Chapter Summaries

Shi Kang pursued the badly wounded Nihility Devouring Flame, but Hun Tiandi chose to keep hunting Gu Yuan instead of saving his ally. With the Soul Clan ordered not to intervene, Shi Kang expected to catch and refine Nihility Devouring Flame, potentially advancing to the Late Nine-star Dou Saint stage.

• Shi Kang endured Nihility Devouring Flame's Emperor Realm soul attacks and continued closing in on him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame fled toward Hun Tiandi and pleaded for help, warning that Shi Kang's strength rivaled a Late Nine-star Dou Saint.
• Hun Tiandi chose to pursue the wounded Gu Yuan and ordered the Soul Clan experts to hold back the allied army without saving Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Tiandi reasoned that Gu Yuan's death mattered more than Nihility Devouring Flame and believed he could defeat Shi Kang afterward.
• Shi Kang remained confident in his defense and healing, then anticipated that refining Nihility Devouring Flame could let him reach the Late Nine-star Dou Saint stage.

Shi Kang pursued Nihility Devouring Flame while refusing to help rescue Gu Yuan, and provoked Nihility Devouring Flame into detonating the marks he had planted on the Soul Clan. With most of the Soul Clan’s Dou Saints destroyed, the Allied Army moved to save Gu Yuan as Nihility Devouring Flame turned to face Shi Kang for a final fight.

• Lei Ying, Gu Lie, Yao Dan, and Lei Long tried to rally Shi Kang to help rescue the pursued Gu Yuan, but Shi Kang ignored them and continued chasing Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Shi Kang taunted Nihility Devouring Flame about Hun Tiandi abandoning him and being able to discard him as a pawn.
• Driven by rage and despair, Nihility Devouring Flame detonated his marks, causing black flames to consume and explode most of the Soul Clan Dou Saints holding back the Allied Army.
• The Allied Army realized Nihility Devouring Flame was responsible and rushed to rescue Gu Yuan after roughly ninety percent of the Soul Clan’s Dou Saints vanished.
• Shi Kang prepared a final attack, while Nihility Devouring Flame stopped fleeing, gathered his Dou Qi, and advanced toward Shi Kang to fight.

Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed himself to strike Shi Kang, devastating both armies, while Hun Tiandi used the chaos to try to kill Gu Yuan. The surviving Allied Army forces bought Gu Yuan time to retreat into the Ancient Realm, where they raised the Clan Protecting Great Array.

• Nihility Devouring Flame self-destructed as Shi Kang attacked, and the blast killed many Allied Army Dou Shengs while destroying more than half of the Soul Clan elite.
• Hun Tiandi seized the chance to attack Gu Yuan, and Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Gu Lie, and Yao Dan failed to withstand his Netherworld Ghost Claw.
• Yao Dan died from the clash, while Gu Yuan was gravely wounded and Gu Lie and the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan were blasted apart protecting him.
• Over forty surviving Dou Shengs and more than ten thousand reinforcements from the Ancient, Thunder, and Medicine Realms delayed Hun Tiandi while Gu Yuan’s group retreated.
• After losing twenty Dou Shengs and over ten thousand lives, Gu Yuan and the others reached the Ancient Realm and raised the Clan Protecting Great Array.

Hun Tiandi attacked the Ancient Realm, overcame the Gu Clan Progenitor, and drove Gu Yuan to use the Life-burning Pill to fight back. As Hun Tiandi fled from the restored Gu Yuan, Shi Kang appeared to block his escape, setting up a pincer attack.

• Hun Tiandi shattered the Gu Clan Protective Array, but the Gu Clan Progenitor briefly gained power through the descendants’ sacrifices before Hun Tiandi destroyed his remnant soul.
• Shi Kang stayed hidden while Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi fought, waiting for both to become seriously weakened.
• Gu Yuan swallowed the Gu Clan’s Life-burning Pill, restoring his strength at the cost of burning his life and origin, then charged Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi fled to avoid fighting Gu Yuan at full power, but Shi Kang appeared ahead and blocked his retreat.
• Gu Yuan caught up from behind as Shi Kang prepared to fight Hun Tiandi with his Savage Aspect.

Shi Kang and Gu Yuan joined forces against Hun Tiandi, with Shi Kang using his immense durability to keep Hun Tiandi from escaping. As Gu Yuan pressed the attack before his pill wore off, Hun Tiandi tried to stall until he could flee.

