Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi agreed to wear down the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans without summoning their own clan experts, while the three clans’ losses deepened divisions between Gu Yuan and Lei Ying. When Ling Yuan’s group returned, the Gu and Lei Clans summoned their ancestors’ remnant souls before the battle, unknowingly committing to the tactic that would steadily drain their bloodline foundations.

• Ling Yuan blamed the retreat on Zhu Kun nearly being killed, and Hun Tiandi accepted his explanation before proposing that their clans send all their Dou Sheng experts.
• Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi each refused to mobilize their own forces, then agreed to continue Ling Yuan’s plan of attacking and retreating to exhaust the Gu Clan.
• After the four attackers withdrew, Lei Ying blamed Gu Yuan for summoning the Ancient Emperor too late, and the Gu and Lei Clans argued over their losses.
• Five hours later, Ling Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and their companions returned, and Ling Yuan reminded Gu Yuan that the allied clans had lost several Dou Shengs while his side had suffered no losses.
• Gu Yuan and Lei Ying stopped arguing and ordered their clans to summon the Ancient Emperor and Thunder Emperor before the battle began.

Ling Yuan and his allies repeatedly attacked the Ancient Realm, then retreated once their enemies had spent half their strength, draining the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans’ bloodlines and killing or wounding their elders. After the third assault, the clans’ leaders argued over whether to negotiate peace or fight on, leaving Gu Yuan’s side divided over survival and pride.

• Ling Yuan signaled a retreat after the first battle, and Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped before Gu Yuan could stop them.
• The clans counted heavy casualties, including eleven Dou Sheng elders lost across two battles, and Gu Yuan’s elders admitted they had no way to counter the attackers’ hit-and-run tactics.
• Several days later, Ling Yuan and the others launched a third attack on the Ancient Realm, fought until their strength was partly spent, then withdrew again.
• Ling Yuan severely wounded three more Dou Sheng elders, while Zhu Kun killed two, and Gu Yuan’s clansmen recognized that the repeated battles were exhausting their Dou Di Bloodline.
• The elders argued over negotiating peace or fighting to the end, and Gu Huo challenged them to choose the clans’ survival over pride.

Ling Yuan launched another attack on the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan offered peace and the Gu Clan’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to end the war. Ling Yuan rejected the offer after a Gu Clan elder cursed him, declaring that the fighting would continue.

• Ling Yuan called Gu Yuan out, and Gu Yuan proposed a ceasefire after the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans suffered heavy losses.
• Hun Tiandi urged Ling Yuan to reject peace and destroy the Gu Clan, while Gu Dao offered the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to secure a truce.
• Ling Yuan asked Gu Dao whether he meant to give the flame to the Ling Clan, then claimed it already belonged to them because it had appeared near the Ling Realm.
• A Gu Clan elder cursed Ling Yuan, and Ling Yuan announced that the war must continue because he hated being cursed to his face.

Ling Yuan used a month of fighting against the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans to strengthen his cultivation, then returned to the Ling Clan and entered the Heavenly Tomb to break through to Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan revealed that the three clans had secretly evacuated their younger generation and prepared to fight the invaders to the death.

• Ling Yuan continued fighting the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans for over a month, killing many Dou Sheng experts while improving his own combat skills and foundation.
• Ling Yuan told Hun Tiandi he was returning to his clan, then entered the Heavenly Tomb and began absorbing his nine avatars through Source Return to reach Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan told the elders and remaining Dou Sheng experts that the three clans had sent their younger generation and core bloodlines out of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan ordered the remaining forces to abandon their defensive strategy and fight Ling Yuan and the others to the death.
• The clan members vowed to defend their clans, and Gu Yuan sent them back to prepare for the enemy’s next attack.

Gu Yuan accepted the Ancient Jades from Lei Ying and Yan Jin and vowed to survive so he could take revenge on the Ling, Soul, and Ancient Void Dragon Clans. Meanwhile, Ling Yuan broke through to the Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng realm, forged nearly twenty Dou Sheng Puppets, and returned to the battlefield as his enemies noticed his increased strength.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin entrusted their clans' Ancient Jades to Gu Yuan, who promised to hide them and pursue revenge against their enemies.
• Ling Yuan completed Myriad Body Source Return and advanced to the Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Ling Yuan gathered fifteen Dou Sheng bodies and their souls, then spent two and a half months refining nearly twenty Dou Sheng Puppets.
• Ling Mie reached the Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng realm and transformed his soul into the Emperor Realm.
• Ling Yuan returned to the battlefield, where Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame noticed his breakthrough.

Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun recognized that the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans were making a desperate final stand, then withdrew as the clansmen began sacrificing themselves. The clans’ strongest fighters redirected their attack toward Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving him trapped under their combined assault.

• Hun Tiandi probed Ling Yuan about his rapid breakthroughs, but Ling Yuan gave him no useful information.
• The Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans launched a fierce offensive, and Ling Yuan warned Zhu Kun that it was their final battle.
• A Four-Star Dou Sheng tried to self-destruct against Ling Yuan, but Ling Yuan killed him with Nine Profound Golden Lightning before he could explode.
• Nearly ten Dou Shengs ignited their Dou Qi while Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Gu Lie, and other peak experts used forbidden techniques, prompting Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun to retreat.
• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Gu Lie, and Ancient Emperor changed targets and charged Nihility Devouring Flame while he was battling the Remnant Soul of the Thunder Emperor.

Nihility Devouring Flame was trapped by the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans, forcing Hun Tiandi to abandon his fight with Gu Yuan and rescue him. Hun Tiandi then faced the peak experts alone while Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun finished off the remaining Dou Shengs and prepared to turn against him.

• The Ancient Emperor, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Gu Lie encircled Nihility Devouring Flame, while Ling Yuan stopped Zhu Kun from intervening.
• Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun killed the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan and harvested more than twenty Dou Sheng bodies and souls as the remaining defenders tried to self-destruct.
• Gu Yuan held Hun Tiandi back while the encirclement badly wounded Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Tiandi broke free, rescued Nihility Devouring Flame, and killed the Thunder Emperor with one palm strike, but became surrounded by Gu Yuan, the Ancient Emperor, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying.
• Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun watched as Hun Tiandi was wounded, then prepared to help Gu Yuan prevent his escape and kill their former ally.

Hun Tiandi escaped Gu Yuan’s encirclement by crippling Yan Jin and Lei Ying, but Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan wounded him as he fled. Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan pursued him to the Soul Realm, while Gu Yuan turned to evacuating the remaining clansmen and planning revenge.

• Hun Tiandi detonated hundreds of high-grade pills to block the attackers, then took Gu Yuan’s strike head-on and knocked Yan Jin and Lei Ying unconscious to break through the inner encirclement.
• Zhu Kun attacked Hun Tiandi with a dragon claw, and Ling Yuan struck his soul with Soul Spirit Beams, leaving him badly injured as he escaped.
• Ling Yuan killed the unconscious Yan Jin and Lei Ying and collected their bodies and souls before pursuing Hun Tiandi with Zhu Kun.
• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Emperor let Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan give chase while they organized the evacuation of the remaining clansmen from the Ancient Realm.
• Soul Clan Dou Shengs sacrificed themselves to delay Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan, who killed more than ten of them before reaching the entrance to the Soul Realm.
• Zhu Kun believed Hun Tiandi could no longer resist and pursued him, hoping to kill him and move closer to opening the cave dwelling.

Ling Yuan recognized that Hun Tiandi’s retreat to the Soul Realm was bait and withdrew with Zhu Kun instead of entering the trap. Hun Tiandi’s hidden Emperor-Slaying Array remained unused, and Gu Yuan fled after the battle in the Ancient Realm ended.

• Ling Yuan suspected Hun Tiandi had lured them toward a trap in the Soul Realm and persuaded Zhu Kun to retreat.
• Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun returned to the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan withdrew after threatening to seek revenge.
• Hun Tiandi raged that Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun had not entered the Soul Realm and triggered his ambush.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that the Soul Clan had prepared a simplified Emperor-Slaying Array using the blood of the clan’s non-Dou Sheng members and other collected blood.

After Hun Tiandi suspected a mole in the Soul Clan, Ling Yuan returned home victorious and began preparing to defend his forces. He spent four months refining captured Dou Sheng into puppets, leaving him with nine High-Rank Dou Sheng Puppets as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence approached.

• Hun Tiandi blamed the failure of his trap on a suspected Soul Clan undercover agent and began an investigation.
• Ling Yuan returned to the Ling Clan with Zhu Kun and reported the deaths of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clan Dou Sheng, along with the injuries to Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ling Yuan and Ling Mie found no Ancient Jades in Yan Jin and Lei Ying’s Storage Rings and concluded that the pair had entrusted them to Gu Yuan.
• Ling Yuan entered the Heavenly Tomb and began refining forty captured Dou Sheng corpses into puppets to protect the Ling Realm and Dragon Island.
• After four months, Ling Yuan completed the puppets, gaining nine High-Rank Dou Sheng Puppets as he prepared to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s enlightenment.

