Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan learned the origins of Nihility Devouring Flame and the Pure Lotus Heart Flame, then refined Nihility Devouring Flame and recovered the Soul Clan's piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade. He traveled to the Demon Fire Plains to locate the Demonic Flame Space and prepared to work with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to break through its shifting Heaven Refining Array.

• Nihility Devouring Flame and the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill escaped Tou She Ancient God's cave with the Pure Lotus Heart Flame's help, but lost their memories and later went separate ways.
• Zhang Yuan learned that Nihility Devouring Flame came from the Tunling Sacred Clan and that the Pure Lotus Heart Flame was connected to the Dou Qi Continent's origin.
• Zhang Yuan refined Nihility Devouring Flame and discovered that Hun Tiandi had hidden the Soul Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade beneath the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Zhang Yuan retrieved the jade, completing his collection of all eight pieces, then headed to the Demon Fire Plains.
• Zhang Yuan located the shifting spatial point of the Demonic Flame Space and asked Zi Yan to activate Dragon-Phoenix Resonance with him before she and Zhu Kun attacked the array.

Zhang Yuan and his allies entered the Demonic Flame Space to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan decided Feng Qing'er should become Zhang Yuan's mount. Inside the space, Zhang Yuan destroyed illusions of the women in his life and prepared to continue exploring with Xiao Yan.

• Huang Tian explained that Feng Qing'er becoming Zhang Yuan's mount could benefit both her and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Feng Qing'er declared she had endured the bone transplant hoping for that chance.
• Zhang Yuan used Zi Yan's Dragon-Phoenix power to locate a weak point in the Demonic Flame Space, and Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan tore open a spatial vortex for them.
• Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan discussed using Origin Qi to advance their clans and pursue greater strength, while Gu Yuan realized he had been left out again.
• Inside the Demonic Flame Space, Zhang Yuan warned the others that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could exploit emotions, then sent Zi Yan back to the Ancient Void Realm and called Xiao Yan to prepare.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame created illusions of Zhang Yuan's women, but Zhang Yuan dismissed them as skeletons and destroyed them with his True Dragon Divine Firmament Flame.

Zhang Yuan advanced through the Demonic Flame Hall, devoured its Flame Slaves, and awakened Xiao Chen with Xiao Xuan’s blood essence. He then reached the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body and prepared to fight it.

• Zhang Yuan recognized that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had mastered the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s Nightmare Sky Mist as he and the women discussed the technique.
• Zhang Yuan devoured waves of Flame Slaves and collected them, including a flaming giant dragon, as he passed through the halls of the Ancient Void Realm.
• Zhang Yuan identified the Five-star Dou Saint Xiao Chen, used Xiao Xuan’s blood essence to awaken him, and sent him into the Ancient Void Realm to reunite with Xiao Xuan.
• Zhang Yuan reached the jade altar and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, rejecting its offer to spare his consciousness if he became a Flame Slave.
• Zhang Yuan declared that he would erase the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame even if it begged for mercy, then prepared to release Little Yan.

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yan confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside its illusion-filled Demonic Flame Space, where the Flame sought to refine them with its Heaven Refining Array. The Pure Lotus Demon Saint appeared through Xiao Yan and seized control of the array, and Zhang Yuan offered to help erase the Flame’s consciousness in exchange for the array’s accumulated energy.

• Zhang Yuan summoned Xiao Yan, who recognized that they were still trapped in the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist illusion.
• Zhang Yuan provoked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into revealing its true body, then used Palm Thunder to seize ten powerful Flame Slaves for Qing Yanjing.
• Zhang Yuan transformed into a colossal dragon-bodied figure, prompting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to activate the Heaven Refining Array.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame explained that it had mastered the array, whose combined power could rival a Grandmaster Spirit Array.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint manifested through Xiao Yan, took control of the array, and resolved to erase the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness.
• Zhang Yuan offered to help the Pure Lotus Demon Saint destroy the Flame’s consciousness in exchange for the energy stored in the Heaven Refining Array.

