Chapter Summaries

Gu Fei ran short of energy while refining his pill, so Xiao Ying swallowed the pill embryo in Hun Xuzi’s cauldron to supply him with what he needed. As Old Man Shen Nong and Yao Wanhua held Hun Xuzi back and donated energy to Gu Fei, Xiao Ying purified the stolen embryo’s medicinal properties, leaving Gu Fei to continue refining.

• Hun Xuzi recovered from losing some of his Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Fire and began refining a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Unable to find enough Heaven and Earth Energy, Gu Fei sent Xiao Ying to Hun Xuzi’s cauldron, where she swallowed the pill embryo.
• Hun Xuzi attacked Gu Fei, but Old Man Shen Nong and Yao Wanhua intervened and blocked him with their Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ying purified the pill embryo’s impure medicinal properties while Gu Fei worked to fuse the remaining energy.
• Old Man Shen Nong and Yao Wanhua sent Gu Fei energy from their Fire Cauldrons so he could continue refining.

Gu Fei successfully refined a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill with help from Old Man Shen Nong and Wan Huo Elder, earning widespread admiration. After surviving its lightning tribulation, the pill tried to flee and transformed into a naked beauty just as Gu Fei reached for it.

• Gu Fei used the energy supplied by Old Man Shen Nong and Wan Huo Elder to complete the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, causing Pill Rain to fall across the plaza.
• Yao Dan and the gathered alchemists recognized the Pill Rain as proof that Gu Fei had created a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, while Gu Fei gained a large amount of Emotion Value.
• The Profound Pill withstood a half hour of black lightning tribulation, and its medicinal fragrance formed images of herbs in the sky.
• The pill shot toward the edge of Medicine Mountain, but the crowd held back after sensing Gu Fei's overwhelming pressure.
• Gu Fei pursued the pill, which transformed into a beautiful naked woman and gazed at him pleadingly, astonishing Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er.

Gu Fei subdued the newly born spirit of the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, earning praise as the Alchemy World’s leading prodigy while Xiao Yan doubted he could ever catch up. As Gu Fei traveled through the Shen Nong Mountain Range with his companions, he noticed strange markings on Xiao Ying and realized she had refined a wisp of Child Fire from the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Gu Fei struck the Profound Pill’s spirit with a Soul Imprint, returning her to pill form, and stored the pill away.
• Old Man Shen Nong, Yao Wanhua, and Yao Dan praised Gu Fei’s alchemy, while Hun Xuzi watched with jealousy and Xiao Yan despaired of matching him.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er congratulated Gu Fei, who then left the Medicine Realm with them and the others for the Shen Nong Mountain Range.
• Gu Fei noticed strange black patterns on Xiao Ying’s forehead and told her she had succeeded in refining a wisp of Child Fire from the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Ying inherited the Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring power and demonstrated it in the Shen Nong Mountain Range. Back in the Gu Realm, Gu Fei consumed a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and broke through to the Seven-Star Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Ying absorbed energy from the surroundings, swallowed the condensed energy crystals, and passed pure energy to Gu Fei.
• Gu Fei explained that Xiao Ying had inherited the Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring power and could purify the chaotic energy it absorbed.
• Gu Fei and the others returned to the Gu Realm, where Gu Fei spent ten days preparing medicinal concoctions before entering a sealed chamber to consume the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Xiao Ying used mysterious runes to help Gu Fei control the pill's violent energy as his cultivation rose from the Six-Star Late Stage to the Seven-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Gu Fei's breakthrough shook the Gu Realm, and Gu Xiong and the other Gu Clan elders celebrated his new strength.

Gu Fei broke through to the mid Seven-Star Dou Saint realm, prompting concern among the Gu Clan elders and excitement from his family and friends. As Zi Yan arrived to see him, Xun'er quietly celebrated his progress while accepting that their past might never become a future.

• Gu Lie warned the Gu Clan elders that Gu Fei's strength could make him a target, and urged them to protect him.
• Wushuang and Xian Le admired Gu Fei's power, while Ling Xi resolved to cultivate diligently as his disciple.
• Gu Fei realized that a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill had raised him from Six-Star to mid Seven-Star Dou Saint, but further breakthroughs would require higher-grade pills.
• Zi Yan sensed Gu Fei's growing strength, visited the Gu Clan, and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, and the others.
• Gu Fei emerged from seclusion and greeted Zi Yan and the others as they gathered around him.
• Xun'er congratulated Gu Fei from afar, treasured the healing pills he had given her, and reflected on their past with quiet sadness.

