Chapter Summaries

Xu Haoyu obtained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and shared its essence blood with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. After refining his share and advancing to the late stage of Three-Star Dou Sheng, he began tempering Huang Tian’s Demon Phoenix Wings to strengthen the Sky Goose Nine Transformations Wings.

• Xu Haoyu passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial and received Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Palm, Yellow Springs Finger, and the Demon Saint’s essence blood.
• Xu Haoyu returned to Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, showed them the three Dou Skills, and divided the essence blood into three portions for them to cultivate with.
• Xu Haoyu refined his portion over five days and advanced from the early stage to the late stage of Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xu Haoyu took Huang Tian’s Demon Phoenix Wings to a secluded place and used Heavenly Flames to temper them while devising an improved, Heaven Rank version of the Sky Goose Nine Transformations Wings.
• The Heavenly Flames began burning away the remnants of resentment in the Demon Phoenix Wings.

Xu Haoyu forged the Demon Phoenix Wings into Wind Lightning Wings, a mid-level Heaven-tier flying Dou Skill, and tested their incredible speed. After restoring his Dou Qi, he began refining a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill, whose completion summoned Black Demon Lightning.

• Xu Haoyu purged the Demon Phoenix Wings of their resentments and refined them with lightning- and wind-attributed materials into a spiritual, growth-capable liquid.
• Xu Haoyu shaped the liquid into bone wings, merged them with his body, and formed the Wind Lightning Wings using Wind Lightning Dou Qi.
• Xu Haoyu tested the wings and found that their speed let his Three-Star Dou Sheng self appear to teleport and outpace even stronger Dou Shengs.
• Xu Haoyu retracted the wings, restored his Dou Qi, and began refining the ingredients for a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill.
• Xu Haoyu formed the pill’s embryonic stage and drew in the surrounding spiritual energy, summoning thunderclouds bearing Black Demon Lightning.

Xu Haoyu absorbed the Black Demon Lightning and captured the Rank 9 Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill, then announced that he would trade his twelve Bodhi Seeds for Heaven Rank cultivation methods or Dou Skills. Three days later, backed by Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon experts, he began the exchange before the gathered factions.

• Xu Haoyu absorbed nine bolts of Black Demon Lightning with his Wind Lightning Wings and captured the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill as it tried to flee.
• Xu Haoyu told the gathered experts that he had twelve Bodhi Seeds and would trade them for cultivation methods above the Heaven Rank or Dou Skills, then left for the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• Xu Haoyu checked on Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, found them still refining the Half-Emperor blood essence, and rested after his month of work.
• Three days later, Zi Yan arrived with four Five-Star Dou Sheng commanders and other Ancient Void Dragon experts, confirming the clan's close ties with Xu Haoyu.
• Xu Haoyu displayed his twelve Bodhi Seeds and invited anyone with Heaven Rank cultivation methods or Dou Skills to introduce them and trade.

Xu Haoyu traded all twelve of his Bodhi Seeds for rare cultivation methods and treasures, while Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and Hun Yu left with the seeds they had acquired. The crowd scattered to pursue the new owners, setting the stage for a bloody struggle.

• Xiao Yan explained how Xiao Xuan had passed the Xiao Clan’s remaining bloodline to him, and Gu Xun’er offered Xu Haoyu five mid-tier Heaven Rank cultivation methods for five Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er departed with the seeds as people in the crowd began pursuing them.
• Hun Yu traded four mid-tier Heaven Rank cultivation methods for four Bodhi Seeds, then left after hinting that he and Xu Haoyu would meet again.
• Xu Haoyu exchanged his final three Bodhi Seeds for a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex, and the Illusion Breaking Spirit Eye.
• Xu Haoyu announced that all twelve Bodhi Seeds had been traded, and the crowd scattered to pursue their new owners.

Xu Haoyu completed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and learned the flame would descend in three years, giving him time to prepare to seize it. He then mastered the Illusion Breaking Spirit Eye and transformed it into the Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes.

• Xu Haoyu explained his trades to Zi Yan and promised to save her Saint Emperor Pill for a future breakthrough from Six-Star to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xu Haoyu assembled the five map fragments and burned the complete map with his Heavenly Flames, revealing the signs that the demonic flame would descend in three years.
• The map entered Xu Haoyu's forehead with a remnant thought of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, who could help restrain the flame and erase its consciousness.
• Zi Yan left with Wind, Rain, Lightning, and Thunder to govern the Magical Beast world and organize an allied army.
• Xu Haoyu studied the Illusion Breaking Spirit Eye for two months and refined yin and yang Dou Qi and Soul Strength into the Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes.

