Chapter Summaries

Three months after the Beast Race conquered Dragon Island, Su Yun remained in seclusion while Phoenix and the others waited for his orders. Inside the cave, he gave an Ice Coffin the aura of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and finalized a scheme to exploit Gu Yuan, leaving his plan to destroy the Gu Clan and seize greater power ready to begin.

• Phoenix, Kun Huang, and Eagle Phoenix visited Feng Qing'er and learned that Su Yun had not emerged from seclusion, then left without daring to act against the human race on their own.
• Su Yun revealed that he had reached Six-star Dou Sheng and planned to use Gu Yuan before killing him.
• Su Yun used 200000 Truth Points to attach the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's aura to the Ice Coffin containing a handsome, demonic-looking corpse.
• Su Yun planned to lead the Beast Race army against the Gu Clan and lure Gu Yuan into a fabricated Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Tomb.
• Su Yun intended to trick Gu Yuan into preparing a method to revive the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, then use the power Gu Yuan assembled to kill him.

Su Yun returned to the Central Plains, gave Xiao Yi Xian a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and learned that the Gu Clan had made a major move involving Gu Xun'er. He left the map in Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa's care and anticipated Xiao Yan would intervene.

• Su Yun concealed his presence as he left Dragon Island, intending to use the Beast Race against the Imperial Clans before discarding it.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa worried that Su Yun had been gone for too long until he appeared and explained that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had emerged.
• Su Yun handed Xiao Yi Xian a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and told her to give it to whoever came asking for it.
• Medusa tested Su Yun with a sudden attack, but he caught her wrist and teased her before saying he had to leave again.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that the Gu Clan had made a major move involving Gu Xun'er, and Su Yun said Xiao Yan would not stand aside.

Xiao Yan learned that Xun'er was engaged to Lei Dong and would marry him in the Thunder Realm, but Xiao Xuan and Old Yao urged him to face her and act on his feelings. Xiao Yan overcame his hesitation and asked Xiao Xuan to lend him strength, preparing to disrupt the wedding.

• Su Yun warned Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to stay out of the Imperial Clans’ affairs, then left to handle his own business.
• Xiao Yan drank alone in the Flower Sect, grieving after learning Xun'er would marry Lei Dong in the Thunder Realm a month later.
• Xiao Xuan and Old Yao confronted Xiao Yan and urged him to go to Xun'er rather than hide from the truth.
• Xiao Xuan slapped Xiao Yan and defended the importance of loyalty and affection over protecting the Xiao Clan at any cost.
• Xiao Yan cast off his hesitation, unleashed his suppressed Dou Qi, and asked Xiao Xuan to lend him strength.

Su Yun prepared a fake tomb for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame near the Thunder Realm as Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan set out to rescue Xun'er. After reaching Six-star Dou Sheng, Su Yun rallied the Beast Race and led Dragon Island toward the Gu Clan to settle old blood debts.

• Su Yun spent 100,000 Truth Points to create a convincing fake tomb and placed the Ice Coffin and Fragmented Map inside.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan departed for the Thunder Realm after Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to bring Xun'er back.
• Su Yun emerged from seclusion on Dragon Island as a Six-star Dou Sheng and ordered Feng Qing'er to gather the army.
• Su Yun rallied the Beast Race to wage war on the Gu Clan and declared that the Beast Race would rule the continent.
• The Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes activated the Ancient Altar, sending Dragon Island and Su Yun's Dragon Phoenix Carriage toward the continent.

Gu Xun'er was forced to marry Lei Dong as the Gu and Lightning Clans arranged an alliance, while both she and Lei Dong struggled with the fate imposed on them by their families. The wedding procession approached the Thunder Realm as the clans celebrated their union.

• Gu Yao protested Xun'er's arranged marriage, but Gu Qingyang warned him that the Clan Leader's decision could not be challenged.
• Xun'er thanked Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang for accompanying her, then reflected that her birth and Divine Bloodline had made her a pawn of the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan told Lei Ying that the Gu Clan needed refuge after the Gu Realm shattered, and Lei Ying welcomed them into the Thunder Realm.
• Lei Ying reprimanded Lei Dong for resisting the marriage and explained that Xun'er's descendants might inherit Divine Bloodline for the Lightning Clan.
• Lei Dong accepted that he had no choice and thought of Xun'er as the wedding procession approached.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan arrived as Xiao Xun’er’s forced wedding to Lei Dong was about to enter the Thunder Realm. Xiao Xun’er rejected Xiao Yan to protect him, but he understood her intentions and declared that he would wreak havoc at the Gu Clan’s wedding.

