Recaps

Lin Ming oversaw the clans’ division of the Heaven Tier techniques and urged them to preserve Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion. After ordering everyone to leave so he could cultivate in seclusion, he was left alone in the plaza, apparently preparing to refine the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and pursue the Dou Di Realm.

• Lin Ming kept a dozen scrolls for himself and let the clans distribute the rest, allocating five of the final ten to Jia Nan Academy and five to the Xiao Clan.
• The clan leaders divided the Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques, then prepared to leave the Cave Mansion with their gains.
• Lin Ming proposed preserving the Cave Mansion in gratitude to Tou She Ancient God, and the clan leaders agreed.
• Lin Ming told the lingering visitors that he would cultivate in seclusion there and ordered them to leave, prompting the crowd to hurry toward the Space Passage.
• Gu Yuan exchanged a final look and a salute with Lin Ming before entering the Space Passage, leaving Lin Ming alone in the plaza.

After the other factions left the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun discussed the Tou She Ancient God's Emperor's Origin hidden inside the statue. Lin Ming offered Zi Yan and Zhu Kun the first chance to claim the inheritance, leaving himself as the next candidate if they failed.

• Zhu Kun sent Zhu Huo and the Ancient Dragon Clan elders back to Dragon Island while he and Zi Yan stayed with Lin Ming.
• After the Space Passage closed, Zhu Kun praised Lin Ming for getting the other factions to leave and revealed that the cave mansion's true inheritance remained theirs to pursue.
• Lin Ming identified the Emperor's Origin inside the Tou She Ancient God's statue as the cave mansion's most precious treasure, and Zhu Kun explained that it guaranteed its inheritor would become a Dou Di.
• Zi Yan asked how to obtain the Emperor's Origin, and Zhu Kun confirmed that it was inside the statue.
• Lin Ming offered Zhu Kun and Zi Yan the first chance to earn the Ancient God's recognition, saying he would try if both of them failed.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun spent half a month failing to open the statue that contained the Emperor's Origin, and Zhu Kun concluded that Lin Ming was best suited to inherit it. Lin Ming summoned Purifying Lotus, who revealed that he could open the statue.

• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun tried to awaken the statue for half a month, but their attacks and probing had no effect.
• Zhu Kun warned Lin Ming that the Emperor's Origin could destroy anyone who could not withstand its backlash, then offered it to him because of his affinity with Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Ming held off accepting until they knew how to open the statue and studied its patterns with Soul Power.
• Lin Ming summoned Purifying Lotus, whose expression showed mixed feelings about Tou She Ancient God and their shared past.
• Purifying Lotus said he could open the statue, and Lin Ming first asked whether he was alright.

Purifying Lotus awakened the stone statue by striking it with a beam of multicolored Heavenly Flame, and the Tou She Ancient God's inheritance chose Lin Ming. Lin Ming accepted the inheritance and proposed moving the plaza into his Inner World before beginning, leaving Zhu Kun and Zi Yan to agree to his plan.

• Purifying Lotus sent a beam of multicolored Heavenly Flame into the statue's heart, causing the statue to open and release a gentle light.
• The light forced Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to their knees while Lin Ming remained standing behind the protection of his Heavenly Flames.
• The light selected Lin Ming and enveloped him, prompting Zhu Kun to accept that the inheritance had chosen him and Zi Yan to express her pride in him.
• Lin Ming accepted the inheritance and proposed taking the plaza into his Inner World so he could handle any dangers on his own ground.

Lin Ming moved the Ancient Emperor’s plaza into his Inner World and entered the statue’s stone cave with Purifying Lotus to seek Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance. He arrived in the Heavenly Flame Ocean and recognized two of the flames there as ones he had already refined.

• Zi Yan promised to watch over the sect while Lin Ming cultivated, and she and Zhu Kun departed through the Space Passage.
• Lin Ming used Space Power to bring the plaza and Ancient Emperor statue into his Inner World, then suppressed the statue’s Dou Di pressure with the world’s laws.
• Lin Ming bowed to the statue and chose Purifying Lotus to accompany him into the stone cave, while the Bodhi Ancient Tree Spirit stayed outside.
• The cave’s probing light examined Lin Ming, but his familiar Heavenly Flame auras gained its acceptance and opened a path inside.
• Lin Ming and Purifying Lotus entered the Heavenly Flame Ocean, where Lin Ming recognized the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Lin Ming and Purifying Lotus encountered the real Tou She Ancient God in the Sea of Fire, where the ancient Dou Di confirmed that the Dou Qi Continent’s Source Qi had been exhausted. The chapter left Lin Ming learning that without Source Qi, no cultivator could cross into the Dou Di Realm.