Ling Yuan broke through to the Late-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng realm after four months of refining puppets and cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb, then returned to a continent unsettled by the Soul Clan’s silence. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan’s attempt to attack the Ling Realm thwarted by Zhu Kun and the assembled experts, leaving him fleeing in disgrace.

• Ling Yuan used Myriad Body Source Return to combine the cultivation of his nine avatars and break through to the Late-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Ling Yuan learned that the Space Trade Fair had been canceled because the Dou God Clans’ conflict had made the Central Plains’ major factions fear for their safety.
• Ling Yuan spent his free time with Ling Long, Ling Yao, and the women around him while considering having more children.
• Ling Yuan suspected the Soul Clan’s silence concealed an ambush, while Hun Tiandi stayed in the Soul Realm to treat his injuries and investigate infiltrators.
• Gu Yuan came to the Ling Realm seeking revenge, but Zhu Kun and the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts forced him to flee.

Ling Yuan sensed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence and prepared to compete for its treasures, leaving with Zhu Kun after fortifying the Ling Clan’s defenses. At the Wild Ancient Domain, cultivators gathered before a vast beast tide, while the absence of the major clans gave them hope of claiming Bodhi Seeds.

• Ling Yuan identified the pure aura as a sign that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was about to emerge, then delayed leaving to spend time with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ling Yuan sent the Ling Clan to gather intelligence and placed dozens of Dou Sheng Puppets under Ling Mie’s command to defend the clan’s bases.
• Ling Yuan set out for the Wild Ancient Domain with Zhu Kun and nine high-rank Dou Sheng Puppets.
• Countless cultivators gathered at the ancient domain’s entrance, where a massive beast tide made crossing the unstable space too dangerous.
• With the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clans wiped out and the Yao Clan staying hidden, cultivators discussed their chances of obtaining Bodhi Seeds.

Ling Yuan crossed the beast tide with Zhu Kun and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he defeated its five Ban Sheng guardians and approached its inner space. Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi then arrived, with Gu Yuan pursuing Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi blocking Zhu Kun.

• Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun crossed the beast tide easily by releasing their powerful auras, while the other cultivators remained trapped in battle.
• Ling Yuan reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree's core region and noticed a sinister aura beneath its vitality before Zhu Kun stayed behind to guard against threats to their realms.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent five Ban Sheng puppets to block Ling Yuan, but he destroyed them with Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• Zhu Kun sensed Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi approaching, with Gu Yuan heading for Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi confronting Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun tried to rush to Ling Yuan's aid, but Hun Tiandi blocked him and challenged him.

Gu Yuan attacked Ling Yuan while Hun Tiandi held Zhu Kun back, but Ling Yuan reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and was pulled inside with Gu Yuan. Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi were left outside, unable to affect the tree, as Hun Tiandi predicted Ling Yuan would die.

• Hun Tiandi used the Nihility Devouring Flame to hold Zhu Kun back while Gu Yuan rushed toward Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan summoned nine High-Rank Dou Sheng Puppets, including the bodies of fallen clan members, enraging Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan destroyed two puppets and pressed his attack, while Zhu Kun broke free of Hun Tiandi and rushed to Ling Yuan's aid.
• At the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Ling Yuan activated its power, which drained Gu Yuan's Dou Qi and enveloped them both in a pillar of light.
• The pillar of light carried Gu Yuan and Ling Yuan into the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Zhu Kun could not make the tree respond.
• Hun Tiandi laughed at Zhu Kun and told him to wait outside for Ling Yuan's corpse.

Ling Yuan escaped the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion with the Bodhi Seed and found Gu Yuan trapped in a dream. He persuaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree to intensify Gu Yuan’s trial, then witnessed the origin of the darkness corrupting the tree.

• Hun Tiandi left after judging that Ling Yuan would die without Zhu Kun’s support, allowing the Soul Clan to profit from the ensuing conflict.
• Ling Yuan entered an illusion of a perfect life in the Ling Realm, then used his Bodhi Seed to break free.
• Ling Yuan found Gu Yuan trapped in an illusion of the Gu Clan’s triumph and his family’s return.
• Ling Yuan asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to make Gu Yuan’s trial more difficult, and the tree strengthened the illusion.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Ling Yuan how the Black-Robed Dou Di had poured dark qi and negative emotions into its true body before dying.

Ling Yuan purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree by burning its Bodhi Seeds, earning its favor while hoping to persuade it to kill Gu Yuan, who remained trapped in an illusion. Outside, the surviving cultivators could not enter the tree’s space, and the chapter ended with the tree’s fading negative emotions affecting Gu Yuan.

