Chapter Summaries

Hun Cang absorbed two Fire Spirits and assessed the limits on his path toward Dou Emperor, then tested the Cang Alliance’s nearly completed defensive formation. The formation withstood his attack, reassuring the alliance as war approached.

• Hun Cang gave Xiao Yan two Heavenly Flames to absorb for the battles ahead.
• Hun Cang devoured two Fire Spirits and reached the peak of late Seven-star Dou Sheng, concluding that the Dou Qi world’s rules suppressed his strength and that Dou Emperor required Origin Emperor Qi.
• Hun Cang met Yao Tian Huo, learned that the Cang Alliance’s formation was nearly complete, and agreed to test it.
• Yao Tian Huo and the alliance members activated the formation while Hun Cang struck it with the Five-Wheel Lihuo Array.
• The formation held against Hun Cang’s attack, and Yao Tian Huo joked that his Five-Wheel Divine Flame Method was powerful before the others teased him.

Hun Cang strengthened the Cang Alliance’s defenses and prepared for a possible confrontation with Hun Tiandi while waiting for Gu Yuan’s response. After the Ancient Clan agreed to his proposal, Hun Cang headed toward Jia Nan Academy to discuss the plan and seek help from the old Dragon King.

• Hun Cang inspected the completed formation with Yao Tian Huo, then spent time with Hun Linhua and his children before giving Medusa a Ninth-grade Profound Pill to strengthen her for the coming crisis.
• Medusa announced that she would enter seclusion to pursue a breakthrough and left the Cang Alliance’s affairs to others.
• The Pill Pagoda Ancestor told Hun Cang that the Hun Clan’s strengthened defenses had made attacks on Soul Hall costly, so Hun Cang put the sabotage plan on hold.
• Gu Yuan informed Hun Cang that the Ancient Clan had unanimously agreed his proposal was feasible, and the two sides arranged to discuss its details.
• Hun Cang set out for the Ancient Clan but changed course toward Jia Nan Academy to speak with the old Dragon King, and he summoned Zi Yan to join him.

During Jia Nan Academy’s anniversary celebration, Black Skeleton confronted Xiao Yu and demanded that the Cang Alliance yield, then revealed a Dou Saint backing him. The stranger attacked Elders Bai and Qian, and as Xiao Yu demanded to know why he targeted the alliance, an unseen voice identified him as a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Xiao Yu told Lin Fang to tighten recruitment and discipline in the Cang Alliance as its campaign to control the Black Corner Region drew criticism.
• Black Skeleton arrived at Jia Nan Academy with a hostile force and demanded justice from the Cang Alliance.
• Xiao Yu refused to negotiate, declaring that the Cang Alliance would impose its rules across the Black Corner Region.
• Black Skeleton summoned a hidden Dou Saint, who demanded that Jia Nan Academy hand over every Cang Alliance member.
• The Dou Saint shattered Elders Bai and Qian’s joint defense and attacked them, while Xiao Yu demanded to know why he targeted the Cang Alliance.
• An unseen speaker challenged the Dou Saint and called him a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Hun Cang returned to Jia Nan Academy, rescued Xiao Yu, and eliminated the attackers before telling the academy’s headmaster that a major battle with the Hun Clan would soon make the Black Corner Region unsafe. The headmaster agreed to relocate the academy, while Hun Cang left the reason for the region’s importance unexplained.

• Hun Cang blocked Black Skeleton’s attack on Xiao Yu, and Lord Yu fled at the sight of him before a giant dragon killed him.
• Hun Cang used a flash of fire to eliminate Black Skeleton and his followers, then reunited with Xiao Yu and Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Cang told Su Qian that the entire Black Corner Region needed to be evacuated because a great battle involving at least ten people stronger than him would soon take place there.
• Hun Cang revealed to the headmaster and elders that he had allied with the Ancient, Lei, and Yao Clans to fight the Hun Clan in the Black Corner Region.
• The headmaster trusted Hun Cang and ordered the academy to prepare to relocate within the next few days, then looked toward the depths beneath the ground.

Hun Cang reunited with Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu and met their two children before taking Zi Yan beneath Jia Nan Academy to investigate the Ancient Void Dragon he had sensed. They entered a hidden space attributed to Tou She Ancient God and found a colossal stone gate, leaving Zi Yan convinced they had reached his cave mansion.