• Lin Ming and Purifying Lotus walked through the Sea of Fire until its flames gathered into a flower bud and revealed Tou She Ancient God.
• Lin Ming paid his respects to Tou She Ancient God, who recognized Purifying Lotus; Purifying Lotus faced him with lingering hatred and confusion.
• Tou She Ancient God summoned another flaming flower bud for Lin Ming to sit upon and asked whether a new Dou Di had appeared.
• Lin Ming told Tou She Ancient God that no Dou Di had emerged since him, and asked about the missing Source Qi.
• Tou She Ancient God confirmed that Source Qi had been depleted from the Dou Qi Continent and explained that it was required to enter the Dou Di Realm.

Tou She Ancient God explained Source Qi and examined Lin Ming's affinity with Heavenly Flames, mistaking his cultivation method for the Burning Incantation. He then revealed that the method's creator was unknown and presented his inheritance, leaving Lin Ming excited by the purer Source Qi it contained.

• Tou She Ancient God explained that the Dou Qi Continent had exhausted its Source Qi, the energy needed to reach the Dou Di Realm.
• Tou She Ancient God noticed the Heavenly Flames within Lin Ming seemed instinctively afraid of him and guessed he cultivated a method that devoured them.
• Lin Ming concealed his true cultivation method and let Tou She Ancient God believe he practiced the Burning Incantation.
• Tou She Ancient God said he had obtained the Burning Incantation by chance, did not know its creator, and called Lin Ming a fellow disciple.
• Tou She Ancient God gathered the flames into a resplendent lotus seed and revealed that it contained his inheritance.
• Lin Ming recognized that the inheritance held purer and more abundant Source Qi than the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

Lin Ming began accepting Tou She Ancient God's Dou Di inheritance by absorbing the Flame Lotus Seed and enduring its devastating power. After his body collapsed, the seed restored him and strengthened his flesh, convincing Tou She Ancient God that Lin Ming was the worthy successor he had awaited.

• Tou She Ancient God told Lin Ming that steadfast resolve was necessary to inherit his legacy and sent the Flame Lotus Seed into Lin Ming's soul.
• The seed unleashed overwhelming energy that tore through Lin Ming's body and soul, leaving him emaciated and near collapse.
• Lin Ming endured the torment without giving up, even as his consciousness began to fade.
• The Flame Lotus Seed shone within Lin Ming's soul, drawing back his blood mist and regenerating his flesh, meridians, and bones.
• Tou She Ancient God was astonished by Lin Ming's rapid comprehension and determination, and realized his long vigil was nearing its end.

Lin Ming endured repeated destruction and rebirth as the Flame Lotus Seed refined his body and soul, while nearly half a year passed. During his seclusion, the Soul Hall was eradicated and the Five Elements Sect became the continent’s strongest faction; the chapter ended with Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin relaxing together at the sect.

• Lin Ming’s body and soul were repeatedly destroyed by the Emperor’s Origin power and restored by the Flame Lotus Seed, growing stronger with each cycle.
• Lin Ming held fast to his resolve through the agony and continued cultivating in the Sea of Fire for nearly half a year.
• With the Hun Clan destroyed, Middle Continent’s factions attacked the Soul Hall and eliminated its remaining strongholds.
• Zi Yan oversaw the Five Elements Sect’s consolidation, and the sect rose to become the strongest faction across Middle Continent and the Dou Qi Continent.
• Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin gathered in a courtyard at the Five Elements Sect and chatted over tea and pastries.

As Lin Ming neared the Emperor Realm while inheriting Tou She Ancient God's power, he realized that its overwhelmingly strong Fire Attribute would disrupt his Five Elements Balance. He considered using the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Wood Attribute to balance the breakthrough, leaving his plan unresolved.

• Ya Fei, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin discussed the sect and voiced their faith in Lin Ming as he cultivated in seclusion.
• Lin Ming reached the threshold of the Emperor Realm but stopped when his Five Elements Origin warned him against breaking through.
• Lin Ming realized that Tou She Ancient God's pure Fire Attribute Source Qi could overwhelm his other attributes and destabilize his Inner World.
• Lin Ming entered his Inner World and considered having the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Wood Attribute advance alongside his Fire Attribute.

