Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used his overwhelming strength to defeat the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes and turned the battle against the Three Great Dragon Kings with his clan marks and Yellow Spring Sky Fury. The attack badly wounded the Dragon Kings, but Xiao Yan was depleted and continued fighting them with his physical strength.

• Xiao Yan crushed the Demon Phoenix Bell and pinned the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes beneath his Yellow Spring Palm, then joined Zi Yan against the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan needed ten minutes to charge the Dragon Slaying Sword and told her to prepare it while he faced their enemies.
• Xiao Yan revealed his God Grade Xiao Clan Mark and Hun Clan Mark, raising his Dou Qi to the Three-Star Dou Saint level and his Soul Power to Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Yellow Spring Sky Fury, killing Kun Huang and Eagle Phoenix, wounding Feng, and injuring the souls and bodies of the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Despite his depleted Dou Qi and Soul Power, Xiao Yan transformed into the Vajra Glazed Body, hurled the South Dragon King into East Dragon Island's barrier, and punched the West Dragon King's face with the Vajra Glazed Fist.

Xiao Yan fought the Three Great Dragon Kings alone, badly injuring North Dragon King and South Dragon King before they summoned the Ancestor Dragon Holy Image. Zi Yan appeared with the Dragon Slaying Sword, drove back the holy image, and threatened the Three Kings as the dragon clansmen surrendered in fear.

• Xiao Yan used chained Combat Techniques to batter West Dragon King, but South Dragon King and North Dragon King wounded him with their attacks.
• Xiao Yan trapped North Dragon King with help from a black-flame seal and blasted a hole through him with Flame Emperor Seal.
• South Dragon King grappled Xiao Yan, who detonated Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and severely burned him while also engulfing himself in the explosion.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings summoned the Ancestor Dragon Holy Image as Xiao Yan prepared to meet it with his Three-Faced Asura Giant Statue.
• Zi Yan forced the Ancestor Dragon Holy Image to retreat with the Dragon Slaying Sword and vowed to send the Three Great Dragon Kings to Dragon Prison.

Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and established her authority as Dragon Emperor, driving off and badly wounding the Three Great Dragon Kings. After Xiao Yan stopped her from spending more vitality, she ordered East Dragon Island secured and began recovering from the battle.

• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, causing Ancient Dragon warriors from the four islands to submit to her authority.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings tried to escape, but Zi Yan struck them twice with the Dragon Slaying Sword and inflicted severe injuries.
• Xiao Yan stopped Zi Yan from delivering a third strike after noticing that the sword was consuming her vitality.
• Zi Yan collapsed from exhaustion, and Xiao Yan gave her a Healing Pill while assuring her that her wounds could heal.
• Zi Yan ordered the captured Dragon Clan members detained and said they would reclaim the other islands when the Four Great Dragon Islands intersected.
• The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe left after Zi Yan promised them the Ancient Heavenly Serpent's Essence Blood, while Xiao Yan began healing his injuries.

After recovering from the battle with the Three Great Dragon Kings, Xiao Yan received Feng Qing'er, who begged him to spare the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. He accepted her submission through the Asura Slave Pill and considered using her to bring the clan under his control.

• Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and realized he had reached the late stage of Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Hei Qing brought Feng Qing'er to Xiao Yan after the Ancient Void Dragon Clan captured her outside East Dragon Island.
• Feng Qing'er begged Xiao Yan to spare her clan, but he said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fate was not his to decide.
• Xiao Yan rejected Feng Qing'er's appeal and told her to leave, while secretly considering how the Beast Domain could support the Xiao Clan.
• Feng Qing'er offered herself in exchange for a place for her clanspeople to live, and Xiao Yan decided she could become a puppet clan leader.
• Feng Qing'er willingly swallowed the Asura Slave Pill and accepted Xiao Yan as her master.

Xiao Yan made Feng Qing'er his subordinate while sparing the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then prepared to travel with Zi Yan to the Pill Tower to find a way to restore her life force. They reached Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan recalled his past at the Pill Gathering.

• Feng Qing'er swallowed Xiao Yan's pill, endured its effects, and gained stronger soul and bloodline power while becoming bound to him through the Asura Slave Seal.
• Xiao Yan gave Feng Qing'er a Soul Token and ordered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan warriors to let her leave East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan he needed a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill to restore her depleted life force, and Zi Yan agreed to accompany him to the Pill Tower.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan left Dragon Island and traveled to the Pill Domain to seek entry to the Small Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan arrived in Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan remembered winning the Pill Gathering and other important events from that time.

Xiao Yan visited the Pill Tower to request Ninth Grade Pill Recipes and entry to the Small Pill Tower, where he hoped to study its alchemy knowledge. After trading Bodhi Seeds for the recipes, he followed Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi into the Small Pill Tower to watch the apprentice selection, where Dan Chen and Cao Ying were competing.

