Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge honored his promise to the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint, extracted the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame’s newborn consciousness, and devoured the flame, reaching the peak of Seven-star Dou Sheng. He named his evolved Heavenly Flame the Pure World Glazed Crystal Flame, gathered the Flame Slaves, and prepared to leave the Demonic Flame Space.

• The Pure Lotus Demonic Saint gave Bai Ge the Nightmare Sky Mist cultivation method and Flame Slave control method, then entered the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and perished alongside the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame’s imprisoned consciousness.
• Bai Ge caught the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to extract its newborn consciousness, keeping his promise not to erase or devour it.
• Bai Ge transformed into the Nine-Colored Glazed Fire and used the Burning Art to devour the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame, breaking through from middle-stage Six-star Dou Sheng to peak Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Bai Ge named his evolved silver-white, nine-colored Heavenly Flame the Pure World Glazed Crystal Flame.
• Bai Ge subdued the remaining Flame Slaves, stored them in the Three-Flower Pupils of the Jade Snake space, and prepared to leave.

After leaving the Demonic Flame Space, Bai Ge found that Cai Lin, Xun Er, and Qing Lin were missing and feared something had happened at the Bai Di Sect. Hun Tiandi appeared, revealed that the Soul Clan had detained Bai Ge’s female disciples, and demanded the Xiao Family’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in exchange for their return.

• Bai Ge emerged from the Demonic Flame Space and found no one waiting for him, so he prepared to return to the Bai Di Sect.
• Hun Tiandi appeared through a spatial rift and confronted Bai Ge, who recognized him as the Soul Clan leader.
• Hun Tiandi reasoned that Bai Ge had killed his previous Soul Clone and boasted about the Soul Clan’s plans to become Dou Di.
• Bai Ge impatiently asked Hun Tiandi to state his purpose, and Hun Tiandi demanded the Xiao Family’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Hun Tiandi said the Soul Clan had detained Bai Ge’s female disciples and threatened to keep them unless he handed over the jade.

Hun Tiandi brought Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Chen to trade for Bai Ge’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade. After confirming the jade was genuine, the two agreed to exchange it for the captives at the same time.

• Bai Ge agreed to give Hun Tiandi the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade if Hun Tiandi brought his captured people to him.
• Hun Tiandi returned from the Soul Realm with Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Chen sealed in barriers of light.
• Hun Tiandi demanded that Bai Ge hand over the jade first, but Bai Ge insisted on seeing it verified and the captives exchanged fairly.
• Bai Ge showed Hun Tiandi the jade and demonstrated that the Pure World Glazed Crystal Flame could not damage it.
• Hun Tiandi agreed to exchange the jade and the captives at the same time, and Bai Ge accepted.

After Hun Tiandi seized the last Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade from Bai Ge by threatening his companions, Bai Ge learned that the Soul Clan had destroyed several ancient clans and taken their jades. He went to the Ancient Clan to recruit Gu Yuan, then said he needed to enter the Heavenly Tomb to complete his soul’s advancement before confronting Hun Tiandi.

• Hun Tiandi captured Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Chen, exchanged them for Bai Ge’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, and escaped with it.
• Bai Ge rescued his companions and returned with them to the Bai Di Sect, where Little Doctor Immortal reported the Soul Clan’s attacks on the Yan, Yao, Shi, Lei, and Ancient clans.
• Qing Lin explained that Hun Tiandi had captured them to force Bai Ge to surrender the jade, and Bai Ge said he knew its secret and had a plan to deal with Hun Tiandi.
• Bai Ge traveled to Sacred Soul City and entered the Ancient Realm to ask Gu Yuan to join him against the Soul Clan.
• Bai Ge told Gu Yuan that he needed to visit the Heavenly Tomb and absorb the Heavenly Tomb Spirit to bring his soul to the Emperor realm.

Bai Ge persuaded Gu Yuan to enter the Heavenly Tomb so he could absorb the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and strengthen his soul. After forcing their way inside, Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xun'er headed to Xiao Xuan's Tomb Residence, joined by the Blood Saber Saint.

