Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Soul Clan was seeking to revive the imprisoned Soul Emperor, the Ancient Clan’s Grand Elders formed a plan to unite the ancient clans and counter the threat. Gu Long prepared to enter the deadly Ancient Battlefield Space to reach Half-Saint, leaving his companions with tasks to strengthen the Ancient Clan’s forces.

• Gu Long recounted how he and Gu Lie stopped the Soul Clan from opening the Burial Soul Abyss, and the Grand Elders learned that Gu Long’s Ancient Emperor’s origin now reinforced its seal.
• Gu Xuan ordered Gu Yuan to establish an Anti-Soul Alliance, Gu Lie to purge Soul Clan strongholds, and Gu Feng to search for abnormal spatial points with the Ancient Emperor Mirror.
• Gu Xuan told Gu Long to prepare for the Ancient Battlefield Space, where he could fight powerful projections and attempt to break through to Half-Saint, despite the risk of death or lasting damage.
• Gu Long studied records in the Heritage Hall and chose to enter after learning that only a few participants had succeeded while eighteen had died.
• Gu Long assigned Zhao Yun, Old Yao, and Zhou Yu tasks to strengthen their cultivation, alchemy, and formation skills before he entered the battlefield in three days.

On the eve of entering the Ancient Battlefield Space, Gu Long promised Xun Er he would return alive, and she asked to advance their wedding so they could face future dangers together. He entered the battlefield to seek a breakthrough to Half-Saint, where he was matched against a powerful Nine Star Dou Venerate opponent; outside, Xun Er and his allies waited and continued preparing for the Soul Clan threat.

• Xun Er brought Gu Long tea and pastries, confessed she wanted to share his burdens, and asked to move up their wedding after he returned; Gu Long agreed and promised to protect himself while she promised to wait for him.
• Zhao Yun delivered Old Yao and Zhou Yu's information about the Ancient Battlefield Space, including its nine levels, time difference, and preparations to support Gu Long.
• Gu Long met Grand Elder Gu Xuan at the Rear Mountain Forbidden Ground and entered the Ancient Battlefield Space after receiving a jade talisman for an early escape.
• Inside the battlefield, Gu Long was matched with a silver-armored spear wielder at the Nine Star Dou Venerate Peak and began fighting him at full strength.
• While Gu Long fought inside, Gu Yuan worked to form the Anti-Soul Alliance, Gu Lie and Gu Yu cleared Soul Clan forces, and Xun Er waited at the mountain for Gu Long's return.

Gu Long defeated Gu Yun Kong, the former record holder, and grasped Rule Restructuring during their battle. He accepted the obsessions that formed his Inner Demon, broke through to Half-Saint, and prepared to leave the Ancient Battlefield Space.

• Gu Long met Gu Yun Kong, who explained the trial’s deadly risks and warned that defeating him would bring forth Gu Long’s Inner Demon.
• Gu Long chose to continue and defeated Gu Yun Kong by using Rule Restructuring to unravel his sword attack.
• Gu Long’s Inner Demon appeared, and their battle left Gu Long gravely wounded as the emotionless double gained the advantage.
• Gu Long stopped resisting and accepted the obsessions of the fifty geniuses, understanding the tragedies behind them and absorbing their power.
• Gu Long’s Inner Demon dissolved, and Gu Long broke through to Half-Saint as a gate of light opened to carry him out of the Ancient Battlefield Space.

Gu Long accepted a hidden mission in the Ancient Battlefield Space, defeated every projection, and broke through to Dou Saint by forging his Order Dao. After returning to the Ancient Clan, he learned the Soul Clan was preparing a continent-wide formation and planned to investigate the Burial God Mountain Range for a clue to Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two.

• Gu Long accepted the Saint's Path mission and stayed in the Ancient Battlefield Space, where he defeated more than three hundred projections and advanced from Half-Saint to Dou Saint.
• Gu Long discovered that his Dao was order, formed the World of Order, defeated a Three Star Dou Saint projection, and completed the mission, earning a Seven Star Dou Saint summoning card and a clue to the Ancient Emperor's Tomb.
• Gu Long left the battlefield after three years inside and returned to the Ancient Clan as a Dou Saint, astonishing Gu Xuan.
• Gu Xuan told Gu Long that the Anti-Soul Alliance was forming and that the Soul Clan had established eight other Soul Devouring Arrays across the continent.
• Gu Yuan and the clan representatives learned that the Soul Clan might be trying to open the Gate of Nine Nethers, and they agreed to destroy the known arrays and investigate the Soul Clan's bases.
• Gu Long reunited with Xun Er, and they agreed to travel together to the Burial God Mountain Range to seek clues to Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two.

