Chapter Summaries

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor arrived to prevent Hun Qianmo from interfering while Chen Mo and his allies faced the Soul Clan’s forces. Chen Mo began battling Hun Miesheng, and their first exchange ended with Hun Miesheng pushed back farther than Chen Mo.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor confronted Hun Qianmo and told him not to interfere in the other battles.
• Chen Mo sent the Undying Demonic Flame to fight Soul Demon Elder and assigned Qing Mo and Die to fight Xiao Chen.
• Chen Mo organized the remaining fighters against Huang Tian and Hun Miesheng, while Xun Er faced Xiao Yan.
• Chen Mo and Hun Miesheng exchanged close-range attacks, using defensive armor and a cyan tortoise shell to withstand each other’s strikes.
• Their clash sent both fighters backward, but Hun Miesheng took five or six steps while Chen Mo took three.

Hun Miesheng revealed a Sub-flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and used it to destroy Chen Mo’s Annihilation Soul Sword. The onlookers realized the Soul Clan might possess the true flame, while Hun Miesheng prepared to fight Chen Mo without the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Hun Miesheng attacked Chen Mo with Myriad Souls' Worship, but Chen Mo’s Annihilation Soul Sword devoured the soundwave arrow and struck back.
• Hun Miesheng stopped the sword with a black flame that devoured its Dou Qi, forcing Chen Mo to split and withdraw it.
• Hun Miesheng revealed the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Yan Lun and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor recognized it as the second-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Chen Mo identified the flame as a Sub-flame, and Hun Miesheng confirmed his guess.
• Hun Miesheng claimed the Sub-flame was enough to defeat Chen Mo without the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and began absorbing his own Dou Qi into it.

Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-flame trapped Chen Mo, but Chen Mo turned its devouring power against it and began refining it. Hun Miesheng lost contact with the flame and was held back as the battle shifted in the Firmament’s favor.

• Nihility Devouring Flame trapped Chen Mo in a black-flame prison after Hun Miesheng asked it to kill him.
• Xun Er tried to help Chen Mo, but Xiao Yan kept her occupied, while Qing Lin summoned two elders to fight and Xiao Chen and Huang Tian came under pressure.
• Chen Mo formed a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, used his Heavenly Flames and Supreme Primordial Chaos Art to refine the Sub-flame, and weakened its resistance with the Heaven Burning Array Diagram.
• Hun Miesheng lost contact with the Sub-flame and rushed to reclaim it, but Fire Cloud Old Ancestor blocked him.
• The Grand Elder of the Pill Tower joined Fire Cloud Old Ancestor in stalling Hun Miesheng, while Hun Qianmo realized the battle had turned against the Hall of Souls.

Chen Mo refined Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-flame and killed Hun Miesheng—or so the gathered fighters believed—while the other battles shifted in the allied forces' favor. Hun Miesheng survived with a Life-Saving Jade Slip, and Chen Mo immediately attacked him again.

• Huang Tian fled after realizing he could not help the Hall of Souls without risking his own life, while Yun Yun and the others moved to aid their allies.
• Chen Mo refined Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-flame, then used Sword Three: Void to cleave Hun Miesheng's body and force his Soul Body to retreat badly wounded.
• Chen Mo struck Hun Miesheng with a powerful fire lotus, and the resulting blast left the Fallen Mountain Range believing the Hall Master had died.
• Xun Er and Zi Yan captured Xiao Yan, while the Great Heavenly Venerate of the Hall of Souls was sent flying and Hun Qianmo and Soul Demon Elder remained under pressure.
• Hun Miesheng revealed that a Life-Saving Jade Slip had kept him alive, and Chen Mo rushed to attack him again.

Chen Mo's battle with the Hall of Souls was interrupted when Nihility Devouring Flame rescued Hun Miesheng and revealed the Soul Clan's strength. Gu Yuan reported that the Soul Clan had attacked the Lei and Yan Clans for their Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Chen Mo captured Xiao Chen and extracted the Soul Bodies of Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen.

