Recaps

The battle in the Hun Clan's Soul Realm drew experts from across the continent, but the clash's shockwaves kept them at a distance. Hun Tiandi's Blood Origin Explosion knocked down Lin Ming's five fire beasts, and as the allied clans feared defeat, Lin Ming began forming a seal and hinted that the beasts had another purpose.

• The battle's immense energy alerted secluded experts and major factions across Middle Continent, who hurried toward the Soul Realm.
• A violent gust from the Soul Realm injured dozens of approaching experts and forced them to retreat hundreds of miles away.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Blood Origin Explosion, blasting Lin Ming's five fire beasts into the ground and devastating the Soul Realm.
• Hun Clan members celebrated Hun Tiandi's apparent victory while Lei Ying, Yao Dan, Shi Jian, and Gu Dao worried that Lin Ming had lost his strongest weapon.
• Lin Ming calmly challenged Hun Tiandi's assumption that the fire beasts could only brawl, then formed a profound seal as a vast aura surged from him.

Lin Ming activated the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array, trapping Hun Tiandi and burning away his enormous Blood Emperor Body. Hun Tiandi was reduced to his badly burned original form, still trapped within the flames.

• Lin Ming summoned the five fire beasts into position and formed the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array.
• The completed array imprisoned Hun Tiandi, and his attacks failed to break through its barrier.
• The array descended and engulfed Hun Tiandi in five-colored flames that melted his armor and body.
• Hun Tiandi’s Blood Emperor Body collapsed, leaving his charred original form darting through the flames in search of escape.

After Lin Ming crippled Hun Tiandi with the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Great Array, Hun Tiandi activated an ancient formation covering the entire Soul Realm. He revealed that the Emperor-Slaying Array was meant to kill Lin Ming, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Ming mocked the severely burned Hun Tiandi and threatened to destroy the Hun Clan if he had no trump cards left.
• Hun Tiandi assessed his depleted power and injuries, then resolved that he would not allow himself or the Hun Clan to lose.
• Hun Tiandi sent a blood-colored pillar into the ground, causing blood lines to spread across and cover the entire Soul Realm.
• Blood pillars erupted throughout the Soul Realm, and Lei Ying recognized them as part of the Hun Clan's Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array.
• The blood pillars joined into a vast formation in the sky, and Hun Tiandi named it the Emperor-Slaying Array and declared he would use it to slay Lin Ming.

Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor-Slaying Array and sacrificed the Soul Clan’s remaining Dou Saints and its Dou Di remnant soul to restore his strength. The array condensed its power into the Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade, leaving everyone wondering whether Lin Ming could withstand it.

• Hun Tiandi revealed that the Emperor-Slaying Array had once killed a Dou Di and decided to fuel it with a blood sacrifice.
• The array drained the essence blood, dou qi, and souls from Hun Yuantian and the Soul Clan’s remaining Dou Saints, killing them and absorbing their blood mist.
• The array extracted the Soul Clan Dou Di’s weakened remnant soul while it fought Gu Yuan, consuming its remaining power.
• Blood Qi restored Hun Tiandi’s strength and healed his wounds as the array gathered its power into the Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade.
• The blood blade darkened the Soul Realm and began splitting the space around it, while Lei Ying and the others looked to Lin Ming to stop it.

As Hun Tiandi summoned the legendary Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, Gu Yuan explained that it had once killed a Dou Di, leaving the gathered clans fearing for Lin Ming. Lin Ming revealed his hidden Five Elements Power, surrounding himself with the complete forces of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth as the blood blade trembled.

• Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor-Slaying Great Array, sacrificing the Hun Clan's remaining Dou Saint experts and its Dou Di ancestor's Remnant Soul to summon the blood blade.
• Gu Yuan identified the weapon as the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, a formation-born weapon that had once slain a Dou Di.
• Lin Ming faced the blood blade without panic and told Hun Tiandi he had preparations of his own.
• Lin Ming formed ancient hand seals and unleashed his Five Elements Power.
• Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth lights rose around Lin Ming, forming a pillar that made the Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade tremble and stunned the onlookers.

Lin Ming revealed his Five Elements power, leaving Hun Tiandi terrified and the spectators in shock. Refusing to accept defeat, Hun Tiandi sacrificed his life force to empower the Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade and launched a final attack on Lin Ming.

• Gu Yuan, Yao Dan, Shi Jian, and Zhu Huo reacted in disbelief when Lin Ming revealed that he possessed all five elements.
• Lin Ming formed a Five-Colored Wheel and told Hun Tiandi that the Hun Clan's end had come.
• Hun Tiandi sacrificed his essence blood to strengthen the Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade.
• Hun Tiandi grabbed the blade's edge and let it consume his blood and life to awaken its full power.
• Hun Tiandi charged at Lin Ming and swung the enormous Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade down with his remaining strength.

