Chapter Summaries

The Pure Lotus Demonic Sage seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and opened an escape route as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed its full power. After everyone else fled, he trapped the Demonic Lotus and began reclaiming the intelligence and memories he had given it, but its blood-red flames distorted the array’s prison.

• The Pure Lotus Demonic Sage froze the array’s attacks and gradually wrested control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame expanded into a sea of flames, igniting a Half-Saint’s Dou Qi, while the Pure Lotus Demonic Sage opened a Space Tunnel for the others to escape.
• Gu Nan Hai led Gu Qingyang and Gu Xun'er away, the Yan Clan and Yao Clan departed, and Xiao Yu left with Xiao Chen after Lu Chuan stayed behind to assist the Demonic Sage.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a crimson fire lotus as the Pure Lotus Demonic Sage declared he would reclaim the intelligence and memories he had bestowed on it.
• The Pure Lotus Demonic Sage sealed the Demonic Lotus inside a prison formed by the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, but its blood-red flames violently twisted the prison.

Lu Chuan watched the Pure Lotus Demonic Sage destroy himself and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then prepared to absorb the peaceful Demon Flame Origin with his Natal Divine Fire. Outside the Demon Fire Space, the space tunnel vanished, leaving the waiting figures unable to enter.

• The Pure Lotus Demonic Sage used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories and intelligence.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged for mercy, but the Pure Lotus Demonic Sage told him they would disappear together and collapsed the fire formation.
• The Pure Lotus Demonic Sage and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame vanished in the resulting explosion, leaving the Demon Flame Origin behind.
• Lu Chuan summoned his Natal Divine Fire to devour the now-pure Demon Flame Origin.
• Outside the Demon Fire Space, the Space Tunnel disappeared, and the waiting figures could no longer reach it.

Lu Chuan refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Demon Fire Space, strengthening his Natal Divine Fire to the power of a late Six-Star Dou Sheng. After resting and completing the refinement, he returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, leaving the Demon Fire Space silent for good.

• Gu Nan Hai and Gu Xun'er worried briefly about Lu Chuan, while Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master discussed his chances of surviving.
• Xiao Yu left with Xiao Chen after receiving Lu Chuan's message that he had begun refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lu Chuan used his Natal Divine Fire, Spiritual Power, and Dou Qi to refine the flame, then took a day's rest when the process could continue on its own.
• Lu Chuan returned to the Demon Fire Space and helped his Natal Divine Fire finish refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame over the next two months.
• The Natal Divine Fire transformed into a Flame Lion with the strength of a late Six-Star Dou Sheng, and Lu Chuan returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range using his Space Conversion Banner.

After the Stone Clan vanished in the same mysterious way as the Spirit Clan, the Yao Clan, Lei Clan, and Yan Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance and strengthened their defenses. Months later, the Demon Fire Plains had become a bustling source of Demonic Fire Stones, though Lu Chuan remained missing.

• Believing Lu Chuan was dead, the Soul Clan renewed its suppression of Starfall Pavilion, the Black Alliance, and other forces, while Yao Chen and the others avoided a large-scale war without surrendering territory.
• The Stone Clan vanished after its sealed space reopened, leaving millions of clansmen and Descendants missing just as the Spirit Clan had been.
• The Ancient Clan faced suspicion from the remaining Ancient Races, while the Soul Clan stayed silent about the disappearances.
• One month after the Stone Clan's disappearance, the Yao Clan, Lei Clan, and Yan Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance and linked their clan spaces with Space Tunnels.
• The three clans sent experts into the Stone Clan's space to search for evidence, while the mysterious mastermind left no further trace.
• Mercenaries discovered Demonic Fire Stones in the Demon Fire Plains, drawing factions to compete for the valuable fire-element resources.

After returning safely, Lu Chuan unified several major forces into the Demonic Sect and accepted the Soul Hall’s challenge to a decisive battle. As both sides’ supporters gathered at the Fallen Mountain Range, the confrontation was about to begin.

• Zi Yan urged Lu Chuan to destroy the Soul Hall, but he warned that doing so might drive the Soul Clan to desperate measures.
• Lu Chuan ordered Yao Chen, Hai Bodong, Old Ancestor Huoyun, Thunder Venerable, and others to coordinate their forces and pressure the Soul Hall.
• News of Lu Chuan’s return spread, and Starfall Pavilion, the Black Alliance, Blazing Flame Valley, Wind Thunder Pavilion, and other forces formed the Demonic Sect.
• The Soul Hall sent a blood-red War Declaration challenging Lu Chuan to fight at Fallen Peak in three days, and Lu Chuan accepted.
• Experts and forces from across the Central Plains flocked to the Fallen Mountain Range to witness the coming decisive battle.

