Recaps

Xiao Wujiu held a public pill-refining demonstration as rumors spread accusing him of wrongdoing, while Xiao Yan learned why the Emperor Clans had targeted the Xiao Tribe and resolved to oppose them. Xiao Yan then heard about the demonstration and suspected his cousin was using it to answer the accusations.

• Xiao Wujiu began a public pill-refining demonstration at the Creation Cauldron, teaching the gathered alchemists through successive grades of pills.
• Xiao Yan heard increasingly widespread rumors about Xiao Wujiu and learned from Fire Cloud Ancestor that the Emperor Clans had once pursued those connected to the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yan learned that the secret art cultivated the Xiao Clan Ancestral Mark and that Burning Flame Ancestor had claimed it for Burning Flame Valley to protect the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he would oppose the Emperor Clans, sparing Xuner but demanding that the Ancient Clan become the Gu Family and that other survivors abandon their cultivation and bloodlines.
• Xiao Yan heard that the Pill Tower had hosted a public demonstration by a Grade Nine Treasure Pill alchemist, and Yao Chen judged that Xiao Wujiu was likely clearing his name through the event.

Xiao Wujiu began the fifth and final refinement of his Grade Seven demonstration, creating the aptitude-enhancing Marrow Cleansing Pill. With Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watching, he announced that he would publish the Soul Ascension Pill formula and make the Marrow Cleansing Pill formula available to qualified alchemists, then started the elaborate refinement.

• Xiao Wujiu arrived at the venue for the final refinement as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen reached the Pill Tower to watch.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced the Marrow Cleansing Pill and explained that it could improve the aptitude of underage people whose bone-structure was undetermined.
• Xiao Wujiu announced that he would publish the Soul Ascension Pill formula and restrict access to the Marrow Cleansing Pill formula to alchemists able to create pill veins.
• Yao Chen admired Xiao Wujiu's decision, while Xiao Yan renewed his resolve to pursue his older cousin.
• Xiao Wujiu began refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill, handling its many herbs and complex flame-control techniques with ease.

Xiao Yan reported what he had learned about the Xiao Tribe from the Burning Flame Ancestor, then asked Xiao Wujiu to spare Gu Xuner if she attacked him. Xiao Wujiu agreed on the condition that Xiao Yan lead the effort to exterminate the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Wujiu inscribed the Soul Ascension Pill formula in space with Heavenly Flames and announced that visitors to the Pill Tower could study it.
• Xiao Wujiu announced that the Eighth-Grade Triple Refinement would begin in three days, then left the venue.
• Yao Chen brought Xiao Yan to meet Xiao Wujiu, who asked whether Xiao Yan had uncovered the truth about the past.
• Xiao Yan recounted the Burning Flame Ancestor's account of the Xiao Tribe and the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Wujiu to spare Gu Xuner if she attacked him, and Xiao Wujiu agreed in exchange for Xiao Yan leading the extermination of the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Wujiu set terms for sparing Gu Xuner and preserving part of the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yan agreed to help hold back the Dou Shengs. After monitoring the Emperor Clans and reflecting on his plans to become a Dou Di and pursue his enemies across both worlds, Xiao Wujiu oversaw the remaining pill refinements, which concluded without trouble.

• Xiao Wujiu offered to spare Gu Xuner and preserve some of the Ancient Clan if Xiao Yan helped hold back several Dou Shengs, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Wujiu told Xiao Yan he could instead hide with Gu Xuner if he could not bear to get involved, then left Yao Chen with a warning that an old acquaintance had come to see him.
• Xiao Wujiu checked his formation and found no signs of the Emperor Clans making a move, then resolved to act against them and become a Dou Di within five years.
• Xiao Wujiu planned to return to Tianxuan Continent to settle accounts with the Yuan Sect, rescue Zhou Tong, and obtain the Spatial Ancestral Talisman before entering the Demonic Flame Space.
• The Eighth-Grade Triple Refinement and Ninth-Grade Single Refinement proceeded smoothly under the Pill Tower's organization, and rumors about Xiao Wujiu gradually faded.

Xiao Wujiu traveled to the Wild Ancient Domain to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree after strengthening his ties with Qing Zhi and refining the Primordial Dragon Bone. He reached the tree and faced five Half-Saints, then revealed his mid-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng strength.

