Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan crushed the invading Cloud Rain Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect forces, then exposed and attacked Ying Huang, who had been hiding in the Star Realm. Ying Huang revealed his powerful beast form, but Xiao Yan moved to suppress him and send him to the Human Emperor Banner.

• Xiao Yan killed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and the other Dou Zuns with a single Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.
• Xiao Yan defeated and killed Old Demon Tianming, extracting his soul and sealing it with Falling Heart Flame for his master's wife to use as a Puppet.
• Xiao Yan sensed Ying Huang hiding in the void and called him out.
• Ying Huang emerged in a half-human, half-beast form and claimed he had only been passing by.
• Xiao Yan activated his Indestructible Purple-gold Body and used the Great Desolate Five-wheel Buddha Wrath Prison Heaven Hand to suppress Ying Huang.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao defeated Ying Huang, then Wind Venerable brought Xiao Yan the final fragment of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame map. Xiao Yan assembled it and planned to seek the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s help in bringing the Demon Flame Space forth early, while sending Yun Potian and Xiao Lan to investigate Glass Saint’s ruins.

• Yao Lao summoned Great Saint Gu You to defeat and capture Ying Huang, then collected the Heaven Demon Phoenix’s corpse and soul.
• Five days later, Wind Venerable told Xiao Yan that the Fragmentary Map of Pure Lotus Demonic Flame was complete and reported the discovery of Glass Saint’s Dou Sheng Small World near the Barbaric Ancient Domain.
• Xiao Yan assembled the map and explained that it described the anomaly that heralded the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame’s appearance, while its remnant will was more important than its landscape pattern.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit Ancient Emperor Plaza and ask Zhu Kun, Progenitor, and Tou She Ancient God to help bring Demon Flame Space forth early.
• Xiao Yan assigned Yun Potian and Xiao Lan to explore Glass Saint’s ruins and bring the Yin Yang Life and Death Sect’s direct-line elites for a relic trial.

Xiao Yan returned to the Northwest Continent after Heavenly Snake Saint captured a Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint, then visited the Xiao Family and the Black Corner Region. He left Heavenly Fire Saint and Hai Bodong to guard the region while he continued on to other matters.

• Heavenly Snake Saint returned with the unconscious Seventh Elder of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan bound him with a Life and Death Talisman before giving control to Wind Venerable.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family to tell Xiao Lan and Yun Potian about the Glazed Relic, then traveled to the Black Corner Region.
• At Mite'er Manor, Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong and Heavenly Fire Saint, who discussed their strength and Jia Nan Academy's recent advances.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Bai Lie, Qian Mu, Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the other Jia Nan Academy figures had grown stronger with the Xiao Family's support.
• Xiao Yan declined to disturb Jia Nan Academy's training and entrusted the Black Corner Region's safety to Hai Bodong and Heavenly Fire Saint before departing.

Xiao Yan’s group encountered the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant will, which Emperor Xiao subdued before it could possess Xiao Yan. After explaining his seal and the danger posed by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Emperor Xiao invited him to help open the Demon Flame Space early as part of a resurrection plan.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant will shot from the Landscape Painting toward Xiao Yan, but Emperor Xiao froze and captured it.
• The remnant will formed a human figure and learned that Emperor Xiao, Tou She Ancient God, and Zhu Kun were present.
• Emperor Xiao, Tou She Ancient God, and Zhu Kun confronted the Pure Lotus Demon Saint for trying to enter Xiao Yan.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint explained that he had sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and left a backup plan to erase its intelligence if it failed to repent.
• Emperor Xiao invited the Pure Lotus Demon Saint to help open the Demon Flame Space early and join his and Xiao Yan’s Teacher’s resurrection plan.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint agreed to help retrieve the Demon Flame Space, while Huang Tian emerged from seclusion as a Six-star Dou Sheng with an Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodline. After learning Ying Huang had died at Starfall Pavilion, Huang Tian set out to destroy it and capture Yao Chen.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint agreed to locate the Demon Flame Space, and Zhu Kun promised to help pull it from the void once he left seclusion.
• Xiao Yan said Zhu Kun would soon travel to the Profound Sky Continent to deal with the unstable Demon Domain.
• Phoenix warned the Heaven Demon Phoenix elders that Ying Huang had been instantly killed by an enemy stronger than her, so they waited for Huang Tian to return.
• Huang Tian refined the Ancient Sky Phoenix corpse, advanced to early Six-star Dou Sheng, and reverted to the Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodline.
• Phoenix told Huang Tian that Ying Huang had fallen at Starfall Pavilion, and Huang Tian ordered two Supreme Elders to join him in attacking it and capturing Yao Chen.

