Recaps

Fang Yu finished refining seventh-tier pills and began resurrecting Skyfire Venerable and Yao Lao in a guarded stone chamber. The two seniors swallowed the pills and entered their chosen bodies, beginning the final fusion needed for resurrection.

• Fang Yu projected his pill-refining process over the city, then used his puppet to overcome the heavenly lightning and strengthen it.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Yan to guard the resurrection site, and Xiao Yan agreed; Yun Yun joined him outside.
• Fang Yu presented Skyfire Venerable and Yao Lao with seventh-tier pills and bodies to choose from.
• Fang Yu burned away the bodies’ deathly aura while restoring them, as the two seniors waited with their pills.
• Fang Yu had Skyfire Venerable and Yao Lao swallow the pills and enter their chosen bodies to begin the final resurrection process.

Fang Yu explained that Xiao Yan needed to grow stronger while the Soul Hall and Soul Clan remained a threat, and revealed that he wanted Xiao Yan’s help unifying the Black-Corner Region. Xiao Yan agreed in exchange for information about Heavenly Flames, as Fang Yu left their next steps focused on strengthening their clan and preparing for the Soul Clan.

• Fang Yu reassured Xiao Yan and Yun Yun that Xiao Yan’s master could be resurrected after adapting to his new body, and estimated that he would recover most of his strength.
• Fang Yu warned Xiao Yan to stay alert to the Soul Hall, pursue Heavenly Flames, and improve his strength while helping unify the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help Fang Yu unify the region but demanded that Fang Yu share information about Heavenly Flames and help him obtain them.
• Fang Yu agreed to provide that information after the region was unified and explained that the Soul Hall was backed by the Soul Clan, which possessed a Dou Di bloodline.
• Fang Yu said their clan needed to grow stronger and reactivate its Dou Di bloodline, while asserting that their little cousin’s clan would not let the Soul Clan destroy them.

After unifying the Black-Corner Region in a month, Fang Yu told his allies he planned to conquer nearby empires and eventually unify the Dou Qi Continent to become a Dou Di. He left them with instructions to keep his ambitions secret as the group prepared to seek support from the Sky Serpent Empire.

• Skyfire Venerable and Fang Yu’s reputation as a seventh-tier alchemist led the factions of the Black-Corner Region to submit, unifying the region within a month.
• Fang Yu asked Han Yue about Central Province and said he would accompany her there after her graduation, but first planned to unify nearby empires.
• Xiao Yan questioned whether their forces could overcome other empires, while Yao Lao warned that Central Province and Soul Hall were formidable.
• Fang Yu said he expected the Sky Serpent Empire’s saintess to help him win support and argued they could gradually unite Central Province.
• Fang Yu revealed that his ultimate goal was to unify the Dou Qi Continent and become a Dou Di, then told his allies to keep his plans secret or leave his alliance.

Fang Yu persuaded his allies to help unify the Northwest Continent and devised pills that could rapidly strengthen cultivators at the cost of their lifespan. He gave Yao Lao a secret method to activate his Dou Di bloodline, leaving Yao Lao with a path to reach Dou Sheng and advance their plans.

• After several days of deliberation, Xiao Yan and the others agreed to gamble on helping Fang Yu unify the continent.
• Fang Yu and Yao Lao planned to refine and improve the Life-Eating Pill, creating batches that could help cultivators reach higher realms at the cost of lifespan.
• Fang Yu presented additional pills and the group began planning how to unify the Northwest Continent.
• Yao Lao said he expected to reach Half-Saint within three to five years, but not Dou Sheng in the near future.
• Fang Yu gave Yao Lao a secret method for activating his faint Dou Di bloodline, and Yao Lao burned the scroll after reading it.

Fang Yu rejected Gu Yao’s demand to return to the Ancient Realm and confronted the Gu Clan’s hidden Dou Sheng elder. He left the elder with a warning to tell the Clan Chief to cooperate against the Soul Clan, while insisting that the Ancient Clan had no choice but to heed him.

