Chapter Summaries

Pill Tower Old Ancestor exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s plan to lure its captors into a trap, then called out the Spirit Devouring Clan member Li Sheng Zhe. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked him with its full power, Li Sheng Zhe crushed the strange Demonic Fire and revealed a clash of flames across the Demon Fire Space.

• Cyan Ox Herdboy warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had allowed itself to be captured, and Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s attack forced it to emerge from the black pillar of light.
• Cyan Ox Herdboy tore open the Demon Fire Space and summoned the Spirit Devouring Evil Clan, whose member Li Sheng Zhe appeared amid multicolored Demonic Fire.
• Soul Demon Old Man recognized Li Sheng Zhe, and Li Sheng Zhe offered to help the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame escape in exchange for cooperation.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rejected Li Sheng Zhe’s offer and unleashed its full power with Demon Fire Refines the Heavens.
• Zi Yan warned Xiao Yan that Li Sheng Zhe might be a clone, while Li Sheng Zhe crushed the Demonic Fire and the multicolored flames collided with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s milky-white fire.

Li Sheng Zhe battled the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Demon Fire Space, proving immune to much of its power and beginning to devour the realm itself. As Li Sheng Zhe prepared to finish the fight, an unexplained fiery attack struck him.

• Li Sheng Zhe and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame clashed evenly, despite the flame’s purifying power being especially effective against the Spirit Devouring Clan.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame struck Li Sheng Zhe with a giant magma hand, but Li Sheng Zhe rose from the magma unharmed as his Demonic Fire spread through the Demon Fire Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a gigantic Demonic Fire Divine Statue, but Li Sheng Zhe shattered it with a thousand-zhang Demon Light.
• Li Sheng Zhe unleashed Flame Devouring Sky, turning the breach above into a Black Sun that began devouring the Demon Fire Space.
• An unidentified streak of fire suddenly struck Li Sheng Zhe, causing a violent explosion that his Demonic Fire shielded him from.

Xiao Yan attacked Li Sheng Zhe with an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus, unleashing a massive firestorm that badly damaged him but failed to kill him. As Li Sheng Zhe emerged and recognized Xiao Yan, Soul Demon Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Clan prepared to seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame if an opportunity arose.

• Xiao Yan fused eight Heavenly Flames and unleashed an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus at Li Sheng Zhe.
• The firestorm devastated the sky and blasted a vast pit into the Magma Sea, while Soul Demon Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Clan watched in alarm.
• Soul Demon Old Man warned that Xiao Yan’s attack might not kill Li Sheng Zhe, and he and the Hall Master agreed to seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame if they got the chance.
• Li Sheng Zhe emerged from the firestorm, his body reconstructed by Demonic Qi, and admitted he had underestimated Xiao Yan.
• Li Sheng Zhe asked whether Xiao Yan was the one who had merged the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan forced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to cooperate against Li Sheng Zhe, then helped him activate the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. The formation halted Li Sheng Zhe’s black sun, but Li Sheng Zhe launched a rain of demonic flames to test its power.

• Li Sheng Zhe recognized Xiao Yan as the one who had defeated Shi Dui and the others, while his black sun continued devouring the Demon Fire Space.
• Xiao Yan proposed cooperating with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and revealed an aura at the Six Star Dou Sheng level.
• Li Sheng Zhe unleashed Demon Flame Turns to Sea, but Xiao Yan countered with Flame Sword, Scorching Sea and destroyed the demonic flame waves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, which appeared above and below the Demon Fire Space and stopped Li Sheng Zhe’s black sun.
• Li Sheng Zhe sent countless demonic flames raining down from the black sun to test the ancient formation.

Xiao Yan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fought Li Sheng Zhe as he used the Calamity Demon Giant Image to resist the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. Xiao Yan’s stronger Eight-Colored Fire Lotus destroyed the image and black sun, and the resulting blast began to tear apart the Demon Fire Space, bringing the seal’s collapse within reach.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame strengthened the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and launched a pillar of light at Li Sheng Zhe, who blocked it with the Calamity Demon Giant Image.
• Li Sheng Zhe pressed his attack and twisted the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation while Xiao Yan gathered the eight Heavenly Flames for another fire lotus.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to suppress Li Sheng Zhe and cover Xiao Yan as Xiao Yan formed a palm-sized Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan’s fire lotus unleashed destructive pillars of light that pierced Li Sheng Zhe and gradually shattered the Calamity Demon Giant Image.
• The blast melted the black sun and rocked the Demon Fire Space, which began to tear apart as Li Sheng Zhe’s body vanished.

