Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s inheritance, Xiao Yan led an assault on Soul Hall’s Eastern Region Branch Hall and defeated its Two-star Dou Sheng Vice Hall Master, who escaped with severe injuries. The Branch Hall fell, and Xiao Yan prepared to join the alliance’s other forces before targeting Soul Hall Headquarters.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, where Yao Chen urged him to help settle their longstanding conflict with Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and the alliance’s leaders divided their forces to attack Soul Hall Branch Halls across the four regions.
• Xiao Yan led his army to Soul Severing Valley, broke through the Eastern Region Branch Hall’s gate, and fought its defenders.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Fighting Skills to suppress the Branch Hall’s Two-star Dou Sheng Vice Hall Master and wound him severely.
• The Vice Hall Master escaped through a spatial rift, while the Heavenly Mansion Alliance defeated the remaining Soul Hall forces and captured or killed the survivors.
• Xiao Yan ordered his troops to clear the battlefield and planned to join the other forces before striking Soul Hall Headquarters.

Xiao Yan slaughtered the Soul Hall forces in Soul Severing Valley, killed Old Man Mu Gu, and refined the Sea Heart Flame. He then absorbed the Branch Hall’s Origin Soul Qi, breaking through to Great Perfection of Heavenly Realm Soul Power and leaving him confident he could defeat a Three-star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan ordered the Soul Hall disciples killed and led the Heavenly Mansion Alliance in wiping out the remaining forces.
• Old Man Mu Gu emerged from the Branch Hall and begged Xiao Yan to spare him, offering the Sea Heart Flame and Soul Hall secrets.
• Old Man Mu Gu attacked Xiao Yan with the Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Yan defeated and annihilated him with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Exotic Flame Burning Heaven.
• Xiao Yan took and refined the Sea Heart Flame, then entered the Branch Hall and destroyed soul artifacts to release their imprisoned souls.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Branch Hall’s Origin Soul Qi and broke through to Great Perfection of Heavenly Realm Soul Power.

The Netherworld Demonic Flame Secret Realm opened, drawing Soul Hall, the Ancient Clan, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and other factions into a race for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er, and they entered the secret realm together as the competing forces charged toward its entrance.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent stirred the continent, and factions gathered at the Fentian Ancient Domain to claim it.
• Xun Er arrived at the Heavenly Mansion Alliance camp, where she reunited with Xiao Yan and warned him about the secret realm’s dangers.
• Xiao Yan promised to protect Xun Er and obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and she agreed to face the dangers alongside him.
• The Netherworld Demonic Flame Secret Realm opened, and Soul Hall, the Ancient Clan, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and other factions raced toward its entrance.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er set out together with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance forces and entered the race for the secret realm.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the Netherworld Demonic Flame Secret Realm and endured its first trial, the Illusionary World Heart Abyss. They escaped, but many cultivators remained trapped or died, and the surviving experts faced the next trial as the purple-gold clouds stirred again.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the secret realm and sensed a spiritual force attacking their minds.
• Xiao Yan resisted visions of his past, then used his Soul Power to reach Xun Er as she faced illusions of the Ancient Clan and Xiao Yan's death.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er broke free from the Illusionary World Heart Abyss, though both were left weakened.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er saw trapped cultivators attack one another, suffer spiritual damage, and die throughout the void.
• The awakened Gu Clan Great Elder declined to help outsiders, while a Soul Hall elder harvested the soul of a dying subordinate.
• Purple-gold clouds surged and ancient runes appeared, signaling that the next danger was beginning.

Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the Soul Hall joined forces against three Four-Star Dou Sheng puppets controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After they shattered the dark-violet puppet’s flame imprint, Xiao Yan began seizing control of it and was left battling the flame pillar sent to restore the Demonic Flame’s control.

• Three Four-Star Dou Sheng puppets attacked the cultivators, and the dark-violet puppet burned a Gu Clan disciple to ashes.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er fought the dark-violet puppet while the Soul Hall’s experts struggled against the burly puppet and the puppet wielding a staff.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall after its experts called for help, and the three factions attacked the puppets together.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame replenished the puppets’ energy, reversing the battle and causing heavy casualties among the Soul Hall and Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan identified the flame imprints on the puppets’ foreheads as their cores, and he and Xun Er shattered the dark-violet puppet’s imprint.
• Xiao Yan sent his soul blade into the puppet to take control, blocked the Demonic Flame’s attempt to restore its imprint, and pierced the puppet’s final core defense.

