Chapter Summaries

The Soul Clan overwhelmed the Yao Clan, whose elders sacrificed themselves to open a route for the younger generation to escape. As the battle worsened, Chen Xiao and Zi Yan remained hidden with the unconscious Yao Ling, while Chen Xiao said she would not blame them unless a Soul Clan soul had taken over her body.

• Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan elders to self-destruct and open the sealed space so their young clansmen could survive, but Hun Xuzi summoned Hun Jing and Hun Yan as reinforcements.
• Yao Dan rejected Hun Jing's offer of submission, and Yao Clan experts detonated themselves while Xiao Chen joined the battle and killed three Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Yao Dan sent Yao Tian and the other young geniuses to flee under Elder Shen Nong's protection, then fought Hun Jing and Hun Yan as the elders tore open a crack in the seal.
• Hun Yan charged after the escaping group, but Hun Tu appeared, killed several Yao Clan geniuses, and blocked Xiao Chen; the Soul Clan's advantage grew as the Yao Clan's resistance faltered.
• Chen Xiao and Zi Yan appeared with the unconscious Yao Ling, and Chen Xiao said she would not blame them for leaving the Yao Clan unaided unless a Soul Clan soul had taken over her body.

Chen Xiao arrived in the devastated Medicine Realm and revealed power that allowed him to suppress Nihility Devouring Flame and imprison him in ice. After the surviving Central Plains experts accepted Chen Xiao’s protection, he arranged for them to stay on Dragon Island.

• Yao Dan self-destructed, killing many Soul Clan experts and leaving most of the Yao Clan dead.
• Chen Xiao and Zhu Hong appeared with Zi Yan and Jiu Xuan, while Xiao Chen brought the injured Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to them and Yao Ling lay unconscious nearby.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Chen Xiao and Zhu Hong as formidable threats, tried to escape and summon Hun Tiandi, but found the Medicine Realm sealed.
• Chen Xiao froze Nihility Devouring Flame in place, then sealed him inside a huge ice coffin as Zi Yan, Jiu Xuan and Xiao Chen attacked Hun Xuzi and the other Soul Clan experts.
• Chen Xiao asked the surviving Central Plains experts and alchemists to stay on Dragon Island, and Elder Shen Nong accepted his arrangements on their behalf.

After the Yao Clan fell and Nihility Devouring Flame was sealed, Chen Xiao led the survivors away to Dragon Island before the other clans arrived. Hun Tiandi then found the Yao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade, bringing him into confrontation with Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin.

• Jiu Xuan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Chen defeated and killed Hun Xuzi, Hun Jing, Hun Yan, and Hun Tu after Nihility Devouring Flame had been sealed.
• Yao Chen carved his parents' names into the Ancestral Clan Stele, then put it away and agreed to go to Dragon Island with Chen Xiao and the others.
• Chen Xiao sensed powerful forces approaching and took the survivors through a spatial passage into Void Space.
• Hun Tiandi arrived with Soul Clan Elders and ordered them to search the ruined Medicine Realm for Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin confronted Hun Tiandi over the Soul Clan's destruction of the Stone and Spirit Clans.
• Hun Sha found the Yao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Hun Tiandi refused to surrender it as Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin prepared to fight.

Chen Xiao brought Xiao Chen into the Heaven Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan. Xiao Chen reunited with his cousin and broke down over the Xiao Clan’s destruction, while Xiao Xuan invited him inside to talk.

• At Dragon Island, the gathered Central Plains experts marveled at the Primordial Void Dragon Clan, then Chen Xiao took Xiao Chen toward the Central Plains.
• Chen Xiao explained that the Soul Clan had stirred conflict within the Ancient Clan and likely infiltrated the Thunder and Yan Clans.
• Chen Xiao opened the Heaven Tomb and brought Xiao Chen to its deepest region to meet Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Chen recognized Xiao Xuan and admitted his grief and self-blame over missing the battle that destroyed the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Chen not to blame himself and led him inside to talk.

