Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin confirmed that Cang Yuan’s sealed passage could be opened from within and explained why he was preparing to enter the Great Thousand World. After returning to the Pill Tower, he planned to use the Soul Clan to lure out the hidden Soul Emperor, then promised to marry Xun Er and the others after the crisis was settled.

• Xiao Jin inspected the sealed passage, confirmed that no aura of the Soul Emperor remained, and recalled that newly ascended Dou Emperors would need time to prepare for the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower, where Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun awkwardly faced their daughters, and learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Evil Sentience had been sealed.
• Xiao Jin told the Pill Tower Ancestor to lift the blockade around Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and said he would visit Jia Nan Academy to protect its students.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he intended to use the Soul Clan as bait to draw out the Soul Emperor, while Xun Er reassured Gu Yuan that Soul Heaven Emperor’s pill-assisted breakthrough was a lesser path.
• Gu Yuan asked when Xiao Jin would marry Xun Er, and Xiao Jin promised to wait until the Soul Clan matter was settled before marrying her and the other girls.

Xiao Jin and the women returned to the Northwest Continent, and he headed for Jia Nan Academy while the others went to their own homes. At the academy, Dean Xiao Yu sensed a terrifying presence and went out with Hu Gan to confront the newcomer.

• Xiao Jin and Xun Er reminisced about the Northwest Continent and agreed to visit Jia Nan Academy before the Soul Clan could discover the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Ya Fei said they wanted to return to their respective homes, and Xiao Jin let them leave while he went to the academy.
• Zi Yan looked forward to surprising Su Qian, while Xiao Jin considered whether to spoil the surprise with a voice transmission.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu sensed a powerful aura outside, and Hu Gan appeared in her office after being displaced by a spatial twist.
• Xiao Yu judged the newcomer too strong for even Qianmu Bailie and went outside with Hu Gan to see who had arrived.

Xiao Jin and his companions reunited with Xiao Yu, now the Outer Academy Dean of Jia Nan Academy, and told her about the Soul Clan’s plan and the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion beneath the academy. Xiao Yu learned that they had all become Dou Emperors, but Xiao Jin warned that a battle with Soul Heaven Emperor could still devastate the academy.

• Xiao Jin, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin arrived at Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xiao Yu, who initially greeted them gravely.
• Xiao Yu explained how the Xiao Clan had sent its younger members to Jia Nan Academy and how she had become Outer Academy Dean five years earlier.
• Xiao Yu asked where Xiao Yan was, and Xiao Jin soon turned the conversation to the important matter that had brought them there.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yu about the Soul Clan and Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he and the others had already become Dou Emperors, then warned that the shockwaves from fighting Soul Heaven Emperor could devastate the academy.

Xiao Jin and the others opened a powerful Small World and moved Jia Nan Academy into it to protect its students from the coming Soul Clan conflict. After helping other allied factions across the Northwest Continent, they sensed the Soul Clan’s arrival near Jia Nan Academy and realized Soul Heaven Emperor had found Tou She Ancient God's Cave.

• Xiao Jin told Su Qian and Qianmu Bailie that he planned to open a Small World for Jia Nan Academy, and they agreed to the relocation.
• Xiao Jin, Xun Er, and three other Dou Emperors opened a Small World, protected it with a defensive formation, and created a spatial passage into it.
• Su Qian gathered the academy’s students, who accepted the move after seeing the Small World’s rich energy, and Xiao Jin transferred the academy buildings and Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower inside.
• Xiao Jin and the others visited the Misty Cloud Sect and traveled through the Northwest Continent, giving benefits to allied factions and helping the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Old Mansion Master reach Dou Sheng.
• While they were guests at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, Xiao Jin and the others sensed the Soul Clan near Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Jin concluded that Soul Heaven Emperor had found Tou She Ancient God's Cave.

Soul Heaven Emperor opened Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, unaware that Xiao Jin and the others had secretly followed him. As Soul Heaven Emperor prepared to confront the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, Gu Yuan and the others revealed themselves to begin their planned intervention.

• Soul Heaven Emperor uncovered the magma-hidden entrance to the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion while Xiao Jin and the other Dou Emperors watched from concealment.
• Xiao Jin followed Soul Heaven Emperor inside with Gu Yuan, Zi Yan, Zhu Kun, the Pill Tower Ancestor, Xun Er, and the others, explaining the secrets of the Heavenly Flame Plaza and its inheritance.
• The group discovered hundreds of Heaven Tier techniques and an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill whose strength had reached the Half-Emperor level.
• As Soul Heaven Emperor prepared to act against the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, Xiao Jin signaled the others to begin their plan.
• Gu Yuan and the others stepped out of the void and confronted Soul Heaven Emperor, while Xun Er hid her face against Xiao Jin at her father's awkward performance.

