Chapter Summaries

Su Baichen and Zi Yan returned to find the allied forces of the Yao, Yan, and Lei clans trapped in the Soul Realm, and the clans begged him to rescue them. As Su Baichen considered their offer of allegiance, someone warned that Hun Tiandi might be close to reaching the Ancient God Cave Mansion.

• Su Baichen and Zi Yan appeared before the gathered clans, and everyone greeted Su Baichen as the Lord of Baichen Realm.
• Yao Ling asked Su Baichen to save the allied forces trapped in the Soul Realm, and Zi Yan explained how they had attacked the Soul Clan and become caught by the Gate of Dead Silence.
• Su Baichen questioned why the clans had not sought Gu Yuan, and Yao Ling said they distrusted him because of the Xiao Clan's fate.
• Yao Ling offered the Yao Clan's loyalty and service, and Huo Zhi declared that the Yan Clan would follow Su Baichen as well.
• An urgent voice warned Su Baichen that Hun Tiandi might already be nearing the Ancient God Cave Mansion, frightening Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, and the others.

Ling Yuhan warned Su Baichen that Hun Tiandi had gathered the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and was likely heading to the Ancient God Cave Mansion, forcing Su Baichen to weigh rescuing the Three-Clan Coalition Army against pursuing the Dou Di Inheritance. Su Baichen promised to arrange a rescue without abandoning the inheritance, relying on the Nine-Star Dou Sheng at his side.

• Ling Yuhan told Su Baichen that Hun Tiandi had gathered all the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and that Cailin and the others had gone to the Ancient God Cave Mansion.
• Ling Yuhan's warning alarmed the Yao and Yan Clans, who feared Su Baichen would prioritize the inheritance over rescuing their coalition army.
• Su Baichen praised Ling Yuhan for putting the Baichen Realm's interests first, while Zi Yan explained that Zhu Kun was likely waiting near the cave mansion to strike at Hun Tiandi.
• Yao Ling pleaded with Su Baichen to rescue the coalition army, and he promised to arrange for someone to save them.
• Su Baichen remained intent on pursuing the inheritance as well, confident that he could handle both goals with a Nine-Star Dou Sheng by his side.

Su Baichen sent Jin Xue'er to the Soul Realm to rescue the allied forces of the three clans, giving her the Tianxuan Cauldron and warning her to avoid a fight. Before she left, Jin Xue'er confronted Yao Ling and Huo Zhi over their plans to bind Su Baichen with slave contracts.

• Yao Ling thanked Su Baichen for agreeing to rescue the three clans' people, and he assured her that his chosen rescuer had the strength to bring them back.
• Su Baichen summoned Jin Xue'er, teased and comforted her, then asked her to travel to the Soul Realm and rescue the allied forces.
• Su Baichen gave Jin Xue'er the Tianxuan Cauldron and warned her to flee if the rescue became dangerous.
• Jin Xue'er flew to Yao Ling and Huo Xuan and privately rebuked Yao Ling and Huo Zhi for scheming to bind Su Baichen with slave contracts.

Jin Xue'er ordered Yao Ling and Huo Zhi to guide her to the Soul Realm so she could rescue their trapped elders, then left with them. Su Baichen revealed Jin Xue'er's strength and identity to Zi Yan before heading with her to the Ancient God Cave Mansion, leaving Xiao Yu to watch over and house the Yao and Yan clans.

• Jin Xue'er intimidated Yao Ling and Huo Zhi, then ordered them to lead her to the Soul Realm to rescue their elders.
• Jin Xue'er departed with Yao Ling and Huo Zhi, while Zi Yan lamented that Jin Xue'er had not noticed her.
• Su Baichen told Zi Yan that Jin Xue'er had reached Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng and explained their close bond and her chosen human appearance.
• Su Baichen ordered Xiao Yu to kill any Yao or Yan clan members who acted suspiciously, then left with Zi Yan for the Ancient God Cave Mansion to check on Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yu arranged accommodations for the Yao and Yan clans and corrected them when they called her Madam.

Hun Tiandi led the Soul Clan to Jia Nan Academy to reach the Ancient God Cave Mansion, discovering that Zhu Kun and Baichen Realm had anticipated his arrival. After destroying the academy and slaughtering the Fire Lizard Men, he followed the Tuoshe Ancient Jade into the cave mansion’s strange void.

• Hun Tiandi arrived above Jia Nan Academy with the Soul Clan and sensed that Ancient Dragon Island and Baichen Realm experts were concealed nearby.
• Hun Tiandi destroyed Jia Nan Academy with a single strike, revealing the entrance beneath its ruins.
• Xuanyi and Cailin watched as Hun Tiandi led the Soul Clan underground, while Zhu Kun remained away from the cave mansion.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan elders to hold off the forces outside, then killed the Fire Lizard Men who blocked the magma passage.
• Hun Tiandi followed the Tuoshe Ancient Jade’s intense reaction into a strange void with the Soul Clan.

Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient God Cave Mansion with the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, unleashing the pressure of a Dou Di and removing the restrictions around it. As the Soul Clan, Zhu Kun’s Ancient Dragon Island forces, and Cailin’s group entered, Gu Yuan feared Hun Tiandi had succeeded and wondered where Su Baichen was.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Zhu Kun’s faint aura in the motionless puppet pierced by Flame Chains, and Hun Tiandi realized Zhu Kun had escaped his imprisonment.
• Nihility Devouring Flame suffered agonizing pain while probing his muddled memories, then urged Hun Tiandi to open the gate before their opportunity vanished.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tuoshe Ancient Jade to open the Ancient God Cave Mansion, releasing Dou Di pressure that forced the Soul Clan to kneel and erased the surrounding restrictions.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame rushed into the cave mansion after the imperial pressure faded.
• Zhu Kun led the Ancient Dragon Island experts underground, while Cailin and Xuanyi led their Baichen Realm faction toward the cave mansion.
• Gu Yuan sensed the cave’s pressure from the Soul Realm, feared Hun Tiandi had succeeded, and wondered where Su Baichen was.

Gu Yuan entered the Soul Realm to rescue the allied forces, but the Four Soul Clan Elders trapped him and the Gu, Yan, and Yao clans in the Realm of Death. As the elders drained their power, Jin Xue'er appeared beside Gu Yuan with Yao Ling and Huo Zhi.

• Gu Yuan confronted Hun Yuantian and Hun Shengtian, insisting he had come to rescue the allied forces and defeat the Soul Clan Elders.
• The four Soul Clan Elders merged the Gates of Dead Silence to create the Realm of Death, which drained the strength of the Gu, Yan, and Yao clan fighters.
• Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Gu Lie guessed that Gu Yuan had come to save them, and Gu Lie swore he would eat filth if Gu Yuan had been discovered.
• Gu Yuan's Ancient Emperor Nirvana-Shattering Finger was neutralized, and his furious voice reached the trapped clans, leaving Gu Lie horrified that his boast had come true.
• Jin Xue'er appeared beside Gu Yuan with the weakened Yao Ling and Huo Zhi, criticizing him for making a mess of the rescue.

Jin Xue'er arrived in the Soul Realm and helped Gu Yuan break the Realm of Death, freeing two Gates of Dead Silence. The realm collapsed after she killed Elder Hun Yao, while the fate of the allied forces remained unclear.

• Jin Xue'er appeared before Gu Yuan with Yao Ling and Huo Zhi, and they scolded him for attacking the Realm of Death recklessly.
• Jin Xue'er revealed her Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength, armed herself with the Golden Dragon Spear and Tianxuan Cauldron, and ordered Gu Yuan to attack two gates with her.
• Jin Xue'er and Gu Yuan struck the Realm of Death simultaneously, cracked its barrier, erased the soul imprints, and pulled out two Gates of Dead Silence.
• Jin Xue'er pierced Elder Hun Yao with the Golden Dragon Spear, destroying his body and soul.
• The Realm of Death shattered and dissipated after Elder Hun Yao fell.

Gu Yuan and Jin Xue'er rescued the surviving members of the three-clan alliance, but the Soul Clan’s delaying tactic left the allied forces nearly destroyed and Hun Tiandi already inside the Ancient God Cave Mansion. Jin Xue'er killed the remaining Soul Clan elders and departed, while Gu Yuan rushed to the cave mansion, where the true battle for the continent was unfolding.

• Gu Yuan and Jin Xue'er shattered the Four Gate of Dead Silence and freed the allied forces, but only around ten people survived.
• Yan Jin and Yao Dan blamed Gu Yuan’s reckless rescue for the clansmen they had lost, and Hun Yuantian revealed that the Soul Clan had bought time for Hun Tiandi to open the Ancient God Cave Mansion.
• Jin Xue'er killed Hun Yuantian and the two remaining Soul Clan elders with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Yao Ling introduced Jin Xue'er as Mr. Su’s wife, and Yan Jin and Yao Dan thanked her before she opened a rift and left.
• Gu Yuan hurried to Jia Nan Academy, while Huo Zhi and Yao Ling told Yan Jin and Yao Dan how the Ancient God Cave Mansion had been discovered.

Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame entered the Ancient God Cave Mansion and encountered the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, who appeared in Tou She Ancient God's form. After defeating Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun with ease, the pill was struck by a sudden void attack from behind.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame entered the great hall and found nearly every Heavenly Flame gathered around its stone pillars.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill appeared in Tou She Ancient God's form and addressed Nihility Devouring Flame about opening the cave mansion with the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.
• Zhu Kun recognized the figure as the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and it mocked him before attempting to leave.
• Hun Tiandi attacked the pill, but it sent him crashing into the hall wall with a casual strike.
• Zhu Kun attacked with the Dragon-Slaying Sword, but the pill blocked him and slapped him into a distant wall.
• As the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill turned toward the exit, an unfamiliar void-power attack struck at its vital point from behind.

The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill confronted Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun, demanding freedom and overpowering them with a Half-Step Dou Di attack. Nihility Devouring Flame distracted the pill by claiming Tou She Ancient God had left a way to counter it, then secretly obtained the Tuoshe Ancient Jade from Hun Tiandi.

• Nihility Devouring Flame rejected the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's claim that he owed it a debt, saying their agreement had ended when the cave mansion opened.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill declared that it wanted freedom and challenged Nihility Devouring Flame, who called on the injured Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun to help capture it.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill unleashed the Emperor Pill Palm, crushing the three opponents and sending them crashing into the stone walls.
• Nihility Devouring Flame claimed that Tou She Ancient God had left a way to deal with the pill, briefly shaking its confidence.
• Nihility Devouring Flame secretly asked Hun Tiandi for the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, and Hun Tiandi threw it to him.

Nihility Devouring Flame used the Tuoshe Ancient Jade to unleash the Pill Dissolving Ring, stripping the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill of its sentience. Hun Tiandi swallowed the pill and reached the Half-Emperor stage, while a returning fighter arrived at the battlefield and instantly killed a Seven-Star Dou Sheng.

• Nihility Devouring Flame took the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and used it to summon the Pill Dissolving Ring, trapping the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill inside the Ancient God Cave Mansion.
• The Pill Dissolving Ring dissolved the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill’s body and sentience, leaving behind its nine-colored pill form.
• Hun Tiandi grabbed and swallowed the pill, and its energy pushed him into the Half-Emperor stage.
• Outside the cave mansion, the Soul Clan fought Ancient Dragon Island and the Baichen Realm as two streams of light arrived.
• A white stream of light killed a Seven-Star Dou Sheng with one sword strike, and Cailin and the others recognized that he had returned.

Hun Tiandi seized the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and temporarily reached the Half-Emperor Realm, but Zhu Kun and Nihility Devouring Flame joined forces against him. After Hun Tiandi fled, Nihility Devouring Flame revealed his scheme to claim the Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, unaware that someone was approaching.

• Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and Zhu Kun attacked him after recognizing that his Half-Emperor power was unstable.
• Nihility Devouring Flame joined Zhu Kun against Hun Tiandi and secretly offered to help in exchange for a favor.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed the pill's origin power, escaped the cave mansion, and Zhu Kun pursued him after hearing a reassuring voice.
• Nihility Devouring Flame rose unharmed and revealed that he had staged the battle to reach the Tou She Ancient God Statue and claim its inheritance.
• A streak of white light approached Nihility Devouring Flame, while Jin Xue'er and Gu Yuan arrived outside the Ancient God Cave Mansion.

Su Baichen threw Cao Ying into the Tou She Ancient God inheritance, causing the statue to choose her and pin Nihility Devouring Flame under its imperial pressure. Elsewhere, Zhu Kun tricked Gu Yuan into attacking the battered Hun Tiandi, while Su Baichen stood pleased with his revenge on Cao Ying.

• A mysterious figure slapped Hun Tiandi into a cave wall and sped toward the great hall as Zhu Kun pursued him.
• Jin Xue'er continued toward the great hall, while Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan that Hun Tiandi had swallowed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and was vulnerable.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi with the Ancient Emperor Heaven-Shattering Finger after Zhu Kun urged him to stop Hun Tiandi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame activated the Tou She Ancient God Statue’s inheritance scan and expected to receive the inheritance.
• Su Baichen hurled Cao Ying into the inheritance light, and the statue selected her, forcing Nihility Devouring Flame to the floor with its imperial pressure.
• After Cao Ying disappeared into the statue and the pressure faded, Su Baichen celebrated having repaid her for throwing him before.

Su Baichen confronted the Nihility Devouring Flame after the Tou She Ancient God inheritance went to someone else, then had Jin Xue'er capture him. Su Baichen ordered the Flame’s intelligence erased so it could be used as fuel, and explained that he had come because he feared something might happen to Cailin and the others.

• Su Baichen tried to strike the apparently stunned Nihility Devouring Flame, who dodged and blamed him for the lost inheritance.
• Su Baichen explained his hostility toward the Nihility Devouring Flame and argued that the Flame was unworthy of the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Su Baichen with black flames, then fled when Su Baichen blocked the attack.
• Jin Xue'er caught the fleeing Nihility Devouring Flame with her golden dragon spear and pinned him to the ground.
• Su Baichen ordered Jin Xue'er to erase the Nihility Devouring Flame’s intelligence so he could be used as fuel, then told her he had come out of concern for Cailin and the others.