The Flower Sect joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, but the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked Starfall Pavilion and forced Old Yao and Xiao Yan to fight. Old Yao clashed with Huang Tian while Xiao Yan faced Phoenix and Kun Huang, as Huang Tian ordered his elders to attack the pavilion.

• Old Yao welcomed Fairy Qing, Fairy Hua, and the Flower Sect after they agreed to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Old Yao sensed three hostile auras approaching, and Huang Tian, Phoenix, and Kun Huang emerged from a Space Rift.
• Old Yao challenged Huang Tian, while Xiao Yan took Phoenix and Kun Huang as his opponents.
• Old Yao unleashed the Human Emperor Banner, the Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin, and the Two Extremes Heavenly Refining Great Formation, but Huang Tian's power still wounded the Great Celestial Demon.
• Huang Tian ordered his two Supreme Elders to attack Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan called Phoenix out to fight.

Xiao Yan fought Phoenix and Kun Huang to defend Starfall Pavilion, revealing combat strength far beyond his apparent cultivation. After killing Kun Huang and trapping Phoenix, he prepared to use the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.

• Phoenix attacked Xiao Yan while ordering Kun Huang to kill everyone else at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan blocked Kun Huang and fought the two Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members, then activated his Clan Mark and broke their attacks apart.
• Xiao Yan released his modified Nightmare Sky Mist, trapping Phoenix and Kun Huang in an illusion.
• Phoenix escaped the mist and learned that Xiao Yan had killed Kun Huang, while Xiao Yan decided to capture her alive.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Ten Directions Raging Fire Realm and opened the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.

Xiao Yan fused three high-level Heavenly Tier Dou Techniques into the Endless Fire Domain and overwhelmed Phoenix while Huang Tian tried to escape. Xiao Yan delayed Huang Tian long enough for a late Nine-star Dou Sheng Ancient Void Dragon to arrive, revealing a new supreme expert whose emergence could reshape the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan combined the Nightmare Sky Mist, Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and Ten Directions Raging Fire Realm into the Endless Fire Domain, then battered Phoenix with a barrage of Dou Techniques.
• Huang Tian saw the immense Black Demon Lightning gathering over the Star Mountain Range and transformed into his Ancient Sky Phoenix form before trying to flee.
• Xiao Yan captured the unconscious Phoenix and struck Huang Tian with a palm that briefly halted his escape.
• An enormous Ancient Void Dragon arrived and attacked Huang Tian after Xiao Yan's palm created an opening.
• Dou Sheng experts in the Ancient Realm and Soul Realm emerged from seclusion as they sensed the late Nine-star Dou Sheng and recognized that he was a new supreme expert.

Zhu Kun defeated Huang Tian and used his Emperor Realm Soul to contain the Black Demon Lightning Sea, then gave Xiao Yan its condensed power as a Lightning Dragon Pearl. As Zhu Kun prepared to strengthen Xiao Yan and take him to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, the chapter shifted to the Soul Realm and revealed a white-clad man whose strength was late Nine-star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul.