Gu Long and Xun Er traveled toward the Burial God Mountain Range to seek the second volume of the Ancient Emperor Scripture, but Gu Yang betrayed them by alerting the Soul Clan. Gu Long defeated the Soul Clan ambush, and the two continued toward the mountains while planning to conceal their survival.

• Gu Long and Xun Er said farewell to Gu Yuan, who gave them a one-use Void Escape Talisman before they departed through the Ancient World's teleportation array.
• Gu Yang secretly sent the Soul Clan their destination and arrival time, while Xun Er noticed suspicious details about the teleportation setup and Gu Long urged caution.
• At the outpost, Hun Sha and three other Soul Clan Dou Saints ambushed Gu Long and Xun Er, but Gu Long used his World of Order and Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger to kill all four.
• Gu Long and Xun Er left the outpost and decided to let the Soul Clan believe they had been captured or killed, then flew toward the Burial God Mountain Range.
• The Soul Clan scouts reported the failed ambush to Gu Yang, who resolved to let the dangers of the Burial God Mountain Range kill Gu Long.

Gu Long and Xun Er infiltrated the Burial God Mountain Range and destroyed an outer Soul Devouring Array Eye, but its explosion alerted Hun Sha Tian. As the Soul Clan activated a formation to seal the mountains, Gu Long and Xun Er reached a second Array Eye, unaware that the danger was closing around them.

• Gu Long and Xun Er entered the mountain range using Soul Purifying Pills and learned from patrolling Soul Clan members that the Clan suspected Gu Long was seeking the Ancient Emperor's Tomb.
• They found a map in the ruins of the Soul Suppressing Hall, memorized the locations of the Soul Clan's strongholds and Array Eyes, and chose a remote Array Eye to attack.
• Gu Long killed the Half-Saint guarding the Array Eye while Xun Er burned three Dou Venerates, then they confronted and severed the formation spirit's connection to the altar.
• The Array Eye exploded as Gu Long and Xun Er escaped, alerting Hun Sha Tian, who ordered the Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare formation activated across the mountain range.
• Gu Long and Xun Er reached the area near a second Array Eye without realizing the Soul Clan's net was spreading around them.

Gu Long and Xun Er destroyed a second Soul Devouring Array Eye, prompting Hun Sha Tian to activate the Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare Array and corner them. As Hun Sha Tian nearly captured them, Gu Long’s summoning card called forth Bai Qi, who rescued them, and the three fled while Soul Clan pursuers gave chase.

• Gu Long and Xun Er infiltrated the swamp array eye, located its core nodes, and destroyed the altar and its array spirit with Gu Long’s Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Talisman.
• Hun Sha Tian discovered that two array eyes had fallen, activated the Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare Array, and ordered the Soul Clan’s Dou Saint Elders to hunt Gu Long and Xun Er.
• Hun Sha Tian and four Three Star Dou Saint Elders intercepted Gu Long and Xun Er; the Elders’ attacks wounded Gu Long, and Hun Sha Tian trapped him with his Time-Space Freeze Domain.
• Xun Er burned her essence blood to attack Hun Sha Tian with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, but he shattered her strike and left her severely weakened.
• Gu Long’s summoning card brought forth Bai Qi, who broke Hun Sha Tian’s domain, killed the four Elders, and forced Hun Sha Tian to flee.
• Bai Qi helped Xun Er recover, then Gu Long, Xun Er, and Bai Qi fled toward the mountain range’s outskirts as Soul Clan pursuers closed in.

Gu Long, Xun Er, and Bai Qi escaped the Soul Clan and reached the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb, where they passed its first three trials. Gu Long found Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two and an Origin Qi Crystal in the burial chamber, but Hun Sha Tian’s threat left them only three days before the mountain range became a living hell.

• Bai Qi rescued Gu Long and Xun Er, and the three planned to reach the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb before stronger Soul Clan forces arrived.
• Bai Qi, his avatar, Gu Long, and Xun Er destroyed formation nodes together and entered the valley before the Soul Devouring Sealing Array closed.
• Gu Long passed the Bloodline Trial, then led Xun Er and Bai Qi through the Temperament Trial without fighting the illusion’s Soul Clan soldiers.
• Gu Long passed the Enlightenment Trial by declaring that he sought power to protect others, and the hall revealed Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two.
• Gu Long found the Ancient Emperor’s body, Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two, and an Origin Qi Crystal, but Hun Sha Tian announced that the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Array would engulf the mountain range within three days.