Xiao Xuan transferred the Xiao Clan’s remaining bloodline power to Xiao Chen, then learned how Chen Xiao had reached the Pseudo Emperor realm and obtained Origin Qi. Chen Xiao revealed that he expected to become a Dou Emperor within a few years and promised Xiao Xuan a chance at resurrection and a journey to the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Xuan entered the bloodline pool and poured the Xiao Clan’s remaining power into it, rapidly aging as he did so.
• Xiao Chen entered the Blood Pool and began refining the bloodline power Xiao Xuan had entrusted to him.
• Chen Xiao played chess with Xiao Xuan and explained how his cultivation method, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and his External Incarnations had helped him reach the Pseudo Emperor realm.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Origin Emperor Qi was necessary to become a Dou Emperor, and Chen Xiao confirmed that he had obtained a strand of Origin Qi.
• Chen Xiao said he expected to break through to Dou Emperor within two and a half years and promised Xiao Xuan that he might be resurrected and travel with him to the Great Thousand World.

Gu Yuan confronted Chen Xiao after mistaking him for the mysterious expert who entered the Heaven Tomb, then learned Chen Xiao had allowed Hun Tiandi to gather the ancient jades as part of his own plans. They discussed Xun Er’s pregnancy and Chen Xiao’s promise to Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan proposed trading Chen Xiao’s jade to win the Thunder and Yan Clans’ agreement to give up the Heaven Tomb.

• Gu Yuan ordered a purge of suspected Soul Clan spies and waited ten days for the intruder who had entered the Heaven Tomb.
• Chen Xiao emerged from the Heaven Tomb and revealed himself to Gu Yuan, who invited him to talk at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.
• Chen Xiao explained that he had let Hun Tiandi collect the ancient jades because their plans aligned, and told Gu Yuan that Xun Er was pregnant.
• Chen Xiao admitted he had witnessed the Yao Clan’s destruction and showed Gu Yuan the Tou She Ancient God Jade he intended to give Hun Tiandi.
• Chen Xiao explained that he had entered the Heaven Tomb to fulfill his promise to Xiao Xuan and bring Xiao Chen to the Xiao Clan bloodline inheritance.
• Gu Yuan said the Thunder and Yan Clans would oppose giving up the Heaven Tomb unless Chen Xiao offered them his jade, the last piece Hun Tiandi needed.

Gu Yuan gave Chen Xiao the Tou She Ancient God Jade and decided to draw the other Ancient Races into a struggle to keep it from Hun Tiandi. He visited Xiao Xuan in the Heaven Tomb to confirm his suspicions about Chen Xiao, and learned that Chen Xiao had taken a step beyond the Dou Saint realm and that the figure Gu Yuan saw was only an External Incarnation.

• Chen Xiao handed the Emperor Jade to Gu Yuan after Gu Yuan promised it would not fall into Hun Tiandi's hands while anyone from the three clans remained alive.
• Gu Yuan told the Black Seal King that he would use the jade to draw Hun Tiandi's attention and preserve the Ancient Clan's strength as much as possible.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Black Seal King to keep the matter secret, then went to the Heaven Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Xuan whether Chen Xiao had taken a step beyond the Dou Saint realm, and Xiao Xuan confirmed that he had.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that the Chen Xiao Gu Yuan had seen was only an External Incarnation.

After the Yao Clan’s destruction, Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin prepared their clans for war against the Soul Clan while secretly arranging ways to preserve their heirs. Hun Tiandi removed Nihility Devouring Flame’s hidden controls from Soul Clan experts and then visited Xiao Zhan, who learned that his captivity still served a purpose.

• Gu Yuan showed Lei Ying and Yan Jin a Tunling Clan corpse and explained that the Soul Clan sought both the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the power of bloodlines; the three leaders agreed to prepare for a direct clash with Hun Tiandi.
• Lei Ying ordered the Thunder Clan to prepare for war and tasked Mang Tianchi with secretly escorting Lei Dong, Lei Yun, and others away as a contingency.
• Yan Jin assigned Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi to take the Yan Clan’s foundations and leave in secret.
• Hun Tiandi finished removing Nihility Devouring Flame’s hidden measures from the Soul Clan’s Dou Saint experts and recognized that Chen Xiao and the Ancient Void Dragon might be trying to use him against the Ancient Races.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Zhan that the Xiao Family’s Tou She Ancient God Jade had appeared, then warned him that he still had another use.

