Chapter Summaries

As the Heaven and Earth Tide began and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, Lin Ming prepared to leave for the Demonic Flame Space. Before departing, he handed the unconscious Jiu Feng to Elder Yao to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and keep the clan at bay.

• The Heaven and Earth Tide spread across the Middle Continent as Lin Ming and his companions sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s seal nearing its end.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erupted in the far west, sending scorching heat across the continent.
• Lin Ming felt the Remnant Soul of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint stir inside the light orb in his Soul Sea, but withdrew his Soul Power when it met an ancient barrier.
• Lin Ming gave the unconscious Jiu Feng to Elder Yao and instructed him to return Jiu Feng to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan when the first two-year period arrived.
• Lin Ming had erased Jiu Feng’s memories of his Inner World, while keeping the other four imprisoned Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Members for a later purpose.

Lin Ming refused to let Elder Yao, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin accompany him to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then set out alone as experts across the Middle Continent raced toward it. He reached the flame’s core region and found that its heat had transformed a lush mountain range into a vast, bone-white desert.

• Elder Yao, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin urged Lin Ming to let them join him, but Lin Ming said only a true Dou Saint could help in the flame’s space and insisted they remain to defend the sect.
• Lin Ming assured them that the Sect Protecting Array, allies from the Ancient Void Dragon and Lei Clan, and a concealed Early Stage Four-Star Dou Saint Soul Puppet would protect the sect.
• Lin Ming told them to wait for his return and flew west toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as powerful figures throughout the Middle Continent awakened and converged on its location.
• Near the flame’s arrival site, Lin Ming saw groups of experts struggling against its distant heat and judged that many would likely perish if they entered the Demonic Flame Space.
• Lin Ming accelerated into the core region and found that the mountains, forests, streams, and wildlife had vanished beneath an immense desert of heat-scorched, milky-white sand.

Lin Ming entered the White Gravel Desert to approach the shattered space containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while gathered experts hesitated before its overwhelming power. Soul Hall Master Hun Miesheng emerged with a strange black-eyed man and waited for the flame to weaken itself breaking the seal, leaving Lin Ming under their scrutiny as the flame neared release.

• Lin Ming shielded himself with dark-purple flames and flew deeper into the White Gravel Desert toward the spatial rift.
• Experts arrived from across the region, recoiled at the devastation, and waited rather than enter the dangerous space.
• Black mist poured from the rift, and Soul Hall Master Hun Miesheng appeared with several followers.
• Hun Miesheng and a black-eyed man watched Lin Ming, who met their stares without changing his expression.
• The black-eyed man asked when they would act, and Hun Miesheng said they would wait until the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame weakened itself breaking the seal.

The Lei Clan, Yan Clan, Shi Clan, and Yao Clan arrived at the Demonic Flame Desert as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame struggled within its seal. Lin Ming met the allied clans’ leaders and younger members, and the four clans gathered together to face the flame.

• Lei Jie, Mang Tianchi, and Lei Yun arrived on behalf of the Lei Clan and offered to follow Lin Ming’s arrangements.
• Lei Yun apologized to Lin Ming for their past conflict, and Lin Ming said the matter was settled.
• Huo Yao, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi arrived from the Yan Clan, followed by Shi Zhen and two Shi Clan youths.
• Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Tian and Yao Ling, whose soul power impressed Lin Ming.
• Shi Zhen, Huo Yao, and Yao Wangui greeted Lin Ming, and Lei Jie introduced the allied clans’ leaders.

The Ancient Clan arrived as the sealed space holding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame shattered, and Hun Miesheng led the Soul Hall into the newly opened entrance. After Huo Yao warned the Four-Clan Alliance that the flame could exploit emotions and burn people from within, Lin Ming led the alliance into the space.

• Hun Miesheng watched Lin Ming and the other four-clan leaders gather, recognizing the strength of their alliance.
• Gu Nanhai arrived with Xun Er, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen, and the Ancient Clan joined the Four-Clan Alliance.
• The spatial seal shattered, releasing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and opening an entrance to its sealed space.
• Hun Miesheng and his followers entered first, while other cultivators who touched the entrance flames were burned to ash.
• Huo Yao warned the alliance that the flame could trigger demonic fire through their emotions, and Lin Ming led them into the entrance.

Lin Ming entered the Demonic Flame Space and saw through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion, which drove intruders to burn themselves with their own obsessions and fears. He rescued Mang Tianchi from the mist, and the two escaped into an empty expanse while the rest of their group remained missing.

• Lin Ming entered a vast sea of milky-white flames and used the New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame to shield himself from its heat.
• Lin Ming saw through the illusion and discovered that the mist was making dozens of people relive their deepest fears and desires until the demonic flames consumed them.
• Lin Ming found Mang Tianchi trapped in a nightmare and awakened him with a soul-infused shout.
• Mang Tianchi explained that his vision of the academy’s destruction had nearly drawn him into the flames, and Lin Ming said he could not find their companions in the area.
• Lin Ming and Mang Tianchi flew out of the mist, and the mist vanished as they reached an empty expanse.

