Chapter Summaries

Tou She Ancient God explained how the eight Dou Emperors sacrificed themselves to seal the Flame Demon Clan Devil Emperor and entrusted him with the final strand of Source Qi. He passed that inheritance to Xiao Yan, who vowed to become Emperor and kill the Devil Emperor.

• Tou She Ancient God asked Xiao Yan about his unusual power, and Xiao Yan explained that he had been reincarnated with his memories.
• Xiao Yan promised to deal with the sealed Flame Demon Clan Devil Emperor after he became Emperor, and Tou She Ancient God showed him the Devil Emperor’s prison among the stars.
• Tou She Ancient God revealed that the eight Dou Emperors had sacrificed their lives and the continent’s Source Qi to seal the Devil Emperor, then he used the final strand of Source Qi to become Emperor and eliminate the remaining Extraterrestrial Evil Clan members.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that his inheritance and the divided Tou She Ancient God Jade had been left for the Ancient Eight Clans, and that the Eight Emperors Ancient Formation would reopen when Xiao Yan could kill the Devil Emperor.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Yan the dazzling lotus seed containing the inheritance, and Xiao Yan vowed to use the final strand of Source Qi and kill the Devil Emperor sooner.

Xiao Yan obtained the Origin Qi left in the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and prepared to become a Dou Emperor at the former Soul Clan territory. As Zhu Kun and Zi Yan joined the gathered experts, Xiao Yan began his breakthrough by turning the land into a vast flame furnace.

• Xiao Yan retrieved the Origin Qi and flaming lotus seed, thanked Zhu Kun for standing guard, and invited him to witness his breakthrough in three days.
• Xiao Yan returned to Central State, made preparations with Gu Yuan, Yao Lao, and the others, and visited Cai Lin, who remained asleep while refining her inheritance.
• Experts from across the continent gathered near the former Soul Realm, while Yao Lao kept them ten thousand li away from Xiao Yan.
• Zhu Kun arrived with Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragons, alarming the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and drawing greetings from Yao Lao and Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Yan began his breakthrough, summoned the Flame God Dharma Body, flooded the land with magma, and forged a gigantic flame furnace that drew in energy from Central State.

Xiao Yan refined the Emperor Pill Embryo inside the Chaos Furnace, using its Source Qi to fuel his cultivation until he broke through to the Earthly Supreme realm. He continued refining the embryo after recovering his strength.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Emperor Pill Embryo and used Emperor Flame to refine its energy, rapidly advancing his cultivation.
• After more than a month, Xiao Yan’s Sovereign Sea reached saturation, and he deliberately shattered it along with his physical body to attempt the Earthly Supreme breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan summoned every Strange Flame in the world, drawing twenty-two flames to contribute their origins as his body repeatedly shattered and reformed.
• Xiao Yan fused his physical body with his Sovereign Sea and the origins of the twenty-two Strange Flames, successfully reaching the Earthly Supreme realm.
• Xiao Yan sensed that more than half of the Emperor Pill Embryo remained and continued refining it at high speed.

Xiao Yan refined the Emperor Pill Embryo and energy from Central State, advancing to Upper Earthly Supreme before using another strand of source qi to continue his breakthrough. The source qi strengthened the Xiao Family bloodline, raising Xiao Zhan to Six Star Dou Sheng and other relatives to Dou Sheng or peak Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan refined the Emperor Pill Embryo as a spiritual tribulation gathered over the Dou Qi Continent but dispersed without threatening him.
• After another month of cultivation, Xiao Yan absorbed energy from Central State through the Chaos Furnace and broke through to Upper Earthly Supreme.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a vast pillar of flame, prompting Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to suspect he had reached the Dou Di realm, though the Xiao Family showed no bloodline breakthrough yet.
• Xiao Yan judged the Emperor Pill Embryo insufficient for his goal and merged another strand of Heaven and Earth Source Qi into himself.
• The source qi caused Xiao Zhan to rise to Six Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to reach Dou Sheng, and several Xiao relatives to reach peak Dou Zun.
• Xiao Chen felt the Xiao Tribe bloodline surge and celebrated that the clan had produced another Dou Di.

Xiao Yan became the Dou Qi Continent’s first Dou Di and spent months refining Source Qi inside the Chaos Furnace, while those outside waited and watched its energy drain across Central State. Cai Lin emerged from seclusion and learned of his breakthrough; the chapter ended as the furnace’s suction stopped and an aura powerful enough to make Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun feel like ants erupted from within.

• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan’s loved ones rejoiced at Xiao Yan’s rise to Dou Di, while the other clans were relieved they had not opposed him.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating inside the Chaos Furnace, completed a portion of Source Qi, and planned to reach Earthly Supreme Great Perfection before testing himself against the Flame Demon Clan’s sealed Devil Emperor.
• Cai Lin emerged from seclusion, learned that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Di, and traveled to the Chaos Furnace as the furnace continued absorbing energy from Central State.
• After another half year, the energy vortex subsided and an immense aura burst from the Chaos Furnace, making Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun feel as weak as ants.

