Chapter Summaries

Ren found a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map in a cave and accepted the Amethyst Winged Lion King's pledge of allegiance. He bound her with a Beast-Controling Art, named her Amethyst, gave her Source, and ordered her to organize the Magical Beasts into legions.

• Ren found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment in the cave and told Yao Lao he could use it to locate the flame.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked to pledge allegiance to Ren, explaining that his reward had awakened her bloodline and improved her unborn child's potential.
• Ren accepted her allegiance, used a Beast-Controling Art to bind her, and named her Amethyst.
• Ren gave Amethyst a large amount of Source and instructed her to refine it slowly and organize the Magical Beasts into legions by rank.

Ren told Amethyst to prepare the Magical Beast Legion to conquer the Northwest Continent and explained to Yao Lao that he intended to establish an empire. He then searched the desert for the Azure Lotus Core Flame, exposed its magma hiding place, and encountered Queen Medusa, who confronted him for entering the Tagor Great Desert.

• Ren ordered Amethyst to prepare the Magical Beast Legion for a campaign across the Northwest Continent.
• Ren told Yao Lao that he wanted to establish an empire and dismissed the Dou God Clans as limited in their understanding of the world.
• Ren flew into the desert seeking a Heavenly Flame, and Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame sensed one nearby.
• Ren used his Purple-Gold Double Pupils to locate the Azure Lotus Core Flame's hiding place beneath the sand.
• Ren stomped open a huge pit that exposed the magma, and Medusa emerged from it and angrily challenged him for entering the desert.

Ren overwhelmed Medusa, entered the lava, and found the Green Lotus Core Flame. Rather than subdue it, he transplanted it to the Trash Station and told Yao Lao he would eventually take the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in exchange for helping fulfill Yao Lao’s deepest wish.

• Medusa attacked Ren, but his mana-filled breath shattered her Dou Technique and left her frightened by his strength.
• Ren plunged into the lava, killed the Two-Headed Snake with a flick of Sword Aura, and found the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Ren cut the flame free with its roots intact and sent it with its lotus pedestal into the Trash Station for later cultivation in the Primordial World.
• Ren told Yao Lao he would eventually claim the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but would give him what he desired most and might help resolve his Obsessive Thought.
• Yao Lao accepted Ren’s offer and thanked him.

Ren offered Medusa the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to help her break through her bloodline restraints, and she accepted despite the deadly risk. Later, at the Snake People Tribe, Ren proposed leading them against a human empire, leaving the elders uneasy about serving a human.

• Ren learned that Medusa had stayed behind because losing the Green Lotus Core Flame had left her despairing about her future.
• Medusa explained that she needed a Heavenly Flame to temper her bloodline and vowed to challenge Ren if she eventually grew stronger.
• Ren offered Medusa the more dangerous Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Medusa accepted without hesitation.
• Ren and Medusa arrived at the Snake People Tribe, where the elders recognized Ren as powerful but questioned his plan to lead them against a human empire.

Ren persuaded Medusa to undergo bloodline tempering and consider rebuilding her cultivation, then gave the Snake People Tribe six Sources that could help create Dou Emperors. He and Medusa entered her secluded palace to begin the process, and Ren brought out Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Ren told Medusa he could help evolve her bloodline and advised her to abandon her current cultivation and start anew for a stronger future.
• Medusa chose to proceed with bloodline tempering in her secluded cultivation grounds despite the elders’ objections.
• Ren gave six elders Sources that he said could raise six strong Dou Wangs to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Ren and Medusa entered her secluded palace, where Ren produced the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to begin the bloodline tempering.

Ren used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and precious Sources to refine Medusa’s bloodline, forcing her body through cycles of destruction and restoration as she sought to be reborn in a new form. As the process continued, the Snake People Tribe celebrated Yue Mei becoming a Dou Emperor.

• Ren explained that he would use the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to temper Medusa’s body and help her shed her snake form, and Medusa accepted the painful process.
• Ren wrapped Medusa in the flame, freezing her as her body began to turn to ash, then used a Source to restore her with pure energy.
• Ren repeatedly burned and restored Medusa, gathering her essence blood and life essence toward her abdomen while she endured the agony without blaming him.
• Ren used successive Sources to sustain Medusa as the refinement continued and her body began to change.
• An elder of the Snake-People Race celebrated Yue Mei becoming a one-star Dou Emperor.

