Chapter Summaries

Li Wan'er fused two Heavenly Flames with the Fallen Heart Flame, then visited Star Fall Pavilion and learned Xiao Yan was away in the Bodhi Ancient Tree Secret Realm. When Soul Hall arrived demanding Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, Li Wan'er stepped forward to face the threat.

• Li Wan'er fused the Sea Heart Flame and the black-and-white twin flames into the Fallen Heart Flame, giving it the traits of four Heavenly Flames.
• Li Wan'er and Xiao Xuan restored the shattered Xiao Realm within the Heavenly Tomb, which expanded more than tenfold, before Xiao Xuan left to explore the continent and visit the Xiao Clan's descendants.
• Li Wan'er arrived at Star Fall Pavilion, met Feng Xian, Skyfire, and Yao Chen, and learned Xiao Yan had entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree Secret Realm.
• Soul Hall's forces surrounded Star Fall Pavilion and demanded that Xiao Yan and Yao Chen be handed over, threatening to massacre the sect.
• As Star Fall Pavilion's leaders prepared to fight, Li Wan'er appeared beside them and offered to deal with the attackers outside.

Li Wan'er destroyed Soul Hall's assault on Star Fall Pavilion with her dragon power, then left after accepting the pavilion's gratitude. At the Blazing Fire Mountain Range, she rescued Feng Qing'er from a stronger Dou Zun and encouraged her to keep improving, leaving Feng Qing'er to seek opportunities among the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Li Wan'er emerged from Star Fall Pavilion's formation and revealed her strength to Soul Hall's attackers.
• Li Wan'er transformed into a colossal dragon and wiped out Soul Hall's forces, leaving the surrounding mountain range in ruins.
• Venerable Feng thanked Li Wan'er and pledged Star Fall Pavilion's support, and Li Wan'er stayed for several days before departing with a communication talisman.
• Li Wan'er found Feng Qing'er losing a battle against a five-star Dou Zun, sealed the battlefield, and sent the opponent flying.
• Li Wan'er praised Feng Qing'er's progress and urged her to focus on surpassing herself rather than comparing herself with Xiao Yan.
• Feng Qing'er thanked Li Wan'er and headed for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to search its secret realms for a chance to grow stronger.

Li Wan'er arrived at East Dragon Island and warned Zi Yan that the other three Dragon Islands had allied with outside forces to resist unification. After discussing how to strike before the alliance could gather, Zi Yan and the elders chose North Dragon Island as their surprise-attack target.

• Li Wan'er reunited with Zi Yan and learned that her power had risen to the late Four-Star Dou Saint level, allowing East Dragon Island to outmatch any rival island alone.
• Li Wan'er warned that the North, West, and South Dragon Islands had formed an alliance and sought help from the Nine Serene Underworld Python, the Sky Demon Phoenix, and hidden Beast Domain experts.
• East Dragon Island's elders proposed intercepting the outside reinforcements, but Li Wan'er urged them to attack one of the rival islands before its allies could assemble.
• The elders debated their target, and Qing Mu warned that the North Dragon King's lineage might possess forbidden techniques once entrusted to them.
• Zi Yan and the East Dragon Island experts agreed to launch a surprise attack on North Dragon Island while avoiding a commotion that could alert the other islands.

Zi Yan and Li Wan'er defeated the North Dragon King and broke North Dragon Island's resistance. With the Dragon-Slaying Sword summoned and the North Dragon King slain, Zi Yan left Qing Mu and the others to handle the aftermath.

• Zi Yan used her Dragon-Phoenix strength to overpower the North Dragon King, while Li Wan'er struck him with a soul attack using the Qilin Transformation.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon-Slaying Sword, frightening the North Dragon King and the fighters on North Dragon Island and prompting many Ancient Dragons to submit.
• Qing Mu warned North Dragon Island's warriors that the Dragon-Slaying Sword marked Zi Yan as the true Dragon Emperor, and their resistance faltered.
• The North Dragon King tried to escape, but Zi Yan stopped him with shattered space and killed him with the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
• Zi Yan left Qing Mu and the others to manage North Dragon Island's aftermath.

