Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud and six other Dou Sheng experts joined forces to fight the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Chen stayed out of the battle. The Flame overwhelmed the seven with two attacks and sent them crashing into the magma.

• Xiao Chen silently agreed that the factions would need to remain wary of one another, and his history with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame left him isolated and unable to help the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Miesheng, Flowing Cloud, Hai Bodong, Gu Nanhai, Yao Wan Gui, Huo Bo, and a Lightning Clan elder surrounded the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a Fire Demon Halberd and unleashed a wave of demonic fire, forcing all seven experts to counterattack.
• The Flame’s first assault made the seven stagger back, while Flowing Cloud concealed his true strength and spent no energy.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Great Sorrow Hand and struck all seven into the magma before dismissing them as ants.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ordered ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves to attack the experts who had stayed out of the main battle. Chu Donghai, Elder Gu Ao, and Xiao Chen each faced one of the three Fire Slaves sent toward their group, and Chu Donghai badly damaged his opponent with a single strike.

• Hun Miesheng urged the injured experts to stop holding back, and Gu Nanhai led them in a joint attack against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ordered the ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves to kill the remaining experts and turn them into Fire Slaves.
• Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, Yao Tianhuo, Gu Qingyang, and the others retreated to an open area as the Fire Slaves charged.
• Three Fire Slaves targeted Chu Donghai's group, so Chu Donghai, Elder Gu Ao, and Xiao Chen each chose one to fight.
• Chu Donghai struck the One-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave, scattering its flames and shattering some of its internal organs.

Chu Donghai, Xiao Chen, Gu Ao, and the other factions fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Fire Slaves while Flowing Cloud and six Four-star Dou Shengs battled the flame itself. By the end, most of the Fire Slaves had been killed, and the two remaining Three-star Fire Slaves were close to defeat.

• Chu Donghai, Xiao Chen, and Gu Ao overwhelmed their Fire Slaves by dispersing the milky-white flames that sustained them, then killed them.
• Flowing Cloud and six other Four-star Dou Shengs joined forces against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, keeping it occupied in a vast and dangerous battlefield.
• A Three-star Fire Slave rampaged through the fighting, killing many experts while other factions avoided intervening.
• Chu Donghai destroyed his One-star Fire Slave, Xiao Chen tore apart a Two-star Fire Slave, and Gu Ao crushed another Fire Slave’s skull.
• The remaining factions eliminated more Fire Slaves until only two Three-star Fire Slaves remained, both surrounded and nearing defeat.

Two Three-star Dou Sheng Fire Slaves self-destructed, wiping out many experts and badly injuring the Hall of Souls forces. Hun Miesheng then summoned the Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Array, and the survivors poured their strength into it as it struck the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Chu Donghai warned Qu Ming, Yao Tianhuo, Gu Ao, Xiao Chen, and the others that a besieged Three-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave was about to self-destruct, and they retreated before it exploded.
• A second Three-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave self-destructed among the experts chasing two Hall of Souls fighters, killing many and leaving the survivors facing two enormous magma craters.
• Yao Tianhuo remarked on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's ruthlessness, while Chu Donghai noted that the Fire Slaves had already been close to defeat.
• Hun Miesheng called for everyone to help seal the Demon Flame and formed the enormous Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Array.
• Gu Nanhai and the other ancient clan experts agreed to support the array, and six pillars of energy surged into it.
• Hun Miesheng activated the array, sending a rune-covered black pillar of light toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Hun Miesheng and six other experts sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after a brutal battle. Hun Miesheng tried to take the sealed flame for the Soul Clan, but Huo Bo and Yao Wan Gui stopped him, and the struggle for the flame began.

• Hun Miesheng and the others poured their strength into the Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Array as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fought back.
• The seven experts weakened the flame and sealed it inside a black cylinder.
• Hun Miesheng thanked Flowing Cloud and the others, then seized the black cylinder and claimed the Soul Clan would remember their favor.
• Huo Bo and Yao Wan Gui twisted space to divert the cylinder away from Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng called on the two other Three-star Dou Sheng experts from the Hall of Souls to seize the flame, while Flowing Cloud urged everyone to move.

The surviving experts fought over the black pillar containing the Demonic Flame Origin, while Flowing Cloud kept Hun Miesheng and the Soul Clan from claiming it. The struggle remained unresolved as Flowing Cloud used Space Power to knock the pillar away from a Soul Clan expert on the verge of seizing it.

