Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan defeated Yan Jin by trapping him in an illusion and extracting his exotic flames, while Lei Ying and Hun Tiandi arrived and the leaders of the clans argued over the destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan. The chapter left the Gu Clan under growing suspicion as Yao Yan absorbed Yan Jin’s flames and strengthened his cultivation.

• Yan Jin destroyed Yao Yan’s fifteen Divine Flame Avatars with a crimson burst, but Yao Yan then summoned nearly a thousand more avatars and trapped Yan Jin in an illusion.
• Yao Yan used black chains to extract Yan Jin’s exotic flames while Huo Ling failed to break through the Li Fire Grand Formation.
• Lei Ying attacked the formation to free Yan Jin, but Hun Tiandi appeared and Gu Yuan emerged beside Gu Xun’er.
• Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of destroying the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, while Lei Ying and Yao Dan brought their clans’ forces to demand Yan Jin’s release.
• The formation dissipated, revealing Yan Jin weakened and furious as Yao Yan absorbed the Nine Nether Golden Ancestral Fire and the Volcanic Rock Flame.

Yao Yan revealed his mid-stage Eight Star Dou Sheng strength after taking Yan Jin’s origin Dou Qi and two Heavenly Flames, while Hun Tiandi maneuvered the clans toward a confrontation by accusing the Gu Clan of hiding the missing Emperor Jades. Gu Xun'er urged Gu Yuan to allow a search of the Gu Realm, leaving the Gu Clan poised to face the consequences openly.

• Yao Yan revealed his strength and the Heavenly Flames he had taken from Yan Jin, who abandoned any attempt to retaliate.
• Hun Tiandi suggested Yao Dan give the Yao Clan’s two Heavenly Flames to Yao Yan, and Yao Dan challenged Yao Yan to come take them.
• Hun Tiandi demanded the Soul Clan’s Emperor Jade back after calling off the marriage alliance, and Gu Yuan agreed to return it.
• Gu Lie reported that the Gu Clan’s Emperor Jade and its guardian had disappeared, prompting Hun Tiandi to accuse Gu Yuan and demand a search of the Gu Realm.
• Lei Ying declared that the three clans supported searching the Gu Realm, and Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan to let them search.

Gu Xun'er agreed to let Hun Tiandi search the Gu Realm, but his scheme exposed four pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade and turned the other clans against the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan fought Hun Tiandi while the Soul Clan secretly moved against the Gu Realm, leaving the Gu Clan poised to lose its jade and face the blame.

• Gu Xun'er persuaded Gu Yuan to allow Hun Tiandi to search the Gu Realm, and Gu Yuan ordered the Black Annihilation Army to cooperate.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Soul Clan God Jade, revealing the Gu, Soul, Spirit, and Stone Clan jade fragments and making the Gu Clan appear responsible for the other clans' destruction.
• Gu Yuan refused to return the Soul Clan's God Jade and clashed with Hun Tiandi, while Gu Xun'er organized the Gu Clan's defenses.
• Yao Yan sensed Nihility Devouring Flame moving secretly inside the Gu Realm while Hun Tiandi kept Gu Yuan occupied.

As Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi fought, Nihility Devouring Flame stole the four Emperor Jades and several guards from the Gu Realm, worsening tensions among the Emperor Clans. Yao Yan refused to explain his knowledge to Gu Xun'er, while Hun Tiandi admitted his scheme and tried to recruit Gu Yuan.

• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi fought evenly as Yao Yan considered the strength he would need to challenge them and sought Nihility Devouring Flame for Ling Er's next transformation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame stole the four Emperor Jades and several Dou Sheng guards from the Gu Realm, prompting Gu Dao to activate the Clan Protecting Grand Formation.
• Yao Dan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin worried that either the Gu Clan or Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, while Gu Xun'er questioned Yao Yan about the attacks and the missing Emperor Jades.
• Yao Yan refused to reveal what he knew to Gu Xun'er, who returned to the Gu Realm as he watched the battle between Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi offered to ally with Gu Yuan, destroy the other three clans, and help him become a Dou Di, but Gu Yuan refused and accused Nihility Devouring Flame of stealing the Emperor Jades.
• Hun Tiandi admitted that he had lured Gu Yuan away to give Nihility Devouring Flame a chance to act and said the Soul Clan had spent a thousand years nurturing him.

