Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan freed Yao Ming from the Yellow Springs Yin Stone chains and brought him back to the surface, where Yao Xiaotian confronted them. After Xiao Yuan gave Yao Ming a powerful healing pill, the brothers began fighting over control of the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe.

• Xiao Yuan melted Yao Ming's four chains with his golden Heavenly Flames and gave him pills to recover.
• Xiao Yuan found that the Yellow Springs Yin Stone resisted his punch, then carried Yao Ming toward the surface before Yao Xiaotian could detect the broken seal.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Yuan and Yao Ming as they emerged from the lake, and Yao Ming swore to kill his younger brother.
• Xiao Yuan gave Yao Ming a Rank 8 Healing Pill and told him to fight Yao Xiaotian while he watched.
• Yao Ming and Yao Xiaotian exchanged Yellow Springs Fingers, and Yao Xiaotian transformed into a giant black serpent and unleashed the Yellow Springs Grand Seal.

Xiao Yuan defeated Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, allowing Yao Ming to reclaim leadership of the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe. After Xiao Yuan departed for Ancient Dragon Island with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian, Yao Ming offered his help in exchange for Xiao Yuan's aid and asked whether he knew of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

• Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Yuan with the Yellow Springs Grand Seal, but Xiao Yuan broke free and struck him down with a Primal Chaos Suppressing Qi Seal.
• The Nine Netherworld Python Tribe's elders and Nether Serpent Guards surrounded Xiao Yuan, while Yao Ming revealed himself and accused Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder of imprisoning him.
• The Great Elder attacked Yao Ming, but Xiao Yuan killed him instantly, and Yao Ming displayed the Nine Nether Scepter to prove his claim to leadership.
• Xiao Yuan left an Illusionary Body to handle the aftermath and traveled through a Space Channel to Ancient Dragon Island with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian.
• Yao Ming reclaimed control of the tribe, took Yao Xiaotian's Magic Core, and offered Xiao Yuan a battle skill connected to the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.

Xiao Yuan rescued Hei Qing, Zhuo Li Elder, and their group from the Three Great Dragon Islands, then hurried to East Dragon Island. He found the island under siege and spotted Zi Yan battling the Three Great Dragon Kings.

• The Three Great Dragon Islands' forces overwhelmed Hei Qing, Zhuo Li Elder, and the East Dragon Island warriors, but Xiao Yuan arrived and immobilized their attackers.
• Xiao Yuan asked Zhuo Li Elder about Zi Yan, then left the captured clansmen in his care and continued toward East Dragon Island with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian.
• Xiao Yuan's group broke through the blockade around East Dragon Island, and he saw that most of the island had fallen to the Three Great Dragon Islands.
• Xiao Yuan used his golden flames to see through a distant ring of light and found Zi Yan fighting the Three Great Dragon Kings.

Xiao Yuan rushed to aid Zi Yan as she fought the Three Great Dragon Kings, clearing away their reinforcements before transforming and confronting them. Though badly outmatched, he launched Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, a powerful soul attack, leaving the kings to face its full force.

• Xiao Yuan killed a burly man who had signaled for reinforcements, then charged toward the Dragon Hall with Qing Lian, Yao Ming, and the others.
• Xiao Yuan transformed into a purple-gold dragon with Ancient Heavenly Phoenix wings and defeated Xuan Mo and two elders who tried to stop him.
• Seeing Zi Yan falter against the Three Great Dragon Kings, Xiao Yuan intervened and shielded her from their attacks.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Yuan to retreat, but he promised to protect her while she bought ten minutes.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings attacked Xiao Yuan together, and he summoned a giant soul phantom to unleash Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.

Xiao Yuan killed the Three Great Dragon Kings and helped Zi Yan reunify the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe, then began refining their corpses into pills. He left the tribe united and entered seclusion to strengthen its members and refine his own Ancient Dragon Bloodline.

• Xiao Yuan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to kill the Three Great Dragon Kings in one strike and handed their corpses to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan accepted Xiao Yuan's proposal to refine the corpses into pills, and Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan led the submission of the other Dragon Islands.
• Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan pushed the Four Great Dragon Islands together, reuniting the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe as a single Ancient Dragon Island.
• After resting for several days, Xiao Yuan entered seclusion with the Three Great Dragon Kings' bodies and over a thousand medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yuan refined the bodies into essence blood and dragon bone essence, then began making Dragon Bone Tempering Pills, Dragon Blood Qi Transformation Pills, and Blood Refining Bone Transformation Pills.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yuan successfully refines his pills and drives away the pill lightning with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• He attempts to condense a Divine Palace using Soul Strength but fails repeatedly.
• Xiao Yuan's Soul Clone returns after annihilating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and studying their battle skills.
• Xiao Yuan enters seclusion to refine his Dragon Bloodline and master the Six Qi Transformations.
• After two and a half months, he successfully cultivates the Taiyang Cold Water Qi, unifying his Qi Palaces.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yuan's Soul Strength grows stronger, allowing him to drive away pill lightning and attempt to condense a Divine Palace.
• He successfully refines his Dragon Bloodline and cultivates the Taiyang Cold Water Qi, enhancing his physical body and gaining a powerful new attribute for his Qi.
• Zi Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lian patiently wait for Xiao Yuan to emerge from seclusion.

