Recaps

Hun Yin reported that Ling Miao was hiding in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that its master, Lin Xiao, was a High-Star Dou Sheng. Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yuantian awakened as backup for the Hun Clan’s plan against the Stone Clan, while suspecting Lin Xiao and the Ling Clan remnant were pursuing a hidden scheme; Hun Yuantian began to emerge from his blood coffin.

• Hun Yin told Hun Jing that Ling Miao had joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that Lin Xiao had subdued Gu Tan with a glance.
• Hun Jing reported the news to Hun Tiandi, who dismissed Lin Xiao as a threat but agreed to add a precaution to the Stone Clan plan.
• Hun Tiandi gave Hun Jing an iron token and ordered him to awaken Hun Yuantian at the Departed Soul Hall.
• Hun Tiandi wondered why Ling Miao had revealed herself and helped the Xiao Clan remnants, unaware that he had fallen into Lin Xiao’s scheme.
• Hun Jing sent a soul fluctuation into one of the blood coffins, and Hun Yuantian asked whether it was time to lend the clan his strength.

Hun Jing awakened the living dead Hun Yuantian to assist Lord Void against the Stone Clan, citing the threat posed by Xiao Lin. Meanwhile, Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng returned from the Heavenly Tomb toward the Stone Realm, unaware the Hun Clan was moving against them.

• Hun Jing summoned Hun Yuantian from his blood coffin and asked him to travel to the Stone Realm to help destroy the Stone Clan and seize its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Jing explained that Xiao Lin, a High-Star Dou Sheng protecting the Ling Clan’s remnants, might interfere with Lord Void’s operation.
• Hun Yuantian agreed to go and said he would later raise the Soul Hall’s failures with the Clan Leader and Lord Void.
• Hun Yuantian departed the Departed Soul Hall, while Hun Jing withdrew in silence.
• Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng left the Gu Realm for the Stone Realm, and Yan Sheng praised the two young fighters’ advances in the Heavenly Tomb.

Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng mourned the Stone Clan’s decision to seal the Stone Realm, but their journey home was interrupted when Hun Xie ambushed them. Hun Xie mocked the Stone Clan’s weakness and made clear that he did not fear a conflict with them.

• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi admitted to Yan Sheng that they dreaded losing the chance to leave the Stone Realm, though they accepted the clan leadership’s decision to seal it.
• Yan Sheng explained that the Stone Clan had no choice but to protect itself from the other Emperor Clans, and the three flew home in low spirits.
• The sky darkened as someone sealed the space around them, and the Stone Clan trio realized they had been ambushed.
• Hun Xie emerged and mocked Yan Sheng’s strength and the Stone Clan’s dwindling Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Yan Sheng challenged Hun Xie over blocking their way, but Hun Xie ridiculed the idea that the Stone Clan could stand against the Hun Clan.

Hun Xie revealed that the Hun Clan had secretly destroyed the Ling Clan and planned to destroy the Stone Clan next. Yan Sheng attacked to help Shi Yun and Yan Longzi escape, but Hun Xie struck him down; the chapter ended with Yan Sheng's shattered rock armor restoring itself.

• Hun Xie mocked Yan Sheng and warned that the Stone Clan would soon be destroyed by the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xie revealed that Ling Miao was one of five Ling Clan survivors sheltered by the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and said the Hun Clan would target the palace afterward.
• Yan Sheng told Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to flee and seek help from the Gu Clan while he held Hun Xie back.
• Yan Sheng covered himself in rock armor and attacked Hun Xie, who knocked him flying with Myriad Souls Hand.
• Hun Xie was surprised when Yan Sheng's shattered rock armor restored itself.

Yan Sheng tried to protect Shi Yun and Yan Longzi from Hun Xie, but Hun Xie captured him and trapped the two younger Stone clansmen inside a Void Soul Barrier. Just as they faced defeat, someone tore open the barrier and let sunlight shine through.