• Ling Yuan learned the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s nature and considered using its favor to have it deal with Gu Yuan.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Ling Yuan several hundred Bodhi Seeds, and he burned them with Three Thousand Burning Flame to purify it.
• Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun left, while just over twenty cultivators survived the beast tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yu Xiaogang showed the cultivators an ancient book, but their attempts to trigger the tree and enter its space failed.
• After burning more than two hundred Bodhi Seeds, Ling Yuan used the Bodhi Meditation Cushion to restore his Dou Qi and continue purifying the tree.
• As the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s negative emotions faded, Gu Yuan inside the illusion was affected.

Ling Yuan purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s negative emotions, weakening Gu Yuan’s illusion and allowing him to escape, but Gu Yuan attacked Ling Yuan while he was unaware. The Bodhi Ancient Tree stopped the ambush and left Gu Yuan gravely injured and unconscious.

• Ling Yuan refined Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames, weakening the illusion and helping Gu Yuan escape.
• Gu Yuan emerged from the illusion in a battered state, with the ancient tree’s negative emotions disrupting his body and soul.
• After recovering enough to move, Gu Yuan saw Ling Yuan concentrating on purifying the tree and launched a killing strike against him.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree blocked Gu Yuan’s palm with a branch and sent him crashing into the secret realm’s barrier.
• Gu Yuan suffered shattered bones and severe internal injuries before fainting, while the Bodhi Ancient Tree resumed its purification.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree sealed Ling Yuan inside to receive its legendary inheritance, the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan relocated their entire clans to guard the tree and prepare to kill Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan watched Ling Yuan begin his enlightenment, then retreated to recover, unaware that the hunter and prey had switched places.

• Zhu Kun returned to the Ling Clan and told Zi Yan, Ling Mie, and the others that Gu Yuan had entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree's space with Ling Yuan.
• Zi Yan sensed through her essence blood that Ling Yuan was unharmed, while Ling Mie reassured everyone that Ling Yuan's clones would let him survive even if his main body died.
• Ling Xiao warned that leaving their territories undefended risked a Soul Clan attack, but Ling Mie ordered the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan to relocate and guard the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Ling Yuan used the Meditation Cushion and hundreds of Bodhi Seeds to purge the Bodhi Ancient Tree's resentment, after which the tree sent him into its core to begin Hundred Lives Reincarnation.
• Gu Yuan recognized Ling Yuan's inheritance as Enlightenment Beneath the Bodhi Tree and, fearing another attack from the tree, waited while planning to recover and attack Ling Yuan afterward.

Ling Yuan completed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Lives Reincarnation and emerged much stronger, while Gu Yuan’s injuries and mental state worsened. As Ling Yuan stepped out to confront him, his cultivation surged into the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm.

• Ling Yuan experienced a hundred different lives inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, tempering his soul and understanding of Dou Qi.
• Zhu Kun relocated the Ling Realm and Dragon Island into the Wild Ancient Domain, where the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan stationed over a hundred Dou Sheng to await Ling Yuan and Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi refined the severely wounded Nihility Devouring Flame and planned to exploit a clash between the two clans and Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan’s injuries worsened as negative emotions continued to corrode his body and soul, weakening him and making him fear Ling Yuan’s growing strength.
• Ling Yuan opened his eyes after more than a month, saw Gu Yuan’s weakened condition, and stepped out of the tree as his cultivation rose from Peak Six-Star to Mid-Stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng.

After gaining strength from Hundred Lives Reincarnation, Ling Yuan cornered the wounded Gu Yuan and launched a battle to kill him and turn his body into a puppet. The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Ling Yuan the Bodhi Seeds and promised to protect him at a critical moment, while Gu Yuan’s injuries and corrupting negative emotions left him increasingly suppressed.

• Ling Yuan confronted Gu Yuan with seven High-Rank Dou Sheng Puppets and drove him against the boundary of the Ancient Tree Space.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Ling Yuan more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, completing his possession of the Three Bodhi Treasures, but declined to kill Gu Yuan itself and promised to intervene if needed.
• Ling Yuan and the seven Puppets attacked Gu Yuan with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and soul techniques, exploiting his injuries and the cramped space.
• Gu Yuan struck back at Ling Yuan, but Ling Yuan’s dragon scales and Metal Phase reduced the damage while the Lei Ying and Yan Jin Puppets worsened Gu Yuan’s wounds.
• Gu Yuan’s negative emotions distracted him, allowing Ling Yuan to land a Yellow Spring Palm on his chest and make him spit blood.