Chapter Summaries

Qing Yan Jing revealed that Ye Hao was the father of her child, prompting the Futuo Ancient Clan to send Iron Hand to the Dou Qi Continent, where a flame seal blocked his way. Meanwhile, Gu Lang hunted Ye Hao for the Ancient Clan but was defeated in Maple City after attacking him, leaving Ye Hao with his fate in hand.

• Qing Yan Jing defied the Futuo Ancient Clan elders and named Ye Hao from the Dou Qi Continent as her child's father after the Great Elder threatened the infant.
• The Great Elder sent Iron Hand to retrieve Ye Hao, but Iron Hand found the Dou Qi Continent's passage sealed by powerful flames he could not quickly break through.
• After Ling Shui discovered Ye Hao's whereabouts, the Ancient Clan sent Gu Lang to kill him, but Gu Lang detoured into the Black Corner Region to hunt a rumored treasure-bearing expert.
• Gu Lang searched the Black Corner Region for the mysterious expert, unaware that he was looking for Ye Hao, who had already gone to Maple City to wait for Han Feng.
• Gu Lang found Ye Hao in Maple City and attacked him, but Ye Hao unleashed the Evil God Incarnation and overwhelmed him in a one-sided battle that ended in under a minute.

Ye Hao killed Gu Lang, consolidated control over the Black Corner Region, and forced Han Feng to submit after defeating him in an alchemy contest. As Jia Nan Academy prepared for the threat and Iron Hand Supreme remained trapped outside the planar passage, Ye Hao’s growing power left the region under his command.

• Ye Hao crushed Gu Lang with his Evil God Incarnation, and news of the Three-star Dou Ancestor’s death spread fear across the Black Corner Region.
• Ye Hao brought the Blood Sect, Mad Lion Gang, Heavenly Ghost Pavilion, Poison Sect, Black Wind Stockade, and many other forces under his control.
• Han Feng challenged Ye Hao to an alchemy contest, but Ye Hao revealed two Heavenly Flames and used Pill Lightning to advance to a one-star Dou Ancestor, convincing Han Feng to submit.
• Su Qian consulted Elder Qian and Elder Bai about Ye Hao’s terrifying aura, then ordered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner and Outer Academies to strengthen their defenses.
• Iron Hand Supreme continued striking the flame seal at the planar passage but failed to break through.

After Gu Lang’s death, Xun Er punished Ling Shui for ordering the assassination of Ye Hao and warned the Ancient Clan against further attacks. As Ye Hao consolidated control of the Black Corner Region and sent pills to his allies, Old Ghost Demonic prepared to challenge him after his seclusion.

• Ling Shui discovered Gu Lang’s death and prepared to kill Ye Hao himself, but Xun Er arrived and ordered her Half-Saint guard to capture him.
• Tong Xuan severed Ling Shui’s arms and crippled his cultivation, while Xun Er warned the Ancient Clan that anyone who targeted Ye Hao would face her without mercy.
• A family in the Pill Domain learned that the Ancient Clan was investigating a centuries-old Jade Pendant tied to a vanished clan genius.
• Old Ghost Demonic heard that Ye Hao had subdued the Black Corner Region and killed a Three-star Dou Ancestor, then vowed to defeat him after emerging from seclusion.
• Ye Hao ordered Han Feng to make pills and sent Fan Lao, Han Beng, Mo Tianxing, and Su Mei to deliver them to Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• A secret message arrived in Ye Hao’s hands.

Ye Hao received a warning that Old Ghost Demonic of Magic Flame Valley would threaten his rule over the Black Corner Region, then advanced to Two-star Dou Ancestor while cultivating. When Old Ghost Demonic emerged from seclusion and attacked, Ye Hao killed him and devoured his power, leaving his own cultivation close to Three-star Dou Ancestor.

