Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi provoked Nihility Devouring Flame into revealing its origin, then used his Emperor Realm Soul to enslave it. He prepared to claim the flame’s power.

• Liu Xi waited in the void while Nihility Devouring Flame fought his Green Flame in the Medicine Clan’s Mysterious Realm.
• Liu Xi taunted Nihility Devouring Flame about its weakened condition, Yan Jin, and the Soul Origins Liu Xi had gained from the Heavenly Gang Human Hall, Earth Hall, and Heavenly Hall.
• Liu Xi revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had been separated from Tou She Ancient God and stripped of its memories, provoking it into manifesting its origin.
• Liu Xi unveiled his Emperor Realm Soul and used Soul Control to enslave Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Liu Xi announced that it was time to reap the harvest.

Liu Xi absorbed Yan Jin’s fused Heavenly Flame and the Nine Nether Wind Flame, then refined Nihility Devouring Flame and advanced to Late Nine-star Dou Sheng. He sensed Zi Yan facing Hun Tiandi’s forces outside the Medicine Realm and vanished to confront Hun Tiandi.

• Liu Xi recovered with Hun Xuzi’s Nine-grade Profound Pill and absorbed Yan Jin’s fused Heavenly Flame and the Nine Nether Wind Flame into Azure Flame.
• Liu Xi tempered his Emperor Realm soul and body by refining Nihility Devouring Flame, transforming his Azure Fire Lotus with black patterns.
• Liu Xi drew in the Heaven and Earth Tide and the Dou Qi of the dead experts, then awakened as a Late Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi sensed Zi Yan leading magical beasts against Hun Tiandi, who had entered the Medicine Realm searching for Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Liu Xi declared that he would test Hun Tiandi and vanished without a trace.

Liu Xi emerged from seclusion to confront Hun Tiandi as the Soul Clan prepared to force its way into the Yao Clan. After revealing that he had eaten Nihility Devouring Flame, Liu Xi left Hun Tiandi furious and the two sides on the brink of battle.

• Zi Yan refused to let Hun Tiandi pass, and Hun Tiandi unleashed his overwhelming power against her and the magical beasts.
• Liu Xi appeared and calmly withstood Hun Tiandi’s pressure, reassuring Zi Yan and her allies.
• Hun Tiandi recognized Liu Xi as a powerful late-stage Nine-star Dou Sheng and chose to avoid provoking him into a wider conflict.
• Hun Tiandi asked Liu Xi not to obstruct the Soul Clan’s search for Nihility Devouring Flame, and Liu Xi said he had eaten it.
• Hun Tiandi flew into a rage when he sensed Nihility Devouring Flame’s aura in Liu Xi.

Liu Xi confronted Hun Tiandi and overwhelmed him with a relentless barrage of Azure Flame techniques. After Liu Xi's final attack shattered the space around them, everyone wondered whether Hun Tiandi had survived.

• Hun Tiandi accepted that Nihility Devouring Flame had transferred to Liu Xi and faced him as an enemy.
• Liu Xi and Hun Tiandi's clashing domains spread across the sky as Soul Clan and Beast Region experts watched.
• Liu Xi ignited heartfire inside Hun Tiandi and engulfed him in Azure Flame with Demon Fire Hell.
• Hun Tiandi endured Liu Xi's successive attacks, including Demon Fire Halberd, Yellow Springs Palm, and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, while struggling to extinguish the heartfire.
• Liu Xi struck Hun Tiandi with Demon Fire World Annihilation, shattering the space around them and leaving onlookers unsure whether Hun Tiandi was dead or alive.

Liu Xi defeated Hun Tiandi and drove off the Soul Clan, then reunited with Zi Yan and learned how the clans had been thrown into turmoil during his seclusion. Rumors of Hun Tiandi’s death spread across Zhongzhou, making Liu Xi famous as he prepared to gather the Ancient Jade and save his father-in-law.

• Liu Xi discovered that Hun Tiandi had escaped inside a shattered ancient mirror, then decided to gather the Ancient Jade and rescue his father-in-law.
• Liu Xi struck down the fleeing Soul Clan forces, killing most of their experts as Zhu Bei sent others to pursue the survivors and arranged the magical beast army’s return.
• Liu Xi reunited with Zi Yan, reassured her that no one could bully them, and learned that he had been in seclusion for over a month.
• Zi Yan told Liu Xi that the Soul Clan had attacked the Yao Clan, killed leaders of the Thunder Clan and Flame Clan, and taken the clans’ Ancient Jade through traitors.
• Liu Xi learned that the Beast Region had taken control of the Yao Clan and that rumors of Hun Tiandi’s death had spread, making Liu Xi famous throughout Zhongzhou.