Lin Ming defeated Hun Tiandi in their final clash, destroying the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade and shattering the Soul Realm. Lin Ming then used the Five Elements Roulette to annihilate Hun Tiandi, ending the battle.

• Lin Ming met Hun Tiandi’s Emperor-Slaying Blood Blade with the Five Elements Roulette in a devastating clash that tore apart the Soul Realm and injured the onlookers.
• Lin Ming emerged from the dust still standing, while the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade cracked and broke apart.
• Hun Tiandi realized he had lost as Lin Ming declared that everything would end there and sent the Five Elements Roulette toward him.
• Hun Tiandi tried to escape but lacked the strength and could not evade the roulette.
• The Five Elements Roulette passed through Hun Tiandi and swallowed his body, cultivation, and soul, killing him.

Lin Ming destroyed Hun Tiandi with the Five Elements Roulette, ending the Soul Clan and the battle in the shattered Soul Realm. As the survivors celebrated and recovered, Lin Ming collected the two Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments and prepared to keep their secret.

• The Five Elements Roulette erased Hun Tiandi completely, leaving behind only two Ancient Jade Fragments.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan celebrated the Soul Clan’s destruction as the exhausted survivors took in the end of the battle.
• Gu Yuan reflected on the Soul Clan’s fall and the uncertain future of the remaining Ancient Clans.
• Zi Yan hurried to Lin Ming, checked his condition, and supported him as he said he needed only a few days of rest.
• Lin Ming summoned the two Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments, examined them, and put them away discreetly.

After defeating Hun Tiandi, Lin Ming received the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade Fragment from Gu Yuan and gathered the fragments needed to open the way to Tou She Ancient God’s cave mansion. He left with Zi Yan, preparing for the next step toward freeing her father and pursuing the Dou Di Realm and the Great Thousand World.

• Gu Yuan overcame his hesitation and gave the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade Fragment to Lin Ming, who accepted it with gratitude.
• Lin Ming gathered all eight Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments, with the Xiao Family fragment still kept by Zhu Kun in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Lin Ming told Zi Yan that her father could finally escape his imprisonment, and Zi Yan promised to accompany him when he was ready.
• Lin Ming looked beyond the ruins of the Soul Realm toward the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, the Dou Di Realm, and the Great Thousand World.
• Zi Yan supported Lin Ming as he joined Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders, who anticipated the new era he would lead.

After the Hun Clan’s destruction, Lin Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy and rested among memories of his youth. He left after sharing a quiet farewell with Instructor Zhang Man, saying he still had final matters to settle.

• Jia Nan Academy’s students celebrated Lin Ming’s return and talked about his rise to Half-Emperor strength.
• Lin Ming rested in a tree and remembered his early years cultivating at the academy.
• Instructor Zhang Man joined Lin Ming, and he teased her about her legs as they reminisced.
• Lin Ming reflected that the Hun Clan’s destruction had ended the threats that once weighed on him and his loved ones.
• Lin Ming told Instructor Zhang Man he needed to handle a few final matters, and she reminded him that Jia Nan Academy would always be his home.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy’s Magma World to free Zhu Kun from the ancient barrier imprisoning him. They entered the barrier together and found Zhu Kun awake, who recognized Zi Yan and saw how much her strength had grown.

• Mang Tianchi, Su Qian, and Elder Huo confirmed that everyone in Jia Nan Academy had been evacuated to safety.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan descended into the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and approached the barrier to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan passed through the ancient barrier together, intending to end Zhu Kun’s imprisonment.
• Zhu Kun opened his eyes, recognized Zi Yan, and sensed that her cultivation had risen to the middle stage of Six-Star Dou Saint.

Zhu Kun praised Zi Yan’s rapid cultivation progress, then discovered he could no longer sense Lin Ming’s aura and assumed a hidden treasure was responsible. Zi Yan revealed that Lin Ming had reached the Half-Emperor realm, leaving Zhu Kun stunned.

• Zhu Kun praised Zi Yan for raising her cultivation by half a star in one year.
• Zhu Kun found that his Soul Perception could not detect Lin Ming and guessed that Lin Ming carried an aura-concealing treasure.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan laughed at Zhu Kun’s assumption.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Lin Ming had no such treasure and was already a Half-Emperor.
• Zhu Kun froze in disbelief as he realized Lin Ming had advanced from early Seven-Star Dou Saint to Half-Emperor in one year.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan returned to the Magma World, where Zhu Kun was stunned to learn Lin Ming had become a Half-Emperor and that they had gathered seven of the eight Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments. Zhu Kun revealed the final fragment, bringing all eight together and setting the stage to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and free him.

