Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his group watched the Space Trading Convention begin, where rare treasures were auctioned for pills. A mysterious bidder won the Heaven Tier Fighting Skill Diamond Glazed Body with five High-rank Eighth-grade Pills bearing Five-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan anticipated the coming auction of the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire.

• Xiao Yan and his group took seats in the auction hall as the convention opened and the auctioneer announced that pills would be the currency.
• A bidder won the Heavenly Demon Emperor Wings with a High-rank Eighth-grade Pill bearing Four-Colored Pill Lightning.
• A Black-robed Elder won the Thousand-Year Ice Fire Lotus, a sect faction acquired the Mysterious Water Shield, and a cloaked figure won the World-Breaking Talismans.
• The auctioneer presented the Low-rank Heaven Tier body-refining Fighting Skill Diamond Glazed Body, and bidding escalated among the factions.
• A mysterious bidder won Diamond Glazed Body with five High-rank Eighth-grade Pills bearing Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan grew wary of the powerful factions present and looked forward to the auction of the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire.

Xiao Yan failed to win the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire after Xie Zi offered an eight-colored Rank 8 pill, and Yao Chen revealed his hatred for the evil cultivator. The auction ended with news that the Ancient Bodhi Tree had appeared in the dangerous Barbarian Fang Ancient Prison, giving Xiao Yan and his companions another destination.

• The auctioneer unveiled the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire, and bidders competed with increasingly powerful Rank 8 pills.
• Xiao Yan prepared to bid with a seven-colored pill, but Yao Chen urged him to wait as the offers escalated.
• Xie Zi outbid the hall with an eight-colored Rank 8 pill and won the map; Yao Chen identified him as a fiend who had once ambushed him.
• Yao Chen stopped Xiao Yan from raising his bid, and Xiao Yan agreed to settle the score with Xie Zi later.
• The auctioneer announced that the Ancient Bodhi Tree had appeared in the Barbarian Fang Ancient Prison, and Yao Chen said the group would head there.

Xiao Yan and his companions ambushed Xie Zi in Soul Severing Canyon to recover the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire. After Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin restrained Xie Zi, Xiao Yan used six Heavenly Flames to kill him and collected the map.

• Xiao Yan’s group followed Xie Zi to Soul Severing Canyon, where Xie Zi revealed two Peak Eighth-Turn Dou Zun allies and threatened to turn Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian into cultivation furnaces.
• Yao Chen killed both of Xie Zi’s allies, while Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin confronted Xie Zi.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin attacked Xie Zi, but he repelled their first assault and poisoned Xiao Yan when he broke through Xiao Yan’s shield.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin restrained Xie Zi while Xiao Yan summoned and fused six Heavenly Flames into a Six-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan’s Six-Colored Fire Lotus burned Xie Zi and his soul to ashes, leaving the Fragmented Map of the Netherworld Demonic Fire and a storage ring behind.
• Xiao Yan picked up the map and storage ring as Yao Chen praised the power of the Six-Colored Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yan and his companions joined the four fragments of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map, revealing the flame’s location and a message that it would descend in two years. Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that he would need to reach the Dou Sheng realm before attempting to subdue it.

• Yao Chen led Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to a concealed cave where ancient runes formed a protective barrier.
• Xiao Yan carefully joined the four map fragments, which erupted in a seven-colored pillar and formed a complete map of the Chaos Void.
• A mysterious energy entered Xiao Yan, healing his meridians and linking him to the map and the distant Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The map displayed the message, “Purple lotus first blooms, star paths shift. In two years, the Demonic Flame shall descend,” before the writing vanished.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the flame would draw powerful factions and that a Dou Zun would be powerless against it.
• Xiao Yan asked whether he needed to reach Dou Sheng to subdue the flame, and Yao Chen confirmed that he did.

Xiao Yan’s group rushed to rescue Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Flower Sect women from a Heavenly Nether Sect ambush in the Black Mist Forest. Xiao Yan killed the attackers threatening them and embraced Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, while the forest’s dangers remained.

• Xiao Yan’s group heard a battle ahead, and Qing Lin identified Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and three Flower Sect elders surrounded by Heavenly Nether Sect cultivators.
• The Heavenly Nether Sect’s Seven-Star and Six-Star Dou Zuns attacked the wounded Flower Sect women, and Nalan Yanran fell as she tried to protect Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan arrived in his hundred-yard golden form and killed four Five-Star Dou Zuns, the Six-Star Dou Zun, and the Seven-Star Dou Zun, driving the remaining attackers away.
• Xiao Yan returned to normal, embraced Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and used Golden Dou Qi to stabilize their injuries.