Gu Long and Xun Er escaped the collapsing Ancient Emperor's Tomb with the Origin Qi Crystal and Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two, then exposed and eliminated the traitor Gu Yang in the Ancient Clan. With the Soul Clan's ritual set to reach its climax in three days, Gu Long called for the clans to prepare for battle while Hun Tiandi sacrificed Hun Sha Tian.

• Gu Long took the Origin Qi Crystal and Ancient Emperor Scripture Volume Two from the Ancient Emperor's Tomb and escaped with Xun Er and Bai Qi despite Hun Sha Tian's attempt to seal their transmission.
• Gu Long told Gu Yuan and the elders about the Soul Clan's ambush and displayed the Origin Qi Crystal, which Gu Xuan said could help raise the chance of a Dou Emperor breakthrough to fifty percent when used with the scripture.
• Xun Er and Gu Long exposed Gu Yang's deliberate sabotage of their transmission array, and Gu Yang confessed that he had betrayed them for the Soul Clan's promised rewards.
• Gu Yuan searched Gu Yang's soul, confirmed his treachery, and learned that he had also revealed Ancient Clan strongholds and tried to breach the clan-protecting formation.
• Gu Long ordered Bai Qi to train the Ancient Clan's army and asked Gu Yuan to rally the Anti-Soul Alliance for a final battle at the Burial God Mountain Range in three days.
• Hun Tiandi condemned Hun Sha Tian's failure and sacrificed him as the first of the nine Dou Saints required for the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Array.

On the eve of the decisive battle at the Burial God Mountain Range, Xun Er broke through to Dou Saint and married Gu Long, while he mastered the beginner stage of Ancient Emperor Opening Heaven. After the wedding, Gu Long assigned his team missions to destroy the Soul Clan’s remaining array eyes, and dawn brought the day of the final battle.

• Xun Er broke through to One Star Dou Saint and prepared the wedding robes she had sewn for Gu Long.
• Gu Long comprehended Ancient Emperor Opening Heaven, then answered Xun Er’s summons and agreed to marry her that night.
• Gu Long and Xun Er exchanged vows in the courtyard before Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, Old Yao, and Bai Qi.
• Gu Long assigned himself and Xun Er two Soul Devouring Array Eyes, sent Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, and Old Yao after two others, and tasked Bai Qi with restraining the Soul Clan’s high-ranking Dou Saints.
• Gu Long and Xun Er shared their hopes for the future, promised to face the coming battle together, and watched the night give way to dawn.

Gu Long’s force destroyed the seventh and eighth Soul Devouring Array Eyes, but Hun Tiandi used the stored soul power to open the Gate of Nine Nethers and became a Half-step Dou Emperor. Bai Qi stayed behind to confront him while Gu Long and his companions rushed to destroy the remaining array nodes.

• Gu Long, Xun Er, Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, and Old Yao destroyed the seventh and eighth array eyes after defeating their Soul Clan guards.
• Gu Qingyang reported the destruction of the two northeastern array eyes, while Gu Yuan told Gu Long that the central forces were trapped by the Three Talents Soul Annihilation Array.
• Hun Tiandi used the ruins and remaining power of the array nodes to open the Gate of Nine Nethers, then repelled the allied forces’ attacks.
• Gu Long severed Hun Tiandi’s connection to the gate for an instant, allowing Gu Yuan to strike him, but Hun Tiandi used the blow to fuse with the gate’s power and become a Half-step Dou Emperor.
• Bai Qi stalled Hun Tiandi’s attack and stayed behind to fight him while Gu Long and his companions headed to destroy the remaining array nodes.

Bai Qi’s killing-intent technique briefly raised him to Nine-Star Dou Saint, but Nihility Devouring Flame’s arrival killed three allied Clan Leaders and turned the battle against Gu Yuan’s forces. Gu Long and Xun Er entered the Gate of Nine Nethers, where Hun Tiandi revealed that Gu Long was meant to become a Dou Emperor and serve as the sacrifice for the Soul Clan’s passage to the Upper Realm.

• Bai Qi absorbed the battlefield’s killing intent, reached early Nine-Star Dou Saint, and fought Hun Tiandi while Gu Yuan moved to destroy the Gate of Nine Nethers.
• Three infiltrators summoned Nihility Devouring Flame, who devoured Ling Fei, Shi Jian, and Yao Wanhuo, while the Gate released Nine Netherworld creatures.
• Gu Long and Xun Er entered the gate to destroy its core, but Bai Qi’s power expired, forcing Gu Yuan to rescue him as Hun Tiandi rushed inside.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan sought a passage to the Upper Realm and intended to sacrifice Gu Long, who would become a Dou Emperor using the Origin Qi Crystal.
• Gu Long and Xun Er found Hun Tiandi beside an Origin Qi Crystal at the Nine Netherworld Core, where Hun Tiandi declared that Gu Long was his chosen sacrifice.

