Chapter Summaries

After refining the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul, Xiao Lin broke through to Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint and discovered he could sense the Dou Emperor bottleneck. He learned the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering was still three days away, then declined to pursue Bodhi's Main Body immediately and began considering how his new strength could change the fight against Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Lin tested his new power after breaking through, twisting space with a casual movement.
• Bodhi told Xiao Lin that Ji Li and the others had gone to the Gu Clan for the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering, while Bodhi stayed to guard the sect.
• Xiao Lin learned the gathering was still three days away and explained that refining the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul had taken longer than expected because its final trace of the “Dou Emperor” characteristic enabled his breakthrough.
• Bodhi asked Xiao Lin to join him in finding his Main Body, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, so Xiao Lin could use its power to attempt a breakthrough to the Dou Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Lin decided he could not leave his family and allies during the coming war, and considered joining Gu Yuan and Zhukun to kill Hun Tiandi in the Ancient Emperor's Cave.

Xiao Lin decided to delay seeking Bodhi's Main Body so he could prepare to defeat Hun Tiandi before he became a Dou Emperor, and he went to Ancient Dragon Island to enlist Zhukun. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi prepared for the Hun Clan's plan and urged the injured Nihility Devouring Flame to reach the Emperor Realm Soul.

• Xiao Lin decided to handle the Hun Clan threat first and told Bodhi he would seek Bodhi's Main Body later.
• Xiao Lin left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, entrusting the sect's safety to Bodhi and Ji Li.
• Xiao Lin detoured to Ancient Dragon Island to discuss his plan with Zhukun before going to the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi met with Nihility Devouring Flame, who had recovered from his injuries using blood food and a Ninth-grade Pill.
• Hun Tiandi warned Nihility Devouring Flame that Lin Xiao had surpassed him and urged him to break through to an Emperor Realm Soul.

Hun Tiandi agreed to help Nihility Devouring Flame reach an Emperor Realm Soul as the Hun Clan prepared to exploit the Emperor Clan alliance gathering. The Hun Clan activated its agents in the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans and awakened its army of living dead.

• Hun Tiandi urged Nihility Devouring Flame to pursue an Emperor Realm Soul because Lin Xiao's rise threatened the Hun Clan's plans.
• Nihility Devouring Flame blamed Xiao Yan for the loss of the Human Hall's Soul Origin, which had delayed his breakthrough.
• Hun Tiandi promised the Hun Clan would provide Nihility Devouring Flame with everything he needed after they seized the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported that the other factions, including the Lei and Yan Clans, had gathered at the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the planted agents in the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans to act, and the Hun Clan awakened all of its living dead.

As the Emperor Clan Alliance Gathering approached, factions from across the continent gathered at the Gu Clan to oppose the Hun Clan. Xiao Yan learned that “Supreme Elder Lin” was still in seclusion, then Tian Huangzi asked to cancel their promised match.

• The Gu Clan received the Emperor Clans and powerful factions, including the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan learned from Ji Li that “Supreme Elder Lin” was still in seclusion and lamented that he could not yet have a “chat” with him.
• Tian Huangzi approached Xiao Yan and resumed addressing him as an old acquaintance rather than as Alliance Leader Xiao.
• Tian Huangzi asked Xiao Yan to cancel their planned match, wary of fighting someone who had defeated powerful Hun Clan Dou Saints.

Xiao Yan and Tian Huangzi canceled their old fight agreement, and Xiao Yan learned that his grandfather had arranged Tian Huangzi’s earlier provocation. As they became friendly, Lei Dong of the Lei Clan arrived and challenged Xiao Yan.

• Tian Huangzi asked Xiao Yan to cancel their old agreement to fight, and Xiao Yan readily agreed.
• Xiao Yan asked Tian Huangzi who had prompted him to provoke Xiao Yan at the Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Tian Huangzi revealed that someone from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had asked him, allowing Xiao Yan to deduce that his grandfather was responsible.
• Xiao Yan and Tian Huangzi set aside the matter and chatted like close friends.
• Lei Dong arrived in a flash of purple lightning, introduced himself as a member of the Lei Clan, and challenged Xiao Yan to fight.

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.