• Gu Yao arrived with Ancient Clan subordinates and ordered Fang Yu to return to the Ancient Realm.
• Fang Yu told Gu Yao to get lost and slapped him away before he could attack.
• Fang Yu berated the hidden Ancient Clan elder for the clan’s treatment of the Xiao Family and warned that he would kill the gathered visitors if the elder did not emerge.
• The elder appeared and threatened Fang Yu, but Fang Yu argued that the Ancient Clan feared the consequences of killing him.
• Fang Yu warned that the Soul Clan had two nine-star Dou Shengs and urged the Ancient Clan to follow his advice and tell its Clan Chief to cooperate against them.

Fang Yu warned the Gu Clan elder that the Soul Clan planned to steal the ancient clans’ jade pendants and revealed that Gu Yang was a spy. After the Gu patriarch exposed and killed Gu Yang, he decided to go protect the Spirit Tribe, despite the risk of leaving his own clan vulnerable.

• Fang Yu told the Gu Clan elder that the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion held an imperial-grade pill that could help someone become a Dou Di, and warned that the Soul Clan was preparing to seize the clans’ jade pendants.
• Fang Yu identified Gu Yang as a Soul Clan spy whose soul had been replaced, and the elder returned to report his warning to the Gu patriarch.
• The Gu patriarch examined Gu Yang with his soul power, exposed him, and killed him with a single strike.
• The elder urged the patriarch to warn the other clans, but the patriarch concluded that the Soul Clan might already have begun its attack and would likely target the Spirit Tribe first.
• The patriarch decided to personally defend the Spirit Tribe and said he would leave measures in place to detect any threat to the Gu Clan.

Fang Yu laid out a plan to use a conflict between the two peak nine-star Dou Saints to weaken the Dou Qi Continent while his allies unified the Northwest empires and Central Province. Xiao Yan chose to follow him, and Yao Chen agreed, though they remained uncertain about Fang Yu’s motives and whether the two powerful clans would truly go to war.

• Fang Yu explained that he expected the two peak nine-star Dou Saints to clash over the path to becoming Dou Emperors, and urged his allies to unify nearby empires while they waited.
• Fang Yu left after asking the group to decide whether they would help him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that he wanted to follow Fang Yu despite finding the plan unbelievable, and Yao Chen agreed to support him.
• Xiao Yan worried that the nine-star Dou Saints might not fight, but Yao Chen argued that their desire to become Dou Emperors would inevitably bring them into conflict.
• Yao Chen speculated that an immense force might stand behind Fang Yu, while admitting that he could not understand Fang Yu’s true purpose.

Soul Heavenly Emperor decided to attack the Spirit Tribe early and speculated with Void about the unknown force behind Fang Yu. Meanwhile, Fang Yu’s group expanded their control across the Northwest Continent and prepared to take on stronger empires as Yao Lao summoned his Dou Zun allies.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor told Void that they would attack the Spirit Tribe first, then target the Ancient Clan if Gu Yuan intervened, while dismissing the risk of the great families forming an alliance.
• Void suggested Fang Yu might be a reincarnated expert or someone whose body had been taken over, but Soul Heavenly Emperor rejected his guesses and remained unable to identify Fang Yu’s backer.
• Fang Yu’s group conquered five empires in half a month, focusing on those whose strongest experts were only Dou Zong.
• At a victory celebration, Fang Yu said they would conquer several more empires before moving against those with Dou Zun experts.
• Yao Lao contacted Wind Venerable and several other Dou Zun friends, delaying his own breakthrough to Half-Saint until they arrived.

Fang Yu confronted Hun Miesheng and exposed the Soul Clan’s plans, offering him submission as his only chance to survive. After Fang Yu effortlessly killed one of the Soul Clan’s Four Demons, Hun Miesheng was left terrified and faced with Fang Yu’s ultimatum.

