Chapter Summaries

Xu Qi reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree first, passed its trials, and received its inheritance while the others fought the Half-Saint puppets outside. After the tree rejected their attempts to enter, Hun Yu and the others waited for Xu Qi, who emerged and found them gathered there.

• Hun Yu and the others realized Xu Qi had disappeared, escaped the beast tide, and followed him toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xu Qi reached the tree, broke past its five Half-Saint puppets, and entered before the others arrived.
• Hun Yu, Gu Xun'er, Huo Zhi, and the others teamed up to defeat the five Half-Saint puppets guarding the tree.
• Inside the tree, Xu Qi saw through its illusion, helped refine the Bodhi Seed, and began receiving the Bodhi Ancient Tree's inheritance.
• Hun Yu and the others found the entrance sealed, failed to force it open, and decided to wait for Xu Qi.
• Xu Qi emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and asked whether everyone had been waiting for him.

Xu Qi fled deeper into the Barren Ancient Region to escape a massive beast tide and spent nearly three days searching for a way out. After hearing a battle nearby, he found Huo Zhi facing an early ninth-tier Abyssal Demon Wolf, which was about to kill her.

• Xu Qi and the other clans retreated as the beast tide made them its targets, with Xu Qi heading deeper into the Barren Ancient Region.
• Xu Qi traveled cautiously for nearly three days but found no exit and sensed increasingly dangerous auras around him.
• Xu Qi heard a battle nearby and decided to investigate the familiar aura.
• Huo Zhi fought the Abyssal Demon Wolf after the Yan Clan members accompanying her had perished.
• The Abyssal Demon Wolf broke through Huo Zhi's Red Lotus Karmic Fire, struck her with its claw, and prepared to attack her again.

Huo Zhi’s resentment toward Xu Qi faded as he protected her through the Barren Ancient Region, and she began to feel attached to him. After they escaped the region, Xu Qi prepared to part ways, leaving Huo Zhi to thank him.

• Huo Zhi slept closer to Xu Qi during a cold, rainy night, then woke wearing his robe and believed he had left before he returned with food.
• Xu Qi denied moving Huo Zhi onto the grass but let her keep the robe until she returned it, and she quietly thanked him.
• Xu Qi invited Huo Zhi to travel with him after the beast tide dispersed, and she eagerly agreed.
• Xu Qi fought off beasts and protected Huo Zhi through several beast tides as they crossed the Barren Ancient Region over four or five days.
• At the region’s exit, Xu Qi said they should return to their respective homes, and Huo Zhi called after him to thank him.

As Huo Zhi and Xu Qi prepared to part, Huo Zhi struggled with her feelings for him, while Xu Qi made his own affection clear. He brought her into his Spatial Small World, where she accepted his promise to treat her well and let down her defenses.

• Huo Zhi said goodbye to Xu Qi and felt sad that they might never meet again.
• Xu Qi kissed Huo Zhi and drew her into his arms, telling her that was what he wanted to say.
• When Huo Zhi objected to being outside, Xu Qi took her to his Spatial Small World.
• Huo Zhi asked whether Xu Qi would treat her well if she became his woman, and he promised he would.
• Huo Zhi accepted Xu Qi's promise and let down her defenses.

Xu Qi arrived on Dragon Island to help Zi Yan, whose body was covered in crystals from the backlash of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. After inspecting her condition, he prepared to use his Heavenly Flame to save her and asked to work alone.

• Xu Qi considered creating a hidden refuge in a separate space for the Myriad Spirits Pavilion.
• Hei Qing led Xu Qi to the stone hall, where Third Elder Zhu Li sensed the pressure of Xu Qi's Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Xu Qi asked Zhu Li and Hei Qing to take him to Zi Yan immediately.
• Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan could only be freed from the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's crystals with Heavenly Flames.
• Xu Qi agreed to help Zi Yan and asked everyone to leave him alone with her while they guarded outside.

Xu Qi and Zi Yan launched a surprise attack on West Dragon Island to force the Three Dragon Kings to submit to Zi Yan as the new Dragon Emperor. The West Dragon King refused, and Xu Qi began the fight by destroying his right arm.

• Xu Qi and Zi Yan set out secretly from East Dragon Island to attack the other Dragon Islands before the Three Dragon Kings could prepare.
• Xu Qi and Zi Yan arrived at West Dragon Island, where Zi Yan explained that many East Dragon Island elders had withdrawn from the conflict.
• The West Dragon King appeared and rejected Zi Yan's demand that West Dragon Island submit to her as Dragon Emperor.
• The West Dragon King summoned West Dragon Island's fighters and elders, then threatened Xu Qi for mocking him.
• Xu Qi pointed at the West Dragon King and caused his right arm to explode.

