Recaps

Xiao Wujiu and his allies confronted the Ninth King Hall as demonic qi threatened to break the seal. After revealing his Reincarnation Stage power and combining the Ancestral Talismans’ forces, Xiao Wujiu prepared a five-colored fire lotus for a decisive strike.

• Mo Luo and Mu Lan recognized that demonic qi was eroding the seal, and Xiao Wujiu told Jiang Yinyin and Mu Lingshan to stay with Lin Dong while the others prepared.
• Xiao Wujiu transformed with the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, empowered the Yongzhen Array into an Ancient Divine Artifact, and used its lightning to clear the demonic qi.
• Xiao Wujiu drew the Ninth King Hall out of a ravine, and the demon was startled when he sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and Life and Death Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Yongzhen Array to balance the Ancestral Talisman powers, then called on Mo Luo to lend him the Flame Ancestral Talisman’s power.
• Xiao Wujiu froze the Ninth King Hall with the Ancestral Ice Talisman and gathered the powers of five Ancestral Talismans into a five-colored fire lotus.

Xiao Wujiu helped destroy the Ninth King Hall with the Great Desolation Sect’s final strength and received their Reincarnation Stage insights. Two months later, he left Tianxuan Continent and returned to Douqi Continent, intent on facing the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Wujiu hurled his Buddha Fury Fire Lotus at the Ninth King Hall, who formed Demon Empress Armor and tried to withstand the attack.
• The Black-Eyed Elder and the Great Desolation Sect’s lingering will lent their strength to the fire lotus, which annihilated the Ninth King Hall.
• Xiao Wujiu received the Great Desolation Sect’s Reincarnation Stage insights as Lin Dong, Mu Lan, and Mo Luo began to comprehend them.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Jiang Yinyin to communicate with her Reincarnation Seal, and she fell asleep before waking beside Jiang Xue, Lin Dong, and Mu Lingshan.
• Two months later, Xiao Wujiu left Flame City and stepped through a doorway back to Douqi Continent, declaring that he had returned.

Xiao Wujiu returned to the Black-Corner Region as a Two-Star Dou Sheng and went to Jia Nan Academy to confront the Ancient Clan. He reunited with Su Qian and declared that he had returned to kill.

• Xiao Wujiu returned to the Douqi Continent, reached the initial stage of Two-Star Dou Sheng, and set out for Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan discussed how the Ancient Clan's Half-Saint had seized the academy's Heavenly Flames and imposed restrictions, leaving the academy in decline.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived at Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian recognized him and urged him to flee the Ancient Clan's ambush.
• Xiao Wujiu calmed Su Qian and said he had returned for one reason: to kill.

Xiao Wujiu returned to Jia Nan Academy, learned how the Ancient Clan had abused it and taken its Heavenly Flame, and prepared the academy for the conflict ahead. He revealed that he had already defeated Gu Chen and began extracting the Ancient Clan Half-Saint's soul to make him repay what he had taken.

• Xiao Wujiu heard Su Qian recount how Ancient Clan experts had oppressed Jia Nan Academy and seized the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Wujiu gave Su Qian two Heavenly Demon Puppets, rebuilding resources, an escape stone, and nine Runes containing his full-force strikes.
• Su Qian asked about Xiao Wujiu's strength, and Xiao Wujiu claimed he was only a hair's breadth stronger than the Intermediate Half-Saint stationed at the academy.
• Xiao Wujiu returned through a spatial passage dragging the half-dead Gu Chen, shocking Su Qian and Hu Gan.
• Xiao Wujiu began forcibly pulling Gu Chen's soul from his body, while Gu Chen cried out and threatened him with the Ancient Clan's retaliation.

Xiao Wujiu killed Gu Chen, secured Jia Nan Academy, and left to wage war against the Emperor Clans. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Nanhai then learned that something had happened to Gu Chen.

• Xiao Wujiu tore Gu Chen’s soul from his body, extracted the Fallen Heart Flame, and stored Gu Chen’s soul in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Wujiu formed a vast barrier over Jia Nan Academy, killing Ancient Clan members and Soul Clan agents he found inside it.
• Xiao Wujiu declared Jia Nan Academy forbidden ground for Emperor Clans, and Su Qian and Hu Gan watched as its teachers and students celebrated their protection.
• Xiao Wujiu left the academy, resolved to clear the path ahead through slaughter, and kept a safeguard ready to evacuate the academy if needed.
• In the Ancient Realm, Gu Nanhai reviewed reports from the Northwest Continent and wondered where Xiao Wujiu had gone.
• An Ancient Clan messenger rushed in and told Gu Nanhai that something had happened to Gu Chen.

