Chapter Summaries

While Hai Bodong and Xiao Chen joined the experts fighting Bing Ji, Flowing Cloud began refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside the Demonic Flame Space. He weakened the flame with an array and Drunken Demon Saliva, but the instant he grabbed its origin, its blazing heat began to burn him.

• Bing Yu withdrew from Xiao Chen's battlefield and went to help Bing Ji fight the Ancient Races’ weaker members.
• Hai Bodong and Xiao Chen joined the experts battling Bing Ji, easing the pressure on the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and the others.
• Flowing Cloud placed High-grade Demonic Cores to form a Flame Cold Array and used it to suppress the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Flowing Cloud poured Drunken Demon Saliva into the fire lotus, making the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame languid and exposing its origin.
• Flowing Cloud grabbed the pink Demonic Flame Origin, which erupted into flames and forced him to rely on the Taiyin Divine Flame and Green Lotus Sacred Flame to resist its heat.

Flowing Cloud endured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s destructive heat and gradually refined its origin with the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art, supported by the Taiyin Divine Flame, Green Lotus Sacred Flame, and Divine Elephant Hegemony Body. After a long struggle, the three flames reached an even balance, and Flowing Cloud began refining all of them together.

• Flowing Cloud swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin and used the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art to refine it despite the severe damage to his body.
• Flowing Cloud activated the Divine Elephant Hegemony Body, reducing the Demon Flame’s damage and allowing him to absorb its energy.
• Flowing Cloud slowly stabilized his body and refined the Demonic Flame Origin as his aura strengthened and a fourth Blue Sun appeared behind him.
• The pink, green, and purple flames gradually claimed equal portions of a flame ring around Flowing Cloud, forming a balance.
• Flowing Cloud opened his eyes and began circulating all three flames along the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art’s cultivation route.

Flowing Cloud refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, absorbing its energy as he entered a sealed state inside a crystal egg. Outside the Demonic Flame Space, Bing Ji trapped the exhausted alliance fighters in a black ice cage, leaving them struggling against the freezing cold.

• Flowing Cloud used the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the resulting energy filled and strengthened his body.
• Flowing Cloud became enclosed in a three-colored crystal egg as his aura vanished completely.
• Ice River Valley and the alliance continued fighting, with heavy casualties and both sides' experts losing strength.
• Soul Demon Old Man warned the Pill Tower Old Ancestor that Bing Ji would wear them down, but the Old Ancestor told everyone to use recovery pills and keep fighting.
• Bing Ji cast Ice Prison, trapping everyone except Ice River Valley within a black ice cage that froze their Dou Qi and resisted their attacks.

Trapped in Bing Ji’s ice cage, Hai Bodong detonated his Cold Pills to unleash an overwhelming wave of frigid power and shatter the prison. Bing Ji and Bing Yu recognized Hai Bodong as a dangerous foe, and Bing Ji attacked him as the chapter ended.

• Gu Nanhai and the other experts struggled to break the ice cage, while its cold power killed many trapped fighters and threatened Gu Qingyang.
• Hai Bodong summoned several dozen Cold Pills and called everyone within five zhang of him; Gu Nanhai, Soul Demon Old Man, Hun Miesheng, and others gathered nearby.
• As the cage’s cold power surged toward them, Hai Bodong detonated the Cold Pills, creating a barrier and sending a wave of purer cold power through the prison.
• Hai Bodong’s frigid wave shattered the ice pillars, leaving Bing Ji and Bing Yu stunned and causing Bing Ji to recognize Hai Bodong as a threat.
• Bing Ji formed three white pillars of light and launched them toward Hai Bodong and the others.

Hai Bodong unleashed the Cold Pills’ accumulated icy power, shattered the spatial seal, and saved the gathered experts, though the feat weakened his cultivation. After everyone thanked him, they spotted two Ice River Valley experts frozen in the distance.

• Bing Ji’s attack failed against the Cold Pills’ violent cold energy, and he retreated with Bing Yu as the icy power swept through the sealed space.
• The Cold Pills’ energy shattered the spatial seal and spread across a vast region, covering the surrounding lands in ice.
• Hai Bodong withdrew his protective barrier, and the other experts sensed that his cultivation had fallen after using a powerful secret technique.
• The Gu Clan and the other Ancient Races, along with the Soul Clan, thanked Hai Bodong for saving their lives.
• The gathered experts searched for Ice River Valley’s people and found two Four-star Dou Sheng experts frozen in the sky.

After the Cold Pill’s explosion, Hai Bodong and Xiao Chen discussed Flowing Cloud’s strength and loyalty, while the Ancient Races and Soul Clan left the glacial world. Far away, Heavenly Bull and Chu Donghai headed toward the Demonic Flame Space, where they spotted two bedraggled figures in white robes.

