Recaps

Hun Mang and Hun Wu joined Ling Yuan’s side and attacked the formation sealing the Spirit Clan, hoping to break through and summon Soul Clan reinforcements. Their combined Heaven Class Dou Techniques struck the barrier, but the chapter ended before its response was revealed.

• Hun Mang agreed to follow Ling Yuan’s lead while planning to break the seal and alert the Soul Clan rather than risk capturing Xiao Yan and the others alone.
• Ling Yuan asked Hun Mang and Hun Wu to attack the formation while he held the battle line.
• Yao Lao and the others watched without intervening, and Hun Mang decided to press ahead once he saw they would not stop him.
• Hun Mang unleashed Myriad Soul Calamity as Hun Wu fired Black Soul Annihilation Ray, and the two Heaven Class Dou Techniques surged together.
• Hun Mang and Hun Wu’s combined attack crashed into the formation separating the Spirit Clan from the outside world.

Hun Mang failed to break the formation sealing the Spirit Realm, so Ling Yuan ordered him to turn the battle against Yao Lao and the others instead. As Yao Lao moved to intercept Hun Mang, Qing Lin summoned a colossal Nine Serene Deepground Python to join the fight.

• Hun Mang and Hun Wu attacked the formation, but it remained completely undisturbed, and Hun Mang admitted he could not break it.
• Ling Yuan told Hun Mang and Hun Wu to target Yao Lao and his companion to gain the battlefield advantage and draw out the formation’s controller.
• Yao Lao told Huo Zhi to assist the others while he confronted Hun Mang, then launched his attack.
• Xiao Yan called for Qing Lin to act, and she summoned a gigantic Nine Serene Deepground Python with a jade-green flower on its forehead.

Qing Lin revealed her battle puppet Yao Xiaotian and thirteen Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python souls, shifting the alliance’s fight against the Soul Clan and Spirit Clan. Ling Yuan was wounded by Qing Lin and the Pill Tower Ancestor, then activated the Spirit Clan’s grand formation and called on his clan to empower it.

• Qing Lin summoned Yao Xiaotian, a three-star Dou Sheng battle puppet, and sent him to fight Hun Wu.
• Qing Lin released thirteen Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python souls, sending four to aid Yao Xiaotian and the others to attack Ling Yuan with her.
• Qing Lin struck Ling Yuan with Frostchill Slash, and the Pill Tower Ancestor followed with Sever Heaven, injuring Ling Yuan and forcing him back.
• Ling Yuan raised hexagram-shaped phantoms and altered the Spirit Clan’s grand formation, causing the ground to rumble.
• Ling Yuan urged the Spirit Clan members to pour their battle qi into the formation and help him defeat the enemy.

The Spirit Clan’s formation restored Ling Yuan while Yao Lao fought Hun Mang in a dangerous spiritual duel. Huo Zhi joined Xiao Yan, and together they unleashed a joint attack that strengthened Xiao Yan and gave him the advantage over Ling Qingbai.

• The Spirit Clan’s descendants poured Dou Qi into their formation, replenishing Ling Yuan’s strength and healing his wounds as the Pill Tower Ancestor called for another attack.
• Yao Lao trapped Hun Mang with the Soul-Shaking Mind Seal and followed with Myriad Soul Imprisonment, but Hun Mang escaped the assault and became more wary of him.
• Huo Zhi chose to join Xiao Yan, who had been waiting for an opening to break the stalemate by combining their strength.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi clasped hands and resonated through the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, allowing Huo Zhi’s Dou Qi to flow into Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan activated his Clan Mark, rose from the early to the late stage of the two-star Dou Sheng level, and empowered his Flame Glazed Beast’s blaze.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi intensified their assault on Ling Qingbai, but Ling Yuan replenished him with stored Dou Qi from the Spirit Clan. Xiao Yan broke through Ling Qingbai’s defenses with the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and sealed his consciousness, leaving him at the mercy of the Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi trapped Ling Qingbai in a combined assault of Heavenly Flames, ruler attacks, and the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Ling Yuan sent a pillar of stored Dou Qi to restore Ling Qingbai’s strength and defenses.
• Yan Jin warned Xiao Yan that the Spirit Clan could keep supplying its fighters from reserves accumulated long ago.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to his Heavy Profound Ruler while Huo Zhi activated her clan mark and intensified her attack.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler shattered Ling Qingbai’s barrier, and the Soul-Sealing Consciousness Suppression overwhelmed him.
• The Heavenly Flames burned Ling Qingbai while he remained unable to resist.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi killed Ling Qingbai, while Elder Qing Shan and the Fire Cloud Ancestor gravely wounded another Spirit Clan Dou Saint. With the alliance gaining momentum, Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined Zi Yan against Ling Xuanmo to try to remove another Spirit Clan expert from the battle.

