Recaps

Lei Dong challenged Xiao Yan, prompting the gathered clans to watch and the Gu Clan youths to urge Xiao Yan to fight. Gu Zhen revealed that the Lei Clan had once proposed a marriage between Lei Dong and Xun'er, and Xiao Yan decided he could not ignore the challenge.

• Lei Dong challenged Xiao Yan, and younger members of several Emperor Clans arrived to watch.
• Lei Clan youths praised Lei Dong and dismissed rumors of Xiao Yan's victories, while Yao Tian reflected on how Xiao Yan had humbled him in the past.
• Gu Clan youths urged Xiao Yan to teach Lei Dong a lesson, but Gu Qingyang clarified that Lei Dong simply loved fighting and meant no harm.
• Gu Zhen told Xiao Yan that the Lei Clan had once proposed a marriage between Lei Dong and Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan's attitude changed, and he resolved to answer Lei Dong's challenge.

After learning that Lei Dong had once sought to marry Xun'er, Xiao Yan accepted his challenge at the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering. Lei Dong unleashed his Black Demon Lightning, and Xiao Yan recognized why the Gu Clan's younger generation had lost to him.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the Lei Clan had proposed a marriage between her and Lei Dong, but she had refused.
• Xiao Yan decided to fight Lei Dong after learning about the proposal, while Xun'er hoped he would avoid humiliating the Lei Clan.
• Tian Huangzi urged Xiao Yan to give Lei Dong a severe beating, and Xiao Yan stepped forward to accept the challenge.
• Lei Dong released Black Demon Lightning and prepared to fight Xiao Yan at full strength.
• Xiao Yan watched Lei Dong's lightning and understood why the Gu Clan's younger generation had lost to him.

Xiao Yan easily defeated Lei Dong in their match, exposing the vast gap between their strength. Lei Dong accepted that he could not overcome Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan left him with only a small cut after redirecting his strongest attack.

• Lei Dong attacked Xiao Yan with a Black Demon Lightning spear, but Xiao Yan met every thrust with his flame-wreathed finger without being injured.
• Xiao Yan flicked the spear, sending Lei Dong flying and shattering the weapon; Lei Dong realized how wide the gap between them was.
• Lei Dong unleashed his ultimate technique, Demon Lightning Fall, and fired a powerful Black Demon Lightning arrow at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan caught the arrow just before it struck his forehead and flung it back past Lei Dong, leaving a small cut on his cheek.
• Xiao Yan thanked Lei Dong for the match, and Lei Dong recognized Xiao Yan as the clear winner.

Lei Dong admitted defeat to Xiao Yan after Lei Guang and Lei Ya tried to excuse his challenge as drunkenness, and the leaders of the factions began discussing how to deal with the Hun Clan. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin met Zhukun on Ancient Dragon Island and won his agreement to help trap and kill Hun Tiandi before he could become a Dou Emperor.

• Lei Guang and Lei Ya claimed Lei Dong had drunk too much, but Lei Dong denied being drunk and openly admitted that Xiao Yan had defeated him.
• The faction leaders gathered to discuss confronting the Hun Clan, while Lei Ying and Xiao Yan avoided a clash because they now held positions of equal standing.
• Xiao Lin met Zhukun on Ancient Dragon Island and explained his plan to use the Ancient Emperor's Cave as a trap for Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan.
• After seeing Xiao Lin's Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint strength, Zhukun concluded that he, Xiao Lin, and Gu Yuan could stop Hun Tiandi from escaping and agreed the plan could work.

Xiao Lin and Zhukun planned to ambush Hun Tiandi before he could reach the Dou Emperor Realm, while Xiao Lin remained confident he had other ways to defeat him if the plan failed. They discussed Zi Yan’s rapid cultivation, and the chapter ended with her emerging from seclusion as the Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Lin committed to killing Hun Tiandi before his breakthrough, and Zhukun warned that they would have only one chance to catch him off guard.
• Xiao Lin reassured Zhukun that he had alternatives if Hun Tiandi escaped or obtained the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Xiao Lin asked why Zi Yan had entered seclusion, and Zhukun said she was nearing the Seven-Star Dou Saint stage.
• Zhukun said he expected to bring Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Body to major completion within a hundred years, enough for her to fight a Dou Emperor.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion, released a powerful pressure across Ancient Dragon Island, ordered the dragons back to their duties, and opened a Spatial Passage to Xiao Lin and Zhukun.

