Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s strength, internal division, and rewards, including Zi Yan’s rapid rise to Four-star Dou Saint. Mu Hongyan then ordered Kai Yang to bring the clan into Kai Yang Hall, leaving him eager to act.

• The Gold Ranking placed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan sixth, described its divided Four Dragon Islands and ten remaining Dou Saint powerhouses, and granted the clan cultivation rewards and Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits.
• The ranking accelerated Zi Yan’s refinement of her Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, evolving her bloodline and raising her strength from Dou Zong to Four-star Dou Saint.
• Hun Tiandi suspected that Zhu Kun had joined the Seven Star Palace and wondered whether Ice Emperor Lin Yuan came from nearly ten thousand years in the past.
• Xiao Yan and the Ancient Clan members reacted with shock to the Dragon Clan’s strength and the rewards it received.
• Mu Hongyan ordered Kai Yang to issue Second Generation Tokens to the Ancient Void Dragons and incorporate them into Kai Yang Hall.
• Kai Yang accepted eagerly, while Tianshu cautioned him not to kill all three Dragon Kings; Kai Yang said he had preparations from his lord.

The Three Clan Leaders arrived at Seven Star Palace and were stunned to learn Xiao Xuan and the masked Tian Quan Hall Master were alive and serving the palace. Meanwhile, the North Dragon King persuaded the West and South Dragon Kings to attack East Dragon Island before Zi Yan could grow stronger.

• The Ling, Shi, and Yao Clan Patriarchs arrived at Seven Star Palace and recognized Hall Master Tianshu as the supposedly dead Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had been reborn as the Greedy Wolf Star Lord, and the Tian Quan Hall Master removed his mask before introducing the Seven Star Palace leaders.
• Huang Tian envied the Ancient Void Dragon Clan after the Gold Ranking awarded it three Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits and enabled Zi Yan's early transformation.
• The South and West Dragon Kings feared Zhu Kun's return, but the North Dragon King argued that he was likely serving Seven Star Palace and urged them to eliminate Zi Yan.
• The Three Dragon Kings called on their clansmen to choose divine ability rewards, then ordered an attack on East Dragon Island.

The Three Dragon Kings attacked East Dragon Island to kill Zi Yan before she could threaten their rule, but the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking’s rewards helped her awaken her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline and reach Early Four-star Dou Saint. As the barrier fell and both sides prepared to fight, Zhu Kun appeared and stopped the attackers with his immense pressure.

• The Three Dragon Kings demanded that East Dragon Island surrender Zi Yan, claiming they feared her future strength, while Qing Shan warned them that the Old Dragon Emperor might return.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking distributed rewards that raised the Ancient Void Dragons’ strength, gave the Three Dragon Kings Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits, and helped Zi Yan awaken her bloodline and break through to Early Four-star Dou Saint.
• Qing Shan urged Zi Yan to flee to the Seven Star Palace, but she refused to abandon East Dragon Island and prepared to fight the Three Dragon Kings.
• The Three Dragon Kings shattered East Dragon Island’s barrier and declared that they would kill Zi Yan and destroy the island to conceal their crimes.
• A terrifying pressure froze the invading forces, and a colossal Purple Gold Giant Dragon appeared and identified himself as Zhu Kun.

Zhu Kun returned to East Dragon Island, defeated the traitors, and revealed why he had stayed away from Zi Yan. He persuaded Zi Yan to accept her role as a Seven Star Palace inheritor and planned to bring her back to the palace, while the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking named the Lei Clan fifth in the Family Ranking.

• Zhu Kun revealed himself as the returned Old Dragon Emperor, reunited with Zi Yan, and told her he was her father.
• Zhu Kun erased the souls of the North Dragon King, the South Dragon King, the West Dragon King, and other traitorous Dou Saints, then turned their bodies into puppets controlled by Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun explained that he had been trapped in Tou She Ancient God's tomb, then served as Hall Master Kai Yang to guard the continent against the Flame Demon Clan.
• Zhu Kun told Zi Yan that she was the Seven Star Palace's Second Generation Wu Qu Kai Yang Star; after learning Xiao Yan was also an inheritor, Zi Yan agreed to return with him.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking announced the Lei Clan as fifth in the Family Ranking and listed its rewards.