After three years in seclusion, Xu Haoyu integrated nine Heaven Rank cultivation methods into his Guiyi True Art, creating an Emperor Rank method and advancing to Six-Star Dou Sheng. He reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then set out with them for the Central Plains to seek the emerging Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xu Haoyu found that Qing Lin had reached Three Revolutions Dou Zun and Xiao Yi Xian had reached One-Star Dou Sheng, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex.
• Xu Haoyu entered seclusion in the Nether Serpent Mountain Range to integrate nine Mid-Level Heaven Rank cultivation methods into his Guiyi True Art.
• After nearly three years, Xu Haoyu completed the Emperor Rank cultivation method, advanced to late-stage Six-Star Dou Sheng, and raised his soul to the late Heaven Realm.
• Xu Haoyu met Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, who had advanced to Nine Revolutions Dou Zun and Two-Star Dou Sheng during his seclusion.
• Xu Haoyu concealed his aura as a Three-Star Dou Sheng and left with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the Central Plains to seek the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xu Haoyu traveled to the Northwest Central Plains with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian after learning that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge. He joined Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and other powerful figures at the site, where the gathered leaders exchanged greetings and introductions.

• Xu Haoyu learned that Soul Hall had forced the Heavenly Mansion Alliance into a defensive struggle, while Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun and Yao Chen had become a Half-Saint.
• Xu Haoyu sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s scorching energy and opened a Space Channel to take Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Northwest Central Plains.
• Xu Haoyu, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in a desert where flames escaping through cracks in the sky had scorched the land for a thousand miles.
• Xu Haoyu met Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, the Little Pill Tower’s Grand Elder, Gu Xun’er, and Gu Nanhai near the flame’s emergence.
• Xu Haoyu introduced Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, and the gathered figures were astonished by their exceptional talent.

Xu Haoyu warned Yao Chen’s allies that he would oppose Soul Hall, while Soul Hall’s leaders marked him for death and Hun Feng volunteered to kill him. As the group entered the Demonic Flame Space, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped Xu Haoyu in an illusion, which he shattered with his Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes.

• Yao Chen warned Xu Haoyu that Soul Hall harvested alchemists’ souls, and Xu Haoyu said he might fight Soul Hall alongside the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• The Soul Hall Master identified Xu Haoyu as a target, and Hun Feng persuaded him to let Hun Feng try to kill Xu Haoyu.
• The Demonic Flame Space opened, and the surrounding factions rushed through its silver-white entrance before Xu Haoyu and his companions followed.
• Gu Xun Er warned the group that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could exploit their emotions and burn them with demonic flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame showed Xu Haoyu an alluring illusion of Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, but he used his Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes to shatter it and see endless yellow sand.

Xu Haoyu and his companions crossed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusions and entered its palace, where he exposed more deceptions and confronted a real Four-Star Dou Sheng. The fighter’s Xiao Clan Crest revealed him as the long-lost Xiao Chen, who was left confused about his own identity.

• Xu Haoyu freed Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian from their illusions, and they flew to the palace with him.
• At the palace entrance, Xiao Yan and the others agreed to enter and keep the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from falling into Soul Hall’s hands.
• Xu Haoyu destroyed the illusion of tens of thousands of flaming Dou Zun, then led the group past a second hall containing the same deception.
• Xu Haoyu identified a giant-axe wielder as a real Four-Star Dou Sheng and sent him flying with a casual wave.
• The fighter activated the Xiao Clan Crest, prompting Xiao Yan to recognize it and Gu Nanhai to identify him as Xiao Chen, Blood Axe Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen stopped attacking and asked who he was.

Xiao Yan and his companions freed Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and Xiao Chen vowed to protect Xiao Yan and take revenge on the Soul Clan. The group reached the true Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, where Xu Haoyu revealed his strength and prepared to fight it while their allies held off its Fire Slaves.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Xiao Clan mark, and Xu Haoyu drove the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame out of Xiao Chen, restoring Xiao Chen’s memories.
• Xiao Chen learned that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan and promised to protect Xiao Yan and fight the Soul Clan.
• Xu Haoyu broke the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist with his Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes, revealing the true magma world and the flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent its Fire Slaves to attack, while Xu Haoyu summoned three Sky Demon Puppets and ordered his allies to hold them back.
• Xu Haoyu dispelled his Aura Concealment Technique and faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as their auras rose.