Zhang Yuan separated Little Demon from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, preserved the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s inheritance, and absorbed the Demonic Flame Space into the Ancient Void Realm. After years of secluded cultivation, he emerged to find the Nine Abyss Mansion ruling the continent and his companions gathered in the Nine Heavens.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint used the Heaven Refining Array to extract Little Demon’s consciousness and sent it into Zhang Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness, where Zhang Yuan’s power purified it and preserved the Saint’s inheritance.
• Zhang Yuan recovered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, erased its old memories with the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, and placed it in the Ancient Void Realm to prepare a young flame for Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Yuan absorbed the Demonic Flame Space into the Ancient Void Realm, then agreed with Xiao Xuan and the two uncles to strengthen himself before confronting the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Zhang Yuan cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb for six years, while only half a year passed outside; during that time, the Soul Clan fell, the Xiao Clan was rebuilt, and the Nine Abyss Mansion became dominant.
• Xun'er, Medusa, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the others managed the Nine Abyss Mansion’s expanding forces and departments.
• Zhang Yuan emerged from seclusion, and the women gathered in the Nine Heavens to welcome him.

Zhang Yuan reached Peak Ninth-grade Sovereign, reunited the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with the continent's strongest experts. Inside, they discovered the Exotic Fire Plaza and hundreds of Heavenly Tier Dou Techniques and cultivation methods, leaving them before the mansion's treasures.

• Zhang Yuan broke through to Peak Ninth-grade Sovereign and sent spiritual rain across the continent for people to cultivate with.
• Zhang Yuan fused the eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, summoned the Tou She Ancient God phantom, and used the jade's map to lead Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the others to the Black Corner Region.
• Zhang Yuan opened the passage to the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and the group entered its mist-shrouded space.
• Zhang Yuan led everyone to the Exotic Fire Plaza and revealed the statue of Tou She Ancient God by clearing away the mist.
• Xiao Yan saw several hundred spheres containing Heavenly Tier Dou Techniques and cultivation methods.

Zhang Yuan confronted the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill in Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion and demanded his Source Qi. After proving he could capture him with the Heaven Refining Array and Pill Transformation Ring, Zhang Yuan persuaded the pill to surrender and join Nine Abyss Mansion.

• Zhang Yuan collected several hundred Heaven Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills, then the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill appeared and recognized Xiao Yan and Zhang Yuan as the ones who had consumed the two flames.
• Zhang Yuan explained that Tou She Ancient God had erased Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's memories, and showed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill attacked Zhang Yuan with Emperor Pill Palm, but Zhang Yuan countered with Palm Thunder and fought him using his Sovereign Dharma Body.
• Zhang Yuan asked the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to hand over his Source Qi and join Nine Abyss Mansion, but the pill refused until Zhang Yuan trapped him with the Heaven Refining Array and activated the Pill Transformation Ring.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill realized Zhang Yuan could capture him and agreed to hand over his Source Qi, calling himself Little Dan.

Zhang Yuan arranged for the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill to nourish the Bodhi Ancient Tree and gave Zhu Kun a strand of Source Qi before bringing Xiao Yan to meet Tou She Ancient God. He asked Tou She Ancient God to pass his inheritance to Xiao Yan and let his Emperor Flame be devoured by the True Dragon Divine Firmament Flame.

• Zhang Yuan learned that the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill was a Nine-Colored Bodhi Sacred Heart Pill and sent it to nourish the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where it could gain a complete Bodhi Sacred Heart.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree claimed the name Zhang Bodhi, while the pill accepted the name Zhang Jiucai and allowed Zhang Yuan to extract a strand of Source Qi.
• Zhang Yuan gave the Source Qi to Zhu Kun, who felt his bottleneck loosen, then took Xiao Yan through the barrier inside Tou She Ancient God's statue.
• Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yan met Tou She Ancient God in a sea of Heavenly Flames, and Zhang Yuan explained how the Flame Mantra connected Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God.
• Zhang Yuan asked Tou She Ancient God to give his inheritance to Xiao Yan and let the True Dragon Divine Firmament Flame devour Emperor Flame.

Zhang Yuan helped Tou She Ancient God pass on its inheritance to Xiao Yan, then devoured Emperor Flame and emerged two years later as a Dou Emperor with the Dragon Phoenix Thunder Emperor Flame. He toured the Dou Qi Continent with the women, took Han Yue and Han Xue under his care, and ordered Feng Qing'er to temper herself inside his flame before she could qualify as his mount.