• Gu Jian split the thunderclouds above the Tianheng Mountain Range as the Gu Clan began Xiao Xun’er’s wedding procession.
• Ling Quan watched the sedan chair approach the Thunder Realm, eager to see Xiao Xun’er suffer.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan arrived and stopped the procession just before the sedan entered the Thunder Realm.
• Gu Jian demanded that Xiao Yan leave, and Xiao Yan challenged him to swear that Xiao Xun’er was marrying willingly.
• Xiao Xun’er told Xiao Yan that she had chosen to marry Lei Dong and ordered him to leave, hiding her sobs behind the sedan curtain.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Xiao Xun’er was trying to protect him, unleashed a vast sea of flames, and announced that he would wreak havoc at the Gu Clan’s wedding.

Xiao Xuan defeated Gu Jian and gave Xiao Yan the chance to reach Xun'er, while Xiao Yan overwhelmed Gu Qingyang and the Gu Clan geniuses who tried to stop him. Just as Xiao Yan and Xun'er were about to reunite, a massive explosion erupted at the gates of the Thunder Realm.

• Gu Jian attacked Xiao Yan with a full-force sword strike, but Xiao Xuan appeared and stopped it with one palm.
• Xiao Xuan defeated Gu Jian with his blood-colored sword intent and declared that sword dao was only one of many arts to him.
• Xiao Yan charged toward Xun'er's bridal sedan as Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang led seven other Gu Clan geniuses in an attempt to stop him.
• Xiao Yan struck the eight attackers with a palm of pure Dou Qi, sending them flying and leaving them severely injured.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er reached for the bridal curtain, but a heaven-shaking explosion erupted from the gates of the Thunder Realm.

Gu Yuan defeated Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan as they tried to stop Xun'er’s marriage, then dragged her into the Thunder Realm. A massive Dragon Island and monster army appeared, and Xiao Yan recognized the aura from the Dragon Phoenix Ruins as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix descended.

• Gu Yuan arrived with Lei Ying and other Saints, restrained Xun'er, and threatened Xiao Yan to leave.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan attacked Gu Yuan, but he overwhelmed them with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and left them badly wounded.
• Gu Yuan pulled Xun'er into the Thunder Realm and headed inside with Lei Ying and the others.
• A vast spatial rift opened, revealing Dragon Island and a monster army led by a carriage radiating a domineering aura.
• Xiao Yan recognized the aura from the Dragon Phoenix Ruins and realized the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had descended.

Su Yun and the Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor attacked the Ancient and Lightning Clans as they tried to retreat into the Thunder Realm. Gu Yuan and Lei Ying made it inside, but Su Yun cleaved open the realm barrier, leaving them exposed and Xiao Yan’s chance to reach Xun'er unresolved.

• Lei Ying ordered the Saints to retreat into the Thunder Realm, but the Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor attacked them and killed the guests gathered at the gate.
• Gu Yuan and the Saints combined their powers to block the Remnant Soul’s attack, but Gu Yuan was injured and forced to withdraw.
• Gu Yuan shoved Gu Lie into the Remnant Soul’s path to buy time, and the Remnant Soul killed him and devoured his soul.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and the surviving experts entered the Thunder Realm as its gate began to close, while Xiao Yan realized he might lose his chance to save Xun'er.
• Su Yun emerged from his carriage and used his Blood-gold Longsword to cleave open the Thunder Realm’s barrier, leaving Gu Yuan and the others staring in terror.

Su Yun led the Beast Race army into the Thunder Realm and attacked its defenders, while he struck Gu Yuan down and pursued him. The Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor battled Lei Ying and the clan elders as Gu Yuan faced Su Yun at the realm barrier.

• Su Yun ordered the Beast Race army into the Thunder Realm, and Huang Tian and the North Dragon King joined the assault.
• The Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor wounded Lei Ying, while Gu Yuan sent Gu Clan elders to protect the Lightning Clan leader.
• Su Yun struck Gu Yuan with a purple-gold fist and chased him, leaving the Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor to fight Lei Ying.
• The Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor overwhelmed Lei Ying and the clan elders, killing several Lightning Clan Saints with its corrosive claws.
• Su Yun confronted Gu Yuan at the cracked realm barrier, explained how he learned the Star Annihilation Sword Art, and declared that Gu Yuan would die that day.