After Gu Chen’s Life Tablet shattered, Gu Nanhai suspected Xiao Wujiu had become powerful enough to kill a High-Rank Half-Saint and rushed to the Northwest Continent with three Saints to eliminate him. Three days later, Gu Yao received the clan’s warning in the Heavenly Snake Empire just as someone addressed him.

• Gu Zhen told Gu Nanhai that Gu Chen’s Life Tablet had shattered, and Gu Nanhai immediately left to gather forces.
• Gu Nanhai ordered the Ancient Clan geniuses on the Northwest Continent to return, reported the incident to the clan’s higher-ups, and led three Saints through a spatial passage.
• Gu Nanhai suspected Xiao Wujiu had killed Gu Chen and resolved to eradicate him, while considering how Xiao Yan and Xuner might factor into the conflict.
• Gu Yao received a message warning that Gu Chen had died and that Xiao Wujiu’s strength might exceed High-Rank Half-Saint.
• As Gu Yao prepared to consult Elder Tongxuan, an unfamiliar voice asked whether he was Gu Yao.

Xiao Wujiu killed Gu Yao and revealed his intention to take revenge on all seven Emperor Clans. He then waited above the Heavenly Snake Empire to confront four approaching Ancient Clan Dou Shengs.

• Xiao Wujiu tore through Elder Tongxuan's barrier and confronted Gu Yao, who offered to negotiate for his life.
• Xiao Wujiu summoned the souls of Ancient Clan and Soul Clan members he had killed and declared that he would make the Emperor Clans repay their share in the Xiao Clan's persecution.
• The Ghosts subdued Gu Yao, tore his soul from his body, and dragged it into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed four approaching Ancient Clan Dou Shengs, took Gu Yao's corpse, and waited for them above the Heavenly Snake Empire.
• Gu Jie appeared with three other Dou Shengs, and the two sides prepared to fight.

Xiao Wujiu trapped Gu Jie and three other Dou Sheng in the Yongzhen Array, using possessed Heavenly Demon Puppets to overwhelm them. By the end, the formation had subdued all four, leaving Xiao Wujiu in control of the battle.

• Xiao Wujiu activated the Yongzhen Array and confronted Gu Jie and the three other Dou Sheng with the Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Wujiu summoned eighteen violet-gold Heavenly Demon Puppets and had Ancient Clan Ghosts possess them.
• The puppets attacked the four Dou Sheng, knocking the two one-star experts into an encirclement and battering Gu Jie and the two-star Dou Sheng beside him.
• Gu Jie unleashed the Ancient Clan's Five Seals as One, but a burly puppet blocked the attack without being harmed and the others struck him down.
• The puppets and shifting formation subdued the two one-star Dou Sheng and sealed the other two-star Dou Sheng.
• The puppets severed Gu Jie's connection to external energy, drained his Battle Qi, and left him unable to fight.

Xiao Wujiu defeated and captured four Ancient Clan Dou Sheng, then killed them by drawing their souls into the Human Emperor Banner. He headed through a gateway to Central Plains to hunt Ancient Clan geniuses and pursue opportunities that would strengthen him and weaken the clan.

• Xiao Wujiu mocked the captured Gu Jie and three other Ancient Clan Dou Sheng after his Heavenly Demon Puppets forced them to their knees.
• Gu Jie warned that Gu Nanhai and other powerful Ancient Clan experts would come, then offered to restore relations if Xiao Wujiu released them and returned the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Wujiu rejected Gu Jie's offer and used the Human Emperor Banner to extract the four men's souls, then collected their bodies.
• Xiao Wujiu planned to hunt Ancient Clan geniuses in Central Plains and seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, visit the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan, and pursue other opportunities.
• Xiao Wujiu opened a gateway to Central Plains and stepped through, aiming to gain time before Gu Nanhai could reach him.

Xiao Wujiu ambushed the Ancient Clan group at the Central Plains end of the spatial passage and trapped them inside a sealed area. He revealed the captured Gu Yun and other elders as the group realized they had no way back.

