Chapter Summaries

Hun Tiandi planned to devour the Ling Clan to reach the Emperor Realm while the Bodhi Ancient Tree drew experts into the Vast Ancient Domain. Lin Feng led his allies through the dangerous forest and, after discovering Ice River Valley's experts ahead, arranged for Qing Lin to eliminate two of them as the group continued onward.

• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that devouring the Ling Clan was their only path to the Emperor Realm, while Shi Yan prepared the Stone Clan for the Soul Clan's attack.
• Lin Feng met Xuan Kong Zi, Yao Chen, and the Flower Sect's group in Vast Ancient Town, and they agreed to advance into the Vast Ancient Domain together.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Netherworld Poison Flame to clear poisonous insects and gave the group poison-avoiding pills as they crossed the ancient forest.
• Lin Feng led the group into the mountain range, where he sensed Ice River Valley and Tian Ming Sect experts, including two Advanced Half-Saints.
• Lin Feng changed places with Elder Yao and had Qing Lin attack from behind; Qing Lin later returned with Storage Rings and said the task was done.

Lin Feng’s group crossed the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree while Soul Jade used Chaos Beast Incense to incite the fierce beasts and eliminate competitors. After the tide grew more dangerous, Lin Feng and Yao Chen cleared a path, leaving the group racing toward the tree with other experts close behind.

• Qing Lin brought the Heavenly Demon Python to the Ancient Domain Platform, where Lin Feng’s group met Gu Qingyang, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Yan, and other Emperor Clan experts.
• Gu Xun Er warned Lin Feng and Xiao Yan that Soul Jade had a Divine-grade Bloodline and urged them to kill him, while Lin Feng resolved to capture Soul Jade near the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Soul Jade led the Soul Clan into the Beast Tide and scattered Chaos Beast Incense, driving the fierce beasts into a frenzy as the experts fought their way through.
• Old Freak Hu and other experts self-destructed against the fierce beasts, while Lin Feng’s group and the Emperor Clan prodigies fought forward on the Heavenly Demon Python.
• Huo Xuan and other Emperor Clan members asked Lin Feng to lead them through the Beast Tide, and Lin Feng and Yao Chen unleashed their flames to clear a path toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Lin Feng and the others reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Hun Yu tried to enlist Lin Feng against the tree’s Half-Saint guardians. Lin Feng knocked Hun Yu unconscious, killed Hun Dan, and organized the gathered factions to fight the Half-Saint Puppets before charging the Soul Clan’s guardian.

• Hun Yu and the other clans entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s domain, and Lin Feng, Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, and their companions hurried to the ancient tree.
• Hun Yu approached Lin Feng with a friendly act and asked him and Yao Chen to lead the group, while they secretly sealed the space around the tree.
• Hun Yu revealed that one of the five Half-Saint guardians was a lost Soul Clan ancestor and asked Lin Feng to hold the guardians off while he awakened him.
• Lin Feng slapped Hun Yu unconscious, then burned Hun Dan to ashes and entrusted Hun Yu to Xun Er and Ling Quan.
• Lin Feng called the hidden groups forward and assigned them to fight the five Half-Saint Puppets, then attacked the Soul Clan’s Half-Saint first.

Lin Feng subdued the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Half-Saint puppets and entered its domain, where he resisted its illusions and learned how to help it recover from its wounds. The tree expelled his companions while Lin Feng began refining Bodhi Seeds in seclusion, and Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger before Lin Feng returned.

• Lin Feng controlled several Half-Saint puppets, accepted the independent cultivators into his ranks, and led his companions into the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion showed Lin Feng visions of power and women, but he recognized the deception and used the Bodhi Seed to receive the tree’s history and learn that black qi from a being beyond the heavens had wounded it.
• Lin Feng agreed to refine Bodhi Seeds to help the tree recover, asked it to release his companions, and told Cai Lin to return to Dragon Island while he entered secluded cultivation.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled Xiao Yan and the others, who learned that Lin Feng had obtained its opportunity and begun refining it.
• Xiao Yan vowed to absorb a Heavenly Flame and reach the Half-Saint Realm before Lin Feng emerged, while Elder Yao and Xun Er promised to help him find a flame.

