Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan uncovered the Soul Devouring Hall’s threat and prepared an alliance to destroy it, while Xiao Yan ambushed Gu Qingyang and nearly killed him. After Gu Yuan declared war, Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame prepared for the coming battle, with Gu Long also marked as Xiao Yan’s next target.

• Gu Yuan and Gu Long suspected Nihility Devouring Flame was behind the Soul Devouring Hall and agreed to attack its base in three days.
• Xiao Yan ambushed Gu Qingyang’s squad in Heavenly Cloud Gorge, killing ten Ancient Clan elites and severely injuring Gu Qingyang.
• Gu Yuan’s soul imprint forced Xiao Yan to retreat, and Gu Yuan arrived to rescue the unconscious Gu Qingyang.
• Gu Yuan declared war on the Soul Devouring Hall and ordered the Ancient Clan and its allies to gather for the assault.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation at the middle stage of Seven Star Dou Saint, while Nihility Devouring Flame warned him about Gu Long.

Xiao Yan faced the Ancient Five Clans’ invasion of the Soul Devouring Hall, using Devouring Power to grow stronger as he fought. Gu Yuan’s intervention prevented Xiao Yan from killing the other Clan Leaders, but Yan Jin fell and the allied army retreated, leaving the continent’s balance of power changed.

• Gu Yuan led the allied forces into the Tianming Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan revealed himself as the Soul Devouring Hall’s master and declared that he had come to collect a debt.
• Xiao Yan devoured hundreds of Dou Venerates and Dou Zongs, then absorbed the allied leaders’ combined attack and rose to the early Eight-Star Dou Saint level.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and fought Gu Yuan while Xiao Yan battled Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Yao Dan, and Shi Tong.
• The four Clan Leaders switched to physical attacks and pressured Xiao Yan, but he struck Yan Jin with Nihility Devouring Flame and devoured him, reaching the late Eight-Star Dou Saint stage.
• Gu Yuan broke away from his fight and nearly killed Xiao Yan, but Nihility Devouring Flame blocked the strike and gave Xiao Yan time to escape with a deep wound.
• Gu Yuan ordered Lei Ying, Yao Dan, and Shi Tong to retreat, and Xiao Yan let them go before vowing to make Gu Long watch the deaths of those he cared about.

Gu Long and the allied clans tried to trap Xiao Yan with the Spirit Sealing Array, but Xiao Yan devoured the array and Nihility Devouring Flame joined the fight as it collapsed. Facing defeat, Gu Long used an ultimate system reward to summon an ancient Dou Emperor's phantom, which struck at Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame.

• After Gu Yuan described Xiao Yan's power, Yao Dan proposed disrupting his Devouring Power with an array, and Gu Long obtained the Spirit Sealing Array through a system check-in.
• Gu Long gathered nine Dou Saints and devised a plan to lure Xiao Yan to the Earthheart Flame Vein, where they would activate the array.
• Three days later, the nine Dou Saints found Xiao Yan waiting at the Earthheart Flame Vein, and he revealed that he knew their plan before attacking Gu Long with his physical strength.
• The nine Dou Saints activated the Spirit Sealing Array, but Xiao Yan devoured its energy while fighting them and the array began to collapse.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared as the Spirit Sealing Array failed, leaving the injured Dou Saints facing Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame with the advantage.
• Gu Long used his ultimate sign-in reward to summon an ancient Dou Emperor's phantom, which immobilized Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame and brought down its palm.

Gu Long killed Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame with Imperial Descent, but the power cost him a century of lifespan, reduced his cultivation, and left his meridians fatally damaged. Five years later, he had built Dragon Domain and its academy into major powers, and he prepared to send younger disciples into the unexpectedly early-opening Heavenly Tomb while continuing to seek his own path.

• The Dou Emperor's palm annihilated Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame, while Gu Long collapsed with weakened cultivation and rapidly draining life force.
• Old Yao found that Imperial Descent had irreversibly taken a hundred years of Gu Long's lifespan and left his meridians likely to fail within five years.
• Gu Long assigned Dragon Domain's affairs to his allies and focused on recovery, training successors, and rebuilding order with the Five Clans Alliance.
• Five years later, Gu Long attended Dragon Domain Academy's graduation ceremony and personally presented certificates to its fifth class despite his worsening injuries.
• Zhou Yu reported that the Heavenly Tomb would open three months later, and Gu Long ordered Zi Yan to lead the academy's outstanding students while he stayed behind.

Gu Long’s worsening meridian pain triggered a system mission that offered healing through dual cultivation, and he told Xun Er about it. After Xun Er supported him, their first session eased his pain and strengthened her cultivation, leaving Gu Long to consider how to recover and protect the continent.

• Gu Long suffered an unprecedented meridian attack, and Xun Er’s medicine and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame could not ease it.
• The system offered Gu Long a dual-cultivation mission to treat his injuries, restore his lifespan, and potentially help him reach Dou Emperor.
• Gu Long revealed the system and its mission to Xun Er, who accepted the possibility of him cultivating with other women if it helped him survive.
• Gu Long and Xun Er began dual cultivation with the system’s Life Resonance assistance, which eased most of his pain and advanced her cultivation to the late stage of Seven Star Dou Saint.
• Gu Long decided to recover first and consider other partners only if they were suitable and willing, while Xun Er urged him to grow stronger for the Dragon Domain and continent.

Gu Long regained the ability to walk and use a little Dou Qi as Xun Er and his companions visited him, discussed the dangers of the newly opened Heavenly Tomb, and shared their concern for his recovery. He resolved to let any relationships develop naturally while healing and preparing for the expedition.

• Gu Long walked through the garden with Xun Er, and Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian visited to check on him.
• Zi Yan reported that the Heavenly Tomb had opened and that its unstable interior held both greater dangers and valuable opportunities.
• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun planned to enter the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yi Xian asked to join them in hopes of finding a way to control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Gu Long warned Xiao Yi Xian to stay with the others, then told Xun Er he would treat the women sincerely if their relationship with him developed.
• The system advised Gu Long to prioritize genuine feelings over dual cultivation, and he decided to let love grow naturally while focusing on recovery and the Heavenly Tomb.

Zi Yan led Dragon Domain’s thirty-four-person team into the Heavenly Tomb, where they learned that the unstable tomb was guarded by dangerous puppets. After arriving, they began their first battle against Gray Puppets as more threats stirred beneath the Tomb Mountains.

• Gu Long set three rules for the Heavenly Tomb expedition, and Zi Yan led the Dragon Domain team through a spatial gate to the Meteor God Mountain Range.
• At the entrance, Gu Qingyang warned Zi Yan that the tomb contained strange living puppets and unstable regions, and Zi Yan assigned roles and combat precautions to her team.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin encountered Cai Lin of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, who offered to cooperate if Qing Lin found snake-related ruins.
• Zi Yan led the Dragon Domain team into the Heavenly Tomb, where they saw ruined buildings and three inverted Tomb Mountains.
• Ten Gray Puppets attacked, and Zi Yan ordered the first three student groups to begin the combat drill while more red lights appeared beneath the Tomb Mountains.