Su Yun overwhelmed Gu Yuan, who sacrificed the Gu Clan’s inherited Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to cover his escape. Su Yun survived the explosion, tracked Gu Yuan through the Soul Guiding Jade, and sent the Beast Race army after him in the Tianheng Mountain Range.

• Su Yun pierced Gu Yuan’s defenses with Star Annihilation Sword Intent, then severed his left arm and left leg.
• Gu Yuan detonated the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, destroying much of the Thunder Realm and unleashing a devastating shockwave.
• Su Yun used his Dragon-Phoenix Physique’s void power to evade the blast and reappeared unharmed.
• Su Yun tracked the badly injured Gu Yuan fleeing through the Tianheng Mountain Range with the Soul Guiding Jade.
• Su Yun told the Beast Race army that Gu Yuan had fled and ordered them to find him, and the army surged into the mountain range.

The Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul devastated the Lightning Clan while Lei Ying began activating the clan’s final reserve. Gu Ming lured the Remnant Soul away with Soul Awakening Pills, but as he lay wounded and the Remnant Soul prepared to kill him, a terrifying aura erupted from the depths of the Thunder Realm.

• Su Yun left the Beast Race army’s advance on the Tianheng Mountain Range and headed across the Thunder Realm to settle accounts with the Lightning Clan.
• The Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul slaughtered Lightning Clan members and consumed their Soul Bodies, forcing Lei Ying to begin activating the clan’s final reserve.
• The Beast Race forces tried to stop Lei Ying, but Lightning Clan Saints held them off, and Gu Jian was gravely struck while blocking the Remnant Soul.
• Gu Ming lured the Remnant Soul away by scattering Soul Awakening Pills, then was badly wounded as he fled and was eventually knocked into a deep crater.
• The Remnant Soul swallowed Gu Ming’s pills and prepared to kill him, but a terrifying aura suddenly rose from the depths of the Thunder Realm.

Lei Ying completed the Lightning Clan’s ritual, absorbed the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and reached the strength of a Nine-star Dou Sheng before Su Yun killed him. Su Yun then sealed and devoured the golden dragon, leaving the Lightning Clan’s supreme treasure in his hands.

• Lei Ying used the Endless Thunder Pool to restore his body and absorbed the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, breaking through to Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Lei Ying’s lightning overwhelmed the Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor and threatened to destroy the Beast Race army.
• Su Yun arrived with the Star Annihilation Sword Intent and killed Lei Ying with a single slash.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning escaped Lei Ying’s corpse as a golden dragon and fled toward the Thunder Realm’s exit.
• Su Yun trapped the golden dragon with spatial sealing formations and devoured it.

Su Yun conquered the Lightning Clan’s Thunder Realm and sent a strand of Soul Power toward a marked Soul Guiding Jade. Gu Yao, Gu Qingyang, and Xun’er hid from the Beast Race army, but Ling Quan found their cave.

• Su Yun ordered the Beast Race army to kill the Lightning Clan, while Huang Tian, the North Dragon King, and the Remnant Soul of the Medicine Emperor joined the assault.
• Su Yun told Phoenix to collect the Lightning Clan’s Essence Blood to temper the Emperor Slaying Sword, then sensed marked Soul Guiding Jades and sent Soul Power to guide someone to a destination.
• Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang hid with Xun’er and lamented that the Beast Race had overrun the Thunder Realm.
• Xun’er urged Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao to leave her behind, but both vowed to protect her.
• Ling Quan appeared at the cave entrance and greeted Gu Yao, Gu Qingyang, and Xun’er with a bloodthirsty smile.

Ling Quan ambushed Gu Yao, Gu Qingyang, and Xun'er, revealing his Ninth-grade Dou Di Bloodline and taunting Xun'er about her family. After killing Gu Yao, he fought Gu Qingyang, who held him off and urged Xun'er to escape.