At the Peak of Fallen, Hun Miesheng and Lu Chuan assembled their forces for a decisive battle, revealing Soul Hall’s seven Dou Saints and the Demonic Sect’s nine. Lu Chuan accepted Hun Miesheng’s best-of-three, three-fighters-per-side rules, and the first challengers began stepping forward.

• Crowds gathered around the Peak of Fallen as a Space Tunnel opened and seven Soul Hall Dou Saints emerged, led by Hun Miesheng and Elder Soul Demon.
• Hun Miesheng called for the Demonic Sect to appear, and Lu Chuan arrived with nine Dou Saints, stunning the watching experts.
• Hun Miesheng questioned Lu Chuan about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lu Chuan confirmed he had taken it.
• Hun Miesheng proposed a best-of-three battle with three fighters from each side fighting to the death, and Lu Chuan accepted.
• Elder Soul Demon stepped forward to fight, but an unidentified figure from Lu Chuan’s side shattered the hidden force Elder Soul Demon sent through the ground.

Xiao Chen confronted the Soul Clan at Peak of Fallen, but Hun Qianmo proved strong enough to repel his attack. The Pill Tower Ancestor then appeared and offered to face Hun Qianmo, leaving Lu Chuan’s side ready to match the Soul Clan’s fighters.

• Xiao Chen rebuked Elder Soul Demon for invoking Xiao Xuan and revealed his hostility toward the Soul Clan.
• Hun Qianmo appeared beside Hun Miesheng and mocked Xiao Chen and the fallen Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Chen attacked Hun Qianmo with his blood-red axe, but the clash forced Xiao Chen back ten steps.
• Hun Miesheng stepped forward to challenge Lu Chuan’s side as both groups prepared their fighters.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor appeared and volunteered to hold Hun Qianmo to a draw, prompting astonishment among the watching experts.

The Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Qianmo entered a constructed space to fight while Xiao Chen challenged Elder Soul Demon. Xiao Chen’s first attacks cut through Elder Soul Demon’s bone web but failed to injure him, and their battle continued.

• Hun Qianmo threatened the Pill Tower Ancestor, who created a separate space and invited him to fight there.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Qianmo began a fierce battle inside the space as onlookers watched.
• Xiao Chen challenged Hun Miesheng and Elder Soul Demon, and Elder Soul Demon stepped forward to face him.
• Elder Soul Demon revealed his late Five-Star Dou Sheng strength, while Xiao Chen summoned his enormous blood-colored axe.
• Xiao Chen broke through Elder Soul Demon’s bone web, but Elder Soul Demon struck the axe aside and narrowly avoided its blade.

Xiao Chen fought Elder Soul Demon while Hun Qianmo and the Pill Tower Ancestor emerged from their clash and called it a draw. As Xiao Chen unleashed a slash that split the sky, Elder Soul Demon devoured the Soul Gu Frog to face the attack.

• Elder Soul Demon summoned a Soul Gu Frog, which attacked Xiao Chen while he launched sneak attacks.
• Hun Qianmo and the Pill Tower Ancestor emerged from the Space Tunnel and declared their battle a draw.
• Hun Qianmo warned Hun Miesheng that Elder Soul Demon might struggle to defeat Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen claimed he would finish Elder Soul Demon with one axe and raised his strength to the late phase of the Five-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Xiao Chen unleashed Sky Splitting Slash, and Elder Soul Demon swallowed the Soul Gu Frog after it melted into blood slurry.

After Xiao Chen and Elder Soul Demon drew their duel, Lu Chuan faced Hun Miesheng in the decisive third match. Lu Chuan shattered several of Hun Miesheng’s bones with a single palm, forcing him to reveal a strange devouring power.

• Elder Soul Demon swallowed the Soul Gu Frog and clashed with Xiao Chen, but their battle ended with both badly injured and the second draw.
• Lu Chuan reassured Xiao Chen, gave him a medicinal pill, and declared he would kill Hun Miesheng in the final match.
• Hun Miesheng admitted he lacked a chance of victory and wanted to delay the match, but Hai Bodong and Hun Qianmo pressured him to fight.
• Hun Miesheng entered the arena and faced Lu Chuan, who struck him hard enough to break several bones.
• Hun Miesheng began drawing in nearby energy with the eerie devouring power of the Black Flame in his pupils.

