Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming blocked Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack and revealed that he had reached Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint. Nihility Devouring Flame threatened to capture and refine him, but the chapter left him and the gathered Hun Clan experts stunned by Lin Ming’s overwhelming aura.

• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Lin Ming with a black beam, and Lin Ming countered with Yellow Springs Finger.
• Lin Ming’s attack neutralized the strike while a barrier protected the Five Elements Sect from the devastating shockwave.
• Nihility Devouring Flame suspected Lin Ming had refined the Ninth Grade Golden Pill and threatened to refine him for his Golden Pill, Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Emperor Realm Soul.
• Lin Ming released his full aura, overwhelming the Five Elements Sect disciples and Hun Clan experts.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized that Lin Ming had reached Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Lin Ming revealed that he had reached the Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint realm and turned the tables on Nihility Devouring Flame’s invasion. He shielded the Five Elements Sect with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and began a devastating attack against the Hun Clan.

• Nihility Devouring Flame realized Lin Ming had surpassed him and heard Lin Ming declare that he planned to refine him instead.
• Lin Ming summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, now an Early Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint, and ordered him to protect Ya Fei, Elder Yao, and the Five Elements Sect disciples.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed an indestructible pink flame barrier around the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming ordered Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan to attack together, then raised a gigantic yellow palm above the battlefield.
• Nihility Devouring Flame called for the Hun Clan to use their full strength, and the invaders assembled layers of defenses against Lin Ming’s strike.

Lin Ming crushed the Hun Clan forces with a single palm, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame barely standing and the other fighters unconscious or near death. When Nihility Devouring Flame tried to flee, an invisible barrier stopped him, and Lin Ming told him it was too late to leave.

• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan poured their strength into a barrier to stop Lin Ming’s descending palm, but it shattered almost immediately.
• Lin Ming’s palm devastated the battlefield and left the Hun Clan forces unconscious or gravely wounded, while Nihility Devouring Flame struggled to stand.
• Nihility Devouring Flame realized Lin Ming had not used his full strength and fled toward the Hun Clan.
• An invisible barrier stopped Nihility Devouring Flame in midair, and Lin Ming asked why he was in such a hurry to leave and told him it was too late.

Lin Ming trapped Nihility Devouring Flame inside his World Power and prepared to refine him, dismissing the threat of Hun Tiandi. Nihility Devouring Flame realized the space had been Lin Ming’s world all along, and his last hope vanished.

• Nihility Devouring Flame demanded to know when Lin Ming had created the Space Barrier, but Lin Ming refused to explain and ordered him to reveal his origin.
• Nihility Devouring Flame warned that Hun Tiandi would avenge him, and Lin Ming admitted Hun Tiandi was powerful but said refining Nihility Devouring Flame could make him strong enough to challenge him.
• Lin Ming declared that Nihility Devouring Flame would be refined and summoned a Five-Colored Wheel that filled the space with Five Elements Origin.
• Nihility Devouring Flame felt the world itself reject him and recognized the Five-Colored Wheel’s power as the source of a genuine world’s laws.
• Nihility Devouring Flame realized Lin Ming’s World Power had enclosed everyone from the start, and his remaining hope disappeared.

Lin Ming stripped Nihility Devouring Flame’s source into the Five Elements Roulette and refused to spare him, but offered to preserve his intelligence in exchange for the Pill Transformation Divine Art. Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he knew the art and made its disclosure conditional on Lin Ming preserving all of him.

• Lin Ming used the Five Elements Roulette to strip Nihility Devouring Flame’s source from his body and imprison it as a black flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame begged Lin Ming to spare him, but Lin Ming rejected his pleas and reminded him that he had shown no mercy to his victims.
• Lin Ming offered to leave Nihility Devouring Flame’s intelligence intact if he revealed the Pill Transformation Divine Art for subduing the Emperor Pill Prototype.
• Nihility Devouring Flame was shocked that Lin Ming knew of the art, then demanded that Lin Ming preserve all of him or he would take the secret with him to his death.

Lin Ming extracted the intelligent portion of Nihility Devouring Flame’s soul and threatened to subject him to the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lives Reincarnation unless he revealed the Pill Transformation Divine Art. Nihility Devouring Flame handed over a Soul Imprint, and Lin Ming promised to free him if it proved genuine and helped him become an Emperor.