• Zhu Kun recalled Lin Ming's astonishing rise from Four-Star Dou Venerate to Half-Emperor in less than ten years and struggled to believe what he saw.
• Zi Yan and Lin Ming waited while Zhu Kun recovered from the shock, then Zhu Kun acknowledged Lin Ming's strength and expressed relief that he stood beside his daughter and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun they had come to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and rescue him, and that they had collected the other seven Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments.
• Zhu Kun revealed the final fragment, and Lin Ming brought out the other seven, causing all eight pieces to tremble and resonate together.

Lin Ming reunited the eight Ancient Jade Fragments with his Half-Emperor Essence Blood and Dou Qi, restoring the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade. A soul imprint of Tou She Ancient God appeared, and Lin Ming began pouring his Dou Qi into the jade.

• Lin Ming used his Half-Emperor Essence Blood to awaken the eight Ancient Jade Fragments and draw them together.
• Lin Ming’s power reunited the fragments, and the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade emerged.
• The jade released an ancient aura and manifested the soul imprint of Tou She Ancient God.
• Zhu Kun and Zi Yan reacted with reverence to Tou She Ancient God, while Lin Ming calmly met the imprint’s gaze.
• Lin Ming poured his Half-Emperor Dou Qi into the jade, causing it to tremble and shine more brightly.

Lin Ming opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, causing its enormous Stone Door to rise from the magma and overwhelm the gathered experts with its ancient aura. As the clans witnessed the door, a violent force began surging upward beneath the otherwise calm magma sea.

• Lin Ming activated the Tou She Ancient God Jade, sending a powerful fluctuation through the earth and causing the magma sea beneath Jia Nan Academy to erupt.
• The magma vortex slowed as the ancient Stone Door emerged, revealing the words “Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion” to the gathered clans.
• Gu Yuan recognized the Stone Door as a genuine relic of a Dou Di and reflected on how Lin Ming had achieved what the Ancient Eight Clans had failed to do for millennia.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Shi Jian watched the Stone Door in awe as its aura subdued the surrounding creatures and experts.
• The gathered experts heard violent churning from deep beneath the calm magma, and Yan Jin warned that a terrifying aura was rising toward the surface.

Zhu Kun broke free from the Magma Sea and revealed himself as the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor, reuniting with Zhu Huo and astonishing the gathered clans. His return left the Ancient Dragon Clan elders hopeful and the former Three Great Dragon Kings fearful, though Zhu Kun only dismissed them with a contemptuous glance.

• Gu Yuan warned everyone to retreat as a vast wave of magma erupted and a powerful presence rose from the sea.
• A gigantic purple-gold dragon emerged with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan standing on its head, and Zhu Kun declared that he was free at last.
• Zhu Huo recognized Zhu Kun as the long-missing Old Dragon Emperor and wept as he greeted his former sovereign.
• Zhu Kun transformed into a middle-aged man and warmly teased Zhu Huo, while the Ancient Dragon Clan elders rejoiced at his return.
• The former Three Great Dragon Kings feared Zhu Kun would punish them for dividing the clan, but he gave them only a contemptuous glance.

Lin Ming poured his Half-Emperor Dou Qi into the Tou She Ancient God Jade and opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, unleashing waves of Dou Di pressure that devastated the surrounding Magma Sea. As the gate's power subsided, a transparent passage formed within it.

• Gu Yuan recognized Zhu Kun as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's old Dragon Emperor, and the two greeted each other as brothers.
• Lin Ming channeled his Dou Qi into the Tou She Ancient God Jade, sending a beam of light into the ancient stone door.
• The stone door cracked and slowly opened, releasing a Dou Di aura that scattered experts and shook the Magma Sea.
• The gate fully opened, and a tremendous primordial fluctuation shattered the landscape and drove most experts away.
• Ripples distorted the space behind the gate and gathered into a transparent passage.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and the other clans entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where their senses were suppressed. Lin Ming led them across the boundless floating land toward an ancient Stone Hall.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan entered the passage first, followed by Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan, then the other powerful experts.
• The entrants arrived on a vast floating land shrouded in mist, where Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan found their Soul Power limited to roughly a thousand zhang.
• Lin Ming sensed something hidden in the distance and told Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to follow him.
• Gu Yuan hesitated, then followed Lin Ming as the other clan groups set off after them.
• After racing across the seemingly endless plain, Lin Ming's group slowed before an ancient Stone Hall radiating a profound aura.

Yan Jin and the others crossed the plaza before the Stone Hall, discovering that its pillars displayed a collection of weakened Heavenly Flames. At the plaza’s end, they found the pillars for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame empty, leaving the group disappointed.

