Chapter Summaries

After teasing Yao Wan, Xiao Yan left her to rest and checked on Xiao Xiao, Little Fairy Doctor, and Nalan Yan Ran as they refined energy from phoenix marrow. He sealed the courtyard to help Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yan Ran absorb it faster.

• Yao Wan stopped teasing Xiao Yan and went to wash in the courtyard pool, then let him dry her hair before she went to sleep.
• Xiao Yan left Yao Wan's courtyard and found Xiao Xiao cultivating, refining energy and a trace of Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline power.
• Xiao Yan decided not to disturb Xiao Xiao and went to check on Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yan Ran.
• Xiao Yan sealed the space around Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yan Ran, controlled the energy spreading from them, and sped up their refinement of the phoenix marrow.

Nalan Yanran finished refining the Phoenix Marrow far sooner than expected and learned that Xiao Yan’s Fire Mark had helped her cultivation. When Xiao Yan examined the mark, he found an unexpected reaction and wondered whether Nalan was unusually sensitive.

• Nalan Yanran refined the Phoenix Marrow in half a day and felt she had moved closer to becoming a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that the Fire Mark had accelerated her cultivation, but she demanded that he remove it because it had disrupted her daily life.
• Xiao Yan checked Nalan Yanran’s meridians and confirmed that the Phoenix Marrow had removed the cold air from them.
• Xiao Yan examined the patterns left by the Fire Mark, and Nalan Yanran protested as he loosened her clothing.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Nalan Yanran could be sensitive, leaving her stunned.

Xiao Yan removed the Heavenly Flame seed that had tormented Nalan Yanran for two months, but their tense reunion turned intimate before Little Fairy Doctor interrupted them. Little Fairy Doctor revealed she had nearly reached the Dou Saint threshold and teased Nalan Yanran about her closeness with Xiao Yan.

• Nalan Yanran confronted Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Flame seed's torment, and he admitted his mistake and apologized.
• Xiao Yan withdrew the flame seed from Nalan Yanran, but she remained flushed and unsettled by his touch.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan became intimate and tried to keep quiet while Little Fairy Doctor cultivated nearby.
• Little Fairy Doctor entered, teased Nalan Yanran, and said her cultivation had brought her close to the Dou Saint threshold.

Yao Wan left her courtyard to check on Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor, only to discover Xiao Yan with them and become caught watching. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran inviting the embarrassed Yao Wan inside.

• Yao Wan considered developing a cultivation method that could absorb vast amounts of energy and help counter the Spirit Devouring Clan.
• Yao Wan sensed that Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor's courtyard had been sealed with Space Power and entered it.
• Yao Wan heard sounds from inside and, despite trying to leave, secretly looked into the room.
• Xiao Yan noticed something, and Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran discovered Yao Wan at the doorway.
• Yao Wan tried to explain that she had only been passing by, but Nalan Yanran told her to come inside.

Yao Wan tried to escape Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor but was taken into their room, where Xiao Yan joined them. Later, Zi Yan woke and encountered Yao Wan outside the courtyard, unaware of what had happened.

• Yao Wan tried to leave, but Little Fairy Doctor lifted her up and urged her to come inside.
• Nalan Yanran pushed Little Fairy Doctor and Yao Wan through the door, then followed them into the room with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan called Little Fairy Doctor a traitor and teased her, prompting Nalan Yanran to summon Xiao Yan and taunt Yao Wan for being afraid.
• Zi Yan woke, sensed the fading spatial barrier around Nalan Jie and Xian'er's courtyard, and found Yao Wan outside.
• Zi Yan asked whether Yao Wan had come to check on Nalan Jie and the others, and Yao Wan agreed without revealing what had happened to her.

Zi Yan questioned Yao Wan about Nalan Jie, Xian'er, and Xiao Yan, then grew suspicious of Yao Wan’s unusual aura. After Zi Yan left, Yao Wan cultivated to refine the essence in her body, but Xiao Yan soon arrived and teased her about the previous night.

