Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo and his companions reached the desert left by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and encountered the Soul Hall Master and the Gu Clan as rival groups gathered to claim the flame. Xun'er reunited with Ning Luo and told him she was free and would stay by his side.

• Ning Luo’s group saw that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s residual heat had turned a vast mountain range into a desert, and other groups gathered around the shattered space.
• The Soul Hall Master and the Soul Clan’s young clan chief arrived, and the Soul Hall Master said they would wait until the flame weakened while breaking its seal.
• Ning Luo recognized the Soul Hall Master as the powerful soul expert he had encountered before and noted that he possessed five Heavenly Flames.
• Xun’er arrived with the Gu Clan, greeted Ning Luo, and told him she would always stay by his side.
• Xun’er formally greeted Yao Lao, and Ning Luo introduced Zi Yan to her.

Ning Luo learned about Hun Feng’s danger as the Ancient Races gathered near the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s seal. When the Yao Clan arrived, Yao Wangui and Yao Tian insulted Yao Lao, and Ning Luo challenged Yao Tian, who threatened him with a price for speaking.

• Xun'er introduced Gu Nanhai and warned Ning Luo that Hun Feng was a ruthless Soul Clan prodigy waiting for the seal to weaken.
• Gu Qingyang advised Ning Luo that bringing companions into the sealed space would risk heavy losses.
• Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wangui arrived, and Yao Lao identified Yao Wangui as a powerful Yao Clan elder who oversaw punishments.
• Yao Wangui and Yao Tian belittled Yao Lao, criticizing his soul realm and his decision to leave the Yao Clan.
• Ning Luo defended Yao Lao and mocked Yao Tian’s standing, prompting Yao Tian to threaten him.

Ning Luo overpowered Yao Tian, then entered the space sealed around the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with Xun'er and the others. The ring of light separated him from his companions, leaving him alone in a dangerously hot, unfamiliar place.

• Ning Luo crushed Yao Tian's Soul Power attack and struck him with a Soul Power fist, which Yao Wangui blocked.
• Ning Luo slapped Yao Tian, then avoided his Flame Spirit attack while Yao Wangui tried to intervene; Xun'er stopped the confrontation from escalating.
• After waiting about three hours, Ning Luo and the others entered the milky-white ring of light as it opened into the flame's sealed space.
• Ning Luo found himself alone in the scorching space and surrounded himself with Heavenly Flames while searching for Xun'er and the others.

Ning Luo and his companions struggled through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion-filled Demonic Flame Space, where they faced Nightmare Sky Mist and waves of Fire Slaves. After reaching another hall, they found it strangely empty, leaving them uncertain what trial awaited next.

• Ning Luo recognized that the Soul Hall Master he saw was an illusion caused by the Nightmare Sky Mist and drove the milky-white flames out of his body with his Heavenly Flame.
• Ning Luo woke Yao Lao from the illusion, and Xun'er and the others joined them as Gu Nanhai explained the Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Fire Slaves appeared and charged at the group, so Gu Nanhai urged them toward the Demonic Flame Hall and Ning Luo led everyone onward.
• Ning Luo learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had likely recovered and grown stronger over the past thousand years, then continued through the vanishing halls.
• Ning Luo shattered the doors to another great hall and discovered that it contained no Fire Slaves.

Ning Luo realized that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had trapped the group in an illusion built around the real Xiao Chen, whose consciousness it had controlled. The man in white revealed himself as the Flame’s wielder and prepared to fight as Ning Luo explained how belief shaped the illusion’s power.

• Xiao Chen’s bloodline mark appeared as he fought Zi Yan and Gu Nanhai, and Ning Luo recognized it as a Xiao Clan mark.
• Xiao Chen struck Zi Yan and Gu Nanhai with his axe, and Ning Luo moved to defend them as his own bloodline mark surfaced.
• Gu Nanhai identified the gaunt man as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, who questioned who he was and began seeping with pale flames.
• Ning Luo declared that the group was inside an illusion, explaining that Xiao Chen was real but that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame controlled most of his consciousness.
• Ning Luo told Yao Lao and the others that the illusion made the enemy’s strength depend on what they believed about him.

Ning Luo broke the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist and temporarily freed Xiao Chen from its control, revealing the flame’s true form. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped everyone in a sea of fire, and Ning Luo agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall Master while warning his allies to stay cautious; the battle began with the flame overpowering their first attack.

