Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xing, Cai Lin, and Zhu Yu fought through the Fire Slaves and defeated Xiao Chen before reaching the altar of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Jiang Xing exposed the seated flame wielder’s Nightmare Sky Mist as an illusion, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Xing identified the figures emerging from the fissures as Fire Slaves and led Zhu Yu and Cai Lin toward the massive gate.
• Zhu Yu held off the Fire Slaves while Jiang Xing and Cai Lin blasted open the gate, and the three fought through more Fire Slaves inside.
• Jiang Xing, Cai Lin, and Zhu Yu joined forces to slay Xiao Chen, and Jiang Xing stored away his body to use as puppet material.
• The three broke through another gate and found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame seated on an altar, challenging them to defeat him for the Flame Source.
• Jiang Xing told the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame that Nightmare Sky Mist was only an illusion, causing the flame wielder to freeze and lose his smile.

Jiang Xing used the Nightmare Breaking Talisman to shatter the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion and free everyone trapped inside. In the magma world, the gathered experts confronted the Flame, which demanded to know how Jiang Xing had obtained the talisman, but he refused to reveal his secret.

• Jiang Xing explained to Cai Lin and Zhu Yu that the altar and everyone else they had encountered were part of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist illusion.
• Jiang Xing formed a Nightmare Breaking Talisman from his essence blood and used it to collapse the illusion, despite the white-robed man’s protests.
• Jiang Xing, Cai Lin, and Zhu Yu emerged into a magma world, and Jiang Xing explained that the illusion’s collapse had freed the other trapped people as well.
• The freed experts recognized the white-robed man as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Yao Wangui accused him of threatening the Central Continent.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame confronted Jiang Xing about the Nightmare Breaking Talisman, but Jiang Xing refused to explain how he knew it.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the Space Tunnel, trapped the intruders, and killed nearly all the Dou Zun experts with his flaming prison. With the survivors facing him and his Fire Slaves, Hun Miesheng proposed an alliance, which Jiang Xing and the other clans accepted.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the Space Tunnel and trapped everyone inside, declaring that they would become his Fire Slaves.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demonic Flame Refines the Heavens, forming a flaming prison that killed nearly all the Dou Zun experts.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Fire Slaves from the magma and mocked the survivors who had come to seize his origin.
• Hun Miesheng urged the rival factions to join forces, and Jiang Xing was the first to support his proposal.
• Hun Miesheng proposed that the Four-Star Dou Saints attack Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the others fought the Fire Slaves, and no one objected.

Jiang Xing warned Zhu Yu and Cai Lin that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was only pretending to be sealed, while Hun Miesheng seized the black pillar amid a clash with the ancient clans. Hun Miesheng revealed Five-Star Dou Saint strength, and a gray-robed old man began transforming as his aura swept across the Demon Flame Land.

• Jiang Xing told Zhu Yu not to interfere because the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was feigning defeat and might counterattack.
• Hun Miesheng used the Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Formation with six other Four-Star Dou Saints to compress the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into a small flame.
• Jiang Xing stopped Cai Lin and warned Zhu Yu against claiming the seemingly sealed flame, so Zhu Yu stayed by their side.
• Hun Miesheng grabbed the black pillar, and members of the other ancient clans attacked the three Soul Clan members.
• Hun Feng told Hun Miesheng it was time, and Hun Miesheng raised his strength to Five-Star Dou Saint, prompting Gu Nanhai to accuse the Soul Clan of violating the Ancient Races Pact.
• A gray-robed old man dismissed the pact, then began growing younger as his strength erupted across the Demon Flame Land.

Old Demon Hun revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, prompting the Blue Ox Herdboy, a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill and Grand Elder of the Little Pill Tower, to appear. Jiang Xing recognized the pill’s value and enlisted Cai Lin to help capture him, as the confrontation began.

• Old Demon Hun confronted the clans and declared that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would belong to the Soul Clan.
• Old Demon Hun called out the Little Pill Tower’s hidden old monster, and the Blue Ox Herdboy emerged from the void.
• Jiang Xing recognized the herdboy as a Six-Star Dou Saint and a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill, then told Cai Lin he wanted to capture him before refining the Demonic Flame.
• Cai Lin agreed to find an opportunity to strike and help Jiang Xing take the herdboy down.
• The Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder greeted the Grand Elder, while Old Demon Hun mocked them for transforming to evade the clans.