• Ling Yuan tried to aid Ling Qingbai, but Xiao Yan absorbed most of the Dou Qi pillar and replenished his reserves.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi combined their attacks to destroy Ling Qingbai's body and soul, making him the first Dou Saint to fall in the surprise attack.
• Elder Qing Shan and the Fire Cloud Ancestor gravely wounded the Spirit Clan Dou Saint they were fighting.
• Xiao Yan chose to reinforce Zi Yan against Ling Xuanmo, and Huo Zhi joined him.
• Zi Yan transformed into human form and continued fighting Ling Xuanmo alongside Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi.

As Ling Xuanmo came under pressure from Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the Flame Glazed Beasts, Ling Yuan sacrificed his blood to activate the Spirit Clan’s protective array. The Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s Dou Di phantom appeared, bringing the battle for the Spirit Realm to its climax.

• Xiao Yan sent his five Flame Glazed Beasts to harry Ling Xuanmo while Zi Yan attacked him relentlessly, forcing him toward defeat.
• Ling Yuan, despairing after Ling Qingbai’s death and the worsening battles, declared that the Spirit Clan would fight to its last breath rather than surrender its legacy.
• Ling Yuan sent his blood into the protective array’s formation eye, releasing the stores of Dou Qi gathered throughout the Spirit Realm.
• Ling Yuan called upon the Progenitor as the array’s energy formed a vortex and revealed the Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s phantom.
• Millions of Spirit Clan members bowed to the Progenitor, while Xiao Yan sensed a faint connection to the phantom through the Spirit Clan blood he had absorbed.

Ling Yuan summoned the Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul to defend the Spirit Clan, and the remnant soul confronted Yan Jin. Yan Jin fought back with two Heavenly Flames and his Flame Spirit Fire Body, but the remnant soul pierced his first strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Hun Mang watched in awe as Ling Yuan summoned the Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul and begged it to save the Spirit Clan.
• The Spirit Heavenly Emperor recognized the ruined Spirit Clan as his descendants and called Yan Jin out of hiding.
• Yan Jin paid his respects, then faced the remnant soul’s attack by raising it with two Heavenly Flames and forming his Flame Spirit Fire Body.
• The Spirit Heavenly Emperor pierced Yan Jin’s flaming hands with concentrated runes, scattering their fire energy.
• Yan Jin dismissed the damage and sent his strengthened flaming hands crashing down again.

Yan Jin battled the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul while the Spirit Clan poured its remaining Dou Qi into the protective formation to sustain their ancestor. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi waited beside Zi Yan's fight with Ling Xuanmo, watching for the opening Xiao Yan needed to help Zi Yan win.

• Yan Jin's Heavenly Flame attacks clashed with the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul, and he recognized the battle as a rare chance to study a Dou Emperor's techniques.
• Ling Yuan ordered every Spirit Clan member to feed Dou Qi into the clan-protecting formation, while the clan's stored energy also flowed into the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul.
• The other fighters avoided Yan Jin and the Spirit Emperor's battle and fought fiercely across the remaining battlefields as the Mountain and River Dragon-Trapping Seal stayed active.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi remained beside Zi Yan and Ling Xuanmo, with Xiao Yan waiting for a chance to help Zi Yan prevail.
• Ling Xuanmo's Dou Qi began to run low after he spent several ultimate techniques and activated his clan mark, leaving him unable to replenish his strength from the Spirit Clan's reserves.

Xiao Yan joined Zi Yan and Huo Zhi to launch a coordinated attack against Ling Xuanmo, but his body unexpectedly began transforming into a dragon amid the clash. After they took Ling Xuanmo’s Heaven Class Dou Technique head-on, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan emerged unharmed, leaving Ling Xuanmo stunned.

