Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan warned Gu Yuan and the allied forces that a terrifying creature guarded the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, while Hun Tiandi began summoning the mansion with the Tou She Ancient God Jade. The battle erupted across the Black Corner Region as Gu Yuan confronted Nihility Devouring Flame and Xiao Yan faced two of the Hun Clan's elders.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan and the others that a powerful creature guarded the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion beneath the magma.
• Hun Tiandi arrived and urged Gu Yuan to surrender, but Gu Yuan signaled the allied army to attack.
• Hun Tiandi produced the Tou She Ancient God Jade and struck Jia Nan Academy, unleashing magma that spread across the Black Corner Region.
• The allied forces attacked the Hun Clan, whose fighters formed a chain formation to block their Dou Qi pillars.
• Gu Yuan shattered the chain formation, then battled Nihility Devouring Flame and the two elders accompanying him.
• Two aged figures confronted Xiao Yan and demanded that he return the Door of Silence.

The Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion emerged from the magma as Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan fought over the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xiao Yan sensed the mysterious creature guarding the mansion just as it burst from the magma with power rivaling theirs.

• Hun Shengtian survived Xiao Yan's attack but fled, while Gu Yuan overwhelmed Nihility Devouring Flame and the two death-aura experts.
• Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade as the magma vortex expanded and the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion rose from the sea.
• Hun Tiandi tried to open the ancient gate, but Gu Yuan pursued him and prevented him from focusing on the jade.
• Xiao Yan sensed danger in the calm magma and warned everyone to get away.
• A colossal roar erupted from the magma as the mysterious creature declared that it had finally seen the light of day.

Zhu Kun revealed himself as the former Dragon Emperor and joined Gu Yuan against Hun Tiandi as the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion opened. Xiao Yan and the surviving experts entered the cave mansion, while Zi Yan remained conflicted about acknowledging her father.

• Elder Zhuo Huo recognized Zhu Kun, who learned that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split into four factions and thanked Xiao Yan for protecting Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun reconciled with Zi Yan and promised to kill Hun Tiandi, then joined Gu Yuan in preparing to stop him from obtaining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Hun Tiandi used the Ancient Jade to open the ancient stone gate, unleashing violent primordial ripples that scattered both armies.
• Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan that an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill inside the cave mansion could enable entry into the Dou God realm, and they agreed to pursue it before Hun Tiandi.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan whether she should acknowledge Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yan advised her to follow her heart.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Hun Tiandi, Void Devouring Flame, Xiao Yan, and the other experts rushed through the passage into the opened cave mansion.

A mysterious purple-gold man emerged from the magma sea and attacked Xiao Yan after suspecting him of killing his child. As Xiao Yan neared self-destruction to protect Xun Er, Zi Yan arrived and the man's attack abruptly stopped when he recognized her.

• The mysterious creature rose from the magma sea, transformed into a middle-aged man, and declined Hun Tiandi's claim that he owed him a favor.
• The man targeted Xiao Yan, believing Xiao Yan had consumed his child's bloodline power, and brushed aside Gu Yuan's attempt to intervene.
• The man repelled Lei Ying and the others, while a nine-colored python and Xun Er tried to protect Xiao Yan.
• Trapped by the man's seal, Xiao Yan blasted Xun Er to safety and began to self-destruct, but Zi Yan's Dragon Seal suppressed him and she appeared as a giant golden dragon.
• The man's seal crumbled before striking Zi Yan, and his trembling body changed as he recognized her and called her his child.

Zi Yan discovered that the mysterious guardian of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion was likely her long-lost father, the vanished Dragon Emperor, after their bloodlines resonated. Though she initially rejected him, she asked him to kill Hun Tiandi, and he agreed.

• Zi Yan arrived with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders and joined Xiao Yan’s side, while the mysterious man refused Hun Tiandi’s offer to help attack Xiao Yan.
• The mysterious man recognized Zi Yan as his child and addressed the elders, but Zi Yan told him she was the current Dragon Emperor.
• After Zi Yan allowed him closer, the man said she resembled her mother, and their joined hands produced a powerful golden bloodline resonance.
• Xiao Yan realized the mysterious man was likely Zi Yan’s father, the old Dragon Emperor, and understood that he had targeted Xiao Yan because of Zi Yan’s Ancient Dragon essence blood.
• Zi Yan told the man she had no parents and rejected his apologies, then pointed at Hun Tiandi and asked her father to kill him.
• The old Dragon Emperor agreed, and ferocity surged into his eyes.

Xiao Yan and the others entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and followed Nihility Devouring Flame to an immense plaza lined with weakened Heavenly Flames. The final pillars stood empty, leading Xiao Yan to suspect that Little Yi and Nihility Devouring Flame had once escaped from the cave mansion.

• Nihility Devouring Flame led Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan across the cave mansion, and Gu Yuan, Xiao Yan, and their companions followed.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Little Yi found the plaza familiar and discovered that its pillars held genuine but weakened Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan and the others recognized numerous flames on the pillars as they hurried toward the end of the plaza.
• The groups found the final two pillars empty of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan saw Nihility Devouring Flame staring strangely at the empty pillar and suspected that the two flames had escaped from the cave mansion.

