Chapter Summaries

Zhu Jin failed to bring Zi Yan back to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and hinted that he knew where her father was, but Li Xiao recognized the scheme and promised to find Zhu Kun himself. Months later, the signs of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence appeared in the sky.

• Zhu Jin and the Four Dragon Kings arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to take Zi Yan home, but Niu Meng told them she had chosen to stay.
• Bailing warned Zhu Jin that the Pavilion’s rules forbade fighting and ordered him to leave, then cut his neck to enforce the warning.
• Zhu Jin withdrew after claiming he knew where Zhu Kun was and telling Bailing to pass his message to Zi Yan.
• Bailing reported the encounter to Li Xiao, who told her not to inform Zi Yan and said he would bring her father back himself.
• Li Xiao watched two crescent moons appear as nine stars aligned, heralding the descent of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Li Xiao led Bailing and the Protectors of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to Central Continent after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged. They entered the Heavenly Flame Space, where Li Xiao dispelled an illusion, and the group continued onward.

• Li Xiao used a talisman to travel to Central Continent with Bailing and the Protectors, leaving Niu Meng and Ye Chen to guard the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao and the others found the milky-white desert and saw Hun Miesheng and other experts gathering to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost warned Hun Miesheng that Li Xiao was not someone they could challenge.
• After Bailing sensed a change in the space, Li Xiao led the group through the spatial barrier and into the Heavenly Flame Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame showed Li Xiao an illusion of his children in danger, but he dispelled it with a burst of light.

Li Xiao and his companions fought through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s defenses and reached Xiao Chen, a Xiao Clan expert trapped in the flame’s domain. After Li Xiao freed him from the flame’s control, Xiao Chen urgently asked what had become of his clan.

• Li Xiao dismissed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusions, and Bailing cut through its Fire Slaves while Bing Shuang stayed behind to hold off the endless attackers.
• Li Xiao, Bailing, and the others entered the hall, where Bing Shuang froze the Fire Slaves and they destroyed the traps along the way.
• They encountered a withered Four Star Dou Sheng carrying a Blood-Red Axe, whom Li Xiao recognized as Xiao Chen of the Xiao Clan.
• Li Xiao severed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control over Xiao Chen, who asked Li Xiao how his clan had fared.

Li Xiao and his companions confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, whose Nightmare Illusion had trapped them in a false reality. Li Xiao broke through with his Di-Rank Dou Technique, Mysterious Illusion, and the chapter ended with the Flame facing him in the revealed Magma World.

• Xiao Chen led Li Xiao and the others up to the altar where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame waited in a white-robed form.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame challenged Li Xiao and was shocked by the group’s strength, especially Bailing’s Half-Step Dou Di realm.
• Li Xiao blocked the Flame’s attack and cast his Di-Rank Dou Technique, Mysterious Illusion, making it relive its memories of the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fled from the Demon Saint within the illusion until the space shattered and revealed the Magma World.
• The experts returned to normal, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused Li Xiao of trapping it in an illusion as Li Xiao mocked its technique.

Li Xiao and the experts confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who tried to trap them and turn them into Fire Slaves. After Bailing revealed her overwhelming power and Hun Miesheng rejected the flame’s offer, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a flaming halberd and prepared to attack.

• Li Xiao told the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame that he planned to take him back and auction him off, prompting the flame to attack with Demon Flame Refines the Heavens.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s flames trapped the group, and his command caused nearly eighty percent of the Dou Zun Strong experts to explode.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned more than a dozen Dou Sheng Fire Slaves and offered the survivors power in exchange for submission.
• Li Xiao questioned the flame’s confidence, and Bailing tore open space to demonstrate her strength as a Half-Step Dou Di expert.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame offered Hun Miesheng an offspring flame in exchange for helping him, but Hun Miesheng refused.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Fire Demon Halberd and declared that he would kill everyone who stood in his way.

Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall experts fought Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but they were overwhelmed until Bailing intervened for Li Xiao. Bailing killed the flame with one sword, leaving its origin in front of Li Xiao as the other experts dared not approach.