• Flowing Cloud and Chu Donghai moved to intercept the black pillar after Huo Bo and Yao Wan Gui knocked it toward the Soul Clan experts.
• Chu Donghai drove the injured Hall of Souls experts back, while Hai Bodong warned Qu Ming and Yao Tianhuo to stay out of the chaotic scramble.
• Flowing Cloud forced Hun Miesheng back and gave Hai Bodong a medicinal pill to help him recover.
• Hun Miesheng, Huo Bo, and the Lightning Clan expert fought over the pillar, which drifted toward Yao Wan Gui and Gu Nanhai and drew them into battle.
• A Soul Clan expert activated his clan mark, reached Four-star Dou Sheng, and drove back nearby competitors.
• Flowing Cloud shifted the black pillar with Space Power just as the Soul Clan expert was about to seize it.

Flowing Cloud seized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and overwhelmed the Soul Clan expert and Hun Miesheng. As Hun Miesheng revealed his hidden Five-star Dou Sheng strength and attacked again, a mysterious figure appeared to protect Flowing Cloud.

• Flowing Cloud shattered the Soul Clan expert’s Heaven Swallowing Mirror and severely wounded him with a beam of energy.
• Flowing Cloud grabbed the black pillar containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and sensed a heartbeat inside it.
• Hun Miesheng broke through Huo Bo and the Lightning Clan elder’s blockade, but Flowing Cloud struck him back and forced him to spit blood.
• Hun Miesheng revealed his Mid Five-star Dou Sheng strength and attacked Flowing Cloud for the flame.
• An unremarkable, mysterious figure deflected Hun Miesheng’s strike and offered to deal with him in repayment for Flowing Cloud’s help.

Blood Axe Xiao Chen intervened to help Flowing Cloud against Hun Miesheng, revealing strength far beyond what the others had expected. After Xiao Chen’s first axe strike wounded Hun Miesheng, he launched his Sky Breaking Three Axes, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Xiao Chen stepped in to block Hun Miesheng’s attack and offered to help Flowing Cloud against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Chen’s aura surged from Late Four-star Dou Sheng to Late Five-star Dou Sheng, stunning Hun Miesheng and the others.
• Xiao Chen formed a blood axe and split Hun Miesheng’s black sphere of light, wounding him and forcing him to retreat.
• Xiao Chen followed with three rapid strikes of Sky Breaking Three Axes, sending three crimson bloodlines toward Hun Miesheng.

Xiao Chen gravely wounded Hun Miesheng, who then revealed Soul Demon Old Man as a hidden Soul Clan powerhouse. Soul Demon Old Man exposed another concealed expert, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared in the form of a child riding a Green Ox to confront him.

• Xiao Chen's blood streak pierced Hun Miesheng's black mist and left him severely wounded.
• Hun Miesheng healed his wound and trapped Xiao Chen in a black-light prison, then called for Old Demon to act.
• Soul Demon Old Man emerged from the crowd, revealing that he had concealed his strength and joined the Soul Clan's effort to seize the Demonic Flame Origin.
• Soul Demon Old Man called out the hidden Pill Tower Old Ancestor, and the child riding a Green Ox appeared from the void.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor challenged Soul Demon Old Man over the Soul Clan's violation of their agreement.

Xiao Chen confronted Soul Demon Old Man, while the Pill Tower Old Ancestor intervened as Flowing Cloud handed him the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The Old Ancestor revealed Six-star Dou Sheng strength by using spatial displacement to thwart Soul Demon Old Man, leaving the Soul Clan experts shocked.

• Soul Demon Old Man warned the Green Ox shepherd boy not to interfere with the Soul Clan’s claim to the Demonic Flame Origin.
• Hun Miesheng was blasted out of his light curtain, and Soul Demon Old Man recognized the approaching Xiao Chen as the legendary Blood Axe Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen recognized the Green Ox shepherd boy as the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who praised Flowing Cloud and asked him to hand over the Demonic Flame.
• Flowing Cloud gave the black pillar containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, while Soul Demon Old Man launched a soul attack and rushed to seize it.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor switched places with Soul Demon Old Man through spatial displacement, revealing that he had reached Six-star Dou Sheng and alarming the Soul Clan experts.