• Xiao Wujiu used intelligence from a captured Half-Saint to reach the spatial passage before the Ancient Clan group returned.
• He prepared formations to seal the area and block the passage, while freezing the guards and keeping them alive to avoid alerting the Ancient Clan.
• Elder Gu Li emerged from the passage and warned the juniors behind him not to come out when he spotted Xiao Wujiu.
• Xiao Wujiu sealed the passage, forcing the other Ancient Clan members to emerge and gather around Gu Li.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced himself as Xiao Wujiu of the Xiao Tribe and revealed Gu Yun and the other captured elders imprisoned in cages.

Xiao Wujiu fought Gu Li and overwhelmed the late-stage Three-Star Dou Sheng despite his own Two-Star cultivation. Gu Li realized he had lost, while Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and the Half-Saint elders fought to escape the Heavenly Demon Puppets’ formation.

• Gu Li recognized Xiao Wujiu as the Xiao Tribe remnant and prepared to fight him inside the Heavenly Demon Puppets’ formation.
• Gu Li ordered Gu Hua and Gu Xing to find a way to escape and summon reinforcements, while Gu Xing warned that Xiao Wujiu could increase his strength with secret arts.
• Gu Li charged Xiao Wujiu with his Mountain-Breaking Spear as Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and the Half-Saint elders attacked the puppets.
• Xiao Wujiu activated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and used his spear, lightning, and flames to suppress Gu Li in their clash.
• Gu Li fought on and traded injuries with Xiao Wujiu, but his wounds mounted while Xiao Wujiu remained comparatively composed.
• Gu Li leaned on his spear and recognized that he had lost.

Gu Li tried to sacrifice himself to break Xiao Wujiu’s sealing formation, but Xiao Wujiu stopped him with the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman and froze him. Xiao Wujiu then captured the Ancient Clan members and used the Human Emperor Banner to devour their souls while Gu Li remained conscious.

• Gu Li realized Xiao Wujiu had been holding back and decided to self-destruct to open a gap in the formation for the Ancient Clan members.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman to reverse Gu Li’s self-destruction, then froze him in place.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppets quickly captured Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and the other Ancient Clan members.
• Xiao Wujiu carried Gu Li’s frozen body before the captives and taunted them.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Human Emperor Banner to seize and refine the souls of the Ancient Clan elders and geniuses as Gu Li watched.

Xiao Wujiu killed Gu Li and the Ancient Clan expedition, then escaped as their Life Tablets shattered. Gu Yuan ordered Gu Dao to capture him, while Gu Xuner feared the incident would endanger Xiao Yan and erupted with Dou Zun power.

• Xiao Wujiu seized Gu Li’s soul, gathered the Ancient Clan corpses, and escaped through a one-use spatial formation.
• The Ancient Clan’s Life Tablets shattered in succession, including Gu Li’s, and the elder on duty rushed to report the losses to Gu Yuan.
• Gu Ling told Gu Yuan that Xiao Wujiu had ambushed Gu Li and the others near the Central Plains exit after controlling Gu Yun.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Ling to summon Gu Dao and bring Xiao Wujiu before him.
• Gu Xuner read reports about Xiao Yan and Xiao Wujiu, burned them, and released her Dou Zun aura in anger over the threat to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Wujiu traveled to the Beast Domain to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and discovered the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in the Skeleton Mountain Range. He headed for the range’s center to claim the Heavenly Flame, where his Saint aura had driven away the resident Magical Beasts.

• Xiao Wujiu used a spatial leap to reach the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the Beast Domain and decided to prioritize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit at the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Xiao Wujiu located a powerful eighth-rank Magical Beast and received directions to the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed a Heavenly Flame in the range and identified it as the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which had grown amid the countless beast bones.
• Xiao Wujiu advanced toward the center of the range, intent on claiming the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived at the bone-covered center, where his concealed Saint aura had frightened away the resident eighth-rank Magical Beasts.

Xiao Wujiu broke through the sea of bones in the Skeleton Mountain Range and captured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which he refined and absorbed. He then found and opened the Saint of Creation’s sealed ruins, leaving the chapter as he entered the fiery passage beyond the great hall.

• Xiao Wujiu hurled a lightning spear into the sea of bones, drawing out a fire dragon shaped like an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Xiao Wujiu subdued the weakened fire dragon, revealed as the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and refined it with the Creation Cauldron.
• Xiao Wujiu learned that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame could control and command some magical beasts and purify certain bloodlines.
• Xiao Wujiu located the Saint of Creation’s ruins in the southwestern Skeleton Mountain Range and shattered the sealed space around them.
• Xiao Wujiu entered the thousand-foot fiery hall and forced open its doors, revealing a passage leading deeper into the ruins.