• Ling Xuanmo summoned the Profound Clear Golden Seal, while Xiao Yan told Zi Yan and Huo Zhi to join him in killing their weakened opponent.
• Zi Yan transformed into her Ancient Void Dragon form and used her purple-gold Dou Qi to hold back the golden seal as Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi reached her head.
• Xiao Yan unexpectedly began transforming, growing dragon scales and horns as his five Heavenly Flames ignited and his aura surged.
• Zi Yan’s resistance faltered, and she and Xiao Yan collided with Ling Xuanmo’s golden seal as Huo Zhi retreated from the shock wave.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan reappeared unharmed after surviving the Heaven Class Dou Technique, and Ling Xuanmo cried out in disbelief.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan combined their powers to form a purple-gold sword and struck down Ling Xuanmo. The sword’s force faded after the devastating blow, leaving Ling Xuanmo severed in half.

• Xiao Yan sprouted Heavenly Flame wings as purple-gold energy transformed around him and formed a sword.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Yan to take the sword, and he grasped it, fusing their auras and approaching the strength of a five-star Dou Sheng.
• Ling Yuan replenished Ling Xuanmo’s Dou Qi, but Ling Xuanmo’s clan-marking enhancement was already declining.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan crossed the distance to Ling Xuanmo and unleashed a purple-gold sword strike that pierced through his defenses.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan returned to their normal forms, and Xiao Yan saw that Ling Xuanmo had been cut in half and was being eroded by lingering sword energy.

Xiao Yan killed Ling Xuanmo, while Yao Lao and Qing Lin seized an opening to badly wound Ling Yuan. Ling Yuan drove back his attackers, but his injuries and fading clan mark left him near his limit.

• Xiao Yan destroyed Ling Xuanmo's body and soul, ending the Spirit Clan deputy clan leader's life.
• Ling Yuan failed to reach his brother because the Pill Tower Ancestor and Qing Lin held him back, and he vowed to avenge Ling Xuanmo.
• Yao Lao trapped Ling Yuan's senses with Soul-Sealing Consciousness Lock, allowing Qing Lin to stab his chest with a blade of icy energy.
• Ling Yuan broke free, struck Qing Lin and shattered the souls of the two Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Pythons, then shattered the ice in his chest.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor attacked Ling Yuan, but Ling Yuan caught his sword and kicked him away as his injuries worsened and his clan mark's power faded.

Ling Yuan restored his strength with the Spirit Clan’s stored Dou Qi and turned his attack toward Xiao Yan, forcing Xiao Yan’s allies to hold him off. As the Pill Tower Ancestor shielded them, Xiao Yan prepared to continue his attempt to help Yan Jin defeat the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul.

• Ling Yuan replenished his strength and chose to attack Xiao Yan, whom he blamed for the Spirit Clan’s losses.
• Huo Zhi arrived beside Xiao Yan and restored some of his Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan refused to retreat and asked Zi Yan to stall Ling Yuan while Huo Zhi transferred him her Dou Qi.
• Zi Yan fought Ling Yuan and was badly injured by his punches, prompting Elder Qing Shan to rush to her aid.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor intercepted Ling Yuan’s next punch and told Xiao Yan to continue his plan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor used pills to replenish himself as he continued holding Ling Yuan back.

Xiao Yan prepared to risk a powerful attack against the Spirit Clan with help from Huo Zhi and Qing Lin. As Qing Lin gathered her strength, Hun Mang secretly traced strange patterns while fighting Yao Lao, leaving the chapter poised before both sides made their moves.

• Xiao Yan asked Huo Zhi to lend him the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, and Qing Lin offered to join his plan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor protected Xiao Yan while Qing Lin withdrew her aura and prepared to unleash her strongest attack.
• Yao Lao suspected Hun Mang was hiding a plan as Hun Mang secretly traced patterns beneath the black mist.
• Yan Jin recognized Qing Lin's impending attack, while Yao Ming and Yao Su felt its chilling pressure.
• Qing Lin filled the surrounding area with silent, expanding snowflakes as cold spread from her body.

Qing Lin froze the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul long enough for Xiao Yan and Yan Jin to unleash their Heavenly Flame attacks together. Their combined assault engulfed the battlefield, leaving the remnant soul under the effects of both Qing Lin’s lingering frost and the flames.

• Qing Lin used Momentary Frost and Snow to trap the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul in a crystal prison and strike its core.
• Xiao Yan completed his Five-Colored Fire Lotus and supported the exhausted Qing Lin after throwing it toward the frozen remnant soul.
• Yao Lao warned everyone to prepare for the impact, while Yan Jin waited for Xiao Yan’s attack before acting.
• Yan Jin used Fall of the Fire God as Xiao Yan’s fire lotus reached the remnant soul, and the two attacks struck together.
• The combined Heavenly Flames swallowed the area outside the Spirit Clan’s protective formation, melting Qing Lin’s ice while its lingering frost continued to affect the remnant soul.

