Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan returned to Zhu Kun’s prison with Zi Yan, allowing father and daughter to recognize each other after years apart. Zhu Kun learned that Zi Yan was married to Lu Chuan and had a son, but he remained trapped unless someone brought the complete Ancient Jade.

• Zhu Kun asked Lu Chuan to tell the Dragon Clan that he was alive, but Lu Chuan left using the Space Conversion Banner.
• After Lu Chuan departed, Zhu Kun furiously tried to break free from the prison and blamed Tou She Ancient God for trapping him.
• Lu Chuan returned with Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun recognized her as his daughter through their shared bloodline.
• Zi Yan touched Zhu Kun’s scales, confirmed their bond, and tearfully asked why he had left her alone for so many years.
• Zhu Kun explained that only the complete Ancient Jade could free him, and Zi Yan asked Lu Chuan to find a way out.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Lu Chuan was her husband and that they had a son, prompting Zhu Kun to welcome Lu Chuan as his son-in-law.

Lu Chuan and Zi Yan told Zhu Kun about the Soul Clan’s rise and the conflict over the Ancient Jades, promising to hasten the opening of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. After leaving Zhu Kun imprisoned for now, they returned to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Lu Chuan planned to evacuate its personnel before the coming conflict.

• Zhu Kun asked Lu Chuan how he had found the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, and Lu Chuan explained that the Soul Clan held six Ancient Jades while four clans had allied against it.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan, and Lu Chuan explained how Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor had left the clan vulnerable.
• Lu Chuan revealed that Soul Heavenly Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame were both Nine-Star Dou Saints and that Nihility Devouring Flame had gained the Tunling Clan’s bloodline-devouring ability.
• Lu Chuan promised to hasten the gathering of the Ancient Jades and the opening of the Cave Mansion, while Zhu Kun said he feared no opponent short of a Dou Emperor.
• Lu Chuan and Zi Yan left Zhu Kun and returned to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Lu Chuan planned to move its people before the Cave Mansion’s location was exposed.

Lu Chuan ordered Jia Nan Academy and the Black Alliance to evacuate the area around the Inner Academy, then spread news that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath its Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. The continent learned the cave mansion's location, while Lu Chuan aimed to reduce the Ancient Jade's value to the Soul Clan and the Alliance of Four Clans.

• Lu Chuan ordered Su Qian to evacuate Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy by morning, and Zi Yan reassured Su Qian that Lu Chuan had no ill intentions.
• Su Qian announced that Jia Nan Academy would temporarily relocate to the former Jia Ma Empire region, and the Thousand Hundred Elders speculated that a major event was approaching.
• The next day, Jia Nan Academy's students, teachers, elders, and some local residents left Jia Nan City, while the Black Alliance withdrew its members from an eight-hundred-li radius.
• Lu Chuan spread news that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath the former Inner Academy's Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, intending to lessen the value of the Ancient Jade to the Soul Clan and the Alliance of Four Clans.

Soul Heavenly Emperor learned that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy and set out for the Northwest Continent. Gu Yuan led the Four Clans’ armies there as well, while treasure-seeking cultivators plunged into the magma sea and began to die.

• A Soul Clan Peak Dou Zun reported that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion had appeared beneath Jia Nan Academy, and Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to accompany him to the Northwest Continent.
• Gu Yuan assembled the armies of the four clans, and one-third of their elite experts entered a space crack to investigate the rumors together.
• Black Corner Region cultivators arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where they found the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower unsealed and the Fallen Heart Flame Ember removed.
• A peak Dou Emperor entered the magma sea to search for the Ancient Emperor's treasure, and more cultivators followed him down.
• The magma consumed the Dou Qi shields of weaker cultivators and killed them, while some Dou Emperor experts escaped and others perished after exhausting their Dou Qi.

Treasure seekers were killed in the magma by the Flame Lizardmen, including a powerful Dou Zun, while the two Half-Saint Lizardmen made further incursions increasingly deadly. Outside the Black Corner Region, a mysterious black-robed group arrived at the Demon Blade Sect and ordered its people to kill the guards.