Su Baichen destroyed Nihility Devouring Flame’s consciousness and left the cave, while Hun Tiandi unleashed the Emperor-Slaying Array against Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and their forces. Just as their counterattack failed and the blood blade threatened to kill them all, Su Baichen arrived.

• Su Baichen crushed Nihility Devouring Flame’s soul, sealed the mindless Heavenly Flame, and carried Jin Xue’er out of the cave mansion.
• Hun Tiandi activated thousands of Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Arrays, sacrificing millions of people and the remaining Soul Clan members to form the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan chose to stand with their forces and attack the blood blade with their strongest Dou Techniques.
• The blood blade shattered both attacks and continued toward the despairing crowd.
• Su Baichen announced his arrival and summoned the Tianxuan Cauldron.

Su Baichen arrived and used the Tianxuan Cauldron to protect Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Cailin, and their allies while effortlessly nullifying Hun Tiandi’s attacks. Hun Tiandi abandoned his escape and changed into white robes as he faced Su Baichen, who confirmed that Nihility Devouring Flame’s intelligence had been destroyed.

• Su Baichen summoned the Tianxuan Cauldron, which blocked Hun Tiandi’s Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade and shielded Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Cailin, and the others.
• Hun Tiandi tried to flee through a spatial rift, but a silver-white sword aura destroyed the opening and forced him to retreat.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Soul Heaven Blood River, but the Tianxuan Cauldron devoured and purified the blood river and its resentful souls.
• Su Baichen appeared atop the cauldron, and Hun Tiandi acknowledged him before changing from black armor into a simple white robe.
• Hun Tiandi asked about Nihility Devouring Flame, and Su Baichen confirmed that its intelligence had dissipated, leaving only its Heavenly Flame essence.

Su Baichen explained how he had deduced the Soul Clan’s unity and Hun Tiandi’s methods, while Hun Tiandi accepted that escape was impossible and hosted him for tea. Su Baichen’s comparison with the divided Gu Clan left Hun Tiandi seething at Gu Yuan.

• Hun Tiandi admitted Su Baichen had sealed the battlefield and invited him to sit for tea.
• Su Baichen drank Hun Tiandi’s poisoned tea, which his Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Body neutralized.
• Hun Tiandi asked how Su Baichen knew so much about him and the Soul Clan.
• Su Baichen inferred that Hun Tiandi ruled with absolute authority from the Soul Clan’s reverence for him and its secret, coordinated operations.
• Su Baichen contrasted the Soul Clan’s unity with the Gu Clan’s factional infighting and Gu Yuan’s weak control.
• Hun Tiandi blamed Gu Yuan for making his careful plans seem foolish, and Gu Yuan recoiled under his furious glare.

Su Baichen stopped Hun Tiandi from escaping and contained his apparent self-destruction with the Tianxuan Cauldron. He exposed Hun Tiandi’s hidden soul, captured it, and began burning it as Hun Tiandi cried out in despair.

• Hun Tiandi erupted in rage and tried to flee by attacking Gu Yuan, but Su Baichen appeared in his path.
• Hun Tiandi burned his Dou Qi Origin and unleashed Blood Sacrifice: Emperor Soul Explosion, which the Tianxuan Cauldron contained as his body vanished.
• Su Baichen warned everyone not to relax and realized Hun Tiandi had hidden his soul in a layer of space instead of destroying it.
• Su Baichen shattered the space with the Tianxuan Sword and used the Tianxuan Cauldron to capture Hun Tiandi’s soul.
• Su Baichen sent Liuli Burning Heaven Flame into the cauldron, and Hun Tiandi screamed as his soul began to burn.

Su Baichen refined Hun Tiandi into a complete Emperor Pill, then entered seclusion to use the Origin of the Emperor and begin his breakthrough to Dou Di. Months later, the Cao Clan rose to power through Cao Ying, while Su Ling'er and Su Mu broke through to become the continent’s strongest cultivators.

• Su Baichen completed the Emperor Pill using Hun Tiandi’s energy and entrusted Zhu Kun with guarding the Baichen Realm while he entered seclusion.
• Su Baichen signed in and received the Origin of the Emperor, causing the system to uninstall before he began absorbing the source energy to break through.
• The Cao Clan’s bloodline members experienced a surge in cultivation, raising the clan into a superpower of the Central Plains.
• Cailin and Xuanyi discussed the Cao Clan’s sudden rise, and Cao Ying revealed that she had killed those who tried to exploit her influence.
• Su Ling'er reached the Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, while Su Mu reached the Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm.