Chapter Summaries

Hun Tianchen overcame the Ling Clan’s defenders and struck Ling Xiu before leaving to return to Queen Medusa. Ling Xiu survived, vowed revenge, and began making his way back to the Ling Clan, unaware of a strange black aura in his eyes.

• Elder Ling sacrificed himself to hold back Hun Tianchen, while the five Dou Venerates urged Ling Xiu to escape.
• The five Dou Venerates sent Ling Xiu flying to safety, but Hun Tianchen regained his full strength and struck him down.
• The five Dou Venerates self-destructed to attack Hun Tianchen, who used his Soul Dragon techniques to devour them and absorb their cultivation, souls, and luck.
• Hun Tianchen revealed his identity, decided to return to Queen Medusa, and left the area.
• Ling Xiu woke in another clearing, vowed to avenge Elder Ling and the others, and set off for the Ling Clan as a black aura stirred in his eyes.

Hun Tianchen reflected on his fading humanity after defeating the Ling Clan, then reached the Soul Infant Demon Tree with Queen Medusa. He drove off the gathered cultivators with a single slap and claimed the Soul Infant Fruit.

• Hun Tianchen recovered after his clone returned and told Queen Medusa that the Ling Clan had been dealt with, leaving the Shi Clan, Yao Clan, and Yan Clan.
• Queen Medusa warned Hun Tianchen about using his weakening ability recklessly, and he brought her to the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• A Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon emerged from the lake and guarded the Soul Infant Demon Tree while cultivators tried to seize its fruit.
• Hun Tianchen demanded the Soul Infant Fruit and slapped a Six-Star Dou Venerate flying when he challenged him.
• Hun Tianchen threatened the crowd until everyone left the island.

Hun Tianchen persuaded the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon to let him take one Soul Infant Fruit, then gave the fruit to Queen Medusa after absorbing enough of its Luck Force to approach a breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Venerate. As more experts approached the Ancient Forest, they prepared to leave.

• Hun Tianchen offered the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon Luck Force and Transformation Grass as compensation, and it retreated into the water.
• Hun Tianchen took one Soul Infant Fruit, left the other on the tree, and made a wooden box from a branch to preserve it.
• Hun Tianchen absorbed some Luck Force from the fruit and sensed that the barrier to Three-Star Dou Venerate was loosening.
• Hun Tianchen gave the Soul Infant Fruit to Queen Medusa so it could temper her soul against the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's influence.
• Hun Tianchen and Queen Medusa prepared to leave as roars grew louder and experts approached, and he said his injuries were minor.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan discovered a hidden Beast Spirit Shield and found the legendary Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside. Just as Elder Huang Xuan tried to claim it, a mysterious black-robed figure stole it, leaving the clan furious and demanding its return.

• A White-Haired Man sensed a powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline aura and opened the Beast Spirit Shield with his blood.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan entered the shield and found an ancient altar on a desolate plain.
• The group discovered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Elder Huang Xuan explained its rarity and significance.
• Elder Huang Xuan tried to claim the fruit, but a black-robed figure snatched its golden-purple liquid and marked its image on his palm.
• Elder Huang Xuan roared for the intruder to return the fruit and ordered the clan's Dou Venerates to kill him.

A black shadow overwhelmed Huang Xuan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Dou Venerates, then confronted the White-Haired Man after he summoned the Ancient Heaven Phoenix's Ancestral Soul. The shadow swallowed the Ancestral Soul's power, leaving the White-Haired Man stunned.

• The black shadow killed a Two-Star Dou Venerate and shattered Huang Xuan's Heaven Phoenix Overbearing Fist with his Annihilation Palm.
• Two Dou Venerates tried to stop the palm with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Roar, but it killed them as Huang Xuan was badly injured.
• The White-Haired Man used purple blood and a rune to awaken the Ancient Heaven Phoenix's Ancestral Soul through the skeleton on the Crimson Plains.
• The White-Haired Man attacked with the Ancestral Soul's power, but the black shadow erased his golden beam with Space Collapse.
• The White-Haired Man formed a golden Heaven Phoenix and sent it at the black shadow, who inhaled and swallowed the Ancestral Soul's power.

Hun Tianchen’s clone devoured the Ancient Heaven Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Souls, killed Huang Xuan, and drained the White-Haired Man’s Luck Force before letting him die. Back with Queen Medusa, Hun Tianchen swallowed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to force his breakthrough, but the two rival Ancestral Souls began ravaging his body until Soul Dragon’s roar drew their attention.

