Chapter Summaries

The Fire Spirit Clan held its Holy Flame Ceremony as Great Elder Crimson Dragon worried over his clan’s losses in the Fire Domain. When a Heaven Supreme invaded and the holy flame broke free, the intruder revealed himself as Xiao Yan, the Flame Emperor.

• Great Elder Crimson Dragon discussed the Crimson Dragon Clan’s losses in the Fire Domain with Fire Spirit Clan elders, who said the clan had received resources to recover.
• The Fire Spirit Clan began its Holy Flame Ceremony, but the Flame Spirit Holy Fire behaved abnormally and several newcomers failed to draw out its power.
• A Fire Spirit Clan elder reported that a Heaven Supreme had broken into the ancestral land, prompting the clan leader to recognize that the intruder had arrived.
• The holy flame burst free from its furnace as Xiao Yan appeared, shocking Great Elder Crimson Dragon, who had believed Xiao Yan was only an Earth Supreme.

Xiao Yan entered the Fire Spirit Clan Ancestral Land during the Holy Flame Ceremony and demanded the clan’s Holy Flame, explaining that it contained a flame connected to him. The Fire Spirit Clan Leader trapped him in a great array, but Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame began tearing it apart.

• Great Elder Crimson Dragon and the Fire Spirit Clan elders recognized Xiao Yan as a Heaven Supreme and struggled to withstand his pressure.
• Xiao Yan told the Fire Spirit Clan Leader he had come for the Holy Flame, which he said he was taking back rather than seizing.
• The Holy Flame reached toward Xiao Yan, and he explained that it had absorbed a flame from his continent that had once shown him favor.
• The Fire Spirit Clan Leader insisted the Holy Flame remained his clan’s sacred object and activated the Heaven Flame Binding Lock Array.
• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame devoured the array’s fire ropes and tore open a gap.

Xiao Yan overcame the Fire Spirit Clan Leader’s arrays and fought him in the air, while avoiding harm to the clan below. The leader unleashed the Burn the Heavens Melting Fire, and Xiao Yan sent a Fire Lotus into it, leaving the clan’s protective formation struggling to withstand the destruction.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly broke the Fire Spirit Clan Leader’s spirit arrays, prompting the leader to switch to spear attacks.
• The Fire Spirit Clan Leader activated the Clan Protecting Grand Formation to shield the Fire Spirit clansmen, and Xiao Yan flew higher to draw the fight away from them.
• The Fire Spirit Clan Leader gathered the elders’ blood essence and his own to open the Heavenly Aperture Fire Furnace and unleash the Burn the Heavens Melting Fire.
• Xiao Yan formed a Fire Lotus and sent it into the leader’s flames, then the Fire Spirit Clan Leader returned toward the clan as the forces collided.
• The collision battered the Clan Protecting Grand Formation, and the Fire Spirit Clan Elders vomited blood as they struggled to hold it in place.

Xiao Yan withstood the Fire Spirit Clan’s full attack and claimed the Sacred Flame, while the Clan Leader chose to surrender it to save his people. Xiao Yan healed the clan’s injured members before departing, and the Clan Leader predicted that the title Flame Emperor would soon become famous throughout the Great Thousand World.

• The Fire Spirit Clan’s members strained to maintain their protective formation against Xiao Yan’s destructive flames, and the Clan Leader suffered severe burns holding it together.
• After the storm subsided, the Fire Spirit Clan Leader recognized that Xiao Yan had deliberately held back and that the clan could not defeat him.
• The Clan Leader opened the Heavenly Aperture Fire Furnace and returned the Sacred Flame to Xiao Yan rather than risk the Fire Spirit Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan gave the Clan Leader a bottle of medicinal liquid to treat the clan’s injuries, then left.
• The Clan Leader ordered an Elder to pour the medicinal liquid into a Spirit Spring and predicted that Xiao Yan’s Flame Emperor title would soon be renowned.

After taking the Sacred Flame from the Fire Spirit Clan, Xiao Yan left for the Sumeru Realm. There, Yao Wan began gathering followers for the newly founded Endless Fire Territory while waiting for Xiao Yan to return.