• Hun Miesheng led the Soul Hall experts in attacking Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the flame killed several fighters and overwhelmed their assault.
• Hun Miesheng asked Li Xiao to act, but Li Xiao sat back and sent Bailing to deal with the approaching Fire Slaves.
• Bailing drew her sword and destroyed ten Dou Sheng-level Fire Slaves with a single strike.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame launched a counterattack, but Bailing appeared behind him and killed him with one sword.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's origin appeared, and the gathered experts refrained from trying to seize it from Li Xiao.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame refused Li Xiao’s offer and summoned a colossal Demon Flame Divine Statue, but Bailing shattered it with a single kick. Enraged, he activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, trapping everyone inside as he prepared to turn them into Fire Slaves.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame re-formed after being struck and declared that Li Xiao could not kill him, rejecting the chance to become Bailing’s Heavenly Flame.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man arrived, and Li Xiao warned them not to interfere with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s attempt to capture the flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Demon Flame Divine Statue and threatened his opponents, but Bailing kicked him away and shattered the giant.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, trapping Li Xiao, Bailing, the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, and Soul Demon Old Man inside.

Li Xiao summoned the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint’s phantom to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which had threatened to destroy the Central Continent. The Demon Saint struck the Flame down, but it unleashed a deadly blaze, and Li Xiao sent the others away to face it himself.

• Bing Shuang reassured the frightened people that Li Xiao could handle the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which vowed to break its seal and turn everyone into Fire Slaves.
• Li Xiao used energy from the ancient map to manifest the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint and shielded the others from the Flame’s power.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused the Demon Saint of betraying it, while the Demon Saint said he had sealed it to protect the Central Continent.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint struck the charging Flame into the ground, and the Flame retaliated by spreading fire that burned a Half Saint to ashes.
• Li Xiao urged Hun Miesheng, the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, and the Gu Clan powerhouses to leave, while the Hun Clan powerhouses remained behind.

Li Xiao compensated Hun Miesheng’s group before the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and erased its intelligence. The Demon Saint then vanished, leaving Li Xiao to take the now-innocent flame and care for it.

• Hun Miesheng asked Li Xiao for compensation, and Li Xiao gave him an Eighth-Rank Pill before Hun Miesheng and the others departed.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused Li Xiao, and Li Xiao left the matter to the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint fought the flame and began stripping away its power, while Li Xiao said he would give it to Xi Yuan.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged the Demon Saint to spare him, but the Demon Saint said he had to stop its destructive nature.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint erased the flame’s intelligence, entrusted it to Li Xiao, and vanished.

After the Stone Clan vanished, Li Xiao and the other Ancient Clan leaders suspected Hun Tiandi and formed an alliance against the Hun Clan. Back at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Li Xiao gave the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Li Xiyuan to refine, and she scolded him for kissing her.

• Li Xiao learned that the Stone Clan, including Shi Hao and Shi Ziling, had disappeared just like the Ling Clan.
• Gu Yuan summoned the leaders of the Gu, Thunder, Yao, and Flame Clans, and they suspected Hun Tiandi was behind the Stone Clan’s disappearance.
• The four clans agreed to form an alliance to resist the Hun Clan, while factions across the Central Continent began choosing sides.
• Li Xiao gave the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Li Xiyuan, who was preparing to refine it and strengthen her Flame Mantra.
• Li Xiyuan asked why Li Xiao had given her the flame instead of auctioning it, then told him not to kiss her again, making Ye Chen laugh.

Li Xiyuan began absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree while Li Xiao learned that Li Muchen had gone out to train with Xiao Yi Xian. As Li Xiyuan endured the painful fusion, a phantom revealed her stunning appearance as an adult, and Li Xiao planned to seek Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion for the Embryonic Emperor Pill.

• Li Xiao explained to Li Xiyuan why her mother's words did not apply to him, then sent her to fuse the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into the Flame Mantra.
• Li Xiyuan asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to protect her and swallowed the flame seed, while the tree contained its energy and helped guide it into her body.
• Li Xiao learned that Li Muchen had gone out to train at Yun Yun's request, with Xiao Yi Xian accompanying him, and accepted Yun Yun's decision.
• Li Xiao planned to search for Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and obtain the Embryonic Emperor Pill to strengthen himself and prepare for the coming calamity.
• Li Xiyuan endured the pain of absorbing the flame as scarlet Dou Qi spread around her and a phantom showed her breathtaking adult appearance.

