Chapter Summaries

Gu Ce entered Seven Flames Hall’s Chaos Land after Flame Phoenix King advised him on where to enter, then learned he needed Flame Beast Blood to reach Order Land and begin his training mission. He discovered nearby tribes and learned that Wan Qing Tunnel was three thousand kilometers east, leaving him ready to gather enough blood to enter.

• Flame Phoenix King warned Gu Ce about the mission’s high death rate and guided him to an entrance to Seven Flames Hall.
• Gu Ce crossed the Rainbow Light, killed a Domain Lord Level flame beast, and collected its blood after identifying the area as Chaos Land.
• Gu Ce spotted two tribes fighting and used Mirage Sea to capture their leaders and question them.
• The tribe leaders told Gu Ce that Wan Qing Tunnel lay three thousand kilometers east and required one unit of Flame Beast Blood to enter.

Gu Ce intercepted Kai Hua and Dulan Que fighting over the Void Emperor Token, killed Kai Hua, and learned the token could open a treasury rumored to contain a Holy Flame Seedling or an Origin Fire Seed. Dulan Que led him to Wan Qing Prefecture City, where Gu Ce discovered the treasury required three tokens and decided to investigate the city while seeking the other two.

• Kai Hua fled through the Chaos Land with his son Kai Lei while Dulan Que and ten Wan Qing Guards pursued them for the Void Emperor Token.
• Kai Hua sent Kai Lei ahead with the token, then revealed his hidden strength and fought Dulan Que and her Blood Orchid Vine.
• Gu Ce intervened, killed Kai Hua, took the Void Emperor Token, and forced Dulan Que to explain the treasury and its rumored treasures.
• Dulan Que offered to guide Gu Ce to the treasury and brought him through Wan Qing Tunnel to Wan Qing Prefecture City.
• Gu Ce threatened Dulan Que after learning that three tokens were needed to open the treasury, then followed her into the city to gather information.

Gu Ce investigated the Dulan Family’s motives while learning that the Water-Space Sacred Flame could advance his fusion of water and space laws. He obtained a second Void Emperor Token and prepared to confront Yu Jinchen, while Yu and his allies traveled to Wan Qing Prefecture City to move against Dulan Changwen.

• Dulan Changwen offered Gu Ce help finding the Void Emperor Tokens, but Gu Ce gave him three days and warned him about the Blood Orchid Vine beneath the city.
• Dulan Changwen told Dulan Que to give Gu Ce the Dulan Family’s Void Emperor Token and direct him toward Yu Jinchen, hoping the two would fight.
• Gu Ce learned that the Water-Space Sacred Flame offered a chance to advance his fusion laws, and decided to pursue its Origin Fire Seed.
• Dulan Que delivered a Void Emperor Token to Gu Ce and said Yu Jinchen held the last one and would return from Yaoguang Main City the next day.
• Yu Jinchen and Fang Hai traveled together, planning for Yu to fight Dulan Changwen while Fang used his fire laws to counter the Blood Orchid Vine.

Gu Ce defeated Yu Jinchen and recovered the final Void Emperor Token, then learned the location of the Void Emperor Treasury and traveled to Luo Wu Gorge. There, he encountered several powerful cultivators gathered in the gorge.

• Gu Ce robbed the Fang Family Merchant Association’s cargo, prompting Fang Hai and Yu Jinchen to attack Wan Qing Prefecture City alongside their forces.
• Gu Ce accepted Dulan Que’s reward, killed Yu Jinchen, recovered the Void Emperor Token, and drove Fang Hai to flee.
• Gu Ce arranged to divide the merchant association’s remaining goods with Dulan Changwen and received maps leading him toward Luo Wu Gorge.
• Gu Ce learned that the three tokens only granted entry to the Void Emperor Treasury, then traveled by airship toward the gorge.
• Gu Ce entered the depths of Luo Wu Gorge and used Rimuru’s detector to assess the five cultivators confronting one another there.

Gu Ce entered the first level of the Void Emperor Treasury, where he clashed with World Lords competing for the Holy Flame Seedling. After revealing his Ice Desolation Sword Technique, he trapped the remaining fighters in Ice Desolation World, though its full effects had yet to unfold.

