Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie defeated the Fire Slaves and freed Xiao Chen, a long-lost member of the Xiao Clan who had been controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He confronted the flame on its altar, where their battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Xie froze and destroyed the Fire Slaves, then entered the gate that appeared in the plaza.
• Xiao Xie overpowered a gaunt axe-wielding man and used Azure Dragon Flame to free him from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control.
• The man identified himself as Xiao Chen, Xiao Xuan’s cousin, and Xiao Xie told him that Xiao Xuan had been revived and the Xiao Clan would rise again.
• Xiao Xie and Xiao Chen agreed to deal with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Xie left Xiao Chen behind as he rushed to the altar.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame questioned humanity’s desire to refine Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Xie dismissed its words as an attempt to survive.

Xiao Xie broke the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Illusion, defeated it, and obtained the Demon Fire Source. He returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Chen, where Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Xuan and heard about plans to create a home for the clan.

• Xiao Xie saw through the illusion covering the Demon Fire Space and revealed the Lava Sea and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true form.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked with lava, but Xiao Xie destroyed it with a sword aura and collected the Demon Fire Source.
• Xiao Xie used the Earth Spirit Pearl to take Xiao Chen back to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Xuan excitedly reunited with his long-lost younger brother.
• Xiao Xuan described his plan to open a separate space for the Xiao Clan and eventually expand it into the Xiao Realm, with Xiao Chen helping him.
• Xiao Xie left the brothers to catch up, and Xiao Chen joked with Xiao Xuan about his fondness for being called an old geezer.

Xiao Xuan reunited with Xiao Chen and took him to change clothes and share stories, while Xiao Xie refined the Purification Lotus Demon Flame. Xiao Xie broke through to Three-Star Dou Sheng, evolved the Flame Mantra, and formed a Nine-tailed White Fox Fire Spirit.

• Xiao Xuan teased Xiao Chen about his disheveled appearance and brought him into a private space to change and talk.
• Xiao Xie returned to the secluded courtyard in the Pill Domain and began refining the Purification Lotus Demon Flame in the Worship Space.
• After a day and night, Xiao Xie finished refining the flame and advanced from One-Star Dou Sheng to Three-Star Dou Sheng as the Flame Mantra evolved into a high-grade Heaven-tier cultivation method.
• Xiao Xie visualized the Purification Lotus Demon Flame and formed a Nine-tailed White Fox Fire Spirit, which cheerfully followed the White Tiger.
• Xiao Xie checked his Attribute Panel and saw his updated cultivation, cultivation method, and Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin broke through to Dou Sheng, and Qing Lin revealed the power of her matured Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. The Little Pill Tower elders arrived to congratulate them and learned that Xiao Xie had reached Three-Star Dou Sheng after refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Xie reviewed his strength and Worship Points before leaving the Worship Space.
• Two months later, Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Sheng and met Xiao Xie in his rear courtyard.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Xie her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control snake-type beings below Five-Star Dou Sheng and absorb their energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qing Lin that Xiao Xie's cultivation had surpassed theirs, and Xiao Xie said he had gained another opportunity.
• The First Elder, the Seven Elders, and the three great leaders arrived, congratulated Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and asked Xiao Xie about his cultivation.
• Xiao Xie revealed that refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had raised his cultivation to Three-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Xie gave Bodhi treasures to the First Elder and the others before a mysterious Dou Di aura swept across the continent, signaling the appearance of an unknown Emperor’s inheritance. The Xiao and Ancient Clans considered whether to investigate as the chapter ended with Gu Yuan praising Xiao Xie’s help in Xun Er’s cultivation.

• Xiao Xie gave three Bodhi Hearts and seven Bodhi Seeds to the First Elder and the others, who were astonished by his rapid cultivation and generosity.
• A powerful Dou Di aura swept across the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Xie suspected that a previously unknown Emperor’s inheritance had appeared.
• Xiao Chen suggested investigating the aura, but Xiao Xuan declined, and Xiao Chen chose to stay behind and nurture the Xiao Clan’s younger generation.
• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan’s elders gathered to discuss the aura, while Gu Dao asked about Xun Er’s absence.
• Gu Yuan explained that Xun Er was cultivating to break through to Dou Sheng and credited Xiao Xie with helping her advance.

