Chapter Summaries

Fairy Huo Ling and Hun Miesheng’s fight was interrupted by the arrival of Hun Shengtian, who came to support the Soul Clan and learned that Hun Yuantian was attacking Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran emerged gravely wounded but powerful enough to devastate the mountain range with one sword strike, then turned on Hun Shengtian and declared that the Soul Clan should die.

• Fairy Huo Ling struggled against Hun Miesheng’s Protective Array while Hun Miesheng hoped she would retreat.
• An explosion sent the injured Xiong Zhan flying from the cave, and Hun Shengtian arrived to support Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Shengtian revealed that Hun Yuantian had gone to kill Nalan Yanran, alarming Hun Miesheng, while Hun Shengtian prepared to attack Fairy Huo Ling.
• Hun Yuantian was thrown from the cave, and Nalan Yanran appeared in a bloodied, mutilated state, frightening Fairy Huo Ling and Hun Shengtian.
• After Hun Shengtian admitted he belonged to the Soul Clan, Nalan Yanran’s sword strike split a vast mountain range, and Hun Shengtian tried to flee with Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Shengtian struck Nalan Yanran and shattered her body further, but she severed his arm and advanced, saying the Soul Clan should die.

Nalan Yanran unleashed overwhelming strength against the Soul Clan, then left for the other end of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range after saving Xiong Zhan. Yun Ying confronted Hun Shengtian and Hun Miesheng, ending with a reminder that she had ordered them not to concern themselves with Nalan Yanran.

• Nalan Yanran regenerated by absorbing blood, severed Hun Shengtian's arm, and struck him and Hun Miesheng with the Great Creation Palm, killing Hun Yuantian and obliterating half the mountain range.
• Nalan Yanran fed healing medicine to the badly injured Xiong Zhan, then headed toward the Soul Clan while Fairy Huo Ling followed her.
• Xiong Zhan woke up, spat out glass shards, and realized that half the mountain range had disappeared.
• Yun Ying revealed that Hun Shengtian and Hun Miesheng had survived Nalan Yanran's attack, then told Hun Miesheng that he did not need to kneel.
• Hun Shengtian asked Yun Ying to kill Nalan Yanran, and Yun Ying warned him against questioning her judgment before reminding him that she had ordered them to leave Nalan Yanran alone.

Xiao Xuan drove off the Four Demon Saints, then revealed herself to Hun Yao and Hun Qi, Soul Clan elders who had fought her a thousand years earlier. Before she could pursue them, the Demonic Flame Space descended in a catastrophe, and the Pill Tower Ancestor warned Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was close to breaking free and destroying the continent.

• Xiao Yan carried Ling Jingyan to safety, and Lei Jing confronted him about holding her while Ling Jingyan explained that he had been protecting her.
• Xiao Xuan defeated the Four Demon Saints with one attack and let them leave as promised, but then detected Hun Yao and Hun Qi hiding nearby.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Hun Yao and Hun Qi as Soul Clan attackers from the Xiao Clan’s destruction, removed her mask, and revealed her identity to the assembled experts.
• Hun Yao and Hun Qi fled with the Four Demon Saints, but Xiao Xuan prepared to pursue them and avenge the Xiao Clan.
• The Demonic Flame Space descended, unleashing crimson skies, earthquakes, and magma across the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had turned past challengers into Flame Slaves to grow stronger and warned that it might escape and destroy the Dou Qi Continent.

After the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame swallowed everyone in white light, Xiao Yan awoke in an illusion where he watched a little girl named Chen'er and her sick mother. He realized the girl was connected to Yao Huo and watched her learn that her father had died, leaving her and her mother to grieve alone.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame engulfed Xiao Yan and the others, and Xiao Yan awoke in a peaceful mountain forest, separated from Cai Lin and Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yan followed a familiar-looking little girl to a Thatch Cottage and watched her care for her ill mother with herbs that could not cure her condition.
• A Huo returned home, reassured his wife Qing'er that his dangerous mission would secure a promotion and medicine, then left after entrusting their daughter to her care.
• The scene shifted, and an armored messenger told the girl that her father, Yao Huo, had died on the mission and left compensation.
• Chen'er hid her grief from her mother and claimed the money would buy medicine, while Qing'er understood the truth and silently embraced her; Xiao Yan watched with a darkened face.