• Hun Miesheng arrived before Yao Lao’s invited guests, and Fang Yu deduced the Soul Clan’s plans while urging him to submit.
• Fang Yu called out the hidden Soul Clan expert, who emerged as one of the Soul Clan’s Four Demons.
• The Four Demons attacked Fang Yu, but the seven-star Dou Saint vanished instantly and was presumed killed.
• Hun Miesheng asked whether Fang Yu had killed the expert, and Fang Yu again warned him to submit or die.
• Fang Yu told Hun Miesheng that he would be destroyed if he betrayed him or continued serving the Soul Clan.

Fang Yu threatened the Soul Hall's hall master into considering betraying the Soul Clan, then confronted the Soul Clan chief and warned him not to oppose his plan to unify the Dou Qi Continent. The chapter ended with Fang Yu offering the chief a choice: obey him for a chance to become a Dou Emperor or leave.

• Fang Yu revealed that he had killed a peak seven-star Dou Saint, terrifying the Soul Hall's hall master.
• Fang Yu gave the hall master half an hour to choose between serving him and dying, and invited him to alert the Soul Clan.
• After Fang Yu left, the Soul Clan chief met him, having rushed over after learning that a seven-star Dou Saint had died.
• Fang Yu told the chief that he was not from the Dou Qi Continent and warned him against obstructing his unification plans.
• Fang Yu rejected cooperation with the chief unless he followed orders, offering to help him become a Dou Emperor if he obeyed.

Fang Yu told Soul Heavenly Emperor to use the Soul Clan to eliminate the other clans, promising they could settle their rivalry afterward. Soul Heavenly Emperor left frightened and uncertain, while Fang Yu insisted that they would eventually fight to the death.

• Fang Yu mocked Soul Heavenly Emperor for lacking the courage to attack him and urged him to pursue the Soul Clan's campaign against the other clans.
• Fang Yu explained that he wanted the Soul Clan to remove his rivals so he could later destroy it and rule the Dou Qi Continent as its savior.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor questioned Fang Yu's motives, and Fang Yu openly admitted that he intended to use the Soul Clan to do the bloodshed he wished to avoid.
• Fang Yu argued that Soul Heavenly Emperor needed his help to recover his strength and defeat his enemies, especially after Fang Yu had killed two Soul Clan elders.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor felt afraid and manipulated, but Fang Yu told him to follow his instructions and said they would fight to the death when the time came.

Fang Yu sent Soul Heavenly Emperor and Hun Miesheng away, then ordered his allies to unify nearby empires while refusing to explain his power or plans. He told Yun Yun he intended to use the Soul Clan as a weapon to unite the continent, leaving her to decide whether to follow his orders.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor left after Fang Yu talked him and Hun Miesheng into withdrawing.
• Fang Yu told his allies to strengthen themselves and unify nearby empires before the Soul Clan could threaten them.
• Xiao Yan questioned Fang Yu’s account, but Fang Yu insisted his allies should obey him and wait until they became Dou Saints for answers.
• Fang Yu warned his allies that the Soul Clan would try to tempt them into betraying him and threatened anyone who did.
• Yun Yun stayed behind to ask about Fang Yu’s plans, but Fang Yu told her she was not strong enough to know more.
• Fang Yu privately explained to Yun Yun that he planned to exploit the Soul Clan’s attacks, then destroy it and claim control of the Dou Qi Continent.

Fang Yu reassured Xiao Yixian about his plan to confront Soul Heavenly Emperor and explained that he intended to unify the Dou Qi Continent, even if it required harsh sacrifices. Xiao Yixian remained worried, and Fang Yu urged her to focus on cultivating the technique he had taught her.

• Yun Yun warned Fang Yu to be careful because Soul Heavenly Emperor was a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, then left.
• Xiao Yixian visited Fang Yu and embraced him, voicing her fear that Soul Heavenly Emperor could kill them all.
• Fang Yu assured Xiao Yixian that he was confident he could defeat Soul Heavenly Emperor and said the emperor was focused on annexing other clans.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Yixian he planned to unify the Dou Qi Continent, seize resources, and create a fairer society, though he would kill those who opposed him.
• Xiao Yixian said she accepted his goals but feared for his safety, and Fang Yu urged her to cultivate so she could grow powerful.