• Bai Ge told Gu Yuan that absorbing the Heavenly Tomb Spirit could help him reach the Emperor Realm and warned that Hun Tiandi's advance threatened the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan agreed to take Bai Ge into the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xun'er joined them after receiving Bai Ge's message.
• Gu Yuan forcibly opened a passage into the Heavenly Tomb, where the Heavenly Tomb Spirit confronted him and granted them three days to leave.
• Bai Ge used the Xiao Clan Bloodline and Xiao Clan Mark to reassure the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, then the group traveled toward the third floor.
• Bai Ge invited the Blood Saber Saint to accompany them, and he joined their journey to Xiao Xuan's Tomb Residence.

Gu Yuan and Bai Ge reached Xiao Xuan in the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb and recruited him to help stop the Soul Clan. When the Heavenly Tomb Spirit appeared, Bai Ge stepped forward and offered to handle it himself.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Xuan that Hun Tiandi had gathered all the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and asked him to help subdue the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to join Gu Yuan, while the Blood Saber Saint hoped they would free the Heavenly Tomb's conscious energy entities from the Spirit's restrictions.
• Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan summoned the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and declared that they had come to kill it.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit threatened to fight them to the death, but Bai Ge arrived and said he was better suited to deal with soul bodies.

Bai Ge subdued the Heavenly Tomb Spirit with Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching, then refined its Soul Power to strengthen his cultivation and transform his soul. After reaching the Divine Emperor Realm Soul, he urged Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xun'er to leave the Heavenly Tomb, saying he would next visit the Vast Ancient Dragon Clan before taking them to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

• Bai Ge used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to seize the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and sealed it inside the Soul Suppressing Pearl.
• Bai Ge refined the Heavenly Tomb Spirit into vast amounts of pure Soul Power, astonishing Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan with how quickly he had subdued it.
• Bai Ge absorbed the Soul Power and advanced from peak Seven-Star Dou Sheng to middle-stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Bai Ge's soul condensed into a Divine Emperor Realm Soul, and Gu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er congratulated him.
• Bai Ge said time was pressing and told the others he would visit the Vast Ancient Dragon Clan before leading them to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where Hun Tiandi would also go.

Bai Ge brought Gu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Zhu Li to Jia Nan Academy, where he revealed that the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. After warning Su Qian that the Soul Clan would soon come for the Emperor Pill Embryo, Bai Ge led the group into the underground Magma World to reach the cave mansion.

• Bai Ge returned from the Heavenly Tomb, brought Zi Yan from the Vast Ancient Dragon Clan, and took the group through a spatial rift to Jia Nan Academy.
• Bai Ge told Gu Yuan and Zi Yan that the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was beneath the magma sea under the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and that Hun Tiandi would eventually arrive.
• Bai Ge warned Su Qian that the Soul Clan might attack Jia Nan Academy, so Su Qian hurried to evacuate its students.
• Bai Ge led Gu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Zhu Li into the underground Magma World, where Zhu Li drove off attacking Flame Lizardmen.
• At the bottom of the magma sea, a white Half-Saint Flame Lizardman warned the group away from the God's Graveyard, and Bai Ge said he had already visited it before.

Bai Ge and his companions reached the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion after defeating the Flame Lizardmen guarding it. Their attempt to approach the sealed stone door awakened the imprisoned Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, who recognized Zi Yan as his child.

• Bai Ge faced the Flame Lizardmen, and Zhu Li drove off their two Half-Saint elders with a single attack.
• Bai Ge led Gu Yuan, Zi Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and the others through the black magma to the barrier around the cave mansion.
• Gu Yuan tried to reach the stone door but discovered that it required the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade to open.
• The barrier's energy awakened Zhu Kun, who sensed the aura of his child and rose from the depths of the black space.
• Zhu Li recognized the enormous dragon as the Old Dragon Emperor and called out to him.

Zhu Kun reunited with his daughter Zi Yan after being freed, but she coldly rejected him for abandoning her as an egg. As Zhu Li explained the situation and Bai Ge’s relationship with Zi Yan, Zhu Kun accepted that he would have to earn his daughter’s forgiveness and begrudgingly tolerate Bai Ge.