Xiao Yan watched Yao Chen’s memories reveal how Yao Wangui framed her for stealing Starry Sky Grass after sabotaging her Pill Gathering attempt. Yao Chen was expelled from the Yao Clan, and when she returned to find her mother dead, her hair turned silver-white.

• Yao Chen promised her frail mother that winning the clan’s Pill Gathering would earn them medicinal ingredients and help her recover.
• After Yao Chen failed to refine the Seven Hearts Pill, she resisted the thought of stealing ingredients and resolved to try again at the next gathering.
• Yao Wangui accused Yao Chen of stealing Starry Sky Grass, dismissed her defense, and admitted he had sabotaged her because her talent threatened his plans.
• Yao Wangui had Yao Chen arrested and left her dying mother behind, despite Yao Chen’s plea to protect her.
• After Yao Chen was expelled and returned to the cottage, she found her mother dead, collapsed in grief, and her black hair turned silver-white.

Xiao Yan rescued Yao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion and vowed to avenge her against Yao Wangui. After the group reunited, Xiao Yan publicly declared that he would kill Yao Wangui after they dealt with the flame, regardless of who tried to stop him.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tempted Yao Chen to surrender her soul, but Xiao Yan severed the soul thread controlling her and dispelled the illusion.
• Xiao Yan comforted Yao Chen and promised to repay her grievances, resolving that Yao Wangui had to die.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen reunited with the others, and Han Feng explained that she and three others had freed the group from the illusion.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wanhua he would kill Yao Wangui after the encounter with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, warning that anyone who stopped him would die.

Xiao Yan confronted Yao Wangui over Yao Chen’s past, but the group’s search in the Demonic Flame Space was interrupted when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed his immense power and summoned his flame slaves. Among them, Xiao Xuan recognized the supposedly missing Xiao Chen, who had resisted the flame’s control for a thousand years.

• Xiao Yan declared that anyone who stood in his way of killing Yao Wangui would die, and Yao Chen ultimately accepted his decision after Han Feng stopped her from intervening.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor urged the group to search the Demonic Flame Space for clues, while Xun'er and Gu Qinghan discussed the illusions they had seen.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, claimed the space as his own, and transformed it into a vast magma-filled realm while revealing his early-stage Eight-star Dou Sheng power.
• Xiao Xuan attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who recognized a familiar quality in Xiao Xuan and summoned a magma-covered flame slave.
• Lei Xuan identified the slave as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, Xiao Xuan’s close cousin, and explained that Xiao Chen had vanished after entering the Demonic Flame Space a thousand years earlier.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed that Xiao Chen had resisted being refined into a flame slave and sent his other slaves to attack the group.

Xiao Yan entered Xiao Chen’s Soul Space to find a way to free him from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control while the others fought the Flame Slaves. He found Xiao Chen waiting there, leaving the effort to rescue him unresolved.

• Lei Jing sent Lei Xuan and the Lei Clan Envoys to protect Yao Chen, Han Feng, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi while everyone fought the undying Flame Slaves.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor challenged the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame over his resentment toward the Netherworld Demon Sage, and the two began battling with Eight-star Dou Sheng power.
• Xiao Yan rescued Lei Jing from a Flame Slave, then joined Xiao Xuan in trying to restrain Xiao Chen so he could enter Xiao Chen’s mind.
• Xiao Xuan trapped Xiao Chen with Nine Heavens Coiling Dragon Emperor Binding Flame Prison, sacrificing a level of strength as Xiao Yan entered Xiao Chen’s Soul Space.
• Xiao Yan searched the Soul Space for Xiao Chen’s soul, then dodged an axe strike and found Xiao Chen confronting him.

