Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi fought to the brink inside Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Domain while Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan battled the Nihility Devouring Flame outside it. After Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor Slaying Array and the Nihility Devouring Flame switched sides, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan struck at Hun Tiandi as he tried to self-detonate.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi traded devastating blows inside the Small World until its flames and Xiao Yan’s strength were nearly exhausted.
• Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan defeated the five living dead, and the Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed Yan Jin and Lei Ying to strengthen itself before Gu Yuan injured it.
• Xiao Xuan entered the collapsing Small World and attacked Hun Tiandi, who sacrificed his remaining Dou Di Bloodline to activate the Emperor Slaying Array across Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan used the Heaven Refining Ancient Arrays to restore his strength, while the Nihility Devouring Flame offered its Origin Fire Seed to Xiao Yan and turned against Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi threatened to reveal the location of the two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, then began to self-detonate as Xiao Xuan restrained him.
• Xiao Yan struck Hun Tiandi with the World Annihilation Silent Spirit Palm, and Gu Yuan brought down an annihilating giant finger.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Tiandi, refined Nihility Devouring Flame, and reorganized the Heavenly Tomb before preparing to pursue the energy needed to become a Dou Emperor. He set out for Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and, on the way, revisited Yao Yue in the Jia Ma Empire and accepted her as a disciple.

• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan defeated Hun Tiandi, and Xiao Yan burned away Hun Tiandi's soul and shattered his Life Imprint.
• Xiao Yan repaired the battle-scarred land, then offered Nihility Devouring Flame the choice of submission or reincarnation; Nihility Devouring Flame chose reincarnation and surrendered its Origin Fire Seed.
• Xiao Yan swallowed and refined Nihility Devouring Flame, advancing to the late stage of Nine-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan transformed the Heavenly Tomb into a system for reincarnation and entrusted it to the Plane Embryo, which eased the strain on the plane.
• Xiao Yan decided to force open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and headed for the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Xiao, Xiao Qingshan, Zi Yan, and Gu He.
• Xiao Yan found that Yao Yue had reached Dou Huang and Sixth Grade Alchemist, accepted her as a disciple, and gave Gu He instructions to teach her.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled to the Underground World and found Zhu Kun imprisoned in the space beneath the lava. After reuniting Zi Yan with her father, Xiao Yan opened a crack in the space and asked Zhu Kun if he wanted to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Yan left the Xiao Family with Zi Yan and arranged for Jia Nan Academy to relocate to the Central Continent before the coming upheaval.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan descended through the Underground World, overcame the Lizardmen guardians, and entered the hidden space beneath the lava.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan found Zhu Kun, who recognized Zi Yan and reunited with his daughter after years of imprisonment.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun how Xiao Yan had helped her defeat the three rebel Dragon Kings and reunite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan tore open a crack in the space that had imprisoned Zhu Kun and asked whether he wanted to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yan explored the Exotic Flame Plaza, gathered all twenty-two Heavenly Flames into Di Yan, and subdued the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. He entered Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and received its flame lotus seed, beginning a breakthrough to the Dou Emperor realm.

• Xiao Yan released Zhu Kun and Zi Yan from the sealed space, then sensed that he had become its guardian.
• Xiao Yan reached the Exotic Flame Plaza, absorbed or strengthened the Heavenly Flame shells, and evolved his Emperor Flame into Di Yan.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and forced it to submit before using Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to open Tou She Ancient God's inheritance.
• Tou She Ancient God accepted Xiao Yan as the inheritance recipient and gave him a flame lotus seed after discussing the Flame Mantra and the world's Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yan endured the lotus seed's immense energy as Heavenly Flames gathered around him, setting his breakthrough to the Dou Emperor realm in motion.

