Chapter Summaries

Su Yun confronted Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan over the Sword Emperor Inheritance as they prepared two Dou Di formations to seize it. As their powers collided with the awakened Sword Emperor Jade Slip, the Gu Realm faced destruction.

• Su Yun emerged in the Heavenly Tomb ruins, where Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan demanded the Sword Emperor Inheritance.
• Hun Tiandi described the Dragon Phoenix Dou Di's power and revealed that the Soul Clan had prepared the Emperor Slaying Formation using the bloodline power of fifty million Descendant People.
• Su Yun discovered that the fifty million Descendant People's power of wishes had greatly enhanced the Sword Emperor Jade Slip's supreme strike.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan argued that Su Yun should surrender the inheritance, while Su Yun condemned them for greed and Gu Yuan's sacrifice of his daughter.
• Su Yun poured sword intent into the jade slip as Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor Slaying Formation and Gu Yuan drew on the Ancient Emperor Array.
• The Sword Emperor's might, the Emperor Slaying Formation, and the Ancient Emperor Array collided above the Gu Realm, threatening to destroy it.

Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan unleashed their Emperor-level attacks against Su Yun, but Su Yun shattered the Sword Emperor Jade Slip and summoned Dawnlight, a sword art designed to slay Dou Emperors. Dawnlight overwhelmed both attacks and destroyed the entire Gu Realm.

• Hun Tiandi gathered the bloodlines of fifty million Descendant People to form the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, while Gu Yuan burned his life force to unleash the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan sent their attacks toward Su Yun as Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan feared the Sword Emperor's contingency would not be enough to stop them.
• Su Yun shattered the Sword Emperor Jade Slip, summoning a cerulean Sword Light that suppressed the blood blade and made the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame turn against Gu Yuan.
• Su Yun revealed that the sword was Dawnlight, one of the Sword Emperor's Three Ultimate Arts, created to slay Dou Emperors.
• Dawnlight tore through both Emperor-level attacks and struck the Gu Realm, causing the entire realm to explode.

After the Gu Realm was destroyed in the aftermath of the Emperors’ clash, a remnant of Su Yun’s Sword Intent grievously wounded Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi. The Sword Intent then cut open the Dou Qi Continent’s planar barrier, revealing Origin Qi and leaving both men consumed by greed.

• The Gu Realm collapsed, and Gu Yuan called for the clans to be rescued, but the other Imperial Clans fled while a few Gu Clan Saints searched for survivors.
• A remnant of Sword Intent struck Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi after they combined their attacks to stop it, leaving both men severely injured.
• Su Yun watched the immense Sword Intent travel toward the edge of the void and invited Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi to witness what followed.
• The Sword Intent sliced through the Dou Qi Continent’s planar barrier, exposing chaotic mist and Origin Qi.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi abandoned their temporary alliance and became fixated on claiming the Origin Qi, while Su Yun showed a strange smile.

Xiao Ji Bai’s Sword Emperor strike shattered the Gu Realm and tore open the world’s barrier, revealing the Origin Qi needed to become a Dou Di. As the breach closed and the Origin Qi vanished, Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan demanded Xiao Ji Bai reveal another way to obtain it, and he prepared to attack them again.

• The Sword Emperor’s strike destroyed the Gu Realm and opened a breach in the plane barrier, exposing Origin Qi that drew the attention of experts across the continent.
• Tang Ying explained that Xiao Ji Bai had likely unleashed the strike to escape after negotiations in the Gu Realm broke down, while a woman in the Beast Domain rushed toward the Central Plains calling for Brother Xiao.
• Xiao Xuan realized that a lack of Origin Qi had doomed his own attempt to become a Dou Di, and Xiao Yan feared Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan would seize the newly revealed Origin Qi.
• The Plane Force erased the Sword Intent and closed the breach, causing the Origin Qi to disappear despite Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan's attacks.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan demanded that Xiao Ji Bai reveal another way to obtain Origin Qi, and Xiao Ji Bai raised another jade slip and told them to have another shot.

Su Yun used the threat of a second Sword Emperor Jade Slip to keep Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan at bay, then revealed that it truly contained Dou Di aura when Gu Dao attacked. The jade slip’s power froze Gu Dao and renewed hope for the Xiao Clan’s revival.

• Su Yun claimed his teacher could make multiple Sword Emperor Jade Slips, leaving Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan afraid to test whether his second slip was genuine.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan suspected Su Yun’s jade slip was fake, while Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan gradually questioned his bluff.
• Gu Dao returned to the Ancient Realm Ruins and urged Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi to capture Su Yun, then attacked him with a golden hand.
• Su Yun spent Truth Points to inject Dou Di aura into the jade slip, causing it to unleash overwhelming Imperial Might.
• Xiao Yan realized the jade slip was real, Xiao Xuan felt hopeful for the Xiao Clan, and Gu Dao was immobilized by the aura.

Su Yun used the sword intent in his jade slip to force Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan into negotiations over their clans’ past actions against the Northwest Continent. Gu Yuan killed Gu Dao as the price for Su Yun’s departure, leaving the Gu Clan Leader to face the consequences of sacrificing one of his own.

• Su Yun threatened Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Gu Dao with the jade slip’s overwhelming sword intent, and Hun Tiandi warned that the Beast Race would become more dangerous if Su Yun wasted it on them.
• Su Yun asked Gu Yuan to answer for the Gu Clan’s role in the Northwest Continent blockade, and Gu Yuan offered to keep his clan out of Su Yun’s affairs.
• Su Yun rejected Gu Yuan’s offer and demanded that the Gu Clan account for its actions, pointing to Gu Dao as the remaining culprit.
• Gu Yuan agreed to kill Gu Dao, and when Gu Dao fled, Gu Yuan captured him and dragged him back before Su Yun.
• Gu Dao condemned Gu Yuan’s ruthless treatment of his own people, but Gu Yuan killed him with a blast of golden energy that annihilated his soul.

Su Yun took Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan away from the ruined Gu Realm, leaving Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi unable to pursue them because they feared another Sword Emperor Jade Slip. With both clan leaders badly injured, Gu Lie arrived and let the Soul Clan depart; Gu Yuan then faced the loss of his home and planned to recover.

• After Gu Dao turned to ash, Su Yun warned Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi that he might have another Sword Emperor Jade Slip, then opened a Space Passage and left with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan.
• Hun Tiandi mocked Gu Yuan for holding back, but his suppressed Dawnlight Sword Intent injuries erupted, while Gu Yuan also revealed his severe wounds.
• The Four Saints of the Soul Clan, Hun Xuzi, and Gu Jian's group arrived as Gu Lie emerged from seclusion and found the Gu Realm destroyed.
• Hun Xuzi blamed Xiao Ji Bai for the destruction and prepared to leave, while Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to let the Soul Clan go.
• After Hun Tiandi departed for the Soul Realm, Gu Yuan told Gu Lie to take him somewhere to recover, and Gu Lie pointed out that the Gu Realm was gone.

Su Yun parted from Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan after rescuing the Xiao Clan, claiming he needed to strengthen himself to face the Son of the Dragon Phoenix. He left to prepare for refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then arrived above Nether Valley, where his two loved ones remained his greatest weakness.

• Su Yun told Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan that he would leave them to raise his strength before the Son of the Dragon Phoenix emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Xuan offered to accompany Su Yun, but Su Yun persuaded him to protect Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan instead.
• Xiao Yan offered Su Yun the Human Emperor Banner, but Su Yun refused it and urged Xiao Xuan to stay with Xiao Yan.
• Su Yun departed, and Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan set out for the Alchemist Tower to bring the Xiao Clan's children home.
• Su Yun revealed that he planned to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, then arrived above Nether Valley and reflected on his two loved ones as his weak points.

In the ruins of Ancient Saint City, Ling Quan failed to persuade Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang to promote him, and Gu Qingyang warned that Ling Quan had become dangerous. As Ling Quan brooded over his helplessness and hatred of Xiao Ji Bai, a mysterious voice asked whether he craved power.

• Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang surveyed the devastated Gu Clan settlement in Ancient Saint City.
• Ling Quan asked Gu Yao to help him become a squad captain, but Gu Qingyang refused and sent him back to patrol.
• Gu Qingyang told Gu Yao that Ling Quan had become brutal, vicious, erratic, and obsessive, and warned him to keep his distance.
• After being injured during patrol, Ling Quan cursed Gu Qingyang and thought about his hatred of Xiao Ji Bai and desire for revenge.
• A faint voice asked Ling Quan, “Do you crave power?”

Su Yun trapped Ling Quan in a secluded space and gave him a Blood Skull Gu that could restore and strengthen his bloodline by consuming the bloodlines of his clan. After Ling Quan accepted, Su Yun spread the Gu among resentful disciples of the major Imperial Clans and declared the Infernal Path underway.

