Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan, the Ice Emperor and leader of the Seven Star Palace, reflected on his long defense of the Dou Qi Continent against the Flame Demon Clan while waiting for Xiao Yan to become an Emperor. A Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking then appeared across the continent, announcing that it would rank the ten great sect forces in seven days and issue rewards.

• Lin Yuan signed in and obtained a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Eighth-grade Pill, then lamented that the system had not provided a way to break the Sealing Array.
• Lin Yuan said Xiao Yan had reached Dou Zun and might become another Emperor within ten years, improving the odds against the Flame Demon Clan.
• A powerful will swept across the Dou Qi Continent as a huge crack opened in the sky.
• Lin Yuan appeared outside the Seven Star Palace, where his subordinates greeted him as the Ice Emperor.
• A golden Light Screen announced that the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking would rank the continent's ten great sect forces in seven days and later list other rankings with rewards.

The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking appeared across the Dou Qi Continent, prompting powerful clans and sects to anticipate its rewards and plan around the rankings. As Hun Tiandi prepared to seize rewards from other forces and Gu Yuan formed a counterplan, Yao Chen and Xiao Yan worried about what the ranking might reveal, including the hidden Seven Star Palace and Xiao Yan’s identity.

• Lin Yuan wondered whether the rankings would expose the Seven Star Palace and hoped their rewards could help him raise more Dou Emperors and break the Flame Demon Clan’s blockade.
• A Loose Cultivator Dou Venerate tried to approach the Gold Ranking, but a World-destroying Thunder annihilated his body and soul.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to have Hun Miesheng monitor the continent’s forces and attack any that received rewards.
• Black Annihilation King Gu Lie proposed that the Ancient Clan protect ranked forces from the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan agreed to form an alliance with the other ancient clans.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Venerable Wind expected the sect to rank highly, while Xiao Yan feared the ranking would expose his transmigrator identity and Yao Chen wondered how the Seven Star Palace’s exposure would affect the Ice Emperor’s plan.

After seven days, the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking began announcing rewards for the Dou Qi Continent’s top ten sect powers and revealed Sound Valley as tenth place. Its generous rewards shocked factions across the continent, while the higher rankings remained unknown.

• Tang Zhen celebrated Burning Flame Valley’s chances of placing third, though Old Ancestor Huoyun suspected they would rank fourth.
• Tianshu Hall’s Hall Master ordered Dongji Sect to keep its ranking rewards, then went alone to attack the arriving Flame Demon Clan invaders.
• Hall Master Yaoguang allowed Nanming Sect to keep its rewards after Yaoguang Hall and Nanming Sect defeated a Flame Demon Clan attack.
• After seven days, the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking announced that it would reveal rewards for the top ten sect powers.
• The ranking named Sound Valley tenth and granted its disciples and elders a one-star increase, along with cultivation resources, pills, and an upgraded protective formation.
• Beings across the continent reacted with shock to Sound Valley’s strength and rewards.

Thunder Venerable and the leaders of the other Central Continent pavilions learned that Wind Thunder Pavilion had failed to make the Ten Great Sects ranking, while Sound Valley claimed tenth place. Sound Valley received its rewards and grew much stronger, but its leaders remained wary of powerful factions gathered outside the valley.

• Thunder Venerable, Venerate Sword, and Venerate Yellow Springs saw Sound Valley take tenth place and realized their own pavilions had missed the ranking.
• Gu Yuan and the leaders of the six ancient clans agreed to protect the ranked sects and postpone decisions about distributing resources until the rankings concluded.
• Grandma Fengqin and Fairy Miaoyin sensed powerful auras outside Sound Valley and resolved to defend the sect against any threats.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking upgraded Sound Valley's protective formation and delivered a formation-control token, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and Eighth-grade Pills.
• The ranking's golden light raised every Sound Valley member's cultivation, advancing Grandma Fengqin to Initial One-Star Dou Saint and Fairy Miaoyin to Mid Six-Star Dou Venerate.

