Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo disguised himself as Xiao Yan to rescue Green Scale Hermit and confront Hun Xu Zi. After Chen Mo and Xiao Yan worked together to kill Hun Xu Zi, Chen Mo revealed his identity, leaving Hun Xu Zi to realize the Hun Clan had been infiltrated by Chen Mo.

• Hun Xu Zi stripped Green Scale Hermit of his ring, failed to find the ninth-tier golden pill, and prepared to kill him.
• Chen Mo arrived disguised as Xiao Yan and challenged Hun Xu Zi, who believed he could capture him and use him to obtain the Ancient Bodhi Tree Jade.
• Chen Mo revealed early Eight-Star Dou Saint strength and attacked Hun Xu Zi with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and Heaven-Flame Three Mysterious Ruler Technique.
• Old Demon Hun intervened, but Xiao Yan blocked his strike, allowing Chen Mo to land a fatal blow on Hun Xu Zi.
• Chen Mo revealed his identity, and Hun Xu Zi recognized that Chen Mo had infiltrated the Hun Clan as one of its elders before dying.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Xuzi and revealed that Hun Miesheng had become his puppet, while Chen Mo prepared to take Hun Xuzi’s soul and ring. Xiao Yan left with the Ancient Void Dragon Jade, and Chen Mo disguised himself as Xiao Yan to travel with the Blue-Robed Scholar back to the realm.

• Xiao Yan taunted Hun Xuzi over the Hun clan’s past crimes, then refused to spare or recruit him.
• Xiao Yan summoned Hun Miesheng as a puppet, and Hun Xuzi died from rage; Xiao Yan extracted his soul and handed it to Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo praised Xiao Yan’s plan and told him to return when Hun Tiandi broke through to Dou Di so he could inherit the Ancient Void Dragon’s accumulated fortune.
• Xiao Yan gave Chen Mo his ring and left, while Chen Mo’s Xiao Yan spat blood after his disguise’s flames faded.
• The Blue-Robed Scholar caught Chen Mo, believing him to be the injured Xiao Yan, and carried him toward the realm.

Xiao Yan returned to the Soul Clan injured and claimed he had fought Xiao Yan after Soul void was killed. He revealed that he had recovered the Ancient Bodhi Tree Jade, winning Soul Heaven Emperor’s praise as the clan celebrated.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Soul Clan wounded, and Soul Jie and the other experts assumed Gu Yuan or Chen Mo had injured him.
• Xiao Yan claimed that Xiao Yan had killed Soul void and that he had fought Xiao Yan, who had used a secret technique and a powerful Dou Skill.
• Xiao Yan said he had taken Xiao Yan’s ring and found the Ancient Bodhi Tree Jade inside it.
• Soul Heaven Emperor recognized the jade, and Soul Jie and the gathered experts congratulated him on recovering it.
• Xiao Yan asked Soul Heaven Emperor to remember Soul void’s sacrifice, then left to heal while the clan chief praised him.

Yao Lao recruited the Green Scale Hermit to remain in Netherworld and join the effort against the Hun Clan, while Chen Mo arranged for Xiao Yan to strengthen his cultivation. After Xiao Yan reached peak Nine-Star Dou Saint and concealed his true level, Soul Heavenly Emperor mistakenly believed the Hun Clan had gained the advantage.

• Yao Lao restored the Green Scale Hermit's severed arm and persuaded him to stay in Netherworld, where the Green Scale Hermit agreed to bring his wife from the Divine Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Mo that Soul Heavenly Emperor had made no move after taking the Xiao Clan's ancient jade, and Chen Mo said the Hun Clan was still searching for the inheritance's location.
• Chen Mo ordered Xiao Yan to use a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill to feign a breakthrough and prepare for the coming battle.
• After half a month of refining the pill, Xiao Yan reached peak Nine-Star Dou Saint and released the aura of an early-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint to draw Soul Heavenly Emperor over.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor and Soul Devouring Flame concluded that the Hun Clan had three Nine-Star Dou Saints against Netherworld's two, and Soul Heavenly Emperor declared that the advantage was his.