Pill Tower Grand Elder revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength and confronted Old Demon Hun and Hun Miesheng over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He seized the flame from Old Demon Hun, then vanished as Hun Miesheng launched a powerful Soul Clan attack.

• Old Demon Hun threatened Pill Tower Grand Elder with the Soul Clan’s power and the danger it posed to the Alchemist Tower, but the Grand Elder defended the tower and revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint aura.
• Old Demon Hun refused to surrender the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, despite realizing that he and Hun Miesheng were outmatched.
• Pill Tower Grand Elder used spatial manipulation to switch places with Hun Miesheng, then casually neutralized Old Demon Hun’s attack.
• Pill Tower Grand Elder broke through Old Demon Hun’s defenses and seized the black pillar of light containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Miesheng attacked with the Soul Clan’s Soul Void Seal, and Pill Tower Grand Elder vanished before the strike could reach him.

Pill Tower Grand Elder exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s false seal, forcing it to reveal itself and unleash its ancient formation. With the escape tunnel destroyed, the trapped factions joined forces and divided up to fight the formations.

• Pill Tower Grand Elder realized the black pillar was a trick, exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and forced it to reveal its true form.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame challenged Pill Tower Grand Elder and attacked him with a Flame Avatar, but Pill Tower Grand Elder’s technique restrained its flames.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and formed two giant fire formations that sealed off the area.
• Gu Nanhai fled toward the Space Tunnel with Gu Xun'er and Gu Qingyang, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the tunnel and cut off everyone’s escape.
• Old Demon Hun proposed an alliance, and the trapped fighters agreed to divide themselves between the Heaven Formation and the Earth Formation.
• Pill Tower Grand Elder, Gu Nanhai, Zhu Yu, Jiang Xing, and Cai Lin were assigned to the Heaven Formation, while the others took the Earth Formation.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the gathered experts with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and Jiang Xing deliberately withdrew with Cai Lin and Zhu Yu to let the attack cripple the Pill Tower Grand Elder. After the blast left the Grand Elder severely wounded, Cai Lin revealed her Six-Star Dou Saint strength.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and sent pillars of light at the Pill Tower Grand Elder and Old Demon Hun.
• Jiang Xing told Cai Lin and Zhu Yu to move away from the Pill Tower Grand Elder, and the trio avoided joining the others in defending against the attack.
• The pillar pierced the crowd's defenses, causing massive casualties and severely injuring the Pill Tower Grand Elder.
• Gu Nanhai and the others angrily accused Jiang Xing of abandoning them, but Jiang Xing told Cai Lin to act.
• Cai Lin released her full aura, revealing a strength that shocked the gathered experts.

Jiang Xing and Cai Lin attacked the wounded Pill Tower Grand Elder during the battle against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and killed him, turning him into a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill. Jiang Xing took the pill and eyed the weakened survivors, then focused his attention on another Pill Tower Grand Elder who still hated him.

• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin ignored the others’ protests and charged at the severely wounded Pill Tower Grand Elder to seize the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill.
• The Pill Tower Grand Elder attacked Jiang Xing with Dan Rongtian, but Cai Lin dispersed the attack and struck him with her giant snake tail.
• Jiang Xing struck the helpless Pill Tower Grand Elder with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, causing him to collapse into a golden medicinal pill.
• Jiang Xing caught the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill and put it into his Storage Ring while the frightened survivors avoided his gaze.
• Jiang Xing noticed the hatred in the eyes of another Pill Tower Grand Elder and decided to kill him as well.

Jiang Xing killed the Pill Tower Grand Elder, leaving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to face fewer opponents, but then used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s remnant soul to block a powerful attack. The Saint’s phantom appeared, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame confronted him over the seal imposed thousands of years earlier.

• Jiang Xing ignored Gu Nanhai’s warning and killed the Pill Tower Grand Elder.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame mocked the others and targeted Jiang Xing with a powerful formation attack.
• Cai Lin moved to shield Jiang Xing, but he pulled her behind him and revealed he could handle the attack.
• Jiang Xing summoned a halo that blocked the pillar of light, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the aura of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s phantom appeared beside Jiang Xing, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused him of sealing him despite his past help.

