Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Xue, and Gu Yuena rescued Mu Lingshan from a Blood Demon Shark squad and learned she was the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman Spirit. Near the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, Xiao Wujiu and Mo Luo arrived, and Xiao Wujiu sensed a hidden Samsara Stage presence.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Xue, and Gu Yuena annihilated the Blood Demon Shark squad pursuing Mu Lingshan.
• Mu Lingshan introduced herself and cautiously gained trust in the three women, who confirmed her strength and suspected she was the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman Spirit.
• The women failed to contact Xiao Wujiu and traveled with Mu Lingshan toward the Undying Sacred Whale Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu and Mo Luo arrived through a space channel near the clan, and Mo Luo recognized the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman’s presence in Mu Lingshan.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced Mo Luo as the Hall Master of the Fire God Hall and called on a hidden Samsara Stage presence to reveal itself.

Xiao Wujiu asked Mu Tian to let Mu Lingshan join the effort to slay the Evil Demon King beneath the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet. Mu Tian agreed after Xiao Wujiu revealed his allies and the Master of Life and Death’s reincarnated form, but ordered Mu Lan to accompany and protect Mu Lingshan.

• Mu Lan arrived and thanked Xiao Yi Xian and the others for rescuing Mu Lingshan, then invited Xiao Wujiu and Mo Luo to visit the Undying Sacred Whale Clan.
• Xiao Wujiu and Mo Luo met Mu Tian, who recognized Xiao Wujiu’s Ancestral Talismans and heard his request to borrow Mu Lingshan’s power for the demon-slaying operation.
• Mu Tian refused because the enemy was a True King-level Evil Demon and Mu Lingshan was too valuable to risk.
• Xiao Wujiu explained that the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and two divine artifacts could join three Ancestral Talismans, then revealed that the Master of Life and Death’s reincarnated form was near the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet.
• Mu Tian agreed to let Mu Lingshan participate and assigned Mu Lan to accompany her and verify the reincarnation’s identity.

Xiao Wujiu left Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Xue, and Gu Yuena to train while he traveled to Dao Sect to find Lin Dong. After reaching Dao Sect and entering its protective formation, he drew the attention of its master, Ying Xuanzi, who went to meet him.

• Xiao Wujiu sent Mo Luo and Mu Lan toward the Great Yan Dynasty and left Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Xue, and Gu Yuena behind to grow stronger in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Gate of Transmigration to reach the Great Yan Dynasty, then flew toward Dao Sect on an ice dragon enhanced by his talismans and soul skills.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived at Dao Sect, opened a passage through its protective formation, and entered without hiding his aura.
• Ying Xuanzi sensed Xiao Wujiu's arrival, inspected the formation, and headed toward the Desolate Hall to meet him.

Xiao Wujiu met Ying Xuanzi at the Dao Sect and asked to take Lin Dong to help kill the Ninth King Hall, an Evil Demon King. After revealing that he wielded the Ancestral Ice Talisman and Thunder Ancestral Talisman, Xiao Wujiu sensed a familiar aura from Ying Huanhuan and recognized it as belonging to the Ice Master.

• Xiao Wujiu watched Lin Dong comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture while considering the Evil Demon King suppressed beneath the Great Desolation Monument.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced himself to Ying Xuanzi and explained that he had come to take Lin Dong away for a demon-slaying mission.
• Xiao Wujiu told Ying Xuanzi that he, Lin Dong, Mo Luo, and the wielders of the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman would join forces against the wounded Ninth King Hall.
• Xiao Wujiu revealed that he possessed the Ancestral Ice Talisman and Thunder Ancestral Talisman, astonishing Ying Xuanzi.
• Xiao Wujiu sensed a familiar aura from Ying Huanhuan, left the Dao Sect, and recognized the aura as belonging to the Ice Master.

Lin Dong returned to the Great Yan Dynasty with Xiao Wujiu and learned they had come to confront the Ninth King Hall of Demon Prison, a powerful Evil Demon. Xiao Wujiu gathered the group at the Great Desolation Monument, led them inside, and they discovered demonic qi seeping from underground.

• Xiao Wujiu brought Lin Dong, Lin Diao, and Lin Yan from the Dao Sect to the Great Yan Dynasty to join the effort to slay the Ninth King Hall of Demon Prison.
• Xiao Wujiu gave Lin Dong a life-preserving array disk and told him to unleash the Devouring Ancestral Symbol when battle began.
• Xiao Wujiu reunited with Mo Luo and the others outside the Great Desolation Monument, where Lin Dong recognized Jiang Yinyin among the gathered experts.
• Xiao Wujiu opened the Great Desolation Monument, arranged the group's tactics, and entered ahead of everyone.
• Lin Dong and the others entered the monument and sensed demonic qi rising from underground and eroding the surrounding world.

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.