• Ning Luo used an Enchantment Breaking Talisman to escape the Nightmare Illusion Realm with Xun'er and the others.
• When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to control Xiao Chen again, Ning Luo placed a curse mark on him to temporarily block its influence.
• The true Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, and the Soul Hall Master and others realized Ning Luo had broken the illusion.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demon Fire Refines Heaven and made people below the Dou Saint level explode, while a warning helped the survivors suppress their emotions.
• Ning Luo agreed to join the Soul Hall Master against the flame and told Zi Yan and Gu Nanhai to hold back and stay wary of a scheme.
• The Soul Hall Master and six other four-star Dou Saints attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, whose Fire Demon Halberd split their assault into seven pillars of flame.

The seven four-star Dou Saints unleashed their full power against Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Ning Luo and the others fought its Fire Slaves. Ning Luo learned to control a Fire Slave and discovered Hun Feng could devour the demonic flames, but another Fire Slave began to self-destruct.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame knocked the seven experts into the magma, prompting them to unleash their full strength and send the Fire Slaves after Ning Luo and the others.
• Ning Luo and his allies withdrew to fight the Fire Slaves, and Ning Luo weakened one by shattering the demonic flame powering it.
• Ning Luo used the soul incantation from the light orb to take control of the weakened Fire Slave.
• Ning Luo saw Hun Feng devour the demonic flames from another Fire Slave and grew more wary of him.
• Ning Luo noticed a nearby Fire Slave preparing to self-destruct and urgently warned Xun'er, Yao Lao, and the others to retreat.

After the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Fire Slaves self-destructed, the Soul Hall Master used the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array to try to seal it, but the struggle over the Flame’s origin began when the beam was diverted. Ning Luo confronted Hun Feng for control of the origin and summoned his Soul Clone and Five-Ring Separation Fire Formation.

• Six Fire Slaves self-destructed, while the remaining three were destroyed by the resulting energy storm.
• The Soul Hall Master gathered power from Gu Nanhai and the others and used the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array to trap the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Soul Hall Vice Master diverted the sealing beam, and an elderly Half-Saint seized the chance to reach for the Demonic Flame’s origin.
• Ning Luo grabbed the beam and confronted Hun Feng, then the two exchanged attacks as others joined the scramble.
• Ning Luo summoned his Soul Clone and formed the Five-Ring Separation Fire Formation against Hun Feng.

Ning Luo broke Hun Feng’s Sky Swallowing Mirror and seized the black pillar of light, but the Soul Hall Master attacked him before he could claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Xiao Chen intervened and confronted the Soul Hall Master, who realized Xiao Chen was a surviving Xiao Clan Dou Saint.

• Ning Luo combined a Five-Ring Separation Fire Disk with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to break Hun Feng’s Sky Swallowing Mirror and force him back.
• Ning Luo seized the black pillar of light, but the Soul Hall Master recovered and lunged at him as the surrounding space froze.
• Ning Luo formed a Flame Lotus and unleashed it against the Soul Hall Master, creating a massive flame storm.
• Xun'er and the others gathered around Ning Luo when the Soul Hall Master emerged alive and demanded the demonic flame essence.
• Xiao Chen appeared, knocked aside the Soul Hall Master’s attack, and told Ning Luo to kill the Soul Clan enemy.
• The Soul Hall Master recognized Xiao Chen as a member of the fallen Xiao Clan and was stunned that a Dou Saint had survived.

Xiao Chen overwhelmed the Soul Hall Master, but Soul Demon Elder and the Pill Tower Ancestor emerged as the conflict escalated. The Pill Tower Ancestor exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s plan to escape its seal, and Ning Luo offered to help confront it.