• Chen Mo nearly killed Hun Miesheng, but Nihility Devouring Flame struck at him and pulled Hun Miesheng into the void before Gu Yuan appeared beside Chen Mo.
• Nihility Devouring Flame threatened Gu Yuan and withdrew with Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo, while Gu Yuan revealed that the Soul Clan had attacked the Lei and Yan Clans and taken their Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan said the Gu Clan's two jade pieces were safe and urged Chen Mo to move to the Gu Realm because Hun Tiandi had emerged from seclusion.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor helped Chen Mo capture Xiao Chen, and Chen Mo extracted the Soul Bodies of Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen and stored their bodies.
• The Soul Clan's attacks devastated the Yan and Lei Clans: Hun Tiandi killed Yan Jin and a Lei Clan elder, Nihility Devouring Flame devoured one of Yan Jin's Heavenly Flames, and the Soul Clan captured Huo Xuan and Huo Yao.

The Gu Realm sheltered the Sky Dome Alliance and the surviving Lei and Yan Clans while Chen Mo discussed the Soul Clan’s spies and possible plans with Gu Nanhai. Gu Yuan then summoned Chen Mo to meet Lei Ying and Huo Ye, who both tried to arrange marriages between Chen Mo and their daughters with lavish dowries.

• Gu Nanhai arranged for the Mo Ying Guild to stay in Xun Er’s old courtyard, and Xun Er led Qing Mo and the others there.
• Chen Mo warned Gu Nanhai that the Gu Clan might also have Soul Clan spies and suggested Nihility Devouring Flame could be nearing the Soul Emperor Realm.
• Gu Yuan summoned Chen Mo to his study and introduced him to Lei Ying and Huo Ye.
• Lei Ying and Huo Ye praised Chen Mo’s strength and accomplishments before each offered him a daughter as a wife.
• Huo Ye offered the Volcanic Rock Flame as a dowry, and Lei Ying responded by promising Chen Mo generous gifts to improve his strength.

While Xun Er and Chen Mo’s other women compared the gifts he had given them in a hot spring, Chen Mo agreed to marry Huo Zhi and Lei Ling through clan alliances. He surprised the women at the spring, where they joined forces to punish him for both his intrusion and their grievances over his gifts.

• Xun Er brought the women to her private hot spring, where Tang Huo’er teased them and Ya Fei suggested they show off Chen Mo’s gifts.
• Die, Xiao Yi Xian, Wen Qingwan, Xun Er, Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei displayed their keepsakes, and Qing Mo outdid them with more than a hundred gifts and her daughter Zi Jin.
• Chen Mo left Gu Yuan’s study after learning he had gained Huo Zhi and Lei Ling as wives through alliances with the Yan Clan and Lei Clan.
• Chen Mo went to the hot spring in secret and jumped in, startling the women before they recognized him.
• Ya Fei urged the women to teach Chen Mo a lesson, and they overwhelmed and beat him while he refused to fight back.

Chen Mo’s wives punished him for agreeing to marry Lei Ling and Huo Zhi, then refused to let him into their rooms. Three days later, the engagement banquet took place in the Gu Realm, where Chen Mo met his intended brides.

• Chen Mo teased the women in the pool, but they turned on him after he revealed that he had agreed to a marriage alliance with the Lei Clan and Yan Clan.
• Qing Mo led the women in beating Chen Mo and barred him from sharing their rooms that night.
• Chen Mo tried to visit Die, Qing Jun, and Yun Yun, but each turned him away or cited Qing Mo’s orders.
• Three days later, the engagement banquet was held in the Gu Realm, and Chen Mo met Lei Ling and Huo Zhi.
• Lei Ling and Huo Zhi accepted the political engagement after learning that Chen Mo was their intended partner.

Chen Mo refined the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-flame and the Volcanic Rock Flame during seclusion, strengthening his Three-Star Dou Saint cultivation. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan learned that the Soul Clan had acquired the Tunling Clan’s bloodline-devouring ability and might be preparing for war, and Chen Mo emerged at the peak of Three-Star Dou Saint, just short of Four-Star.

