Chapter Summaries

After the Yan Clan’s destruction, the alliance tried to recruit the Stone Clan to join the fight against the Soul Clan. The Stone Clan agreed in exchange for five Heavenly Flames and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s participation, leaving the alliance to prepare for war.

• Gu Yuan agreed to watch the Soul Realm while the Soul Clan retreated and used the Yan Clan’s blood to strengthen its forces and make preparations.
• Yao Dan sent Yao Wanhuo to the Stone Realm, where Zhu Huo and Zhu Yang escorted him to meet Shi Gang.
• Yao Wanhuo urged Shi Gang to join the alliance, citing the Soul Clan’s possession of the Tunling Clan’s abilities and offering two Heavenly Flames, but Shi Gang postponed his decision.
• The Stone Clan demanded five of the Yan Clan’s Heavenly Flames and announced that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would join the war.
• The Gu, Lei, and Yao Clans accepted the demand, sent the five Heavenly Flames to the Stone Realm, and awaited the Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s preparations for war.

The Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans were forced to delay their campaign against the Soul Clan while the Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan stalled. Shi Kang finished refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and emerged as a Mid Seven-star Dou Saint.

• Shi Gang repeatedly delayed the Stone Clan’s preparations, then claimed the clan was ready to depart in three days.
• Elder Zhu Huo postponed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s participation, claiming Zi Yan was nearing a breakthrough and the Old Dragon Emperor’s awakening needed more time.
• Elder Zhu Huo promised the Dragon Emperor and Old Dragon Emperor would be ready within two years, and the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans agreed to wait.
• Shi Kang completed eight months of refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and advanced from Mid Six-star to Mid Seven-star Dou Saint.
• Shi Kang opened his eyes, tested the milky-white flame at his fingertips, and regretted falling short of Late Seven-star Dou Saint.

After emerging from eight months of seclusion, Shi Kang tested his newly powerful body and learned that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Yan Clan but been driven back by the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans. He told his Father he could meet their deadline in a year and a half, then accepted two of the Yan Clan’s remaining Heavenly Flames.

• Shi Kang discovered that his body had become so durable that his own punches could not hurt him, and he asked Zi Yan to test his strength before they reunited.
• Zi Yan told Shi Kang that she had stood firm against the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans’ demands and brought the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to stop them from pursuing the Soul Clan after the Yan Clan’s destruction.
• Shi Kang learned that the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans had defeated the Soul Clan’s forces without suffering major losses, and he praised Zi Yan for preventing a likely trap.
• Shi Kang told Shi Gang that he could refine the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and Ninth-grade Profound Pill within the remaining year and a half before their deadline with the three clans.
• Shi Gang gave Shi Kang the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire and Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, while explaining that Cao Ying had received the other three Heavenly Flames to refine.

After emerging from seclusion, Shi Kang saw how the Stone Clan’s strength had grown and turned his attention to recruiting Old Man Shennong at the Yao Clan’s upcoming Medicine Convention. Cao Ying broke through to the Dou Saint realm and immediately resumed alchemy, while Shi Kang tested his physical strength against Zi Yan’s full-powered attacks.

• Shi Kang found that Medusa, Qing Lin, and Cao Ying had advanced rapidly, while Zi Yan remained at the early Eight-star Dou Saint realm.
• Shi Kang decided to attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Convention in hopes of recruiting Old Man Shennong into the Stone Clan.
• Cao Ying emerged from seclusion as an early One-star Dou Saint, then hurried into the pill-refining chamber to attempt refining Ninth Grade Pills.
• Shi Kang asked Zi Yan to test his physical strength, and he withstood her full-force attacks with only a few shallow marks on his skin.

Shi Kang tested the destructive power of his Myriad Spirit Ball, then set out with Zi Yan to recruit Old Man Shennong for the Stone Clan. After Shennong refused, Shi Kang and Zi Yan killed him and captured his soul for use in refining a puppet.

• Shi Kang's six-item Myriad Spirit Ball exploded with enough force to injure him, convincing him that even Nihility Devouring Flame would struggle to withstand it.
• Cao Ying emerged from seclusion as a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and Shi Kang later set off with her and Zi Yan for the Medicine Convention.
• Shi Kang escorted Cao Ying to the Medicine Realm, then hid with Zi Yan outside to intercept Old Man Shennong before he could meet the Yao Clan.
• Shi Kang offered Old Man Shennong a Stone Clan elder position with access to Ninth-grade Pill Recipes and Medicinal Herbs, but Shennong declined and insisted on remaining free.
• When Shennong changed his mind under attack, Shi Kang and Zi Yan killed him anyway, and Zi Yan seized his soul for Shi Kang to store for puppet refining.