Medusa completed her bloodline evolution by surviving Black Demon Lightning, emerging with a nine-colored divine form but no cultivation after following Ren’s advice. With six Snake People having become Dou Emperors, she ordered the assembled Snake-People Legion to go to war and leave the desert.

• Yue Mei asked about Queen Medusa as the tribe celebrated its new Dou Emperors, and an elder explained that Ren’s Source had helped six members advance.
• Black Demon Lightning gathered over the tribe, and Ren recognized it as the tribulation for a Ninth-Grade Pill.
• Medusa’s blood-colored cocoon faced the Black Demon Lightning and shattered the tribulation, revealing her transformed body.
• Medusa thanked Ren for helping her evolve and told him not to bully her now that she had discarded all her cultivation.
• Several days later, Medusa praised the six new Dou Emperors, and Yue Mei reported that the Snake-People Legion was assembled.
• Medusa declared war, and the excited legion marched toward the border to leave the desert.

Ren studied the Flame Mantra and explained that it had enabled Tou She Ancient God to become an emperor. He gave Medusa the Azure Emperor Scripture as a new cultivation system to try, while war spread through the towns at his command.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sent Magical Beasts from the Magical Beast Mountains to seize towns, carrying out Ren's plan to establish an empire.
• Ren told Medusa that the Flame Mantra was more than a low-grade Yellow Tier cultivation method, and she recognized its unusual qualities.
• Ren said the Flame Mantra did not suit Medusa and that he wanted her to cultivate another system instead.
• Ren explained to Medusa and Yao Lao that Tou She Ancient God had used the Flame Mantra to absorb Heavenly Flames and become an emperor.
• Ren gave Medusa a bamboo slip containing the Azure Emperor Scripture, which he had obtained from the Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon.

Ren gave Medusa the Demon Emperor Scripture and explained that he planned to establish an imperial dynasty to cultivate Ziwei Qi. He restored Yao Lao’s soul and began using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to give him a body so he could command the war.

• Ren gave Medusa the Demon Emperor Scripture and a ring of Sources, and she went into seclusion to cultivate while elders prepared the imperial dynasty.
• Yao Lao lamented that the new cultivation system could threaten the Dou God Clans’ rule, and Ren said those clans might eventually become his subjects.
• Ren told Yao Lao his soul had been restored and that he would give him a body.
• Ren used Sage Art to merge Yao Lao’s soul with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, making Yao Lao its Sentience and instructing him to absorb energy and transform into human form.

Ren restored Yao Lao to a powerful Heavenly Flame body and assigned him to unify the Northwest Continent while Ren set out for Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. Ren and Medusa reached the Black-Corner Region and headed toward Jia Nan Academy, where they spotted the tower sealing the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Yao Lao absorbed energy and formed a human body from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, defeating the descending Black Demon Lightning.
• Yao Lao revealed that his new body restored his former cultivation and advanced him to Dou Sheng, and Ren asked him to unify the Northwest Continent.
• Ren gave Yao Lao the Flame Mantra and said he would seek Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Ren left the Snake People Tribe with Medusa, who learned to cultivate the Sea of Reincarnation and opened her Sea of Bitterness.
• Ren and Medusa flew through the Black-Corner Region toward Jia Nan Academy and saw the tower that sealed the Fallen Heart Flame.

Ren destroyed Jia Nan Academy’s Cultivation Tower to reach the magma beneath it, where he spotted Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and a sleeping Ancient Void Dragon. The Fallen Heart Flame escaped in the collapse and turned its attention toward Ren, eager to devour him but wary of his strength.

