Chapter Summaries

Wu Yan left the Heavenly Tomb after defeating the Heavenly Tomb Soul and later received a Ninth-Tier Magic Core from Gu Xun'er as a parting gift. After visiting the Cao Clan, he returned to the Northwestern Continent and reunited with Ya Fei.

• Wu Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy the Heavenly Tomb Soul, collected its Soul Origins, and left Xiao Xuan behind in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Xun'er gave Wu Yan a Ninth-Tier Magic Core she had taken from Gu Yuan's study, and Wu Yan urged her not to rush her cultivation.
• Wu Yan visited the Cao Clan, obtained ten Eighth-Rank Medicinal Pills from Cao Yuan, and arranged for Cao Ying to examine his Ancient Medicine Garden and pill formulas after her breakthrough.
• Wu Yan returned to the Northwestern Continent, where Ya Fei greeted him and he carried her back to their room while their children went to play.

Wu Yan reunited with Wu Yue, who discussed her new role as Sect Master and visited her pregnant teacher and sisters-in-law. Months later, Wu Yan reached the Mid Nine-Star Battle Saint realm and concluded that seeking fortuitous opportunities was more effective than cultivating in seclusion.

• Wu Yue returned, and Wu Yan reassured her about leading the Misty Cloud Sect as its new Sect Master.
• Wu Yan told Wu Yue that Yun Yun, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian were expecting children, and he brought her to visit them by the lake.
• Wu Yue said Yanran had returned to the sect to take her place while Yun Shan remained in charge.
• After reflecting on which women were available to share his bed, Wu Yan entered the quiet chamber to cultivate.
• Several months later, Wu Yan broke through to the Mid Nine-Star Battle Saint realm and decided that fortuitous opportunities accelerated his cultivation more than seclusion did.

Wu Yan’s family grew as Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei gave birth, while Xiao Yan learned Mu Qingluan was pregnant and arranged their marriage. At the Space Trade Fair, Wu Yan concealed his strength and waited for the final Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map to appear.

• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian gave birth safely to two sons, while Ya Fei had also delivered her child.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Mu Qingluan was pregnant, and Xiao Yan confirmed it before the marriage discussions with the Azure Luan Clan went smoothly.
• Wu Yan decided not to pay for the remnant map and continued cultivating while caring for his family.
• The Space Trade Fair began, and Xiao Yan bought goods in bulk as Wu Yan secretly observed the gathering from the ancient hall.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map, drawing the crowd’s attention as Wu Yan watched to see who would obtain it.

Wu Yan obtained the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remnant map at the Space Trade Fair, where Old Man Baoshan also announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s imminent appearance. After learning that the Spirit Clan had vanished, Gu Xun'er returned her three remnant maps to Wu Yan because she had already refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen whether they should bid for the remnant map, and Yao Chen insisted that they needed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to advance Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra.
• A bidder offered an Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Pill and won the remnant map.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Ancient Desolate Domain within roughly a month, and the Space Trade Fair ended.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan noticed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts had disappeared and left quickly, then hurried from Starfall Pavilion to the Northwestern Continent.
• Gu Xun'er told Wu Yan that the Spirit World had been found empty and returned her three remnant maps, explaining that she had refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Wu Yan and his wives discussed who might refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Wu Yan decided to break it down and share it when the time came. He welcomed Venerable Yao and Xiao Yan, whose visit left Xiao Yan longing for a protected space for the Xiao Clan.

• Ya Fei gave Gu Xun'er four maps to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Gu Xun'er declined to claim them for herself.
• Wu Yan said he would personally break down the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame so everyone could receive a share.
• Wu Yan gave Gu Xun'er the Bodhi Seed without asking the Gu Clan for anything in exchange.
• Xiao Yan entered the Mittel Clan's independent space and envied the security and strength it provided, thinking of the Xiao Clan's vulnerability to the Soul Hall.
• Wu Yan appeared before Venerable Yao and Xiao Yan, welcomed them, and asked someone to serve tea.

Wu Yan arranged the auction finale item and gave his children a reward by beginning to teach them Dou Techniques. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, used a Bodhi Seed to restore its clarity, and received Bodhi Seeds from it.