As Lin Feng refined the Bodhi Seed, the Soul Clan launched an attack on the Stone Realm, where Gu Yuan and the allied clans ambushed Nihility Devouring Flame. Hun Tiandi rescued him and forced Gu Yuan to choose between pursuing the Soul Clan and saving the Shi Clan, leaving the alliance’s next move uncertain.

• A Half-Saint from the Soul Clan learned that Soul Jade had been killed, while the clan’s leaders prepared to attack the Stone Realm.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had reached the Nine-star Dou Sheng realm and planned to strike after the Stone Realm weakened him.
• Gu Yuan, Hei Yan Wang, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Zhu Gong, and Shi Yan ambushed Nihility Devouring Flame and gravely wounded him.
• Hun Tiandi arrived, repelled the allied clans’ attacks, and sent Hun Sha and the others back to the Soul Realm with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Tiandi taunted Gu Yuan and threatened the Shi Clan, then escaped after Gu Yuan’s attempt to seal him failed.
• Hun Tiandi’s attack endangered the Shi Clan, and Gu Yuan destroyed the skull threatening them instead of pursuing him.

Gu Yuan’s alliance prepared for a final battle with the Soul Clan while Zi Yan and Xiao Yan began major cultivation efforts. After a year of enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Lin Feng emerged as a Two-star Dou Sheng with a new cultivation technique and a bond with the tree, then received news that astonished him.

• Gu Yuan and the clan leaders discussed the Soul Clan’s hidden strength and agreed to prepare for a final battle while Gu Yuan used the Ancient Emperor Mirror to search for the Soul Realm.
• Zi Yan consumed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to begin her evolution, while Xiao Yan started refining two Heavenly Flames in seclusion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that recovering would take at least twenty years, and Hun Tiandi proposed seeking an ally in Demon Abyss.
• After a year beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Lin Feng created the Five Elements Creation Art, reached Two-star Dou Sheng, and formed a mutually beneficial bond with the tree.
• Lin Feng discovered that his Soul Force had reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection, then reacted with disbelief to a message from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Lin Feng left the Vast Ancient Domain with the Bodhi Ancient Tree and returned to Dragon Island after discovering that it possessed Origin Qi, which gave him a chance to become a Dou Emperor. There, he met with the Dragon Clan and began a battle with Grand Elder Qing Shan to test his new strength.

• Lin Feng decided to delay the opening of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, considered how to secure the Ancient Emperor Jade, and kept the Bodhi Ancient Tree's existence secret from the Emperor Clans.
• After the Bodhi Ancient Tree drove out the black aura and grew dramatically, it entered Lin Feng's sea of consciousness; Lin Feng then planned to absorb the Old Dragon Emperor's essence blood and returned to Dragon Island.
• Zhu Gong and the Dragon Clan elders welcomed Lin Feng as a Two-star Dou Saint, while Grand Elder Qing Shan revealed that he had reached the Three-star Dou Saint realm and challenged Lin Feng to spar.
• Lin Feng and Qing Shan fought in a ruined small world before thousands of dragons, with Lin Feng using the Five Emperors Great Hand Seal against Qing Shan's Ancient Dragon True Form.
• Lin Feng called forth his Five Elements Sacred Beast True Form and prepared to continue the battle with Qing Shan.

Lin Feng defeated Grand Elder Qing Shan and demonstrated the power of his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul, then returned to Dragon Island and prepared to refine a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill. Meanwhile, his staged Great Saint treasure announcement sparked a treasure hunt across the Southwest Continent, and Lin Feng left off declaring himself the Medicine Sage.

• Lin Feng and Grand Elder Qing Shan shattered their battlefield, and Zhu Gong judged that Lin Feng’s Guiyuan Divine Needle could severely injure an unprepared Five-star Dou Saint and threaten a Six-star Dou Saint.
• Lin Feng returned to Dragon Island on a dragon hatchling and secretly taught it the True Dragon Body Forging Technique.
• Hai Bodong entered the shattered small world, broke into its inner region, and heard a phantom announce a Dou Saint inheritance, triggering a continent-wide treasure hunt that Lin Feng had arranged.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reunited with Lin Feng, who gave Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian Great Bodhi Pills to help them reach the Half-Saint Realm.
• Lin Feng began refining a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill before the Ancient Void Dragons and declared that he had entered the realm of the Medicine Sage.