• Lin Ming used the Five Elements Roulette to separate a weak, intelligent portion of Nihility Devouring Flame’s soul while leaving most of his Soul Power in his origin.
• Lin Ming grabbed Nihility Devouring Flame’s soul and threatened to make him endure a hundred reincarnations using the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the subdued Bodhi Ancient Tree and, terrified of the promised torment, agreed to reveal the Pill Transformation Divine Art.
• Nihility Devouring Flame gave Lin Ming a Soul Imprint containing the art and swore that it was genuine.
• Lin Ming promised to reshape Nihility Devouring Flame’s body and free him if the art helped him become an Emperor, then imprisoned the soul and examined the imprint.

Lin Ming comprehended the Pill Transformation Divine Art in less than a day, then imprisoned the Nihility Devouring Flame Soul and began refining the Nihility Devouring Flame Origin. As Lin Ming meditated beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame stayed beside him as his protector.

• Lin Ming absorbed the Pill Transformation Divine Art’s knowledge and mastered it in less than a day, shocking the Nihility Devouring Flame Soul.
• Lin Ming sent the Nihility Devouring Flame Soul and the members of the Hun Clan to the space before the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where they were imprisoned.
• Lin Ming used the Five Elements Roulette to absorb the Nihility Devouring Flame Origin and began refining it through the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame arrived, formed a protective barrier around Lin Ming, and meditated beside him as his protector.
• Lin Ming continued refining the flame beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree while the area fell into silence.

Hun Tiandi set out to investigate why Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan forces had not returned from the Five Elements Sect, but Gu Yuan blocked his path and invoked the Ancient Races’ agreement. Their dispute escalated into a standoff between two Late Stage Nine-Star Dou Saints.

• Hun Tiandi grew concerned after more than half a month passed without news from Nihility Devouring Flame’s mission to destroy the Five Elements Sect.
• Hun Tiandi left the Hun Clan's Soul Realm to investigate, but Gu Yuan appeared and stopped him in the void.
• Gu Yuan reminded Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Races had agreed that experts of Five-Star Dou Saint level and above would not casually act in the outside world.
• Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of using the agreement to protect the Ancient Clan’s interests and demanded that he move aside.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed his aura, and Gu Yuan stood firm before releasing an equally powerful aura and challenging him.

Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi while Lin Ming completed the refinement of Nihility Devouring Flame beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After Lin Ming's two Heavenly Flames clashed in his dantian, his five-colored Dou Qi vortex drew them both into its chaotic space.

• Gu Yuan released his late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint aura and blocked Hun Tiandi, and the two began a fierce battle in the void.
• Lin Ming completed the final meridian cycle of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art and fully refined Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame entered Lin Ming's body, where it and Nihility Devouring Flame faced off in his dantian.
• Lin Ming used his five-colored Dou Qi vortex to dissolve the flames' hostility and draw both origins into its chaotic space.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame were pulled together until they made contact.

Lin Ming completed the unprecedented fusion of all his Heavenly Flames into a Flame Lotus beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, though the energy did not unlock the next level of his cultivation art. The fusion’s vast energy feedback began driving him past the peak of Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nihility Devouring Flame resisted the Five-Colored Qi Vortex before accepting its force and beginning to merge inside Lin Ming.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan ended their half-month stalemate, and Hun Tiandi left after threatening to make Gu Yuan pay.
• Three months passed without major developments in the Middle Continent while Lin Ming continued his transformation beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The fusion finished, forming a Flame Lotus from the Nihility Devouring Flame, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lin Ming’s other Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Ming found that the fusion had not advanced the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art, but its energy feedback began pushing his cultivation beyond Peak Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Lin Ming completed his breakthrough, integrating the Five Elements Origin and Chaos Lightning into his blood and reaching the Half-Emperor realm. He emerged from seclusion to reunite with Ya Fei, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun, declaring that he was invincible in this age.

• Lin Ming's cultivation surged beyond the peak of the Late Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint as his blood transformed into Origin Blood infused with the Five Elements Origin and Chaos Lightning.
• Lin Ming reached the Half-Emperor realm and opened his eyes after his breakthrough.
• Ya Fei, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun rushed to greet Lin Ming when he emerged from seclusion.
• Lin Ming reassured the five women that they would never again be threatened at their own doorstep.
• Lin Ming declared that he was invincible in this age unless an ancient Dou Di returned to life, leaving the five women stunned.

