Chapter Summaries

Huo Xuan and his companions entered Space Town to search for the final Demon Fire Remnant Map, but he briefly considered exchanging for a Seven-Colored Ore before leaving it behind. They reached an ancient pavilion at the edge of town, where their search was poised to continue.

• Huo Xuan led the group into Space Town and looked over its trading stalls, but none of the goods caught their interest.
• Huo Xuan noticed a Seven-Colored Ore and learned that its seller wanted two Eighth Grade Pills with at least Three-Colored Pill Lightning in exchange.
• Huo Xuan returned the ore after Huo Zhi glared at him, then took her hand and left the stall.
• Huo Xuan told Yan Ling that the ore was useless and reminded him that the Snake-People Tribe had to earn benefits through contributions to the Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan and the others crossed the remaining streets and stopped before an ancient pavilion at the edge of Space Town.

Huo Xuan and his companions entered the Space Trading Fair in disguise, where the Treasure Mountain Old Man opened the auction. The first item, Demon Phoenix Wings, went to a cloaked bidder after Huo Xuan declined to compete.

• Huo Xuan obtained invitations by robbing several travelers and entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion with his companions, who concealed themselves in black cloaks.
• Huo Xuan led the group into the trading hall, chose a secluded place, and distorted the space around them to keep their conversation private.
• The Treasure Mountain Old Man appeared, enclosed himself in a spatial barrier, and announced that the Space Trading Fair had begun.
• The Treasure Mountain Old Man offered Demon Phoenix Wings in exchange for an Eighth Grade Pill that had endured Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Huo Yun asked Huo Xuan whether he wanted them.
• Huo Xuan declined to bid, and a cloaked attendee exchanged the requested pill for the Demon Phoenix Wings after no one else made an offer.

Huo Xuan traded an Eighth Grade Pill for the Vajra Glazed Body, while another bidder acquired the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex. The trading meet then revealed a map fragment connected to the legendary Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and Huo Xuan focused on it.

• Treasure Mountain Old Man offered the Vajra Glazed Body in exchange for a Low Level Heavenly Tier Water Cultivation Method or items of equivalent value.
• Huo Xuan offered an Eighth Grade Pill that had undergone Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, and the skill's owner selected his offer.
• A black-robed man acquired the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex by offering an Eighth Grade Pill that had undergone Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man presented the trading meet's second-to-last item, an ancient map fragment linked to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and Huo Xuan fixed his gaze on it.

Huo Xuan won the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame remnant map at the Space Trading Fair by offering a pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. Treasure Mountain Old Man then announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again after ten thousand years.

• Treasure Mountain Old Man auctioned the remnant map for high-grade medicinal pills, and the bids climbed to pills with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Huo Xuan outbid the hall with a pill bearing Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and received the remnant map.
• Yan Ling asked why Huo Xuan had paid so much, and Huo Xuan suggested the map might contain a way to subdue the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree, said to let one become a Saint on the spot, had appeared again after ten thousand years.

Treasure Mountain Old Man revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon emerge in the Wild Ancient Region, prompting experts to consider risking the deadly journey for its power to help them become Saints. Huo Xuan decided that he and his companions would brave the region to seek the Bodhi Heart and improve his chances against Gu Xun'er.

• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was about to emerge, and the experts in the hall reacted with shock at its power to help someone reach Dou Sheng.
• Huo Xuan feigned surprise, while Huo Zhi, Yan Liao, and Huo Yun discussed the Bodhi Heart and their clan's chances of obtaining it.
• An expert asked where the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear, and Treasure Mountain Old Man named the Wild Ancient Region.
• The experts recognized the Wild Ancient Region's deadly dangers and suspected Treasure Mountain Old Man had shared the news to draw more people into the search.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man said the Bodhi Ancient Tree's heavenly phenomena would confirm his information within a month, then declared the Space Trading Fair concluded.
• Huo Xuan resolved to enter the Wild Ancient Region with his companions and seek the Bodhi Heart so he could reach Dou Sheng and stand against Gu Xun'er.

