Recaps

Xiao Wujiu discovered that Soul Hall had captured Xiao Yu and searched the memories of two Protectors who had been waiting for him in Wutan City. He learned that Xiao Yu was being held at Misty Cloud Mountain.

• Protector Mo warned Protector Xuan not to speak carelessly about the Elder or the Gu Clan while they waited for Xiao Wujiu.
• Protector Mo revealed that the Gu Clan had arranged an open and a covert setup to capture Xiao Wujiu, while Heavenly Snake Mansion feared his retaliation.
• Xiao Wujiu restrained Protector Mo and Protector Xuan, then searched their memories after realizing he had forgotten to remove their speech restrictions.
• Xiao Wujiu discovered that Soul Hall had captured Xiao Yu and was holding her at Misty Cloud Mountain.

Xiao Wujiu completed his Rune Master cultivation conversion, reaching a level of soul power equivalent to a Nine-Star Dou Zun. Confident in his strength, he traveled to Misty Cloud Mountain to confront Qing Hai, leaving the coming battle unresolved.

• Xiao Wujiu created a Life God Rune from the Gate of Transmigration and converted his soul cultivation, ultimately reaching the peak of the minor achievement stage of an Immortal Rune Master.
• Xiao Wujiu killed Protector Mo and Protector Xuan with the Ink Sword, which absorbed their soul power.
• Xiao Wujiu opened a spatial passage and traveled to Misty Cloud Mountain to face Qing Hai.
• Xiao Wujiu surveyed the ruined Misty Cloud Sect and turned his gaze toward its back mountain.

Xiao Wujiu confronted Venerable Qing Hai at Misty Cloud Mountain and revealed that he had already reached the Dou Zun realm. Qing Hai unleashed the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Spirit Array, and Xiao Wujiu prepared to counter it with an array of his own.

• Xiao Wujiu sensed Qing Hai and another, stronger Dou Zun at Misty Cloud Mountain, then recognized the Soul Hall’s formation as a trap designed to strengthen them.
• Xiao Wujiu struck the rear mountain with his Ink Sword, and Qing Hai rushed out but was blasted back when he tried to stop the sword aura barehanded.
• Qing Hai realized Xiao Wujiu had become a Dou Zun and threatened to capture him and force him to reveal his secrets.
• Qing Hai ordered the Protectors and Soul Envoys to form the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Spirit Array, filling the sky with black mist and attacking spirits.
• Xiao Wujiu recalled that the array resisted Battle Qi attacks and decided to try an array of his own.

Xiao Wujiu fought Qing Hai and Soul Hall’s forces with Heavenly Flame-enhanced attacks, while Qing Hai called in Qin Tian and used formations to prepare a soul-targeting strike. Qin Tian reached five-star Dou Zun strength and threatened Xiao Wujiu, who eagerly agreed to test the attack.

• Xiao Wujiu summoned Heavenly Flame Fire Beasts that tore apart the soul bodies and burned their fragments before they could return to the array.
• Qing Hai used Blood Feeding to turn the soul bodies into blood-colored attackers, then ordered Gan Da and other protectors to form another array.
• Xiao Wujiu enchanted the Ink Sword with fused Heavenly Flames and attacked Qing Hai with Fen Jin, while Qing Hai summoned a fierce soul and called Qin Tian from Misty Cloud Mountain’s back mountain.
• Qin Tian activated the Ten Thousand Soul Absolute Life Array, using the souls’ power to raise his aura from three-star to five-star Dou Zun and form chains for a soul-targeting attack.
• Qin Tian offered to spare Xiao Wujiu if he surrendered and handed over the item, but Xiao Wujiu eagerly accepted the challenge.

Xiao Wujiu used the Three Thousand Sword Formation to destroy Qin Tian and Qing Hai’s soul attacks, leaving them badly shaken. As the two Soul Hall elders unleashed their Life-Bound Soul Chains, Xiao Wujiu gathered energy into a Rune and prepared to end the fight.