After advancing to Seven-Star Dou Saint, Gu Fei began cultivating the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame by fusing multiple Heavenly Flames. His experiments grew increasingly destructive, and an elderly man appeared, shocked by the power of Gu Fei’s four-flame lotus.

• Gu Fei’s breakthrough and success at the Medicine Ceremony raised his standing in the Gu Clan, which kept watch on the Soul Clan after learning it possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Fei fused the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame to create an imperfect Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, then tested it within a seal.
• Gu Fei moved to an open area and fused three Heavenly Flames, causing enormous explosions and mushroom clouds across the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.
• Gu Fei combined the Golden Emperor Burning Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and the source flame of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into a four-colored fire lotus.
• An elderly man appeared beside the cliff and asked what Dou Technique had such terrifying destructive power.

Gu Fei tested his newly created Angry Buddha Lotus Flame by fusing more Heavenly Flames, producing explosions that devastated the surrounding mountains. After Gu Yuan and Gu Lie witnessed his power, Gu Yuan considered pursuing the Emperor Jade if Gu Fei reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.

• Gu Fei inspected his four-Heavenly-Flame Angry Buddha Lotus Flame and decided to develop the skill himself rather than use Emotion Value to raise its rank.
• Gu Fei fused five and then six Heavenly Flames, creating increasingly powerful fire lotuses that distorted space and destroyed several mountain peaks.
• Gu Fei added a seventh Heavenly Flame, but the fire lotus detonated uncontrollably and flattened everything within dozens of miles.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie arrived and discussed Gu Fei's new Dou Skill, judging that its perfected form might threaten Nine-Star Dou Saints or rival Emperor Rank Dou Skills.
• Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan might gather all the Emperor Jade if Gu Fei reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm, then stared toward Gu Fei.

Gu Fei tested his newly created Angry Buddha Lotus Flame and discovered that Xiao Ying could reproduce his fire techniques almost instantly. Gu Yuan and Gu Lie praised his achievement and compared his flame control with Yan Jin's, leaving Gu Fei reflecting on the Yan Clan Chief's skill.

• Gu Fei surveyed the devastated Deep Pit and celebrated creating the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Ying copied the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, then formed and dissolved a seven-Heavenly-Flame lotus at Gu Fei's warning.
• Gu Fei realized Xiao Ying could help him launch fire lotuses quickly in battle and praised the little Heavenly Flame spirit.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie arrived, examined the destruction, and praised Gu Fei's Dou Technique.
• Gu Yuan remarked that Yan Jin would envy Gu Fei's flame control, and Gu Fei recalled Yan Jin's ability to fuse two Heavenly Flames.

Gu Yuan praised Gu Fei’s strength and decided to mobilize the Gu Clan to find more Heavenly Flames so Gu Fei could improve his cultivation technique and Angry Buddha Lotus Flame. In the Soul Realm, Void Elder blamed Hun Xuzi for Gu Fei’s success at the Medicine Ceremony and berated him for being weak.

• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie said Gu Fei was powerful enough to stand alongside older experts, and Gu Fei joked that their praise might make him arrogant.
• Gu Fei admitted he wanted to test himself against Lei Ying, whose lightning control was famed across the Dou Qi Continent.
• After learning Gu Fei’s Dou Skill could grow stronger by fusing more Heavenly Flames, Gu Yuan decided the Gu Clan would search for them.
• Gu Fei thanked Gu Yuan, recognizing that the clan’s help would make collecting Heavenly Flames far easier.
• In the Soul Realm, Void Elder angrily reacted to Gu Fei’s breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Hun Xuzi knelt before Void Elder, blamed himself for helping Gu Fei refine a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, and was scolded for his weakness.

After Gu Fei’s breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Saint and the revelation of his Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, the Soul Clan judged him a growing threat and decided to hasten its plan against the Spirit Clan. Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy the Spirit Clan within three days, while he prepared to keep Gu Yuan occupied.

• Gu Fei’s breakthrough and creation of Angry Buddha Lotus Flame drew the Soul Clan’s attention.
• Nihility Devouring Flame warned Hun Tiandi that Gu Fei could soon rival Gu Yuan, and the two agreed their plan could no longer be delayed.
• Hun Tiandi chose to strike the weakened Spirit Clan first because Gu Yuan’s protection made killing Gu Fei too difficult.
• Hun Xuzi reported that the Gu Clan was gathering Heavenly Flames for Gu Fei, which could strengthen his technique further.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy the Spirit Clan within three days, and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed to act personally while Hun Tiandi occupied Gu Yuan.