Xiao Yan and the others discovered that the figure atop Tou She Ancient God's statue was the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, who had a history with Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The pill fought Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan at once, leaving the allied army uncertain who would claim it or survive the battle.

• Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed the mist and revealed Tou She Ancient God's enormous statue, surrounded by hundreds of Heaven Rank cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• An old man appeared on the statue and was identified by Nihility Devouring Flame as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, who accused Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of once promising to free him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame invited the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to leave with him, but the pill suspected he wanted to capture it, so Nihility Devouring Flame ordered an attack.
• Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan attacked the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, but it blocked their strikes without being injured.
• Xiao Yan sent Yan Jin and the allied experts to hold back the Hun Clan as the battle above continued, while he worried about the threat the pill posed to both sides.

Xiao Yan and the others found the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, which appeared in the form of Tou She Ancient God and revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had once promised to free it. The pill fought Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan at once, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Nihility Devouring Flame cleared the mist and revealed a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God surrounded by hundreds of Heaven-class cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• An old man appeared on the statue and announced himself as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, then accused Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of abandoning their agreement to free him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame said he had come to take the pill away and ordered an attack, prompting Hun Tiandi to strike first.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill effortlessly cut apart Hun Tiandi’s attack, and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun joined him and Nihility Devouring Flame in attacking it.
• Xiao Yan sent Yan Jin and the others to block the restless Hun Clan experts while the four powerful fighters battled the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill above them.

Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, gained immense power, and escaped the Ancient Emperor Space with Nihility Devouring Flame despite Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun's attacks. The allied forces prepared to pursue him to the Soul Realm, while Zhu Kun stayed behind to take the plaza and statue.

• Hun Tiandi swallowed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, healed his injuries, and overpowered Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun with his suddenly increased strength.
• Hun Tiandi opened a spatial crack and sent the Hun Clan experts through while enduring attacks from Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped through the crack, and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun failed to break through the Ancient Emperor Space to follow them.
• Gu Yuan urged the allied forces to head for the Soul Realm and stop Hun Tiandi from refining the pill, and the others agreed.
• Zhu Kun announced that he would take the plaza and statue, while Xiao Yan suspected they might hold some hidden significance.

The allied army failed to reach the hidden Soul Realm and waited anxiously while Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. When Gu Yuan finally found the Soul Realm, Hun Tiandi had already begun using the Central Continent and its people to complete the pill, bringing his ascension to Dou Di near.

• Gu Yuan reported that the Soul Realm passages had been destroyed and the Hun Clan's space concealed, so the allied army withdrew to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance headquarters.
• For a month and a half, Xiao Yan and the alliance waited without news while Gu Yuan searched for the hidden Soul Realm.
• Xiao Yan drew comfort from Xun Er, while Lei Ying grew frustrated with the alliance's helpless wait.
• Gu Yuan returned to the alliance hall and announced that he had found the Soul Realm, but it was already too late.
• A black ring spread across the Central Continent and formed a vast cauldron, as Gu Yuan revealed that Hun Tiandi was using the continent, its living beings, and the heavens to refine the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into a completed Emperor Pill.

Xiao Yan was chosen by the Ancient God's Inheritance and entered the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate before Hun Tiandi completed his breakthrough. As Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan and captured clansmen sacrificed to sustain his formation, Nihility Devouring Flame secretly showed signs of turning against him.

• Xiao Yan recognized that the Ancient God's Inheritance had chosen him, and Gu Yuan and the allied leaders urged him to accept it and reach the Dou God level before Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan moved the plaza and stone statue into the Heavenly Tomb, gave Gu Yuan a soul jade to summon him if the allied army was defeated, and entered seclusion.
• Gu Yuan and the others returned to coordinate the allied army while Hun Tiandi continued absorbing energy from the blood sea.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to sacrifice captured clansmen and, if necessary, members of the Hun Clan to complete the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• After leaving Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame watched people being thrown into a blood pool in the Soul Realm, and a murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

Zhu Kun revealed that the number one Heavenly Flame was a flame that devoured twenty-one other Heavenly Flames, named itself Emperor Flame, and became Tou She Ancient God. He suggested that the Heavenly Flame Plaza held the key to creating a Dou God, leaving Xiao Yan and the others stunned by the Ancient God's true identity.

• Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan, Xiao Yan, and the allied leaders that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion contained something that could help create a Dou God, then brought them to the Heavenly Flame Plaza.
• Gu Yuan recounted that Tou She Ancient God had appeared mysteriously, advanced to Dou God, and left no known clan or inherited bloodline.
• Zhu Kun explained that the first-ranked Heavenly Flame was not a fixed flame but one that survived devouring twenty-one other Heavenly Flames.
• Zhu Kun revealed that the flame called itself Emperor Flame after its transformation, then emerged into the world and became known as Tou She Ancient God.

Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God left the Origin of the Emperor inside the stone statue, offering a path to challenge Hun Tiandi. Little Yi opened the statue, and its power selected Xiao Yan as the one suited to receive the inheritance.

• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God was once the Dou Qi Continent’s last Dou God Expert and that the Origin of the Emperor was his inheritance.
• Zhu Kun said the Origin of the Emperor lay inside the stone statue, but neither he nor Gu Yuan could break it open.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun identified Xiao Yan as the likeliest person to absorb the Origin of the Emperor because of his connection to Heavenly Flames.
• Little Yi used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to open the stone statue’s chest.
• The light from the statue forced everyone except Xiao Yan to their knees, then enveloped Xiao Yan as the statue’s power chose him.

Xiao Yan began the Ancient God's inheritance, repeatedly rebuilding his body as he adapted to its destructive power. Meanwhile, the Hun Clan's formation ravaged the Central Continent, leaving the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as the only refuge while Hun Tiandi continued refining the Emperor Grade Pill.

• Tou She Ancient God placed the Flame Lotus Seed into Xiao Yan, whose body and eyes were destroyed by the inheritance's power.
• Xiao Yan realized that steadfastly guarding his mind let the Flame Lotus Seed rebuild his body, and he endured repeated cycles of destruction and rebirth.
• After a year in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan's body had adapted through countless cycles, though his consciousness had grown hazy.
• Hun Tiandi's formation covered the Central Continent in blood clouds and killed countless people with its blood-red beams.
• Sects and factions fled to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, where Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the allied army sheltered them behind a vast defensive barrier.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the others failed to stop Hun Tiandi from using the formation to refine the Emperor Grade Pill as the Central Continent descended into chaos.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb’s Ancient God statue and met the remnant of Tou She Ancient God, who explained that the Dou Qi Continent lacked the Source Qi needed to reach the Dou God realm. Tou She Ancient God offered Xiao Yan his inheritance to help him confront Hun Tiandi, leaving the inheritance in a fiery lotus seed.

• Xiao Yan passed through the statue’s opening and arrived in a sea of Heavenly Flames, where he met Tou She Ancient God.
• Tou She Ancient God revealed that Source Qi had been exhausted, preventing anyone on the Dou Qi Continent from advancing to the Dou God realm.
• Xiao Yan explained that Hun Tiandi was slaughtering people to complete the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, which contained a trace of Source Qi.
• Tou She Ancient God agreed Xiao Yan was suited to receive his inheritance and recognized Little Yi and Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra.
• Tou She Ancient God gathered his inheritance into a lotus seed and told Xiao Yan that reaching the Dou God realm depended on his fortune.

Xiao Yan emerged as a Dou God and stopped Hun Tiandi from slaughtering the allied forces, then faced him in a battle that would decide the war. Their first attacks shook the Central Continent, and neither fighter had gained the upper hand when the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan appeared in a curtain of flames and revealed that he had reached the Dou God realm, shocking Hun Tiandi and lifting the allied forces’ spirits.
• Xiao Yan healed Zhu Kun and agreed to fight Hun Tiandi while Zhu Kun and the others defended against the Hun Clan army.
• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Yan declared that the loser’s forces would be destroyed, then ordered their armies away from the battlefield.
• Hun Tiandi sent a towering wave of blood toward Xiao Yan, who summoned a wave of magma to meet it.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Blood Demon Corroding Heart Lightning, and Xiao Yan countered with a giant of flames as the allied leaders watched anxiously.

Hun Tiandi overwhelmed Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the allied army, unleashing blood lightning that devastated the Central Continent. As the defenders neared defeat, Xiao Yan emerged in a blaze of fire, leaving the battle’s outcome in his hands.

• Hun Tiandi sealed Gu Yuan’s ability to draw on heaven and earth, wounded him, and shattered the allied army’s combined attack.
• Zi Yan sensed that the Dragon Seal within Xiao Yan was fading, suggesting he was nearing a breakthrough, and Zhu Kun charged Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi rejected Zhu Kun’s attack, wounded him severely, and kicked him into a mountain range.
• Hun Tiandi sent destructive blood lightning raining across the Central Continent, forcing Gu Yuan to order the allied army to retreat and defend.
• Xiao Yan appeared within a blazing fire barrier, and Gu Yuan and the others looked to him to turn the battle around.

Xiao Yan reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection and discovered the place where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend. The Soul Hall Master attacked him there, but an unidentified old expert intervened and sent Xiao Yan back to his body as the Demonic Flame’s emergence approached.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul spread across the Star Realm and far beyond, revealing his new power and awareness.
• Xiao Yan sensed a burning pain near warped mountain space, and the light sphere from the ancient map reacted, identifying the location where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend.
• The Soul Hall Master, Hun Miesheng, attacked Xiao Yan’s soul and tried to take him to Soul Hall for the Soul Origin he had obtained from Human Hall.
• An aged voice blocked Hun Miesheng’s attack, broke the seal over the area, and sent Xiao Yan’s soul back to his body.
• A cowherd boy riding a green ox watched the distant northwest and remarked that the Demonic Flame’s emergence would bring another earth-shaking struggle.