Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wujiu and the Flame Master began their fight against the Great Heavenly Demon King inside the Flame Prison Demon Refining Array. Xiao Wujiu lent the Flame Master his Heavenly Flames and struck the demon with the Six Harmonies Great Spear, but the battle continued as the demon counterattacked.

• Xiao Wujiu used the array to wound the Great Heavenly Demon King, who rose from the darkness in his enormous form.
• The Flame Master confronted the demon and attacked with a flaming meteor, vowing to suppress and kill him.
• Xiao Wujiu transformed the Ink Sword into a Six Harmonies Great Spear and activated his strongest close-combat techniques.
• Xiao Wujiu lent his Heavenly Flames to the Flame Master, restoring the Flame Master's strength after the Great Heavenly Demon King swallowed his meteor.
• Xiao Wujiu pierced the Great Heavenly Demon King with the spear using spatial power, and the demon retaliated with several weapons as Xiao Wujiu evaded his attacks.

Xiao Wujiu overwhelmed the Great Heavenly Demon King after the demon activated the Demon Empress Armor and focused his assault on him. As the Flame Master watched, Xiao Wujiu’s aura continued rising, suggesting he was on the verge of breaking through to the Third Reincarnation Tribulation.

• Xiao Wujiu and the Flame Master attacked the Great Heavenly Demon King, who chose to target Xiao Wujiu as the greater threat.
• Xiao Wujiu escaped the demon’s claws and fought through them with his spear and Spatial Blades.
• The Great Heavenly Demon King activated the Demon Empress Armor, abandoned his fight with the Flame Master, and charged at Xiao Wujiu.
• Xiao Wujiu shattered the demon’s blade with his fist and battered the Great Heavenly Demon King with a relentless barrage of punches.
• The Flame Master watched as Xiao Wujiu’s aura surpassed the Second Reincarnation Tribulation and appeared to approach the Third.

Xiao Wujiu killed the Great Heavenly Demon King, broke through to the Third Reincarnation Tribulation, and left the Tianxuan Continent through the Gate of Transmigration. Back in the Douqi Continent as an early-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, he began preparing to take revenge on the seven Ancient Emperor Clans.

• Xiao Wujiu struck the Great Heavenly Demon King with his Third Reincarnation Tribulation power, shattering its Demon Empress Armor and killing it.
• Xiao Wujiu reclaimed the Heavenly Flames from Flame Master and used the formation to purge the demonic aura from the space.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Flame Master to protect his people, help the Master of Darkness in the Demon-Suppressing Prison, and leave the Ice Master’s choice to her.
• Xiao Wujiu entered the Gate of Transmigration and returned to the Douqi Continent, where his cultivation reached the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Wujiu visited the valley where he and Xiao Yi Xian had stayed and resolved to prepare carefully before seeking revenge on the seven Ancient Emperor Clans.

Xiao Wujiu returned to Ancient Dragon Island after reaching the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm and began preparing to enlist Zhu Kun as an ally against the Emperor Clans. He reunited with Ya Fei and waited for Zi Yan to emerge from seclusion.

• Xiao Wujiu arrived on Ancient Dragon Island, where Zhu Huo sensed his spatial fluctuation and realized his strength had surpassed his own.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Zhu Huo to bring Ya Fei to him and set up an array outside Zi Yan's seclusion chamber.
• Ya Fei reunited with Xiao Wujiu and learned that he had reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Xiao Wujiu told Ya Fei he planned to rescue Zhu Kun and seek his help in facing the Emperor Clans, who could muster three Nine-Star Dou Shengs if they allied.
• Ya Fei asked how she could help, and Xiao Wujiu invited her to discuss it somewhere else.

After Zi Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Wujiu revealed that he had become a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and took her to find a helper and meet her father, Zhu Kun. They descended into the Magma Sea beneath Jia Nan Academy and entered the mansion of the Tou She Ancient God, where Zhu Kun was trapped.

• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng and found that Xiao Wujiu had returned.
• Xiao Wujiu told Zi Yan he had become a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and asked her to accompany him to find a helper and meet her father.
• Xiao Wujiu and Zi Yan used the Gate of Transmigration to reach the Magma Sea beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Wujiu and Zi Yan descended through the Magma Sea, and Xiao Wujiu killed a Half-Saint Lizardman with a glance.
• Xiao Wujiu opened the barrier to the Tou She Ancient God mansion, where he and Zi Yan sensed an aura surpassing Dou Sheng.

Xiao Wujiu and Zi Yan reached the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to seek family and discovered that the imprisoned Ancient Void Dragon Zhu Kun was Zi Yan’s father. After an emotional reunion, Zhu Kun led them away to talk.

