Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan warned the Sword Clan that the Soul Clan and Natural Realm threatened every clan, prompting Gongsun Lin to summon allies and declare war. The Sword Clan prepared to unite against the enemy, with the leaders of three clans invited to Jian City within three days.

• Gongsun Lin and the elders discussed the Soul Clan's strength, Nihility Devouring Flame's breakthrough, and whether to fight or seek allies.
• The elders argued over activating the Sword Tomb Killing Array and relying on the other clans for support.
• Xiao Yan urged the Sword Clan to unite with other clans, warning that the Soul Clan and Natural Realm could destroy them all.
• Gongsun Lin touched the bronze sword, awakening a vast Sword Dao shadow across the Jian Realm.
• Gongsun Lin ordered messages sent to the Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and Yao Clan, invited three clan leaders to Jian City within three days, and declared war on the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Ninth-grade Profound Pill and rose from late Five-star Dou Sheng to late Six-star Dou Sheng, greatly strengthening himself for the coming battle with the Soul Clan. After leaving seclusion to visit Liuli, he found her awake with white hair like the figure he had seen in the Yao Realm.

• After the Sword Clan Assembly, Xiao Yan checked on the sleeping Liuli and entered the Cultivation Room to refine the Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• Xiao Yan endured the pill's violent medicinal energy and used the Flame Mantra and his Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul Power to subdue and refine it.
• The pill's power pushed Xiao Yan through peak Five-star Dou Sheng to late Six-star Dou Sheng, and he restored the ruined Cultivation Room.
• Xiao Yan left seclusion and went to Liuli's courtyard to see how she was doing.
• Xiao Yan found Liuli awake with white hair, and she told him she had been waiting for him for days.

After reuniting with Liuli, Xiao Yan joined her at a formal meeting in Jian City, where leaders from six Ancient Clans gathered amid preparations for war against the Soul Clan. The meeting was about to begin, with the clans’ leaders and their forces poised to decide the Central Continent’s future.

• Liuli woke beside Xiao Yan, worried about her inability to conceive, then urged him to attend the gathering of the clans.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli flew to Jian City and found the Sword Clan on wartime alert, with its forces watching the Soul Clan.
• At the crowded main hall, Liuli identified Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Shi Yi and described their strengths and abilities to Xiao Yan.
• Yao Dan greeted Xiao Yan and recognized that he had absorbed the Ninth-grade Profound Pill, while Xiao Yan thanked Elder Wanhuo for helping him refine it.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er at the gathering in the Jian Realm, while struggling with her feelings for both Xun Er and Liuli. Gongsun Lin warned the Ancient Clans about the Soul Clan and revealed that the Natural Realm's Lord was a Half Emperor who had aided them.

• Xun Er explained that the clan elders had forcibly taken her away from Xiao Yan on the Demon Flame Plain, and vowed to catch up with her strength and face danger at her side next time.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xun Er but grew distracted by Liuli, leaving Xun Er to recognize her conflict and call her greedy.
• Gongsun Lin opened the meeting by warning that the Soul Clan had stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade, attacked the Yao Clan, and exterminated the Ling Clan.
• Yao Dan described the Soul Clan's overwhelming forces at the Yao Realm, including the Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi, and a mysterious fighter who suppressed the flame.
• Gongsun Lin revealed that the mysterious fighter was the Lord of the Natural Realm, a Half Emperor, prompting shock and concern among the clan leaders.
• Gu Yuan asked how the Ancient Clans should deal with the Half Emperor, who had sided with the Soul Clan but appeared to have her own motives.

Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan organized the clans into an alliance against the Soul Clan, but Hun Tiandi suddenly appeared in the Jian Realm and revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to seize the other clans’ Ancient Jades. As Lei Ying and Yan Jin attacked, Gongsun Lin ordered Jian City evacuated while Nihility Devouring Flame and the Four Demon Saints arrived to support Hun Tiandi.

• Gongsun Lin revealed that the Sword Clan had a Half Emperor ancestor, while Shi Yi and Yao Dan pledged their clans’ support to the alliance.
• Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan proposed sharing resources, gathering intelligence, and building defenses, and Xiao Yan offered the Tianfu Alliance’s help and urged the clans to destroy Soul Hall branches.
• Hun Tiandi appeared in the Jian Realm and confirmed that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan.
• Hun Tiandi implied that the Soul Clan was using the Six Clans Assembly to seize the other clans’ Ancient Jades, prompting Lei Ying and Yan Jin to attack him.
• Gongsun Lin ordered Liuli to evacuate Jian City’s residents and activate the Peak Protection Formation as Nihility Devouring Flame and the Four Demon Saints appeared behind Hun Tiandi.