After breaking through to Earthly Supreme Great Perfection, Xiao Yan displayed power that surpassed ordinary Dou Emperors and built Flame God Hall in the Magma Sea Region. He then appeared before the Eight Emperors Ancient Formation and began fighting its colossal guardian.

• Xiao Yan's breakthrough sent a terrifying aura across the Dou Qi Continent, where countless people worshiped him as a god.
• Xiao Yan gathered fire-attributed energy from the Magma Ocean and formed a rocky plain, then placed Strange Flame Plaza at its center.
• Xiao Yan refined magma with Bone Chilling Flame to create Flame God Hall, a palace powerful enough to withstand a Nine Star Dou Sheng's full-force strike.
• Xiao Yan vanished from the Magma Sea Region and crossed the continent to confront the Eight Emperors Ancient Formation, where two colossal beings began battling in the sky.

Xiao Yan confronted the Flame Demon Clan Devil Emperor and convinced the ancient Dou Di projections that he could defeat it. The Eight Emperors Ancient Formation released the Heaven and Earth Source Qi and gave Xiao Yan control of the eight statues, but the barrier weakened and the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor broke free.

• Xiao Yan asked the eight ancient Dou Di projections to release the formation and return the Heaven and Earth Source Qi, promising to destroy the imprisoned Devil Emperor.
• The Soul Emperor confronted Xiao Yan about the Soul Clan's destruction, then accepted that its corrupted descendants had brought about their own fate.
• Xiao Yan struck the barrier with a pillar of flame, briefly cracking it and proving his strength to the ancient Dou Di projections.
• The eight projections gave Xiao Yan the Eight Emperors Ancient Formation as a final gift and entrusted the Dou Qi Continent's future to him.
• The eight statues vanished as the Heaven and Earth Source Qi flowed back toward the Dou Qi Continent, weakening the barrier until the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor shattered it and escaped.

Xiao Yan confronted the escaping Refining Heaven Devil Emperor and overwhelmed him with his strength and Supreme Dharma Body. He killed the Devil Emperor, crushed his heart, and declared that he would take the fallen enemy’s identity.

• The Refining Heaven Devil Emperor broke free of the Eight Emperors Ancient Formation but immediately tried to flee from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan blocked his escape with brilliant flames and suppressed the Refining Heaven Devil Flame with his own fire.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Earthly Supreme Great Perfection cultivation and Supreme Dharma Body, shocking the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Yan seized the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor and brutally beat him while the experts of the Dou Qi Continent watched.
• The Refining Heaven Devil Emperor begged for his life, but Xiao Yan killed him, crushed his Devil Emperor Heart, and said he would borrow the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s identity.

Xiao Yan destroyed Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s Devil Emperor Heart and used the Chaos Furnace to refine his flame and convert his devil source into Heaven and Earth Origin. After a month, he prepared to finish Refining Heaven Devil Emperor with One Qi Transforming into Three Purities, leaving the Devil Emperor terrified as the Blade of Self-Slaying descended.

• Xiao Yan crushed Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s Devil Emperor Heart and trapped his escaping Devil Soul in brilliant flames.
• Xiao Yan placed the Devil Soul and shattered heart into the Chaos Furnace, where he refined the Refining Heaven Devil Flame and converted the devil source into Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame grew stronger as the furnace worked, while the people of the Dou Qi Continent worshipped his Supreme Dharma Body for a month.
• Xiao Yan finished converting Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s devil source and withdrew his Supreme Dharma Body, leaving the Devil Emperor powerless.
• Xiao Yan invoked One Qi Transforming into Three Purities and sent the Blade of Self-Slaying down toward Refining Heaven Devil Emperor.

Xiao Yan used One Qi Transforming into Three Purities to create two Earthly Supreme clones, then turned one into a Flame Demon Clan clone by taking over Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s body. He planned to use his clones to gather resources in the Great Thousand World while his true body guarded the Dou Qi Continent, but first he intended to revive Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yan used the illusory blade twice to split off two portions of his soul and vital essence, then formed two clones with the Devil Emperor Heart’s refined origin power.
• Refining Heaven Devil Emperor watched in fear as Xiao Yan sent one clone into his corpse and began restoring its vitality.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s Devil Soul, making the corpse the new Refining Heaven Devil Emperor: his Flame Demon Clan clone.
• Xiao Yan planned to send a Devil Emperor Clone into the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan for resources, send a Spiritual Energy Clone to aid the Martial Ancestor on the Tianxuan Continent, and keep his true body on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan decided that before leaving the Dou Qi Continent, he would revive Xiao Xuan.