Hun Miesheng summoned a child flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and used it to attack Lu Chuan. Lu Chuan revealed his powerful Natal Divine Fire, which began devouring the Black Flame, leaving Hun Miesheng and the others confused by its cries.

• Hun Miesheng summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame's child flame, shocking Yao Chen, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and the other experts.
• Hun Miesheng fed his Dou Qi to the child flame, enlarging it and raising his aura to rival a late Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• The child flame trapped Lu Chuan in a prison of black fire and tried to devour him.
• Lu Chuan unleashed his Natal Divine Fire, which swallowed the child flame's human face and began gnawing at it.
• Hun Miesheng and the others heard the child flame's screams and realized that something was wrong.

Lu Chuan devoured the child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame with his Natal Divine Fire and defeated Hun Miesheng in a clash of soul techniques. After the Soul Hall backed down from a wider fight, Lu Chuan turned to strike Hun Miesheng.

• Lu Chuan's Natal Divine Fire suppressed and began devouring Nihility Devouring Flame's child flame, severing Hun Miesheng's connection to it.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Lu Chuan with Myriad Souls' Worship, but Lu Chuan countered with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and severely injured him.
• Hun Qianmo and Elder Soul Demon moved to rescue the child flame, but Xiao Chen, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and the Demonic Sect's Dou Saint experts blocked them.
• Hun Qianmo decided the Soul Hall would proceed as before, and both sides withdrew from the brink of a full-scale battle.
• Lu Chuan's Flame Lion swallowed the child flame, and Lu Chuan struck toward the dazed Hun Miesheng.

Lu Chuan killed Hun Miesheng and severely injured Hun Qianmo, then stopped the Soul Clan survivors from escaping. As Lu Chuan prepared to wipe them out, the erased space crack suddenly reappeared behind them.

• Lu Chuan killed Hun Miesheng with a palm strike, destroying his body and soul despite Hun Qianmo's attempt to intervene.
• Lu Chuan withstood Hun Qianmo's counterattack and struck him so hard that he suffered severe internal injuries.
• Hun Qianmo tried to escape through a space crack, but Lu Chuan erased it and blocked their retreat.
• The spectators celebrated Hun Miesheng's death and praised Lu Chuan as the Demonic Sect's rise to supremacy became clear.
• Lu Chuan rejected Hun Qianmo's threats and prepared to attack the Soul Clan members, but the erased space crack suddenly reappeared behind them.

After the battle at the Peak of Fallen, the Soul Clan escaped through a Space Tunnel, and Lu Chuan’s Demonic Sect rose to prominence while Soul Hall withdrew its exposed branch halls. Cao Ying began refining another Ninth-grade Pill, and the chapter ended as terrifying black clouds gathered above her Medicine Cauldron.

• A powerful figure opened a Space Tunnel behind Hun Qianmo, allowing the Soul Clan members to escape while Lu Chuan chose not to stop them.
• Lu Chuan led the Demonic Sect away, and the battle at the Peak of Fallen ended with Soul Hall’s forces departing.
• Over the following months, the Demonic Sect became a leading Central Plains power, while Soul Hall abandoned its discovered branch halls and cleared them of their contents.
• Lu Chuan ordered Elder Yao to stop investigating Soul Hall for now and maintain basic precautions.
• Cao Ying began refining another Ninth-grade Pill, and after several days of work, immense black clouds gathered above her Medicine Cauldron.

Lu Chuan watched Cao Ying refine a Nine-Rank Treasure Pill, then traveled to the Void Thunder Pool to temper his body with Black Demon Thunder. He began drawing in the pool’s many bolts of lightning.

• A Black Demon Thunder bolt struck toward Cao Ying’s pill cauldron, and Lu Chuan appeared beneath it to withstand the lightning.
• Cao Ying subdued the pill that had transformed into her own human form, sealing it and turning it into a jade-green Nine-Rank Treasure Pill.
• Lu Chuan praised Cao Ying’s alchemy and decided to visit the Void Thunder Pool before the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon.
• Lu Chuan used the Space Conversion Banner to reach Ancient Dragon Island and located the Void Thunder Pool.
• Lu Chuan entered the pool and let Black Demon Thunder temper his body, then strode forward as numerous bolts struck him.