• Zhu Kun seized Huang Tian, pulled his soul from his body, and sealed it while Xiao Yan recovered from his own devastating attack.
• Zhu Kun used his Emperor Realm Soul to compress the Black Demon Lightning Sea into a fist-sized black bead.
• Zhu Kun gave Xiao Yan the Lightning Dragon Pearl so he could temper his body and build up his strength.
• Zhu Kun carried Huang Tian's corpse and soul as he proposed preparing Xiao Yan for a visit to the Dragon Clan.
• In the Soul Realm, a revered white-clad man stood before the Soul Clan, and the narration identified him as a late Nine-star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul.

Hun Tiandi decided that the Soul Clan would avoid Zhu Kun and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance for now while rearranging its campaign against the Ancient Clans. Back in Wutan City, Zhu Kun provided a body and rare treasures for the group’s plans, while Old Yao’s Human Emperor Banner gained a powerful force of vengeful souls.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed to postpone attacks on the Yao Clan and target the Thunder Clan and Yan Clan first, while the Xiao Family and Heavenly Mansion Alliance gained time to grow.
• Zhu Kun brought the group to Wutan City and provided a purple-gold coffin containing the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon senior as a suitable body for the soul in the Creation Relic.
• Old Yao explained that he had enough ingredients to make a Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pill and described how Huang Tian’s soul had strengthened the Human Emperor Banner’s vengeful souls.
• Zhu Kun told Old Yao that the Dragon Tomb held over a hundred lingering soul fragments and offered to capture more powerful souls for him.
• Zhu Kun presented the Heavenly Snake Saint with Ancient Heavenly Snake essence blood and nine enormous skulls, causing the saint’s bloodline and Dou Qi to surge.

Xiao Yan arranged for Heavenly Snake Saint to help Qing Lin grow stronger, then gave Xun'er his attention and brought her a gift. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Xun'er kissing in her room.

• Zhu Kun explained the origins of the Heavenly Snake Essence Blood and Skulls, and Xiao Yan agreed that Heavenly Snake Saint would guide Qing Lin in seclusion.
• Heavenly Snake Saint thanked Zhu Kun, Old Yao, and Xiao Yan before leaving with Qing Lin for the Creation Relic.
• Zhu Kun departed for Jia Nan Academy, while Old Yao entered seclusion to refine Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pills.
• Xiao Yan left family affairs to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, then went to find Xun'er and took her to her courtyard with a gift.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun'er, touched her beneath her clothes, and kissed her.

Xiao Yan gave Xun'er Phoenix, a Ninth-order Heaven Demon Phoenix, as her mount and revealed his plan to take control of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had defeated powerful Dou Shengs, leaving her convinced that his backing would make a marriage proposal to the Ancient Clan succeed.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er shared an intimate moment before he clarified that he had been thinking about old acquaintances and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Xiao Yan summoned Phoenix and presented her to Xun'er as a mount, explaining that she was an Early Ninth-order monster with Mid Two-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xun'er proposed using Ancient Sky Phoenix materials from the Ancient Clan's treasury to strengthen Phoenix, and Xiao Yan accepted her plan.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's leader and other Dou Sheng experts had been killed, and he intended to take control of the clan through Phoenix.
• Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had also dealt with the Old Dragon Emperor and thought his powerful backing would ensure the Ancient Clan accepted a marriage proposal.

Xiao Yan watched Heavenly Snake Saint break through to Late One-star Dou Sheng and planned to use him against the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Tribe. Meanwhile, the leaders of the Ancient, Yan, and Thunder Clans backed away from confronting the Soul Clan and decided to target Yao Chen instead.

• Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed Heavenly Snake Saint's breakthrough and the treasures in the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Tribe, including the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance.
• Heavenly Snake Saint transformed into an Ancient Heavenly Snake and broke through directly to Late One-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan congratulated Heavenly Snake Saint and said he had a matter for him to handle after he stabilized his cultivation.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying discussed the Soul Clan's refusal to answer for violating the Ancient Covenant, but none of them wanted to wage war against it.
• Gu Yuan ended the meeting by deciding that the Ancient Clan would discipline Yao Chen, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying offered to send people as well.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao helped Heavenly Nether Poison Sage recover his soul and began refining a new body for him from Huang Tian’s corpse. As the Sage entered the final stage of revival, Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Profound Sky Continent.

• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage thanked Xiao Yan and Old Yao after a Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pill restored his soul, while Xiao Yi Xian continued refining Emperor Python Heart-Eating Poison beside a powerful Puppet.
• Old Yao learned that Bing Tian had created the acquired Calamity Poison Body method and that his adopted daughter had founded Ice River Valley, leading Xiao Yan to propose bringing the valley under the Poison Sect.
• Heavenly Nether Poison Sage agreed that Ice River Valley would likely submit once he revived, and Old Yao predicted Ice River would seek him out after learning he was alive.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao used the Endless Fire Domain to refine Huang Tian’s Ancient Sky Phoenix body for Heavenly Nether Poison Sage, who entered the body after two days of work.
• Xiao Yan placed Heavenly Nether Poison Sage in the ninth level of the Nirvana Emperor Blood Tower to complete his revival and planned to head to the Profound Sky Continent with Uncle Kun.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Kun set off for the Dragon Clan with Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pills, while Lin Dong and Little Sable joined Yuan Gan at the Dragon Clan’s failing Demon Suppressing Prison. As the Dragon Clan prepared to confront the Abyssal Demons, Old Yao appeared and began setting up a formation to contain them and claim their bodies and souls.

• Old Yao gave Xiao Yan and Zhu Kun eighteen Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pills each, and Zhu Kun promised to hunt powerful souls and corpses for him on their journey.
• Yuan Gan brought Lin Dong and Little Sable to the Dragon Clan to await Zhu Kun and the others, and Lin Dong sensed Otherworldly Demon Qi beneath the land.
• Yuan Gan led the group into the Demon Suppressing Prison, where a fading golden formation struggled to hold back a sea of Otherworldly Demon Qi.
• Yuan Gan admitted that absorbing the Dragon Vein’s power had damaged the prison’s formation, while a Supreme Elder warned that powerful Abyssal Demon King's Palaces could threaten them.
• Yuan Gan confirmed that the Grand Void Divine Array had been fully activated to isolate the prison, and Old Yao appeared with two companions to raise the Two Extremes Heavenly Refining Great Formation.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and the others investigated the Demon Suppressing Prison beneath the Dragon Domain and discovered that the Lord of Darkness was suppressing countless Otherworldly Demons there. Zhu Kun’s probing awakened her, and she sensed his unfamiliar Emperor Realm Soul Power as the chapter ended.

• Old Yao and Xiao Yan joined forces to contain the Otherworldly Demon Qi leaking from the prison.
• Zhu Kun examined the prison’s formation and identified the Lord of Darkness as its ancient guardian.
• Zhu Kun’s light screen revealed countless Dark Towers and chains suppressing the Otherworldly Demons.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao to refine Zhu Kun’s Essence Blood after their journey, and Old Yao agreed to return to seclusion.
• Zhu Kun found the Lord of Darkness on a Black Throne, and his Soul Power awakened her.
• The Lord of Darkness sensed Zhu Kun’s power and questioned which friend had entered the prison.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Kun met with the Lord of Darkness and explained the differences between their cultivation worlds. After agreeing to join forces against the Abyssal Demons, the Lord of Darkness asked whether Profound Sky experts could switch to the Dou Qi System, and Xiao Yan argued they should wait because Lin Dong could soon open the path to the Ancestor Realm.

• Xiao Yan explained that Zhu Kun’s Emperor Realm Soul differed from the Lord of Darkness’s Divine Palace Realm, and Yuan Gan recounted how their group had come to the Profound Sky Continent.
• The Lord of Darkness learned that more than a hundred Dou Di had once joined forces to defeat an Abyssal Demon invasion and agreed to help Zhu Kun eradicate the demons in the Demon Suppressing Prison.
• The Lord of Darkness asked whether Reincarnation Realm experts could switch to the Dou Qi System after Zhu Kun sensed abundant Origin Qi, and the Dragon Clan elders eagerly considered doing the same.
• Xiao Yan said switching systems was theoretically possible but not worthwhile, while Old Yao predicted that Lin Dong could help them advance to the Ancestor Realm within three years at most.

