Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan encountered Ao Yin while traveling toward the Spirit Firmament Palace, where they arrived five days later. They stood among cultivators gathered to enter the palace’s trials.

• Ling Yuan left the Futu Ancient Clan and headed directly toward the Spirit Firmament Palace on Lingxiao Continent.
• On Caixu Continent, Ling Yuan and Zi Yan met Ao Yin, who praised their progress and invited Zi Yan to study the True Dragon Art with the Dragon Clan.
• Ling Yuan declined Ao Yin’s invitation to travel together, explaining that they were bound for the Spirit Firmament Palace, and Ao Yin gave him a jade slip for summoning him.
• Five days later, Ling Yuan and Zi Yan reached Lingxiao Continent and saw the enormous Spirit Firmament Palace, where cultivators from many factions had gathered for its trials.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan entered the Spirit Firmament Palace, where the souls of slain Outer Realm Evil Clan members became trial monsters and Soul Cores. After learning how the palace’s five floors worked, Ling Yuan prepared to challenge its trials, and Evil Souls began spawning around them.

• Ling Yuan watched Elder Fen deliver captured Outer Realm Evil Clan remnant souls to the Spirit Firmament Palace, then learned from nearby cultivators that other factions supplied souls as well.
• Ling Yuan explained to Zi Yan that the palace turned Evil Souls into trial monsters and condensed their remains into Soul Cores that strengthened the soul.
• Ling Yuan learned that the palace had five floors of escalating trials, with the fifth floor sealed behind a barrier that tested a cultivator’s soul.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan entered the palace and found its vast first floor initially empty of Evil Souls.
• Evil Souls began spawning throughout the first floor as space twisted around Ling Yuan and Zi Yan.

Ling Yuan tested the Soul Cores’ effect on his and Zi Yan’s divine souls, then swept the third floor for Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores. After collecting more than forty during a respawn, he faced a group led by an Upper Earthly Sovereign who demanded a share.

• Ling Yuan confirmed that Soul Cores were pure, tested one, and gave another to Zi Yan, whose divine soul improved noticeably.
• Ling Yuan took Zi Yan to the second and third floors, where he killed stronger Evil Souls and refined Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan refined more than thirty Soul Cores, gaining divine soul growth equivalent to several months of cultivation.
• When the Evil Souls respawned, Ling Yuan swept the third floor and collected more than forty Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores.
• An elderly Upper Earthly Sovereign approached Ling Yuan with two Lower Earthly Sovereigns and demanded that he hand over some of the Soul Cores.

Ling Yuan robbed three cultivators who tried to take his Soul Cores, then moved with Zi Yan to the fourth floor of Spirit Firmament Palace to find stronger Soul Cores. With Yu Lao’s presence deterring the other cultivators, Ling Yuan established himself by quickly defeating Upper Earthly Sovereign and Perfected Earthly Sovereign Evil Souls.

• Ling Yuan used the Soul Spirit Bead to defeat three cultivators who had come to rob him and took their Soul Cores.
• After training on the third floor for half a month, Ling Yuan learned that the fourth floor offered stronger Soul Cores and fewer competitors.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan traveled to the fourth floor, where the other cultivators watched them warily and Zi Yan worried that she would become a burden.
• Yu Lao revealed herself as a Perfected Earthly Sovereign, discouraging the other cultivators from challenging Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan returned from two hours of hunting with fifteen Soul Cores after quickly killing Upper Earthly Sovereign and Perfected Earthly Sovereign Evil Souls.

After his soul stopped improving on the fourth floor, Ling Yuan tested the barrier to the fifth floor and qualified to pass through, while Zi Yan and Yu Lao could not. He found the fifth floor apparently empty, but noticed the unexplored gray mist above and flew upward to investigate.

• Ling Yuan spent more than two months hunting monsters and refining Soul Cores, raising his soul by a major level before resistance halted his progress.
• Ling Yuan poured his soul power into the barrier between the fourth and fifth floors until it tested and accepted him.
• Zi Yan and Yu Lao failed the barrier’s test, leaving Ling Yuan to enter the fifth floor alone.
• Ling Yuan searched the seemingly empty fifth floor, then noticed that gray mist concealed the space above.
• Ling Yuan flew upward into the unknown expanse to investigate.

