Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie fought Nine Dragons and appeared to kill him with a single sword strike, but Nine Dragons survived and trapped Xiao Xie with his Dragon Binding Lock. The battle was left with Xiao Xie powerless and suspended in the air.

• Nine Dragons attacked Xiao Xie, who unleashed the Seventh Transformation and met his strike with a Heavenly Flame dragon.
• Xiao Xie rushed behind Nine Dragons and cut off his head, then crushed it beneath his foot.
• Xiao Xie realized he had received no treasure chest from Nine Dragons's corpse and suspected a trap.
• Green chains burst from the corpse, pierced Xiao Xie, drained his Dou Qi, and lifted him into the air.
• Nine Dragons regenerated his head and revealed that his Ancient Nine-Headed Serpent form could survive as long as one head remained.
• The Black Demon King explained that he had also fallen for Nine Dragons's feigned death, but had survived thanks to his Demon Cockroach Beast regeneration.

Xiao Xie appeared to sacrifice himself to destroy Nine Dragons, but he survived the blast and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan. With the battle’s outcome still unresolved, the chapter left Xiao Xie alive after Xiao Yi Xian’s poison had threatened the surrounding fighters.

• Nine Dragons tore off Xiao Xie's right arm and threw away the Magic Sword, foiling Xiao Xie's plan to escape the Dragon Binding Lock.
• Xiao Xie self-destructed, unleashing an explosion that annihilated Nine Dragons and several nearby Dou Sheng experts.
• Believing Xiao Xie had died, Xiao Yi Xian unleashed a vast sea of poison and attacked the Black Demon King and the others.
• Qing Lin spotted Xiao Xie alive in the crater, and Xiao Yi Xian flew to embrace him.
• Xiao Xie comforted Xiao Yi Xian, then drew Qing Lin into his arms as Zi Yan expressed relief that he had survived.

Xiao Xie defeated the Four Magical Beasts Kings’ challenge and drove away the remaining contenders for Zi Yan’s inheritance. Hong Kui returned with Poison Fang and captured Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi, leaving the Soul Clan with two major figures in their hands.

• Xiao Xie’s self-destruction killed Nine Dragons, and his severed hand let him regenerate while the watching Dou Saints were too intimidated to attack.
• Poison Rose gave up competing for Zi Yan’s inheritance, and Black Demon King withdrew with his Magical Beast experts; Poison Rose and the other Dou Saints also left.
• Poison Fang arrived carrying Hong Kui, who reunited with Xiao Xie and tossed two captured Black Robed Men to the ground.
• Hong Kui explained that Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi had ambushed her with a Soul Secret Technique, but her Warp-Warp Fruit let her escape the seal and join Poison Fang in capturing them.
• Poison Fang gave up competing for the inheritance because of Hong Kui, then left with his subordinates while Hong Kui kept calling him Big Black Rat.

Xiao Xie killed Hun Xuzi, extracted Nihility Devouring Flame’s source flame, and returned to the Pill Domain with Xiao Yi Xian and the others. After sending Zi Yan out with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, he examined two treasure chests and merged the Soul Armor into his soul before entering seclusion.

• Xiao Xie killed Hun Xuzi, collected his treasure chest, and swallowed his escaping soul.
• Xiao Xie extracted Nihility Devouring Flame’s source flame, then used the Earth Spirit Pearl to return to the Pill Domain with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Xiao Xie asked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to keep Zi Yan inside the Pill Domain while he went into seclusion.
• Xiao Xie opened the Stone Demon King’s and Hun Xuzi’s treasure chests, finding Earth Attribute Essence and Soul Armor.
• Xiao Xie merged the Soul Armor with his soul, which was guarded by the eleven Divine Beast Fire Spirits.

After refining the Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Xie continued to grow stronger while Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion and learned of the Soul Clan’s devastating losses. Hun Tiandi ordered his surviving Demon Saints to find Zi Yan and seize the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s inheritance, while news of Xiao Xie’s victory spread across the continent.

• Xiao Xie refined the Nihility Devouring Flame with the aid of eleven Heavenly Flames, and his aura rose rapidly.
• Hun Yan, Hun Sha, Hun Jing, and Hun Tu escaped to the Soul Realm after Hong Kui and Poison Fang killed the Soul Clan forces and captured the Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion and learned that Xiao Xie had slain Nine Dragons, Xiao Xuan had been revived, and the Soul Clan had suffered catastrophic losses.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yan and the others to locate Zi Yan and obtain the Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor’s inheritance before Gu Yuan and the others could reach her.
• Half a month later, news of Xiao Xie fighting the Four Magical Beasts Kings to protect Zi Yan and slaying Nine Dragons had spread across the continent.