The Sound Valley Old Ancestor used her new Dou Saint strength to face the Hall of Souls, while the Six Great Ancient Clans intervened to protect Sound Valley. Hun Tiandi then turned their alliance’s plans against them, leaving the clans without a share of the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking rewards but preventing the Hall of Souls from attacking.

• The Sound Valley Old Ancestor distributed the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking rewards among Sound Valley’s elders, disciples, sect master, and Great Elders.
• The Three Heavenly Venerate arrived with Hall of Souls experts, but he bluffed that they meant Sound Valley no harm after discovering the Sound Valley Old Ancestor had become a Dou Saint.
• Half-Saints from the Six Great Ancient Clans arrived and declared that their clans would protect Sound Valley and the other Listed Powers.
• After receiving orders from their clans, the Six Great Ancient Clans’ Half-Saints left with the Hall of Souls experts without fighting.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that he had persuaded the Hall of Souls not to attack, depriving the Six Great Ancient Clans of a reason to claim moral authority or share the rewards.
• Yan Jin complained that Hun Tiandi had turned the tables on the clans, while Gu Yuan accepted that they had at least stopped the Hall of Souls from plundering other powers.

Lin Yuan watched the Gold Ranking reveal the Flower Sect as the ninth-ranked force and reflected on why he had allowed the Soul Clan to survive. The ranking’s rewards strengthened the Flower Sect, while Yun Yun received a pill to help her absorb the former Sect Leader’s inheritance and advance further.

• Lin Yuan explained that he had left the Soul Clan alone because he was focused on the Flame Demon Clan and wanted Xiao Yan to grow under pressure until he became a Dou Saint.
• The Gold Ranking named the Flower Sect of the Central Continent as ninth, citing its powerful elders and Yun Yun’s inheritance from Granny Hua Hua Yu.
• The ranking strengthened the Flower Sect’s protective formation, raised its disciples’ cultivation, advanced Azure Fairy and Hua Fairy to Mid-stage One-star Dou Saint, and granted methods, techniques, and pills.
• Azure Fairy distributed the rewards and led Yun Yun and the elders to the Sect Leader Hall to discuss the sect’s affairs.
• Azure Fairy learned that the ranking’s blessing had stabilized Yun Yun’s cultivation and helped her reach Three-star Dou Venerate, then gave her an Eighth-grade pill to help her advance further.

Yun Yun accepted the Flower Sect Leader succession pill as the sect celebrated her rise, while the sect’s elders recalled Hua Jin’s betrayal. Across the Central Continent, Hua Jin plotted to reclaim her former position, and the Tianming Sect leaders waited for their own ranking rewards to strengthen them.

• Yun Yun accepted the pill from Azure Fairy and thanked the Flower Sect elders for their support.
• Azure Fairy and Hua Fairy had stripped Hua Jin of her acting leadership after she tried to use Demonic Flower Evil Lord to challenge Yun Yun; Hua Jin later joined the Tianming Sect with him.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun’s name on the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking and envied her advancement, while Yao Chen recalled Azure Fairy.
• Hua Jin vowed to kill Yun Yun and reclaim the Flower Sect Leader position, and Demonic Flower Evil Lord falsely promised to help her.
• Nether Old Demon and Nether Son discussed the Tianming Sect’s prospects, with Nether Son lamenting that he had failed to break through to Half-Saint.

Nether Old Demon and Nether Son hoped Tianming Sect would rank seventh, but the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed it eighth and granted rewards that advanced the sect’s members. Nether Old Demon raged over the result, then calmed down and waited to see how Starfall Pavilion would rank.

• Nether Old Demon argued that Tianming Sect could still place seventh, and Nether Son agreed as they waited for the ranking reveal.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking announced Tianming Sect in eighth place, citing its strength and cruel cultivation methods.
• The ranking’s rewards caused Hua Jin, Demonic Flower Evil Lord, Nether Son, and Nether Old Demon to advance in cultivation.
• Nether Old Demon vented his anger by shattering the space beneath him and questioning the ranking, but Nether Son warned him not to provoke it.
• Nether Old Demon stored Tianming Sect’s rewards and said he would wait to see Starfall Pavilion’s ranking before deciding how to distribute them.

