Chapter Summaries

Nan He brought Xiao Heng to Myriad Poison Mountain to stand in for her in the Poison King Battle, but the Poison King’s allies challenged whether Xiao Heng was truly her husband. Nan He proved their bond with her Concentric Gu, and the battle’s draw placed the Second Prince first, the First Prince second, and the Poison King last.

• Nan He introduced Xiao Heng as her husband and named him as her substitute in the Poison King Battle.
• The Poison King questioned Xiao Heng’s identity, and the Chief of the Keqin Tribe demanded proof while Nan He’s brothers objected.
• Xiao Heng confronted Nan He over her schemes and warned that she would repay him for helping her.
• Nan He gave Xiao Heng her Concentric Gu, convincing the tribal chiefs that he was her husband.
• Two elders began the battle draw, and the Second Prince drew the shortest branch, the First Prince the next shortest, and the Poison King the longest.

Xiao Heng easily defeated the Second Prince in the first round of the gauntlet battle, securing a win for Nan He. As the First Prince faced him next, he warned Xiao Heng to protect the Concentric Gu inside his body.

• The lots set the Second Prince, First Prince, and Poison King to face Xiao Heng in ascending order of strength, and the elder ordered the first fight to begin in the sky.
• The Second Prince summoned the Myriad Poison Battle Body, but Xiao Heng used his sword and Heavenly Flames to destroy it and overwhelm him.
• Xiao Heng held his sword to the Second Prince’s throat, and the Second Prince surrendered, giving the victory to the Third Princess.
• Elder Ba announced Xiao Heng’s win and called the First Prince to fight; the First Prince approached and asked why Xiao Heng had come to Myriad Poison Den.
• Xiao Heng said he had come to borrow Myriad Poison Cave, and the First Prince told him to protect the Concentric Gu inside his body.

The First Prince conceded the Poison Emperor position to Nan He, but the Poison King interrupted their succession and challenged Xiao Heng. Xiao Heng overwhelmed the Poison King’s Poison Curtain with a two-flame lotus, but the Poison King trapped him in a prison of poison and declared that anyone who stood in his way would die.

• The First Prince conceded the Poison Emperor position and told Nan He he had always wanted to travel, while the Second Prince said he would rely on her.
• The Poison King revealed himself as a Three-star Dou Sheng and attacked Xiao Heng with a Poison Dragon, which Xiao Heng destroyed with one sword strike.
• The Poison King spread his Poison Curtain across the sky and launched hidden attacks, but Xiao Heng escaped the poisonous fog.
• Xiao Heng combined two flames into a Fire Lotus and blasted apart the Poison Curtain, severely wounding the Poison King.
• The Poison King used the remaining poisonous fog to form the Myriad Poison Prison Realm around Xiao Heng and vowed to kill anyone who opposed his bid for the Poison Emperor position.

Xiao Heng escaped the Myriad Poison Prison Realm, killed the Poison King, and hurried back to Starfall Pavilion as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended. The flame’s appearance set the stage for a fierce contest among ancient factions, while Xiao Yan and the others prepared to keep it from Soul Hall.

• Xiao Heng broke through the Poison King’s prison realm and killed him, causing the poison fog to disperse and leaving the Myriad Poison Den with a new ruler.
• Xiao Heng left Nan He behind with the Concentric Gu still inside him and traveled back toward Starfall Pavilion with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin and reached the great completion of the Heaven Realm, while Starfall Pavilion and ancient factions investigated the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence site.
• Two moons appeared and nine stars aligned, signaling the descent of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and the others gathered to witness it.
• Xiao Heng congratulated Xiao Yan on his Soul Realm and recounted his trip to Old Yao after the celestial phenomenon faded.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Heng, and Old Yao led the alliance’s strongest experts toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while other factions also made plans to approach it. As the alliance entered the flame’s thousand-mile range, its terrifying heat and radiance showed how dangerous the contest would be.