Xiao Yan found Xiao Chen’s true soul hidden beneath the magma, awakened him, and helped him reclaim his body. Xiao Chen joined Xiao Xuan and the Pill Tower Ancestor against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who began gathering power for a desperate counterattack.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the axe-wielding figure was a decoy and found Xiao Chen’s sleeping soul chained beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yan used the Xiao Clan Ancestral Mark to awaken Xiao Chen, who recognized Xiao Yan as a Xiao Clan descendant and agreed to reclaim his Soul Space.
• Xiao Chen destroyed the fake soul and returned to his body, where he reunited with Xiao Xuan and joined her and the Pill Tower Ancestor in battle.
• Xiao Xuan, Xiao Chen, and the Pill Tower Ancestor attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame together and forced him out of their encirclement.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame protested that he only wanted freedom, then gathered energy for a desperate attack.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame abandoned its body and fused its consciousness with the Demonic Flame Space, unleashing deadly fire lotuses that began multiplying and trapping everyone. After Han Feng located its true body, Xiao Yan discovered he could destroy the lotuses by combining Dou Qi with the Boundless Nether Heart Flame and led the group through them, leaving them racing toward the true body.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame discarded its physical body and spread its consciousness through the Demonic Flame Space, causing the Flame Slaves to self-destruct and the space to erupt with magma.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame divided into countless fire lotuses, and one erased part of Xiao Xuan's body before she began to recover at the cost of her strength.
• Xiao Yan shielded Yao Chen and Han Feng as the lotuses multiplied, while Cai Lin pulled Xun'er back from a collision with one.
• Ling Jingyan explained that Xiao Yan had to seize the true body's power, and Han Feng used her soul to locate it.
• Xiao Yan tested a fire lotus and discovered that the Boundless Nether Heart Flame combined with Dou Qi could erase it, though the damage also consumed part of his body.
• Xiao Yan charged through the fire lotuses to clear a path toward the true body, and Lei Jing led the others after him.

Xiao Yan reached the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body and realized the Netherworld Demon Sage had protected the flame rather than imprisoned it. He uncovered the flame’s scheme to seize the body of anyone who tried to refine it, then the chapter revealed a memory of the Netherworld Demon Sage and the young flame sharing a tender farewell.

• Xiao Yan endured severe burns to reach and seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body, then sensed it was a living being and believed he could refine it.
• Xiao Yan used the flame’s power to send Cai Lin, Xun'er, Yao Chen, and the others out of the Demonic Flame Space, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame stopped him from sending Lei Jing and the others with them.
• Xiao Yan realized refining the flame would let it take over his body, explaining that it separated its consciousness from its true body and relied on the Demonic Flame Space to possess would-be refiners.
• Xiao Yan argued that the Netherworld Demon Sage had made the Demonic Flame Space a shelter to protect the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, pointing out that the flame took the Sage’s appearance in human form.
• The map revealed a memory of the Netherworld Demon Sage and the young Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame discussing his imminent death and their coming separation, and the flame admitted it had been happy with him.

Xiao Yan and the others witnessed the truth behind the Netherworld Demon Sage’s betrayal of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the creation of the Demonic Flame Space. As the dying Sage arranged for the Flame’s future and entrusted its protection to the Pill Tower Ancestor, the visions revealed that he had sealed it to teach it how to survive without him.

• The Netherworld Demon Sage discovered that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had traded its Origin Child Fire for a fake Longevity Pill and secretly recovered the fire after rescuing it from the swindler.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage convinced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to let him absorb it, then used a formation to seal it inside the Demonic Flame Space despite its trust in him.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage coughed and weakened after sealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, revealing that the ordeal had consumed much of his remaining strength.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage divided a map into four fragments and sent them across Zhongzhou, then asked the Pill Tower Ancestor to ensure someone trustworthy would take in the sealed Flame.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage told the Pill Tower Ancestor that he had let the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame misunderstand him so it would experience hardship and learn to protect itself.

