Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to Two-star Dou Saint, Shen Wen assessed his growing strength and waited for the Soul Clan to make its move. Gu Yuan visited with Xiao Xun'er and learned that the Soul Clan had used Nihility Devouring Flame to consume Imperial Clan bloodlines, but Shen Wen warned that confronting Hun Tiandi too soon could be dangerous.

• Shen Wen advanced to Two-star Dou Saint after more than half a year of cultivation and reviewed his abilities and combat strength.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived at Shen Wen's manor with Gu Yuan concealed behind her, and Shen Wen spoke with Gu Yuan about the ancient Imperial Clans.
• Shen Wen told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had targeted the Ling Clan for the Tou She Ancient God Jade and had been behind the disappearances of other Imperial Clans.
• Shen Wen revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had consumed the final clan chief of the Tunling Clan and could devour Imperial Clan bloodlines to strengthen the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan proposed joining forces with the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor to kill Hun Tiandi, but Shen Wen warned that Nihility Devouring Flame could make the confrontation evenly matched.

Shen Wen challenged Gu Yuan over the Ancient Clan’s role in Xiao Xuan’s death and the Xiao Clan’s decline, leaving Gu Yuan to admit he had wronged Xiao Xuan. After Gu Yuan departed, Shen Wen warned Zhu Kun that the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and its supposed Origin of the Emperor were not straightforward paths to becoming a Dou Di.

• Shen Wen confirmed he possessed the Xiao Clan’s piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and rebuked Gu Yuan for letting the Xiao Clan weaken and Xiao Xuan die.
• Gu Yuan acknowledged that he had failed Xiao Xuan, promised the Ancient Clan would not ignore a Soul Clan attack on Shen Wen, and left with Xiao Xun'er.
• Zhu Kun appeared after sensing a nine-star Dou Sheng nearby and proposed gathering the jade to open the ancient god's Cave Mansion.
• Shen Wen cautioned Zhu Kun that opening the Cave Mansion would not guarantee a breakthrough to Dou Di and questioned whether the Origin of the Emperor had truly been left for later generations.
• Shen Wen withheld the role of Fen Jue in obtaining the Origin of the Emperor, reasoning that revealing it could turn Zhu Kun against Xiao Yan and derail his own ambitions.

After six months of cultivation and alchemy, Shen Wen gained an Emperor Realm soul, shocking the Pill Pagoda. Xuan Danzi then asked him to help advance into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, and Shen Wen began studying Ninth-grade Profound Pills to prepare.

• Shen Wen settled into life at Shen Manor, cultivated with his wives, and collected rewards as their affection levels rose.
• Shen Wen integrated the Great Soul Technique with his cultivation and broke through to the Emperor Realm, sending a soul ripple across Pill City.
• Old Monster Lin, Old Man Shennong, Xuan Danzi, and the Pill Pagoda elders sensed Shen Wen’s breakthrough, while his family congratulated him.
• Xuan Danzi asked Shen Wen to help him advance from a Ninth-grade Profound Pill into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
• Shen Wen agreed to try, studied Old Man Shennong’s Ninth-grade Profound Pills, and then began refining one himself.

Shen Wen refined a Ninth-grade Profound Pill and advanced Xuan Danzi into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, while his influence and the cultivation of his household continued to grow. The chapter ended with his wives lamenting that none of them had become pregnant, and Cao Ying teasing them to try harder.

• Shen Wen refined a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, absorbed its Black Demon Lightning with the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and captured the pill after it transformed into a fleeing black dragon.
• Shen Wen spent twenty-three days advancing Xuan Danzi into a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, while Xuan Danzi's strength rose to the middle stage of a nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Shen Wen scattered the Nine Profound Golden Lightning with one palm, and Xuan Danzi thanked him before declaring that he would be called Jin Danzi.
• Zhu Kun heard that Shen Wen had refined a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, while Shen Wen withdrew from public affairs and the Heaven Pill Empire unified the Northwest and continued expanding north.
• Shen Wen absorbed Faith Power to open a fifth origin and reach three-star Dou Sheng, while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Huo'er, Qing Lin, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying also reached Dou Sheng.
• Dan Chen and the other women worried that none of them had become pregnant, and Cao Ying teased them that they should put in more effort.