• Xiao Yan encountered Song Qing outside the Pill Tower, then told him he had come to enter the Small Pill Tower and study alchemy.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi met Xiao Yan and sensed that his strength and Soul Power had far surpassed theirs.
• Xiao Yan offered Bodhi Seeds in exchange for the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill recipe, a life-force-restoring Ninth Grade recipe, and a top-grade Thunder Tribulation Pill recipe.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Yan to watch the Small Pill Tower apprentice competition, where Dan Chen and Cao Ying were competing, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xuan Kongzi opened a Space Channel and led Xiao Yan and the others into the Small Pill Tower, where Xiao Yan warned Zi Yan not to touch the herb gardens yet.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Small Pill Tower’s apprentice selection and agreed to compete in alchemy against Elder Hou, Venerable Yao’s old rival. He chose to refine the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill as the contest began, while the assembled elders doubted that someone so young could succeed.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached the mountaintop, where alchemists had gathered to compete for the Small Pill Tower apprentice position.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen recognized Xiao Yan and greeted him, while Zi Yan pulled him away from Cao Ying.
• Elder Hou asked Xiao Yan whether Venerable Yao was dead, then challenged him to an alchemy contest with the elder’s seat as the prize.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and asked Tian Leizi for a pill formula, choosing the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill.
• The Small Pill Tower’s Great Elder and other elders arrived to watch, and the Great Elder announced that the contest was about to begin.

Xiao Yan began refining a Ninth Grade Pill alongside the Small Pill Tower alchemists, astonishing them with his Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage strength and apparent experience. Cao Ying and Dan Chen both earned the right to enter the Small Pill Tower as apprentices, Old Freak Hou completed his pill, and Xiao Yan opened his eyes with a confident smile as everyone awaited his result.

• Xiao Yan watched Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Old Freak Hou begin refining before taking out Black Demon and the Bone Chiling Flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage strength, leading the Great Elder to recognize him as a genuine Ninth Grade Alchemist.
• After more than half a month, Cao Ying and Dan Chen each refined a pill that summoned Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, and the Great Elder chose Cao Ying's pill as slightly superior.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen recovered and competed for the single apprentice position, while Cao Ying expected to follow Xiao Yan into the Small Pill Tower after he defeated Old Freak Hou.
• Old Freak Hou completed his Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill and received Nine-Colored Pill Lightning as the crowd turned its attention to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes and smiled confidently, leaving everyone waiting to see whether his Ninth Grade Pill had succeeded.

Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Hundred Revolutions Pill Condensation Method to refine a Ninth Grade Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill, then defeated its powerful Black Demon Lightning. After winning Old Freak Hou’s elder seat, Xiao Yan chose Dan Chen as his apprentice, while the Great Elder’s suggestion led him to accept Cao Ying as well.

• Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s power and his Heavenly Flame to polish the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill through its revolutions, revealing the Hundred Revolutions Pill Condensation Method.
• The pill summoned enormous Black Demon Lightning, and Xiao Yan used his God Grade Clan Mark and Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler to destroy it.
• Xiao Yan collected the Ninth Grade pill, and Old Freak Hou conceded the Small Pill Tower Elder Council seat to him.
• Cao Ying approached Xiao Yan about learning Alchemy Techniques, but Xiao Yan first chose Dan Chen as his apprentice.
• Cao Ying cried after believing Xiao Yan had rejected her, and the Great Elder persuaded Xiao Yan to accept her too.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan discovered a hidden space concealed behind a wall in the Small Pill Tower’s Dan Fang Hall, but waited until the elders entered secluded cultivation before trying to uncover it. Three months after arriving, they began opening the concealed space, where Xiao Yan hoped to find the complete Emperor Soul Art.

• Xiao Yan moved into the Small Pill Tower and asked Cao Ying and Dan Chen about its Dan Fang Hall and ancient pill formulas.
• Zi Yan revealed that she had stolen precious ninth-grade medicinal ingredients and sensed a hidden, drifting space sealed behind a wall in the Dan Fang Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan explored the pill formulas but postponed breaking into the hidden space because it would take too long and risk discovery.
• Xiao Yan refined a ninth-grade pill for Zi Yan, then spent three months guiding alchemists and learning about the Small Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan returned to the Dan Fang Hall at night while the elders were in secluded cultivation, and Mao Wu’s black flame stabilized the hidden space as Zi Yan began undoing its seal.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan broke into a sealed vault in the Small Pill Tower, found only a clue to the Pill Tower old ancestor’s whereabouts, and prepared to seek him out. After Xiao Yan departed, Cao Ying decided she and Dan Chen should join the Flame Alliance, believing it could become the Dou Qi Continent’s foremost center of alchemy.