Xiao Yan concealed his knowledge of the Black-Corner Region while Hun Tiandi directed him to focus on refining a Nine-Grade Golden Pill. In Netherworld, Chen Mo prepared Fen Yan and the two Demon Saints to attempt breakthroughs, and the chapter ended with news that the Soul Clan had moved in the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan flattered Hun Tiandi and Soul Devouring Flame, then pretended not to recognize the Black-Corner Region on the Ancient Emperor's Cave Jade.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan to cultivate a Nine-Grade Golden Pill and assigned the Four Demon Saints to search for the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Green Scale Hermit joined Netherworld as an elder, while the Yan Clan announced Xiao Yan as its Young clan chief and claimed he was in seclusion to break through.
• Chen Mo explained the risks of breaking through to Dou Di without a physical body, and Yellow Spring Demon Saint and Pure Lotus Demon Saint volunteered to attempt it.
• Chen Mo prepared Hun Tiandi's body and an Emperor-Grade Pill for Xiao Xuan, then arranged the others' breakthroughs.
• After seven days of preparations, Chen Mo and the others received news that the Soul Clan had moved in the Black-Corner Region.

Soul Tiandi led the Soul Clan to the Black-Corner Region, where he used the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe jade to expose the cave mansion beneath Canaan Academy and confronted Gu Yuan’s arriving forces. As their armies battled across a sea of magma, the cave mansion’s stone gate emerged.

• Soul You reported that the Netherworld Alliance and Canaan Academy had evacuated the Black-Corner Region, and Soul Tiandi led his elite forces there anyway.
• Soul Tiandi destroyed Canaan Academy with a bloody handprint and used the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe jade to draw magma up across the region.
• Gu Yuan arrived with Chen Mo and their allies as Soul Devouring Flame, Xiao Yan, and the Soul Clan forces engaged them in battle.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had obtained the jade fragment and eight ninth-tier golden pills from his storage ring, then attacked Chen Mo.
• A vast wave rose from the magma, and the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe cave mansion’s stone gate emerged from the sea.

Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and the rival factions entered its strange inner world in search of the inheritance and the Emperor-grade Embryonic Pill. At the Heavenly Flame altar, the pill appeared in human form and became inexplicably afraid of Chen Mo.

• Yan Jin proposed a truce while Hun Tiandi opened the cave mansion, but Gu Yuan and Chen Mo continued fighting to keep Hun Tiandi from claiming the inheritance.
• The cave mansion's opening released a crushing aura that halted the battle, and Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Chen Mo, Yan Jin, and Soul Devouring Flame entered through the gate.
• Soul Devouring Flame led the group to the altar of twenty-two strange flames, while Chen Mo secretly resolved to make Hun Tiandi swallow the Emperor-grade Embryonic Pill directly.
• Soul Devouring Flame revealed a towering stone statue and explained that the silver-haired figure standing on it was the Emperor-grade Embryonic Pill, not Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.
• The Emperor-grade Embryonic Pill sensed an aura from Chen Mo that terrified it, despite recognizing him as an early-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Hun Tiandi’s side captured and refined the Emperor Tier Young Pill, while Chen Mo’s coalition returned to the Ancient Emperor’s void and began preparing to grow stronger. Back in the Soul Realm, Hun Tiandi tasked Yan Jin and Soul Devouring Flame with refining the pill into a true Emperor Tier pill, and Soul Devouring Flame warned Yan Jin to leave himself a way out.

• The Emperor Tier Young Pill confronted Soul Devouring Flame and Yan Jin over a promise to rescue it, but Hun Tiandi revealed his intention to take it for himself.
• The Emperor Tier Young Pill charged Hun Tiandi, then stopped when it sensed Chen Mo’s hidden presence; Chen Mo and Gu Yuan agreed to stay back while Hun Tiandi’s side attacked.
• Soul Devouring Flame used the ancient jade and the Pill Transformation Divine Technique to subdue the Emperor Tier Young Pill, and Hun Tiandi refined it into a pill before leaving with the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan’s group revealed their strength to Lei Ying, and Chen Mo urged the clans to cultivate and develop the void pool while the Heavenly Tomb remained open to them.
• Hun Tiandi asked Yan Jin whether the Emperor Tier Young Pill could help someone reach the Dou Emperor realm, then authorized Yan Jin and Soul Devouring Flame to refine it into a true Emperor Tier pill.
• Soul Devouring Flame gave Yan Jin the Emperor Tier Young Pill and warned him to leave himself a way out, leaving Yan Jin confused.