• Hun Tiandi attacked Shi Kang, but Shi Kang met his Soul Blade head-on and endured his blows with powerful defenses and rapid healing.
• Shi Kang grew more ferocious as the fight continued, then battered Hun Tiandi and prevented him from escaping.
• Gu Yuan caught up and joined the fight, while Shi Kang kept Hun Tiandi occupied so Gu Yuan could land stronger attacks.
• Gu Yuan considered Shi Kang a future threat but focused on killing Hun Tiandi first, and the two pressed their combined assault.
• Hun Tiandi defended himself and tried to stall until Gu Yuan's pill wore off, while Gu Yuan demanded that he fight head-on.

Shi Kang and Gu Yuan joined forces to fatally wound Hun Tiandi, who chose to self-destruct rather than face their finishing attacks. The explosion badly injured Shi Kang, and he searched the devastation to learn whether Gu Yuan had survived.

• Shi Kang distracted Hun Tiandi while Gu Yuan pierced his chest with the Ancient Emperor Mirror’s golden spear.
• Shi Kang struck Hun Tiandi with the Myriad Rocks Unite Palm, and Gu Yuan battered him back toward Shi Kang.
• Shi Kang formed the Myriad Spirit Ball as Gu Yuan prepared the Ancient Emperor Mirror, and both launched their strongest attacks.
• Hun Tiandi abandoned defense and charged after the retreating Gu Yuan, burning away his Dou Qi and Soul Origin to self-destruct.
• The combined attacks and Hun Tiandi’s explosion devastated the surrounding land and sent Shi Kang flying, leaving him wounded.
• Shi Kang searched through the fading energy storm to determine whether Gu Yuan had survived.

Shi Kang pursued the grievously injured Gu Yuan after Hun Tiandi’s self-destruction, determined to kill him before he could reach the Ancient Realm. He caught up with Gu Yuan and prepared to strike with the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

• Shi Kang sensed Gu Yuan fleeing toward the Ancient Realm and decided to kill him to prevent him from taking the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Shi Kang chased Gu Yuan, who was weakened by Hun Tiandi’s self-destruction, depleted Dou Qi, and the fading effects of the Life-burning Pill.
• Gu Yuan offered Shi Kang the Soul Clan’s spoils and pleaded that he had borne the brunt of the explosion, but Shi Kang saw through his words and kept pursuing him.
• Gu Yuan’s strength gave out, allowing Shi Kang to catch up and confront him.
• Shi Kang dismissed Gu Yuan’s claim that he had taken the damage for him, then condensed the Nine Profound Golden Thunder at his fingertips.

Shi Kang killed Gu Yuan after Hun Tiandi, collected the remaining Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments, and gathered the Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan forces to destroy the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans. He reached the Ancient Realm as Lei Ying sensed powerful experts approaching.

• The Nine Profound Golden Thunder pierced Gu Yuan's forehead as the Life-burning Pill's backlash left him unable to defend himself, and Shi Kang looted his corpse for the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment.
• Shi Kang used Communication Jade Slips to summon Shi Gang, Zi Yan, and more than eighty Dou Saints, then revealed that he had killed both Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi.
• Shi Kang sent his Father and twenty Dou Saints back to the Stone Realm to guard it, then led the remaining forces toward the Ancient Realm to destroy the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans.
• In the Ancient Realm, Gu Xun'er worried about Gu Yuan while Lei Ying and the wounded Dou Saints tried to recover.
• Lei Ying sensed a group of powerful experts rapidly approaching.

Shi Kang led the Stone Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to attack the exhausted survivors of the Soul Clan battle, revealing that he had come to exterminate them. He killed Lei Ying and the other surviving Dou Shengs with the Myriad Spirit Ball, leaving Gu Xun’er and the remaining clans in peril.

• Lei Ying recognized Shi Kang’s forces approaching and warned that the Stone Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had arrived with ill intent.
• Gu Xun’er crushed an emergency jade slip while suppressing her desire to avenge Xiao Yan Gege.
• Shi Kang surrounded the survivors with more than sixty Dou Sheng Experts and declared that he intended to exterminate their clans.
• Shi Kang implied that Gu Yuan was dead, then completed the Myriad Spirit Ball while the survivors prepared to defend themselves.
• Lei Ying and the other Dou Shengs combined their remaining strength against the Myriad Spirit Ball, but its explosion reduced them to dust.

Shi Kang destroyed the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans, found that Hun Tiandi had sacrificed the Soul Clan, and claimed the clans’ resources. He entered the Heavenly Tomb to pursue the Heavenly Tomb Soul, but his attack shattered Xiao Xuan’s tombstone and drew Xiao Xuan out to face him.