Shen Wen went to the Wild Ancient Domain to learn about the Dou Di and discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had once been an emperor. He absorbed the Black-Robed Dou Di’s lingering power, advanced to Five-Star Dou Sheng, and took the Bodhi Ancient Tree with him, leaving the arriving Dou Zun to find only a pit.

• Shen Wen declined the Ancient Clan’s invitation to the Heavenly Tomb and considered whether he could break the Dou Qi Continent’s seals through his own strength.
• After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared, Shen Wen traveled alone to the Wild Ancient Domain to seek information about the Dou Di.
• Shen Wen used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to extract and refine the Black-Robed Dou Di’s sealed negative emotions, advancing to Five-Star Dou Sheng and gaining fragments of memory containing several Heavenly Grade Dou Techniques.
• Shen Wen learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had once been a Dou Di and had given Tou She Ancient God a wisp of source imperial qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed to follow Shen Wen, who uprooted it with the Space Ancestral Talisman and transported it into a sealed space.
• Several Dou Zun arrived to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree gone, while Shen Wen left through a spatial rift.

Shen Wen worked with Old Man Shennong to find a way to restore the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s damaged intelligence and power. After refining a pill that triggered an unprecedented lightning phenomenon, he fed it to the tree, which recovered to mid-stage Dou Sheng and offered him a colorful leaf in response.

• Shen Wen showed Old Man Shennong the Bodhi Ancient Tree inside the Space Crystal Core and explained that it had once been a Dou Di but had regressed after a severe injury.
• Old Man Shennong gave Shen Wen an ancient Jade Slip containing pill recipes for damaged intelligence, and Shen Wen decided to try refining one.
• Shen Wen gathered the ingredients and spent half a month refining the pill in the medicine garden while an unfamiliar purple storm gathered over Pill City.
• Shen Wen used the Great Dao Treasure Bottle to withstand the storm’s colorful lightning, then captured the pill after it took the shape of a Qilin-like beast and tried to flee.
• Shen Wen fed the pill to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which transformed and rose to mid-stage Dou Sheng before its recovery stalled.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree dropped a colorful leaf into Shen Wen’s palm as a response to his help.

After learning that the Soul Clan had annihilated the Shi Clan and taken its Tou She Ancient God Jade, Shen Wen assessed the threat and chose to wait while preparing his own strength. He left to attend a meeting at the Pill Pagoda.

• Shen Wen settled the Bodhi Ancient Tree inside the Dragon Phoenix Realm and strengthened his five-star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Xiao Xun'er told Shen Wen that the Shi Clan had been destroyed and that the Soul Clan had taken its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that Nihility Devouring Flame had tied up Gu Yuan, while the Yao Clan and Yan Clan discussed joining forces and the Lei Clan watched.
• Shen Wen declined to promise that Zhu Kun would act, and Xiao Xun'er warned him that the Soul Clan still targeted him.
• Shen Wen told Cao Ying and the others that he would wait, relying on his own trump cards while the Soul Clan gathered the remaining jade pieces.
• Shen Wen handed Shen Yunlong to Cao Ying and left for a meeting at the Pill Pagoda.

After the Shi Clan’s destruction, Shen Wen urged the Pill Pagoda’s masters to stay safe while the Imperial Clans began coordinating against the Soul Clan. As Shen Wen continued cultivating at home, Yao Chen exposed Soul Hall’s schemes and its strongholds were destroyed, but the chapter ended with news that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had descended.