• Qing Mo arranged for Lei Ling and Huo Zhi to settle into Chen Mo’s rear courtyard, prompting Die to confront her sister over taking over her duties.
• Chen Mo began converting the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-flame within his body into his own power.
• Cao Ying sulked alone after learning of Chen Mo’s engagement to Lei Ling and Huo Zhi, wishing he would apologize and promise to cherish her.
• A subordinate told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had obtained the Tunling Clan’s ability to devour bloodline power and might use the vanished members of the Spirit, Stone, and Medicine Clans to create Dou Saints.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Yan and Lei Clan Chiefs and Chen Mo to a meeting, but learned Chen Mo was in seclusion and ordered Queen Medusa summoned instead.
• After half a month of cultivation and ten days refining the Volcanic Rock Flame, Chen Mo reached the peak of Three-Star Dou Saint.

Chen Mo refined the embryonic 9th-grade Xuan Pill into a genuine Xuan Pill and advanced to the middle stage of Four-Star Dou Saint. After learning that the Soul Clan might be mass-producing Dou Saints and that someone had reached the Emperor Realm Soul, he sought a new way to raise his soul but found no leads, leaving him discouraged.

• Chen Mo refined the embryonic 9th-grade Xuan Pill inside his body and advanced to the middle stage of Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Chen Mo decided not to imitate the Heavenly Tomb Soul devouring method and instead sought a different path to the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu Yuan told Chen Mo that the Soul Clan might be creating Dou Saints in large numbers and that someone had reached the Emperor Realm Soul, likely Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Chen Mo studied Gu Yuan's ancient texts for over half a year but found no clue, then left seclusion feeling doubtful about himself.
• Qing Mo noticed Chen Mo's strange mood, sent Zijing away, and asked him what had happened after he asked whether she was disappointed in him.

After Qing Mo and the other women confronted Chen Mo about giving up on his cultivation breakthrough, Chen Mo realized his impatience had disappointed them and entered seclusion again. He went to the God-Demon World to study ancient soul-cultivation texts and explore a new path of advancement.

• Qing Mo ridiculed Chen Mo for wanting to give up and accused him of losing his determination, then drove him from her room.
• Chen Mo tried to coax Qing Mo for weeks, but she ignored him, and Die later explained that his surrender meant abandoning the people who believed in him.
• After the women also refused to speak to him, Chen Mo entered seclusion but left in frustration when he found no clues.
• Qing Mo exposed Chen Mo's false claim that he had reflected on himself and urged him to set a better example for Zijing.
• Chen Mo realized he had expected to match centuries of effort in only a few months, apologized sincerely to Qing Mo, and returned to seclusion.
• Chen Mo went to the God-Demon World and exchanged for ancient texts from the Four Great Holy Lands to combine its soul-cultivation methods with those of the Dou Qi Continent.

After three years of seclusion, Chen Mo abandoned his attempt to advance his soul cultivation and learned that the Soul Clan had devastated the allied factions, killed Tang Zhen, and captured Xun Er. He comforted Tang Huo'er and the injured survivors as the Soul Clan gave Gu Yuan three months to trade the Tou She Ancient God Jade for Xun Er.

• Chen Mo deduced that advancing his soul cultivation required destroying his current soul realm, but he suspected the path was a heart demon’s trap and emerged from seclusion.
• Chen Mo learned that Gu Nanhai, the Pill Tower's Grand Elder, and Tang Zhen had died in battle, while several allied leaders were gravely wounded and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, Huo Ye, and Xun Er had been captured.
• Hun Tiandi released Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and Huo Ye after Gu Yuan handed over one Tou She Ancient God Jade, then gave Gu Yuan three months to exchange another for Xun Er.
• Tang Huo'er wept in Chen Mo's arms over Tang Zhen's death, and Chen Mo promised to avenge her father after learning Huang Tian had killed him.
• Chen Mo visited Qing Mo and the other wounded survivors, reassured Qing Mo that she was not to blame for Xun Er's capture, and learned how the Soul Clan's informant and powerful reinforcements had overwhelmed the allies.

