Chapter Summaries

Fan Tian learned that Xiao Yan was training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and planned to build the Heavenly Mansion and suppress him. Meanwhile, Yun Shan failed to break through to Dou Zong and began seeking a husband for Yun Yun, while the Hall of Souls’ Gu You and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Huang Kun faced a Dou Sheng after battling the Spirit Clan.

• Huang Kun and Gu You killed the Spirit Clan’s Half-Saint and several Dou Zun, but a Dou Sheng disrupted Huang Kun’s attempt to escape.
• The Black Emperor Sect won the Heavenly Mansion’s low-grade seventh-tier medicinal pill at auction by offering a dried Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse, which Fan Tian gave to Cao Ying and Dan Chen to study.
• Yuan Yi told Fan Tian that Xiao Yan had completed his Coming-of-Age Ceremony and was training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Fan Tian ordered him to recruit experts and avoid provoking major factions.
• Yun Shan failed to advance to Dou Zong, worried about Yun Yun’s future, and decided to find her a husband; news of Yun Yun seeking a husband spread through the Jia Ma Empire.
• Protector Wu abandoned Iron Protector while they were fleeing four Dou Zong from the Spirit and Stone Clans, leaving Iron Protector alone.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region fighters defeated and captured the fallen heart flame, then tried to escape Jia Nan Academy. A purple-haired girl blocked their path and was struck by their combined attack as they fled.

• Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders attacked the fallen heart flame while it battled them in the sky above Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng threw two frost-filled jade bottles at the flame, and the Black-Corner Region fighters followed with a barrage of attacks.
• Han Feng found the flame's origin, pierced it with an azure spear, and helped subdue it with the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Han Feng erased the flame's consciousness, stored its origin, and led the Black-Corner Region fighters away.
• A purple-haired girl blocked their escape and exchanged blows with Fan Lao before Han Feng ordered everyone to attack her.
• The Gold and Silver Elders and the others struck the girl with a combined barrage of Dou Qi, then departed without looking back.

Su Qian found the Inner Academy devastated after Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders stole the fallen heart flame and left Zi Yan gravely injured. At Fan Tian’s estate, he accepted Zi Yan into his care and rushed to treat her with help from Cao Ying and Dan Chen.

• Su Qian arrived at the Inner Academy, learned that Han Feng’s forces had stolen the fallen heart flame and killed or injured many, and found Zi Yan barely alive.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to marry, and she agreed on the condition that any suitor defeat her on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan felt that he had lost some opportunities, but his teacher dismissed the feeling as fatigue.
• Jia Nan Academy elders brought Zi Yan to Fan Tian and promised she could follow him if he saved her.
• Fan Tian carried Zi Yan to the rear courtyard and ordered Cao Ying and Dan Chen to provide their healing pills, but both protested.

Fan Tian saved Zi Yan with two healing pills and secured her future allegiance to the Heavenly Mansion, while he considered how to reach the inheritance inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. As fighting intensified in the Black-Corner Region, the Heavenly Mansion absorbed three factions and rose to become a top-tier power.

• Fan Tian reasoned that his complete spirit devouring origin might eventually break down Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion barrier, but he feared the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill could escape if he waited too long.
• Fan Tian obtained two seventh-grade intermediate healing pills from Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and Zi Yan formed a massive purple cocoon after consuming them.
• Yuan Yi delivered reports on events across the continent, including Yun Yun's planned martial tournament and Han Feng's growing Black Alliance, which battled Jia Nan Academy for control of the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia Nan Academy secured a Sect Breaking Pill from Fan Tian for Hu Gan, agreeing in writing that Zi Yan would belong to the Heavenly Mansion and have no further ties to the academy.
• The Heavenly Mansion recruited the Yao Brothers and absorbed the Mad Lion Gang, Heavenly Yin Sect, and Rakshasa Gate after Fan Tian defeated their leaders, becoming a top-tier faction within half a year.

After Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon, Fan Tian welcomed her into the Heavenly Mansion and promised she would have a home and plenty to eat. Meanwhile, Han Feng’s breakthrough shifted the war against Jia Nan Academy in the Black Alliance’s favor, leaving Su Qian in danger as Han Feng attacked him with a powerful Dou Technique.

• Fan Tian watched Zi Yan emerge from the Purple Cocoon and explained that he had rescued her and brought her to the Heavenly Mansion.
• Fan Tian showed Zi Yan the agreement from Jia Nan Academy and gave her a Storage Ring filled with pills, then promised she would never be abandoned.
• Fan Tian comforted Zi Yan when she feared he might leave her, telling her that the Heavenly Mansion was her home.
• Han Feng and Hu Gan’s breakthroughs to Dou Zong changed the balance in the year-long war between Jia Nan Academy and the Black Alliance.
• Han Feng overpowered Su Qian with his heavenly flames and launched Starfall Palm, while Hu Gan struggled against the Gold and Silver Elders.

