Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s army of monster beasts broke the Sacred Flame Sect’s protective formation after hours of attacks, and the sect’s defenders prepared to fight as Xiao Yan targeted Nalan Yanran. At the Ancient Clan, Xun’er sensed the formation’s destruction and worried about Xiao Huo.

• Xiao Yan and hundreds of thousands of monster beasts attacked the Sacred Flame Sect’s formation while Yun Yun, Medusa, Zi Yan, Nalan Yanran, and the disciples feared they could not escape or call for reinforcements.
• Yun Yun and Medusa remembered that Xun’er had created the formation, and the Sacred Flame Sect’s defenders, Snake People Tribe, and Jia Nan Academy members vowed to fight for Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Yan ordered his forces to break the formation and capture the women connected to Xiao Huo, while privately planning to kill Old Yao after using his power.
• Xiao Yan and the monster beasts shattered the protective formation, and the defenders charged to meet the invading army.
• Xiao Yan rushed toward Nalan Yanran, and Xun’er sensed the formation’s collapse at the Ancient Clan and feared for Xiao Huo.

Xiao Yan’s Monster Beast army attacked the Sacred Flame Sect, and Yun Yun and Medusa led its defenders in a fierce counterattack. They left the battle fighting side by side against the overwhelming army.

• Xiao Yan ordered his Monster Beast army to slaughter the Sacred Flame Sect, and its defenders prepared to resist.
• Yun Yun and Medusa called on the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy disciples to defend the sect.
• Yun Yun unleashed powerful sword techniques that burned countless Monster Beasts to ashes.
• Misty Cloud Sect Elders called Yun Yun a traitor and urged the army to capture her, but Medusa killed them and the nearby Monster Beasts.
• Yun Yun and Medusa joined forces and continued fighting the Monster Beast army.

As Xiao Yan’s forces attacked the Sacred Flame Sect, Xiao Yan charged at Nalan Yanran while Hai Bodong tried to protect her. Hai Bodong’s ice walls shattered as Nalan Yanran fled toward Yun Yun and Medusa.

• Xiao Yu, Nangong Yumo, Shangguan Lingshuang, Zi Yan, and the Jia Nan Academy army fought to defend their home from the Monster Beast army.
• Xiao Yan broke through the defenders and targeted Nalan Yanran, while Chu Yaoyao and the Sacred Flame Sect’s female disciples tried to stop him.
• Hai Bodong ordered the female disciples to retreat to Zi Yan, then stood between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
• Hai Bodong created ice walls and urged Nalan Yanran to run toward Yun Yun and Medusa.
• Nalan Yanran fled as Hai Bodong tried to hold Xiao Yan back, but Xiao Yan shattered all the ice walls.

Xiao Yan broke through Hai Bodong’s defenses and cornered Nalan Yanran, while Yun Yun and Medusa fought through demonic beasts to reach her. As Xiao Yan’s sword neared its target, Xiao Huo appeared on the horizon, but Nalan Yanran believed he had arrived too late.

• Xiao Yan shattered Hai Bodong’s ice wall, wounded him, and confronted Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran refused to flee and stood against Xiao Yan, invoking Xiao Huo as she prepared to fight.
• Xiao Yan summoned demonic beasts to block Yun Yun and Medusa, then charged at Nalan Yanran with his sword.
• Xiao Yan’s killing intent paralyzed Nalan Yanran, and she accepted that she was about to die.
• Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Huo rushing toward her and smiled through her tears, believing he had come too late.

Xiao Huo arrived during Xiao Yan’s attack on Nalan Yanran and stopped him from killing her. He overwhelmed Xiao Yan with his control of space and spiritual energy, then unleashed Space Rule and Star Rule to kill him.

