Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo, extracted and purified his Demonic Soul, and took his dragon skeleton. He led the others into the Eighteenth Level of Hell, where they found an unexpectedly beautiful grotto-heaven with no sign of an Evil Demon.

• Xiao Yan bound Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo with a chain of Heavenly Flame powers, leaving him unable to resist or escape.
• Xiao Yan tore out Xuan Mo's Demonic Soul, purified it into a black crystal bead, and stored away his dragon skeleton.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, Golden Eagle Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin bowed to Xiao Yan after witnessing his victory.
• Xiao Yan led the group toward the Eighteenth Level of Hell and said they would return to Daluo Heaven to refine pills after defeating its final Emperor Xuan Mo.
• Xiao Yan and the others emerged into a peaceful, beautiful grotto-heaven, and True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin found no trace of an Evil Demon with their divine senses.

Xiao Yan and the others discovered that the peaceful Jade Lake concealed the Ancient Three-Headed Flood Dragon, a late-stage Emperor Xuan Mo sealed there for ten thousand years. The demon appeared as the repentant monk Sanchi and claimed that Xiao Yan was destined to release him, leaving the group to judge whether his conversion was genuine.

• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor revealed that the Jade Lake was an illusion and that the Ancient Three-Headed Flood Dragon had been sealed there by Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva after Peacock Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva helped defeat it.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor explained that the demon had once devastated dozens of continents and possessed a powerful body, soul-devouring abilities, and peerless illusion arts.
• Golden Buddhist light rose from the lake, and the three-headed, six-armed figure introduced himself as the monk Sanchi.
• Sanchi claimed he had repented during ten thousand years of imprisonment, attained Buddhahood, and taken the name Sanchi.
• Sanchi told Xiao Yan that Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva had foretold the arrival of a destined one bearing myriad flames, who could release him and accept him as a companion.

Xiao Yan exposed Sanchi’s Buddhist disguise and revealed the Ancient Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which attacked the group after confessing its plan to escape. Xiao Yan countered its flames and soul attack, then struck with Eight Extremes Collapse Sky Fist.

• Sanchi claimed to have repented, but Dragon Eagle Great Emperor rejected his story while True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin pretended to believe it.
• Xiao Yan interrupted Sanchi’s offer to swear a Heart Demon Oath and attacked him with Emperor Flame, exposing the demonic energy beneath his Buddhist light.
• Sanchi revealed his true form as the Ancient Three-Headed Flood Dragon and admitted he had planned to trick the group into freeing him before devouring them.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and Golden Eagle Emperor transformed and prepared for battle alongside True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon attacked Xiao Yan with Corrosive Demonic Flame and a soul strike, but Xiao Yan blocked both with Emperor Flame and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan appeared before the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and launched Eight Extremes Collapse Sky Fist at its middle head.

Xiao Yan battled the Three-Headed Flood Dragon in the Eighteenth Levels of Hell, forcing it to reveal its strength as a Quasi-Heavenly Demon Emperor. Xiao Yan then began the Emperor Flame Three Profound Changes and reached the middle stage of Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Xiao Yan knocked away the Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s weapons and engulfed it in his Endless Fire Domain and Emperor Flame Undying Body.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s attack collided with Xiao Yan’s flames, shattering the illusion and exposing the Demon Prison; Xiao Yan’s fire then blasted it away and burned its scales.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used Three Heads Merging into One, combining Buddhist and demonic power to become a Quasi-Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin feared that Xiao Yan could not defeat the newly transformed demon, but Xiao Yan said he had faced another Quasi-Heavenly Demon Emperor before.
• Xiao Yan activated the first two changes of Emperor Flame Three Profound Changes, rising first to early-stage and then to middle-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

Xiao Yan endured a seven-day battle with the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, repeatedly rebuilding his body until he could withstand the third transformation and reach the late Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign stage. The Dragon Eagle and his companions took shelter in Xiao Yan’s Inner World, where they discovered the Flame Emperor’s three Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign spirit fragments; the battle resumed with the Flood Dragon preparing to face Xiao Yan’s new power.