Xiao Yan refined the Cosmic Time Flame and used its power to restore Han Shanshan, whom the world had forgotten, to the present. He left Han Shanshan with Old Yao and departed to cultivate another Dou Emperor-level Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Qingshan began cultivating under Xiao Xuan, and the upheaval surrounding Xiao Yan’s breakthrough to Dou Emperor spread through the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan sealed Xiao Xiao and Xiao Qingshan’s Dou Di Bloodlines so they could cultivate the Flame Mantra from scratch, then refined the Cosmic Time Flame into Di Yan.
• Xiao Yan traced the formation of the Origin Samsara Fire and Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame, then decided to use the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to bring back Han Shanshan.
• Xiao Yan took Old Yao to the Meteor God Ice Plains, removed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from him, and purified it while preserving Han Shanshan’s imprint.
• Xiao Yan used the Cosmic Time Flame to restore Han Shanshan from the River of Time, allowing Old Yao to remember her and reunite with her.
• Xiao Yan sealed the extracted flames inside Han Shanshan for her to refine, then left to cultivate a Dou Emperor-level Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan refined a true Emperor Pill, then used his power and resources to establish the Dou Qi Academy as a path for talented students to learn powerful cultivation methods. The academy’s rise drew students across the continent and provoked attacks and rumors from threatened factions, but Xiao Yan’s protection and Su Qian’s enrollment blacklist kept the opposition at bay.

• Xiao Yan refined the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill into a true Emperor Pill, and the process produced tens of thousands of Eighth Grade Spirit Pills that he gave to the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan dismantled the Exotic Flame Plaza and placed its twenty-two Sky-Supporting Pillars and associated Heavenly Flames at locations across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan outlined a three-division system for the Dou Qi Academy, and after Su Qian warned him how difficult cultivation methods were to learn, Xiao Yan gave him hundreds of Heavenly Grade methods and techniques to manage.
• News of the academy’s generous opportunities spread, drawing students away from established factions and prompting some factions to plot against Su Qian and the academy.
• Xiao Yan protected academy members with lethal flames, while Su Qian announced that rumor-mongers could not enroll, silencing the factions’ slander.

Xiao Yan expanded the Dou Qi Academy, married Gu Xun'er, and visited the Beast Region, where he proposed to marry Zi Yan. After Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion, Xiao Yan joined her and Zi Yan at the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where they awakened the Snake People Goddess statue.

• Xiao Yan helped establish the Dou Qi Academy across the continent, while the Lei Clan and Yao Clan joined its academies and Alchemy Department.
• Xiao Yan married Gu Xun'er and promised Gu Yuan that he would provide two portions of Origin Qi within a hundred years.
• Xiao Yan visited the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, then saw Xiao Long and the Thunder Spirit Clan cultivating around the Sky-Supporting Pillar in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Zi Yan at Ancient Dragon Island, proposed marriage to her, and promised Zhu Kun Origin Qi within a hundred years.
• After Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion, Xiao Yan traveled with her and Zi Yan to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, where the Snake Pearl awakened the Snake People Goddess statue.
• The statue began to move and spoke, but Xiao Yan slapped it across the face.

Xiao Yan explored the Nine Nether Nether Python inheritance, uncovered powerful bloodline treasures, and established twenty-two Sky-Supporting Pillars to let Dou Qi Academy graduates seek the path to Dou Emperor. The chapter ended with Yao Xiaotian declaring a Divine Grace Day and ordering the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to build temples and guard the three pillars in its territory.

• Xiao Yan learned from the stone statue about the ancient Dou Dis, the Snake People Clan, and the Medusa bloodline before the statue chose to dissipate rather than enter reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan entered the inheritance space with Zi Yan and Queen Medusa, found the Snake Shedding and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils secret techniques, and discovered twenty-three Green Fate Fruit Trees.
• Xiao Yan collected the inheritance space's treasures, including the Green Fate Fruit Trees, blood-soaked soil, and green sun and moon.
• Xiao Yan established twenty-two Sky-Supporting Pillars containing Heavenly Flames across the Dou Qi Continent and proclaimed that Dou Qi Academy graduates could seek the path to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan sent Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to the Xiao Family with Di Yan Life Fruits for Xiao Xiao and Xiao Qingshan, then began creating cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Yao Xiaotian ordered the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to build temples beside its three Sky-Supporting Pillars, establish Divine Grace Day, and defend the pillars.

Xiao Yan merged the Bodhi Ancient Tree into the Endless Fire Domain, then traveled from the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World, where Spiritual Power began transforming him and his flames. As he cultivated inside the Small World, the Great Thousand World’s factions discovered its Dragon Phoenix, Heavenly Flames, and ability to purify Demonic Qi.