After returning to the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan gave Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun source qi to prepare for their breakthroughs, then went to the Heavenly Tomb to revive Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan was successfully revived in Hun Tiandi’s body, while Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian stayed in the tomb to cultivate.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Qi Continent and gave Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun sealed source qi spheres so they could break through to the Dou Di realm.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would revive Ancestor Xiao Xuan before preparing for his wedding, then brought Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian into the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate with Bodhi Heart Refining Pills.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan and explained how he had reached the Dou Di realm, then revealed Hun Tiandi’s corpse as the body for Xiao Xuan’s revival.
• Xiao Yan refined Hun Tiandi’s corpse with the Chaos Furnace and Xiao Clan Bloodline, and Xiao Xuan entered the prepared body.
• After two months, Xiao Xuan emerged revived with an aura comparable to Gu Yuan’s and Zhu Kun’s.

Xiao Yan resurrected Xiao Xuan and gave him Heaven and Earth Source Qi and Bodhi Seeds to aid his recovery. He then began transforming the Bodhi Ancient Tree into the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Spirit, but the chapter ended when two Dou Sheng auras erupted inside the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xuan Heaven and Earth Source Qi, explaining that it could let him break through to the Dou Emperor realm once he stabilized his newly resurrected body.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xuan Bodhi Seeds to help heal lingering ailments and integrate with his body, then left a Spiritual Energy Clone in the Heavenly Tomb and departed.
• Xiao Yan asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to become the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Spirit, and it agreed to the transformation.
• Xiao Yan gathered the continent’s remaining Heaven and Earth Source Qi and infused it into the Bodhi Ancient Tree, causing it to endure a painful transformation over two months.
• As the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s aura merged with the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Energy Clone sensed two Dou Sheng auras erupting in the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er after she and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Sheng, then shared a pivotal night with Xun'er and began uniting the continent through the Yan Alliance. As the alliance benefited from his cultivation and alchemy, another Dou Emperor emerged: the long-hidden Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yan returned from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and welcomed Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian after they refined their pills and broke through to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan visited Xun'er, recalled his promise from eight years earlier, and told her they would wed after Gu Yuan became an Emperor.
• Xiao Yan spent the following half year bringing the women to Wu Tan City while his clone helped establish the Yan Alliance, with the Flame God Hall serving as its center.
• Xiao Yan's clone cultivated at the Flame God Hall, drawing energy into a rain that alliance members could use and producing repeated Ninth Grade pill tribulations.
• A powerful aura erupted near the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen revealed that the new Dou Emperor was the former Xiao Tribe Clan Leader, Profound Emperor Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun broke through to become Dou Emperors, and the continent celebrated their ascensions and Xiao Yan’s wedding. Three years later, as Xiao Yan’s family enjoyed a peaceful life, a pillar of light rose in Central State, signaling that his two clones were ready to leave.

• Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough increased Xiao Chen’s strength and empowered the Xiao Clan, while Gu Yuan’s breakthrough strengthened the Ancient Clan.
• Zhu Kun emerged as the Dragon Emperor, and the continent held a grand ceremony for the new Dou Emperors before Xiao Yan married five women.
• Over the following three years, Xiao Yan helped Jia Nan Academy and the Xiao Clan grow, transformed the Heavenly Tomb, and saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree become the continent’s Plane Spirit.
• Cai Lin conceived a child, and Xiao Yan noticed a pillar of light over Central State and said his two clones were ready to leave.

Xiao Yan sent his Spiritual Energy Clone and Devil Emperor Clone toward the Great Thousand World while preparing to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm. After beginning his breakthrough, his white-robed clone reached the Tianxuan Continent and found the Otherworld Devil Emperor besieging it.

• Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Energy Clone reached Earthly Supreme Great Perfection, and his Devil Emperor Clone rose in the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s body with its energy transformed into devil energy.
• Xiao Yan watched his two clones depart for the Great Thousand World, where the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s invasion had corrupted worlds and endangered countless lives.
• Back in Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan told Xun'er and the others he was close to breaking through, and he planned for Ya Fei and Yun Yun to attempt reaching Dou Sheng.
• After three days, Xiao Yan left the Dou Qi Continent and used the Chaos Furnace to gather and refine the energy needed for his breakthrough as Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun watched.
• After traveling for half a year, Xiao Yan’s white-robed clone reached the Tianxuan Continent and found the Otherworld Devil Emperor waiting outside its barrier to break the Symbol Ancestor’s seal.
• The Otherworld Devil Emperor sensed a dangerous aura but failed to find Xiao Yan, who smiled and prepared to meet Brother Lin and deal with the invader.

Xiao Yan entered Tianxuan Continent and found Lin Dong facing a crisis as Ying Huanhuan prepared to confront the invading Otherworld Devil Emperor. After sharing a drink with Lin Dong, Xiao Yan sent him into seclusion to break through while he stayed behind to deal with the threat.