Ling Yuan activated the miniature Spirit Firmament Palace with his soul force, triggering a massive upheaval that expelled everyone inside and drew countless Outer Realm Evil Clan members into the palace. After stopping the activation, he found the miniature palace following him as he tried to descend.

• Ling Yuan poured soul force into the miniature palace, causing it to blaze with light and send a golden pillar through the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• The Spirit Firmament Palace trembled and expelled everyone inside, leaving Zi Yan unable to find Ling Yuan and anxiously telling Yu Lao that her husband had not come out.
• The palace unleashed a powerful suction force across the border, dragging all the Outer Realm Evil Clan members at a garrison outpost into it.
• A white-haired guardian in Lingxiao Continent noticed the unusually violent disturbance and rushed toward the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Ling Yuan stopped feeding soul force into the miniature palace when his soul was nearly depleted, then discovered that it followed him whenever he moved.

Ling Yuan received the White-Robed Dou Di’s essence blood, bone marrow, Divine Ability Techniques, and ancient weapons, then left Holy Heaven Palace with Zhu Kun. Back in the Ling Realm, he examined the inheritance and found that the scrolls required spiritual energy he could only use after ascending to the Great Thousand World.

• The White-Robed Dou Di revealed his remains, Dou Di Bone Marrow, essence blood, and scrolls containing Divine Ability Techniques for Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan stored the treasures after the White-Robed Dou Di found his foundation flawless and sent him out so he could speak privately with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Zhu Kun told Ling Yuan that Hun Tiandi had approached Holy Heaven Palace but fled after hearing Ling Yuan was receiving a Dou Di inheritance.
• Ling Yuan returned with Zhu Kun to the Ling Realm and entered the Heavenly Tomb to inspect his rewards.
• Ling Yuan confirmed the scrolls held intact Divine Ability Techniques that required spiritual energy and examined the White-Robed Dou Di’s badly damaged weapons.

Ling Yuan received the White-Robed Dou Di’s remains and Great Thousand World techniques, then learned Hun Tiandi had retreated from the Holy Heaven Palace. Back in the Ling Realm, Ling Yuan examined the ancient treasures and set aside the unusable techniques for when he reached the Great Thousand World.

• The White-Robed Dou Di gave Ling Yuan his Dou Di Bone Marrow, remaining essence blood, scrolls, and ancient weapons.
• The White-Robed Dou Di found Ling Yuan’s foundation already perfected and sent him out before speaking privately with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Zhu Kun told Ling Yuan that Hun Tiandi had come to the palace but fled after hearing Ling Yuan was receiving a Dou Di inheritance.
• Ling Yuan returned to the Ling Realm and entered the Heavenly Tomb to inspect his treasures.
• Ling Yuan confirmed the scrolls contained Divine Ability Techniques that required spiritual energy, then examined the badly damaged weapons.

Ling Yuan refined Dou Di Essence Blood for three years in the Heavenly Tomb, reaching the Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm and transforming his body. After learning the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to appear, he traveled to the Demon Fire Plains, where Hun Tiandi confronted him, and their battle began.

• Ling Yuan inspected the Great Treasure Sword, cut his finger on its still-sharp blade, and began refining a portion of the Dou Di Essence Blood.
• Ling Yuan spent three years refining the essence blood, reaching the Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm and greatly strengthening his body.
• After receiving Ling Mie's summons, Ling Yuan learned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to appear and set out for the Demon Fire Plains.
• Ling Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi on the plains, and Hun Tiandi resolved to kill him before he could grow stronger.
• Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi began fighting, and Hun Tiandi discovered that Ling Yuan's body and soul attacks put him under greater pressure than Zhu Kun had.

Ling Yuan crippled Hun Tiandi with a divine sword, but Hun Tiandi escaped by burning his origin. Ling Yuan then subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and spotted Xiao Chen and the other Fire Slaves as he prepared to leave.

• Ling Yuan used a hidden Great Treasure Sword to slice through Hun Tiandi’s defenses and sever most of his body.
• Hun Tiandi fled, burned his origin to escape Ling Yuan’s pursuit, and left Ling Yuan unable to catch him.
• Ling Yuan returned to the Demon Fire Plains and tore open the failing seal around the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Ling Yuan ignored the flame’s resistance, destroyed its array, and stripped away its consciousness.
• Ling Yuan subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and spotted Xiao Chen and the other Fire Slaves before departing.