• Yan Jin spotted the faint Mysterious Yellow Flame on a pillar and recognized it as a genuine Heavenly Flame whose power had nearly vanished.
• Yan Jin and Gu Yuan realized that more pillars held genuine Heavenly Flames, with their rankings increasing farther along the plaza.
• The group passed pillars displaying renowned flames, including the Yan Clan’s five Heavenly Flames and the Ancient Clan’s Golden Emperor Incinerating Heaven Flame.
• Yao Dan wondered whether Tou She Ancient God had collected the unique Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame, and the group hurried toward the plaza’s end.
• The group found the two enormous final pillars empty, with neither the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame nor the Nihility Devouring Flame present.

Lin Ming and the others discovered the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill near the Stone Hall, where it had disguised itself as Tou She Ancient God. The pill revealed its history with the two Heavenly Flames Lin Ming had refined, and Lin Ming offered to take it away, while it suspected he wanted it for himself.

• Lin Ming used a Black Hole to devour the mist and reveal a towering statue of Tou She Ancient God surrounded by hundreds of Heaven Tier techniques.
• The crowd searched for the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but an aged voice drew their attention to a figure standing on the statue’s shoulder.
• Gu Yuan feared that Tou She Ancient God was still alive, while Lin Ming recognized the figure as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill playing god.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill sensed the auras of the Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Lin Ming and angrily accused him of refining the flames it had helped escape.
• Lin Ming said he had come to rescue the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, which suspected that Lin Ming wanted to take possession of it.

Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun attacked the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but its strange, fundamental power let it withstand both peak experts without yielding. The battle remained at a stalemate, leaving the watching clan leaders unable to intervene.

• Gu Yuan attacked the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill with an Ancient Clan Heaven Tier Dou Technique, but the pill split his energy tide with a single finger.
• Zhu Kun joined the fight to test the pill's strength, and he and Gu Yuan launched a combined assault.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill blocked their attacks with unfamiliar power, holding his ground and occasionally forcing them to defend.
• Lei Ying, Shi Jian, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan watched in alarm as the battle shook the plaza and the reinforced space held firm.
• Yan Jin worried that the stalemate could bring unexpected trouble, while Lei Ying explained that the other clan leaders could not safely join the fight.

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill unleashed the Emperor Pill Palm and overwhelmed Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan, leaving both badly injured. As the plaza’s fighters lost hope, Gu Yuan realized that only Lin Ming might be able to face the pill directly.

• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill spread a potent Medicinal Fragrance that made everyone’s Dou Qi surge uncontrollably, then prepared his Emperor Pill Palm.
• He gathered the flames across the sky into a dazzling Light Orb and hurled it at Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan.
• The Light Orb shattered Zhu Kun’s Dragon Scale Armor and Gu Yuan’s defenses, driving both men into deep chasms.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan climbed from the chasms injured and exhausted, while the onlookers feared they could not defeat the pill.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill dismissed Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan as incapable of capturing him, and Gu Yuan concluded that only Lin Ming might contend with him head-on.

Lin Ming took over the fight against the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill after Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan retreated. Lin Ming’s Five Elements Power met the pill’s Emperor Origin Spear in a clash that left the outcome unresolved.

• Lin Ming told Zhu Kun to leave the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to him, and Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan withdrew from the battlefield.
• Lin Ming unleashed his Five Elements Power, alarming the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill with its near-Emperor-level strength.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill burned his origin Essence Blood to form the Emperor Origin Spear and launched it at Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming clenched his hand, and his five-colored giant hand seized the charging Emperor Origin Spear, triggering an immense energy fluctuation.

Lin Ming overwhelmed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill’s strongest attack, then used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to summon the Pill Transformation Ring. The ring bound the pill and began evaporating its source Pill Qi, leaving it screaming in agony.

• Lin Ming’s five-colored hand neutralized the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill’s Emperor Origin Spear, while the pill weakened from expending its Origin Blood Essence.
• Lin Ming revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and sprayed his Essence Blood onto it as he formed hand seals matching the Tou She Ancient God Statue’s seal.
• Lin Ming transformed the Ancient Jade into the Pill Transformation Ring, prompting the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to recognize Tou She Ancient God’s Pill Transformation Divine Art and panic.
• Lin Ming sent the Pill Transformation Ring over the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and its flame rings bound him and began evaporating his source Pill Qi.

Lin Ming subdued the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and claimed it, then reassured the gathered clans that he would share the Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques. The chapter ended with the plaza stunned by his offer to take only one-tenth of them.

• Lin Ming used the Pill Transformation Ring to suppress the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill until it returned to its pill form, then drew it into his palm.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun accepted that Lin Ming had earned the pill, while the other experts refrained from challenging him.
• Gu Dao asked Lin Ming to let the clans share the Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Lin Ming promised to share the methods and techniques, offering to take only one-tenth as his share.
• Yan Jin, Yao Dan, Shi Jian, and the other experts were astonished by Lin Ming's generosity.