Gongsun Lin opened the Jian Realm and battled Hun Tiandi while Gu Yuan fought Nihility Devouring Flame. As Lei Ying and Yan Jin attacked the Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints, two powerful outsiders appeared to block them, turning the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Gongsun Lin expanded the council hall into the Jian Realm and clashed with Hun Tiandi using his spatial sword.
• Nihility Devouring Flame blocked Gu Yuan and attacked him with Black Flame, revealing that his Soul Power had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin targeted the Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints, but Lei Ying was intercepted by a mysterious late Eight-star Dou Saint who raised an earth-yellow barrier.
• Yan Jin struck the barrier with his Flame Fist, while a woman in green used life-energy vines to bind and wear down the attack.
• The two outsiders’ intervention shifted the battle and made the Six Clans Alliance’s advantage uncertain.

The Natural Realm and Soul Clan clashed across the battlefield as their experts fought to contain and overpower one another. Xiao Yan uncovered Hun Miesheng’s return and faced the newly empowered Soul Hall master, who gained the upper hand in their fight.

• Gongsun Huai ordered Gongsun Xiaoyao and the Ten Elders to stabilize the battlefield barrier, then joined the other Sword Saints against the Soul Clan.
• The four Sword Saints activated the Four Symbols Sword Array and forced Hun Sha and the other Demon Saints into a stalemate with their Heaven Destroying Demon Soul Array.
• Yao Dan attacked Hun Xuzi, but his old injuries and unstable emotions allowed Hun Xuzi to gradually gain the advantage.
• Xiao Yan evaded a concealed attack from Black Robes and struck back with a Six-colored Fire Lotus, revealing Black Robes as Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng used his unstable Seven-star Dou Sheng power to clash with Xiao Yan, driving him back and pressing his advantage.

Liuli evacuated Jian City’s civilians while Gongsun Xiaoyao and the Ten Elders transported the Elder Hall beyond the Jian Realm. In the Void Space, the battle continued as Hun Tiandi revealed the Hun Clan army, and Gongsun Lin summoned the Sword Clan’s forces to meet it.

• Liuli relocated the final batch of Jian City’s civilians to a hidden pocket space and confirmed that only the Elder Hall area remained occupied.
• Gongsun Xiaoyao ordered the Ten Elders to form the Great Teleportation Array, which carried the Elder Hall out of the Jian Realm and into Void Space.
• Xiao Yan evaded Hun Miesheng’s attacks and prepared Colorful Fire Lotuses, but the sudden spatial upheaval interrupted their fight.
• Gongsun Lin activated the Elder Hall’s Magic Array, releasing accumulated energy into Spatial Turbulence that forced both factions apart.
• Hun Tiandi opened rifts behind him and revealed the approaching Hun Clan army, while Gongsun Lin summoned Sword Clan warriors to oppose it.

Hun Tiandi used the Hun Clan’s Seal of Destruction to cover the retreat after Gu Lie revealed that Gu Yang had betrayed the three clans and stolen their Tou She Ancient God Jade. Before escaping through a passage opened by Natural Realm experts, Hun Tiandi challenged Xiao Yan to bring the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade to the Burial Sky Mountain Range in half a month if he wanted to save his father.

• Hun Tiandi and Gongsun Lin summoned the Hun Clan’s Seal of Destruction and the Sword Clan’s Myriad Swords - Heaven Punisher, preparing to clash.
• Gu Lie arrived and reported that Gu Yang had destroyed the Ancestral Hall seal, stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and fled with the Hun Clan; Lei and Yan elders reported the same betrayal in their clans.
• Hun Tiandi had Natural Realm experts open a concealed Space Passage and redirected the Seal of Destruction against Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and their reinforcements.
• Gongsun Lin transformed the Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword to shield the three clans from the seal’s aftershock as the Hun Clan retreated through the passage.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan to bring the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade to the Burial Sky Mountain Range in half a month to save his father, then escaped.

After the Soul Clan’s attack, Xiao Yan and the surviving clans prepared to unite against them, while Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Tomb to seek Xiao Xuan’s help. He reached the Stone Forest and reunited with the astonished Blood Blade Saint.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Clan controlled seven Ancient Jades and declared that he had to save Xiao Zhan.
• Gu Yuan urged the six clans to gather their forces in half a month and fight to reclaim Ancient Jades from the Soul Clan.
• The six clans began relocating their realms together, and Liuli and Zi Yan took responsibility for moving the Yao Realm.
• Gu Yuan forcibly opened a crack into the Ancient Tomb, and Xiao Yan entered to find Xiao Xuan before the outside deadline.
• Xiao Yan crossed the Ancient Tomb with ease and arrived at the Stone Forest, where Blood Blade Saint recognized him and marveled at his strength.