• Xiao Yan nourished the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Flame of Life, and it chose to join the Endless Fire Domain, accelerating his cultivation research.
• Fifteen years later, Xiao Yan suppressed and refined the completed Blood-Soaked Demonic Flame, left a sliver of his divided soul with his family, and entered the Space Wormhole for the Great Thousand World.
• After more than a month of travel, Xiao Yan emerged into the Great Thousand World, where Spiritual Power overwhelmed his Dou Qi and began transforming his soul, body, Heavenly Flames, Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Creator Heavenly Saint.
• A Flame Python explored the Small World on the Myriad Monster Continent and discovered its flames could purify bloodlines, drawing spirit beasts and powerful factions to investigate its Dragon Phoenix and Heavenly Flames.
• The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Great Thousand Palace learned about the Small World, while three Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns cultivated within it and drew more Spiritual Power inside.
• An Outer Realm Demon Emperor tried to corrupt the Small World, but White Lotuses appeared beneath its darkened sky and dispelled the Demonic Qi, astounding the gathered Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.

Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns gathered in the Endless Fire Domain and watched it merge with the Myriad Monster Continent before its master, Xiao Yan, awakened. Xiao Yan introduced himself as the Flame Emperor, explained the origins of Dragon Phoenix Power, and traded Dragon Phoenix Fate Fruits and Green Fate Fruit Trees with the Dragon and Phoenix Clans.

• Qin Tian, True Dragon Emperor, Kunpeng Ancestor, and Green Shirt Sword Saint discussed the Endless Fire Domain’s power, its potential to purify Demonic Qi, and the strange lack of movement from the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Endless Fire Domain erupted across the Myriad Monster Continent, transforming its creatures, plants, water, and land without harming them.
• Flames converged on the Bodhi Ancient Tree and awakened Xiao Yan, whose Spiritual Power reached the peak of the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm and whose soul matched the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Xiao Yan explained to True Dragon Emperor, Phoenix King, and Huang King that Dragon Phoenix Power could not be inherited and described how a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit might form.
• Xiao Yan traded a Dragon Phoenix Fate Fruit to Phoenix King for a powerful phoenix flame, then offered True Dragon Emperor another fruit and arranged to sell Green Fate Fruit Trees to the Dragon and Phoenix Clans.

Xiao Yan negotiated with the Great Thousand Palace to trade a portion of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for treasures that could strengthen his plane, then demonstrated its power against Demonic Qi. As eight Heavenly Demon Emperors surrounded the Myriad Monster Continent, Xiao Yan prepared to confront them, while the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor secretly planned a deeper attack.

• Qin Tian introduced the Great Thousand Palace and offered Xiao Yan Dharma Aspect cultivation methods and resources in exchange for a way to purify Demonic Qi.
• Xiao Yan demanded plane-strengthening treasures for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Kunpeng Ancestor, Green Shirt Sword Saint, and Lord of Immortality offered valuable materials.
• Xiao Yan separated part of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and showed that it purified the Green Shirt Sword Saint’s Sword Qi, then shared the Sky Burning World Purifying Art.
• Qin Tian explained the Primal Dharma Bodies, and Xiao Yan wondered whether his Endless Fire Domain had become a new one.
• Eight Heavenly Demon Emperors sealed the Myriad Monster Continent, prompting Qin Tian to offer to self-detonate so the others could escape.
• Xiao Yan gave each of the seven experts an Emperor Flame Seed and stepped forward, while the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor planned to use the apparent escape as a trap.

Xiao Yan summoned the Sky Ranking and startled the Great Thousand World, then abruptly fled before leaving his name on it. Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor pursued him, and Xiao Yan sacrificed his body to trap him in the Endless Fire Domain, where Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor began fighting back.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Endless Fire Domain, summoned the Great Thousand World's World Will, and caused the Sky Ranking to descend.
• Lord of Immortality identified the Sky Ranking and saw the character “Ye” appear, but Xiao Yan suddenly fled before leaving his name on it.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the pursuit while the seven Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns escaped toward Northern Desolation Hill with Xiao Yan's fire seed.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor caught up to Xiao Yan and trapped him inside a black-and-white ring of fire.
• Xiao Yan self-detonated his physical body and merged his soul with the Endless Fire Domain to try to refine Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned his Saint Demon Flame Armor and resisted the flames, then let black flames devour his Saint Demon Flame.

