Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu attacked Shan Meng and Lan Yan over the Rank 9 Pill until Feng Xian intervened and gathered six Dou Zuns to delay him. As the pill completed its Fire Phoenix Condensation and Black Demon Lightning appeared, Mo Yu learned Yao Chen intended to use it for Rebirth Through Pill and prepared to stop him.

• Mo Yu overwhelmed Shan Meng and Lan Yan with frigid water attacks, but Feng Xian arrived and shielded them.
• Feng Xian claimed that Yao Chen had refined the Rank 9 Pill and asked the gathered experts to help delay Mo Yu until it was complete.
• Qing Shuangyue, a Three-Star Dou Zun from the Giant Vulture Palace, a female Dou Zun from Wood Spirit Valley, Shan Meng, and Lan Yan joined Feng Xian, forcing Mo Yu to hold back and secretly summon reinforcements.
• Zhang Yuan warned Feng Xian that Mo Yu might be calling for help, and Feng Xian urged Yao Chen to finish the pill quickly.
• The pill emerged as a fire phoenix, absorbed the surrounding energy, and drew Black Demon Lightning as a figure warned Mo Yu that Yao Chen planned to use Rebirth Through Pill.
• Mo Yu flew into a fury and vowed to stop Yao Chen from reviving.

Mo Yu and the Eighth Heavenly Venerable tried to destroy the Rank 9 Pill and prevent Yao Chen’s resurrection, but Zhang Yuan arrived with Yao Tianhuo to stop them. As Yao Tianhuo unleashed the Five Wheels Leaving Fire Array, Zhang Yuan spotted a chance to use the weakened Black Demon Lightning to advance toward Dou Zun.

• Mo Yu and the Eighth Heavenly Venerable combined their powers to freeze a massive sphere of corrosive rain into an ice sphere aimed at the pill, while Venerable Feng urged the other Dou Zuns to defend Yao Chen’s resurrection.
• Zhang Yuan appeared beside Venerable Feng, revealed his control over five Heavenly Flames, and said his subordinate could stop the Soul Hall’s attack.
• Yao Tianhuo emerged at Peak Dou Zun First Turn and entered the battlefield, where he confronted Mo Yu and the Eighth Heavenly Venerable.
• Zhang Yuan set up the flames as Yao Tianhuo formed five Fire Spirits and unleashed the Five Wheels Leaving Fire Array against the ice sphere.
• Zhang Yuan considered capturing the weakened Black Demon Lightning so the Eight Dragon Thunder Gang Fire could devour it and help him break through to Dou Zun.

Yao Tianhuo and Zhang Yuan’s allies protected the Rank 9 Pill as its tribulation ended, allowing Yao Chen to revive in its body. Yao Chen revealed that he had become a Half-Saint and trapped Mo Yu and Eighth Heavenly Venerable as they tried to escape.

• Yao Tianhuo’s Five-Wheel Fire-Carrying Disc clashed with Mo Yu and Eighth Heavenly Venerable’s ice sphere, while Qing Shuangyue, Shan Meng, and the others shielded the Rank 9 Pill from the aftermath.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to follow Zhang Yuan, and Yun Yun said she trusted Zhang Yuan’s promise that the Flower Sect held an inheritance suited to her.
• Zhang Yuan used the Eight Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and Mysterious Yellow Flame to absorb and store the scattered Black Demon Lightning.
• The Rank 9 Pill completed its formation as a silver-robed man, and Yao Chen revived in its body while the heavenly energy entered him.
• Yao Chen struck at Mo Yu and Eighth Heavenly Venerable, then revealed he was a Half-Saint and sealed their escape route.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable and Ninth Heavenly Venerable crushed a spatial jade slip and called for the Second Heavenly Venerable to save them.

Yao Chen’s return as a Half-Saint forced Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerable to intervene and rescue Mo Yu and Qiu Di, but Soul Hall still suffered a major setback. Zhang Yuan brought Yao Chen and the others to the lava depths, where he prepared to strengthen his allies and break through to Dou Zun before exploring the suspected Tou She Ancient God’s Tomb Mansion.