Lei Dong emerged from five years of training in the Demonic Lightning Pool as a late-stage Three-Star Dou Saint, confident he could defeat Lin Ming. He learned that Lin Ming had already surpassed him, earned an Honorary Elder seat in the Lei Clan, and refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Lei Dong left the Demonic Lightning Pool after reaching the late stage of Three-Star Dou Saint and announced that he would defeat Lin Ming.
• Lei Clan members praised Lei Dong, but fell silent when he asked where Lin Ming was.
• An elder told Lei Dong that Lin Ming had reached early-stage Four-Star Dou Saint after less than two years in the Demonic Lightning Pool.
• The elder revealed that Lei Ying had made Lin Ming an Honorary Elder and that Lin Ming had rescued everyone from the Demonic Flame Space.
• The elder told Lei Dong that Lin Ming had refined and absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving Lei Dong stunned and defeated.

Lei Ming returned to the Lei Clan and presented its leaders with three Ninth Grade Treasure Pills and a Tier 9 Profound Pill. He gave the rarest pill to Mang Tianchi and warned the clan against threatening him, displaying an aura that shocked even Lei Ying.

• Lei Dong accepted that he would never catch up to Lin Ming after hearing of his achievements.
• Lei Ying welcomed Lin Ming to the Lei Clan, where its elders and younger geniuses gathered to receive him.
• Lin Ming gave Ninth Grade Treasure Pills to Lei Ying, Lei Jie, and Mang Tianchi in recognition of their past roles in helping him.
• Lin Ming gave Mang Tianchi the Tier 9 Profound Pill and entrusted him with deciding how to handle it.
• Lin Ming warned the Lei Clan not to threaten Mang Tianchi and released an aura that made the grand hall tremble and left everyone, including Lei Ying, struggling under its pressure.

Lin Ming asked Lei Ying to lend him the Tou She Ancient God Jade and argued that the Lei Clan could not protect it as its bloodline weakened. He revealed that he knew why no one had become a Dou Di in ten thousand years and began by telling Lei Ying that their world was only a small world within a greater one.

• After the Lei Clan members left the hall, Lin Ming asked Lei Ying to speak with him privately.
• Lin Ming asked to borrow the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Lei Ying angrily warned him not to raise the request again.
• Lin Ming pointed to the decline of the Lei Clan's bloodline and the destruction of the Xiao and Ling Clans as signs that the jade could not be protected forever.
• Lin Ming said the Lei Clan needed a Dou Di to revive its bloodline, but Lei Ying fell silent when confronted with the clan's lack of a likely candidate.
• Lin Ming claimed he knew why no one had become a Dou Di since Tou She Ancient God and revealed that their world was a small world within a greater one.

Lin Ming explained to Lei Ying that the ancient Dou Di left the Dou Qi Continent to fight an evil race, sealing the world off from the Main World and cutting off Source Qi. He asked Lei Ying for the Lei Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, arguing that obtaining the last Source Qi could let him become a Dou Di and eventually revive the Lei Clan’s bloodline; Lei Ying was left weighing the offer and its risks.

• Lin Ming told Lei Ying that the ancient Dou Di had sealed the Dou Qi Continent off from the Main World before leaving to fight an evil race.
• Lin Ming explained that the lack of Source Qi had prevented later generations from becoming Dou Di, and that Tou She Ancient God had sealed away the final share in his Cave Mansion.
• Lin Ming asked Lei Ying to lend him the Lei Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment so he could gather all eight fragments, open the Cave Mansion, and obtain the Source Qi.
• Lin Ming argued that becoming a Dou Di would let him reopen the seal and access the Main World’s resources, giving Lei Ying a chance to advance and restore the Lei Clan’s declining bloodline.
• Lin Ming warned Lei Ying that refusing or delaying could leave the Lei Clan’s bloodline to fade and cause future generations to blame him; Lei Ying remained silent, considering the choice.

Lei Ying agreed to give Lin Ming the Lei Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment if Lin Ming defeated him. Their battle ended with Lin Ming effortlessly blocking Lei Ying’s attacks and overpowering his Thunder Tribulation Palm with a five-colored light pillar.

