Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi used the Nether Lotus Demon Saint’s inheritance to see through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusions and free the trapped experts, while secretly preparing to let them weaken the Heavenly Flame. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Charm to Break Nightmares, then confronted the gathered Ancient Races and Zhongzhou experts.

• Liu Xi led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and dispelled illusions trapping Zhongzhou experts along the way.
• Liu Xi saw through the disguised divine hall, temporarily controlled its Two-star Dou Sheng fire slave with a soul talisman, and used the Charm to Break Nightmares to shatter the illusion.
• Liu Xi concealed himself and left the freed experts to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, intending to seize its origin after they weakened it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Charm to Break Nightmares and wondered how its creator could have used it after supposedly dying.
• The Soul Clan, Ancient Clan, Flame Clan, Yao Clan, and other experts recognized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which ordered them to become its fire slaves.

The gathered experts attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but it easily purified their assault and killed several fighters. Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Huo Yao, and Yao Wangui united against it, yet its counterattack overwhelmed them in the Demon Fire Space.

• Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Huo Yao, Yao Wangui, and the other experts launched a torrent of Dou Qi at the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demon Fire Hell, burning several Peak Dou Zuns and Half Saints to nothingness.
• Hun Miesheng persuaded the four Four-star Dou Shengs to join forces against the flame, while the younger fighters stayed out of the battle.
• Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Huo Yao, and Yao Wangui attacked with their signature techniques, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame countered with Great Sorrow Hand and Fire Demon Halberd.
• The resulting shockwaves forced the four Dou Shengs to retreat, leaving Yao Wangui badly burned as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame retained control of the Demon Fire Space.

Hun Miesheng revealed that he had become a Five-star Dou Sheng and deployed the Soul Clan’s Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The clans joined forces to reinforce the faltering formation, while Hun Feng secretly coveted Gu Xun Er and the other heirs’ bloodlines and Heavenly Flames.

• Hun Miesheng broke through to Five-star Dou Sheng, alarming Gu Nanhai, Yao Wangui, and Huo Yao, who agreed to focus on stopping the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Miesheng unleashed the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array, trapping the flame inside a vast cage of black light pillars.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame resisted the formation, causing its patterns to tremble and Hun Miesheng to call for the others’ help.
• Gu Nanhai, Yao Wangui, and Huo Yao poured their Dou Qi into the formation, stabilizing its pillars but failing to overcome the flame alone.
• Hun Feng and two elders reinforced the array, then Gu Xun Er, Yao Tian, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and the other heirs joined them.
• Hun Feng secretly resolved to seize the heirs’ Heavenly Flames and pure bloodlines for himself once the opportunity arose.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame broke free of the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array and turned on the gathered experts, forcing Hun Miesheng to summon Old Man Hun Mo and drawing out the Pill Tower Ancestor. As the Flame revealed its plan to unleash the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, the Nether Lotus Demon Saint reached out to Liu Xi for help.

• The Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array exploded, severely injuring Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Huo Yao, and Yao Wangui as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sent a massive wave of fire at the weakened crowd, and Hun Miesheng called for Old Man Hun Mo to intervene.
• Old Man Hun Mo forced back the flames and recognized the danger of facing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Pill Tower Ancestor appeared on a green ox.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame dismissed the Pill Tower Ancestor's warning and attacked everyone with Demon Fire Refining Heaven.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation above and below the magma, sealing the battlefield.
• Outside the formation, the Nether Lotus Demon Saint interrupted Liu Xi's surveillance and asked him to lend his strength.

The Nether Lotus Demon Saint appeared and overpowered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ending its rampage by disappearing alongside it. Afterward, the disguised young man announced that he would rob the survivors of their Heavenly Flames.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to overwhelm the Pill Tower Ancestor, while Gu Nanhai urged Gu Xun Er to flee and gathered the others to hold it back.
• The disguised young man entered the formation freely, and the survivors recognized him as the Nether Lotus Demon Saint, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's former Master.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the Nether Lotus Demon Saint, but its flames could not harm him.
• The Nether Lotus Demon Saint froze the formation, stripped away the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's power, and suppressed it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame voiced its grievances, then disappeared together with the Nether Lotus Demon Saint.
• The young man declared that he would rob everyone and take their Heavenly Flames.