• A two-star Dou Zun independent cultivator entered the magma and fought the Flame Lizardmen, but a Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman and its swarm killed him.
• More experts gathered to seek the Ancient God's treasure, but the two Half-Saint Lizardmen drove many of them back to the surface and increased their losses.
• A black-robed group reached the Demon Blade Sect's mountain gate outside the Black Corner Region.
• The group's leader ordered his followers to kill every guard, and one guard sounded an alarm whistle.

The Soul Clan began attacking forces across the Black Corner Region, but Hai Bodong and the Black Alliance enforced their rules against slaughter outside the designated battle zone. At the Chaotic Rock Plain, Soul Clan forces gathered near the underground magma entrance as a vast space crack opened above them.

• A Soul Clan unit attacked the Demon Blade Sect, and its leader ordered the sect destroyed and other units to begin operations across the Black Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong arrived, froze the attackers after declaring their slaughter a violation of Black Alliance rules, and moved on to stop another Soul Hall unit.
• Black Alliance enforcers purged forces that killed beyond the territory marked out by Lu Chuan.
• Experts gathered at the Chaotic Rock Plain while Flame Lizardmen guarded the magma entrance, and two independent Dou Saint experts hesitated to enter.
• Soul Clan forces arrived and chose not to attack the gathered experts, while many people retreated toward the territory's edges.
• A space crack thousands of zhang wide opened above the plain, releasing countless powerful auras.

The Alliance of Four Clans and the Soul Clan arrived at the Chaotic Rock Plain and agreed to postpone their conflict until they confirmed whether Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion was real. Soul Heavenly Emperor shattered the plain and exposed a sea of magma, while the six Ancient Jades began to glow.

• Lei Ying led the Alliance of Four Clans through a space crack and wiped out most of the Soul Clan forces on the Chaotic Rock Plain.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor arrived with the Soul Clan army, and the two forces faced off as Yan Jin and Gu Yuan assessed the Soul Clan's strength.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor warned Gu Yuan against fighting to the death before they knew whether the cave mansion existed, and Gu Yuan agreed to wait until they saw it.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor struck the Chaotic Rock Plain, opening a vast abyss and releasing magma that spread across the Black Corner Region.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor took out the six Ancient Jades, which began glowing as though summoned.

The Ancient Jade reacted beneath the magma, prompting Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and the other powerful clans to investigate the possible location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. As they entered the depths, Lu Chuan's forces contained the magma above while Gu Yuan encountered Flame Lizardmen guarding what they called God's Graveyard.

• Gu Yuan revealed the Ancient Jade's reaction, and the Alliance of Four Clans agreed to investigate the magma alongside the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan entered the magma, and Soul Heavenly Emperor followed; Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the other peak experts soon descended as well.
• Lu Chuan's forces arrived around the magma sea, where more than twenty Dou Saints contained the spreading magma and alarmed the remaining Ancient Races.
• Gu Yuan encountered Flame Lizardmen who warned that the area was God's Graveyard and that entering could awaken the Guardian.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor attacked the Flame Lizard Tribe with a massive black palm.

Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan reached a hidden space beneath the magma while searching for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. After Soul Heavenly Emperor proposed that they join forces against the tomb guardians, both entered the space ahead.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor killed many Flame Lizardmen with a single palm strike, cutting their numbers in half.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor suggested that Demon Saint had revealed the cave mansion to make them scout for stronger tomb guardians.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor proposed that he and Gu Yuan join forces, but Gu Yuan immediately refused.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan sensed a concealed aura beyond the magma and stepped into the hidden space.

Gu Yuan and Soul Heavenly Emperor entered the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion space and encountered its guardian, Zhu Kun, who revealed that the Ancient Jade was needed to open the gate. Soul Heavenly Emperor proposed working together to break in, leaving Gu Yuan weighing the danger of letting him obtain the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

• Gu Yuan and Soul Heavenly Emperor entered a vast, ancient space and found the towering gate of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Gu Yuan illuminated the darkness and revealed an enormous purple-gold creature coiled nearby.
• Gu Yuan and Soul Heavenly Emperor introduced themselves, and the creature asked whether they had brought the Ancient Jade.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor realized that the creature could not leave the space, and Zhu Kun transformed into a man in golden robes.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor proposed that Zhu Kun, he, and his Soul Clan experts work together to open the cave mansion, then urged Gu Yuan to leave if he would not help.
• Gu Yuan considered the danger of Soul Heavenly Emperor obtaining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and decided not to leave easily.