• Ling Quan confronted Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang, then used his strength to crush Gu Yao's spear and wound him badly.
• Ling Quan revealed his Ninth-grade Dou Di Bloodline and mocked Xun'er about her crippled state and Gu Yuan's alleged decision to trade her to the Lightning Clan.
• Ling Quan fired a destructive beam through Gu Yao's heart, killing him and destroying his soul.
• Gu Qingyang shoved Xun'er away and charged Ling Quan, then pinned him against the cave wall while telling Xun'er to run.
• Xun'er remained frozen by grief as Gu Qingyang warned that they would all die if she did not escape.

Ling Quan forced Xun'er to choose between fleeing and saving Gu Qingyang, then tried to make her submit on her wedding day. Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan arrived just in time to kill Ling Quan, and Xun'er broke down in Xiao Yan's arms.

• Ling Quan broke free of Gu Qingyang's restraints, tore Gu Qingyang's body in half, and seized his remnant soul.
• Ling Quan threatened to destroy Gu Qingyang's soul unless Xun'er stayed, and she agreed to submit to save her clansman.
• Ling Quan ordered Xun'er to undress, but holy light struck and annihilated him before she could comply.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan entered the cave, and Xun'er collapsed into Xiao Yan's arms, crying that he had come too late.

Su Yun learned that the Lightning Clan and Gu Clan had been nearly wiped out, while Gu Yuan remained at large. Using Space Power and Truth Points, Su Yun secretly redirected Gu Yuan toward the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Tomb as the wounded clan leader fled through the Tianheng Mountain Range.

• Phoenix reported that the Lightning Clan and Gu Clan had been devastated, and that Xiao Xuan had entered the Thunder Realm and taken someone away.
• Phoenix told Su Yun that Gu Yuan had not been found, and Su Yun ordered her to keep searching.
• Su Yun used a map formed from Space Power to track Gu Yuan and alter the patrols around him.
• Su Yun used Truth Points to guide Gu Yuan toward the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Tomb.
• Wounded and pursued by the Beast Race, Gu Yuan cursed Su Yun and headed deeper into the Tianheng Mountain Range to recover.

After escaping the Beast Race, the badly injured Gu Yuan sensed a powerful Heavenly Flame in a secluded valley and cautiously followed its aura. He reached the valley’s entrance and was shocked by what he saw there.

• Gu Yuan hid from magical beasts and reflected on the Gu Clan’s defeat and the destruction of its territory.
• Gu Yuan searched the area with his weakened Soul Power and detected a powerful Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Gu Yuan limped toward the aura, finding the forest strangely empty and suspecting a trap laid by the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Gu Yuan recognized traces of the spatial aftershock from his battle with Su Yun and reasoned that it had exposed the Heavenly Flame’s concealed hiding place.
• Gu Yuan entered a secluded, mist-filled valley and was shocked when he saw the source of the Heavenly Flame’s aura.

Gu Yuan discovered the Pure Lotus Demon Saint preserved in an Ice Coffin and realized the Heavenly Flame he had pursued was only a trace of its former aura. After finding a Fragmented Map connected to the flame, he noticed an inscription identifying the tomb’s occupant.

• Gu Yuan found a crystal coffin containing a remarkably powerful man whose body still held a faint trace of life.
• Gu Yuan identified the man as the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and realized the Heavenly Flame itself was no longer in the tomb.
• Gu Yuan considered taking the Demon Saint’s remains but feared triggering his safeguards, then searched the tomb for other treasures.
• Gu Yuan found a Fragmented Map beside the coffin, sensed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in it, and tucked it away despite being unable to decipher it.
• Gu Yuan spotted an inscription on the rock wall that began, “I am the Pure Lotus Demon Saint. By the time you see these words, I will already be dead!”

Gu Yuan read the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s final words and learned that the Saint’s failed attempt to reach the Emperor Realm was caused by missing a crucial substance. The revelation left Gu Yuan convinced that the missing key was Origin Qi.

• Gu Yuan approached the carved message and read the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s account of his humble beginnings, travels, rise to Dou Saint, and subjugation of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Gu Yuan grew impatient when the first part of the message offered no practical help for his injuries or the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s pursuit.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint described reaching Nine-star Peak Dou Sheng, failing to break into the Emperor Realm, and suffering severe physical and spiritual backlash.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint explained that his cultivation foundation was not the problem; he had been missing a crucial bridge between Dou Saints and Dou Emperors.
• Gu Yuan recognized the missing substance as Origin Qi and clenched his hands as his eyes lit up.