• Xiao Wujiu left the Pill Tower, misled observers about his route, and received the Primordial Dragon Bone from Xiao Yi Xian and the others, gifted by Qing Zhi.
• Xiao Wujiu refined the Primordial Dragon Bone, perfected the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, and used Spatial Displacement to reach Wild Ancient Town.
• Xiao Wujiu entered the Wild Ancient Domain, passed its dangers and landmarks, and arrived at the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Wujiu assessed the Bodhi Ancient Tree's strength and considered Ancient Dragon Island secure with Xiao Li and its powerful guardians there.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed five Half-Saints, and Xiao Wujiu unleashed the aura of a mid-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Wujiu negotiated with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, offering to cleanse the Dou Di-level negative emotions that had trapped it in exchange for enlightenment. After using a Grade Nine Treasure Pill to begin its recovery, he refined the escaping negative emotions into a potentially powerful weapon.

• Xiao Wujiu destroyed the five Half-Saint puppets with lightning and approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Xiao Wujiu into its core, where he witnessed its memories of a Dou Di and proposed a bargain.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed to let Xiao Wujiu have an opportunity for enlightenment and presented him with twenty-four Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Wujiu gave the tree his Clear Spirit Purifying Pill, causing black mist of negative emotions to seep from its body as it began recovering.
• Xiao Wujiu refined the escaping Dou Di-level negative emotions with his eight fused Heavenly Flames and formed them into a seed.

Xiao Wujiu underwent his second Reincarnation Tribulation inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree and rediscovered his identity after countless lifetimes. He emerged at the peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng and asked the tree for its answer to his proposal.

• Xiao Wujiu sat beneath the recovering Bodhi Ancient Tree and let it draw him inside to begin his second Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Guided by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Wujiu experienced countless lifetimes and repeatedly questioned who he was.
• In a life stripped of nearly all sensation, Xiao Wujiu realized that he was himself and remembered his name.
• Xiao Wujiu emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, advanced to peak Six-Star Dou Sheng, and asked whether it had made up its mind.

Xiao Wujiu used the Yin-Yang Fish to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree undergo Spirit Gathering, while a powerful heavenly thunder trial drew experts toward the Wild Ancient Domain. After refining a Seven-Star Dou Sheng Heavenly Demon Puppet during the trial, he met the tree’s newly formed spirit, Mumu.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree accepted Xiao Wujiu’s proposal, and he sent the Yin-Yang Fish to begin its Spirit Gathering.
• A vast Thunder Domain struck the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and news of the upheaval spread as experts headed for the Wild Ancient Domain.
• Xiao Wujiu harnessed the lightning to refine one Heavenly Demon Puppet to the Seven-Star Dou Sheng level over two and a half months.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree completed its Spirit Gathering, and Xiao Wujiu met its humanoid spirit, who introduced herself as Mumu.

Xiao Wujiu agreed to take the newly sentient Mumu with him, then emerged from the Ancient Tree Space beside the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The Emperor Clan prodigies and other visitors tried to flee when they recognized him, but Xiao Wujiu blocked their escape with his Seven-Star Dou Sheng Heavenly Demon Puppet.

• Mumu asked Xiao Wujiu to call him Brother and explained that she needed to take her true body with her while she merged with it.
• Xiao Wujiu left the Ancient Tree Space as a crowd of experts and prodigies gathered around the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Ya, Lei Luo, Jiu Feng, and the other visitors recognized Xiao Wujiu and panicked.
• Jiu Feng shouted for everyone to run, while the Emperor Clan Dou Sheng experts took their prodigies and fled.
• Xiao Wujiu sent out the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which used Space Lock to seal their escape and threatened to kill anyone who crossed its path.

Xiao Wujiu ambushed the gathered Emperor Clan experts, revealed his Peak Six-Star Dou Sheng strength, and used the Human Emperor Banner’s Ghosts to overwhelm them. After discovering that secret arts had been planted on their souls, he called for Mumu to clean up and moved to finish the survivors before leaving.

• Xiao Wujiu appeared before the experts with the advanced Human Emperor Banner and killed Lei Yun instantly when he approached.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed his Peak Six-Star Dou Sheng aura and sent the banner’s Ghosts to attack the gathered clans.
• Xiao Wujiu collected Hun Ya’s soul and others, then read their memories to learn what the Emperor Clans had been plotting.
• Xiao Wujiu discovered that secret arts had been placed on the captured souls and called to Mumu to prepare to leave.
• As the Bodhi Ancient Tree trembled, Xiao Wujiu plunged into the Ghosts to finish off the remaining experts.