• Wu Yan told a Mittel Clan girl to inform Teng Shan that he had arranged for the previous auction’s finale item.
• Ya Fei suggested rewarding Wu Yan’s nine-year-old children, and they asked their father to teach them a Dou Technique.
• Wu Yan brought the siblings to a valley and began teaching them after they chose to learn the ice and water dragons’ techniques.
• Gu Xun’er led the Gu Clan experts through the beast tide and defeated the puppet Half-Saints beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Gu Xun’er used a Bodhi Seed to restore the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s clarity, and it placed Bodhi Seeds before her.

Gu Xun'er purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree and emerged with profound gains before leaving for the Northwestern Continent. Meanwhile, Wu Yan entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and attacked the sealed old dragon, whose defeat seemed imminent as Wu Yan prepared to finish playing.

• Gu Xun'er burned Bodhi Seeds to purify the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which then drew her into its body for a month while the Gu Clan guarded it.
• Gu Xun'er emerged safely, gave ten Bodhi Seeds to Elder Tong Xuan, and announced that she was heading to the Northwestern Continent.
• Wu Yan entered the underground magma world beneath Jia Nan Academy, killed two Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen, and reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Wu Yan's Seal weakened the old dragon to the peak of Eight-Star Battle Saint, and he battered it with ice attacks and soul techniques.
• Wu Yan stopped holding back after several minutes, and the old dragon sensed that death was near.

Wu Yan killed the weakened old dragon, absorbed its core, body, and soul into jade bottles, and later grew stronger through the bottles’ refinement. As tensions among the Ancient Races deepened and Soul Hall’s activity intensified in the Southwestern Continent, Cao Ying visited Wu Yan and asked him for advice on cultivating as a Dou Zun.

• Wu Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to kill the old dragon, then collected its Magic Core, body, and Emperor Realm Soul in jade bottles and erased the cold from the area.
• After the Little Blue Bottle finished refining its contents, Wu Yan entered seclusion, and Gu Xun'er later joined him in the meditation chamber.
• The Gu Clan sought a powerful ally as the Spirit Clan’s disappearance heightened tensions, while Soul Hall’s activity grew in the Southwestern Continent.
• Wu Yan dismissed the Northwestern Continent’s praise and told Teng Shan to use his judgment when dealing with its forces.
• Cao Ying arrived in Wu Yan’s spatial realm, described her slow progress as a Dou Zun, and asked about his cultivation experience.
• Wu Yan told Cao Ying to remain patient and not grow arrogant or impatient while cultivating.

Cao Ying entered the Ancient Medicine Garden, then followed her ancestors’ advice and seduced Wu Yan by asking him to help cultivate a special technique. After sleeping with her, Wu Yan reconsidered his relationships and reached a new, shameless state of mind.

• Wu Yan showed Cao Ying the Ancient Medicine Garden and kept the garden’s medicinal herbs and alchemy work safe from danger.
• Cao Ying explored the garden and refined pills whose lightning was absorbed by the Little Blue Bottle.
• Remembering her ancestors’ instructions, Cao Ying invited Wu Yan to help her cultivate a special technique, and he agreed.
• Wu Yan put his two young sons to sleep, then went to Cao Ying’s room and spent the night with her.
• Afterward, Wu Yan reflected on his relationships and concluded that conflicts between the women were not his problem.
• The next day, Wu Yan carried a blushing Cao Ying outside, where her older sisters greeted her with knowing smiles.

News of the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan’s extermination spread across the Dou Qi Continent, and Soul Heaven suspected Gu Yuan was responsible. As Soul Hall moved against Starfall Pavilion while trying to recover the Xiao Clan’s jade, Wu Yan remained at ease and wondered whether Yao Chen and Xiao Yan had survived.

• A surviving Sky Demon Phoenix revealed that the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan had been wiped out, prompting people to suspect one of the Ancient Races, especially Gu Yuan.
• Soul Heaven inferred that Gu Yuan had annihilated the clan and ordered someone to ask Hun Miesheng about the Xiao Clan’s jade.
• Hun Miesheng discovered that his subordinates had not obtained the jade and ordered the Great Venerable to retrieve it immediately.
• Wu Yan learned that Soul Hall had destroyed Starfall Pavilion and wondered whether Yao Chen and Xiao Yan were safe.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying discussed Starfall Pavilion’s reputation and the dangers facing those without the protection of a powerful Battle Saint.