• Shi Kang collected the three ownerless Heavenly Flames and ordered his forces to kill every remaining member of the Ancient Thunder Medicine Three Clans.
• Shi Kang led Zi Yan into the Soul Realm and concluded that Hun Tiandi had sacrificed the Soul Clan to activate the Emperor Slaying Array.
• Shi Kang’s forces secured the clans’ resources, and Shi Kang chose the Gu Clan’s Heavenly Tomb as the best place to advance his soul and cultivation.
• Shi Kang entered the Heavenly Tomb alone and headed for its deepest part, ignoring the Energy Bodies along the way.
• Shi Kang destroyed Xiao Xuan’s tombstone with Nine Profound Golden Thunder, then attacked Xiao Xuan when he appeared.

Shi Kang killed Xiao Xuan and the Heavenly Tomb Soul, then refined the Soul Origin and broke through to the Emperor Realm. As the new controller of the Heavenly Tomb, he discovered its accelerated time flow and prepared to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame before returning to his children.

• Shi Kang killed Xiao Xuan with the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and collected his Energy Core.
• Shi Kang found and forced the Heavenly Tomb Soul out of hiding in the core area.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul pleaded and threatened Shi Kang, but he killed it and took its Soul Origin.
• Shi Kang refined the Soul Origin and broke through to the Emperor Realm, becoming the Heavenly Tomb's new controller.
• Shi Kang learned that a year and a half in the Heavenly Tomb equaled about ten days outside and took out the Nihility Devouring Flame to refine it.

Shi Kang refined the Nihility Devouring Flame, reached the Pseudo Emperor realm inside the Heavenly Tomb, and returned to find his children growing up. The Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan tightened their rule over the continent while their strength continued to rise.

• Shi Kang began refining the Nihility Devouring Flame, which he planned to use to devour powerful things and increase his strength.
• The Stone Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan took over the resources of other clans, crushed resistance, and allowed talented outsiders to join the Stone Clan as loyal Outer Members.
• Shi Kang refined the Heavenly Tomb's Energy Cores and the thread of Origin Emperor Qi, breaking through to the Pseudo Emperor realm after nearly six years inside.
• Shi Kang learned that only two months had passed outside the Heavenly Tomb and went to see Zi Yan and their children.
• Shi Kang found Zi Yan with Shi Yi and Shi Ling, greeted his children, and held them for the first time since his seclusion.

Shi Kang took Zi Yan and their children to Jia Nan Academy, where he planned to seek the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and help Zi Yan reunite with her father, Zhu Kun. Su Qian came out to meet them and recognized Shi Kang.

• Shi Kang spent time teaching Shi Yi and Shi Ling to call him Father, then watched his body grow stronger as he stabilized his Pseudo Emperor strength.
• Shi Kang decided to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Di at the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and take Zi Yan and the children to meet Zhu Kun.
• Shi Kang brought his family to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan reminisced about Su Qian and Shi Kang offered to move the academy to the Central Continent for protection.
• Zi Yan recalled her difficult childhood at the academy, and Shi Kang comforted her while their family joked about how they had first met.
• Su Qian flew out to greet the arriving family, then stopped when he recognized Shi Kang.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan reunited with Su Qian, then arranged for Jia Nan Academy to relocate before Shi Kang prepared to open the Dou Emperor inheritance cave. The academy was moved to safety, and Shi Kang finished sealing the area as he prepared to trap the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

• Su Qian recognized Zi Yan, met her husband Shi Kang and their children, and learned that Zi Yan had become the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan and Shi Kang told Su Qian that the academy needed to relocate because opening the Dou Emperor Inheritance Cave would cause dangerous shockwaves.
• Su Qian organized the evacuation, and four Dou Saint Elders helped lift Jia Nan Academy into the air within a spatial barrier.
• Shi Kang sent Zi Yan and the children aside and formed a powerful dome-shaped seal around the area, reinforced by the Saint Origin Spiritual Land.
• Shi Kang flew above the former academy center and gathered energy in his palm to begin opening the inheritance cave.

Shi Kang summoned the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, freeing Zhu Kun from his imprisonment beneath the magma. Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter and explained how he had been trapped, leaving her to decide whether to forgive him.

• Shi Kang used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to reveal the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion beneath the magma.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the magma after being trapped for tens of thousands of years and recognized Zi Yan's royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• Zhu Kun asked whether Zi Yan was his daughter, but she said she had been an orphan since childhood and Shi Kang stood protectively beside her.
• Zhu Kun apologized and explained that the cave mansion had trapped him after he brought Zi Yan there, forcing him to send her out alone.
• Zi Yan learned that Zhu Kun had been trapped rather than deliberately abandoning her, and her resentment lessened.