Lin Ming and the Bodhi Ancient Tree prepared to enter the Emperor Realm together after the tree refined the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. As they began their breakthroughs, a vast fluctuation swept across the Dou Qi Continent, suddenly empowering countless people, including a youth in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Lin Ming gave the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, explaining that its breakthrough was necessary to balance his Five Elements and stabilize his Emperor Realm.
• After half a year, the Bodhi Ancient Tree had refined the pill and, like Lin Ming, stood on the verge of the Emperor Realm.
• Lin Ming and the Bodhi Ancient Tree sat in focused meditation beneath the tree and began their final breakthroughs together.
• In the Jia Ma Empire, a youth who had seemed to be a Dou Master suddenly overwhelmed the bald Big Man choking him, revealed Dou Qi Wings, and displayed the strength of a Dou Wang.
• A strange fluctuation swept through the Jia Ma Empire, raising the strength of soldiers and loosening bottlenecks for people across the Imperial Capital.
• The fluctuation spread across the Dou Qi Continent, causing countless people's bloodlines and strength to surge.

After becoming a Dou Di, Lin Ming’s Inner World expanded into a vast independent world, and the seventh layer of his Cultivation Method awakened. He recognized its true form as the Five Elements Universe Evolution Art and returned through a Spatial Rift to the Five Elements Sect.

• Lin Ming’s Inner World expanded dramatically, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree grew as he entered the Dou Di Realm.
• The seventh layer of Lin Ming’s Cultivation Method opened, revealing intricate energy paths connecting his body, soul, and Inner World.
• Lin Ming realized that his cells and energy threads formed a galaxy, with his will governing its operation.
• Lin Ming renamed the Cultivation Method the Five Elements Universe Evolution Art and achieved a perfect cycle of Five Elements Power.
• Lin Ming declared that the Dou Qi Continent had a new Dou Di, opened a Spatial Rift, and stepped toward the Five Elements Sect.

After Lin Ming became a Dou Di, the continent celebrated his rise and gathered at the Five Elements Sect for his wedding to Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun. The ceremony began as the five brides entered the main hall and looked toward Lin Ming.

• News of Lin Ming's ascension to Dou Di spread across the continent, bringing celebration in the Jia Ma Empire, Jia Nan Academy, and among the Ancient Races.
• One month later, the Five Elements Sect announced that Lin Ming would marry Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun on the first day of May.
• The Five Elements Sect prepared its mountain range for the wedding, while leaders and guests from across the continent arrived with lavish gifts.
• At the auspicious hour, Lin Ming stood in the main hall in his wedding robes as the master of ceremonies welcomed the newlyweds.
• Ya Fei, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun entered the hall in bridal gowns and turned their gazes toward Lin Ming.

Lin Ming married Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun in a grand ceremony before celebrating with the assembled leaders and guests. Half a year later, golden lightning repeatedly gathered over Alchemy Peak, where a golden thunder dragon swallowed it before it could strike.

• Lin Ming and his five brides bowed to Heaven and Earth, the elders, and one another, completing their wedding ceremony.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, Shi Jian, and Gu Yuan toasted Lin Ming as the wedding guests celebrated with wine and Dou Qi fireworks.
• Lin Ming joined the five brides in the bridal chamber after the banquet.
• Over the following half year, golden lightning repeatedly formed above the Five Elements Sect as a sign of a Nine Profound Golden Pill.
• A golden thunder dragon rose from the Five Elements Sect and swallowed the lightning before returning to Alchemy Peak.

Lin Ming strengthened the Five Elements Sect and his family, settled his remaining obligations, and learned that Medusa had received the Nine-Colored Raw Stone and entered the Nether Python Clan’s inheritance site. With his affairs on the Dou Qi Continent settled, Lin Ming and Zi Yan prepared to leave for the Great Thousand World.

• Lin Ming distributed Ninth Grade Golden Pills to the Lei, Yan, Yao, and Shi Clans, helping their leaders advance in cultivation.
• Lin Ming offered his blood relatives the choice to surrender their newly awakened Bloodline Power or accept strict family and sect rules, and they chose to keep it.
• Ya Fei took charge of enforcing those rules after Lin Ming entrusted her with the family and sect’s internal affairs.
• Zi Yan returned from escorting Medusa to the Yellow Spring Forbidden Area with Lin Ming’s Nine-Colored Raw Stone so Medusa could pursue the Heaven-Swallowing Python inheritance.
• Lin Ming told the women that the sect was prepared for his departure and that he would travel to the Great Thousand World with Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan set out to begin their new journey, leaving the Dou Qi Continent behind.