Xiao Jin captured Nihility Devouring Flame, learned about the Soul Emperor’s hidden contingencies, and prepared the allied army to destroy the formations protecting his return. Zhu Kun led the destruction of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but Xiao Jin discovered that the sealed Evil Sentience of the Bodhi Ancient Tree had vanished despite its seal remaining intact.

• Xiao Jin subdued Nihility Devouring Flame, absorbed most of his accumulated energy to complete the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, and left his remaining origin for Xiao Yan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed the Soul Emperor’s hidden formations, and Xiao Jin ordered the allied army to locate and destroy them.
• The allied army grew stronger over several years, adding dozens of new Dou Sheng experts.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan led the destruction of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, killing the Heaven Demon Phoenix Ancestor and Feng Qing'er.
• Zi Yan mourned Feng Qing'er’s death briefly, then recovered with Xiao Jin’s comfort.
• Xiao Jin inspected the intact seal in the Wild Wilderness and found that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Evil Sentience had disappeared.

Soul Heaven Emperor emerged as a Dou Emperor after refining the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience, while blood clouds had ravaged the Central Plains for half a year. He confronted the allied forces gathered at the Pill Tower, whose members watched him without fear.

• Xiao Jin searched the continent after the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience disappeared, then set aside the mystery after consulting the Plane Embryo.
• For half a year, Soul Heaven Emperor's blood clouds drove cultivators and Magical Beasts into madness, while Xiao Jin's formations protected civilians and kept conditions stable.
• In the seventh month, Soul Heaven Emperor appeared atop a crimson lotus and revealed his new Dou Emperor power, gained at the cost of nearly the entire Soul Clan.
• Xiao Jin recognized that Soul Heaven Emperor had refined the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience to make up for the missing bloodline sacrifices.
• Soul Heaven Emperor looked toward the Pill Tower, intending to destroy the allied army, but its gathered forces regarded him calmly rather than with reverence.

Soul Heaven Emperor attacked the allied forces after breaking through to Dou Emperor, but Xiao Jin revealed himself as another Dou Emperor and challenged him. Xiao Jin countered Soul Heaven Emperor’s attacks with his flames, and their battle began in earnest.

• Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and the allied Dou Saints faced Soul Heaven Emperor, who claimed victory and summoned blood rain against the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Jin appeared and swallowed the blood rain with a spatial slash, claiming he had waited years for Soul Heaven Emperor to reach Dou Emperor.
• Soul Heaven Emperor believed Xiao Jin had been a Dou Emperor for years and became more unstable, then agreed to fight him.
• Soul Heaven Emperor sent a towering blood wave at Xiao Jin, who burned it away with a streak of flame.
• Soul Heaven Emperor unleashed Blood Demon Corroding Heart Lightning, and Xiao Jin countered with the Source Fire Divine Map and its Four Divine Beast Phantoms.

Xiao Jin defeated Soul Heaven Emperor in their battle, while the allied army revealed that the Spirit Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation had already been destroyed. Soul Heaven Emperor broke the seal blocking the Dou Qi Continent and summoned the lurking Soul Emperor, whom Xiao Jin had been waiting to confront.

• Xiao Jin and Soul Heaven Emperor transformed into giant Dou Emperor Bodies and fought for three hours, with Xiao Jin emerging unscathed while Soul Heaven Emperor was battered.
• Soul Heaven Emperor tried to activate the Spirit Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation, but the allied army revealed that the Pill Tower Ancestor and Xiao Xuan had already destroyed it.
• Xiao Jin challenged Soul Heaven Emperor to reveal his trump card, and Soul Heaven Emperor hurled his saber at the sealed passage to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Soul Heaven Emperor shattered the passage seal, causing Gu Yuan and other Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts to feel their realms loosen.
• Soul Heaven Emperor claimed a second Dou Emperor would join the fight, and the Soul Emperor appeared in the distance as Xiao Jin prepared to face him.

Xiao Jin faced the Soul Emperor and Soul Heaven Emperor, who believed their two Dou Emperors could overwhelm him. He revealed that Cang Yuan had left powerful allies behind, turning the confrontation against the Soul Clan and strengthening the allied army.