• Gu Ce entered the treasury’s first level with five other cultivators and discovered a vast medicinal plantation guarded by plant lifeforms.
• The Second Son of Yaoguang revealed his identity, prompting the second-stage World Lord to hand over his tokens and withdraw.
• The dark-red-skinned World Lord and two others attacked, while Gu Ce fought a hammer-wielding World Lord and forced him to surrender his tokens and flee.
• The Second Son of Yaoguang fought the dark-red-skinned World Lord and another opponent but began to tire under their combined assault.
• Gu Ce unleashed Ice Desolation World, filling the area with sword-qi snowflakes that trapped and slowed the three remaining fighters, then recovered with a Life Fruit.

Gu Ce defeated the World Lords in the first level of the Void Emperor Treasury, forced Second Son of Yaoguang to eat a Moxu Poison Fruit, and obtained his Void Emperor Token. After collecting all eighteen tokens, Gu Ce activated the platform and ascended with Second Son of Yaoguang to the treasury’s second level.

• Gu Ce used Suihan and the Mirage Sea secret technique to kill the dark red-skinned World Lord and take his spatial ring.
• Second Son of Yaoguang offered a Holy Flame Seedling in exchange for his life, and Gu Ce made him swallow a Moxu Poison Fruit as a condition of sparing him.
• Gu Ce rejected the other badly injured World Lord’s offer to eat a poison fruit and killed him.
• Second Son of Yaoguang handed Gu Ce his Void Emperor Token, and Gu Ce gave him a Life Fruit to heal his injuries.
• Gu Ce placed all eighteen Void Emperor Tokens into the raised platform, which carried him and Second Son of Yaoguang up to the second level of the Void Emperor Treasury.

Gu Ce and the Second Son of Yaoguang explored the Void Emperor Treasury’s second level and learned that defeating three powerful puppets would open the final level. At the Lava Lake, the third-stage World Lord Lava Puppet emerged and forced Puyang Wan and Qi Yunxian to join forces.

• The Second Son of Yaoguang told Gu Ce about the Void Emperor and explained that the number of Holy Gods was fixed.
• Gu Ce and the Second Son of Yaoguang entered the second level, discovered that its animals were puppets, and found a tower that required them to defeat three guardians and collect their cores.
• Gu Ce saw that two Puppet Cores had already been placed in the tower’s pillars and headed toward the location of the last puppet.
• Puyang Wan offered Qi Yunxian two billion Fire Seed Coins to withdraw, then offered him a Holy Flame Seedling when Qi Yunxian hesitated.
• The Lava Lake erupted, a World Lord third-stage Lava Puppet rose from it, and its cannon fire severely wounded one of Qi Yunxian’s followers.
• Puyang Wan called on Qi Yunxian to fight the Lava Puppet together, while Qi Yunxian’s water attack failed to damage its shell.

Gu Ce arrived at the Lava Lake Cluster and used his newly evolved Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass to overwhelm the Lava Puppet and the World Lords fighting it. He entered the lake to attack the puppet’s energy collection device, but his first strike only left a mark.

• Gu Ce’s Star-Eating Grass completed its evolution into a Thousand Vine plant, and the Second Son of Yaoguang guided him toward the Lava Lake Cluster.
• Gu Ce left the Second Son of Yaoguang behind and flew into the lakes, where he found Puyang Wan, Qi Yunxian, and their companions fighting a Lava Puppet.
• Gu Ce summoned the Star-Eating Grass, which bound the puppet and began devouring its shell while also strangling Puyang Wan and Qi Yunxian.
• Rimuru analyzed the Lava Puppet and told Gu Ce that its energy source was connected to a collection device beneath the lake, while its core was likely in its spherical head.
• Gu Ce entered the lake and found the collection device, but his first sword strike only left a deep mark in its pipe.

Gu Ce fought through the Lava Lake’s puppets while his Star-Eating Grass overwhelmed the others above. Qi Yunxian unleashed the Holy Flame Seedling to save Yaoguang Ye, and Gu Ce ended the chapter by sparing Qi Yunxian in exchange for his cooperation.