• The black shadow devoured the Ancient Heaven Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Souls, then killed Huang Xuan and took his Luck Force.
• The black shadow spared the White-Haired Man at first, then drained his Luck Force and severed his head before returning to Hun Tianchen.
• Hun Tianchen asked Queen Medusa to guard him as he prepared to break through to Three-Star Dou Venerate.
• Hun Tianchen struggled to control the rival Ancestral Souls fighting inside him and chose to swallow the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• The fruit made the Ancestral Souls’ violence surge, so Hun Tianchen used Soul Dragon’s power to suppress them, drawing their attention with a deafening roar.

Hun Tianchen absorbed the Ancient Heaven Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Souls into the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and used its power to break through to Three-Star Dou Venerate. He endured nine bolts of Black Demon Lightning without injury, then checked his remaining Luck Force and cursed.

• Hun Tianchen controlled the Soul Dragon to drain the Ancient Heaven Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Souls and merge their powers into the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Hun Tianchen transformed the Soul Dragon and absorbed the surrounding natural energy while Queen Medusa guarded him.
• Hun Tianchen broke through from Two-Star Dou Venerate to Three-Star Dou Venerate, drawing the attention of everyone in the Ancient Ruins.
• Hun Tianchen sat through nine bolts of Black Demon Lightning, absorbing their energy and emerging unscathed.
• Hun Tianchen examined his strength, checked his remaining Luck Force, and cursed.

After breaking through to a Three-Star Dou Venerate, Hun Tianchen discovered that the breakthrough had drained nearly all his Luck Force, then hurried to rescue Hun Yu and the other Hun Clan members from an attack at the Medicine Hall. He arrived at the Dan Hall with Queen Medusa close behind.

• Hun Tianchen broke through to a Three-Star Dou Venerate using the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and residual ancestral power, consuming all his plundered Luck Force in the process.
• Hun Tianchen drained the Luck Force from the nearby onlookers, though their combined reserves were negligible compared with what he had lost.
• Hun Ya arrived and told Hun Tianchen that other Ancient Races were attacking Hun Yu and the Hun Clan teams over ancient medicinal pills and Dan Beasts.
• Hun Tianchen carried Hun Ya at tremendous speed, smashed through the blocked stone door, and rushed toward the Medicine Hall while Queen Medusa followed.
• Hun Tianchen reached the Dan Hall with Hun Ya and Queen Medusa.

Hun Tianchen arrived on the Dan Hall’s third floor to find the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan attacking Hun Yu’s group over the Dan Beast. He trapped the attackers and unleashed devastating techniques, while a Nine-Star Dou Venerate prepared to self-destruct and a Lei Clan expert intervened.

• Hun Tianchen warned Hun Yu to cancel his unstable bloodline power after finding him and the remaining Hun Clan Dou Venerates fighting the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan.
• Gu Qingyang ordered the Ancient Clan group to retreat, and Lei Dong followed, but Hun Tianchen used Space Lock to trap them.
• Hun Tianchen struck an Eight-Star Lei Clan Dou Venerate with Annihilation Palm, seriously injuring him, while Queen Medusa petrified three Lei Clan Dou Venerates.
• A Nine-Star Ancient Clan Dou Venerate began to self-destruct to break the Space Lock, and Hun Tianchen attacked him with Soul Condensation Kill Finger.
• The Lei Clan’s strongest Dou Venerate stepped forward and offered to stop Hun Tianchen’s attack.

The Ancient and Lei Clans escaped Hun Tianchen’s Space Lock at the cost of several high-level Dou Venerates, while Lei Dong decided to summon Lei Clan Half Saints to attack him. Hun Tianchen was held back by a dying Lei Clan elder, who raised his cultivation to Nine Revolutions and unleashed his final strike as Queen Medusa watched.

• An Ancient Clan Nine-Star Dou Venerate and two Lei Clan Dou Venerates sacrificed themselves to help Gu Qingyang, Lei Dong, and the others escape Hun Tianchen and Queen Medusa.
• Gu Qingyang refused Lei Dong’s proposal to summon reinforcements, then led the surviving Ancient Clan members away.
• Lei Dong ordered the last Lei Clan elder to call for Half Saint reinforcements while he hid in a safe location.
• Inside the spatial seal, the last peak Eight-Star Lei Clan Dou Venerate burned his Dou Qi to hold Hun Tianchen back and raised his cultivation to Nine Revolutions.
• The Lei Clan elder unleashed Judgment of the Thunder God at Hun Tianchen, and Queen Medusa turned toward the attack in alarm.

Hun Tianchen protected the Hun Clan group from the Lei Clan Dou Venerate’s final attack, then healed Hun Li and claimed the Dan Beast. After summoning reinforcements, he ordered an assault on the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan to avenge the Hun Clan’s losses.