• Qin Tian and Qing Hai sent a vicious soul attack at Xiao Wujiu to seize the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Wujiu transformed the Beast Domain formation into the Three Thousand Sword Formation and launched countless Heavenly Flame swords.
• The swords destroyed Qin Tian’s Soul Fiend skull and pierced Qing Hai’s vicious soul, severely injuring him.
• Qin Tian and Qing Hai summoned their Life-Bound Soul Chains as their ultimate trump cards.
• Xiao Wujiu formed a Rune with his Life Talisman, gathered surrounding energy, and declared that he would end the fight.

Xiao Wujiu defeated Qin Tian and Qing Hai, destroyed Misty Cloud Mountain, and rescued Xiao Yu. He then began searching Qin Tian's soul for information, leaving Qin Tian's consciousness shattered.

• Xiao Wujiu's Life-Bound Rune shattered Qin Tian and Qing Hai's Soul Chains, ravaged their bodies, and destroyed Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Wujiu collected the souls of the Soul Envoys and Protectors, then confronted the surviving Qin Tian and Qing Hai.
• Yao Tianhuo appeared with the unconscious Xiao Yu, whom he had rescued from Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Wujiu healed Xiao Yu and demanded information from Qin Tian about the Soul Hall, Heavenly Snake Mansion, and the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu searched Qin Tian's soul, causing his consciousness to collapse and leaving him witless.

Xiao Wujiu learned that the Ancient Clan and the Heavenly Snake Mansion had stationed forces nearby, then sent Yao Tianhuo back to Jia Nan Academy while he prepared to confront them. Half a month later, Xiao Yu woke in her room and learned from Yao Tianhuo that Xiao Wujiu had gone to vindicate her clan.

• Xiao Wujiu extracted intelligence from Qin Tian about the Heavenly Snake Mansion and learned that the Ancient Clan had also placed forces in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Wujiu gave Yao Tianhuo a Black Nether Stone for Great Elder Su Qian and asked him to return to Jia Nan Academy to hold the fort.
• Xiao Wujiu and Yao Tianhuo parted at Misty Cloud Mountain, and Yao Tianhuo escorted Xiao Yu back.
• Xiao Wujiu decided to move the Xiao Clan members to the plane of the Douluo Continent after dealing with the Heavenly Snake Mansion and the Ancient Clan.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yu woke in her familiar room and learned from Yao Tianhuo that Xiao Wujiu had saved her.
• Yao Tianhuo told Xiao Yu that Xiao Wujiu had gone to vindicate her clan.

Xiao Wujiu confronted the Heavenly Snake Mansion over its cultivation method for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and its treatment of Xiaomou. After trapping the mansion’s forces in the Creation Cauldron, he unveiled his Seven Cycles Departing Fire Method as Heavenly Snake Venerable watched in shock.

• Xiao Wujiu reached the Heavenly Snake Empire and killed a Dou Zong elder who challenged him at the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Heavenly Snake Venerable appeared and demanded that Xiao Wujiu return the Saintess, while Xiao Wujiu demanded the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils cultivation method and an explanation.
• Heavenly Snake Venerable rallied the mansion’s forces and ordered them to form a formation around Xiao Wujiu.
• Xiao Wujiu expanded the Creation Cauldron to trap the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s forces and summoned multiple flames and fire beasts.
• Xiao Wujiu activated the Seven Cycles Departing Fire Method, summoning seven fire spirits and preparing to form their formation.

Xiao Wujiu destroyed Heavenly Snake Mansion and killed Heavenly Snake Venerable, then turned his attention to preparing for a future clash with the Ancient Emperor Clans. In Feng City, an unknown visitor held Medicine Emperor Han Feng pinned helplessly to the floor.