• Shen Wen warned the Pill Pagoda’s leaders that the Soul Clan might target them and asked Jin Danzi and Old Man Shennong to remain in the Pill Pagoda.
• Shen Wen returned to Shen Manor and settled his cultivation while spending time with Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, and Shen Yunlong.
• Yao Chen announced that Soul Hall had set formations across Central Continent to refine living beings, prompting factions to destroy Soul Hall’s remaining strongholds.
• Gu Yuan summoned the leaders of the Ancient Clan, Yao Clan, Yan Clan, and Lei Clan, and the clans increased their preparations to join forces.
• Shen Wen continued cultivating and refining pills at Shen Manor as news arrived that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had descended.

Shen Wen took Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, and Xiao Yi Xian to observe the sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, where the major clans and the Soul Clan gathered. The chapter ended with an eight-star Dou Sheng from the Ancient Clan facing an eight-star Dou Sheng from the Soul Clan as Shen Wen watched from hiding.

• Shen Wen brought Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, and Xiao Yi Xian to the milky-white desert and explained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's immense power and growth.
• Shen Wen sensed powerful Dou Shengs nearby and hid himself and the three women in the void.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er arrived with Ancient Clan members, followed by representatives of the Yan, Yao, and Lei Clans.
• Hun Feng arrived with Soul Clan fighters and warned Xiao Yan that he could forget about obtaining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er confronted Hun Feng, and an eight-star Dou Sheng from the Ancient Clan faced the Soul Clan's eight-star Dou Sheng in a tense standoff.

Shen Wen watched the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan clash inside the Demonic Flame Space as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame hid and Xiao Yan searched for Xiao Chen. Nihility Devouring Flame revealed himself as a nine-star Dou Sheng, but Gu Yuan appeared to confront him, leaving the two powerful figures facing off.

• Shen Wen entered the Demonic Flame Space with Dan Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Huo'er, and calmly captured a wisp of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Chen, while the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan fought across the Demonic Flame Space and Xiao Yan moved toward the flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared, revealed his nine-star Dou Sheng strength, and declared that he would devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to pursue Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan stepped out of the void, revealed that he had feigned ignorance to lure Nihility Devouring Flame out, and challenged him.

Gu Yuan fought Nihility Devouring Flame in the collapsing Demonic Flame Space, but Hun Tiandi rescued Nihility Devouring Flame after Shen Wen restrained his hidden Fire Core and Gu Yuan nearly destroyed it. Shen Wen then turned his attention to the cowering Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Gu Yuan overwhelmed Nihility Devouring Flame, who absorbed the Soul Clan members’ energy to restore his strength.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to flee, but Shen Wen used Space Power to hold him in place while Gu Yuan struck him with Great Nirvana Finger.
• Nihility Devouring Flame scattered into countless flames, and Shen Wen immobilized the one containing his Fire Core.
• Gu Yuan attacked the trapped Fire Core, but Hun Tiandi’s enormous hand seized it and carried it away.
• Gu Yuan asked Shen Wen whether he had been waiting, and Shen Wen explained that Hun Tiandi still needed Nihility Devouring Flame to preserve the Soul Clan’s Imperial Clan bloodline.
• Shen Wen looked toward Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which trembled in the depths of the collapsing space.

Shen Wen watched Xiao Yan struggle to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then left to learn that Hun Tiandi had briefly suppressed Zhu Kun. He agreed to explore the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and said he could go immediately.

• Shen Wen gave the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Xiao Yan, whose devouring was aided by the remnant map until Xiao Xun'er joined him with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• The two flames enveloped Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, and Gu Yuan sealed the area while Shen Wen departed with Dan Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Huo'er.
• Shen Wen realized Hun Tiandi's intervention meant only Zhu Kun could have held him back, so he went to Ancient Dragon Island to speak with Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun said Hun Tiandi had slightly suppressed him and had nearly caught him with his soul techniques.
• When Zhu Kun asked when Shen Wen could scout the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Shen Wen said he could go immediately.

Shen Wen and Zhu Kun entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and confronted the Emperor Pill Prototype, who attacked them rather than surrendering his Origin of the Emperor. Shen Wen used the Supreme Alchemy Art to turn him back into a pill, leaving the Emperor Pill Prototype suspended before them.