After Li Xiyuan absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, she broke through to Two Star Dou Sheng and produced a Fire Infant from her fused Heavenly Flames. Li Xiao named the infant Li Little Fire, nicknamed Little Yi, and announced that they would head to Jia Nan Academy.

• Soul Hall's soul-hunting and the conflicts across the Dou Qi Continent escalated into an all-out war, while Jia Xingtian suppressed a rebellion in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Li Xiyuan emerged from her cultivation after absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, reaching Two Star Dou Sheng and evolving the Flame Mantra to the high Emperor tier.
• Li Xiyuan reunited with Cai Lin and Li Xiao, then discovered that a Fire Infant had formed within her from the Heavenly Flames.
• The Fire Infant drew out the Heavenly Flames in Ascending Heaven Pavilion and fused them into a powerful fire lotus, but Li Xiao returned the flames to their places.
• Li Xiao named the Fire Infant Li Little Fire, with the nickname Little Yi, and said they would prepare to leave for Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region.

Li Xiao prepared to enter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion while Hun Tiandi learned of its location and ordered Hun You to purge the Black-Corner Region. Hun You's Soul Hall forces threatened Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and the Two Elders Qian Bai confronted them.

• Li Xiao confirmed to Cai Lin that he planned to enter Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and decided not to tell Zi Yan until her cultivation was secure.
• Hun Tiandi discovered that Li Xiao had found the cave mansion and ordered Hun You to eliminate everyone in the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia Nan Academy welcomed new students beneath a statue of Li Xiao, while Su Qian and Hu Qian discussed the academy's progress and Li Xiao's son, Li Muchen.
• Hun You arrived with Soul Hall experts and gave Jia Nan Academy one hour to leave the Black-Corner Region or face slaughter.
• Su Qian confronted Hun You, and the Two Elders Qian Bai appeared to defend Jia Nan Academy and threaten the Soul Hall forces.

Elder Hun You led Soul Hall forces against Jia Nan Academy, but the academy’s defenders were overwhelmed when Hun Chi appeared as a Dou Sheng. Su Qian ordered the students evacuated and prepared to fight alongside Qian Mu and Bai Lie, while directing them to seek Li Xiao’s help.

• Su Qian and Hun You exchanged threats as both sides prepared to fight at Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun You fought Su Qian, who began to lose until Qian Mu intervened and drove Hun You back.
• Hun You summoned Hun Chi, whose arrival blasted the academy’s fighters aside and revealed his Dou Sheng strength.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie urged Su Qian to evacuate the academy’s people while they held Hun Chi back.
• Su Qian told Hu Qian and Old Man Huo to lead the students to the Beast Mountain Range and find Li Xiao, then burned his Dou Qi to prepare for battle.
• Hun Chi dismissed Su Qian and the other Dou Zun as ants trying to shake a tree.

Li Xiao rescued Jia Nan Academy from Hun Chi and Hun You, then learned that Hun Tiandi had sent the Soul Hall to the Black-Corner Region in search of a cave estate. After Li Xiao destroyed Hun Tiandi’s spying Crystal Stone, Hun Tiandi decided to go investigate in person, while Li Xiao ordered the two surviving attackers killed.

• Hun Chi severely injured Su Qian, the Great Elder, and the others, and Hu Qian’s attempt to flee failed.
• Li Xiao appeared and incapacitated Hun Chi, then gave the injured elders Tier 7 Healing Pills as the Soul Hall forces tried to retreat.
• Bailing and the others defeated the fleeing Soul Hall experts, and Li Xiao killed all the Hun Clan attackers except Hun Chi and Hun You.
• Hun You and Hun Chi revealed that Hun Tiandi had sent them to search for a cave estate in the Black-Corner Region.
• Li Xiao destroyed Hun Tiandi’s spying Crystal Stone, and Hun Tiandi decided to investigate the area himself.
• Li Xiao ordered Bailing to kill Hun Chi and Hun You.