• Yao Chen revealed his Half-Saint strength and Rank 9 Pill Body, while Zhang Yuan struck Mo Yu and Qiu Di with Palm Thunder as they tried to escape.
• Yao Chen collapsed the spatial rift and restrained Mo Yu and Qiu Di, but Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerable sacrificed an arm to seize them and retreat.
• Yao Chen thanked the allied Dou Zuns, announced that he and Venerable Feng would join Nine Abyss Mansion, and accepted Zhang Yuan’s Nine Abyss Tokens for them.
• Yao Tianhuo returned with the defeated Venerable Three Snakes, whom Zhang Yuan stored away for later use as a Soul-Attached Puppet.
• Zhang Yuan took Yao Chen, Venerable Feng, and Yao Tianhuo to Jia Nan Academy and then the lava depths, where he planned to help them grow stronger before breaking through to Dou Zun and exploring the suspected Tou She Ancient God’s Tomb Mansion.

After two months of seclusion, Xiao Yan reached Dou Zong while Zhang Yuan broke through to Dou Zun and transformed his flame into the Demonic Thunder Primordial Dragon Flame. Xiao Yan learned that while he was cultivating, Old Yao had reached Half-Saint and the Soul Hall had attacked, leaving its two Heavenly Venerables badly injured.

• Zhang Yuan explained the Lava Lizardmen’s strength to Old Yao, then entered the Azure Nether Yellow Springs Dragon Blood Pool to cultivate and strengthen his flame, lightning, and dragon energy.
• After two months, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zong and celebrated with Xiao Zhan, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding.
• Zhang Yuan emerged from the pool as nine Ancient Void Dragons formed around him, then absorbed them and broke through to Dou Zun.
• Zhang Yuan tested his new power and named his evolved flame the Demonic Thunder Primordial Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan joked that he had caught up to Zhang Yuan, who reminded him that he had missed several major events during his seclusion.
• Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Old Yao had reached Half-Saint, a Rank 9 Pill had attracted nearly ten Dou Zuns, and Old Yao and Zhang Yuan had driven off the Soul Hall’s Ninth and Eighth Heavenly Venerables.

Zhang Yuan revealed that the magma beneath the region likely concealed Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and persuaded Xun Er to contact her father, Gu Yuan, about their dangerous expedition. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan arriving and discovering that Zhang Yuan had become a Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan lamented missing the battle between Dou Zuns and Half-Saints, and Zhang Yuan said he would soon meet a Dou Saint.
• Zhang Yuan explained that Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline suggested her close relative guarded a hidden place beneath the magma.
• Zhang Yuan showed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and concluded that Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion was likely beneath the magma, guarded by at least a Dou Saint.
• Xun Er warned Zhang Yuan against entering, but he proposed that she alert Gu Yuan and arrange for him to rescue them if they failed to make contact.
• Zhang Yuan and Xun Er entered the Inner Realm, where Xun Er crushed a jade slip to summon Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan arrived, recognized Zhang Yuan as a Dou Zun, and heard Xun Er proudly praise him.

Zhang Yuan told Gu Yuan that he had found Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and arranged for Gu Yuan to wait before involving the other clans. After sharing a farewell with Xun Er, Zhang Yuan joined Yao Chen at the bottom of the magma and arrived in the middle of a fight with two powerful Lava Lizardmen.

• Gu Yuan acknowledged Zhang Yuan's strength, then learned that Zhang Yuan had located Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion through the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the Lava Lizard Clan.
• Zhang Yuan explained that he planned to investigate with Xun Er and asked Gu Yuan to intervene if they became trapped; Gu Yuan agreed to wait and later give them time to grow stronger before summoning the eight clans.
• Zhang Yuan asked Gu Yuan to keep the Ancient Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade with him, then left with Xun Er's trust and affection reaffirmed.
• Zhang Yuan entered the Ancient Void Realm, told Xiao Yan and the others he was departing, and opened a vortex to show his view of the outside world.
• Zhang Yuan contacted Yao Chen with the Nine Abyss Token and arrived at the bottom of the magma, where he found Yao Chen confronting two pale Lava Lizardmen as a Fire Phoenix hovered overhead.

Zhang Yuan and Yao Chen reached a hidden space beneath the magma, where a colossal Ancient Void Dragon awakened. The dragon’s pressure nearly forced Yao Chen to submit, while Zhang Yuan remained unaffected, leaving Xiao Yan and the others wondering why.

• Venerable Feng left for the Northwest Continent to refine the lizardmen’s Inner Elixirs and guard against the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen defeated two Half-Saint lava lizardmen, collected Inner Elixirs, and brought Zhang Yuan deeper through the magma.
• Yao Chen used his spatial power and the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to break through a barrier into a hidden space at the bottom of the magma.
• Zhang Yuan summoned the Demonic Thunder Primordial Dragon Flame, illuminating a colossal violet-gold creature that Xiao Yan and Zi Yan recognized as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• The enormous creature opened its golden eyes and released pressure that nearly made Yao Chen kneel, while Zhang Yuan remained unaffected.