Zi Yan became Dragon Emperor, and Li Wan'er returned to the Xiao Clan to help prepare it for the dangers ahead. After a year of cultivation, Xiao Yan reached the early Three-Star Dou Saint stage and led a campaign that destroyed Soul Hall branches and killed its Heavenly Venerables, while Yao Lao kept Hun Miesheng occupied.

• Zi Yan used a Tier 9 Profound Pill to reach the late Six-Star Dou Saint stage, defeated the rival Dragon Islands, and was crowned Dragon Emperor.
• Li Wan'er visited the Xiao Clan, rejected the position of Patriarch, and told the clan to appoint Xiao Yan while leaving three elder positions open.
• Li Wan'er gave the Xiao Clan hundreds of pills and presented Xiao Xuan with seven cultivation methods and Dou Techniques to study.
• After a year in seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree's secret realm at the early Three-Star Dou Saint stage, and his allies began destroying Soul Hall branches.
• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and others attacked Soul Hall forces as Xiao Yan and his allies wiped out its Heavenly Venerables.
• Yao Lao let Hun Miesheng escape after stalling him, then reunited with the others, who had already eliminated Soul Hall's Heavenly Venerables.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao absorbed the Soul Origin gathered after the Soul Hall’s destruction, while Hun Miesheng learned of his faction’s losses and was killed attempting to attack the Xiao Clan. When a Hun Clan expert attacked Star Fall Pavilion, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent and a newly revealed ally stood to defend it.

• Zi Yan collected the Soul Origin from Xiao Yan and left Star Fall Pavilion with Xiong Zhan and the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Yao Ming, the Fire Cloud Ancestor, and Xiao Yi Xian’s group delivered their Soul Origin to Yao Lao, after which Xiao Yan and Yao Lao entered seclusion.
• Hun Miesheng read the report of the Soul Hall’s devastation and was obliterated by a giant hand of void when he attacked the Xiao Clan.
• After a month of seclusion, Xiao Yan reached great completion of the Heavenly Realm and reunited with Xun'er.
• A seven-star Dou Saint from the Hun Clan attacked Star Fall Pavilion, but the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent blocked his strike.
• An old man from Star Fall Pavilion rose to join the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent against Hun Tu.

Li Wan'er crushed the Hun Clan's attack on Star Fall Pavilion, took Xiao Yan's child flame, and brought Xiao Xiao away to train before seeking the Life Flame. The chapter left her holding the Life Flame as Elder Shennong arrived and demanded that they surrender it.

• Gu Dao joined Yao Lao to oppose Hun Tu, but Li Wan'er appeared and killed Gu Dao with a giant hand before trading his corpse to Xiao Yan for a child flame.
• Li Wan'er told Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge in the Wild Ancient Domain, then took Skyfire and Xiao Xiao away to train.
• Li Wan'er taught Xiao Xiao several cultivation methods and gave her a child flame; after three years in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xiao's cultivation had fallen but her foundation had strengthened.
• Li Wan'er, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao reached the Yao Realm's barrier in the Shennong Mountain Range, where Li Wan'er broke through and seized the Life Flame.
• Elder Shennong arrived and demanded that they leave the Life Flame behind, but Li Wan'er told him he had come too late.

Li Wan'er returned to Jia Nan Academy after years away, survived two Five Elements tribulations, and advanced to the Eight-Star Dou Saint level. She reunited with Xiao Xiao, Skyfire, Feng Qing'er, and the academy’s leaders, while waiting for Xiao Yan to emerge with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Li Wan'er left with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan after effortlessly defeating Shennong, then her refined Heavenly Flame gained a green color and grew stronger.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Li Wan'er endured the metal and earth tribulations, forged jade bones, and advanced to late-stage Spirit Transformation and peak Nine-Star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Skyfire, Xiao Xiao, and Feng Qing'er greeted Li Wan'er after she emerged from seclusion; Xiao Xiao had grown into a high-tier Dou Zun, and Skyfire had become a One-Star Dou Saint.
• Li Wan'er revealed that she had advanced from Seven-Star to Eight-Star Dou Saint and explained that Xiao Yan had spent two years in the Demonic Flame Space, where he was expected to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Su Qian and the academy leaders congratulated Li Wan'er, who praised their progress and described Jia Nan Academy’s growing strength.