Jiang Xing and Cai Lin remained in the Demonic Flame Space as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its intelligence. After the Saint and the Flame vanished in an explosion, Jiang Xing and Cai Lin searched the area and found the Flame Source in the magma.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, but the Saint severed its control of the formation and opened a Space Tunnel for everyone to escape.
• Jiang Xing told Cai Lin and Elder Zhu Yu to leave, but Cai Lin stayed with him while Elder Zhu Yu went through the tunnel.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint restrained the Flame with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and began drawing the blood-red mist of its intelligence from its body.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint allowed the mist to enter him and caused the formation to explode, while Cai Lin shielded Jiang Xing from the shockwaves.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin searched the empty blast area, and Cai Lin spotted the Flame Source in the magma.

Jiang Xing chose to refine the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill inside the Demonic Flame Space rather than risk facing the experts waiting outside. After a year and a half of refining, he released a surge of power, while Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to withdraw from the Demon Flame Plains and prepare to destroy the Stone Clan.

• Jiang Xing decided to refine the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside the Demonic Flame Space, while others waited outside for the space to open.
• Zi Yan used her Seven-Star Dou Saint strength to protect Zhu Yu from the clans that surrounded him after he emerged.
• Jiang Xing swallowed the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill and began enduring and refining its immense power.
• Old Demon Hun reported to Hun Tiandi that Jiang Xing and Cai Lin had remained inside the Demonic Flame Space, and Hun Tiandi ordered Jiang Xing killed if an opportunity arose.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to withdraw its people from the Demon Flame Plains and directed Nihility Devouring Flame to prepare to destroy the Stone Clan.
• After a year and a half of refining the pill, Jiang Xing released a violent surge of dou qi throughout the Demonic Flame Space.

Jiang Xing used a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill to advance to the middle stage of Five-Star Dou Saint, then refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame over two years. After sharing its final energy with Cai Lin, he reached the early stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint.

• Jiang Xing broke through from the late stage of Three-Star Dou Saint to the middle stage of Five-Star Dou Saint by refining the Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill.
• Jiang Xing prepared the Yellow Springs Chill Pill, the Flamechill Grand Formation, and Intoxicating Demon Saliva before beginning to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Jiang Xing used the Intoxicating Demon Saliva to weaken the flame, swallowed the Yellow Springs Chill Pill, and took the flame into his body.
• After two years, Jiang Xing refined the final energy of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame together with Cai Lin, who had already advanced to the late stage of Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Xing broke through to the early stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint and turned his attention to Cai Lin.

After spending more than three years in the Demonic Flame Space, Jiang Xing and Cai Lin returned safely to Ancient Dragon Island, where they learned that Jiang Xing’s family was well and the continent’s ancient clans had formed an alliance amid the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan. The chapter left the Medicine Flame Thunder Three Clans united against the growing threat.

• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin left the Demonic Flame Space and returned to Ancient Dragon Island without encountering any enemies.
• Zi Yan welcomed them and discovered that Jiang Xing had reached Seven-Star Dou Saint, while she had advanced to the Middle Stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Zi Yan told Jiang Xing that his family was safe and that Jiang Cheng had also broken through to Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Xing learned that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had withdrawn to Dragon Island after other clans tried to take advantage of its absence.
• After the Stone Clan was exterminated like the Spirit Clan, Yao Dan persuaded the Yan Clan and Lei Clan to form the Medicine Flame Thunder Three Clans alliance.

After returning safely to the Jiang Clan, Jiang Xing planned how to grow stronger against the Soul Clan and settled on using Nine Profound Golden Lightning. He left Ancient Dragon Island for the Hall of Souls’ Earth Hall to seize the Deputy Hall Master’s Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame.

• The Medicine Flame Thunder Three Clans suspected the Gu Clan of destroying the Stone Clan, while the Soul Clan welcomed the growing distrust between their rivals.
• Jiang Xing and Cai Lin returned home, and Jiang Xing told the Jiang Clan about his experiences and his breakthrough to Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Jiang Xing considered pursuing powerful Heavenly Flames but decided the top-ranked options were too dangerous or difficult to obtain.
• Jiang Xing realized that his Flame Spirit might use the Nihility Devouring Flame’s power to refine Nine Profound Golden Lightning without turning it into a pill.
• Jiang Xing disguised himself, suppressed his strength, and headed to the Hall of Souls’ Earth Hall to target the Deputy Hall Master’s sub-flame.

Jiang Xing disguised himself as a Gu Clan expert and attacked the Hall of Souls, killing the Earth Hall Deputy Hall Master to frame the Gu Clan and provoke conflict with the Soul Clan. He returned to the Hall of Souls and forced a controlled Dou Zun to lead him to the stored souls.