Fan Tian helped Zi Yan avenge her childhood by wiping out the powerful beasts in her birthplace, while the allied clans pressed their assault on the Hun Clan. The chapter ended as four ancient figures emerged from coffins in hidden corners of the Soul Realm.

• Zi Yan brought Fan Tian, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen to the secluded valley where she had grown up and described how the beasts there had bullied her.
• Fan Tian unleashed his Dou Zong aura, then helped Zi Yan kill the fifth- and sixth-rank magical beasts, which she devoured.
• Gu Yuan directed the allied army’s cautious advance through the Soul Realm as the war with the Hun Clan entered its year and a half.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Lei Clan forces to rest while the Yan Clan took over the front, and he replenished his supply of pills from Yao Dan.
• Hun Tiandi challenged Gu Yuan to battle in the void, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin pursued the nihility devouring flame and the allied army attacked.
• Four aged figures emerged from ancient coffins in four hidden corners of the Soul Realm.

Fan Tian learned that Han Feng had defeated Su Qian and led the Heavenly Mansion’s forces to confront the Black Alliance. The chapter ended as Han Feng recognized Fan Tian’s approaching army and ordered the Black Alliance to prepare for battle.

• Zi Yan told Fan Tian that Han Feng had severely injured Su Qian after refining the Fallen Heart Flame and defeating Jia Nan Academy’s forces.
• Fan Tian offered healing pills for Su Qian and sent Zi Yan to deliver them, saying this would repay the debt Jia Nan Academy had incurred by sheltering her.
• Fan Tian assembled the Heavenly Mansion’s experts and led them toward the Black Alliance headquarters, followed by thousands of subordinates.
• At a banquet, Han Feng’s followers celebrated his new Heavenly Flame, Dou Zong breakthrough, and victory over Su Qian.
• Han Feng sensed Fan Tian’s approaching force, recognized the Heavenly Mansion, and ordered the Black Alliance to prepare for battle.

Fan Tian defeated Han Feng and exposed his betrayal of Yao Chen, then prepared to claim Han Feng’s heavenly flames. Cornered, Han Feng formed a two-colored Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.

• Fan Tian criticized Han Feng’s mindset and revealed that he knew Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen and associated with Mu Gu of the Hall of Souls.
• Fan Tian struck Han Feng down, shattered his heavenly-flame barrier, and left him gravely injured while the two sides fought around them.
• Han Feng offered to refine pills and invoked his ties to Yao Chen and Venerable Feng, but Fan Tian remained intent on taking his heavenly flames.
• Han Feng revealed his grievance that Yao Chen had refused to give him the Flame Mantra and gathered his two heavenly flames into a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.

Fan Tian devoured Han Feng’s Fire Lotus, killed the Gold and Silver Elders, and seized Maple City before returning with heavenly flames for Cao Ying and Dan Chen. As they entered seclusion to advance, Zi Yan arrived and swallowed the Transformation Pill, preparing to regain control of her true form.

• Fan Tian used Six-Union Heaven Swallowing to consume Han Feng’s two-colored Fire Lotus, then drove Han Feng to flee.
• Fan Tian killed the Gold and Silver Elders and ordered the Black Alliance to disband before pursuing Han Feng.
• The Black Alliance’s members scattered, while the Heavenly Mansion took control of Maple City and its subordinate cities.
• Fan Tian returned with the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, gave them to Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and advised them on their breakthroughs.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered seclusion as Fan Tian guarded them and attempted to break through his own bottleneck.
• Zi Yan arrived in Maple City, swallowed the Transformation Pill, and began cultivating to regain the ability to change between human and magical beast forms.

The Spirit and Stone Clans confronted the Hun Clan and Hall of Souls at the Wind Lightning Pavilion while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan weighed whether to join the fight. After deciding to stay out of the battle and let the human Emperor Clans weaken each other, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan withdrew, and Hun Xuzi ordered the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation activated.

• Huang Kun told Huang Tian and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes that she had attacked the Spirit and Stone Clans alongside the Hall of Souls and that Huang Xuan had been critically wounded.
• Phoenix argued that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan should not aid the Hun Clan because its bloodline-devouring power could threaten magical beast races.
• Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan withdrew from the standoff, leaving the Spirit and Stone Clans to face the Hun Clan and Hall of Souls.
• Hun Miesheng warned Hun Xuzi that their forces were close to defeat, while Hun Qianmo said the routes to the Soul Realm had been sealed.
• Hun Xuzi's emerald bracelet shattered, and he ordered his forces to activate the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation.