• Xiao Yan passed through the Plane Membrane Wall, sensed the Plane of Origin, and saw Ying Huanhuan forming a huge ice lotus in the Chaotic Demon Sea as the Otherworld Devil Emperor watched from beyond the seal.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Qingyang Town and reunited with Lin Dong, who was walking with Ling Qingzhu.
• Xiao Yan followed Lin Dong to the Lin Family Back Mountain, where he recognized traces of Lin Dong's humble past and invited him to drink.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong he was on his side and urged him to reach the Ancestor Realm, then encouraged him to enter seclusion and attempt a breakthrough.
• Lin Dong entered seclusion to cross the Reincarnation Tribulation while Xiao Yan watched from the mountaintop and faced the devilish energy gathering at the plane rift.

As the Otherworld Devil Emperor’s seal weakened, he sent a colossal hand to destroy Ying Huanhuan before she could reach the Ancestor Realm. Xiao Yan blocked the attack with a blazing sun and revealed himself as the Flame Emperor, giving Tianxuan Continent new hope.

• Xiao Yan watched Lin Dong undergo repeated reincarnations while the experts of Tianxuan Continent gathered around Ying Huanhuan’s ice lotus and awaited her breakthrough.
• The seal cracked further, and the Otherworld Devil Emperor formed a gigantic hand and sent it toward the formation above the Chaotic Demon Sea to kill Ying Huanhuan.
• Tianxuan Continent’s experts attacked the hand, but their combined techniques could not slow it, so the Lord of Life and Death prepared to use the Ancestral Symbols’ protection.
• Xiao Yan summoned a blazing white sun that collided with the giant hand and burned it away after a fierce clash.
• The Otherworld Devil Emperor recognized the attacker as a Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign and demanded to know who he was.
• Xiao Yan answered that his name was Flame Emperor.

Xiao Yan secretly prepared a vast array while the Otherworld Devil Emperor continued attacking the plane seal, and the Ice Master, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu each made breakthroughs. Lin Dong asked Xiao Yan to save the Tianxuan Continent, and Xiao Yan agreed, then revealed that the Ice Master had planned to sacrifice herself for Lin Dong.

• The Otherworld Devil Emperor mistook Xiao Yan’s White Sun Ascension for evidence of powerful backing and renewed his assault on the plane seal.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his show of power had been a ruse and silently arranged hundreds of millions of Spiritual Seals across the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Half a month later, the Ice Master emerged from her ice lotus having reached half a step into the Ancestor Realm.
• Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu broke through to the third stage of the Reincarnation Realm, then joined the Ice Master and went to meet Xiao Yan.
• Lin Dong, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu asked Xiao Yan to save the Tianxuan Continent, and Xiao Yan agreed to help.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong that the Ice Master had intended to sacrifice herself for him, leaving Ying Huanhuan visibly unsettled.

Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan reconciled as Xiao Yan led them to the Chaotic Demon Sea to face the Otherworld Devil Emperor. After the plane seal shattered and the Devil Emperor attacked, Xiao Yan revealed his immense power and prepared to demonstrate how to fight a Devil Emperor.

• Lin Dong embraced Ying Huanhuan and asked her not to make such a sacrifice again, while Xiao Yan urged them to focus on the approaching Otherworld Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and the others went to the Chaotic Demon Sea, where Ying Huanhuan introduced him as Lord Flame Emperor and he ordered the weaker experts to evacuate the danger zone.
• Ten days later, the plane seal broke, and the Otherworld Devil Emperor emerged before the gathered experts and fired a massive pillar of demonic qi at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan split the attack with a flaming palm, manifested a colossal form, and told Lin Dong to watch as he demonstrated how to deal with Devil Emperors.

Xiao Yan drew on the Great Dao of Fire and used the Flame Emperor Dharma Body to overpower the Otherworld Devil Emperor. As the Devil Emperor summoned his clan’s army, Xiao Yan revealed hundreds of millions of Spiritual Seals across the sky above the Chaotic Demon Sea.

• The Otherworld Devil Emperor attacked Xiao Yan with tens of thousands of arms, but their Dharma Bodies clashed and Xiao Yan initially gave ground.
• Xiao Yan commanded fire-attributed energy from across Tianxuan Continent, greatly increasing his strength and catching the Devil Emperor’s True Devil World-Extinguishing Fist before slamming him into the sea.
• Xiao Yan pinned down and battered the Otherworld Devil Emperor, breaking his demonic techniques and injuring him until the Devil Emperor tore free and retreated.
• The Otherworld Devil Emperor summoned countless demons from the demonic clouds, and Lin Dong and the other experts prepared to confront the army.
• Xiao Yan drove the experts back from the battlefield and summoned hundreds of millions of crimson Spiritual Seals across the sky.