Fang Yu visited the imprisoned previous Dragon Emperor of the Void Ancient Dragon clan and proposed that he help hold back Soul Heavenly Emperor in exchange for seeing his daughter, Zi Yan. Fang Yu reassured Xiao Yixian and Xiao Yan that his plan would succeed, while privately admitting he had little confidence and wanted to return to the next world.

• Fang Yu and Xiao Yixian traveled to the magma prison, where Fang Yu awakened the previous Dragon Emperor and offered to help him see his daughter, Zi Yan, if he would hold back a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• The previous Dragon Emperor questioned Fang Yu’s offer but stayed behind to consider it after Fang Yu and Xiao Yixian left.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Yixian that the prisoner was Zi Yan’s father and explained that he planned to use him against Soul Heavenly Emperor when the opportunity came.
• Xiao Yan visited Fang Yu, who claimed to be ninety-eight percent confident, but Xiao Yan left unconvinced and worried about his clan.
• After others came to consult him, Fang Yu privately admitted that he lacked confidence and was pressing on because success would let him return to the next world.

Xiao Xun'er came to Fang Yu seeking help against Soul Heavenly Emperor, but he refused and offered her survival only if she stayed with him. Xiao Yan later asked Fang Yu to save her, but Fang Yu refused to intervene, leaving Xiao Yan silent and her fate uncertain.

• Xiao Xun'er told Fang Yu that the Spirit Tribe and Stone Clan were gone and asked him to join forces with her clan against Soul Heavenly Emperor.
• Fang Yu refused, explaining that he intended to use Soul Heavenly Emperor to destroy the clans and offering Xiao Xun'er a chance to live if she stayed as his concubine.
• Xiao Xun'er rejected Fang Yu's offer and left in anger.
• Xiao Yan arrived after Xiao Xun'er had left, and Fang Yu warned him not to plead for her or attempt a rescue.
• Xiao Yan asked Fang Yu to help Xiao Xun'er survive, but Fang Yu said she could have stayed safely and refused to risk going to her clan to protect her.
• Fang Yu urged Xiao Yan to grow stronger instead of seeking death, and Xiao Yan fell silent.

Xiao Yan asked Fang Yu to help save Xiao Xun'er, but Fang Yu refused, insisting that Xiao Yan cultivate and that he would not aid the clan he blamed for his own clan's decline. After the Soul Clan destroyed the Medicine Clan, Xiao Xun'er came to ask Fang Yu to join an alliance, and the chapter ended with her offering to accept his conditions.

• Xiao Yan asked Fang Yu to take him to Xiao Xun'er's clan, but Fang Yu told him he lacked the strength to enter and refused to help.
• Fang Yu explained that the Soul Clan was moving quickly and that Xiao Yan would have to save Xiao Xun'er himself; Xiao Yan left in dejection.
• Fang Yu returned to cultivation while the Soul Clan destroyed the Medicine Clan, leaving Xiao Yan unable to intervene.
• After the Medicine Clan fell, Xiao Xun'er's clan formed an alliance and sent someone to ask Fang Yu to join, but he rejected the request.
• Xiao Xun'er came to ask Fang Yu for help and, after he refused, offered to agree to his conditions.

Fang Yu refused Xiao Xun'er’s plea to save her family, explaining that her family had helped cause his clan’s downfall and that he planned to let the Soul Clan weaken the continent before defeating it. He offered Xiao Xun'er protection if she stayed, while Xiao Yan tried to persuade him to help her.

• Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er that he would not save her family and said she could stay under his protection or return to die with them.
• Fang Yu explained that he intended to let the Soul Clan destroy rival families and forces before defeating it and unifying the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Xun'er lost hope and prepared to leave, but Xiao Yan arrived and asked Fang Yu to help her for the sake of their friendship.
• Fang Yu rejected Xiao Yan’s request, warning that intervening would disrupt his plan and provoke Soul Heavenly Emperor too soon.
• Fang Yu urged Xiao Yan to persuade Xiao Xun'er to stay, then dismissed them and repeated that he would not help her family.

