Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and Lu Chuan visited Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and sought a way to revive him, but he said he knew of no method. Xiao Xuan explained that the Soul Clan sought the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, whose creation required Origin Emperor Qi.

• Xiao Yu paid respects to Xiao Xuan, who praised her and Lu Chuan for their progress.
• Xiao Yu recounted their recent experiences, and Xiao Xuan approved of Lu Chuan’s Heavenly Flames taken from the Yao Clan and Yan Clan.
• Xiao Yu asked how Xiao Xuan could be revived, but he said he was only a remnant soul and believed revival might require a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan warned that the Soul Clan could use the Tou She Ancient God Jade to locate and open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Lu Chuan suggested the missing ingredient for reaching Dou Emperor might be Origin Emperor Qi, and Xiao Xuan revealed that the cave held an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill sought by Soul Heavenly Emperor.

Lu Chuan and the others tried to capture the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but it proved powerful enough to fight all five opponents at once. The battle continued in the sky as the Soul Clan and the Alliance of Four Clans waited to see who would gain the upper hand.

• Lu Chuan told the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill that its memories had been erased, and it suspected the Tou She Ancient God was responsible.
• Nihility Devouring Flame called for an attack, and Soul Heavenly Emperor struck first, but the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill cut apart his energy attack with a finger.
• Gu Yuan proposed that he, Zhu Kun, and Lu Chuan temporarily join forces with Soul Heavenly Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame to subdue the pill.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lu Chuan, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Nihility Devouring Flame fought the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill while Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the others kept the Soul Clan at bay.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill held its own against all five, while their conflicting motives and interference made the battle increasingly chaotic.

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill overwhelmed the five Nine-Star Dou Shengs with his Emperor Pill Palm, forcing them to combine their defenses. The attack sent all five crashing into the plain, leaving their condition uncertain.

• Yan Jin and Lei Ying warned everyone not to breathe in the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill’s fragrance as it stirred their Dou Qi.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill unleashed Emperor Pill Palm, igniting the sky and gathering its flames into a dazzling orb.
• Gu Yuan, Lu Chuan, Zhu Kun, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Nihility Devouring Flame joined forces to defend against the orb.
• The orb shattered their defenses and hurled all five from the sky into the plain, carving deep fissures into the ground.

Nihility Devouring Flame used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to unleash the Pill Transformation Ring and restrain the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. As the pill began to shrink, Gu Yuan rushed toward Nihility Devouring Flame at the crucial moment.

• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill declared that the five experts were still too weak to refine it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame asked Zhu Kun for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Zhu Kun handed it over after consulting Lu Chuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame used Black Flame and strange hand seals to transform the Ancient Jade into the Pill Transformation Ring.
• The Pill Transformation Ring surrounded the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, making it scream and begin to shrink.
• Gu Yuan rushed toward Nihility Devouring Flame as the struggle reached its crucial moment.

Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun attacked Soul Heavenly Emperor while Nihility Devouring Flame captured the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill in the Pill Transformation Ring. Lu Chuan seized the ring from Soul Heavenly Emperor, leaving Soul Heavenly Emperor furious and demanding the Nascent Pill back.

• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun charged Nihility Devouring Flame, but Soul Heavenly Emperor blocked them by detonating four Nine-Rank Treasure Pills.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun attacked Soul Heavenly Emperor together, and Zhu Kun wounded him with a devastating dragon strike.
• Nihility Devouring Flame drew the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into the Pill Transformation Ring and summoned the ring to himself.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor tried to seize the ring, but Lu Chuan knocked his hand aside and took it.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor demanded that Lu Chuan return the Nascent Pill.

Lu Chuan fought Soul Heavenly Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame over the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill while Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun held back. The chapter revealed that Zhu Kun was allied with Lu Chuan, leaving Soul Heavenly Emperor with little chance of claiming the pill.

• Lu Chuan mocked Soul Heavenly Emperor and warned that he had no chance of competing for the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor tried to persuade Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to join forces against Lu Chuan, but neither moved.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Lu Chuan together, and the three fought fiercely.
• Gu Yuan secretly offered Zhu Kun a reward if his clan could obtain the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Zhu Kun rejected Gu Yuan's offer and revealed that he was allied with Lu Chuan, declaring that anyone who challenged Lu Chuan would die.