Xiao Yan comforted the grieving Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who agreed to let Xiao Yan absorb his true body so they could leave the Demonic Flame Space. The absorption went horribly wrong, and as Xiao Yan screamed beneath the Heavenly Flames, Fairy Huo Ling burst through a crack in space.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had known the Netherworld Demon Sage never betrayed him and grieved because the Sage had hidden the truth from him.
• The Netherworld Demon Sage appeared, entrusted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Xiao Yan, and then dissipated after Xiao Yan promised to care for him.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed he could not return to his true body until someone absorbed it, and Xiao Yan agreed to absorb it so they could leave.
• Xiao Yan reached into the true body's Fire Lotus, but the Heavenly Flames covered him and caused him to scream as though they were devouring him.
• Lei Jing demanded an explanation from the confused Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Fairy Huo Ling suddenly emerged through a spatial crack.

As Xiao Yan struggled to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, its separated true body resisted after reconnecting with Flame Slaves in the Abandoned Space. The women tried to ease the dangerous yang energy in Xiao Yan’s body, while Nalan Yanran continued fighting the endlessly regenerating Flame Slaves.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor failed to locate the Demonic Flame Space and reassured Xuan Kongzi and the others that Xiao Yan had the Fragmented Map.
• Fairy Huo Ling escaped an Abandoned Space filled with Flame Slaves and explained that she and a woman had been trapped there.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame realized its true body had instinctively resisted Xiao Yan’s refinement after reconnecting with the Flame Slaves, and it proposed Yin Yang Harmony as the solution.
• Phoenix, Ling Jingyan, Lei Jing, Gu Qinghan, and others took turns trying to ease Xiao Yan’s condition, and Fairy Huo Ling was eventually pulled into the effort.
• Nalan Yanran slaughtered the Flame Slaves in the Abandoned Space as they repeatedly regenerated.

Nearly ten months after Xiao Yan disappeared, Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian struggled to keep the Tianhe Alliance running while hiding his uncertain fate from most of the Central Continent. As Yun Yun and Cai Lin sought comfort in each other, an alarm suddenly sounded through the Alliance.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Cai Lin spent the day processing the Tianhe Alliance's overwhelming paperwork as Feng Qing'er, Zijing, and Xiao Yunxiao brought them more work.
• Zijing and Xiao Yunxiao collected reports across the Central Continent, while Yun Yun reminded Xiao Yunxiao to honor their agreement and keep working.
• Yun Yun recalled that Xiao Yan had been missing for nearly ten months, that the Eight Clans had withdrawn their envoys, and that Yao Ye and Ya Fei had chosen to wait for him.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin discussed their worries about Xiao Yan and the lack of news from the Pill Tower Ancestor, then Cai Lin teased Yun Yun while Xiao Yi Xian pretended to sleep nearby.
• An alarm rang through the Tianhe Alliance, and Yun Yun and Cai Lin immediately turned serious as Yun Yun said it had happened again.

The Hun clan launched another invasion of the Tianhe Alliance, using the Mad Blood Disease to turn its wounded fighters into increasingly powerful, irrational threats. Yao Ye’s forces were nearly overwhelmed before Cai Lin and the others arrived to take over the battle, while Hun Tu’s army still faced them.

• Hun Tu ordered the Hun clan army to leave no one alive at the Tianhe Alliance, and Yao Ye led its defenders into battle with the Fearless Army Formation.
• Yao Ye warned her troops to kill the Hun clan fighters in one blow after she saw their strength surge as they were wounded and lost their rationality.
• A wounded Hun clan Dou Sheng forced Yao Ye to retreat, and she fought on while trying to avoid injuring him further and contain the other attackers.
• Hun Tu and Hun Sha discussed the Mad Blood Disease, which Hun Miesheng had introduced, and Hun Tu complained about Hun Miesheng’s newfound status and power.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Xuan, Xiao Chen, Yao Tianhuo, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yun, and Zi Yan arrived, rescued Yao Ye, and prepared to face Hun Tu’s forces.