Wu Yan spent time with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying before greeting his eldest children after they broke through to Dou Wang. He explained that he wanted his children to avoid the hard cultivation he had endured, leaving his wives moved and remorseful for not understanding his burdens sooner.

• Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying helped Wu Yan care for the toddlers, and the two little boys soon fell asleep.
• Wu Jiye and Wu Lele returned as ten-year-old Dou Wang powerhouses, and Wu Yan told them to rest instead of rushing their cultivation.
• Wu Yan sent the siblings to the Misty Cloud Sect to visit their little aunt and discussed letting his wives raise their younger brothers.
• Wu Yan told Yun Yun that he had worked hard so his children would not have to suffer through the same cultivation, and Yun Yun embraced him.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying realized they had treated their marriage with Wu Yan like a transaction and felt guilty for not understanding his burdens.

Wu Yan supported Wu Yue’s wish to keep the Misty Cloud Sect independent, welcomed Gu Xun’er after she advanced to Battle Saint, and later left his growing family to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He entered the void to find the flame, which remained sealed in the Demonic Flame Dimension by an array that trapped it for millennia.

• Wu Yue said the Misty Cloud Sect should not take the Starfall Pavilion’s place by relying on Wu Yan’s influence, and he agreed to keep their accounts clear.
• Gu Xun’er emerged from seclusion as a Battle Saint, greeted Wu Yan and the women, and reunited with Wu Yue the following day.
• The Dou Qi Continent remained peaceful as the Gu Clan faced growing suspicion over the destruction of the Spirit Clan and Starfall Pavilion.
• Wu Yan’s family grew to ten children, and he left the women to care for them while he went after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Wu Yan traveled through the void as the chapter described the flame’s power and the array that had sealed it in the Demonic Flame Dimension.

Wu Yan subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, forced the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to submit, and distributed the flame’s power before entering closed-door cultivation. Two years later, the Stone Clan was annihilated, deepening the turmoil caused by the earlier disappearance of the Spirit Clan.

• The ancient clans gathered to seal the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Hun Miesheng tried to distract them as the Soul Clan secretly attacked the Stone Clan.
• Wu Yan passed through the sealing barrier and traveled toward the Central Plains Beast Region, where he defeated the three dragon kings and compelled the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to accept Zi Yan as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan agreed to make the Ancient Void Dragon Clan Wu Yan’s servants so the clan could survive.
• Wu Yan divided the refined Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nine Profound Golden Lightning among himself and the maidens before beginning closed-door cultivation.
• Two years later, news spread that the Stone Clan had vanished, following the earlier annihilation of the Spirit Clan.

Wu Yan ignored the Yao Clan's invitation to its Pill Ceremony and went to the Gu Clan, where Gu Xun'er and their child were staying. He reunited with Gu Xun'er after impressing the Gu Clan with his cultivation, and the chapter ended with the two alone together.

• Blood Axe Xiao Chen abruptly halted his campaign against the Soul Hall's branches, while the continent speculated about which Ancient Race would fall next.
• Wu Yan received the Yao Clan's invitation but told Teng Shan to ignore it, saying he would not attend or send anyone.
• Wu Yan left for the Gu Clan, where Gu Xun'er had returned with their child and delighted the Gu Clan's higher-ups.
• The Gu Clan's elders were astonished by Wu Yan's strength, and Gu Yuan welcomed him as his son-in-law.
• Wu Yan handed his son to Gu Yuan, then reunited with Gu Xun'er in private.

After the Yao Clan fell to the Soul Clan, Wu Yan and Gu Yuan agreed to conceal their strength and let the Soul Clan proceed with its plan. The Soul Clan obtained the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade, and the allied clan leaders prepared for a decisive confrontation at the Sky Burial Mountain Range in half a month.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Gu Clan and reported that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Yao Clan while seeking the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan summoned Wu Yan, Gu Xun'er, and the chiefs of the Lei and Flame Clans, and Wu Yan told Xiao Yan to keep his jade safe.
• Wu Yan privately urged Gu Yuan to let the Soul Clan gather the Ancient Jade while they concealed their strength and waited for a chance to strike.
• Soul Heaven appeared, and the Soul Clan clashed with the Gu Clan before a hidden pawn delivered the Gu Clan’s jade to the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Soul Clan retreated after the Nihility Devouring Flame was badly injured, and Soul Heaven demanded Xiao Yan’s jade in exchange for his father.
• Gu Yuan and Yan Jin planned to confront the Soul Clan at the Sky Burial Mountain Range in half a month, while Lei Ying suggested hiding Xiao Yan’s jade.