• Ren told Medusa that Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion lay beneath the Cultivation Tower and decided to break in rather than seek access from Jia Nan Academy.
• Ren’s first kick shook the tower and cracked its walls, drawing out two dark figures and alerting the academy’s guardians and students.
• Ren used his Purple-Gold Double Pupils to see the magma, the Magical Beasts, and a sleeping Ancient Void Dragon beneath the tower.
• Ren wrapped his foot in Violet-Gold Divine Light and collapsed the Cultivation Tower with a second kick.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged from the magma as a giant serpent, remembered its imprisonment by figures in black robes, and eyed Ren as a possible meal while sensing danger.

Ren used the Jade Cauldron Sword Scripture to sever the Fallen Heart Flame’s tail, startling Jia Nan Academy’s guardians into mistaking him for a Dou Zun. As Han Feng arrived to claim the Heavenly Flame, Ren and Medusa recognized him as Yao Lao’s traitorous disciple.

• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked Ren, and Ren cut off its flaming snake tail with a fast, sharp Sword Aura that tore through space and split the magma and earth.
• Ren recalled how Yuding Zhenren had taught him the Jade Cauldron Sword Scripture, whose principles were sharpness and boundless speed.
• Jia Nan Academy’s guardians mistook Ren’s space-tearing attack for the power of a Dou Zun and fell silent rather than challenge him.
• Medusa warned Ren that people were approaching and identified Han Feng, who had come to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Ren recognized Han Feng as Yao Lao’s traitorous disciple, and Medusa noted that Yao Lao had become a Dou Saint and Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Han Feng arrived, staring eagerly at the howling Fallen Heart Flame.

Ren defeated Han Feng and his allies, captured the Fallen Heart Flame, and took the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng before leaving with Medusa. He ordered Canaan Academy to imprison Han Feng and later hand him over to Yao Chen, while the guardians were left to face the destruction.

• Ren used the Nine Secrets: Dou to summon Three-Legged Golden Crows, which burned Han Feng’s Dou Emperor and Dou Zong allies to ash.
• Ren’s Golden Crows seized the Fallen Heart Flame and overwhelmed it as Canaan Academy’s guardians watched in shock.
• Ren spared Han Feng because he had a connection to Yao Chen, but severed his limbs, crippled his Dou Qi, and extracted the Sea Heart Flame.
• Ren revealed that Yao Chen was the Ninth-Rank Alchemist connected to Han Feng and ordered the guardians to imprison Han Feng until the Black-Corner Region was pacified.
• Ren stored the Sea Heart Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame in the Trash Station’s space, then took Medusa into the magma.
• Canaan Academy’s headmaster agreed to imprison Han Feng and wait, shaken by Ren’s power and the devastation he had caused.

Ren and Medusa descended through the lava to Tou She Ancient God's abode, where Ren tried and failed to break its sealed stone gate. Ren realized that a Dou God still surpassed his current strength, but he remained confident that he would grow stronger.

• Ren and Medusa traveled deeper through the lava, where Ren fought increasingly powerful lava lizards with his Sword Aura.
• Ren found a hidden space containing Tou She Ancient God's abode and a vast stone gate sealed with countless inscriptions.
• Ren told Medusa to retreat, then struck the gate with his Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• Ren's repeated full-power punches shattered the gate's seals, but they immediately restored themselves and the gate remained closed.
• Ren concluded that he could not yet match the Dou Gods, though he believed his future strength would surpass them.

Ren refused to join forces with Zhukun to break Tou She Ancient God's stone gate, insisting that he would overcome it by his own strength. He offered to help Zhukun escape the maze in exchange for the Three Thousand Yan Huo, and Zhukun agreed to provide it within three days.

• Ren saw Tou She Ancient God and the Emperor Pill through the sealed stone gate, but admitted he could not break it yet.
• Zhukun revealed that he was the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon clan and had been trapped in Tou She Ancient God's cave abode.
• Zhukun proposed joining forces with Ren to destroy the stone gate, but Ren refused because he wanted to defeat it alone.
• Ren learned that Zhukun only wanted to escape, not obtain the method to become a Dou God, and offered to lead him out for a reward.
• Ren asked for the Three Thousand Yan Huo, and Zhukun promised to deliver it within three days after escaping.