Xiao Yan seized control of a Four-Star Dou Sheng puppet, helping destroy two others and driving Soul Hall away. A newly awakened Five-Star Dou Sheng puppet was revealed as Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Chen, who broke free of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control and vowed revenge.

• Xiao Yan branded his Soul Imprint onto the dark-purple puppet and ordered it to ambush another puppet, allowing the Gu Clan elders and Soul Hall’s peak expert to destroy two puppets.
• Soul Hall’s peak expert withdrew with his surviving members after Xiao Yan warned him off, and Xiao Yan’s group headed toward a safer place to recover.
• A Five-Star Dou Sheng puppet appeared and attacked Xiao Yan’s group, badly damaging Xiao Yan’s puppet and forcing Xun Er and Xiao Yan to defend themselves.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Chen’s blood-axe emblem and, with Xun Er’s help, used his Soul Power to awaken the soul trapped inside the puppet.
• Xiao Chen broke the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, recognized Xiao Yan as a Xiao Clan descendant, and vowed to avenge the clan members who had been turned into puppets.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged at Five-Star Dou Sheng strength and overwhelmed Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun Er, and the Hun Clan, forcing their enemies to join forces temporarily. The battle left them retreating while Xiao Chen continued to recover, and Xiao Yan waited for a chance to strike back.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared and unleashed a powerful attack while Xiao Chen recovered, injuring Xiao Yan and forcing him to protect Xun Er.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Hall proposed a temporary alliance, and Xiao Yan agreed on the condition that the Hun Clan leave Xiao Chen undisturbed.
• The Hun Clan formed the Death Qi Array as Xiao Yan launched a Buddha Flame Fire Lotus at the flame python, but their attacks failed to stop it and instead strengthened it.
• Xiao Yan urged the Hall Master of the Soul Hall to restrain the flame and buy time, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame evaded their chains and soul threads and injured Xiao Yan with a fire blade.
• The flame python killed a Soul Clan Elder, prompting the Hall Master of the Soul Hall and Xiao Yan to retreat with their allies.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame let the group withdraw as Xiao Chen continued recovering, and Xiao Yan resolved to wait for a chance to defeat it.

The Hall Master of the Soul Hall tried to seize the injured Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but its fire core struck back and revealed his concealed Five-Star Dou Sheng strength. Xiao Chen awakened, recognized him as a Hun Clan enemy, and ordered the others to kill him, leaving the two sides poised to clash.

• The Hall Master of the Soul Hall rushed toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's fire core while Hun Clan Dou Sheng surrounded Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan tried to stop the Hall Master, but his injuries and depleted strength left him unable to reach the fire core, while Xun Er was held back by the Hun Clan Dou Sheng.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame blasted the Hall Master's hand with purple-red fire, burning his arm as his death qi failed to extinguish the flames.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Hall revealed his early Five-Star Dou Sheng strength and vowed to take the Demonic Flame for the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Chen rose with the power of a Mid Five-Star Dou Sheng, confirmed that the Hall Master belonged to the Hun Clan, and ordered his side to kill him.
• Xiao Chen condensed his blood-colored Dou Qi into a giant axe and aimed it at the Hall Master of the Soul Hall.

Xiao Chen wounded the Soul Hall Hall Master, but Hun Jin arrived and overwhelmed him, leaving him near defeat. The Pill Tower Ancestor intervened to protect Xiao Chen, and the three supreme experts faced off in the void.

• Xiao Chen struck the Soul Hall Hall Master with his blood-colored axe, shattering his death qi shield and severely wounding him.
• The wounded Hall Master called for Hun Jin, who emerged from a spatial rift and revealed his role in the Xiao Clan's destruction.
• Hun Jin exchanged a powerful blow with Xiao Chen, then overpowered his attacks and injured him with corrosive death qi.
• As Hun Jin prepared a killing strike, the Pill Tower Ancestor appeared and declared that he would not allow Hun Jin to harm Xiao Chen.
• Hun Jin halted his attack, and the Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Jin began a tense standoff over Xiao Chen.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erupted and engulfed Xiao Yan, while Xun'er struggled to shield him from its heat. The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul emerged from Xiao Yan and suppressed the awakened Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Soul, but Xiao Yan’s fate remained uncertain.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed a devastating sea of fire, forcing distant experts to retreat and fear for Xiao Yan’s survival.
• Xun'er held the unconscious Xiao Yan inside her Golden Dou Qi shield as destructive energy continued to surge through his body.
• The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul emerged from Xiao Yan and confronted the Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Soul.
• The Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Soul attacked, but the Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul blocked its flames and struck its core with a golden palm.
• The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul weakened and restrained the flame remnant, while Xun'er felt Xiao Yan’s body and inner energy begin to calm.