• Xiao Yan activated two transformations, pushing his body to its limit, then sent Dragon Eagle, True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor into his Inner World for shelter.
• Dragon Eagle and the others saw the Inner World’s divine fires and three Saint-grade altars, and realized Xiao Yan had the backing of three Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign spirit fragments.
• Xiao Yan fought the Three-Headed Flood Dragon in the eighteenth level of hell, repeatedly suffering devastating injuries and regenerating as his body grew stronger.
• Over seven days, Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame Undying Body reached great success, and Immortal Venerable Huangling’s Radiant Spirit Fire enabled him to perform the third transformation and reach the late Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign stage.
• Xiao Yan confronted the terrified Three-Headed Flood Dragon and warned that its reliance on Buddhist power would lead to its defeat, but the Flood Dragon rejected his words and vowed to crush him with its combined Buddhist and demonic power.

Xiao Yan used the World-Purifying Buddha-Fate Cauldron to suppress the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and awaken the Buddhist thought within it. The dragon repented, took refuge in Buddhism as Guangli Bodhisattva, and left Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and the others in awe of Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's Buddhist-demonic flame into the World-Purifying Buddha-Fate Cauldron and suppressed the dragon.
• Xiao Yan chanted Buddhist scriptures as the cauldron's light subdued the dragon's demonic nature and brought its buried Buddhist thought to the fore.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon repented of its past slaughter, and its demonic energy vanished as it was transformed into a monk named Sanchi.
• Xiao Yan accepted Sanchi's refuge in Buddhism and bestowed on him the title Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and the others emerged from Xiao Yan's Inner World, praised his power, and bowed to him with renewed loyalty.
• Guangli Bodhisattva apologized to Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and the others, who respectfully accepted his apology.

After Xiao Yan and his companions left the Wisdom King Secret Realm, Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva’s lingering soul appeared and revealed how he had died. Before his soul returned to dust, he passed his remains’ essence and Buddhist inheritance to Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, raising his cultivation toward Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Xiao Yan led Guangli Bodhisattva and the Dragon Eagle group out of the Wisdom King Secret Realm, and the collapsing Eighteen Levels of Hell began to disintegrate behind them.
• The Wisdom King Pagoda dissolved into golden motes, which gathered to reveal Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva’s remains and lingering soul fragment.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor knelt before his father, while Guangli Bodhisattva thanked the Bodhisattva for guiding him to Buddhism.
• Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva praised Xiao Yan’s Buddhist nature and explained that an outside Heavenly Demon Emperor had ambushed him during his attempted reincarnation.
• As his lingering soul prepared to pass on, Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva burned his remains and sent their essence and Buddhist inheritance into Dragon Eagle Great Emperor.
• The head-anointing initiation transformed Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s bloodline and raised his cultivation from Early-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign to the peak of Spirit Grade, nearing Immortal Grade.

Xiao Yan revealed that his Soul Nurturing Pill might let Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva return to life, and said he was ninety percent confident he could develop an Immortal Grade formula. Dragon Eagle Cave, Purple Cloud Sect, and Leiyin Great Temple pledged their treasures and support as the Bodhisattva’s lingering soul fragment waited for Xiao Yan’s next step.

• Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva entrusted Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and Golden Eagle Emperor with protecting Great Luo Heaven Domain and its people as his lingering soul fragment began to disperse.
• Xiao Yan stopped the Bodhisattva and said his Soul Nurturing Pill might restore him, explaining that its Spirit Grade version had revived three Fire Spirit Clan ancestors.
• Xiao Yan said he had not yet developed an Immortal Grade Soul Nurturing Pill formula but was ninety percent confident he could do so with enough time and ingredients.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor offered Dragon Eagle Cave and Golden Eagle Mansion’s medicinal ingredients and Natural Treasures in exchange for the pill.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin pledged their sects’ resources and support to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan secured support from the Northern Domain powers to gather treasures for deducing the Immortal Grade Soul Nurturing Pill and promised rewards to his allies. The Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva entered the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s body to await resurrection, while True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin left to prepare their sects’ offerings.

