Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan helped Bai Ya evolve into a Half-Saint, then ordered Qing Lin to drain She Ya and Huo Yan after they refused his offer. Meanwhile, Phoenix Palace and Thunder Venerable attacked Starfall Pavilion’s elders and threatened Xiao Yan, leaving the pavilion in grave danger.

• Bai Ya’s strength surged to Half-Saint after Xiao Yan’s intervention, and Xiao Yan ordered Qing Lin to restrain She Ya and Huo Yan.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to drain She Ya and Huo Yan, advancing to Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Yun Yun was in trouble, and he immediately agreed to go to her.
• Thunder Venerable intercepted Starfall Pavilion’s elders, maimed several of them, and Phoenix Palace appeared as a Half-Saint.
• Phoenix Palace severed the elders’ arms and threatened to kill one person each day unless Xiao Yan came to face him, while Thunder Venerable vowed to destroy Starfall Pavilion.
• A surviving elder rushed to warn Venerable Yao and Venerable Feng as a sinister voice in the void plotted to worsen Starfall Pavilion’s troubles.

Yun Yun fought Hua Jin and the Demon Flower Evil Lord after they demanded the Dou Qi Hua Yu had passed on to her. She was wounded and driven back, and the chapter ended as a pitch-black shadow crashed down from above.

• Hua Jin and the Demon Flower Evil Lord challenged Yun Yun to surrender Hua Yu's sealed Dou Qi, and Yun Yun agreed to fight them both.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord and Hua Jin attacked together, while Yun Yun countered with her wind-based Dou Techniques.
• Yun Yun's Meteor Kill pierced Hua Jin's right arm, prompting the Demon Flower Evil Lord to unleash the Divine Feather Holy Light Art.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord's attack covered Yun Yun in wounds, and Hua Jin struck her before reaching for the Dou Qi in her lower abdomen.
• A pitch-black shadow crashed down from the sky as Hua Jin attacked Yun Yun.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Flower Sect, defeated Demon Flower Evil Lord and Hua Jin, and helped Yun Yun officially become sect leader. After giving Yun Yun a pill and discussing Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan went to the sect’s outskirts, where Demon Flower Evil Lord returned seeking revenge.

• Xiao Yan caught Demon Flower Evil Lord’s blade, shattered his fan, and repeatedly struck him until he crushed him into the arena.
• Xiao Yan sent Hua Jin flying but stopped short of killing her when Yun Yun asked him to spare her; he took the Flower Sect Leader’s token before Hua Jin and Demon Flower Evil Lord fled.
• Xiao Yan urged Yun Yun to take responsibility for the Flower Sect, and the Grand Elder confirmed her succession as sect leader.
• Xiao Yan removed the seal in Yun Yun’s body and gave her a Nine-Pattern Venerable Zenith Pill, then told her that Nalan Yanran was doing well in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan went to a mountain peak with Qing Lin, where Demon Flower Evil Lord returned and challenged him with the backing of his Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Xiao Yan revealed that he was a peak Nine Star Dou Zun and turned the Heavenly Underworld Sect and Soul Hall forces’ ambush against them. Bai Ya then appeared to protect Qing Lin and killed the Sixth Celestial Venerable, leaving the remaining enemies facing Xiao Yan’s overwhelming power.

• Senluo Demon Venerable arrived and threatened Xiao Yan, then summoned the Sixth and Seventh Celestial Venerables of the Soul Hall.
• The Sixth Celestial Venerable trapped Xiao Yan with a spatial attack, but Xiao Yan reversed it and revealed his peak Nine Star Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Yan used his command of space to crush Senluo Demon Venerable and redirect the Seventh Celestial Venerable’s attack, killing him.
• The Sixth Celestial Venerable seized Qing Lin to threaten Xiao Yan, but Bai Ya appeared in her Saint-Eyed Heavenly Serpent form.
• Bai Ya grabbed the Sixth Celestial Venerable and crushed his head, killing him.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion as the Soul Hall’s forces attacked, and he fought off their Celestial Venerables and Venerable Elders. As Xiao Yan took repeated blows, Yao Lao urged Venerable Feng to wait a little longer.