The Tou She Ancient God Jade opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and Shi Kang sensed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill within. He entered the cave with Zhu Kun while Zi Yan and the children waited outside, and they reached the Tou She Ancient God Statue.

• Zhu Kun asked Shi Kang to help win Zi Yan's forgiveness, but Shi Kang refused to pressure her.
• The Ancient Jade flew from Shi Kang's hand and opened the Stone Gate, revealing the cave mansion and the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill's hidden aura.
• Shi Kang sent Zi Yan and the children outside the protective barrier, and Zi Yan promised to forgive Zhu Kun if he helped her husband.
• Zhu Kun insisted on accompanying Shi Kang into the cave, despite Shi Kang's confidence that he did not need help.
• Shi Kang and Zhu Kun crossed Heavenly Flame Square and arrived before the enormous Tou She Ancient God Statue.

Shi Kang exposed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill’s deception and attacked it instead of Zhu Kun. After severely injuring the pill, Shi Kang pursued it to the cave mansion’s exit, where its escape was blocked by his seal.

• Zhu Kun warned Shi Kang that the Old Man was the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but the pill claimed Shi Kang had to kill Zhu Kun to earn Tou She Ancient God's Inheritance.
• Shi Kang pretended to accept the test, then hurled his Myriad Spirit Ball at the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and shielded Zhu Kun.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill hid behind the stone statue, was gravely injured by the explosion, and fled the cave mansion.
• Shi Kang pursued the pill, which discovered his protective barrier sealed the exit and failed to break through it.
• Shi Kang caught up and launched his Myriad Rocks Unite Palm at the trapped Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

Shi Kang defeated the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and learned from Zhu Kun that Tou She Ancient God's inheritance lay within the stone statue. As the family returned to the Stone Realm with the statue, Zi Yan began to soften toward Zhu Kun and let him hold the children.

• Shi Kang stopped the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill's self-destruction with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, destroyed its body, and captured the golden pill.
• Zhu Kun caught up with Shi Kang and realized his son-in-law was far stronger than he was.
• Shi Kang reunited with Zi Yan and their children, while Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and the Emperor's Origin were inside the stone statue.
• Shi Kang lifted the stone statue and the Heavenly Flame Square and carried them toward the Stone Realm.
• Zhu Kun tried to reconnect with Zi Yan on the journey back, and she eventually let him hold the children.

Shi Kang entered seclusion in the Heavenly Tomb and, after three years, broke through to Dou Di. His breakthrough awakened the Stone Clan’s Dou God Bloodline, empowering clan members across the Stone Realm and leaving them celebrating his achievement.

• Shi Kang brought the stone statue back to the Stone Realm, where Shi Gang learned it held a Dou Di inheritance reserved for Cao Ying.
• Shi Kang announced he would enter seclusion to break through to Dou Di, while Zi Yan urged him to stay cautious and their children cheered him on.
• Shi Gang cleared the Heavenly Tomb and arranged guards so Shi Kang could cultivate without interruption; Medusa and Cao Ying also announced they were pregnant.
• After swallowing the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and cultivating for three years in the Heavenly Tomb, Shi Kang crossed the threshold into Dou Di.
• Shi Kang’s breakthrough sent energy through the Stone Clan’s bloodline, raising many clan members’ realms and propelling the eight-month-old Shi Ling and Shi Yi to Eight-star Dou Saint.
• The Stone Clan recognized Shi Kang’s breakthrough and knelt to congratulate him as the whole Stone Realm erupted in celebration.

Shi Kang broke through to the Dou God realm, elevating the Shi Clan to the continent’s strongest force while learning that he would eventually need to ascend to the Great Thousand World. After settling into family life and searching for treasures, he sensed a threat when the Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly appeared.

• Shi Kang became a Dou God, and his breakthrough empowered the Shi Clan’s bloodline, raising more than a hundred Dou Sheng Experts and strengthening several of his relatives.
• Shi Kang declined the Shi Clan leadership, telling Shi Gang that the Dou Qi Continent’s will would eventually reject him and that he would have to travel to the Great Thousand World.
• Shi Kang examined Medusa and Cao Ying’s pregnancies and determined that their children’s powerful Dou God Bloodline would not harm them before birth.
• Shi Kang explored the continent and collected a Gold Element Spirit Item, Holy Water, and several Heavenly Flames for his family.
• Shi Kang prepared to search for treasure with Zi Yan when the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared on the horizon, radiating an aura that Shi Kang sensed as a threat.