As the Sect Power Ranking revealed Tianming Sect in eighth place, factions across the Dou Qi Continent questioned why Starfall Pavilion had not appeared first. The Pill Tower Giants and Hall of Souls speculated about the ranking and the mysterious force supplying Healing Pills, while Feng Xian suspected Yao Chen had anticipated the result.

• People across the Dou Qi Continent debated Tianming Sect's strength and wondered why it appeared before Starfall Pavilion.
• At the Pill Tower, Tian Lei Zi teased Xuan Yi about Yao Chen, and Xuan Kongzi urged them to keep watching the ranking.
• Xuan Yi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Kongzi discussed whether the mysterious force ordering Healing Pills was connected to the remaining ranked sects.
• Hun Miesheng and Hall of Souls' leaders considered why Starfall Pavilion had not appeared and searched for powerful sects beyond the Central Continent.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Feng Xian asked Yao Chen whether he had already guessed that Tianming Sect would rank ahead of them.

Yao Chen revealed that a secret technique raised his combat strength to the Dou Saint level, and the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed Starfall Pavilion seventh, granting powerful rewards. The ranking’s revelation of Yao Chen’s mysterious background left the Six Great Clans questioning Yao Dan about his clan’s ties to him.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan and the others that his secret technique let him defeat a High-level Half-Saint with ease, but said soul restrictions prevented him from teaching it to anyone.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed Starfall Pavilion’s seventh-place ranking, citing Yao Chen’s strength, Xiao Yan’s accomplishments, and the pavilion’s powerful experts.
• Starfall Pavilion received cultivation and combat rewards, a level increase for its disciples and elders, pills, and an upgraded protective formation.
• People across the continent reacted with astonishment to Starfall Pavilion’s ranking and rewards, and wondered about Yao Chen’s mysterious background and Special Mission.
• Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders confronted Yao Dan about Yao Chen’s ties to the Yao Clan and why the clan had joined their alliance.

The Ancient Clan patriarchs and other Central Continent powers grew interested in Yao Chen’s mysterious Secret Technique, while Starfall Pavilion celebrated its ranking rewards and sudden increase in strength. The celebration ended when an ice-blue token emerged from a Spatial Rift and flew toward Yao Chen.

• Yao Dan convinced Gu Yuan and the other patriarchs that Starfall Pavilion was not backed by the Yao Clan, and Lei Ying proposed that Yao Chen might be connected to one of the unknown forces.
• Gu Yuan urged the patriarchs to wait for the Sect Power Ranking’s assessment before deciding how to approach Yao Chen about his Secret Technique.
• The Nether Old Demon, Azure Fairy, Xuan Yi, and Hun Miesheng reacted to Starfall Pavilion’s ranking, with Hun Miesheng ordering his followers to report when Yao Chen left the pavilion.
• The Gold Ranking’s blessing raised Starfall Pavilion’s disciples and elders by one star, while Yao Chen, Feng Xian, and Xiao Yan received further cultivation breakthroughs and rewards.
• Yao Chen kept the Nine Heavens Star Scripture and gave Xiao Yan the Star Shattering Finger technique to cultivate.
• A Spatial Rift opened above Starfall Pavilion, and an ice-blue token flew toward Yao Chen.

Yao Chen received the Tian Quan inheritance and became the Second Generation Tian Quan Successor, while Lin Yuan discussed the Seven Star Palace’s plans. The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed Nanming Sect as sixth place, exposing its origins and granting it powerful rewards.

• Lin Yuan’s Blue Token reached Yao Chen, who acknowledged it with his blood and received the Tian Quan inheritance and successor status.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan he would answer his questions after Xiao Yan reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Lin Yuan discussed the Flame Demon Clan and the possible Emperor Source Qi reward with the Tian Quan Hall Master, who recommended Tian Ji as its recipient.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking showed Death Cliff and revealed Nanming Sect as the sixth-ranked sect, led by Nan Yang and Nan Yue.
• The ranking awarded Nanming Sect cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, a one-star advancement for its members, pills, and an upgraded grand array.