Lin Feng refined a Great Bodhi Pill on Dragon Island and used its Black Demon Lightning to strengthen both the pill and himself. After Zhu Bing returned and revealed his wounds from fighting the Outer Realm Evil Clan, Lin Feng examined him with the Bodhi Ancient Tree and declared the injury curable.

• Lin Feng refined a Great Bodhi Pill in a five-colored cauldron while Zhu Bing returned to Dragon Island and watched.
• Lin Feng seized the Black Demon Lightning with the Five Emperors Great Hand Seal, feeding its energy to the pill and using the rest to strengthen his body.
• Zhu Gong told Zhu Bing that Zi Yan had become a Supreme Dragon Phoenix, then Zhu Bing asked whether the other elders had returned.
• Zhu Bing revealed that he had fought the Outer Realm Evil Clan in the Endless Void and carried its energy inside his body, which prevented him from recovering.
• Lin Feng brought out the Bodhi Ancient Tree, examined Zhu Bing, and said that his injury could be cured.

Lin Feng and his companions entered the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s territory, where Qing Lin subdued its members and Lin Feng found the imprisoned Yao Ming. After gathering Five Elements materials in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, Lin Feng began evolving his self-created cultivation technique while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin departed to pursue their own cultivation.

• Lin Feng’s group arrived at the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to suppress the clan’s fighters and capture its powerful members.
• Lin Feng led the group into the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs and absorbed its freezing power to test whether it could evolve his cultivation technique.
• Cai Lin sensed a connection to the Sky Swallowing Python bloodline, and Lin Feng’s group discovered Yao Ming chained at the bottom of the Yellow Springs.
• Lin Feng knocked Yao Ming unconscious, and Qing Lin used her pupils to bring him under control.
• Lin Feng collected the Yellow Springs Yin Stone and the chains, then Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin left to cultivate while he refined the Five Elements energies to evolve his technique.

Lin Feng emerged from secluded cultivation at the mid-stage of the Three-star Dou Saint Realm, then entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s inheritance. He met the awakened Half-Emperor and discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had helped awaken him, leaving the Demon Sage puzzled by its prideful nature.

• Xiao Yan advanced to the Intermediate Half-Saint Realm, while the Soul Clan remained missing and the Emperor Clans continued searching for Hun Tiandi.
• Lin Feng emerged from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, reaching the mid-stage of the Three-star Dou Saint Realm after evolving his Five Elements cultivation technique to the High Heaven-tier.
• Lin Feng sealed the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs and entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet with a Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul avatar to pursue the Demon Sage’s inheritance.
• Lin Feng fought off the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm with the Five Emperors Great Hand Seal.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage appeared and explained that Lin Feng and the Bodhi Ancient Tree had awakened him; Lin Feng realized the tree’s energy had enabled it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared in the stone tablet space, and the Yellow Springs Demon Sage asked Lin Feng why it seemed so prideful.

Lin Feng learned the history behind the disappearance of Origin Qi and gained the support of the Yellow Springs Demon Sage and Pure Lotus Demon Sage, who gave him blood essence and powerful techniques. The group emerged from the stone stele space, where the Yellow Springs Demon Sage revealed his supreme treasure, Yellow Springs Township, as they prepared to help Lin Feng refine the blood essence.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Lin Feng and the two Demon Sages visions explaining the ancient invasion, the loss of Origin Qi, and its hope that Lin Feng could eventually become a Dou Emperor and grant it human form.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage gave Lin Feng two-thirds of his Half-Emperor blood essence and taught him the Three Supreme Arts of Yellow Springs, while the Pure Lotus Demon Sage passed on Nightmare Sky Mist and Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Sage warned Lin Feng that the Outer Realm Evil Clan remained a threat and recalled how the Soul Clan chief had challenged him before he became a Half-Emperor.
• Lin Feng decided to consume the blood essence himself so he could grow stronger against Hun Tiandi and the hidden Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage and Pure Lotus Demon Sage emerged with Lin Feng, and the Yellow Springs Demon Sage revealed his legendary treasure, Yellow Springs Township, before they began preparing to refine Lin Feng's blood essence.