Liu Xi took the Flame of Life from Old Man Shen Nong in exchange for a powerful alchemy inheritance, then revived the Pill Tower Ancestor and headed toward Fenyen Valley. He set his sights on the Emperor Pill Prototype and the remaining Heavenly Flames as the next steps toward matching a Half-Emperor.

• Old Man Shen Nong severed his bond with the Flame of Life and gave it to Liu Xi, who rewarded him with an alchemy inheritance.
• Liu Xi devoured the Flame of Life, gaining vitality and strengthening his Dou Qi.
• Liu Xi revived the Pill Tower Ancestor, who warned him about the Ancient Races before returning to the Pill Tower.
• Liu Xi ignored the Ancient Clan's attempts to contact him and traveled toward Fenyen Valley.
• Liu Xi resolved to pursue the Emperor Pill Prototype and the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, hoping to gather all twenty-two Heavenly Flames.

Liu Xi visited Fenyen Valley, took the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire from Tang Zhen, and offered to cure Ancestor Huo Yun’s fire poison. He began the painful treatment, leaving Ancestor Huo Yun’s recovery underway.

• Ancestor Huo Yun welcomed Liu Xi and had Tang Zhen hand over the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Tang Zhen severed his connection to the flame, and Liu Xi claimed it.
• Liu Xi offered to remove Ancestor Huo Yun’s fire poison, and Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er left the hall.
• Liu Xi sent Azure Flame into Ancestor Huo Yun’s body and used his Emperor Realm Soul to scrape away the poison, making Ancestor Huo Yun cry out in agony.

Liu Xi fused the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire with the other Heavenly Flames, creating a green lotus that withstood the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and gained an Emperor's Might. After returning to human form, he sensed Gu Yuan nearby and called him out.

• Liu Xi devoured the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and completed the fusion of all twenty-two Heavenly Flame origins into the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The fusion formed a green lotus with the power of Chaos, and heaven and earth sent a lightning tribulation against it.
• The lightning transformed from Black Demon Lightning into Nine Profound Golden Lightning, which bombarded the lotus for a day and night.
• The green lotus absorbed the lightning, survived the tribulation, and gained an Emperor's Might before transforming back into Liu Xi.
• Liu Xi reunited with his consciousness, laughed in triumph, and called out to Gu Yuan, whom he had sensed nearby.

At the Beast Region’s border, Liu Xi met Gu Yuan, who sought news of Gu Xun Er and invited him to join the Ancient Clans’ attack on the Soul Clan. Liu Xi refused to commit, leaving Gu Yuan to proceed with the assault without him.

• Liu Xi met Gu Yuan at the Beast Region’s border, and Gu Yuan praised Liu Xi’s strength while keeping his distance.
• Gu Yuan asked whether Liu Xi had seen Gu Xun Er in the Demon Fire Space, and Liu Xi confirmed that he had.
• Liu Xi told Gu Yuan that helping find Gu Xun Er would depend on Gu Yuan’s sincerity, then asked him to state his other business.
• Gu Yuan invited Liu Xi to join the Ancient Clan, Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Ancient Dragon Clan in exterminating the Soul Clan.
• Liu Xi warned Gu Yuan with a display of pressure, then claimed he was too injured to help unless Hun Tiandi appeared again.
• Liu Xi left, and Gu Yuan decided that the Ancient Clan would proceed against the Soul Clan without him.

Gu Yuan led the Ancient, Thunder, and Flame Clans into the Soul Realm to destroy the weakened Soul Clan and avenge their fallen allies. Their invasion advanced with little resistance, leaving Gu Yuan wary because Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s descendants were nowhere to be seen.

• Gu Yuan gathered the three clans’ forces outside the Soul Realm and declared that they would avenge their dead and reclaim the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan entered the Soul Realm first, followed by Fire Spirit, Lei Jie, and the Three Immortals of Gu Dao.
• Soul Clan experts activated a crimson array against Gu Yuan, but he used the Ancient Emperor Mirror to break it and kill the experts maintaining it.
• Fire Spirit, Lei Jie, the Three Immortals of Gu Dao, and the allied armies entered the Soul Realm and began cutting down its defenders.
• Gu Yuan noticed that the invasion was proceeding too easily and wondered why Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s descendants were absent.

The allied forces of the three clans invaded the Soul Realm and seemed close to destroying the Soul Clan, until Hun Tiandi activated a blood-powered array that began slaughtering everyone inside. Hun Tiandi revealed that he planned to sacrifice the armies to restore his strength and reach a new peak so he could kill Liu Xi and reclaim the Ancient Jade.