Significant Themes

• Xiao Yuan's relentless pursuit of cultivation and self-improvement.
• The power of his Emperor Realm Soul and its applications.
• The challenges and rewards of cultivating powerful techniques and attributes.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan maintain their close relationship, with Zi Yan supporting Xiao Yuan's seclusion.
• Xiao Yuan's Soul Clone interacts with the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe, learning their battle skills.
• The Ancient Dragon clansmen acknowledge Xiao Yuan's power and refer to him as the Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Yuan sent Cai Lin into seclusion in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, then entered the Void Thunder Pool to absorb Black Demon Lightning and strengthen himself. After a month, he reached the late stage of Two Star Dou Sheng and followed a signal toward the pool’s center, suspecting the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon was there.

• Xiao Yuan gave Cai Lin a Bodhi Saint-Entry Pill and arranged for her to cultivate in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, promising to accompany her back to the Snake-People Tribe after the Soul Clan was dealt with.
• Xiao Yuan entered the depths of the Void Thunder Pool and used his Life and Death Heavenly Talisman and Heavenly Flames to absorb Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Yuan cultivated undisturbed for a month, reaching the late stage of Two Star Dou Sheng and completing his Demon Lightning Body, but he failed to break through to Three Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yuan noticed black lightning arcs pointing toward a dark region at the center of the thunder pool and went to investigate the possible Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon.

Xiao Yuan encountered the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon in the Thunder Sea and helped it gain intelligence after extracting most of its power. He left the newly awakened dragon to explore the world, and it transformed into a young man who called him “Mom.”

• Xiao Yuan approached the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon and endured its golden lightning strike, refining the energy and advancing to Three Star Dou Sheng.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon began gathering intelligence, but its backlash grew too strong despite the Black Demon Lightning sacrificing its energy to help.
• Xiao Yuan offered the dragon a trade, extracted its power, and sealed the lightning into a Dragon Mark on his arm.
• Xiao Yuan planted a Spiritual Energy seed and an Ancient Void Dragon blood Dragon Mark on the weakened dragon, helping it gain intelligence and learn about the world.
• After Xiao Yuan left the Thunder Sea, the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning Dragon transformed into a young man resembling him and awkwardly called him “Mom.”

Xiao Yuan returned to Dragon Island, found Zi Yan had unified the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe, and brought her back to Starfall Pavilion to prepare for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Yuan waking after a night with Qing Lian and giving pill-hungry Zi Yan Rank 8 Pills as snacks.

• Xiao Yuan returned to Dragon Island, praised Zi Yan’s leadership, and revealed that he had advanced to Three Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan joined Xiao Yuan on his return to Central State, and he left a dragon scale carrying his Soul Strength to protect Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yuan introduced Zi Yan to Yao Lao at Starfall Pavilion and gave Yao Lao and Xiao Yan Yellow Springs Demon Saint blood essence and other cultivation resources.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan a Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill and Heaven Rank techniques, leaving Cao Ying envious.
• Qing Lian warmed Xiao Yuan’s bed, teased him about their secret meeting, and kissed him before they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Xiao Yuan gave Zi Yan several bottles of Rank 8 Pills after she asked for Rank 9 Pills to taste.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged in Central State, drawing Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Zi Yan, and powerful factions to the shattered space where it was sealed. The Hall of Souls Master arrived with his allies and planned to wait for the flame to weaken, while Xiao Yuan dismissed him as an opponent who could withstand only three moves.

• Xiao Yuan saw the Heavenly Tide begin, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erupted before he, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao could leave Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Zi Yan traveled to the flame’s location and found that its residual heat had turned a vast mountain range into a desert.
• Xiao Yuan told his group to wait while other factions entered the shattered space first, and experts gathered around the desert.
• The Hall of Souls Master appeared with two figures, recognized Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan, and decided to wait until the flame had spent energy breaking its seal.
• Xiao Yuan said the Hall of Souls Master could withstand three of his moves, and another group arrived as the gathered factions waited.

