Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan persuaded Gu Yuan and the other Emperor Clans to prepare an ambush for the Soul Clan’s expected attack on the Spirit Clan, then enlisted Zhu Kun to collect powerful treasures and allies across the continent. The chapter ended with Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun finding Yao Ming, whom Zhang Yuan planned to make his next Dou Saint servant.

• Zhang Yuan warned Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Yan Que that Nihility Devouring Flame had gained the Tunling Clan’s forbidden ability, and he proposed waiting to ambush the Soul Clan when it attacked the Spirit Clan.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the Heavenly Grade Nine Abyss Token would alert every clan when the Soul Clan acted, and Zhu Kun promised to provide support with his mastery of the Power of the Void.
• Zhang Yuan declined Gu Yuan’s offer to enter the Heavenly Tomb and said he expected to become a Dou Saint within three years, then asked Zhu Kun to accompany him on several missions.
• Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun visited the Skeleton Mountain Range, where they gathered the Soul Infant Demon Tree, a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, serpent soul power and inheritance, ancestral souls, the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Dou Sheng Bone Remains, and other treasures.
• Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun went to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, found the Nether Poison Fire, and then located Yao Ming at the Nether Snake Earth Vein; Zhang Yuan announced that he intended to gain another Dou Saint servant.

Zhang Yuan freed Yao Ming from his prison beneath Yellow Springs Heaven and made him his servant, then traveled with Zhu Kun to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Inside the tablet’s inheritance space, Zhang Yuan called for the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and offered to help him achieve a perfect resurrection.

• Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun found Yao Ming imprisoned in chains beneath Yellow Springs Heaven, where Yao Ming begged them to save him.
• Zhang Yuan explained Yao Ming’s history and offered him a Nine-Revolutions Primordial Pill in exchange for becoming his servant; Yao Ming accepted and allowed Zhang Yuan to mark his soul.
• Zhu Kun shattered Yao Ming’s chains, and Zhang Yuan gave him the pill and a communication token before ordering him to recover and later gather the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• Yao Ming revealed the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet’s location, and Zhu Kun secretly took Zhang Yuan and Yao Ming to it, sealing the surrounding space against disturbance.
• Zhang Yuan entered the tablet’s hidden inheritance space with his soul power and called for the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, offering to help him achieve a perfect resurrection.

Zhang Yuan bargained with the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, promising him a perfect reincarnation in exchange for his inheritance and future service. After helping Medusa find the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python inheritance, Zhang Yuan reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he witnessed a vision of a devastating battle between powerful figures.

• Zhang Yuan explained the Reincarnation Stage to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and promised to help him reincarnate into a reshaped snake body.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint swore loyalty to Zhang Yuan and handed over his three Yellow Springs Dou Techniques and nine drops of Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Zhang Yuan gave Yao Ming a drop of essence blood, then took Medusa to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python nest and sealed her cultivation site.
• Zhang Yuan and Zhu Kun traveled to the Primordial Wilderness Ancient Domain, where Zhang Yuan entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree's space.
• Zhang Yuan suppressed the Ancient Tree's Half-Saint puppets and illusions, then saw a black figure unleash a world-shaking attack beside the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Zhang Yuan learned how the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been corrupted by a dead Dou Emperor, suppressed the resentment, and brought the tree and its realm into his Ancient Void Realm. After offering Bodhi Seeds and enlightenment opportunities through the Nine Abyss Token, he prepared to break through to the Dou Saint Sovereign Realm.

• Zhang Yuan learned that a black-clad Dou Emperor had tried to seize the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and that the Emperor’s resentment had corrupted its developing intelligence.
• Zhang Yuan used the Thunder God Visualization Diagram to suppress the resentment, then made the Bodhi Ancient Tree recognize him as its master and enter his Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhang Yuan merged the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space into his Ancient Void Realm, received twenty-eight Bodhi Seeds and two Bodhi Hearts, and named the tree Ling'er.
• Zhang Yuan listed ten Bodhi Seeds and opportunities to comprehend the Dao for exchange through the Nine Abyss Token, prompting cultivators and powerful factions across the continent to seek ties with the Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Zhang Yuan sat beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree with a Bodhi Heart, three drops of Demon Saint Essence Blood, and the tree’s accumulated energy crystals, preparing to break through to the Dou Saint Sovereign Realm.