Xiao Yan explained how the Dou Qi and Profound Sky cultivation systems produced different realms and combat strength, and why the Profound Sky Continent’s surviving experts were generally more battle-hardened. The group turned from the discussion to exterminating the demons, while Zhu Kun remained eager to absorb Origin Qi in seclusion.

• Xiao Yan explained that Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi were pseudo Half-Emperors because their bloodlines had not begun transforming, while Yellow Springs Demon Saint was a true Half-Emperor.
• Zhu Kun and the Lord of Darkness accepted Xiao Yan’s explanation of the difference between their realms and combat strengths.
• Xiao Yan explained that severe cultivation tribulations and the Abyssal Demon threat had filtered out weaker experts on the Profound Sky Continent, while the Dou Qi Continent’s relative peace had let many Dou Shengs live comfortably.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the two continents’ cultivation systems had evolved differently to suit their circumstances, without either system being inherently superior.
• Zhu Kun called for the group to begin exterminating the demons and said he was eager to enter seclusion and absorb Origin Qi.

The Lord of Darkness explained that the Abyssal Demons in the Demon Suppressing Prison were only remnants of a much larger force weakened by the ancient World War. Zhu Kun, the Lord of Darkness, Old Yao, and Xiao Yan began capturing the remaining demons, leaving Old Yao and Xiao Yan to harvest their souls and bodies in a massive assembly line.

• The Lord of Darkness said that over seventy percent of the million Abyssal Demons had already been purified and that more than two hundred thousand powerful demons remained.
• Zhu Kun stopped the Lord of Darkness from purifying the survivors, and the Lord of Darkness agreed to capture them because they could be used as materials and cannon fodder.
• The Lord of Darkness explained that the Symbol Ancestor had sealed much of the Abyssal Demon Clan outside the Profound Sky Continent and killed or wounded many True Kings during the ancient World War.
• The Lord of Darkness released the remaining demons, and Zhu Kun transformed into an ancient Taixu dragon and attacked them.
• Old Yao opened the Human Emperor Banner and Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin while Xiao Yan helped extract the Demonic Souls from the demons Zhu Kun killed.
• Yuan Gan and the others watched as Old Yao and Xiao Yan processed the demons in batches and realized they could not help.

Xiao Yan proposed refining Abyssal Demons into pills, and the group learned that traitors had used Eternal Illusion Demon Flowers to trap Little Sable’s father in the Sky Demon Sable Clan’s Heavenly Cave. The Lord of Darkness revealed a peak Triple Reincarnation Realm Demon corpse and gave it to Xiao Yan’s group, while considering Lin Dong’s potential and his path to an inheritance.

• Xiao Yan suggested extracting Abyssal Demons’ essence to make pills and using their Demonic Soul origins to improve the Four Poles Soul Nurturing Pill, and Teacher Yao agreed the idea could be researched.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Eternal Illusion Demon Flowers had been cultivated in the Sky Demon Sable Clan’s Heavenly Cave by a traitor, and Little Sable realized his father might be trapped there.
• Lin Dong restrained Little Sable, while the Dragon Clan’s Supreme Elder and Yuan Gan warned him about the flowers’ danger and promised the Dragon Clan would help investigate.
• The Lord of Darkness said she would awaken Primordial, the Flame Master, and the others, then revealed the corpse of a peak Triple Reincarnation Realm True King and gave it to Xiao Yan’s group.
• The Lord of Darkness sensed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and Spatial Ancestral Symbol on Lin Dong and considered asking Fourth Senior Brother to retrieve the Devouring Divine Palace for him.