Chapter Summaries

Wind Venerable used the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Array to fight Bone Nether Saint, and a blood sacrifice strengthened the formation enough to begin suppressing him. Bone Nether Saint called for his “Third Brother,” leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Bone Nether Saint was startled when Wind Venerable used the puppet array to withstand his attack, while Shi Tian realized how powerful the Wutan City Xiao Family was.
• Bone Nether Saint crushed the array’s golden flame halo, but Wind Venerable continued learning to control the formation as they exchanged blows.
• Wind Venerable trapped Bone Nether Saint’s Dark Skeleton inside a curtain of fire and sacrificed Essence Blood to strengthen the array.
• The strengthened flames began burning away the Dark Skeleton’s black mist and putting Bone Nether Saint under pressure.
• Bone Nether Saint warned that Wind Venerable’s own strength was too weak to survive a strong opponent and called for his “Third Brother.”

Xiao Yan killed Soul Hall's Third Heavenly Venerate with one punch and sealed the area to prevent escape. Bone Nether Saint unleashed countless souls to break the formation and vowed to take Xiao Yan's soul in revenge.

• Bone Nether Saint summoned Third Heavenly Venerate through a Space Rift and proposed that they attack Wind Venerable's formation together.
• Xiao Yan stepped in to protect Wind Venerable, revealing his Peak Nine-revolutions Dou Zun cultivation and striking with the Eight Extremes Collapse Sky Fist.
• Third Heavenly Venerate realized Xiao Yan's attack carried High-level Half-Saint strength, but Xiao Yan killed him with one punch and took his Soul Body and corpse.
• Xiao Yan imposed a Spatial Lock after Bone Nether Saint threatened to summon a Dou Sheng, preventing the Soul Hall members from fleeing through space.
• Bone Nether Saint released countless souls to blast apart the golden flames and weaken the formation, then vowed to take revenge on Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan seized Bone Nether Saint’s abandoned physical body while Bone Nether’s soul possessed the Dark Skeleton King. He then rejected Bone Nether’s offers and threats and unleashed an Eight-colored Fire Lotus, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Bone Nether Saint merged his soul with the Dark Skeleton King and taunted Xiao Yan, believing his possessed skeleton gave him the advantage.
• Xiao Yan used his speed to snatch Bone Nether Saint’s empty physical body with the Sky Swallowing Bag.
• Wind Venerable and the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Array restrained the Dark Skeleton while Xiao Yan prepared an Eight-colored Fire Lotus.
• Bone Nether Saint offered Xiao Yan wealth and a position in Soul Hall, then threatened the Xiao Family, but Xiao Yan refused to let him go.
• Xiao Yan launched the Eight-colored Fire Lotus at Bone Nether Saint, and it tore a vast spatial scar through the air.

Xiao Yan’s Eight-Colored Fire Lotus struck Bone Nether Saint’s defenses, while Wind Venerable protected the city from the blast. As the storm began to fade, Nalan Yanran regretted the Three Year Pact and hoped Xiao Yan would forgive her.

• Bone Nether Saint formed armor from countless Soul Bodies and threatened Xiao Yan with the arrival of his elder brother, the Great Heavenly Saint.
• Xiao Yan ignored the threat and let the fire lotus crash into Bone Nether Saint’s bone armor.
• Wind Venerable used the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Array to shield Wutan City and the Monster Beast Mountain Range from the explosion.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran to abandon the Three Year Pact and apologize to Xiao Yan, and Nalan Yanran bitterly accepted how far their positions had changed.
• Xiao Yan said Bone Nether Saint had likely survived the blast and resolved to capture his Soul Body.
• The flame storm weakened as the shattered space began to recover.

Xiao Yan destroyed Bone Nether Saint’s Black Skeleton and trapped his Soul Body, but a Soul Hall Great Heavenly Saint intervened. Xiao Yan summoned Yun Potian, who revealed himself as Heaven Breaking Saint and challenged the intruder.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus shattered the Black Skeleton, exposing Bone Nether Saint’s Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan trapped Bone Nether Saint in a Falling Heart Flame barrier and reached to seize him.
• A Soul Hall Great Heavenly Saint attacked through a Space Rift and tried to force Xiao Yan to return with him to Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan crushed a Cloud Pattern jade piece, summoned Senior Potian, and captured Bone Nether Saint’s Soul Body while retreating.
• Yun Potian appeared before Xiao Yan, identified himself as Heaven Breaking Saint, and threatened the Great Heavenly Saint for disrespecting his Young Clan Leader.

Yun Potian fought Great Heavenly Venerate after advancing to Early Two-star Dou Sheng, demonstrating his dragon-enhanced body and powerful Heavenly Tier techniques. As Great Heavenly Venerate fused with the Bone Emperor Saber, Xiao Yan and Wind Venerable decided to end the battle by using Ancestor Xiao Lan’s pressure to drive him away.