• Yan Sheng ordered Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to flee while he held Hun Xie back, and they flew away reluctantly.
• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi found themselves trapped by Hun Xie's Void Soul Barrier and could not break through it.
• Hun Xie defeated Yan Sheng, captured him, and caught up with the trapped Shi Yun and Yan Longzi.
• As Hun Xie confronted the two younger clansmen, someone tore open the barrier from outside, and sunlight streamed through the opening.

Xiao Lin and Ling Miao rescued Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng from Hun Xie after secretly tracking the Stone Clan members’ route. Xiao Lin humiliated Hun Xie, then let Ling Miao begin her revenge against the Hun Clan, leaving the two Dou Sheng experts clashing.

• Xiao Lin and Ling Miao emerged from the light and destroyed Hun Xie's Void Soul Barrier, prompting Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to greet them with relief.
• Xiao Lin slapped Hun Xie aside and challenged him to bring Hun Tiandi, while Hun Xie backed down from making further threats.
• Ling Miao asked Xiao Lin to leave Hun Xie to her and declared she would avenge the Ling Clan's dead.
• Ling Miao and Hun Xie unleashed their Dou Qi, then Ling Miao attacked with Thousand Spirit Hand as Hun Xie defended with Nether Soul Shield.

Xiao Lin watched as Ling Miao avenged the destruction of the Ling Clan by torturing and killing Hun Xie. The Stone Clan survivors learned their clan was safe for the moment, but still faced a threat from the Hun Clan.

• Ling Miao blocked Hun Xie's attack, allowing Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to rescue the injured Yan Sheng while Xiao Lin protected them from the shock waves.
• The three Stone Clan members thanked Xiao Lin, who explained that Ling Miao was pursuing revenge for the Hun Clan's destruction of her clan and that the Stone Clan was safe for now.
• Yan Sheng and the others worried that the Hun Clan might soon attack the Stone Clan, but stayed to watch Ling Miao fight Hun Xie.
• Ling Miao battered Hun Xie, cut off all four of his limbs, and ignored his curses.
• Ling Miao used Space Strangulation to kill Hun Xie.

After Ling Miao tortured Hun Xie to death, she released the grief that had held back her cultivation and broke through to Three-Star Dou Sheng with Xiao Lin’s help. Once she recovered, she turned to the waiting Stone Clan members so they could continue their mission.

• Ling Miao’s anguish lifted after Hun Xie’s death, and she began breaking through while Xiao Lin stood guard.
• Xiao Lin supplied Ling Miao with energy by transforming sixth- to eighth-tier pills into pure energy.
• Several hours later, Ling Miao stabilized her cultivation at Three-Star Dou Sheng and thanked Xiao Lin for letting her take her time with Hun Xie.
• Xiao Lin told Ling Miao that her concerns mattered more to him than the Stone Clan’s, and she was touched by his support.
• Ling Miao said she was feeling better and glanced at the three Stone Clan members as she prepared to resume their business.

Xiao Lin explained that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan and was preparing to attack the Stone Clan, then agreed to help delay the assault. He sent the three Stone Clan members to alert the other Emperor Clans as he and Ling Miao headed for the Stone Realm.

• Xiao Lin told Yan Sheng, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi that the Hun Clan had wiped out the Ling Clan and was likely targeting the Stone Clan next.
• Xiao Lin explained that he and Ling Miao had secretly watched the Stone Clan and intervened after discovering signs of an imminent attack.
• The three Stone Clan members feared they could not return in time or get help from the other Emperor Clans, so they knelt and begged Xiao Lin to save their clan.
• Xiao Lin agreed that he and Ling Miao would hurry to the Stone Realm to delay the Hun Clan, while the three Stone Clan members alerted the other Emperor Clans.

Xiao Lin sent three Stone Clan members to seek help from the other Emperor Clans while he and Ling Miao headed for the Stone Realm to face the Hun Clan. Xiao Lin expected the reinforcements to arrive at the right time to witness what he wanted them to see, and the two set off hoping the Hun Clan would follow his plan.