Ren persuaded Zhukun to protect his empire and Medusa by claiming he had forged a cultivation path beyond Dou Qi. Zhukun formed an alliance with Ren’s empire, and after they escaped the cave, Ren took the growing Fallen Heart Flame.

• Ren asked Zhukun to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame and protect his empire while he cultivated, and Zhukun agreed.
• Ren told Zhukun that he had forged a new path beyond Dou Qi, and Medusa’s aura convinced Zhukun that the system was real.
• Ren offered to teach gifted Ancient Void Dragon juniors his cultivation method, and Zhukun pledged an alliance with Ren’s empire.
• Zhukun escaped with Ren and roared above Jia Nan Academy, frightening its students and the Magical Beasts in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• Ren shielded Medusa and took the newly growing Fallen Heart Flame.

Zhukun reunited with his daughter Zi Yan at Canaan Academy, then entrusted her to Ren and Medusa to cultivate Ren’s new system. Zhukun left for the Central Plains to seek the Three Thousand Yan Huo, while Zi Yan stayed with Ren to train.

• Zhukun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, and she struck him before realizing who he was and breaking into tears.
• Zhukun comforted Zi Yan and left Canaan Academy with Ren’s group, while the academy’s leaders discussed Zi Yan’s identity and Ren’s influence.
• Zhukun asked Ren to teach Zi Yan the Sea of Reincarnation Chapter, and Ren had Medusa guide her cultivation.
• Zhukun chose to keep pursuing the Dou Qi path himself but sent Zi Yan to cultivate Ren’s system instead.
• Zhukun traveled to the Central Plains to find the Three Thousand Yan Huo at the Pill Tower, while Zi Yan remained with Ren to cultivate.

Ren refined Three Thousand Yan Huo and strengthened his connection to the stars and Purple Star Qi. After Zhukun unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under Ren’s imperial dynasty, Ren ordered the dynasty’s ascension ceremony to be held in three days so its Destiny could stabilize.

• Zhukun retrieved Three Thousand Yan Huo from the Pill Tower and quickly defeated its defenders.
• Zhukun gave Yan Huo to Ren, who swallowed and refined it almost instantly, gaining a connection to the stars and more Purple Star Qi.
• Zhukun told Ren that he had unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan after killing several descendants who wanted to divide it, and had made the clan part of Ren’s imperial dynasty.
• Yao Lao reported that Ren’s forces had cleared the countries of the Northwest Continent and the Black-Corner Region.
• Ren ordered the imperial dynasty’s ascension ceremony to take place in three days and said its Destiny would reveal the benefits of joining it.

Ren prepared to establish the Star Dynasty and planned to return to cultivation after the ceremony. He began the founding ceremony by declaring the dynasty’s name and writing on its Star Stele.

• Zhukun left to find Zi Yan, while Yao Lao went to make arrangements for Ren’s plans.
• Medusa gave Ren map fragments connected to the Jinglian Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Ren set them aside after sensing the benefits of refining the Three Thousand Yan Huo.
• Ren told Medusa he would enter seclusion after establishing the dynasty and soon return to his original world.
• Three days later, Ren walked before the soldiers and ministers at the Star Dynasty’s founding ceremony.
• Ren used his blood to declare the dynasty’s name as Star and wrote “Star List” on the Star Stele.

Ren established the Star Dynasty by inscribing the names of Yao Lao, Zhukun, Medusa, and others on a stone stele, gathering Destiny and empowering those listed. The Soul Clan arrived to confront them, and Ren identified its patriarch, Hun Tiandi.

• Ren inscribed the names of people he knew on the stone stele, causing them to gain insight and power through Destiny.
• Ren raised the Imperial Jade Seal and declared the Star Dynasty, summoning a starry Divine Dragon of Destiny above the altar.
• Yao Lao, Zhukun, Medusa, and Wind Venerable sensed Destiny and learned of its power.
• Rifts opened in the sky, and the Soul Clan emerged, led by Hun Miesheng and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yao Lao attacked Hun Miesheng, but Nihility Devouring Flame countered him until Zhukun shattered the black flames at Ren's command.
• Hun Tiandi appeared, and Ren asked whether he was the patriarch of the Soul Clan.