Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan turned the battle against the Hun Clan, but two mysterious Black Robe Persons threatened Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. Cai Die and Hai Bodong intervened, and Hai Bodong faced a Hun Clan expert wielding the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gu Yuan drew Hun Tiandi away while Queen Medusa and Zi Yan freed themselves from the silent death space and forced Hun Shengtian and Hun Yao into battle.
• Queen Medusa reached Seven-star Dou Sheng, and Zi Yan used the Dragon Slaying Sword to suppress her opponents as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin maintained the Calamity Poison Snake Formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sent the two Black Robe Persons after Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Ye Feng was held back by Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul.
• Cai Die arrived to protect Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then fought the two Late Eight-star Dou Sheng Hun Clan experts with the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's techniques.
• One Hun Clan expert attacked Cai Die with the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Hai Bodong blocked him with an ice shield and confronted the attackers.

Ya Fei and the others recognized the two Hun Clan experts as Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan, who had become powerful traitors under the Hun Clan’s influence. Xiao Yan attacked Yao Chen and the assembled experts, leaving them badly wounded before he and Xiao Zhan suddenly vomited black blood.

• Ya Fei identified the Hun Clan fighters’ familiar techniques and revealed that one was Xiao Yan from Wutan City.
• Yao Chen recognized Xiao Yan as his former disciple, while Xiao Yan accused him and Ye Feng of ruining his life and revealed his Late Eight-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Zhan revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s father and shielded them from Cai Die’s soul attack with Soul Locks.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame Splits Waves Ruler, and his dark green flames overwhelmed the experts’ defenses, severely injuring them and knocking Ya Fei unconscious.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan attacked the wounded group with black pythons, but both suddenly spat black blood.

Xiao Yu exposed Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan as Hun Clan traitors, and Xun Er killed them after their borrowed strength collapsed. As the battle continued, Nihility Devouring Flame demanded to know how Ye Feng had uncovered their identities, and Ye Feng revealed that Bodhi Ancient Tree vitality had countered the Tunling Clan’s power.

• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan attacked Xun Er and the others as Late Eight-star Dou Shengs, but suddenly stopped and spat blood when Xiao Yu appeared behind them.
• Xiao Yu revealed she had been sent by Ye Feng to kill the pair and pulled daggers from their chests, undoing the effects that had given them their strength.
• Xun Er engulfed Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan in golden flames, and their bodies and souls were destroyed as Xiao Yu mourned their fate.
• Xiao Chen and the others grieved over the disgrace the pair had brought upon the Xiao Family while fighting the Hun Clan forces.
• Nihility Devouring Flame demanded to know how Ye Feng had discovered the pair’s identities, and Ye Feng explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could create the vitality the Tunling Clan devoured.

Ye Feng explained how Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan were Tunling Clan members who had secretly devoured the energy of destroyed clan worlds, and revealed that Xiao Yu had killed their bodies on his orders. The Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion then emerged from the magma, and Tou She Ancient God bowed to Ye Feng as his master, though Ye Feng denied being his master.

• Ye Feng explained that the Tunling Clan had created Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan’s immense strength by absorbing the energy of the vanished clan barriers.
• Xiao Yu killed Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan, exposing the black aura of the Tunling Clan within their bodies.
• A radiant figure appeared above the magma, and the Ancient Jade pieces on Ye Feng, Hun Tiandi, and Gu Yuan gathered together to summon the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• The cave’s ancient stone gate rose from the magma, drawing the attention of both armies and prompting Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan to react with excitement and unease.
• Ye Feng confronted the Old Man atop the gate, who bowed and called him Master; Ye Feng denied that he was his master.

The Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion began opening as Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan fought over the Ancient Jade, but the magma sea erupted and revealed Zhu Kun, the powerful Old Dragon Emperor. Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and promised to kill the Soul Emperor’s remnant soul, while Gu Yuan introduced himself as Gu Xun’er’s father.

• The Ancient Jade and the stone door began shining, prompting Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan to fight over the cave mansion’s opening.
• Gu Yuan declared that he would rather die than let the cave mansion open, while Ye Feng said they should wait as the events seemed inevitable.
• Ye Feng warned everyone to retreat as the magma sea erupted and a powerful being emerged.
• Zhu Kun revealed himself, shrank into human form, and recognized Zi Yan as his daughter.
• Zi Yan embraced Zhu Kun, who apologized for leaving her alone and promised to obey her.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to kill the Soul Emperor’s remnant soul, and Gu Yuan introduced himself as the father of Gu Xun’er.