• Xiao Lin helped the three Stone Clan members up and told them to seek reinforcements while he and Ling Miao went to the Stone Clan.
• Yan Sheng proposed that he, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi split up to request help from the Yao, Yan, and Lei Clans, then meet at the Gu Clan.
• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi agreed to Yan Sheng’s plan, and the three Stone Clan members flew off separately to seek reinforcements.
• Xiao Lin revealed to Ling Miao that the three members’ actions matched his expectations and that he wanted the other Emperor Clans to arrive only when they could see what he intended.
• Xiao Lin and Ling Miao left for the Stone Realm, trusting that the Hun Clan would act according to their plan.

The Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Hun Clan to isolate the Stone Realm and proceed with its destruction despite losing contact with Hun Xie. The Stone Clan remained unaware of the danger until a rumble shook the realm and its leaders rushed outside.

• Hun Clan forces waited for Hun Xie to report after targeting the three Stone clansmen outside the Stone Realm, but their contact with him was severed.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Hun Xie's failure and refused to abandon the plan to wipe out the Stone Clan.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Hun Clan forces to isolate the Stone Realm, and they began carrying out his command.
• A sudden rumble shook the Stone Realm and interrupted the Stone Clan leadership's meeting.
• Shi Xiao felt a strong sense of unease as a Stone clansman rushed in to report a change in the sky, and the leaders flew outside before he could finish.

The Hun Clan isolated the Stone Realm and began its invasion, leaving the Stone Clan cut off from outside aid. Shi Xiao ordered his clan to prepare its protective formation as the Hun Clan appeared and declared that the Stone Clan would be destroyed.

• Yan Mo reported to Shi Xiao that all communications with the outside world had been cut off.
• Shi Xiao recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame’s distorted sky as a sign that the Stone Realm had been isolated and ordered the Stone Clan to prepare for battle.
• Shi Xiao directed Yan Mo to ready the Stone Clan’s protective formation as the clan mobilized.
• Figures appeared behind the twisted sky, confirming to the Stone Clan that the Hun Clan was attacking.
• A gigantic face appeared over the Stone Realm and declared that the Stone Clan would be destroyed.

Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he had allied with the Hun Clan to pursue Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and become a Dou Emperor, then demanded the Stone Clan's jade. Shi Xiao refused and activated the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation, whose power began gathering behind him.

• Shi Xiao recognized the apparition as Nihility Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and questioned why he was working with the Hun Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame said he sought to become a Dou Emperor like Tou She Ancient God and had cooperated with the Hun Clan to gain access to the Ancient Emperor's inheritance.
• Shi Xiao realized Nihility Devouring Flame wanted the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but refused to surrender it despite the threat to his clan.
• Shi Xiao called out to Yan Mo, who activated the Stone Clan's protective formation.
• The Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation made the Stone Realm tremble as countless points of light gathered behind Shi Xiao and began forming an illusory figure.

Shi Xiao summoned the Stone Emperor's phantom through the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation, but Nihility Devouring Flame effortlessly devoured its fist. After Nihility Devouring Flame insulted the Stone Emperor, Shi Xiao unleashed everything to briefly raise the phantom's strength and prepare one final attack.

• The Stone Clan members celebrated when the Stone Emperor's phantom appeared, believing their ancestor would save them.
• Shi Xiao ordered the phantom to attack Nihility Devouring Flame, but a black flame swallowed the punch and devoured the phantom's right fist.
• Nihility Devouring Flame mocked the Stone Emperor and declared that he would absorb the phantom.
• Shi Xiao erupted with his full power, briefly raising the phantom to the Early Eight-Star Dou Saint level and preparing to strike back.

Nihility Devouring Flame fought the awakened consciousness of the Stone Emperor’s phantom, which tried to protect its descendants. After the phantom was devoured and the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation collapsed, Shi Xiao mourned that the Stone Clan had no hope left.

• Nihility Devouring Flame noticed the Stone Emperor’s phantom had regained strength and challenged it to fight.
• The Stone Emperor’s consciousness briefly awakened, and Shi Xiao realized the phantom was acting of its own will.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed Devour Heaven and Earth, sending a vast black flame vortex down over the Stone Realm.
• The Stone Emperor’s phantom used Critical Strike to smash apart the sky, but its attack could not stop the vortex from swallowing it.
• Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan elders maintaining the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation spat blood as the formation broke.
• Shi Xiao cried out that the Stone Clan had lost all hope and asked who could save it.

The Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Stone Emperor’s phantom and unleashed black flames across the Stone Realm, leaving the Stone Clan on the verge of extinction. Just as he moved to finish off Shi Xiao and the clan’s leaders, Xiao Lin broke through the seal and appeared.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Stone Emperor’s phantom and sent black flames raining across the Stone Realm.
• Hun Clan experts watched the Stone Clan’s destruction and discussed whether the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace or the Yao Clan should be their next target.
• After roughly thirty percent of the Stone Realm’s lives had been consumed, Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan’s leaders charged at the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame weakened the leaders and stopped them from self-destructing, then closed off their escape routes.
• Xiao Lin tore open the seal around the Stone Realm and flew in as the Nihility Devouring Flame prepared to kill the Stone Clan’s leaders.

Xiao Lin arrived in the Stone Realm and erased the Nihility Devouring Flame’s scattered black flames with a single slash, saving the Stone Clan’s surviving members. He left Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan to fight the remaining Hun Clan forces while he faced the Nihility Devouring Flame’s main body.

• Xiao Lin swept his Moon-Chasing Scimitar across the Stone Realm and destroyed the black flames ravaging it, though at least half its inhabitants had already died.
• Shi Xiao asked who Xiao Lin was, and Yan Mo recognized him as the Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin explained that he had rescued Yan Sheng, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi from Hun Clan Dou Sheng before coming to the Stone Realm.
• Shi Xiao thanked Xiao Lin and promised him anything he wanted if the Stone Clan survived, then organized the remaining Stone Clan members to attack the Hun Clan forces.
• Xiao Lin confronted the Nihility Devouring Flame as its enormous black face transformed into a shadow covered in runes and burning with black flames.

Xiao Lin confronted Nihility Devouring Flame as the latter prepared to destroy the Stone Clan, and revealed that he possessed an Emperor Realm Soul. Their battle began with both sides testing each other's power, leaving them poised to continue fighting.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Lin as the Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and listed his reasons for wanting him dead.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he knew about Nihility Devouring Flame and challenged him, prompting the flame to realize Xiao Lin had an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin struck Nihility Devouring Flame with his saber, but the Heavenly Flame's body reformed after being cut in two.
• Nihility Devouring Flame became eager to devour Xiao Lin and attacked with a sea of pitch-black flames.
• Xiao Lin split Nihility Devouring Flame's flame attack with his saber and stood unharmed as their exchange tested their strength.

Xiao Lin faced Nihility Devouring Flame while the Hun Clan sealed the Stone Realm, and he proved strong enough to wound the Heavenly Flame with his Star River Annihilation technique. The Stone Clan celebrated as the battle continued, while Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack was thwarted.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Lin’s Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength and Emperor Realm Soul but continued sealing the Stone Realm for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed Devour Heaven and Earth, the same technique that had destroyed the Stone Emperor’s phantom, and the Stone Clan feared for Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin gathered Astral Power in the Moon-Chasing Scimitar and countered with Star River Annihilation.
• Xiao Lin’s attack annihilated Nihility Devouring Flame’s vortex and wounded his enormous face with a starry mark.
• The Stone Clan cheered for Xiao Lin, and Shi Xiao concluded that Yan Jin and Lei Ying were no match for him.

Xiao Lin battled Nihility Devouring Flame above the Stone Realm and realized their attacks risked harming the surviving Stone Clan, so he deliberately shifted the fight into the void. The chapter ended with both fighters caught inside the expanded spatial collapse.

• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Lin, who blocked his strike with Myriad Heavens Stellar Palm.
• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame discovered that Astral Power resisted the flame’s devouring ability better than expected.
• Xiao Lin countered Nihility Devouring Flame’s Soul-Devouring Slash with Ten Suns Soaring Across the Sky, then detonated the remaining suns to shatter the space around him.
• Xiao Lin expanded the spatial collapse, drawing himself and Nihility Devouring Flame into the void to move the battlefield away from the Stone Realm.

Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame fought in the first layer of the Void so they could limit the damage to the Stone Realm while keeping its seal intact. Their clash unleashed a devastating shockwave that struck the Stone Realm, leaving an endless mountain range reduced to dust.

• Nihility Devouring Flame understood that Xiao Lin had moved their battle away from the Stone Realm to protect its inhabitants, but agreed to fight there while maintaining the seal.
• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame revealed their full power and charged at each other in the Void.
• Nihility Devouring Flame's Void Devouring attack failed against Xiao Lin's Cliffside Sword, so he unleashed a Spirit Devouring Storm.
• Xiao Lin formed his Stellar Immortal Body and punched into the black-flame storm, sending both fighters hurtling backward through layers of space.
• Their collision shattered the sky over the Stone Realm, and its shockwave pulverized an immense mountain range.

Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame continued their battle in the void, leaving a lasting rift above the Stone Realm and disrupting Spatial Wormholes across the Central Plains. After their attacks injured both of them, Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body, and the Stone Realm’s sky began to collapse.

• Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame’s clash tore open a rift above the Stone Realm and erased a vast mountain range.
• Xiao Lin steadied himself with his right arm badly injured, while the Nihility Devouring Flame revealed a fist imprint on his abdomen.
• Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame charged at each other again, and their battle disrupted Spatial Wormholes across the Central Plains.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame used Flame Body Star-Shattering Technique to surround Xiao Lin with countless miniature flames.
• Xiao Lin used stellar ripples to slow the flames, then detonated the Stellar Immortal Body with Stellar Immortality.
• The Hun and Stone Clans felt suffocating pressure as the sky of the Stone Realm collapsed.

Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body and inflicted Nihility Devouring Flame’s third and most serious injury, while both clans avoided the devastation of their battle. As Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame resumed fighting, Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm and the clans reacted to his presence.

• The Hun Clan and Stone Clan stopped fighting and fled the area threatened by the power pouring through a rift in the Stone Realm’s sky.
• The clash between Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame blasted through a mountain range and devastated the surrounding land.
• Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body, damaging Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin and injuring himself.
• Nihility Devouring Flame acknowledged Xiao Lin’s strength, and the two resumed their battle in the Void.
• Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm, rejoicing as the Hun Clan welcomed him and the Stone Clan grew grim.

Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm and revealed to Shi Xiao that Lord Void had revived him after his death a thousand years earlier. He then took over the realm’s seal, freeing Nihility Devouring Flame to fight Xiao Lin at full strength, and sent Xiao Lin flying with a black-flame attack.

• Hun Yuantian arrived and heard a Hun Clan Dou Sheng report on the situation in the Stone Realm.
• Shi Xiao recognized Hun Yuantian as an expert he had believed Xiao Xuan killed a thousand years earlier and feared other Hun Clan experts had also returned.
• Hun Yuantian confirmed that Lord Void had brought him back to life and threatened to destroy the Stone Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Yuantian to maintain the Stone Realm’s seal, and Hun Yuantian took over from him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame’s strength surged, and he struck Xiao Lin with black flame, sending him flying.

Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed his full Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng power and overwhelmed Xiao Lin, while Hun Yuantian’s arrival advanced Xiao Lin’s plan to expose the Hun Clan. Xiao Lin survived Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack with his Heaven Rank Nebula Realm Sea and prepared to fight at full strength.

• Hun Yuantian took over the seal isolating the Stone Realm, allowing Nihility Devouring Flame to unleash his full power against Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin realized Hun Yuantian’s arrival would draw the Stone Clan’s attention to the Hun Clan’s resurrected experts, and he welcomed the development.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked with black pillars of fire, then combined them into a massive flame that swallowed Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin survived inside the flames by activating Nebula Realm Sea, his Heaven Rank defensive Dou Technique.
• Xiao Lin declared that he would stop holding back and pointed a finger, shifting space and time.