• Xiao Wujiu used the Seven Cycles Departing Fire Method to trap Heavenly Snake Mansion and attack its members inside the Creation Cauldron.
• Xiao Wujiu killed Heavenly Snake Venerable with a spiritual attack and kept his corpse as a possible backup body for Elder Yao.
• Xiao Wujiu considered his plans for the Xiao Clan and wondered what choice Xiao Yan would make about the coming conflict with the Ancient Emperor Clans.
• An uninvited guest arrived at Han Feng's bamboo tower in Feng City and used immense pressure to pin Han Feng to the floor.
• The visitor told Han Feng that his cultivation would have been wasted if Han Feng could move under his pressure.

Xiao Wujiu captured Han Feng and took his soul, body, Heavenly Flame, and other treasures. He planned to use Han Feng in his revenge against Yao Chen and considered whether the fragmented Burning Mantra could help him upgrade his cultivation method.

• Xiao Wujiu confronted Han Feng, who begged for his life and invoked Yao Chen, Old Man Mu Gu, and Feng Xian for help.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed that he knew about Han Feng’s betrayal of Yao Chen and hinted that the master and disciple would meet again.
• Xiao Wujiu pulled Han Feng’s soul from his body, preserved both with Life Gold and a Black Nether Stone bottle, and took the Sea Heart Flame, fragmented Burning Mantra, and Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Wujiu examined the Burning Mantra fragment and considered using it to upgrade his cultivation method and remove its limit on absorbing Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Wujiu restored the complete Burning Mantra and began combining its Heavenly Flame-devouring method with his Burning World Return to Origin Art. After half a month of secluded cultivation in Feng City, he reached the final stage of absorbing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.

• Xiao Wujiu assessed the Ancient Clan’s forces and prepared for the possibility that a Half-Saint was hidden among them.
• Xiao Wujiu sealed Han Feng’s cultivation room against interference and used World Origin to restore the fragmentary Burning Mantra.
• Xiao Wujiu compared the complete Burning Mantra with the Burning World Return to Origin Art and planned to combine their strengths.
• Xiao Wujiu cultivated in seclusion for half a month while Feng City remained unaware that Han Feng had been killed.
• Xiao Wujiu reached the final stage of absorbing Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Wujiu absorbed the fourth Heavenly Flame, advanced to Three-Star Dou Zun, and traveled to Black Emperor City to confront Gu Qian. Gu Qian and Mo Tianxing were discussing how to draw Xiao Wujiu out when Xiao Wujiu appeared behind them.

• Xiao Wujiu completed absorbing the fourth Heavenly Flame and advanced his cultivation technique to Heaven Tier Mid Grade and his strength to Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Wujiu chose Black Emperor City as his first target, seeking the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Gu Qian, then entered a spatial tunnel.
• Gu Qian questioned Mo Tianxing about his search for Xiao Wujiu and rejected Mo Tianxing's suggestion to target the Xiao Clan members at Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Qian ordered Mo Tianxing to invite any Xiao Clan members leaving Jia Nan Academy and ensure no one intercepted them.
• Xiao Wujiu appeared behind Mo Tianxing and asked if he was the person they were looking for.

Xiao Wujiu confronted Gu Qian in the Black Emperor Sect’s main hall, pretending to be trapped before revealing his Three-Star Dou Zun strength. After rejecting Gu Qian’s threats and accusations, Xiao Wujiu attacked the Ancient Clan elder.

• Xiao Wujiu appeared before Gu Qian and Mo Tianxing, and Gu Qian tried to capture him with spatial force.
• Gu Qian revealed that he had summoned the other Ancient Clan experts, while Xiao Wujiu asked what he relied on to survive.
• Xiao Wujiu broke Gu Qian’s restraint and revealed that he had reached Three-Star Dou Zun, shocking Gu Qian.
• Gu Qian threatened Xiao Wujiu and demanded the Ancient Jade, but Xiao Wujiu denounced the Ancient Clan for its treatment of the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Wujiu charged at Gu Qian, vowing to beat him.