The Lei Clan chose a bloodline upgrade from its Family Ranking rewards, raising Lei Ying to a Late Nine-star Dou Saint and giving Lei Dong Black Demon Lightning. The ranking then revealed the Yan Clan in fourth place, leaving Yan Jin to consider its special reward as the clans wondered who occupied the top three.

• Lei Ying chose to raise the entire Lei Clan's Dou Emperor Bloodline instead of taking Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and the clan's strength surged.
• Lei Ying gave the Black Demon Lightning to Lei Dong, while Hun Tiandi worried about the Lei Clan's rise and Xiao Yan considered the lightning's power.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed the Yan Clan fourth and offered it cultivation and secret techniques, bloodline essence, and two Heavenly Flames.
• Yan Jin wondered which clans ranked above the Yan Clan and learned that its alternative special reward was the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

The Gold Ranking revealed the Ancient Clan’s third-place rewards, including six strands of Source Qi of the Emperor, and strengthened its experts. Hun Tiandi then anticipated the Soul Clan’s rewards and considered attacking the Ancient Clan to take its Source Qi.

• Yan Jin chose the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to strengthen himself, and the Yan Clan received its ranking rewards.
• Xiao Yan saw that the Ancient Clan ranked third, while Gu Yuan and the clan’s experts reacted to the ranking and its rewards.
• Gu Yuan revealed that the Ancient Clan’s special rewards were the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame or a two-star strength increase for one clansman, then chose the strength increase for Gu Dao.
• The Ancient Clan received six strands of Source Qi of the Emperor, and Gu Lie and Gu Dao advanced to Nine-star Dou Saint.
• Hun Tiandi celebrated the Soul Clan’s chance to obtain enough Source Qi to reach Dou Emperor and considered attacking the Ancient Clan to seize its reward.

The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed the Soul Clan second and awarded it nine strands of the Source Qi of the Emperor alongside other powerful rewards. Hun Tiandi chose to strengthen two clan members instead of reviving his Living Dead elders, preparing to attack the Ancient Clan and seize its Source Qi.

• Yan Jin concluded that the Six Great Ancient Clans needed to cooperate to prevent the Soul Clan from becoming dominant.
• Xiao Xuan criticized Gu Yuan for neglecting the Xiao Clan and explained that he could not interfere because of his Guardian mission.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking named the Soul Clan second, revealing its strength and granting it rewards including five strands of the Source Qi of the Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi raged that the rewards did not include enough Source Qi, then calmed down and decided to use the special reward to strengthen the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi chose to increase a clan member's strength by two stars and selected Hun Yan and Hun Sha as the recipients.

After the Soul Clan’s strength surged, Gu Yuan prepared the Ancient Clan and the other clans to resist its likely attack, while Xiao Yan renewed his resolve to rescue Xiao Zhan. The Gold Ranking then revealed that the family ranked first was the Lin Clan of the Far North.

• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to move toward the Gu Realm, prepare its army, and save a strand of Source Qi of the Emperor for him.
• Gu Yuan warned that the Soul Clan’s forces threatened the Ancient Clan and proposed a deep alliance among the six Ancient Clans; Gu Yang briefly showed a strange black light, and Gu Yuan secretly sent a message to a direct-line elder.
• Xiao Yan despaired at the Soul Clan’s strength, but Gu Xun’er encouraged him, and he vowed to become strong enough to rescue Xiao Zhan.
• At Seven Star Palace, Hall Master Tianshu 'Xiao Xuan' and Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall discussed the Soul Clan, while Hall Master Yaoguang hinted that the first-ranked family was close at hand.
• The Gold Ranking showed Seven Star Palace and announced the Far North Lin Clan as first place on the Family Ranking.

The Gold Ranking revealed the Lin Clan’s overwhelming strength and bestowed powerful rewards, shocking the Dou Qi Continent and prompting Hun Tiandi to order his forces away from the Far North. On the Flame Demon Battlefield, Lin Yuan chose the Past Body Divine Ability Cultivation Method and received the ranking rewards, which raised his cultivation to the High-level Earth Supreme realm.