• Xiao Chen reached the mid five-star Dou Saint stage and attacked the Soul Hall Master and his companions with his blood axe.
• Soul Demon Elder appeared, and the Pill Tower Ancestor revealed himself as the child riding the blue ox.
• Ning Luo threw the black pillar of light to the Pill Tower Ancestor, who was revealed to have reached the six-star Dou Saint level.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s deliberate capture and called it out of the pillar.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged and vowed to escape, while Soul Demon Elder chose to wait for a chance to take advantage of the fight.
• Ning Luo asked the Pill Tower Ancestor whether he and the others should intervene.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and attacked the assembled fighters. When Ning Luo’s mind reacted to the danger, the Nether Flame Demon Saint appeared through him and confronted Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who immediately attacked the apparition.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and trapped everyone between its heavenly and earthly formations.
• Soul Demon Elder and the Pill Tower Ancestor agreed to divide the defense, but their combined forces failed to stop the array’s attack.
• Ning Luo clutched his forehead as the strange light inside his mind trembled, and the Nether Flame Demon Saint appeared around his body.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor recognized the apparition as the Nether Flame Demon Saint and said it had emerged because of the Ancient Map.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame challenged the Nether Flame Demon Saint and fired destructive pillars of light at him from both formations.

The Nether Flame Demon Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to destroy himself and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving behind its peaceful Demonic Flame Origin. Ning Luo and Xun'er found the origin, and Ning Luo decided to try refining it despite having less than a fifty-percent chance of success.

• "Ning Luo" halted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attacks and opened a spatial passage for the others to escape.
• Xun'er stayed behind with Ning Luo, while Gu Nanhai and Yao Lao left through the passage.
• The Nether Flame Demon Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to strip away the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's intelligence and memories, then destroyed them both.
• Ning Luo and Xun'er discovered the peaceful Demonic Flame Origin in the magma sea.
• Ning Luo decided to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Demonic Flame Space, despite his low confidence.

After seven days of waiting outside the sealed Demonic Flame Space, Ning Luo began refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame within, with Xun'er joining him to help withstand its power. As the flame was gradually refined, vast energy began spreading through Ning Luo's body.

• Gu Nanhai and the others waited for Ning Luo and Xun'er, but the Demonic Flame Space showed no sign of opening.
• Zi Yan revealed that Ning Luo's Dragon Seal remained, reassuring Gu Nanhai that he might still be alive, and Yao Lao promised to keep watch over the space.
• After preparing for seven days inside, Ning Luo began refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the medicines and formation he had prepared.
• The flame engulfed Ning Luo, and Xun'er threw herself into it so they could refine it together.
• Ning Luo and Xun'er endured inside the fireball as the Flame Mantra began refining the Demonic Flame and heavenly phenomena gathered outside.
• Ning Luo changed his hand seal, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began to be refined as vast energy flooded through his body.

After a year of seclusion in the Demonic Flame Space, Ning Luo and Xun'er emerged with greatly increased strength as the Central Plains changed around them. Ning Luo discovered a strange pink flame within himself that transformed into a tiny infant.

• Ning Luo and Xun'er vanished inside a crystal egg after the Demonic Flame's energy surged into Xun'er.
• Soul Hall and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance fought a fierce war while Ning Luo and Xun'er remained in seclusion.
• The Shi Clan mysteriously disappeared, and the Yao Clan, Lei Clan, and Yan Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance.
• Ning Luo and Xun'er emerged from seclusion after a year and noted their greatly increased strength.
• Ning Luo summoned a pink flame from his palm, and it transformed into a tiny infant before him and Xun'er.

Ning Luo and Xun'er discovered a powerful Fire Infant, which Ning Luo named Xiao Yi, and then emerged onto the Demonic Flame Plains. After rescuing a Heavenly Mansion Alliance squad from Soul Hall attackers, Ning Luo asked them what had happened since the Demonic Flame Space closed.

• The Fire Infant showed Ning Luo its ability to create Buddha's Rage Fire Lotuses, including a Destruction Fire Lotus far stronger than his own.
• Xun'er suggested naming the Fire Infant, and Ning Luo called it Xiao Yi before it burrowed into his body.
• On the Demonic Flame Plains, Captain Liu and his squad fought a group of Soul Hall forces while trying to protect their Demonic Flame Stones.
• Ning Luo and Xun'er appeared, and Ning Luo killed Protector Mo and the fleeing Soul Hall attackers with a single strike.
• Captain Liu identified his group as the Mystic Squad of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance's Third Outer Alliance Brigade, and Ning Luo asked what had happened after the Demonic Flame Space closed.

Ning Luo learned that the Stone Clan had vanished and returned to the Alliance, where he revealed he could face the Soul Hall Master alone. His return gave the Alliance new hope as it braced for Soul Hall’s growing offensive.

