashing with Gu Yuan and departing the devastated Ancient Realm with the Hun Clan army.
• Gu Xun’er urged Gu Yuan to join the Yan and Lei Clans in attacking the Soul Realm, seeking revenge for Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun’er that Hun Tiandi had likely sent Nihility Devouring Flame against the Yan and Lei Clans, leaving them in grave danger.

Gu Yuan decided to use the Ancient Clan’s hidden bloodline reserves in Zong Mountain to try to advance to Half-Emperor. He entered the blood pool and began absorbing its immense energy while Gu Lie stood guard.

• Gu Xun'er questioned whether the Ancient Clan would simply wait for Hun Tiandi to collect the Ancient Jade and become a Dou Di, then left Gu Yuan to decide the clan’s next move.
• Gu Lie argued that the Ancient Clan should fight the Hun Clan rather than hide, and Gu Yuan decided to go to Zong Mountain.
• Gu Yuan revealed Zong Mountain’s blood pool, which preserved the Ancient Clan’s bloodline using generations of accumulated sources of bloodline origin, including most of Xiao Xuan’s remains.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Lie to protect him, entered the blood pool, and began absorbing its energy and bloodline origins.

Hun Tiandi discovered that Gu He had crippled Nihility Devouring Flame, then swallowed the weakened flame and began refining him to take a step toward Dou Di. The chapter left Hun Tiandi suppressing Nihility Devouring Flame as the black flames began circulating through his meridians.

• Hun Tiandi returned to the Soul Realm with the Ancient Clan's Ancient Jade and learned that Nihility Devouring Flame had not yet returned from the Lei Realm.
• Hun Tiandi went to find Nihility Devouring Flame and encountered him badly wounded, carrying the Yan Clan and Lei Clan Ancient Jades.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that Pill Tower's Gu He, a Half-Emperor, had wounded him and then lost his human form.
• Hun Tiandi swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame, returned to the Soul Realm, and arranged for Hun Feng and the Four Demon Saints to oversee the clan.
• Hun Tiandi shut himself in the grand hall and began refining Nihility Devouring Flame, suppressing his resistance until the black flames started circulating through his meridians.

After refining Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi announced his decision to the Hun Clan elders and silenced opposition by killing one of them. He then devoured the descendants of the Spirit Clan, Stone Clan, and Yao Clan to force his advance toward Half-Emperor, leaving his aura rising beyond its former peak.

• Hun Tiandi completed the refinement of Nihility Devouring Flame and told the Hun Clan elders that he had refined its surviving origin flame.
• An elder challenged Hun Tiandi’s decision, but Hun Tiandi killed him with a cold snort, and the remaining elders reluctantly voiced their support.
• Hun Tiandi went to the Soul Realm region holding the descendants of the Spirit Clan, Stone Clan, and Yao Clan, intending to use them to reach Half-Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Nihility Devouring Flame and devoured the descendants’ bloodlines and energy while Hun Clan members watched and guarded him.
• The blood-colored energy poured into Hun Tiandi, causing his aura to surge beyond its former peak and terrifying pressure to form within him.

After reaching the high Half-Emperor realm by refining three Heavenly Flame essences, Gu He learned that the Hun Clan was searching across the Central Continent for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. He gathered allies from the Yan and Lei Clans, the Primordial Void Dragon Clan, and the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan as the impending conflict drew near.

• Gu He speculated that Half-Emperors had initial, middle, and high ranks, then refined the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, and Nihility Devouring Flame essence until he reached the high Half-Emperor realm.
• Yan Jin reported that Hun Clan members were searching across the Central Continent, and Gu He ordered the forces assembled to oppose them over the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Gu He traveled to Dragon Island, where Zi Yan and most of the Primordial Void Dragon elders agreed to join him, bringing only those at Half-Saint realm or above.
• Gu He went to the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan and ordered its controlled elders to prepare, then returned to the Lei Realm to await the forces' assembly.
• The Ancient Clan also kept close watch on the Hun Clan.