After absorbing Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Xie reached the late stage of Seven Star Dou Sheng and gained its Taotie fire spirit. He absorbed Hun Xuzi’s alchemical memories, strengthened Ikaros and Arno, and left them both at the peak of Nine Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Xie used Nihility Devouring Flame’s energy to advance four stars and visualized it as the gluttonous Taotie, which he ordered not to devour the other fire spirits.
• Xiao Xie used Hun Xuzi’s corpse to create and strengthen a Skeleton Warrior, then absorbed its shadow to inherit Hun Xuzi’s alchemical memories.
• Xiao Xie digested Hun Xuzi’s knowledge and became a beginner Emperor-Rank Alchemist, though he lacked the resources to refine an Emperor Grade Elixir.
• Xiao Xie summoned Ikaros and fed her the Skeleton Warrior’s White Bone Pearl, raising her to Eight Star Dou Sheng before she returned to her Maid Outfit.
• Xiao Xie spent two hundred million Points to raise Ikaros to the peak of Nine Star Dou Sheng and nine hundred million Points to raise Arno to the same level.

Xiao Xie enhanced the Nine Transformations of Skyfire into the Flame Emperor's Body and drew a Light Element Lower Godhead. After Ikaros devoured it, her seal broke, her strength began rising toward Dou Di, and she gained emotions of her own.

• Xiao Xie spent 2 billion Points to enhance the Nine Transformations of Skyfire into the Emperor-tier Flame Emperor's Body.
• Xiao Xie used 1 billion Worship Points on a level-ten draw and obtained a Light Element Lower Godhead from Coiling Dragon.
• Xiao Xie decided not to refine the godhead himself and gave it to Ikaros, who swallowed it and began refining it.
• Ikaros's power rose, and Xiao Xie estimated she would reach Dou Di within a year.
• Ikaros told Xiao Xie that the godhead's power had broken her seal and given her emotions.

Xiao Xie reassured Ikaros that he trusted her, then checked his attributes while Hun Tiandi and the Four Demon Saints arrived in Saint Pill City to target Zi Yan. As Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan shopped, Hun Tiandi’s men moved to carry out their plan.

• Ikaros told Xiao Xie she would never betray him because she liked him most, and he put her and Arno away in Kamui Space.
• Xiao Xie summoned his Attribute Panel and reviewed his abilities, equipment, and resources.
• Hun Tiandi and the Four Demon Saints arrived above Saint Pill City, where Hun Yan identified Zi Yan below.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yan and the other Demon Saints to draw away the woman in white while he seized Zi Yan’s soul body.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin whether a bracelet suited her, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to buy it for her.

While Xiao Xie remained in seclusion, Xiao Yi Xian realized the Soul Clan had lured her away from Zi Yan and struggled to escape the Four Demon Saints’ barrier. The Soul Clan’s four fighters burned their flesh and souls to reinforce it, leaving Zi Yan and Qing Lin in danger.

• Xiao Yi Xian left Qing Lin with Zi Yan after sensing enemies nearby, then flew to a mountain outside Saint Pill City to confront them.
• Hun Yan and the other three Four Demon Saints trapped Xiao Yi Xian inside their barrier as she attacked them with poisonous beams.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized their stalling tactic and understood they were targeting Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Great Emperor inheritance.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Butterfly Dance, and her nine-colored butterflies rapidly drained the Four Demon Saints’ power as they struggled to hold the barrier.
• Hun Yan and the other three sacrificed their flesh and burned their souls to strengthen the barrier, while Xiao Yi Xian feared for Zi Yan and Qing Lin.

Hun Tiandi attacked the shop with the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade, and Qing Lin survived the destruction of the street as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake sacrificed itself to save her. Grieving for Zi Yan and Little Fire, Qing Lin awakened the Magma-Magma and Phoenix Fruits and hid within her Magma Giant, leaving Hun Tiandi unable to reach her.

• Hun Tiandi brought out the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade and unleashed Startle Taboo Slash at the shop where Zi Yan and the others were.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake sent Qing Lin flying clear of the attack, but the blade light destroyed the shop and killed Zi Yan and Little Fire.
• Qing Lin used Nirvana Fire to recover from her severe injuries, then awakened the Magma-Magma Fruit in her rage and formed a giant from a vast Lava Sea.
• Hun Tiandi cut the Magma Giant in two, but it reformed and struck him, revealing that it could keep fighting while the Lava Sea remained.
• Hun Tiandi slashed Qing Lin in half, but her awakened Phoenix Fruit restored her instantly, and she merged into the Magma Giant to evade him.

