Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan drove off Ling Quan and killed Earth Demon Old Ghost with the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, revealing that he had reached the seven-star Dou Zong level. Ling Quan and his guards left for the Ancient Clan after Xiao Yan warned them not to let anyone trouble Xun Er.

• Xiao Yan slapped Ling Quan and sent him crashing through several rockeries, but Ling Quan used a life-force-consuming Secret Technique to raise his power to an eight-star Dou Emperor.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived at Jia Nan Academy and demanded that Su Qian hand over Xiao Yan, while Ling Quan declared that he would not interfere.
• Xiao Yan attacked Earth Demon Old Ghost with the Five Round Li Fire Method, and his black flame wolf spirit pierced the old ghost’s blood-colored ice and annihilated him.
• Ling Quan questioned Xiao Yan about possessing the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and Xiao Yan spared him because he was one of Xun Er’s clansmen.
• Xiao Yan revealed his seven-star Dou Zong aura and warned Ling Quan to ensure no one made things difficult for Xun Er before he went to the Ancient Clan.

After defeating Earth Demon Old Ghost, Xiao Yan traveled with Xin Lan toward Demon Flame Valley and discovered that Soul Hall had slaughtered the Black-Corner Region to harvest souls. He killed Iron Protector’s group, claimed Demon Flame Valley’s treasures, and found a flame-fusion technique that might let him create a powerful new Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Xin Lan return her family to the Pill Tower after learning about the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then left for Demon Flame Valley with her and his companions.
• Xiao Yan and the others found the Black-Corner Region littered with corpses whose souls had been harvested by Soul Hall.
• Iron Protector and his men slaughtered Demon Flame Valley’s Elders and disciples, but Xiao Yan attacked and killed them, while Little Purple stopped a fleeing Elder from sending word to Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan entered Demon Flame Valley’s treasure vault and collected its medicinal herbs, Dou Techniques, and cultivation methods for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan discovered the Flame Manipulation Art, a technique for fusing flames, and considered combining weaker Heavenly Flames to create one as powerful as or stronger than Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.

After reaching Tianya City, Xiao Yan fused the Mysterious Yellow Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame and then received the unprecedented Six Paths Reincarnation Flame. He discovered that the new flame could seal an area and greatly slow everyone inside, leaving him confident it would become a powerful tool across the continent.

• Xiao Yan gave Shopkeeper Yao an Emperor Rank Pill and a Storage Ring containing treasures, a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and a Sea Heart Flame Fire Seed to deliver to the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled to Tianya City to use the Luo Family's Space Wormhole, then rested at an inn until midnight.
• Xiao Yan fused the Mysterious Yellow Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame, creating a stronger Heavenly Flame that retained and improved the Mysterious Yellow Flame's effect on mental strength.
• Xiao Yan claimed the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame, which Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable confirmed was unknown to the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and his Flame Mantra advanced to the Quasi-Saint Rank.
• Xiao Yan found that the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame sealed space and slowed everyone within it, briefly freezing the inn's diners before releasing them.

Xiao Yan and his companions confronted the Luo Family after Zi Yan killed a horse belonging to the family’s arrogant young miss and Xiao Yi Xian struck her. The Luo Family Old Ancestor arrived and attacked, leaving Xiao Yan to face him.

• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Space Wormhole and found Han Yue being threatened by the red-clad Luo Family young miss.
• Zi Yan crushed the young miss’s Flame Colt and kicked her after she demanded that Zi Yan kneel.
• Xiao Yi Xian threatened the young miss, and Xiao Yan sent the two Luo Family elders flying with a casual palm strike.
• The red-clad young miss summoned her grandfather, and the Luo Family Old Ancestor appeared and attacked Xiao Yan’s group.

Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Luo Family after Luo Xiao Yao provoked them, then entered the Space Wormhole with a ship she provided. When Luo Xiao Yao sabotaged the ship to trigger a Space Storm, Xiao Yan survived and killed her, leaving the Luo Family in chaos.

• Zi Yan shattered the Luo Family Old Ancestor’s attack and defeated him, while Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan revealed their Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Yan forced Luo Xiao Yao to slap herself, and she apologized before offering the group a Space Ship to speed their journey.
• Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong with the ship, covered its hull with the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame, and boarded it with his companions and Han Yue.
• A Space Worm emerged from the ship and triggered a Space Storm inside the passage, prompting Xiao Yan to counter it with his flame.
• Luo Xiao Yao admitted she had planted Space Worm eggs in the ship, but Xiao Yan appeared and killed her with a streak of black fire.