After advancing his cultivation, Chen Xiao learned that the Ancient, Lei, and Yan Clans would fight the Soul Clan at the Burial Sky Mountain Range in three days, while he chose to stay out of the conflict. Xiao Yan asked him to rescue Xiao Zhan if the opportunity arose, and Chen Xiao prepared to visit the Soul Realm with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Chen Xiao absorbed the Medicine Emperor's remnant soul power and further advanced his cultivation.
• Xun Er told Chen Xiao that the Ancient, Lei, and Yan Clans had arranged a decisive battle with the Soul Clan in three days, and Chen Xiao said he would let them fight without interference.
• Xiao Yan asked Chen Xiao to rescue Xiao Zhan if he encountered him, and Chen Xiao agreed to help if he had the chance.
• Zi Yan revealed her new outfit to Chen Xiao, who said he planned to disguise himself before meeting the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Soul Realm.

Chen Xiao met Bodhi in the Soul Realm, learned more about Bodhi’s unusual path to recovering his former strength, and watched Hun Tiandi lead Soul Clan forces toward the Burial Sky Mountain Range. After Hun Tiandi departed, Chen Xiao and Bodhi entered a prison, where Chen Xiao freed the captive Xiao Zhan.

• Chen Xiao entered the Soul Realm and found Bodhi waiting for him in a quiet courtyard.
• Bodhi explained that he stood between the Dou Saint and Dou Emperor realms and that stolen opportunities had delayed his recovery.
• Chen Xiao told Bodhi that Hun Tiandi was mobilizing the Soul Clan after the losses caused by the Ancient Lei Yan and the three Ancient Races.
• Hun Tiandi ordered his forces to set out for the Burial Sky Mountain Range, and Chen Xiao and Bodhi went to rescue Xiao Zhan.
• Chen Xiao greeted Xiao Zhan, shattered his shackles without touching them, and began restoring him with Dou Qi.

Chen Xiao advanced to the brink of Dou Emperor while the Soul Clan and the three allied Ancient Clans fought at the Burial Sky Mountain Range. He returned to Dragon Island for Xun Er’s delivery, welcomed a son, and named him Chen Xiao.

• Chen Xiao explained to Bodhi that he had begun using Pre-pay to make results happen without spending its stored uses.
• During Chen Xiao’s seclusion, the Soul Clan and the three allied clans suffered heavy casualties, and Chen Xiao later triggered a vast energy fluctuation with his breakthrough.
• Bodhi congratulated Chen Xiao and gave him a Bodhi Heart as a gift for his unborn child before Chen Xiao returned to Dragon Island.
• Xun Er gave birth to a son, and Chen Xiao hurried to the inner hall to meet him.
• At Xun Er’s request, Chen Xiao named the newborn Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao remained in seclusion for a year and a half while the war between the Soul Clan and the Ancient, Lei, and Yan Clans became a slaughter. When a vast energy storm converged on Dragon Island, Chen Xiao’s bloodline awakened in his children, and his breakthrough culminated in the appearance of a towering figure above the island.

• Chen Xiao named his newborn son Chen Xiao, stayed on Dragon Island with his family for a month, and then entered the Secret Chamber to pursue Dou Emperor.
• During Chen Xiao’s seclusion, Xiao Chen emerged from the Heaven Tomb and devastated the Soul Clan’s forces, prompting both sides to abandon fair duels and slaughter each other’s clansmen.
• Observers foresaw the collapse of the Ancient, Thunder, and Yan Clans, until a continent-wide energy storm drew Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and others toward the Beast Region.
• Bodhi sensed Chen Xiao’s breakthrough and left the Soul Realm, taking the small tree he had tended with him.
• On Dragon Island, the energy storm gathered around Chen Xiao’s Secret Chamber, and the three siblings’ Dou Di bloodline awakened, raising their strength to early Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• A towering, radiant figure appeared above Dragon Island as pressure beyond the laws of heaven and earth swept across the island.