• Tou She Ancient God entered Zhang Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, where the Thunder God Visualization Diagram stabilized its soul and allowed it to choose how to be reborn after passing on its inheritance.
• Zhang Yuan condensed Emperor Flame into a lotus seed and gave it to Xiao Yan to absorb, then devoured Emperor Flame's true body with the True Dragon Divine Firmament Flame and began refining it in seclusion.
• Two years later, Zhang Yuan appeared above the Nine Heavens on a massive dragon, now called the Dragon Phoenix Thunder Emperor Flame, and took the women on a tour of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Zhang Yuan recognized Han Yue and Han Xue's Star-Moon Physique, promised to nurture them, and had them stay by Yun Yun's side.
• Zhang Yuan accepted Feng Qing'er as his disciple but told her to enter his flame and prove herself before she could qualify as his mount.

Zhang Yuan returned to Tian Xuan Continent after declaring himself Emperor Yuan and opening a planar passage between it and the Dou Qi Continent. He arrived at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace with the women, where he surprised Ling Hanyi as she taught a young girl beside two little girls.

• Zhang Yuan explained how his Dragon Phoenix Thunder Emperor Flame could refine Feng Qing'er's Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, then tempered her for a day and marked her as his mount.
• Zhang Yuan merged with the flame's power to temporarily reach lower-tier Dou Emperor strength, and Gu Yuan learned that he could contend with a Lower Earthly Sovereign.
• Zhang Yuan opened a mysterious gate at Emperor-Treading Peak, proclaimed himself Emperor Yuan, and announced rules for exploring other planes and connecting the Dou Qi and Tian Xuan Continents.
• Emperor-Treading Peak rose ten thousand zhang as people across the Dou Qi Continent bowed to Emperor Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan entered the Spatial Portal with the women and appeared at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, where he embraced Ling Hanyi as she taught a girl beside Ling Qingzhu and Lin Qingtuan.

Zhang Yuan reunited with Ling Hanyi and met her young disciples, giving them Nine Abyss Tokens. The chapter recounted how Ling Hanyi revealed Nine Abyss Mansion’s power and exposed Yuan Sect’s alliance with the Alien Demons, then ended with Ying Huanhuan and Lin Qingtuan asking Zhang Yuan for a hug.

• Zhang Yuan gave Ling Qingzhu, Ying Huanhuan, and Lin Qingtuan Nine Abyss Tokens as gifts.
• Ling Hanyi’s celebration drew the Four Xuan Regions’ factions, where she announced Zhang Yuan had killed a peak Triple Reincarnation Stage expert and that Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect had joined Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Ling Hanyi declared war on Yuan Sect for colluding with the Alien Demons, and a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python stopped its three headmasters from fleeing.
• Ling Hanyi and the gathered experts found Alien Demon corpses, including a Great Heavenly Demon, beneath Yuan Sect, confirming its crimes and leading to the sect’s destruction.
• Ying Huanhuan and Lin Qingtuan asked Zhang Yuan to hug them while Ling Qingzhu watched.

Zhang Yuan explained why he would limit contact with Ling Qingzhu, Lin Qingtuan, and Ying Huanhuan, then discussed the Dou Qi Continent and the danger posed by the Abyssal Demon Clan with Ling Hanyi. He later brought Qing Yanjing, Xun'er, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to a vast spirit formation in the Chaotic Demon Sea, where the Flame Lord was suppressing something beneath it.

• Ling Qingzhu took Lin Qingtuan and Ying Huanhuan away with the Nine Abyss Token, while the two little girls argued over what to call Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan told Ling Hanyi that he would see the three girls less often because their cultivation of the Supreme Induction Art could make them overly dependent on his Supreme Power.
• Zhang Yuan told Ling Hanyi that the Soul Clan had been destroyed and Little Yan was accepting Tou She Ancient God's Inheritance, then explained why he was not ready to confront the Abyssal Demon Clan's Demon Emperor.
• Zhang Yuan brought Qing Yanjing, Xun'er, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other women to a huge formation beneath the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Qing Yanjing identified the Heaven-grade High-level Formation as a weakened formation arranged by the Symbol Ancestor, and Zhang Yuan revealed that the Flame Lord was suppressing the thing below.

Zhang Yuan and his companions found the Flame Lord suppressing a Demon Suppressing Prison and helped strengthen its formation against the Great Heavenly Demon King. After explaining the Flame Lord’s origins and reassuring him about his future cultivation, Zhang Yuan left him wondering why Emperor Yuan had spared the imprisoned demon.