Fang Yu confronted Soul Heavenly Emperor and openly admitted he intended to use the Soul Clan to eliminate resistance before destroying them and claiming the Dou Qi Continent. He left Soul Heavenly Emperor with a stark choice: follow that path and preserve a chance at victory, or attack Fang Yu now and risk the clan’s destruction.

• Fang Yu offered Soul Heavenly Emperor a jade pendant and urged him to wipe out the other clans rather than attack him.
• Fang Yu admitted that he planned to use the Soul Clan as a tool to clear opposition and then present himself as the continent’s savior.
• Fang Yu warned that an immediate fight would devastate the Soul Clan and let the other forces unite against it.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor accused Fang Yu of stalling and asked whether he could kill him.
• Fang Yu insisted Soul Heavenly Emperor had no viable choice but to follow his plan if he wanted any chance of winning.

Fang Yu showed Soul Heavenly Emperor the novel Battle Through the Heavens and warned him that his plans would fail, but Soul Heavenly Emperor chose to continue pursuing unification. After he left, Fang Yu confronted another visitor about his past choices and refused to help him oppose Soul Heavenly Emperor.

• Fang Yu gave Soul Heavenly Emperor a copy of Battle Through the Heavens, and Soul Heavenly Emperor grew shaken as he read how his plans had failed.
• Fang Yu offered Soul Heavenly Emperor the choice to abandon his plan or continue, warning that he would eventually eliminate him.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor declared that he would not give up, and Fang Yu told him to proceed while warning him to preserve his clan’s bloodline and not reveal Fang Yu’s role.
• After Soul Heavenly Emperor departed, another person arrived, and Fang Yu berated him for failing to eliminate his enemy when he had the chance.
• Fang Yu refused to help the visitor, challenged him to either attack or leave, and warned that staying would lead only to death.

Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er that her clan was doomed and gave her a book describing the original history of the Dou Qi Continent, while insisting that the Gu and Soul Clans must fight. He then discussed the alliance’s next campaigns with Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, and prepared for an impending world-shaking battle.

• Gu Yuan returned while Xiao Xun'er stayed behind as her clan’s last hope.
• Fang Yu explained to Xiao Xun'er that he needed the Gu and Soul Clans to fight, then gave her a copy of Battle Through the Heavens to read.
• After Xiao Xun'er finished the book, Fang Yu sent her to an empty room to think over what she had learned.
• Xiao Yan told Fang Yu that the alliance had defeated the Lion Nether Sect, and Fang Yu directed him to continue expanding across the other continents rather than go to Central Province.
• Yun Yun told Fang Yu that the alliance planned to resume its war against the Northeastern Continent and asked whether his becoming a Dou Di could end the fighting.
• Fang Yu said unifying the continent would still require wars and told Yun Yun to prepare for the coming world-shaking battle.

After the Soul Clan won the battle in the Central Province, Xiao Xun'er asked Fang Yu to recover her father's corpse, but he refused and urged her to focus on cultivating. Fang Yu revealed that he planned to let the Soul Heavenly Emperor grow stronger before killing him and taking control of the Dou Qi Continent.

• The Soul Clan won the battle, and Void erased Xiao Xun'er's father's body, leaving the Soul Clan with the corpse of a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Xun'er begged Fang Yu to make the Soul Heavenly Emperor surrender her father's corpse, offering to do anything in return.
• Fang Yu refused, explaining that the Soul Heavenly Emperor could use the corpse to recover his injuries and become even stronger.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er that he would eventually kill the Soul Heavenly Emperor for his own plans, not to avenge her father, and advised her to cultivate instead of seeking revenge now.
• Fang Yu said Xiao Xun'er could stay or leave, and urged her to keep going and avenge her father herself if she could.