• Shen Wen used his Soul Power and the Space Ancestral Talisman to break through the sealing runes and bring himself and Zhu Kun into the hidden space.
• Shen Wen and Zhu Kun crossed the Exotic Flame Plaza, where Shen Wen revealed Tou She Ancient God and the Emperor Pill Prototype appeared.
• The Emperor Pill Prototype refused Shen Wen's offer and attacked, forcing Shen Wen and Zhu Kun to fight him together.
• Shen Wen and Zhu Kun struggled to suppress the Emperor Pill Prototype, and Shen Wen told Zhu Kun to hold on while preparing the Supreme Alchemy Art.
• Shen Wen used the Supreme Alchemy Art to unravel the Emperor Pill Prototype's source and transform him into a pale-gold pill.

Shen Wen seized and began refining the Emperor Pill Prototype, hoping to advance to Dou Di and break the world’s seal on Source Qi. As his family waited through his dangerous seclusion, the Soul Clan escalated its war against the Pill Pagoda, and Shen Wen remained behind the closed door.

• Shen Wen took the Emperor Pill Prototype from the ancient hall and told Zhu Kun that he might break the seal preventing new Dou Di from appearing.
• Zhu Kun gave Shen Wen the pill, explaining that Zi Yan was pregnant and that he wanted his grandson to inherit a first-generation Dou Di bloodline.
• Shen Wen returned to Shen Manor, learned that Zi Yan was on Dragon Island, and announced he would enter seclusion for months or possibly a year.
• Shen Wen began refining the Emperor Pill Prototype, using the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and the Past Amitabha Sutra to withstand its overwhelming power.
• Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin supported or guarded Shen Wen while Zi Yan visited and told him she was going to be a father.
• During Shen Wen’s seclusion, Hun Tiandi renewed attacks on the Imperial Clans, while the Soul Clan hunted Alchemists and the Pill Pagoda mobilized to resist them.

Shen Wen absorbed the Emperor Pill Prototype’s remaining power through the Plane Embryo, broke through to Dou Di, killed Hun Tiandi, and shattered the seal restraining the Dou Qi Continent. After returning to Pill City, he ordered an assault on the Soul Realm, where the Soul Clan was fighting over power.

• The Plane Embryo resonated with the stubborn power inside Shen Wen, helping him break through the world’s restrictions and reach Dou Di.
• At the Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Shen Wen killed Hun Tiandi with one palm and watched Nihility Devouring Flame flee.
• Shen Wen broke the ancient seal over the Dou Qi Continent, allowing Source Qi to pour in and changing heaven and earth.
• Shen Wen returned to Pill City with his family as news of Hun Tiandi’s death spread across the continent.
• Cao Ying marked the Soul Realm’s entrance on a map and reported that the Soul Clan was in chaos while Nihility Devouring Flame remained missing.
• Shen Wen ordered the Pill Pagoda, the Ancient Void Dragon, and the Nine Netherworld Dark Python to attack the Soul Realm and leave no one alive.

Shen Wen led the allied Dou Shengs in destroying the Soul Clan and collapsing the Soul Realm, while Source Qi restored the path to Dou Di and empowered his family. After warning the women that Alien Demons would eventually invade the continent, he proposed that they travel to the Great Thousand World.

• Shen Wen and the allied Dou Shengs slaughtered the Soul Clan, rescued the imprisoned Alchemist souls, took the clan's resources, and destroyed the Soul Realm.
• Source Qi flowed into the Dou Qi Continent, allowing Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to break through to Dou Di.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Huo'er, Qing Lin, Dan Chen, and Zi Yan successively reached Dou Di, and Zi Yan gave birth to Shen Taixu, a nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Cao Ying accepted Aunt Xuan into the Shen Family and urged her to leave her past feelings for Yao Chen behind.
• Shen Wen told the women that the broken seal would expose the continent to Alien Demons from the Great Thousand World and proposed that they travel there.