Chapter Summaries

After returning to their clans, Gu Yuan and the others prepared for the coming year while Xun'er persuaded Gu Yuan not to spend the Ancient Clan's resources ripening the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. Xiao Yan met Tou She Ancient God, learned why the continent had gone without Dou Di experts and that they shared the same cultivation method, then received the Ancient Emperor Inheritance as his breakthrough began.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin returned to their clans and entered seclusion to pursue the Nine-Star Dou Sheng Realm, while Yao Dan went home to await the result.
• Xun'er convinced Gu Yuan to abandon his plan to ripen the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill with the Ancient Clan's resources, since Xiao Yan could refine one after reaching the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan entered the Ocean of Heavenly Flames and met Tou She Ancient God, who asked whether any Dou Di experts had appeared after him.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that Source Qi was the key to becoming an emperor and revealed that he had practiced the same unnamed cultivation method that became Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra.
• Tou She Ancient God condensed the Ocean of Heavenly Flames into a Flame Lotus Seed and sent it into Xiao Yan, beginning the Ancient Emperor Inheritance.

Xiao Yan used the Flame Lotus Seed and his Emperor Realm Soul to repeatedly rebuild his body as he cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb. Half a year passed outside before a blazing sun, falling sea of fire, and collapsing skies plunged the Dou Qi Continent into a world-shaking calamity.

• The Flame Lotus Seed overwhelmed Xiao Yan's body with energy, causing him to explode into blood mist.
• Xiao Yan used his Emperor Realm Soul to gather the blood mist and form a new body, but it exploded again as he tried to refine the energy.
• Tou She Ancient God praised Xiao Yan's comprehension, said his task was complete, and vanished after promising to wait for him in a new plane.
• Xiao Yan remained alone in the Heavenly Tomb, repeatedly cycling through the creation, destruction, and rebirth of his body.
• After half a year outside, the Dou Qi Continent began to shake as a blazing sun appeared and a vast sea of fire descended across the sky.
• Experts across the continent watched the collapsing skies and falling fire in terror, fearing the world was about to be destroyed.

A continent-wide upheaval sent the major factions investigating, while the Xiao Tribe underwent a sweeping bloodline transformation that raised its members’ cultivation by several realms. Zhu Kun and Zi Yan left Ancient Dragon Island to investigate the disturbance, and Xiao Jiu was left bewildered that his own cultivation did not increase.

• The great upheaval destabilized Ancient Dragon Island, and Zhu Kun used the Dragon Emperor Hall’s power to stabilize it.
• Zhu Kun concluded that a new Dou Di had likely appeared, then left with Zi Yan to investigate while Zhu Huo guarded Ancient Dragon Island.
• The Xiao Tribe’s bloodline transformation raised most clansmen’s strength dramatically, with Xiao Zhan and Lady Xiao reaching Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li also rose to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, while other Xiao Tribe members gained several stars in cultivation.
• Xiao Jiu found that his mid-stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng cultivation had not changed and broke down, demanding that he be allowed to advance.

Xiao Xuan felt the Xiao Tribe’s Dou Di Bloodline awaken and realized a new Dou Di had been born, undoing the calamity he had caused a thousand years earlier. He summoned the tribe to witness the Central Plains through a projection, where the story left them gathered beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree as it spoke of a new generation of Immortals.

• Xiao Zhan recognized the surging auras as a sign that someone in the Xiao Tribe had broken through to Dou Di and flew out with the elders.
• Xiao Xuan felt the tribe’s newly reborn Bloodline power surge through him, suppressed his urge to break through, and wept in gratitude before the Primal Ancestor’s statue.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Hong, and the other Eight Sages gathered at Xiao Xuan’s hall, and he led them into the sky above the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range.
• Xiao Xuan asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to stabilize his projection of the Central Plains, then invited the Xiao Tribe’s descendants to witness the birth of a new Dou Di generation.
• More than one hundred thousand Xiao Tribe descendants assembled above the mountain range as the Bodhi Ancient Tree murmured that a new generation of Immortals had been born.

Xiao Yan appeared on a Crimson Flame Throne above the Central Plains and declared that he was ascending to Dou Di. As the continent witnessed his proclamation, fire energy surged and magma beneath the earth began to accelerate.