• Great Elder Crimson Dragon despaired after realizing that neither he nor the Fire Spirit Clan could take revenge on the one who stole the Sacred Flame.
• Xiao Yan stored the Sacred Flame, opened a Space Tunnel, and left the Fire Spirit Continent for the Sumeru Realm.
• Yao Wan defeated the Heaven Supremes who had obstructed her, then confronted more than a dozen experts seeking to join her.
• Yao Wan warned the experts against betrayal and invited them to follow her; none chose to leave.
• Yao Wan named her new power the Endless Fire Territory and told the recruits that Xiao Yan, the Flame Emperor, would return.
• At the Heavenly Tomb Gate, Zi Yan and the others subdued the Earth Supreme experts from the Maha Alliance.

Yao Wan Jie returned to find Zi Yan’s group safe, dealt with the captured Maha Alliance members, and discussed how to secure trustworthy help in the Sumeru Realm. She proposed opening a Space Tunnel to connect Dou Qi Continent directly to the Sumeru Realm, leaving the others to consider the plan’s risks.

• Yao Wan Jie reunited with Zi Yan and said she had defeated the Heaven Supremes on her side.
• Yao Wan Jie approved Zi Yan’s decision to kill the captured Maha Alliance members, and the group executed them before Yao Wan Jie burned their corpses with Calamity Fire.
• Yao Wan Jie sent the newly recruited Earth Supremes to explore the Sumeru Realm and report any discoveries for future rewards.
• Xun'er and Nalan Yanran questioned whether the new recruits could be trusted and suggested that people from Dou Qi Continent would be more reliable.
• Yao Wan Jie proposed opening a Space Tunnel between Dou Qi Continent and the Sumeru Realm so the entire continent could join their sphere of influence and benefit from the Great Thousand World.

Yao Wan and Zi Yan discussed opening a passage between the Dou Qi Continent and the Sumeru Realm, while Xiao Yan returned to find the Endless Fire Territory already established in his name. Boundless Venerable mistook Xiao Yan for a newcomer and invited him to join the territory.

• Yao Wan and Zi Yan agreed that opening the passage should wait until Xiao Yan returned, so both sides could safely confirm its position.
• Zi Yan suggested planting Jianmu where the spiritual veins converged once the passage connected to the Sumeru Realm.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Sumeru Realm and sensed unfamiliar fire auras and newly active presences.
• Boundless Venerable stopped Xiao Yan and explained that he was an Elder of the Endless Fire Territory, established by the Awakening Master.
• Boundless Venerable praised the Awakening Master's defeat of three Heaven Supremes and asked Xiao Yan to join the Endless Fire Territory.

Xiao Yan was recruited into the Endless Fire Territory by Boundless Venerable and brought before Yao Wan, who recognized him as the person she had been expecting. Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Wan and showed her the flame he had recovered from the Fire Spirit Clan.

• Boundless Venerable invited Xiao Yan to join the Endless Fire Territory, and Xiao Yan agreed to go take a look.
• Boundless Venerable explained that the Endless Fire Territory had been founded by the Awakening Master, who had defeated three Heaven Supreme experts.
• At the Heavenly Tomb Gate, Boundless Venerable presented Xiao Yan to Mystic Empress, and Yao Wan ordered him to stay.
• Yao Wan questioned Xiao Yan about his arrival, and he explained that Boundless Venerable had brought him there while he was looking for someone.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan he had recovered what he sought from the Fire Spirit Clan and showed her a flame more dazzling than Emperor Flame.

Xiao Yan searched the Fire Spirit Clan Sacred Flame for remnants of Tou She Ancient God and found a soul-like Emperor Flame Fire Seed instead. Yao Wan proposed bringing Dou Qi Continent to them so he could nurture it in Canaan Academy.

• Xiao Yan connected his Emperor Flame to the Sacred Flame and endured its burning as he searched it with his Divine Sense.
• Xiao Yan found no trace of Tou She Ancient God’s consciousness, but discovered a scorching point of light with a nature close to a soul.
• Xiao Yan pulled the point of light free and identified it as a possible Emperor Flame Fire Seed that could grow into an intelligent flame.
• Yao Wan suggested bringing Dou Qi Continent over rather than waiting for a chance to return there, and Xiao Yan recalled their experience transferring Azure Profound Continent.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan decided to prioritize moving Dou Qi Continent into the Sumeru Realm before refining the sacred flame. They organized the preparations and assigned Xiao Yan to guard the territory as Yao Wan led the effort, leaving them to await the dangers that might arise.