• Xiao Huo split the Monster Beast army with a single sword strike and saw Xiao Yan threatening Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan taunted Xiao Huo and demanded that he kneel, while Yun Shan and the gathered fighters watched.
• Xiao Yan tried to stab Nalan Yanran, but Xiao Huo stopped the sword from advancing.
• Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse, but Xiao Huo turned the surrounding spiritual energy into a vacuum and nullified the attack.
• Xiao Huo criticized Xiao Yan and sent Space Rule and Star Rule toward him to kill him.

Xiao Huo arrived in time to stop Xiao Yan from killing Nalan Yanran, then rallied the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy for battle against the Monster Beast army. The full-scale war began as Xiao Huo charged toward Yun Shan and Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Huo immobilized Xiao Yan and blasted him into a mountain with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Huo took Nalan Yanran's hand, and she told him she was fine as the Sacred Flame Sect disciples celebrated his return.
• Xiao Huo ordered the Sacred Flame Sect disciples to attack the Monster Beast army.
• Xiao Huo charged toward Yun Shan and Xiao Yan while Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran joined the fight.
• The Monster Beast army began retreating, and Yun Shan watched in terror and disbelief.

Xiao Yan and Yun Shan failed to overcome Xiao Huo on the battlefield, so Xiao Yan revealed that he had sent an army to capture the Xiao Clan and planned to use them as leverage. Xiao Huo remained unconcerned and waited for Xiao Yan’s signal to bring the captured clan members.

• Xiao Huo led the Sacred Flame Sect army into battle, where his forces suffered no casualties while nearly half the magical beasts were killed.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Shan discussed their plan to use the Xiao Clan as leverage, and Xiao Yan halted the fighting to confront Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had dispatched an army to capture the Xiao Clan and threatened to show Xiao Huo their corpses.
• Xiao Huo called Xiao Yan an idiot and calmly waited for him to send the signal, while Xiao Yan remained confident that his plan would succeed.

Xiao Yan waited for the Misty Cloud Sect army to return with the Xiao Clan as hostages, expecting Xiao Huo to lose his reputation and submit. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King instead arrived from the west, pulling carts filled with the Misty Cloud Sect army’s corpses, leaving Xiao Yan and Yun Shan stunned.

• Xiao Yan vowed to defeat Xiao Huo and reclaim Xun'er after spending half a year preparing for revenge.
• Xiao Yan, Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and the others waited for the Misty Cloud Sect army to reach Wutan City and seize the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Huo reassured Yun Yun while holding back from fighting so the Sacred Flame Sect disciples would not be hurt.
• The Monster Beasts grew terrified as a powerful presence approached from the west.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King arrived pulling carts loaded with the Misty Cloud Sect army’s corpses, and Xiao Yan and Yun Shan turned pale with shock.

Xiao Yan attacked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, convinced he had killed her, but she emerged unharmed and revealed her overwhelming strength. She turned her fury on Xiao Yan’s Monster Beasts, leaving them trembling before her.

• Xiao Yan blamed Yun Shan after the Misty Cloud Sect army failed to harm the Xiao Clan, then prepared to attack the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King himself.
• Xiao Yan struck the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with Eight Extremes Collapse and Cold Light Blade, and his army cheered when smoke concealed her.
• Xiao Yan mocked Xiao Huo, but the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King emerged transformed and unharmed, revealing her Seventh-tier strength.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King confronted Xiao Yan and directed her anger at the Monster Beasts around him, which trembled and began to submit.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King used her overwhelming rank to make Xiao Yan’s monster beast army submit to Xiao Huo, then knelt before her master. With the Sacred Flame Sect no longer threatened by the army, Xiao Huo prepared to face Xiao Yan himself.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s command forced Xiao Yan’s monster beasts to kneel, leaving Xiao Yan unable to control his army.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King knelt before Xiao Huo and called him her master, and the rest of the monster beasts followed her example.
• Xiao Huo reflected that Xun’er had helped the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King evolve and resolved to find her in the Central Plains after the battle.
• Xiao Huo spread his wings, summoned a massive golden staff, and announced that he would personally fight Xiao Yan.

