Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze defeated Hun Xuzi’s interference and refined a legendary Ninth Grade Golden Pill during the Yao Clan’s alchemy competition. After Yao Dan and the others acknowledged Xiao Ze’s achievement, Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Yao Clan.

• Xiao Ze began refining with the Heaven Burning Cauldron and rare ingredients, while Hun Xuzi tried to steal ingredients from Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo.
• Xiao Ze stopped Hun Xuzi’s attack with Purple-Gold Flame, and the elders resumed extracting their ingredients as Hun Xuzi focused on his own.
• Xiao Ze began forming a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, summoning Purple-Gold Divine Lightning and overpowering Hun Xuzi’s attempt to disrupt the refinement.
• Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo joined forces to block Hun Xuzi as Xiao Ze completed the pill and revealed its nine Pill Patterns.
• Yao Dan and the Yao Clan bowed to Xiao Ze, who reassured Yao Lao about engraving the elders’ names on the Clan Ancestral Stele.
• Hun Xuzi asked Yao Dan to lend him the Tou She Ancient God Jade in the Yao Clan’s possession.

Hun Xuzi revealed the Hun Clan’s ambush and Nihility Devouring Flame led the assault that broke the Yao Clan’s defenses. Xiao Ze confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan’s Dou Saints, leaving the battle raging above Medicine Mountain.

• Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, revealed his Seven-Star Dou Saint strength, and sealed the Yao Clan’s communications as Hun Clan forces emerged from the Black Flame.
• Yao Dan activated the Heaven-Transforming Medicine Array, and the Yao Clan Ancestor’s remnant soul joined the defense against Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame drained the life force and souls of millions of Yao Clan descendants, shattered the array, and erased the Ancestor’s remnant soul.
• Xiao Ze used the Ninth Grade Golden Pill to reach late-stage Eight-Star Dou Saint strength and blocked Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack with Purple-Gold Flame.
• Xiao Ze disrupted Nihility Devouring Flame with a pill-energy strike, repelled ten Hun Clan Dou Saints, and swung a Purple-Gold Flame sword at Nihility Devouring Flame’s neck.

Xiao Ze battled Nihility Devouring Flame, but Soul Mirror and Soul Flame joined the fight and helped trap him. With Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo lending their Heavenly Flames, Xiao Ze formed an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Xiao Ze's Purple-Gold Flame let him match Nihility Devouring Flame, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched from afar.
• Nihility Devouring Flame summoned Soul Mirror and Soul Flame, who joined the battle and surrounded Xiao Ze.
• Soul Mirror distracted Xiao Yan as Nihility Devouring Flame struck Xiao Ze, sending him crashing into Medicine Mountain's main peak.
• Soul Mirror offered to spare Xiao Ze if he submitted to the Hun Clan, but Xiao Ze refused and asked Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo for their Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo sent Xiao Ze their flames, and he fused them with his six Heavenly Flames into an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.

Xiao Ze defeated and refined Nihility Devouring Flame, breaking through to become a Nine-Star Dou Saint. Hun Tiandi ordered Xiao Ze’s death, while Xiao Ze fortified Medicine Mountain and set out to scout the Hun Clan’s border as war loomed.

• Xiao Ze’s Eight-Colored Fire Lotus destroyed Soul Mirror and Soul Flame, then severely weakened Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Ze used his secret art to devour Nihility Devouring Flame and advanced to Nine-Star Dou Saint, gaining the ability to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Ze had refined Nihility Devouring Flame and ordered the remaining Two Demon Saints to kill him, threatening the Yao Clan if it sheltered him.
• Xiao Ze warned Yao Dan to join forces with the Flame Clan and Thunder Clan, then created a barrier to protect Medicine Mountain.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yan that Hun Tiandi might still be stronger than him and left to scout the Hun Clan’s border.

Xiao Ze and Yao Ling visited the Ancient Clan to warn Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan was targeting the remaining ancient clans and seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Gu Yuan ordered envoys to summon the Flame and Thunder Clan chiefs to discuss an alliance, while strengthening the Ancient Clan’s defenses.

• Xiao Ze returned to Medicine Mountain after confirming that the Hun Clan had not moved, and he and Yao Dan set out for the Ancient Realm to discuss resisting the Hun Clan.
• Gu Dao welcomed Xiao Ze and Yao Ling, announced that Xiao Ze had refined Nihility Devouring Flame and reached nine-star Dou Sheng, and led them to meet Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Ze warned Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans, threatened the Yao Clan, and already held four pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Ze and Gu Dao urged the Ancient Clan to unite with the Flame and Thunder Clans against the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan ordered envoys to invite the Flame and Thunder Clan chiefs to the Ancient Clan in three days and commanded that the mountain gate’s security be reinforced.