• Gu Yuan watched the allied forces crush the Soul Clan while remaining alert for Hun Tiandi's hidden plans.
• Blood from fallen Soul Clan experts activated strange patterns, which formed the Spirit Devouring Life Severing Array and began turning the three clans' warriors into blood mist.
• Gu Yuan, Fire Spirit, and Lei Jie tried to resist the array as Gu Yuan struck its barrier, but the crimson light continued devouring the allied forces.
• Hun Tiandi appeared above a Sea of Blood and revealed that the array drew power from the Ling Clan, the Stone Clan, and tens of millions of Soul Clan descendants.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he would sacrifice the allied armies to recover his origin, reach an unprecedented peak, kill Liu Xi, and reclaim the Ancient Jade.

Hun Tiandi used the Spirit Devouring Life Severing Array to slaughter the allied forces of the Gu, Thunder, and Flame Clans and restore his strength. After defeating Gu Yuan and the others, he was confronted by Liu Xi, who questioned whether he was still Hun Tiandi or merely a monster.

• Hun Tiandi strengthened the Spirit Devouring Life Severing Array, prompting Gu Yuan and the high-ranking Dou Shengs to attack him in the Sea of Blood.
• Hun Tiandi fought off Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, Fire Spirit, Lei Jie, and the Three Immortals of Gu Dao while absorbing the blood mist and growing stronger.
• Fire Spirit, Lei Jie, and the Three Immortals of Gu Dao died in the battle against Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Lie tried to sacrifice himself to injure Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi swallowed him in the Sea of Blood and then destroyed Gu Yuan's dantian.
• Hun Tiandi absorbed the blood aura to stabilize his realm, and Liu Xi appeared and challenged him over his brutal transformation.

Liu Xi confronted Hun Tiandi, whose hatred and the Soul Clan’s resentment had created a demon that threatened to become a world-destroying calamity. Liu Xi’s Green Lotus refined Hun Tiandi, the demon, the Sea of Blood, and the remaining Soul Clan, leaving the Soul Clan completely destroyed.

• Hun Tiandi rose from the Sea of Blood with a monstrous phantom formed from his malice and the resentment of countless souls.
• Liu Xi resisted the phantom’s spiritual assault and clashed with Hun Tiandi, whose corrosive Dou Qi failed to harm him.
• Hun Tiandi offered to leave peacefully, but Liu Xi refused, knowing Hun Tiandi would bring more bloodshed.
• Hun Tiandi sacrificed his essence blood to form the Ghost Blood Blade and attacked Liu Xi.
• Liu Xi transformed into a vast Green Lotus that refined Hun Tiandi, the demon, and the Ghost Blood Blade.
• The Green Lotus swept across the Soul Realm, consuming the Sea of Blood and the remaining Soul Clan experts and destroying the Soul Clan.

Liu Xi emerged from the destroyed Soul Realm with nine powerful Blood-colored Lotus Seeds and the complete Ancient Jade, confirming the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy. He led the Ancient Dragon Clan there to seek the Old Dragon Emperor's return.

• Liu Xi refined the Soul Realm's Sea of Blood into nine Blood-colored Lotus Seeds and assembled the eight Ancient Jade pieces into a complete map.
• Liu Xi found Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Er Long, and the Beast Region army, then explained Hun Tiandi's destruction of the Soul Clan and the Soul Realm.
• Liu Xi told the Beast Region army to return and led the Ancient Dragon Clan toward the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan told Liu Xi that the surviving Ancient Races had sealed their spatial gates and were difficult to locate.
• Liu Xi arrived at Jia Nan Academy, reassured Su Qian, and went beneath the magma with a few companions to search for the true Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

Liu Xi led the Ancient Dragon Clan through the magma and used the Ancient Jade to reveal and open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. Zhu Kun was freed from his long imprisonment and reunited with Zi Yan, while Liu Xi prepared to enter the mansion in pursuit of Tou She Ancient God's Emperor's Origin.

• Liu Xi led the group beneath the magma, where Ancient Dragon Clan experts killed the Lizardmen who tried to stop them.
• Liu Xi used the Ancient Jade to reveal the hidden space and the bronze gate of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the darkness, and the Ancient Dragon Clan celebrated his return while Zi Yan greeted him coldly.
• Zhu Kun recognized Liu Xi's strength and said the Emperor Pill Prototype might help him break through to Dou Emperor.
• Liu Xi used the Ancient Jade to open the bronze gate, then led Zhu Kun, Zi Yan, and the others into the cave mansion.

Liu Xi and the others explored Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion and discovered that the figure guarding its treasures was the Emperor Pill Prototype. Liu Xi subdued it instantly with the Green Lotus, leaving the group stunned and Zhu Kun melancholy over Zi Yan's affection for Liu Xi.