Lin Feng absorbed the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s essence blood and advanced to the Four-star Dou Sheng realm, while Pure Lotus Demon Sage revealed his plans for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the flame’s return approached, Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders discussed how to keep the Soul Clan from seizing it.

• Yellow Springs Demon Sage and Pure Lotus Demon Sage discussed Lin Feng’s cultivation, the Yellow Springs Ancient Tablet, and Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s past with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Feng’s breakthrough stirred the energy above Savage Snake Mountain Range and drew the attention of hidden Half-Saint magical beasts.
• Lin Feng reached the Four-star Dou Sheng realm, and the two Demon Sages assessed his strength and prepared to help him advance further.
• Pure Lotus Demon Sage indicated that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would soon appear again, prompting Lin Feng to realize what was coming.
• Gu Yuan warned the gathered clan leaders that the Soul Clan might target the returning flame, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin proposed suppressing it and leaving it to the younger generation.
• Shi Yan remained silent as the powerful leaders discussed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, reflecting the Shi Clan’s diminished standing.

As Lin Feng’s alliance prepared to enter the Demonic Flame Space to suppress the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Lin Feng revealed that he had reached Four-star Dou Sheng, astonishing the Emperor Clans and Xiao Yan. The Soul Clan stayed away from the expedition and instead prepared to contact the powerful existence in the Demon Abyss, while Hun Tiandi continued planning to seize the Emperor Pill.

• Zhu Gong told Lin Feng that Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and pills could make her far stronger when she emerged, while Zhu Bing explained the alliance’s plan to ambush the Soul Clan if it came for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Feng warned the alliance that the Soul Clan might target the Demon Abyss instead, and the elders said they had prepared for that possibility.
• At the Great Wasteland, Lin Feng revealed his Four-star Dou Sheng realm to Gu Nanhai, Gu Qingyang, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and the other Emperor Clan members, shocking them.
• After the Soul Clan failed to appear, Lin Feng led the Emperor Clan forces into the Demonic Flame Space, followed by Xiao Yan and the other experts.
• Yan Jin and another hidden watcher concluded that the Soul Clan might strike where Gu Yuan was, and they discussed the Dragon Clan’s formidable strength and legendary history.
• In the Soul Realm, Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to contact the existence in the Demon Abyss, dismissed Hun Xuzi’s suggestion to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and prepared to depart.

Lin Feng learned the Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s Nightmare-Breaking Talisman and used it to free the puppets as the group confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The Flame appeared in the Demonic Flame Space, and Gu Nanhai called on the Emperor Clans to join forces against it, but Lin Feng declared that he would handle it himself.

• Lin Feng entered an illusion cast by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Pure Lotus Demon Sage taught him the Nightmare-Breaking Talisman and the basics of Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Lin Feng and the sages joked about their future Emperor titles before the Pure Lotus Demon Sage prepared to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its power and seal its memories.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame panicked when it realized the Emperor Clan experts were advancing together and its illusions could not easily ensnare them all.
• Lin Feng forced back a puppet and branded the surrounding puppets with Nightmare-Breaking Talismans, prompting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to demand how he had learned the technique.
• Gu Nanhai urged the Emperor Clan experts to suppress the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lin Feng said he would take it on himself.

The Pure Lotus Demon Sage appeared in the Demonic Flame Space and subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. After expelling everyone else, he began tempering Lin Feng with the demonic flame’s power, while the others were left outside wondering where they had been sent.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the glowing figure beside Lin Feng as the Pure Lotus Demon Sage and tried to devour his Remnant Soul.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Sage used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to overcome the Demonic Flame Statue and refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving its origin and a childlike spirit behind.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Sage sent Xiao Yan, Gu Nanhai, Yao Wangui, the clan elders, and the Dou Saint puppets out of the Demonic Flame Space.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Sage told Lin Feng that refining the demonic flame origin could raise him to the late Six-star Dou Sheng stage and offered a more dangerous tempering method.
• Lin Feng accepted the Demonic Flame Tempering, and the Pure Lotus Demon Sage enclosed him and the demonic flame origin in the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• Outside the Demonic Flame Space, Gu Nanhai asked the blood-red-axe-wielding man who he was, and the man reacted to hearing Gu Nanhai’s name.