Xu Haoyu battered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with powerful techniques, but the flame activated the Ancient Heaven Refining Array and recovered his strength. Xu Haoyu then waited to see how the white ball of light would respond.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Xu Haoyu with a Fire Demon Halberd, but Xu Haoyu swallowed its fiery shockwave with the Great Creation Palm.
• Xu Haoyu summoned a giant dragon of fused Strange Flames, and it clashed with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Demonic Flame Divine Statue.
• Xu Haoyu trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Five Elements Divine Light, then struck him with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Ancient Heaven Refining Array and regained his strength, boasting that no one could defeat him while the array remained.
• Xu Haoyu guessed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint had left the array for the flame’s protection, then looked inward toward the white ball of light and waited for its reaction.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint awakened through Xu Haoyu and took control of the Ancient Heaven Refining Array to defeat Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He destroyed himself and the flame’s resentful consciousness, leaving Xu Haoyu with Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s inheritance.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint awakened inside Xu Haoyu and protected him from Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s attack.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint explained why he had sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the flame refused to listen and attacked him with the Ancient Heaven Refining Array.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint seized control of the array and suppressed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, separating its pure body from its resentful consciousness.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint destroyed himself and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness through the Ancient Heaven Refining Array.
• Xu Haoyu regained control of his body and inherited Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s techniques and the Ancient Heaven Refining Array.

Xu Haoyu subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then killed the Soul Hall Master and Soul Demon Old Man when they tried to seize it. He also killed the Soul Hall Vice-Master, Hun Feng, and Hun Yu, leaving the gathered factions intimidated as he claimed two Void Devouring Flame Sub-fires.

• After the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and the illusions vanished, Xu Haoyu drove back the gathered experts and took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Soul Hall Master urged the gathered factions to attack Xu Haoyu, and Xu Haoyu struck him while a disguised Soul Demon Old Man joined the fight.
• Xu Haoyu split his attention between his true body and clone, killing Soul Demon Old Man and the Soul Hall Master and taking the Soul Hall Master's Void Devouring Flame Sub-fire.
• When the Soul Hall Vice-Master threatened Xu Haoyu on behalf of the Soul Clan and Soul Hall, Xu Haoyu ordered his clone to kill him, Hun Feng, and Hun Yu.
• Xu Haoyu took the Void Devouring Flame Sub-fire from Hun Feng, while the surviving factions backed down in fear.

After killing the Soul Clan’s leading fighters, Xu Haoyu planned to strike first and destroy the Soul Hall. He erased all twenty-four of its Central Plains strongholds in one day, then returned to the Demonic Flame Space with enough Soul Origin to try to advance his soul to the Emperor Realm.

• The Fire Clan, Lightning Clan, Yao Clan, and other factions withdrew after Xu Haoyu killed the Soul Clan members, and he entrusted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill to his clone.
• Xu Haoyu asked Yao Chen for the locations of the Soul Hall’s twenty-four strongholds, then announced that he intended to wipe them out.
• Xu Haoyu sent Qing Lin to warn Zi Yan and protect the Ancient Void Dragons, and assigned Xiao Yi Xian to guard his family in the Tianxin Empire with the three Sky Demon Puppets.
• Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xu Haoyu left the Demonic Flame Space on separate missions while Xu Haoyu’s clone began mastering the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and its inheritance.
• Xu Haoyu destroyed all twenty-four Soul Hall strongholds in the Central Plains within a day and gathered their Soul Origin into twenty-four white orbs.
• Xu Haoyu returned to the Demonic Flame Space and resolved to use the Soul Origin to raise his soul to the Emperor Realm.

Xu Haoyu refined Soul Origin and fused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan shook the Central Plains. The ancient races and major factions formed alliances and took sides as fear of the Soul Clan’s next move spread.

• Xu Haoyu purified twenty-four clumps of Soul Origin, then absorbed their Soul Strength as his clone fused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his other Heavenly Flames.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance expanded across the Central Plains and wiped out the Soul Hall’s remaining forces after Xu Haoyu’s attacks left its strongholds destroyed.
• The Soul Clan did not retaliate because its experts were occupied exterminating the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan with Nihility Devouring Flame to seize their Dou Di bloodlines.
• The Stone World reopened to reveal that the Stone Clan had vanished, spreading fear among the Central Plains factions.
• The Fire Clan, Lightning Clan, and Yao Clan formed the Three Clan Alliance and linked their spaces for mutual defense.
• Gu Xun'er helped the Ancient Clan publicly support the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and accuse the Soul Clan of responsibility for the two ancient clans’ destruction.

