Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Emperor City with nearly thirty Blood Servants and told Gu Yuan that he had come to see Gu Xun'er. After learning Xiao Yan was Gu Xun'er's childhood sweetheart and the Xiao Yan of Wutan City, Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan experts worried about how Ling Feng might react.

• Xiao Yan postponed using a Soul Clan spy and led his Blood Servants to Ancient Emperor City.
• Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan experts were shocked to see the Dou Sheng Blood Servants following Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as the Blood God Hall’s Hall Master and said he had come to see Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Xun'er was his daughter, and Xiao Yan apologized before describing their childhood closeness.
• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Yan as the Xiao Clan youth from Wutan City and wondered how he had gained such formidable strength.

Xiao Yan reunited with Gu Xun'er in the Gu Clan, but his changed appearance and violent nature unsettled her. After realizing she was pregnant, he accused her of carrying another man's child and threatened to make the Gu Clan Blood God Hall territory.

• Gu Yuan greeted Xiao Yan coolly and brought Gu Xun'er to meet him.
• Gu Xun'er doubted Xiao Yan's identity until he showed her the Emperor Seal Art scroll she had given him.
• Xiao Yan used his Evil God's Eye to detect the life in Gu Xun'er's belly and furiously demanded to know whose child she carried.
• Gu Yuan confirmed Gu Xun'er's pregnancy, and the Gu Clan elders celebrated while she lowered her head in shame.
• Gu Yuan rebuked Xiao Yan for disrespecting his daughter, and Xiao Yan threatened to bring the Gu Clan under Blood God Hall's control.

Xiao Yan confronted the Gu Clan over Gu Xun'er’s pregnancy, learned that Ling Feng was the father, and flew into a rage. Gu Xun’er rejected him as he ordered the Blood God Hall to attack the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yan intimidated Gu Lie and the Gu Clan elders with his Peak Dou Sheng aura, then insulted Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan demanded to know who had fathered Gu Xun'er's child and threatened to destroy the Ancient Realm unless Gu Yuan answered.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Ling Feng was the father, prompting Xiao Yan to erupt in fury and summon his Evil God phantom against Gu Yuan's Ancient Emperor phantom.
• Xiao Yan ordered his forces to attack the Ancient Realm, while Gu Xun'er condemned him and declared Ling Feng far better than him.
• Xiao Yan threatened to violate Gu Xun'er and Ling Feng's other women, then ordered the Blood God Hall to kill every member of the Gu Clan.

Xiao Yan’s attack pushed the Gu Clan to the brink until Gu Xun’er persuaded Ling Feng’s four Peak Dou Sheng companions to intervene. They routed the Blood God Hall forces, and the chapter ended with Gu Yuan celebrating his unborn grandson as the Gu Clan’s savior.

• Xiao Yan led the Blood God Hall’s Dou Sheng servants into the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan sent Gu Xun’er to safety and fought Xiao Yan as the Gu Clan battled the invaders.
• As the Blood God Hall servants slaughtered the Gu Clan’s forces, Gu Xun’er asked the Lord of Devouring for help and revealed she was carrying Ling Feng’s child.
• After the Lord of Darkness confirmed the pregnancy, the Lord of Devouring and his companions agreed to help Gu Xun’er and joined the battle.
• The four Peak Dou Sheng turned the battle around, forcing Xiao Yan to retreat and leaving only a dozen or so Blood God Hall Dou Sheng alive.
• Gu Yuan thanked the four, then declared that all the credit belonged to his unborn grandson and resolved to protect him.

Gu Xun'er summoned Ling Feng to tell him she was pregnant with his child, hoping to discuss their relationship. Ling Feng confirmed the child was his and was left agitated as he considered the consequences of what he had done.

• Gu Xun'er asked the Lord of Devouring for a way to summon Ling Feng so she could speak with him.
• Gu Xun'er crushed Ling Feng's jade pendant, and he teleported into her room.
• Gu Xun'er struggled to explain why she had called him, and Ling Feng softened when he saw her growing upset.
• Gu Xun'er prompted Ling Feng to examine her belly with his Dou Qi, and he sensed a new life inside her.
• Gu Xun'er told Ling Feng that the child was his, and Ling Feng realized he was going to be a father again.
• Ling Feng wondered how to face Gu Xun'er and the child, then began thinking about whether his other lovers might become pregnant.