• Gu Ce used Ice Desolation World to destroy the puppets surrounding him, but more kept emerging from the Lava Lake.
• The Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass subdued Puyang Wan and Qi Yunxian while Yaoguang Ye prayed for Gu Ce’s safety.
• Qi Yunxian activated the Holy Flame Seedling, severely injuring the Star-Eating Grass and destroying most of the Lava Puppet before collapsing.
• Yaoguang Ye caught Qi Yunxian, and Puyang Wan tried to kill them, but Gu Ce arrived and killed Puyang Wan with a sword strike.
• Yaoguang Ye asked Gu Ce to spare his teacher, so Gu Ce offered Qi Yunxian a Moxu Poison Fruit and said they would investigate the Void Emperor Treasury together.

Gu Ce entered the Void Emperor Treasury, claimed its treasures and three Holy Flame Seedlings, and gained a major boost to his comprehension of the water-space Fusion Laws. After escaping the collapsing World Lord world, he set course for Tianyan Prefecture City with Yaoguang Ye and Qi Yunxian.

• Gu Ce collected the treasury's Fire Seed Crystal, weapons, metals, and other valuables as he climbed its tower.
• Gu Ce read the Void Emperor's message about the Holy Pillar Trial, the Holy Gods, and the power of combining seven Holy Flame Seedlings.
• Gu Ce absorbed the Water-Space Sacred Flame Seedling and deepened his comprehension of the Fusion Laws.
• Gu Ce took the remaining two Holy Flame Seedlings, and the treasury's World Lord world began to collapse.
• Gu Ce led Yaoguang Ye and Qi Yunxian out through the exit and said they would go to Tianyan Prefecture City.

Gu Ce learned how a prefecture city lord could challenge a main city lord and planned to use Yaoguang Ye’s position to secure a path toward the Holy Pillar Trial. He and Yaoguang Ye switched identities as Gu Ce approached Tianyan Prefecture City, where local families were already plotting over the vacant city lord position.

• Yaoguang Ye explained that a prefecture city lord could challenge a main city lord in a duel, and Qi Yunxian recommended targeting Dulan Main City because Gu Ce’s Star-Eating Grass could overpower the Dulan Family’s Blood Orchid Vine.
• Gu Ce rewarded Qi Yunxian with a Life Fruit, kept Yaoguang Ye as Tianyan Prefecture City’s city lord, and ordered Qi Yunxian to gather intelligence about the Holy Pillar Trial and seek an antidote to the Moxu Poison Fruit.
• Elder Yan withdrew the Yan Family from the contest for Tianyan Prefecture City’s city lord position after suspecting the new city lord came from the powerful Yaoguang Family.
• Jiang Laosan and Zhuo Liu agreed to join forces to eliminate the new city lord, with Jiang Laosan promising Zhuo Liu his family’s tavern business if she failed to claim the position.
• Gu Ce and Yaoguang Ye switched identities, and Gu Ce planned to take office as Yaoguang Ye while waiting for the Star-Eating Grass to recover enough to challenge Dulan Main City.

Gu Ce took control of Tianyan Prefecture City by overpowering its guards and subduing the leaders of its three great families. With Elder Yan accepting a Moxu Poison Fruit, Gu Ce prepared to wait for the Star-Eating Grass to recover before challenging the City Lord of Dulan Main City.

• Gu Ce entered Tianyan Prefecture City with Yaoguang Ye, who forced the Tianyan Guards aside and cleared the way to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Jiang Laosan and Zhuo Liu challenged Gu Ce's authority, so he offered the City Lord position to whoever could defeat Yaoguang Ye.
• Yaoguang Ye defeated Jiang Laosan, while Gu Ce used Mirage Sea Descent to suppress Zhuo Liu and make her submit.
• Yaoguang Ye brought the battered Jiang Laosan back, and Gu Ce ordered the Yan Family head to appear.
• Elder Yan arrived, and Gu Ce offered him a Moxu Poison Fruit; Elder Yan agreed to eat it.

Qi Yunxian failed to find a cure for the Moxu Poison Fruit, and Yaoguang Tianyou decided to help Gu Ce enter the Holy Pillar Trial by targeting the Dulan Family. In Tianyan Prefecture City, Gu Ce continued cultivating until Yaoguang Ye reported that Yaoguang Main City would send troops against Dulan Main City in two months.