After completing a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, Zhang Yuan reached Nine Revolutions Peak Dou Zun and entered seclusion to pursue Dou Saint. Over the next three years, his wives strengthened the Nine Abyss Mansion and its influence spread across the continent, while the chapter ended with cultivators discussing Xiao Yan’s challenge to the Emperor Clan geniuses.

• Zhang Yuan reunited with Qing Yanjing, explained his breakthrough, and arranged for his wives and Hua Yu to cultivate in the Bodhi Ancient Tree Realm and Green Lotus Core Flame Realm.
• Zhang Yuan entered closed-door seclusion as his wives cultivated and supported the Nine Abyss Mansion over the following three years.
• Ya Fei expanded the mansion’s commercial network, Qing Yanjing established formations and killed a Soul Clan Dou Saint, and Xiao Yu and Xun Er grew stronger through the Heavenly Tomb.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian defeated powerful enemies, while Xiao Yu crafted Dou Artifacts and the Nine Abyss Mansion’s wives became famous across the continent.
• The Pill Tower, Falling Star Pavilion, Flower Sect, and Burning Flame Valley declared war on the Soul Hall and its allies, while the Ancient Void Dragon and Nine Nether Earth Python clans reshaped the Beast Domain.
• Cultivators discussed the Nine Abyss Mansion’s growing influence and learned that Xiao Yan had challenged the younger generation of the Emperor Clans.

Xiao Yan challenged the Emperor Clans’ younger generation, defeated Gu Qingyang, and then lost to Xun Er, who claimed the Ancient Clan’s top position for Zhang Yuan. While exploring the Yin-Yang Saint’s Tomb Manor with Fire Child and Yao Ling, Xiao Yan obtained the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, but a Dou Saint suddenly attacked the tavern where he was drinking.

• Xiao Yan challenged the Spirit, Stone, Yao, Lei, Yan, and Ancient Clans, defeating their prodigies until Gu Qingyang gave him a difficult fight.
• Xun Er challenged Xiao Yan on behalf of the Ancient Clan and defeated him with a single strike, leaving Xiao Yan ranked third among the Emperor Clans’ younger generation.
• Old Yao sent Xiao Yan to explore the Yin-Yang Saint’s Tomb Manor, where he and Fire Child and Yao Ling found the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and received the Saint’s Yin-Yang inheritance.
• A Dou Saint appeared above the tavern and formed a giant hand to attack it, while Xiao Yan recognized the danger.

Xiao Yan faced a coordinated Soul Clan assault in Tianbei City and used a stored Seven-colored Fire Lotus to stop a Dou Saint’s attack from destroying the city. As Soul Clan and allied experts moved against the major clans, Gu Yuan and other powerful figures arrived, while the battle’s wider outcome remained unresolved.

• A Soul Clan Dou Saint attacked Tianbei City, and Xiao Yan activated a stored Seven-colored Fire Lotus to meet the giant palm.
• The collision unleashed a devastating storm that battered Tianbei City’s High-level Eighth-grade Spirit Array and Profound Earth Great Array, putting the city’s inhabitants at risk.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master revealed that the Soul Clan had prepared to restrain the other clans’ experts and seize Xiao Yan, Fire Child, and Yao Ling.
• Gu Yuan confronted Nihility Devouring Flame, while experts from the Ancient Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan appeared to challenge the Soul Clan forces.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s forces pressed their coordinated assault as the energy storm continued to threaten Tianbei City.

Gu Yuan and Nihility Devouring Flame clashed while Zhu Kun fought Hun Tiandi, leaving Xiao Yan isolated against the Soul Hall's deputy hall master. Qing Yanjing reinforced Tianbei City's array, and Xiao Yan's cousin appeared just as the deputy hall master unleashed his strongest attack.

• Gu Yuan used Ancient Emperor Heaven Seal against Nihility Devouring Flame, while Zhu Kun revealed his true body and attacked Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan offered himself to the Soul Hall's deputy hall master to spare Tianbei City, but the deputy hall master refused and continued attacking the city's barrier.
• Qing Yanjing appeared, summoned Futuo Tower, and reinforced the Profound Earth Great Array with Dou Qi drawn from the city's residents.
• The deputy hall master crushed a Blood-colored Bead to raise his strength close to that of a Five-star Dou Saint and formed Soul Devouring Flame Slash.
• Qing Yanjing said someone else would handle the attack, and Xiao Yan recognized his cousin in a colossal figure outside the array.