• Xiao Yan agreed to set out, and Xiao Heng resolved to help him obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rather than claim it himself.
• Old Yao gathered the alliance’s experts and ordered them to pursue the flame, obtain it if possible, and withdraw rather than risk destruction.
• The Great Elder told Lin Xiao Yi that the Bai Clan would support Bai Heng, while keeping the clan’s plans secret.
• Numerous factions and powerful experts headed toward the flame’s emergence as its strange phenomenon shook the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Heng, and Old Yao led the alliance into the flame’s thousand-mile range, where its heat overwhelmed even powerful Dou Zun experts.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and other experts gathered before the space where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had appeared, waiting for reinforcements before entering. The Soul Hall Master and Soul Clan members arrived, and their confrontation with the Xiao Clan and Zi Yan left tensions rising as everyone faced the blazing rift.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan saw that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had scorched the mountain range into a barren wasteland, and Xiao Yan said they needed to enter the rift to obtain it.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao chose to wait for more experts rather than be the first to enter the dangerous space.
• The Soul Hall Master arrived with several black-robed followers, and Xuan Kongzi recognized him as the figure behind Soul Hall's fearsome reputation.
• Xiao Heng spotted Hun Chen, who had become a Dou Sheng, and the two exchanged smiles while Hun Chen acknowledged that he was still no match for Xiao Heng.
• The Soul Hall Master recognized Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan, while the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and the Soul Clan's Young Clan Leader discussed confronting them.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master turned attention to Zi Yan, and the Soul Clan members arrogantly challenged the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and their allies gathered with the Ancient Clans to discuss the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Soul Clan’s plans. They agreed to wait for the flame to weaken, while Xiao Yan prepared to face Hun Feng and later test his strength against Xiao Heng.

• Huo Xuan arrived with Huo Zhi and a powerful elder, and he greeted Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan after refining the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Xun Er reunited with Xiao Yan, and Gu Nan Hai told Xiao Heng that the Ancient Clan would not let the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fall into the Soul Clan’s hands.
• Xun Er explained that the Netherworld Lotus Saint’s spatial seal would quickly heal after being broken, so Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan agreed to wait for the flame to expend more power.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Feng, the Soul Clan’s young clan leader, was a powerful madman with a God-grade Bloodline, and she explained Hun Chen’s standing in the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Heng’s offer to test his strength after the conflict over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ended.

Xiao Yan and his allies prepared to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the Ancient Clans gathered, while Old Yao recognized the Yao Clan elder who had expelled him. Xiao Heng offered to kill two of the Yao Clan’s young talents in revenge, leaving the decision to Old Yao.

• Gu Nan Hai warned that anyone below Half-Saint would likely die inside the space, so Old Yao arranged for the weaker members of Xiao Yan’s alliance to stay behind.
• Xun Er explained that the clans had agreed to limit participation to experts below Five-star Dou Sheng, and the Yao Clan arrived with Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wan Gui.
• Old Yao recognized Yao Wan Gui as the elder who had expelled him, and Xiao Yan promised to avenge his teacher but agreed not to act rashly.
• Xiao Heng proposed killing Yao Tian and Yao Ling during the chaos or ambushing them afterward, arguing that it would make the Yao Clan suffer.
• Gu Nan Hai objected, and Xiao Heng reminded him that the Ancient Clan had benefited from the Xiao Clan’s destruction before assuring Old Yao that the personal revenge would leave no evidence.

At the gathering, Yao Wan Gui and Yao Tian mocked Old Yao, prompting Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng to defend him. Yao Tian attacked Xiao Yan, but Yao Wan Gui intercepted the blow, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Old Yao decided to wait for Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng to reclaim what he wanted from the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wan Gui approached Old Yao and mocked him for becoming a Dou Sheng after being expelled from the clan.
• Yao Tian insulted Old Yao, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng responded by challenging Yao Tian and Yao Wan Gui.
• Yao Tian attacked Xiao Yan with Dou Qi and Soul Power, but Xiao Yan shattered the attack and countered with a powerful punch.
• Yao Wan Gui stepped in, blocked Xiao Yan's punch, and dispersed its force; Yao Tian then demanded that Yao Wan Gui kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan defeated Yao Wan Gui’s group, capturing Yao Tian and Yao Ling and revealing the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s strength. Gu Nan Hai intervened to prevent the conflict from escalating, while Old Yao vowed to honor his parents at the Yao Clan monument, prompting Xiao Yan to threaten Yao Wan Gui’s captive.

• Xiao Heng attacked Yao Tian and shattered his Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, while Zi Yan blocked Yao Wan Gui’s strike and sent him flying.
• Xiao Heng captured Yao Tian, and Xiao Yan brought in Yao Ling, leaving both Yao Clan youths in their hands.
• Yao Wan Gui stopped fighting when he saw the captives were at risk, and Gu Nan Hai appeared to mediate between the sides.
• Yao Wan Gui insulted the Ancient Clan, but Gu Nan Hai rebuked him until he reluctantly calmed down.
• Old Yao vowed to carve his parents’ names onto the Yao Clan monument, and Xiao Yan prepared to kill Yao Ling after Yao Wan Gui mocked him.