Xiao Yan arrived in Tianbei City with his companions and learned that the Tianshan Blood Pool could temper his Soul Power. When Zi Yan insisted they help Han Yue’s family, they followed her to the Han Family, where Hong Chen used his Wind and Thunder Pavilion backing to pressure the clan into marrying Han Yue and Han Xue to him.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Tianbei City, where Han Yue parted ways with them without explaining her troubles.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the Tianshan Blood Pool would soon erupt and could temper his Soul Power.
• Zi Yan persuaded Xiao Yan to follow Han Yue and help the Han Family, while she sensed an increasingly strong presence calling to her.
• Hong Chen demanded that Han Chi marry both Han Yue and Han Xue to him, then threatened the Han Family with support from the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion.
• Han Chi warned Hong Chen that the Han Family had ties to the Burning Flame Valley, but Hong Chen revealed that his men had already dealt with the Han Family’s messenger.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Han Family as Hong Li and the Hong Family threatened Han Yue and demanded that she and Han Xue marry Hong Chen. He killed Hong Chen, Hong Mu, Hong Lie, and Hong Li, then learned the conflict involved the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion and welcomed a confrontation with its Dou Zun.

• Hong Li gave Han Chi three minutes to accept Hong Chen marrying both Han Yue and Han Xue, while Hong Lie held Han Yue captive.
• Xiao Yan arrived and mocked the Hong Family, then killed Hong Chen with a single blow after Hong Chen struck him.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Zong strength and killed Hong Mu, Hong Lie, and Hong Li as the Han Family watched in shock.
• Zi Yan and the others joined Xiao Yan, and Han Yue warned him that the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion backed the Hong Family.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to face the pavilion's Dou Zun and hoped the fight would not disappoint him.

Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun attacked the Han Family after Hong Chen and several Hong Family elites died, using the deaths as a pretext to seize the Han Family’s mines. As Han Fei prepared to self-destruct, an unknown speaker claimed responsibility and challenged Hong Tianxiao.

• Shen Yun assured Hong Tianxiao that the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion would support the Hong Family’s takeover of Tianbei City, and Hong Tianxiao promised it half the profits from the Han Family’s mines.
• Hong Chen’s tablet shattered, followed by the tablets of Hong Lie, Hong Mu, and Hong Li, and then Hong Tianxiao’s Soul Jade Token cracked.
• Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun led the Hong Family to the Han Family estate, where Hong Tianxiao accused Han Fei of killing Hong Chen and the others.
• Hong Tianxiao and Han Fei fought above Tianbei City, while Shen Yun prepared to join the battle.
• Han Fei prepared to self-destruct, but an indifferent voice claimed to have killed Hong Tianxiao’s son and grandson and challenged him to seek revenge.

Xiao Yan slaughtered the Hong Family’s fighters and defeated Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun with overwhelming speed and strength. As Shen Yun marked him with the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s Blood Thunder Mark and prepared to attack again, Zi Yan intervened.

• Xiao Yan destroyed Hong Chen’s corpse, then revealed his Dou Zong strength and killed a Hong Family Dou Wang while evading Hong Tianxiao’s attacks.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to kill more Hong Family fighters, prompting Shen Yun to accuse him of stealing the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s secret art.
• Xiao Yan wiped out the remaining Hong Family members besides Hong Tianxiao, then defeated Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun without using a Dou Technique.
• Shen Yun branded Xiao Yan with the Blood Thunder Mark and prepared Thunder Pearls as he and Hong Tianxiao planned to attack together.
• Zi Yan flew into the air and struck at the two Dou Zongs with both fists.

Xiao Yan killed Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun, discovered that Shen Yun carried one quarter of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body, and left the Han Family with his companions. He then sent Xiao Yi Xian and the others toward the Tianshan Blood Pool while heading to Tianbei City, as the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion dispatched three elders to investigate Shen Yun’s death.

• Zi Yan killed Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun with two punches, and Xiao Yan found a quarter of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body on Shen Yun.
• Xiao Yan told Han Yue he would bear responsibility for Shen Yun’s Blood Thunder Mark, then left the Han Family with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Xiao Yan tested his spatial abilities with the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame and sent Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Xin Lan toward the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yan flew toward the Heaven Stone Stage in Tianbei City, hoping to meet the three elders Wind, Thunder, and Lightning.
• After Elder Yun’s Soul Thunder Tablet shattered, the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion ordered the three elders to investigate and capture whoever killed him.

Xiao Yan displayed the corpses of Hong Can, Hong Tianxiao, and Shen Yun on Heaven Stone Stage, shocking Tianbei City and drawing the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion's attention. As three Dou Zong elders confronted him, Xiao Yan had just absorbed the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame into his Emperor Flame and calmly crushed Elder Feng's lightning attack.