• The Gold Ranking named the Lin Clan first on the Family Ranking, described its strength and affiliated forces, and awarded it cultivation boosts, an Emperor Grade Pill, Source Qi, and other rewards.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan and Hall of Souls to stay out of the Far North and avoid offending the Lin Clan and Seven Star Palace.
• Hun Shengtian told Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Clan was uniting the Ancient Clans, and Hun Tiandi decided not to interfere with their alliance.
• Lin Yuan learned of the Lin Clan’s ranking and rewards, and chose the Past Body Divine Ability Cultivation Method over ten strands of Source Qi of the Emperor.
• The ranking rewards surged into Lin Yuan, raising his cultivation from Lower Earth Supreme to High-level Earth Supreme and placing the other rewards before him.

After the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking concluded its review of the Ten Great Clans, Lin Yuan summoned the three Ancient Clan patriarchs and Zi Yan to the Flame Demon Battlefield. He revealed the Seven Star Palace’s war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, recruited the newcomers, and assigned their clans roles in the fight.

• Lin Yan introduced herself to Zi Yan as the heir to the Second Generation Tian Xuan and promised to protect her, while Zi Yan realized Lin Yan’s strength was beyond her ability to discern.
• The Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking announced that its clan review had ended and that it would review the Dou Qi Continent’s Ten Great Geniuses in half a year.
• Lin Yuan ordered Tian Shu, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang to bring the three clan patriarchs and Zi Yan to meet him, while Hong Yan, Tian Quan, and Yu Heng remained to oversee the Dou Qi Continent.
• At Lin Yuan’s direction, Yao Dan, Ling Yun, Shi Clan representatives, and Zi Yan signed Seven Star Palace contracts and learned that the palace had long defended the continent against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Lin Yuan assigned the Yao Clan to alchemy and logistics, the Shi Clan to battlefield defense, the Ling Clan to controlling the Flame Demon Clan, and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to Kai Yang Hall; he gave Zi Yan a Kai Yang inheritance token.
• The Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and other forces discovered that the Medicine Realm, Stone Realm, and Spirit Realm had vanished and could no longer be contacted.

Gu Yuan investigated the disappearance of the Yao, Shi, and Ling Clans and learned that the Soul Clan had planned an attack on the Spirit Realm but arrived too late. He secured an alliance with the Yan and Lei Clans, then received a shocking message.

• Gu Lie reported that the Yao, Shi, and Ling Clan realms had vanished and their clan leaders could not be reached, so Gu Yuan left Gu Dao to guard the Gu Clan and went to investigate with Yan Jin and Lei Ying.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying found that the Spirit Realm had been relocated by a mysterious power, which Gu Yuan suspected was the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking.
• Gu Yuan captured two Soul Clan Dou Venerates, searched their memories, and learned that the Soul Clan had planned to attack the Spirit Clan but found the realm gone.
• Gu Yuan warned Yan Jin and Lei Ying that the Soul Clan could target the Gu Clan for its Source Qi of the Emperor, and the three clan leaders agreed to form an alliance.
• Gu Yuan received a message on his Communication Jade Plaque, and his expression changed drastically after hearing the news.

Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying rushed back to the Ancient Clan after learning that the Soul Clan was building a Spatial Wormhole near Gu Sheng City. They arrived to face Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Tiandi’s assembled forces, leaving the two clans on the brink of confrontation.

• Gu Yuan learned that Nihility Devouring Flame and a Soul Clan army were constructing a Spatial Wormhole near Gu Sheng City, so Yan Jin and Lei Ying agreed to gather their clans’ Dou Saints and help him respond.
• Gu Dao emerged to support Gu Lie, but Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that Hun Yan and Hun Sha had also reached the Late Nine-star Dou Saint realm and forced the Ancient Clan forces to retreat.
• Hun Yan and Hun Sha focused on activating and stabilizing the Spatial Wormhole before Gu Yuan returned, while Gu Dao informed the Three Clan Leaders that the Soul Clan had at least eight Nine-star Dou Saints.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying returned to the mountain range and confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan forces.
• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi nearby and called him out, prompting Hun Tiandi to appear with the Four Living Dead Elders, the Hall of Souls Hall Master, and other Soul Clan powerhouses.

Hun Tiandi led the Soul Clan to attack the Ancient Clan, demanding its Source Qi of the Emperor, but Gu Yuan and his allies refused. The Ancient Clan retreated behind its Protective Clan Array, which withstood the Soul Clan’s combined assault, though Yan Jin questioned how long it could last.