Zhang Yuan revealed that he had passed up chances to become a Half-Saint, then met Zhu Kun inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and told him about Zi Yan. Zhu Kun learned that his daughter was alive and asked Zhang Yuan to bring her to him, promising to repay him with everything he had.

• Yao Chen explained that Zhang Yuan had rejected rare chances to become a Half-Saint or reach Peak Dou Zun, choosing not to revive himself through pills or another body.
• Zhu Kun praised Zhang Yuan's strength and spatial methods, then asked him to produce an Ancient Jade after Zhang Yuan identified Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Yuan showed Zhu Kun an incomplete Ancient Jade and said he had come to take him out of the cave mansion.
• Zhu Kun revealed that he was the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor, a Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, and explained that he had been trapped while seeking a way to heal his wife.
• Zhang Yuan told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was his acknowledged little sister and showed him a drop of her blood as proof.
• Zhu Kun mourned the years he had missed with Zi Yan, asked Zhang Yuan to bring her to him, and promised to repay Zhang Yuan with everything in his power.

Zhang Yuan helped Zi Yan meet her father, Zhu Kun, and supported her as she confronted him over the years they had been separated. Zhu Kun promised to help Zhang Yuan grow stronger, and Zhang Yuan revealed he could take Zhu Kun out of the Ancient Void Realm.

• Zhang Yuan advised Zi Yan to meet Zhu Kun while making clear she did not have to forgive or acknowledge him.
• Zhang Yuan brought Zi Yan before Zhu Kun, who recognized her through their shared Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and tried to embrace her.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun she had grown up alone, and Zhang Yuan explained how she had suffered in the Black Corner Region.
• Zhu Kun apologized for leaving Zi Yan and promised compensation, prompting her to cry in Zhang Yuan's arms and ask Zhu Kun to help Zhang Yuan become a Dou Saint.
• Zhu Kun offered a plan to help Zhang Yuan rapidly reach Nine-Star Dou Zun and eventually advance further.
• Zhu Kun revealed Tou She Ancient God's Spatial Lock kept him imprisoned, and Zhang Yuan said he could take him out.

Zhang Yuan freed Zhu Kun from the Ancient Emperor's restraints and enlisted him to gather resources and help his companions. The group headed toward the Central Region, while Zhang Yuan offered to save Hua Yu and urged Old Yao to confront his feelings for her and Han Shanshan.

• Zhang Yuan used his Small World to bring Zhu Kun out of the Ancient Emperor Space and into the Molten World.
• Zhu Kun slaughtered the powerful Lava Lizardmen and gave Zhang Yuan their Inner Elixirs, then promised to protect Yao Chen and catch Heavenly Demon Phoenixes for him and Zi Yan.
• Zhang Yuan planned how to use the Inner Elixirs and Heavenly Flames to strengthen Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan, while Xun Er planned to return to the Ancient Clan.
• Zhu Kun took Zhang Yuan to collect Xiao Yu and Yun Yun, who both agreed to accompany him.
• Zhang Yuan told Yao Chen that Hua Yu could be saved if she accepted Yun Yun as her disciple and passed on her Dou Qi, then offered to restore Yao Chen's memories of Han Shanshan and possibly revive her.

Zhang Yuan used his Nine Dragon Demonic Thunder Flame to contact Han Shanshan’s Soul Imprint in the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and learned how she had become trapped in the River of Time. After promising to help revive her, he brought Yao Chen and the others to the Flower Sect, where Yao Chen reunited with Hua Yu and the Two Immortals of Qinghua.

• Zhang Yuan entered the River of Time through the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and spoke with Han Shanshan, who asked him to call her Sister Shanshan.
• Han Shanshan recounted how she and Yao Chen found the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, how Yao Chen sacrificed his body to save her, and how she sacrificed herself to the Medicine Emperor and became part of the River of Time.
• Zhang Yuan showed Yao Chen Han Shanshan’s memories and promised to help revive her once they reached the Dou Emperor realm; Yao Chen vowed to bring her back and said he would tell Hua Yu the truth.
• Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun traveled to the Flower Sect, where Zhu Kun located Hua Yu and drew the Two Immortals of Qinghua out of seclusion.
• Yao Chen, Hua Yu, and Fairy Qing recognized one another when Yao Chen appeared in Hua Yu’s cave.