• Hun Cang sensed a bloodline resonance and reunited with Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and their two children, then spent the day with them.
• Hun Cang asked Zi Yan to keep the children secret from Medusa until the war ended, and explained that he had sensed an Ancient Void Dragon beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Cang and Zi Yan descended through the lava, passed the lizardmen, and entered a hidden space that Hun Cang identified as created by Tou She Ancient God.
• Hun Cang led Zi Yan through the vast darkness until they saw a stone gate tens of thousands of zhang tall, and Zi Yan believed they had found Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Hun Cang and Zi Yan found the Ancient Emperor's Cave and discovered Zhu Kun, the Old Dragon Emperor, imprisoned inside. After Zhu Kun revealed that Zi Yan was his daughter and threatened Hun Cang over their closeness, Zi Yan defended Hun Cang, and Hun Cang urged her to hear Zhu Kun out because he needed the dragon's help.

• Hun Cang lit a fire that revealed a colossal Ancient Void Dragon in the darkness, and Zi Yan felt a strange pull from her bloodline.
• The dragon recognized Zi Yan as his child, but she rejected him, saying she had grown up alone without parents.
• The Old Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, ordered Hun Cang to release Zi Yan's hand, and Zi Yan refused, claiming Hun Cang was the father of her child.
• Zhu Kun attacked Hun Cang, but Zi Yan stepped in and the attack vanished when she threatened to take the blow herself.
• Zhu Kun explained that he had not abandoned Zi Yan on purpose, and Hun Cang asked her to hear him out because he needed Zhu Kun's help.
• Zi Yan agreed to speak with Zhu Kun, who softened toward Hun Cang while remaining wary of him.

Hun Cang secured Zhu Kun’s promise to help deal with Hun Tiandi once the Ancient Emperor’s Cave was unsealed, then agreed to help Jia Nan Academy relocate to the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion early and told Gu Yuan he trusted Hun Cang’s plan, which relied on Xiao Yan following the path of Tou She Ancient God.

• Hun Cang told Zhu Kun that the cave would soon be unsealed and asked him to help fight Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun agreed.
• Zi Yan left to return to her clan, while Su Qian told Hun Cang that Jia Nan Academy planned to relocate to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hun Cang and Mang Tianchi agreed to establish a spatial passageway and Hun Cang sent a message to Xiao Yan to open another passage toward the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion and told Gu Yuan that they could gang up on Hun Tiandi rather than face him alone.
• Xiao Xuan recalled Hun Cang’s claim that Tou She Ancient God had become an emperor as a flame and that Xiao Yan followed the same path, then said he trusted Hun Cang.

Hun Tiandi learned that the Ancient, Lei, and Yao clans were heading to the Black Corner Region to seek Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, while a message from Hun Cang caused Nihility Devouring Flame to lose control. The chapter ended with Nihility Devouring Flame recovering and confirming that Hun Cang's claims were true.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame used the seven Ancient Jades to form five incomplete maps pointing toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, and Hun Tiandi sent guards to search for matching locations.
• A messenger told Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Clan was taking its Ancient Jade to the Cave Mansion, prompting Hun Tiandi to realize Hun Cang was involved.
• The messenger relayed rumors that Tou She Ancient God became an Emperor by devouring flames and that Hun Cang had asked Nihility Devouring Flame about the Emperor Pill prototype and his promise to it.
• Nihility Devouring Flame erupted into uncontrollable black flames, so Hun Tiandi raised a spatial barrier and cleared the hall.
• Hun Yuantian reported that the Ancient, Lei, and Yao clans, along with other powers, were heading toward the Black Corner Region; Hun Tiandi chose to wait because his clan held all seven Ancient Jades.
• Nihility Devouring Flame regained his composure and declared that Hun Cang's words were true and that he remembered everything.

Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that Tou She Ancient God was the first Heavenly Flame, who became a Dou Emperor by gathering the power of the other Heavenly Flames. Fearing that Hun Cang might open the Ancient Emperor's Cave, Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to the Black Corner Region, where Hun Cang and the allied clans uncovered a hidden spatial barrier.

• Nihility Devouring Flame restored his erased memories and explained how Tou She Ancient God became a Dou Emperor and imprisoned the Heavenly Flames in his cave.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan elders suspected Hun Cang had received Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and might know how to open the cave.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to gather its forces and depart for the Black Corner Region, then told Hun Xuzi and Hun Yuansheng to stay behind.
• Hun Cang led Gu Yuan, the other clan chiefs, Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, and the Pill Pagoda elders to the former site of Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Yuan and the others attacked the ground beneath the academy, displacing magma and revealing a hidden spatial barrier.

Hun Cang drew the clans into Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and pretended he could use the Ancient Jade to control its formations. Hun Tiandi arrived with all eight pieces of Ancient Jade and began activating them, but froze when he saw Hun Cang smiling.