Six months after Lin Ming’s wedding, he opened a passage from the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World, where Source Qi awaited. He and Zi Yan entered together, leaving their friends behind as the passage closed.

• Lin Ming prepared to leave the Dou Qi Continent while Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan considered his explanation that the vanished Dou Di experts had gone to the Great Thousand World.
• A passage formed in the sky, and Lin Ming’s power opened it as Source Qi stirred within.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan sensed their stagnant strength respond to the passage’s aura and recognized the chance to advance toward Dou Di.
• Lin Ming bid farewell to his friends and explained that he would return for them after establishing himself in the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan joined hands and entered the passage, which closed behind them.

Lin Ming crossed the perilous planar passage toward the Great Thousand World, using his Inner World's World Power to suppress the Spatial Turbulence and letting the foreign aura transform his Dou Qi into spiritual energy. He reached the light gate at the passage's end and entered the Great Thousand World.

• Lin Ming traveled through the planar passage while Zi Yan watched from his Inner World and worried that she could not fight beside him.
• Lin Ming released his Inner World's World Power and discovered that it calmed the Spatial Turbulence around him.
• Lin Ming formed a protective barrier with World Power and continued through the passage as the Great Thousand World's aura grew stronger.
• Lin Ming allowed the foreign aura to flow through his meridians, gradually transforming and refining his Dou Qi into spiritual energy.
• Lin Ming reached the light gate and strode through it toward the Great Thousand World.

Lin Ming and Zi Yan arrived in the Great Thousand World, where Zi Yan began the dangerous process of converting her Dou Qi into spirit energy. Lin Ming explained how she could guide the conversion and revealed that he had used World Power to shield himself from it.

• Lin Ming passed through the Light Gate and arrived on a lush plain in the Great Thousand World.
• Zi Yan emerged from Lin Ming's Inner World and was engulfed by a vortex of spirit energy as assimilation began.
• Lin Ming explained the dangers of spirit energy assimilation and warned Zi Yan not to resist the influx.
• Zi Yan sat down and guided the spirit energy through her body, speeding up her conversion.
• Zi Yan asked why Lin Ming showed no signs of assimilation, and Lin Ming said he had isolated himself with World Power.

Lin Ming protected Zi Yan while she converted her energy after ascending to the Great Thousand World, where they met Luo Tianshen and his son Luo Xiu. Half a month later, Zi Yan’s conversion was still underway, and Luo Xiu noticed her unusual Dragon Phoenix bloodlines.

• Lin Ming sealed off his energy and let Zi Yan begin converting first so one of them would remain at full strength.
• Luo Tianshen sensed Zi Yan’s conversion and arrived with Luo Xiu, then introduced himself and agreed not to disturb her.
• Luo Tianshen departed, leaving Luo Xiu nearby to explain the region and its forces to Lin Ming.
• After half a month, Zi Yan had completed about one-third of her conversion, while Lin Ming continued guarding her.
• Luo Xiu saw dragon and phoenix powers circling Zi Yan and asked Lin Ming whether she possessed both bloodlines.

Lin Ming accepted Luo Xiu’s map to the Dragon-Phoenix Pool, a rare opportunity suited to Zi Yan’s dual bloodlines, and exchanged contact tokens with him. After another month of conversion, Zi Yan completed her transformation into a spiritual-energy cultivator and revealed her Dragon Phoenix true form.

• Luo Xiu recognized Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Body and gave Lin Ming a map to the Dragon-Phoenix Pool, which would open in five months.
• Lin Ming accepted the map and gave Luo Xiu a Jade Tablet containing his Soul Imprint in return.
• Luo Xiu gave Lin Ming a Luo God Clan communication token and said he had sealed off the area to protect Zi Yan while she converted her energy.
• After Luo Xiu left, Lin Ming watched Zi Yan continue her conversion and estimated that she needed about another month to finish.
• A month later, Zi Yan completed her conversion, transformed into her purple-gold Dragon Phoenix true form, and swallowed the remaining spiritual energy vortex.