Xiao Ze rested at Xun'er’s bamboo cottage before learning that Lei Dong had defeated the Ancient Clan’s younger warriors and insulted the Black Annihilation Army. He went to confront Lei Dong at the training grounds, where the clash was about to begin.

• Xiao Ze followed Xun'er to her secluded bamboo cottage after Gu Yuan eased tensions in the hall.
• Gu Hua reported that Lei Dong and the Thunder Clan’s young warriors had beaten the Black Annihilation Army, Gu Xing, Gu Yao, and Gu Qingyang.
• Xun'er told Xiao Ze that Lei Dong had once been considered for a marriage alliance with her and might be showing off before her.
• Xiao Ze agreed to face Lei Dong and followed Gu Hua and Xun'er to the training grounds.
• Lei Dong mocked the injured Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan until Xiao Ze arrived and called him presumptuous.

Xiao Ze subdued Lei Dong and secured support from the Thunder and Flame Clans for an alliance against the Hun Clan. After the leaders began planning their response, Xiao Ze returned to Xun’er, resolved to face the coming battle.

• Xiao Ze confronted Lei Dong over his conduct, overpowered his Purple Thunder Dragon with a Two-colored Flame, and was stopped from striking him by Lei Ying.
• Lei Ying apologized on Lei Dong’s behalf, made him apologize to Xiao Ze and the Ancient Clan, and pledged the Thunder Clan’s support for an alliance against the Hun Clan.
• Yan Jin arrived with the Flame Clan and promised the clan’s full support at the meeting in three days.
• Gu Yuan proposed beginning the meeting early, and Xiao Ze offered advice on alliance forces, intelligence sharing, and finding the Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Xiao Ze returned to the bamboo hut, reassured Xun’er about the fight ahead, and spent the night with her.

Hun Tiandi entered the Ancient Realm with several Hun Clan powerhouses and confirmed the Hun Clan’s responsibility for the Ling and Shi clans’ destruction. Gu Yuan, Xiao Ze, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying prepared to confront them, leaving the rival forces facing one another at the Ancient Clan’s gates.

• As Gu Yuan discussed the allied clans’ preparations, he sensed Hun Tiandi approaching and ordered the Ancient Clan to full alert.
• The Three Immortals roused the Ancient Clan’s fighters, while Yan Jin and Lei Ying joined Gu Yuan in watching the empty sky.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a pitch-black vortex, followed by an eight-star Dou Sheng and the surviving Soul Clan Demon Saints, Hun Tu and Hun Sha.
• Gu Yuan demanded that Hun Tiandi leave the Ancient Realm, while Lei Ying questioned him about the Ling and Shi clans’ annihilation.
• Hun Tiandi implied that his clan had destroyed the Ling and Shi clans, prompting Yan Jin and Lei Ying to ready themselves for battle.
• Elder Black Flame accused Gu Yuan of obstructing the Hun Clan’s plans and causing its decline.

Xiao Ze realized Hun Tiandi had used his attack on the Ancient Clan to distract them while Elder Gu Yang stole the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As the clans battled and searched the Ancient Realm, Xiao Ze used his Emperor Realm Soul to track the fugitive elder.

• Xiao Ze warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan was targeting the Ancient Jade, and an alarm sounded from the ancestral shrine.
• A wounded junior elder reported that Gu Yang had attacked the shrine guards, stolen the Ancient Jade, and fled toward the edge of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Realm sealed and sent Gu Dao, the Three Immortals, and the Black Annihilation Army after Gu Yang, while Hun Tiandi and his allies blocked them.
• Gu Yuan fought Hun Tiandi as Yan Jin and Lei Ying engaged Elder Black Flame, and Xun'er led search parties into the mountains.
• Xiao Ze learned Gu Yang's strength and soul cultivation, then spread his Emperor Realm Soul across the region to locate him.

Xiao Ze used his Emperor Realm Soul to find and capture Elder Guyang, recovering the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Hun Tiandi withdrew after revealing attacks on the Yan and Lei Clans, warning Xiao Ze that the Hun Clan’s thousand-year plan would continue.