Lin Ming and his allies escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist and crossed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s perilous domain toward a giant gate. They gathered with the other surviving clans and cultivators at the plaza, where the gate remained shut and the hostile Hun Clan waited.

• Lin Ming and Mang Tianchi escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist and reunited with Yao Wangui, Yao Ling, Yao Tian, and the Dean, who explained that survivors could gather at a giant gate.
• Lin Ming led the group forward through increasingly distorted, scorching space, where they encountered Lei Jie and Lei Yun and continued together.
• The group reached a vast plaza dominated by a sealed, flame-like giant gate and found Hun Miesheng and the Hun Clan waiting there.
• The Ancient Clan arrived with Xiao Yan and Old Yao, followed by the Yan Clan and Shi Clan, whose members reunited with Lin Ming's group.
• More clan members and rogue cultivators gathered in the plaza while the factions waited under a tense silence.

Lin Ming and the other clans fought through waves of Fire Slaves in the Demonic Flame Space and forced their way through the Giant Gate toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After entering the Main Halls, they faced increasingly powerful Fire Slaves and continued deeper, with no end to the halls yet in sight.

• Thousands of Fire Slaves poured from cracks around the Giant Gate Plaza, and Lin Ming and the others fought them back as more kept appearing.
• Lin Ming spotted Hun Miesheng leading the Hun Clan toward the Giant Gate, so he led his own group through the Fire Slaves to follow.
• The clans joined forces to blast open the Giant Gate, and the Fire Slaves halted their pursuit as Hun Miesheng passed through first.
• Lin Ming and the Four Clans entered the Main Hall, where they found thousands of Fire Slaves and fought their way through the formation.
• The group cleared another hall filled with stronger Fire Slaves, then broke open its Giant Gate and continued onward.

Lin Ming’s group reached the final trial, where they faced an intelligent Four-Star Dou Saint Fire Slave guarding the way to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. They surrounded him and began a fierce battle, but the chapter ended before its outcome was decided.

• Lin Ming’s group fought through increasingly powerful Fire Slaves, and Yao Tian was injured by a Half Sage Fire Slave.
• Lin Ming and the others entered an empty hall and discovered an emaciated Four-Star Dou Saint guarding the final trial.
• Lin Ming explained that the guard retained intelligence and was the strongest defender between them and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Ming, Shi Zhen, Lei Jie, Huo Yao, and Yao Wangui surrounded the guard and prepared to defeat him quickly.
• The guard summoned a blood-red great axe, struck Shi Zhen, and blocked the group’s first combined attack with a spinning axe whirlwind.
• Shi Zhen broke through the whirlwind, and Lin Ming and the others pressed their attack as the battle intensified.

Lin Ming and four allies fought the blood-axe guardian until he awakened the Xiao Clan clan pattern and revealed himself as Xiao Chen, a powerful figure controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the battle continued, Lin Ming sought a way to conserve their strength, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint sent him a Soul Imprint with a method to counter the control.

• Lin Ming and the other four pressed the blood-axe guardian, wounding him and forcing him back.
• The guardian awakened the Xiao Clan clan pattern, causing Huo Yao, Shi Zhen, and Lei Jie to identify him as the legendary Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen unleashed stronger axe strikes, and Lin Ming and the others defended themselves with a combined energy shield before continuing the fight.
• Lin Ming decided to seek a way to overcome Xiao Chen without exhausting the group before they faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint appeared in Lin Ming's consciousness and sent a pale-gold Soul Imprint into his mind.

Lin Ming used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s secret technique to free Xiao Chen from the flame’s control. After learning that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed and Xiao Xuan had died, Xiao Chen was overcome with grief.

• Lin Ming realized Xiao Chen’s mind could still be awakened and explained that he had a technique to break the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control.
• Lei Jie, Huo Yao, Shi Zhen, and Yao Wangui restrained Xiao Chen while Lin Ming touched his brow and used the secret technique to expel the flames.
• Xiao Chen regained his senses, identified himself, thanked Lin Ming for saving him, and invited him to visit the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Ming told Xiao Chen that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan and that Xiao Xuan had fallen, while a remnant survived as the Xiao Family in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Chen silently mourned the loss of his clan and Big Brother Xiao Xuan, then wept for the first time in a thousand years.

Lin Ming led Xiao Chen and the others to the altar where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame waited, despite Xiao Chen's warning. When the white-robed figure demanded they defeat him or become Fire Slaves, Lin Ming identified the encounter as an illusion created with Nightmare Sky Mist, and the figure's gentle expression turned cold.