Xiao Huo fought Xiao Yan in a duel and defeated him decisively with his Space Rule and Starlight Power. Xiao Yan lay injured in a crater, stunned by the gap between their strength.

• Xiao Yan asked about Xun'er, and Xiao Huo replied that they had been together several hundred times.
• Xiao Huo and Xiao Yan clashed at peak Dou Ancestor strength, but neither gained the upper hand in close combat.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Xiao Huo countered with Nine Strikes of Heavenly Travel as they exchanged hundreds of blows.
• Xiao Huo used Space Solidification to immobilize Xiao Yan, then struck him with Starlight Power.
• Xiao Yan crashed into the ground and was left badly injured as Xiao Huo declared him too weak.

Xiao Huo defeated Xiao Yan with ease, and the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy celebrated his victory. As everyone rejoiced, an unprecedented crisis began to spread toward them unnoticed.

• Xiao Huo overwhelmed Xiao Yan, who collapsed, unable to accept that he could not challenge him despite reaching peak Dou Ancestor realm.
• The Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy disciples cheered Xiao Huo as their invincible sect master after witnessing his victory.
• Chu Yaoyao admired Xiao Huo from afar and worried that she was too weak to stand beside him, while Zi Yan, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran watched with pride and affection.
• Disciples at Jia Nan Academy watched the battle through Xiao Huo's ancient screen and celebrated his victory.
• An unprecedented crisis began spreading toward Xiao Huo and the others, though no one, including Xun'er, noticed it.

After losing to Xiao Huo, Xiao Yan drained Yun Shan’s cultivation with a forbidden technique and temporarily rose halfway into the Dou Zun realm. Xiao Huo prepared to face him alone, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yun Shan urged Xiao Yan to join forces against Xiao Huo, but Xiao Yan revealed he had poisoned Yun Shan and began absorbing his power.
• Xiao Yan’s stolen cultivation boosted him beyond peak Dou Ancestor, and he vowed to kill Xiao Huo, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Huo ordered the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy disciples to retreat, while Medusa offered him her cultivation and he refused.
• Xiao Huo contacted Xun’er, who created a protective barrier for the Sacred Flame Sect disciples and encouraged him before their connection ended.
• Xiao Huo promised Xun’er he would find her and then faced Xiao Yan for their final battle.

Xiao Yan revealed his half-step Dou Venerate power and challenged Xiao Huo, who countered with the Space Rule and Star Rule. When those attacks failed to injure Xiao Yan, Xiao Huo unveiled eighteen Great Desolate Prison Heaven Fingers, leaving Xiao Yan shocked as the battle escalated.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his ancient aura and declared that he would kill Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo used the Space Rule and Star Rule to attack Xiao Yan with spiritual energy and falling starlight.
• Xiao Yan emerged unharmed and mocked Xiao Huo, noting that his transformed state would last only half an hour.
• Xiao Huo summoned eighteen Great Desolate Prison Heaven Fingers, and Xiao Yan realized the earlier attacks had only tested him.

Xiao Huo fought Xiao Yan, whose defenses withstood the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger and whose counterattack threatened to overwhelm him. Xiao Huo revealed he could control the Five Elements Power and turn Xiao Yan’s own Flame Splitting Wave Ruler against him, leaving Xiao Yan surrounded by flames.

• Xiao Huo repeatedly struck Xiao Yan’s black shield with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, but Xiao Yan blocked the attacks with the Mysterious Black Ruler.
• Xiao Yan charged at Xiao Huo and pursued him as he retreated, then unleashed the Heaven Tier Dou Technique Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Medusa and Yun Yun prepared to help Xiao Huo, but Nalan Yanran urged them to wait.
• Xiao Huo stopped retreating and used Five Elements Power to draw in and dissipate the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Xiao Huo swept his hand and sent the flames surrounding Xiao Yan pouncing toward him.