Lu Chuan absorbed Black Demon Thunder in the Void Thunder Pool for a month, strengthening his body and reaching the peak of the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm. When he approached the pool’s deepest region, he discovered the legendary Nine Profound Golden Thunder and considered devouring it.

• Lu Chuan sat in the Void Thunder Pool and absorbed countless bolts of Black Demon Thunder, increasing his cultivation and tempering his body.
• After half a month, Lu Chuan’s devouring had greatly thinned the Black Demon Thunder, and a month of tempering left his body strong enough to withstand an ordinary Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Lu Chuan stopped absorbing the thunder after reaching the peak of the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Lu Chuan sensed a powerful pressure and walked toward the center of the thunder pool, where he saw a golden dragon of Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Lu Chuan recognized the rare lightning as a treasure worth devouring, and nearby Black Demon Thunder charged at him.

Lu Chuan endured the Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s attack while it attempted to gather a spirit, only for a devastating backlash to overwhelm it. Seeing the golden thunder dragon near collapse, Lu Chuan approached it in the depths of the lightning sea.

• Lu Chuan used the Indestructible Vajra Body to withstand the Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s golden lightning and absorbed its energy, slowly gaining strength.
• Lu Chuan realized the Nine Profound Golden Thunder was gathering a spirit as violent explosions battered its body and scattered the Spiritual Qi forming in its eyes.
• The Black Demon Thunders rushed into the golden dragon to suppress the backlash, growing its Spiritual Qi while its body dimmed and weakened.
• Lu Chuan judged that the Nine Profound Golden Thunder would fail to form a spirit as its backlash intensified and the Black Demon Thunders could no longer restrain it.
• Lu Chuan strode into the depths of the sea of lightning and approached the weakened Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

Lu Chuan extracted the Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s power, helped it gain intelligence, and refined the energy to reach Seven-Star Dou Sheng. With the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon approaching, he set off with Cao Ying, Xue Mei, and Ling Fei for the Yao Clan’s territory.

• Lu Chuan drew the Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s power into himself and helped the weakened thunder gather spirit, giving it intelligence.
• Lu Chuan returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and refined the thunder’s energy over three days, advancing to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Cao Ying asked Lu Chuan to leave for the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon, and he agreed to set off that day.
• Xue Mei and Ling Fei asked to join the trip, and Lu Chuan agreed to take them.
• Lu Chuan used a Space Conversion Banner to travel toward the Yao Clan’s dimension as the chapter introduced the Medicine Canon and its gathering of top alchemists.

Lu Chuan brought Yao Chen and his companions into the Medicine Realm for the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon, promising to help Yao Chen settle his past. After Yao Wan Gui recognized Yao Chen and mocked him, he spotted Lu Chuan and abruptly silenced his followers.

• Lu Chuan promised Yao Chen that no one in the Yao Clan would prevent him from fulfilling his wish.
• Lu Chuan’s group entered the Yao Clan’s territory through the spatial gateway, drawing attention when the guards recognized him as the Demonic Sect’s master, Lord Demon Saint.
• Yao Clan members escorted Lu Chuan’s group by giant bird to the clan’s mountain, where Yao Chen was overcome by memories of home.
• Yao Wan Gui approached Yao Chen and mocked him for returning after being expelled from the clan.
• Yao Wan Gui recognized Lu Chuan and stopped his followers from insulting Yao Chen.

Lu Chuan confronted Yao Wan Gui for mocking Yao Chen and forced the Yao Clan elders to address the insult. Yao Chen asked to have his parents’ names inscribed on the Clan Monument, and Elder Wan Huo agreed.

• Yao Wan Gui greeted Lu Chuan respectfully, and Lu Chuan rebuked him for quickly changing his attitude.
• Lu Chuan released the pressure of a Six-Star Dou Sheng against Yao Wan Gui, who pleaded for mercy.
• Elder Wan Huo arrived, learned that Yao Wan Gui had mocked Yao Chen, and rebuked him for his discourtesy.
• Lu Chuan told Elder Wan Huo that Yao Chen’s satisfaction mattered, and Yao Chen requested that his parents’ names be inscribed on the Clan Monument.
• Elder Wan Huo agreed to Yao Chen’s request, acknowledging that the clan had wronged him.