Mumu absorbed the Bodhi Ancient Tree and left the Wild Ancient Domain with Xiao Wujiu after he killed the people who had come there. In response to the deaths, Hun Tiandi decided to hunt Xiao Wujiu personally, while Gu Yuan worked to turn the other Emperor Clans against him.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree merged into Mumu, stabilizing her at the Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, and Xiao Wujiu took her away through the Gate of Transmigration.
• Xiao Wujiu erased the memories of several innocent Dou Zuns and killed the others who had come to the Wild Ancient Domain.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Hun Ya, Hun Li, and two Four-Star Dou Shengs had died, identified Xiao Wujiu as a threat to his plan, and set out to confront him.
• Gu Yuan urged the Emperor Clans to unite against Xiao Wujiu and sent a Dou Sheng elder out with instructions.
• Gu Yuan considered Gu Xuner's progress in seclusion and worried about her entanglement with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Wujiu returned to Ancient Dragon Island with Mumu, where Ya Fei and Zi Yan welcomed him and he made plans to strengthen the island and monitor the Emperor Clans. He left Ancient Dragon Island with its defenses and leadership prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Xiao Wujiu brought Mumu to Ancient Dragon Island and accidentally triggered its Dou Sheng-tier protective formation.
• Ya Fei welcomed Xiao Wujiu back, shared a tender moment with him, and reassured him that she and the others would support him.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion, announced that she had reached the late stage of Five-Star Dou Sheng, and noticed Xiao Wujiu's greatly increased power.
• Zhu Huo arrived, and Ya Fei introduced him as the Ancient Void Dragon clan's Grand Elder who had watched over Zi Yan.
• Xiao Wujiu explained Mumu's situation, arranged for the island to monitor the Emperor Clans and the Heavenly Flames, and helped improve its formation while resting and cultivating with Ya Fei and Zi Yan.

After Ya Fei advanced to Dou Sheng, Xiao Wujiu left Ancient Dragon Island to fulfill a promise and destroy the Soul Hall. He sealed off the Heaven Hall with his combined formation and launched a full assault, while his puppets attacked the Earth Hall and Human Hall.

• Ya Fei reassured Xiao Wujiu that she would handle matters on Ancient Dragon Island and watch for news about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Wujiu returned to the Central Plains and sent Heavenly Demon Puppets to ambush the Earth Hall and Human Hall.
• Xiao Wujiu entered the hidden realm containing the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall headquarters.
• Xiao Wujiu sealed the Heaven Hall inside his formation with the Creation Cauldron, Yongzhen Array, and Eight-Wheel Li Fire Method.
• Xiao Wujiu ordered his forces to leave no one alive as the assault on the Heaven Hall began.

Xiao Wujiu attacked the Soul Hall and revealed that he had reached peak Six-Star Dou Sheng, overwhelming Hun Miesheng and the hall’s forces. After losing their soul clash, Hun Miesheng tried to absorb his own subordinates with the Nihility Devouring Flame to survive, but Xiao Wujiu prepared to finish him.

• Xiao Wujiu confronted Hun Miesheng at Heaven Hall and unleashed the Human Emperor Banner to refine fallen Soul Hall members into Ghosts.
• Hun Miesheng trapped Xiao Wujiu in Ten Thousand Souls Worship and fired a soul attack at him.
• Xiao Wujiu countered with Yellow Spring Heaven Rage, overpowering Hun Miesheng and sending a soul shockwave through the battlefield.
• The shockwave incapacitated many Soul Hall fighters and destroyed the illusory souls around Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng used the Nihility Devouring Flame to drain nearby Soul Hall members, ignoring their pleas as he struggled against Xiao Wujiu’s attack.
• Xiao Wujiu declared Hun Miesheng’s struggle futile and ordered him to perish.

Xiao Wujiu destroyed the Soul Hall, freed its captive souls, and gathered its soul origin sources before Hun Tiandi ambushed him. Though Hun Tiandi’s attack nearly killed him, Xiao Wujiu survived and launched Hundred Nirvana, leaving their confrontation poised to continue.

• Xiao Wujiu executed Hun Miesheng and destroyed the Soul Hall, then freed the bound souls and collected the Heaven Hall’s soul origin source.
• Xiao Wujiu recalled his puppets, gathered the other halls’ spoils, and prepared to depart for the Tianxuan Continent.
• Hun Tiandi suddenly attacked Xiao Wujiu, who sent his belongings into the Gate of Transmigration and used his blood essence to survive the strike.
• Xiao Wujiu reappeared above the ruins, badly weakened, and faced Hun Tiandi while readying an escape.
• Xiao Wujiu shouted Hundred Nirvana at Hun Tiandi.

Xiao Wujiu recovered from Hun Tiandi’s surprise attack and confronted him, while Hun Tiandi chose to observe rather than strike again. Xiao Wujiu unleashed Burning Nirvana Reincarnation, a fire lotus fused from eight Heavenly Flames, to test Hun Tiandi’s strength.