The allied clans destroyed the Gate of Dead Silence, but the battle left only a few thousand survivors and most of their leaders gravely wounded. Nihility Devouring Flame turned against the Hun Clan elders, while Hun Tiandi escaped with Hun Yao and clashed again with Gu Yuan.

• Yao Dan and the allied forces broke the eastern gate, collapsing the Gate of Dead Silence and allowing Yao Dan to refine Hun Yuantian.
• The backlash devastated the survivors, leaving Gu Dao and Fire Spirit near death and Lei Ying and Yan Jin severely injured.
• Nihility Devouring Flame devoured Hun Shengtian and another Hun Clan elder, but Hun Tiandi protected Hun Yao from his attack.
• Nihility Devouring Flame accused Hun Tiandi of trapping him in the formation and questioned whether either of them was Hun Mieba, the Hun Clan mole.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi discussed the unknown person who had exposed the Hun Clan's plan, then Hun Tiandi fled with Hun Yao as Gu Yuan pursued him.

The Soul Realm was sealed by the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation, which devoured the armies trapped inside. Lei Ying and the other survivors escaped, but Yao Dan watched the Yao Clan army perish as the formation closed.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the formation, realized it was consuming the dead to fuel itself, gathered a few weak souls, and fled.
• Yao Dan began forming the Yao Clan army into a defensive array, but Lei Ying warned everyone to run from the ancient formation.
• Gu Yuan sensed that even he could die inside the formation as its baleful energy swept through the Soul Realm and massacred the retreating Yao Clan troops.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Fire Spirit, Gu Dao, and Yao Dan fled toward an opening in the blood-red barrier, pursued by the formation's energy.
• Fairy Fire Spirit escaped through a narrow gap, while the formation swallowed the Yao Clan's million-strong army and killed a Four-Star Dou Sheng just short of the exit.

After the Hun Clan’s destruction, the surviving leaders learned that Hun Tiandi had activated the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation across the Central Plains and raced to stop the catastrophe. They realized Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame were absent from the Central Plains and might be pursuing the Ancient Jade.

• Yao Dan announced that the Yao Clan’s army and reserves had been wiped out, while Gu Yuan and Fairy Fire Spirit urged the survivors to keep going.
• Gu Yuan realized Hun Tiandi had gone to the Central Plains, and he and Lei Ying set out to stop him from refining its population.
• The formation devastated the Central Plains, while Ling Ya and Shi Pan rescued surviving Spirit Clan and Stone Clan members and returned to their realms.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying destroyed formation nodes and learned that the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan had escaped after the Hall of Souls fled.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying concluded that Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame had gone after the Ancient Jade.

After the battle, Gu Yuan realized Hun Tiandi might target the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade and hurried toward the Northwest Continent to protect Xun'er. Meanwhile, Shi Pan led the Stone Clan’s army back to the besieged Stone Realm, knowing the enemy might be too powerful for him to face alone.

• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying discussed which clans still held Ancient Jade and agreed that the Yao, Stone, and Spirit Clans were vulnerable.
• Yan Jin remembered the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan set out for the Northwest Continent, worried about Xun'er.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin returned to their realms to take charge of their clans and prepare their defenses.
• Shi Pan ignored repeated Spatial Jade Slip summons while leading the Stone Clan’s army back toward the Stone Realm.
• After weighing his chances against Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame, Shi Pan ordered the army to advance at full speed.

Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame planned to attack the Yao Clan for its Ancient Jade while plotting against each other. As the Yao Clan prepared to flee to the Ancient Realm, Yao Dan gave Yao Wanhuo the clan’s Ancient Jade and ordered him to escape with Yao Ling.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame reaffirmed their alliance and planned to take the Yao Clan’s Ancient Jade before Gu Yuan could react.
• Nihility Devouring Flame suggested waiting for Gu Yuan to gather the Gu and Xiao Clan jades, while each man secretly considered how to deal with the other.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame set off for the Yao Clan, leaving the Yan and Lei Clan jades untouched for the time being.
• Yao Dan returned to the Yao Clan and ordered Yao Wangui to lead Yao Tian and the younger generation to the Ancient Realm with a sealed box.
• Yao Dan took Yao Wanhuo and Yao Ling into a secret chamber and gave them the Yao Clan’s Ancient Jade, ordering them to leave at once.

Yao Dan sent Yao Ling and Yao Wanhuo away with the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade and preserved records while preparing to face Hun Tiandi. Hun Tiandi destroyed the Yao Clan's defenses and killed Yao Dan, while Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Yao slaughtered the clan's remaining members.