• Xiao Yan promised the Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva a share of the Immortal Grade Soul Nurturing Pills once he deduced the formula.
• The Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva entered the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s body, and the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor went into seclusion to absorb his inheritance and bloodline.
• Xiao Yan promised True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin one Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill each and urged them to help guard the Northern Domain.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin left Dragon Eagle Cave to gather medicinal ingredients and prepare their sects for Xiao Yan’s orders.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor affirmed his loyalty to Xiao Yan and said the departing sect masters would help collect ingredients.

Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Great Luo Heaven Domain after leaving Dragon Eagle Cave, while the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s emergence drew near. He learned that news of his strength had spread across the Northern Domain, and approved Shiluo’s plan to use partly true, partly false reports to deter rivals without revealing their true trump card.

• Xiao Yan told the Golden Eagle Emperor he would refine the promised Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill and assured Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva that he was confident he could deduce an Immortal Grade Soul Nurturing Pill.
• During three days at Dragon Eagle Cave, the Golden Eagle Emperor consolidated his new cultivation, Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva cultivated near the Wisdom King Pagoda, and Xiao Yan organized the materials he had collected.
• Xiao Yan, the Golden Eagle Emperor, and Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva used a teleportation array to reach Black Wind Ridge and then flew to Daluo Heaven Palace.
• Shiluo told Xiao Yan that reports of his victory over Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo and his inheritance from Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva had prompted smaller forces to seek Great Luo Heaven Domain’s protection.
• Shiluo explained that Great Luo Heaven Domain had concealed the conversion of the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and spread partly true, partly false information to deter potential threats; Xiao Yan approved the approach and ordered new allies to be carefully screened.

Xiao Yan refined the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill in Daluo Heaven Palace, producing sixteen new pills and bringing his total to seventeen. He gave one to Golden Eagle Emperor, while the others remained with him as the Great Luo Heaven Domain celebrated the pill’s power.

• Xiao Yan ordered Shiluo to prepare a quiet chamber and the ingredients for refining the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill.
• Xiao Yan used the Chaos Emperor Flame to refine the ingredients and purify the essence from sixteen Nether Demon Emperor Magic Cores.
• Shiluo, Guangli Bodhisattva, and Golden Eagle Emperor waited outside as the pill fragrance spread through the Great Luo Heaven Domain and helped some cultivators break through bottlenecks.
• Xiao Yan emerged with sixteen newly refined pills, adding them to the one he had received from the Fire Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Yan gave a Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill to Golden Eagle Emperor, who accepted it gratefully for his lineage.

Xiao Yan prepared to meet True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable, who had come seeking the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill and considering the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s future. As Northern Domain leaders gathered in the Daluo Heaven Palace, True Person Purple Qi reflected on the continent’s powerful factions and the lack of resources holding back Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.

• Mandala told Xiao Yan that True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable had arrived, and Xiao Yan invited them to wait in the main hall.
• Xiao Yan stored the remaining sixteen Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills and headed to meet the guests with Shiluo and the others.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor and Guangli Bodhisattva praised Xiao Yan’s supposed teacher, Medicine Master Glazed Light King Buddha, while Xiao Yan and Shiluo kept the truth to themselves.
• True Person Purple Qi praised his grandson True Monarch Purple Cloud for submitting to Shiluo, and True Monarch Purple Cloud credited Xiao Yan’s strength and prospects.
• True Person Purple Qi lamented that the five Immortal Grade Super Powers restricted expansion and resources, leaving Spirit Grade forces like his with little chance to advance.

Xiao Yan welcomed True Person Purple Qi, Thunder Venerable, and other force leaders who came to submit, rewarding the two elders with Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills. He established the Yan Alliance as a branch of the Endless Fire Domain, and the gathered leaders pledged their loyalty to him as its Alliance Leader.

• True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable offered their sects' treasures and medicinal ingredients to Xiao Yan in exchange for pills.
• Xiao Yan gave True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable one Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill each, stirring envy and hopes of earning pills among the other leaders.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would distribute future pills according to merit and declared the establishment of the Yan Alliance as an official branch of the Endless Fire Domain.
• The gathered forces cheered the alliance's formation, and True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable knelt to recognize Xiao Yan as Alliance Leader and swear loyalty.