Xiao Heng seized the Heavenly Flame from Yao Tian after Yao Wan Gui agreed to end the confrontation, then gave it to Old Yao. With the Yao Clan gone, Old Yao began refining the flame while Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng protected him.

• Yao Wan Gui accepted Old Yao's demand to release Yao Ling and Yao Tian, and Xiao Heng struck Yao Tian before forcibly extracting his Heavenly Flame.
• Zi Yan stopped Yao Wan Gui from interrupting Xiao Heng, while Yao Tian's cultivation fell to Half Saint and Yao Wan Gui retreated with him and Yao Ling.
• Xiao Heng gave the extracted Turtle Spirit Earth Flame to Old Yao as compensation, and Yao Wan Gui departed with the Yao Clan members.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao he would accompany him to the Yao Clan after subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Old Yao decided to pursue a difficult plan for Xiao Heng.
• Old Yao swallowed the flame's source and began refining it as everyone guarded him.

The sealed Demonic Flame Space opened, and Xiao Heng entered the dangerous realm of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He saw through its emotional illusions, then encountered Hun Chen, who departed after noting that Xiao Heng’s friend had arrived.

• As the heat intensified and the space cracked open, Old Yao ordered everyone below Dou Sheng to leave while Xun Er warned the others about the demonic flames.
• Xiao Heng entered the Demonic Flame Space alone and examined its milky-white flames, recognizing their power of purification.
• Xiao Heng dispelled the illusions that appeared before him, including a false Xiao Yan, and continued searching for the others.
• Xiao Heng met Hun Chen, exchanged friendly words with him, and watched him leave when someone approached.

Xiao Heng and the others reunited on a platform after escaping the Nightmare Sky Mist, then faced a growing horde of Fire Slaves. They broke through the white gate and entered the passage leading toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Heng suspected the number of enemies outside was unnatural.

• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao emerged from the mist and reunited with Xun Er, Zi Yan, and the others on a floating platform.
• Xun Er explained that the mist was Nightmare Sky Mist, a hallucinogenic Dou Technique once used by the Netherworld Lotus Saint, and Gu Nan Hai said they had to pass through the gate's trials to reach the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The surrounding space cracked open, releasing over a hundred Fire Slaves that attacked the group and continued to multiply.
• Xiao Heng and Gu Nan Hai led the group through the Fire Slaves and Xiao Heng shattered the white gate, after which the Fire Slaves stopped at its entrance.
• Gu Nan Hai identified the passage as the route to the main hall where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's true body was located, and Xiao Heng led the group deeper inside while wondering why so many Fire Slaves had appeared.

Xiao Heng's group crossed successive halls of Fire Slaves, discovering that most of the battles were part of an illusion created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After clearing the halls, they reached an empty chamber and faced a powerful Four-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave as the final trial.

• Xiao Heng used his Third Eye to reveal that most of the Fire Slaves in the halls were illusions, though the group still had to destroy them and continue onward.
• After clearing six halls, Xiao Yan questioned Gu Nan Hai about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's condition and learned it had recovered from its injuries over the past thousand years.
• The group kept fighting through the halls until they reached an empty chamber, where they found a gaunt Fire Slave with the strength of a Four-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Heng ordered everyone to attack together, and the Fire Slave opened his eyes, summoned a massive Blood Axe, and released terrifying killing intent.

Xiao Yan and the others fought the berserk Blood Axe until Xiao Yan’s clan mark and Gu Nan Hai’s recognition of him restored Xiao Chen’s memories and freed him from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control. After learning the Xiao Clan had fallen, Xiao Chen agreed to lead the group to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, warning that they were no match for it.