After Xiao Yan defeated Li Sheng Zhe, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame turned against him, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint emerged through Xiao Yan and took control of the crisis. Xun'er stayed behind to face the Flame, while Yao Wan left with Gu Nanhai to deliver Xun'er's message to her father.

• Xiao Yan destroyed Li Sheng Zhe, then struggled to withstand the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attack.
• Yao Wan told Zi Yan, Elder Wan Xuan, Qing Lin, and Little Phoenix to prepare to escape, trusting Xiao Yan to find a way out.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint appeared through Xiao Yan, suppressed the Demon Fire, and opened a Space Tunnel for the others to flee.
• Xun'er gave Yao Wan her father's Jade Hairpin and asked her to tell him to let his daughter be willful this once, then pushed Yao Wan and Gu Nanhai into the Space Tunnel.
• Yao Wan asked Gu Nanhai to take her to the Ancient Clan Leader, and she sent Zi Yan and the others back to Starfall Pavilion before setting out with Gu Nanhai.

Yao Wan met Gu Yuan after he returned with the Stone Clan Leader, then warned him that the Hun Clan planned to steal the Gu Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade through a spy. Gu Yuan confirmed that the respected elder guarding it, Gu Yang, was the spy and asked Yao Wan what they should do.

• After waiting two months in the Gu Realm, Yao Wan learned from Gu Nanhai that Gu Yuan had returned with honored guests from the Stone Clan.
• Gu Yuan and the Stone Clan Leader explained that Gu Yuan had helped the Stone Clan escape extermination when the Hun Clan attacked.
• Gu Yuan told Yao Wan he accepted Xun'er's choice to stay with Xiao Yan, and Yao Wan returned Xun'er's Jade Hairpin to him.
• Yao Wan warned Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had planted a spy in the Gu Clan to seize its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan identified Gu Yang as the elder guarding the jade and used his Soul Power to confirm that Gu Yang was the spy.
• Gu Yuan asked Yao Wan what they should do about the confirmed traitor.

Yao Wan persuaded Gu Yuan to coordinate with the Yan Clan and Lei Clan against the Hun Clan, then hurried to Starfall Pavilion and found the Southern Region under attack. She helped wipe out Hall of Souls forces and reunited with her allies, who reported that Yao Chen had gone to the Pill Tower to seek support.

• Yao Wan told Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had planted spies in the Yan Clan and Lei Clan and proposed uniting the clans while keeping the Ancient Jades concealed.
• Gu Yuan agreed to consult the Yan Clan and Lei Clan leaders, gave Yao Wan a jade talisman, and promised to keep her informed.
• Yao Wan traveled to the Southern Region and found its cities devastated as Starfall Pavilion and local experts fought the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Wan used her Bronze Ancient Bell to kill Hall of Souls experts across the Southern Region, then continued to Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Wan reunited with Zi Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Chen, and learned that Yao Chen had gone to the Pill Tower to seek allies.

Yao Wan planned to unite Central State’s factions against the Hall of Souls while investigating new Spirit Devouring Clan activity in the Southern Continent. Before setting out, she met Han Yue and Han Xue in Starfall Pavilion’s backyard and learned how they had come to work there.

• Yao Wan ordered Feng Qing'er and Qing Lin to integrate the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s forces and proposed alliances with other factions against the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Chen returned and announced that the Pill Tower would ally with Starfall Pavilion, but warned that the Spirit Devouring Clan was stirring in the Southern Region and Southern Continent.
• Yao Wan decided to investigate the Spirit Devouring Clan’s activity in the Southern Continent, while Yao Chen offered to seek an alliance with the Flower Sect.
• Yao Wan went to visit Xiao Xiao and encountered Han Yue and Han Xue in Starfall Pavilion’s backyard.
• Han Yue explained that the sisters had come to Starfall Pavilion to work under Feng Qing'er, a development tied to Yao Wan’s earlier takeover of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

Yao Wan left Starfall Pavilion after spending time with Xiao Xiao and traveled to the Southern Continent to investigate the Spirit Devouring Clan’s lingering influence. She discovered signs of a black sun near the Southernmost Land and found Demonic Qi, then reported the threat and prepared to investigate further.

• Yao Wan learned that Han Yue and Han Xue had joined Wind and Lightning Pavilion after its reorganization, and asked them to look after Xiao Xiao.
• Yao Wan comforted Xiao Xiao, then left Starfall Pavilion and crossed into the Southern Continent without detouring to the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wan found no Demonic Qi at first, but noticed the Southern Continent was unusually quiet and learned that wars and plagues had followed the Spirit Devouring Clan’s invasion ten years earlier.
• Yao Wan heard rumors of a black sun in the Southernmost Land and recalled Li Sheng Zhe’s Black Sun from the Demon Fire Space.
• Yao Wan traveled toward the Southernmost Land and, about twenty thousand li away, detected Demonic Qi and Heavenly Flame reacting together.
• Yao Wan reported the discovery to the Yao Clan and Starfall Pavilion and said she would observe the threat before deciding whether to clear it or request aid.