Fang Yu let Soul Heavenly Emperor pursue the cave abode and unify the Dou Qi Continent, intending to kill him afterward and claim the continent as its savior. After the Dragon Emperor reunited with Little Dragon Girl, Fang Yu insisted his plan would succeed despite the Dragon Emperor’s warnings.

• Xiao Xun'er thanked Fang Yu for his promise, then left without accepting his offer to stay.
• Fang Yu returned to the academy with Little Dragon Girl and confronted Soul Heavenly Emperor, urging him to unite the continent while warning him not to harm anyone from the academy.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor summoned the cave abode with the jade pendants, and the Dragon Emperor went to question Fang Yu about his plans.
• Fang Yu reunited the Dragon Emperor with Little Dragon Girl, and the Dragon Emperor learned that Fang Yu came from outside the Dou Qi Continent.
• The Dragon Emperor warned Fang Yu that a Dou Emperor could overwhelm him, but Fang Yu remained determined to test Soul Heavenly Emperor and kill him if he refused to submit.

Soul Heavenly Emperor became a Dou Emperor after slaughtering much of the Dou Qi Continent, then challenged Fang Yu and was swiftly defeated. Fang Yu forced him to submit and ordered him to bring Void in to surrender, leaving Soul Heavenly Emperor alive under Fang Yu’s terms.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor reached the Dou Emperor realm after massacring much of the Soul Clan, the other ancient clans, and the continent’s sects and families.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor confronted Fang Yu and claimed that his new power made him Fang Yu’s equal.
• Fang Yu struck Soul Heavenly Emperor with a slap that he could not block, sending him flying and proving the gap between them.
• Fang Yu offered Soul Heavenly Emperor a chance to survive by helping him unify the Dou Qi Continent, and Soul Heavenly Emperor agreed to become his subordinate.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor promised not to oppose Fang Yu and agreed to summon Void to submit.

Xiao Xun'er tried to persuade Fang Yu to kill Soul Heavenly Emperor and avenge her clan, but Fang Yu refused and insisted she cultivate toward Dou Di. The chapter ended with Xiao Xun'er offering to help Fang Yu unify the Dou Qi Continent in exchange for Soul Heavenly Emperor’s death, but Fang Yu said Soul Heavenly Emperor was better suited to the task.

• Xiao Xun'er warned Fang Yu that Soul Heavenly Emperor was likely plotting against him and urged him not to trust him.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er he knew Soul Heavenly Emperor’s intentions but planned to use him as a weapon to unify the Dou Qi Continent, and warned Xiao Xun'er not to interfere.
• Fang Yu urged Xiao Xun'er to cultivate until she reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Saint, promising he could help her break through to Dou Di so she might avenge her clan herself.
• Xiao Xun'er begged Fang Yu to kill Soul Heavenly Emperor, offering to accept any condition, but Fang Yu refused and told her to focus on cultivation.
• Xiao Xun'er offered to help Fang Yu unify the Dou Qi Continent if he killed Soul Heavenly Emperor, but Fang Yu replied that Soul Heavenly Emperor was the most suitable person to help him.

Fang Yu killed Soul Heavenly Emperor, took control of the Dou Qi Continent, and made clear that anyone seeking the Dou Qi Emperor Origin had to be prepared to protect the continent. He promised Xiao Yan the Origin if he reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm, then rejected Xiao Xun'er’s request unless she could get Xiao Yan to yield it.

• Fang Yu killed Soul Heavenly Emperor after the latter handed over authority, shocking the continent’s factions and leaving Fang Yu with the Dou Qi Emperor Origin.
• Fang Yu told the gathered peak experts that he would only grant the Origin to candidates willing and able to protect the Dou Qi Continent from future threats.
• Xiao Yan privately asked Fang Yu to help him become a Dou Qi Emperor, and Fang Yu promised him the Origin once he reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Fang Yu warned Xiao Yan against celebrating early or trying to scheme, then sent him away to cultivate.
• Xiao Xun'er asked for the Dou Qi Emperor Origin, but Fang Yu refused unless she could persuade Xiao Yan to give it to her.