Hun Tiandi tricked the three clans into believing Gu Yuan had reached the Half-Emperor realm, then returned to the Soul World to pursue the missing Xiao Clan Emperor Jade. With only four Emperor Jades secured, he began using captured Xiao Clan members to search for it, leaving Yao Yan uneasy as Xiao Chen and Xiao Ning’s souls were set aflame.

• Hun Tiandi feigned defeat against Gu Yuan, seized Yao Yan, and warned the three clans that Gu Yuan had touched the Half-Emperor realm before escaping.
• Lei Ying led the Lei Clan away, and the Yan and Yao Clans withdrew as Gu Yuan realized Hun Tiandi had turned them against the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi admitted to Yao Yan that Gu Yuan had not reached Half-Emperor and explained that the declining continent might soon be unable to produce even a Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported that he had recovered only four Emperor Jades and that the Gu Clan had never obtained the Xiao Clan’s Jade; Yao Yan added that Xiao Xuan had not known where it was.
• Nihility Devouring Flame brought the captured Xiao Chen and Xiao Ning to Hun Tiandi, who ordered him to use their souls to summon the missing Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame burned away Xiao Chen’s and Xiao Ning’s bodies and ignited their souls while Hun Tiandi searched the Central Plains for the Jade’s signal.

Hun Tiandi paused the search for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, planned attacks on the other clans, and sent Yao Yan to work with Nihility Devouring Flame against the Yao Clan. Nihility Devouring Flame secretly proposed poisoning Hun Tiandi’s Emperor Pill, but Yao Yan rejected the plan and intended to seek support from Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan, while Nihility Devouring Flame considered refining him if he refused to cooperate.

• Nihility Devouring Flame used Xiao Ning and Xiao Chen’s souls to search for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Hun Tiandi ordered him to preserve them and resume the search every three months.
• Hun Tiandi planned to seek the three clans’ cooperation against the Gu Clan or, failing that, destroy the Yao, Lei, and Yan Clans before attacking the Gu Clan.
• Yao Yan agreed to join Nihility Devouring Flame in attacking the Yao Clan, and Hun Tiandi warned him about the clan’s remnant Dou Di soul and protective formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame visited Yao Yan and proposed that he secretly add a Fallen Emperor Pill to the Emperor Pill Embryo to stop Hun Tiandi from reaching Dou Di.
• Yao Yan accepted Nihility Devouring Flame’s storage ring but decided the poison plan would not work and resolved to seek support from Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan instead.
• Nihility Devouring Flame wondered what Yao Yan would choose and threatened to refine him if he refused to cooperate.

Yao Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe, warned Cai Lin and the others about the looming war between the Emperor Clans, and told Zi Yan that her father might still be alive. He took Zi Yan to the depths beneath Jia Nan Academy, where her bloodline sensed her father calling to her.

• The Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans allied with the Soul Clan against the Gu Clan, while Gu Xun'er set out to investigate the missing Xiao Clan Emperor Jade.
• Yao Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe and warned Cai Lin and the others to avoid the Central Plains as war threatened the Emperor Clans.
• Yao Yan told Zi Yan that her father had been trapped for nearly ten thousand years in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, and she insisted on going to confront him.
• Yao Yan and Zi Yan traveled to Jia Nan Academy, entered the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and recovered the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade Yao Yan had hidden there.
• The pair encountered Half-Saint Lizardmen guarding the God's Burial Ground, but Zi Yan's Dragon Phoenix pressure subdued them and cleared their path.
• After flying through the magma for hours, Zi Yan felt a summons from her bloodline and realized her father might still be alive.

Zi Yan and Yao Yan reached the Ancient God's Cave Mansion and met Zhu Kun, Zi Yan’s father, who had been trapped there for nearly ten thousand years. Yao Yan revealed his plans to claim the Emperor Pill and disclosed that the Dou Qi Continent was only part of the Great Thousand World, leaving Zhu Kun stunned.

• Zi Yan and Yao Yan arrived at the Stone Gate of the Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun awoke and recognized Zi Yan as his daughter.
• Zi Yan confronted Zhu Kun over abandoning her, and Zhu Kun apologized before mistaking Yao Yan for her boyfriend; Zi Yan called him her acknowledged big brother.
• Yao Yan explained how he had found the cave and revealed his Soul Clan and Yao Clan heritage, his unusual bloodline, and his plan to seek Zhu Kun’s help in contending for the Emperor Pill.
• Yao Yan displayed his Eight Star Dou Sheng Peak strength and revealed that he carried seventeen Heavenly Flames, prompting Zhu Kun to connect his path to Tou She Ancient God's rise to Dou Di.
• Yao Yan told Zhu Kun that the Dou Qi Continent lay within the Great Thousand World and that the Tunling Clan had originated there before invading, shocking Zhu Kun.