Xu Qi and Zi Yan reclaimed the three Dragon Islands by defeating the Southern, Northern, and other Dragon Kings. Afterward, Xu Qi explained why the Dragon Kings chose death over submission, and Zi Yan reflected on their resolve.

• The Southern Dragon King tried to assassinate Zi Yan, but Xu Qi severed his hands and Zi Yan killed him.
• South Dragon Island submitted to Zi Yan and Xu Qi.
• The Northern Dragon King attacked Zi Yan after seeing the other Dragon Kings’ heads and the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Zi Yan killed the Northern Dragon King, and North Dragon Island submitted, completing the reclamation of all three Dragon Islands.
• Zi Yan asked why the Dragon Kings chose to fight to the death, and Xu Qi explained that they valued a Dragon King’s dignity and power above their lives.

Xu Qi raced alone to the site where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, determined to claim the powerful Heavenly Flame. He reached its sealed domain and watched as the Hun Clan and Ancient Clan arrived, leaving a contest between formidable forces about to begin.

• After learning that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had emerged, Xu Qi headed alone toward its location.
• The nine stars aligned, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended in a violet pillar of energy that scorched the surrounding land.
• Xu Qi crossed the burning wasteland and reached the flame's sealed space, where he waited instead of forcing his way inside.
• Hun Miesheng arrived with a powerful young man and Soul Hall subordinates, followed by Gu Xun'er, Gu Nanhai, and the Ancient Clan.
• Xu Qi, Hun Miesheng, and Gu Nanhai sized up the approaching contest, while Xu Qi judged that no one present could threaten him.

Xu Qi exposed the altar figure as an illusion created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which then revealed its true lava world and attacked the gathered fighters. The survivors faced the Flame and its ten powerful fire slaves, leaving them on the brink of an unprecedented battle.

• Xu Qi recognized the figure on the altar as an illusion of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Flame acknowledged that he had seen through its Nightmare Heavenly Mist.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame transformed the surroundings into a sea of lava and triggered flames inside many people, killing them in explosions.
• The Flame summoned ten fire slaves, including one at the late stage of three-star Dou Sheng, while it itself possessed peak five-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Gu Xun'er and the others realized the fire slaves and the Flame made the coming battle exceptionally difficult.

Xu Qi absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and reached the peak of Dou Sheng after Gu Xun'er attacked him inside the Spatial Small World. He killed Hun Miesheng and the Hun Clan, then set his sights on entering Dou Di's Cave Mansion without gathering all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Gu Xun'er attacked Xu Qi with the Emperor Seal Art while he absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but he blocked her strike and finished absorbing the flame.
• Xu Qi's cultivation rose to the peak of Dou Sheng, and he stopped Gu Xun'er from escaping before emerging with her from the Spatial Small World a day later.
• Xu Qi revealed that he had absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Hun Miesheng demanded the flame and threatened him over Old Man Mu Gu's death.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xu Qi, who burned him and every Hun Clan member to ash with his fused Heavenly Flames.
• Xu Qi collapsed the Spatial Small World, returned toward the Myriad Spirits Pavilion, and decided to enter Dou Di's Cave Mansion without collecting all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xu Qi led Myriad Spirits Pavilion to Jia Nan Academy and descended beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to reach Dou Di's Cave Mansion. He broke the entrance's seal with the system and entered, leaving Zhu Kun stunned outside.

• Xu Qi moved Myriad Spirits Pavilion into the void for safety before leading its people to force Jia Nan Academy to evacuate.
• Xu Qi descended alone beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and found the sealed entrance to Dou Di's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun, the Ancient Void Dragon guarding the gate, warned Xu Qi to turn back, but Xu Qi suppressed him with his Dragon Phoenix power.
• Xu Qi used the system to break the Dou Di seal, opening the gate despite Zhu Kun's disbelief.
• Xu Qi entered Dou Di's Cave Mansion and announced that he was seeking the Exotic Fire Plaza and Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

After destroying the Hun Clan, Xu Qi forced the Ancient Clan and Yan Clan to submit and took Gu Xun'er and Huo Zhi. He freed Zhu Kun, reunited with Zi Yan, and then returned with the women to the Jia Ma Empire to live leisurely as a Dou Emperor.

• Xu Qi pressured the Ancient Clan into submission, and Gu Yuan offered Gu Xun'er to him.
• Xu Qi demanded Huo Zhi from the Yan Clan, which handed her over.
• Xu Qi released Zhu Kun and returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, reuniting with Zi Yan.
• Xu Qi took the women back to the Jia Ma Empire, where they settled into a leisurely life.