Zhu Kun reunited with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and joined Ye Feng and Gu Yuan against Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor's Gate. As the gate's ancient power scattered the armies, the survivors prepared to face what lay inside, including an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

• Zhu Kun reunited with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders and teased Ye Feng about marrying Zi Yan and Gu Yuan's daughter.
• Zhu Kun promised Zi Yan he would kill Hun Tiandi, then joined Gu Yuan and Ye Feng in confronting the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed his power on the ancient stone gate, forcing it to open despite Gu Yuan's concern about what might happen.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Tou She Ancient God had appeared and called Ye Feng Master, prompting Zhu Kun to realize Ye Feng's claim that the Ancient God was his family servant had been true.
• An ancient fluctuation erupted from the opened gate, scattering both armies and leaving only a few dozen people able to remain near it.
• Gu Yuan revealed that the cave held an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill that could allow someone to advance to Dou Emperor.

Ye Feng and the other experts entered Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion, where their powers were suppressed and Nihility Devouring Flame led the Hun Clan onward. They followed across a strange landmass as vast as the Dou Qi Continent, still searching for the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun agreed they had to stop Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and planned to attack once the cave mansion opened.
• The ancient stone gate opened fully, and Ye Feng, the leading experts, and the other cultivators entered the passage into the cave mansion.
• Ye Feng found that even his Emperor Realm soul could not sense far within the strange space, and the rival factions gathered in wary camps.
• Nihility Devouring Flame led Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan experts away, and Zhu Kun urged Ye Feng's group to follow.
• The two groups raced across a floating landmass that proved as vast as the Dou Qi Continent.

Ye Feng and the others crossed the plaza before the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and discovered pillars bearing many weakened Heavenly Flames, including flames that already existed elsewhere in the world. The appearance of a second Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame left them wondering whether duplicates of the top three Heavenly Flames also awaited them ahead.

• Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi, and the others slowed before the palace, allowing Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and their companions to catch up and approach the vast plaza.
• Ye Feng noticed a weak Mysterious Yellow Flame atop a pillar, and the Heavenly Flame Spirit recognized the plaza as familiar.
• The group found another pillar bearing the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, and Gu Yuan suggested the pillars had once been part of the cave mansion's defenses.
• As they advanced, the group saw many weakened Heavenly Flames, including flames already known to belong to people and clans outside the cave mansion.
• Gu Dao and the others spotted a second Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, leaving the group wondering whether duplicates of the top three Heavenly Flames existed as well.

Ye Feng and the others reached the end of the plaza, where empty pillars confirmed that Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had escaped. As they uncovered Tou She Ancient God’s stone statue and its trove of powerful techniques, Ye Feng began to suspect the cave had been deliberately arranged to lure someone inside.

• Ye Feng and the others found two empty pillars, and Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that the first-ranked heavenly flame was Tou She Ancient God.
• Hun Tiandi asked Nihility Devouring Flame about the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill while the group approached the mist-shrouded stone hall.
• Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed the mist, revealing a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God and numerous ancient cultivation methods and Fighting Skills.
• Ye Feng asked Zhu Kun whether Dou Emperors had left behind caves in his era, and Zhu Kun confirmed that none existed.
• Ye Feng saw the experts coveting the techniques and suspected Tou She Ancient God had deliberately left the cave to lure someone there.

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill revealed itself in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where Nihility Devouring Flame exposed its identity and urged it to leave with him. As Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun attacked, Ye Feng remained in a daze, pondering the connection between the pill and the Ancient Emperor stone statue.

• The Old Man revealed that he was the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and Nihility Devouring Flame recalled no memory of being helped by it in the past.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill asked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame about their old agreement, but the flame said it did not know him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame offered to take the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill away, but the pill accused him of wanting its body and refused.
• Hun Tiandi attacked the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and it split his energy tide with a single finger.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun joined Hun Tiandi in attacking the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, while Ye Feng stared at it and muttered about the Ancient Emperor stone statue.