Xiao Wujiu fought Gu Qian and overwhelmed the Ancient Clan elder with his spatial control and Heaven Tier Dou Technique. He severed Gu Qian’s arm and part of his soul, then vowed to make the Ancient Clan pay.

• Xiao Wujiu tore through Gu Qian’s spatial defense and drove him back with a kick.
• Xiao Wujiu declared war on the Ancient Clan in the Xiao Tribe’s name and released his Flame Body, raising his aura to Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Gu Qian used the Emperor Seal Art’s four seals while Xiao Wujiu formed the Heaven Tier technique Magnificent Chapter with his Ink Sword.
• Xiao Wujiu’s sword cut off Gu Qian’s right arm and the soul connected to it, leaving Gu Qian screaming in pain.
• Xiao Wujiu explained the soul-level injury and warned Gu Qian that others from the Ancient Clan would soon follow him.

Xiao Wujiu killed Gu Qian despite the Ancient Clan’s forces surrounding Black Emperor City, then unleashed his full power and challenged them. A concealed Dou Zun Peak expert arrived through a shattered Spatial Jade Slip, and Xiao Wujiu sensed his presence.

• Yang Hao and other Ancient Clan members surrounded Black Emperor City, while Gu Qian warned Xiao Wujiu that a Dou Zun Peak expert could be summoned with a transmission jade slip.
• Xiao Wujiu rejected Gu Qian’s threats and declared that he relied on himself, then beheaded Gu Qian and destroyed his soul with the Rune mark.
• Gu Xu and the other Dou Zuns condemned Xiao Wujiu, who denounced the Ancient Clan’s claim of an alliance and challenged them to fight.
• Xiao Wujiu used Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and the Creation Cauldron to raise his aura to Nine-Star Dou Zun, reaching strength comparable to a Three-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed a Spatial Jade Slip shatter beside Yang Hao, and a concealed expert praised him for detecting the arrival.

Gu Shan confronted Xiao Wujiu, demanding that he return with the Ancient Clan after Xiao Wujiu killed Gu Qian. Xiao Wujiu refused and trapped the Ancient Clan fighters in his formation, then launched a combined attack against Gu Shan; the chapter ended as his spear struck toward the Ninth-Turn Dou Zun.

• Gu Shan appeared before Xiao Wujiu and revealed that he had been sent to bring him back, warning that Xiao Wujiu had no future if he resisted.
• Gu Shan explained his Ninth-Turn Dou Zun strength and said the Ancient Clan had to deal with Xiao Wujiu because of his monstrous talent and their clan’s history with the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Wujiu refused to cooperate, armed himself, and challenged Gu Shan and the four other Dou Zuns.
• Xiao Wujiu spread his formation across the battlefield, trapping the Ancient Clan fighters and summoning Fire Beasts to attack Gu Shan.
• Gu Shan countered with a massive Battle Qi hand, but Xiao Wujiu’s weapons concentrated their strikes and cracked it.
• Xiao Wujiu transformed the Ink Sword into a spear and combined Battle Qi, spiritual power, and physical strength to drive it at Gu Shan.

Xiao Wujiu used the Mystic Fire Weapon Casting Record and a soul attack to strike Gu Shan and the others after his Ink Spear was knocked away. Though he injured several opponents and killed members of the Black Annihilation Army, Gu Shan’s combined seals still rushed toward him.

• Gu Shan shattered Xiao Wujiu’s Ink Spear attack and unleashed the Four Seals Ancient Emperor Art, while Xiao Wujiu gathered Battle Qi, heaven and earth energy, and spiritual power.
• Xiao Wujiu manifested a vast sea of weapons and imbued four arrows with his Soul Shatter attack.
• Xiao Wujiu launched his weapons and soul attacks at Gu Shan, Gu Xu, Yang Hao, and the others as the four seals blasted his spear aside.
• Gu Shan avoided most of the soul damage, but Yang Hao was badly struck and Gu Xu caught him; members of the Black Annihilation Army died from the attacks’ aftershock.
• Gu Shan sent the four seals toward Xiao Wujiu, who declared that no one could kill him and unleashed Hundred Nirvana.

