Chapter Summaries

The White-Robed Girl subdued an Azure Wave Water Pigeon and rode it toward the battle between Yan and the Nine-Headed Sacred Serpent. Yan overwhelmed the serpent despite its terrifying regeneration, then suddenly struck at the watching White-Robed Girl, sending her and her mount flying.

• The White-Robed Girl entered the Misty Swamps, used her power to tame the Azure Wave Water Pigeon, and ordered it to carry her toward the disturbance.
• Yan fought the Nine-Headed Sacred Serpent, tore off several of its heads, and discovered that they rapidly regenerated.
• The White-Robed Girl watched Yan battle the serpent and wondered at his strength and the beast's regenerative ability.
• Yan dodged the serpent's attacks, then charged into a sea of flames and chopped its body into pieces.
• As the serpent's necks dwindled to stumps, Yan sensed the White-Robed Girl and struck her with a palm, sending her and the Azure Wave Water Pigeon flying.

Yan fought the awakened Mother of Myriad Snakes, an ancient Divine Behemoth whose petrifying gaze nearly killed him. After surviving through Rebirth in Flames, he found her weakness and set her ablaze, bringing the ancient monster’s reign to an end.

• The Mother of Myriad Snakes rose from the Misty Swamps, and the White-Robed Girl recognized her as the legendary Goddess Nüwa Beast.
• Yan confronted the colossal serpent, but her eyes petrified his flame giant and she shattered it.
• Yan revived through Rebirth in Flames, astonishing the White-Robed Girl and resuming his attack in a smaller, faster form.
• Yan evaded the Mother of Myriad Snakes’ attacks and discovered an opening between her eyes as she prepared to use her petrifying gaze again.
• Yan pierced through the eye-beams and engulfed the Mother of Myriad Snakes’ head in flames, burning away her poisonous miasma as the swamp became a sea of fire.

Yan returned from the Misty Swamps with Princess Tian'er after forming a Soul Spirit Contract with the Mother of Myriad Snakes. At Feili Royal Military Academy, he reunited with Shangguan Bing'er in Princess Caicai’s office, where she remained uneasy about her life in the unfamiliar empire.

• Yan reached the treetop cabin, teased the sleeping little white tiger, and then flew southwest on an Azure Wave Water Pigeon with Princess Tian'er.
• Princess Tian'er recalled the terrifying battle and decided to stay with Yan to investigate his secrets, while Yan reflected on his contract with the Mother of Myriad Snakes and the ten days of fire and rain it had caused.
• During the flight, Yan thought about Caicai, Ming Hua, and Bing'er, while Princess Tian'er reacted jealously to his distraction.
• At Feili Royal Military Academy, Shangguan Bing'er declined her classmates’ invitation to lunch and went to the teaching building to visit Princess Caicai.
• Yan appeared in Caicai’s office, and Shangguan Bing’er answered his questions cautiously, saying that Caicai took good care of her.

Yan guided Shangguan Bing'er’s cultivation while continuing to flirt with her and Tian'er. Ming Hua brought news that the Heavenly Evil Sect’s sacred-ground gathering had been moved forward and that its Holy Daughter would come as an envoy, leaving Yan eager to meet her.

• Yan stopped Shangguan Bing’er’s cultivation session and wiped the sweat from her face as she blushed and struggled with her feelings for him.
• Yan teased Tian’er and flirted with Shangguan Bing’er before Ming Hua arrived at the training room.
• Ming Hua told Yan that the gathering of the Sacred Grounds had been moved forward, while the Heavenly Evil Sect was under pressure from the other four Sacred Grounds.
• Ming Hua explained that the sect would send its Holy Daughter as an envoy because its headquarters doubted Yan’s trustworthiness and would not send Mister Wu.
• Yan reacted with interest to the Holy Daughter’s arrival and imagined seducing her.

Yan met Wu Yuehan, a powerful young member of the Heavenly Evil Sect who came to discuss cooperation on her father’s behalf. She offered him a chance to join the sect and become its next leader, along with herself, leaving Yan to consider the proposal.