• Zi Yan asked Yao Wan where Nalan Jie and Xian'er were, and Yao Wan assured her they were fine.
• When Zi Yan asked about Xiao Yan, Yao Wan evasively claimed she did not know where he had gone.
• Zi Yan noticed a strange scent and said Yao Wan’s aura seemed different, making Yao Wan nervous before they parted.
• Yao Wan returned to her courtyard and cultivated to refine the essence in her body, easing the swelling in her belly.
• Xiao Yan entered Yao Wan’s room, and she told him to stay back and not mention the previous night.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan discussed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the dangers surrounding its arrival while spending several calm days at Starfall Pavilion. When the thousand-year Heaven and Earth Tide began and the flame appeared in the distant northwest, Xiao Yan and his companions set out to investigate.

• Xiao Yan teased Yao Wan, then asked who had intervened to stop their clash with the Hall Master of the Soul Clan and discussed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Wan warned Xiao Yan that she could offer little help against the coming dangers, though she assured him she could defend herself.
• After seven peaceful days, the Heaven and Earth Tide swept across the continent, and nine stars aligned beneath the two moons.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared in the northwest, stirring the Strange Fires within Xiao Yan and causing the light orb in his mind to fluctuate.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the light orb and left Starfall Pavilion with Yao Wan and their companions to investigate, while Yao Chen stayed behind to care for Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the desert created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and waited for the Eight Clans before approaching its shattered seal. As a terrifying Black Mist emerged from a newly opened space, Xiao Yan recognized an old acquaintance’s arrival.

• Yao Chen and Han Shanshan watched Xiao Yan depart and reflected on his resemblance to Yao Chen in his youth.
• Xiao Yan and his companions crossed Central State toward the demonic flame’s descent, encountering many experts struggling against its residual heat.
• Xiao Yan’s group arrived at a milky-white desert where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s sealed space had ruptured, and Xiao Yan judged that the flame remained inside.
• Xiao Yan refused Yao Wan’s suggestion to test the opening and chose to wait for the Eight Clans, wary of the danger to Xian'er and Nalan.
• A door of space opened, releasing dense Black Mist and a frightening aura, and Xiao Yan recognized the arrival as an old acquaintance.

Xiao Yan and his companions encountered the Hall of the Soul Clan before the Demon Fire Space opened, where Hun Feng sized up Xiao Yan and Yao Wan. The Hall Master warned that Xiao Yan could not be underestimated and said Hun Xuzi’s plan for Yao Wan should proceed soon.

• Yao Wan noticed the Hall of the Soul Clan, and its members recognized Xiao Yan and his companions.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Clan assessed Xiao Yan as a potential successor to Xiao Xuan, while Hun Feng introduced himself as the Soul Clan’s true Young Clan Leader.
• Hun Feng focused on Yao Wan and wondered whether Xiao Yan was the man she had chosen.
• The Deputy Hall Master praised Hun Feng’s chances against Xiao Yan, but the Hall Master cautioned that discussing the Soul Clan’s leadership was dangerous.
• Hun Feng’s gaze provoked Xiao Yan, whose Soul Power made Hun Feng shut his eyes until the Hall Master blocked it.
• The Hall Master said Xiao Yan could not be allowed to live and ordered Hun Xuzi’s plan for Yao Wan to be put into action soon.

Xiao Yan reunited with the Yan and Gu Clan representatives as the Eight Clans gathered to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Yao Wan’s rivalry with Xun’er resurfaced, and the Yao Clan arrived with Qing Lin and a strange beast.

• Xiao Yan recognized Hun Feng as the man who had coveted Yao Wan’s Life Spirit Flame and said he would kill him when he got the chance.
• Huo Xuan arrived with Huo Zhi and Huo Yao Elder, revealing that he had reached One Star Dou Sheng and refined the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Xun’er arrived with Gu Qingyang and an unnamed Gu Clan elder, reunited with Xiao Yan, and explained that the Eight Clans had sent talented successors and powerful elders for the demonic flame.
• Xun’er and Yao Wan traded silent barbs over their cultivation, while Yao Wan expected a new cultivation method to help her catch up.
• Yao Wanxuan arrived with Qing Lin to assist Yao Wan and the Young Master, and a strange beast’s cry astonished the gathered crowd.

Yao Wan reunited with Feng Qing'er and her Yao Clan reinforcements as the Sky Phoenix revealed her restored ancient bloodline and great strength. After learning about her allies’ advances, Yao Wanxuan warned her to keep her distance from the Gu Clan because of the Ling Clan’s destruction.