Gu Long and Xun Er seized the Origin Qi Crystal and used it to advance their cultivation while Hun Tiandi and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul fought over their plans for the Upper Realm. When the two Soul Clan enemies joined forces against them, Gu Long and Xun Er unleashed their fused technique, Dragon Phoenix World Burning.

• The Soul Emperor's remnant soul revealed Hun Tiandi's plan to use Gu Long as a sacrifice and demanded possession of Gu Long's body, but Gu Long proposed dividing the Origin Qi Crystal among them.
• Gu Long used the World of Order to halt Hun Tiandi and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul, while Xun Er threatened to destroy the crystal and gave Gu Long the chance to seize it.
• Hun Tiandi and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul attacked one another as Gu Long and Xun Er absorbed the crystal inside the time-accelerated World of Order, reaching Seven Star Dou Saint and peak Six Star Dou Saint respectively.
• The Soul Emperor's remnant soul offered to ally with Gu Long, then he and Hun Tiandi agreed to cooperate and turned against Gu Long and Xun Er.
• Gu Long and Xun Er fused Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Star Flame into Dragon Phoenix World Burning, threatening both Soul Clan opponents.

Gu Long used a temporary Dou Emperor power to destroy Hun Tiandi and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul, saving himself and Xun Er and ending the battle. He accepted the card's ten-year cultivation penalty and daily meridian pain, then planned to strengthen the Dragon Domain and seek a cure while the allied army prepared to attack the Soul Realm.

• Hun Tiandi and the Soul Emperor's remnant soul merged into a monster and summoned a Godslayer Spear, but Gu Long used the upgraded system's Dou God Experience Card to reach One Star Dou Emperor strength.
• Gu Long shattered the spear and killed the fused monster with Emperor Technique: Return to Ruins, then rescued Xun Er from the collapsing Nine Netherworld Core.
• Gu Long's emperor's might forced the Soul Clan and Soul Hall forces to surrender, but the power faded after three minutes and left him severely weakened with cracked meridians.
• Gu Yuan reported the allied army's casualties and captured forces, and the clan leaders agreed to compensate the fallen and give Gu Long half the Soul Clan's resources before attacking the Soul Realm in three days.
• Gu Long revealed that he could not break through for ten years and would endure daily meridian pain, so he planned to strengthen the Dragon Domain, seek a cure, and hold a proper wedding with Xun Er.

After the Soul Clan fell, Gu Long returned to Dragon City with severe meridian and soul damage that reduced his future Dou Qi strength, and Old Yao identified a difficult cure. As Gu Long rested, Xun Er organized his companions to govern and defend the Dragon Domain while they sought a way to restore him.

• The allied army defeated the Soul Clan, seized its resources, and agreed to imprison its strongest survivors while offering the rest submission or release under strict terms.
• Gu Long traveled back to Dragon City with Xun Er and his companions, suffering worsening pain from his damaged meridians.
• Old Yao told Gu Long that his Dou Qi limit had permanently fallen by thirty percent and that a Heaven Mending Pill, adult Ancient Void Dragon essence blood, and a top-three Heavenly Flame could repair the damage.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin resolved to grow stronger, and Xun Er assigned them responsibility for training the guards and building an intelligence network while the others took charge of the Dragon Domain's affairs.
• Gu Long rested in Dragon City as his companions began their duties, determined to develop the Dragon Domain and seek a cure during his recovery.

Over three years, Gu Long led the Dragon Domain to unify the Northwest Continent and then established Dragon Domain Academy to cultivate talent from across the continent. The academy opened with its first three hundred students, while Gu Long resolved to heal his injuries and strengthen the Dragon Domain within seven years.

• Bai Qi and Zhao Yun expanded the Dragon Domain across the Northwest Continent, while Gu Long’s condition improved and Xun Er advanced to the middle stage of Seven Star Dou Saint.
• Gu Long proposed Dragon Domain Academy, assigning Zi Yan as dean and Qing Lin as vice dean, and the Dragon Domain’s core members approved the plan and began construction.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin oversaw examinations that selected three hundred students from more than one hundred thousand applicants, including five with gold talent.
• Gu Long opened Dragon Domain Academy and announced that its top ten graduates could enter the Dragon Domain’s core ranks.
• After a severe bout of pain, Gu Long told Xun Er he had seven years to heal his injuries, train the academy’s first true pillars, and make the Dragon Domain a formidable force.