After the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling appeared in the Beast Domain and its aura drew experts from across the continent, Black Demon King planned an alliance with the other magical beast races. Three days later, Xiao Xie arrived at the cave dwelling with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Gu Dao and the Ancient Clan elders discussed Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen’s returns and Xiao Xie’s breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told the Soul Clan that the cave dwelling’s emergence was connected to Black Demon King and the four magical beast kings, then planned to follow other experts inside.
• Black Demon King proposed an alliance with the Beast Domain’s three major magical beast races to help fend off human experts.
• The cave dwelling’s ancient origins and Black Demon King’s search for it were explained as experts across the continent rushed toward the Beast Domain.
• Xiao Xie arrived in the Beast Domain with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

Xiao Xie arrived at the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, where human and magical beast forces maintained a tense standoff. He reunited with Gu Yuan and encountered Poison Rose, who thanked him for freeing her from the ancient ruins and teased him about repaying the favor.

• The Magical Beast Alliance and human experts held back from fighting over the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling, wary of the devastation an all-out battle would cause.
• Xiao Xie arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and greeted Gu Yuan, who introduced him to the Ancient Clan’s three Grand Elders.
• Gu Dao noticed that Xiao Xie had advanced to Three-Star Dou Sheng and that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had become One-Star Dou Shengs.
• Poison Rose appeared and told Xiao Xie and Gu Yuan that Xiao Xie had freed her and the others by opening the Heaven Flipping Great Saint’s ruins.
• Xiao Xie reminded Poison Rose that he had nearly died during their earlier encounter, and she flirtatiously offered him a taste of mortal bliss.

Poison Rose proposed that the humans and magical beast kings jointly explore the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling, allowing only Dou Sheng experts inside, and Gu Yuan and Xiao Xie agreed. As the gathered experts prepared to enter, Xiao Xie and Nihility Devouring Flame recognized each other as enemies and privately planned to deal with one another.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Armor Piercing Powder to make her pinch hurt Xiao Xie, while Poison Rose discussed the cave dwelling with Gu Yuan.
• Poison Rose proposed that only Dou Sheng experts enter the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling, and Gu Yuan and Xiao Xie accepted on behalf of their sides.
• Poison Rose led Xiao Xie, Gu Yuan, and the others to the cave dwelling, where nearly a hundred Dou Sheng experts gathered.
• Nine Dragons arrived with the Soul Clan after locating them in hiding, and Nihility Devouring Flame assessed Xiao Xie as a target because he possessed ten Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Xie identified Nihility Devouring Flame, and both men withdrew their gazes while planning to attack or devour the other inside the cave dwelling.

Several hundred Dou Sheng experts attacked the barrier around the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling until they broke it, despite their first combined strike having no effect. As the experts rushed inside to seek treasures, Xiao Xie entered with Gu Yuan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.

• The Black Demon King organized the experts into ranks and ordered them to attack the cave dwelling’s barrier together.
• The first combined strike leveled the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range, but the barrier remained undamaged, and Xiao Xie protected Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin from the shockwave.
• Gu Yuan and the others recognized the barrier’s strength, while the Black Demon King urged everyone to keep attacking because it had been weakened over time.
• The experts launched repeated attacks until the barrier ran out of energy and shattered.
• The Dou Sheng experts rushed into the cave dwelling, and Xiao Xie followed Gu Yuan inside with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

After entering the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling, Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin were teleported to the Barren Stone World, where they met the Stone Spirit Race. Xiao Xie rescued a group of Stone Spirits from a Stone Demon and learned about their world and the River of Life.

• Black Demon King and the other Magical Beast Kings entered the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling with their subordinates.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin arrived in a jagged, barren valley, and Xiao Xie used Observation Haki to find a great river.
• Xiao Xie killed a Stone Demon that was chasing a group of humanoid creatures and descended to meet them.
• Xiao Xie used Soul Power to communicate with An Muti, who identified himself as a member of the Stone Spirit Race and thanked Xiao Xie for saving his tribe.
• An Muti explained that they lived in the Barren Stone World, where the River of Life supported the Stone Spirit Race and other creatures.

Xiao Xie asked An Muti how to leave the Barren Stone World, and An Muti invited him and his companions to seek answers from the Great Priest of the An Mu Tribe. They reached the tribe’s concealed settlement, where An Muti began leading them toward its center.

