Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and his allies battled Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall forces, while Xiao Yan and Fire Cloud Ancestor overwhelmed their opponents. Lu Bu revealed his powerful soul clone and countered Nihility Devouring Flame, but Hun Miesheng’s strength forced him back, leaving Lu Bu preparing to escalate the fight.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor injured Saint Hun Qing, while Xiao Yan battered Gu You and began gathering multiple flames for a decisive attack.
• Lu Bu rejected Hun Miesheng’s attempt to avoid conflict, and Hun Miesheng attacked with Nihility Devouring Flame as Zhu Huo joined the battle.
• Zhu Huo used his spatial senses to locate Hun Miesheng and protected himself from the black flames with Devouring Armor.
• Lu Bu’s soul clone killed the recovering Soul Hall Deputy Hall Master, and Hun Miesheng recognized Lu Bu’s Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul.
• Hun Miesheng’s fire serpent broke through Lu Bu’s defenses, but Lu Bu countered with Devouring Power and staggered backward after their forces erupted.
• Lu Bu acknowledged Hun Miesheng’s superior cultivation and let Black Pupils spread across his eyes.

Lu Bu and Zhu Huo fought Hun Miesheng, and Lu Bu ultimately killed his soul avatar with the Ancestral Talisman Hand after Hun Miesheng fatally wounded him. Lu Bu healed himself and turned toward Earth Hall to collect spoils before the group departed.

• Zhu Huo battled Hun Miesheng, but Hun Miesheng cut through his armor before Lu Bu struck him with a soul technique and Zhu Huo landed a powerful punch.
• Lu Bu summoned Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, which Hun Miesheng countered with Ten Thousand Souls' Worship, leaving both soul attacks unable to injure him.
• Hun Miesheng pierced Lu Bu's abdomen with a ghost claw, but Lu Bu trapped his hand and his hidden soul avatar stabbed Hun Miesheng through the heart with the Ancestral Talisman Hand.
• Hun Miesheng's body dissipated, and Elder Lin explained that the group had defeated only his soul avatar, while his true body remained unknown.
• Lu Bu healed his wound by eating a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and said he would collect spoils from Earth Hall before they left.

Lu Bu and his allies destroyed Soul Hall strongholds and seized their Soul Origin, while Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo mistakenly blamed the Ancient Clan for the attacks. At Nether Snake Earth Vein, Yao Ming and Heavenly Fire Venerable stored the captured Soul Origin and waited for Lu Bu to return.

• Xiao Yan freed captive souls at Earth Hall, and Lu Bu claimed and sealed its enormous Soul Origin before the group escaped.
• Hun Miesheng met Old Man Hun Mo and discovered that Human Hall had been emptied and burned, with traces of Fallen Heart Flame and the Xiao Clan’s Great Annihilation Finger left behind.
• Hun Miesheng received word that all twenty-four Earth Fiend Halls had been destroyed, and he and Old Man Hun Mo concluded that the Ancient Clan was responsible.
• At Nether Snake Earth Vein, Yao Ming and Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed the Soul Origin they had collected from Soul Hall branch halls and stored it until Lu Bu returned.

Lu Bu publicly refined a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill in Sacred Pill City to build prestige for the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, drawing attention from allies and enemies alike. As the pill neared completion, Hun Xuzi launched two concealed attacks at Lu Bu’s soul and dantian.

• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance announced that Lu Bu would refine a Ninth-grade Pill in Sacred Pill City, and the news stirred debate throughout the Central Continent.
• Lu Bu gathered above Sacred Pill City as Cao Ying, Elder Shen Nong, Hun Feng, and others watched; Hun Feng and his elder discussed their hatred of the Ancient Clan and their interest in Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu displayed mid-stage Two-star Dou Sheng strength, formed a cauldron from Three Thousand Burning Flame, and used a Ninth Order Ancient Void Dragon magic core as his main ingredient.
• Lu Bu annihilated the magic core’s dragon soul with Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul power, then refined hundreds of ingredients over five days as Elder Shen Nong praised his skill.
• After half a month, Lu Bu’s Ninth-grade Treasure Pill began to emerge, and Hun Xuzi sent two hidden attacks toward Lu Bu’s soul and dantian.