Xiao Yuan welcomed Huo Xuan and Elder Huo Yao before Xun Er reunited publicly with Xiao Yan as the Ancient and Yan Clans gathered for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the groups prepared to enter the Demon Fire Space, Xiao Yuan agreed to protect the others and target Hun Feng, the Soul Clan’s dangerous heir apparent.

• Huo Xuan arrived with Elder Huo Yao, revealed he had subdued the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and invited Xiao Yuan to visit the Yan Clan.
• Xun Er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Gu Nanhai, then embraced Xiao Yan and told him she was finally free to stay by his side.
• Xiao Yuan impressed Gu Nanhai with his speed and strength, and warned Gu Qingyang that the Hall of Souls Master was a formidable opponent.
• Gu Nanhai explained the Ancient Clan’s plan to keep the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from the Soul Clan and suggested Xiao Yan or Gu Qingyang try to subdue it.
• Gu Nanhai identified Hun Feng as the Soul Clan’s ruthless God Grade Bloodline heir and asked Xiao Yuan to find a chance to eliminate him; Xiao Yuan agreed.

Xiao Yuan and the others waited for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s space to open as the Ancient Clans gathered, then the Medicine Clan’s Yao Wangui provoked Yao Lao over his expulsion. Xiao Yuan sent Xiao Yan after Yao Tian and punched Yao Wangui into the ground, leaving the assembled experts stunned.

• Huo Yao said the Yan Clan wanted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to remain ownerless and remained wary of the Ancient Clan over the Spirit Clan’s disappearance.
• The Thunder Clan and Shi Clan arrived, and later Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wangui came from the Medicine Clan.
• Yao Lao revealed that Yao Wangui had expelled him from the Medicine Clan, and Yao Wangui and Yao Tian mocked him.
• Xiao Yuan challenged the Medicine Clan for insulting Yao Lao and told Xiao Yan to slap Yao Tian.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Yellow Spring Palm at Yao Tian, but Xiao Yuan punched Yao Wangui through the space and into the ground when he moved to intervene.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan defeated Yao Wangui after he insulted Yao Lao, then Xiao Yuan seized Yao Tian and Yao Ling and demanded the Medicine Clan return Yao Lao’s parents’ remains and honor his family. The group prepared to visit the Medicine Clan, while Yao Wanhuo was left shaken by Xiao Yuan’s ability to open a precise passage into the clan’s space.

• Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan struck Yao Wangui down when he tried to intervene, and the hidden Medicine Clan expert rescued Yao Tian from Xiao Yan’s attack.
• Xun Er, Gu Nanhai, and Elder Huo Yao warned Yao Wangui against continuing the fight, while Yao Lao declared that he would claim his parents’ names on the Clan Monument.
• Xiao Yuan froze Yao Tian and Yao Ling, sealed their Dou Qi, and defeated Yao Wangui before sending him through a spatial passage as a hostage.
• Xiao Yuan demanded that the Medicine Clan Chief bring the Clan Monument and Yao Lao’s parents’ remains to Starfall Pavilion in exchange for Yao Tian and Yao Ling, whom he sent there with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan promised to accompany Yao Lao to the Medicine Clan, and Yao Wanhuo was stunned when Yao Wangui emerged from a passage into the Medicine Clan Space.

Xiao Yuan entered the Demon Fire Space, rescued Yao Lao and Zi Yan from the illusions created by Nightmare Sky Mist, and reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er. As the group faced a gate leading deeper into the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain, thousands of Fire Slaves appeared and charged them.

• Xiao Yuan entered the milky-white ring with Zi Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and the others, then found himself trapped in an illusion-filled mist.
• Xiao Yuan used a soul-strengthened shout to awaken Yao Lao before the demonic fire could consume him.
• Xiao Yuan found Zi Yan engulfed in flames, drew the flames away, and led her and Yao Lao out of the mist.
• Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er at a platform before a huge white gate and learned that the mist was the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Gu Nanhai explained that the group had to follow the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s path through the gate, while Xiao Yuan considered learning Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Thousands of Fire Slaves emerged from cracks in the space and surged toward Xiao Yuan and the others.

Xiao Yuan and his companions fought through the Fire Slaves and freed Xiao Chen, an ancient Xiao Clan expert, from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control. At the altar, Xiao Yuan saw through the Flame’s illusion and confronted it over the Demon Fire Source.