• Xiao Chen praised Flowing Cloud’s strength, and Hai Bodong declared his unwavering loyalty to the Alliance Leader.
• Xiao Chen thanked the Heaven and Earth Alliance for saving his life, promised to repay it, and departed.
• Soul Demon Old Man and Hun Miesheng concluded Bing Ji had likely escaped and believed Flowing Cloud’s apparent death would let the Hall of Souls pursue its plans more easily.
• Heavenly Bull explained that he had protected Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, and Yao Tianhuo from the cold-energy surge by using his Divine Elephant Hegemony Body.
• Heavenly Bull led the group toward the Demonic Flame Space and stopped after spotting two bedraggled figures in white robes.

Heavenly Bull encountered the badly injured Bing Ji and Bing Yu while hurrying toward the Demonic Flame Space, and grew suspicious when they gave conflicting accounts of what had happened. Bing Ji refused to accompany him, and the two clashed as Bing Ji unleashed powerful freezing energy.

• Heavenly Bull and his companions encountered Bing Ji and Bing Yu, who were fleeing toward Ice River Valley after the explosion left them badly injured.
• Bing Yu recognized Heavenly Bull and the others as members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance and warned Bing Ji, who decided they should avoid a fight if possible.
• Under Heavenly Bull's questioning, Bing Ji blamed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor while Bing Yu blamed Soul Demon Old Man, making Heavenly Bull suspect they were lying.
• Heavenly Bull ordered Bing Ji and Bing Yu to come with him to the Demonic Flame Space, but Bing Ji refused because Bing Yu needed treatment.
• Heavenly Bull attacked Bing Ji, who struck back with a surge of freezing energy that made Heavenly Bull reconsider the source and strength of the earlier cold tide.

Heavenly Bull captured Bing Ji and Bing Yu after sensing that Hai Bodong might be in danger, then reunited with Hai Bodong in the glacier. Hai Bodong explained that Ice River Valley’s experts had trapped and attacked the gathered factions, and Heavenly Bull kept Bing Ji imprisoned.

• Chu Donghai warned Heavenly Bull that Hai Bodong might be caught in the center of Bing Ji’s cold-current explosion, so Heavenly Bull transformed with the Divine Elephant Hegemony Body and seized Bing Ji and Bing Yu.
• Heavenly Bull and the others traveled into the glacier and found Hai Bodong unharmed.
• Hai Bodong identified Bing Ji and Bing Yu as Ice River Valley members, and Heavenly Bull recaptured Bing Ji when he tried to flee.
• Hai Bodong explained that Bing Ji and three other experts had sealed off the area and attacked the gathered factions, forcing him to detonate Cold Pills to break the Spatial Seal.
• Heavenly Bull concluded that he had captured the right people.

Hai Bodong and his allies returned to the Tian Niu Realm after learning that Flowing Cloud was safely refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After half a year in the Demonic Flame Space, Flowing Cloud had reached Early Six-star Dou Sheng, and signs of life appeared around the crystalline egg above the magma sea.

• Heavenly Bull and Qu Ming discussed how Ice River Valley had threatened Hai Bodong and the others, while Hai Bodong explained that detonating his Cold Pills had lowered his cultivation from Peak Four-star Dou Sheng to Late Four-star Dou Sheng.
• Bing Ji raged inside Heavenly Bull's palm as Heavenly Bull promised Hai Bodong the Black Water Cold Pond after Ice River Valley was destroyed.
• Heavenly Bull told Hai Bodong that Flowing Cloud was refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, whose memories had been erased by the remnant shadow of the Demon Saint.
• Heavenly Bull used the Void Burrowing Beast to bring everyone through a Void Gate back to the Tian Niu Realm.
• Flowing Cloud continued refining the Demon Flame for more than three months and advanced to Early Six-star Dou Sheng, gaining strength comparable to Huang Tian.
• After half a year of silence in the Demonic Flame Space, signs of life appeared around the crystalline egg floating above the magma sea.

After half a year in seclusion, Flowing Cloud emerged from refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his strength at the Early Six-star Dou Sheng stage. He discovered that his three Heavenly Flames had fused into an obedient Fire Spirit, which demonstrated their increased power.

• Flowing Cloud emerged from the crystal egg after half a year of seclusion and sensed that his strength had risen to the Early Six-star Dou Sheng stage.
• Flowing Cloud discovered that the Heavenly Flames inside his body had vanished, then summoned a tiny Fire Infant from his palm.
• Flowing Cloud recognized the Fire Infant as the spirit formed from the fused origins of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Taiyin Divine Flame, and Green Lotus Sacred Flame.
• The Fire Infant created a vast three-colored sea of fire that was more powerful than Flowing Cloud's previous flame formation.