Gu He led an alliance of four clans to the Black Corner Region after revealing he knew where the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was. As the Soul Clan prepared to seize the cave mansion, Gu He arranged defenses and urged the region's inhabitants to evacuate, though some factions refused.

• Gu He told Yan Jin that he knew the cave mansion's location and explained that he had monitored the Soul Clan to track Hun Tiandi's plans.
• Gu He opened a Space Channel from the Lei Realm to the Black Corner Region and led the assembled experts there to stop the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Soul Clan forces near the Black Corner Region to massacre its inhabitants while he prepared to follow them later.
• After arriving, Gu He recognized familiar auras and learned that Mang Tianchi wanted to move Jia Nan Academy out of danger.
• Gu He had the four clans establish formations, warned local forces to evacuate, and personally ordered Gu Ling Pavilion to leave.
• Many factions withdrew, but others stayed to expand their territory, and Gu He let them face the consequences.

Gu He, Gu Yuan, and Hun Tiandi gathered above the Black Corner Region as their armies converged, each seeking the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and a path to Dou Di. When Gu He refused Gu Yuan’s offer to join forces against Hun Tiandi, Hun Tiandi revealed a phantom of Tou She Ancient God, leaving the three Half-Emperors facing the power of a Dou Di.

• Gu He learned that Hun Tiandi’s vanguard had been destroyed, prompting Hun Tiandi to lead the Hun Clan army toward the Black Corner Region.
• Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and Gu He confronted one another in the sky as their three factions arrived.
• Gu Yuan proposed that he and Gu He defeat Hun Tiandi together, but Gu He rejected the alliance because they all sought the same Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Hun Tiandi revealed a phantom of Tou She Ancient God, whose aura overwhelmed the surrounding heaven and earth.

Hun Tiandi summoned the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, but the Old Dragon Emperor emerged from the magma and reunited with Zi Yan. As Hun Tiandi tried to use the distraction to open the cave mansion, Gu He attacked him to prevent it.

• Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to raise the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion from beneath the magma.
• The Old Dragon Emperor erupted from the magma, and Zi Yan's dragon bloodline drew his attention as he recognized her as his child.
• Gu He watched Hun Tiandi closely, intending to win over the Old Dragon Emperor and keep Gu Yuan or Hun Tiandi occupied outside the cave mansion.
• Hun Tiandi secretly began channeling energy into the Ancient Jade, and Gu He attacked him before he could open the cave mansion.
• Gu He and Hun Tiandi's energy tides collided over the magma sea, and Gu He warned that Hun Tiandi would not open the cave mansion easily.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him in the Ancient Emperor Space for thousands of years. After Zi Yan asked him to help Gu He, Zhu Kun joined forces with him against Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi, shifting the battle’s balance.

• The Old Dragon Emperor transformed into a middle-aged man, and Zhuhuo recognized him as Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan he was her father, and she confirmed their connection before retreating to Gu He in confusion.
• Gu He encouraged Zi Yan to hear Zhu Kun’s explanation, and Zhu Kun said Tou She Ancient God had trapped him in the Ancient Emperor Space.
• Zhu Kun apologized for Zi Yan’s suffering, and Zi Yan asked him to help Gu He.
• Zhu Kun agreed to cooperate with Gu He, prompting Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi to unite against them.

Gu He revealed that he had reached the limit of the Half-Emperor realm and joined forces with Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan to secure a path to Dou Di. After arranging for Zhu Kun to hold off Gu Yuan and the allied clans to keep the armies occupied, Gu He attacked Hun Tiandi and sent him crashing into the magma.

• Gu Yuan joined Hun Tiandi, leaving Gu He and Zhu Kun to face the two Half-Emperors together.
• Zhu Kun recognized that Gu He had reached the limit of the Half-Emperor realm and was close to advancing to Dou Di.
• Gu He asked Zhu Kun to hold Gu Yuan for ten minutes while Yan Jin and Lei Ying led their forces against the Hun Clan and Ancient Clan armies.
• Gu He appeared beside Hun Tiandi and struck him with overwhelming force, breaking his arms and hurling him into the magma.