• Hun Cang brought the hidden cave mansion into view, and Xiao Yan and the other factions entered while the clan leaders hesitated before following.
• The group found the enormous stone gate, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame said it felt familiar to the cave mansion.
• Gu Yuan handed Hun Cang his Ancient Jade fragment, and Hun Cang claimed he had inherited part of Tou She Ancient God's legacy and could control the cave mansion's formations.
• Hun Cang tossed the Ancient Jade into the air and began forming a seal, but Hun Tiandi intercepted it and joined it with the other seven fragments.
• Hun Tiandi activated the complete Ancient Jade and threatened the gathered factions, then froze when he saw Hun Cang smiling.

Hun Cang revealed that he had deceived Hun Tiandi into bringing the Tou She Ancient God Jade to the cave, and the Ancient Emperor's Cave opened. Hun Tiandi turned his fury on Hun Cang and vowed to keep the cave's opportunities from him.

• Hun Tiandi repelled Gu Yuan's attacks while the clans and Xiao Yan fought the Hun Clan and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Ancient Jade activated the stone gate, and the Ancient Emperor's Cave began to open.
• Hun Tiandi threatened to use the cave's formations to kill his enemies, but Hun Cang revealed that the formations had been a lie to lure him there with the Ancient Jade.
• Hun Cang explained that the Tou She Ancient God Jade alone could open the cave and hinted that Nihility Devouring Flame had helped him learn of Hun Tiandi's plans.
• Gu Yuan realized Hun Cang had deceived both sides to make the confrontation happen, while Hun Tiandi understood that Hun Cang had outmaneuvered him.
• Hun Tiandi erupted in anger and swore that Hun Cang would never obtain the opportunities inside the cave.

Hun Cang and the other clans fought to stop Hun Tiandi's forces from entering the Ancient Emperor's Cave. Xiao Yan escaped the Gate of Silence by destroying it with his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, while Hun Tiandi's power continued to rise as he prepared to fight desperately.

• Hun Cang revealed his confidence and ordered the Hun Clan to be stopped as Hun Tiandi sent his members charging toward the cave.
• Hun Cang unleashed the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and Xiao Yan activated his Flame Emperor Dharma Form and Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Hun Yuantian, Hun Shengtian, and another Hun Clan elder fused three Gates of Silence and swallowed Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan blasted apart the Gate of Silence with his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and emerged from the black mist.
• The other factions joined the fight against the Hun Clan, while Hun Tiandi's aura surged and Gu Yuan grew wary of his desperate power-up.

Xiao Xuan returned to confront Hun Tiandi, while Hun Cang faced Nihility Devouring Flame as the great battle erupted. Nihility Devouring Flame fled to Hun Tiandi and joined his power, shifting the clash against Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan as Hun Tiandi turned his attention to Xiao Xuan.

• Hun Tiandi activated a secret technique, and Hun Cang revealed that Xiao Xuan had returned to settle their old grudge.
• Xiao Xuan raised his strength to Nine-star Dou Sheng and joined Gu Yuan in fighting Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Cang took on Nihility Devouring Flame, who fled from him and headed toward Hun Tiandi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame joined his power with Hun Tiandi's, allowing Hun Tiandi to break through Gu Yuan's defenses and send him flying.
• Hun Tiandi turned on Xiao Xuan and threatened to kill him again.

Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Hun Cang fought Hun Tiandi, whose strength surged after he used a Secret Technique. Hun Cang weakened him with a strange seal, but a mysterious powerhouse emerged from beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave and asked him to identify Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Xuan burned his bloodline and soul to attack Hun Tiandi, who used the Heaven Swallowing Mirror to swallow the attacks and severely injure two Ancient Clan elders.
• Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi while Hun Cang struck him with a seal that weakened his aura.
• Hun Tiandi tore the Nihility Devouring Flame from his body, then charged at Hun Cang and tried to restrain him with Emperor Realm Soul Power.
• Hun Cang broke free with his own Emperor Realm soul and warned Hun Tiandi that he would lose his chance to become an Emperor if he continued.
• A mysterious figure emerged from beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave and asked Hun Cang to point out Hun Tiandi.

Hun Cang helped corner Hun Tiandi with Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan, then exposed Nihility Devouring Flame’s attempt to distract him with a threat to his family. After revealing that he knew Tou She Ancient God’s Pill Transformation Divine Art through an inheritance from Di Yan, Hun Cang left Nihility Devouring Flame trapped in flames.