Chen Xiao ascended to Dou Emperor, declared himself the Emperor of the True Cause, and gathered the Dou Saint experts in his hall. Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Chen was attacking the Soul Clan’s remaining forces, while Chen Xiao allowed him and the others to leave before promising answers about the new order.

• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan entered Void Space and witnessed Chen Xiao’s ascension to Dou Emperor.
• Chen Xiao announced his title as Emperor of the True Cause, and the resulting heavenly energy healed the land and helped countless beings advance.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint and Pure Lotus Demon Saint felt their remnant souls recover, while Xiao Xuan sensed his own condition improving in the Heaven Tomb.
• Chen Xiao brought Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and the other Dou Saints to his hall, where they saw his powerful family and Bodhi arrived.
• Bodhi revealed that Xiao Chen had been killing Soul Clan experts, causing Hun Tiandi to break his chair before Chen Xiao restored it and offered everyone the choice to leave.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yuan Tian and the others to leave but stayed as Chen Xiao said he had gathered them to provide an answer.

Chen Xiao explained that Origin Qi was needed to reach Dou Emperor and revealed the Great Thousand World, then urged the continent’s forces to unite under the Purple Firmament Pavilion before entering it. After the others departed, he took Hun Tiandi’s seven pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade and disclosed plans to revive Xiao Xuan, Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and Pure Lotus Demon Saint; alone, Chen Xiao turned his attention to the change in Pre-pay within his mind.

• Chen Xiao told the experts that the Dou Qi Continent lacked Origin Qi and described Divine Abilities and the Great Thousand World.
• Chen Xiao promised to restore Origin Qi when the Plane Channel opened and said those entering the Great Thousand World would have to unite as people of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and experts from the Hidden Sects pledged to join the Purple Firmament Pavilion, and Chen Xiao asked Hun Tiandi to remain after the meeting.
• Chen Xiao told Hun Tiandi that the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill rivaled a Half Emperor and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade; Hun Tiandi handed over his seven pieces.
• Chen Xiao invited Hun Tiandi to visit Nihility Devouring Flame and said he would revive Xiao Xuan, Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and Pure Lotus Demon Saint.
• After Hun Tiandi left, Chen Xiao focused on the disappearance of Pre-pay from his mind after his breakthrough to Dou Emperor.

After becoming a Dou Emperor, Chen Xiao discovered that his sea of awareness contained a perfect replica of the real world where time stood still, letting him test possibilities and pre-extract results without completing their processes in reality. He brought Duanmu Yiqing from the replica into Dragon Island and found that the transfer cost only the healing pill she had used there.

• Chen Xiao explored the replica world in his mind and realized it reproduced the continent and its people exactly, while time in reality remained frozen during his visits.
• Chen Xiao spent half a year in the replica testing its limits and returned to reality with Duanmu Yiqing, whom he had rescued from a dangerous ruin there.
• Chen Xiao told Duanmu Yiqing that he had known her late father, Duanmu Yang, and relayed his message about Yellow Maple Valley before sending her to explore Dragon Island.
• Chen Xiao sensed that Duanmu Yiqing's disappearance had enraged the Seven-Tier Magical Beast guarding the ruin, but had caused no other apparent changes to the continent.
• Chen Xiao found that the only apparent cost of bringing Duanmu Yiqing into reality was the healing pill she had taken in the replica.

Chen Xiao summoned Dou Saint experts to gather in the Northwest Continent for the opening of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and the return of the Old Dragon Emperor. As the continent's powerful factions and spectators arrived, Chen Xiao appeared before them on an ice throne and was greeted as the True Emperor.

• Chen Xiao announced that Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion would open in three days and ordered the ancient dragon clan to accompany him to welcome the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Three days later, Zi Yan led the ancient dragons from Dragon Island, while Chen Xiao's close companions rode at the front and Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and other Dou Saints followed behind.
• Experts and spectators poured toward the Northwest Continent, where Su Qian and Mang Tianchi waited near Jia Nan Academy's former site.
• The ancient dragons and the gathered experts arrived in the Northwest Continent as Su Qian and Mang Tianchi watched.
• Chen Xiao appeared on an ice throne, and countless experts, including Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, bowed and welcomed the True Emperor.