After killing Old Man Shennong and turning him into a puppet, Shi Kang decided to attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Convention with Zi Yan. Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo arrived to investigate the disturbance, but Shi Kang concealed what had happened and secured their welcome.

• Shi Kang put away the Flame of Life after turning Old Man Shennong into a puppet and chose to stay for the Medicine Convention.
• Zi Yan warned Shi Kang that someone was approaching, and Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo arrived to investigate the disturbance.
• Yao Wanhuo recognized Zi Yan and inferred Shi Kang’s identity, while Yao Dan sensed Shi Kang’s formidable strength.
• Shi Kang claimed he and Zi Yan had come to observe the Medicine Convention and denied knowing what caused the disturbance.
• Shi Kang suggested that Soul Clan members might be plotting against the convention, and Yao Dan agreed to welcome him and Zi Yan.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan watched the Medicine Convention as Yao Wanhuo chose to refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill in the finals. The pill’s immense energy drew the crowd’s attention, and Shi Kang eagerly anticipated claiming it if Yao Wanhuo succeeded.

• Yao Dan discussed recruiting powerful visitors and keeping the Medicine Convention champion in the Yao Clan, while Yao Wanhuo announced he would attempt a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• Yao Wanhuo, Yao Tian, Cao Ying, and Ye Kun advanced to the finals after Hun Xuzi and Old Man Shennong were absent.
• Yao Dan began the finals, and the four contestants started refining pills; Shi Kang became especially interested in Yao Wanhuo’s more ambitious preparation.
• Yao Wanhuo drew in the power of heaven and earth, revealing that he was refining a Ninth-grade Profound Pill and astonishing the crowd.
• Zi Yan teased Shi Kang about how he would get the pill if Yao Wanhuo succeeded, and Shi Kang replied that heavenly treasures belonged to those fated to obtain them.

Yao Wanhuo’s attempt to refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill stalled when the surrounding energy ran out, and the Yao Clan refused to help rather than risk its reputation. As the pill neared failure, Shi Kang saw an opportunity to obtain it.

• After four days of drawing in energy, Yao Wanhuo’s refinement ran short, and the Yao Clan Elders urged Yao Dan to intervene.
• Yao Dan refused to assist because helping a clan participant during the Medicine Convention would ruin the Yao Clan’s reputation.
• Cao Ying offered her Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, but Yao Wanhuo explained that its energy would disrupt the Profound Pill and potentially cause an explosion.
• Shi Kang explained to Zi Yan why the Yao Clan would not help, and she lamented that the Profound Pill seemed destined to fail.
• Shi Kang decided the crisis might give him a chance to obtain the Profound Pill.

Shi Kang used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to supply Yao Wanhuo with pure energy, helping him refine the Ninth-grade Profound Pill in exchange for the finished pill. The pill survived its Lightning Tribulation and transformed into an Ox-headed Horse-bodied Beast that fled.

• Shi Kang offered Yao Dan help refining the pill in exchange for the finished Ninth-grade Profound Pill, and Yao Dan agreed.
• Shi Kang infused the cauldron with Battle Qi purified by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then burned medicinal herbs from Old Man Shennong's Storage Ring to provide more energy.
• Yao Wanhuo continued refining the pill as Shi Kang supplied the immense amount of energy it required.
• The completed pill drew dark clouds over the Medicine Realm and endured a powerful Lightning Tribulation, emerging with a dazzling golden radiance.
• The pill transformed into a small Ox-headed Horse-bodied Beast and fled into the distance.

Yao Wanhuo refined a Ninth-grade Profound Pill with Shi Kang’s help, and Yao Dan voided his Medicine Convention result while gifting the pill to Shi Kang. The Yao Clan sought to recruit Dou Sheng Experts and befriend the Stone Clan, but Shi Kang accepted its goodwill only as a transaction and still intended to destroy it.

• Yao Wanhuo recalled the golden ox-horse manifestation and revealed the successfully refined Ninth-grade Profound Pill, impressing the audience and persuading three undecided Dou Sheng Experts to accept the Yao Clan’s recruitment.
• Yao Dan explained that Shi Kang had helped Yao Wanhuo, voided Yao Wanhuo’s competition result, and gave the pill to Shi Kang as thanks.
• Shi Kang accepted the pill and thanked Yao Dan, while judging it valuable but inferior to the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s supreme Profound Pill.
• Yao Dan awarded the Medicine Convention championship to Cao Ying for her superior Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, then sent Elders to recruit experts with the Ninth-grade Profound Pill as their banner.
• Yao Dan thanked Shi Kang and offered the Yao Clan’s help to Cao Ying, but Shi Kang regarded the clan’s friendship as self-interested and still planned to destroy it.

Shi Kang gave Cao Ying the Flame of Life, and they refined it together, strengthening both of them. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi prepared the Soul Clan’s final assault, and Shi Kang emerged at the Late Seven-star Dou Saint stage as the Soul Clan remained quiet.