The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul purified the Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Soul and condensed it into a pure purple-gold Heart of Flame for Xiao Yan. As the Heart of Flame began merging into him, Xun'er stayed by his side and waited for him to awaken.

• The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul used Saintly Path Power and Golden Runes to cleanse the Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Soul of its destructive consciousness.
• Xun'er held Xiao Yan as the flame's destructive aura faded and his chaotic Dou Qi and injuries began to stabilize.
• The Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul condensed the purified flame into a purple-gold Heart of Flame and explained that it would become Xiao Yan's companion and aid.
• The Heart of Flame approached Xiao Yan, sent purple-gold threads into his body, and began healing him as his complexion and breathing improved.
• The sea of flames dissipated, and the exhausted Nether Lotus Demon Saint Remnant Soul returned to Xiao Yan's body to sleep.
• Xun'er held Xiao Yan and quietly urged him to wake as the Heart of Flame continued merging into him.

Xiao Yan swallowed the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Origin to refine it, but its destructive power nearly killed him. Xun'er intervened with her Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame, helping him stabilize the fire as he began to merge it with his Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan swallowed a Ninth-grade Heart-Protecting Pill and grabbed the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Origin.
• Xiao Yan forcibly swallowed the flame, which burned through his body and pushed him to the brink of collapse.
• Xun'er arrived and used her Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame to protect Xiao Yan, repair his body, and counter the demonic fire.
• Xiao Yan used his remaining Dou Qi alongside Xun'er's flame to guide the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Origin toward his dantian.
• Xiao Yan gradually brought his Dou Qi and both flames into balance, forming a tri-colored energy vortex as Xun'er continued supporting him.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er endured a year inside the Chaos Void, using their fused flames and spiritual bond to withstand the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Its Origin Power weakened while their strength grew, leaving the struggle close to its end.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er remained embraced within a protective cocoon formed by his eight Heavenly Flames and her Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame.
• The pair's powers and souls grew stronger through a year of resisting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attacks.
• Xiao Yan's Eight-Colored Flame used the Sea Heart Flame's water power to deflect and absorb the attacks, strengthening their defenses.
• A massive wave of pale-purple fire struck the cocoon, briefly disrupting Xiao Yan and drawing blood from him.
• Xun'er reinforced the golden screen, and Xiao Yan and Xun'er formed a fiery lotus that repelled the attack and exposed the weakened Lotus Heart.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's Origin Power fading as their own strength continued to rise.

Xiao Yan awakened after completely refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, with Xun'er safe in his arms and his power greatly strengthened. They confessed their long-held love and embraced in the Two-Colored Flame Cocoon, leaving the Chaos Void together in their hearts but with no departure yet described.

• Xiao Yan awakened and found that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had merged with his other flames, advancing his strength.
• Xiao Yan kissed Xun'er as she awakened, and she returned his affection.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he had completely refined the demonic flame, and she checked whether he had been injured.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yan confessed that they had loved each other since Wutan City and promised to stay together.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er embraced and spoke of their memories and hopes for the future within the Two-Colored Flame Cocoon.

Xiao Yan fully refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, fused the eight Heavenly Flames, and broke through to five-star Dou Sheng as they gave birth to a Fire Spirit he named Xiao Yi. Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi left the Chaos Void through a Flame Teleportation Gate and arrived near the Yan Alliance, ready to return home.

• The eight Heavenly Flames resonated within Xiao Yan, and a little girl emerged from the Tri-colored Flame Lotus Seed.
• Xiao Yan welcomed the spirit into his sea of consciousness and named her Xiao Yi, strengthening his control over the flames as his cultivation advanced to five-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan awoke and introduced Xiao Yi to Xun'er, who welcomed the Fire Spirit as family.
• Xiao Yan formed a Flame Teleportation Gate, and he, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi stepped through it to leave the Chaos Void.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er arrived atop mountains near the Yan Alliance, while Xiao Yan resolved to use his power to protect his loved ones.