Gu Yuan agreed to cooperate with Soul Heavenly Emperor and Zhu Kun to break open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion after deciding that refusing would leave the Alliance of Four Clans at a disadvantage. With both factions gathered, they prepared to attack the gate while planning to compete for the treasures inside.

• Gu Yuan agreed to cooperate with Soul Heavenly Emperor and Zhu Kun rather than risk being attacked or leaving the cave mansion to the Soul Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Shengtian, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Gu Lie, and other experts arrived at the cave mansion.
• Zhu Kun announced that the gathered experts could shatter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion's gate together.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor told Nihility Devouring Flame that they should secure the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill once the gate broke.
• Gu Yuan explained to Yan Jin and Lei Ying that Zhu Kun was too powerful to oppose, and Lei Ying agreed to cooperate.
• Gu Yuan told his allies to hold back their strength and assigned them to keep Nihility Devouring Flame occupied.

Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan led the Soul Clan and Alliance of Four Clans in repeated assaults on the Ancient Emperor’s cave gate, but it remained unharmed. Soul Heavenly Emperor blamed Gu Yuan’s people and demanded they stop holding back.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor asked Gu Yuan whether the Alliance of Four Clans was ready, and Gu Yuan confirmed that his people were prepared.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan ordered everyone to combine their strength and attack the cave gate, but it only shed dust.
• Zhu Kun said that Dou Saint-level power could not overcome the gate, while Gu Yuan urged Soul Heavenly Emperor to stop trying to break it.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor rejected their concerns and ordered another coordinated assault, but the gate remained motionless.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor accused the Alliance of Four Clans of holding back and told Gu Yuan to make his people contribute fully.

Lu Chuan arrived at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with the final Ancient Jade and proposed using all eight pieces to open it instead of attacking by force. Soul Heavenly Emperor agreed, while the other clans weighed the danger of a new Dou Emperor emerging.

• Zhu Kun accused Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan of holding back their strength to compete for the Cave Mansion's treasures.
• Lu Chuan appeared without a spatial fluctuation, startling Gu Yuan and Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Zhu Kun angrily recognized him from their previous encounter.
• Lu Chuan revealed the Ancient Jade of the Ancient Xiao Clan and said that his piece, Gu Yuan's one, and Soul Heavenly Emperor's six made all eight.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying worried that the Cave Mansion's treasure could let Gu Yuan or Soul Heavenly Emperor become a Dou Emperor and threaten their clans.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor stepped forward and agreed with Lu Chuan's proposal.

Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying decided to hand over the final Ancient Jade and gather the remaining pieces despite the danger. Yan Jin entrusted the jade to Zhu Kun, then asked Soul Heavenly Emperor and Lu Chuan where their Ancient Jades were.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor and the other experts blocked the Alliance of Four Clans, pressuring Gu Yuan to surrender the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan returned the Yan Clan’s Ancient Jade to Yan Jin and let him decide what to do.
• Lei Ying advised gathering the Ancient Jades, and Gu Yuan agreed that resisting the powerful experts would be futile.
• Yan Jin decided to gather the Ancient Jades and tossed his clan’s jade to Zhu Kun to safeguard.
• Yan Jin asked Soul Heavenly Emperor and Lu Chuan to hand over their Ancient Jades, while Soul Heavenly Emperor resented Yan Jin’s move.

Zhu Kun reunited the eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, causing the legendary Tou She Ancient God to appear as an image. The experts faced the image’s overwhelming pressure as Zhu Kun prepared to attack it.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame decided to hand their Ancient Jade to Zhu Kun, and Soul Heavenly Emperor gave him all of his pieces.
• Zhu Kun gathered all eight pieces of Ancient Jade and used his blood essence to activate them.
• The eight pieces fused into a complete Tou She Ancient God Jade and released an ancient aura.
• A phantom of Tou She Ancient God emerged from the jade, and his pressure made most of the gathered experts bow their heads in fear.
• Zhu Kun dismissed the phantom as an image and said he would destroy it, driven by resentment over serving as its tombkeeper for thousands of years.