Chen Xiao assembled the Tou She Ancient God Jade and opened the Ancient Emperor Cave, while preventing the exposed magma from destroying the Black-Corner Region. The Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun emerged from his seal, and the cave mansion’s entrance opened to reveal a passage.

• Chen Xiao fused the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades, erased the ancient god’s phantom, and sent the complete jade toward the old site of Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Xiao moved the old site and its mountain range aside, contained the released magma, and revealed the Ancient Emperor Cave as it rose from the magma sea.
• The Old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun burst free from the magma, reunited with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and approached Chen Xiao and Zi Yan.
• Chen Xiao asked Zhu Kun to open the cave mansion, and Zhu Kun activated the jade against its gate.
• Chen Xiao blocked the ancient aura spilling from the opening gate as a transparent passage formed inside.

Chen Xiao led the Dou Saint experts into the Ancient Emperor Cave, revealed the secrets of Emperor Flame, and confronted the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. The pill’s escape plan collapsed when it discovered that Chen Xiao was a Dou Emperor, and Chen Xiao reduced it to its original form with a single finger strike.

• Chen Xiao led Zi Yan, Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the other Dou Saint experts through the cave entrance and across the mist-covered suspended land.
• Chen Xiao guided the group west to an ancient stone hall, where they found withered Heavenly Flames and heard his explanation of Tou She Ancient God’s Emperor Flame.
• Chen Xiao cleared the fog around the hall, revealing Tou She Ancient God’s statue and hundreds of Heaven-Rank techniques, before the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill appeared disguised as the Ancient God.
• Bodhi identified the old figure as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and Chen Xiao’s Dou Emperor aura caused the pill to panic over its failed escape plan.
• Chen Xiao flicked a finger and shattered the pill’s defenses, forcing the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill back into its original ball-of-light form.

Chen Xiao revealed that the Ancient Emperor Cave held an Emperor Origin, then entered the Heaven Tomb and remade it into a safer training realm under his control. He moved the transformed Heaven Tomb toward the continent’s center and looked ahead to the Great Thousand World.

• Zhu Kun revealed that Tou She Ancient God's statue contained the Emperor Origin, and Chen Xiao ordered him to move it and the Heavenly Flame Square to Dragon Island for his pavilion members to try.
• Chen Xiao left the cave and entered the Heaven Tomb, where Xiao Xuan sensed the Soul of the Heaven Tomb gathering its power.
• The Soul of the Heaven Tomb attacked Chen Xiao, but he froze its soul threads, freed the controlled energy bodies, and suppressed its source.
• Chen Xiao rewrote the Heaven Tomb’s rules, forbidding slaughter across its major realms, and sealed away the Soul of the Heaven Tomb.
• Chen Xiao separated the Heaven Tomb from the Ancient Realm and sent it toward the continent’s center, then said the Great Thousand World was near.

Ten years after Chen Xiao moved the Heavenly Tomb to the Central Plains, the Dou Qi Continent flourished as experts awaited the Plane Channel’s opening. Chen Xiao opened it at Qifeng Mountain, replenishing the continent’s Origin Qi, and promised to protect everyone’s cultivation for ten years before leading the first ascent to the Great Thousand World.

• The Heavenly Tomb’s accelerated cultivation and Purple Firmament Pavilion’s influence transformed the continent, while Hai Bo Dong said the Plane Channel would open within half a year.
• Hai Bo Dong reassured a pavilion elder that Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan would not start a major battle in the Central Plains, as other powerful experts watched over the continent.
• On Dragon Island, Zhu Kun advised Chen Lin to stay grounded despite his exceptional bloodlines and talent, and Chen Lin said he would become as amazing as his father.
• Four months later, Chen Xiao gathered the continent’s experts at Qifeng Mountain, where Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan exchanged barbs as they awaited the opening.
• Chen Xiao opened and stabilized a vast Plane Channel, allowing Origin Qi to flow into the Dou Qi Continent.
• Chen Xiao warned that people from the Great Thousand World could also enter their world, promised to protect their cultivation for ten years, and said he would ascend first.