• The Lei Clan Dou Venerate exploded after Hun Tianchen shattered his lightning sword, and Hun Tianchen shielded the group with a giant dragon.
• Hun Tianchen checked on Queen Medusa, confirmed the Hun Clan members had survived, and healed the badly injured Hun Li.
• Hun Tianchen took the Dan Beast from Hun Yu, promising it more Luck Force, and sent the others back to the clan.
• Hun Tianchen crushed a jade slip, summoning Eighth Elder, Ninth Elder, and a force of Dou Venerates to his side.
• Hun Tianchen told the reinforcements that the Ancient Clan and Lei Clan had attacked the Hun Clan and ordered them to seal the main hall and slaughter both clans.

Hun Tianchen led the Hall of Souls into an ancient hall filled with treasures and powerful puppets, where the other Ancient Races gathered. After learning of the Hall of Souls’ strength and Hun Tianchen’s earlier killings, the Ancient, Lei, Shi, and Yan Clans united to face the puppets as the seal around the treasures began to fade.

• Hun Tianchen entered the hall with more than a dozen Dou Venerates and positioned his forces at the exit.
• Hun Tianchen identified the skeleton at the center as a Dou Saint’s and recognized the ash-gray figures around it as Dou Venerate-level puppets, several of them high-level.
• The Ancient Races noticed the Ling Clan was missing, and Lei Dong said Hun Tianchen had killed five high-level Dou Venerates from the Lei Clan.
• Gu Qingyang confirmed that the Ancient Clan had lost a Nine-Star Dou Venerate while escaping Hun Tianchen.
• Lei Dong persuaded the Ancient, Lei, Shi, and Yan Clans to unite and clear the puppets before dividing the treasures outside.
• The four clans prepared to attack as the light surrounding the treasures weakened and the seal neared its end.

Hun Tianchen let the factions exhaust themselves fighting over the ancient scrolls while the awakened Human Puppets slaughtered those near the stone seats. Gu Qingyang recognized the Hall of Souls’ trap and gathered the Ancient Clan’s Dou Venerates, but Hun Tianchen’s plan to eliminate the other factions remained in motion.

• The ten scrolls flew from the spheres of light, triggering a violent scramble as the Stone Statue puppets awakened and attacked the crowd.
• Hun Tianchen held the Hall of Souls back while the Shi Clan seized a scroll and the Ancient Races entered the fight.
• Hun Tianchen identified the puppets as ancient Human Puppets, then ordered Zhaixing Old Ghost and five venerable elders to pretend to pursue the scrolls.
• Gu Qingyang realized Hun Tianchen was letting the factions weaken one another and called the Ancient Clan’s Dou Venerates back to regroup.
• Gu Qingyang rejected a proposal to warn the other factions, recognizing the open scheme left them with few good choices.

Gu Qingyang and Lei Dong warned the Yan Clan that Hun Tianchen had laid a trap, while the Shi Clan continued fighting over the Heavenly Tier Martial Skill. As Hun Tianchen’s plan advanced, Zhaixing Old Ghost awakened the Dou Saint skeleton’s vitality and withdrew with the Hall of Souls, leaving the other clans in danger.

• Gu Qingyang told Lei Dong that Hun Tianchen had set a death trap around the Heavenly Tier Martial Skill, and they hurried to warn the Yan and Shi Clans.
• Huo Xuan ordered the Yan Clan to stop fighting, but Gu Qingyang and Lei Dong failed to persuade the Shi Clan, so Gu Qingyang told his group to conserve their strength and prepare to retreat.
• Hun Tianchen told Zhaixing Old Ghost to begin the next stage, and the Hall of Souls experts surrounded the Dou Saint skeleton.
• Gu Qingyang saw the skeleton’s finger twitch and ordered everyone to retreat as Zhaixing Old Ghost approached it.
• The skeleton pierced Zhaixing Old Ghost’s palm with spatial spikes, but his blood seeped into it and restored a trace of vitality.
• Zhaixing Old Ghost led the Hall of Souls away, mocking the factions still fighting over the Scroll.

Zhaixing Old Ghost awakened the Dou Saint skeleton, whose roar killed more than a hundred people and forced the survivors to plan a joint defense. Hun Tianchen offered half the Hall of Souls’ Dou Venerates to lead the fight while claiming his cultivation was too low to join, and the skeleton began absorbing the blood mist to restore its strength.

• After Zhaixing Old Ghost and the others retreated, the Dou Saint skeleton awakened and unleashed a roar that killed more than a hundred people, including several Dou Venerates.
• The survivors blamed Zhaixing Old Ghost, who dismissed them and warned them to face the revived skeleton.
• Gu Qingyang proposed that the factions create a Space Wormhole and defend against Hun Tianchen’s Space Lock while preparing an escape.
• The blood-red skeleton declared that intruders would die, and a Shi Clan Dou Venerate urged everyone to join forces against it.
• Hun Tianchen offered half of the Hall of Souls’ Dou Venerates to lead the battle, claiming his cultivation was too low to participate and hinting that he was wary of the Ancient Clan.
• A Dou Venerate warned the assembled factions to act quickly because the skeleton was absorbing the blood mist to replenish itself.