After emerging from the Demonic Flame Space with the purifying lotus demon flame, Xiao Yan faced the ancient races’ accusations that he had broken their rules. The confrontation left the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans considering whether to seize the flame, while Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi declared their clans’ positions.

• Xiao Yan and his companions emerged from the Demonic Flame Space, where Hun Shengtian accused him of violating the ancient races’ agreement; Gu Nanhai and the Stone Clan declined to oppose him.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Gu Nanhai fought Hun Shengtian and the experts of the Thunder, Flame, and Yao Clans, while the clan patriarchs arrived and Yan Jin ordered outsiders to leave.
• The Danta Ancestor chose to stand with Xiao Yan, and Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan appeared after Lei Ying called for them.
• Xiao Chen ambushed Hun Shengtian and badly wounded him, then Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Chen to his companions and the assembled leaders.
• Yan Jin challenged Xiao Yan over Xiao Chen’s involvement, but Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Chen had entered the space a thousand years earlier and that Xiao Yan had been a Four-Star Dou Saint before entering.
• Hun Tiandi urged the other clans to keep the purifying lotus demon flame from Xiao Yan, while Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan would not interfere if the Hun Clan stayed out; Yan Jin and Lei Ying considered taking it for themselves.

Li Wan'er claimed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, drove off Yan Jin and Lei Ying, and exposed the Hun Clan’s hidden strength before taking Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen back to the Xiao Clan. After Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Xuan and increased his power, news arrived that Xiao Yan would trade with the Hun Clan in three months to rescue his father.

• Yan Jin and Lei Ying challenged Xiao Yan for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Li Wan'er appeared and defeated them with one strike.
• Li Wan'er revealed the Hun Clan’s concealed forces and suggested that it had destroyed the Spirit Race, sowing suspicion among the Emperor Clans before leading her group away.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Chen to Li Wan'er, who brought him to the Xiao Clan and then to the secret realm, where he reunited with Xiao Xuan.
• Li Wan'er gave Xiao Chen an Ancient Immortal Phoenix Nirvana Pill and the Qilin Transformation technique, and after a month his strength reached the peak of the Seven-Star Dou Saint level.
• Xiao Chen learned that Xiao Yan planned to trade with the Hun Clan at the Burial Heaven Mountain Range in three months to rescue his father, and prepared to leave.

The Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the three ancient clans gathered at the Burial Heaven Mountain Range to face the Hun Clan and rescue their Patriarch. As Hun Tiandi’s forces arrived, Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan prepared for the battle.

• Hun Tiandi seized the Ancient Jade pieces of the Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Gu Clan, then destroyed the Yao Clan and Stone Clan to take their pieces.
• Gu Yuan led the Thunder, Flame, and Gu clans to the Burial Heaven Mountain Range, where they joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance under Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Chen, Cai Lin, and Xun'er, while Cai Lin explained that Xiao Xiao was studying with her aunt.
• Xiao Yu arrived with Yao Tianhuo and Li Wan'er, and said Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan would face Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame while she fought the Hun Clan’s other experts.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan sensed the Hun Clan’s arrival as the sun reached its zenith.

Hun Tiandi led the Hun Clan to the Burial Heaven Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan and the allied clans confronted them over the Ancient Jade. The battle erupted with Xiao Yan facing the Nihility Devouring Flame, Gu Yuan fighting Hun Tiandi, and Li Wan'er cutting down Hun Clan Dou Saints.