The Green Ox shepherd boy exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s plan to let itself be sealed so it could exploit the others’ conflict. The Flame broke free and prepared to fight the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, leaving the other forces to retreat as the battle began.

• The Green Ox shepherd boy recognized the Demonic Flame Origin’s scheme and warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had allowed itself to be sealed.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor attacked the black pillar of light, prompting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to break free and reveal itself.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame explained its hatred of Nether Flame Saint and rejected the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s demand that it remain sealed.
• Soul Demon Old Man refused to help, hoping the Soul Clan could capture the Flame later, while the Pill Tower Old Ancestor ordered the others to retreat.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed the Demonic Flame God Statue and swung a devastating punch at the Pill Tower Old Ancestor.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the ancient array laid by the Nether Flame Saint, turning the battle in its favor and trapping everyone inside Demon Flame Space. As Soul Demon Old Man and the others tried to flee, the Flame destroyed the Space Passage, while the light between Flowing Cloud’s brows began to awaken.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor struck the Demonic Flame God Statue with azure blood, melting away more than half of it and drawing Soul Demon Old Man’s concern.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Ancient Heaven Refining Array, revealing enormous formations above the sky and beneath the magma sea.
• Soul Demon Old Man recognized the danger and led Hun Miesheng and the other Ancient Race elders toward the Space Passage.
• Flowing Cloud allowed the trembling light cluster between his brows to awaken and told Qu Ming that they could not leave yet.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the Space Passage with a pillar of molten flame, trapping everyone in Demon Flame Space.

Trapped in the Demonic Flame Space, the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man joined forces to resist the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Heaven Refining Array. After the Flame’s attack failed to kill them, a mysterious figure appeared from Flowing Cloud and revealed itself as the Nether Flame Saint.

• Soul Demon Old Man and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor agreed to coordinate their forces against the Heaven Refining Array, assigning separate formations to each side.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Ancient Heaven Refining Array and sent two pillars of milky-white flame at the assembled experts.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor, Xiao Chen, Hai Bodong, Gu Nanhai, Soul Demon Old Man, and the others combined their strength to resist the pillars.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame crushed their defenses and brought the two pillars together, but a ring of light shielded the experts from the blast.
• A figure emerged from Flowing Cloud and was identified as the Nether Flame Saint.

Nether Flame Saint's afterimage emerged around Flowing Cloud and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. It seized control of the Ancient Heaven Refining Array, leaving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame desperate to fight back.

• Pill Tower Old Ancestor and the others recognized the figure around Flowing Cloud as Nether Flame Saint, while Hai Bodong suspected the ancient map had drawn him there.
• Flowing Cloud refused to surrender control of his body, and he and Nether Flame Saint agreed that Flowing Cloud would provide Dou Qi and follow some of his intentions.
• Nether Flame Saint confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explained that he had sealed it because its destructive power threatened the world.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fired two pillars of light from the Ancient Heaven Refining Array, but Nether Flame Saint froze them with a single command.
• Nether Flame Saint took control of the array, causing its milky-white flames to enter the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and making it lose control.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, fearing it would be sealed again, vowed to fight Nether Flame Saint to the death.

As Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed its power, the Nether Flame Saint's remnant image opened a Space Passage so the others could escape. Heavenly Fire remained behind, and the Nether Flame Saint's remnant image trapped the demonic lotus in a prison of fire pillars.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's expanding flames vaporized the energy in the space and burned a Half-Saint to ash.
• The Nether Flame Saint's remnant image formed a Space Passage and urged everyone to flee before Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame exploded.
• Hai Bodong, Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Chen initially stayed, but Heavenly Fire told them to leave, and they followed his order.
• After everyone else departed, the Nether Flame Saint's remnant image confronted Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame about the path it had chosen.
• The Nether Flame Saint's remnant image activated the formations and sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside a square prison of fire pillars.

Nether Flame Saint used the Ancient Heaven Refining Array to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories and intelligence, but the Demon Flame attacked him as he tried to comfort it. Nether Flame Saint triggered the formations’ destruction, and after the blast Flowing Cloud saw that both figures had vanished while the Demon Flame’s origin remained.