After the Nether Lotus Demon Saint vanished, Liu Xi seized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to trap the gathered experts. He demanded that they hand over every Heavenly Flame they possessed.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor and Old Man Hun Mo tried to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for Liu Xi, but Hun Miesheng rushed toward it first.
• Liu Xi sent out two Six-star battle puppets, which punched Hun Miesheng into the lava and stopped the other experts.
• Liu Xi connected with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and took control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• Gu Nanhai, Huo Yao, Yao Wangui, and Old Man Hun Mo tried to bargain with Liu Xi or recruit him, while the Pill Tower Ancestor watched warily.
• Liu Xi declared that he was robbing them and demanded that they hand over all their Heavenly Flames.

Liu Xi used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to strip the gathered experts of their power, turn the Pill Tower Ancestor into a nine-grade Profound Pill, and trap the others in illusions for use as fire slaves. After leaving the formation, he sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin away to spread rumors implicating the Soul Clan while he stayed behind amid the coming chaos.

• Liu Xi activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, overwhelmed the experts inside, and transformed the powerless Pill Tower Ancestor into a nine-grade Profound Pill.
• Liu Xi used Nightmare Sky Mist to trap the Ancient Clan, Flame Clan, Yao Clan, and Soul Clan experts in illusions, intending to refine them into fire slaves or use them as hostages.
• A Long and A Huang brought the severely beaten Hun Miesheng to Liu Xi, who judged that he could not be saved.
• Liu Xi left the formation and reassured Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before telling them to leave with the others and secretly spread rumors about Hun Miesheng, Old Man Hun Mo, and Hun Feng.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to find Zi Yan, protect themselves in the Beast Region, and wait for his return.

Liu Xi refined Hun Miesheng and the Nihility Devouring Flame into the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then devoured that Heavenly Flame after suppressing it with Soul Control and the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill. He absorbed five more Heavenly Flames and entered a cocoon as his Soul Origin surged toward an unfathomable realm.

• Liu Xi returned beneath the volcano and fed the half-dead Hun Miesheng to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Liu Xi used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to overcome Hun Miesheng's Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame refined him into a black pearl before absorbing it.
• Liu Xi entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and used the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill, Soul Control, and Azure Flame to suppress and devour it.
• Liu Xi summoned Huo Yao, Yao Tian, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and Gu Xun Er and extracted their five Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Xi absorbed the five Heavenly Flame origins, erased their Soul Seals, and formed a Green Flame cocoon as his power surged.

Liu Xi awakened after mastering six Heavenly Flames and refining his Soul Origin, breaking free of the cocoon with an Emperor Realm Soul and reaching late-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng. He left the Demon Fire Space confident that becoming an Emperor was within reach, while Heaven and Earth Energy eagerly awaited his commands.

• Liu Xi absorbed the origins of six Heavenly Flames and vast Soul Origin, growing into a powerful consciousness in a newborn world until the Ancient Bodhi Tree awakened him.
• Liu Xi broke out of his cocoon in the magma sea, and his Emperor Realm Soul took control of the surrounding space and energy.
• Liu Xi recognized how the Ancient Bodhi Tree had helped awaken him and examined his body, whose defenses and abilities had been enhanced by the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Xi's cultivation surged from Late Four-star Dou Sheng to late-stage Seven-star Dou Sheng, and he judged that his Emperor Realm Soul could let him fight an Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi restrained his power and ordered the clingy Heaven and Earth Energy to return to normal, making it scatter while waiting nearby for his summons.

Liu Xi took control of the Demon Fire Space and strengthened Xiao Chen into a complete fire slave, then decided to keep the other captives and the Pill Tower Ancestor imprisoned for now. He prepared to leave the space, carrying a growing force of prisoners and fire slaves into an uncertain outside world.

• Liu Xi inspected the fire slaves and used Nightmare Sky Mist to erase Xiao Chen’s consciousness, raising him to late Five-star Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi considered the captives Hun Feng, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Gu Xun'er too valuable to release or turn into ordinary fire slaves, so he kept them imprisoned.
• Liu Xi decided to retain the Zhongzhou experts and the Pill Tower Ancestor until he felt safe enough to release them.
• Liu Xi prepared to leave the Demon Fire Space, which he had inherited along with the Nether Lotus Demon Saint’s legacy.

Liu Xi left the Demon Fire Plain and gathered news about the world outside, learning that rumors of the Soul Clan’s actions had sparked a war with the four remaining Ancient Races. He concluded that the Nihility Devouring Flame was behind the destruction of the Ling Clan and Stone Clan and was too occupied consuming their bloodlines to join the war.