Flowing Cloud left the Demonic Flame Space with the Fire Infant, whose flame-shaping power would aid him in battle. On the Demonic Flame Plains, factions fought over Demonic Flame Stones, and a wounded man challenged the Hall of Souls’ claim to the territory.

• The Fire Infant formed a massive three-colored flame dragon, then returned to Flowing Cloud’s body when he prepared to leave.
• Flowing Cloud tore open space and departed, leaving the Demonic Flame Space sealed and silent.
• The Demonic Flame Plains became a resource-rich destination after explorers discovered Demonic Flame Stones, while Flowing Cloud’s orders kept the Heaven and Earth Alliance from competing there.
• The Hall of Souls occupied the richest mining region and established a branch hall, drawing experts and allied factions to the plains.
• A Hall of Souls fighter defeated a man accused of stealing Demonic Flame Stones, and the wounded man challenged the Soul Hall Branch’s claim to the territory.

Flowing Cloud saved Captain Liu and the Blazing Flame Valley disciples from the Hall of Souls, then went to the Soul Hall Branch in the Demonic Flame Plains and began attacking it. He left the branch’s Two-star Dou Sheng elder dead with a single palm strike.

• Captain Liu and his fellow Blazing Flame Valley disciples fought a desperate battle against the Hall of Souls, which had attacked them over their Demonic Flame Stones.
• Flowing Cloud appeared, beheaded Protector Mo, and killed the fleeing Hall of Souls members with a thought.
• Captain Liu thanked Flowing Cloud for saving the group, and Flowing Cloud sensed that the Soul Hall Branch was a thousand li away.
• Flowing Cloud arrived at the Black Grand Hall and released the pressure of his Six-star Dou Sheng aura.
• Hun Tiantian emerged from the hall to greet Flowing Cloud, who shattered him with a downward palm.

Flowing Cloud destroyed a Hall of Souls branch and killed Saint Soul Zong, a Two-star Dou Sheng, before leaving one Venerable alive. The survivors learned that Flowing Cloud had returned from the Demonic Flame Space, and Black Peak Venerable urged them to flee or defect while one elder secretly planned to report the news to the Hall Master.

• Flowing Cloud killed Saint Soul Zong with a single attack, and the resulting energy blast destroyed the Black Grand Hall and killed most of its occupants.
• Flowing Cloud used Space Power to kill the surviving Venerables except Black Peak Venerable, who begged for his life.
• Black Peak Venerable discovered Flowing Cloud had left and told arriving Hall of Souls members that Saint Soul Zong and the branch hall had fallen to the Heaven and Earth Alliance Leader.
• Black Peak Venerable urged the group to avoid returning to the Hall of Souls and consider hiding or defecting to the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• An elderly Hall of Souls member secretly decided to report Flowing Cloud's return to the Hall Master.

After destroying a Soul Hall Branch on the Demonic Flame Plains, Flowing Cloud headed for the nearest Void Gate to meet Heavenly Bull. He learned that the Spirit Clan had vanished from its sealed realm, leaving the Ancient Clans to suspect the Gu Clan or Soul Clan had taken its Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Hall of Souls members reacted to news that the Heaven and Earth Alliance Leader had survived the Demonic Flame Space, and some scattered to report or investigate the news.
• Flowing Cloud destroyed the Soul Hall Branch on the Demonic Flame Plains and headed toward a Void Gate, where Heavenly Bull awaited him in the Tian Niu Realm.
• Flowing Cloud learned that the Spirit Realm had reopened three months earlier to reveal that the Spirit Clan and its million descendants had disappeared.
• The Ancient Clans suspected the Spirit Clan had been targeted for its piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade, with the Gu Clan and Soul Clan considered capable of the disappearance.
• The four remaining Ancient Clans feared they might be the next targets if the Gu Clan or Soul Clan sought the other pieces of Ancient Jade.

After half a year trapped in the Demonic Flame Space, Flowing Cloud returned to the Central Plains, destroyed the Soul Hall Branch on the Demonic Flame Plains, and reunited with the Heaven and Earth Alliance in the Tian Niu Realm. He confirmed he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and heard how the alliance had endured his absence.

• The Spirit Clan's disappearance left the Ancient Races wary of the Gu Clan and Soul Clan, but the controversy faded over the following half year.
• Flowing Cloud reappeared by destroying the Soul Hall Branch on the Demonic Flame Plains, prompting rumors about how he escaped the Demonic Flame Space.
• Heavenly Bull helped Flowing Cloud return to the Tian Niu Realm, where the alliance's experts welcomed him.
• Flowing Cloud confirmed to Hai Bodong that he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and admitted he did not know why the Spirit Clan had vanished.
• Fu Fan and Ye Feng reported that the Heaven and Earth Alliance had continued growing and had avoided provoking the Hall of Souls during Flowing Cloud's absence.
• Flowing Cloud credited Hai Bodong's reputation and strength with helping keep the alliance stable.