Gu Xun'er reassured Ling Feng that she wanted their child and confessed that her feelings for him had changed. After sharing her memories to prove Xiao Yan had never touched her, she and Ling Feng embraced, leaving him convinced that she had fully accepted him.

• Gu Xun'er mistook Ling Feng's troubled silence for rejection of her pregnancy, but he explained that he feared she might not want to carry his child.
• Gu Xun'er told Ling Feng how Xiao Yan's attack on the Ancient Realm had turned her feelings toward him, apologized for hurting him, and received his forgiveness.
• Ling Feng apologized for having been overbearing, and Gu Xun'er kissed his cheek and told him she did not blame him.
• Gu Xun'er explained that Xiao Yan had never touched her and that the scene Ling Feng had seen was an illusion created by Uncle Ling Ying.
• Gu Xun'er shared her memories with Ling Feng, who saw that she had been honest about Xiao Yan and realized she truly liked him.
• Gu Xun'er placed Ling Feng's hands on her waist to show she accepted him, and he held her tightly.

Ling Feng realized Xiao Yan’s attack on the Gu Clan was a diversion to steal its Ancient Jade. The jade was indeed stolen from the ruined Ancestral Shrine, and the guards identified the traitor as Elder Gu Yang.

• Ling Feng reassured Gu Xun'er and told the Gu Clan elders that Xiao Yan’s attack likely had a purpose beyond seeking Xun'er.
• After hearing that Blood God Hall attackers included controlled experts from other Ancient Tribes, Ling Feng asked where the Gu Clan kept its Ancient Jade.
• Gu Xun'er said the jade was kept in the heavily guarded Ancestral Shrine, and Gu Yuan realized it might be Xiao Yan’s target.
• The Ancestral Shrine’s alarm sounded, and Ling Feng, Gu Xun'er, Gu Yuan, and the other experts rushed to find the shrine in ruins and its guards injured.
• A wounded guardian said Elder Gu Yang had ambushed the shrine elders and stolen the Ancient Jade, leaving the Gu Clan shocked and enraged.

Ling Feng explained that the Soul Clan and Xiao Yan were seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade to obtain Emperor Source Power and become Dou Di, while Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan considered his warnings. The chapter ended with the Gu Clan worried about facing either rival after its strength had been reduced.

• Gu Lie cursed Gu Yang, and Ling Feng said the real Gu Yang was likely dead and had been replaced, possibly by Xiao Yan or a Soul Clan infiltrator.
• Ling Feng asked Gu Yuan to call him by name, pleasing Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er.
• Ling Feng told Gu Yuan that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion held Emperor Source Power, the missing force needed for a Peak Dou Sheng to become Dou Di.
• Ling Feng said Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame had destroyed the Tunling Clan while pursuing the Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan accepted that the Spirit Clan could confirm the account.
• Ling Feng identified Xiao Yan as the leading suspect in Gu Yang's replacement and the theft of the Gu Clan's Ancient Jade, reasoning that he sought Dou Di power like Hun Tiandi.
• The Three Immortals urged Gu Yuan to stop Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi, but Gu Yuan worried that the weakened Gu Clan could not withstand them.

Ling Feng resurrected the Gu Clan members who had died below the Dou Sheng level, astonishing Gu Yuan and the others. He agreed to prepare what was needed to resurrect the clan’s Dou Sheng, while using the offer to strengthen the Gu Clan’s goodwill toward him.

• Gu Yuan said the weakened Gu Clan could not match the Soul Clan or Blood God Hall, and Ling Feng offered to resurrect its dead in exchange for the clan’s support against Xiao Yan.
• Ling Feng used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect the Gu Clan members who had died below the Dou Sheng level, leaving Gu Yuan and the clan experts astonished.
• Gu Yuan asked Ling Feng to resurrect the Gu Clan’s Dou Sheng, and Gu Xun’er objected that he was asking too much.
• Ling Feng said he could resurrect the Dou Sheng if he prepared additional materials and energy, and Gu Yuan promised the clan would help.
• Ling Feng comforted Gu Xun’er by telling her she would no longer owe the Gu Clan after he restored its lost members, and she embraced him in tears.

Xiao Yan obtained the Tou She Ancient God Jade from his enslaved spy Hun Li and learned that Ling Feng commanded four peak Dou Shengs, prompting him to prepare to attack the Soul Clan. Ling Feng arranged for the Heavenly Palace to evacuate the Black-Corner Region, then entered the space containing Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Mansion.