• Xiao Yan killed Demon Flower Evil Lord and Hua Jin with a palm strike after leaving the Flower Sect.
• Blood Underworld Celestial Venerable led four Celestial Venerables and thirteen Dou Zuns to surround Starfall Pavilion and demand Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Feng prepared to defend Starfall Pavilion, but Blood Underworld Celestial Venerable sent Xiong Zhan flying with a casual strike.
• Xiao Yan appeared at Starfall Pavilion as a Nine-Star Dou Zun and attacked the Soul Hall forces surrounding him.
• Xiao Yan killed a Venerable Elder and used a lightning formation plate to strike another elder and an Eight-Star Dou Zun Celestial Venerable.
• Two Celestial Venerables struck Xiao Yan from opposite sides, while Yao Lao told Venerable Feng to wait a little longer.

Xiao Yan appeared to die while fighting the Soul Hall, but his body exploded and revealed that the fallen fighter had only been a clone. He returned unharmed after the Soul Hall lost three Heavenly Venerates and six Venerable Elders to the battle.

• Three Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates attacked Xiao Yan with chains, but he killed the Fifth Celestial Venerable with repeated Eight Extremes Collapse strikes.
• The Fourth Celestial Venerable tried to seize Xiao Yan's soul body, but Xiao Yan killed him with the four layered Emperor Seal Skills.
• Dozens of chains pierced Xiao Yan, and the onlookers believed his life force had vanished.
• Xiao Yan's body exploded, killing several nearby Soul Hall Venerable Elders and injuring others.
• As the Soul Hall prepared to attack Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan stepped out of distorted space and revealed that they had killed only his clone.

Xiao Yan revealed that the Soul Hall had killed only his Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body, then overwhelmed its forces with his Saint Rank Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flame Fire Lotus. He killed Blood Underworld Celestial Venerable before the Hall of Souls Great Celestial Venerable attacked, but Bai Ya intervened to protect him.

• Xiao Yan appeared alive beside his Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body, exposing that the Soul Hall had sacrificed three Celestial Venerables and six Venerable Elders to destroy his avatar.
• Blood Underworld Celestial Venerable attacked Xiao Yan, who crushed his fist and arm with his superior Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Soul Hall's escape route with a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, then killed several Venerable Elders with his Black Ruler.
• Hall of Souls Great Celestial Venerable arrived and tried to make Xiao Yan spare Blood Underworld Celestial Venerable, but Xiao Yan killed him before the Great Celestial Venerable could finish speaking.
• Great Celestial Venerable attacked Xiao Yan with a massive Dou Qi hand, but Bai Ya blocked the strike with a beam from the eye on his forehead.

Xiao Yan gathered Bai Ya, Little Purple, and the Qing Hua Two Immortals to face Great Celestial Venerable, who summoned the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master's projection. Several Dou Saint projections then intervened to protect Xiao Yan, leaving Soul Hall's representative suppressed and Xiao Yan agreeing to visit Eastern Dragon Island that night.

• Qing Lin reached Xiao Yan as Great Celestial Venerable prepared to attack, and Xiao Yan called Little Purple to join him and Bai Ya.
• Xiao Yan used the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame to raise his strength, while the Qing Hua Two Immortals arrived to protect him at the Flower Sect's new leader's request.
• Great Celestial Venerable summoned the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master's projection, whose attack the four Half Saints struggled to repel.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor appeared, followed by projections from the Pill Tower, Spirit Clan, Ancient Clan, and Eastern Dragon Island, and they confronted the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master.
• Ling Zong and Gu Lin declared they would protect Xiao Yan, while Qing Shan told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan wanted him to visit Eastern Dragon Island that night; Xiao Yan agreed.