After half a year of secluded cultivation, Xu Haoyu reached the Emperor Realm in soul power and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Sheng. He returned to the Tianxin Empire, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and his family, and created a protected cultivation space for the Xu Family.

• Xu Haoyu's soul broke through to the Emperor Realm, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's feedback raised his Dou Qi to Seven-Star Dou Sheng and his Flame Mantra to the high tier of the Heaven Class.
• Xu Haoyu left the Demonic Flame Space and learned that the Soul Clan had remained inactive while he cultivated.
• Xu Haoyu returned to the Tianxin Empire and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who told him she had destroyed a Soul Hall stronghold in the Sky Burial Ravine.
• Xu Haoyu visited his grandfather, Xu Tianlong, and spent the night catching him up on his experiences.
• Xu Haoyu carved out a habitable space in Tiannan City for the Xu Family to use as a refuge and cultivation ground.

Xu Haoyu opened a spatial wormhole between the Tianxin Empire and the Nether Serpent Mountain Range, then began refining pills to help Zi Yan and Qing Lin grow stronger. He gave Qing Lin a Bodhi Great Return Pill and started refining the Saint Emperor Pill for Zi Yan.

• Xu Haoyu opened a stable spatial wormhole connecting the Tianxin Empire to the Nether Serpent Mountain Range, and Xiao Yi Xian joined him there.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had left the three Sky Demon Puppets with Grandpa to protect the Xu Family, and Xu Haoyu approved her decision.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan arrived, and Xu Haoyu warned them not to underestimate the Soul Clan before deciding to refine pills for Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• Xu Haoyu refined a Bodhi Great Return Pill, absorbing the Black Demon Lightning with his Wind Lightning Wings, and gave the pill to Qing Lin.
• Xu Haoyu began refining the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill, the Saint Emperor Pill.

Xu Haoyu refined a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill from Huang Tian's Magical Core, draining the energy from thousands of miles and losing his Yin Yang Cauldron in the process. After the pill survived the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Xu Haoyu captured it and gave it to Zi Yan to help her advance to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xu Haoyu refined Huang Tian's Magical Core with thousands of medicinal ingredients, while the Yin Yang Cauldron began to crack under the pill's violent energy.
• Xu Haoyu gathered Heaven and Earth Energy from several thousand miles, but the Yin Yang Cauldron shattered before the pill was complete, so he used his Soul Strength to protect the pill embryo.
• The completed pill transformed into a Sky Demon Phoenix and battled the Nine Profound Golden Lightning while Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• The pill survived the lightning trial, and pill rain restored vitality to the barren land.
• The Sky Demon Phoenix tried to flee, but Xu Haoyu forced it back into pill form and gave the Saint Emperor Pill to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan accepted the pill and kissed Xu Haoyu, thanking him and teasing that she could give him more kisses.

Xu Haoyu entered the Void Lightning Pool to strengthen his Wind Lightning Wings and encountered the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon. After a year of cultivating alongside the dragon, he reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Sheng and completed the wings’ transformation.

• Xu Haoyu flew into the Void Lightning Pool and absorbed Black Demon Lightning and Nine Profound Golden Lightning into his Wind Lightning Wings.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon emerged, mistook Xu Haoyu for a companion because he carried its lightning aura, and carried him around the pool.
• Xu Haoyu used the dragon’s lightning energy to temper his wings and cultivate his Dou Qi, with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame purifying the energy.
• After one year, Xu Haoyu’s Dou Qi reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Sheng, and his Wind Lightning Wings were transformed with Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Xu Haoyu helped the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon condense a soul before leaving the Void Lightning Pool. After reuniting with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian on Ancient Dragon Island, he received an invitation to the Medicine Clan Medicine Ceremony and planned to seek an opportunity to capture the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon tried to condense a soul, and Xu Haoyu extracted its power and used his Soul Strength to guide it.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon successfully gained a soul, asked whether Xu Haoyu was leaving, and promised to find him; Xu Haoyu then departed.
• Xu Haoyu returned to Ancient Dragon Island and learned that Zi Yan had advanced to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, Qing Lin had reached Advanced Half-Saint, and Xiao Yi Xian had reached the peak of Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xu Haoyu received the Medicine Clan's invitation to the Medicine Ceremony and planned to attend in hopes of capturing the Nihility Devouring Flame.