Zhang Yuan emerged from seclusion to rescue Xiao Yan and killed Soul Hall’s deputy hall master with a single spear, revealing that he had reached the Third-grade Sovereign Realm. After the battle, he reunited with Xiao Yan, Fire Child, and Yao Ling, while the allied clan leaders gathered to ask about his power.

• Zhang Yuan appeared before Xiao Yan with Qing Yanjing and used the Three True Dragon Powers and Three Heavens Emperor Flame Spear to erase Soul Hall’s deputy hall master and purify his soul.
• Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame ordered Soul Hall’s forces to retreat after the deputy hall master’s death, as witnesses across Tianbei City reacted to Zhang Yuan’s strength.
• Zhang Yuan greeted Fire Child and Yao Ling and gave each a Bodhi Seed, telling them it could aid their future breakthroughs.
• Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Shi Que, Yao Dan, Ling Xiuxuan, Huang Tian, Yao Ming, and other leaders arrived and asked Zhang Yuan about his cultivation.
• Zhang Yuan explained that his realm corresponded to a Three-Star Dou Sheng but that he was actually a Mid-stage Third-grade Sovereign, prompting the gathered experts to question how he had entered the Sovereign Realm.

Zhang Yuan explained how the Sovereign Realm differed from the weakened Dou Saint realm and offered the Emperor Clans a path to convert their cultivation using Sovereign Liquid. The clans joined Nine Abyss Mansion and agreed to hunt the Soul Clan, while Gu Yuan was chosen to undergo conversion first.

• Zhang Yuan described the Sovereign Realm’s three tribulations, Sovereign Seas, spiritual energy, and Dharma Bodies, explaining that Dou Saints who converted on a lower plane would gain strength but not Sovereign Seas.
• Zhang Yuan offered to supply Sovereign Liquid for the clan patriarchs’ conversions and announced rewards for killing Soul Clan experts, prompting the Emperor Clans, the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to join Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Zhu Kun yielded the first conversion to Gu Yuan, who received a thousand drops of Sovereign Liquid from Zhang Yuan.
• Fire Spirit asked whether she could exchange the corpse of a Soul Clan Dou Saint she had already killed for half the usual Sovereign Liquid reward.

Zhang Yuan demonstrated that he could refine certain Soul Clan corpses into Supreme Liquid and offered the Dou Saints a share in exchange for more remains. After explaining how Supreme Liquid related to Sovereign Seas and Dou Saint cultivation, he considered how to cultivate a Sovereign Sea himself.

• Fire Spirit gave Zhang Yuan Hun Qinglian's corpse, and he converted it into five hundred drops of Supreme Liquid while explaining that some Soul Clan members could yield far more.
• Zhang Yuan distributed Supreme Liquid to Fire Spirit and invited the clan heads to bring him Soul Clan corpses, while concealing the full amount he could produce and which bodies qualified.
• The Dou Saints discussed how spiritual energy, Sovereign Seas, and Dou Saint Dharma Bodies related, and Zhang Yuan said that those who had not been transformed by Nihility Devouring Flame were not qualified.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhang Yuan whether he should cultivate the Sovereign Realm, while Zhang Yuan reflected that he needed to find a way to cultivate a Sovereign Sea.

Zhang Yuan explained the Great Thousand World's cultivation paths to Xiao Yan and let him choose whether to pursue Sovereignty or follow the Flame Mantra toward becoming a Dou Emperor. He also agreed to take Fire Spirit Fairy with him when he traveled to other planes, leaving Xiao Yan to enter seclusion beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Zhang Yuan explained that Xiao Yan could cultivate as a Sovereign with Sovereign Liquid or continue with the Flame Mantra and seek Tou She Ancient God's inheritance to become an Emperor.
• Zhang Yuan said the Flame Mantra could let Xiao Yan cultivate a Primal Dharma Body, and he outlined how Xiao Yan could strengthen his foundation before reaching Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan chose the path to becoming an Emperor and said he would enter seclusion beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Cousin nearby.
• Fire Spirit Fairy asked Zhang Yuan to take her to other planes, offering to serve as his bodyguard and help him.
• Zhang Yuan agreed to take Fire Spirit Fairy and reassured the women that the Ancient Void Realm would remain with his true body and that he could return if needed.