• Yao Dan gave Yao Ling the Ancient Jade and a ring of original pill formulas, texts, and medicinal pills, then ordered Yao Wanhuo to take her away.
• Yao Dan revealed that the box sent with Yao Wangui contained a Nine-Grade Profound Pill, intended to make the Gu and Hun Clans believe the Ancient Jade was in the Ancient Realm.
• Yao Wanhuo and Yao Ling left the Medicine Realm as Yao Dan gathered the remaining Yao Clan members to activate their protective formation and summon the Medicine Emperor's remnant soul.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame arrived, and Hun Tiandi demanded the Ancient Jade while Yao Dan claimed it was in the Ancient Realm.
• Hun Tiandi shattered the formation, and Yao Dan self-detonated, tearing open Hun Tiandi's old wound before being reduced to ash.
• Hun Tiandi confirmed the Ancient Jade was absent and declared the Yao Clan no more as Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Yao slaughtered its survivors.

Fan Tian refused the Jia Nan Sect’s demand to return the Fallen Heart Flame, which he had taken from Han Feng, and prepared to leave for the Northwest Continent. The Thousand and Hundred Elders confronted him at Heavenly Mansion, and the Thousand Elder attacked as the chapter ended.

• Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon form, and Fan Tian promised to help her find her clan once they were strong enough.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen, now One-Star Dou Zong, said they would leave for a Pill Tower branch, while Fan Tian planned to visit the Northwest Continent.
• Fan Tian recounted refusing Hu Gan’s request to return the Fallen Heart Flame, insisting it was his spoils for defeating Han Feng.
• The Thousand and Hundred Elders arrived with Su Qian and Hu Gan and demanded that Fan Tian return the flame on behalf of Jia Nan Academy.
• Fan Tian challenged their claim and asked why they had not intervened when Han Feng attacked the academy, prompting the Thousand Elder to attack him at Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong strength.

Fan Tian and the Thousand and Hundred Elders clashed in Maple City, drawing powerful Dou Zong from across the Black-Corner Region into the fight. As Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain weighed whether to join the battle, Earth Demon Old Ghost appeared and attacked the elders alongside Fan Tian.

• Fan Tian fought Elder Qian, and their clash drew the attention of powerful figures throughout the Black-Corner Region.
• Elder Bai joined Elder Qian against Fan Tian, while Su Qian and Hu Gan intercepted Cao Ying and Dan Chen when they tried to help him.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen battled Su Qian and Hu Gan, while Fan Tian held off both elders without revealing his spirit-devouring abilities.
• Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain arrived and considered joining the battle for the promise of Seventh-Grade Pills, but hesitated when they saw the elders' strength.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost appeared and joined Fan Tian in attacking the Thousand and Hundred Elders.

Fan Tian and his allies fought the Thousand and Hundred Elders and the forces attacking Jia Nan Academy until the elders unleashed a combined Dou Zun-level technique. Cao Ying summoned Xuan Yi, who rescued Fan Tian, killed the two elders, and thanked him for helping her protégées.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost joined Fan Tian against the Thousand and Hundred Elders, while Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Elder attacked Su Qian and Hu Gan with help from Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• The Thousand and Hundred Elders combined their power into a Dou Zun-level attack, gravely wounding Earth Demon Old Ghost and leaving Fan Tian exposed.
• Zi Yan blocked the remaining attack for Fan Tian and fainted, while the elders demanded that he surrender the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Cao Ying shattered a spatial jade slip and summoned Xuan Yi, who pierced Elder Qian and Elder Bai with her fingers.
• Xuan Yi gave Fan Tian a medicinal pill and thanked him for taking care of Cao Ying and Dan Chen.

Fan Tian told Xuan Yi that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen with Old Man Mu Gu, and Xuan Yi responded by killing the Thousand and Hundred Elders. The others fled, while Fan Tian sent Xuan Yi and the unconscious Zi Yan to Maple City and planned to absorb the dead elders’ souls and Dou Qi.

• Fan Tian introduced himself to Xuan Yi, who was reminded of Yao Chen and accepted his flattering address as Aunt Xuan.
• Fan Tian told Xuan Yi that Han Feng had colluded with Old Man Mu Gu and betrayed Yao Chen before Fan Tian killed him.
• Grief-stricken and furious, Xuan Yi thanked Fan Tian and tore the Thousand and Hundred Elders apart with Space Strangulation.
• Xuan Yi threatened the surviving onlookers, who fled, then asked to rest with Zi Yan in Maple City.
• Fan Tian told Cao Ying and Dan Chen to take Xuan Yi and Zi Yan to Maple City and give Xuan Yi his room.
• After the others left, Fan Tian decided to claim the dead elders’ souls and Dou Qi for himself.