• Liu Xi surveyed the Demon Fire Plain and detected Ancient Clan, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan forces keeping watch nearby.
• Liu Xi left for Tian Dong City, then learned that the experts trapped in the Demon Fire Space had not escaped when it closed.
• Rumors of Hun Miesheng, Old Man Hun Mo, and black flames swallowing Dou Qi and bloodlines spread, causing the Ancient Races to suspect the Soul Clan.
• The Ling Clan and Stone Clan vanished, prompting the Ancient Clan, Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan to unite against the Soul Clan.
• The Soul Clan fought the four clans across Zhongzhou Continent, and Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi appeared as the conflict escalated.
• Liu Xi suspected the Nihility Devouring Flame had consumed the Ling and Stone Clans and could not intervene while refining their bloodlines.

Liu Xi traveled through war-torn Zhongzhou, helping survivors and concluding that only the Soul Clan’s destruction could end the calamity. Back in the Beast Region, he rejected a plan to seize the Ancient Emperor Jades directly and proposed manipulating the other clans into gathering them so the Ancient Dragon Clan could rescue the Old Dragon Emperor.

• Liu Xi observed the Soul Clan collecting souls after battles and suspected it was strengthening Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Liu Xi surveyed Zhongzhou’s losses, noted that Ice River Valley had been destroyed by Fenyen Valley, and learned that Lei Zun had led several pavilions to seek refuge in the Beast Region.
• Liu Xi saved victims and killed perpetrators as he traveled, then decided that destroying the Soul Clan was the only way to end the calamity.
• Liu Xi returned to Ancient Dragon Island, where Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the three commanders were astonished by his growth to Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Bei urged Zi Yan to demand the Ancient Emperor Jade in exchange for helping the Ancient Clan, but Liu Xi advised them to stoke the conflict, let others gather the jades, and follow them to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.

Liu Xi returned from more than a year of seclusion and discussed waiting for the Soul Clan’s next move before seeking the Ancient Emperor Jade. Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin welcomed him with two Heavenly Flames, which he absorbed before embracing them.

• Liu Xi told Zi Yan and the three commanders to wait until the Soul Clan’s hunt forced other clans to seek their help, and Zhu Bei, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Fei agreed.
• Liu Xi reunited with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then awkwardly tried to answer which of them he had missed most.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan presented Liu Xi with the Yin Yang Twin Flames and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, explaining how they and Elder Yao had obtained them.
• Liu Xi asked Zi Yan to prepare medicinal ingredients so he could repay Elder Yao with a Bodhi Pill and other pills.
• Liu Xi used his Azure Flame to absorb both Heavenly Flames, then embraced Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

Liu Xi reunited with Yao Tianhuo and resolved to use pills to help him advance, then traveled to the Void Thunder Pool to befriend the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. The chapter ended with the lightning dragon recognizing Liu Xi and softening toward him.

• Liu Xi reunited with Yao Tianhuo, who was astonished that Liu Xi had reached Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi decided to repay Yao Tianhuo by refining pills to help him advance toward Half-Saint or Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi traveled through the Void Space to the Void Thunder Pool, where his Emperor Realm soul subdued the surrounding lightning.
• Liu Xi crossed the Black Demon Lightning and approached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning without fear.
• Liu Xi offered to help the Nine Profound Golden Lightning gain intelligence in exchange for its power, and it remembered him and responded with a softened gaze.

Liu Xi befriended Nine Profound Golden Lightning and absorbed its lightning energy while riding it through the Black Demon Lightning Sea. After more than a month, he offered to help it Gather Spirit by extracting its power, and Nine Profound Golden Lightning agreed.

• Liu Xi touched Nine Profound Golden Lightning and refined the lightning energy it released into Dou Qi.
• Nine Profound Golden Lightning carried Liu Xi at high speed through the Black Demon Lightning Sea, and he adapted to absorbing its energy with Azure Flame.
• Liu Xi spent over a month accompanying Nine Profound Golden Lightning as it played and swam through the lightning sea.
• Liu Xi explained that Nine Profound Golden Lightning needed to relinquish its power to Gather Spirit successfully.
• Nine Profound Golden Lightning agreed to let Liu Xi extract its power.

Liu Xi helped the Nine Profound Golden Lightning form a soul by extracting most of its destructive power and infusing it with Spiritual Energy. The Nine Profound Golden Lightning succeeded in Gathering Spirit, and the Black Demon Lightning began restoring its strength.

• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning began Gathering Spirit in the Void Thunder Pool, but the backlash of lightning tore apart the Spiritual Energy it had gathered.
• Liu Xi approached the suffering Nine Profound Golden Lightning and used his Emperor Realm Soul and Azure Flame to extract its violent source energy.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning endured the extraction, shrinking and weakening as Liu Xi sealed the extracted lightning arc.
• Liu Xi used Spirit Infusion to pour Spiritual Energy into the weakened Nine Profound Golden Lightning, allowing its soul to take shape with little backlash.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning opened its eyes with a newborn soul and fixed its gaze on Liu Xi.
• The Black Demon Lightning celebrated and offered its power to restore the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, while Liu Xi welcomed it into the world.

Liu Xi refined the Nine Profound Golden Lightning into a Tribulation Lightning Pill, then used Er Long to draw more lightning into it and raise its quality. The pill began showing signs of advancing toward a Nine-grade Golden Elixir.

• Liu Xi compressed the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's power and refined it with more than ten thousand medicinal ingredients.
• Liu Xi spent a month fusing the ingredients and lightning essence inside the Azure Flame Giant Cauldron.
• The completed pill stirred dark clouds and drew Black Demon Lightning over the Void Thunder Pool.
• Liu Xi agreed to let Er Long enter the clouds, where her golden lightning subdued the Black Demon Lightning.
• Er Long sent golden lightning tribulation energy into the pill, strengthening its aura and giving it a chance to become a Nine-grade Golden Elixir.

Liu Xi captured the Tribulation Lightning Pill after it escaped the cauldron, then consumed it to cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool. He broke through to Eight-star Dou Sheng, while Er Long played nearby in her lightning form.

• Liu Xi watched the Dragon Shadow emerge as a top-grade Nine-grade Profound Pill rather than a Nine-grade Golden Elixir, and reflected on the Dou Qi Continent’s declining energy.
• The Tribulation Lightning Pill burst from the Giant Cauldron, but Liu Xi caught it and crushed its dragon-shaped body into a golden pill.
• Er Long appeared as a little girl, asked if Liu Xi would eat the pill, and then returned to the Thunder Sea to play.
• Liu Xi swallowed the Tribulation Lightning Pill and refined its energy with the Azure Flame as lightning energy gathered around him.
• Liu Xi broke through to Eight-star Dou Sheng and felt more than ten times stronger than before.

Liu Xi reached mid Eight-star Dou Sheng in the Void Thunder Pool and left with Er Long, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning he had made his daughter. Meanwhile, Yao Yunting arrived in the Beast Region to invite the Ancient Dragon Clan to the Medicine Codex and seek an alliance, but he could not enter Ancient Dragon Island.

• Liu Xi stabilized his strength at mid Eight-star Dou Sheng after absorbing the Void Thunder Pool's lightning.
• Liu Xi called Er Long, whose body had recovered to seventy or eighty percent of its peak strength, and took her out of the Void Thunder Pool.
• Liu Xi reflected on the Soul Clan's threat and his plans to bring the calamity to an end while Er Long asked what the outside world was like.
• Yao Yunting arrived in the Beast Region on behalf of the Yao Clan to invite the Ancient Dragon Clan's emperor to the Medicine Codex and seek its support against the Soul Clan.
• Yao Yunting discovered that he could not reach Ancient Dragon Island.

Yao Yunting sought the Ancient Dragon Clan’s support for the Four Clan Alliance, while Liu Xi returned to Ancient Dragon Island with Er Long and weighed the dangers surrounding the Medicine Codex. The Dragon Emperor agreed to receive Yao Yunting, leaving the envoy to discover the Ancient Dragon Clan’s hidden strength.

• Yao Yunting met Zhu Li and asked to invite the Dragon Emperor to the Medicine Codex, but Zhu Li initially refused.
• Zi Yan considered whether to accept the Four Clan Alliance’s invitation before Liu Xi returned with Er Long.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin mistook Er Long for Liu Xi’s child, then learned she was Nine Profound Golden Lightning and accepted her as their daughter.
• Liu Xi advised Zi Yan that they could attend the Medicine Codex only after testing the alliance, and he worried that Nihility Devouring Flame had grown stronger.
• The Dragon Emperor granted Yao Yunting an audience, and Elder Qing Shan escorted him to Ancient Dragon Island with four other Dou Shengs.