Zhu Kun activated the Ancient Jade, opening the way to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion as the stone gate emerged from the magma sea. The chapter ended with the gathered clans staring at the gate’s inscription, “Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.”

• Zhu Kun attacked Tou She Ancient God’s phantom, but its power rebounded and sent him flying.
• Lu Chuan warned Zhu Kun against fighting the phantom, while Nihility Devouring Flame explained that the Cave Mansion’s location was hidden in its eyes.
• Gu Yuan and Soul Heavenly Emperor examined the phantom and reflected on how Xiao Xuan might have found the Cave Mansion if he had uncovered its secret.
• Zhu Kun activated the Ancient Jade, causing the space around the stone gate to shake.
• Outside, a huge vortex formed in the magma sea, and eruptions injured members of the Soul Clan and the Alliance of Four Clans.
• An ancient stone gate rose from the magma, revealing the words “Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.”

The Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion opened after Zhu Kun used the Ancient Jade, releasing primordial pressure that scattered both armies. As a Space Tunnel appeared in the gates, Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, Zhu Kun, Lu Chuan, and Nihility Devouring Flame rushed toward it.

• Zhu Kun used the Ancient Jade to make the ancient stone gates begin opening.
• The gates released powerful ripples that threw the armies into disarray as Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Zhu Kun watched.
• Gu Yuan warned that the Cave Mansion held something capable of allowing someone to become a Dou Emperor, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying feared Soul Heavenly Emperor obtaining it.
• The gates opened fully, unleashing a surge that battered the lava sea and scattered nearly everyone except the peak experts.
• A transparent Space Tunnel formed in the gates, and Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, Zhu Kun, Lu Chuan, and Nihility Devouring Flame rushed toward it.

Lu Chuan, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Nihility Devouring Flame entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with the other experts. Nihility Devouring Flame led the groups across the strange land, and they reached an ancient stone hall and its vast plaza.

• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Gu Lie, Hun Shengtian, and the other experts followed the first group through the passage into the cave mansion.
• Lu Chuan, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Nihility Devouring Flame emerged onto a floating landmass where spiritual perception was suppressed.
• Nihility Devouring Flame led the Soul Clan toward the distance, appearing to know the way through the cave mansion.
• Lu Chuan and Zhu Kun followed Nihility Devouring Flame, and Gu Yuan led the Alliance of Four Clans after them.
• After racing across the land for nearly ten minutes, the groups reached an ancient stone hall fronted by an enormous plaza lined with towering pillars.

Gu Yuan and the others crossed the vast plaza inside the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and discovered pillars bearing weakened Heavenly Flames. As they pressed onward, Lu Chuan revealed that the Tou She Ancient God had devoured the flames, while the group encountered increasingly highly ranked Heavenly Flames.

• Gu Yuan spotted a weakened Profound Yellow Flame atop a stone pillar, and the others soon found the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame as well.
• Yan Jin recognized the flames as genuine Heavenly Flames despite their diminished power, while Lu Chuan knew the Tou She Ancient God had devoured them.
• Lu Chuan recalled that the Tou She Ancient God had once been a mutated Heavenly Flame that wandered underground and consumed every flame listed among the twenty-one ranked Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Yuan urged the group to hurry as pillars bearing more Heavenly Flames appeared, including the Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Three Thousand Burning Flames.
• The group reached a pillar bearing the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, ranked sixth, and Gu Yuan marveled at the Tou She Ancient God’s collection.

The groups reached the end of the plaza and found no Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame or Nihility Devouring Flame on the final pillars. After Nihility Devouring Flame cleared the mist, a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God appeared, its overwhelming aura pressing down on everyone.

• Gu Yuan wondered whether the stone pillars held the top three Heavenly Flames as the groups hurried across the plaza.
• The groups reached the plaza's end and saw two pillars without Heavenly Flames, while Nihility Devouring Flame examined one in confusion.
• Gu Yuan suspected the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame had once been collected by Tou She Ancient God and later escaped, and he worried that the Demon Saint and Soul Heavenly Emperor held advantages.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor asked Nihility Devouring Flame where the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill was, and Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed the mist concealing the stone hall.
• A statue of Tou She Ancient God appeared, and its immense pressure made even the strongest figures struggle to stand while weaker cultivators buckled.