Zhang Yuan arranged for Hua Yu to give her cultivation to Yun Yun and her Heavenly Nether Poison to Xiao Yi Xian, while Yao Chen prepared to resurrect her with a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill. After Gu Yuan arrived, Zhu Kun revealed that the Xiao Clan and the Kirin Zhang Family had once been powerful Emperor Clans, leaving Zhang Yuan’s connection to the Zhang Family in question.

• Hua Yu reunited with Yao Chen, and Zhang Yuan proposed using her cultivation and poison to strengthen Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian before resurrecting Hua Yu.
• Fairy Qing joined the Nine Abyss Mansion, and Hua Yu agreed to the plan; Yao Chen took Xiao Yan to recruit forces and prepare to target the Soul Hall and Heavenly Nether Sect.
• Zhang Yuan and Xun Er summoned Gu Yuan, who learned that they had found the Ancient Emperor's Tomb and rescued Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun recognized Gu Yuan as the leader of the Ancient Clan and recalled the Xiao Clan and Zhang Clan as powerful Emperor Clans.
• Gu Yuan recounted Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor and his battle against the Soul Clan, while Zhang Yuan said Xiao Xuan might be revived if he reached Dou Emperor.
• Zhu Kun identified the Zhang Family as the formidable Kirin Zhang Family and insisted that Zhang Yuan could not belong to it.

Zhu Kun told Zhang Yuan about the vanished Kirin Zhang Family and its ties to ancient wars, then Zhang Yuan warned Gu Yuan that Ancient Clan elder Gu Yang might be a Soul Clan spy. Zhu Kun took Zhang Yuan to Dragon Island and the Void Thunder Pool, where he planned to help him devour its strange creatures to advance his strength.

• Zhu Kun explained that the Kirin Zhang Family once wielded powerful Qilin markings before Zhang Qilin led the family into another world through a void entrance.
• Zhang Yuan asked Gu Yuan about the Ancient Jade and warned him that Gu Yang might be a Soul Clan spy whose soul had been altered by the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Yuan agreed to secretly investigate Gu Yang and avoid acting openly if the suspicion was confirmed, while Zhang Yuan stressed that protecting Xun Er came first.
• Gu Yuan took Xun Er away, and she confidently told him that she would eventually join Zhang Yuan's family and repay the Ancient Clan many times over.
• Zhu Kun brought Zhang Yuan through the void to Dragon Island and then to the Void Thunder Pool, where he said its strange creatures could help Zhang Yuan strengthen his physique and cultivation.

Zhang Yuan entered the Void Thunder Pool with Zhu Kun, collected Thunder Crystals, and sent Zi Yan back to Dragon Island to undergo the Dragon Pool’s transformation. After a year and a half of Zhang Yuan’s seclusion, Central Region buzzed over Xiao Yan’s victories and Nine Abyss Mansion’s growing influence, while Zhang Yuan became a celebrated figure despite remaining unseen.

• Zhu Kun protected Zhang Yuan in the depths of the Void Thunder Pool, captured the lightning-born creatures, and transformed them into Thunder Crystals for Zhang Yuan to cultivate with.
• Zhu Kun gave Zhang Yuan a Dragon Seal, then took Zi Yan to Dragon Island so she could undergo the Dragon Pool’s cleansing and advance toward maturity.
• Zhang Yuan began fusing his cultivation techniques and cultivating in seclusion, while planning to seek treasures for Medusa and Qing Lin afterward.
• During Zhang Yuan’s year and a half away, Yao Chen revived Falling Star Pavilion’s reputation, Xiao Yan swept through Central Region’s younger fighters, and Nine Abyss Mansion expanded its influence through alliances, Dou Artifacts, and Nine Abyss Tokens.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Xiao Yan and declared that several people his age in Nine Abyss Mansion were stronger than him, including Zhang Yuan’s beauties.
• Xiao Yan activated Zhu Kun’s Dragon Seal at Falling Star Pavilion and prepared to enter the Pill Tower Star Realm to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Star Realm with the Northern King to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame, flattering the dragon expert into considering a challenge against the Soul Hall Master. As Xiao Yan began refining the flame, the Northern King described his cousin’s astonishing cultivation of a Heaven Tier technique in the Void Thunder Pool.

• Xiao Yan agreed to travel with the Northern King to obtain and refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Realm.
• Xiao Yan praised the Northern King’s strength and denounced the Soul Hall Master, prompting the Northern King to consider challenging him.
• The Northern King suppressed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and transported Xiao Yan to the Star Realm to refine it.
• Xiao Yan asked about his cousin, and the Northern King recounted how the young man had mastered the Void Thunder Pool’s Black Demon Lightning while creating a Heaven Tier cultivation technique.