• Gu Yuan and Gu Dao recognized that Xiao Yan had caused the heavenly upheaval, while Xun'er sensed his success through their spiritual connection.
• The Hundred Thousand Fire Territories halted above the Central Plains, and experts realized that a new Dou Di was raising a throne and ascending to Emperorhood.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the sun, took its place as the brightest presence in the sky, and seated himself upon the Crimson Flame Throne.
• Xiao Yan declared himself Xiao Yan of the Xiao Tribe and invited all living beings to witness his ascension, moving Xiao Xuan and the Xiao Tribe descendants.
• Xiao Yan rose and proclaimed himself Flame Emperor, causing fire-attributed energy to surge as scarlet rivers crossed the sky and magma flow beneath the continent accelerated.

After becoming a Dou Di, Xiao Yan blessed the Dou Qi Continent with a rain of fire and revealed that he would bring Source Qi back to the plane. He then commanded the Heavenly Flames across the continent to gather before him, leaving the onlookers wondering what he intended to do.

• Xiao Yan shattered the crimson dragons, whose fiery rain entered the bodies of the continent’s inhabitants and strengthened their cultivation.
• Xiao Yan revealed that ancient Dou Di powerhouses had exhausted the plane’s Source Qi and promised to capture the Source Qi Channel in half a year so future generations could become Emperors.
• The people of the continent knelt and thanked Xiao Yan for blessing them, while he planned to make the plane the base for his future campaigns across the Great Thousand Plane.
• Xiao Yan commanded all flames under heaven, and the Mysterious Yellow Flame and other Heavenly Flames flew to his side.
• Yan Jin calmly watched as the Volcanic Stone Flame left his body, while Yan Yao’s Cloudwater Flame also answered Xiao Yan’s summons.

Xiao Yan gathered the twenty-two Heavenly Flames and forged them into the legendary Emperor Flame. He returned eleven empowered flames to their rightful masters, leaving the continent’s clans astonished and grateful.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavenly Flames, including flames belonging to Yao Chen, Xun'er, and the Yao Clan, until twenty-two surrounded him.
• Xiao Yan fused the twenty-two flames and called forth the crimson Emperor Flame, whose power carried an Emperor Realm aura.
• Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame’s power to restore eleven borrowed Heavenly Flames and awaken their Fire Spirits.
• Xiao Yan sent the eleven flames back to their masters, including the Yan Tribe, Yao Chen, Yao Tian, and Great Elder Wanhuo.
• Yao Dan returned the Nine Nether Wind Flame to Great Elder Wanhuo, and the Yao Clan praised Xiao Yan for recovering its lost inherited flame.

Xiao Yan returned the Heavenly Flames to their masters, revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame could manifest as Emperor Flame, and departed for the Xiao Tribe after ascending to Dou Di. Zhu Kun and Zi Yan discussed the ascension phenomena and went to congratulate him, while the continent’s experts stayed behind for seven days before dispersing.

• Xiao Yan returned eleven Heavenly Flames to their owners, kept six ownerless flames, and summoned Nihility Devouring Flame, who transformed into a human and learned he was one of Emperor Flame’s manifestations.
• Xiao Yan greeted the Xiao Tribe through their live broadcast, absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame, and left the Crimson Flame Throne to return home.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun about Xiao Yan’s vast ascension phenomenon, and Zhu Kun explained that such phenomena reflected a Dou Di’s potential while nervously anticipating his own ascension.
• Zhu Kun took Zi Yan into the void to visit the Xiao Tribe and congratulate Xiao Yan, while the gathered experts remained for seven days before departing.

After attaining the Dou Di Realm and destroying the Soul Clan, Xiao Yan announced his wedding and invited his allies to attend in seven days. He arranged wedding plans with Xun'er, Her Majesty the Queen, and Yun Yun, then left for the Jia Ma Empire to bring back his promised brides and their people.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Xiao Tribe descendants' congratulations, reunited with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xuan, and welcomed eight allied superpowers.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would marry in seven days, took Xun'er's hand, and invited Cai Lin and Yun Yun to the wedding.
• Yao Chen asked A Qing and Xuan Yi whether they would marry him, and both agreed.
• Xiao Yan agreed to bring the Snake-People Tribe and the Misty Cloud Sect from the Jia Ma Empire to the Central Plains as part of the wedding arrangements.
• Xiao Xuan temporarily released Xiao Yan's authority over the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yan set off for the Jia Ma Empire.

The Xiao Tribe began collecting Xiao Yan’s four brides for his wedding, while the Ancient Clan and Snake-People Tribe prepared their own ceremonies. The chapter left Xun’er watching the Ancient Clan’s traditional escort trial and Medusa waiting uneasily as hers began.