• Nether Flame Saint trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Ancient Heaven Refining Array and began pulling its memories and intelligence from its true body.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame cursed Nether Flame Saint, then pleaded for mercy after its blood-red humanoid form was forced out and trapped.
• Nether Flame Saint entered the fire prison and comforted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the Demon Flame attacked him with corrosive blood mist.
• Nether Flame Saint destroyed the formations, causing a massive explosion that Flowing Cloud survived with the Divine Elephant Hegemony Body and his innate divine flame.
• Flowing Cloud saw that Nether Flame Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had vanished, then looked down toward the magma sea, understanding that the Demon Flame’s origin remained.

Flowing Cloud found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s purified origin and prepared to refine it inside the sealed Demonic Flame Space. Outside, the others waited for five days without news, and just as some began to leave, an unseen attacker struck an Advanced Half-Saint.

• Flowing Cloud found the infant-like Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame origin and realized it would be easy to refine.
• The Demonic Flame Space’s passage vanished, leaving Flowing Cloud inside and everyone outside unable to sense or enter it.
• Hai Bodong stayed behind to wait while Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, and Yao Tianhuo departed to consult Flowing Cloud’s clone.
• Hun Miesheng and Soul Demon Old Man remained nearby, while Gu Nanhai and the others also waited for news of Flowing Cloud.
• Five days passed without any sign from the space, and as an Advanced Half-Saint began to leave, an unseen blow sent him flying.

Four Ice River Valley elders led by their fourth-generation patriarch, Bing Ji, sealed the space outside the Demonic Flame Space and targeted the Soul Clan and Heaven and Earth Alliance. As Soul Demon Old Man and Hun Miesheng prepared to resist, Hai Bodong recognized the old feud behind the attack, while the other factions held back to watch.

• An Advanced Half-Saint and other experts attempting to leave were killed by unseen attackers, their bodies frozen over.
• Bing Ji and three white-robed elders from Ice River Valley appeared and sealed the surrounding space with icy energy.
• An Ice River Valley elder identified Bing Ji as the valley’s fourth-generation patriarch, whose aura reached Peak Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Bing Ji declared that no one from the Soul Clan or Heaven and Earth Alliance would be allowed to leave.
• Hai Bodong recalled his past conflict with Ice River Valley and wondered whether Dong Hai and the other two had encountered its forces.
• Soul Demon Old Man took a defensive stance, while Hun Miesheng ordered his allies to look for a way to break the seal and summon reinforcements.

Hai Bodong warned the gathered factions that Ice River Valley would kill them after dealing with the Soul Clan and the Heaven and Earth Alliance, but Bing Ji attacked the Soul Clan before they could unite. Soul Demon Old Man and Hun Miesheng escaped Bing Ji’s Ice River Era, while two Soul Clan experts died, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s identity was exposed.

• Huo Bo and the Yan, Yao, Lightning, Spirit, and Stone Clans distanced themselves from Hai Bodong and the Soul Clan.
• Hai Bodong argued that Ice River Valley had sealed the space to prevent witnesses from escaping, prompting the gathered factions to suspect Bing Ji’s group.
• Bing Ji ordered Bing Yu to kill Hai Bodong and charged the Soul Clan, while Soul Demon Old Man raised a black mist to shield them.
• Bing Ji unleashed Ice River Era, freezing the mist and killing the two Three-star Dou Sheng experts who could not escape.
• Soul Demon Old Man fled with Hun Miesheng and called on the Pill Tower Old Ancestor to join the fight, revealing that he was a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.

The gathered experts prepared to resist Ice River Valley as Bing Yu attacked Hai Bodong, but Xiao Chen stepped in and badly wounded Bing Yu with his Blood Axe. Bing Ji intervened to protect Bing Yu while the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, Soul Demon Old Man, Hun Miesheng, and the others attacked Bing Ji.

• Gu Nanhai warned the Ancient Races that Ice River Valley intended to trap them, prompting the factions to gather for a fight.
• Bing Yu attacked Hai Bodong with a Black Ice Spear, but Xiao Chen told Hai Bodong to step back and confronted Bing Yu himself.
• Xiao Chen's Blood Axe split Bing Yu's spear and shattered his Ice Mirror, leaving Bing Yu with a long wound.
• Xiao Chen used Sky Breaking Three Axes against Bing Yu, who called for Bing Ji to save him.
• Bing Ji broke the first two blood lines and weakened the third, while Bing Yu destroyed the remaining attack.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor, Soul Demon Old Man, Hun Miesheng, and the other experts attacked Bing Ji after he intervened.