After Hai Bodong’s deeds secured the Heaven and Earth Alliance from potential threats, Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with his father, Xiao Zhan. Xiao Chen took Xiao Yan into seclusion for seven days, and Xiao Yan emerged having advanced from a Nine-star Dou Huang to a Five-star Dou Zong.

• Hai Bodong’s actions earned the gratitude of several Ancient Races and powerful figures, while the Pill Tower publicly allied with the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Heaven and Earth Alliance and chose not to interfere with the Hall of Souls’ pursuit of the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan traveled back to the Jia Ma Empire with Old Yao and Wind Venerable after learning that Xiao Chen had returned to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan, then met Xiao Chen, who assessed his cultivation and brought him alone into a sealed secret chamber.
• After seven days with Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan emerged as a Five-star Dou Zong, having risen from the peak of Nine-star Dou Huang.

After reaching five-star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan learned from Xiao Chen that the Spirit Clan had vanished, likely over its Tou She Ancient God Jade. Since the Xiao Clan once possessed another Ancient Jade, Xiao Yan realized it could be in grave danger.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the secret chamber after seven days, having advanced from Nine-star Dou Huang to five-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan explained to Old Yao and Wind Venerable that Xiao Chen had restrained his advancement to strengthen his foundation.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Spirit Clan's sealed realm had reopened three months earlier to reveal that its million inhabitants had disappeared.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Gu Clan and Soul Clan were suspected of destroying the Spirit Clan to obtain its piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Xiao Clan had once possessed an Ancient Jade and might become a target.

After learning the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade could make it a target, Xiao Yan considered how the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s protection had kept the Hall of Souls at bay. Hun Miesheng then declared war on the Heaven and Earth Alliance and led the Hall of Souls army toward its territory.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao and Wind Venerable that the Xiao Clan possessed an Ancient Jade and might be endangered by the force behind the Spirit Clan’s disappearance.
• Old Yao suggested the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s presence had discouraged attacks on the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan recalled that Flowing Cloud had protected it from Hall of Souls forces.
• After Flowing Cloud destroyed a Soul Hall Branch on the Demonic Flame Plains, Hun Miesheng gathered his experts and ordered them to prepare for an attack on the Heaven and Earth Alliance in ten days.
• Hun Miesheng announced the coming attack throughout the Central Plains, presenting the destruction of the branch as justification for war.
• When the ten days passed, Hun Miesheng led the Hall of Souls army toward the Mittel Northern Region, where the Heaven and Earth Alliance was located.

The Hall of Souls marched toward the Heaven and Earth Alliance with fewer Dou Sheng experts than its enemies, but Flowing Cloud suspected its real target was the Xiao Clan and its Ancient Jade. To protect the Jia Ma Empire from a catastrophic battle, Flowing Cloud sought the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s aid and began gathering its Dou Sheng experts.

• Soul Miesheng led the Hall of Souls army toward the Heaven and Earth Alliance in the Northern Region, despite its numerical disadvantage in Dou Sheng experts.
• Hai Bodong warned Flowing Cloud that the Hall of Souls had set out to take revenge on the alliance.
• Flowing Cloud suspected the Hall of Souls was actually targeting the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade and worried that a battle in the Jia Ma Empire would kill countless civilians.
• Flowing Cloud traveled through the Void Gate to Dragon Island to request the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s help.
• Flowing Cloud asked Zi Yan to gather at least two thousand Dou Sheng experts near the Void Gate, and she agreed to arrange it immediately.

Flowing Cloud prepared the Jia Ma Empire for a powerful attack by building a Star Array and assigning Tian Niu to guard it. After returning to cultivate, he considered his captives Bing Ji and Bing Kuang and learned that Ice River Valley concealed an ancient ancestor in a deep slumber.

• Flowing Cloud asked Zi Yan to send two thousand Ancient Void Dragon Clan Dou Sheng experts to support the Jia Ma Empire, and she agreed.
• Flowing Cloud set up a Star Array around the Jia Ma Empire using high-grade Magical Beast Cores, then returned to the Tian Niu Realm.
• Flowing Cloud sent Tian Niu to guard the Jia Ma Empire and ordered him to stay hidden unless a powerful enemy appeared.
• Flowing Cloud kept Bing Ji and Bing Kuang in the Tian Niu Realm to cultivate, though their progress in Supreme Dou Techniques remained slow.
• Flowing Cloud learned from Bing Ji and Bing Kuang's memories that a First Generation Ice River Valley Ancestor was slumbering in a hidden space beneath the Black Water Cold Pond.