• Yan carried Ming Hua away to treat her, leaving Shangguan Bing'er to cultivate with Tian'er.
• Xiao Shi brought Wu Yuehan to the teaching building, where Shangguan Bing'er welcomed her and waited with her for Ming Hua.
• Yan recognized Wu Yuehan, teased her, and overcame her attempt to escape by using her Coordination Attribute and evil power.
• Wu Yuehan became affectionate with Yan in private, then explained that she had come to discuss cooperation for the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• Wu Yuehan offered Yan the possibility of becoming the sect's next leader and said she would be his if he joined.

Yan considered the Heavenly Evil Sect’s recruitment offer while Wu Yuehan explained the coming Sacred Ground Gathering at Crimson Blood Hell. Meanwhile, leaders of Vast Palace and Snow God Mountain prepared for the tournament amid concerns about an unknown threat and family tensions.

• Yan rejected Wu Yuehan’s teasing demand, then heard that the Heavenly Evil Sect Master would open the sect’s archives to him if he joined.
• Wu Yuehan explained the Sacred Ground Gathering and said the Heavenly Evil Sect hoped Yan would help it improve its standing at Crimson Blood Hell.
• Shangguan Tianyang and Shangguan Tianyue discussed the mysterious fire-attributed expert and agreed that both would attend the gathering together.
• Xue Aotian mourned his missing daughter Tian’er and told Lion King Gust that he would attend the gathering alone.

Crimson Blood Hell welcomed the Sacred Ground Tournament guests, including the Heavenly Evil Sect, the Valley of Sentiments, and Snow God Mountain. Wu Yunyue challenged Huang Xingyun to a duel, and the gathering remained tense until Fen Tian arrived to greet the leaders.

• Tian Feng welcomed Wu Yuehan and four masked Heavenly Evil Sect members, and Wu Yuehan explained Crimson Blood Hell’s hierarchy to Yan.
• Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu arrived with the Valley of Sentiments, and Wu Yunyue confronted Huang over his remarks about the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• Wu Yunyue’s daughter reunited with him, and he thanked Yan for looking after her.
• Wu Yunyue challenged Huang Xingyun to a one-on-one match, and Xue Aotian appeared and offered to witness it.
• Xue Aotian urged Wu Yunyue and Huang Xingyun to fight, but Fen Tian arrived before the dispute could escalate.

The Five Great Sacred Grounds gathered outside Crimson Blood Hell, where Xue Aotian challenged Vast Palace’s reliance on numbers and the old tournament rules. Shangguan Tianyang attacked Xue Aotian, but their clash prompted Vast Palace’s forces to form up before Fen Tian intervened with Crimson Blood Hell’s own forces.

• Huang Xingyun and Fen Tian welcomed the arriving Vast Palace party, whose sixty-four members greatly outnumbered the other Sacred Grounds’ contingents.
• Xue Aotian rejected Shangguan Tianyang’s friendly greeting, and the two rivals exchanged threats as Shangguan Tianyue and Huang Xingyun took positions beside Shangguan Tianyang.
• Wu Yunyue proposed fighting Huang Xingyun first, while Xue Aotian called for one-on-one tournament matches; Shangguan Tianyang refused to change the established rules.
• Shangguan Tianyang struck Xue Aotian with a palm of energy, but Xue Aotian scattered it with one golden fist.
• Vast Palace’s sixty-four experts formed the Vast Limitless Formation around Shangguan Tianyang, and Fen Tian summoned Crimson Blood Hell’s forces to spread a crimson barrier over the gathering.

At Crimson Blood Hell, Yan spoke with Wu Yunyue about Wu Yuehan, the Heavenly Evil Sect’s future, and the shifting power among the Five Great Sacred Grounds. Yan agreed to support Wu Yuehan as the sect’s next leader, then warned that Valley of Sentiments and Crimson Blood Hell were plotting to take over the continent.

• Xue Aotian backed down from his confrontation with Fen Tian, and Shangguan Tianyang agreed to enter Crimson Blood Hell without escalating the standoff.
• The Five Great Sacred Grounds arrived in Crimson Blood Hell, where Yan joined the Heavenly Evil Sect in its assigned quarters and Wu Yunyue summoned him for a private talk.
• Wu Yunyue asked Yan to support Wu Yuehan’s succession and have their descendants lead the Heavenly Evil Sect, and Yan agreed to treat her well and help her inherit the position.
• Wu Yunyue described the sacred grounds’ competing ambitions, while Yan said the continent’s balance would change and that Valley of Sentiments and Crimson Blood Hell should be driven out.
• Yan warned Wu Yunyue that Valley of Sentiments and Crimson Blood Hell were secretly pursuing control of the entire Vast Continent and urged him to prepare for their plans.