• Liu Xi, Zhu Kun, Zi Yan, and the Ancient Dragon Clan entered Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion and traveled across its mist-covered island.
• The group discovered pillars displaying the forms of Heavenly Flames, then Liu Xi scattered the mist to reveal a thousand-zhang statue of Tou She Ancient God and a ring of Heaven-tier scrolls.
• The Emperor Pill Prototype revealed itself on the statue's shoulder, recognized the auras of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame on Liu Xi, and threatened to kill him for the Ancient Jade.
• Liu Xi struck the Emperor Pill Prototype with the Green Lotus, instantly destroying its condensed body and subduing it within the Green Lotus.
• Zhu Kun watched Zi Yan's admiration for Liu Xi and felt lonely as he realized she belonged to someone else.

Liu Xi opened the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Stone Statue and entered the Emperor’s Origin after it acknowledged him. Inside, he met the Tuo She Ancient God, who greeted him as if he had been expected.

• Zhu Kun teased Liu Xi about taking the Emperor Pill Prototype and the statue’s Origin, while Liu Xi argued that he could help everyone break through to Dou Di later.
• Liu Xi opened the stone statue with his Green Lotus, revealing a sphere of light that released overwhelming Emperor’s Might.
• The Emperor’s Might forced everyone except Liu Xi to bend, and Liu Xi recognized that the Emperor’s Origin had acknowledged him.
• Liu Xi entered the sphere and told the others they could leave if they did not want to wait.
• Liu Xi found himself above a multicolored magma sea, where the Tuo She Ancient God greeted him.

Liu Xi absorbed the Emperor’s Origin in the stone statue’s heart and broke through to Dou Di, becoming the Green Lotus Emperor. After announcing his ascension across the Dou Qi Continent, he prepared to go to the Great Thousand World but first planned to settle unfinished matters.

• Tou She Ancient God accepted Liu Xi and allowed him to cultivate with the Emperor’s Origin.
• As the origin energy overwhelmed Liu Xi’s body, he let it dissolve and took root in the lava as a Green Lotus.
• Liu Xi absorbed the remaining Emperor’s Origin and crossed into the Dou Di realm as Tou She Ancient God’s lingering thought disappeared.
• Liu Xi’s father, mother, and Liu Cheng gained power through their bloodlines, while his Emperor’s Might spread across the Black Corner Region.
• Liu Xi appeared above Jia Nan Academy, declared himself the Green Lotus Emperor, and announced that he would go to the Great Thousand World after settling some matters.

Liu Xi awakened the fire slaves in the Demon Fire Space and ordered the surviving Ancient Races to surrender their collections, disband, and scatter across Zhongzhou. After revealing his Dou Di power and showing them what had happened, he accepted Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, and Gu Xun Er’s submission, then left Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo to face their enemies.

• Liu Xi entered the Demon Fire Space and used Azure Flame to awaken and brand its captives as fire slaves who could regain consciousness but remain under his control.
• Hun Feng called on Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Miesheng to attack Liu Xi, so Liu Xi turned him into a fire slave and burned him to ashes, then did the same to the two Soul Clan members.
• Liu Xi ordered the Ancient Races to hand over their collections, disband, disperse throughout Zhongzhou, and intermarry with ordinary people, threatening to kill anyone who refused.
• Liu Xi revealed his Dou Di might and sent the captives memories of the Ancient Races’ war and his rise to Emperor, leaving them panicked and unable to deny his authority.
• Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, and Gu Xun Er agreed to disperse their clans in exchange for permission to preserve their bloodlines, and Liu Xi granted their requests before departing.

After uniting Zhongzhou’s sects and factions under the Heavenly Alliance and reorganizing the continent, Liu Xi explored its hidden peoples and resources before preparing to ascend to the Great Thousand World. His impending departure stirred the entire Dou Qi Continent.

• Liu Xi had Gu Xun Er and the others make the Ancient, Thunder, Flame, and Medicine clans surrender their collections and relocate, while he organized Zhongzhou’s factions into the Heavenly Alliance.
• Liu Xi established Green Lotus Domain and Green Lotus City as the alliance’s center, assigned its leadership, and made the former clans affiliated families rather than races.
• Liu Xi renovated the Heavenly Tomb into training worlds, then discovered the Dark Race, merfolk, and Barbarian Tribe while traveling across the continent.
• Liu Xi helped Queen Medusa fuse hundreds of Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python souls, then returned to Zhongzhou to be with his girlfriend.
• Liu Xi’s time to ascend arrived, and news that the final Dou Di was about to leave sent the continent into an uproar.