Xiao Wujiu crossed the Fire Passage and summoned Zi Yan to join him in the ruin. He left her impressed by his overwhelming physical strength after crushing the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

• Xiao Wujiu used the Southern Bright Spirit Fire to dive through the magma and enter a new space beyond the Fire Passage.
• Xiao Wujiu opened the Crossing Gate, and Zi Yan rushed through, leaving Qing Xue and Cai Lin fighting a Great Completion Death Profound Realm magical beast.
• Xiao Wujiu led Zi Yan toward the ruin’s depths, where the Heavenly Demon Puppet Formation activated and summoned a Two-Star Dou Zun puppet.
• Xiao Wujiu studied the formation, recognized its connection to the Heavenly Demon Puppet Method, and memorized its principles.
• Xiao Wujiu struck the puppet and pinned it against the stone gate, leaving Zi Yan astonished by his inhuman strength.

Xiao Wujiu reassured Zi Yan that he would not send her away, then followed her through the ruin to a medicinal forest and the Beast Spirit Barrier protecting the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zi Yan opened the barrier with her golden blood mark, and they prepared to enter.

• Xiao Wujiu stored the undamaged Heavenly Demon Puppet and went with Zi Yan to investigate the stone door.
• Zi Yan feared Xiao Wujiu was sending her back to her clan because he no longer wanted her, and he comforted her by calling her his little follower.
• Xiao Wujiu followed Zi Yan through the ruin to a sealed chamber filled with rare medicinal herbs and sent Heavenly Demon Puppets to harvest them.
• Xiao Wujiu and Zi Yan reached the Beast Spirit Barrier at the center of the medicinal forest, where the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was kept.
• Zi Yan used her golden blood mark to verify her identity and open the Beast Spirit Barrier.

Xiao Wujiu took Zi Yan into the Beast Spirit Barrier and showed her the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, explaining her Ancient Void Dragon royal bloodline and the clan's plight. He prepared to help her refine the fruit and sent her on a mission to retrieve a Primordial Dragon Bone, while he began refining a pill to aid her cultivation.

• Xiao Wujiu brought Zi Yan to the altar and showed her the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing between the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heaven Phoenix.
• Xiao Wujiu explained Zi Yan's royal bloodline, her place as the future empress of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and what he had learned about her origins.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Zi Yan to visit the Dragon Clan in the Demon Region and bring back a Primordial Dragon Bone, and she agreed.
• Xiao Wujiu left Heavenly Demon Puppets and a passage between the worlds to protect Zi Yan while she absorbed the fruit.
• Zi Yan plucked the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Wujiu gathered ingredients and began refining a Grade Nine Treasure Pill with the Creation Cauldron.

Xiao Wujiu refined a Grade Nine Treasure Pill from rare ingredients and the residual ancestral souls of an Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heaven Phoenix. He suppressed the pill’s escape and gave it to Zi Yan, naming it the Dragon Phoenix Pill to help her absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Xiao Wujiu gathered medicinal ingredients from both worlds and used the Creation Cauldron to refine them alongside the remains and ancestral souls of an Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heaven Phoenix.
• The Creation Cauldron fused the incompatible ingredients and souls into a golden-purple pill, drawing energy through a gateway to the Tianxuan Continent.
• Xiao Wujiu dispersed the forming Black Demon Lightning with the Thunder Ancestral Talisman, allowing the Grade Nine Treasure Pill to finish forming.
• The pill tried to escape, but Xiao Wujiu had the Creation Cauldron suppress it and bring it to him.
• Xiao Wujiu sealed the pill in a medicine box, named it the Dragon Phoenix Pill, and gave it to Zi Yan, who happily accepted it.

After preparing to take control of the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan, Xiao Wujiu killed an elder who confronted him in the Skeleton Mountain Range and used the elder’s memories to travel to the clan’s headquarters. He arrived with the Nine Nether Yellow Spring as his target.

• Xiao Wujiu contacted Cai Lin and Qing Lin, telling them to prepare to join his operation against the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu planned to build his strength by supporting Zi Yan’s advancement, subduing the Four Great Dragon Islands, and granting spirit to the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• A sinister elder and a Five-Star Dou Zun confronted Xiao Wujiu, accusing him of trespassing and demanding the treasure he had found.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed himself as a Saint, crushed the elder’s head, and seized his soul to learn the location of the Nine Nether Deep Underworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu killed the Five-Star Dou Zun with his flames, then used the elder’s memories to teleport to the clan’s headquarters and target the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.