The Sacred Ground Tournament began with the five leaders scrambling for lots, and Yan noticed signs that Crimson Blood Hell and the Valley of Sentiments were secretly coordinating. Shen Mo won several matches before Xue Aotian attacked a surrendering Valley of Sentiments fighter, leaving Huang Xingyun furious and the tournament in turmoil.

• Fen Tian explained the tournament rules, and the five Sacred Ground leaders fought to seize their lots, with Huang Xingyun and Fen Tian drawing the worst ones and Xue Aotian getting the best.
• Shen Mo defeated Yun Ruoyu, but Yan recognized that Yun Ruoyu had feigned exhaustion and warned Wu Yunyue that Crimson Blood Hell and the Valley of Sentiments might be concealing an alliance.
• Yan advised Wu Yunyue to keep the Heavenly Evil Sect's strength hidden, and Wu Yunyue agreed.
• Shen Mo defeated representatives from the Heavenly Evil Sect and Vast Palace before facing Xue Aotian.
• Xue Aotian struck a Valley of Sentiments fighter even after he conceded, prompting Huang Xingyun to angrily challenge him.

Xue Aotian defeated the successive challengers in the Sacred Ground Tournament, including Fen Tian, Shangguan Tianyue, Huang Xingyun, and Shangguan Tianyang. In the final individual match, Wu Yunyue challenged him with Devil Transformation, and their battle began at full force.

• Fen Tian fought Xue Aotian in his dark-red Legendary Set but quickly fell behind and conceded.
• Shangguan Tianyue equipped the Vast Limitless Set and challenged Xue Aotian, but Xue Aotian's God Descent Set overwhelmed him.
• Yan and Wu Yunyue discussed how the Heavenly Evil Sect might benefit from the other Sacred Grounds' plan to wear down Xue Aotian, while Shangguan Bing'er worried about the injured Shangguan Tianyue.
• Huang Xingyun and Shangguan Tianyang fought Xue Aotian in succession and lost, after which challengers from the other Sacred Grounds mostly conceded.
• Wu Yunyue faced Xue Aotian in the final match, activated Devil Transformation, and launched a full-strength attack in his Evil Emperor Set.

Wu Yunyue fought Xue Aotian in the Sky Battlefield, pushing the exhausted Heavenly God with his Devil Transformation and Blue Rain Hibiscus. Xue Aotian invoked Snow God Mountain’s God Descent Celestial Spirit Secret Technique, and the chapter ended as its golden power poured into Wu Yunyue and forced him to spew evil energy.

• Wu Yunyue used his Devil Transformation and Blue Rain Hibiscus to attack Xue Aotian, who had already fought four Heavenly Emperor-stage opponents.
• Xue Aotian summoned the Sacred Celestial Spirit Tiger into his body, restoring his strength and clashing with Wu Yunyue’s darkness and sword strikes.
• Wu Yunyue wounded Xue Aotian’s left hand, but Xue Aotian knocked him back and began forming 108 golden symbols with his Divine Scepter.
• Xue Aotian activated Snow God Mountain’s God Descent Celestial Spirit Secret Technique and directed its golden light at Wu Yunyue.
• As Xue Aotian’s golden rune approached his forehead, Wu Yunyue erupted in golden light and then spewed out vast amounts of evil energy.

Xue Aotian defeated Wu Yunyue in the individual matches, and all four other Sacred Grounds conceded before Snow God Mountain withdrew from the group battle. The group battle then began between the Heavenly Evil Sect and Valley of Sentiments, where Yan struck at the core of Valley of Sentiments’ formation and brought its defeat within reach.