Ling Yuan killed the newly awakened Xiao Chen and took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, preparing to break through to Dou Di. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi tried to use three Tou She Ancient Jade fragments to enter the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, but its restrictions bound him in place.

• Xiao Chen regained awareness after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control ended, but Ling Yuan killed him with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and took his body.
• Ling Yuan left the Demon Fire Space with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, intending to enter seclusion and advance to Dou Di.
• Hun Tiandi, badly wounded after fleeing Ling Yuan, reached the former site of Jia Nan Academy and descended to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Hun Tiandi used his three Tou She Ancient Jade fragments to approach the cave mansion, hoping to weaken its seal and seize a chance to become a Dou Di.
• The cave mansion’s imperial-level restrictions bound Hun Tiandi because they recognized only the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade, leaving him trapped despite his struggle.

After defeating Hun Tiandi and returning to his clan, Ling Yuan spent time with his family before preparing to break through to Dou Di. He entered the Heavenly Tomb for seclusion as his loved ones waited outside for the outcome.

• Ling Yuan reunited with Ling Mie, Zhu Kun, and the others, then showed them the half of Hun Tiandi's body he had severed in their fight.
• After returning to the clan, Ling Yuan delayed seclusion to spend time with his family and wives, and Cao Ying arranged for Yao Ling to join them in an intimate encounter.
• Ling Yuan prepared to break through to Dou Di, and everyone cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb came out to make room for him.
• Zi Yan, Ling Mie, Zhu Kun, Ling Long, and Ling Yao saw Ling Yuan off and encouraged him before he entered the Heavenly Tomb.

Ling Yuan drained the accumulated power of his nine clones and gathered vast resources to prepare for a breakthrough to Dou Di. When the sky-wide vortex vanished, his children Ling Long and Ling Yao suddenly surged from Dou Zong to the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

• Ling Yuan used the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique for four months to absorb the nine clones’ accumulated Dou Qi, reaching the peak of late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Outside the Heavenly Tomb, Medusa and Cao Ying were discovered to be pregnant with Ling Yuan’s children, while Yao Ling envied Cao Ying and hoped to become pregnant herself.
• Ling Yuan unleashed a vortex that drained energy across the Ling Realm, prompting Ling Mie to order the Ling Clan to contribute its herbs and medicinal pills and Zi Yan to make the same request on Dragon Island.
• Yao Dan brought the Yao Clan’s resources to support Ling Yuan, filling his foundation and allowing the Origin Qi within him to take effect.
• After eight days of waiting, the vortex disappeared, and Ling Long and Ling Yao’s cultivation surged from Dou Zong to the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Ling Yuan emerged from seclusion as a Dou God, and his breakthrough’s bloodline feedback greatly strengthened the Ling Clan and its allies. As news spread across the continent, the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan began purging the surviving members of the defeated clans, extinguishing their hopes of revenge.

• Ling Yuan’s breakthrough caused the Ling Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline to surge, raising many clan members’ realms and bringing more than a hundred of them to Dou Saint.
• Ling Yuan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and the Ling Clan knelt to greet him as the Spirit Emperor.
• Ling Yuan learned that Medusa and Cao Ying were pregnant and that his bloodline had nourished their unborn children while raising each mother’s cultivation by one star.
• Ling Yuan thanked the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Yao Dan for their support, then promised to help Zhu Kun and Zi Yan pursue breakthroughs to Dou God.
• News of Ling Yuan’s breakthrough spread across the continent, while surviving members of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans lost hope of revenge after the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan launched a joint purge.

After Ling Yuan eradicated the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clan remnants, he took Zhu Kun and his children to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. There he discovered that Hun Tiandi had been trapped inside, just as Zhu Kun once had.

• Ling Yuan used an artifact to locate and eliminate the scattered remnants of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans, seizing their resources and setting aside rare herbs for the Yao Clan.
• Ling Yuan searched for Hun Tiandi but found no trace of him, and he wondered whether Hun Tiandi had died.
• Zhu Kun asked Ling Yuan to take him to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and Ling Yuan brought Ling Long and Ling Yao along.
• Ling Yuan struck the former site of Jia Nan Academy, opening a crater and bringing the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion up from the magma lake.
• Ling Yuan spotted Hun Tiandi bound by invisible energy chains beside the cave mansion, and Zhu Kun laughed at his predicament.