Zhang Yuan entered the Heavenly Tomb with Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan, intending to meet Ancestor Xiao Xuan and strengthen his Sovereign Dharma Body by absorbing powerful energy bodies. After three months of cultivation and clearing much of the tomb, he reached the Blood Saber Saint and was led toward Xiao Xuan, whose presence soon stirred fear.

• Zhang Yuan discussed the Great Thousand World’s cultivation system with Gu Yuan and explained that he planned to refine a Dragon-Phoenix Divine Soul using Zi Yan’s bloodline.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan opened a rift into the Heavenly Tomb, and Zhang Yuan went inside while they remained outside.
• Zhang Yuan absorbed the energy of powerful Dou Saint-level beings for three months, reaching the Fourth-grade Sovereign Realm and growing his Sovereign Dharma Body to four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang.
• Zhang Yuan reached the Blood Saber Saint, who agreed to guide him toward Ancestor Xiao Xuan.
• A powerful aura appeared ahead, making the Blood Saber Saint kneel and tremble as Zhang Yuan continued toward Xiao Xuan.

Zhang Yuan met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb, explained the world beyond the Dou Qi Continent and the Soul Clan’s plans, and offered to help him revive. Xiao Xuan agreed to help free the Heavenly Tomb Spirit from its restrictions, while Zhang Yuan prepared to bring the spirit into his Spiritual Sense.

• Xiao Xuan recognized Zhang Yuan as a descendant of the Xiao Clan, and Zhang Yuan declined the Dou Emperor Bloodline in favor of his own path.
• Zhang Yuan told Xiao Xuan about the Great Thousand World, his Sovereign Dharma Body, the Soul Clan’s scheme, and the alliance forming against it.
• Zhang Yuan offered Xiao Xuan a chance to revive through reincarnation, and Xiao Xuan admitted he no longer wanted to die.
• Zhang Yuan asked whether the Heavenly Tomb Spirit could be sent into his Spiritual Sense, and Xiao Xuan rose to handle it.
• Xiao Xuan unleashed his soul force toward the sleeping Heavenly Tomb Spirit, which protested that Xiao Xuan was acting strangely.

Xiao Xuan confronted the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, exposed its origins, and fought it while demanding its Soul Origin for Zhang Yuan. He tricked the spirit into entering Zhang Yuan and transferring its authority, leaving Zhang Yuan with control of the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Xuan summoned the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and accused it of being a consciousness formed from gathered remnant souls that devoured other imprints.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit attacked Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan used Bone Spirit Cold Fire to make it believe he was burning his soul and threatening mutual destruction.
• Xiao Xuan demanded the spirit's Soul Origin to fulfill Zhang Yuan, then persuaded it to hand its authority to his descendant before he supposedly fell.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit entered Zhang Yuan's glabella, and Xiao Xuan's flames vanished as his aura settled.
• Zhang Yuan smiled, revealing that he had understood Xiao Xuan was faking his self-immolation and had fooled the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.

Zhang Yuan subdued the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, gained control of its power and vast soul energy, and promised to use them to restore Xiao Xuan. Xiao Yan engraved the Xiao Clan Crest and reached Dou Saint, while Xiao Xuan prepared to guide the clan as Zhang Yuan began cultivating in the Tomb’s accelerated-time depths.

• Xiao Xuan revealed that his apparent soul self-immolation had been a ruse using the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and the Xiao family descendants paid their respects to him.
• Zhang Yuan exposed the Heavenly Tomb Spirit’s schemes and its connection to the Tunling Clan, then suppressed it and refined it with the True Dragon Divine Firmament Flame.
• Zhang Yuan seized the Heavenly Tomb Spirit’s stolen authority and gained access to an immense ocean of Soul Power, which he said could heal Xiao Xuan’s soul.
• Xiao Yan engraved the Xiao Clan Crest, merged with the Bodhi Heart, and advanced to Dou Saint as Xiao Xuan praised him while comparing him with Zhang Yuan.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to guide the Xiao family and care for Xiao Yan’s children while Zhang Yuan entered the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate his soul.

Zhang Yuan reached the Emperor Realm Soul, took control of the Heavenly Tomb, and merged it with the Ancient Void Realm to create the Tomb Realm. After setting it in order, he opened a Plane Passage to explore another Lower Plane, where he unexpectedly encountered a naked woman.