Gu Fei took Xian Le and Wushuang to worship at the Gu Clan Ancestral Hall, where he realized that Elder Gu Yang’s pride might signal a new Soul Clan move against the Spirit Clan. He decided to visit the Spirit Clan and bring Ling Xi home, and she happily accepted.

• Gu Fei brought Xian Le and Wushuang to pay respects to the Gu Clan ancestors.
• Elder Gu Yang greeted Gu Fei, and the system revealed that Gu Yang had felt pride despite his outwardly respectful manner.
• Gu Fei suspected the Soul Clan was preparing to attack the weakened Spirit Clan and decided to watch its movements closely.
• Xian Le and Wushuang suggested taking Ling Xi home for a visit, and Gu Fei agreed.
• Gu Fei asked Ling Xi whether she wanted to visit home, and she eagerly accepted.

Gu Fei prepared to take Ling Xi back to the Spirit Realm, intending to assess the Soul Clan’s threat. Before they arrived, Hun Xuzi invaded the Spirit Realm, where he revealed that he had reached the Seven-Star Initial Stage of the Dou Saint realm.

• Gu Fei told Ling Xi to pack for their trip back to the Spirit Clan and resolved to protect her from the Soul Clan.
• In the Spirit Realm, Ling Lu and Ling Qingshan admired Gu Fei’s strength and planned to visit Ling Xi in the Gu Realm.
• Hun Xuzi appeared in the Spirit Realm and sent a Five-Star Dou Saint flying with a casual attack.
• Ling Yuan confronted Hun Xuzi and forced him back, revealing the gap between their apparent cultivation levels.
• Hun Xuzi unleashed his true aura and shocked the Spirit Clan by revealing that he had reached the Seven-Star Initial Stage.

Hun Xuzi demanded the Spirit Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, provoking Ling Yuan and the clan elders into battle. As the Spirit Clan gained the upper hand, Black Flame swept across the sky, and Hun Xuzi declared that the Spirit Clan would be wiped out.

• Ling Yuan questioned Hun Xuzi’s purpose for coming to the Spirit Realm while Ling Qingshan and Ling Lu worried that he had brought hidden allies.
• Hun Xuzi demanded the Spirit Clan Ancient Jade, claiming that surrendering it would spare the clan from disaster.
• Ling Yuan attacked Hun Xuzi, and several Spirit Clan Dou Saint elders joined the battle when she could not defeat him quickly.
• As Hun Xuzi appeared wounded and close to defeat, he laughed and revealed that Lord Void was about to succeed.
• Screams rose from the Spirit Clan, and endless Black Flame poured from the void to engulf the sky.
• Hun Xuzi told Ling Yuan that the Spirit Clan would cease to exist after that day.

Hun Xuzi unleashed the Nihility Devouring Flame, trapping the Spirit Clan as it drained their Dou Qi and blocked all escape. Ling Yuan fought Hun Xuzi but could not stop the Flame, which shattered the clan’s desperate defensive formation and left the Spirit Clan facing annihilation.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame covered the sky and its black specks began draining the Spirit Clan members’ Dou Qi.
• Ling Yuan attacked Hun Xuzi in fury and drove him back, while the Spirit Clan members struggled against the Flame’s drain.
• Ling Qingshan and Ling Lu saw the clansmen collapsing, and an elder urged them to seek help from the Gu Clan, Lei Clan, and Yan Clan.
• The Soul Clan’s sealed space trapped those who tried to escape, and Ling Yuan failed to break through it for help.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame appeared, and Ling Yuan ordered the Spirit Clan to form a defensive array.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame shattered the clan’s formation with a single finger, leaving Ling Yuan despairing over the Spirit Clan’s fate.

Gu Fei and Ling Xi returned to the Spirit Realm and found its entrance deserted and its spatial barrier sealed, raising fears that the Soul Clan had attacked. Gu Fei summoned Gu Yuan, who sensed the Nihility Devouring Flame and struck the barrier, but the chapter ended before revealing whether he broke through.

• Gu Fei noticed Ling Xi's growing unease as they hurried toward the Spirit Realm.
• Gu Fei and Ling Xi found the Spirit Realm's entrance deserted and its spatial barrier completely sealed.
• Gu Fei suspected the Soul Clan had attacked and crushed the Space Jade Slip to summon Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan arrived, sensed the Nihility Devouring Flame, and learned that the Soul Clan might be slaughtering the Spirit Clan.
• Gu Yuan attacked the sealed barrier with a golden sphere, unleashing a devastating explosion.