Xiao Yan and his allies defeated the Sky Demon Python at its nest, allowing him to enter the blood pool and absorb the energy of its rare treasures. He broke through from Peak Eight-Star Dou Zun to Nine-Star Dou Zun and headed back toward the group.

• Xiao Yan agreed to join Yun Yun and the others in seeking the Sky Demon Python's nest and the Bodhi Heart clues, hoping to use the blood pool to break through.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the others fought the Sky Demon Python, while Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to suppress it.
• Qing Lin brought the wounded Sky Demon Python under control, and Xiao Yan killed it with a powerful strike to its head.
• Xiao Yan entered the cave's blood pool while Xiao Yi Xian and the others tended to their injuries and Cai Lin guarded the area.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the blood pool's energy and the essence of its heavenly treasures, broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun, and began returning to the group.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Savage Ancient Prison, where powerful factions gathered to seek the Ancient Bodhi Tree. Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and joined forces with her and Gu Qingyang, while hostility from the Hun Clan and the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Emperor's faction left a major conflict poised to begin.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at the Savage Ancient Prison and found a crowd of Dou Zun, Peak Dou Zun, and Half-Saint experts gathered to seek the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Hun Clan and the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Emperor's faction among the gathered powers and became wary of their leaders.
• Xun'er spotted Xiao Yan, ran to him, and embraced him as they shared how much they had missed each other.
• Xun'er introduced Xiao Yan to Gu Qingyang, and the two exchanged greetings and agreed to search for the Ancient Bodhi Tree together while staying alert.
• The Hun Clan leader and the red-clad woman from the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Emperor's faction showed hostility toward Xiao Yan and Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and Xiao Yan's companions formed a guarded group as tensions mounted at the prison entrance.

Xiao Yan and the allied factions entered the Savage Ancient Prison gorge to fight through a massive beast tide, but the Hun Clan abandoned them midway after using their strength to clear a path. Xiao Yan’s group formed a defensive circle and continued battling the beasts while exhausted and surrounded.

• The Hun Clan proposed a temporary alliance against the beast tide, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang warned their companions to watch for its hidden motives.
• The factions joined forces and fought through successive waves of fierce beasts as Xiao Yan’s group advanced into the gorge.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Hun Clan holding back, and its members suddenly vanished using a spatial technique, leaving the rest of the allied force surrounded.
• Xiao Yan organized his companions into a defensive formation, and they fought together to hold back the encircling beasts.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and Xiao Yi Xian worked together to poison and kill a Peak Dou Zun-level Giant-Toothed Fierce Beast.
• Xiao Yan’s group continued fighting as their Dou Qi dwindled and their injuries mounted, with the battle still raging around them.

As Xiao Yan's group faced exhaustion in the beast tide, the Bodhi Seed transported them to a hidden core region of the Savage Ancient Prison. There they confronted the Hun Clan and the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, only for two Half-Saint Puppets to appear and attack.

• The Bodhi Seed released sacred light that weakened the beasts and transported Xiao Yan's group through space.
• Xiao Yan's group arrived in a vast jade-paved realm and suspected the Ancient Bodhi Tree was nearby.
• Xiao Yan's group encountered the Hun Clan and the forces under the Heavenly Phoenix Demon Emperor, and each side accused the others of treachery and claimed the right to seek the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
• Two enormous Half-Saint Puppets emerged and revealed that they targeted every outsider in the realm.
• One Half-Saint Puppet swung its warhammer at a Heavenly Phoenix Clan expert, who was trapped by the crushing pressure.

Xiao Yan and his allies fought the hammer-wielding Half-Saint Puppet, discovered its chest rune was its core, and destroyed it before Xiao Yan seized control of the puppet with his Soul Power. After the Hun Clan and Heavenly Phoenix Clan crippled the saber-wielding puppet, their leaders turned their greedy attention toward Xiao Yan’s group and its newly acquired puppet.

• The Heavenly Phoenix Clan expert was killed by the hammer-wielding puppet, prompting the Hun Clan, Heavenly Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan’s group to agree to fight the two puppets separately.
• Xiao Yan’s group found the hammer puppet’s right arm joint and chest rune were vulnerable, then concentrated their attacks on the rune while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin disrupted its movements and energy.
• Xiao Yan, Xun’er, and Gu Qingyang shattered the chest rune, fatally damaging the puppet’s core.
• Xiao Yan entered the puppet’s core with his Soul Power and overcame its ancient will, taking control of the Half-Saint Puppet.
• The Hun Clan and Heavenly Phoenix Clan severely wounded the saber-wielding puppet, then their leaders eyed Xiao Yan’s puppet with greed and killing intent.