• Yao Wan discussed the Endless Fire Territory’s expansion with Xiao Yan, and he said the Fire Spirit Clan had yielded its sacred flame after he defeated them.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan agreed that relocating Dou Qi Continent should take priority, with Yao Wan guiding the move and Xiao Yan protecting the territory.
• Yao Wan planned to return to Dou Qi Continent and guide a branch of the spirit vein from the Sumeru Realm to it, while Xiao Yan considered waiting for potential attackers to reveal themselves.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan summoned their allies and confirmed the plan, assigning Zi Yan to position Dou Qi Continent and the others to assist with the guiding.
• Yao Wan recalled the Elders to guard the area around the Heavenly Tomb Gate as an early warning line, while Xiao Yan was left to handle any powerful invaders.

After more than a decade of peace, Yao Chen and the Yan and Lei clan leaders became Dou Di on the Dou Qi Continent. Yao Wan returned through the Space Tunnel and revealed that she planned to move the entire continent to a new home.

• The Yan and Lei clan leaders refined Source Qi and became Dou Di, joining Yao Chen as the continent’s three new Dou Di alongside the existing Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress.
• The Space Tunnel loosened, and Yao Chen, Gu Yuan, and the Yan and Lei clan leaders prepared for a possible invasion.
• Yao Wan emerged from the void, greeted the group, and joked with Yao Chen about Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan explained that she had returned not to recruit people but to move the entire Dou Qi Continent to a new home.

Yao Wan began moving the entire Dou Qi Continent toward the Great Thousand World, reassuring the four Dou Di that preparations had already been made. The journey was expected to take several months, though its inhabitants would feel little of the passage.

• Yao Wan clarified that she intended to move the entire Dou Qi Continent, not just the Yao Clan, and the others reacted with astonishment.
• Yao Wan used golden branches of Life Spirit Flame to hold the continent together and begin its passage through the planes.
• Yao Chen, Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying warned their forces not to interfere with the branches, while the continent remained calm during the transfer.
• Yao Wan explained that Xiao Yan and the others were also preparing for the continent's arrival in the Great Thousand World.
• Yao Wan estimated that the transfer would take a few months and said the continent's inhabitants need not worry.

As Zi Yan guided the Dou Qi Continent toward the Sumeru Realm, the injured Heaven Supremes realized the move could draw the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s attention. After learning that the Sumeru Realm was vulnerable, the clan prepared a secret invasion to seize its spiritual-vein convergence point.

• Zi Yan guided the Dou Qi Continent through the Sumeru Realm while Earth Supremes watched in astonishment.
• Xuan Lord and Lord Qingcheng sensed the guidance array, and Silent Extinction King warned that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan might exploit the situation.
• An Extraterritorial Evil Clan scout reported that the three Heaven Supremes had been defeated and the Awakening Master was away guiding her Lower Plane.
• The demon leader ordered the clan’s experts to attack in three days and destroy the guidance array to seize the Sumeru Realm.

As Zi Yan tried to connect with the distant Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan sensed that trouble was coming. An overwhelming tide of Extraterritorial Evil Clan demons invaded the Sumeru Realm, and a Blood Spirit Clan Demon General appeared before the defenders as vastly greater Demonic Qi gathered in the clouds.

• Zi Yan failed to sense the state of the Dou Qi Continent because it was too far away from the Sumeru Realm.
• Xiao Yan felt an ominous premonition, and Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor agreed that his instincts often heralded trouble.
• Earth Supremes guarding the continent discovered an enormous tide of low-grade Sovereign demons attacking directly, without warning.
• Boundless Venerable judged the demons to be a disorganized mob, while the defenders questioned how the Evil Clan had bypassed the Borderlands.
• A Blood Spirit Clan Demon General emerged from the demon clouds and taunted the Earth Supremes as Demonic Qi far beyond a Demon General's power gathered overhead.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Sumeru Realm as a Heaven Supreme and confronted the Demon Emperor threatening the Earth Supremes. He revealed himself as the Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan, and prepared to face the demon.