• Shi Kang left the Yao Clan after the Medicine Convention and gave Cao Ying the Flame of Life when he returned to the Stone Clan.
• Cao Ying eagerly accepted the Heavenly Flame, which would let her cultivate Medicinal Herbs for her alchemy experiments.
• Shi Kang and Cao Ying refined the Flame of Life together for half a month, with Shi Kang planning to absorb some of its energy.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported to Hun Tiandi that he had strengthened the Soul Clan’s experts and created a Seven-star Dou Saint.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to refine the Soul Origin and secretly gathered blood beyond the Central Continent for the Emperor Slaying Array.
• Shi Kang broke through to the Late Seven-star Dou Saint stage, while Cao Ying reached the early Two-star Dou Saint stage; meanwhile, the Yao Clan gained fame and recruited experts after the Medicine Convention.

Shi Kang refined the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, advanced to the middle stage of Eight-star Dou Saint, and learned how the Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan had grown stronger during his seclusion. He then began preparing to refine two Ninth-grade Profound Pills in hopes of gaining enough strength to face Hun Tiandi.

• Shi Kang swallowed the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and spent seven months refining it, breaking through to the middle stage of Eight-star Dou Saint and strengthening his body.
• After leaving seclusion, Shi Kang learned that the Yao Clan and Lei Clan had moved near the Ancient Realm to support one another.
• Shi Kang learned that Cao Ying had helped four High-level Half-Saints become One-star Dou Saints, including Shi Long and Shi Fei, while eight more Dou Saint-level experts had returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Shi Kang reflected that the Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan together commanded more than eighty Dou Saints, then spent several days with Zi Yan before returning to cultivation.
• Shi Kang began tempering his physique and swallowed a Ninth-grade Profound Pill refined by Yao Wanhuo.

Shi Kang advanced to the early Nine-star Dou Saint realm after refining the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire and emerged from seclusion. He discovered that Zi Yan was nearly nine months pregnant, and the couple celebrated their coming child.

• Shi Kang began refining the Profound Pills while spiritual entities tempered his body during secluded cultivation.
• During Shi Kang's second month in seclusion, Zi Yan's pregnancy was announced, and Shi Qin took responsibility for caring for her.
• After refining two Profound Pills and several Heavenly Flames, Shi Kang refined the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire and broke through to the early Nine-star Dou Saint realm.
• Shi Kang emerged from seclusion as the Stone Realm's Dou Sheng Experts gathered outside his Cultivation Chamber.
• Shi Kang saw Zi Yan's pregnant belly, learned she was carrying their child, and embraced her with joy.

After Shi Kang broke through to Nine-star Dou Saint, he returned to Zi Yan and stayed by her as she awaited their child. He refused to join the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans against the Soul Clan until after the birth, and the chapter ended when Zi Yan realized labor had begun.

• Shi Kang's breakthrough to Nine-star Dou Saint spread through the Stone Realm, and Shi Clan members and Ancient Void Dragon Clan members came to congratulate him.
• Shi Kang felt his child move in Zi Yan's belly and spent the following days caring for her.
• Yao Wanhuo and envoys from the Gu and Lei Clans urged Shi Kang to join their planned attack on the Soul Clan, but he told them to wait until after Zi Yan gave birth.
• Shi Kang stayed beside Zi Yan for the next month as the Stone Realm awaited the child's arrival.
• Just after dawn, Zi Yan stopped eating a spirit fruit and told Shi Kang that the child seemed ready to come out.

Zi Yan gave birth safely amid a spectacular Heaven and Earth Phenomenon, and Shi Kang discovered that their children were Dragon-Phoenix Twins. The chapter ended with Shi Kang confirming Zi Yan was unharmed and seeing his newborn daughter and son for the first time.

• Zi Yan told Shi Kang she was about to give birth, and he summoned the midwife and helped her into the delivery room.
• Shi Gang, Shi Qin, Elder Zhu Huo, and members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan gathered outside as Shi Kang anxiously waited.
• The sky darkened, then filled with golden light and seven-colored clouds, which Elder Zhu Huo identified as a rare Heaven and Earth Phenomenon.
• Two infant cries came from the delivery room, and Shi Kang realized Zi Yan had given birth to twins.
• A midwife announced that Zi Yan had safely delivered a boy and a girl, and Shi Kang checked that Zi Yan was well before looking at the babies.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan welcomed twins, learned to care for them with Shi Qin’s help, and named them Shi Ling and Shi Yi. Meanwhile, Nihility Devouring Flame reached the Emperor Realm Soul, prompting Hun Tiandi to gather the Soul Clan’s experts and prepare to act against Shi Kang.