• Qi Yunxian told Yaoguang You that the Void Emperor Treasury had been dangerous, then entered Yaoguang Tianyou's manor to seek a cure and gather intelligence.
• Yaoguang Tianyou gave Qi Yunxian Holy Soul Wine, but it did not cure the Moxu Poison Fruit, so he ordered Qi Yunxian to follow Gu Ce's instructions and said he would deal with the Dulan Family.
• Gu Ce mastered the 87th set of blade techniques under Norton's guidance while cultivating the Water-Space Fusion Law with the Water-Space Sacred Flame Seedling.
• Yaoguang Ye told Gu Ce that Yaoguang Main City had ordered its forces to prepare for war against Dulan Main City in two months.
• Gu Ce asked whether his grandfather had ordered the war, and Yaoguang Ye confirmed that Yaoguang Tianyou had made the decision.

Gu Ce prepared to challenge Dulan Main City after learning about its defenses and waiting for the Star-Eating Grass to grow stronger. He sent Yaoguang Ye and the Tianyan Guard toward the city, while the main force would be the Yaoguang Guard.

• Yaoguang Ye explained that Qi Yunxian had refused to become Yaoguang Tianyou’s deputy commander because he valued his freedom.
• Dulan Lian and her officials discussed Yaoguang Main City’s declaration of war, while Dulan Lian worried about Yaoguang Tianyou’s motives.
• During the two-month wait, Gu Ce’s Star-Eating Grass advanced to World Lord Level stage two and neared stage three.
• Qi Yunxian told Gu Ce about Dulan Lian, her Mutant Blood Orchid Vine, and the strengths of the Dulan Guard’s commanders.
• Gu Ce ordered Yaoguang Ye to lead the Tianyan Guard toward Dulan Main City, intending to seize Dulan Lian’s position as city lord.

Gu Ce fought Dulan Lian in a City Lord Duel, using the Star-Eating Grass and a Holy Flame Seedling to defeat her. Afterward, the Holy Gods discussed his victory and his likely attempt at the Holy Pillar Trial.

• Dulan Lian accepted Yaoguang Ye’s City Lord Duel, while Yaoguang You’s father told him to help the disguised Gu Ce take Dulan Main City for the Yaoguang Family.
• Gu Ce arrived outside Dulan Main City with Qi Yunxian and Yaoguang Ye as a Divine Envoy arrived to oversee the duel and the armies began fighting.
• Gu Ce drew Dulan Lian away from the city, where the Star-Eating Grass overpowered her Blood Orchid Vine and Gu Ce activated a Holy Flame Seedling.
• Gu Ce defeated Dulan Lian, becoming the new city lord of Dulan Main City under the duel’s rules.
• Mirror Lake Holy God told Enlightenment Holy God and Linmu Holy God that Gu Ce had won and would likely attempt the Holy Pillar Trial.

After killing Dulan Lian, Gu Ce took control of Dulan Main City and asked the three Holy Gods for the chance to undertake the Holy Pillar Trial. They brought him to the Seven Flames Hall’s core, where he noticed signs that an eighth Sacred Flame had once stood there.

• Gu Ce recovered from his fight with Dulan Lian, took the Wood-Space Sacred Flame Origin Fire Seed, and met Yaoguang Tianyou, who let him take office in Dulan Main City.
• Yaoguang Tianyou told Gu Ce that the Holy Gods would likely seek him out, while Yaoguang Ye and Qi Yunxian stayed by Gu Ce’s side.
• The Mirror Lake Holy God, the Enlightenment Holy God, and the Linmu Holy God appeared before Gu Ce and asked what he wanted; he requested the Holy Pillar Trial.
• The three Holy Gods transported Gu Ce to the Sacred Ruins and explained that they were the entrance to the Seven Flames Hall.
• Gu Ce saw the seven Sacred Flames and noticed a collapsed pillar beside the altar, leading him to suspect that the Fire-Space Sacred Flame had once been there.

Gu Ce chose the Water-Sky Holy Pillar Trial and discovered that the flames on its stairs could strengthen his body, so he stopped to study them. As the Holy Gods watched, they discussed Void Emperor’s rise and Fusheng Holy God’s possible breakthrough, then turned their attention back to Gu Ce’s progress.