Yao Yan told Zhu Kun about the Great Thousand World, the Outer Realm Demons, and Hun Tiandi’s plans, then asked him to help oppose the Soul Clan. After Yao Yan left to inspect Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun before bringing Yao Yan back to ask her father for help advancing to Nine Star Dou Sheng.

• Yao Yan explained that past Dou Di had gone to the Great Thousand World to resist the Outer Realm Demons and warned that the Soul Clan planned to sacrifice the Central Plains to refine the Emperor Pill.
• Zi Yan drew her Dragon Slaying Sword when Zhu Kun tested Yao Yan, and Zhu Kun promised to help Yao Yan become a Dou Di.
• Yao Yan asked Zhu Kun to work with Gu Yuan to wound Hun Tiandi during the Ancient God's Cave Mansion opening, with a backup plan to buy time while Yao Yan refined the Emperor Pill Embryo.
• Zhu Kun and Zi Yan spoke about their separation and Zi Yan’s mother, while Zhu Kun urged Zi Yan to pursue Yao Yan; Zi Yan rejected his advice and went to find Yao Yan.
• Yao Yan inspected the Stone Gate, decided to seek the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Fire, and told Zi Yan he needed to reach Nine Star Dou Sheng before war broke out.
• Zi Yan brought Yao Yan to Zhu Kun and asked her father to give him essence blood to help him break through, leaving Zhu Kun to realize that his daughter’s affection lay elsewhere.

Yao Yan received Zhu Kun’s essence blood and broke through to Nine Star Dou Sheng, then left the Ancient Emperor’s Cave to arrange his next plans. He asked Zi Yan to keep his breakthrough-related plans from Cai Lin and the others and to arrange for Jia Nan Academy to relocate.

• Zi Yan urged Zhu Kun to give Yao Yan essence blood, and Zhu Kun agreed after sensing Yao Yan’s Half-Emperor Body and hearing how close he was to Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Kun supplied Yao Yan with ordinary essence blood and twelve drops of Origin Blood Essence, which Yao Yan absorbed for more than a month.
• After falling into a deathlike stillness, Yao Yan’s vitality surged and he broke through the Eight Star Dou Sheng bottleneck to reach Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Yan thanked Zhu Kun, then told Zi Yan to keep his plans from Cai Lin and the others and to find an excuse to relocate Jia Nan Academy.
• Yao Yan left the cave to arrange matters involving the Xiao Family’s Emperor Jade and two Heavenly Flames, and to investigate whether Heavenly Flames could fuse Origin Emperor Qi.

Yao Yan returned the Tou She Ancient God Jade to the Xiao Clan before visiting Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect and rekindling their relationship. Nalan Yanran woke after six days and realized that Yao Yan was Yun Yun’s lover.

• Yao Yan returned the Tou She Ancient God Jade to its original place in the Xiao Clan’s ancestral hall.
• Yao Yan found Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain and carried her into her house.
• Nalan Yanran tried to enter the courtyard, but Yao Yan’s Space Power sent her away before he put her to sleep with Soul Power.
• After six days, Nalan Yanran woke and saw Yao Yan with Yun Yun, who called him an old friend and claimed he had been helping her cultivate.
• Nalan Yanran understood that Yao Yan was Yun Yun’s man.

Gu Xun'er found the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade in the Xiao Clan’s former residence, but Hun Xuzi stole it and revealed that Yao Yan’s bloodline came from the Tunling Clan. Gu Xun'er and Hun Xuzi clashed as Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi intervened, bringing the clans to the brink of war.

• Yao Yan reassured Yun Yun that the Misty Cloud Sect would be safe, then stayed with her while Nalan Yanran returned to the sect.
• Gu Xun'er investigated the Xiao Clan’s old residences and found the Tou She Ancient God Jade concealed beneath a spirit tablet in the Imperial Capital.
• Hun Xuzi seized the Emperor Jade and told Gu Xun'er that Yao Yan’s Tunling Clan bloodline let him devour and inherit other bloodlines.
• Gu Xun'er activated the Gu Clan Tattoo and attacked Hun Xuzi with the Emperor Seal, while both called for reinforcements.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi intervened, and Gu Yuan declared war as the Lei Yan Yao Three Clans arrived.