• Zhang Yuan explained the Ancestral Symbols and discussed how he planned to distribute them among his companions, promising Fire Spirit the Flame Ancestral Talisman.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that the magma formation sealed a Demon Suppressing Prison holding the Great Heavenly Demon King, a foe the Flame Lord had been suppressing for nearly ten thousand years.
• Zhang Yuan strengthened the formation, helping the Flame Lord recover further and eliminating every demon in the prison except the Great Heavenly Demon King.
• The Flame Lord woke and asked whether Zhang Yuan was an Ancestral Realm expert; Zhang Yuan introduced himself as Emperor Yuan and shared knowledge of the Great Thousand World.
• Zhang Yuan reassured the Flame Lord that his foundation had recovered and that he could still advance beyond the Earthly Sovereign level.
• The Flame Lord asked why Zhang Yuan had spared the Great Heavenly Demon King when he could have defeated it easily.

Zhang Yuan explained why he was letting the Alien Demons remain, then invited the Flame Lord to join Nine Abyss Mansion. After learning about the Ice Master’s reincarnation and her choice to recover her memories later, the Flame Lord accepted and asked to become an Abyss Guard.

• Zhang Yuan showed the Flame Lord evidence that the Yuan Sect and traitors in the Heavenly Demonic Sable Clan and Dragon Clan were colluding with the Alien Demons.
• Zhang Yuan explained that a premature purge could trigger blood sacrifices, break the Plane Rift’s seal, and release the Demon Emperor, so he asked the Flame Lord to recover and await his signal.
• Zhang Yuan gave the Flame Lord a Nine Abyss Token and invited him to join Nine Abyss Mansion as an Abyss Envoy.
• The Flame Lord sensed the Ice Master’s aura and asked Zhang Yuan about her reincarnation and delayed awakening.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the Ice Master wanted to enjoy life with her parents before restoring her memories, and that she had become his wife’s disciple.
• The Flame Lord accepted Zhang Yuan’s invitation and asked to join as an Abyss Guard instead of an Abyss Envoy.

Zhang Yuan recruited Flame Lord and traveled with his companions to meet the Primordial Lord, where Qing Yanjing began modifying the formation that gathered Primordial Qi. After learning about Zhang Yuan and his help for the Ancient Lords, the Primordial Lord offered to join Nine Abyss Mansion as an Abyss Guard.

• Zhang Yuan gave Flame Lord a Mysterious Yellow Flame Seed and recruited him as an Abyss Guard; Flame Lord was glad to reunite with Yan and Desolate.
• Zhang Yuan told the women that Flame Lord had joined partly to curry favor with Ying Huanhuan, then took them to the Primordial Tower to meet the Primordial Lord.
• Zhang Yuan explained the benefits of Primordial Qi, and Qing Yanjing began modifying the tower's spirit array with materials he provided.
• The Primordial Lord awoke, greeted Yan and Desolate, and learned about Zhang Yuan from a strand of Soul Light.
• The Primordial Lord thanked Zhang Yuan for helping his junior sister and Flame Lord, then offered to join Nine Abyss Mansion as an Abyss Guard.

Zhang Yuan helped the Primordial Lord recover and promised to support the Sea Giant Clan before traveling with the women to the Chaotic Demon Sea to locate Demon Prisons. At the Undying Holy Whale Clan, he found Mu Lingshan, who eagerly welcomed him taking her away.

• Zhang Yuan reassured the Primordial Lord that helping the Sea Giant Clan was right and had Qing Yanjing upgrade the Primordial Tower’s formation, promising the Primordial Lord would recover within a year.
• Zhang Yuan gave the Primordial Lord a Nine Abyss Token and arranged for the Undying Holy Whale Clan and the Blazing Ancestral Symbol’s controller to look after the Sea Giant Clan.
• Zhang Yuan and the women mapped Demon Prisons in the Chaotic Demon Sea, and Xun'er reserved a powerful Alien Demon True King for a future fight.
• At the Undying Holy Whale Clan, Mu Lingshan complained that the elders kept delaying her chance to go out and play.
• Zhang Yuan appeared in the clan’s great hall, and Mu Lingshan immediately rushed into his arms and asked to stay with him.
• Zhang Yuan told Mu Lingshan he had come to take her away, delighting her and shocking the clan elders.

Zhang Yuan revealed that Mu Lingshan was the incarnation of the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman and promised to revive the Undying Holy Whale Clan’s ancestor. After rebuilding the Lord of Life and Death’s body and restoring her, he faced her question about his relationship with Mu Lingshan.