Yun Ying used the Mad Blood Disease to strengthen the Soul Clan, but Cai Lin and the Tianhe Alliance overwhelmed its army before Hun Tu and the other Demon Saints joined the fight. As Cai Lin and Xiao Chen faced defeat, Xiao Yan returned and promised to take over.

• Yun Ying explained that she had obtained the Mad Blood Disease from Nalan Yanran and given it to the Soul Clan, while Yun Ling agreed to Yun Ying's proposal and received the Flower Transfer, Wood Grafting technique.
• Cai Lin and the Tianhe Alliance's fighters slaughtered the Soul Clan army, though Xiao Xuan's strength continued to fall as she fought.
• Hun Tu and the other three Demon Saints revealed that the army had been a test and attacked Cai Lin and Xiao Chen, quickly overpowering them.
• Hun Tu launched an attack at Cai Lin and the others, but Xiao Yan returned and blocked it before telling Cai Lin to leave the rest to him.

Xiao Yan returned from the Demonic Flame Space with greatly increased strength and helped end the Soul Clan’s attack on the Tianhe Alliance. That evening, his wives and the women who had accompanied him gathered at Asura Hall to confront him about his relationships, leaving Xiao Yi Xian demanding an answer.

• Xiao Yan and his companions returned to the battlefield, where their newfound strength frightened Hun Tu and the other Demon Saints.
• Hun Miesheng opened a Void Gate and recalled the Soul Clan army, ending its failed assault on the Tianhe Alliance.
• Xiao Yan reunited with the Tianhe Alliance, introduced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in child form, and learned that Yun Yun and the others had kept the alliance running during his absence.
• Ya Fei arrived at Asura Hall and joined Xiao Yan, his wives, and his companions as they gathered for a judgment over his relationships.
• Cai Lin revealed that Fairy Huo Ling had returned to the Yan Clan with a child, then asked Xiao Yi Xian to decide how to respond to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he would take responsibility and refused to lose any of the women in his life, then spoke with Yun Ying about keeping his desires under control. In the Yan Clan, Huo Ling returned with a baby and said the child's father was dead, prompting Yan Jin to suspect that Xiao Yan was the father and send an envoy to the Tianhe Alliance.

• Xiao Yan assured Xiao Yi Xian he wanted to take responsibility, and Cai Lin sent him out so the women could discuss the matter among themselves.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Ying and explained that he did not want unchecked desire to turn him into someone he hated.
• Yan Jin learned that Huo Ling had returned and found her holding a baby, while her strength had risen to Mid Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Huo Ling told Yan Jin the baby was hers and its father was dead, then asked him to provide the best supplies and care for the infant.
• Yan Jin suspected Xiao Yan was the child's father and ordered an envoy to the Tianhe Alliance, along with attendants and infant supplies for Huo Ling.

Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Clan had repeatedly attacked the Tianhe Alliance while he was missing, then prepared to return with Phoenix and Feng Qing'er to tell Feng Li about his relationship with Phoenix. Back at the alliance, Yun Yun revealed that several women’s feelings for Xiao Yan had been part of a planned discussion, while Yao Chen, Han Feng, and Ling Jingyan had become involved unexpectedly.

• Yun Ying told Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan had repeatedly attacked the Tianhe Alliance and its branches, and Xiao Yan suspected they had seized the chance while its strongest fighters were missing.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan she could not yet accept his relationship with Phoenix, but she did not regret marrying him and agreed to return with them to see Feng Li.
• Phoenix took Xiao Yan back toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Feng Qing'er joined them after embracing her aunt.
• Yun Yun told Lei Jing, Gu Qinghan, Yao Ye, and Ya Fei that Xiao Yan had planned to discuss his feelings for them after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Yao Chen, Han Feng, and Ling Jingyan had been unexpected.
• Han Feng said she had only wanted to save Xiao Yan, and Ling Jingyan offered to keep away from him except for official matters if the others wanted it.