Hun Tianchen watched Hall of Souls fighters fake being badly injured by the Dou Saint skeleton while the Shi Clan and others fought it and the surviving Human Puppets. As the skeleton weakened under the Shi Clan’s attacks, it began using Great Heaven Creation Palm.

• Zhaixing Old Ghost charged the blood-colored Dou Saint skeleton, was struck down, and pretended to black out near Hun Tianchen.
• Black and White Elder and the other Hall of Souls Dou Venerates also faked severe injuries, convincing the onlookers that the skeleton was overwhelmingly powerful.
• Six surviving Human Puppets burst from the blood mist and attacked, forcing the gathered Dou Venerates to fight them while the Shi Clan focused on the skeleton.
• The Shi Clan’s six high-level Dou Venerates struck the skeleton repeatedly, weakening its red glow, while Gu Qingyang realized the Hall of Souls fighters were pretending.
• The skeleton spoke the name of Great Heaven Creation Palm, and the onlookers warned everyone to retreat.

The Dou Saint’s skeletal remains unleashed a devastating Heavenly Tier Martial Skill, but Hun Tianchen destroyed it and knocked strange, inscribed ribs from the remains. As the Shi Clan claimed the skill, an unknown voice announced that its group would now step in.

• The skeletal remains struck the floor and unleashed a black ring that erased everything it touched and sucked experts into it.
• A Shi Clan Eight-Star Dou Venerate failed to stop the ring, but Hun Tianchen destroyed it with Soul Condensation Kill Finger and blasted several inscribed ribs from the remains.
• Hun Tianchen called the ribs a Heavenly Tier Martial Skill, prompting experts to rush for them as the Shi Clan fought them off.
• Shi Wu declared that the Heavenly Tier Martial Skill belonged to the Shi Clan, but a calm, unseen speaker announced that its group was entering the contest.

Hun Tianchen confronted the assembled factions and offered them a choice designed to break their alliance against the Hall of Souls. The chapter ended as the crowd turned toward the Ancient Clan, leaving Gu Qingyang to face the threat of betrayal.

• Hun Tianchen entered the hall with the Hall of Souls experts, and their pressure forced most people below the Dou Venerate realm to the ground.
• Hun Tianchen declared that everyone in the hall had to die, prompting Gu Qingyang to urge the factions to unite against the Hall of Souls.
• The Shi Clan and several major factions joined the temporary alliance led by the Ancient, Lei, and Yan Clans.
• Hun Tianchen offered the assembled factions safe passage if they surrendered valuable treasures or brought him the heads of Ancient Clan and Lei Clan members.
• As Hun Tianchen gave them time to choose, most people in the hall turned their gazes toward the Ancient Clan.

Hun Tianchen forced the gathered factions to surrender their treasures, secretly absorbing the Luck Force from their bodies as they left. After most groups had departed, the Shi Clan's people began to move under Gu Qingyang's watch.

• Gu Qingyang urged the factions to resist the Hall of Souls, but Hun Tianchen sent an Eight-Star Dou Venerate flying with a casual palm.
• Hun Tianchen revealed the strength of his sixteen Dou Venerates and six Elders, then said the Hall of Souls wanted to avoid injuries while taking the greatest rewards.
• Several factions surrendered their Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and Hun Tianchen let them leave after accepting their offerings.
• Hun Tianchen secretly used his Dou Qi to absorb the Luck Force from each person who handed over treasures and planned to spread his Dou Qi through the Central Plains factions.
• After most groups had left, the Shi Clan's people began to move while Gu Qingyang and the others watched.

Hun Tianchen extorted treasures from the Shi Clan and Yan Clan, then confronted the Ancient Clan and vowed to kill them. The chapter ended with his killing intent at its peak and the Ancient Clan facing an imminent fight.

• Shi Wu offered Hun Tianchen a treasure and an Eighth Grade body-tempering elixir, but Hun Tianchen demanded a Heavenly Tier Martial Skill instead.
• Shi Wu and the Shi Clan surrendered the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and Hun Tianchen let them leave after absorbing its Luck Force.
• Huo Zhi challenged Hun Tianchen, but Huo Xuan and the Yan Clan handed over treasures and departed safely.
• Huo Xuan told Huo Zhi that Lei Dong had led the Lei Clan and Ancient Clan into an ambush against the Hun Clan, where the Lei Clan suffered heavy losses and the Ancient Clan's strongest Nine-Star Dou Venerate died.
• Gu Qingyang offered Hun Tianchen treasures in hopes of ending the standoff, but Hun Tianchen declared that the Ancient Clan would die there.