Xiao Yan reached Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and sought a way to revive him, but Xiao Xuan explained that his remnant soul could not be restored without immense Soul Origin and a suitable body. Xiao Xuan then revealed that Hun Tiandi sought an Emperor-grade Pill Prototype in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to gain the Source Qi needed to attempt the Dou Di Realm.

• Blood Blade Saint escorted Xiao Yan through the Heavenly Tomb, warning its powerful Energy Entities that Xiao Yan was Xiao Xuan's descendant.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Xuan's gravestone, kowtowed, and reunited with his ancestor, who praised his strength and accomplishments.
• Xiao Yan recounted his experiences and asked how he could revive Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan said his remnant soul required an unattainable amount of Soul Origin and a peak expert's body.
• Xiao Yan vowed to use Hun Tiandi's body to revive Xiao Xuan if he could kill him, and Xiao Xuan accepted his resolve.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Hun Tiandi had seven of the Nine Clans Ancient Jade and sought the Emperor-grade Pill Prototype in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to obtain Source Qi and pursue the Dou Di Realm.

Xiao Xuan could not reveal the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, but promised Xiao Yan a great opportunity. In the Yao Realm, Yao Dan restored Yao Chen's place in the clan and appointed him Punishment Elder and a candidate for clan leader, setting the Yao Clan on a new course.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan where the cave mansion was, and Xiao Xuan explained that its location could only be deciphered from the Ancient Jade before it split into nine pieces.
• Xiao Xuan reassured Xiao Yan that Hun Tiandi would struggle to obtain the Sword Clan's Ancient Jade and promised him a great opportunity.
• Liuli brought reconstruction supplies from Heavenly Mansion to the damaged Yao Realm, and Yao Dan apologized to Old Yao for the clan's past treatment of him.
• Yao Dan restored Yao Chen's lineage to the clan records, appointed him Punishment Elder and a candidate for clan leader, and empowered him with the Yao Clan's bloodline inheritance.
• Yao Dan silenced the elders who objected, stripped them of their positions, and proposed that the Yao Clan join the Tianfu Alliance.
• Old Yao reluctantly accepted his new position after Yao Dan pressed him to do so.

Liuli, Zi Yan, and Yao Dan moved the Yao Realm through the Void and safely docked it with the other five realms of the Six Clans Alliance. After the successful relocation, the exhausted Zi Yan returned to Liuli’s arms, and Liuli suggested they go home to eat.

• Liuli, Zi Yan, and Yao Dan activated the Space Transfer Array and began moving the Yao Realm.
• Elder Wanhuo, Old Yao, and the other elders protected the Yao Clan members as the realm shook during its journey.
• Gongsun Lin watched from the destination as the Yao Realm traveled through the Void.
• Liuli, Zi Yan, and Yao Dan docked the Yao Realm beside the Ancient Realm, Thunder Realm, Flame Realm, Stone Realm, and Ling Realm.
• The Yao Clan celebrated the successful relocation, and Zi Yan returned to loli mode and collapsed into Liuli’s arms.

After emerging from the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Emperor Realm Soul Power and learned that Xiao Xuan had fallen dormant after helping him. Xiao Yan reunited with Liuli, who felt relieved that he had surpassed her and could shoulder the burdens ahead.

• Gu Yuan and Gongsun Lin tried to force open the Heavenly Tomb's sealed entrance, but a Soul Wave stopped their attacks.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and Gu Yuan realized Xiao Yan had produced the Soul Wave.
• Xiao Yan told the gathered experts that he had advanced to Emperor Realm Soul Power with Xiao Xuan's help.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Xuan had consumed part of his Soul Origin and fallen dormant, and that reviving him required restoring his origin.
• Xiao Yan exchanged a teasing thought with Liuli, who accepted that he had surpassed her and could take on future burdens.

On the eve of the decisive battle against the Soul Clan, Xiao Yan and Liuli gathered his family and companions for an evening together. Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan watched from outside, with Gongsun Lin worrying about Xiao Yan’s complicated relationships and his daughter’s future.

• Liuli and Xiao Yan reflected on the coming battle and the uncertainties that could help the Soul Clan turn the tide.
• Liuli prepared a gathering in her courtyard and sent Xiao Yan to answer the gate.
• Xiao Xiao arrived with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran, while Xun Er came in last and spoke with Xiao Yan about his Emperor Realm Soul Power and their hope of rescuing his father.
• Xiao Yan took Xun Er’s hand and led her into the courtyard, then closed the gate behind them.
• Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan emerged from the woods, and Gongsun Lin worried that Xiao Yan would have to take responsibility for Xiao Xiao and treat all the women fairly.