Yan Jin and Soul Devouring Flame prepared to refine an Emperor-grade Nine Treasures Pill with Chen Mo overseeing the process. After a month of preparation and refinement, the pill was completed, and Chen Mo received a system notification.

• Yan Jin gave Soul Devouring Flame ten specially prepared ninth-grade treasure pills, and Soul Devouring Flame recovered after consuming them.
• Chen Mo reassured Xin Kun that Yan Jin would become a Dou Emperor alongside Soul Heavenly Emperor and eventually take over the Soul Clan.
• Yan Jin and Soul Devouring Flame spent fifteen days preparing ingredients and clan bloodlines for the Emperor-grade Nine Treasures Pill.
• Yan Jin asked Chen Mo to oversee the pill refinement, and Chen Mo came to the Soul Realm after realizing the system reward had not yet awakened Soul Devouring Flame.
• Yan Jin completed the pill after another half month, and a system notification sounded in Chen Mo's mind.

Chen Mo obtained a Golden Emperor Pill after the Emperor Pill Embryo was refined, while Hun Tiandi swallowed the pill and Xiao Yan recovered from the strain of helping mature it. Soul Devouring Flame warned Xiao Yan that Hun Tiandi might target them and sent him to seek Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s inheritance, hoping Xiao Yan would return as a Dou Emperor and save him.

• Chen Mo received a fifth-grade Golden Emperor Pill from the system and planned to save it for whichever of his wives became an Emperor first.
• Soul Devouring Flame announced that the Emperor Pill Embryo had matured, and Hun Tiandi entered the void realm and swallowed it while Xiao Yan lay exhausted.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yan to recover and stay hidden before he took him to break through, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• After Xiao Yan recovered, Soul Devouring Flame confessed that the pill required vast energy and warned that Hun Tiandi could turn against them if he failed to break through.
• Soul Devouring Flame told Xiao Yan to seek Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s inheritance and asked him to rescue him, and Xiao Yan promised to return after reaching Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan told Chen Mo about the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and prepared to inherit Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s legacy. Chen Mo brought Xiao Yan to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor and asked what form he had originally taken before becoming the first strange flame.

• Xiao Yan visited Chen Mo and explained how the Soul Devouring Flame had helped him escape after the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame passed on its legacy.
• Chen Mo warned Xiao Yan that inheriting Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s legacy could let him control the Netherworld’s strange flames, then revealed that he had moved the cave abode to the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yan awakened Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, exchanged greetings as fellow Daoists, and discussed Xiao Yan’s encounter with the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame.
• Chen Mo asked Tuoshe Ancient Emperor what his original form had been before he devoured strange flames and evolved into the first strange flame.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor revealed that his true body was the Falling Heart Flame and recounted how he became a Dou Emperor before dying in battle with a mysterious invader. He left Chen Mo with his account of Netherworld’s lost source qi, though its disappearance remained unexplained.

• Chen Mo correctly guessed that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s true body was the Falling Heart Flame, and Tuoshe explained that his remnant soul had been waiting in his birthplace.
• Tuoshe Ancient Emperor said he discovered the Flame Mantra, devoured the twenty-one Heavenly Flames, and eventually reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Saint before finding enough source qi to become a Dou Emperor.
• After sensing Netherworld’s source qi was running out, Tuoshe gathered what remained to make an Emperor-grade pill for a future generation.
• Eight Soul Clan creatures attacked Tuoshe, but he killed them and established the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion with the pill embryo and many Heavenly Flames.
• Tuoshe later fought a humanoid invader, self-destructed his Dou Emperor body to wound him, and lost his Origin Emperor Flame, which he said caused his death.