The Ancient Bodhi Tree transported Xiao Yan and the rival clans into an illusory realm, where he began refining its Bodhi Seed to restore the tree. As he refined dozens more seeds and entered a state of enlightenment, the tree recovered and Xiao Yan approached the Half-Saint realm.

• The Ancient Bodhi Tree awakened and drew Xiao Yan, Xun'er, the Hun Clan youth, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan woman, and the other experts into an illusory realm.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the tree's origin energy was depleted and began refining its Bodhi Seed, sensing his Dou Qi grow purer and his cultivation bottleneck loosen.
• After Xiao Yan exhausted the first seed, the tree produced dozens more Bodhi Seeds and formed a blue-gold energy screen that replenished his Dou Qi as he refined them.
• Xiao Yan's strength, Soul Force, and body improved while the Ancient Bodhi Tree healed and regained its vitality.
• Xiao Yan entered a state of enlightenment, sensing the barrier between Dou Zun and Half-Saint as the other experts remained trapped in the realm.

Xiao Yan completed a Hundred Life Reincarnation during his enlightenment beneath the Ancient Bodhi Tree, gaining profound insight into the laws of energy and reaching Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun. He awoke with immense power and stood one step from Half-Saint, while the Soul Clan remained unable to breach the defenses around him.

• The Soul Clan failed to harm Xiao Yan as the Ancient Bodhi Tree's barrier melted their attacks and Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran guarded him.
• Xiao Yan experienced a Hundred Life Reincarnation, living through countless roles and hardships that strengthened his soul and expanded his understanding of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Yan realized that Dou Qi, Heavenly Flames, Soul Force, and other techniques were different expressions of energy governed by underlying laws.
• Xiao Yan returned from the final life of his reincarnation and opened his eyes as his aura shook the Land of Chaos.
• Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, soul, and body transformed, allowing him to break through to Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun and sense the threshold of Half-Saint.

After awakening from the Hundred Life Reincarnation, Xiao Yan received Bodhi Seeds from the Ancient Bodhi Tree and shared them with his companions and fellow cultivators. He defeated the Hun Clan’s young man with one punch, and the group returned to the Savage Ancient Prison as the tree fell asleep again.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran as the Ancient Bodhi Tree gave him several dozen Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan distributed Bodhi Seeds among the independent cultivators, Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan experts, and his companions.
• The pale young man from the Hun Clan demanded half of Xiao Yan’s Bodhi Seeds, so Xiao Yan refused and the young man activated the Clan Tattoo to reach Peak Eighth-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan shattered the young man’s Soul Blade with one punch, severely injured him, and ordered the terrified Hun Clan members to leave.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree fell asleep and vanished, collapsing its temporary space and returning everyone to the Savage Ancient Prison.

Xiao Yan asked Xun'er to hold off Gu You, a Half-Saint of Soul Hall, while he fused his six Heavenly Flames to break the deadlock. Xun'er was badly wounded defending him, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan opened his eyes at the critical moment.

• A Hun Clan Elder shattered a Jade Cocoon, summoning Gu You, whom Gu Qingyang identified as Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate and a Half-Saint.
• The Heavenly Demon Royal Clan sealed the area, but Gu You demanded Xiao Yan hand over his Bodhi Seed and insights from the Hundred Life Reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er to hold Gu You off for one incense stick while he gathered power, and Xun'er attacked with the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame.
• Gu You overwhelmed Xun'er while Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran were restrained by his pressure.
• Xiao Yan began fusing his six Heavenly Flames, using his Dou Qi, Soul Force, and insights from the Hundred Life Reincarnation to control them.
• As Xun'er was struck down by Gu You's Soul Blade, Xiao Yan opened his eyes.

Xiao Yan used his Six-Colored Buddha Flame Fire Lotus to badly injure Gu You, but exhaustion left him vulnerable. Yao Chen and Tong Xuan arrived to force Gu You and the Soul Clan Elders to retreat, and the group set out for the Ancient Clan’s stronghold.

• Xiao Yan’s Six-Colored Buddha Flame Fire Lotus shattered Gu You’s Soul Shield and wounded him, though Xiao Yan expended nearly all his strength.
• Gu You prepared to attack the exhausted Xiao Yan, but the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan barrier broke and Yao Chen emerged to protect his student.
• Xun’er summoned Tong Xuan, whose arrival alongside Yao Chen made Gu You abandon his attack and flee with the Soul Clan Elders.
• Yao Chen helped Xiao Yan recover, and Tong Xuan gave Xun’er an Ancient Clan Concentrating Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan and the others agreed to leave the Savage Ancient Prison and travel under Yao Chen and Tong Xuan’s escort to the Ancient Clan’s stronghold.

After Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yan prepared to break through to Dou Saint at Starfall Pavilion with the Bodhi Heart and support from his companions. He swallowed Yao Chen’s Bodhi Pill and began his breakthrough in seclusion.

• Xun'er left Starfall Pavilion after telling Xiao Yan she would wait for him in the Ancient Clan once he reached Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Hall with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then began preparing for his breakthrough in seclusion.
• For five days, Xiao Yan refined his Dou Qi, Soul Force, and state of mind while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin guarded the chamber.
• Yao Chen arrived with a Rank 8 Bodhi Pill refined with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and gave it to Cai Lin for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Bodhi Pill, combined its energy with the Bodhi Heart, and began striking at the Dou Saint barrier.

As Xiao Yan continued his year-long seclusion to break through to Dou Saint, the Stone Clan’s mysterious disappearance threw the Central Plains into turmoil. Old Demon Heavenly Nether formed an alliance with Ice River Valley, Wind Thunder Pavilion, and other forces, which surrounded Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Yan’s allies prepared to defend it.

• Xiao Yan’s energy surged during his seclusion while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Chen guarded him and reinforced the chamber’s defenses.
• The Stone Clan vanished from its intact grounds, leaving no trace of its people and sparking panic and speculation across the Central Plains.
• Old Demon Heavenly Nether recruited Ice River Valley, Wind Thunder Pavilion, and dozens of other forces to form an Anti-Starfall Pavilion Alliance.
• The alliance assembled its army and encircled Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan remained in seclusion.
• Yao Chen steadied Starfall Pavilion’s disciples, Cai Lin strengthened its defenses, Xiao Yi Xian guarded the eastern flank, and Qing Lin watched the western flank as battle approached.

The Heavenly Nether Sect, Soul Hall, and a Hun Clan Half-Saint attacked the Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan remained in seclusion attempting to break through to the Dou Saint realm. Yao Chen and the others held off the invaders, but the pavilion’s formation neared collapse as the battle intensified.

• Old Demon Heavenly Nether led the enemy forces in an assault on the Starfall Pavilion and demanded Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Heart.
• Yao Chen reinforced the defensive formation and fought Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You, suffering injuries as he tried to buy time for Xiao Yan.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin joined forces to hold back Third Heavenly Venerate, while the Half-Saint Puppet intercepted the Hun Clan Half-Saint before he could reach Starfall Hall.
• The enemy army battered the formation as Starfall Pavilion disciples fought to defend it, and the defenders suffered mounting casualties and injuries.
• Xiao Yan remained unaware of the battle, nearing the final stage of his breakthrough as the gap between Dou Zun and Dou Saint began to loosen.

Yao Chen fought Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You to protect Starfall Pavilion, but their combined attacks overwhelmed him. He collapsed gravely wounded as the two enemies stood over him and despair spread through the pavilion.

• Old Demon Heavenly Nether bound Yao Chen's Pill Tower Heaven Suppressing Cauldron with death-aura chains while Gu You attacked the cracks in his defenses.
• Gu You struck Yao Chen with Soul Palm: Soul Devour, shattering most of his Soul Force shield and leaving him badly injured.
• Yao Chen launched a desperate counterattack against both Semi-Saints, trying to buy time for Xiao Yan's breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian cried out when Cai Lin fell wounded onto the mountains, distracting Yao Chen and opening his defense.
• Gu You struck Yao Chen in the chest, sending him crashing onto the roof of Starfall Hall.
• Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You descended before the helpless Yao Chen as despair enveloped Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan emerged from secluded cultivation as a One-star Dou Sheng and turned the battle at Starfall Pavilion around. After sealing in the invaders, he healed Cai Lin and checked on Yao Chen, then faced Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You as the reckoning began.

• A pillar of nine-colored Heavenly Flames erupted from Xiao Yan’s cultivation chamber, and his Dou Sheng pressure overwhelmed Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You.
• Xiao Yan declared that anyone outside Starfall Pavilion would die, then sealed the pavilion’s airspace with a nine-colored flame barrier when Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan found Cai Lin gravely wounded, covered her with his robe, and gave her a Life Creation Pill that began healing her.
• Xiao Yan went to Yao Chen, eased his pain with Dou Qi, and thanked him for protecting the pavilion while he cultivated.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Yan for surpassing him, and Xiao Yan turned toward the trapped Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You with killing intent.