Huo Xuan and his companions returned to the Yan World and faced punishment for leaving the Flame Clan without permission. Huo Xuan revealed that he had gathered every Demon Fire Remnant Map, and after he used a Heavenly Flame to expose its hidden writing, the Demon Lotus pattern flew into his brow.

• Huo Yao found Huo Xuan and the others after the Space Trading Fair and escorted them back to the Flame Clan.
• Yan Jin scolded the group, then ordered them to reflect in seclusion instead of going to the ancestral hall because a Hun Clan spy was there.
• Huo Xuan showed the Demon Fire Remnant Map to his companions and revealed that he had already collected every fragment.
• Huo Xuan assembled the fragments into a Complete Ancient Map and burned it with a Heavenly Flame, revealing ancient text about the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's descent.
• The Demon Lotus pattern on the map came to life and shot into the center of Huo Xuan's brow.

Huo Xuan discovered that the light entering his brow was the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant soul, while news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence spread across the Central Plains. Gu Yuan agreed to send the Gu Clan to the Wild Ancient Region but refused Gu Xun’er’s request to go, hoping she would abandon her fixation on revenge and become fit to lead the clan.

• Huo Xuan found the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant soul within his brow and told Huo Zhi and Huo Yun that it seemed dormant.
• Huo Xuan told everyone to keep the remnant soul secret.
• News that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Wild Ancient Region spread throughout the Central Plains and drew powerful experts out of seclusion.
• Gu Yuan agreed to send the Gu Clan to seek the Bodhi Three Treasures.
• Gu Xun’er asked to go to the Wild Ancient Region, but Gu Yuan refused and ordered her back into secluded cultivation.

Yan Jin brought Huo Xuan to the Flame Clan ancestor’s former residence and revealed that the first Dou Emperor had left an inheritance there. Huo Xuan received three days to seek it, though every Clan Chief before him had failed.

• Yan Jin told Huo Xuan to consider the consequences before acting and led him into the depths of Yan World.
• Two powerful elders called Uncle Yan guided Huo Xuan up the mountain on foot, explaining that it was the former residence of the Flame Clan’s Dou Emperor ancestor.
• The elders revealed that the ancestor had left an inheritance, but no Clan Chief had ever obtained it.
• The elders gave Huo Xuan three days to search the ancestor’s residence and warned him to leave afterward without damaging anything.

Huo Xuan searched the Flame Clan’s ancestral residence for the inheritance said to have been left by Ancestor Yan, but found no clues in the books. On the final day, he began to suspect the strangely pristine portrait might conceal it.

• Two elderly men told Huo Xuan to leave the ancestral residence in three days and warned him not to damage anything.
• Huo Xuan entered the residence, bowed to Ancestor Yan’s portrait, and cleaned the dusty house before resting.
• Huo Xuan searched the study for clues and found a book signed by Yan Li, which recorded the ancestor’s early travels and cultivation insights but revealed nothing about the inheritance.
• After two days without finding a clue, Huo Xuan noticed the portrait had stayed spotless and lifelike while the other objects had deteriorated.
• Huo Xuan wondered whether Ancestor Yan’s inheritance was hidden inside the portrait.

Huo Xuan tried to unlock the Ancestor Yan Inheritance hidden in Yan Li’s portrait and succeeded by burning it with Strange Fire. The portrait’s power overwhelmed him, and the White-Robed Old Men concluded that he had obtained the inheritance.

• Huo Xuan tried smearing his Dou Di bloodline onto the Ancestor Yan Portrait, but nothing happened.
• Huo Xuan decided to test the portrait with Strange Fire, which left it unharmed and made its colors grow brighter.
• Huo Xuan intensified the Strange Fire until the portrait erupted with light and immense pressure, knocking him unconscious.
• The portrait returned to normal, and Huo Xuan vanished from the hall.
• Two White-Robed Old Men arrived, suspected Huo Xuan had obtained the Ten Thousand Year Inheritance, and one went to notify the clan chief.

Huo Xuan entered Yan Li’s hidden inheritance space and learned he could not yet receive the inherited treasure. Yan Li offered to preserve it for five years if Huo Xuan reached the high-tier Dou Sheng realm, then began helping him cultivate.

