Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reached the seal of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and told the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s memory projection that he intended to subdue the flame. After tearing open the Demon Flame Space with his mastery of space, he left the projection to dissipate and entered the space.

• Xiao Yan traveled to the hidden Ancient Refining Formation with the four map fragments and summoned the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s memory projection.
• Xiao Yan told the Pure Lotus Demon Saint that he planned to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Saint approved his plan.
• Xiao Yan used his spatial mastery to locate and tear open the Demon Flame Space’s seal with enormous flaming hands.
• The seal’s rupture released devastating heat and flames across the surrounding region, while Central State’s major factions refrained from challenging Xiao Yan.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s memory projection praised Xiao Yan and dissipated, and Xiao Yan bowed before entering the Demon Flame Space.

Xiao Yan entered the Demon Flame Space, overcame its flames and illusions, and awakened Xiao Chen, a Xiao Tribe ancestor imprisoned there for a thousand years. With Xiao Chen beside him, Xiao Yan confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, shattered its illusion, and revealed its true form in a sea of white magma.

• Xiao Yan suppressed the milky-white flames and cleared the Nightmare Sky Mist before passing through the spatial gate into the Demon Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the attacking Fire Slaves and freed Xiao Chen by expelling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from his body.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen about the Xiao Tribe and his hope of reviving Xiao Xuan and restoring the clan, then led him toward the Demon Flame Source.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame challenged Xiao Yan to defeat it, but Xiao Yan shattered its illusion with Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame faced Xiao Yan in its true form above the white Magma Sea Region and felt apprehension at his power.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Demon Flame Space, destroyed his Fire Slaves, and trapped him inside the Chaos Furnace. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged for mercy, Xiao Yan began devouring his Demon Flame Source and declared that he would make him a flame spirit.

• Xiao Yan rejected the idea of using the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's power and challenged the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his own strength.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves and attacked, but Xiao Yan's flames began devouring his milky-white fire.
• Xiao Yan killed all ten Fire Slaves while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to flee the Demon Flame Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's desperate Demon Flame Sky Burning shattered Xiao Yan's Great Desolate Sky Burning Hand, but its fragments formed the Chaos Furnace and trapped him.
• Xiao Yan bound the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with Flame Chains and began devouring his Demon Flame Source despite his plea to become Xiao Yan's subordinate.

Xiao Yan completely devoured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, transforming his Emperor Flame Prototype into a mature Strange Flame and beginning to forge his Sovereign Dharma Body. After nearly a year of absorbing vast energy, he completed the Flame Emperor Dharma Body.

• Xiao Yan drained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame until its consciousness collapsed, then refined its final source and completed his mature Strange Flame.
• Xiao Yan gathered his nine Strange Flames and began forming a Sovereign Dharma Body, feeding it spiritual energy and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Xiao Yan used the Chaos Furnace to devour the energy of the collapsing Demon Flame Space and the surrounding land, drawing crowds of experts who watched for nearly a year.
• Gu Yuan's puppet avatar arrived and told the gathered experts that Xiao Yan had consumed more energy in a year than one-tenth of what Gu Yuan used to reach Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan's thousand-zhang Flame Emperor Dharma Body fully solidified, and its aura spread across heaven and earth.

Xiao Yan completed the Flame Emperor Dharma Body, reached Seven Grade Sovereign, and made every flame on the Dou Qi Continent bow to him. Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Yan as a threat and decided to use the Soul Clan’s final plan.

• Xiao Yan merged the Chaos Furnace into his body, and his strength surged to Seven Grade Sovereign before he joined with the Flame Emperor Dharma Body.
• The Flame Emperor Dharma Body’s aura spread across the continent, causing flames everywhere to bow, while Nihility Devouring Flame struggled to resist its pressure.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame realized Xiao Yan’s strength could threaten them, and Nihility Devouring Flame warned that his own power would be greatly restrained against Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tiandi decided to use the Soul Clan’s final plan, warning Nihility Devouring Flame that they would both be finished if Xiao Yan survived.
• Xiao Yan’s completed Flame Emperor Dharma Body shrank and returned to his Sovereign Sea, but a strange flame began rising from his lower abdomen.