• Ye Hao read an unsigned letter warning that Old Ghost Demonic was nearing a breakthrough and would come after him, but he told his followers to proceed with their pill plans and wait for Magic Flame Valley.
• Ye Hao cultivated the Saint Grade Heaven Swallowing Art for ten days and broke through to Two-star Dou Ancestor.
• Old Ghost Demonic failed to break through to Seven-star Dou Ancestor, blamed Ye Hao, and left his ruined chamber to attack him.
• Old Ghost Demonic stormed into Ye Hao's hall and launched a demonic-claw attack, but Ye Hao's aura and Heavenly Flames overwhelmed him.
• Ye Hao used Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, Five Fingers Move the Universe, to pierce Old Ghost Demonic's chest, then devoured his Dou Qi, bloodline, and Soul Power until he died.
• Ye Hao's aura surged close to Three-star Dou Ancestor, and he vanished toward Magic Flame Valley.

Ye Hao destroyed Magic Flame Valley after killing Old Ghost Demonic, then broke through to Three-star Dou Ancestor. After learning that a mysterious expert had taken the fake Ya Fei to Tian Xin Empire, he set out to investigate.

• Ye Hao attacked Magic Flame Valley, killed its defenders, razed it, and seized its treasures after announcing Old Ghost Demonic was dead.
• Fan Lao, Han Beng, Mo Tianxing, and Su Mei delivered Ye Hao's pills and updates to Medusa, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Hao refined Old Ghost Demonic's power and advanced to Three-star Dou Ancestor.
• Ye Hao received reports that his allies were safe and learned that a mysterious expert had taken the fake Ya Fei to Tian Xin Empire.
• Ye Hao left the Black Corner Region and headed for Tian Xin Empire to investigate and seek Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques.

After Nalan Yanran learned of Yun Yun’s feelings for Ye Hao, their master-disciple bond ended, and Yanran left for the Black Corner Region with Nalan Jie. Ye Hao claimed two Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques and killed the Tian Xin Empire prince and his men, while Yun Yun also set out to reach Ye Hao first.

• Nalan Yanran overheard Yun Du and Yun Sha discussing Yun Yun’s relationship with Ye Hao, confronted Yun Yun, and was expelled from her tutelage after insulting her.
• Nalan Jie agreed to escort Nalan Yanran to the Black Corner Region, where she intended to make her relationship with Ye Hao official.
• Ye Hao found two Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques in a hidden stone wall in the Tian Xin Empire, then killed the prince and the men who tried to take the treasures.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran arrived in the Black Corner Region and were escorted toward Ye Hao’s great hall after people heard Yanran was Ye Hao’s woman.
• Yun Yun learned Nalan Yanran had left for the Black Corner Region and quietly set out to reach Ye Hao before her.

Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun clashed over their relationship with Ye Hao while they waited at Haotian Hall. Elsewhere, Ye Hao disguised himself as a Soul Hall protector and incited the Tian Xin Empire to attack Heavenly Burial Ravine; a month later, he returned to Haotian Hall as the rivals rushed to meet him.

• Nalan Yanran claimed she and Ye Hao would marry, but Yun Yun challenged her and revealed that Ye Hao had sent pills to others while leaving Nalan Yanran out.
• Mo Tianxing confirmed that Ye Hao had not ordered pills delivered to Nalan Yanran, and the attendants separated the two women into opposite side halls.
• Ye Hao disguised himself as a Soul Hall protector, brought the dead prince to the Tian Xin imperial court, and blamed the Soul Hall for killing him.
• The enraged Tian Xin Emperor ordered his forces to attack Heavenly Burial Ravine, and Ye Hao concluded that his plan to make the empire strike the Soul Hall had succeeded.
• After a month, Ye Hao returned to Haotian Hall, and Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun hurried out to greet him.

Ye Hao returned to Haotian Hall, where Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran fought over his attention before Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian arrived to request two Venerate Breaking Pills. Ye Hao agreed in exchange for the Falling Heart Flame and promised to find a Young Fallen Heart Flame, leaving with both women still vying to stay by his side.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran rushed to embrace Ye Hao, then argued over him while the onlookers scattered.
• Ye Hao sensed a powerful visitor and met Su Qian, who revealed he had sent the warning about Old Ghost Demonic.
• Su Qian asked Ye Hao to refine two Venerate Breaking Pills for Jia Nan Academy’s Thousand Hundred Elders.
• Ye Hao offered to refine the pills in exchange for the Falling Heart Flame and promised to find a Young Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian accepted the deal and departed to prepare, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran insisted on staying with Ye Hao.