• Feng Qing'er arrived as a thousand-zhang Ancient Sky Phoenix, transformed into a woman, and knelt before Yao Wan, revealing that she had returned to her true Sky Phoenix bloodline and reached late-stage Two Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Wan acknowledged Feng Qing'er's progress, while Zi Yan felt a faint instinctive dislike toward the Sky Phoenix.
• Qing Lin told Yao Wan that she had reached Dou Sheng with ancient blood essence from Ten Thousand Spring Elder, and Yao Wan urged her to formally recognize Ten Thousand Spring Elder as her teacher.
• Yao Wanxuan explained that the energy tide caused by Yao Wan's return to the clan had helped him reach Four Star Dou Sheng, and that Ten Thousand Fire Elder had sent him to protect Yao Wan and Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wanxuan warned Yao Wan to keep her distance from the Gu Clan because the Ling Clan had been destroyed.

Yao Wan warned Xun'er that the Ancient Clan elder guarding the Tou She Ancient God Jade might be a Hun Clan spy. Xun'er agreed to investigate after the Demonic Flame matter was over, while Xiao Yan and Gu Nanhai waited nearby.

• Yao Wanxuan argued that the Ancient Clan's failure to protect Xiao Clan descendants made its role in the clan's destruction suspicious, and Yao Wan admitted his reasoning was sound.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Gu Nanhai about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xun'er explained that the Hun Clan was conserving strength and waiting for the seal to weaken.
• Yao Wan pulled Xun'er aside and asked whether she would believe that the Ancient Clan had a Hun Clan spy.
• Yao Wan described how the Hun Clan might have fused an Ancient Clan member's soul with a spy's, then asked where the Tou She Ancient God Jade was kept.
• Yao Wan urged Xun'er to have a Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul expert examine the elder guarding the jade without acting rashly, and Xun'er agreed to investigate after the Demonic Flame matter.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Demon Fire Space after Yao Wan warned Xun'er that the Hun Clan had infiltrated the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans. Separated from the others upon entering, Yao Wan encountered an illusion of her past self, who threatened to kill her and Xiao Yan.

• Yao Wan told Xun'er that the Hun Clan had placed undercover agents in the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans and urged her to alert the clan leaders and unite their front.
• Xun'er returned to Xiao Yan and silently signaled Gu Nanhai that they would discuss the warning after entering the Demon Fire Space.
• As the entrance opened, Yao Wan advised Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor to leave because the space's heat could endanger them; they reluctantly agreed.
• Huo Xuan entered the Demon Fire Space first, followed by Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and their companions, with Yao Wan crossing the entrance last.
• Yao Wan found herself alone in a milky-white world of flames and recognized the approaching figure as an illusion of her past self.
• The past Yao Wan vowed to kill Yao Wan and Xiao Yan, and Yao Wan answered that the only one who deserved to die was her past self.

Xiao Yan navigated the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s dangerous illusion and reunited with Xun'er and the others on a platform. Yao Wan revealed that the illusion had turned her hair white after she encountered someone she never wanted to see again.

• Xiao Yan crossed the milky-white sea of fire, used his Heavenly Flame to see through the Nightmare Sky Mist, and escaped its lethal illusion.
• Xiao Yan reached a suspended platform and confirmed that Xun'er and the others there were real, not another illusion.
• Xiao Yan noticed Yao Wan's white hair and asked what had happened to her.
• Yao Wan said she had encountered a troublesome person in the illusion, and Xun'er explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had released the Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Yao Wan said the illusion had chosen its target well and that she never wanted to see the person she met again.

Yao Wan sensed that she was drawing closer to an unknown presence as the group fought through the Demon Fire Great Halls. In the next hall, a powerful Fire Slave appeared and fixed his attention on her.

• Yao Wan explained that she could turn Nightmare Sky Mist into qi and mark the group so its illusions would not affect them.
• Xiao Yan and the others fought through waves of Fire Slaves, breaking through a series of identical halls as the slaves grew stronger.
• Yao Wan revealed that she alone could sense an existence nearby, which she suspected was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The group entered a hall with no ordinary Fire Slaves and found a Four Star Dou Sheng Fire Slave standing alone.
• The Fire Slave drew a blood-colored great axe and locked his gaze on Yao Wan.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan encountered Blood Axe Xiao Chen, a Xiao Clan ancestor enslaved by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who led them to its throne. Xiao Yan broke the illusion with a Nightmare Breaking Talisman, and Yao Wan realized the Demon Fire had mistaken her for the Life Spirit Flame.

• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan confronted Xiao Chen, whose bloodline connection to Xiao Yan helped him briefly resist the Demon Fire.
• Xiao Chen revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame wanted Yao Wan alive and led the group toward the final palace.
• The group reached the altar, where the white-robed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame challenged them to defeat it or become Fire Slaves.
• Yao Wan activated the Heavenly Mist Art, but the Demon Fire twisted the illusion and identified her as the Life Spirit.
• Xiao Yan used a Nightmare Breaking Talisman to shatter the illusion, and Yao Wan recognized that the Demon Fire had mistaken her for the Life Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan and the others escaped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist illusion and learned why it coveted Yao Wan: it mistook her for the Life Spirit Flame’s spirit and wanted to devour her. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, sealed the group inside a prison of fire, and began making flames burn from within them.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and their companions emerged from the illusion into a sea of magma, and Yao Wan explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had mistaken her for the Life Spirit Flame.
• Yao Wan reasoned that her bond with the unrefined Life Spirit Flame made her a strange fire that had become a spirit, giving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame a chance to grow stronger by devouring her.
• Other cultivators were dragged out of the illusion as it shattered, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rose from the Magma Sea in the form of a white-robed man.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erased the Spatial Passage and surrounded Xiao Yan and the others with a prison of milky-white fire.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Xun'er raised strange fire barriers, and Xiao Yan warned everyone that the flames could ignite inside their bodies through their emotions.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame killed most of the Dou Zun experts and unleashed its Fire Slaves against the survivors, who joined forces to fight back. As the battle turned in their favor, Yao Wan sensed that the Spirit Devouring Clan might be waiting outside the Demon Fire Space.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ordered everyone below Dou Sheng to explode, killing more than eighty percent of the arriving Dou Zuns.
• The flame summoned ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves, and Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, Xun'er, and the others divided up to fight them while Zi Yan confronted the demonic fire.
• Four Fire Slaves attacked Xiao Yan's group, and Xiao Yan and Xun'er took two while Feng Qing'er and Qing Lin dealt with the others.
• Yao Wan detected an unusual firelight in the Demonic Qi as a huge formation sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside the Demon Fire Space.
• After Xiao Yan reported that his side had dealt with its opponents, Yao Wan warned him that the Spirit Devouring Clan might be waiting outside.

As the sealed Demon Fire Source became the focus of a chaotic struggle, Xiao Yan fought Hun Feng, who could devour Strange Fire. Xiao Yan overwhelmed him with physical strength and left him pinned in the boiling lava.

• Yao Wan warned that the Spirit Devouring Clan might be waiting outside, so Xiao Yan and the others held back their full strength while watching the Demon Fire Source.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Clan tried to seize the Demon Fire Source, but Zi Yan pulled it away and triggered a scramble among the gathered experts.
• Hun Feng intercepted Xiao Yan as he moved toward the Demon Fire Source and began absorbing the Strange Fire from Xiao Yan’s palm.
• Xiao Yan struck Hun Feng with a punch powered by his physical strength, breaking Hun Feng’s hand and revealing his purple-gold body.
• Hun Feng used a secret technique to raise his cultivation to Three Star Dou Sheng, but Xiao Yan seized him by the neck and smashed him into the lava.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Feng despite Soul Demon Old Man’s attempt to save him, then sealed and burned Hun Feng’s soul. As Soul Demon Old Man turned to the demonic flame, Cyan Ox Herdboy revealed that an outside-clan enemy was nearby, leaving everyone on edge.

• Soul Demon Old Man revealed himself as a Five Star Dou Sheng and demanded that Xiao Yan spare Hun Feng, invoking the Hun Clan’s powerful ancestor.
• Xiao Yan blinded Hun Feng, snapped his neck, and threw his ruined head to Soul Demon Old Man.
• Xiao Yan seized Hun Feng’s fleeing soul and began inflicting soul wounds, resisting Soul Demon Old Man’s attempt to take it.
• Soul Demon Old Man abandoned his attempt to reclaim Hun Feng’s soul and called out the hidden old monster of the Small Pill Tower.
• Cyan Ox Herdboy appeared on a cyan ox and warned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame that an outside-clan enemy was present.