Yan Jin and Mu Wei stabilized the Mountain River Dragon-Trapping Formation as the combined attacks battered the Spirit Realm, and the Ling Emperor's remnant soul was destroyed. Yao Lao then sensed Hun Mang rushing toward the remnants and flew to stop him.

• Yan Jin took command of the Mountain River Dragon-Trapping Formation with Mu Wei's help and shielded the alliance's Dou Sheng experts.
• Xiao Yan sensed Qing Lin's icy power enduring within the sea of Heavenly Flames and realized she was far stronger than he was.
• The eruption weakened, and Yao Lao discovered that the Ling Emperor's remnant soul had been scattered and destroyed.
• Yao Lao sensed Hun Mang heading toward the Ling Emperor's remnant soul and flew after him, suspecting he intended something dangerous.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi headed back into the battle while Qing Lin and Zi Yan recovered, but Hun Mang seized a fragment of the Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s Dou Di remnant soul from the fading blast. He planned to gather the fragments and use their power to break through to higher Dou Sheng levels.

• Xiao Yan told Qing Lin and Zi Yan to rest, then flew out with Huo Zhi to rejoin the fight.
• Hun Mang rushed toward the blast’s center as its force weakened and searched for the Spirit Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul.
• Hun Mang found and seized a milky-white fragment of the Dou Di remnant soul.
• Hun Mang revealed that he had been working for the Soul Clan to locate the remnant soul and had preserved his strength to claim it.
• Hun Mang decided to gather the remaining fragments, believing their power could help him break through the five-star bottleneck and reach six or seven stars.

Hun Mang tried to collect the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul fragments, but Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Huo Zhi intervened. Hun Mang awakened his Soul Clan Mark, absorbed the fragments he had gathered, and trapped the three in Black Mist as they launched a combined attack.

• Hun Mang used Soul Spider Trace-Seeking to search for and gather fragments of the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul.
• Yao Lao interrupted Hun Mang’s search with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined him to stop the collection.
• Xiao Yan noticed the soul fragments might be useful to him, while Hun Mang realized he had to defeat the three Heavenly Flame wielders.
• Hun Mang awakened his Soul Clan Mark, rose from peak Four-Star to Five-Star Dou Saint, and poured seven fragments into the Black Mist.
• Hun Mang’s Black Mist engulfed Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Huo Zhi, who then launched a simultaneous assault with two Heaven Class Dou Techniques and Yao Lao’s soul palm.

Hun Mang trapped Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Huo Zhi in his black mist and wounded Yao Lao with a concealed strike. As Xiao Yan tried to devour the mist and escape with them, Qing Lin arrived to aid the group.

• Hun Mang absorbed Xiao Yan and Yao Lao's attacks into his black mist and surrounded the three with a spreading web.
• Hun Mang's disguised black-mist arrow pierced Yao Lao's lower abdomen, and Xiao Yan broke through the web to reach his injured teacher.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to retreat, and Xiao Yan began devouring the black mist to open an escape route for their group.
• Hun Mang sent solidified black-mist tentacles after the retreating group as Qing Lin arrived in the Spirit Realm.

Qing Lin joined Xiao Yan to cover their retreat from Hun Mang, then used her power to tear through his Black Mist and expose him. The chapter left her and Xiao Yan attacking Hun Mang as he realized Qing Lin remained dangerously strong.

• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin stood together to protect the injured Yao Lao and Huo Zhi from Hun Mang's Black Mist.
• Hun Mang unleashed the Heaven-Rank Soul Technique: Soul-Scattering Sound, hurting Huo Zhi and forcing Xiao Yan to counter with the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame.
• Xiao Yan's Shadow Piercing Needle failed to locate Hun Mang, while Qing Lin advanced toward the Black Mist's core instead of fleeing.
• Qing Lin's jade-green eyes dissolved the Black Mist and exposed Hun Mang, then she aimed her icy blade at the grotesque face powering his attack.
• Hun Mang knocked Qing Lin's blade aside but suffered severe cold damage to his palms and realized she had not exhausted her strength.
• Xiao Yan attacked Hun Mang with the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame as Qing Lin's strike was deflected.

Hun Mang used a blood sacrifice to unleash a devastating sonic attack, driving Xiao Yan and Qing Lin back and revealing most of the Spirit Emperor remnant soul. Xiao Yan sent the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame to seize it, but Hun Mang split the Child Flame apart and reached for the exposed remnant soul.