Yao Wan found a Demon Cocoon guarded by the Spirit Devouring Clan in the Southernmost Land and fought Xun Saint to destroy it. As Xun Saint claimed Yao Wan could not call for help, a vermilion-clad woman appeared through the void.

• Yao Wan discovered that the black sun was a Demon Cocoon and suspected it contained the escaped half of the Demon Fetus.
• Yao Wan killed the Spirit Devouring Clan Half-Saint and confronted the alluring woman guarding the cocoon.
• The woman revealed herself as Xun Saint, a Five Star Dou Sheng, and trapped Yao Wan in a bloody storm.
• Xun Saint said Yao Wan could not send a message from the sealed area, but a graceful vermilion figure suddenly appeared through the void.

Medusa arrived to rescue Yao Wan from Xun Saint, and a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python smashed through the blood wind to join the battle. Medusa and Yao Wan confronted Xun Saint, who was still standing after suppressing Yao Wan’s golden attack.

• Xiao Xiao alerted Medusa that Yao Wan had gone alone to a dangerous place, so Medusa left seclusion to find her.
• Yao Wan urged Medusa to deal with the Demon Cocoon before returning, while Xun Saint summoned Spirit Devouring Clan experts and attacked them.
• A Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python broke through Xun Saint’s blood wind, crushing many Spirit Devouring Clan experts as it reached Medusa.
• Medusa revealed her Four Star Dou Sheng cultivation, deflected Xun Saint’s blood spears, and fought back while the python tried to swallow her opponent.
• Yao Wan used a secret technique to raise her aura from One Star Dou Sheng to at least Four Star Dou Sheng, but Xun Saint’s Blood Wind Iron Hammer suppressed her golden light.

Yao Wan transformed the golden light into the Ash Extinction Flame and used it to fight Xun Saint, threatening the stronger Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Sheng. Xun Saint survived Yao Wan’s Scorching Sea attack by fleeing toward the Demon Cocoon and vowed to make them pay.

• Yao Wan’s fading golden light transformed into the Ash Extinction Flame, which burned through Xun Saint’s Blood Wind Iron Hammer and turned Yao Wan’s hair silver.
• Yao Wan used Flame Sword, Mountain Severing to clash with Xun Saint’s black light, and the resulting storm killed many Spirit Devouring Clan experts.
• Medusa shielded herself from the blast, then attacked the disordered Spirit Devouring Clan forces.
• Yao Wan followed up with Flame Sword, Scorching Sea, burning through Xun Saint’s Wind Demon and layered Blood Wind barriers despite being injured by Xun Saint’s counterattack.
• Xun Saint escaped the flames in a stream of Blood Wind and reappeared near the Demon Cocoon, weakened and threatening retaliation.

Yao Wan and Medusa fought Xun Saint at the demon cocoon, but Xun Saint sacrificed herself to awaken it and trapped the pair in the Southernmost Land. The cocoon hatched into the Three-Headed Worm Dragon, which recognized Yao Wan as a woman from the Yao Clan.

• Yao Wan badly wounded Xun Saint with her sword strike, while Medusa slaughtered the remaining Spirit Devouring Clan experts.
• Xun Saint sent a demonic glow into the cocoon, then chose to sacrifice herself to help the creature inside break free.
• Yao Wan decided she and Medusa should retreat, but the Three-Headed Worm Dragon sealed the space tunnel and stopped them.
• The demon cocoon split open, revealing the colossal Three-Headed Worm Dragon, a twisted creature with Void Ancient Dragon traits.
• The Three-Headed Worm Dragon regained its awareness and recognized Yao Wan as a woman from the Yao Clan.

Yao Wan and Medusa tried to escape the Six Star Dou Sheng Northern Dragon King in the Southernmost Land. Yao Wan’s Ash Extinction Flame formation briefly delayed him, but he destroyed it and pursued them with his wings.

• The Northern Dragon King recognized Yao Wan and demanded to know where the Xiao Clan boy and Zi Yan were.
• Yao Wan summoned a vast Array Diagram of Ash Extinction Flame and used it to cover their escape.
• Yao Wan grabbed Medusa and fled across the Southernmost Land while the formation rained fire on the Northern Dragon King.
• Yao Wan explained that Medusa’s defeat of the other Spirit Devouring Clan members had left Xun Saint without sacrifices to block their path.
• The Northern Dragon King smashed the Array Diagram, used Demonic Qi to power his wings, and flew after them.