After the Soul Hall retreated, Xiao Yan learned that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion had maimed Starfall Pavilion elders and charged into the Wind and Thunder World to rescue them. His Emperor Flame overwhelmed Phoenix Palace’s Red Lotus Karma Fire as Xiao Yan vowed to burn the entire world.

• The Soul Hall withdrew after Gu Lin warned it to keep its hands off the Xiao Clan, while the other allies departed and Xiao Yan promised Green Mountain Elder he would visit Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan saw that the Sixth Elder had lost an arm and learned the Wind and Thunder Pavilion had attacked Starfall Pavilion elders, so he flew alone toward the Wind and Thunder World.
• Phoenix Palace tormented Fang Chen, crushed his remaining hand, and revealed that he possessed the Red Lotus Karma Fire; two elders tried to attack him but were badly injured.
• Xiao Yan entered the Wind and Thunder World, rescued several Starfall Pavilion elders, and began to leave, but Phoenix Palace tried to stop him.
• The Emperor Flame surged into the Wind and Thunder World and extinguished Phoenix Palace’s Red Lotus Karma Fire as Xiao Yan declared he would burn the world.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Wind and Thunder World and battled Phoenix Palace, a Half-Saint of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After unleashing a Fire Lotus made from powerful Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan brought Phoenix Palace down, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Xiao Yan's Emperor Flame burned away the Wind and Thunder World, killing Thunder Venerable and forcing Phoenix Palace to escape.
• Xiao Yan used the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, the Five Round Li Fire Method, and his lightning clone to fight Phoenix Palace.
• Phoenix Palace summoned his Heavenly Phoenix True Body and armor, but Xiao Yan revealed the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Phoenix Palace tried to flee Xiao Yan's Fire Lotus, then burned his Demon Phoenix Blood Essence to strengthen himself and form a shield.
• Xiao Yan's Fire Lotus shattered Phoenix Palace's shield and armor, and Phoenix Palace fell into a crater.

After Xiao Yan defeated Phoenix Palace and strengthened Starfall Pavilion, he traveled to Eastern Dragon Island, where Zhu Li offered him the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and revealed the locations of three surviving Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan also received a skeleton inscribed with a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, leaving him with new opportunities to grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan absorbed Phoenix Palace's Red Lotus Karma Fire, stabilized his strength at Three-Star Dou Zun, and gave Starfall Pavilion's elders healing pills and Nine-Pattern Venerable Zenith Pills.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin, Little Purple, and Xiong Zhan to Eastern Dragon Island, where Zi Yan reunited with him as a Half-Saint and Zhu Li welcomed them.
• Zi Yan showed Xiao Yan the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which could help her become a true king-class magical beast, and Zhu Li asked him to help her digest it.
• Zhu Li gave Xiao Yan a map to the hidden Red Lotus Karma Fire, Yin-Yang Dual Flame, and Three Thousand Burning Flame, which had survived in shifting void space.
• Zhu Li gave Xiao Yan a Dou Sheng skeleton bearing the Great Heaven Creation Palm, which Zi Yan had found in the Beast Domain.

Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan begin absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while Zhu Li arranged cultivation opportunities for Xiong Zhan, Qing Lin, and Little Purple. Meanwhile, Rain Sword Venerable saved Jia Nan Academy from the Three Demons of Scorching Flame and revealed that Xiao Yan had become a Nine Star Dou Zun.

• Zhu Li directed Xiong Zhan and Qing Lin to the Dragon Transformation Pool and told Little Purple to seek recognition from the Lion King Graveyard.
• Xiao Yan used the Volcanic Rock Flame and then the Emperor Flame to melt the crystalline energy surrounding Zi Yan after she swallowed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Rain Sword Venerable arrived near Jia Nan Academy as the Three Demons of Scorching Flame attacked it to seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Rain Sword Venerable destroyed the Three Demons of Scorching Flame with a single sword strike, saving Qian Bai Duo and Jia Nan Academy.
• Rain Sword Venerable told the stunned academy that Xiao Yan was now a Nine Star Dou Zun and Central State’s most famous monster.