• Xiao Wujiu activated Hundred Nirvana and rapidly returned to his peak condition as a Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Tiandi watched Xiao Wujiu’s recovery and judged that attacking again might let him escape, so he chose to study his abilities instead.
• Hun Tiandi explained that he expected to become the final victor in their inevitable struggle to become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Wujiu gathered his Heavenly Flames and Battle Qi into an attack, while Hun Tiandi released his overwhelming aura.
• Xiao Wujiu formed Burning Nirvana Reincarnation, a fire lotus made from eight Heavenly Flames arranged in a balance of yin and yang.

Xiao Wujiu escaped Hun Tiandi by unleashing Dou Di Resentment sealed in a Heavenly Flame seed, leaving Hun Tiandi wracked by its effects. After reaching Tianxuan Continent, Xiao Wujiu resolved to grow stronger and headed into the Chaotic Demon Sea to find Mu Lingshan.

• Xiao Wujiu hurled a Burning Nirvana Reincarnation at Hun Tiandi, then used a second fire lotus carrying sealed Dou Di Resentment as he fled through a teleportation without spatial fluctuations.
• Hun Tiandi crushed the fire lotus but was afflicted by Dou Di Resentment, which violently destabilized his emotions and consciousness.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived on Tianxuan Continent and reflected that Hun Tiandi’s strength had nearly killed him despite his strongest methods.
• Xiao Wujiu vowed to return to Douqi Continent stronger, then followed his connection to the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman toward Mu Lingshan in the Chaotic Demon Sea.

Xiao Wujiu returned to the Undying Sacred Whale Clan and discovered that Mu Lingshan’s growing Life-and-Death Law could eventually make her dependent on the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman again. He used the Yin Yang Dual Flame and a Grade Nine Treasure Pill to form a true body for her, then asked Mu Tian to let him enter seclusion.

• Xiao Wujiu visited Mu Tian and Mu Lingshan, who welcomed him back.
• Mu Tian realized Xiao Wujiu had passed the Second Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Xiao Wujiu explained that Mu Lingshan’s growing Life-and-Death Law could recreate the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman within her body.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Yin Yang Dual Flame’s Origin Source and a Grade Nine Treasure Pill to resolve Mu Lingshan’s flaw.
• After half a month, Xiao Wujiu completed the energy cocoon that would form Mu Lingshan’s true body, then asked to enter seclusion in the clan’s depths.

Xiao Wujiu purified and absorbed two clusters of Soul Origin Source, greatly strengthening his Rune Master cultivation until it matched an established Second Reincarnation Stage expert. After leaving the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, he headed for the Dao Sect to see Lin Dong, whose growth had slowed and become less pressured because of Xiao Wujiu’s earlier interference.

• Xiao Wujiu used his Heavenly Flames to purify the Soul Origin Sources, removing some of the emotions and impurities within them.
• Xiao Wujiu absorbed both clusters, rapidly advancing his Rune Master cultivation and unleashing a spiritual force comparable to an established Second Reincarnation Stage expert.
• Mu Tian sensed Xiao Wujiu’s breakthrough and remarked on his remarkable cultivation in Yuan Power, Rune Mastery, and the physical body.
• Xiao Wujiu left medicinal pills for Mu Lingshan, declined to say goodbye to her, and departed the Undying Sacred Whale Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu crossed the Chaotic Demon Sea toward the Dao Sect after learning that his interference had changed Lin Dong’s growth and eased his pace.

Xiao Wujiu returned to Dao Sect, learned that Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao were on a mission near Yuan Sect, and set out to find them. He arrived to discover Lin Dong and the others fleeing Yuan Sect's Great Elder Lu Feng and his men, with Ying Xiaoxiao preparing to hold them off.

• Xiao Wujiu entered Dao Sect and met Ying Huanhuan, who told him Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao had gone north of Yuan Sect to capture people on the sects' wanted lists.
• Xiao Wujiu declined Ying Huanhuan's offer to wait for Lin Dong and left to pursue the Spatial Ancestral Talisman and free Zhou Tong from Yuan Sect.
• Xiao Wujiu explained that he had left a suppressive seal to contain the Evil Demon beneath the Great Desolation Monument until he could return.
• Xiao Wujiu reached the area north of Yuan Sect and found Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao being pursued by Lu Feng and several Yuan Sect experts.
• Ying Xiaoxiao offered to hold off Lu Feng so Lin Dong and the others could escape with information about Yuan Sect's crimes, but Lin Dong refused.

Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao fled Lu Feng’s attack until Ling Qingzhu arrived and helped defend them. As Lu Feng’s blade threatened Ling Qingzhu, a silver thunder dragon destroyed it, and the chapter ended with the arrival of someone who called her one of his own.

• Ying Xiaoxiao urged Lin Dong to escape and bring word of the Yuan Sect’s collusion with Evil Demons.
• Lin Dong used a defensive array disc to deflect Lu Feng’s skull treasure, then fled with Ying Xiaoxiao while recovering with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Lu Feng pursued them and launched another attack, but Ling Qingzhu arrived and knocked the skull treasure off course with a lotus petal.
• Ling Qingzhu told Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao that she had sent word to her palace and would cover their escape until reinforcements arrived.
• Lu Feng attacked Ling Qingzhu with a thousand-foot blade of demonic energy, but a silver thunder dragon tore it apart after a voice warned him not to touch one of his own.

Xiao Wujiu arrived to protect Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ling Qingzhu, then revealed his Reincarnation Stage power and subdued Yuan Sect’s Lu Feng and his followers. He began burning their bodies and souls with the Fallen Heart Flame, promising that Yuan Sect would share their fate.

• Xiao Wujiu appeared between Lu Feng’s group and Ling Qingzhu’s party, and Lin Dong happily greeted him.
• Lu Feng threatened Xiao Wujiu and the others, but Xiao Wujiu unleashed his killing intent and forced the Yuan Sect group to kneel.
• Lu Feng recognized Xiao Wujiu’s power as the Reincarnation Stage, while Lin Dong marveled at his strength and Ling Qingzhu silently resented his long absence.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Fallen Heart Flame to burn Lu Feng and the others’ bodies and souls, keeping them alive to suffer.
• Xiao Wujiu declared that Yuan Sect would be destroyed after Lu Feng and his followers died.

Xiao Wujiu killed Lu Feng and explained to Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao that the Yuan Sect was colluding with the Evil Demons. After sending them back to the Dao Sect, he met privately with Ling Qingzhu and apologized for arriving late to fulfill their agreement.

• Xiao Wujiu burned away Lu Feng and the kneeling corpses, then reunited with Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Xiao Wujiu learned how the Previous Generation Three Little Kings had accepted the Evil Demons' power, and Lin Dong warned that the Yuan Sect might have many Samsara Stage experts.
• Xiao Wujiu told Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao to return to the Dao Sect and sent them there with a Spatial Displacement formation.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Ling Qingzhu to speak with him privately, and she agreed to clarify matters between them.
• Xiao Wujiu apologized for coming late to fulfill his agreement with Ling Qingzhu, and she challenged him over whether he intended to take responsibility.

Xiao Wujiu revealed his origins to Ling Qingzhu, then agreed to take her to Yuan Sect. After discovering Yuan Sect had become a stronghold for Evil Demons, he prepared to attack it with Ling Qingzhu at his side.

• Xiao Wujiu told Ling Qingzhu he came from another world and promised to reach the Reincarnation Realm within five years before trying to change the past.
• Ling Qingzhu asked to go with Xiao Wujiu to Yuan Sect, and he opened a spatial passage for them.
• Xiao Wujiu flattened a mountain holding Yuan Sect sentries and detected seven Reincarnation Stage experts within the sect, including four Evil Demons.
• Xiao Wujiu and Ling Qingzhu reached Yuan Sect and saw that demonic qi had corrupted the sect and its Immortal Origin Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Wujiu gave Ling Qingzhu the Thunder Emperor Scepter, then used the Yongzhen Array to envelop all of Yuan Sect.

Xiao Wujiu attacked Yuan Sect with the Yongzhen Array and three Ancestral Talismans, then confronted Yuan Sect’s Three Giants and four Evil Demon Kings. He killed Ren Yuanzi with the Ink Sword, leaving the others stunned by his spatial power.

• Xiao Wujiu activated the Yongzhen Array, turned Yuan Sect’s defenses against it, and froze and killed many of its disciples and elders.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed his Second Reincarnation Stage strength and unleashed the Ancestral Ice Talisman, Thunder Ancestral Talisman, and Life and Death Ancestral Talisman against Yuan Sect.
• Tian Yuanzi, Ren Yuanzi, and Di Yuanzi confronted Xiao Wujiu, while four Evil Demon Kings emerged from beneath Yuan Sect.
• Xiao Wujiu identified the four Evil Demon Kings as likely serving the Ten King Halls and suspected they had come for the Spatial Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Wujiu appeared behind Ren Yuanzi and killed him with the Ink Sword, shocking the Heavenly Illusion King and the others with his spatial power.