• Captain Liu told Ning Luo that the Stone Clan had mysteriously vanished like the Ling Clan, and Ning Luo asked to be taken to a branch hall.
• Ning Luo returned to Captain Liu’s group and identified himself as the Alliance Leader, then promised Xun'er he would visit the Gu Clan to ask for her hand.
• Ning Luo vowed to confront Soul Hall over its massacre of his Xiao Family and vanished toward the Alliance’s headquarters.
• Venerable Wind reported the Alliance’s recent clashes with Soul Hall, while the leaders worried that Soul Hall was preparing to escalate the conflict.
• Ning Luo arrived at the Alliance meeting, and Xiao Chen said Ning Luo could face the Soul Hall Master alone.
• Ning Luo confirmed that he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, relieving the Alliance’s leaders.

After returning to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, Ning Luo reunited with his family and learned that Cai Lin had remained missing in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring. Soul Hall challenged him to a life-or-death battle at the Summit of Demise, where its seven Dou Saints arrived as spectators gathered for the confrontation.

• Ning Luo returned to his courtyard, embraced Xiao Xiao, and learned from Xiao Yi Xian that she and Qing Lin could sense Cai Lin in the depths of the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.
• Ning Luo resolved to visit the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were revealed to have reached one-star Dou Saint.
• After several peaceful days with his family, Ning Luo received Soul Hall's challenge to decide life and death at the Summit of Demise in three days.
• Crowds of spectators flocked to the Fallen Mountain Range for the confrontation, and Ning Luo opened the challenge letter before Yao Lao and Xiao Chen.
• At the Summit of Demise, Soul Hall arrived with seven Dou Saints, drawing the attention of the gathered spectators.

The Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion Alliance assembled for a decisive confrontation, and Ning Luo accepted the Soul Hall Master's challenge of three fights with two victories needed. The Pill Tower Ancestor volunteered to fight Hun Qianmo and drew him into a chaotic space, leaving the remaining duels to come.

• The Soul Hall Master confronted Ning Luo about possessing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and challenged the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to a three-fight contest.
• Ning Luo accepted the challenge, and the Soul Hall Master set the rules: each side would send three fighters, and the first side to win two battles would prevail.
• The Soul Demon Elder attacked, but Xiao Chen opposed him and warned the Soul Clan against hiding behind its power.
• The Soul Hall Master identified himself as the third fighter, and the Pill Tower Ancestor appeared and offered to face Hun Qianmo.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor created a chaotic space and entered it with Hun Qianmo to begin their battle.

Xiao Chen challenged Soul Demon Elder while two other Six-Star Dou Zun powerhouses fought inside a spatial realm. After their first clash was judged a draw, Xiao Chen revealed his late Five-Star Dou Zun strength and launched Sky Sever, forcing Soul Demon Elder to devour his Soul Guava.

• Two Six-Star Dou Zun powerhouses entered the spatial realm to fight as Xiao Chen challenged the Soul Hall Master and Soul Demon Elder.
• Soul Demon Elder accepted Xiao Chen's challenge and attacked under a shroud of black mist.
• Xiao Chen summoned his blood-red axe, broke through Soul Demon Elder's bone net, and struck the Soul Guava, blasting it across several mountains.
• Hun Qianmo and the Pill Tower Ancestor judged Xiao Chen and Soul Demon Elder's first exchange a draw.
• Xiao Chen's aura rose from mid to late Five-Star Dou Zun as he used Sky Sever, and Soul Demon Elder swallowed the Soul Guava to strengthen himself.

After two earlier battles ended in draws, Ning Luo faced Soul Hall Master Miesheng in the decisive final round. Ning Luo struck first with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and unleashed Buddha's Wrath: Samsara, engulfing Miesheng in its devastating beam.

• Yao Lao and his opponent emerged bloodied after their battle ended in another draw, leaving the outcome to Ning Luo's final match.
• Hun Qianmo chose Soul Hall Master Miesheng to fight Ning Luo, while Soul Demon Elder warned Miesheng about Ning Luo's Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Ning Luo wounded Miesheng with a lightning-fast attack as their battle began.
• Ning Luo used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but Miesheng's illusory souls protected him from most of its force.
• Ning Luo formed Buddha's Wrath: Samsara and fired a massive pink flame beam that engulfed Miesheng.