Liuli hosted a dinner for Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Cai Lin, and their friends before the coming battle, and Xiao Yan broke through to Seven-star Dou Sheng during a toast. The gathering ended with everyone raising a cup to tomorrow’s fight, while two distant figures discussed Xiao Yan and the White Figure received an object from the Old Man.

• Liuli arranged the seating at her dinner, and Xiao Yan sat beside Xiao Xiao after Cai Lin suggested Liuli take the head of the table.
• Liuli toasted the group as family, and Xiao Yan thanked his loved ones and friends for helping him grow.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Seven-star Dou Sheng while drinking, and Liuli protected the table and Xiao Xiao from the resulting Energy Tide.
• Xiao Yan raised a cup to the coming battle, and everyone joined him in wishing to defeat their enemy and return to a bright, clear world.
• The Old Man praised Xiao Yan’s talent to the White Figure, then gave him an object after he agreed it must go to Xiao Yan.

Liuli and Xiao Yan prepared for the coming battle as the six great Ancient Clans assembled their forces. With Gu Yuan warning the alliance not to underestimate the Soul Clan, Gongsun Lin opened a Space Passage and led the army toward the fight.

• Liuli woke beside Xiao Yan, recalled their night together, and argued with him before they turned to the approaching conflict.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that the clans and the Tianfu Alliance were ready to attack the Soul Clan, while she worried about Xiao Zhan and the Soul Clan’s demands for Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli arrived at the Sword Clan’s gathering point, where Gongsun Lin said the Sword Clan had sent more than two-thirds of its forces.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying brought the Yan and Lei Clan forces, and the Yao and Shi Clans joined them.
• Gu Yuan led the Ancient Clan’s Black Annihilation Army and elders through a spatial rift, completing the assembly of the six great Ancient Clans.
• Gu Yuan warned the gathered forces not to underestimate the Soul Clan, and Gongsun Lin opened a Space Passage and led the army inside.

The Six Clans Alliance and the Tianfu Alliance gathered at Burial Sky Mountain Range to face the Hun Clan. Hun Tiandi revealed Xiao Yan’s imprisoned father, and Xiao Yan finally made contact with him.

• Gongsun Lin ordered scouts to search Burial Sky Mountain Range before the Hun Clan arrived.
• Old Yao led the Tianfu Alliance to join Xiao Yan and the Six Clans Alliance.
• Hun Tiandi arrived with Nihility Devouring Flame, the Four Demon Saints, and other powerful Hun Clan figures.
• Hun Tiandi demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the Ancient Jade or let the Hun Clan seize his people.
• Xiao Yan demanded to see his father, and Hun Tiandi brought out the chained prisoner.
• Xiao Yan used his Emperor Realm Soul Power to convince his father that he was real, and his father recognized him.

Xiao Yan exchanged the Ancient Jade for his father, Xiao Zhan, and reunited with him before sending him to safety. As the Six Great Ancient Families and the Tianfu Alliance prepared to fight the Soul Clan, Hun Tiandi revealed more than twenty powerful allies, including Natural Realm experts.

• Hun Tiandi exchanged Xiao Zhan for the Ancient Jade Xiao Yan had brought.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Zhan from his shackles, reunited with him, and sent him to the Tianfu Alliance forces for protection.
• Xiao Yan ordered the allied forces to form up and prepare to attack the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi declared that the Soul Clan could not be stopped and summoned more than twenty powerful figures from the Dark Mist.
• Gongsun Lin, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Yan recognized the Natural Realm among the newly revealed fighters, whose leaders included an expert stronger than the two Eight-star Dou Saints.

The Allied Army faced the Soul Clan’s Natural Realm reinforcements, forcing Gu Yuan and Gongsun Lin to confront the enemy’s strongest fighters. As the two sides launched their armies’ formations, the battlefield became locked in a devastating stalemate.

• Gongsun Lin and Gu Yuan assigned themselves to fight Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Natural Realm’s nine-star Dou Saint, Ye Luoli.
• Gu Yuan lured Hun Tiandi into the clouds to battle, while Gongsun Lin confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and Ye Luoli.
• Ye Luoli revealed that the Natural Realm’s Lord had saved him and gathered the other experts as disciples, but refused to explain why they had allied with the Soul Clan.
• Gongsun Lin unleashed Sword Qi and carried himself, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Ye Luoli into a spatial void to fight.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the other Allied Army leaders activated their formations, while the Hun Clan answered with the Soul Curse: Heaven-Sealing Demon Formation.
• The armies’ attacks collided, leaving the six-clan Allied Army and the Soul Clan in a destructive stalemate.