• Xiao Yan walked onto Heaven Stone Stage as Song Lin and Lü Tao sparred, then threw Hong Can's corpse onto the platform.
• Xiao Yan produced the corpses of Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun, terrifying the crowd and driving Song Lin and Lü Tao from the stage.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame into the Emperor Flame, bringing its total to six Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Feng, Elder Lei, and Elder Dian of the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion arrived above Heaven Stone Stage.
• Elder Feng attacked Xiao Yan with a lightning python, and Xiao Yan crushed it with one hand without moving.

Xiao Yan fought the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion Elders after they tried to force him to return with them for cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Movement. He shattered their Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation and trapped the Elders and their reinforcements on Heaven Stone Stage, preparing to kill them.

• The three Elders recognized Xiao Yan's Three Thousand Lightning Movement and declared that he had to die, while Xiao Yan challenged their claim over techniques inherited from the Xiao Clan.
• Elder Feng and the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion experts formed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation around Heaven Stone Stage and demanded that Xiao Yan surrender or die.
• Elder Feng gathered the formation's power and unleashed Lightning God Extinguishing Light, but Xiao Yan's Emperor Flame shattered the thunder dragon and broke through the Elders' lightning barrier.
• The three Elders threw Thunder Beads and tried to flee as their experts attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Six Paths Reincarnation Flame froze them all in place.
• Xiao Yan drew the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, killed a Dou Huang expert, and announced that it was time to beat the dogs.

Xiao Yan wiped out the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion experts in Tianbei City and collected the remaining scrolls for the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body, though he still lacked the cultivation method. He then rescued Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan from Ice River Valley’s attackers and faced the Dou Zun Tian Shuangzi, ending with a Fire Lotus blast aimed at him.

• Xiao Yan killed the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion experts and Elders, then combined the four scrolls but could not find the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body’s cultivation method.
• The witnesses in Tianbei City realized Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun, while Han Chi and Han Fei regretted not supporting him earlier.
• Xiao Yan arrived in a valley and found Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Little Purple wounded under attack by Ice River Valley’s experts.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Ice River Valley wanted to take her because of her Woeful Poison Body, and he attacked the group after they refused to explain themselves.
• Tian She summoned the Dou Zun Tian Shuangzi, who dismissed Xiao Yan as an eight-star Dou Zong, but Xiao Yan launched a Fire Lotus formed from Emperor Flame and Eight Desolations Destruction Flame at him.

Xiao Yan killed Tian She and four other Ice River Valley Dou Zong Elders with a Fire Lotus, then attacked Ice River Valley’s Great Hall and left Tian Shuangzi gravely wounded and the hall destroyed. Ice Venerable went after Xiao Yan, while members of the Ancient Void Dragon clan arrived and said they had found their Miss.

• Xiao Yan’s two-Heavenly-Flame Fire Lotus overwhelmed Tian She and the other Dou Zong Elders, and he killed them after they crashed to the ground.
• Tian Shuangzi escaped to Ice River Valley’s Great Hall, where he told Ice Venerable that a Dou Zong using fused Heavenly Flames had injured him.
• Two more Fire Lotuses appeared in the hall; Ice Venerable contained one, but the other devastated the hall, leaving Tian Shuangzi’s upper body destroyed and the Elders dead or wounded.
• Ice Venerable left the ruined hall to pursue Xiao Yan, while several Ancient Void Dragon clan figures arrived and announced that they had found their Miss.

Xiao Yan and his companions were cornered by Ice Venerable, Thunder Venerable, and Qinghai Venerable, who demanded his technique and Heavenly Flames. As Qinghai began crushing Zi Yan’s throat, an unknown elder seized his shoulder and challenged him.

• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yi Xian he would protect her, then confronted Ice Venerable as the pursuers blocked their escape.
• Zi Yan attacked Ice Venerable, who struck her down, and Xiao Yan formed a dangerous Fire Lotus from four Heavenly Flame Sources and Emperor Flame.
• Thunder Venerable arrived, demanded Xiao Yan’s technique and Heavenly Flames, and joined forces with Ice Venerable.
• Qinghai Venerable appeared with ten Soul Hall subordinates, and the three Dou Zuns used spatial power to trap Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan attacked Qinghai Venerable to protect Xiao Yan, but he seized her throat until an unknown elder grabbed his shoulder.

The gray-robed elder revealed that Zi Yan was the Dragon Emperor’s daughter and brought powerful Ancient Void Dragon elders to protect her. After Xiao Yan agreed to let Zi Yan return with them, Zi Yan demanded that they kill Qinghai Venerable, Ice Venerable, and Thunder Venerable, and the elders captured two while the third fled into a spatial passage.