Nanming Sect gained ten Dou Saints from the Heavenly Dao Blessing, while powerful figures across the continent questioned Burning Flame Valley’s hidden strength. The chapter ended with Nan Yang ordering a counter-encirclement on the Flame Demon Battlefield after his forces reported a major victory.

• Gu Yuan warned the five clan leaders that Burning Flame Valley had not yet appeared on the ranking and might be hiding its true strength.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun refused to explain Burning Flame Valley’s situation to Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, and the elders, saying the ranking would reveal it.
• Nan Yang advanced to the Late-stage Two-star Dou Saint realm, Nan Yue reached the Early Two-star Dou Saint realm, and eight elders became One-star Dou Saints.
• A group of armored Nanming Sect soldiers reported that Nan Yue and several elders had destroyed a Flame Demon Camp and killed two Saint-level Yanmo, three Half-Saint Yanmo, and many demon soldiers.
• Nan Yang ordered all elders to enter the Flame Demon Battlefield, encircle the Yanmo, and kill every enemy who crossed the line.

The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed Dongji Sect as the Eastern Continent’s powerful fifth-ranked sect, exposing its hidden Dou Saint experts and rewarding its disciples and grand array. Dong Feng prepared to recruit new disciples while keeping the Flame Demon Clan and the Tian Shu palace concealed, as Hun Miesheng demanded answers about the Hall of Souls’ intelligence failures.

• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking named Dongji Sect fifth and revealed Dong Feng and Huo Jian’s true Dou Saint cultivation, along with the sect’s rewards.
• Golden light strengthened Dongji Sect’s disciples and array, while Dong Feng advanced to Mid Three-star Dou Saint.
• Dong Feng ordered Ninth Elder to proceed with the Entrance Examination, screen out spies, and conceal the Flame Demon Clan from candidates.
• Dong Feng looked toward Hurricane Canyon’s deepest point, where the Tian Shu palace suppressed a terrifying Spatial Rift.
• Hun Miesheng reprimanded the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master and Grand Celestial Venerable for failing to infiltrate Dongji Sect and questioned Burning Flame Valley’s ranking.

Hun Miesheng ordered the Hall of Souls to infiltrate Dongji Sect, while Xuan Kongzi speculated that the top Sect Ranking rewards might include Emperor Pills. At the Meteor God Ice Plain, Lin Yuan prepared to use the Seven Star Palace’s ranking to create a disturbance and confuse the Flame Demon Clan.

• Gu You took responsibility for the Hall of Souls’ failure to learn about Dongji Sect and explained its past infiltration attempts to Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng ordered Gu You to plant agents in Dongji Sect during its upcoming Entrance Examination and postpone confronting Burning Flame Valley.
• Xuan Kongzi speculated that the top four Sect Ranking rewards could be Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, Ninth-Grade Profound Pills, Ninth-Grade Golden Pills, and Emperor Pills.
• Lin Yuan warned Tian Quan that the Seven Star Palace’s ranking could expose its strength to the Flame Demon Clan and disrupt their plans.
• Lin Yuan summoned six starlit tokens, and the projections of Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang paid their respects to him.

Lin Yuan arranged a concealed counterattack against the Flame Demon Clan after Seven Star Palace received the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking’s blessing. The ranking then revealed Burning Flame Valley in fourth place, leaving the continent stunned by its hidden strength and powerful rewards.

• Lin Yuan ordered Seven Star Palace’s forces to prepare a counterattack, conceal the Gold Ranking from battlefield personnel, and withdraw those who knew about it from the front lines.
• Lin Yuan assigned Tian Quan to protect Seven Star Palace and its Spatial Channel while he planned to join the counterattack himself.
• The ranking showed Burning Flame Valley in the Blazing Volcano Range, prompting Tian Xuan Palace Master to recognize his former sect.
• Tian Xuan Palace Master admitted that the pills, Secret Techniques, and two Puppets he had left behind helped Burning Flame Valley make the list, and Lin Yuan assured him he had done nothing wrong.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed Burning Flame Valley fourth, citing its hidden experts and two Two-star Dou Saint Puppets, and awarded it cultivation advances, pills, techniques, and an upgraded grand array.
• Living beings across the continent reacted with shock to Burning Flame Valley’s concealed strength and its rewards.