• Hun Tiandi offered to spare the Ancient, Yan, and Lei Clans if Gu Yuan gave him a strand of Source Qi of the Emperor, but Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying rejected his offer.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to attack, and the Soul Clan’s forces clashed with the three allied clans as the Ancient Clan activated its Protective Clan Array.
• A Soul Clan fighter killed an Ancient Clan Dou Saint, and Gu Yuan ordered his surviving fighters to withdraw into Gu Sheng City once the array was fully activated.
• Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s Dou Saints struck the array with a combined attack, but it remained intact, forcing the Soul Clan to face the Ancient Clan behind its barrier.
• Yan Jin asked Gu Yuan how long the Ancient Clan’s array could hold out.

Gu Yuan revealed that the Ancient Clan’s Protective Clan Array could hold for only one month and arranged for Gu Yan to seek help from the Seven Star Palace. As the Soul Clan prepared to exploit the array’s weakness and attack the other clans, Gu Yan arrived at the Seven Star Palace to request its intervention.

• Gu Yuan told Yan Jin and Lei Ying that the Ancient Clan’s array would weaken after a month, and the three discussed seeking help from the Seven Star Palace.
• Gu Yuan disclosed that Gu Yan had been sent to the Far North and warned Yan Jin and Lei Ying to keep the plan secret because Soul Clan spies might have infiltrated their clans.
• Gu Yan reported that he was three days from the Seven Star Palace, while Nihility Devouring Flame informed Hun Tiandi that the array could last only a month and the Yan and Lei Clan reinforcements were on their way.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Sha and Hun Yan to intercept the reinforcements and directed the hidden agents in the Yan and Lei Clans to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yan reached the Seven Star Palace and offered the Source Qi of the Emperor as payment for its help in protecting the Ancient Clan.

Seven Star Palace agreed to rescue the Ancient Clan in exchange for all six strands of its Source Qi of the Emperor and promised a year of protection. As the clan leaders weighed the price, Hun Tiandi launched another attack and revealed he knew they had sought Seven Star Palace’s help.

• The Tian Quan Hall Master reported that the Ancient Clan’s defenses could hold for at most another month, and Mu Hongyan learned that the clan was seeking Seven Star Palace’s aid.
• Lin Yuan instructed the Tian Quan Hall Master to demand all six strands of the Ancient Clan’s Source Qi of the Emperor in exchange for ending the crisis and protecting the clan for a year.
• The Tian Quan Hall Master told Gu Yan Seven Star Palace’s terms, and Gu Yan relayed them to Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying.
• Lei Ying objected to the price, but Yan Jin argued that surrendering the Source Qi would remove Hun Tiandi’s reason to keep attacking; Gu Yuan worried about the clan’s safety after the promised year.
• Gu Lie warned that the Soul Clan had begun another assault and was preparing a sinister formation, so the three clan leaders went to Gu Sheng City’s defenses.
• Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of seeking Seven Star Palace’s help and giving it the Source Qi instead of him, prompting Gu Yuan to suspect Yan Jin and Lei Ying had disclosed the plan.

Hun Tiandi tried to destroy the Ancient Clan before the Seven Star Palace could aid it, using the Soul Devouring Death Spirit Array to sacrifice Gu Sheng City’s people. The Seven Star Palace arrived in time to destroy the array, accepted six strands of Source Qi of the Emperor from Gu Yuan, and declared that it would protect the Ancient Clan for a year.

• Hun Tiandi began forming the Soul Devouring Death Spirit Array and threatened to sacrifice a million people near Gu Sheng City to break the Ancient Clan’s protective array.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Yan to accept the Seven Star Palace’s conditions and asked the palace to destroy the Soul Clan and avenge the victims, then prepared the clan’s Dou Saints for a final battle.
• A Spatial Channel opened above Gu Sheng City, and Flame Meteors destroyed the Soul Devouring Death Spirit Array while the Seven Star Palace rescued the captured people.
• The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall arrived with thirty Dou Saints and revealed that the palace had been waiting in the Far North for Gu Yuan’s acceptance.
• Gu Yuan paid the Hall Master six strands of Source Qi of the Emperor, and the Hall Master declared that the Seven Star Palace would protect the Ancient Clan for one year.