• Xiao Heng, Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and the others attacked the powerful axe-wielding figure, but his strength kept them at a disadvantage.
• Xiao Heng recognized the Xiao Clan mark on the figure, and Xiao Yan stopped the man’s axe with his own clan mark.
• Gu Nan Hai identified the figure as Xiao Chen, a famed Xiao Clan genius and cousin of Xiao Xuan, and the name briefly restored Xiao Chen’s awareness.
• Xiao Yan removed the demonic flames controlling Xiao Chen, who asked about the Xiao Clan and learned that it no longer existed and Xiao Xuan was gone.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Chen to lead them to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Chen warned them of its strength before guiding them toward the final great door.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng exposed the throne-room challenge as a Nightmare Sky Mist illusion and broke it with a Nightmare-Breaking Talisman. The group emerged into the real white magma sea, where Xiao Chen was again attacked by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attempt to control him.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng recognized that the white-robed man and his sea of fire were illusions created by the Nightmare Sky Mist, while the earlier trials and Xiao Chen had been real.
• Xiao Yan told the group to treat the white-robed man as powerless, and Gu Nan Hai withdrew his protective Dou Qi as the false flames vanished without harming them.
• Xiao Yan used a blood-drawn Nightmare-Breaking Talisman to shatter the illusion, revealing a vast white magma sea around the group.
• Xiao Heng warned that the Netherworld Lotus Saint's methods could trap even a Dou Sheng, while Xiao Yan said they had reached the real world.
• Xiao Chen roared as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to control him again, and Xiao Yan quickly restored him for the time being.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged after Xiao Yan broke its illusion, and the escaped experts gathered to confront it. It sealed everyone inside a vast barrier of fire and prepared to refine them, while Xiao Chen warned that its strength was near the peak of Five-star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan’s destruction of the illusion caused the trapped figures to escape, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared above a pillar of magma.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame questioned Xiao Yan about breaking its illusion, but Xiao Yan concealed how he had done it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame froze the Space Passages and used Demonic Flame Scorching Heaven to surround everyone with a massive sphere of fire.
• The gathered experts failed to break through the barrier as panic spread among the weaker figures.
• Xiao Chen estimated that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had reached peak Five-star Dou Sheng strength and could fight a Six-star Dou Sheng.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame slaughtered most of the weaker intruders and revealed ten powerful Fire Slaves, forcing the survivors to unite temporarily. They prepared to divide their forces between attacking the Flame and fighting the Fire Slaves, while Xiao Chen stayed back to avoid being controlled again.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used fear and greed to ignite people from within, killing many Half Saints and ordering everyone below Dou Sheng to explode.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves, including one late Three-star Dou Sheng and three Two-star Dou Shengs.
• The Soul Hall Master proposed that the survivors join forces, and the Yan Clan, Huo Clan, Lei Clan, Yao Clan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Heng, and others agreed to a temporary alliance.
• The Soul Hall Master assigned the Four-star Dou Sheng experts and stronger fighters to attack the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the rest fought the Fire Slaves.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that he could not approach the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame without losing the seal's protection, so Xiao Yan agreed that he should stay in reserve.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fought seven Four-star Dou Shengs at once, using the magma sea to hold his ground while ordering his Fire Slaves to attack the others. Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er each confronted a Fire Slave, with Xiao Heng’s group beginning their fight.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used a fire halberd and the magma sea to knock the seven Four-star Dou Shengs into the flames.
• The Soul Hall Master urged the seven to stop holding back, and they unleashed their full strength against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fought off their attacks and ordered the ten Fire Slaves to kill the others.
• Xiao Yan led his group in retreat as the Fire Slaves scattered toward different targets.
• Three Fire Slaves charged Xiao Heng’s group, and Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er each chose an opponent.
• Xiao Heng struck the late-stage Two-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave with his sword and sent it flying, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er drew the other two away.

Xiao Heng quickly defeated a late Three-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave, while the other fighters battled their own opponents across the battlefield. As the Fire Slaves began to lose ground, Xiao Heng watched the younger fighters and recognized Hun Feng’s pale-black flame as Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Heng devoured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a Fire Slave’s chest, then killed the puppet with a sword strike.
• Xiao Yan and the others fought their Fire Slaves; Soul Hall faced two, including a late Three-star Dou Sheng, and the group suffered losses despite holding the advantage.
• Xiao Heng returned to Old Yao and the others, where Elder Lin praised the younger generation and Old Ancestor Huoyun defended the elders’ achievements.
• Huo Xuan used Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to gain the upper hand against a One-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave, while Xun Er and the Lei Clan’s young fighter also pressed their opponents.
• Hun Feng used pale-black flames to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacking him, and Xiao Heng identified the flames as Nihility Devouring Flame.