Rain Sword Venerable learned that powerful sects were razing empires across the Northwest Territory, while the Jia Ma Empire faced demands from the Flowing Cloud Sect and an imminent attack by the Lion Nether Sect. As Lou Yi threatened to seize the empire’s resources and take its women, Blood Lion crashed into the palace, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Rain Sword Venerable heard that secluded sects had begun destroying empires across the Northwest Territory, including the Mu Lan Empire.
• Xiao Zhan advised Jia Xing Tian and the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders to yield resources to the Flowing Cloud Sect and hold out until Xiao Yan returned.
• Lou Yi demanded the Xiao Family leave its home and ordered the Jia Ma Empire to surrender most of its income to the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• Lou Yi named Yao Ye, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Ya Fei as women the Flowing Cloud Sect’s young sect master wanted to recruit.
• Lou Yi threatened Xiao Zhan and insulted his daughter-in-law, then Blood Lion crashed bloodied into the palace.

The Rain Sword Venerable arrived in the Jia Ma Empire, revealed Xiao Yan’s immense strength and delivered forces and a pill on his behalf. He ordered Lou Yi to return to the Flowing Cloud Sect and bring back its young sect master’s corpse within two hours, while the Nalan Family regretted losing its ties to Xiao Yan.

• The Rain Sword Venerable identified himself as Xiao Yan’s disciple and explained that he had come to protect the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Rain Sword Venerable revealed that Xiao Yan had refined dozens of Dou Zun puppets and an Eighth Grade Peak pill for Medusa.
• The Rain Sword Venerable said Xiao Yan had been a Nine Star Dou Zun when he left, shocking the gathered Jia Ma and Nalan families.
• The Rain Sword Venerable ordered Lou Yi to deliver his young sect master’s corpse to the Flowing Cloud Sect’s gates within two hours, then cut off Lou Yi’s arms and sent him away.
• The Rain Sword Venerable recounted Xiao Yan’s deeds in Central State as the Nalan Family lamented that Xiao Yan had not become their son-in-law.

While Xiao Yan refined the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer, he gained Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor and received the Nihility Devouring Flame, advancing to Four-Star Dou Zun. As the other three Ancient Void Dragon islands threatened Zi Yan and Eastern Dragon Island, Xiao Yan struck Qing Yan before he could enter the stone hall.

• Xiao Yan refined the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer, developed Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, and broke through to Four-Star Dou Zun after receiving the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan failed to merge the Nihility Devouring Flame into his Emperor Flame and told Zi Yan that she would awaken with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and most of the Emperor Flame's energy.
• Xia Ao, Man Yan, and Qing Yan arrived with their armies and demanded to see the Little Dragon Emperor, while Zhu Li and Qi You accused them of trying to interrupt Zi Yan's absorption of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Qing Yan's force overwhelmed Zhu Li, Qi You, and the Eastern Dragon Guards, and Qing Yan advanced toward the stone hall to seize Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan rushed out and punched Qing Yan across the face, sending him flying and warning him not to expect to see the Dragon Emperor whenever he pleased.

Xiao Yan defeated the Three Armies with his Heavenly Flames and killed Qing Yan after sparing the retreating forces. Zi Yan revealed her royal bloodline as the Dragon Emperor, proclaimed her intent to reclaim the Three Great Dragon Kings’ royal blood, and warned that they would likely unite against her.