After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and spent two days with her, while Gu Yuan prepared the clans to destroy the Soul Clan. Hun Tiandi sacrificed nearly the entire Soul Clan and fused with Nihility Devouring Flame to pursue Pseudo Emperor power, prompting Gu Yuan to urgently summon Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Chen to Starfall Pavilion, introduced him to Yao Lao, and hurried away under the pretense of consolidating his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun and Ya Fei were pulled into her house after sensing Xiao Yi Xian's aura break through twice.
• Gu Yuan gathered the leaders of the five clans and prepared to attack the Soul Clan once Xiao Yan declared the time was right.
• Hun Tiandi slaughtered nearly all the Soul Clan and gathered their blood qi in a vast pool, leaving only a little over a hundred survivors.
• Hun Tiandi fused with Nihility Devouring Flame and absorbed the blood qi to approach Pseudo Emperor strength.
• After sensing the upheaval in the Soul Realm, Gu Yuan ordered someone to hurry to Starfall Pavilion and invite Xiao Yan.

Hun Tiandi sacrificed nearly the entire Soul Clan to create the Blood Sea Demon Armor and attacked the six-clan Allied Forces. As Hun Tiandi’s strike threatened Yao Dan, Xiao Yan’s flaming spear arrived to intercept it.

• Gu Yuan sensed a terrifying change in the Soul Realm and sent Gu Dao to fetch Xiao Yan from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan learned that Hun Tiandi was preparing a desperate counterattack and rushed with Gu Dao to the Allied Forces Camp.
• Hun Tiandi emerged wearing the Blood Sea Demon Armor, formed from the Soul Clan’s blood, and declared that he would destroy Gu Yuan and the other clans.
• Gu Yuan gathered the six-clan Allied Forces into a formation and clashed with Hun Tiandi, but their combined power only matched Hun Tiandi’s attack while his armor blunted the force.
• Hun Tiandi exploited a weakness in the formation and launched a crimson spear at Yao Dan, but Xiao Yan’s flaming spear appeared and struck it.

Xiao Yan arrived in time to destroy Hun Tiandi’s blood-red spear and faced him alone while the Six Clan Allied Forces withdrew. He revealed his Flame Emperor Dharma Body and weakened Nihility Devouring Flame with a command before unleashing the Flame Emperor Seal on Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Yan emerged and annihilated Hun Tiandi’s blood-red spear, then declined Gu Yuan’s offer to command the Six Clan Grand Formation.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Yan, who withstood his punch and ordered the Six Clan Allied Forces to retreat a thousand li.
• Xiao Yan manifested the Flame Emperor Dharma Body, causing Nihility Devouring Flame to struggle against the urge to bow to him.
• Xiao Yan formed the Flame Emperor Seal and sent its enormous, scorching palm crashing down toward Hun Tiandi.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Hun Tiandi with a sequence of powerful techniques, breaking through his attacks and exhausting the strength he had gained by sacrificing the Soul Clan. After disabling Hun Tiandi with a soul attack, Xiao Yan destroyed his soul, leaving Hun Tiandi dead.

• Xiao Yan struck Hun Tiandi with the Flame Emperor Seal, which Hun Tiandi resisted with more than a hundred attacks before shattering it with the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade.
• Xiao Yan formed a flaming giant ruler and clashed with Hun Tiandi's blood blade, badly wounding him and forcing him to flee through the energy storm.
• Xiao Yan caught up to Hun Tiandi and attacked with the Flame Emperor Fist, steadily draining his power until the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade shattered.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a soul attack that severely wounded Hun Tiandi's soul and left him nearly unconscious.
• Xiao Yan pierced Hun Tiandi's skull with the Soul-Extinguishing Finger and destroyed his soul, killing him.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Tiandi and devoured nearly all of Nihility Devouring Flame’s source, pushing his strength to the peak of Seven Grade Sovereign. Nihility Devouring Flame briefly escaped in a weakened state, but Xiao Yan found and destroyed its consciousness, leaving only its Strange Flame behind.