• Zhang Yuan broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul and gained complete control of the Heavenly Tomb, which he renamed the Tomb Realm after merging it with the Ancient Void Realm.
• Zhang Yuan divided the Tomb Realm into Nine Heavens, establishing places for cultivation, Heavenly Flames, and the homes of his family and companions.
• Gu Yuan showed Xiao Xuan and Zhang Yuan his Sovereign Dharma Body, which he had cultivated by converting some of his Dou Qi into Sovereign Spiritual Qi.
• Zhang Yuan told Gu Yuan that he planned to explore other Lower Planes and opened one of his Plane Gates.
• Zhang Yuan entered the passage and arrived in an unfamiliar world, where he found a naked woman with her eyes closed.

Zhang Yuan accidentally appeared in a moonlit spirit pool and subdued Ling Hanyi, the Palace Master of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, before learning he had arrived in Tian Xuan Continent. After identifying Ling Hanyi and offering her an apology gift and tea, he revealed the tea could help her reach the Reincarnation Stage.

• Ling Hanyi sensed Zhang Yuan watching her in the spirit pool and attacked him with death energy, but he stopped and dispersed her strike with a word.
• Ling Hanyi tried to burn her cultivation and then use her sect’s Supreme Power against Zhang Yuan, but he sealed her abilities and overwhelmed her with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Zhang Yuan gave Ling Hanyi the Purple Gauze Flowing Cloud Skirt and asked about the continent; she supplied a faction map showing the Four Xuan Regions and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Zhang Yuan concluded that he had arrived in Tian Xuan Continent and learned that Ling Hanyi was the palace master of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace in the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Ling Hanyi refused Zhang Yuan’s tea and asked him to erase their memories of the incident, but he revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree leaves in it could help her attempt a Reincarnation Stage breakthrough.

Zhang Yuan brought Ling Hanyi to Ziwei Palace and explained Tian Xuan Continent’s cultivation system and its connection to the Great Thousand World. He revealed that he was a Fourth-grade Sovereign and learned the truth of the Symbol Ancestor, while Ling Hanyi remained unconvinced about marrying him.

• Ling Hanyi drank Zhang Yuan’s Bodhi Ancient Tree tea, accepted a pot from him, and rejected his marriage proposal despite his promise that she could enter the Supreme Palace through dual cultivation.
• Zhang Yuan took Ling Hanyi to Ziwei Palace, introduced her to his wives, and announced that he intended to take responsibility for having seen her while she cultivated in seclusion.
• Zhang Yuan explained Tian Xuan Continent’s cultivation realms and compared them with the Dou Qi Continent and the Great Thousand World; Qing Lin then explained the other worlds’ cultivation systems to Ling Hanyi.
• Ling Hanyi realized her current cultivation was comparable to surviving parts of the Sovereign’s Minor Three Tribulations and asked Zhang Yuan about his strength.
• Zhang Yuan disclosed that he was a Fourth-grade Sovereign with an Emperor Realm Soul and said he knew the Symbol Ancestor; his Thunder God Visualization Diagram then revealed the world’s complete truth to him.

Zhang Yuan explained how the Symbol Ancestor discovered the Plane Embryo, established the Symbol Master system, and prepared to become a Heavenly Sovereign. Ling Hanyi learned the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace’s true connection to the Supreme Palace, while Zhang Yuan hinted that a crisis forced the Symbol Ancestor to change the world’s cultivation system.

• Zhang Yuan and the others toasted the Symbol Ancestor, and Ling Hanyi asked him to explain the ancient war and its history.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the Symbol Ancestor found the Tian Xuan Continent’s Plane Embryo and taught its people the Symbol Master system.
• Zhang Yuan recounted how the Symbol Ancestor gathered the Eight Ancestral Symbols, bestowed them on his disciples, and named the Supreme Palace.
• Ling Hanyi realized that the Plane Embryo was the source of Supreme Power and that the Supreme Palace was where it resided.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that the Supreme Induction Art came from the Plane Embryo, making the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace more closely tied to the Supreme Palace than the Symbol Ancestor was.
• Zhang Yuan said the Symbol Ancestor had been on course to become a Heavenly Sovereign until his luck ran out, forcing him to alter the world’s cultivation system.