Zi Yan returned as a Seven-Star Dou Saint and learned that Xiao Lin and Zhukun planned to relocate Jia Nan Academy to protect it from events at the Ancient Emperor's Cave. She agreed to handle the move after Xiao Lin promised the academy could be returned and wrote her a letter for Su Qian.

• Zi Yan arrived to show off her breakthrough to Xiao Lin, while Zhukun grew jealous of the attention she gave him.
• Zhukun told Zi Yan that he and Xiao Lin were discussing moving Jia Nan Academy because the Ancient Emperor's Cave lay beneath it and the Hun Clan might attack.
• Zi Yan felt reluctant to leave Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Lin offered to move it with the nearby mountain range and return it afterward.
• Zi Yan agreed to relocate the academy but worried about getting Su Qian's permission, so Xiao Lin wrote her a letter to give him.

Xiao Lin arranged for Zi Yan and Zhukun to relocate Jia Nan Academy and prepare the Ancient Emperor's Cave as he headed to the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering. With the Hun Clan also moving against the Gu Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade, the coming storm centered on Gu Clan territory.

• Zi Yan received Xiao Lin's warning letter and agreed to relocate Jia Nan Academy so Zhukun could prepare the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Xiao Lin left Ancient Dragon Island for the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering, while Zhukun agreed to contact Gu Yuan after the Gu Clan lost its jade piece.
• Zhukun and Zi Yan opened a Spatial Passage and headed to Jia Nan Academy together.
• The Hun Clan set its sights on the Gu Clan, and Xiao Lin hurried toward Gu Clan territory, hoping Hun Tiandi would not disappoint him.

The Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering began in the Gu Realm, bringing together the leading experts of the great Emperor clans and their allies to prepare for war against the Hun Clan. After more than a hundred Dou Sheng Experts assembled, the oath-taking ceremony began, leaving the factions ready to declare war.

• The Gu, Lei, Yan, Yao, and Stone clans brought their leading experts to the gathering, alongside the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Xuan Ting appeared as the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's grand worshipper, surprising the gathered factions and delighting Xiao Yan, who realized Xuan Ting was his uncle.
• Nearly a hundred Dou Sheng Experts gathered above the Gu Realm's plaza, astonishing the people who had assembled.
• A bell rang to begin the oath-taking ceremony, and the factions prepared to declare war on the Hun Clan.

Gu Yuan rallied the assembled factions to fight the Hun Clan, warning that Hun Tiandi sought to become a Dou Emperor and could rule the continent if the alliance lost. As the crowd prepared for battle, Hun Tiandi suddenly entered the Gu Realm and confronted Gu Yuan.

• Gu Yuan reminded the gathered factions of the Hun Clan’s attacks and asked whether they believed it would spare them.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Hun Tiandi was seeking to become a Dou Emperor, prompting wavering factions to commit to fighting the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan urged the alliance to eliminate the Hun Clan, and the crowd answered with cries to fight.
• A tremendous boom shook the Gu Realm, and Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Xiao Yan, and other Dou Sheng Experts noticed space twisting.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a Spatial Passage and mocked Gu Yuan for not inviting him to the gathering.

Hun Tiandi arrived at the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering with Nihility Devouring Flame and a powerful Hun Clan force, then dismissed the assembled clans and forces as beneath him. He revealed that Xiao Yan was an Early Eight-Star Dou Saint with an Emperor Realm Soul, shocking the crowd.

• Xiao Yan saw Hun Tiandi appear and was surprised by his scholar-like appearance, while Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin treated him as a serious threat.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and other powerful Hun Clan members emerged from the vortex, prompting the allied army to raise defensive barriers.
• Lei Ying challenged Hun Tiandi, who defended the Hun Clan's place among the Emperor Clans and mocked the assembled leaders.
• Yan Jin taunted Hun Tiandi, who retorted that the Yan Clan was too weak to compare with his own and ignored Yan Jin's anger.
• Hun Tiandi singled out Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan, then revealed Xiao Yan's Early Eight-Star Dou Saint cultivation and Emperor Realm Soul, causing an uproar.

After Hun Tiandi revealed Xiao Yan’s Early Eight-Star Dou Saint cultivation and Emperor Realm Soul, the two traded threats over the Xiao Clan’s destruction. Hun Tiandi then disclosed that he had used the gathering to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Lei and Yan Clans.