Xiao Yan appeared to die after battling the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, but his main soul survived in hiding and was brought to Northern Desolation Hill. There, he discovered that the Immortal Great Emperor’s preserved body might be revived, leaving the Lord of Immortality to guard it and Xiao Yan as they pursued that possibility.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor escaped Xiao Yan’s exploding fire domain, found his weakened soul, and nearly captured him before Xiao Yan’s final attack grazed his scalp and his soul seemingly perished.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor became anxious over Xiao Yan’s claim that the Immortal Great Emperor might return through Reincarnation and searched for the supposed reincarnated body.
• Xiao Yan’s main soul survived beneath the Myriad Monster Continent, hidden and nourished by the Bodhi Ancient Tree while his split soul had fought the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Great Thousand Palace spread news of Xiao Yan’s death and gathered fire and soul treasures to cultivate the Emperor Flame Seeds and support his recovery.
• The Lord of Immortality discovered the Emperor Flame Seeds’ connection to Xiao Yan, brought his soul to Northern Desolation Hill, and considered giving him the Immortal Great Emperor’s preserved body.
• After studying the Immortal Great Emperor’s body, Xiao Yan suspected the Great Emperor might still be revived, so the Lord of Immortality put the body away and stayed to guard him.

After three years of cultivation with ten powerful flames, Xiao Yan sought to observe the Eternal Undying Body and traveled with the Green Shirt Sword Saint to the Maha Gu Clan. At the Eternal Pagoda, Xiao Yan contacted the body within and learned he could see its true form at the next Eternal Gathering.

• Xiao Yan refined ten powerful flames, strengthening his body, Di Yan, and Flame Mantra, while his Spiritual Power reached Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yan asked to observe the Eternal Undying Body, and the Lord of Immortality arranged for the Green Shirt Sword Saint to accompany him to the Maha Gu Clan.
• The Green Shirt Sword Saint explained that the Immortal Great Emperor had left the damaged Eternal Undying Body with the Maha Gu Clan, where it remained inside the Eternal Pagoda.
• Xiao Yan and the Green Shirt Sword Saint arrived at Eternal City, where Maha Tian warned Xiao Yan that the Pagoda’s pressure could be dangerous without an Undying Golden Body.
• Xiao Yan used his soul to communicate with the Eternal Pagoda and learned he could see the Eternal Undying Body’s true form at the next Eternal Gathering.
• The Eternal Pagoda released purple-gold light and enveloped Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan tricked the Eternal Pagoda’s consciousness into letting him inspect the Eternal Undying Body and learned how Immortal Origins had been gathered to repair it. After discovering that his Endless Fire Domain could help restore the body, he agreed to confront the counterfeit and began battling it with his flames.

• Xiao Yan convinced the Eternal Pagoda’s consciousness that the Outer Realm Evil Clan threatened the sleeping Eternal Undying Body, and it brought him into the purple-gold space.
• Xiao Yan saw the Immortal Origins harvested from defeated Undying Golden Bodies and discovered the true Eternal Undying Body sleeping within them.
• The Eternal Pagoda’s consciousness explained that Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Domain could help repair the Eternal Undying Body, and Xiao Yan proposed moving the Eternal Pagoda into his domain.
• Xiao Yan asked the consciousness to release the counterfeit, then watched it emerge from the shattered dark-red mountain and absorb the pillar of light.
• Xiao Yan tested the counterfeit with his Gilded Golden Sun, crimson fiery clouds, and four flame-formed Divine Beasts.

Xiao Yan subdued the Eternal Undying Body, merged it into the Endless Fire Domain, and used Immortal Origin to cultivate an Immortal Flesh Body. After emerging from the collapsed Eternal Pagoda, he offered Maha Tian Heavenly Sovereign Pills as compensation for taking the body.

• Xiao Yan refined the Dark Gold Body with the four Divine Beasts and absorbed its Immortal Origin into the great sun.
• Xiao Yan awakened the Eternal Undying Body by sharing his memories of battles with the Heavenly Demon Emperors and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, then merged it into the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan cultivated his body in Glazed Flame, using the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Immortal Origin to restore himself and develop an Immortal Flesh Body.
• After eighteen days outside, the Eternal Pagoda collapsed, and Xiao Yan emerged with immense immortal power before the Green Shirt Sword Saint and Maha Tian.
• Xiao Yan gave Maha Tian a high-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pill and offered to refine more for the Maha Clan as compensation; Maha Tian accepted the offer with praise.