• Xiao Yan received the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Hun Li, his enslaved infiltrator in the Gu Clan.
• Hun Li reported that Ling Feng's four peak Dou Sheng subordinates had opposed Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan ordered the Blood God Hall to march against the Soul Clan for its remaining Ancient Jade pieces.
• Ling Feng told Queen Medusa to evacuate the Heavenly Palace from the Black-Corner Region ahead of the coming battle.
• Ling Feng traveled to Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower to seek Zhu Kun, killing the Flame Lizardmen guarding the route and collecting their energy cores.
• Ling Feng found the spatial fold leading to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Mansion and stepped inside.

Ling Feng reached Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave and encountered Zhu Kun, who was imprisoned there. After Ling Feng revealed that he knew about Zhu Kun's daughter Zi Yan, Zhu Kun tried to attack him but was restrained by chains from the ancient stone gate.

• Ling Feng found the enormous gate to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave in a dark, empty space.
• Zhu Kun attacked Ling Feng and asked whether he possessed the Ancient Jade.
• Ling Feng identified himself, said he controlled the Gu Clan, and told Zhu Kun about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's decline and Zi Yan's suffering.
• Zhu Kun erupted in anger and demanded to know where his daughter was, while Ling Feng met his Peak Dou Sheng aura with his own.
• Chains emerged from the void and bound Zhu Kun, who roared at Tou She Ancient God and the silent stone gate.

Ling Feng showed Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was safe and asked him to join forces with the Gu Clan against Xiao Yan when the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion opened. Zhu Kun agreed to consider the offer after Ling Feng promised to help Zi Yan forgive him, but he then misunderstood Ling Feng's relationship with his daughter and angrily accused him of taking advantage of her.

• Ling Feng revealed an image of Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun recognized his daughter and thanked Ling Feng for keeping her safe.
• Zhu Kun warned Ling Feng not to enter the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, but Ling Feng said he had come to recruit Zhu Kun to oppose Xiao Yan.
• Ling Feng explained that Xiao Yan would soon arrive with all eight pieces of Ancient Jade and asked Zhu Kun to work with the Gu Clan against him.
• Zhu Kun questioned why Ling Feng and the Gu Clan needed his help, so Ling Feng offered to help Zi Yan forgive and acknowledge him.
• Ling Feng said Zi Yan always listened to him, and Zhu Kun misinterpreted his words and accused him of laying hands on his young daughter.

Ling Feng resolved his misunderstanding with Zhu Kun and secured his agreement to help, then left to begin his secluded blood replacement cultivation in the Void Realm. He entered the pond determined to kill Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Dao once the process succeeded.

• Zhu Kun attacked Ling Feng after wrongly believing he had harmed Zi Yan, but Ling Feng subdued him with the pressure of his Taotie bloodline.
• Ling Feng clarified that Zi Yan treated him like an older brother, and Zhu Kun apologized and agreed to Ling Feng's earlier request in exchange for help repairing his relationship with his daughter.
• Ling Feng refused Zhu Kun's invitation to stay and chat, then hurried away while Zhu Kun called after him.
• The Lord of Space showed Ling Feng the prepared Void Realm and said Dou Sheng experts from the Gu Clan were guarding him.
• Ling Feng declared his intention to kill Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Dao after his blood replacement succeeded, then stepped into the pond to begin secluded cultivation.

Xiao Yan led the Blood God Hall in an assault on the Soul Clan and defeated Hun Tiandi in battle. Hun Miesheng then revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s controlled servant, leaving Hun Tiandi to realize the Soul Clan had lost.

• Xiao Yan confronted Hun Tiandi while the Blood God Hall’s forces overwhelmed the Soul Clan across the Soul Realm.
• Hun Tiandi tried to escape, but Xiao Yan revealed that the Soul Realm had been sealed and forced him to fight.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Evil God's Wrath, and Hun Tiandi’s Blood Soul Blade could not stop the attack, leaving him badly wounded.
• Hun Miesheng appeared to help Hun Tiandi, then stabbed him through the heart and knelt before Xiao Yan, calling him master.
• Hun Tiandi recognized that Hun Miesheng was under Xiao Yan’s control and accepted that the Soul Clan had lost.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Tiandi, turned him into a Blood Servant, and obtained the Soul Clan’s two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade. He reunited all eight pieces and summoned the apparition of Tou She Ancient God.