Xiao Wujiu brought Cai Lin and Qing Lin to the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan’s headquarters to rescue Yao Ming and take control of the clan. He planned to make it Qing Lin’s support and help both women grow stronger, and led them toward the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.

• Xiao Wujiu summoned Cai Lin and Qing Lin through the Crossing Gate and reunited with them at the Nine Nether Abyss.
• Xiao Wujiu praised Qing Lin’s progress and embraced Cai Lin, whose cultivation had reached the Six-Turn Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Wujiu explained his plan to help the women grow stronger, and Cai Lin and Qing Lin eagerly urged him to take them underground.
• Xiao Wujiu led Cai Lin and Qing Lin through the underground world to the Underworld Snake Earth Vein and the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan’s headquarters.
• Xiao Wujiu planned to rescue Yao Ming, then have Qing Lin control him, Yao Xiaotian, and the clan’s Half-Saint elders.
• Xiao Wujiu led Cai Lin and Qing Lin to the abyss containing the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where he hoped they could claim the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s inheritance.

Xiao Wujiu descended into the Nine Nether Yellow Spring while Cai Lin and Qing Lin guarded the lakeside. He reached the glowing lakebed, suspected a dangerous Dou Di cave mansion lay deeper below, and decided to focus on his immediate task rather than investigate further.

• Xiao Wujiu left Cai Lin and Qing Lin at the lakeside with Heavenly Demon Puppets and Ghosts to protect them while he entered the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Sea Heart Flame and Ancestral Ice Talisman to withstand the lake’s heat and cold as he descended.
• Xiao Wujiu crushed a swarm of strange serpents that attacked him in the water.
• Xiao Wujiu reached a glowing stretch of sandy ground beneath the lake and considered whether a Dou Di cave mansion lay deeper below.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed danger in the depths and chose to handle his immediate task instead of investigating further.

Xiao Wujiu found Yao Ming imprisoned in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and freed him after demanding his submission. Yao Ming agreed and pledged to serve him, while Xiao Wujiu took the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and the four Yellow Spring Yin Stones; the chapter ended as a battle erupted above, and Yao Ming recognized Yao Xiaotian’s aura.

• Xiao Wujiu followed the chains through the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and found Yao Ming bound and weakened.
• Xiao Wujiu demanded that Yao Ming submit in exchange for his freedom and a chance to take revenge on Yao Xiaotian, and Yao Ming accepted.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Wujiu his remaining Yellow Spring Blood Crystal, and Xiao Wujiu broke the chains and collected the four Yellow Spring Yin Stones.
• Yao Ming knelt before Xiao Wujiu and pledged to follow his commands.
• A battle began above the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, and Yao Ming recognized Yao Xiaotian’s aura.

Xiao Wujiu freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and brought him face to face with Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder. After the Heavenly Demon Puppets weakened the two captives, Qing Lin began using her perfected Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to mark them.

• Xiao Wujiu gave Yao Ming recovery pills and reminded him that Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder would be handed over after their value had been drained.
• Xiao Wujiu emerged from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring with Yao Ming as Cai Lin and Qing Lin watched the Heavenly Demon Puppets suppress Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Qing Lin to try to control the two captives, and Yao Ming was shocked to discover her fully developed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Wujiu ordered the Heavenly Demon Puppets to subdue Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, whose cultivation, bodies, and souls were sealed down to the Junior Half-Saint level.
• Xiao Wujiu told Qing Lin to mark the weakened captives, and her spiritual power briefly dazed even Yao Ming.

Xiao Wujiu used Qing Lin’s divine Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, then assigned Yao Ming to serve him, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin. After arranging cultivation for Qing Lin and Cai Lin, he went with Yao Ming to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s inheritance site.

• Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils marked Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, controlling them without resistance.
• Yao Ming recognized Xiao Wujiu’s strength and accepted him as his master, then agreed to obey Qing Lin and Cai Lin as well.
• Xiao Wujiu arranged for Cai Lin to cultivate beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and for Qing Lin to draw on the cultivation of two One-Star Dou Shengs before he raised their strength with pills.
• Cai Lin entered the Nine Nether Yellow Spring with Xiao Wujiu’s Pure Yuan Treasure, while he left Heavenly Demon Puppets behind and asked Yao Ming to lead him to the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet.
• Yao Ming reorganized the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and brought Xiao Wujiu to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s inheritance site.