After Xun Er was captured, Chen Mo urged the Gu Clan to hand Hun Tiandi the final piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and lure the Soul Clan to Tou She Ancient God’s cave abode beneath Jia Nan Academy. The Gu Clan agreed to his plan, and Chen Mo turned to strengthening the Undying Demonic Flame by targeting other Heavenly Flame seeds.

• Chen Mo arrived at Gu Yuan’s study, where Gu Yuan and the other Dou Saint experts discussed Hun Tiandi’s demand for the final Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan asked Chen Mo what they should do, and Chen Mo immediately said to hand over the jade because he knew the location of Tou She Ancient God’s cave abode.
• Chen Mo claimed the cave abode lay beneath Jia Nan Academy and proposed using the jade handover to lure the Soul Clan into an ambush there.
• Gu Yuan agreed to follow Chen Mo’s plan but decided to wait before handing over the jade.
• Chen Mo chose to strengthen the Undying Demonic Flame by having it devour the flame seeds of Tang Huo'er’s Nine Dragon Heavenly Flame and Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karma Fire.

After Tang Zhen’s death, Chen Mo comforted Tang Huo'er and obtained the Nine Dragon Heavenly Flame from her. He then asked Huo Zhi for the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and she willingly gave him its flame seed, leaving both women weakened and in need of care.

• Chen Mo comforted Tang Huo'er as she mourned Tang Zhen and promised to avenge her father.
• The next morning, Tang Huo'er gave Chen Mo the Nine Dragon Heavenly Flame’s flame seed and was left pale and weakened.
• Chen Mo asked Han Yue to care for Tang Huo'er, then went to Huo Zhi’s courtyard to ask for the Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Huo Zhi gave Chen Mo the Red Lotus Karma Fire’s flame seed without asking why he wanted it.
• Chen Mo explained his reasons to Huo Zhi, then carried her inside to rest and summoned Han Xue to look after her.

Chen Mo and Gu Yuan exchanged Xun Er for the Tou She Ancient God Jade with Hun Tiandi, who withdrew without fighting. The story then shifted to Jia Nan Academy in the Northwest Region, where Xiao Yu had returned as an instructor after hearing of Xiao Yan’s death.

• Chen Mo let the Undying Demonic Flame devour the Nine Dragon Heavenly Flame and the Red Lotus Karma Fire, raising it to Half-Step Seven-Star Dou Saint strength.
• Gu Yuan secretly moved Gu Clan survivors through a Space Tunnel to the Northwest Region while distracting the Soul Clan with negotiations.
• Gu Yuan led the gathered clans and Chen Mo through a Space Tunnel to the Demon Flame Plains for the exchange.
• Hun Tiandi presented the sealed Xun Er, and Chen Mo rescued her after Gu Yuan handed over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan departed with the jade, promising to return, while Gu Yuan led his people away with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yu returned to Jia Nan Academy as an instructor after hearing that Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan ancestor had died.

Jia Nan Academy was visited by Mang Tian Chi and Chen Mo, whose arrival stirred the academy and unsettled Xiao Yu. After the elders held a meeting, Chen Mo and Xiao Yu spoke about the Xiao Clan, leaving her with hope that he would spare it if its members respected him.

• Wang Zi Lin won a match and mistook Xiao Yu's friendly smile for encouragement, but his budding feelings faltered when she reacted strongly to Chen Mo's arrival.
• Su Qian sensed a group approaching and ordered Elder Heavenly Fire, the Enforcement Team, and the elders to stand guard.
• Mang Tian Chi arrived at Jia Nan Academy, reuniting with Su Qian and the guardians, Old Bai and Old Qian.
• Chen Mo appeared with the visitors, drawing the crowd's attention and piercing the feelings Xiao Yu had been trying to leave behind; Wang Zi Lin realized she loved Chen Mo.
• Su Qian dismissed the students and held a meeting with the academy's leaders and representatives of Firmament, the Gu Clan, the Lei Clan, and the Yan Clan.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu discussed Xiao Yan's death and her request that he not destroy the Xiao Clan, and Chen Mo said he would respect those who respected him.