Hun Xuzi tried to kill Lu Bu but was intercepted by Elder Shen Nong and then trapped and badly injured by an Ancient Void Dragon before Hun Tiandi rescued him. The Soul Clan learned that the Ancient Dragon Clan might have a Late Nine-star Dou Sheng, while Gu Yuan considered what the news meant.

• Hun Xuzi attacked Lu Bu, but Elder Shen Nong intervened and confronted him with the Flame of Life.
• Hun Feng and another Soul Clan elder helped Hun Xuzi surround Elder Shen Nong before an unseen Ancient Void Dragon trapped Hun Xuzi in a collapsing cage of space.
• Hun Tiandi intervened from a spatial black hole and rescued Hun Xuzi, who had lost his hands and feet and suffered severe wounds.
• Zhu Yin told Zhu Tao and Zhu Xiu that he had exchanged blows with a supreme Soul Clan expert, and Zhu Tao gave him Lu Bu's pills for the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints that an ancient dragon had attacked Hun Xuzi, prompting Hun Jing to report rumors of a Late Nine-star Dou Sheng in the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Gu Yuan considered whether the Ancient Dragon Clan truly had a Late Nine-star Dou Sheng after learning of a Late Eight-star Dou Sheng.

Lu Bu refined a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, absorbed Black Demon Lightning, and helped the Heavenly Mansion Alliance attract support with Bodhi Seeds. After returning to Dragon Island, he learned that hidden Soul Hall branch halls contained Soul Devouring Arrays linked to Hun Tiandi’s Emperor Slaying Array, and ordered an investigation without alerting the Hun Clan before entering seclusion to pursue Three-star Dou Sheng.

• Lu Bu dispersed and devoured the Black Demon Lightning, then used a Pill Transformation Array to subdue the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill and seal it in a jade bottle.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance would award three Bodhi Seeds to members who made major contributions, while Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan his Bodhi Pill and Xiao Yan decided to search for Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Bu traveled to Dragon Island to consume a Phoenix Eye Ruizhi Pill, but Yao Ming’s report about hidden Soul Hall branch halls drew him to the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Lu Bu recognized the hidden halls as Soul Devouring Arrays connected to Hun Tiandi’s Emperor Slaying Array and ordered Yao Ming and Zhu Ao to investigate cautiously without exposing themselves.
• Lu Bu promised Bodhi Pills to the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, accepted Zhu Ao’s Dragon Bear magic core, and departed to cultivate toward Three-star Dou Sheng.

Yun Yun emerged from seclusion as a One-star Dou Sheng, while Lu Bu used successive Ninth-grade Treasure Pills and devoured Black Demon Lightning to raise his cultivation. The chapter ended with the Ancient Dragon elders realizing Lu Bu could use the Void Thunder Pool to advance rapidly.

• Huo Zhan and two other Ancient Dragons broke through to the Dou Sheng realm, while Yun Yun emerged from seclusion as a One-star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan told Yun Yun that Lu Bu had reached Late One-star Dou Sheng and that Zi Yan herself had advanced to mid Four-star Dou Sheng.
• Lu Bu reached mid Three-star Dou Sheng with a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, then began refining another pill to push his cultivation further.
• The Dragon Clan elders gave Lu Bu their Ninth Order magic cores and arranged for more medicinal ingredients from the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Lu Bu refined Phoenix Eye Ruizhi Pills and repeatedly devoured the resulting Black Demon Lightning, eventually advancing his cultivation.
• Zhu Yin and Zhu Tan concluded that Lu Bu could keep growing stronger by devouring energy from the Void Thunder Pool.

Lu Bu joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s investigation of the vanished Spirit Clan and found its territory completely empty. When evidence of the Black Annihilation Spear’s tip surfaced, he suggested the Ancient and Hun Clans might have acted together, leaving the Ancient Clan under suspicion.

• Lu Bu told Yun Yun that they would pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Hun Tiandi’s backup plan, then received the alliance’s message that the Spirit Clan Space had reopened.
• Lu Bu arrived at the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with Yun Yun, and Elder Lin chose Lu Bu and Zhu Huo to accompany him to investigate the Spirit Clan’s territory.
• Lu Bu and the others entered the Spirit Clan Space and found it devoid of people and creatures, while its valuables and records had been cleared out.
• Lu Bu secretly let several specks of dust drift away as he searched an empty repository for Spirit Clan methods that could help Yun Yun.
• Lei Yi and Yao Wan Gui revealed black dust identified by Huo Yao as fragments of the Black Annihilation Spear’s tip, prompting the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans to suspect the Ancient Clan.
• Lu Bu proposed that the Ancient and Hun Clans might have joined forces to destroy the Spirit Clan, reigniting the other clans’ suspicions and placing the Ancient Clan under scrutiny.