Ye Hao visited Jia Nan Academy to collect ingredients and refined two Venerate Breaking Pills before absorbing the pill lightning. He then asked about Zi Yan, but Su Qian and the elders had never heard of her, leaving Ye Hao uncertain why she was missing.

• Ye Hao arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and the Thousand Hundred Elders welcomed him and gave him the ingredients for the Venerate Breaking Pill.
• Ye Hao refined two Eighth-grade pills in the central plaza using two Heavenly Flames, astonishing the academy's alchemists.
• Ye Hao absorbed the pill lightning to cultivate, then gave the two Venerate Breaking Pills to the Thousand Hundred Elders.
• Ye Hao asked Su Qian whether Zi Yan was at the academy, but Su Qian and the other elders said no one by that name was there.
• Ye Hao agreed to let Su Qian ask students about Zi Yan and asked to be taken to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Ye Hao refined the Falling Heart Flame, reached Five-star Dou Ancestor, and entered the magma world to find its juvenile form. After he collected it, a mysterious woman in purple appeared and challenged him to play.

• Ye Hao suppressed the Falling Heart Flame beneath the tower, extracted its source heartfire, and refined it over a day, reaching Five-star Dou Ancestor.
• Su Qian found the tower’s depths empty and believed Ye Hao had stolen the Falling Heart Flame, but Qian Mu and Bai Lie persuaded him to trust Ye Hao.
• Ye Hao entered the magma world, fought through Lizardmen, and gathered fire-attributed beads as he descended.
• Ye Hao found and stored the juvenile Falling Heart Flame in a cool, hidden space within the magma world.
• A mysterious woman in purple appeared, revealed a violet-black flame comparable to Ye Hao’s fused flames, and told him to play with her.

Ye Hao defeated Zi Yan, persuaded her to leave the Mysterious Space, and brought her to Haotian Hall, while wars in the Tian Xin Empire and Chu Yun Empire ended in devastating defeats for his enemies. The chapter left Ye Hao presiding over Haotian Hall with Zi Yan at his side and Xiao Yi Xian longing to visit him after reaching Dou Wang.

• Ye Hao fought Zi Yan with his heavenly flames and Evil God Incarnation, then convinced her that her Ancient Void Dragon Clan needed her and led her out of the Mysterious Space.
• Ye Hao returned the infant falling heart flame to Su Qian, settled their debt, and named the purple-skirted woman Zi Yan.
• Ye Hao brought Zi Yan to Haotian Hall, where Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran reacted warily to her, and Mo Tianxing, Fan Lao, and the others bowed to them.
• The Soul Hall's Heavenly Burial Ravine Branch Hall slaughtered the Tian Xin Empire's Imperial Family, destroying the empire in a war secretly manipulated by someone.
• The Heavenly Poison Sect attacked the Poison Sect but was annihilated by its Dou Zong and Dou Huang defenders, while Xiao Yi Xian resolved to visit Ye Hao after she reached Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan was captured after encountering Medusa, then escaped after learning that Ling Chen had become a powerful figure and was tied to the Snake-People Queen. Meanwhile, the Mo clan learned of Ling Chen’s rise and ordered men to bring him back, dead or alive if necessary.

• Xiao Yan reached an oasis, accidentally drank Medusa’s bathwater, and was captured and thrown into the Snake-People prison.
• Xiao Yan learned that Ling Chen was Medusa’s human partner, an eighth-tier alchemist, and a powerful overlord, leaving him consumed by jealousy and resentment.
• Mei Ruo ordered the guards to care for Xiao Yan until they confirmed whether he knew Ling Chen, but Xiao Yan erupted in flame and escaped after killing several guards.
• Mo San defied the Mo clan elders, who were questioning him about their young master, while the clan head left for the Dan Tower.
• The Mo clan elders heard that Ling Chen was a young Dou Zong and eighth-tier alchemist, then ordered their men to bring him back by any means, even if they had to return with his head.