• Xiao Yuan led the group through successive halls of increasingly powerful Fire Slaves until they encountered Xiao Chen, a four-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yuan recognized Xiao Chen, removed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and told him the Xiao Clan had fallen and Xiao Xuan was dead.
• Xiao Chen grieved for Xiao Xuan, then agreed to guide Xiao Yuan and the others to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The group climbed to an altar, where a white-robed figure offered the Demon Fire Source only if they could defeat him.
• Xiao Yuan identified the scene as an illusion and accused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of inheriting the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s techniques.

Xiao Yuan shattered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist illusion, freeing the trapped experts and revealing the true Demonic Flame. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed the space and began refining everyone, leaving Xiao Yuan’s group facing ten powerful Dou Sheng Fire Slaves.

• Xiao Yan explained that the group was still trapped in the Nightmare Sky Mist illusion, and Xiao Yuan used his Emperor Realm Soul to destroy the false space.
• Xiao Yuan and the others emerged above a magma sea, and the people trapped on nearby boulders were pulled out as well.
• The true Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared and erased the Space Channel before trapping everyone inside four enormous curtains of fire.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame triggered explosions among the crowd, killing most of the Dou Zun experts and leaving the survivors in terror.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves, including one with late Three Star Dou Sheng strength.

Xiao Yuan exposed Soul Demon Old Man’s disguise, prompting the Danta Ancestor to reveal himself and confront Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The Danta Ancestor damaged the flame’s Demon Fire Divine Statue, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began activating the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.

• Hun Miesheng urged the gathered experts to join forces against Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Xiao Yuan challenged him over a hidden late Five Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yuan struck at Hun Miesheng, then redirected his punch toward the disguised Soul Demon Old Man; Xiao Chen helped him withstand the elder’s counterattack.
• Soul Demon Old Man revealed his identity and called out the Danta Ancestor, who appeared riding a green ox in the form of a child.
• The Danta Ancestor confronted Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and said he would hold him until the seal repaired itself, while Soul Demon Old Man refused to help.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a Demon Fire Divine Statue and attacked the Danta Ancestor, who melted much of it with Pill Fusion Heaven.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame released countless fire threads across the Demon Fire Space and summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.

The Purification Lotus Demon Fire activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, trapping the gathered experts and attacking them. Xiao Yan’s body awakened the Purification Lotus Demon Saint, who protected the group and helped Xiao Yuan destroy three Soul Clan members’ souls, leaving the Demon Fire horrified at his return.

• The Purification Lotus Demon Fire revealed that he controlled the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s Sealing Grand Array and shattered the Space Channel, preventing everyone from escaping.
• As Xiao Yan’s mind reacted to the formation, Xiao Yuan said the ancient presence within him would awaken, while the other factions gathered around Xiao Yuan for protection.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Fire unleashed the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation against the Danta Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man, but a barrier around Xiao Yuan’s group protected them from the blast.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared through Xiao Yan, seized Soul Demon Old Man, Hun Miesheng, and Hun Feng, and allowed Xiao Yuan to annihilate their souls.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint faced the Purification Lotus Demon Fire, who recognized him and roared in disbelief that he was alive.

Xiao Yuan joined the Purification Lotus Demon Saint in confronting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xun Er stayed behind with him. After revealing his Emperor Realm Soul and powering up to the Five Star Dou Sheng level, Xiao Yuan launched three powerful attacks, leaving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame shaken.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, but the Purification Lotus Demon Saint froze its blasts and reclaimed control of it.
• As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed a world-destroying explosion, the Purification Lotus Demon Saint opened a Space Channel and ordered everyone to escape.
• Xun Er refused to leave Xiao Yuan, and he sent the others through the channel before it disappeared.
• Xiao Yuan activated several secret methods and defenses, raised his aura to the Five Star Dou Sheng level, and revealed his Emperor Realm Soul.
• After the Purification Lotus Demon Saint asked Xiao Yuan to attack, Xiao Yuan unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal, and Three Yang Profound Fire Talisman, alarming the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yuan erased the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness and left Xiao Yan and Xun Er to refine its source together. He then traveled with the Yan Clan members to the Flame Realm, while Xiao Yan’s struggle to withstand the Demon Fire pushed Xun Er to join him in the flames.

• Xiao Yuan used his soul attack and other techniques to erase the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness, leaving behind its Demon Fire Source.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint entered the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yuan sent Xiao Yan and Xun Er to refine the Demon Fire together before departing.
• Xiao Yuan reassured Gu Nanhai that Xun Er was safe, then left for the Yan Clan with Elder Huo Yao, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi.
• After reaching the Flame Realm, Xiao Yuan left to deal with matters there while Xiao Yan’s body began failing under the Demon Fire’s overwhelming power.
• Xun Er entered the flames and embraced Xiao Yan, intending to help him refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame together.