• Hun Tiandi revealed Xiao Yan’s Emperor Realm Soul, and the allied forces recognized Xiao Yan as their second strongest fighter.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Tiandi that he would make the Hun Clan regret its actions, and Hun Tiandi invoked the Xiao Clan’s destruction and Xiao Xuan’s death.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Chen from lashing out, then swore that the Hun Clan would repay its debt to the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that he had been stalling while waiting for the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Lei and Yan Clans.
• A Hun Clan Dou Sheng emerged from the vortex and presented Hun Tiandi with two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade taken from the Lei and Yan Clans.

Hun Tiandi revealed that the Hun Clan had secretly planted agents in the Gu, Lei, and Yan clans, and used the gathering as cover to obtain the Lei and Yan clans’ Tou She Ancient God Jade. After assessing the allied forces, he moved to pursue his final goal, prompting Gu Yuan to confront him.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin discovered that Hun Tiandi had received their clans’ Tou She Ancient God Jade, though neither had sensed anything wrong at their ancestral shrines.
• Gu Yuan asked Hun Tiandi how the Hun Clan had taken the jade, and Hun Tiandi hinted that he would soon reveal the method.
• Hun Tiandi explained that the Hun Clan had spent centuries planting a chess piece in each of the Gu, Lei, and Yan clans, intending to activate them simultaneously to steal the three clans’ jade.
• Hun Tiandi considered his three goals: buying time for the theft, assessing the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering, and picking someone up.
• Hun Tiandi stepped forward and stirred the tides of heaven and earth’s energy, and Gu Yuan answered by doing the same; their forces collided in the void.

Hun Tiandi used the simultaneous energy tides he and Gu Yuan raised as a signal for his agent in the Gu Clan to steal its Tou She Ancient God Jade. After the theft was exposed, Hun Tiandi revealed that the Hun Clan had infiltrated all three clans and claimed he would win once he brought “Gu Yang” back.

• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan raised vast tides of heaven and earth energy, and Hun Tiandi smiled as though his scheme had succeeded.
• An injured messenger reported that Elder Gu Yang had wounded the elders at the ancestral shrine and stolen the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan questioned Hun Tiandi, while Xiao Yan asked Xun'er whether Gu Yang could be a Hun Clan spy.
• Hun Tiandi told Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had replaced elders from all three clans over the past several hundred years to steal their Ancient Jades.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he would win the contest once he brought “Gu Yang” back.

The Hun Clan’s infiltration was exposed, and Gu Yuan learned that Hun Tiandi’s clan had replaced Gu Yang and two others to steal the Ancient Jades. As Gu Yuan moved to stop the escape and recover the Gu Clan’s jade, the allied army and Hun Clan began a battle among their High-Star Dou Sheng experts.

• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin confronted Hun Tiandi after learning that the Hun Clan had replaced members of their clans, and Hun Tiandi’s mocking response implied the originals were dead.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Realm sealed and sent Gu Dao and the other Gu Clan Immortals to find Gu Yang, but Hun Tiandi’s forces moved to block them.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, while Xiao Yan offered to help intercept Gu Yang and the allied army’s Seven-Star and higher Dou Saints joined the fight.
• The allied army’s lower-ranked Dou Sheng experts withdrew as both sides assembled their High-Star Dou Sheng forces.
• Hun Tiandi countered Gu Yuan with a massive black hole, and the battle between the two armies erupted.

The allied forces and the Hun Clan engaged in battle across the Gu Realm, with the Hun Clan trying to prevent the allied experts from reaching Gu Yang. Xiao Yan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin faced Nihility Devouring Flame while the other fighters took on their assigned opponents.

• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi began fighting as the allied forces' High-Star Dou Sheng experts moved to stop Gu Yang.
• Nihility Devouring Flame blocked Xiao Yan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin, and the three joined forces to attack him.
• Gu Lie faced Hun Yuantian while the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan, Fairy Fire Spirit, and Lei Che fought three Soul Clan Demon Saints and two hidden experts.
• Xuan Ting and Yao Dan confronted Hun Miesheng, who unleashed his full strength to keep them from passing.

High-Star Dou Sheng powerhouses battled in the Gu Realm while Gu Yang fled toward Hun Tiandi with the two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade. The allied forces watched from behind a protective barrier and prepared to intervene before Gu Yang could reach the Hun Clan.