• Hun Tiandi appeared with the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan’s experts, and Lei Ying demanded the return of the three clans’ Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan asked about his father, and Hun Tiandi revealed Xiao Zhan bound in a cage; Xiao Yan ordered the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to protect him.
• The clans formed their battle lines, and Xiao Yan attacked the Nihility Devouring Flame while Gu Yuan intercepted Hun Tiandi and the other leaders engaged the Hun Clan’s Eight-Star Dou Saints.
• Gu Yuan and the allied clans launched attacks that Hun Tiandi blocked with a net of black chains before it collapsed.
• Li Wan'er killed Hun Sha and numerous other Hun Clan Dou Saints, while Xiao Yu also slew Hun Clan fighters despite being surrounded by Demon Saints.

Li Wan'er killed the Hun Clan's Four Demon Saints, then fought Hun Yuantian, who trapped her inside the Deathly Stillness Gate. She escaped and returned atop the gate, thanking him for the gift.

• Li Wan'er destroyed Hun Yan's soul and pulverized his body, then killed the wounded Hun Jing, wiping out all four Hun Clan Demon Saints.
• Hun Yuantian descended and attacked Li Wan'er, but her soul power shattered his invisible net and blocked his palm strike.
• Li Wan'er launched a six-colored Destruction Flame Lotus, but Hun Yuantian's Deathly Stillness Gate swallowed its explosion.
• Hun Yuantian pulled Li Wan'er into the Deathly Stillness Gate and attacked a Gu Clan elder while believing she would not escape.
• Hun Yuantian lost his connection to the gate, which flew from his hand and expanded as Li Wan'er reappeared sitting atop it.

The allied forces killed the Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints and four elders, but Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with all the pieces of the Ancient Jade. Gu Yuan and the others resolved to watch the Hun Clan and follow them to Tou She Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.

• Li Wan'er killed Hun Yuantian, and Xiao Chen killed the wounded Hun Yao as the allied forces defeated the Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints and four elders.
• Hun Tiandi ordered a withdrawal, and Nihility Devouring Flame formed a black hole of flame to help the Hun Clan escape.
• Xiao Yan and the allied experts attacked the black hole, but Hun Tiandi opened a vast spatial rift to swallow their attacks and protect the retreat.
• Hun Tiandi warned Xiao Yan, Gu Yuan, and Li Wan'er that he would destroy their clans and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance after advancing to Dou Emperor, then escaped with the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan acknowledged that the Hun Clan was stronger than the Gu Clan, and the allied leaders decided to watch the Hun Clan and follow its experts to Tou She Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.

After the allied army destroyed the Soul Hall branches in the Central Plains, Xiao Yan reunited with his family at Star Fall Pavilion and then visited Jia Nan Academy. There, Li Wan'er revealed a plan to ambush Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame near the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

• Xiao Yan ordered the allied army to remain with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and eradicate the Soul Hall's Central Plains strongholds.
• The allied forces destroyed every Soul Hall branch in the Central Plains within three days, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived at Star Fall Pavilion to reunite with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Flame Alliance had become the Northwestern Region's leading power but decided not to summon its forces.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan reunited with Hu Jia, Su Qian, and the grown-up Xiao Xiao, who explained that Li Wan'er had sent her to the Heavenly Tomb to rebuild her cultivation.
• Li Wan'er confirmed that the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode lay beneath Jia Nan Academy and told Xiao Yan to bring Zi Yan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Yuan to prepare an ambush for Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Li Wan'er evacuated Jia Nan Academy and revealed that Xiao Yan was Tou She Ancient God's successor, destined to inherit the emperor origin and become a Dou Emperor. She led Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Chen into the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where they met Zhu Kun and prepared for the coming battle over its two opportunities.

• Li Wan'er warned Su Qian that Hun Tiandi had gathered all eight Emperor Jade pieces, so Su Qian evacuated Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Xuan reappeared, and Li Wan'er explained that Xiao Yan could become a Dou Emperor by refining Tou She Ancient God's emperor origin with all twenty-two heavenly flames.
• Li Wan'er led Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Chen through the Underground Magma World to the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• The group found Zhu Kun beneath the cave abode, and Li Wan'er told him that his daughter Zi Yan had become Dragon Emperor and reached at least Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Li Wan'er said the group sought only Tou She Ancient God's emperor origin, while Zhu Kun could compete for the Emperor-Grade Prototype Pill against other powerful Dou Saints.