• Zi Yan used Ancestor Dragon Power to open the seal, and Xiao Yan and Zi Yan slipped into the hidden space, where they found it empty except for a card marked “Dongtian Town.”
• Xiao Yan realized the vault was a trap and suspected Dongtian Town was where the Pill Tower old ancestor was living in his current lifetime.
• Xiao Yan stayed three more days to teach alchemy to Dan Chen and Cao Ying, then told them he was leaving the Small Pill Tower.
• Cao Ying embraced Xiao Yan at their farewell, and Dan Chen timidly leaned against his back before Xiao Yan left through the Black Flame Passage.
• After Xiao Yan departed, Cao Ying asked Dan Chen to join her in the Flame Alliance, saying it might become the Dou Qi Continent’s sacred land of alchemy.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled to Dongtian Town and discovered that Little Zhang, the noodle shop owner, was the Pill Tower old ancestor. The old ancestor revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength and confronted Xiao Yan, questioning his connection to the Hall of Souls.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen decided to join the Flame Alliance and vowed to compete in Alchemy Techniques.
• Xiao Yan used Ya Fei’s map information to locate Dongtian Town and traveled there with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan sensed a Dou Saint in Little Zhang Noodle Shop and recognized Little Zhang as the Pill Tower old ancestor.
• After eating noodles and waiting until night, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan met Little Zhang on a mountain outside town, where he revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength.
• The Pill Tower old ancestor identified Xiao Yan as a Tianzun of the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Yan said he had never hunted an alchemist’s soul.

Xiao Yan obtained the Pill Tower Ancestor’s incomplete Emperor Grade pill formula and promised to protect the Pill Tower, strengthening his ties with the Hun Clan while preparing to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He sent Zi Yan to check on Cai Lin and decided to visit the Human Hall to cultivate the complete Emperor Soul Art before the flame descended.

• Xiao Yan asked the Pill Tower Ancestor for the incomplete Emperor Grade pill formula, and the Ancestor handed it over in exchange for Xiao Yan’s promise to protect the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan examined the formula and realized its method of replacing Source Qi could not work, though he planned to study it alongside Hun Xuzi after they obtained the pill embryo in Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yan reassured Zi Yan that they could not control whether Hun Tiandi became a Dou God, and Zi Yan asked whether they would return to the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan to go to the Beast Domain and check on Cai Lin, while he planned to visit the Human Hall and cultivate the complete Emperor Soul Art.
• Xiao Yan resolved to use Hun Tiandi to obtain more Heavenly Flames and hoped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would help Fen Jue evolve into an Emperor Rank Cultivation Method.

Xiao Yan entered the Hall of Souls’ Human Hall to hand over Soul Bodies and claim resources for his cultivation. The other Tian Zun questioned his sudden appearance, and Xiao Yan left them wondering what he really wanted.

• Xiao Yan decided to use the Hall of Souls’ resources to advance from Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage toward Three-Star Dou Saint before the Demon Flame Descends.
• Xiao Yan entered the Human Hall in the Burial Corpse Mountain Range, and Soul Palace Venerables and Heaven Rank Protectors knelt to welcome the Tenth Tian Zun.
• Black White Tian Zun opened the Human Hall’s doors for Xiao Yan and worried that his strength had surpassed even Xue He’s.
• Xiao Yan met Qiu Di, Yin Rong, Lei Mo, Ya Zi, and Xue He, who speculated that he might have reached Ban Sheng.
• Xiao Yan said he had come to hand over Soul Bodies, but the other Tian Zun suspected his ordinary explanation concealed another purpose.

Xiao Yan visited the Human Hall to submit Soul Bodies and discovered the vast Soul Pool where the Hall of Souls extracted Soul Origin from its captives. After revealing his identity and sealing the Soul Bodies of his enemies, he faced Great Tian Zun Ming Jin and defeated him with a single strike.

• Zhai Xing led Xiao Yan through the Human Hall and explained that its Soul Pool lay beneath the hall.
• Xiao Yan saw countless Soul Bodies impaled by chains and learned that the Hall of Souls extracted their Soul Origin, tainted by negative emotions.
• Xiao Yan released the Soul Bodies of Kun Huang, Eagle Phoenix, Jiu Feng, and other defeated enemies, then used Soul Chains to restrain and drain them.
• Great Tian Zun Ming Jin recognized Xiao Yan as the Flame Alliance's leader, and Xiao Yan revealed his true appearance.
• Ming Jin attacked after reaching mid-stage Two-Star Dou Saint power, but Xiao Yan's simple Dou Qi strike shattered his defense and defeated him.

Xiao Yan overpowered the Soul Hall’s Tian Zuns, gained Hun Xuzi’s approval to take the Human Hall’s Soul Origin, and received the complete Emperor Soul Art from Hun Miesheng. He returned to the Snake-People Empire, then went to the Nine Serene Yellow Spring to check on Zi Yan as she tried to learn the Yellow Spring Sky Fury.