As Hun Tiandi’s forces approached Jia Nan Academy to seize the Dou Di abode, Chen Mo prepared the academy and Magma World for the coming battle. The chapter ended with the Soul Clan’s overwhelming army arriving above the academy.

• Su Qian sealed Jia Nan Academy and closed the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower after Gu Yuan discovered the Ancient God Abode beneath it.
• Chen Mo and the Undying Demonic Flame set up the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation in the Magma World, and Chen Mo gave Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to the Undying Demonic Flame to devour.
• While waiting for Hun Tiandi, Chen Mo cared for the injured and grew closer to Xuan Yi, who accepted a necklace from him and promised to become his woman if they survived.
• Qing Lin, Lei Ling, Huo Zhi, and Cao Ying approached Chen Mo as the final battle drew near.
• The Soul Clan’s forces emerged from black clouds and gathered above Jia Nan Academy, while Chen Mo watched them with little confidence in the academy’s defenses.

The Soul Clan and the Allied Forces gathered at Jia Nan Academy, where Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to summon the Ancient God Abode. The stone gate emerged from a sea of lava, destroying most of the prepared formations, while Chen Mo’s deeply buried formation survived and the gate began to open.

• Gu Yuan and the Allied Forces confirmed that Jia Nan Academy was the site of the Ancient God Abode, and Su Qian said Xiao Yu was arranging shelter for those below the Dou Zun realm.
• Hun Tiandi offered to spare the Allied Forces if they surrendered, and three Guest Elders defected to the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tiandi revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and summoned the Ancient God Abode, causing lava to erupt and bury Jia Nan Academy beneath a sea of magma.
• The ancient stone gate rose from the lava and destroyed the formations laid by Lei Ying and Huo Ye, but Chen Mo’s buried formation remained intact and began repairing itself.
• Hun Tiandi raised the glowing Tou She Ancient God Jade, and the sealed stone gate showed signs of opening.

The Old Dragon Emperor emerged from the magma after the Ancient God Abode was summoned and discovered Zi Yan, whom he recognized as his daughter. Zhu Huo identified him as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s long-lost ruler, leaving Gu Yuan encouraged and Hun Tiandi alarmed.

• A violet-gold dragon erupted from the magma and announced that he had escaped Tou She Ancient God’s prison.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi introduced themselves, and the dragon asked who had summoned the Ancient God Abode.
• Hun Tiandi claimed his side had summoned it because he possessed the ancient jade, while Chen Mo shifted aside to reveal Zi Yan.
• The dragon transformed into a middle-aged man and called Zi Yan his child, recognizing her bloodline as his own.
• Zhu Huo compared the man with an old portrait and identified him as the missing Old Dragon Emperor.
• The revelation that the Old Dragon Emperor was Zi Yan’s father shocked the gathered factions and changed Gu Yuan’s and Hun Tiandi’s reactions.

Zhu Kun revealed himself as the Old Dragon Emperor and reunited with Zi Yan, then joined Gu Yuan to stop Hun Tiandi from entering the opened Ancient God Abode. As the forces clashed outside the gate, Hun Yuantian unleashed the Gate of Dead Silence.

• Huang Tian and the allied forces realized that the mysterious man was Zhu Kun, the Old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Huo told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan had become Dragon Emperor and married Chen Mo, and Zhu Kun apologized to Zi Yan for abandoning her.
• Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to help kill Hun Tiandi, and Zhu Kun promised to protect her and her husband.
• Hun Tiandi used the ancient jade to open the stone gate, and Zhu Kun shielded the allied army from the ancient fluctuation that burst out.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun agreed to stop Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Embryonic Pill, then fought him and Nihility Devouring Flame outside the gate.
• Hun Yuantian emerged from his coffin and unleashed the Gate of Dead Silence as the armies prepared to clash.