• The High-Star Dou Sheng battle shook the Gu Realm, while the allied forces’ weaker fighters watched from behind their defenses.
• Shi Xiao, Yao Wanhuo, Old Man Shennong, and the Pill Tower Ancestor reflected on their limits and their desire to reach greater strength.
• The allied forces’ Middle-Level Dou Sheng decided to risk leaving their protected position to stop Gu Yang from returning to the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yang used his Five-Star Dou Sheng strength and knowledge of the Gu Realm to evade his pursuers, but he still had distance to cover before reaching Hun Tiandi.

Gu Yang, a Hun Clan infiltrator, fled the Gu Clan with two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade but was trapped by Gu Nanhai’s Spirit-Sealing Formation. He self-detonated to break free and escaped in soul form, continuing toward Hun Tiandi.

• Gu Yang recalled how he had taken the Gu Yang identity through soul fusion and concealed his allegiance for hundreds of years before stealing the jade and fleeing.
• Gu Nanhai caught up with Gu Yang and ordered the Gu Clan experts to use the Spirit-Sealing Formation to hold him until reinforcements arrived.
• The formation stopped Gu Yang’s attempts to escape, and he realized the Hun Clan’s plan would fail if he did not deliver the jade.
• Gu Yang self-detonated, severely injuring Gu Nanhai’s group and killing more than half of the Dou Zun experts.
• Gu Yang escaped as a soul carrying both pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade and flew closer to Hun Tiandi.

Gu Yang fled with the two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade after destroying his body, hoping to deliver them to Hun Tiandi. Tian Huangzi and Shi Xiao led eight Dou Sheng to intercept him, but Gu Yang called for help and a powerful figure emerged from Hun Tiandi’s vortex.

• Gu Yang used his self-detonation to escape the Gu Clan experts, carrying two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade toward Hun Tiandi.
• The allied forces decided to send Dou Sheng to intercept Gu Yang rather than remain solely on the defensive.
• Tian Huangzi and Shi Xiao led eight Lower-Level Dou Sheng beyond the defensive perimeter to stop Gu Yang.
• Tian Huangzi attacked Gu Yang with Blazing Radiance Hand before Shi Xiao could demand the jade.
• Gu Yang shouted for an elder to save him, and a figure emerged from the vortex, asking why only ten Dou Sheng had been lured out.

Hun Tiandi’s hidden plan was revealed when Hun Shengtian emerged from the vortex and attacked ten allied Dou Sheng who had left the protective circle. The allied army faced a deadly ambush as Hun Shengtian unleashed his Dead Soul Hand.

• Hun Tiandi’s concealed strength and strategy became clear: he had withheld three Soul Clan elders to keep the Gu Clan from activating its clan-protecting grand array and to create an opening against the allied army.
• Gu Yang’s escape drew Tian Huangzi, Shi Xiao and eight other allied Dou Sheng out of the protective circle to intercept him.
• Hun Shengtian emerged from the vortex, and Shi Xiao recognized him as another supposedly dead elder of the Hun Clan.
• Hun Shengtian swallowed Tian Huangzi’s Blazing Radiance Palm with a purple-black vortex and unleashed Dead Soul Hand at the ten allied Dou Sheng.

Hun Shengtian trapped Tian Huangzi, Shi Xiao, and eight other allied Dou Shengs with his Dead Soul Hand, while the allied forces stayed behind their protective barrier. After the nine transferred their Dou Qi to Tian Huangzi, he summoned an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and unleashed a vast holy flame as Hun Shengtian pressed his attack.

• Hun Shengtian launched his Dead Soul Hand at Tian Huangzi, Shi Xiao, and their group, leaving them unable to dodge.
• Tian Huangzi urged the others to pour their Dou Qi into him, and Shi Xiao and the other eight transferred their power despite the danger to his body.
• The allied forces recognized Hun Shengtian's trap but remained inside the protective barrier rather than risk drawing out more hidden Hun Clan experts.
• Hun Shengtian accelerated the Dead Soul Hand after sensing an unexpected threat from Tian Huangzi.
• Tian Huangzi invoked Holy Flame Cleansing Evil, and a vast holy flame descended as an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix appeared behind him.

Tian Huangzi used Holy Flame Cleansing Evil to destroy Hun Shengtian’s Dead Soul Hand and wound him, but the powerful attack left Tian Huangzi vulnerable to Hun Shengtian’s retaliation. As Hun Shengtian’s Finger of Annihilation closed in, a spatial ripple appeared before Tian Huangzi and an unknown voice demanded to know who dared hurt their people.