Xiao Huo defeated Xiao Yan with fused Heavenly Flames and killed him with the Ninth Strike of Heavenly Travel. With the battle over, Xiao Huo stood victorious as the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy celebrated, while Chu Yaoyao feared he would soon leave.

• Xiao Huo unleashed lightning and fused the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame, breaking through Xiao Yan's defenses and engulfing him.
• Xiao Yan's Monster Beast army submitted to Xiao Huo, and the Sacred Flame Sect and Jia Nan Academy cheered his victory as Chu Yaoyao watched him with reverence.
• Xiao Yan survived the flames, but Xiao Huo pursued him with the Nine Strikes of Heavenly Travel and declared that Xiao Yan would never see Xun'er again.
• Xiao Huo's final strike stopped Xiao Yan's heart and reduced his body to dust.

After Xiao Huo destroyed Xiao Yan’s body, Xiao Yan revealed his soul and unleashed a Heavenly Tribulation to take everyone down with him. Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran tried to shield Xiao Huo, but he raced to stop them as the lightning descended.

• Xiao Yan’s body was reduced to ashes, but his soul emerged and revealed that he had prepared a trump card.
• Xiao Yan triggered a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, threatening to destroy everyone nearby.
• Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran flew toward the sky to face the Heavenly Tribulation for Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo rushed ahead of them and ordered them to return, insisting they trust him.
• Medusa persuaded Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to retreat, trusting that Xiao Huo could withstand the heavens.

Xiao Huo exhausted himself trying to protect Yun Yun, Medusa, and Nalan Yanran from the heavenly tribulation that Xiao Yan redirected toward them. After the devastating blast, Xiao Huo, the three women, and Xiao Yan vanished, leaving their fate unknown.

• Xiao Yan controlled the heavenly tribulation and sent it toward Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran to force Xiao Huo to choose whether to save them.
• Xiao Huo rushed to shield the women, but the heavenly tribulation shattered every defense he raised.
• Xun'er saw her golden jade pearl shatter, mourned Xiao Huo, and ordered the Ancient Clan army to march on Misty Cloud Sect.
• The blast left the battlefield devastated, and Xiao Huo, the three women, and Xiao Yan disappeared without a trace.

After Xiao Huo vanished during the heavenly tribulation, the Sacred Flame Sect and the Ancient Clan mourned him while searching in vain. Half a year later, Xiao Huo awoke in an unknown place and recalled that Miss System had appeared just before the tribulation struck.

• Gu Dao arrived at the ruined Sacred Flame Sect, searched for Xiao Huo, and found no trace of him.
• Xiao Yu, Nangong Yumo, and the Sacred Flame Sect girls refused to believe Xiao Huo was dead and vowed to make the sect stronger.
• Gu Dao reported Xiao Huo's disappearance to the Ancient Clan, after which Xun'er and Gu Ling'er devoted themselves to cultivation.
• Over the next six months, the Sacred Flame Sect recovered, merged with Jia Nan Academy, and became the Jia Ma Empire's leading sect while leaving its sect master position vacant.
• Xiao Huo awoke in an unknown region, felt pain throughout his body, and remembered Miss System appearing just before the heavenly tribulation descended.

Miss System appeared to protect Xiao Huo from the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation, but she could not stop it and used her remaining power to teleport him and the others away. Xiao Huo lost consciousness, unsure whether Miss System had survived, while his allies believed he was dead.

• The Heavenly Dao’s tribulation attacked Xiao Huo as Xiao Yan watched and celebrated, but Miss System appeared before Xiao Huo to shield him.
• Miss System blocked the tribulation temporarily, then struck at Xiao Yan’s soul; an expert from the Soul Hall arrived and saved him.
• Miss System admitted she could not stop the tribulation and told Xiao Huo she would teleport him, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran to the Central Plains.
• Miss System’s spell sent the group away, and Xiao Huo lost consciousness as the tribulation exploded.
• The Sacred Flame Sect disciples and Xun'er believed Xiao Huo had perished, though he remained alive.