Xiao Wujiu recovered his strength and clashed with Gu Shan using a four-Heavenly-Flame Buddha Fury Fire Lotus against Gu Shan’s Ancient Emperor Five Seals. Their collision devastated Black Emperor City, leaving the battle’s survivors uncertain.

• Xiao Wujiu’s aura rose back to the Three-Turn Dou Zun realm as an energy vortex shattered Gu Shan’s attack.
• Gu Shan began forming the Ancient Emperor Five Seals while Xiao Wujiu fused four Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Wujiu formed and launched a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus that met Gu Shan’s five seals as one.
• The attacks erupted across Black Emperor City, destroying buildings and shattering space.
• The shockwaves and spatial turbulence killed or gravely injured those who had stayed to watch.

Xiao Wujiu stopped Gu Xu and Elder Lin from escaping and killed them after Gu Shan died in their clash. Having exhausted himself and damaged the Ink Sword, he recovered with pills and resolved to grow stronger before facing the Ancient Clan’s retaliation.

• Gu Xu and Elder Lin tried to flee the battle, but Xiao Wujiu bound them with spatial power and contained the clash’s blast in a fire lotus.
• Gu Shan screamed as the fire lotus erupted, and Xiao Wujiu declared that he had won.
• Gu Xu and Elder Lin threatened that the Ancient Clan would retaliate, but Xiao Wujiu crushed them and burned their bodies and souls to ash.
• Xiao Wujiu dispelled his enhancements, fell from Three-Turn Dou Zun to Three-Star Dou Zun, and took Tier 7 Pills to recover.
• Xiao Wujiu inspected the cracked Ink Sword, promised to improve it, and vowed to grow stronger before repaying the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Wujiu discovered that Gu Shan had used a Turtle Breath Pill to fake his death and destroyed Gu Shan’s soul after winning the battle. He collected Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and began preparing to relocate his allies and leave the Douqi Continent, with Xiao Yan central to his plan.

• Xiao Wujiu realized Gu Shan was alive in suspended death and identified the Turtle Breath Pill he had taken.
• Xiao Wujiu annihilated Gu Shan’s soul, declared that the Ancient Clan could not stop him, and stored Gu Shan’s corpse.
• Xiao Wujiu reviewed the battle and considered improving his combat skills before relocating his trusted allies and preparing to leave the Douqi Continent.
• Xiao Wujiu concluded that Xiao Yan was key to breaking the deadlock and planned to claim opportunities Xiao Yan would have found in the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Wujiu searched Mo Tianxing’s Storage Ring, found Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and set off to look for a Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Xiao Wujiu acquired the Heavenly Demon Puppet Method and planned to combine it with rune techniques while preparing his allies for a collective relocation and world crossing. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan worried over the feud between Xiao Wujiu and Xuner, and Yao Chen warned him that Xiao Wujiu’s growth far outpaced his own.

• Xiao Wujiu obtained the Heavenly Demon Puppet Method from Old Demon of Earth and considered strengthening Heavenly Demon Puppets with Rune Master techniques.
• Xiao Wujiu contacted Ya Fei, Qing Xue, Qing Lin, and the others, asking them to return to the Jia Ma Empire while he prepared a collective relocation and world crossing.
• Xiao Wujiu learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin had found the Nether Poison Flame, and he planned to help Xiao Yi Xian absorb it while considering Martial Soul awakenings for the women.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after reaching seven-star Dou Ling and asked Yao Chen whether he could mediate between Xiao Wujiu and Xuner.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Wujiu’s rapid rise from four-star Dou Zhe to Dou Zong in three years made it difficult for Xiao Yan to catch up.