• Zhu Kun attacked Hun Tiandi, then reluctantly allowed Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan to join the fight after Hun Cang and Zi Yan approached.
• Hun Cang pursued Nihility Devouring Flame while Hun Tiandi fought Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that Hun Yuansheng and Hun Xuzi had gone to the Jia Ma Empire to threaten Hun Cang’s family, but Hun Cang remained unconcerned.
• A Hun Clan elder announced that Hun Xuzi and Hun Yuansheng’s soul jade slips had shattered, and Hun Tiandi was struck by a golden seal while distracted.
• Hun Cang trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in flames and rejected his offer to help with the intelligent Emperor Pill, revealing that he knew the Pill Transformation Divine Art from an inheritance by Di Yan.

Hun Cang defeated Nihility Devouring Flame and forced Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan to retreat, leaving the Ancient Emperor's Cave open. He planned to keep Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and announced that he would give it to Xiao Yan.

• Nihility Devouring Flame ignited the Hun Clan's bloodlines, but vanished before his attack could affect Hun Cang, and Hun Tiandi's elders helped him retreat.
• Hun Cang dismissed the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and let the Hun Clan escape rather than risk provoking their remaining hidden powers.
• Hun Cang reclaimed the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire from Hun Feng as the Hun Clan withdrew.
• Hun Cang told Xiao Yan to fetch Xun Er, then took the Ancient Jade from Xiao Xuan and revealed that he intended to give the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun were stunned by Hun Cang's decision to give Xiao Yan the chance to become an Emperor.

Hun Cang convinced Gu Yuan that Xiao Yan was the best candidate for the Emperor Pill by explaining Xiao Yan’s connection to Tou She Ancient God. He then extracted Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and prepared Heavenly Flames for Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan refused the offer to become an Emperor.

• Gu Yuan questioned Hun Cang’s decision to give the Emperor Pill to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xuan explained Xiao Yan’s cultivation technique and ties to Tou She Ancient God, with Zhu Kun confirming the account.
• Gu Yuan accepted that Xiao Yan offered a better chance of becoming an Emperor and welcomed him as family when he arrived with Xun Er.
• Hun Cang asked Xun Er’s permission to take her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and she agreed for Xiao Yan’s sake.
• Hun Cang removed the imprints from the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, extracted Xun Er’s flame, and gave the Heavenly Flames to Xiao Yan to devour.
• Hun Cang announced that he would give Xiao Yan the Emperor Pill and help him become an Emperor, but Xiao Yan refused and said Hun Cang deserved it.
• Hun Cang insisted that Xiao Yan accept, intending to use the half-finished Emperor Pill with his system to obtain a complete one.

Hun Cang led the group into the Ancient Emperor's Cave to claim the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, while Xiao Yan stayed behind to absorb the Heavenly Flames. The Emperor Pill revealed himself as a figure resembling the Tou She Ancient God, and Hun Cang launched a joint attack that left the pill battling the assembled experts.

• Hun Cang comforted Xiao Yan, then told him to absorb the Heavenly Flames while Xiao Chen guarded him.
• Hun Cang entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave with Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and the other clan leaders, and privately urged his allies to let others try to seize the Emperor Pill.
• Hun Cang dispersed the mist above the statue, revealing a plain-robed figure who looked exactly like the Tou She Ancient God statue.
• Hun Cang explained that the figure was the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and the pill attacked him after accusing him of insulting the Emperor.
• Hun Cang and his allies charged the Emperor Pill, and Lei Ying and others joined them before the pill's overwhelming aura drove weaker fighters back.
• Hun Cang warned the group not to breathe in the pill fragrance as the Emperor Pill focused on him and unleashed the Emperor Pill Palm.

Hun Cang subdued the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, then gave it to Xiao Yan to help him inherit the Tou She Ancient God's legacy. After Hun Cang broke through to the Dou Emperor realm, Medusa discovered that Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei’s children were his and attacked him.

• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill unleashed the Emperor Pill Palm, but Hun Cang used the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the Pill Transformation Divine Art to capture it.
• Hun Cang and Zi Yan stayed together in the Ancient Emperor's Cave, where she hinted at her interest in him.
• Hun Cang gave the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to Xiao Yan and sent him into the Ancient Emperor Statue to accept the Tou She Ancient God's inheritance.
• After the Hun Clan retreated and Hun Cang entered seclusion, his children attended an academy in the Jia Ma Empire alongside children of Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Hun Cang broke through to the Dou Emperor realm, and the surging auras of Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei’s children revealed their blood ties to him.
• Medusa confronted Hun Cang and charged at him after realizing he had fathered children with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.