• Hun Mang sacrificed his blood essence to strengthen the feral soul face, whose sonic attack blasted Xiao Yan and Qing Lin away.
• Hun Mang spotted a massive portion of the Spirit Emperor remnant soul and rushed to claim it.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame to intercept Hun Mang, and it swallowed the remnant soul despite Hun Mang's black mist cage.
• Hun Mang blocked the Child Flame's retreat and used a bloody attack to split it in two, exposing the remnant soul.
• Hun Mang declared the Spirit Emperor remnant soul his as he reached for it.

Xiao Yan and Hun Mang fought over the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul as more experts arrived, turning the struggle into a chaotic battle. Ling Yuan recognized his ancestor’s soul and demanded its return, but Xiao Yan and Hun Mang ignored him and continued pulling at its power.

• Yao Ming and Yao Su arrived and attacked Hun Mang after Qing Lin urged them to help Xiao Yan.
• Hun Mang struck Yao Ming and Yao Su with a soul-targeting sonic attack, but Yao Ming’s tail blow staggered him and the Child Flame recovered, swallowing part of the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul power.
• Hun Mang grabbed the exposed half of the remnant soul, and he and the Child Flame began violently tugging over its remaining power.
• Ling Yuan arrived with the Spirit Clan experts, saw Hun Mang and Xiao Yan fighting over the Spirit Emperor’s remnant soul, and demanded that they release his ancestor.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Mang ignored Ling Yuan and intensified their efforts to seize the remnant soul power.

Xiao Yan and Hun Mang fought over the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul while Ling Yuan's anger at the Soul Clan and the desecration of his ancestor reached its breaking point. After each seized half of the remnant soul, Ling Yuan began a self-destruction that left the others scrambling to escape.

• Hun Mang ignored Ling Yuan's pleas and continued joining Xiao Yan in pressuring the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul.
• Ling Yuan attacked Xiao Yan and Hun Mang, but Soul Crow and Yao Ming intercepted him and bought the pair time.
• The remnant soul split in two, and Xiao Yan stored his half while Hun Mang absorbed his, rapidly strengthening his soul.
• Enraged by the seizure of the remnant soul, Ling Yuan activated the Spirit Clan's protective formation against Xiao Yan and Hun Mang.
• Ling Yuan began self-destruction, radiating blood-red and spiritual light as the others retreated.

Ling Yuan and several Spirit Clan Dou Shengs detonated themselves, unleashing a shockwave that threatened everyone in the Spirit Realm. Qing Lin, Yao Su, and Yao Ming shielded Xiao Yan, while Yan Jin reinforced the Mountain River Dragon-Trapping Formation and sealed a breach in the Spirit Clan’s formation.

• Ling Yuan set his flesh and soul ablaze and detonated himself, joined by several Spirit Clan Dou Shengs.
• Trapped by the blast, Xiao Yan deployed his strongest defenses as Qing Lin rushed to embrace him despite her depleted Dou Qi.
• Yao Su and Yao Ming arrived and used their bodies to shield Xiao Yan and Qing Lin from the shockwave.
• The blast shattered the Spirit Clan’s clan-protecting formation, killing many Spirit Clan members caught near the breach.
• Yan Jin reinforced the Mountain River Dragon-Trapping Formation, then sealed the opening and limited further deaths among the Spirit Clan’s ordinary members.

After Ling Yuan's self-destruction, Yan Jin rescued the alliance's surviving experts, captured Hun Mang, and reunited with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin. The alliance's surprise attack succeeded, leaving it in control of the sealed Spirit Realm as its members began clearing the battlefield.

• Yan Jin suppressed the blast's lingering turmoil, found the gravely wounded Hun Mang, destroyed his body, and sealed his soul as a captive.
• Yan Jin recovered fragments of the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul from Hun Mang and then located Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Yao Ming, and Yao Su.
• Qing Lin drew the unconscious Yao Ming and Yao Su into the space of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Yan Jin confirmed Xiao Yan was safe.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Nine Serene Deepground Python experts had shielded him and Qing Lin, and that Qing Lin had chosen to stay beside him despite the danger.
• The alliance confirmed Ling Yuan, Ling Xuanmo, and the Spirit Emperor's remnant soul were destroyed, while Hun Mang was captured and the Spirit Realm remained sealed by the Mountain River Dragon-Trapping Formation.
• The alliance declared its surprise attack successful and began clearing the battlefield inside the Spirit Realm.