Hun Tiandi withdrew the Soul Clan after the Seven Star Palace defeated its attack on the Ancient Clan and rejected his demands. The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall offered the three clan leaders emergency protection at the cost of becoming affiliated with the Seven Star Palace, then Gu Yuan learned that Gu Yang had stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade and fled with Soul Clan support.

• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to withdraw from Gu Sheng City after the Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall warned them against further blood sacrifices.
• The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall sent the Seven Star Palace Dou Saints back and gave Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying tokens and Space Stones that offered protection in exchange for future allegiance.
• The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall revealed that the Yao Clan, Ling Clan, and Shi Clan had relocated to the Extreme North Ice Plain near the Seven Star Palace.
• Gu Yuan received word from Gu Lie that Gu Yang had ambushed the ancestral shrine elders, stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and escaped with help from Soul Clan Experts.
• The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall refused to help retrieve the jade and advised Gu Yuan to use the chance to kill more Soul Clan Experts.

After the Soul Clan’s failed attack, Yan Jin and Lei Ying agreed to relocate their clans near the Ancient Clan, while Hun Tiandi planned his next moves. In the Flame Demon Battlefield, Lin Yuan and the others gathered before a massive Bodhi Ancient Tree, which Yao Dan recognized.

• The Hall Master of Tian Quan Hall explained that losing the three clans’ Ancient Jade pieces reduced the Soul Clan’s threat, then left as Gu Yuan ordered his people to attack Soul Clan forces.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying learned that Soul Clan spies had stolen their clans’ Ancient Jade, then proposed temporarily relocating their clans near Gu Sheng City to join forces with the Ancient Clan; Gu Yuan agreed.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported to Hun Tiandi that the Soul Clan had secured the Yan and Lei clans’ jade pieces, and Hun Tiandi ordered his forces to gather souls, search for the Yao, Shi, and Ling clans, and watch the Ancient Clan.
• Lin Yuan, his allies, and the leaders of the Yao, Shi, and Ling clans gathered before a giant ancient tree in the Flame Demon Battlefield, and Yao Dan identified it as the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Tian Ji transformed from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and broke through to the Two-star Dou God Realm, then received a soul-control technique from Lin Yuan. After several months, he had begun planting spies throughout the Flame Demon Clan, while the Seven Star Palace prepared for the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking update.

• Tian Ji emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a Green-haired man and thanked Lin Yuan for helping him break through to the Two-star Dou God Realm.
• Lin Yuan checked in and received the Myriad Heart Control Divine Technique, which allowed its user to enslave beings without erasing their consciousness.
• Lin Yuan gave the technique to Tian Ji and assigned him to cultivate it so the Seven Star Palace could expand its control over the Flame Demon Clan.
• Lin Yuan arranged for the other Hall Masters to receive Source Qi and Emperor Grade Pills, then returned to the Seven Star Palace while Tian Ji and his Present World Body guarded the Flame Demon Battlefield.
• Over four months, the Yao Clan, Shi Clan, Ling Clan, and Ancient Void Dragon Clan integrated into the Seven Star Palace, and Tian Ji reached the technique's entry level.
• Tian Ji repeatedly infiltrated the Flame Demon Clan's territory and enslaved captain-level Dou Saint powerhouses, planting spies throughout its ranks.

Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb early after receiving the Ancient Insect Emperor's Clothes and learning the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking was imminent. Outside, he learned about the crisis facing the Ancient Clans and that something had happened to the Yan Alliance, while Xiao Xuan's knowledge of the Flame Mantra left him puzzled.

• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Ancient Insect Emperor's Clothes, then sent him and Gu Xun'er out of the Heavenly Tomb ahead of schedule.
• The Eight Ancient Clans' geniuses emerged with Hun Ya and Hun Li's corpses, and an Ancient Clan Elder destroyed the bodies as the clans' experts gathered.
• Gu Xun'er and the elders told the gathered geniuses about the Soul Clan's attack on Gu Sheng City, the Seven Star Palace's intervention, and the Yao, Ling, and Shi Clans' disappearance.
• Gu Yuan offered the stranded Yao, Ling, and Shi Clan members shelter in the Ancient Clan while withholding what he knew about their whereabouts.
• Elder Tong Xuan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian and his other friends had left for the Starfall Pavilion and that the Yan Alliance had encountered trouble.