As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent drew near, Lu Bu spent months refining pills on Dragon Island while Xiao Yan prepared to rescue Xiao Chen. The Dragon Emperor and other Ancient Dragon Clan members broke through, and the chapter ended with Lu Bu setting out to claim the demonic flame.

• The Yao Clan, Flame Clan, and Thunder Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance after the Spirit Clan vanished, while the Stone Clan secretly sealed off its territory.
• Elder Lin gave Lu Bu Ninth-grade Profound Pill and Tribulation Lightning Pill formulas, and Lu Bu began refining the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill to prepare for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Zi Yan broke through to Five-star Dou Sheng, while Zhu Xuan and Zhu Ao advanced; their auras scattered Lu Bu’s Black Demon Lightning before he captured the newly refined pill.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm and used Yao Lao’s Bodhi Pill to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Sheng so he could rescue Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After several months of pill refining on Dragon Island, Lu Bu sensed the tide of heaven and earth energy and declared that the demonic flame had descended and it was time to depart.

Xiao Yan joined Elder Lin and Fire Cloud Ancestor on their way to the Demon Fire Space, where the ancient clans gathered to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Lu Bu arrived with powerful allies, and Zi Yan’s declaration that the Ancient Dragon Clan had never agreed to the clans’ restrictions ended with her revealing Five-star Dou Sheng strength.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Sheng, then left Nalan Yanran after Wind Venerable told him that Yao Chen had summoned him about the approaching opening of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s seal.
• Elder Lin, Xiao Yan, and Fire Cloud Ancestor set out for the Demon Fire Space, and Elder Lin explained the ancient clans’ agreement barring Five-star Dou Shengs from continental affairs.
• The trio reached a desert burned white by the flame’s residual heat and encountered Hun Miesheng, Hun Yun, and experts from the other ancient clans.
• Lu Bu arrived with Yun Yun, Zhu Tao, and another veiled woman; Xiao Yan reminded him of their agreement to find his ancestor.
• Zhu Tao’s Five-star Dou Sheng strength alarmed the gathered clans, who demanded that the Ancient Dragon Clan obey the agreement.
• Zi Yan rejected the agreement because her clan had never signed it, then revealed her own Five-star Dou Sheng strength and shocked the assembled experts.

Lu Bu exposed the Hun Clan’s hidden expert and helped the other Imperial Clan leaders break free from Old Man Hun Mo’s restraints, leaving the rival factions to prepare for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the Demon Fire Space opened, everyone learned it was time to enter.

• Lu Bu attacked a Soul Hall Half-Saint with Yellow Springs Finger, forcing Old Man Hun Mo to reveal himself and destroy the attack.
• Old Man Hun Mo imprisoned Gu Nan Hai, Yao Wan Gui, Huo Yao, and Lei Yi, but Zhu Tao helped them break free after their Spatial Jade Slips and Rings were taken.
• Gu Nan Hai and Tong Xuan joined Yao Wan Gui, Huo Yao, and Lei Yi in opposing the Hun Clan’s bid for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Miesheng warned that an Alchemy Tower elder might have surpassed Five-star Dou Sheng, while Old Man Hun Mo remained confident the flame would belong to the Hun Clan.
• Lu Bu told Zi Yan and Yun Yun that even a Six-star Dou Sheng would have to flee the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside its domain.
• The spatial crack widened into a huge ring of light, its heat melting the sand, and a voice announced that it was time to enter the Demon Fire Space.

Lu Bu led Zi Yan, Yun Yun, and their allies through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist, rescuing Zhu Tao, Xiao Yan, and others from its illusions. After trapping members of the Hun Clan and Ancient Clan, Lu Bu guided Xiao Yan toward a hall where a Four-star Dou Sheng from the Xiao Clan was waiting.