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill overwhelmed Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, and Nihility Devouring Flame with a devastating Emperor Flame attack. As the four prepared to fully cooperate against him, Nihility Devouring Flame revealed an Ancient Jade and claimed to know what the pill feared.

• The Soul Emperor's remnant soul told the Hun Clan to wait because they could not interfere in the battle.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill warned the others with his medicinal fragrance, then unleashed Emperor Pill Palm using the legendary Emperor Flame.
• The attack broke through the defenses of Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, and Nihility Devouring Flame, blasting them into the plain below.
• The four experts rose again and agreed through their looks to join forces without holding back.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sneered at the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and revealed an Ancient Jade, making the pill's expression change.

Nihility Devouring Flame used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to summon the Pill-Refining Ring and begin refining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. As Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Hun Tiandi fought over the prize, Ye Feng seized the ring from Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame used the Ancient Jade and a strange set of hand seals to summon the Pill-Refining Ring, which the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill recognized with fear.
• The Pill-Refining Ring trapped the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill in flames and began shrinking his body toward pill form.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun attacked Nihility Devouring Flame, but Hun Tiandi blocked them with exploding Ninth Grade Treasure Pills.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun joined forces against Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun transformed into a colossal dragon and blasted Hun Tiandi away.
• Nihility Devouring Flame turned the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into a glowing orb and summoned the Pill-Refining Ring back to himself.
• Ye Feng appeared, grabbed the Pill-Refining Ring, and was recognized by Nihility Devouring Flame.

Ye Feng refused to hand over the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and swallowed it in front of Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, and Nihility Devouring Flame. As its energy erupted inside him, Ye Feng transformed to face Hun Tiandi’s attack.

• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to trick Ye Feng into giving up the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but Ye Feng saw through him and challenged the gathered opponents.
• Ye Feng offered the pill to Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, but both refused to take his chance to become a Dou Emperor.
• Ye Feng swallowed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill before Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame could stop him.
• Hun Tiandi erupted in fury and threatened Ye Feng, who said Hun Tiandi was overconfident.
• Ye Feng unleashed the Diamond Glazed Body as the pill’s energy surged through him, transforming into a giant.

Ye Feng absorbed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill's energy and rose to peak Dou Sheng, but he questioned whether its Origin of Emperor concealed a scheme. As Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame attacked him, his strength stopped rising, and Queen Medusa warned that the Pill might be a trap aimed at him.

• Nihility Devouring Flame explained that Ye Feng's body might not withstand the Nascent Pill's energy, and Hun Tiandi ordered an attack to force the Pill from him.
• Ye Feng repelled Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame with one punch that cracked the world created by Tou She Ancient God.
• Ye Feng reached peak Dou Sheng after absorbing the Pill's energy, but he hesitated to absorb its trace of Origin of Emperor because the Pill's origin seemed suspicious.
• Gu Yuan celebrated the Hun Clan's defeat, but Nihility Devouring Flame pointed out that Ye Feng's aura had stopped rising.
• Queen Medusa warned that Tou She Ancient God may have left the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill as a scheme against Ye Feng, and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul hinted that Ye Feng was suffering.

Ye Feng identified the mysterious Soul Emperor as Tou She Ancient God, revealing how the Ancient God’s Flame Mantra and the Tunling Clan were connected to the Spirit Devouring Art. Tou She Ancient God shed his disguise before Nihility Devouring Flame, while his purpose remained unknown.

• Ye Feng calmly challenged the Soul Emperor and asked what form he truly took.
• Ye Feng deduced that the Soul Emperor was Tou She Ancient God because his remnant soul had endured without weakening and could absorb Tunling Clan energy.
• Hun Tiandi, Zi Yan, and the others reacted in shock as the Soul Emperor admitted Ye Feng was right.
• Ye Feng reasoned that Tou She Ancient God had created the Flame Mantra and Tunling Clan from parts of the Spirit Devouring Art, and that the Ancient God’s Emperor Grade Nascent Pill had become the Origin of Emperor.
• Nihility Devouring Flame confronted Tou She Ancient God, who dispelled the black aura and revealed his true appearance.