• Tian Huangzi unleashed Holy Flame Cleansing Evil, reviving the space with its power of life and melting Hun Shengtian’s Dead Soul Hand.
• Tian Huangzi’s golden flames swept toward Hun Shengtian, who collapsed the space before him to extinguish them but suffered charred palms.
• Hun Shengtian healed his hands and focused on killing Tian Huangzi, then fired his Finger of Annihilation at him.
• Tian Huangzi’s borrowed power ended, his flames vanished, and he could not stop Hun Shengtian’s lethal attack.
• A spatial ripple appeared before Tian Huangzi, and an unseen speaker asked who dared hurt their people.

Xiao Lin arrived just in time to save Tian Huangzi from Hun Shengtian’s Finger of Annihilation and revealed his overwhelming strength. As Xiao Lin took charge, the allied forces learned he was both Xiao Yan’s grandfather and an elder of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin’s unseen power erased Hun Shengtian’s attack before it could hit Tian Huangzi.
• Ji Li and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace members recognized Xiao Lin’s intervention and relaxed as Tian Huangzi survived.
• Hun Shengtian searched for the mysterious defender and secretly contacted Hun Yao and Hun Jue for support.
• Xiao Lin appeared beside Tian Huangzi, told him to rest, and took over the fight.
• Tian Huangzi identified Xiao Lin as a Myriad Formation Spirit Palace elder and Xiao Yan’s grandfather, shocking Shi Xiao and the other Dou Sheng Experts.

Xiao Lin’s identity as Xiao Yan’s grandfather and a powerful Myriad Formation Spirit Palace elder became public, bolstering the allied army’s confidence. He revealed himself to Hun Shengtian as a member of the Xiao Clan while waiting for the Soul Clan’s Four Elders to bring out the Gates of Dead Silence.

• Tian Huangzi’s words and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s explanations revealed Xiao Lin’s identities to the people inside the protective circle.
• The allied army learned that the Xiao Household had many Dou Sheng experts and took heart from Xiao Lin’s presence.
• Xiao Lin stood between Tian Huangzi and Shi Xiao’s group, making Hun Shengtian feel pressure he could not gauge.
• Xiao Lin let Hun Shengtian contact Hun Yao and Hun Jue because he wanted to obtain the Four Elders’ Gates of Dead Silence.
• When Hun Shengtian asked who he was, Xiao Lin answered, “Xiao Clan, Xiao Lin!”

Xiao Lin attacked Hun Shengtian with Spatial Power, revealing enough strength to injure him and making Hun Shengtian believe he was a Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul. Xiao Lin then concealed a second Spatial Slash behind the first, forcing Hun Shengtian to call on Hun Yao and Hun Jue for help as the blade closed in.

• Xiao Lin swallowed Hun Shengtian in collapsing space, then called him out when he emerged only slightly injured.
• Hun Shengtian assessed Xiao Lin as a Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin sent a Spatial Slash at Hun Shengtian, who countered with his Withering Death Finger.
• A second Spatial Slash followed the first, surprising Hun Shengtian as it raced toward his face.
• Hun Shengtian called on Hun Yao and Hun Jue, and two withered hands emerged to raise a barrier.

Xiao Lin faced Hun Shengtian, Hun Yao, and Hun Jue after the three hidden Hun Clan experts revealed themselves. Though the allied army feared the Hun Clan’s strength, Xiao Lin remained confident as the three turned their combined pressure against him.

• Xiao Lin’s second Spatial Slash clashed with a barrier raised by two Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng experts, then faded without breaking through.
• Hun Yao and Hun Jue emerged from Hun Tiandi’s blood-colored vortex to join Hun Shengtian, while Tian Huangzi, Shi Xiao, and the other allied Dou Sheng experts retreated inside the protective perimeter.
• The allied army realized the Hun Clan had concealed three Eight-Star Dou Sheng experts and had nearly lured ten of its own Dou Sheng fighters away from safety.
• Xiao Lin taunted the three Hun Clan experts, and Hun Yao asked whether he had known they were there.
• Hun Jue, Hun Yuantian, and Hun Yao declared that their combined strength would defeat Xiao Lin, but Xiao Lin dismissed their threat.
• The three Hun Clan experts released their combined pressure against Xiao Lin, and he answered by unleashing his own presence.