The Nihility Devouring Flame overwhelmed the Spirit Clan’s desperate counterattack and attacked its members with Black Flame creatures that Ling Yuan recognized as the supposedly extinct Tunling Clan. The Nihility Devouring Flame then sensed Gu Yuan approaching, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Ling Yuan rallied the Spirit Clan and led its clansmen in a combined attack against the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame absorbed the Spirit Clan’s attack into a black vortex without being harmed.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame sent Black Flame spheres plunging into Spirit Clan members, killing and injuring them.
• Ling Yuan caught one of the creatures and identified it as a member of the supposedly exterminated Tunling Clan, known for devouring other races’ bloodline power.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame sensed Gu Yuan in the distant sky and questioned how he had arrived.

Gu Yuan arrived with Gu Fei and Ling Xi to stop the Soul Clan's attack on the Spirit Clan and fought Nihility Devouring Flame. Just as Gu Yuan was about to strike again, a Space Crack opened and a massive black hand collided with his attack.

• Gu Yuan, Gu Fei, and Ling Xi appeared over the battlefield, restoring the Spirit Clan's hope and alarming Hun Xuzi and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Yuan rebuked Nihility Devouring Flame and dismissed its Black Flame devouring attack with his Dou Qi and soul power.
• Gu Yuan struck Nihility Devouring Flame with a golden attack, hurling it into a Mountain Peak.
• Gu Yuan pursued Nihility Devouring Flame and battered it with a relentless assault, leaving its body badly damaged.
• As Gu Yuan swung at Nihility Devouring Flame again, a Space Crack opened and a massive black hand collided with his golden palm imprint.

Gu Yuan stopped Hun Tiandi’s attack and exposed the Soul Clan’s secret role in the decline of the ancient races. With the Spirit Clan’s near-destruction revealed, Ling Yuan vowed to seek justice, while Ling Xi reunited with her aunt and uncle.

• Gu Yuan’s palm strike countered the force attacking the Spirit Clan, and Hun Tiandi emerged from a Space Crack as Hun Xuzi and Nihility Devouring Flame welcomed him.
• Gu Yuan accused the Soul Clan of killing the last chief of the Tunling Clan and letting Nihility Devouring Flame absorb its abilities, leaving Hun Tiandi grave.
• Ling Xi reunited with Ling Lu and Ling Qingshan and explained that Gu Fei had brought her to visit and summoned Gu Yuan when the Spirit Clan was in danger.
• Ling Yuan condemned Hun Tiandi for the Soul Clan’s attack and vowed to make the conspiracy public and hold the Soul Clan accountable.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed the assault as a joke and taunted Ling Yuan that the Spirit Clan might lack the strength to retaliate.

Ling Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi after the Soul Clan attacked the Spirit Clan, while Gu Yuan revealed the Soul Clan’s use of the Tunling Clan’s bloodline-devouring power. Hun Tiandi withdrew, and the Spirit Clan thanked Gu Yuan, who credited Gu Fei for summoning him in time.

• Nihility Devouring Flame mocked the Spirit Clan’s dead, and Ling Yuan vowed to destroy him.
• Ling Yuan warned Hun Tiandi that the other clans would oppose the Soul Clan’s attempt to seize their Ancient Jade.
• Hun Tiandi accused the Gu Clan of taking the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, but Gu Yuan said it had been entrusted to them and exposed the Soul Clan’s use of the Tunling Clan to plunder Dou Di bloodlines.
• Hun Tiandi left with Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi after weighing the consequences of confronting the other clans.
• Ling Yuan and the Spirit Clan thanked Gu Yuan, who said Gu Fei had alerted him, and Ling Yuan praised Gu Fei’s talent.

Gu Fei and Gu Yuan explained that Nihility Devouring Flame had swallowed and sealed the Spirit Realm, prompting Ling Yuan to call for the other Ancient Race leaders to unite against the Soul Clan. Gu Fei warned that gathering them too quickly could leave their clans vulnerable, then comforted Ling Xi as she mourned the Spirit Clan’s losses and resolved to grow stronger.

• Gu Fei told Ling Yuan that he had discovered the Spirit Realm sealed while Ling Xi was returning to visit her family.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had swallowed the entire Spirit Clan space, and Ling Yuan called for the other Ancient Race leaders to discuss the threat.
• Gu Fei cautioned that the Soul Clan might exploit the other clan leaders’ absence to attack their clans, so Ling Yuan agreed to delay summoning them until they settled their affairs.
• The Spirit Clan began mourning its dead, and Gu Fei comforted the grief-stricken Ling Xi.
• Gu Fei warned Ling Xi that hatred could either strengthen her or make her lose herself, and she vowed to turn her grief and rage into strength.