• Xue Aotian defeated Wu Yunyue, and Yan declared that the Heavenly Evil Sect conceded the individual round to Snow God Mountain.
• Fen Tian, Shangguan Tianyang, and Huang Xingyun also conceded, ending the individual matches; Xue Aotian then withdrew from the remaining competition and criticized Vast Palace.
• Wu Yunyue chose Valley of Sentiments as the Heavenly Evil Sect’s first group-battle opponent, and Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu led their forces into the plaza.
• Valley of Sentiments used its Time Array and Time Mirror Image against the Heavenly Evil Sect’s summoned Evil God Power.
• Yan found two Heavenly Emperor-level experts at the auxiliary core of Valley of Sentiments’ formation and attacked them with black mist and flames, prompting Huang Xingyun to cry out in grief.

Yan and Wu Yunyue led the Heavenly Evil Sect to defeat Valley of Sentiments after Yan’s surprise attack and a deception that left Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu severely injured. Huang Xingyun conceded, and the Heavenly Evil Sect celebrated while Fen Tian questioned Yan’s identity.

• Yan’s flames killed two Heavenly Emperors and twelve Heavenly Kings from Valley of Sentiments, prompting Wu Yunyue to attack as Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu unleashed hidden power.
• Yan drove the Heavenly Evil Sect’s experts back from Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu’s devastating counterattack, then joined Wu Yunyue against the couple.
• Shangguan Tianyue recognized Yan as the man who had infiltrated Vast Palace and abducted Shangguan Feier, while Shangguan Tianyang resolved to watch the Heavenly Evil Sect closely.
• Yan used a Golden Dragon Soul to confront Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyu, then tricked them with a decoy while his real body and Wu Yunyue struck from behind.
• Huang Xingyun conceded after Yan severely injured him and Yun Ruoyu, and Vast Palace helped Valley of Sentiments withdraw.
• Fen Tian asked Wu Yunyue who Yan was, and Wu Yunyue vaguely introduced him as the Heavenly Evil Sect’s deputy leader.

The Sacred Ground Tournament ended after Vast Palace defeated Crimson Blood Hell and the Heavenly Evil Sect conceded. At the closing banquet, Yan stayed close to Shangguan Bing'er and hinted that her father had hurt her mother, while Shangguan Tianyue watched them uneasily.

• Yan traded barbed remarks with Xue Aotian and provoked Shangguan Tianyue, whom Wu Yunyue and Shangguan Tianyang prevented from attacking him.
• Fen Tian and Huang Xingyun silently agreed not to risk confronting the three great Sacred Grounds yet.
• Shangguan Tianyang used the Vast Limitless Grand Formation to defeat Fen Tian's Crimson Blood Hell forces.
• Yan conceded the Heavenly Evil Sect's match against Vast Palace, and Fen Tian conceded Crimson Blood Hell's match against the Heavenly Evil Sect, ending the tournament with Vast Palace victorious.
• Fen Tian arranged a banquet for the young disciples, while Yan took Tian'er from Shangguan Bing'er and then comforted Bing'er by suggesting her father had hurt her mother.
• Shangguan Tianyue spotted Yan embracing the masked Shangguan Bing'er and repeatedly glanced over, but could not explain his unease.

Fen Tian, Shen Mo, Huang Xingyun, and Yun Ruoyu met the Netherworld Master, who ordered them to gather fresh blood, revive their ancestors, and search for Dragon Clan descendants. After they left, Xue Aotian sensed his daughter nearby, while Shangguan Tianyang and Shangguan Tianyue discussed the threat of the Heavenly Evil Sect before an unseen visitor addressed Tianyue as his father-in-law.

• Fen Tian, Shen Mo, Huang Xingyun, and Yun Ruoyu received Destruction Power from the Netherworld Master and promised to gather more fresh blood.
• The Netherworld Master ordered them to excavate their ancestors' remains for revival and to search for Dragon Clan descendants and their blood.
• Fen Tian and Huang Xingyun reported clues linking the Dragon Clan to the Light-Shadow Space, and the Netherworld Master demanded they find Dragon blood as soon as possible.
• After the four left, the Netherworld Master vowed to escape by using Dragon Clan blood to break Feng Tian's seal.
• Xue Aotian sensed his daughter Tian'er in the Crimson Blood Hell and left his room to investigate.
• Shangguan Tianyang warned Shangguan Tianyue against provoking the Heavenly Evil Sect, but an unidentified visitor addressed Tianyue as his father-in-law, prompting both brothers to rush outside.