Tou She Ancient God revealed that the gathering and the chaos surrounding the Origin of Emperor were part of his long-laid plan, then disclosed that the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill inside Ye Feng contained Emperor Flame. Ye Feng challenged Tou She Ancient God’s motives and claimed he was trying to escape control, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ye Feng demanded to know Tou She Ancient God's objective, and Nihility Devouring Flame realized Tou She Ancient God had deliberately let him escape.
• The gathered experts pieced together how the Ancient Eight Clans, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had been drawn into events that led to the current chaos.
• Tou She Ancient God asked Nihility Devouring Flame to break through to his realm; when Nihility Devouring Flame refused and fled, Tou She Ancient God let him go and turned to Ye Feng.
• Tou She Ancient God revealed that the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill Ye Feng had swallowed contained his former strength and a trace of his origin power, Emperor Flame.
• Ye Feng dismissed Emperor Flame as an ordinary flame whose power came from devouring, then accused Tou She Ancient God of trying to separate his origin from his true body and regain his freedom.

Ye Feng’s revelation enraged Tou She Ancient God, who unleashed a blood-red calamity across the continent. Hun Tiandi realized his ten-thousand-year scheme had been manipulated, while Zhu Kun suddenly remembered something about Tou She Ancient God’s path to becoming a Dou Emperor.

• Ye Feng exposed Tou She Ancient God’s hidden secret, and Tou She Ancient God realized Ye Feng knew of his ten-thousand-year plan.
• Tou She Ancient God turned his killing intent toward Ye Feng and released a blood-red aura that spread across the land and sky.
• People beneath the blood clouds fell into despair as calamity engulfed the continent.
• Hun Tiandi recognized that Tou She Ancient God had manipulated him, Nihility Devouring Flame, the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan.
• Zhu Kun suddenly remembered how Tou She Ancient God had become a Dou Emperor, and someone asked him what he had remembered.

Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God had caused the Dou Qi Continent’s lack of an Origin of Emperor by devastating its inhabitants and leaving the eight ancient clans to guard the Ancient Jade. Tou She admitted his memories had been sealed and declared his ten-thousand-year plan was for Ye Feng, then unleashed a blood-red catastrophe over Central Continent.

• Zhu Kun recognized Tou She Ancient God as the cause of the Dou Qi Continent’s missing Origin of Emperor.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had destroyed powerful clans and spared the eight ancient races to guard the Ancient Jade.
• Tou She Ancient God confirmed that Zhu Kun’s sealed memories had begun to return.
• Tou She Ancient God told Ye Feng that his ten-thousand-year plan had been for him.
• Tou She Ancient God shouted, “Burning Heaven Boiling Sea! Flame Mantra, Refine!” and covered Central Continent’s sky with blood-red clouds.

A blood calamity ravaged the Dou Qi Continent, and Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun discovered that Tou She Ancient God was behind it. Their shock grew when a second, blood-haired Tou She Ancient God emerged as the true power behind the slaughter.

• Blood clouds and seas of blood devastated the Dou Qi Continent, killing countless people and leaving the surviving clans in terror.
• Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun questioned Tou She Ancient God about the massacre as they realized he was the last Dou Emperor and was slaughtering the continent's inhabitants.
• A blood-red lotus rose from the sea of blood, revealing a blood-haired figure who looked exactly like Tou She Ancient God.
• The dazzling-haired Tou She Ancient God respectfully addressed the blood-haired figure, then entered his body and disappeared.
• The true Tou She Ancient God declared that he would act himself and called for something to return.

Tou She Ancient God revealed that he had used the Ancient Eight Clans as chess pieces to become stronger, then began erasing his enemies. After destroying the Hun Clan and its tens of thousands of experts, he turned his attack on Hun Tiandi.

• Tou She Ancient God explained that he slaughtered innocents to gain strength and called the Ancient Eight Clans his chess pieces.
• Tou She Ancient God unleashed the Demon Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, wiping out the Hun Clan experts and tens of thousands of others.
• Hun Tiandi tried to summon Dou Qi and the energy of heaven and earth to defend himself, but Tou She Ancient God’s Forbidden technique cut him off from that energy.
• Tou She Ancient God gathered bloody aura at his fingertip and sent a streak of blood-red light toward Hun Tiandi.