Ling Yuan found Hun Tiandi imprisoned inside the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and refused his pleas for mercy. He broke the cave's defensive barrier, leaving the entrance shattered as Zhu Kun prepared to fight Hun Tiandi.

• Ling Yuan and Zhu Kun found Hun Tiandi injured and trapped inside the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Ling Yuan mocked Hun Tiandi, who begged to live and offered to submit and cripple his own Dou Qi.
• After Ling Yuan rejected him, Hun Tiandi offered to serve as Zhu Kun's punching bag, but Zhu Kun decided he had to die.
• Zhu Kun challenged Hun Tiandi to defeat him for a chance at freedom, while Ling Long and Ling Yao watched eagerly.
• Ling Yuan used his Dou Emperor power to shatter the cave's defensive barrier and ancient gates.

Ling Yuan killed Hun Tiandi after Zhu Kun defeated him, then entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with his family to claim Tou She Ancient God's inheritance. Inside, Ling Yuan caught the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill pretending to be Tou She Ancient God and began crushing it.

• Zhu Kun overwhelmed the wounded Hun Tiandi while Ling Yuan prevented him from escaping or threatening Zhu Kun.
• Ling Yuan erased Hun Tiandi's body and soul with Dou Emperor energy and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving only the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ling Yuan, Zhu Kun, Ling Long, and Ling Yao entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and passed through Heavenly Flame Plaza toward the Tou She Ancient God Statue.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill appeared behind the statue and tried to flee, but Ling Yuan immobilized it.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill claimed to be Tou She Ancient God, and Ling Yuan exposed it and began compressing it.

After securing the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Ling Yuan arranged for Zhu Kun to use it to pursue Dou Di while he and Zi Yan searched the continent for cultivation resources. They uncovered numerous treasures, leaving them with new opportunities to strengthen their clan and help Zi Yan advance.

• Ling Yuan returned to the clan with the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and stone statue, where Zi Yan had just emerged from seclusion at the middle stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun failed to receive the stone statue's inheritance, so Ling Yuan gave the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to Zhu Kun, who entered the Heavenly Tomb to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Di.
• Zi Yan left Ling Long and Ling Yao with Ling Mie and his wife, then traveled across the Douqi Continent with Ling Yuan to explore hidden secret realms and dangerous lands.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan found seven or eight ownerless Heavenly Flames, a powerful ice-attribute spiritual treasure in the Extreme North, and a Heart of the Ocean in the Eastern Region's deep sea.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan also gathered many rare medicinal ingredients and other heavenly treasures as they continued their search.

Ling Yuan welcomed his third and fourth daughters while helping his family and allies grow stronger. He found a plane rich in Origin Qi and connected it to the Douqi Continent, enabling Zhu Kun to become a Dou Di, but the continent’s growing rejection of Ling Yuan meant he would soon have to leave.

• Cao Ying gave birth to Ling Yuan’s third child, a gifted daughter named Ling Nuo, and resumed alchemy two months later, successfully refining a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Zi Yan reached the initial stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and Zhu Kun emerged from seclusion without having enough energy from the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to break through.
• Ling Yuan condensed another clone, traveled beyond the Douqi Continent, and connected it to a similar plane where Origin Qi remained abundant.
• Zhu Kun used the arriving Origin Qi to break through to Dou Di, strengthening the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Zi Yan advanced to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Ling Yuan realized the Douqi Continent was beginning to reject him, and Medusa gave birth to a healthy daughter whom he named Ling Mo.

Ling Yuan learned that his growing power was burdening the Douqi Continent and decided to leave for the Great Thousand World ahead of schedule. He planned to travel with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, leaving his family and the other Dou Dis behind until he had secured a foothold.

• Zi Yan, Ling Mie, and Cao Ying broke through to the Dou Di realm while Ling Yuan grew stronger through Source Return.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree warned Ling Yuan that his strength was nearing the Douqi Continent's limit and explained that it could remain because it was fused with the continent's world origin and earth veins.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree told Ling Yuan that his continued presence would make it much harder for other cultivators to break through to Dou Di.
• Ling Yuan summoned his companions, explained the danger, and announced that he would leave for the Great Thousand World at once.
• Ling Yuan chose Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to accompany him, while Cao Ying, Ling Mie, Ling Nuo, and the others remained on the Douqi Continent.