The Emperor Clans confronted one another over the Tou She Ancient God Jades, but Yao Yan’s arrival and Hun Tiandi’s maneuvering kept the armies from fighting. After Gu Xun’er whispered to Gu Yuan, the Gu Clan withdrew, apparently giving up the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade.

• The Lei, Yao, and Yan Clan chiefs joined Hun Tiandi’s forces to confront Gu Yuan, while Gu Yuan warned them against trusting Hun Tiandi.
• Yao Yan left Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran and appeared beside Hun Tiandi, where he denied being Yao Yan when Yao Dan asked about Yao Wangui and Yao Tian.
• Hun Tiandi threatened to ally with Gu Yuan against the three clans, forcing their chiefs to fall in line behind him.
• Yao Yan secretly urged Hun Tiandi to wait and fight in the Central Plains, where the Soul Clan could better collect Essence of Living Beings.
• Gu Xun’er whispered to Gu Yuan, then withdrew with him through a Space Crack, leaving the other clans stunned by the Gu Clan’s retreat.

Yao Yan returned to Pill Cauldron City and learned that his former home was gone and his mentor, Yao Nong, had died protecting him. He decided to save the city's people before the Soul Clan destroyed the Yao Clan, leaving Elder Yao Shan shocked by their plan.

• Hun Tiandi took the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade and ordered Yao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame to prepare to act against the Gu Clan.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan that Yao Yan had reached the Eight Star Dou Sheng Peak and suggested he might cooperate with the Gu Clan, but Gu Yuan chose to wait for Yao Yan to contact them.
• Yao Yan returned to Pill Cauldron City, found strangers living in his old home, and let go of his remaining attachment to the past.
• Yao Yan met Elder Yao Shan and learned that Yao Nong had self-detonated to protect him and erase the spatial coordinates of his departure.
• Yao Yan told Nihility Devouring Flame he wanted to save the people of the city, and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed while warning him to keep the plan secret.
• Yao Shan overheard Yao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame discussing the destruction of the Yao Clan and was left horrified.

Yao Yan joined forces with Void Swallowing Flame to destroy the Yao Clan, sealing off the Medicine World before attacking Pill Emperor City. As the Yao Clan summoned the Pill Emperor’s remnant soul, Yao Yan prepared to face it himself.

• Yao Yan questioned Void Swallowing Flame about the Fallen Emperor Pill and learned that its formula came from a dangerous region called the Void Sea.
• Yao Yan trapped Yao Shan and the surrounding city in an illusion, then went to reclaim his Heavenly Flame by cutting down the Yao Clan Monument.
• Yao Yan killed a Two Star Dou Sheng who attacked him, and Yao Dan activated the clan’s protections and called for aid from the Lei and Yan Clans.
• Yao Yan revealed that the Medicine World was sealed and declared that the Yao Clan would be erased, while Void Swallowing Flame engulfed the moon in black flames.
• Yao Dan activated the Celestial Transformation Medicine Array and summoned the Pill Emperor’s remnant soul with countless medicinal pills.
• Void Swallowing Flame warned that the remnant soul was powerful, but Yao Yan stepped forward, eager to test himself against it.

Yao Yan trapped the Pill Emperor's Remnant Soul in the Li Fire Grand Formation, destroyed it, and devoured the Yao Clan's power as Nihility Devouring Flame led a slaughter of the clan. After gaining two more Exotic Flames, Yao Yan considered his remaining flames and hoped Nihility Devouring Flame would delay betraying him until the Emperor Pill was refined.

• The Pill Emperor's Remnant Soul recognized Yao Yan's bloodline, but Yao Yan sealed it inside the Li Fire Grand Formation and overwhelmed it with his attack.
• Yao Dan rallied the Yao Clan to empower the formation, but Yao Yan used the flames to refine the Pill Emperor's Remnant Soul and pierced it with a beam from his violet-gold vertical eye.
• Yao Yan extracted the Exotic Flames and essence from Yao Dan and an Elder, while Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Yao Clan's protective formation and unleashed the Tunling Clan offspring to slaughter its members.
• Yao Dan accused Yao Yan of carrying Tunling Clan blood and begged him to spare the Yao Clan, but Yao Yan burned and devoured him.
• Yao Yan added the Nine Nether Wind Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Flame to his collection, bringing him to nineteen types, while Nihility Devouring Flame secretly planned to seize them later.