• Xiao Yan bit Hun Tiandi, made him a Blood Servant, and restored his wounds with a trace of Evil God essence blood.
• Xiao Yan ordered Hun Tiandi to hand over the Soul Clan’s two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, completing his collection of all eight.
• Xiao Yan vowed to become a Dou Di and pursue revenge against Ling Feng before the fighting in the Soul Clan’s territory ended in his side’s victory.
• Xiao Yan used his essence blood and Dou Qi to fuse the eight pieces of Ancient Jade into a single piece.
• Tou She Ancient God’s apparition appeared above the reunited jade.

Xiao Yan learned how to reveal the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and ordered Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame to search the Northwest Region. At Jia Nan Academy, Mang Tianchi received a warning that the cave mansion lay beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and ordered the students evacuated.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Nihility Devouring Flame that the cave mansion's location was hidden in the eyes of Tou She Ancient God's phantom.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame projected an image showing the cave mansion somewhere beneath a Magma Sea in the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Yan ordered Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame to record the image's details and search the Northwest Region.
• Mang Tianchi told Elder Bai and Elder Qian that a disturbance beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower had injured him when he probed the Magma World.
• Su Qian delivered Mang Tianchi a letter from Queen Medusa, and Mang Tianchi ordered the tower sealed and the students evacuated after learning the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion lay beneath it.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was likely beneath Jia Nan Academy and ordered the Blood God Hall to attack the Gu Yuan-led alliance gathered there. Both armies arrived in the Black-Corner Region, where its inhabitants fled as a battle loomed.

• Hun Tiandi reported that Jia Nan Academy was the likeliest location of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yan learned that Gu Yuan and the three great magical beast clans had gone to the Black-Corner Region, then ordered the Blood God Hall to build a spatial passage and prepare to attack.
• Gu Yuan told the allied clans that Ling Feng had directed him to Jia Nan Academy and asked them to wait for the Blood God Hall.
• A scout reported the Blood God Hall's arrival, and Queen Medusa saw the allied army emerge in the northern sky.
• The Blood God Hall and the allied army took positions on opposite sides of Jia Nan Academy, prompting the Black-Corner Region's inhabitants to flee.

Xiao Yan launched an all-out battle against Gu Yuan and the allied army, while Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to bring the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion to the surface. The cave mansion emerged despite Gu Yuan's efforts, and Xiao Yan declared that Gu Yuan could no longer stop him.

• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan where Ling Feng was, and Gu Yuan said Ling Feng had never considered him worth noticing, enraging Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan launched the Blood God Hall's attack, and Gu Yuan led the allied army into battle against him.
• Hun Tiandi summoned an illusory figure of Tou She Ancient God and used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to summon the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Hun Tiandi struck Jia Nan Academy into the Magma World, where a vast vortex and pillars of fire heralded the cave mansion's emergence.
• Gu Yuan attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan met his blow and laughed that Gu Yuan was too late to stop him.

As Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan fought over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Zhu Kun emerged from the Magma Sea and revealed that Ling Feng had sent him to help Gu Yuan. The Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion opened amid the battle, and the Nihility Devouring Flame entered first.

• Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to begin opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, but Gu Yuan seized it and Xiao Yan kicked it from his grasp.
• Zhu Kun erupted from the Magma Sea, revealing himself as an Ancient Void Dragon whose aura matched Gu Yuan's and Xiao Yan's.
• Zhu Kun identified Gu Yuan and said Ling Feng had sent him to help, so Gu Yuan asked him to hold Hun Tiandi back.
• Zhu Kun agreed to fight Hun Tiandi, but the ancient stone gate began to crack and slowly opened.
• The gate's ancient pressure forced most of the armies to their knees or left them unconscious, while the Nihility Devouring Flame flew into the cave first.

Ling Feng drained his blood into a pool and used the Bloodline Pill to restore himself, then learned from the system how the Heavenly Dao had manipulated the world and Xiao Yan’s rise. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and began competing for emperor source power, while Ling Feng questioned the Heavenly Dao’s motives.

• The Allied Army and Blood God Hall entered the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, where Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun found their soul power heavily suppressed.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame led Xiao Yan through the cave mansion, and Gu Yuan pursued him while the Blood God Hall held back the other forces.
• Ling Feng drained his blood into a pool, fell to Dou Wang, and swallowed the Bloodline Pill to restore his body with an ordinary bloodline.
• The system told Ling Feng that Xiao Yan had opened Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and was fighting over emperor source power.
• The system explained that the Heavenly Dao had sealed off emperor source power and arranged for Tou She Ancient God and Xiao Yan to help it regain strength and control over the world.