Yao Wan and Medusa fled the Three-Headed Worm Dragon, whose transformation had been disrupted and whose attacks badly wounded them. As Yao Wan was sent flying, someone caught her and apologized for arriving late.

• The Three-Headed Worm Dragon shattered Medusa's barrier and hurled her away, leaving her with wounds tainted by Demonic Qi.
• Yao Wan attacked the monster while Medusa retreated into her sleeve, and the dragon's heads retched out cold blood-wind instead of absorbing Xun Saint.
• Yao Wan refused Medusa's offer to stay behind and continued fleeing with her, but the Three-Headed Worm Dragon pursued them and blamed them for ruining its transformation.
• The Three-Headed Worm Dragon's blood-light attack broke through Yao Wan's Black Flame defense, wounded her, and sent her flying.
• Someone caught Yao Wan and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

Xiao Yan arrived in the Southernmost Land and rescued the injured Yao Wan from the Three-Headed Worm Dragon, the transformed Northern Dragon King. He challenged the Six Star Dou Sheng with Strange Fire, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed his Flame Sword technique against the Northern Dragon King's attack.

• Xiao Yan caught Yao Wan, healed her with a medicinal pill, and told her to leave the fight to him.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Northern Dragon King, who vowed to devour him and Yao Wan before claiming the Dragon Emperor's throne.
• The Northern Dragon King attacked with a thousand-zhang demonic sword, and Xiao Yan countered with Flame Splitting, Wave Devouring Ruler.
• Xiao Yan mocked the Northern Dragon King's corrupted form and sword, provoking him to rain down countless sword lights.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Flame Sword and unleashed Flame Sword, Burns the Sky against the Northern Dragon King's attack.

Xiao Yan used his Flame Sword and Strange Fire to overwhelm the Northern Dragon King, but a Seven Star Dou Sheng from the Spirit Devouring Clan intervened and rescued him. After the enemy escaped, Yao Wan noticed a familiar aura on the Northern Dragon King, leading Xiao Yan to recall Dui Sheng and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his Flame Sword, and its nine-colored fire devoured the Insect Dragon’s sword lights.
• The Northern Dragon King pierced his chest with his demonic sword and summoned a Blood Sea, but Xiao Yan’s fire overwhelmed it and set him ablaze.
• A Seven Star Dou Sheng opened a Space Tunnel, extinguished the fire with lightning, and rescued the Northern Dragon King from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan clashed with the Spirit Devouring Clan expert using Mountain Severing and a fire lotus, but the man escaped with the Northern Dragon King.
• Yao Wan recognized a familiar Spirit Devouring Clan aura on the Northern Dragon King, and Xiao Yan recalled Dui Sheng’s attempt to prey on the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan escaped the Southernmost Land after fighting the Northern Dragon King, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had advanced to early Six Star Dou Sheng. They returned to Starfall Pavilion injured, where they reported the Spirit Devouring Clan’s plans and the Northern Dragon King’s transformation, leaving Zi Yan furious that he had escaped.

• Xiao Yan recognized that the Northern Dragon King’s Spirit-Devouring Secret Treasure contained Xun Saint’s aura, then sealed the Demonic Qi wounds on Medusa before opening a Space Tunnel.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had raised him to early Six Star Dou Sheng and that Xun'er had returned to the Gu Clan.
• Yao Wanhua met Xiao Yan and Yao Wan in the Space Tunnel, apologized for the Yao Clan’s failure to protect her, and escorted them to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to Starfall Pavilion at dusk, where Yao Chen and the others hurried to treat Yao Wan and Medusa before hearing their report.
• Zi Yan learned that the Northern Dragon King had become a Soul-Devouring Evil Demon and escaped with help from a Seven Star Dou Sheng, then threatened to kill him.

After the battle with the Northern Dragon King, Xiao Yan helped Medusa recover while Yao Wan prepared for the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony and the Hun Clan’s likely attack. Yao Wan returned to the Inheritance Land with Xiao Yan and told the Medicine Emperor Phantom that everything was ready.

• Xiao Yan soothed Zi Yan, then treated Medusa’s injuries and reassured her that she did not need to prove her worth by hiding her pain.
• Yao Wan considered the approaching Medicine Ceremony and warned Yao Wanhua that the Hun Clan might use it to target the Yao Clan, but she chose not to revoke its invitation.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan they had to return to the Yao Clan immediately, then used the Space Tunnel in her grotto-heaven to reach the Inheritance Land.
• Yao Wan told the Medicine Emperor Phantom that she had successfully absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and that everything was ready.