Li Xiao and the Protectors defeated the Hun Clan’s advance force and returned to the Magma World beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. After arranging for the academy’s students to evacuate, Li Xiao led the Protectors deeper into the magma to investigate what had drawn the Hun Clan there.

• Bailing killed Hun Chi and Hun You after they begged Li Xiao to spare them.
• Mang Tianchi emerged from seclusion as a Dou Sheng, thanked Li Xiao, and learned that more Hun Clan experts might arrive.
• Mang Tianchi ordered Su Qian and the Two Elders Qian Bai to evacuate the students from Jia Nan Academy.
• Li Xiao entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower with the Protectors and descended into the Magma World, where Bing Shuang shielded them from the heat.

Li Xiao and his companions descended through the magma to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, forcing their way past the Fire Lizardmen. They entered the cave, while the Fire Lizardmen sealed the area and hoped the intruders would die so they could claim their treasures.

• Countless Fire Lizardmen surrounded Li Xiao and his companions, but two Half Saint leaders warned them to leave God's Graveyard.
• Bing Shuang threatened the Fire Lizardmen, and Li Xiao spared them before they reluctantly made way for the group.
• Bailing found the cave entrance and split the magma open to reveal a passage into Tou She Ancient God's hidden space.
• Linglong tried to scout ahead, but Li Xiao assured the group there was no danger, and they entered the cave.
• The two Half Saint Fire Lizardmen ordered their clansmen to seal off the area and planned to take the humans' treasures if they died.

Li Xiao and his companions reached Tou She Ancient God's cave abode, where they encountered its guardian, Zhu Kun, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Old Dragon King. After learning that Zi Yan was alive and at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Zhu Kun agreed to meet her after the matter at hand was settled.

• Li Xiao led Bailing and the others through the spatial tunnel into the ancient space containing Tou She Ancient God's cave abode.
• Bing Shuang dismissed the cave abode, prompting a giant black dragon to emerge and demand the ancient jade.
• Li Xiao revealed the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade, and the dragon insisted they defeat him to enter the cave abode.
• Bailing pinned the dragon to the ground, and Li Xiao identified him as Zhu Kun, Zi Yan's father.
• Zhu Kun transformed into human form and eagerly asked about Zi Yan, and Li Xiao promised to take him to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion afterward.
• Linglong blamed Zhu Kun for what Zi Yan had suffered.

Li Xiao opened the entrance to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and led the Ascending Heaven Pavilion inside to claim its treasures. Long Kui transformed into her adult form, sensed the cave mansion’s location, and guided the group onward as Li Xiao warned that the Ancient Eight Great Clans would soon arrive.

• Linglong told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan had become the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new Dragon King and criticized him for failing to protect her.
• Li Xiao opened the stone gate, declared that everything inside belonged to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and entered with his group.
• Bing Shuang and Lian Xue stayed behind the gate to prevent others from entering the cave mansion.
• Long Kui transformed into her grown-up form and revealed that her sensitivity to treasures let her sense the cave mansion’s direction.
• Li Xiao urged the group to hurry before the leaders of the Ancient Eight Great Clans arrived to seize the treasures.

Li Xiao and his companions reached Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where they encountered the Embryonic Emperor Pill. Li Xiao ordered Bailing to collect the cave's treasures and prepared to capture the pill using a complete Emperor Pill.

• Long Kui led Li Xiao, Bailing, and Zhu Kun to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, and Zhu Kun recalled being forced to guard Tou She Ancient God's grave.
• The group passed the cave's pillars of Heavenly Flames and mountains of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques before reaching Tou She Ancient God's statue.
• The Embryonic Emperor Pill appeared above the statue and recognized the auras of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame on Li Xiao.
• Long Kui demanded that the Embryonic Emperor Pill come with them to be auctioned, while Li Xiao told Bailing to collect the cave's treasures.
• Li Xiao took out a complete Emperor Pill and challenged the Embryonic Emperor Pill to resist capture, shocking Zhu Kun and frightening the pill.