• An Muti said he did not know how to leave the Barren Stone World but suggested the Great Priest might know, and Xiao Xie agreed to visit the An Mu Tribe.
• An Muti’s group processed the Stone Demon Xiao Xie had killed and collected its valuable parts.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin followed An Muti to a seemingly empty valley and entered the concealed settlement through a barrier in the stone wall.
• Xiao Xie’s group emerged from a guarded tunnel into the An Mu Tribe’s busy marketplace.
• An Muti led Xiao Xie and his companions through the marketplace toward the center of the tribe.

Xiao Xie learned from the An Mu Tribe’s Great Priest that defeating the Stone Demon King was the only way to leave the Barren Stone World. He found the sleeping king in the Extremely Northern Land, awakened it, and knocked it to the ground with Shinra Tensei.

• Xiao Xie met the An Mu Tribe’s Great Priest, who explained that ancient records foretold outsiders defeating the Stone Demon King and gave Xiao Xie a Stone Spirit Token.
• Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled north with help from other Stone Spirit tribes and reached the Extremely Northern Land.
• Xiao Xie roared to awaken the sleeping Stone Demon King, triggering avalanches across the snowy mountains.
• The Stone Demon King opened hundreds of blood-red eyes and attacked Xiao Xie and the others with a massive claw.
• Xiao Xie used Shinra Tensei to repel the Stone Demon King’s claw and send the enormous king crashing to the ground.

Xiao Xie defeated the Stone Demon King in the Barren Stone World, forged its remains into a powerful White Bone Behemoth, and gave it to Xiao Yi Xian. After leaving the world with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, he was ambushed by Nihility Devouring Flame, and the two prepared to fight in an ancient hall.

• Xiao Xie evaded the Stone Demon King's attacks and used Hornet's Shikai to paralyze it before killing it.
• Xiao Xie transformed the Stone Demon King's remains into a late-stage Eight Star Dou Sheng White Bone Behemoth and gave its White Bone Pearl to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the silver gate that appeared after the Stone Demon King's death and left the Barren Stone World.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ambushed Xiao Xie and his companions as they emerged from the spatial passage, but Xiao Xie dodged the attack.
• Xiao Xie and Nihility Devouring Flame faced off in the ancient hall while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin moved aside, ready to support Xiao Xie if necessary.

Xiao Xie and the others gathered in the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling’s Inheritance Great Hall, where Dragon Elder appeared and explained the trials for inheriting the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s legacy. The first hundred arrivals qualified for the second trial, and the ten who defeated the most same-level puppet warriors would advance to the third.

• Gu Yuan and the others arrived as Xiao Xie faced Nihility Devouring Flame, forcing Xiao Xie to abandon his chance to seize the flame’s origin.
• The hall filled with one hundred people, and an irresistible force expelled the remaining Dou Sheng experts from the cave dwelling.
• Dragon Elder appeared as a Soul Clone of the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor and explained that the first hundred arrivals had passed the first trial.
• Dragon Elder said he would test the candidates with increasing numbers of same-level puppet warriors, and the ten who defeated the most would reach the third trial.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nihility Devouring Flame faced Dragon Elder’s second trial inside his domain, where waves of energy puppets tested their combat abilities. Xiao Xie easily defeated the early waves, Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed the puppets with poison, and Nihility Devouring Flame began absorbing them, though Dragon Elder expected him to fail by the seventh round.

• Dragon Elder transported the candidates into his domain and began the second trial, where golden-armored energy puppets appeared in successive waves.
• Xiao Xie destroyed the first Three-Star Dou Sheng puppet with a palm strike and blasted the next two with red Ceros.
• When three puppets formed a Three Talents Formation, Xiao Xie worried that Qing Lin might struggle against the trial’s escalating attacks.
• Xiao Yi Xian turned a vast area of the plaza into a poisonous sea that dissolved each puppet as it appeared.
• Nihility Devouring Flame consumed a puppet to increase his strength, while Dragon Elder judged that he would likely be defeated by the seventh round.

Xiao Xie and the other nine finalists passed the second trial and learned that the third trial required the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s recognition. Dragon Elder revealed that the emperor had died just three days after leaving the Dou Qi Continent for a higher world, leaving the finalists shocked and uncertain about what awaited them.