Xiao Yan established the Yan Alliance, assigned its leadership, and offered contribution points for reliable Demon Emperor intelligence in exchange for Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills. As the alliance spread across Tianluo Continent and drew widespread support, a secret meeting against Xiao Yan and the alliance began beneath Tianluo City, with Ancestor Danyang among its five attendees.

• Mandala and the other leaders pledged loyalty to Xiao Yan, who formally established the Yan Alliance and appointed its deputy alliance masters and Elder Council.
• Xiao Yan promised contribution points and a direct pill exchange for valuable Demon Emperor materials or intelligence, prompting leaders to share clues.
• Xiao Yan put Mandala in charge of verifying Demon Emperor information and handling contribution exchanges as the Yan Alliance organized its forces and resources.
• News of the alliance spread across Tianluo Continent, attracting smaller factions and support from the Endless Fire Domain, Western Heaven Battle Hall, and Fire Spirit Clan.
• Beneath Tianluo City, five powerful figures gathered for a secret meeting targeting Xiao Yan and the Yan Alliance, and Ancestor Danyang showed concern.

The leaders of Tianluo Continent’s five Immortal Grade Super Powers debated the Yan Alliance’s rise and whether to oppose Xiao Yan. The Ghost Emperor pushed for action while the White Tiger King warned against a costly conflict, and the meeting remained divided.

• The Ghost Emperor gathered the five powers and other regional Heavenly Sovereigns, concealing the lingering wound Emperor Xuan Mo had dealt him while craving the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill formula.
• True Person Qing Mu resolved to join Xiao Yan, while Fire Lady secretly sent a message and other attendees weighed which side to support.
• City Lord Youxuan raised the Yan Alliance’s establishment, and the White Tiger King refused to join any attack without a sure plan.
• The Ghost Emperor mocked the White Tiger King’s caution and dismissed Xiao Yan as an inexperienced upstart, despite coughing blood from his injury.
• Venerable Purple Thunder denounced Xiao Yan’s ambition, while Ancestor Danyang warned that Xiao Yan’s strength and rumored ties to Great Spirit Mountain made confrontation dangerous.
• Venerable Purple Thunder dismissed Great Spirit Mountain’s involvement as unlikely and suggested Xiao Yan’s connection to it might be a rumor.

Ghost Emperor persuaded the five Immortal Grade forces and thirteen Spirit Grade forces to form the Tianluo Alliance against the Yan Alliance, while secretly plotting to seize Great Luo Heaven Domain and obtain the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill formula. The alliance was established with Ghost Emperor as its leader, though True Person Qing Mu and Fire Lady secretly leaked its plans.

• Ghost Emperor warned that Xiao Yan's pill-making could gather powerful Heavenly Sovereigns around him and threaten the old-established forces.
• Venerable Purple Thunder urged an attack, but Ancestor Danyang and City Lord Youxuan cautioned that attacking first could provoke Great Spirit Mountain and risk defeat.
• Ghost Emperor proposed forming the Tianluo Alliance, claiming it would protect their territories while they waited for Xiao Yan to take his elites to the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins.
• Ghost Emperor revealed that he had recruited a late Immortal Grade expert and planned to seize Great Luo Heaven Domain and force Xiao Yan's people to reveal the pill formula.
• The four other leaders and thirteen Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns agreed to the alliance, while True Person Qing Mu and Fire Lady secretly sent news of its plans to their contacts.
• Ghost Emperor was named Alliance Leader, with Ancestor Danyang, Venerable Purple Thunder, City Lord Youxuan, and White Tiger King as Vice Alliance Leaders.

Xiao Yan learned that the Tianluo Alliance planned to attack the Yan Alliance while he pursued the Ancient Heavenly Palace, but he refused to cancel the expedition and prepared to turn the ambush against his enemies. Mandala located the palace and discovered that her aura had triggered its restrictions, while a land of extreme cold awaited in the east.