After Zi Yan completed her spiritual energy conversion, she and Lin Ming set out for Dragon-Phoenix Haven, with Lin Ming cautiously refining spiritual energy during their journey. Three and a half months later, they arrived at the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range.

• Zi Yan completed her spiritual energy conversion, and Lin Ming told her about Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
• Lin Ming explained why he could not safely convert his spiritual energy openly and reassured Zi Yan that his Inner World let him refine it quietly.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan followed Luo Xiu’s map through dozens of continents and more than a dozen spatial teleportation arrays.
• During the journey, Lin Ming slowly converted his Dou Qi in secret while Zi Yan’s power grew to the peak of Fifth Grade Sovereign.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan arrived at the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range, where a pillar of light shone deep among the peaks.

As Lin Ming and Zi Yan traveled toward Dragon-Phoenix Haven, a wounded woman from Dragon Battle Palace tried to draw them into a fight with her pursuers. Her revelation that she knew the location of a Super Dragon Phoenix Pool forced the pursuers to block Lin Ming and Zi Yan, and one attacked Lin Ming.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan traveled through the crowded Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range toward Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
• A wounded woman from Dragon Battle Palace fled from a scarred Fifth Grade Sovereign and two Fourth Grade Sovereigns, then begged Lin Ming and Zi Yan to save her.
• Lin Ming refused her offers, including access to the War Dragon Battle Form, and started to leave with Zi Yan.
• The woman shouted that she knew the location of a Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, prompting the pursuers to block Lin Ming and Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming warned the pursuers to leave them out of the conflict, but one Fourth Grade Sovereign attacked him.

Zi Yan fought She Wan after he tried to capture a woman from the Dragon Battle Palace, overpowering his attacks and forcing him to summon his Snake Emperor Dharma Body. She Wan’s enormous serpent-form Dharma Body appeared as the battle escalated.

• Zi Yan knocked She Wan’s two 4th Grade Sovereign subordinates unconscious when they attacked Lin Ming and blocked the travelers’ path.
• She Wan identified himself as a Snake God Hall deacon and claimed he was pursuing someone who had stolen intelligence, while the woman in green accused the hall of trying to seize her palace’s Super Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• Lin Ming left the decision to Zi Yan, who refused to walk away after She Wan’s men had obstructed them.
• Zi Yan struck She Wan’s Snake Fang Curved Blade with her bare fist, then drove him backward with a relentless assault.
• She Wan retreated and summoned his Sovereign Dharma Body, the colossal Snake Emperor Dharma Body.

Zi Yan used the Dragon Emperor Sword to destroy She Wan’s Snake Emperor Dharma Body and defeat the Snake God Hall fighters. After Long Qingyue offered the War Dragon Battle Form as repayment, Lin Ming rejected it as insufficient, then told her to travel with them as others approached.

• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Emperor Sword and cut through She Wan’s Snake Emperor Dharma Body, severely injuring him with the backlash.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan left the three defeated Snake God Hall members and approached the wounded Long Qingyue.
• Long Qingyue thanked Lin Ming and Zi Yan and offered them the chance to cultivate the War Dragon Battle Form in repayment for saving her.
• Lin Ming said the War Dragon Battle Form was insufficient compensation, and Long Qingyue admitted she had dragged them into trouble and offered to fulfill other requests.
• Lin Ming told Long Qingyue to accompany them before others arrived, and the three departed into the forest.

Long Qingyue explained how Dragon-Phoenix Pools let cultivators forge false dragon or phoenix bodies and qualify to reach the Dragon-Phoenix Platform. She began revealing a rare secret about a Super Dragon Phoenix Pool but had not yet disclosed its details.

• Lin Ming asked Long Qingyue to explain the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool she claimed to know about.
• Long Qingyue confirmed that Lin Ming and Zi Yan had come to the Dragon-Phoenix Haven seeking its opportunities.
• Long Qingyue explained that the fallen true dragon and true phoenix had left bones, essence blood, and possible inheritances throughout the secret realm.
• Long Qingyue said cultivators used spirit beast blood and Dragon-Phoenix Pools to cultivate false dragon or phoenix bodies, the qualification for ascending the Dragon-Phoenix Platform.
• Long Qingyue explained that pools varied in strength and that cultivators often needed to undergo cleansing in multiple pools to meet the platform's threshold.
• Long Qingyue announced that she was about to share a little-known secret about the Dragon-Phoenix Haven.