Chapter Summaries

After three years of cultivation, Li Xuan reached Nine-Star Dou Saint and set out for Qitian Peak to confront the Soul Clan and claim a Heavenly Flame. He returned seven days later, after which the major clans began destroying Soul Halls, while Xiao Yan reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate and prepared to leave seclusion to challenge Li Xuan.

• Li Xuan absorbed a Heavenly Flame and revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Saint, while Xun'er worried about the danger of his planned trip to Qitian Peak.
• Li Xuan told Xun'er that the Soul Clan intended to ambush him and that he planned to pursue several Heavenly Flames, including the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After three days, Li Xuan left alone for Qitian Peak; seven days later, he returned to the Gu Clan, and the major clans began purging the Soul Clan's Soul Halls.
• In Black Cloud Spirit Hall, Xiao Yan reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate through punishing cultivation that drained his life force, then resolved to find and defeat Li Xuan.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave seclusion, Xiao Man urgently knocked on his door and announced that something terrible had happened.

Xiao Yan learned that Li Xuan had become a Nine-Star Dou Saint and fell into despair over his own ruined potential. When Xiao Man shielded him from poisoned needles as Soul Hall was attacked, Xiao Yan realized how much he cared for her, but she collapsed after taking his pill.

• Xiao Man urged Xiao Yan to flee after the Gu Clan began destroying Soul Hall branches following the deaths of nine Dou Saints at Qitian Peak.
• Xiao Yan learned that Li Xuan was a Ninth Grade Alchemist and had secretly reached Nine-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan believed his own potential was exhausted.
• Overwhelmed by the gap between himself and Li Xuan, Xiao Yan spat blood and followed Xiao Man out in a daze.
• A group of attackers targeted Xiao Yan with poisoned needles, and Xiao Man threw herself in front of him and was struck, including in the heart.
• Xiao Yan caught Xiao Man, gave her a healing pill, and heard her urge him to run before she fainted.

Xiao Yan fought desperately as his maid lay poisoned and dying, until Li Xuan arrived and gave him a Ninth-Grade Pill that healed her. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan grateful to Li Xuan, who then turned his attention to Old Man Yao as he continued seeking Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan realized how important Xiao Man was to him, but Old Man Yao said the poison had entered her heart and he could not save her.
• Xiao Yan erupted with the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Venerate and fought the Soul Hall's enemies, who killed everyone else in the branch.
• Li Xuan appeared, and the assembled experts stopped fighting and knelt to greet him.
• Old Man Yao urged Xiao Yan to ask Li Xuan to save Xiao Man, so Xiao Yan pleaded with Li Xuan and received a pill.
• Xiao Yan gave the Ninth-Grade Pill to Xiao Man, and she recovered completely within three breaths.
• Li Xuan dismissed the gift as unimportant and looked toward Old Man Yao as he continued gathering Heavenly Flames.

Li Xuan accepted Old Man Yao’s Heavenly Flame in exchange for restoring his body and saving Xiao Yan, then absorbed the flame and raised his bloodline to 96%. As the signs announcing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, Li Xuan and Xun'er vanished from a city street.

• Old Man Yao asked Li Xuan to save Xiao Yan, and Li Xuan gave Xiao Yan a pill that preserved his life and Nine-Star Dou Venerate cultivation.
• Li Xuan placed Old Man Yao in a Soul Nurturing Orb, then left with Xun'er; Xiao Yan departed to protect the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Li Xuan restored Old Man Yao's body, obtained and absorbed his Heavenly Flame, and raised his bloodline to 96%.
• Li Xuan chose to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Swallowing Flame, then waited as rumors spread that he was preparing to break through to Emperor Grade Grandmaster Alchemist.
• While Li Xuan and Xun'er walked through a city, the Two Moons Appearing Simultaneously, Nine Stars Becoming One, Heaven and Earth Tide, and Demonic Flame Descends signs appeared.
• Li Xuan and Xun'er vanished in ripples of water, leaving the startled candied hawthorn vendor to realize they were not ordinary people.

Li Xuan reached the desert created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, sent Xun'er to Natural Space, and concealed himself while waiting for the Heavenly Flame to emerge. As the Soul Clan arrived with a plan to capture the Green Monster and kill Li Xuan if he appeared, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began to emerge.

• Li Xuan brought Xun'er to the scorching desert, shielded her with Dou Qi, and sent her to Natural Space to recover.
• Li Xuan hid near the shattered space sealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and waited for it to emerge.
• Experts from across the Central Plains gathered in the desert, and the Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan appeared.
• Li Xuan spotted a hidden eight-star Dou Saint and realized the Soul Clan had prepared further measures against him and the Green Monster.
• Soul Clan elders discussed using the Deathly Silence Gate to capture the Green Monster and summon their patriarch to kill Li Xuan if he appeared.
• A vast wave of heat swept across the desert, and an expert announced that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge.

The Soul Clan entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s space after other cultivators were driven back by its heat. The Green Monster emerged from the collapsing space with the Heavenly Flame, while the Soul Clan surrounded it and threatened to kill it.

• Cultivators entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s space, but its heat and dangers drove most of them to retreat, leaving the Soul Clan inside.
• The Soul Clan elders said the Heavenly Flame would be theirs unless Li Xuan arrived, and threatened to imprison and kill Green Fatty if it appeared.
• The Green Monster roared into the space, causing violent tremors that grew into a complete collapse and spatial storm.
• Three of the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints fell from the shattered space as corpses.
• The Green Monster emerged holding a Demon Saint’s corpse and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then ignored the Soul Clan’s threats and brought the flame toward its mouth.

Li Xuan destroyed the Soul Clan, seized the Nihility Swallowing Flame, and began a Super Evolution that lasted ten years. After returning with Xun'er, he offered the Ancient Clan Patriarch a choice between leaving the world with him or becoming a Dou Emperor and ruling Doupo Continent.

• The Green Monster swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and slaughtered the Soul Clan's elders.
• Li Xuan took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and then attacked the Soul Hall, obtaining the Nihility Swallowing Flame.
• Li Xuan merged his passives into his Angel Bloodline and began evolving in the underground Dou Emperor tomb at Jialan Academy.
• The Soul Clan's defeat ended its rule over Doupo Continent, and Li Xuan cultivated in seclusion for ten years.
• Li Xuan and Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan Patriarch, and Li Xuan offered him a choice between leaving with him or becoming a Dou Emperor.

Li Xuan proclaimed himself Emperor Xuan, opened the passage to the upper realm, and left the Doupo Continent with Xun'er. He entered the True God Great World, where a new journey awaited him.

• Li Xuan gave the Ancient Clan Patriarch the power to advance to Dou Emperor, then prepared to leave with Xun'er.
• Li Xuan and Xun'er arrived at the center of the Doupo Continent, where he proclaimed himself Emperor Xuan and opened a passage to the upper realm.
• Li Xuan ordered everyone to protect the Xiao Clan and Gu Clan, warning that anyone who disobeyed would lose their Soul Imprint and never reincarnate.
• Xiao Yan thanked Li Xuan, while the Ancient Clan Patriarch asked him to protect Xun'er and hoped they would meet again.
• Li Xuan sent Xun'er into the Natural Space and ascended through the passage into the True God Great World, bringing everything in his Small World with him.