• Lu Bu warned the assembled experts about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame before entering its sealed space with Zi Yan and Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan and the other groups followed.
• Zhu Tao wandered through the Nightmare Sky Mist and believed the Ancient Void Dragon race had gained an heir, but Lu Bu found him and dispelled the illusion.
• Lu Bu and the women found Xiao Yan, Elder Lin, and the Fire Cloud Ancestor, and Lu Bu helped the two elders expel the demon flame before Xiao Yan freed himself.
• Lu Bu led the group to Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan ancestor, then trapped nine members of the Hun Clan and the Ancient Clan in mist while Xiao Yan objected.
• Lu Bu pointed out a distant hall and told Xiao Yan that his Four-star Dou Sheng was inside.

Lu Bu led the group through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s endless halls and fire slaves, resisting its attempt to wear down their will. When the Flame set Xiao Chen against them, Xiao Yan tried to stop Zhu Tao from fighting him, while Lu Bu used a Dream-Breaking Talisman to shatter the illusion and provoke the White Robed Man.

• Lu Bu explained that the Nightmare Sky Mist could make the fire slaves and their surroundings difficult to distinguish from illusions, then led the group toward the hall.
• Lu Bu blasted through successive halls and waves of fire slaves as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to exhaust the group and weaken their will.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent Xiao Chen and ten altered figures against them, and Lu Bu ordered Zhu Tao to fight Xiao Chen.
• Zhu Tao struck Xiao Chen down, but Xiao Chen’s clan mark appeared and his strength rose, prompting Xiao Yan to rush in and shout for them to stop.
• Lu Bu drew a Dream-Breaking Talisman with his blood essence and shattered the surrounding illusion, enraging the White Robed Man.

Lu Bu and the others escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s fire continued to burn through the ancient clans as they struggled to recover. As the White Robed Man prepared to attack, he summoned ten Dou Sheng-level fire slaves, and the real battle began.

• The Dream-Breaking Talisman disrupted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and Lu Bu’s group found themselves above a vast sea of milky-white magma.
• Zi Yan knocked Xiao Chen unconscious when the flame seized control of him again, while Xiao Yan caught him before he fell into the magma.
• The ancient clan members emerged from the Nightmare Sky Mist, but Tong Xuan burned to ashes and Gu Nan Hai and Yao Wan Gui barely expelled the flames inside them.
• An Emperor Seal Art struck Hun Feng, and Old Man Hun Mo took injuries while blocking it; Lu Bu and the Hun Clan members denied responsibility as the White Robed Man secretly let the spatial rift expand.
• Hun Miesheng urged everyone to prepare, and the White Robed Man raised ten Dou Sheng-level fire slaves from the magma.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Lu Bu’s alliance, and Zi Yan destroyed its molten palm after Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo struggled to hold it back. As the fire slaves engaged the others, Yun Yun began testing a rune Lu Bu had given her, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a Fire Demon Halberd and prepared to fight Lu Bu’s group.

• Hun Miesheng proposed that the groups join forces, assigning Hun Feng and the others to hold off the fire slaves while Lu Bu, Zi Yan, and the Ancient Dragon Clan members faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame struck Lu Bu’s group and the Hun Clan members with a gigantic molten palm, which Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo could barely resist.
• Zi Yan shattered the molten palm with her Heavenly Gang Slaughter Fist and mocked the injured Hun Clan members for seeking the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent its ten fire slaves into battle, and Xiao Yan, Fire Cloud Ancestor, Yun Yun, Hun Feng, and the others moved to hold them off.
• Yun Yun tried to control a fire slave with her soul power but found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside it too dangerous, so she turned to the rune Lu Bu had given her.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a Fire Demon Halberd and challenged Lu Bu’s group to survive longer than its predecessors had a thousand years earlier.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Lu Bu’s group and the Hun Clan members, but Lu Bu blocked his strike with his Purple-Gold Dragon Marks and Zi Yan drove him into the magma. As the battle spread, Hun Yun sacrificed himself to injure the flame; Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo then confronted Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Lu Bu grew wary of the Hun Clan’s determination to seize its origin flame seed.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame targeted Lu Bu, who blocked the fire halberd with the power of his Purple-Gold Dragon Marks.
• Zi Yan struck Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with her dragon spear and sent him crashing into the magma.
• Xiao Yan told the fighters that the fire slaves drew their power from Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Hun Feng tore the armor from one slave and killed it.
• A woman beside Lu Bu controlled two fire slaves with silver runes, and Hun Yun died in a self-destruction that seriously injured Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo declared that they would take Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin flame seed, and Lu Bu became wary of the Hun Clan’s motives.