• Zhu Kun sensed Xiao Wujiu and Zi Yan arrive and asked why they had come without the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Wujiu said they had come to seek family, and Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan’s bloodline as that of his daughter.
• Zhu Kun initially approached Xiao Wujiu with killing intent after seeing him holding Zi Yan’s hand, but calmed down when Xiao Wujiu introduced him as Zi Yan’s father.
• Xiao Wujiu encouraged Zi Yan to approach Zhu Kun, and their hands met as golden light and their shared bloodline’s majesty emerged.
• Zi Yan cried as Zhu Kun apologized for their separation, then agreed to sit with him and hear his explanation.

After learning how Zi Yan had lived, Zhu Kun accepted Xiao Wujiu as her partner and agreed to help him confront the Emperor Clans. Xiao Wujiu explained why he expected the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan to join forces, then began revealing what he had deduced about the Xiao Clan’s destruction and Xiao Xuan’s hidden safeguards.

• Zi Yan recounted her experiences to Zhu Kun, who accepted her choice of Xiao Wujiu and silently acknowledged him as a worthy partner for his daughter.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to help destroy the Emperor Clans, and he immediately agreed before asking Xiao Wujiu what he planned to do.
• Xiao Wujiu described his grudges against the Emperor Clans and explained the continent’s current situation to Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun promised to give Xiao Wujiu room to seek revenge, but asked why he expected Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi to secretly cooperate against him.
• Xiao Wujiu argued that the Emperor Clans might have helped bring down the Xiao Clan to protect their shared power and seize its resources.
• Xiao Wujiu said Xiao Xuan had left behind safeguards, including entrusting the Ancient Clan and relying on a close confidant who was a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Wujiu explained his suspicions about the Emperor Clans’ role in the Xiao Tribe’s fall and said he would target the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan first. He then used the Gate of Transmigration to free Zhu Kun from the Ancient God Mansion’s restraints and left to prepare his next move.

• Xiao Wujiu speculated that Gu Yuan and other Emperor Clans had confronted the Burning Flame Ancestor while the Soul Clan attacked the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Wujiu told Zhu Kun he would deal with the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan first, and Zhu Kun approved of his ruthless approach.
• After Zi Yan left through the Gate of Transmigration, Zhu Kun charged through it as Xiao Wujiu tried to sever the Ancient God Mansion’s restraints.
• The Ancient God Mansion tightened its chains, but the Gate of Transmigration lashed it with golden whips until Zhu Kun’s restraints loosened.
• Xiao Wujiu failed to make the Gate of Transmigration open the Ancient God Mansion, then left to prepare his next grand gift.

Xiao Wujiu returned safely to Ancient Dragon Island and reunited with his companions, whose strength and transformations had advanced during his absence. He introduced Zhu Kun as the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s former Dragon Emperor and announced that their forces would temporarily gather on the island.

• Xiao Wujiu sensed Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Xiao Li, Mumu, Ya Fei, and Zhu Huo approaching, and noted how much their strength and auras had changed.
• Xiao Li rushed into Xiao Wujiu’s arms, and Cai Lin and Qing Lin welcomed him back as the group reunited.
• Zhu Kun recognized the extraordinary origins and abilities of Xiao Wujiu’s companions and wondered at the people gathered around him.
• Xiao Wujiu introduced Zhu Kun as Zi Yan’s father and the former Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon clan, a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Wujiu announced that their forces would temporarily move their foundations to Ancient Dragon Island, and Zhu Huo joyfully recognized his emperor.

After Zhu Kun returned, he entrusted Xiao Wujiu with a path to becoming a Dou Di and asked him to protect Zi Yan. Xiao Wujiu then traveled to the place where the Demonic Flame Space had appeared and used the Spatial Ancestral Talisman to forcibly open it.

• Ya Fei proposed a feast to celebrate Zhu Kun's return and Xiao Wujiu's advancement, and the group agreed.
• Above Ancient Dragon Island, Zhu Kun asked Xiao Wujiu about his plans and told him of the Embryonic Emperor Pill and Tou She Ancient God's inheritance as paths to becoming a Dou Di.
• Zhu Kun offered to help Xiao Wujiu obtain Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and urged him to treat Zi Yan well; Xiao Wujiu swore to protect her.
• The next day, Xiao Wujiu accompanied the women and bid them farewell before traveling to the site where the Demonic Flame Space had once appeared.
• Xiao Wujiu used the Spatial Ancestral Talisman to seize and tear open the space, beginning to open the Demonic Flame Space.

Xiao Wujiu entered the Demonic Flame Space and overwhelmed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his powerful soul and aura. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged him to wait as Xiao Wujiu prepared to seize him.