• After searches failed to find Elder Guyang, Xiao Ze detected him hiding inside a mountain in the Ancient Realm and destroyed the array concealing him.
• Xiao Ze immobilized Elder Guyang with his Emperor Realm Soul, recovered the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and returned with his captive to Xun'er.
• Hun Tiandi saw Elder Guyang’s capture and the recovered jade, while Gu Yuan pressed his attack.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that his clan had attacked the Yan and Lei Clans while their patriarchs were away, then retreated through a Space Rift with his subordinates.
• Hun Tiandi warned Xiao Ze that the Hun Clan’s thousand-year grand plan must not fail before disappearing, leaving the Ancient Clan to reckon with its losses.

After the Soul Clan stole the Flame and Thunder Clans’ Ancient Jades, Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying faced the threat of Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan. Xiao Ze proposed combining more Heavenly Flames to break through to Dou Di, and the clans agreed to lend him theirs.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin learned that their clans’ Ancient Jades had been stolen, with a traitorous elder helping the Soul Clan seize the Thunder Clan’s jade.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Xiao Ze, and Xun'er gathered in the Ancient Clan’s main hall and recognized that the Soul Clan threatened all three clans.
• Xiao Ze revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng and believed merging more Heavenly Flames could help him break through to Dou Di.
• Xiao Ze asked to borrow the clans’ Heavenly Flames, warning that defeating Hun Tiandi would likely require him to reach Dou Di.
• Yan Jin offered the Fire Lotus Karma Flame, Lei Ying offered the Heavenly Thunder Fury Flame, and Gu Yuan offered Xun'er’s Golden Emperor Heaven Burning Flame and the Ancient Clan’s full support.

Xiao Ze absorbed three clan leaders’ Heavenly Flames and reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng, but the Dou Di barrier remained unbroken. He organized a Central Plains search for more Heavenly Flames and refined two more, leaving his strength further stabilized as the search continued.

• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Xun'er gave Xiao Ze their clans’ Heavenly Flames, which he refined to advance from early-stage to peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ze found the Dou Di barrier still beyond his reach and proposed gathering more Heavenly Flames to break through.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying pledged their clans’ support, and the Nine Heavens Alliance and allied forces searched across the Central Plains while Xiao Ze sensed for flames from the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ze traveled to the Southern Border, subdued the Nether Poison Flame after a three-day fight, and refined it.
• Thunder Clan members found the Wind Fury Dragon Flame beneath the Western Desert, and Xiao Ze drew it from the ley lines and refined it.

Xiao Ze gathered twenty-two Heavenly Flames and fused them into the Chaos Heaven Burning Flame, breaking through to Half-Step Dou Di. He left the Ancient Realm resolved to seek Origin Qi in the Black-Corner Region so he could take the final step and defeat the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Ze subdued the twenty-third-ranked Mysterious Yellow Flame and spent the following year collecting twenty-two Heavenly Flames despite resistance from ancient factions, untamed flame spirits, and the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Ze fused the twenty-two Heavenly Flames within his dantian, broke through the Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng barrier, and reached Half-Step Dou Di.
• Xiao Ze emerged from the secret realm and told Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Xun'er, and the others that he had reached Half-Step Dou Di.
• Xiao Ze said he would seek Origin Qi in the Black-Corner Region to reach Dou Di and defeat the Hun Clan for good.

Xiao Ze and the Three-Clan Allied Forces reached the Black-Corner Region to stop Hun Tiandi from reaching the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. Their battle began with Xiao Ze gaining the upper hand, but Hun Tiandi summoned the Hun Clan's Soul Emperor Phantom, and Xiao Ze unleashed all twenty-two Heavenly Flames against it.

• Xiao Ze led the allied forces toward the Black-Corner Region while Gu Dao's vanguard destroyed Hun Clan outposts along the route.
• Hun Tiandi assembled the Hun Clan's army at the border, where Xiao Ze and the allied forces confronted him.
• Hun Tiandi sent his army to attack, and Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying led the allied forces into battle.
• Xiao Ze struck Hun Tiandi with a flaming greatsword, cracking his defense and making him spit blood.
• Hun Tiandi empowered his army with the black altar's resentment, but Xiao Ze's Chaos Heaven Burning Flame burned away the energy and incinerated Hun Clan soldiers.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Soul Emperor Phantom, and Xiao Ze unleashed the power of all twenty-two Heavenly Flames in the form of a chaotic fire dragon.

The Three-Clan Allied Forces fought the Hun Clan Army as Xiao Ze battled Hun Tiandi, who used the black altar to reach Half-Step Dou Di. At Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian evacuated the teachers and students, then prepared the academy’s defenses while the decisive duel continued.

• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Xun'er, Gu Dao, and the Ancient Clan’s Three Immortals fought the Hun Clan’s forces across the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ze destroyed Hun Tiandi’s Soul Emperor Phantom and wounded him, but a black pillar from the altar raised Hun Tiandi to Half-Step Dou Di.
• Xiao Ze and Hun Tiandi began their final battle above the Black-Corner Region, with its outcome set to determine the Central Plains’ fate.
• Su Qian announced that Jia Nan Academy’s teachers and students must evacuate to the Central Plains while he and the academy’s experts stayed behind.
• Su Qian’s experts escorted the evacuees, then joined him at the Heaven Burning Qi Tower to activate the Ten Thousand Fire Heaven Burning Array and defend Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Ze and Hun Tiandi fought for three days before Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to summon the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy. As the cave mansion emerged from a magma sea, the sealed Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan appeared, leaving the gathered forces facing a powerful new presence.

• Xiao Ze and Hun Tiandi battled across the Black-Corner Region for three days, devastating the land and forcing Jia Nan Academy's experts to evacuate.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to destroy Jia Nan Academy and bring underground magma surging across the region.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the allied forces attacked the Soul Clan Army to stop Hun Tiandi, but he continued summoning the cave mansion.
• The Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion rose from the magma, and Hun Tiandi rejoiced as the ancient stone gate appeared.
• Xiao Ze warned everyone to flee the magma, but the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan emerged and identified himself.

Zi Yan discovered that the resurrected Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun was her birth father, and he joined the alliance against Hun Tiandi. Hun Tiandi opened the ancient stone gate with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, unleashing a powerful ancient force that scattered both armies.

• Zi Yan approached Zhu Kun, and their matching bloodlines confirmed that he was her father, though she initially rejected him for abandoning her.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him for thousands of years, then learned from Zhu Huo how the Ancient Dragon Clan had suffered in his absence.
• Zhu Kun thanked Xiao Ze for helping Zi Yan and agreed to fight Hun Tiandi alongside Gu Yuan.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to kill Hun Tiandi, and he vowed to protect her and attack him.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the ancient stone gate, and its powerful surge scattered the allied forces and the Soul Clan Army.

Xiao Ze, Hun Tiandi, and the other peak experts entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion in search of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, the key to advancing to Dou Di. They found the pill in human form before the statue of Tou She Ancient God, where Hun Tiandi threatened to refine him by force.

• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun joined forces with Xiao Ze to stop Hun Tiandi from claiming the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Xiao Ze, Zi Yan, Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the other experts entered the cave mansion and raced toward its core.
• The groups reached a stone hall surrounded by pillars bearing drained Heavenly Flames, then saw Hun Tiandi reveal a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill appeared in human form and asked Hun Tiandi if he had come seeking to advance to Dou Di.
• Hun Tiandi demanded that the pill submit and help him become an emperor, but the pill rebuked him and released imperial light.

Xiao Ze destroyed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, ending Hun Tiandi’s chance to become a Dou Di and driving him into a desperate fight. After three days of battle, both were gravely wounded, and Hun Tiandi hurled a final spear at Xiao Ze.

• Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun attacked the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, but Xiao Ze struck it with his fused Heavenly Flames and destroyed it.
• Hun Tiandi burned his origin and charged Xiao Ze, while Xiao Ze met him with Chaos Heaven Burning Flame.
• The two Half-Step Dou Di powerhouses fought through the plaza and into the mist-shrouded void, each suffering severe wounds.
• Hun Tiandi used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to shield himself and attack Xiao Ze’s soul, while Xiao Ze’s flames burned away much of the banner.
• By dusk on the third day, both fighters were near collapse, and Hun Tiandi gathered his remaining strength into a spear and hurled it at Xiao Ze.

After driving Hun Tiandi away, Xiao Ze revealed the truth about Tou She Ancient God and discovered that the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue contained his Emperor's Origin. He began awakening the origin, intending to use it and his twenty-two Heavenly Flames to forge his own path to becoming a Dou Di.

• Xiao Ze and Hun Tiandi clashed in a final attack, leaving both badly weakened, and Hun Tiandi fled toward the spatial passage.
• Xiao Ze refused to pursue Hun Tiandi, accepted Zhu Kun's healing pill, and told Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun that Hun Tiandi would need time to recover.
• Xiao Ze revealed that Tou She Ancient God had evolved from Heavenly Flames and become a Dou Di by fusing them into the Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ze explained that the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue held Tou She Ancient God's Emperor's Origin and awakened it with the Chaos Heaven Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ze declared that he would use the Emperor's Origin and fuse his twenty-two Heavenly Flames to prove his Dao and become a Dou Di.