• Lei Ying decided to offer Lin Ming the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment on the condition that Lin Ming fight him.
• Lin Ming accepted Lei Ying’s challenge, and the Lei Clan gathered to watch them battle at the Training Ground.
• Lei Ying’s opening palm strike and a relentless barrage of attacks failed to move Lin Ming, who calmly blocked them all.
• Lei Ying unleashed the Lei Clan’s strongest Heaven Tier Dou Technique, the Thunder Tribulation Palm.
• Lin Ming’s five-colored light pillar overwhelmed and dispersed Lei Ying’s giant lightning palm.

After defeating Lei Ying, Lin Ming gathered four more Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments and proved his strength to Gu Yuan, who agreed to yield the Ancient Clan’s fragment once Lin Ming collected the others. Seven days later, the leaders and powerful experts of five Ancient Clans gathered at Soul Burial Mountain Range.

• Lin Ming defeated Lei Ying’s Thunder Tribulation Palm, leaving the Lei Clan’s witnesses convinced of his superiority.
• Lin Ming negotiated with Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Shi Jian and obtained three fragments, bringing his total to five of the eight Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments.
• Lin Ming told Lei Ying he would seek Gu Yuan’s fragment peacefully but take Hun Tiandi’s two fragments by force.
• Lin Ming met Gu Yuan in the Ancient Realm and passed his test by forcing the Late Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint to retreat seven steps.
• Gu Yuan agreed to give Lin Ming the Ancient Clan’s fragment once he gathered the other seven, and Lin Ming departed.
• Seven days later, Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, Shi Jian, and their experts assembled atop Soul Burial Mountain Range.

Lin Ming led the allied Ancient Races into the Soul Realm to begin their assault on the Hun Clan. They discovered that Hun Tiandi had slaughtered his own clansmen to create a vast blood sea, and a blood throne rose before them with an unidentified figure seated upon it.

• Lin Ming opened a Spatial Portal at the Soul Burial Mountain Range, and the gathered experts followed him into the Soul Realm.
• Shi Jian led the group deeper into the silent realm as an increasingly powerful stench of blood filled the air.
• The allies found a vast blood sea made from the slaughtered descendants of the Hun Clan and realized Hun Tiandi had sacrificed his own people.
• The blood sea surged, a blood throne rose from its center, and a figure seated upon it slowly raised his head.

Hun Tiandi revealed that he had reached the Half-Emperor realm and restored four Hun Clan elders who had supposedly died in the ancient war, prompting the allied experts to realize the Hun Clan had used a bloody sacrifice to strengthen itself. The chapter ended with Lin Ming's allies regaining confidence because they believed their combined strength, especially Lin Ming and Gu Yuan, still gave them the advantage.

• Hun Tiandi unleashed his Half-Emperor aura before Lin Ming, Gu Yuan, and the other allied experts.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying recognized four Hun Clan elders who had supposedly died in the war against the Xiao Clan a thousand years earlier, but who now possessed Late Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• Yao Dan accused Hun Tiandi of sacrificing the blood and souls of Hun Clan descendants to reverse death and increase cultivation.
• The allied experts considered the threat posed by Hun Tiandi and the restored elders, then concluded their combined forces were stronger than the Hun Clan.
• The allies regained their confidence, believing Gu Yuan could tip the battle either by aiding Lin Ming against Hun Tiandi or by crushing the other Hun Clan fighters.

As the allied clans prepared to destroy the Hun Clan, Hun Tiandi revealed that the Soul Realm itself could turn the battle in his favor. The blood pool gathered the souls of the Hun Clan into a figure identified as the clan’s founder, a Dou Di from ten thousand years ago, who threatened to kill the invaders.

• Lei Ying denounced Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan, while the allied experts readied themselves to attack.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed the allies’ confidence and declared that their battle was taking place in the Soul Realm, where the Hun Clan controlled the surroundings.
• The Soul Realm shook as the blood pool drew together and fused the souls of countless Hun Clan clansmen.
• A black figure emerged from the blood pool, and Gu Yuan identified it as the Hun Clan founder and a Dou Di from ten thousand years ago.
• The founder threatened to kill the intruders and unleashed an aura that shocked the allied experts.