Ling Chen’s seventh simulation placed him in the Primordial Void Dragon clan, where he grew up alongside Zi Yan and became betrothed to her with Zhu Kun’s approval. Zhu Kun led them to seek the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s cave mansion, but its chains sprang out and trapped them as soon as he touched the door.

• Ling Chen was born into the Primordial Void Dragon clan with a bloodline stronger than the Dragon Emperor’s and met the young Zi Yan in a cultivation secret realm.
• Ling Chen and Zi Yan grew up together, cultivated rapidly, and protected one another as their bond deepened.
• The clan elders arranged Ling Chen and Zi Yan’s betrothal, and Zhu Kun approved their marriage.
• After finding a remnant scroll about the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s cave mansion, Zhu Kun took Ling Chen and Zi Yan to search for it.
• The trio found the cave mansion beneath the Black-Corner Region, but black chains burst from its doors when Zhu Kun touched them.

Ling Chen and Ziyan escaped the Abyss World through a spatial rift and arrived in ancient ruins after evading the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. As they explored, a terrifying presence awoke in the ruins, and Ling Chen stood between it and Ziyan.

• Yan Kun tore open a gap in space and sent Ling Chen and Ziyan out of the cave dwelling, remaining behind as the chains dragged him into darkness.
• Ling Chen and Ziyan hid in the Abyss World for a year, then fled from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and became trapped there.
• Ling Chen used his understanding of space to tear open a rift, and he and Ziyan escaped through it into ancient ruins.
• Ling Chen and Ziyan explored the ruins, finding ancient records about dragons, phoenixes, and the Ancient Emperor.
• A massive shadow awakened in the depths of the ruins, and Ling Chen stepped in front of Ziyan to confront it.

Ling Chen and Zi Ru inherited the Void cultivator’s power, grew to the peak of the Half-Saint realm, and set out to rescue Long Kun. After discovering that the Ancient Emperor’s Jade was divided among the eight ancient clans, they approached Soul Heavenly Emperor to enlist the Soul Clan’s help in opening the Ancient Dragon Cave Manor.

• The Space Bell inheritor passed his inheritance to Ling Chen and gave Zi Ru the Void Flame cultivation method, raising both of them to the peak of the Half-Saint realm over a century of cultivation.
• Ling Chen and Zi Ru defeated and devoured the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elder who had guarded the tomb entrance for a hundred years.
• They traveled to the Central Continent, learned that the Ancient Emperor’s Jade had been divided into eight pieces held by the ancient clans, and avoided involving the divided Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Ling Chen decided to use the ambitious Soul Clan to gather the jade fragments and rescue Long Kun from the Ancient Dragon Cave Manor.
• Ling Chen and Zi Ru entered Soul Clan territory and told Soul Heavenly Emperor that they knew the cave manor’s location and the secret of the Ancient Emperor’s Jade.

Ling Chen and Zi Yan reached the Dou Emperor realm and went to the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where Soul Heavenly Emperor betrayed them. After Zi Yan was lost in the endless void and Zhukun was sealed, Ling Chen inherited Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s power but was sealed by Soul Heavenly Emperor, who claimed rule over the continent.

• Ling Chen and Zi Yan cultivated in seclusion for five hundred years as the Soul Clan conquered the other clans and gathered all eight pieces of Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Ling Chen and Zi Yan reached the Dou Emperor realm and traveled with Soul Heavenly Emperor to open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, where Zhukun escaped his imprisonment.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor attacked, and during the ensuing battle Zi Yan was swallowed by a spatial rift while Zhukun was sealed by Soul Heavenly Emperor’s formation.
• Ling Chen inherited Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s power and became a Dou Emperor, but Soul Heavenly Emperor used a prepared sealing formation to imprison him beneath the Black-Corner Region.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor declared himself the sole ruler of the Dou Qi Continent as darkness spread across the land.