• Huo Xuan awakened in a sea of magma and met the soul of Yan Clan Forefather Yan Li.
• Yan Li asked Huo Xuan about the Yan Clan and the continent, then warned him to watch the mysterious Hun Clan amid danger to the Spirit Stone Two Clans.
• Yan Li refused to grant Huo Xuan the inherited treasure immediately and set a five-year challenge for him to reach the high-tier Dou Sheng realm.
• Huo Xuan accepted the challenge, and Yan Li began channeling energy from the magma sea into him to raise his strength.

Huo Xuan broke through to the Half-Saint realm in the Magma World and returned to the Yan World just as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence was confirmed. He led a small Flame Clan group to Wild Town, where they prepared to enter the dangerous Wild Ancient Region.

• Huo Xuan absorbed the Magma World’s fire energy and reached the Half-Saint realm with Yan Li’s help.
• Huo Xuan promised Yan Li that he would reach high-level Dou Sheng within five years, then left the Magma World.
• The White-Robed Old Man told Huo Xuan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge and that the Flame Clan planned to compete for it.
• Huo Xuan took leadership of a six-person Flame Clan team and set out for the Wild Ancient Region.
• Huo Xuan’s group reached the crowded Wild Town and made preparations before entering the Wild Ancient Region.

Huo Xuan and his group entered the Wild Ancient Region, where they used Strange Fires to survive poisonous insects hidden in the mist. After crossing the danger, they reached a vast Sky Rift overlooking the region’s towering mountain ranges.

• Huo Xuan, Huo Yun, and Yan Liao entered the Wild Ancient Region with the crowd, and Huo Xuan stopped Huo Yun and Yan Liao from fighting.
• Huo Xuan’s group traveled through the forest and grew more cautious as they ventured deeper.
• Huo Xuan identified the poisonous mist as tiny insects that could bypass Dou Qi defenses, then burned the insects inside his body with Strange Fire.
• Huo Zhi, Yan Ling, Huo Yun, and Yan Liao used their flames to burn away the insects within themselves, while Huo Yun also protected Yan Liao.
• Huo Xuan’s Strange Fire kept the insects and mist away as the group pressed onward and reached a deep Sky Rift before the mountain ranges of the Wild Ancient Region.

Huo Xuan’s group crossed into the Wild Ancient Region, followed the Bodhi Seed’s signal, and fought their way through its ferocious beasts. After learning the Flower Sect was nearby, Huo Xuan decided to make them leave, while Nalan Yanran’s group faced an unknown threat.

• Huo Xuan used the Bodhi Seed to locate the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the northwest and led his companions into the Wild Ancient Region.
• Huo Xuan killed a ferocious beast, then Huo Yun and the others returned from scouting, wounded after fighting beasts and clashing with members of the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Yan Ling warned Huo Xuan that an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python with the strength of a peak Five-Star Dou Zun blocked their route.
• Yan Liao told Huo Xuan that the Flower Sect was nearby, and Huo Xuan decided to invite its members to leave the dangerous region.
• Nalan Yanran prayed to her deceased teacher and resolved to obtain the Bodhi Heart, while the Flower Sect elders prepared to move on.
• An unknown speaker confronted the Flower Sect group and declared that none of them would escape.

Yan Ling, Huo Yun, and Yan Liao attacked the Flower Sect in the Wild Ancient Region and slaughtered its members on orders to leave no one alive. The group departed after Yan Liao killed the sole survivor, Nalan Yanran, and others later discovered the corpses and identified the Flower Sect.

• Yan Ling used Fallen Heart Flame to burn and kill many Flower Sect disciples, then faced the sect's three Elders.
• Huo Yun and Yan Liao emerged to support Yan Ling, and all three used their clan marks to raise their strength to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• The three attackers overwhelmed the Flower Sect Elders and killed the sect members, leaving Nalan Yanran as the sole survivor.
• Yan Liao attacked and killed Nalan Yanran, then left with Huo Yun and Yan Ling.
• A group later found the mutilated corpses and identified the dead as members of the Flower Sect.