The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed Burning Flame Valley’s hidden Dou Saint strength, prompting Old Ancestor Huoyun to explain why he had let the sect struggle and then use its rewards to strengthen its members. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan and the ancient clan patriarchs speculating about the source of Tang Huoyun’s battle power.

• Central Continent’s experts learned that Old Ancestor Huoyun and Burning Flame Valley’s two Sect Protecting Puppets were far stronger than they had realized.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er questioned Old Ancestor Huoyun, who claimed he had let the sect face hardship so its members would not rely on him.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking blessed Burning Flame Valley, raising its members’ cultivation and upgrading the two Puppets’ battle power.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun distributed Heaven-tier scrolls and sealed Ninth-Grade Pills inside Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, and the eight elders, ordering them to cultivate within the sect.
• Gu Yuan and the Six Great Ancient Clans’ patriarchs discussed whether Tang Huoyun’s strength came from the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations or a secret technique.

The Ancient Eight Clans discussed Burning Flame Valley's hidden strength and the Soul Clan's role in Old Ancestor Fen Yan's death. Hun Tiandi delayed action until the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking ended, but the Hall of Souls ranked third, leaving Hun Miesheng furious.

• Lei Ying asked Gu Yuan why Burning Flame Valley had hidden its strength and where its Dou Saint-level Puppets came from, and Gu Yuan speculated that Old Ancestor Fen Yan had left them behind.
• Gu Yuan said Old Ancestor Fen Yan's death was linked to Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan, unsettling the Ling Clan Patriarch and the Shi Clan Patriarch.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that he would wait for the Gold Ranking's rewards and seize any Emperor Pill, even by force.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed the Hall of Souls third and granted it cultivation methods, a Soul Attack Secret Method, the Myriad Souls Banner, a one-star advance for its members, and five Ninth-Grade Profound Pills.
• Hun Miesheng erupted with Dou Saint pressure and shouted that he refused to accept the Hall of Souls ranking below Pill Tower.

The Hall of Souls placed third on the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking, disappointing Hun Miesheng and prompting Hun Tiandi to prepare for a possible attack on the top-ranked force and its prize. Gu Yuan warned the other clan leaders that the first-place reward might be an Emperor Grade Pill, then privately considered using the coming conflict to eliminate the Soul Clan.

• Hun Miesheng accepted the Hall of Souls' third-place rewards, advanced to Early Six-star Dou Saint, and ordered the hall to prepare for battle.
• Hun Tiandi absolved Hun Miesheng of blame and ordered the Soul Clan and Hall of Souls experts to seize the top prize if it could help him become a Dou Emperor.
• People across the continent celebrated or discussed the Hall of Souls' ranking, while the six clan leaders wondered how the Pill Tower had placed above it.
• Gu Yuan warned the clan leaders that the first-place prize might be an Emperor Grade Pill and urged them to prepare for the Soul Clan's attack.
• The five clan leaders left to ready their clans, and Gu Yuan privately considered the ranking an opportunity to eliminate the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame to strengthen himself and prepare to rescue his father. The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed the Pill Tower’s hidden strength and rewards, prompting the Soul Clan to consider targeting it.

• Xiao Yan worried that he was too weak to rescue his father from the Hall of Souls and the Soul Clan.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, telling him to absorb it and evolve the Flame Mantra.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed the Pill Tower second and revealed its powerful Dou Saint experts and substantial rewards.
• Yao Dan realized that the Pill Tower’s strength could rival or surpass the Yao Clan after the Heavenly Dao Blessing.
• Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame discussed devouring the Pill Tower Ancestor, and Hun Tiandi decided the Soul Clan would target the Pill Tower.