• Shi Kang and Zi Yan struggled to soothe their crying newborns until Shi Qin showed them how to hold and comfort the children.
• Shi Kang and Zi Yan named their daughter Shi Ling and their son Shi Yi after days of deliberation.
• Shi Kang reflected that the twins showed no extraordinary power as infants and trusted their future to his strength and the Dou God Bloodline.
• Nihility Devouring Flame broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul, sending powerful soul fluctuations through the Soul Realm.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Shi Kang had reached the Nine-star Dou Saint realm, feared he would soon threaten the Soul Clan’s plan, and ordered the clan’s experts to assemble.

Hun Tiandi mobilized the Soul Clan’s forces to attack the other clans, while Shi Kang prepared to intervene after learning the war had begun. The Gu, Lei, and Yao Clans met the Soul Clan on the battlefield, and Shi Kang set out alone to cripple the enemy’s main force.

• Hun Tiandi gathered more than eighty Soul Clan Dou Shengs and declared his intention to destroy the rival clans and help him break through to Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan sensed the Soul Clan’s mobilization, sent warnings, and prepared the Gu Clan’s experts as Hun Tiandi led his army toward the Gu, Lei, and Yao Clans.
• Shi Kang received the Gu Clan’s signal and revealed that he had reached the Nine-star Dou Sheng realm, but told Zi Yan that he would leave the Stone Realm guarded and go alone.
• Shi Kang explained that he aimed to severely injure the Soul Clan’s main fighting force and buy time rather than try to exterminate the clan immediately, then departed for battle.
• The Gu, Lei, and Yao Clans assembled their allied forces to face the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi while regretting that he had not followed Xiao Xuan’s earlier proposal to destroy the Soul Clan.

Shi Kang arrived during the Allied Army’s battle against the Soul Clan and drove Nihility Devouring Flame back, relieving Gu Lie and Lei Ying. He rejected Nihility Devouring Flame’s offers to betray the alliance and remained committed to fighting the Soul Clan.

• Hun Tiandi attacked the Allied Army, then clashed with Gu Yuan in a distant battlefield while the armies began fighting.
• Lei Ying and Gu Lie joined forces against Nihility Devouring Flame, but his Emperor Realm soul let him suppress them and focus his attacks on Gu Lie.
• Shi Kang arrived and struck Nihility Devouring Flame with Myriad Rocks Unite Palm, forcing him back and giving Lei Ying and Gu Lie a chance to aid the other fighters.
• Nihility Devouring Flame offered Shi Kang Heavenly Flames and then the Allied Army’s resources in exchange for his help, but Shi Kang refused both offers.
• Shi Kang declared he would honor his promise to fight the Soul Clan, while Lei Ying privately doubted his claims about valuing trust.

Shi Kang confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and formed a devastating Myriad Spirit Ball by combining five Heavenly Flames with Divine Wind, Mysterious Ice, Saint Origin Spiritual Land, and Nine Profound Golden Thunder. Nihility Devouring Flame tried to use the Allied Army’s fighters as a shield, but Shi Kang refused to stop and forced him to summon four concealed Soul Clan elders.

• Nihility Devouring Flame challenged Shi Kang’s strength and attacked him with Flame Prison Swallowing Heaven.
• Shi Kang combined five Heavenly Flames into a Myriad Spirit Ball, then added Divine Wind, Mysterious Ice, Saint Origin Spiritual Land, and Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Nihility Devouring Flame retreated toward the fighting Allied Army and warned that Shi Kang’s attack would kill their Dou Sheng Experts.
• Gu Lie urged Shi Kang to protect the allies, but Shi Kang refused because no Stone Clan members were there.
• Nihility Devouring Flame realized he could not withstand the Myriad Spirit Ball alone and summoned four concealed Soul Clan elders.

Shi Kang’s Myriad Spirit Ball devastated Nihility Devouring Flame and killed the Soul Clan Four Elders, while Hun Tiandi used the Emperor Slaying Array to severely wound Gu Yuan. The two wounded leaders fled as their pursuers closed in.

• Nihility Devouring Flame summoned the Soul Clan Four Elders, but Shi Kang’s Myriad Spirit Ball shattered their Gates of Deathly Stillness and engulfed them in its explosion.
• Gu Yuan struck Hun Tiandi and seized three Tou She Ancient God Jades that spilled from his shattered storage ring.
• Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor Slaying Array and struck Gu Yuan with its blood blade, shattering the Ancient Emperor Mirror and leaving Gu Yuan severely wounded.
• Gu Yuan fled toward the Ancient Realm, but Hun Tiandi pursued him and nearly caught up.
• Shi Kang’s explosion killed the Soul Clan Four Elders and left Nihility Devouring Flame severely wounded as he fled from Shi Kang.
• Nihility Devouring Flame cried out to Hun Tiandi for help while Shi Kang pursued him.