Gu Yuan concluded that Lu Chuan would not threaten the Ancient Clans if he became a Dou Emperor, so he and the Alliance of Four Clans chose to help Lu Chuan rather than compete for the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. Gu Yuan’s intervention left Soul Heavenly Emperor badly injured and turned the battle toward the Soul Clan’s destruction.

• Gu Yuan told Yan Jin and Lei Ying that Zhu Kun’s presence suggested he and Lu Chuan were allies, leaving the Alliance of Four Clans little chance to claim the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Gu Yuan argued that Lu Chuan would not exterminate the Ancient Clans as Soul Heavenly Emperor would, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying agreed to support Lu Chuan.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying agreed to congratulate Zhu Kun and Lu Chuan on obtaining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Gu Yuan ambushed Nihility Devouring Flame, breaking apart the black flame covering his body, while Lu Chuan struck Soul Heavenly Emperor and blasted him into the ground.
• Gu Yuan declared that he no longer coveted the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and would lead the Alliance of Four Clans to wipe out the Soul Clan.

Lu Chuan pursued Nihility Devouring Flame while Gu Yuan attacked Soul Heavenly Emperor, leaving the Soul Clan at a severe disadvantage against the Alliance of Four Clans. Soul Heavenly Emperor opened a rift and ordered his forces to retreat to the Soul Realm.

• Lu Chuan said Gu Yuan could settle his grudge with Soul Heavenly Emperor, while he would take Nihility Devouring Flame for his own use.
• Gu Yuan attacked Soul Heavenly Emperor, and the Soul Clan elders and the Alliance of Four Clans began fighting.
• Lu Chuan pursued Nihility Devouring Flame, who fled from the battlefield, weakening the Soul Clan forces.
• Hun Shengtian and another Soul Clan fighter struggled to hold back Lei Ying and Yan Jin as Gu Lie struck the Soul Clan army.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor tore open a wide space crack and ordered the Soul Clan experts to withdraw to the Soul Realm.

Soul Heavenly Emperor escaped the Alliance of Four Clans with the Soul Clan after suffering severe injuries. Gu Yuan’s forces found that the Soul Realm had been concealed and its tunnels destroyed, leaving them unable to pursue the clan for now.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Alliance of Four Clans to attack, while Soul Heavenly Emperor held them back and ushered the Soul Clan experts through a space crack.
• Hun Shengtian and the other Soul Clan experts retreated, and Soul Heavenly Emperor entered the crack after being badly wounded by the allied attacks.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying discussed invading the Soul Realm, but Gu Yuan suspected Soul Heavenly Emperor had prepared to hide it.
• Zhu Kun stayed behind to take the Exotic Flame Plaza and its stone statues from the Ancient Emperor Space.
• Gu Yuan’s forces discovered that the Soul Realm’s Space Tunnels had been destroyed and its space concealed, preventing them from pursuing the Soul Clan.

Lu Chuan absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame into his Natal Divine Fire, greatly increasing its strength and bringing him closer to Dou Emperor. He left Zhu Kun convinced that Lu Chuan’s power could rival a Dou Emperor’s, while the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance remained unnecessary to him.

• Lu Chuan told Zhu Kun that the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance was inside the tower, and Zhu Kun explained that the statue held the Emperor Origin and a method to become Emperor.
• Lu Chuan enveloped Nihility Devouring Flame with his Natal Divine Fire and began devouring it.
• After half a day, the Natal Divine Fire had consumed more than half of Nihility Devouring Flame, and a day later it had absorbed all of its fire origin.
• Lu Chuan’s Natal Divine Fire became a Flame Lion with late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint strength, astonishing Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun congratulated Lu Chuan, who said Zhu Kun could become a Dou Emperor once source qi returned to Battle Qi Continent.

After refining the Nihility Devouring Flame, Lu Chuan brought Zhu Kun back to the Demon Realm, where Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and met his grandson. Lu Chuan then began gathering energy to strengthen the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into a true Emperor Grade Pill without harming people.

• Lu Chuan’s refinement of the Nihility Devouring Flame melted the land around the Black Corner Region into magma.
• Lu Chuan opened a Space Gate and took Zhu Kun back to the Demon Realm to see Zi Yan.
• Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, Cao Ying, Zi Yan, and the other women welcomed Lu Chuan, while Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan introduced her child to Zhu Kun, who was delighted to meet his grandson.
• Lu Chuan began preparing to supply the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill with energy from rare treasures rather than sacrificing people.