• Enlightenment Holy God explained the trial’s stages and warned Gu Ce that failing the first would bar him from returning.
• Gu Ce chose the Water-Sky Holy Pillar, and Mirror Lake Holy God explained how to climb its stairs and clear each platform.
• Gu Ce began climbing and discovered that the stair flames could be absorbed into his body and strengthen it, so he paused to study them.
• Enlightenment Holy God, Mirror Lake Holy God, Linmu Holy God, and Pebble Holy God discussed Void Emperor becoming an Immortal and Fusheng Holy God’s possible rise to High Marquis level.
• Enlightenment Holy God changed the subject to Gu Ce, and the four Holy Gods watched to see how far he would advance.

Gu Ce cleared the third stages of several Holy Pillar Trials and collected their Origin Fire Seeds, aiming to gather all seven types and gain power and Law talents. After taking the Wind-Time and Thunder-Time seeds, he began his final challenge at the Light-Time Holy Pillar.

• Gu Ce claimed the Water-Space Origin Fire Seed after clearing the third stage of its Holy Pillar, then chose to challenge other pillars rather than climb higher.
• The Holy Gods discussed Gu Ce’s unusual strategy, and Void-Splitting Holy God doubted he could clear the Gold-Space Holy Pillar.
• Gu Ce cleared the third stage of the Gold-Space Holy Pillar and obtained the Gold-Space Origin Fire Seed, then went on to clear the Earth-Space Holy Pillar and obtain its seed.
• Gu Ce spent twelve years clearing the Wind-Time Holy Pillar and obtained its Origin Fire Seed after trying to comprehend the Law of Time.
• Gu Ce cleared the Thunder-Time Holy Pillar and began his final challenge at the Light-Time Holy Pillar.

After clearing the fourth stage of the Water-Sky Holy Pillar, Gu Ce unexpectedly gained recognition from the Water-Space Sacred Flame, which merged into him and caused the pillar to collapse. The six Holy Gods, including Mirror Lake Holy God and the newly emerged Fusheng Holy God, watched the unprecedented event and confronted Gu Ce afterward.

• Gu Ce finished absorbing the last Origin Fire Seed and told the Holy Gods he planned to challenge the Water-Sky Holy Pillar before leaving the Seven Flames Hall.
• Mirror Lake Holy God placed Gu Ce on the pillar's third-stage platform, where Gu Ce easily cleared the fourth stage using his sword techniques and Cloud Sea Sword.
• The Water-Space Sacred Flame left the pillar, filling the Holy Pillar Space and Seven Flames Hall with pale blue light as the Holy Gods watched from a distance.
• The Water-Space Sacred Flame merged into Gu Ce, and the Water-Sky Holy Pillar collapsed as the surrounding phenomena faded.
• Fusheng Holy God emerged from seclusion, while Enlightenment Holy God asked Gu Ce if he understood what he had done and Mirror Lake Holy God lamented losing the Sacred Flame.

After gaining the Fire-Space Sacred Flame’s recognition, Gu Ce escaped Mirror Lake Holy God and left Seven Flames Hall, leaving Dulan Main City in Qi Yunxian and Yaoguang Ye’s hands. Outside, he met Void Emperor, who escorted him to see Flame Phoenix King.

• Enlightenment Holy God explained that Gu Ce had won the Sacred Flame’s recognition through talent and urged him to leave while the others restrained Mirror Lake Holy God.
• Mirror Lake Holy God accepted that Gu Ce had gained the Sacred Flame and decided to join the Virtual Universe Company, while Enlightenment Holy God offered to contact Flame Phoenix King for him.
• Gu Ce returned to Dulan Main City, praised its development, and told Yaoguang Ye and Qi Yunxian that he was leaving Seven Flames Hall.
• Gu Ce flew through the Dulan Tunnel and Chaos Land, passed through the rainbow barriers, and departed Seven Flames Hall.
• Flame Phoenix King sent Void Emperor to guide Gu Ce, and Void Emperor explained how he had become an Immortal and Flame Phoenix King’s subordinate.