• Xiao Yan bound Nihility Devouring Flame with Emperor Flame Chains and began devouring its source after Hun Tiandi’s death.
• Nihility Devouring Flame self-destructed, but Xiao Yan used his vast Supreme Dharma Body to devour the spreading Black Flames.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame’s source, raising his strength to the peak of Seven Grade Sovereign.
• Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with a tiny remnant of its source, but Xiao Yan tracked it into a lava fissure and seized it.
• Xiao Yan annihilated Nihility Devouring Flame’s consciousness and refined its final strand of source.

After perfecting the Nihility Devouring Flame Source, Xiao Yan returned to the allied forces, earned the title Flame Emperor, and completely destroyed the Soul Clan. He left Gu Yuan to manage the Soul Clan’s spoils while he traveled to the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

• Xiao Yan refined the remaining Nihility Devouring Flame Source and decided to settle the Soul Clan’s affairs before opening the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• The allied forces hailed Xiao Yan as the Flame Emperor after he returned, and he tore open the Soul Realm’s barrier.
• Xiao Yan burned the Soul Clan’s last survivors, annihilating the clan, then entrusted the Soul Realm’s spoils to Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan organized the allied clans to search the Soul Realm and share its manuals, skills, treasures, and materials, reserving a share for Xiao Yan and the rising Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan crossed Central State and arrived at the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

Xiao Yan found the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Ancient Wasteland Domain and persuaded it to trade Bodhi Seeds and Bodhi Heart for his help. He erased the Devil King's lingering resentment from the tree, then asked it to provide the promised items.

• Xiao Yan plundered treasures across the Ancient Wasteland Domain and used his soul power to reveal the hidden Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree attacked Xiao Yan with its branches and five Half-Saint puppets, but he destroyed the puppets and repelled the branches.
• Xiao Yan offered to remove the Devil King's lingering resentment in exchange for Bodhi Seeds and Bodhi Heart, and the tree let him enter its body.
• Xiao Yan used his Dominator will and Emperor Flame to completely erase the Devil King's resentment from the tree spirit.
• The purified Bodhi Ancient Tree bowed toward Xiao Yan, who reminded it to give him the promised items.

Xiao Yan coaxed the Bodhi Ancient Tree into giving him nine Bodhi Hearts, Reincarnation Source, and hundreds of Bodhi Seeds before returning to Starfall Pavilion. He showed Yao Lao the seeds, leaving his teacher stunned and wondering if he had shaken the tree apart.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yan Bodhi Seeds and Bodhi Hearts, then yielded more after he teased it for being stingy.
• Xiao Yan promised to help the tree become a Bodhi Divine Tree, and it gave him nine Bodhi Hearts, Reincarnation Source, and several hundred Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan left the tree and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao welcomed him and gave him a jade slip listing treasures from the Soul Clan campaign.
• Xiao Yan chose several treasures from the list and sent the jade slip back through an attendant from the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed more than a hundred Bodhi Seeds to Yao Lao, who asked if he had shaken the Bodhi Ancient Tree apart.

Xiao Yan revealed nine Bodhi Hearts and gave Yao Lao more than a hundred Bodhi Seeds before beginning to refine nine Bodhi Heart Refining Pills. As experts and alchemists from across Central State gathered to watch, nine Mysterious Pill Lightning Clouds formed over Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan showed Yao Lao nine Bodhi Hearts and handed him more than a hundred Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan set out to refine the Bodhi Heart Refining Pill using Bodhi Hearts and Reincarnation Source to create nine pills for his family and friends.
• Xiao Yan formed nine Flame Furnaces and began refining Ninth Grade pills, drawing alchemists and experts from across Central State to Starfall Pavilion.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Yan exchanged a smile with Xun'er while continuing to control all nine furnaces.
• After seven days of refining, nine Mysterious Pill Lightning Clouds appeared above Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan completed nine Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill-level Bodhi Heart Refining Pills while the pill rain and thunder strengthened him to Eight Grade Sovereign. After the pills were secured, he returned to the young woman in green and teased her.

• Xiao Yan refined nine Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills at once, astonishing the gathered experts.
• The pills produced emerald-green pill rain across a thousand li, and Xiao Yan collected the scattered pills.
• Xiao Yan's Dharma image devoured the pill thunder, refining its power and raising his cultivation to Eight Grade Sovereign.
• Nine pills took human and beast forms and tried to escape, but Xiao Yan bound them with Flame Chains and sealed them in Jade Bottles.
• Xiao Yan returned to the young woman in green, pinched her cheek, and asked whether she had missed him.