• Man Yan gathered the Three Armies’ Dragon Qi to unleash the Golden Dragon True Flame Skill, but Xiao Yan destroyed the attack with his twin Heavenly Flames.
• Man Yan, Xia Ao, and the Three Armies formed a saint shield, which Xiao Yan’s flames shattered and overwhelmed.
• Zhu Li urged Xiao Yan not to kill the dragon guards, so Man Yan and Xia Ao withdrew their forces; Xiao Yan then killed Qing Yan with the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Zi Yan manifested as a purple-golden dragon with an Ancient Dragon Body and Heavenly Phoenix Wings, and the dragon guards knelt to welcome her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan declared that she would reclaim the royal bloodline from the Three Great Dragon Kings, while Zhu Li warned that they would likely join forces against her.

Xiao Yan found and refined two Heavenly Flames in the Wild Beast Plains, then rescued Old Man Huo and recruited him into Starfall Pavilion. After returning to the pavilion, Xiao Yan was surprised and delighted by the arrival of a mysterious woman.

• Xiao Yan sensed Yin-Yang Dual Flame and Mysterious Yellow Flame in the Wild Beast Plains and refined both, advancing from Four-Star to Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan recognized Old Man Huo among the men pursuing him, killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect Elders, and saved him with the Phoenix Palace puppet.
• Old Man Huo gave Xiao Yan the promised Tianxuan Star Sand and agreed to join Starfall Pavilion after Xiao Yan promised to protect him from the Heavenly Underworld Sect and its allies.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Old Man Huo, where Venerable Feng remarked on Old Man Huo joining the pavilion.
• A cold yet seductive figure appeared, and Xiao Yan was overjoyed to see her.

After Medusa was injured by the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Xiao Yan vowed to destroy it and helped her evolve into the Netherworld Star Python. The sect rejected his demand to disband, and Xiao Yan announced an attack as experts gathered to watch.

• Medusa told Xiao Yan that Yi Chen and Elder Qiu had attacked her and destroyed her puppet, so Xiao Yan ordered the Heavenly Underworld Sect to deliver Yi Chen's corpse or face destruction.
• Yao Lao revealed that the final fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map had appeared and that the Space Trading Fair would begin the next day.
• Xiao Yan used the Life Spirit Flame to help Medusa survive a lightning tribulation and evolve into the Netherworld Star Python.
• The Heavenly Underworld Sect demanded Starfall Pavilion disband, and Xiao Yan announced he would destroy the sect in three hours.
• News of Xiao Yan's challenge spread across Central State, drawing spectators including leaders from Burning Flame Valley and Sound Valley.
• Tian Mingzi crushed his teacup and ordered Yi Chen to summon the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon from seclusion.

Xiao Yan attacked the Heavenly Underworld Sect, killed Tian Mingzi, and shocked the gathered experts by overpowering Heavenly Underworld Old Demon in a direct clash. The Old Demon challenged Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan unleashed his own to prove the gap in their power did not apply to him.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Palace with a Six-Colored Fire Lotus and arrived before Tian Mingzi and the gathered spectators.
• Xiao Yan defeated Tian Mingzi with one Great Heaven Creation Palm, revealing that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon stopped Xiao Yan from finishing Tian Mingzi, but Xiao Yan used the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body to evade him and killed Tian Mingzi.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon attacked with the Heavenly Underworld Palm, but Xiao Yan met it with the Great Heaven Creation Palm and forced him to retreat.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon questioned how Xiao Yan's Dou Qi could surpass his, and Xiao Yan released his Dou Qi to challenge him again.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, but Soul Hall's Bone Nether and another Half-Saint arrived to join the fight. After revealing Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Yan shattered the three enemies' attacks and struck them down, declaring his intention to destroy Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan burned away Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's Dou Qi and forced him to retreat.
• Bone Nether arrived with another Half-Saint and warned the gathered powers against opposing Soul Hall, displaying Golden Peng Saint's sword as proof that Soul Hall had killed him.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, Bone Nether, and the other Half-Saint attacked Xiao Yan together, but he burned their attacks with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan punched all three Half-Saints, breaking their Ten Thousand Souls Bone Armor and sending them flying.
• Xiao Yan declared that he had come to destroy Soul Hall.