Xiao Yan persuaded Zhu Kun to join the effort against Hun Tiandi by explaining that a Dou Emperor could restore Source Qi and that the Great Thousand World lay beyond their own. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi prepared to attack the Black-Corner Region, then confronted Gu Yuan and tried to recruit him before declaring that the world could not restrain him.

• Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun and the others about the Great Thousand World and the return of Source Qi after a Dou Emperor appeared, and Zhu Kun agreed to help if Xiao Yu's relationship with them was genuine.
• A Hun Clan survivor reported that Xiao Yan had killed Hun You and the others in the Black-Corner Region, prompting Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame to fear that Xiao Yan might know about the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Nihility Devouring Flame to lead forces through a spatial passage to the Black-Corner Region while he kept Gu Yuan occupied, and he planned to claim the Prototype Emperor Pill.
• Gu Yuan detected Hun Tiandi appearing near the Hun Realm and went to confront him.
• Hun Tiandi offered Gu Yuan a future alliance, but Gu Yuan rejected the offer, and Hun Tiandi declared that the world could not restrain him.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi raced toward the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode beneath Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan warned the assembled fighters that Zhu Kun guarded it. Hun Tiandi destroyed the academy to expose the magma below, and a vast whirlpool began to form as something stirred beneath the surface.

• Gu Yuan realized Hun Tiandi was stalling him to buy time, and Hun Tiandi confirmed that the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode lay in the Black-Corner Region.
• Gu Yuan warned Hun Tiandi not to underestimate Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu, then headed for the Black-Corner Region as Hun Tiandi vanished.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, Cai Lin, Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy and explained that Zhu Kun guarded the cave abode beneath the magma.
• Hun Tiandi arrived and urged Gu Yuan to surrender, but Gu Yuan ignored him.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Tou She Ancient God Jade and struck Jia Nan Academy, collapsing it into an abyss and forcing magma to flood the Black-Corner Region.
• A huge whirlpool formed in the magma sea as a strange fluctuation signaled something stirring below.

The Ancient Emperor Cave Abode emerged from the Magma Sea, and Hun Tiandi tried to open its gate while Gu Yuan kept him occupied. Zhu Kun then rose from the magma and reunited with his daughter, Zi Yan, leaving the gathered experts stunned by his sudden change in demeanor.

• The Ancient Emperor Cave Abode appeared from the Magma Sea, and Hun Tiandi raised the Tou She Ancient God Jade to open its gate.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi and stopped him from opening the cave abode.
• Xiao Yan sensed danger in the Magma Sea and warned everyone to move away.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the magma and transformed into a middle-aged man, then searched for his daughter.
• Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, agreed to stay out of the battle at her request, and asked to come closer.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and agreed to kill Hun Tiandi, who was slain by Li Wan'er, Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan as the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode opened. The survivors entered the cave abode and arrived on a floating landmass where Xiao Yan found that his soul perception was heavily restricted.

• Zi Yan demanded that Zhu Kun kill Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun agreed while Elder Zhu Huo and the Ancient Dragon Clan elders recognized him as their former Dragon Emperor.
• As the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode's gates began opening, Xiao Xuan appeared, and Li Wan'er, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan surrounded Hun Tiandi while Xiao Yan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin fought the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Li Wan'er and Xiao Xuan led the attack that killed Hun Tiandi, and the group wiped out the remaining Hun Clan experts.
• Li Wan'er erased the Nihility Devouring Flame's sentience and gave it to Xiao Yan before the group entered the passage through the Giant Gate.
• Xiao Yan and the others landed on a floating landmass inside the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where Xiao Yan discovered that his soul power could sense only a short distance.