• Xiao Yan received reports that Ghost Emperor and allied forces planned to attack the Yan Alliance to seize the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill formula, with a late Immortal-grade expert assisting them.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Yan Alliance to enter level-one alert, assigned True Person Purple Qi and Thunder Venerable to guard the rear, and took Shiluo and Mandala with him to the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xiao Yan instructed Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva to secretly defend the Yan Alliance and wait until the attackers had revealed themselves before suppressing them.
• Mandala used her connection to her original form to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace and learned that her aura had triggered its restrictions, causing it to emerge ahead of time.
• Mandala hurried toward the Yan Alliance main hall, while the chapter shifted to a frigid region in the east where the gale threatened anyone below Fifth Grade Sovereign.

The Ancient Heavenly Palace appeared over the far east of Tianluo Continent, drawing the attention of powerful figures and factions across the Great Thousand World. At Great Spirit Mountain, Kuji Buddha revealed that Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva had entered nirvana and explained the ongoing burden of suppressing the demons beneath the Bitter Sea.

• The Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged through a vast rift in the sky, and Earthly Sovereigns across Tianluo Continent sensed its ancient aura.
• Xiao Yan, Shiluo, and Guangli Bodhisattva recognized the palace’s appearance, while Ghost Emperor ordered the Tianluo Alliance to assemble and depart for the Northern Boundary.
• Kuji Buddha and the monks of Great Spirit Mountain sensed the Heavenly Emperor aura, and Kuji Buddha confirmed that Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva had entered nirvana.
• Kuji Buddha told the monks that Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva’s nirvana would lead to his rebirth and eventual attainment of Buddhahood, prompting their celebration.
• Kuji Buddha reflected that the Bitter Sea held eighteen ancient demons and that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Peacock Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva had successively taken on the burden of suppressing them.

Kuji Buddha refused to send Bodhisattvas to protect Xiao Yan, trusting that greater powers would intervene if needed, while Peacock Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva continued suppressing the demons beneath the Bitter Sea. On the Tianluo Continent, Shiluo prepared the Yan Alliance for a trap as the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s appearance stirred the Great Thousand World.

• Longshu Bodhisattva and Baoguang Bodhisattva urged Kuji Buddha to send help to Xiao Yan, but Kuji Buddha judged that ordinary Bodhisattvas would only hinder him and hinted that Great Thousand Palace could intervene if necessary.
• Peacock Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva opened his eyes beneath the Bitter Sea, his compassion and killing intent warring as Demonic Qi continued to taint him.
• The Ancient Heavenly Palace’s appearance stirred the Great Thousand World and the Evil Clan from Outside the Realm.
• Shiluo asked the assembled Earthly Sovereigns whether the Yan Alliance’s disciples had been moved to safety before he used himself as bait for a trap.
• The Great Elder of Purple Cloud Sect reported that the disciples and nearby residents had been evacuated, while True Monarch Purple Cloud and Thunder Roc Emperor had both recently broken through to Heavenly Sovereign with the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill.

The Tianluo Alliance arrived at the Great Luo Heaven Domain with eighteen Heavenly Sovereigns and demanded the Yan Alliance surrender and hand over the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill formula. Shiluo rallied the defenders to fight, while the invaders prepared to attack the protective array.

• Shiluo told the Yan Alliance leaders to feign weakness and let the Tianluo Alliance commit to its invasion, giving them grounds for a counterattack.
• The Tianluo Alliance’s five alliance leaders, thirteen Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, and hundreds of Earthly Sovereigns appeared outside the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s protective array.
• The Yan Alliance elders feared the enemy’s overwhelming strength, but Shiluo stood firm and reminded them that the Flame Emperor had left the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Array.
• Venerable Purple Thunder demanded the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill formula and threatened to destroy the Great Luo Heaven Domain, while Shiluo condemned the invasion.
• Shiluo urged the Yan Alliance elders to defend their home, and they answered with a united battle cry.
• Ancestor Danyang restrained Venerable Purple Thunder and proposed breaking the protective array first.