• Xiao Wujiu widened and stabilized a spatial passage, then entered the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Wujiu resisted the space’s soul-affecting tricks and spread his spiritual power across the entire realm.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame realized the Nightmare Heavenly Mist could not affect Xiao Wujiu and sensed that his location had been exposed.
• Xiao Wujiu appeared before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and released his aura.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trembled and begged Xiao Wujiu to wait as he prepared to seize him.

Xiao Wujiu refused to trust the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and summoned the Saint of the Purifying Demonic Lotus from the map. The Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to strip away the flame’s violent consciousness, leaving Xiao Wujiu with a purified white lotus.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged Xiao Wujiu for mercy, but he rejected its surrender and condemned its violent nature.
• Xiao Wujiu brought out the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map, and the Saint of the Purifying Demonic Lotus appeared as a remnant soul.
• The Saint explained that the Heaven Refining Ancient Array had offered the flame a chance to control its violence, but it had failed to do so.
• The Saint used the array to draw the flame’s consciousness into a blood-red phantom as the flame pleaded with him to stop.
• The Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame merged in a burst of light, and Xiao Wujiu saw a white lotus left behind.

Xiao Wujiu mastered the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, advancing his Burning World Return to Origin Art to Heaven Tier High Grade and his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Sheng Mid-Stage. After a month of refining, he prepared to merge the Yongzhen Array with the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.

• Xiao Wujiu examined the Demonic Flame Space and mastered the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, taking control of the Fire Slaves within it.
• Xiao Wujiu suppressed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and guided it through his body to refine it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame submitted to Xiao Wujiu, helping his Burning World Return to Origin Art reach Heaven Tier High Grade and raising him to Nine-Star Dou Sheng Mid-Stage.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Wujiu emerged with an aura thirty percent stronger than before.
• Xiao Wujiu expanded the Yongzhen Array to encompass the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and began merging the formations.

Xiao Wujiu fused the Heaven Refining Ancient Array into the Yongzhen Array and prepared to attack the Spirit Clan, while Yao Tianhuo went to bring Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to Ancient Dragon Island. Xiao Wujiu left Ancient Dragon Island’s forces preparing for the campaign and asked Ya Fei about Xiao Chen as Xiao Yan’s arrival drew near.

• Xiao Wujiu merged the Heaven and Earth Arrays into the Yongzhen Array, strengthening it as a weapon against the Emperor Clans.
• Xiao Wujiu sent the Fire Slaves through a spatial gate to Ancient Dragon Island and set his sights on the Spirit Clan.
• Yao Tianhuo found Yao Chen and Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion and told them that Xiao Wujiu had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng and was preparing to attack the Emperor Clans.
• Xiao Yan agreed to go with Yao Tianhuo, while Yao Chen prepared to bring core members of Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Wujiu and Ya Fei coordinated the forces on Ancient Dragon Island and discussed using Dugu Bo as a backup against the Emperor Clans’ rank-and-file enemies.
• Xiao Wujiu asked Ya Fei how Xiao Chen had been doing, expecting Xiao Yan to arrive soon.

Xiao Wujiu prepared to bring Xiao Yan and other Xiao Clan members on an expedition against the Spirit Clan to uncover the truth behind the Xiao Tribe's past. He summoned Xiao Fu to help Xiao Yan break through to Dou Sheng, and she began drawing the Heavenly Flames out of his body.

• Xiao Wujiu told Ya Fei to include Xiao Yan in the expedition against the Spirit Clan so they could capture people and question them about the Xiao Tribe.
• Ya Fei left after greeting Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who were shocked by how powerful she had become.
• Xiao Wujiu welcomed Xiao Yan and Yao Chen into a chamber he had created through spatial power and discussed the expedition and Xiao Yan's approaching breakthrough.
• Xiao Wujiu summoned Xiao Fu, the Fire Spirit formed from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and said she could help Xiao Yan reach Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Fu pointed at Xiao Yan, and the Heavenly Flames inside his body surged out of his control.

Xiao Wujiu revealed that Xiao Fu was a Fire Spirit formed from nine Heavenly Flames and sent Xiao Yan into seclusion before explaining his plans against the Emperor Clans. In the Spirit World, the Spirit Clan Leader sensed an invasion and ordered the clan to prepare for battle, then realized the intruders were not from an Emperor Clan.