• Jiang Xing chose to use the Gu Clan’s Emperor Imprint Skill as a disguise and planned to make the attack look like the Gu Clan had violated the clans’ alliance pact.
• Jiang Xing drew out the Earth Hall Deputy Hall Master by releasing a weak aura, then attacked him with the Emperor Imprint Skill.
• The Deputy Hall Master recognized the Gu Clan technique, fled, and summoned Hun Miesheng with a Jade Slip.
• Jiang Xing caught up with the Deputy Hall Master, overpowered him, killed him, and took the sub-fire from his body.
• Jiang Xing returned to the Hall of Souls, threatened a controlled Dou Zun into leading him to the stored souls, and killed several members who had not escaped.

Jiang Xing stole the souls from the Hall of Souls, left a witness alive, and planned to frame the Gu Clan while hiding to refine Nihility Devouring Flame’s sub-flame. Hun Miesheng arrived at the ruined Earth Hall, believed the Gu Clan was responsible, and was enraged by the losses.

• Jiang Xing collected the soul clusters in the secret chamber and defeated the Dou Zun who had led him there, deliberately leaving him alive to blame the Gu Clan.
• Jiang Xing searched for a hidden place to have his Flame Spirit refine Nihility Devouring Flame’s sub-flame before returning to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Hun Miesheng arrived at the ruined Earth Hall and found the surviving Dou Zun.
• The Dou Zun told Hun Miesheng that a Five-Star Dou Saint of the Gu Clan had killed the Deputy Hall Master and stolen the Earth Hall’s souls.
• Hun Miesheng grew furious over the Gu Clan’s supposed attack and the Soul Clan’s losses.

Hun Tiandi learned that the Gu Clan had raided the Earth Hall and ordered the Soul Clan to use the incident as a diversion while preparing to destroy the Yao Clan. Jiang Xing reached the Void Lightning Pool and found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning still gathering its spirit.

• Hun Miesheng reported to Hun Tiandi that a Gu Clan Five-Star Dou Saint had taken the souls collected by the Earth Hall.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to publicize the Gu Clan’s violation of the alliance and keep the Hall of Souls from disrupting the plan against the Yao Clan.
• Jiang Xing returned to Ancient Dragon Island after devouring the Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame and rushed to the Void Lightning Pool.
• Jiang Xing discovered that his Flame Spirit could independently absorb and refine lightning after devouring the Sub-Flame.
• Jiang Xing reached the depths of the Thunder Pool and found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning still gathering its spirit.

Jiang Xing defeated the Nine Profound Golden Lightning while it was weakened from gathering spirit and sealed its origin within the Flame Spirit to devour. With the Black Demon Lightning released from the golden dragon’s control, he considered refining them for a cultivation breakthrough but left to attend the Yao Clan’s approaching Medicine Ceremony.

• Jiang Xing entered the Void Lightning Pool and used his Heavenly Flame barrier to withstand the Black Demon Lightning.
• Jiang Xing’s Yellow Springs Palm broke the Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s attack, then struck the dragon as backlash from gathering spirit left it vulnerable.
• Jiang Xing relentlessly attacked the injured golden dragon until it exploded, revealing the Nine Profound Golden Origin.
• Jiang Xing sealed the Nine Profound Golden Origin within the Flame Spirit, which began devouring its energy and feeding it back to him.
• After the Nine Profound Golden Lightning vanished, the Black Demon Lightning stirred, but Jiang Xing chose not to refine it because the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony was about to begin.

Jiang Xing warned the Yao Clan that the Soul Clan planned to destroy them during the Medicine Ceremony, hoping to protect the clan and ensure Old Man Shen Nong could escape. After Yao Dan read the warning, he began weighing its credibility and asked whether the Gu or Soul Clan would attend the ceremony.

• Jiang Xing realized that without Xiao Yan, Old Man Shen Nong might not escape the Medicine Realm, and decided not to enter it himself.
• Jiang Xing arranged for a sealed letter warning the Yao Clan of the Soul Clan's plan to be delivered to Yao Dan.
• Yao Wanhuo reported that a mysterious, powerful person had delivered the letter and escaped before he could be caught.
• Yao Dan broke the seal and read that the Soul Clan planned to destroy the Yao Clan during the Medicine Ceremony.
• Yao Wanhuo questioned whether the warning was a trap, while Yao Dan considered the danger posed by the Soul Clan's destruction of the Ling and Shi Clans.
• Yao Dan asked whether anyone from the Gu Clan or the Soul Clan would attend the Medicine Ceremony.