• Mu Qinghai challenged Zhang Yuan when he tried to leave with Mu Lingshan, but Zhang Yuan explained that he had come to offer the clan two great gifts.
• Zhang Yuan revealed the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman within Mu Lingshan and explained that the Lord of Life and Death had reincarnated.
• Zhang Yuan offered to accelerate the Lord of Life and Death’s return with a Bodhi Reincarnation Pill, and Mu Qinghai provided the remains of three powerful clan ancestors.
• Zhang Yuan used the Ancestral Talismans, the Ancestral Stone, the remains, and the pill to rebuild the Lord of Life and Death’s body and restore her after forty-nine days.
• The revived Lord of Life and Death appeared before Zhang Yuan and asked what relationship he had with her junior sister, Mu Lingshan.

Zhang Yuan revived Mu Yinyin, explained the changing world, and invited her to join the Nine Abyss Mansion. After she joined as an Abyss Envoy, she reunited with the Ice Master inside Ying Huanhuan and told her that the Devouring Lord had perished, leaving the Ice Master wondering whether Zhang Yuan could bring him back.

• Zhang Yuan gave Mu Yinyin the Ancestral Stone, and she learned about the Great Thousand World, the current state of the Lords, and the Ice Master's reincarnation as Ying Huanhuan.
• Mu Yinyin thanked Zhang Yuan for reviving her and accepted his invitation to join the Nine Abyss Mansion as an Abyss Envoy.
• Mu Yinyin contacted the Flame Lord, learned that he was suppressing the Great Heavenly Demon King, and agreed to visit him when she had time.
• Zhang Yuan brought Ying Huanhuan to Mu Yinyin, who awakened the Ice Master within her and embraced her old junior sister.
• Mu Yinyin told the Ice Master that the Devouring Lord had perished protecting the others, and the Ice Master suggested asking Zhang Yuan whether he could help before blushing over Mu Yinyin's teasing about her feelings for him.

Mu Yinyin reunited with the Ice Master and agreed to recruit the other Ancient Lords into the Nine Abyss Mansion, while Zhang Yuan cleared the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s Demon Suppressing Prison and promised to revive the Devouring Lord. Zhang Yuan then approached Mo Luo for the Flame Ancestral Talisman and won his agreement by offering him a generous deal.

• The Ice Master explained that she had placed an imprint on Zhang Yuan as a safeguard and would use her feelings for him to temper her heart and seek a breakthrough.
• Zhang Yuan returned Mu Yinyin to the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, where she declared the clan would join the Nine Abyss Mansion and settle its old debts.
• Zhang Yuan slaughtered the Alien Demons in the Demon Suppressing Prison, kept seven True Kings alive under suppression, and freed the clan’s elders to act.
• Mu Yinyin accepted Zhang Yuan’s Nine Abyss Tokens and agreed to explain the situation to the other Ancient Lords; Zhang Yuan also promised to revive the Devouring Lord.
• Zhang Yuan met Mo Luo and asked for the Flame Ancestral Talisman, then sent him information that persuaded him to offer it willingly.

Zhang Yuan traded Mo Luo for the Flame Ancestral Talisman and brought Flame God Hall under Nine Abyss Mansion’s protection. He then entered the Thunder Emperor’s estate to recover the Thunder Ancestral Talisman and revive the Thunder Emperor, and found the sealed Thunder Emperor surrounded by a thousand years of accumulated power.

• Mo Luo agreed to join Flame God Hall to Nine Abyss Mansion in exchange for Zhang Yuan’s promised cultivation resources and the Flame Lord’s protection as a guest elder.
• Mo Luo erased his Soul Imprint and handed Zhang Yuan the Flame Ancestral Talisman, which accepted Zhang Yuan after sensing his Emperor Flame and strength.
• Zhang Yuan asked Mo Luo to lead him to the Thunder Emperor’s territory, explaining that he planned to recover the Thunder Ancestral Talisman and revive the Thunder Emperor.
• Zhang Yuan entered the Thunder Emperor’s estate, cleared its Alien Demon traces, collected its treasures, and took the Thunder Emperor’s Scepter.
• Zhang Yuan reached the Thunder Realm’s Thunder Lava Sea and found the sealed Thunder Emperor beneath a Thunder Ancestral Talisman that had accumulated a thousand years of power.