• A Demon Emperor descended and threatened to kill the Earth Supremes and seize the Sumeru Realm’s spiritual veins.
• Xiao Yan’s voice announced that a Heaven Supreme was still present, and his flames ignited the Demonic Qi around the group.
• Xiao Yan stepped out of the sea of fire and reassured Boundless Venerable and the other Earth Supremes that he would take over.
• Boundless Venerable recognized Xiao Yan, while the others learned of his confrontation with the Fire Spirit Clan and the Sacred Flame he had taken.
• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame overwhelmed the demon’s incoming tide of demons, and he introduced himself as the Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Nether Blood Demon Emperor, the Blood Spirit Clan’s greatest obstacle to obtaining the Sumeru Realm, and fought him in a fierce close-quarters duel. The two ended with weapons poised at each other’s throats, neither able to claim victory.

• The Earth Supreme and Boundless Venerable realized Xiao Yan was the young Heaven Supreme known as the Flame Emperor.
• Xiao Yan identified the Nether Blood Demon Emperor and warned the others to retreat before their battle began.
• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor attacked with Demonic Qi, and Xiao Yan blocked it with layers of Emperor Flame.
• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor pierced Xiao Yan’s flame barrier with Demonic Blood and charged with a Blood-colored Demon Sword.
• Xiao Yan formed a fire ruler, and the two fought through nearly a hundred exchanges that devastated the surrounding land.
• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor held his sword near Xiao Yan’s eyes while Xiao Yan held the fire ruler at the demon’s neck, leaving the outcome uncertain.

Xiao Yan fought the Nether Blood Demon Emperor, whose Demonic Blood attacks failed against Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame. The Demon Emperor unleashed source Demonic Blood with Heaven Swallowing, and Xiao Yan answered with his Flame Sword as the battle continued.

• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor questioned whether Xiao Yan’s Demonic Blood resistance and flames could last, then flooded the battlefield with Demonic Blood.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Demon Emperor’s waves as power stolen from the Great Thousand World and burned them away with his sea of Emperor Flame.
• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor acknowledged Xiao Yan’s formidable flames and revealed that he could use source Demonic Blood.
• The Nether Blood Demon Emperor unleashed Blood Fusion, Heaven Swallowing, and Xiao Yan formed his Emperor Flame into a sword and struck with Flame Sword, Burning Heaven.

Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame destroyed Nether Blood Demon Emperor’s source Demonic Blood and left him unable to resist. As the experts realized the Endless Fire Territory had been Xiao Yan’s domain all along, Nether Blood Demon Emperor attempted one last desperate move.

• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame swallowed the Heaven Swallowing great hole and spread across the sky, shocking the watching experts.
• Boundless Venerable explained that the Endless Fire Territory had been Xiao Yan’s territory and suggested the Awakening Master was the Mystic Empress, meaning the territory had two Heaven Supremes.
• Xiao Yan’s flames burned away Nether Blood Demon Emperor’s source Demonic Blood, causing his aura and body to wither.
• Xiao Yan told Nether Blood Demon Emperor that losing his Demonic Blood left him without a way to resist the Emperor Flame.
• Nether Blood Demon Emperor tried to suppress the flames and make a desperate struggle, as a sound like glass shattering rang out.

Xiao Yan defeated the Nether Blood Demon Emperor and burned away the remaining Blood Spirit Clan forces threatening the Sumeru Realm. Afterward, he offered healing pills to the rescued experts, who were astonished to learn that the Flame Emperor was also an alchemist.

• Experts on a nearby continent sensed Xiao Yan's flames destroy the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's presence and speculated about the identity of the powerful fire user.
• Xiao Yan continued burning away every trace of the Blood Spirit Clan to ensure the Nether Blood Demon Emperor and his forces were truly defeated.
• The powerful experts celebrated the victory and relaxed as Xiao Yan emerged from the flames.
• Xiao Yan offered the injured experts healing pills and said he could refine more if needed.
• The experts were shocked to learn that Xiao Yan was an alchemist, and Xiao Yan modestly claimed he knew only a thing or two about alchemy.

Yao Wan Jie helped reconnect the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World and planted Jianmu to anchor it in place while it adapted. The continent began its transformation into a native plane of the Great Thousand World.

• Zi Yan sensed the Dou Qi Continent arriving and opened a Space Tunnel to confirm its connection to the Great Thousand World.
• Yao Wan Jie withdrew most of her branches from the Dou Qi Continent but kept some behind to support it.
• Yao Wan Jie sent an azure-green seedling through the Space Tunnel, and it grew down to take root in the Spirit Crystal Land in Central State.
• Yao Wan Jie explained that the Divine Tree Remnant Jianmu would anchor the Dou Qi Continent until it adapted and completed its transformation.