Ancient Emperor Tuo She explained the extraterrestrial evil clans’ threat and the plane fetus to Chen Mo, then passed his inheritance to Xiao Yan before his spiritual imprint faded. As Xiao Yan cultivated, Chen Mo investigated the origin of the Flame Mantra and watched Gu Yuan’s group prepare to break through, while Hun Tiandi resumed his own seclusion after learning the Netherworld remained quiet.

• Chen Mo told Ancient Emperor Tuo She that cloned boys were being devoured in the void rift, and explained the extraterrestrial evil clans and the plane fetus.
• Ancient Emperor Tuo She revealed that his original consciousness had vanished and passed his inheritance to Xiao Yan before dissipating into a twenty-one-colored sphere of light.
• Xiao Yan accepted the inheritance and began cultivating, while Chen Mo reflected on the Flame Mantra and went to observe Gu Yuan and the others’ breakthrough.
• Hun Tiandi asked the Soul Devouring Flame whether the Ancient Clan had tried to stop his breakthrough, then ordered it to keep watch as he continued his seclusion.

As Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Pill to become a Dou Di, Chen Mo spent time with the heavily pregnant Xiao Yi Xian and reflected on their relationship. When Hun Tiandi’s breakthrough shook Netherworld just as Xiao Yi Xian went into labor, Chen Mo left her in Cai Lin and Medusa’s care and led the other Dou Dis to confront him.

• Hun Tiandi prepared to refine the Emperor Pill and the energy of the ancient clans, vowing to kill Gu Yuan, Chen Mo, and Soul Devouring Flame once he became a Dou Di.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yi Xian shared memories of their first meeting and spoke about their love and the pain of sharing him with other women.
• Yan Jin and the others emerged from seclusion as Dou Dis, bringing Chen Mo’s group to ten Dou Dis besides Xun'er.
• Hun Tiandi’s energy erupted across Netherworld as he declared that he had become an emperor and challenged Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Yi Xian went into labor, so Chen Mo entrusted her to Cai Lin and Medusa before leading the other Dou Dis to face Hun Tiandi.

Hun Tiandi rushed toward the Northwestern Continent after becoming a Dou Di, but Gu Yuan and the others confronted him and revealed that several of them had also reached the Dou Di realm. As the six Dou Di began fighting him, Hun Tiandi tried to activate the Emperor-grade Young Pill hidden in the Netherworld, only to discover it was missing.

• Hun Tiandi headed for the Northwestern Continent, intent on finding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and keeping his breakthrough secret from Chen Mo and the Netherworld.
• Gu Yuan stopped Hun Tiandi, and Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and Gu Lie revealed that they were Dou Di; Chen Mo erased Hun Tiandi's attack and demanded that he surrender his body and destroy his soul.
• Hun Tiandi charged Chen Mo and the others, while Chen Mo let the other five Dou Di fight him and warned them not to damage the Netherworld.
• Xun'er struck Hun Tiandi and condemned the Hun Clan, but Hun Tiandi declared that he would take the Netherworld down with him and tried to activate the Emperor-grade Young Pill.
• Hun Tiandi discovered the pill was missing, and Soul Devouring Flame said someone besides the two of them knew how to access it; a voice behind Hun Tiandi claimed responsibility.

Chen Yang advanced to Early Three-star Dou Di and Late Emperor Realm after Xiao Yan's breakthrough, while Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Hun Tiandi and defeated him. Hun Tiandi lost his bid to blame the outcome on Chen Yang alone, and Chen Yang insisted Xiao Yan would have stopped his plans anyway.

• The System Prompt announced Chen Yang's rise to Early Three-star Dou Di and Late Emperor Realm after Xiao Yan reached Two-star Dou Di and Mid Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan appeared, greeted Chen Yang, Medicine Elder, and the others, and reunited with Medicine Elder as the group congratulated him.
• Hun Tiandi demanded to know what Xiao Yan meant, and Xiao Yan transformed into Yan Xiao, revealing that he had deceived Hun Tiandi from within the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan swept him away and explained that Chen Yang's support as an Emperor Grade Alchemist had enabled his strength.
• Hun Tiandi told Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan that Chen Yang's interference had cost him victory, but Chen Yang said Xiao Yan would have thwarted his plans even without him.