• Zhu Li recognized Zhu Kun and told him the Vast Ancient Dragon Clan had reunited under Zi Yan’s leadership.
• Zhu Kun changed into human form and tried to embrace Zi Yan, but she rejected him and said she had grown up as an orphan.
• Zhu Kun admitted he had wronged Zi Yan by leaving her alone and accepted that he had no right to demand she call him father.
• Zhu Kun asked Zhu Li about the Emperor Jade, and Bai Ge stepped in to explain the situation.
• Zhu Kun snapped at Bai Ge for interrupting, but Zi Yan angrily defended Bai Ge and left Zhu Kun flustered.
• Zhu Li explained Bai Ge’s relationship with Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun set aside his jealousy, realizing he might need Bai Ge’s help to reconcile with his daughter.

Bai Ge told Zhu Kun that the Soul Clan held the complete Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and would soon open the cave mansion, and Gu Yuan secured Zhu Kun’s support against Hun Tiandi. Zi Yan wanted to leave, so Bai Ge led the group out while Zhu Kun stayed behind, expecting to leave in a few months.

• Zhu Kun apologized to Bai Ge for his earlier behavior and asked whether they had the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Bai Ge said they had no jade but revealed that Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan had gathered it and would soon come to the cave mansion.
• Gu Yuan asked Zhu Kun to oppose the Soul Clan, and Zhu Kun agreed to stand with them when the cave mansion opened.
• Zi Yan asked Bai Ge to take her back, and Zhu Kun encouraged the group to leave rather than stay with him.
• Bai Ge and the others said goodbye to Zhu Kun and left the sea of magma for the surface.

Three months after Jia Nan Academy and the Sun Moon Empire evacuated their holdings, the Soul Clan arrived in the Black Corner Region and began harvesting souls. Bai Ge summoned Gu Yuan, and their group confronted the Soul Clan amid the ruins, where one black-robed figure recognized Gu Yuan.

• The Jia Nan Academy and the Sun Moon Empire evacuated their holdings, while Bai Ge left the Black Corner Region to its fate.
• A group of powerful Soul Clan members arrived in the Black Corner Region and began slaughtering its inhabitants and harvesting their souls.
• A spy reported the Soul Clan's arrival to Bai Ge, who dismissed the spy and summoned Gu Yuan with a jade talisman.
• Bai Ge gathered Gu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, Zhu Li, Mang Qianchi, and Su Qian, and they traveled to the Black Corner Region.
• The group found ruined cities and Soul Clan members harvesting souls, and Gu Yuan confronted them.
• A black-robed Soul Clan member recognized Gu Yuan and reacted in alarm.

Hun Tiandi arrived at the site of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, while Gu Yuan and Bai Ge tried to stop him. Using the complete Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, Hun Tiandi reached the underground magma sea and opened the cave mansion.

• A Soul Clan member summoned Hun Tiandi after spotting Gu Yuan near the location marked on the Soul Clan's map.
• Hun Tiandi revealed the complete Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and sensed the cave mansion's location, then headed toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi's powerful Soul Clone held him back while Void Devouring Flame fought Bai Ge.
• Hun Tiandi reached Jia Nan Academy, blasted a passage through the ground, and descended to the underground magma sea.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade to summon the cave mansion's enormous stone gate from the magma.

Zhu Kun escaped the magma sea and joined Bai Ge and Gu Yuan as Hun Tiandi opened the entrance to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. The two groups pursued one another through its strange void and arrived at a hall filled with Heavenly Flames.

• Hun Tiandi tried to enter the cave mansion, but Zhu Kun burst out of the magma sea and joined Bai Ge and Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade to open the stone gate and entered with Void Devouring Flame and his Soul Clone.
• Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun entered the cave mansion and followed Hun Tiandi's group through a dim, gray void.
• Bai Ge spotted a floating island with a massive stone hall, and both groups landed in its plaza among pillars bearing Heavenly Flames.

Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun crossed the Exotic Flame Plaza and reached a statue of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, where they encountered Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame. An old man appeared on the statue and Gu Yuan recognized him as Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

• Zhu Kun revealed that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had been a Heavenly Flame that gained spiritual intelligence and became a Dou Di.
• Bai Ge surveyed the many Heavenly Flames across the plaza and considered how their origins could strengthen him.
• Bai Ge led Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun toward a colossal statue, arriving shortly after Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan argued over who would obtain the Emperor Pill Embryo, while Bai Ge privately planned to let Hun Tiandi complete it.
• An old man in white appeared on the statue, and Gu Yuan was shocked to identify him as Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

Bai Ge and the others battled the Emperor Pill Embryo in Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave mansion, while Bai Ge focused on keeping Void Devouring Flame there. He intended to devour Void Devouring Flame and use the gathered Heavenly Flame origins and his own Origin Qi to reach Dou Di, leaving Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's inheritance behind.

• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, and Void Devouring Flame realized that the figure atop the statue was the Emperor Pill Embryo disguising itself as Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.
• The Emperor Pill Embryo accused Void Devouring Flame of breaking his promise, and Void Devouring Flame revealed that he wanted to take the pill away.
• Void Devouring Flame attacked the Emperor Pill Embryo, and Gu Yuan joined the fight with Hun Tiandi and the others.
• The Emperor Pill Embryo broke through the first attacks and overwhelmed the five opponents with powerful flame attacks.
• Bai Ge continued fighting while planning to keep Void Devouring Flame in the cave so he could devour him and advance toward Dou Di.

Inside Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Void Devouring Flame used the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and the Pill Transformation Divine Art to subdue the Emperor Pill Embryo. Hun Tiandi seized and swallowed it, only for its energy to erupt inside him.

• Hun Tiandi gave Void Devouring Flame the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, and Void Devouring Flame used the Pill Transformation Divine Art to turn the Emperor Pill Embryo back into a pill.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun charged to stop the Emperor Pill Embryo from being captured, while Hun Tiandi drove them and Bai Ge back by detonating two Pills and his Soul Clone.
• Hun Tiandi snatched the refined Emperor Pill Embryo from Void Devouring Flame and swallowed it as his enemies regrouped.
• The Emperor Pill Embryo unleashed a terrifying surge of energy inside Hun Tiandi.

Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Pill Embryo and overpowered Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, but his body began breaking under its immense energy. He escaped through a spatial rift and abandoned Void Devouring Flame, who was trapped by Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun.

• Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Pill Embryo, gained overwhelming strength, and blasted Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Bai Ge away.
• Hun Tiandi’s body split from the strain of the Emperor Pill Embryo, so he opened a spatial rift and gathered the Soul Clan members to escape.
• Bai Ge urged Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to trap Void Devouring Flame, and Zhu Kun agreed that he could shift him away from the rift.
• As Hun Tiandi entered the rift, Zhu Kun shifted Void Devouring Flame aside, and Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun surrounded and attacked him.
• Void Devouring Flame begged Hun Tiandi for help, but Hun Tiandi chose to abandon him and closed the spatial rift.

After Bai Ge and his allies defeated Void Devouring Flame, Zhu Kun revealed that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s statue contained an Emperor’s Origin that could grant someone Dou Di power. Bai Ge stayed in the cave mansion to devour the Heavenly Flames while Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun left to pursue Hun Tiandi, who had taken the Emperor Pill Embryo.

• Bai Ge, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun defeated Void Devouring Flame, and Bai Ge absorbed it after its consciousness was erased.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had become a Dou Di by devouring Heavenly Flames and revealed the Emperor’s Origin was hidden inside the statue.
• Bai Ge knew the statue could not be opened by force, but chose not to seek the Emperor’s Origin because he wanted to use his own Origin Qi and form a different Dou Di True Body.
• Bai Ge remained in the cave mansion to devour the Heavenly Flames and advance, while Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun left to stop Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Xun’er and Zi Yan that Hun Tiandi had taken the Emperor Pill Embryo and escaped, then said they would return to Central Continent to pursue him.

After breaking through to Nine-star Peak Dou Sheng, Bai Ge returned to Jia Nan Academy and learned that Hun Tiandi’s attempt to refine an Emperor Pill was devastating Central Continent. He revealed to Gu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, and the others that he was not from their world.

• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun rallied the other ancient clans and Central Continent factions against Hun Tiandi, but they could not find a way into the Soul Realm.
• Hun Tiandi activated the Soul Devouring Life Annihilation Arrays, and his forces repelled Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and their allies when they tried to stop him.
• Gu Yuan helped Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan improve their cultivation while Bai Ge continued devouring Heavenly Flames in the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• After more than a month, Bai Ge finished refining Void Devouring Flame and the other Heavenly Flames, reached Nine-star Peak Dou Sheng, and returned to Jia Nan Academy.
• Bai Ge asked Gu Yuan about Central Continent's crisis, then revealed that he was not from Dou Qi Continent or their world.