Nihility Devouring Flame used Xiao Yan as a vessel to revive Tun Tian, but Xiao Yan devoured Tun Tian’s remnant soul instead and emerged as a one-star Dou Saint. Xiao Yan agreed to work with Nihility Devouring Flame to reach the Upper Realm and take revenge on Gu Long, while Gu Long remained unaware that Xiao Yan had returned.

• Nihility Devouring Flame brought Xiao Yan to the Tunling Clan ruins and began transforming his soul with the clan’s inherited memories and Devouring Power.
• Xiao Yan learned that Tun Tian had destroyed the Tunling Clan from within and realized Nihility Devouring Flame intended to use him as Tun Tian’s vessel.
• As Tun Tian’s remnant soul tried to consume him, Xiao Yan resisted with his hatred and chose to devour Tun Tian instead.
• Nihility Devouring Flame empowered Xiao Yan with the Blood Soul Curse and helped him overcome Tun Tian, whose memories and Devouring Power Xiao Yan selectively absorbed.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the cocoon as a one-star Dou Saint and agreed to help Nihility Devouring Flame open a passage to the Upper Realm in exchange for help taking revenge on Gu Long.
• Gu Long continued working at Dragon Domain Academy, unaware that Xiao Yan had returned with the power of the Tunling Clan.

Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame raided Thunder Abyss, where Xiao Yan used the prison’s stored lightning to rise from a One Star to a Four Star Dou Saint before devouring Lei Gang and the prisoners. They escaped the Thunder Clan’s response and prepared to enter Central Continent under Xiao Yan’s new identity as Hall Master of Soul Devouring Hall.

• Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame hunted cultivators in the Northernmost Continent, then chose Thunder Abyss as their next target.
• After Xiao Yan devoured three Thunder Clan Dou Venerates, he read the surviving Three Star Dou Venerate’s memories and learned about Thunder Abyss’s guards, prisoners, and Five Star Dou Saint Elder Lei Gang.
• Nihility Devouring Flame brought Xiao Yan to Thunder Abyss disguised as a captured devouring-method user, and Lei Gang sent him into Heavenly Thunder Prison.
• Xiao Yan devoured the prison’s stored lightning and broke through to Four Star Dou Saint before escaping and killing Lei Gang; he also devoured the guards and prisoners.
• Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame fled before Thunder Clan reinforcements arrived, then decided to go to Central Continent and have Xiao Yan take over Soul Devouring Hall.

Xiao Yan used the Soul Devouring Hall to conquer the Tianming Mountain Range, devour an allied army, and annex Blazing Flame Valley, the Flower Sect, and Sound Valley, rapidly advancing to Six Star Dou Saint. After negotiating with the Pill Tower and Mercenary Guild, he pretended to agree to halt expansion while continuing to prepare for revenge against Gu Long and the Dragon Domain.

• The Blazing Flame Valley, Flower Sect, and Sound Valley formed an allied army against the Soul Devouring Hall after it seized their territories and resources.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Four Star Dou Saint strength, killed the three envoys, and challenged the allied army to attack the Tianming Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan devoured the allied army, including its nine Dou Saints, and advanced from Four Star to Six Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan sent the Soul Devouring Hall to destroy and annex Blazing Flame Valley, the Flower Sect, and Sound Valley, alarming factions across the Central Continent.
• After a month of secluded cultivation, Xiao Yan negotiated with envoys from the Pill Tower and Mercenary Guild, demanding to keep the annexed territories and requesting a Soul Nourishing Pill formula and permission to issue Heaven-tier Missions.
• Xiao Yan told Nihility Devouring Flame that he intended to keep expanding and vowed to take revenge on Gu Long and the Dragon Domain.

Gu Long alerted the ancient clans to the Soul Devouring Hall’s suspected connection to the Tunling Clan, but Xiao Yan killed their five-envoy delegation and advanced to Seven Star Dou Saint. As Gu Yuan sought Gu Long’s help, Xiao Yan began plotting to capture Gu Qingyang and use him against the Ancient Clan.

• Gu Long suspected the Soul Devouring Hall was tied to the Tunling Clan or Nihility Devouring Flame and persuaded five ancient clans to send envoys to confront it.
• Xiao Yan rejected the envoys’ questions and attacked them, destroying Gu Guan’s escape portal and devouring Yao Ming before killing the other four Dou Saints.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the five envoys’ power and broke through from Six Star to Seven Star Dou Saint, while Nihility Devouring Flame urged him to target Yao Dan next.
• Gu Yuan learned that all five envoys had died and traveled to the Dragon Domain to consult Gu Long rather than send more forces into danger.
• After learning Gu Yuan had left the Ancient World, Xiao Yan planned to ambush Gu Qingyang when he led a mission to purchase resources.