Yan brought Xue Aotian and the Shangguan brothers together to reveal that the Netherworld Master and its corrupted followers threatened the Vast Continent. After learning Yan’s identity and hearing his proposal, the leaders considered joining forces against the danger.

• Shangguan Tianyue and Shangguan Tianyang followed their target into Yan’s crimson domain and met Xue Aotian, Wu Yunyue, and Yan.
• Yan showed them images of Huang Xingyun, Fen Tian, Shen Mo, and Yun Ruoyu meeting the Netherworld Master and growing stronger through Destruction Power.
• Yan explained that the Netherworld Master planned to kill all living beings and that Crimson Blood Hell and the Valley of Sentiments were aiding it.
• Yan revealed that he was an outsider from another world, prompting Shangguan Tianyue to recognize him and Xue Aotian to warn him not to bully Tian’er.
• Wu Yunyue urged the leaders to unite with the continent’s empires and forces to stop the Netherworld Master and destroy Crimson Blood Hell and the Valley of Sentiments.

Yan helped Xue Aotian, Wu Yunyue, and the Shangguan brothers form an alliance against Crimson Blood Hell and Valley of Sentiments, offering a way to destroy the Netherworld Master in exchange for help obtaining a Heavenly God-level earth Celestial Core and meeting the Divine Masters. At the Solidification Pavilion, Xing Tianyi agreed to awaken the Celestial Core into a holy spirit, and Vast Palace began supplying the required materials.

• Xue Aotian, Wu Yunyue, Shangguan Tianyang, and Shangguan Tianyue agreed to ally against Crimson Blood Hell and Valley of Sentiments after Yan revealed that experts beyond the Vast Continent could defeat the Netherworld Master.
• Yan asked Xue Aotian for Snow God Mountain's earth-attributed Heavenly God-level Celestial Core and asked Shangguan Tianyang to introduce him to the Divine Masters.
• Yan arrived at the Solidification Pavilion with Ming Hua, Caicai, masked Shangguan Bing'er, and Tian'er, where Shangguan Longyin introduced him to Wei Yang, Ye Ruichen, and Xing Tianyi.
• Yan asked the three Divine Masters to craft custom legendary sets and awaken his Heavenly God-level Celestial Core into a holy spirit.
• Xing Tianyi accepted the task, and Shangguan Longyin arranged for Vast Palace to provide the precious materials the Divine Masters required.

Xing Tianyi, Ye Ruichen, and Wei Yang refined a Celestial Core solidified creature for Yan, but it emerged as a powerful, sentient Yellow Crystal Dragon. Yan trapped it in a sea of flames to stop it from escaping, leaving the newly born creature struggling against him.

• Xing Tianyi used his jade cauldron to refine precious materials and a Heavenly God-level Celestial Core for Yan’s solidified creature.
• Xing Tianyi added Yan’s essence blood from the Goddess Nüwa Beast, and an earthy-yellow beam erupted from the cauldron with a dragon’s roar.
• The creature absorbed energy from the Solidification Pavilion, burst through its roof, and transformed into a hundred-zhang Yellow Crystal Dragon.
• Shangguan Tianyang and Shangguan Tianyue arrived as Yan pursued the dragon into the sky.
• Yan summoned a sea of flames around the Yellow Crystal Dragon, preventing it from absorbing the surrounding energy easily as it tried to flee.

Yan subdued the newly born Yellow Crystal Dragon and refined its essence and soul into a new soul ring. As the dragon’s power merged with him, a golden-red sixth ring appeared, leaving Yan transformed by an unfamiliar force.

• Shangguan Tianyue proposed activating the Vast Grand Formation to trap the Yellow Crystal Dragon, but Shangguan Tianyang waited to see what Yan would do.
• Yan trapped the Yellow Crystal Dragon in his Flame Domain and suppressed its attacks until its massive body shrank under his flames.
• Yan drew the dragon’s essence and soul into a black space and swallowed them, beginning the refinement as Shangguan Tianyang and Shangguan Tianyue watched.
• Yellow patterns formed a cocoon around Yan before compressing into a white-yellow dragon-shaped halo that descended toward him.
• Yan drew the dragon soul into his body, and a golden-red sixth soul ring appeared after his five existing rings.