Xiao Yan distributed the nine Bodhi Heart Refining Pills to his loved ones and traveled to the Ancient Clan to secure the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments. He promised the six clan leaders that each clan could produce a Dou Emperor within a hundred years of his own breakthrough, then warned that he might use force if they did not believe him.

• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a Bodhi Heart Refining Pill and explained that it could aid reincarnation comprehension and awaken the potential to become an Emperor.
• The six clans' experts asked Xiao Yan to sell the remaining pills, but he refused, and he forgave a Lei Clan expert who spoke out of turn.
• Xiao Yan distributed all nine pills among Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Cai Lin, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Yao Chen, instructing them to absorb the pill qi gradually.
• Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion with Xun'er and went to the Ancient Clan, intending to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the Emperor Origin within the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yan told the six clan leaders that each of their clans could produce a Dou Emperor within a hundred years of his own breakthrough, and said he might use force if they did not believe him.

Xiao Yan gathered the remaining Tou She Ancient God Jades from the five clans, promising each clan a chance to Become Emperor, then returned to Jia Nan Academy to open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He summoned the ancient jade disk and began raising the cave entrance beneath the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Yan compelled the leaders of the remaining five clans to hand over their Ancient God Jades by promising each clan a chance to Become Emperor.
• Xiao Yan gathered all eight Tou She Ancient God Jades and headed for Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Su Qian, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and the academy's former students, promising to build a better Inner Academy after he Became Emperor.
• Xiao Yan sent everyone a hundred miles away, fused the eight jades into a flawless disk, and summoned Tou She Ancient God's illusory figure.
• Xiao Yan split open the ground beneath the Inner Academy, controlled the magma, and began forming a vast vortex that revealed the ancient aura of the cave mansion.

Xiao Yan watched the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode emerge and welcomed Zhu Kun, the Old Dragon Emperor, after he escaped from the magma sea. Xiao Yan opened the cave’s gate with the Ancient Emperor Jade while Zhu Kun chose to guard him outside.

• The magma settled and revealed the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, while Xiao Yan recalled how Yao Lao and the Tou She Ancient God inheritance had changed his life.
• A colossal violet-gold dragon emerged from the magma, transformed into a middle-aged man, and introduced himself as Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun about Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon clan, prompting Zhu Kun to thank him for caring for his daughter and offer his help.
• Zhu Kun declined to compete for the Emperor Pill Embryo and chose to wait outside while Xiao Yan entered the cave.
• Xiao Yan activated the Ancient Emperor Jade, and its beam struck the stone gate until it creaked open.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode while Zhu Kun rewarded Su Qian for raising Zi Yan. Inside, Xiao Yan reached the Strange Flame Plaza and confronted a mysterious old man he recognized as the Emperor Pill Embryo.

• Xiao Yan entered the spatial passage into the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode as Zhu Kun stayed behind.
• Zhu Kun introduced himself to Su Qian as Zi Yan’s father and thanked him for raising her.
• Zhu Kun gave Su Qian two Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods and promised to help him reach the Dou Sheng level.
• Xiao Yan crossed the ancient space to the Strange Flame Plaza and approached the statue of Tou She Ancient God.
• An old man appeared beside the statue, and Xiao Yan called him the Emperor Pill Embryo and told him to stop pretending.

Xiao Yan subdued the Emperor Pill Embryo with the Transformation Pill Ring and entered the Ancient Emperor statue’s inner space. There, he reunited with the Ancient Emperor.

• The Emperor Pill Embryo attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used an illusion to evade him and withstood his strongest strike.
• Xiao Yan subdued the Emperor Pill Embryo with the Transformation Pill Ring and stored it in his Sovereign Sea.
• Xiao Yan combined his ten flames into an Emperor Flame and opened the Ancient Emperor statue’s chest.
• Xiao Yan entered the statue’s inner space and found the Ancient Emperor waiting within a flaming lotus.
• Xiao Yan greeted the Ancient Emperor, saying they had finally met again.