Ling Chen broke Hun Tiandi’s seal after surpassing the Dou Emperor realm, defeated him, rescued Zhukun and Ziyan, and brought Origin Qi to the Dou Qi Continent. The seventh simulation then ended despite Ling Chen surviving, leaving him confused about why it had concluded.

• Ling Chen fused his powers with energy from the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, broke Hun Tiandi’s seal, and surpassed the Dou Emperor realm.
• Ling Chen shattered Hun Tiandi’s demon blade, killed him, and dissolved his final attempt to threaten Ziyan.
• Ling Chen freed Zhukun and rescued Ziyan from the strange-dimensional space.
• Ling Chen tore open the plane barrier, allowing Origin Qi to flood the Dou Qi Continent, and Zhukun and Ziyan both became Dou Emperors.
• The simulation announced its successful conclusion, leaving Ling Chen puzzled because he had survived.

Xiao Yan reached the peak of the Dou Zong realm as Ziyan recovered memories of their past lives and learned that her father, Ancient Dragon Emperor Zhukun, was sealed beneath the magma in the Black-Corner Region. Ziyan and Xiao Yan agreed to find the eight pieces of the Ancient Emperor's Jade and save him without relying on Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Yan used the Cultivation Direct Upgrade Card, reached the peak of the Dou Zong realm, and received the Ancient Dragon Emperor Bloodline and a piece of the Ancient Emperor's Jade of Tuoshe.
• Ziyan recovered memories of her past life with Xiao Yan and remembered that Zhukun was trapped beneath the magma in the Black-Corner Region.
• Ziyan sealed Xuan Ran in an empty room, then went into Xiao Yan's room to ask him about her memories and her father.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that Zhukun was trapped by Ancient Emperor Tuoshe and explained that the eight pieces of the Ancient Emperor's Jade were needed to open the cave abode.
• Ziyan vowed not to seek help from Hun Tiandi and asked Xiao Yan to help her gather the jade pieces and save Zhukun.
• Xiao Yan promised to search for the jade with Ziyan, and she embraced him with relief.

Protector Wu and Liu Ling searched for Ye Hao in the Jia Ma Empire, then attacked the Misty Cloud Sect and slaughtered its people. Yao Yue fled to warn Ye Hao while Jia Xing Tian, Fama, and Teng Shan confronted Protector Wu, but his chains broke through their defenses.

• Protector Wu and Liu Ling searched Jia Ma Holy City for Ye Hao, but found no trace of him.
• Liu Ling persuaded Protector Wu to target the Misty Cloud Sect, where he demanded to know whether Yun Yun or Ye Hao was present.
• After Yun Leng refused to cooperate, Liu Ling and the Soul Hall Protectors killed the Misty Cloud Sect's elders and disciples and collected their souls.
• Jia Xing Tian sent Yao Yue and her younger sister toward the Black Corner Region to warn Ye Hao while he, Fama, and Teng Shan stayed to fight.
• Protector Wu overwhelmed the three defenders, and his hooked chains tore through Jia Xing Tian's barriers.

Banished Immortal annihilated Jia Family City, while Ling Chen defeated and killed Ge Song and his two attendants after they tried to take him to the Central Province Ge family. The chapter left Banished Immortal collapsing in grief and pain, apparently sensing that disaster had struck the Ghost Sect.

• Banished Immortal killed Jia Rutian, Gui Shan, and Fa Zheng, then ordered the soul envoys to slaughter everyone in Jia Family City and collect their souls.
• Banished Immortal ordered her subordinates to spread news of Jia Family City's destruction while Ling Chen cultivated in Black Horn City.
• Ge Song, an elder of the Seven Star Dou Sect from the Central Province Ge family, demanded that Ling Chen return with him, but Ling Chen refused.
• Ling Chen defeated Ge Song with the Great Desolate Heaven-Sealing Finger, killed him, and destroyed the two fleeing attendants.
• Banished Immortal collapsed beside Ling Chen, overcome by chest pain and panic.