Qing Lin and Zi Yan survived Hun Tiandi’s attack, but Hun Tiandi escaped a Dou Di-level strike using the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade’s hidden protection. Xiao Yi Xian arrived and killed him with her Poison Light Domain, then captured his soul body for Xiao Xie.

• Qing Lin awakened the Magma-Magma Fruit’s power to conceal her aura and trap the area in a Lava Sea, while Xiao Yi Xian broke through her barrier with the Glint-Glint Fruit’s power and rushed toward Saint Pill City.
• Zi Yan emerged unharmed after her Life-Saving Dragon Mark let her defeat Hun Tiandi, and she returned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to Qing Lin.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that the Soul Emperor’s seal in the broken Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade had shielded him from Zi Yan’s attack, then threatened the women.
• Xiao Yi Xian trapped Hun Tiandi in her Poison Light Domain and killed him with a barrage of light beams.
• Xiao Yi Xian extracted Hun Tiandi’s soul body and began tormenting it because he had hurt Qing Lin.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had comprehended a preliminary Poison Light Domain after helping kill Hun Tiandi. Xiao Xie left the Worship Space and learned that Hun Tiandi had attacked his companions, but saw that they were safe.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained to Qing Lin and Zi Yan that she had just comprehended a half-formed Poison Light Domain by combining poison and light.
• The First Elder and the Three Giants arrived, and Xiao Yi Xian left with Qing Lin and Zi Yan without discussing the battle with them.
• The First Elder told Xuan Kongzi to arrange cleanup in Saint Pill City, where Qing Lin’s Lava Sea had caused extensive damage.
• Xiao Xie emerged from the Worship Space, and Zi Yan asked him to make pills to compensate her for her exertion.
• Xiao Xie noticed that Zi Yan’s Life-Saving Dragon Mark had disappeared, learned that Hun Tiandi had attacked them and been killed by Xiao Yi Xian, and checked that everyone was unharmed.

After learning Hun Tiandi’s memories, Xiao Xie discovered the Soul Realm’s location and went there alone to attack the Soul Clan. He entered the realm, killed four hidden elders, and captured their fleeing souls.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Xie that she had comprehended a domain and used it to kill Hun Tiandi, then gave him Hun Tiandi’s corpse and soul body.
• Xiao Xie used Hun Tiandi’s corpse to create a peak Nine Star Dou Sheng Skeleton Warrior and prepared it for Zi Yan’s protection.
• Xiao Xie refined Hun Tiandi’s soul body, learned the Soul Realm’s location, and left to attack the Soul Clan alone.
• Xiao Xie entered the Soul Realm through its barrier and confronted four hidden Eight Star Dou Sheng elders.
• Xiao Xie ordered the four elders killed, captured their fleeing soul bodies, and obtained four treasure chests.

Xiao Xie ordered Arno, Ikaros, Myriad Forms, and Mirror Reflection to annihilate the Soul Clan, then absorbed the clan members’ Lost Souls while tempering the Magic Sword with their resentment. After returning to the Xiao Mansion, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, whose interruption eased the burden of the massacre on him.

• Xiao Xie sent Arno, Ikaros, Myriad Forms, and Mirror Reflection in four directions to wipe out the Soul Clan.
• Arno blasted the Soul Clan disciples in the east, while Myriad Forms unleashed Senbonzakura against her targets in the west.
• Xiao Xie absorbed the Soul Clan’s Lost Souls and used their resentment to strengthen the Magic Sword as the slaughter continued.
• After half a day, Ikaros and the others returned with the spoils, and Xiao Xie stored them and sent the four into Kamui Space.
• Xiao Xie used the Earth Spirit Pearl to return to the Xiao Mansion, where he told Xiao Yi Xian that the Soul Clan no longer existed.
• Zi Yan demanded that Xiao Xie make pills for her, distracting him from his guilt as the resentment absorbed with the souls affected his mind.

Xiao Xie brought Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy so she could meet her biological father, reassuring her as she struggled with her feelings. After half a month, the Magic Sword had advanced a major level and Long Kui had reached Initial Stage Dou Di; the chapter ended with Xiao Xie and Zi Yan reuniting with Su Qian.