• Xiao Yan revealed his strength as a Two-Star Dou Saint Late Stage and told the Tian Zuns he would take the Soul Origin.
• Hun Zhu tried to reserve the Soul Light cluster for the Hun Clan, but Hun Xuzi appeared and allowed Xiao Yan to claim it.
• Hun Miesheng delivered the complete Emperor Soul Art and told Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would appear within two or three months.
• Xiao Yan used his Asura Soul Severing Technique to bind the Soul Light cluster with Soul Chains and drag it into the Asura Abyss.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Snake-People Empire, greeted Xiao Xiao, Xiao Cai, and Qing Lin, and learned that Zi Yan had gone to the Nine Serene Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Yan found Zi Yan attempting the Yellow Spring Sky Fury trial at the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.

Xiao Yan cultivated the complete Emperor Soul Art with a soul light cluster, strengthening his Soul Power until it created a field that tempered the souls of those around the Nine Serene Yellow Spring. After two months, he opened his eyes and unleashed an immense surge of Soul Power.

• Xiao Yan used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to steady Zi Yan as she attempted the Yellow Spring Sky Fury trial, while Qing Lin explained that Zi Yan wanted to help him seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan sensed Cai Lin awakening beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Spring and began studying the complete Emperor Soul Art with a soul light cluster from the Asura Abyss.
• Xiao Yan used his God Grade Clan Mark to endure the Emperor Soul Art's influx of information, then spent three days comprehending the Heaven Rank High-Level Soul Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the soul light cluster and refined its Soul Origin, forming a crystalline layer over his Asura soul and releasing powerful soul pressure across the Yellow Spring Mountain Range.
• Qing Lin, Hua She'er, Yue Mei, Zi Yan, Yao Ming, and other experts gathered around Xiao Yan to temper their souls in his field, which lasted for two months.
• After sixty days, Xiao Yan opened his eyes and released a terrifying surge of Soul Power.

Xiao Yan exited seclusion after breaking through to Three-Star Dou Saint and gaining soul power beyond an ordinary Heaven Realm Great Perfection. As he discovered a hidden space beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Spring, Cai Lin emerged from it transformed into the legendary Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python.

• Xiao Yan's breakthrough shattered his soul-crystal shell and unleashed a Soul Storm that turned the area around the Nine Serene Yellow Spring into a spectacle.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan's rise to Three-Star Dou Saint and left with the Phoenix Supreme Elder, convinced that Huang Tian's plans could not overcome him.
• Xiao Yan tested his powerful Soul Body and found that the Emperor Soul Art and Hun Clan Tribal Mark could temporarily raise his soul power to the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan searched the Nine Serene Yellow Spring for Cai Lin, discovered a hidden space beneath it, and was blasted back by a sudden surge of nine-colored light.
• Cai Lin emerged as a thousand-zhang Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python, whose bloodline pressure made Yao Ming and the other Snake Clan elders tremble.

Cai Lin emerged from seclusion as a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python and reunited with Xiao Yan, while Zi Yan completed her inheritance as Dragon Emperor. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended, Xiao Yan gathered his strongest allies and prepared to compete for it, leaving Yun Yun to protect his family and the Flame Alliance.

• Cai Lin emerged from the Nine Serene Yellow Spring at Four-Star Dou Saint and reunited with Xiao Yan after inheriting the strength of her clan's predecessors.
• Zi Yan revealed that she had become the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor at Four-Star Dou Saint Mid-Stage, and she and Cai Lin joined Xiao Yan's preparations for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance with Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, then chose Cai Lin, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to accompany him in the fight for the flame.
• Xiao Yan waited as factions across the continent stirred, and the signs of two moons and nine aligned stars announced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's descent.
• Cai Lin asked Yun Yun to protect Xiao Xiao and Xiao Cai and sent her to East Dragon Island or the Beast Domain if danger arose.

As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began to emerge, Xiao Yan gathered the Flame Alliance’s strongest fighters and traveled to its descent site. He arrived at a ruined plain crowded with rival forces, where the Hun Clan appeared and the struggle for the demon flame was about to begin.

• Cai Lin asked Yun Yun to protect her children, and Yun Yun promised that the Flame Alliance would risk their lives to keep them safe.
• Xiao Yan received Hun Miesheng’s soul message that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would appear within three days, then sensed its distant eruption and decided to set out immediately.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and Mao Wu crossed the void toward the demon flame’s coordinates as groups from across the continent raced toward the same destination.
• The group reached a milky-white desert formed from a mountain range, where a breach in the Demon Flame Space leaked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s heat.
• Xiao Yan and the others waited for the Hun Clan to enter the dangerous space first, and Hun Miesheng arrived with Hun Feng as the other Dou God Clans gathered.