• The Soul Emperor appeared beside Xiao Jin and declared that Xiao Jin would fall despite having reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Jin admitted he could not yet defeat both Soul Emperors alone, then reminded the Soul Emperor that Cang Yuan had been famous for summoning allies to gang up on his enemies.
• Xiao Jin summoned seven figures, including Xun Er, and they erased the seals on the allied army’s bloodlines.
• Gu Lie and the Three Immortals advanced in strength, Gu Qingyang reached Four-Star Dou Saint, Gu Yuan rose to Half-Emperor, and Zhu Kun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan also gained power.
• Soul Heaven Emperor realized why the allied leaders had stayed calm: Xiao Jin’s reinforcements had turned the odds against the Soul Clan.

Xiao Jin and the allied forces overwhelmed the Soul Clan and its Dou Emperors, while Xiao Jin trapped Soul Emperor and Soul Heaven Emperor in a formation. Just as he prepared to finish them, a sinister aura erupted from the other battlefield, and Xiao Jin realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree had made a move.

• Xiao Jin watched the allied forces turn the battle against the Soul Clan and saw Xiao Yan defeat Soul Clan Dou Shengs with his newly refined Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the Pill Tower Ancestor led the empowered allied forces as Xiao Jin, Xun Er, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian attacked Soul Emperor, while Yun Yun and three others fought Soul Heaven Emperor.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s powers badly damaged Soul Emperor, and Xiao Jin stopped Xiao Yi Xian from corroding his body because he wanted to use it for artifact forging.
• Xiao Jin trapped both Soul Clan Dou Emperors in a formation and taunted Soul Emperor when he could not self-destruct.
• An evil aura spread from the other battlefield, and Xiao Jin checked that Yun Yun and the others were safe before recognizing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s cunning.

Xiao Jin and the others watched as the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience devoured Soul Heaven Emperor and took over his body, emerging as a Dou Emperor. Xiao Jin revealed that the possession had cost it its greatest support, then prepared to put one of his contingency plans into action.

• Xiao Jin and Xun Er realized that the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience was devouring Soul Heaven Emperor after he used its power to pursue the Dou Emperor realm.
• The allied forces defeated the Soul Clan, while Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian subdued Soul Emperor.
• Soul Heaven Emperor's soul was consumed, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree took control of his body and celebrated its new Dou Emperor power.
• Xiao Jin told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that seizing Soul Heaven Emperor's body had removed its greatest support, and it accused him of lying.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he had prepared contingency plans for the Evil Sentience and was ready to use one.

Xiao Jin explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Evil Sentience had taken Soul Heaven Emperor’s body to pursue Dou Emperor, sacrificing the immortal body that had protected it. The Plane Embryo reclaimed that immortal body, leaving the Evil Sentience exposed as Xiao Jin and the others recognized the cost of its obsession.

• Xiao Jin reasoned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had hidden within Soul Heaven Emperor and waited for his weakened soul to let it take control.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree rejected Xiao Jin’s claim, but he told it to check whether its connection to the Plane Embryo remained.
• Xiao Jin explained that Cang Yuan had split the Bodhi Ancient Tree, leaving its negative half on the continent to be purified by the Plane Embryo.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree abandoned its origin and merged with Soul Heaven Emperor, allowing the Plane Embryo to reclaim the immortal body it had sustained.
• Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and the Pill Tower Ancestor reflected on how obsession had brought ruin to powerful figures.

Xiao Jin and the Coalition Army defeated the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Evil Sentience, and Xiao Jin later married his seven brides. A year after the Soul Clan's destruction, he settled in Wutan City with the women, where Xun Er and Qing Lin became pregnant, and the story ended with the other women pursuing him to try to conceive as well.

• Xiao Jin and the six women joined him in a formation that erased the Bodhi Ancient Tree's negative emotions, and Xiao Jin used the Plane Embryo's light to eliminate the Evil Sentience.
• The Plane Embryo returned to its duties of maintaining the Dou Qi Continent's balance, and Xiao Jin reassured Xun Er that he had gained enough without refining it.
• One year after the battle that annihilated the Soul Clan, Xiao Jin married seven brides in a seven-day celebration at the Little Pill Tower.
• Xiao Jin took the women into seclusion in Wutan City, where Xun Er became pregnant with a child who shared Xiao Jin and Li Que's bloodline, followed by Qing Lin.
• Cai Lin and the other women chased Xiao Jin, who hid beneath a bed, and they refused to let him escape until they became pregnant.