Xiao Yan arranged to refine Heavenly Sovereign Pills for the Maha Clan while preparing to strengthen the Dou Qi Continent and build his influence. Meanwhile, Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor plotted to kill Xiao Yan by targeting his allies and Lower Plane, then considered converting his Demonic Qi into Spiritual Power.

• Maha Tian gathered ingredients for nine high-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pills, and Xiao Yan agreed to refine pills for the Sword Domain after finishing the Maha Clan's batch.
• Xiao Yan returned Demon Saint Valley to the Dou Qi Continent and began pouring Spiritual Power into the plane to improve its environment for his friends and family.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor told the Outer Realm Evil Clan's leaders that Xiao Yan had survived and inherited the Eternal Undying Body.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered eight Heavenly Demon Emperors to attack Xiao Yan, seek out his Lower Plane, and threaten his relatives and friends.
• Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor questioned whether the plan could stop Xiao Yan, and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor wondered whether he could convert his Demonic Qi into Spiritual Power.

Xiao Yan managed Yanming Continent, refined nine High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pills, and returned to the Dou Qi Continent to strengthen it and guide his family. He began experimenting on Spiritual Veins while Maha Tian offered him medicine attendants and rare treasures, then promised to send Earth Vein subjects for his research.

• Maha Tian gave Xiao Yan control of Yanming Continent, appointed Maha Yan to manage it, and left ingredients for nine High-grade Heavenly Sovereign Pills.
• Xiao Yan visited the Dou Qi Continent, placed Red Lotus Karmic Fire in reincarnation to punish the wicked, and helped his family cultivate over the next two years.
• Xiao Yan completed the nine pills and began testing whether Spiritual Veins could be altered, selecting one hundred young Sovereigns to endure the Flame of Life.
• Maha Tian approached Xiao Yan about taking medicine attendants, gave him a Small World filled with treasures for the Eternal Undying Body, and offered to send people with Earth Veins for his research.

Xiao Yan discovered a way to reshape Spiritual Veins and developed a devastating divine ability, then asked Maha Tian to lead a counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. He attempted to awaken the Immortal Great Emperor, whose opened eyes fixed on the sealed Heavenly Evil God.

• Xiao Yan tested Spiritual Vein reshaping on the Emperor Pill and Maha Clan Sovereigns, found a successful case, and identified how the process differed for Lower Plane natives and Great Thousand World experts.
• Xiao Yan understood that his new divine ability unleashed the power in matter and could trigger a chain reaction, then asked Maha Yan to announce a counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Maha Tian to unite the Five Great Ancient Clans and lead the Great Thousand World's counterattack, while planning to rescue Lower Planes and gain their future allies.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Northern Desolation Hill and asked the Lord of Immortality to guard him while he used the Eternal Undying Body's power to revive the Immortal Great Emperor.
• Xiao Yan poured the Flame of Life into the Immortal Great Emperor and used the Sky Ranking's character "Ye" to awaken him, and the Great Emperor's aura surged toward the sealed Heavenly Evil God.

After the Immortal Great Emperor recovered a trace of life force, Xiao Yan proposed refining the Outer Realm Evil Clan and led the Great Thousand World’s counterattack. While the war began, Xiao Yan traveled to the Heavenly Profound Continent and intervened as Ying Huanhuan prepared to sacrifice herself to save Lin Dong.

• The Immortal Great Emperor confirmed he could maintain the seal, and Xiao Yan proposed using the Sky Ranking to refine Demonic Qi and devour the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Great Thousand Palace announced the Immortal Great Emperor’s return, and the Grave Keeper Lineage and Five Great Ancient Clans prepared expeditions against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the Outer Realm Evil Clan to kill Xiao Yan before the final Great Thousand Alliance and to move the Evil Spirit Clan’s Lower Plane out of danger.
• A year later, the Great Thousand World launched its counterattack, while Xiao Yan used the Sky Ranking to clear Demonic Qi and searched Lower Planes for Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan reached the Heavenly Profound Continent and found Ying Huanhuan sacrificing herself to seal a Demonic Emperor; he stabilized her Residual Soul with a pill and offered it for one drop of Sovereign Spirit Liquid if she killed the enemy.
• Ying Huanhuan refused the pill, trusting Lin Dong to defeat the Demonic Emperor, so Xiao Yan revealed a jade box containing dozens more pills.