• The Xiao Tribe sent four escort teams to collect Xun’er, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei while Xiao Yan waited in Wutan City.
• Gu Qingyang demanded that Xiao Ding’s escort pass the Black Annihilation Army’s test before taking Xun’er, and Xiao Ding led the Fifth Regiment into battle.
• Xun’er worried about the fighting outside, though her maids reassured her that the commanders would keep it under control.
• Yao Ming welcomed the Snake-People Tribe to the Nether Snake Earth Vein and provided land and buildings for them.
• Xiao Li arrived with his Sixth Regiment to escort Medusa, while Medusa watched the gathering from a pavilion in bridal attire and remained in a poor mood.

Medusa’s wedding party faced the Snake-People Tribe’s traditional challenge, but the tribal leaders backed down when they realized the Queen would punish any delay. Xiao Li completed a friendly match and took Medusa away, while Xiao Jiu began a separate trial at the Flower Sect ruins to win Yun Yun’s hand.

• Medusa ordered Hua She'er to give Mo Ba Si and the other tribal leaders only twenty minutes for their challenge, threatening them if they delayed her wedding.
• Mo Ba Si asked Xiao Li to suppress his cultivation and face the eight leaders, but the leaders changed their minds when they feared Medusa’s anger.
• The Snake-People Tribe elders arranged a friendly match, after which Xiao Li took Medusa away amid the tribespeople’s cheers.
• At the Flower Sect ruins, an elder challenged Xiao Jiu to break the Sea of Flowers Formation using Dou Zun-level power.
• Xiao Jiu eagerly urged the Flower Sect’s one hundred and eight Dou Zun elders to form their array.

Xiao Jiu’s overwhelming golden dragon form halted the Flower Sect’s Sea of Flowers Formation, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran prepared for the wedding amid family objections. At Sky Mansion, Xiao Ning tried to collect Ya Fei but faced an arithmetic test instead of a fight, leaving him trying to persuade Hai Bo Dong to fight after all.

• Xiao Jiu transformed into a giant golden thunder dragon and frightened the Flower Sect elders, but Hua Qing stopped the battle and asked him to return to human form.
• Yun Yun sat dressed for her wedding as Nalan Yanran praised her and explained she was not ready to share a husband with her teacher.
• Nalan Jie tried to force his way into Yun Yun’s boudoir to demand justice over Yanran’s engagement, while Yun Shan restrained him.
• Xiao Ning arrived at Sky Mansion to collect Ya Fei and asked Hai Bo Dong to fight, but Hai Bo Dong refused.
• Ya Fei challenged Xiao Ning to solve an arithmetic problem about chickens and rabbits, so he abandoned the test and again urged Hai Bo Dong to fight.

Xiao Yan welcomed his four brides to Wutan City and held his wedding in the Xiao Realm before friends, family, and allies. After the ceremony, he tried to persuade all four wives to share a room with him, then rushed into Yun Yun’s room first.

• Xiao Yan waited with the Xiao Tribe at Wutan City for the four bridal processions while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin bickered on the city wall.
• Xiao Yan gathered his four brides and returned with them to the Xiao Realm, where the wedding ceremony began before invited guests.
• Flame Emperor and his four wives completed the ceremony, while Zhu Kun escorted the sulking Zi Yan away from the hall.
• That night, Xiao Yan proposed that he and his wives sleep in one room, then broke through Yun Yun’s door and pounced toward her.

Xiao Yan opened a Source Qi Channel and brought Source Qi back to the Dou Qi Continent. Three days later, Xiao Xuan became Emperor Xiao, making him the Xiao Tribe’s second Emperor alongside Xiao Yan.

• At the half-year deadline, Xiao Yan opened a vast luminous passage and tore it open to release Source Qi into the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan sensed their cultivation loosening and bowed to Xiao Yan before leaving with him.
• After returning to the Xiao Realm, Xiao Xuan entered seclusion while the continent’s experts absorbed the newly arrived Source Qi.
• Three days later, the Xiao Tribe’s Bloodline power surged, raising its descendants’ strength and advancing Xiao Chen and Xiao Hong to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Xuan’s Primal Ancestor manifestation announced his ascension and declared that he would be known as Emperor Xiao.

After four experts became Dou Di, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan launched a twenty-year plan to prepare a chosen group for ascension to a higher plane. Eight more experts reached the Emperor Realm, and the superpowers arranged leadership transfers before opening the planar passage in half a year.

• Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan followed Xiao Yan into the Emperor Realm, strengthening their clans and accelerating their descendants' cultivation.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan agreed to take twelve peak experts on the Ascension Plan and formed an alliance among the nine great superpowers.
• Over the next twenty years, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Xiao Jiu, Yao Dan, Gu Xun'er, Zi Yan, Yao Chen, and Cai Lin became Dou Di.
• The superpowers scheduled the Emperors' ascension for half a year later and began transferring authority to those staying behind.
• Xiao Yan raised Ya Fei's cultivation from Dou Emperor to Dou Sheng, though her fighting strength remained weak.

Half a year later, Xiao Yan and eleven other Dou Di experts left the Dou Qi Continent through a Plane Passage for a higher plane. The passage closed behind them, leaving their loved ones behind and the continent entering a new Era Without Emperors.

• Xiao Yan asked the gathered Dou Di experts whether they had settled their clan affairs, and they exchanged Soul Jade Tablets before departing.
• The twelve Emperors opened a mysterious passage and entered it as experts across the continent bade them farewell.
• Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin watched the passage close, trusting Xiao Yan's promise to return within ten to twenty years.
• Ya Fei suggested that the four women play cards, and Yun Yun enthusiastically agreed.

A Space Storm scattered Xiao Yan and the other travelers across the Void, and Xiao Yan emerged above Luo God City on the Western Heaven Continent. As Spiritual Energy began assimilating the Dou Qi in his body, the Thunder Crane Knights arrived to investigate.

• A Space Storm tore the twelve travelers apart and flung them toward different stars in the Void.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a spatial rift above Luo God City, in the Luo God Clan's territory.
• The Luo God Clan dispatched an elite patrol squad of Thunder Crane Knights to investigate the disturbance.
• Spiritual Energy flooded into Xiao Yan and began assimilating his Dou Qi, triggering a violent conflict inside his body.
• Xiao Yan coughed up blood as the Thunder Crane Knights reached him.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Great Thousand World and was surrounded by Thunder Crane Knights from the Luo God Clan while struggling to assimilate Spiritual Energy. The Luo God Clan’s leader brought him to Luo God Palace and helped him begin converting his Dou Qi.

• Thunder Crane Knights surrounded Xiao Yan, and their captain recognized that he had just arrived from a lower plane.
• The Luo God Clan’s leader appeared, dismissed the knights, and sealed off surrounding Spiritual Energy to help Xiao Yan stabilize.
• Xiao Yan used his Emperor Flame to expel the Spiritual Energy disrupting his body, and the leader brought him to Luo God Palace.
• The leader opened a gap in Xiao Yan’s barrier so he could draw in Spiritual Energy and convert his Dou Qi with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation technique formed a powerful energy vortex, and the leader removed the barrier so his conversion could proceed faster.

Xiao Yan completed Spiritual Energy Assimilation in one day at the Luo God Clan, where Clan Leader Luo Tianshen assessed his reduced cultivation and explained the Great Thousand World's power system. Xiao Yan concealed his true strength and set his sights on recovering his Heavenly Sovereign cultivation within five years.

• Xiao Yan woke after completing Spiritual Energy Assimilation and met Luo Tianshen, Clan Leader of the Luo God Clan.
• Xiao Yan released his aura, revealing Sixth Grade Sovereign cultivation after his Spiritual Energy conversion had reduced his former Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength.
• Luo Tianshen mistakenly inferred that Xiao Yan had reached the Earthly Sovereign level before assimilation and welcomed the prospect of befriending such a talented visitor.
• Luo Tianshen explained the Great Thousand World's cultivation system and said Xiao Yan might need five to eight years to return to the Lower Earthly Sovereign level.
• Xiao Yan acted confused about the realms and privately resolved to recover his Heavenly Sovereign cultivation within five years.

Xiao Yan planned to leave the Luo God Clan after a month of training and search for the friends and family who had ascended with him. Luo Tianshen suggested seeking the Mirror of Judgment through Tai Cang Spirit Academy, and Xiao Yan named the academy as his next destination.

• Xiao Yan accepted Luo Tianshen’s Universe Bracelet and said he would spend a month retraining before searching for his separated relatives and friends.
• Xiao Yan offered to serve as a Guest Elder and promised to return if the Luo God Clan faced trouble; Luo Tianshen accepted the offer.
• Luo Tianshen explained that the Five Great Spirit Academies controlled the detection-type Divine Artifact Mirror of Judgment and advised Xiao Yan to approach Old Dragon Kun at Tai Cang Spirit Academy.
• Xiao Yan decided to head to Tai Cang Spirit Academy and told Luo Tianshen that twelve people, including him, had ascended together.
• Luo Tianshen was astonished to learn that Xiao Yan’s group included his wife, younger sister, teacher, family elders, and friends.