Chen Mo killed Soul Heavenly Emperor and destroyed his hidden soul imprint, then arranged for Xiao Yan to claim leadership of the Hun Clan. With the Soul Devouring Flame agreeing to obey Xiao Yan, Chen Mo prepared to stage the final act.

• Chen Mo pulled Soul Heavenly Emperor's soul from his body while Xiao Yan seized the body and refined the Soul Devouring Flame.
• Chen Mo saw through Soul Heavenly Emperor's hidden soul imprint, crushed his main soul, and then found and refined the backup imprint in a secret realm beneath the Northern Sea.
• Gu Yuan asked whether the battle was over, and Chen Mo said only the final step remained before Xiao Yan could become the Hun Clan's leader.
• The Soul Devouring Flame submitted to Chen Mo and agreed to obey Xiao Yan, while Chen Mo instructed it to transfer its consciousness into part of its flame.
• Chen Mo announced that the final act would begin and turned toward Xiao Yan.

Chen Mo and Xiao Yan staged Xiao Yan’s capture and surrender to persuade the Soul Clan’s remaining elders that Soul Heavenly Emperor had betrayed them and that resistance was futile. Xiao Yan accepted Chen Mo’s terms and returned to reorganize the surviving Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan returned to his foolish appearance, and Chen Mo and Soul Devouring Flame learned that Soul Clan members believed the Grand Elder had become a Dou Di.
• Chen Mo restrained Xiao Yan while Xiao Yan pretended to resist, and Soul Devouring Flame and Elder Yan urged him to save the Soul Clan by surrendering.
• Chen Mo showed Xiao Yan the Soul Realm’s devastation, where only four elders and a few familiar survivors remained.
• Xiao Yan agreed to surrender, greeted Chen Mo as Alliance Master, and promised to reorganize the Soul Clan and eliminate remaining Soul Palace members.
• Chen Mo warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan would be destroyed if any Soul Palace remnants escaped notice, and Xiao Yan left with Soul Devouring Flame.

Chen Mo returned to the Netherworld after Hun Tiandi was defeated and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and their newborn son. The family named the child Yang An, and Chen Mo helped Xiao Yi Xian recover while their companions celebrated.

• Chen Mo invited the Ghost Emperors to celebrate the birth, and Gu Yuan led them back to the Netherworld.
• Chen Mo arrived at the palace and found Xiao Yi Xian with their newborn son, whose sealed strength had been comparable to that of his elder sisters.
• Chen Mo named the boy Yang An, hoping he would live a peaceful and carefree life, and Zi Yan declared that he was family to all the women.
• Chen Mo gave Xiao Yi Xian medicinal soup and a ninth-grade golden pill to help her recover and prepare to break through to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Yang An reached toward Zi Yan, prompting her to pass him to Chen Mo as the women laughed and teased one another.

Chen Mo celebrated Chen Lin’s new fatherhood and ordered the release of the Xiao clan and the captured faction leaders after Hun Tiandi’s defeat. In the Hun Realm, Soul Devouring Flame promised the Hun Clan would be spared and accepted the position of its new clan chief.

• Chen Mo congratulated Chen Lin, told Han to release the Xiao clan and captured experts, and urged the united factions not to cause trouble.
• Zi Yan revealed she had stolen valuables from the guests, including Gu Yuan’s materials and Yan Jin’s Ice Spirit Flame Stone, then refused Yan Jin’s request to return it.
• Han went to see Xiao Xun'er and Gu Xun while the others remained at the celebration.
• Soul Devouring Flame returned to the Hun Realm and assured Hun Feng and the Hun Clan members that Chen Mo had promised to spare them.
• Soul Devouring Flame was made Hun Clan Chief and vowed that the clan would abandon its former evil ways.