• Yun Potian used Wind Extreme: Yun Potian to cancel Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul attack, and the two briefly matched strength.
• Great Heavenly Venerate demanded the souls of his Second Brother and Third Brother, but Yun Potian refused and struck back with Great Heavenly Cloud Dispelling Palm.
• Great Heavenly Venerate fused his body with the Bone Emperor Saber to fight Yun Potian with greater power.
• Wind Venerable captured and sealed Shi Tian, then warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall could summon stronger experts.
• Xiao Yan agreed to have Ancestor Xiao Lan’s Lingering Soul Fragment release its pressure to frighten Great Heavenly Venerate away.
• Great Heavenly Venerate declared that he would use Yun Potian to consecrate the Bone Emperor Saber, and the saber vanished in an instant.

Yun Potian used his Dragon Emperor Bloodline to hold off the Great Heavenly Venerate, until Xiao Lan’s power forced the Soul Hall elder to retreat. Afterward, Xiao Yan gave Yun Potian an Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art from the Profound Sky Continent, and Yun Potian learned that its creator was a peak First-layer Reincarnation Realm expert.

• Yun Potian awakened his Dragon Emperor Bloodline, transformed into a Half-Dragon Human, and blocked the Great Heavenly Venerate’s Bone Emperor Saber with his dragon claw.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate attacked Yun Potian with countless saber images, but Yun Potian’s purple-gold dragon scales repelled them.
• Xiao Lan unleashed a soul impact from the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower, blasted the Great Heavenly Venerate out of the Bone Emperor Saber, and revealed Four-star Dou Sheng strength.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate apologized to Xiao Lan and fled into the void rather than risk fighting him.
• Yun Potian apologized to Xiao Yan for failing to defeat the Great Heavenly Venerate, and Xiao Yan praised his performance.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Potian the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and explained that it had been created by Qing Zhi, a peak First-layer Reincarnation Realm expert.

Xiao Yan invited Yun Potian to study the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, then entered the Life and Death Gate Small World and found Xiao Lan severely weakened after his battle with the Great Heavenly Venerate. Xiao Lan urged Xiao Yan to gather the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame fragmentary maps and seek help from the Pure Lotus Demon Saint to rescue Xiao Chen, while Emperor Xiao offered to summon the Demon Saint to meet them.

• Xiao Yan proposed that Yun Potian help study and adapt the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, and Yun Potian gladly agreed.
• Xiao Yan asked Wind Venerable to handle the disturbance outside and destroy Lion Nether Sect, which Wind Venerable promised to do.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Potian entered the Life and Death Gate Small World and found Xiao Lan's Lingering Soul Fragment weaker than before.
• Xiao Lan proposed gathering the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame fragmentary maps and asking the Pure Lotus Demon Saint to help rescue Xiao Chen.
• Emperor Xiao told Xiao Yan to collect the maps and said the Pure Lotus Demon Saint would meet them for his sake.

Xiao Yan and Yun Potian worked on the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art while Old Yao refined powerful puppets and prepared to make Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pills. The chapter ended when Xiao Yi Xian returned with the Nether Poison Flame, the twentieth-ranked Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan decided to pursue the Fragmentary Map of Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and began improving the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art with Yun Potian.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that he had refined Third Heavenly Venerate and Bone Nether Saint into puppets and strengthened the Human Emperor Banner.
• Old Yao explained that he planned to refine several improved Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pills, which could complete lingering souls and revive powerful experts.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that more and stronger flames could increase the number of pills, and Old Yao confirmed their nine available flames might yield up to four.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned carrying a flame that Old Yao identified as the Nether Poison Flame, ranked twentieth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Xiao Yi Xian returned from the Chu Yun Empire with the rare Nether Poison Flame and revealed that she had crossed five Nirvana Tribulations. After she gave the flame to Xiao Yan and the group returned to the Life and Death Gate, an ancient soul fragment emerged from her ring and identified itself as the Heavenly Nether Poison Sage.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan and Old Yao that she had found the Nether Poison Flame beneath the Chu Yun Empire and advanced through five Nirvana Tribulations.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered the Nether Poison Flame to Xiao Yan, who accepted it for his cultivation and to help revive another Dou Sheng Expert.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yi Xian not to take such risks again and led the group into the Life and Death Gate to refine the flame and prepare the Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pill.
• Yun Potian and Xiao Lan sensed a powerful presence and confronted the group, suspecting that another Dou Sheng was attacking.
• A soul fragment emerged from Xiao Yi Xian's purple ring and introduced itself as the Heavenly Nether Poison Sage, surprising Xiao Yan and Yun Potian.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao learned that Heavenly Nether Poison Sage had died after the Nether Poison Flame ignited the accumulated toxins in his body, leaving only a fragile Lingering Soul Fragment. They offered to restore his soul and revive him, and he agreed to guide Xiao Yi Xian while they prepared to refine the Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pill.

• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage explained how his accumulated toxins had prevented him from breaking through and caused his death when the Nether Poison Flame ignited them.
• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage said he wanted to pass on his abilities to Xiao Yi Xian because her Calamity Poison Body made her a natural heir.
• Xiao Yi Xian vouched for Heavenly Nether Poison Sage, and Xiao Yan supported letting him teach her cultivation.
• Old Yao offered to restore Heavenly Nether Poison Sage's soul and help create a new body for him, while Xiao Yan proposed strengthening it with Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Emperor Essence Blood.
• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage agreed to the revival attempt and to guide Xiao Yi Xian, while Old Yao said they would need the Heaven Breaking Saint to resist Pill Lightning during pill refinement.

Old Yao gave Xiao Yan the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Yan began refining it while his companions protected him. After refining it, Xiao Yan swallowed the Nether Poison Flame, and his cultivation surged toward the Saint Tier threshold.

• Old Yao stripped away the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and gave it to Xiao Yan, then recovered somewhat by refining the Falling Heart Flame seed.
• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage respectfully introduced himself as Tianyou, and Yun Potian agreed to handle any Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan sat on his Lotus Platform and began refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as Xiao Yi Xian asked Old Yao whether the flames could help him reach Dou Sheng.
• Old Yao judged that Xiao Yan would certainly reach Half-Saint but probably not Dou Sheng, while Xiao Lan explained that three Exotic Flames were needed to refine a suitable physical body for revival.
• After two and a half hours, Xiao Yan finished refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and swallowed the Nether Poison Flame, causing his Dou Qi to surge toward the Saint Tier threshold.

Xiao Yan refined the Nether Poison Flame, reached the Intermediate Half-Saint Realm, and evolved Fen Jue to Heaven Tier Middle Grade. He left a flame seed with Yao Lao and prepared to visit Jia Nan Academy and ask Zhu Kun about a suitable Dou Sheng skeleton for Xiao Lan’s revival.

• Xiao Yan refined the Nether Poison Flame, and his aura rose until he reached the Intermediate Half-Saint Realm.
• Xiao Yan found that Fen Jue had advanced to Heaven Tier Middle Grade and estimated he could contend with a middle-stage One-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan left a flame seed with Yao Lao so the medicinal ingredients for the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill could be tempered while he was away.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to ask Zhu Kun about a suitable Dou Sheng skeleton for reviving Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yan agreed to ask Zhu Kun and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy before returning for the pill refinement.

Xiao Yan returned to the magma world beneath Jia Nan Academy to seek Zhu Kun, overpowering the Flame Lizardmen guarding the depths without killing them. He reached the ancient, silent space and was greeted by Zhu Kun and a smaller Ancient Void Dragon.

• Xiao Yan noticed that Elder Qian Bai had become a Dou Zun before diving into the magma world with his fused flames.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Realm Soul to repel the hidden Flame Lizardmen, sparing them because he respected Tou She Ancient God.
• Thousands of Flame Lizardmen surrounded Xiao Yan, including two white Half-Saints who warned him that awakening the Guardian would doom him.
• Xiao Yan said he had come to find Uncle Kun and used his soul pressure and a controlled shout to send the lizardmen flying without killing them.
• Xiao Yan reached an ancient, dark space, where Zhu Kun and a smaller Ancient Void Dragon came to greet him.

Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun for a Dou Sheng skeleton to resurrect Ancestor Xiao Lan, and Zhu Kun promised to obtain one by killing a rebel or capturing a powerful expert. The chapter left Zhu Kun ready to break free and hunt for the needed corpse.

• Xiao Yan greeted Zhu Kun and Zi Yan, whose strength and appearance had transformed after reaching the Seventh Tier.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun for a Dou Sheng skeleton to serve as material for resurrecting Ancestor Xiao Lan.
• Zhu Kun warned Xiao Yan to keep Venerable Yao's progress in restoring Lingering Soul Fragments secret, since powerful clans would seek resurrection for their own ancestors.
• Zhu Kun said the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had already used the Dou Sheng corpses he had killed long ago.
• Zhu Kun offered to slaughter the rebel kings in his clan or capture a Five-star Dou Sheng from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan told Zhu Kun that the Dragon Clan would lend its strength and explained that Tou She Ancient God's lingering presence had likely caused the cave mansion to shake. Zhu Kun welcomed the chance to leave the cave mansion, help the Dragon Clan, and seek a path to becoming a Dou Di, while Xiao Yan began discussing a technique to temper his body.