Xiao Chen learned that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed, met Xiao Yan as his descendant, and left to seek Heavenly Flames and restore the clan's glory. Meanwhile, as Lin Feng remained in seclusion and the Demon Abyss threat drew closer, Gu Yuan's alliance waited for Hun Tiandi, who prepared to awaken the being sealed there.

• Gu Nanhai recognized the axe-wielding stranger as Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen demanded to know how the Xiao Clan could have been destroyed.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Xiao Clan Crest, and Xiao Chen recognized him as a descendant before asking about the clan's present state.
• After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Chen taught Xiao Yan about breaking through to Dou Saint, then left to search for Heavenly Flames and rekindle the Xiao Clan's glory.
• More than half a year after the Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, Hei Qing and Tong Xuan discussed Lin Feng's rapid rise to Four-star Dou Sheng as they watched the halo above the Great Wasteland.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Soul Clan would likely exploit the Demon Abyss's five-hundred-year eruption, and he and the other Emperor Clan leaders concealed themselves while waiting to strike.
• Hidden in a cave, Hun Tiandi sensed Gu Yuan nearby and prepared to awaken the being within the Demon Abyss.

As Zi Yan cultivated on Dragon Island, she absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and treasure pills, rising to late Six-star Dou Sheng. Zhu Kun appeared as a fragment of his soul, reunited with the Ancient Void Dragons, and offered his soul to help Zi Yan break through to Seven-star Dou Sheng.

• Zhu Gong and Zhu Bing estimated that Zi Yan could reach at least Five-star Dou Sheng as the purple-gold pillar of her cultivation began to rise.
• Zi Yan’s pillar surged past Six-star Dou Sheng as the Ancient Void Dragons watched and celebrated her growing power.
• The remaining power of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and treasure pills raised Zi Yan to late Six-star Dou Sheng, with her pillar reaching six thousand eight hundred zhang.
• Zhu Kun appeared above Dragon Island, and Zhu Gong, Zhu Bing, and the other old dragons wept at their emperor’s return.
• Zhu Kun explained that his true body remained trapped in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and offered his soul fragment to help Zi Yan break through to Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Gong told Zhu Kun that Lin Feng had reached Four-star Dou Sheng and was absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame; Zhu Kun praised Lin Feng and urged the dragons to wait before seeking the Emperor Jade.

Zi Yan completed her evolution into a Dragon Phoenix, while the Soul Clan formed an alliance to unleash the sealed Outer Realm Evil Clan. Hun Tiandi shattered the seal in the Demon Abyss, awakening the Demon Lord and the two Ancient Void Dragons and bringing a world-ending crisis to the Dou Qi Continent.

• Zhu Kun entered Zi Yan’s purple-gold pillar of light and helped her evolution reach the Seven-star Dou Sheng realm before Zi Yan emerged as a Dragon Phoenix.
• The Pill Tower-led alliance grew stronger as Xiao Yan reached the Three-star Dou Sheng realm, and other Emperor Clan prodigies entered inheritance sites to catch up.
• Hun Tiandi contacted the sealed Demon Lord and obtained his origin soul blood, binding it with the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade.
• Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s experts attacked the two Ancient Dragon statues and shattered the seal over the Demon Abyss.
• The Demon Lord emerged as the two Ancient Void Dragons awakened, and Gu Yuan and the other leaders witnessed the World-Ending Crisis begin.

Blood clouds spread across the Dou Qi Continent as the Outer Realm Evil Clan began to emerge from Demon Abyss, sending the world into panic. Lin Feng hurried to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Gu Yuan and the others prepared to face what was coming.

• The blood clouds covered the entire Dou Qi Continent, and experts across its regions sensed an impending crisis and feared the phenomenon signaled the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Yellow Springs Demon Sage and Pure Lotus Demon Sage recognized the blood clouds from ancient records and realized that only a Dou Emperor might be able to confront the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree spent its origin to strengthen the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and Lin Feng accelerated his refinement of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the help of the Five Elements Sacred Beasts.
• In Demon Abyss, Hun Tiandi admitted that he had released the Outer Realm Evil Clan after Gu Yuan and the other Emperor Clans disrupted his plans, then offered to help reseal it in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan refused to retreat and revealed that he had brought the Ancient Emperor Mirror as the group prepared to measure the emerging enemy's strength.