• Xiao Xie defeated a hundred Golden Armored Warriors, and he, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Gu Yuan, Gu Dao, the Four Magical Beasts Kings, and Nihility Devouring Flame advanced to the top ten.
• Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Xie, who praised her performance after she defeated the formation of eight Golden Armored Warriors.
• Nihility Devouring Flame asked Dragon Elder about the third trial, and Dragon Elder said the finalists had to gain the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s recognition to obtain his inheritance.
• Dragon Elder revealed the Inheritance Crystal Stone held the emperor’s cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and experience.
• Dragon Elder explained that the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor had left the continent with several Dou Di friends, then died three days later, leaving the finalists astonished.

Dragon Elder warned Xiao Xie and the others that leaving the Dou Qi Continent could mean facing mortal danger, but they resolved to proceed with the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s inheritance. Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xie failed to activate the Inheritance Crystal, and Xiao Xie revealed Zi Yan’s cocoon after sensing a disturbance from her.

• Dragon Elder cautioned Gu Yuan and the others that even Dou Di might not survive beyond the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Xie urged them to face death without fear.
• Gu Yuan and the others regained their resolve, and Xiao Xie asked Dragon Elder to begin the inheritance.
• Xiao Yi Xian placed her hand on the Inheritance Crystal, but it did not respond, so she stepped aside after Xiao Xie comforted her.
• Xiao Xie poured Dou Qi into the crystal, but it remained inactive as Nihility Devouring Flame mocked him.
• Xiao Xie sensed a disturbance from Zi Yan in the Kamui Space and brought her nearly dissolved purple cocoon into view.

Zi Yan inherited the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s full bloodline inheritance after the crystal recognized her dormant Dragon Phoenix Bloodline. Half a month later, she emerged grown and reunited with Xiao Xie, while powerful outsiders waited beyond the cave.

• Dragon Elder explained that Zi Yan carried dormant Dragon Phoenix Bloodline and that it allowed her to receive the Great Emperor’s complete inheritance.
• Nihility Devouring Flame complained about Zi Yan bypassing the trials, so Dragon Elder expelled him, Gu Yuan, and the others from the cave.
• Nihility Devouring Flame fled with the Soul Clan as Gu Yuan and the Four Magical Beasts Kings glared at him; the Black Demon King and other Dou Saints gathered outside, intent on seizing Zi Yan’s inheritance.
• Gu Yuan stayed outside to help Xiao Xie protect Zi Yan from the waiting factions.
• After half a month, Zi Yan emerged from the fading cocoon, joyfully embraced Xiao Xie, and said she had finally grown up.

Zi Yan received protection and the Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor from Dragon Elder, who vanished as the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling collapsed. Outside, Xiao Xie refused to surrender Zi Yan to the Four Kings and prepared to face them himself.

• Dragon Elder gave Zi Yan a Purple Gold Dragon Mark and the Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor, then entrusted her to Xiao Xie and urged her to honor the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor.
• Dragon Elder vanished as the Demon Emperor Cave Dwelling shook and collapsed, leaving Zi Yan grieving; Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin comforted her.
• Gu Yuan confronted the Four Magical Beasts Kings and warned that he would fight to the death to protect Xiao Xie and the others.
• Xiao Xie thanked Gu Yuan and stepped forward to face the Black Demon King and the other hostile experts himself.
• Poison Rose offered to spare Xiao Xie trouble if he handed over Zi Yan, but Xiao Xie refused, insisting that Zi Yan was his friend.

Hong Kui intervened when Poison Fang attacked Xiao Xie, badly wounding him with the Sun Shooting Bow. She drew Poison Fang away to fight elsewhere, leaving Xiao Xie facing the remaining kings.

• Poison Fang attacked Xiao Xie, but Gu Dao stopped Gu Yuan from intervening because Xiao Xie had asked them to stay out of the fight.
• Hong Kui appeared and destroyed Poison Fang’s black rat attack with an arrow, then pierced his shield and severed his claws.
• Poison Fang regenerated his claws and charged Hong Kui, but her nine tracking arrows followed him into the void and left him badly wounded.
• Hong Kui rejected Xiao Xie’s offer to intervene and challenged Poison Fang to fight away from the others.
• Poison Fang revealed his giant rat form and followed Hong Kui toward the distant battlefield, while Black Demon King and the other kings felt relieved.