• Xiao Xie burned away the resentment affecting his state of mind, and Zi Yan unknowingly helped him dispel his heaviness by demanding that he refine pills for her.
• Over half a month, the Magic Sword refined the resentment of several million unjustly dead people and advanced a major level, while Long Kui reached Initial Stage Dou Di.
• Xiao Xie brought Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy to meet her biological father, and she admitted that she did not know how to face him.
• Xiao Xie and Zi Yan appeared before Su Qian, who rejoiced at seeing Zi Yan and forgave her for disappearing without a word.
• Su Qian asked Xiao Xie why he had returned to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Xie and Zi Yan entered the magma world beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and pushed past its Lizardman guards. They crossed into an ancient space at the bottom of the Lava Sea and spotted a dazzling light ahead.

• Xiao Xie told Su Qian he planned to explore the magma world, and Su Qian evacuated the students and closed the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Xiao Xie and Zi Yan entered the Lava Sea protected by the Nihility Devouring Flame and descended through the magma.
• Two elderly Lizardmen warned Xiao Xie that the depths were dangerous, but he overwhelmed their group with his Seven Star Dou Sheng aura and continued onward.
• Xiao Xie and Zi Yan passed through an invisible barrier into an ancient space created by Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Xie flew deeper into the space with Zi Yan and saw a dazzling ball of light.

Xiao Xie and Zi Yan found Zhu Kun, Zi Yan’s father, trapped in the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and reunited him with his daughter. Xiao Xie used the Warp-Warp Fruit to bring Zhu Kun and Zi Yan out, leaving Zhu Kun free in the Lava Sea.

• Zi Yan’s bloodline resonance revealed a giant dragon, who transformed into Zhu Kun and recognized her as his daughter.
• Zi Yan confronted Zhu Kun for leaving her alone, and he apologized for being trapped for thousands of years after coveting the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Zhu Kun promised to protect Zi Yan, and she accepted his apology and forgave him.
• Zhu Kun explained that he could not leave the space until the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade summoned the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, but Xiao Xie assured Zi Yan he could free him.
• Xiao Xie used the Warp-Warp Fruit to carry Zhu Kun and Zi Yan out of the space, and Zhu Kun celebrated his escape in the Lava Sea.

After freeing Zhu Kun, Xiao Xie learned that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split apart and let Zhu Kun take Zi Yan back to restore order. Xiao Xie entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode to seek the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance and reached the statue surrounded by Heaven Rank techniques.

• Xiao Xie told Zhu Kun that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had divided into four factions, prompting Zhu Kun to take Zi Yan back to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan agreed to return with Zhu Kun, and Zhu Kun thanked Xiao Xie before leaving with her.
• Xiao Xie entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode through its stone gate and used Observation Haki to navigate its mist-shrouded inner space.
• Xiao Xie reached the Stone Palace plaza and found that the Heavenly Flames displayed on its pillars had lost their energy.
• Xiao Xie used a Taotie formed from Nihility Devouring Flame to swallow the mist, revealing the Tou She Ancient God statue and hundreds of scrolls containing Heaven Rank techniques.

Xiao Xie collected the Heaven Rank techniques in the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and defeated the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill with his Flame Emperor's Body. He opened the Tou She Ancient God Statue’s chest with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and was enveloped by the light of the inheritance chamber.

• Xiao Xie gathered the cultivation methods and combat techniques, then encountered the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill disguised as Tou She Ancient God.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill attacked Xiao Xie, who formed his Flame Emperor's Body and shattered its giant palm.
• Xiao Xie crushed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill with a flaming giant hand and stored away its pill form.
• Xiao Xie flew to the statue’s chest and used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s fire spirit to open it.
• A beam of light emerged from the opening and enveloped Xiao Xie as the Heavenly Flames in his body stirred with joy.

Xiao Xie received Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and refined the Heavenly Flames, breaking through to Initial Stage Dou Di. The breakthrough caused a fiery phenomenon across the continent and greatly strengthened members of the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xie entered the sea of Heavenly Flames, met Tou She Ancient God's Remnant Soul, and asked what awaited Dou Di experts after ascension.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Xie a Flame Lotus Seed containing his inheritance, and Xiao Xie's awakened Flame-Flame Fruit made him appear to be a natural fire spirit.
• After three months, Xiao Xie summoned the Heavenly Flames across the continent and used the Four Symbols Grand Formation to refine them.
• The Four Divine Beast Fire Spirits and Xiao Xie's aura reached Initial Stage Dou Di, while a fiery phenomenon spread across the skies.
• Xiao Zhan and other direct members of the Xiao Clan grew stronger, with Xiao Zhan rising from Seven Star Dou Huang to Seven Star Dou Zong.