Xiao Yan rescued Heavenly Mansion Alliance members from a Soul Hall ambush, defeated the Soul Hall fighters, and destroyed their underground branch hall and altar. After freeing the captives, he left with Xun'er and Xiao Yi for the Yan Alliance, determined to fight the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance under attack and rushed to the valley, where he saved Elder Li and the young woman from Soul Hall experts.
• Xiao Yan killed the Soul Hall fighters and defeated their Two-star Dou Sheng leader with the power of his eight Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Li led Xiao Yan to the underground Soul Hall branch, where Xiao Yan killed its disciples, freed the imprisoned cultivators, and destroyed the altar.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and Xiao Yi, declared that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance would oppose the Soul Hall, and set out for the Yan Alliance.

Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and reunited with Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Han Xue. When Soul Hall forces attacked, Xiao Yan and the women fought together and wiped them out, leaving the alliance ready to continue its battle against the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with Xun'er and reunited with the five women, who had all reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan welcomed the alliance members and vowed to fight alongside them against the Soul Hall.
• Three One-star Dou Shengs and their Soul Hall forces attacked the headquarters, and Xiao Yan and the six women joined battle against them.
• Xiao Yan killed the three Black-robed Elders with Eight-Colored Flame, and he and the women massacred the remaining Soul Hall forces.
• Xiao Yan celebrated the victory with the women and resolved to destroy the Soul Hall and restore peace to the continent.

Cai Lin cultivated in the Nine Nether Abyss as Huang Xuan led the Heavenly Phoenix Royal Clan in an assault on the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan to seize her. After Huang Xuan wounded Mo Xuan and nearly killed him, Xiao Yan returned and confronted the invaders.

• Cai Lin continued fusing her bloodlines in secluded cultivation beneath the Nine Nether Abyss.
• Huang Xuan and the Heavenly Phoenix Royal Clan invaded the clan’s sacred ground and demanded that Mo Xuan surrender Cai Lin.
• Mo Xuan summoned water dragons to attack Huang Xuan, but Huang Xuan destroyed them and wounded Mo Xuan with a flaming palm.
• Huang Xuan prepared to strike down the injured Mo Xuan, who refused to abandon Cai Lin or retreat.
• Xiao Yan arrived in a burst of eight-colored flames, overwhelmed the gathered clans with his aura, and challenged Huang Xuan for attacking his woman.

Xiao Yan fought Huang Xuan in a fierce battle of flames, using his eight Exotic Flames against the Heavenly Phoenix clan leader’s Golden Phoenix Flame and Origin Power. Huang Xuan’s desperate self-sacrificial counterattack shattered Xiao Yan’s defense, leaving both men gravely weakened as the battle remained unresolved.

• Huang Xuan suppressed Xiao Yan’s Eight-Colored Exotic Flame with his Golden Phoenix Flame and attacked with a barrage of flame feathers, a flaming claw, and golden soundwaves.
• Xiao Yan countered Huang Xuan’s attacks with barriers and techniques formed from his Exotic Flames, but their clash left him injured and weakened.
• Xiao Yan merged his eight Exotic Flames into a flame dragon and used flaming chains to bind Huang Xuan before stabbing him in the chest.
• Huang Xuan broke free by burning his Heavenly Phoenix Origin Power and launched the Heavenly Phoenix Burning Heaven Curse at Xiao Yan.
• The golden Flame Rune shattered Xiao Yan’s barrier and hurled him onto the rocks beside the Nine Nether Abyss, leaving both fighters faint but still facing each other.

Cai Lin emerged from seclusion as a Six-Star Dou Sheng with her Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline fully awakened, then attacked Huang Xuan to avenge her clansmen and Xiao Yan. She left Huang Xuan gravely injured and sealed while preparing a final strike, as Xiao Yan recovered nearby and the clan conflict remained unresolved.

• The ancestral remnant souls of the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python empowered Cai Lin, who emerged from the abyss with her strength at the Six-Star Dou Sheng level.
• Cai Lin confronted Huang Xuan and used Nine-Colored Python Pattern Lock to bind him and drain his flame energy.
• Cai Lin unleashed Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Devour and Nine-Colored Sky-Splitting Stomp, severely injuring Huang Xuan and smashing him into a pit.
• Cai Lin suppressed Huang Xuan with Nine-Colored Ancestor Soul Suppression and sealed much of his Dou Qi with Nine-Colored Meridian Seal.
• Cai Lin prepared a final attack while Xiao Yan began healing, and Huang Xuan remained unable to resist.