Zhang Yuan reached Peak Dou Zun and forged the Thunder God Body, while Zhu Kun became convinced that he was a reincarnated Dou Emperor. Zhang Yuan uncovered the Dou Qi Continent’s ancient ties to the Great Thousand World and ended by wondering why the Tian Xuan Continent had produced so few Ancestral Realm experts despite having a Plane Embryo.

• Zhu Kun saw Zhang Yuan’s thousand-zhang Dharma Body and concluded that Zhang Yuan was a reincarnated Dou Emperor, then sent the North Dragon King to answer Xiao Yan’s Dragon Seal.
• The North Dragon King returned to find Zhang Yuan absorbing the Void Thunder Pool’s energy and emerging from seclusion at Peak Dou Zun First Turn.
• Zhang Yuan explained that he had created the Eternal Thunder Emperor Art and forged the Thunder God Body, a Sovereign Dharma Body with the potential to evolve further.
• Zhang Yuan learned that the Dou Qi Continent had once been a super continent connected to the Great Thousand World, but had lost its Primal Dharma Body and Source Qi.
• Zhang Yuan compared the realms and histories of Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, then questioned why the Tian Xuan Continent had not produced several Ancestral Realm experts despite possessing a Plane Embryo.

Zhang Yuan revealed his Sovereign Dharma Body and tested its power against the High-Tier Half-Saint Zhu Li. Zhu Kun stopped their clash and declared that Zhang Yuan’s strike rivaled the full-power attack of a One-star Mid-Stage Dou Saint.

• Zhang Yuan planned to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree and use its treasures to advance to Dou Saint, then activated the Dragon Seal to seek Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun arrived with Ancient Void Dragon elders, praised Zhang Yuan’s breakthrough, and agreed to let him test his Dharma Body against Zhu Li.
• Zhang Yuan manifested the Thunder God Dharma Body and unleashed the Purple Heaven Sky Swallowing Flame at Zhu Li.
• Zhu Li revealed his true body and tried to withstand the attack, but the clash tore through space and shocked the watching Ancient Void Dragons.
• Zhu Kun halted the collision, separated Zhang Yuan and Zhu Li, and judged the strike equal to a One-star Mid-Stage Dou Saint’s full-power attack.

Zhang Yuan explained the Great Thousand World, the Dou Qi Continent’s place as a Lower Plane, and why its Dou Saints could only attain incomplete Sovereign power. He left Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the clan chiefs eager to hear how the continent might regain Origin Qi.

• Zhu Kun asked Zhang Yuan about the Thunder God Dharma Body, and Zhang Yuan explained that the continent’s lack of Origin Qi prevented them from attaining true Sovereign Dharma Bodies.
• Gu Yuan joined Zhang Yuan and summoned Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Shi Que to hear about the Great Thousand World.
• Zhang Yuan described the Great Thousand World’s cultivation realms and explained that Dou Saints were incomplete Sovereigns who could attain weakened Sovereign Dharma Bodies.
• Zhang Yuan summoned his Sovereign Dharma Body, exciting Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Shi Que, then explained that the Dou Emperor clans inherited Dharma Bodies through their bloodlines but lacked Origin Qi.
• When Yan Jin asked why the continent had lost its Origin Qi, Zhang Yuan said the more important question was how to restore it, leaving everyone wondering if he knew a way.

Zhang Yuan explained how Tou She Ancient God restored the Dou Qi Continent’s chance to regain Origin Qi and revealed the path to becoming a Dou Emperor. He warned the Emperor Clan leaders that Nihility Devouring Flame had acquired the Tunling Clan’s bloodline-devouring ability, leaving them ready to unite against the Soul Clan.

• Zhang Yuan told Shi Que and the others that the plane needed a new Dou Emperor to open a passage to the Great Thousand World and bring in Origin Qi.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that Tou She Ancient God had sacrificed himself to nourish the plane and had left two strands of Origin Emperor Qi in his cave mansion.
• Zhang Yuan explained that Tou She Ancient God became a Dou Emperor by fusing Heavenly Flames, and that the inheritance in his tomb was now the only path to that realm.
• When Lei Ying asked how he knew these secrets, Zhang Yuan warned the clan leaders that Nihility Devouring Flame was nearing the nine-star level and could soon wield an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had devoured the Tunling Clan Chief and gained the ability to consume Emperor Clan bloodlines.
• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Shi Que erupted in anger, and a clan leader proposed that the six clans ally to eradicate the Soul Clan.