Nihility Devouring Flame and Yao Yan crushed the Yao Clan’s resistance as Yao Yan absorbed the energy in the Li Fire Grand Formation. After the Soul Clan trapped the clan’s surviving youths, Yao Ling submitted to a Soul Imprint in hopes of surviving and preserving a future for the Yao Clan.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sealed and killed the Yao Clan experts attempting to self-detonate while Yao Yan began absorbing the formation’s pill energy.
• Yao Wanhuo prepared to send Yao Ling and the other young clan members away as the Clan Protecting Grand Formation collapsed and Tunling Clan members invaded Pill Emperor City.
• Yao Wanhuo’s escape attempt failed when the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints blocked the way and demanded that the surviving youths accept Soul Imprints.
• Several Yao Clan youths chose death rather than submit, while Yao Ling offered herself as a servant to Yao Yan to secure the clan’s survival.
• Hun Tu killed Yao Wanhuo, leaving Yao Ling grieving and uncertain of her future.

Yao Yan left the Medicine World with Yao Ling, who carried the Yao Clan’s Ninth Grade and Emperor Pill formulas, and brought her to the Heavenly Tomb to study the Pill Emperor’s alchemy. As Yao Ling’s formulas reached him, Yao Yan began comprehending the Pill Emperor’s Dao beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Yao Yan sealed the energy of the Li Fire Grand Formation inside Ling Er so she could refine it for him, while Nihility Devouring Flame advised him to absorb the Pill Emperor’s Remnant Soul later.
• Hun Yan introduced Yao Ling to Yao Yan, and Yao Yan branded her soul with his Soul Imprint after learning she knew numerous Ninth Grade and Emperor Pill formulas.
• Yao Yan left the Medicine World with Yao Ling after Nihility Devouring Flame warned that the Lei and Yan Clans would soon be targeted.
• Yao Yan brought Yao Ling to the Heavenly Tomb, where she saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the Life Ancient Tree, and Ling Xi, while Ling Xi learned the Yao Clan had been destroyed.
• Yao Ling asked Yao Yan for a child to preserve the Yao Clan bloodline in exchange for the formulas, but Yao Yan used his Soul Imprint to extract them from her mind.
• Yao Yan studied the five Emperor Pill formulas and their refining methods beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, beginning to comprehend the Pill Emperor’s Dao.

Yao Yan awakened a Bloodline Divine Ability tied to the Yao Clan and returned to find Hun Tiandi preparing to attack the Lei and Yan Clans. He secretly searched for Heavenly Flames, found and absorbed the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and continued toward the approaching war and the opening of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Yao Yan formed an emerald-green rune from the Emperor Pill refining methods and realized it was a Bloodline Divine Ability manifested by the Yao Clan Bloodline.
• Yao Yan promised Yao Ling he would return her freedom if he became a Dou Di, then left the Heavenly Tomb and found the Soul World saturated with Essence of Living Beings from the Soul Clan's sacrifices.
• Hun Tiandi praised Yao Yan's growth and ordered him to lead the attack on the Lei and Yan Clans while the Four Great Elders assisted him.
• Yao Yan concealed his true strength, resolved to search for Heavenly Flames, and swept the Central Plains with his Soul Power.
• Yao Yan found the Mysterious Yellow Flame, absorbed it, and decided he could seek the remaining Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Fire and Yin-Yang Dual Flame through Strange Fire Square later.

The Soul Clan launched its war against the Lei, Yan, and Gu Clans, and Yao Yan fought Lei Ying and Yan Jin while demonstrating his breakthrough and control of Nine Profound Golden Lightning. As the armies clashed and Gu Yuan battled Hun Tiandi, Hun Tiandi revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had gone after the undefended ordinary clansmen to help him become a Dou Di.

• Yao Yan returned to the Soul World as Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to attack the Lei and Yan Clans, while Gu Yuan confronted him in the void.
• Yao Yan reached the armies of the three clans, and the Lei, Yan, and Gu armies unleashed their formations against the Soul Clan Army.
• Yao Yan attacked Lei Ying and Yan Jin, revealed his Emperor-level Soul Power, and used Nine Profound Golden Lightning to drain Lei Ying's Dou Qi and overwhelm both clan leaders.
• Yao Yan exchanged a glance with Gu Xun'er amid the battlefield, while Gu Lie wondered where Nihility Devouring Flame had gone.
• Hun Tiandi told Gu Yuan that Nihility Devouring Flame had gone after the ordinary clansmen left undefended, admitting that he sought to become a Dou Di at any cost.