The allied forces of the Gu, Yan, and Lei clans confronted the Soul Clan at the Sky Burial Mountain Range, where Wu Yan overwhelmed the Soul Clan’s leaders. With Soul Heaven dead and Nihility Devouring Flame captured, Wu Yan and Gu Yuan prepared to destroy the rest of the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan joined the allied army, determined to avenge his loved ones and rescue his father after Wu Yan insisted he should retain the right to choose.
• Soul Heaven exchanged Xiao Zhan for Xiao Yan’s final piece of Ancient Jade, then the allied forces and Soul Clan began fighting.
• Wu Yan suppressed Soul Heaven while Gu Yuan fought Nihility Devouring Flame and the other Soul Clan experts.
• Wu Yan defeated Soul Heaven with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and killed him before Nihility Devouring Flame could escape.
• Wu Yan pierced Nihility Devouring Flame’s chest and sealed him in the Little Blue Bottle, then asked Gu Yuan to help wipe out the Soul Clan.

Wu Yan annihilated the Soul Clan, broke through to Dou Di, and established the Wu Clan as his power spread through his blood relatives. He later gathered the continent’s prominent powers to witness his wedding to his eight wives.

• Wu Yan and Gu Yuan led the allied forces into the Soul Clan realm and destroyed the Soul Clan, bringing peace to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Wu Yan’s grandson broke through to Battle Saint, and Wu Yan’s rise to Dou Di caused his blood relatives across the continent to experience dramatic cultivation increases.
• Wu Yan sealed the cultivation of several unruly children, while the continent celebrated his breakthrough and major powers tried to send beautiful women to his side; he accepted none.
• Wu Yan continued refining the Ancient Emperor’s origin and delayed receiving Origin Energy for himself and Gu Yuan until others were ready.
• When his youngest children turned ten, Wu Yan invited the continent’s prominent powers to his wedding to his eight wives.
• Wu Yue watched the wedding and threatened her nephews and nieces into behaving, while Xiao Yan offered Wu Yan his blessings and Cao Ping recounted meeting him.

After leaving the Dou Qi Continent, Wu Yan entered the Great Thousand World and then the world of Martial Universe, where he gathered Ancestral Symbols and the Plane Embryo while defeating the Demon Emperor. Nearing the Ruler Realm, he began targeting powerful races, and his attacks on the Fire Spirit Clan pushed them toward war with the Ice Spirit Clan.

• Wu Yan left the Dou Qi Continent after Gu Yuan and several Empresses became Dou Di, then cultivated in the Great Thousand World.
• Wu Yan arrived in the world of Martial Universe when Lin Dong had just been born and collected Ancestral Symbols and the Plane Embryo while crushing the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and defeating the Demon Emperor.
• Wu Yan studied Spirit Talisman Masters before returning to the Great Thousand World, where his cultivation advanced to half a step from the Ruler Realm.
• Wu Yan began targeting races in the Great Thousand World, and two Fire Spirit Clan members went missing each day.
• A Fire Spirit Clan Supreme was attacked and left the words “Ice... so cold... ice...” before dying.
• The Fire Spirit Clan patriarch accused the Ice Spirit Clan, and the Fire Spirit Clan rallied to fight.

The Great Thousand World descended into factional wars caused by an unseen mastermind until Wu Yan ascended as a Dominator and destroyed the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. He reunited with his family, brought them to the Great Thousand World, and later inspired Tian Can Tudou’s future novels.

• Members of the Ice Spirit Clan disappeared, prompting war with the Fire Spirit Clan, while other factions also broke into conflict before a joint investigation group helped restore peace.
• After more than ten years of unexplained disappearances, Wu Yan ascended as a Dominator and appeared on the Firmament Ranking.
• Wu Yan killed the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s forces and the Heavenly Evil God, then told the major factions to handle their own affairs.
• Wu Yan reunited with his family after more than a hundred years and brought them all to the Great Thousand World.
• Years later, Qing Yanjing became a maidservant at the Ice Palace, Wu Yan’s youngest son married a girl from the Luo God Clan, and Tian Can Tudou decided to name two future protagonists Emperor Yan and Martial Ancestor.