Gu He and Hun Tiandi clashed with powerful soul techniques, but Gu He gained the upper hand and turned to a more direct attack. After seeing Zhu Kun struggle in the battle, Gu He transformed into a thousand-zhang Half-Emperor Body and struck at Hun Tiandi with overwhelming force.

• Hun Tiandi emerged from the magma wounded, and the Hun Clan sent experts to reinforce him as the other clans moved to block them.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that he had refined the Nihility Devouring Flame and attacked Gu He with the Soul Annihilation Seal.
• Gu He countered with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, whose soul soundwave overcame the seal and wounded Hun Tiandi.
• Zhu Kun transformed into his true dragon form, prompting Gu He to hurry and unleash the Half-Emperor Body.
• Gu He absorbed and transformed magma into crimson flames, grew into a thousand-zhang giant, and charged Hun Tiandi with a devastating punch.

Gu He defeated Hun Tiandi with a single attack, forcing Gu Yuan to withdraw the Ancient Clan from the battlefield. Hun Tiandi then attempted to destroy the surrounding region by self-destructing, but Gu He annihilated his body and soul, leaving only a cracked Ancient Jade.

• Hun Tiandi formed a giant palm from heaven and earth energy, but Gu He shattered it and struck Hun Tiandi into the magma, gravely injuring him.
• Gu Yuan used attacks and exploding ninth-tier medicinal pills to distract Zhu Kun, then gathered the Ancient Clan experts and led them away from the battlefield.
• Gu He defeated the Hun Clan experts who came to rescue Hun Tiandi and pursued him into the depths of the magma.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he would bury the world with him and began swelling amid violent black flames as he prepared to self-destruct.
• Gu He unleashed repeated Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath attacks until Hun Tiandi's body and soul were gone, leaving a cracked Ancient Jade in the magma.

Gu He refined the magma’s essence blood and black flames, then helped the allied clans defeat the Hun Clan and opened the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. He entered with the strongest experts and found the stone hall’s twenty-two Heavenly Flame pillars had lost their origins, while a Dou Di aura waited deeper inside.

• Gu He collected the Ancient Jade, refined the Half-Emperor essence blood and black flames from the magma, and left the cavern.
• Gu He killed the fleeing Hun Clan experts with sword Qi, securing the allied clans’ victory.
• Gu He activated the Ancient Jade to open the cave mansion and ordered those below Seven-Star Dou Sheng to remain outside.
• Gu He led the top Yan and Lei Clan experts and Zhu Kun through the gate into the mist-shrouded space, where he sensed a mid-level Half-Emperor and the Tou She Ancient God’s aura.
• Gu He reached the ancient stone hall and discovered that the Heavenly Flame forms atop its pillars had lost their origins.

Gu He captured the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and absorbed it alongside the last origin of Nihility Devouring Flame, reaching Dou Di after three months of cultivation. He then went to confront the Ancient Clan and found that Gu Yuan had evacuated the clan’s descendants, leaving its experts behind.

• Gu He used the Emperor Flame to force the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into a sphere of light, then stored it and the stone statue before asking Zhu Kun to guard against the Ancient Clan.
• Gu He refined the last origin of Nihility Devouring Flame, swallowed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and cultivated by drawing on the magma’s energy.
• After three months, Gu He broke through to Dou Di, while Gu Te’s aura also surged into the Dou Zun realm.
• Gu He traveled to the Ancient Realm and discovered that most of the Ancient Clan, including its descendants and younger generation, had disappeared.
• Gu He recognized that Gu Yuan had evacuated the clan members and left the Ancient Clan experts behind, then tore open the Ancient Realm as Gu Yuan and the experts prepared to face him.