• Xiao Fu extracted Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, formed a Fire Bead, and returned the flames to him.
• Xiao Wujiu sent Xiao Yan into seclusion and told Yao Chen to relay his arrangements concerning the Emperor Clans.
• Xiao Wujiu explained his hatred of the Emperor Clans for concealing their role in the Xiao Tribe's downfall, and Yao Chen agreed to help him.
• The Spirit Clan Leader detected interference with the clan's surveillance nodes and ordered the clan and its elders to prepare for an invasion.
• A spatial passage tore through the Spirit World's barrier, and the Spirit Clan Leader recognized that the invaders were not from an Emperor Clan.

The Spirit Clan Leader activated the Spirit Clan Guardian Formation and summoned the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul to defend against Xiao Wujiu’s invasion. Xiao Wujiu prepared to face the phantom while Cai Lin and Zi Yan left to help contain the Spirit Clan’s people outside.

• The Spirit Clan Leader recognized Xiao Wujiu’s forces among the invaders and gathered the clan’s fighters to resist.
• The Spirit Clan Leader and the elders activated the Guardian Formation, channeling their soul power to summon the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul.
• Xiao Wujiu arrived with his allies, and Mumu judged that the Spirit Emperor phantom’s Emperor Realm Soul could rival an ordinary Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Wujiu said he would fight the Spirit Emperor phantom, while Zi Yan and Cai Lin went to assist Dugu Bo in stopping the Spirit Clan’s people from escaping.
• Xiao Chen questioned how the Spirit Clan had declined so far, and Xiao Yan attributed its decline to greed.
• Xiao Chen reflected on the changed strength of the Emperor Clans and looked at the Spirit Clan with growing killing intent.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan joined the assault on the Spirit Clan, with Xiao Yan fighting to earn the merits needed to spare Xuner. Xiao Wujiu unleashed the Human Emperor Banner and confronted the Spirit Emperor’s phantom, beginning a battle with the Spirit Clan’s ancient ancestor.

• Xiao Chen urged Xiao Yan to fight alongside him and earn merits to preserve Xuner’s life, and Xiao Yan agreed despite anticipating that Xuner might hate him.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan charged into the Spirit World as their allies attacked the Spirit Clan and others fought the Descendant People outside.
• Xiao Wujiu handed the Human Emperor Banner to Zhu Huo, who released its Ghosts to join the assault while guarding the battlefield.
• Xiao Wujiu advanced to face the Spirit Emperor’s phantom as the Spirit Clan Leader challenged him and the Spirit Emperor asked his identity.
• Xiao Wujiu identified himself as the Xiao Tribe Leader and attacked the Spirit Emperor with the Ink Sword.

Xiao Wujiu battled the Spirit Emperor, who unleashed a desperate soul attack after learning about Xiao Wujiu’s rule-based abilities. Xiao Wujiu used the Human Emperor Banner to summon the souls of the dead and sent their transformed ghosts to meet the attack.

• The Spirit Emperor split Xiao Wujiu’s river of swords, but Xiao Wujiu struck him down before the Spirit Emperor reappeared behind him.
• The Spirit Emperor questioned Xiao Wujiu about his unusual Soul Power, and Xiao Wujiu explained that mastering rules granted him new abilities.
• Xiao Wujiu used frost and sword shadows to suppress the Spirit Emperor, who burned his Soul Power to launch his final move, Void Pierce.
• Xiao Wujiu slowed the soul needle with a Yin-Yang Fish, then summoned the Human Emperor Banner from Zhu Huo.
• Xiao Wujiu activated the banner across the Spirit World, drawing in the dead Spirit Clan members’ souls and transforming them into ghosts.
• As the soul needle broke free and charged at Xiao Wujiu, he sent countless ghosts forward to intercept it.

Xiao Wujiu overwhelmed the Spirit Clan during his campaign of revenge, using the Yongzhen Array and Human Emperor Banner to slaughter its members and collect their souls. He defeated and captured the Spirit Emperor, leaving the Spirit Clan Leader convinced that his clan was finished.

• The Spirit Clan Leader watched Xiao Wujiu’s Heavenly Demon Puppet and powerful fighters crush the clan’s resistance, and realized the Spirit Clan was doomed.
• The Spirit Emperor condemned Xiao Wujiu for using Spirit Clan souls as shields, but Xiao Wujiu dismissed him and said the clan deserved revenge for its past attack on the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Wujiu released the Yongzhen Array across the Spirit World, while the Human Emperor Banner collected the dead and the array turned some corpses against their former clansmen.
• Xiao Wujiu interrupted the Spirit Emperor’s attacks with repeated Yellow Springs Palms and seized him when he tried to self-destruct.
• Xiao Wujiu suppressed the Spirit Emperor, captured his soul in the Human Emperor Banner, and left the Spirit Clan Leader despairing over the clan’s defeat.