• Zhu Kun promised to deal with the Three Great Dragon Kings and a powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix if they threatened Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan said the Dragon Clan would send several Reincarnation Realm experts and the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor's lingering soul fragment and skeleton to help.
• Xiao Yan explained that the cave mansion's disturbance was likely connected to the Dou Skill Spirit he had formed, which had drawn out Tou She Ancient God's illusory figure.
• Zhu Kun concluded that Tou She Ancient God was probably dead and laughed over the retribution he believed the ancient god had suffered for imprisoning him.
• Xiao Yan proposed bringing Zhu Kun to the Profound Sky Continent to help the Dragon Clan suppress the Demon Suppressing Prison and gather puppet-making materials, and Zhu Kun agreed.
• Xiao Yan contacted Lin Dong and Qing Zhi to arrange the Dragon Clan's arrival in three days, then told Zhu Kun he was adapting Qing Zhi's Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art into a body-tempering Dou Skill.

Xiao Yan gave Zhu Kun the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and Blood Art, and they combined them into a powerful body-tempering technique. After testing the ninth version, Xiao Yan named it the Candle Dragon Purple-gold Body, while the Six-fingered Dragon Emperor prepared to travel to the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan gave Zhu Kun the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and Blood Art, and Zhu Kun recognized their potential to strengthen the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's bloodlines.
• Zhu Kun and Xiao Yan spent three days improving the techniques and deducing nine versions of a new body-tempering Dou Skill.
• Xiao Yan used the ninth version with the Great Nirvana Golden Body and transformed into a purple-gold-scaled dragon form with a High-level Half-Saint physical body.
• Xiao Yan named the new Heavenly Tier Dou Skill the Candle Dragon Purple-gold Body, and Zhu Kun praised his loyalty while considering how to free himself and restore order to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The Six-fingered Dragon Emperor announced that his group was ready to set off for the Dou Qi Continent to investigate Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion.

The Dragon Clan’s eight Reincarnation Realm experts arrived at the Tou She Ancient God’s cave mansion to help Xiao Yan free Zhu Kun. Xiao Yan explained that they needed to separate the trapped space from the cave mansion and merge it with the magma, and Yuan Gan asked whether the Dragon Emperor could help with spatial power.

• Qing Zhi reported that the Dragon Clan had prepared for the journey and temporarily awakened an ancient expert in the Demon Suppressing Prison to keep the Abyssal Demons contained.
• The Six-fingered Dragon Emperor and seven Dragon Clan experts traveled to the Tou She Ancient God’s cave mansion and saw the sealed inheritance gate.
• Zhu Kun revealed himself with Zi Yan and Xiao Yan, and the Dragon Clan experts greeted him and offered their help.
• Xiao Yan explained that without the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade, they had to separate Zhu Kun’s space from the cave mansion and merge it with the magma outside.
• Yuan Gan asked whether Zhu Kun could use spatial power to carry out the plan.

Xiao Yan summoned Emperor Xiao’s Remnant Will to help the Dragon Clan break Tou She Ancient God’s restriction and free Zhu Kun. Just as the rescue began to succeed, Tou She Ancient God appeared, and Emperor Xiao faced him directly.

• Xiao Yan explained that Emperor Xiao would provide Dou Di-level power while the Dragon Clan experts supplied the strength needed to break the restriction trapping Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Yan summoned Emperor Xiao’s Remnant Will, which took control of his body and formed a power-gathering formation with the Dragon Clan experts.
• Emperor Xiao tore through space and weakened Tou She Ancient God’s restriction, prompting Zhu Kun to roar in celebration.
• Tou She Ancient God appeared from a multicolored sea of flames and questioned how another Dou Di had emerged despite the continent’s lack of Origin Qi.
• Emperor Xiao introduced himself to Tou She Ancient God and said he was only a dead man’s lingering will; Tou She Ancient God asked why he had come to the cave mansion.

Emperor Xiao fought Tou She Ancient God's lingering thought to rescue Zhu Kun, revealing that he had recognized Xiao Yan as a destined inheritor because Xiao Yan had evolved Fen Jue to the Heavenly Rank. Tou She yielded and decided he could open his cave mansion and pass on his inheritance without the complete Ancient Jade.

• Emperor Xiao rejected Tou She Ancient God's objection to rescuing Zhu Kun, and the two prepared to settle the dispute with a fight.
• The Dragon Clan experts fueled Emperor Xiao's Formation as Tou She attacked with a sea of twenty-one-colored flames.
• Emperor Xiao manifested a Dou Skill Spirit resembling Tou She, used Fen Jue and nine Exotic Flames, and seized some of Tou She's power.
• Tou She unleashed Heavenly Flames Burn the Heavens, but Emperor Xiao shattered the attack with a single palm.
• Tou She admitted defeat, recognized Xiao Yan as a destined inheritor, and decided to open the cave mansion and pass on his inheritance.