Huo Xuan’s group waited while Huo Zhi absorbed the Demonic Blood Pool’s remaining energy, then traveled to the Ancient Domain Stage to join the factions gathering for the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Huo Xuan left focused on raising his cultivation to face Gu Xun’er.

• Huo Yun and the others reported that they had dealt with the Flower Sect, and Yan Liao told Huo Xuan he had tortured Nalan Yanran to death.
• Huo Xuan fused the Child Flames of Bone Chilling Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, then gave the resulting flame to Yan Liao.
• Huo Xuan said Gu Xun’er was the remaining threat and decided the group would stay until Huo Zhi finished absorbing the Demonic Blood Pool’s energy.
• Huo Zhi emerged on the third day after reaching the peak of the four-revolution Dou Zun level, and Huo Xuan led the group toward the Ancient Domain Stage.
• Huo Xuan and his companions arrived at the crowded plaza, where powerful factions had gathered, and he suggested looking for familiar faces.

Huo Xuan and the gathered clans agreed to join Hun Yu’s alliance and fly toward the Beast Tide blocking the route to the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As the group reached the edge of the black plain, they saw the vast beast-filled battlefield ahead.

• Huo Xuan recognized Hun Yu among the gathered experts and watched the Lei Clan, Medicine Clan, and Gu Clan arrive at the Ancient Domain Stage.
• Hun Yu proposed that the factions unite to break through the Beast Tide, and Jiu Feng of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan agreed first.
• Lei Dong, Huo Xuan, and Yao Tian agreed to join the alliance, while the Gu Clan’s choice was left understood.
• Hun Yu led the allied force north, and Huo Xuan kept his group away from the front of the formation.
• The group flew over a mountain and saw a boundless black plain, drawing gasps from those who looked upon it.

Hun Yu led the allied clans into the Beast Tide, then abandoned the front ranks and used the advancing formation to force others into battle as cannon fodder. As the formation dwindled, Huo Xuan joined Yao Tian and Lei Dong in a breakout, while other groups fled and the remaining fighters were overwhelmed.

• Hun Yu proposed that his men lead the charge through the Beast Tide, and the allied experts formed an arrowhead behind them.
• The force pushed into the tide, where stronger beasts broke through and casualties began mounting; Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, and Lei Dong protected their respective clans.
• Hun Yu and the Hun Clan disappeared from the spearhead, leaving exhausted groups to be shoved forward and devoured as the formation advanced.
• After the formation shrank to about a tenth of its original size, Hun Yu and his men leapt over the crowd and rushed ahead past a powerful black beast.
• Huo Xuan called Yao Tian and Lei Dong to join him, and their groups charged out as other factions fled, leaving the remaining fighters to the beasts.

Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, Lei Dong, and the others fought through the increasingly powerful Beast Tide and finally reached its far edge. They spotted the Bodhi Ancient Tree several thousand zhang away, but had not yet reached it.

• Lei Dong and Huo Xuan left the people trapped in the Beast Tide behind and urged their group to keep moving.
• Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, Lei Dong, and their companions used Dou Techniques to cut through the fierce beasts while advancing toward the Beast Tide’s depths.
• Yao Tian asked how much farther they had to go, and Lei Dong estimated they would break through within half an hour if they avoided especially troublesome beasts.
• As the beasts grew stronger and their group began to tire, Huo Xuan, Lei Dong, and the others increased their attacks and pressed onward.
• The group broke through the Beast Tide and found that the beasts would not cross the boundary behind them.
• Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, Lei Dong, and the others saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree standing several thousand zhang away and recognized it from ancient records.

Huo Xuan and the gathered teams approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Hun Yu warned them that it had killed a Half-Saint. As they spotted the Bodhi Heart, five Half-Saint figures emerged from the tree, and terrifying pressure swept over the group.

• Huo Xuan's group reached Hun Yu's party near the Bodhi Ancient Tree and learned that Hun Yu's Half-Saint ancestor had vanished after encountering it.
• Hun Yu led the gathered teams toward the tree, and they sensed a growing chill beneath its canopy.
• The teams spotted the glowing Bodhi Heart within the tree and became eager to claim it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent down branches that formed five expressionless figures, whose arrival released terrifying pressure.