• Su Yun revealed himself to Ling Quan as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and offered him a Blood Skull Gu to exploit his hatred and regain bloodline power.
• Ling Quan accepted the Gu despite knowing it would put his life under Su Yun’s control, then returned to Ancient Saint City and vowed revenge on Xiao Yan, Gu Xun’er, and Xiao Ji Bai.
• Su Yun recruited a hundred resentful people from the lower ranks of Ancient Saint City and gave them Blood Skull Gu.
• Over the following month, Su Yun traveled to the strongholds of the other Imperial Clans and distributed Blood Skull Gu to their disciples.
• Su Yun stood in a wilderness, anticipated suspicion and conflict among the Gu’s recipients, and declared that the Infernal Path had begun.

Su Yun chose the Sword Emperor Ruins as a hiding place to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and returned there to deal with Hun Miesheng. He made the Sword Emperor Stone Statue appear to awaken, and Hun Miesheng heard it demand that he answer for his sins.

• Su Yun decided that the Sword Emperor Ruins, which he had created as a colossal lie, would be the safest place to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Su Yun entered the Black Corner Region and found the ruins guarded by a legend that a demon erased anyone who trespassed.
• Su Yun saw the remains outside the ruins and praised Hun Miesheng for diligently guarding the tomb.
• Hun Miesheng knelt before the Sword Emperor Stone Statue and recounted the people and beasts he had killed while atoning.
• Su Yun caused the statue to glow and speak, and Hun Miesheng fell prostrate as it asked whether he knew his sin.

The Sword Emperor told Hun Miesheng that a new Dragon Phoenix threatened humanity and released him from the Ancient Ruins on the condition that he serve humanity. Hun Miesheng agreed to have a Soul Guiding Jade implanted in his soul, and the chapter ended as it pierced into his mind.

• Hun Miesheng begged the Sword Emperor for forgiveness, and the Sword Emperor acknowledged his years of guarding the Ancient Ruins.
• The Sword Emperor explained that a new Dragon Phoenix was about to be born and revealed that the Dragon Phoenix Dou Di's awakened son had obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Hun Miesheng condemned the Sword Emperor's successor for failing to stop the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• The Sword Emperor agreed to let Hun Miesheng leave and serve humanity, but warned that he would die if he acted with evil intent.
• Hun Miesheng accepted the Soul Guiding Jade, and the Sword Emperor sent it stabbing into his mind.

Su Yun enslaved Hun Miesheng with the Soul Guiding Jade and sent him to infiltrate the Soul Clan. In the Tomb Inscription Chamber, Su Yun began refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and absorbed its first wisp of energy, setting his bloodlines ablaze.

• The Soul Guiding Jade overwhelmed Hun Miesheng and merged with his soul, leaving him obedient to Su Yun.
• Su Yun ordered Hun Miesheng to return to the Soul Clan, conceal his identity, and await further orders.
• Su Yun reflected on Hun Tiandi's schemes and decided Hun Miesheng would be a valuable spy against the Soul Clan.
• Su Yun unleashed his Nether Poison Flame and prepared the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for refinement inside a sealed Spatial Barrier.
• Su Yun drew the first wisp of purple energy from the fruit into his body, causing his bloodlines to boil over.

After three years in seclusion, Xiao Yan broke through to the Dou Saint realm at the Alchemist Tower, bringing hope to the Zhongzhou Alliance as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix threatened the Central Plains. He reunited with his teacher and allies, then asked Xiao Yi Xian where Su Yun was, learning that Su Yun had been traveling the continent for some time.

• Old Yao and Xiao Xuan discussed the growing threat of the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and waited for Xiao Yan to finish refining the Bodhi Heart.
• Xiao Yan's breakthrough released Saintly might across the Pill Region, drawing experts to the Alchemist Tower to congratulate Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Saint and thanked Old Yao and Xiao Xuan for their support.
• The Two Immortals of Qinghua reminded Xiao Yan of his promise to lead the Flower Sect, and he affirmed that he would keep it.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Yi Xian and asked where Su Yun was, and she said her teacher had been traveling across the continent for quite some time.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a second Human Emperor Banner to deliver to Su, then asked about the Imperial Clans’ recent movements. In the New Ancient Realm, Gu Jian defeated Gu Lie and was appointed to manage the realm while Gu Yuan recovered from his injuries.

• Xiao Yan explained that the banner was intended as compensation for Su after their failed search for treasure in the Sword Emperor Ruins, and Xiao Yi Xian accepted it.
• Divine Farmer and Pill Tower's Old Ancestor congratulated Xiao Yan on reaching the Dou Saint realm, and Xiao Yan asked whether the Imperial Clans had made any moves.
• Gu Jian fought Gu Lie in the damaged Small World that had risen from the Gu Realm ruins, and Gu Lie conceded when Gu Jian unleashed Sword Art—Star Annihilation.
• Gu Yuan summoned Gu Jian and Gu Lie, then entrusted the New Ancient Realm to Gu Jian’s management with Gu Lie assisting him as he recovered from his injuries.
• Gu Jian accepted the appointment without seeing the coldness in Gu Yuan’s eyes.

Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan elders assessed their weakened defenses and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s schemes as they struggled to protect the clan. They resolved to remain vigilant until Gu Yuan recovered, while a bewitching aura began awakening in the Sword Emperor Ruins.

• Gu Jian defeated Gu Lie with Star Annihilation Sword Art, and Gu Lie accepted that his authority had been taken from him.
• Gu Yuan said the sword intent in his body still crippled his strength, while Gu Ming explained that no Ninth-grade Golden Pill alchemist could cure him.
• Gu Lie warned that the Gu Clan had lost its Small World and could not restore the Ancient Emperor Array, leaving the New Ancient Realm poorly protected.
• Gu Ming revealed that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had spread an evil art that let false ancestral-return geniuses devour their clansmen’s bloodlines, while Blood Skull Gu agents remained hidden among the clans.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan to stay alert until his injuries healed, and a bewitching aura began awakening in the Sword Emperor Ruins of the Northwest Continent.

Su Yun emerged from seclusion after attaining the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, unleashing a cataclysmic surge of energy across the Northwest Continent. He returned to the Beast Domain and announced himself to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as their emperor.

• The purple crystal egg absorbed the energy around the Sword Emperor Ruins and erupted, sending a massive beam into the sky and shaking the Northwest Continent.
• Su Yun emerged from the ruins with the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, tested his immense power, and vowed to bring about the end of the Ancient Emperor Clans.
• In the Beast Domain, the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and Feng Qing'er discussed Beast Race clans willing to submit and agreed to await the Phoenix Emperor's decision.
• Su Yun appeared through a Space Rift before the group and declared that their emperor had returned.

Su Yun revealed that he had refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and become a Dragon-Phoenix Physique, then led Feng Qing'er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes to the Wutong Phoenix Nest to reclaim his followers. When six Dou Saints from the Imperial Clans tried to flee after sensing his power, Su Yun raised his hand to attack them.

• Phoenix sensed Su Yun's overwhelming aura, and he confirmed that he had transformed into a Dragon-Phoenix Physique.
• Feng Qing'er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes hailed Su Yun, who ordered them to set out for the Wutong Phoenix Nest.
• Gu Nan Hai and five other Dou Saints waited in hiding near the desolate Wutong Phoenix Nest, discussing the threat posed by the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Su Yun arrived at the nest through a Space Rift with Feng Qing'er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes behind him.
• Gu Nan Hai recognized Su Yun and ordered the six Dou Saints to flee, but Su Yun gathered spiritual energy and raised his hand against them.

Su Yun trapped the Six Clans' Dou Sheng inside a spatial lockdown and effortlessly crushed their attacks, revealing the overwhelming power of his Dragon-Phoenix Physique. He spared the Gu Clan elder to carry news of his return across the Dou Qi Continent and spread fear.

• Su Yun locked down the space around Wutong Phoenix Nest, shattering the Six Clans' escape passages and forcing their Dou Sheng elders out of the void.
• Feng Qing'er praised Su Yun's Dragon-Phoenix Physique as the Lightning Clan elder attacked him with a massive thunder dragon.
• Su Yun crushed the thunder dragon with his Dragon Phoenix hand, leaving the Six Clans' Dou Sheng terrified.
• Su Yun silently killed the elders from five clans and blasted off Gu Nan Hai's left arm and right leg.
• Su Yun refused to kill Gu Nan Hai and ordered him to report Su Yun's return to the Gu Clan and spread the news across the continent.

Su Yun declared himself invincible after defeating Gu Nan Hai, who fled to report the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s return to the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan ordered the clan to alert the other Imperial Clans and seek help from the Alchemist Tower, as unrest began to spread across the continent.

• Su Yun proclaimed that he was invincible across the continent, and Gu Nan Hai fled after being severely wounded.
• Gu Nan Hai reported to Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan elders that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had killed the Five-clan Dou Sheng and reached peak six-star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Gu Lie warned that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix would likely target the Gu Clan because of its past actions against him and urged caution.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan to notify the other Imperial Clans and send someone to the Alchemist Tower for help.
• Gu Jian sent a Soul Message, while Gu Ming departed to contact Pill Tower's Old Ancestor and Divine Farmer, and news spread across the continent.