Xiao Wujiu visited Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, gave Yao Chen the preserved Han Feng, and revealed his plan to hide the Xiao Clan and his allies after killing Ancient Clan elders. He asked Xiao Yan to state his position on the coming conflict, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Chen in silence.

• Xiao Yan returned to his residence and found Xiao Wujiu waiting there with tea for him and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Wujiu presented Yao Chen with Han Feng, whose body and soul he had preserved, and Yao Chen explained how Han Feng had caused his death.
• Xiao Yan grew furious at Han Feng's betrayal, while Xiao Wujiu said Yao Chen could personally kill him once his soul was returned to his body.
• When Xiao Yan asked about the Xiao Clan and Ancient Clan, Xiao Wujiu said he planned to hide the Xiao Clan and all forces connected to him in a small world.
• Xiao Wujiu explained that he had killed four Ancient Clan elders and a Black Annihilation Army commander, then asked Xiao Yan for his stance on what would follow.

Xiao Wujiu warned Xiao Yan not to interfere with his campaign against the Ancient Clan and left him a cache of resources. After learning Xiao Wujiu had reached Dou Zun, Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Central Plains and grow strong enough to face the truth and whatever conflict awaited him.

• Xiao Wujiu gave Xiao Yan his spatial coordinates and warned that he would treat him as an enemy if he obstructed his plans against the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu opened a spatial passage and departed, revealing to Yao Chen that he had reached the Dou Zun realm.
• Yao Chen inspected Xiao Wujiu's Storage Ring and found abundant resources meant to support Xiao Yan through the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yan decided to go to the Central Plains, trust Xiao Wujiu for now, and grow stronger while seeking the truth.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan what he would do if Xiao Wujiu and Gu Xuner's clan became enemies, and Xiao Yan vowed to stop either side from killing the other.

Xiao Wujiu resigned from Jia Nan Academy and began organizing the migration of his allies and the Xiao and Mittel families after the Ancient Clan’s threat forced him to leave. As he gathered his forces and prepared to move them to Douluo Continent, he helped Xiao Yi Xian absorb the Nether Poison Flame, leaving her Martial Soul Awakening as the final step.

• Xiao Yan agreed to cultivate and prepare to go to the Central Plains while Xiao Wujiu departed to explain his resignation to Su Qian.
• Xiao Wujiu left treasured possessions with Jia Nan Academy, then took Zi Yan and the Xiao Clan members back to the Jia Ma Empire with Yao Tianhuo as their guardian.
• Xiao Wujiu brought the Mittel Family’s scattered members together, and Xiao Zhan and the elders agreed to support the migration.
• Hai Bodong ordered the Mittel Family to depart on schedule, telling members who could not return in time to hide until the family came back.
• Xiao Wujiu assigned Qing Lin and Qing Xue their preparations, had Cai Lin mobilize the Snake-People Race, and asked Gu Yuena to prepare her forces for migration.
• Xiao Wujiu helped Xiao Yi Xian absorb the Nether Poison Flame, leaving Martial Soul Awakening as the final missing step.

As the Xiao Clan, the Snake-People Race, and the Mittel Family prepared to move to another continent, Xiao Wujiu learned that Mittel Family members were stranded across several empires and decided to rescue them. He left the relocation plans to Hai Bodong and prepared to go alone, postponing the women’s Martial Soul awakenings.

• Xiao Wujiu instructed Hai Bodong to lead the Mittel Family through the spatial passage and establish their operations in Heaven Dou City.
• Lei Ou pleaded with Xiao Wujiu to save his grandson Lei Le and other Mittel Family members who had not returned.
• Xiao Wujiu heard Lei Ou’s account and decided to travel across several empires to rescue the stranded members.
• Xiao Wujiu postponed the women’s Martial Soul awakenings and told Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin he would handle the rescue.
• Xiao Wujiu refused Qing Xue’s offer to accompany him because the enemy might include a Saint, then turned to Ya Fei.