Chapter Summaries

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.

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.