• The gray-robed elder arrived, stopped Qinghai Venerable from harming Zi Yan, and identified her as the Dragon Emperor’s child.
• The gray-robed elder revealed his Ancient Void Dragon form, shocking Ice Venerable, Thunder Venerable, and Xiao Yan with Zi Yan’s heritage.
• The gray-robed elder dispersed Xiao Yan’s unstable Emerald Fire Lotus into five Heavenly Flame Sources and recognized Xiao Yan as Xiao Xuan’s descendant.
• The gray-robed elder urged Zi Yan to return with him for protection from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan agreed, exchanging Soul Jade Tokens with her.
• Zi Yan agreed to leave only if the elders killed Qinghai Venerable, Ice Venerable, and Thunder Venerable; the two elders restrained Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable while Qinghai Venerable escaped into a spatial passage.
• The gray-robed elder reached toward the distant passage and declared that Qinghai Venerable could not escape.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan captured Qinghai Venerable, and the gray-robed elder killed him and the accompanying Soul Hall experts. After Thunder Venerable surrendered the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body’s cultivation method, Xiao Yan mastered it almost instantly; Ice Venerable then traded a Super Poison Pill and information about a nearby Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast for his freedom.

• The gray-robed elder dragged Qinghai Venerable back, tore out his soul, and destroyed him and the other Soul Hall experts.
• Thunder Venerable gave Xiao Yan the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body cultivation method, and Xiao Yan quickly formed a lightning phantom body.
• Thunder Venerable gave Xiao Yan a Soul Jade Token and fled after Zi Yan ordered him to leave.
• Xiao Yan took Ice Venerable’s Super Poison Pill and let Zi Yan punch him before he could go.
• Ice Venerable revealed that a nearby Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast could help Xiao Yi Xian absorb poison energy, then escaped.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian kill the Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, then acknowledged her feelings before leaving for Tianmu Mountain Range. There, Yao Lao reunited with the Gold Devouring Rat Clan elders, who welcomed him and invited Xiao Yan’s group into their territory.

• Zi Yan left with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts after Xiao Yan defeated the attackers.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan traveled to the ancient castle, where Xiao Yan killed the Heaven Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yi Xian prepared to absorb the beast’s toxins and poison pill, and Xiao Yan reassured her that she mattered as much to him as Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan left with Xin Lan and Little Purple for Tianmu Mountain Range, where Jin Shi and other Gold Devouring Rat Clan elders stopped them.
• Yao Lao revealed himself to the elders, who joyfully recognized him and invited the group to their territory.

Xiao Yan secured an extra place in the Tianshan Blood Pool after curing Jin Shi and demonstrating his Dou Zong strength. He dove deeper than Chen Nan, who was forced out of the pool and left furious at Xiao Yan.

• Jin Shi agreed to give Xiao Yan a place in the Tianshan Blood Pool, and Xiao Yan used Emperor Flame to remove Jin Shi's Fire Poison and help several Gold Devouring Rat Clan members.
• Chen Nan objected to Xiao Yan's extra place, but Xiao Yan's Dou Qi blasted him backward and revealed that Xiao Yan was a Dou Zong.
• Jin Shi defended the Gold Devouring Rat Clan's right to set the pool's rules, then sent the candidates into the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yan continued diving as the pool's energy grew stronger, while Chen Nan claimed his Lei Gang Fire would let him go deeper.
• Chen Nan coughed blood and fled the pool, but Jin Shi refused to let him try again, so Chen Nan left vowing revenge on Xiao Yan.

After emerging from the Tianshan Blood Pool with Quasi Emperor Realm soul power, Xiao Yan agreed to visit Burning Flame Valley to learn the remaining transformations of the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame. At Tianmu Mountain Range, Fei Tian and Chen Nan confronted him, but Tang Zhen arrived and greeted Xiao Yan respectfully.

• Yao Lao learned that Tang Ling'er sought help for her injured sister, Tang Huo'er, and discussed visiting Burning Flame Valley with Jin Shi.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Tianshan Blood Pool with Quasi Emperor Realm soul power, and Jin Shi warned him to keep it secret from Soul Hall.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to visit Burning Flame Valley to learn the remaining two transformations, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Fei Tian and Chen Nan confronted Xiao Yan at Tianmu Mountain Range, but Xiao Yan overwhelmed Fei Tian with his Dou Zong Peak strength.
• Tang Zhen arrived with Tang Ling'er and greeted Xiao Yan as Master Xiao, shocking Fei Tian and Chen Nan.