Lu Bu and his allies badly wounded Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo sealed the flame’s origin with the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array. Lu Bu then revealed that he had manipulated the Demon Fire Space and began preparing to take control of it.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame wounded Hun Miesheng, but Lu Bu and Zhu Tao counterattacked while Zi Yan used Spatial Relocation to strike the White Robed Man with her Purple-Gold Dragon Spear.
• Zhu Tao hit Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the Great Heavenly Dragon Emperor Seal, leaving the flame severely damaged and forced to recover inside the magma.
• Hun Miesheng activated the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array, and Old Man Hun Mo, Zi Yan, and Zhu Tao supplied their strength as Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo spent their essence blood to suppress the flame.
• Hun Miesheng sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin inside a small black pillar, and he and Old Man Hun Mo celebrated their apparent success.
• Lu Bu noticed that the sealed flame was not producing pink flames and revealed that another version of himself had been controlling the Nightmare Sky Mist and the Demon Fire Space.

The Hun Clan and Ancient Dragons fought over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Lu Bu and his allies secretly staged the battle to keep the flame distracted. Xiao Chen sensed that the flame had never truly been sealed, and Xiao Yan realized Lu Bu, Zi Yan, Zhu Tao, and Yun Yun were all pretending as Hun Feng fought the others.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame hid inside the black rune pillar and watched the weakened factions prepare to fight over its origin.
• Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo challenged Lu Bu, Zi Yan, and Zhu Tao for the flame, while Zi Yan and Lu Bu covertly signaled that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was still a threat.
• Hun Miesheng attacked the rune pillar and ordered Hun Feng to take the origin; Lu Bu and Zi Yan pretended to oppose the Hun Clan as Zhu Tao fought Old Man Hun Mo and Lu Bu drew him away.
• Hun Feng seized the rune pillar and battled Gu Nan Hai, Huo Yao, Lei Yi, Yao Wan Gui, and Yun Yun’s fire slaves while Yun Yun stayed safely aside.
• Xiao Chen stopped Xiao Yan from approaching the flame’s origin, warning that it might still control him, and Xiao Yan recognized that the apparent battle was a deception.

Lu Bu and his allies defeated Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Miesheng, but Hun Qianmo arrived to protect Hun Feng and confronted them. Hun Qianmo recognized Xiao Chen and threatened to kill everyone as the clash was about to resume.

• Hun Feng overpowered the wounded Gu Nan Hai, Huo Yao, and Lei Yi, while Yun Yun joined the fight with her Heavenly Flame and Xiao Yan held back from intervening.
• Lu Bu drove Old Man Hun Mo into retreat, severed his shoulder, and defeated him with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath before pinning him with the Purple-Gold Dragon Spear.
• Zi Yan captured Hun Miesheng, while Zhu Tao found and sealed Old Man Hun Mo's Soul Gu Frog.
• Hun Feng faltered after seeing Lu Bu's victory, and Gu Nan Hai attacked him with the Great Annihilation Finger.
• Hun Qianmo appeared, dismissed Gu Nan Hai's attack, and revealed his overwhelming Six-star Dou Sheng aura.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Chen taunted Hun Qianmo about his defeat by Xiao Xuan, prompting Hun Qianmo to threaten to kill them all.

Hun Qianmo attacked Lu Bu and his allies, but Zhu Tao, Zi Yan, and Lu Bu resisted until the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived and revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had not been captured. The Flame summoned a giant and tried to unleash the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, but Lu Bu revealed that he controlled the formation, sealed the exit, and prepared to fight the Hun Clan and the Flame.

• Hun Qianmo's aura injured Gu Nan Hai and the other clan representatives, and he attacked Lu Bu's group while trying to rescue Old Man Hun Mo.
• Zhu Tao disrupted Hun Qianmo's Spatial Relocation, and Lu Bu and Zi Yan struck Hun Qianmo with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived, exposed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remained unsealed, and proposed that the sides seal it together, but Hun Qianmo refused.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Demon Fire Divine Statue and claimed to have mastered the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Lu Bu revealed that the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation was his, sealed the Demon Fire Space's exit, and prepared to attack the Hun Clan members and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.