• Lin Ming persuaded Xiao Chen to lead them toward the demonic flame by reminding him that Xiao Yan, the Xiao Clan's last bloodline, was nearby.
• Xiao Chen opened the final hall door, and Lin Ming, the Four Clans' members, and the others followed him down a long black-stone staircase toward an altar.
• The group reached the altar and saw a white-robed figure seated on a throne of milky white flame.
• The figure told them to defeat him to obtain the demonic flame source or remain forever as his Fire Slaves.
• Lin Ming recognized the white-robed figure as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and exposed the scene as an illusion formed by Nightmare Sky Mist.
• The white-robed figure's smile vanished as the space around him trembled violently.

Lin Ming revealed that the group was trapped in the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist illusion, where their beliefs shaped the White-Robed Man’s strength. As the White-Robed Man attacked, Lin Ming urged everyone to imagine him as weak and to suppress their fighting qi.

• Lin Ming explained that the group was real but trapped in an illusion designed to make them become Fire Slaves, and clarified that Xiao Chen was real but had been controlled.
• Lin Ming described how the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had spent a thousand years building the illusion and suggested it had inherited the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s methods.
• The White-Robed Man questioned Lin Ming’s knowledge, then unleashed destructive flames as the Four Clans gathered defensively.
• Lin Ming told the group that their thoughts determined the White-Robed Man’s strength and urged them to think of him as weak instead of defending with fighting qi.
• The White-Robed Man launched a massive fire spear at Lin Ming and the others, and they suppressed their fear and held back their fighting qi.

Lin Ming broke the Nightmare Sky Mist illusion with a Nightmare-Breaking Talisman, freeing his group and other trapped experts. They emerged above the Magma Sea, where the real Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared before them.

• Lin Ming weakened the White-Robed Man's illusion by persuading the group to believe he was powerless, causing his flaming spear to vanish when it struck them.
• Lin Ming formed and launched a Nightmare-Breaking Talisman, which shattered the illusion despite the White-Robed Man's desperate protests.
• Lin Ming and the others regained consciousness above the Magma Sea and confirmed that they had escaped the illusion.
• Experts from other factions emerged from the surrounding rocks, and Lin Ming said their presence would help them deal with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Magma Sea churned and raised a pillar of flame, from which the true Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared in white robes.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed its true form and confronted Lin Ming after he broke its nightmare illusion. It sealed the Space Passage and trapped everyone in a blazing prison, leaving the gathered experts facing an enemy Xiao Chen judged strong enough to fight a Six-Star Dou Sheng.

• The Soul Hall Master and Gu Nanhai recognized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and prepared to seize it despite fearing its power.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame asked Lin Ming how he escaped the illusion, and Lin Ming concealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint light orb behind a joke.
• Xun Er thanked Lin Ming for breaking the illusion, while the Hun Clan refused to credit him with helping them.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erased the Space Passage and unleashed Demon Flame Refines Heaven, surrounding everyone with a towering prison of fire.
• Xiao Chen warned that the flame’s strength was near the peak of Five-Star Dou Sheng and could contend with a Six-Star Dou Sheng.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame killed most of the Dou Venerate experts by triggering explosions through their emotions, then revealed ten powerful Dou Saint fire slaves. Lin Ming and the other factions agreed to join forces against it, though they planned to compete for the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin if they survived.

• The White-Robed Man used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s power to make panicked people explode, then killed more than eighty percent of the Dou Venerate experts with a single command.
• The White-Robed Man summoned ten fire slaves, all Dou Saints ranging from One-Star to Late Stage Three-Star.
• Hun Miesheng called for the gathered factions to cooperate against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, warning that fighting it alone meant death.
• Lin Ming agreed to join forces, and Lei Jie, Huo Yao, Shi Zhen, and Yao Wangui followed his lead.
• Gu Nanhai agreed on behalf of the Ancient Clan, and the other factions and Rogue Cultivators joined the temporary alliance.
• Hun Miesheng stated that the survivors would compete for the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin after defeating the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lin Ming prepared to attack.

Lin Ming persuaded the assembled fighters to let him disable the Fire Slaves while seven four-star Dou Saints confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the two battles began, the flame summoned a massive Fire Demon Halberd from the Magma Sea.

• Lin Ming explained that his knowledge of puppets would let him break the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's control over the Fire Slaves, and Hun Miesheng accepted his plan.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ordered the ten Dou Saint Fire Slaves to attack, and Lin Ming called on the seven four-star Dou Saints to engage their main enemy.
• Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Lei Jie, Huo Yao, Shi Zhen, Yao Wangui, and Xiao Chen surrounded the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the remaining fighters moved to intercept the Fire Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Fire Demon Halberd from the Magma Sea.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the gathered Dou Saints while its Fire Slaves charged the other fighters, and Lin Ming assigned everyone opponents. As the battle began, Lin Ming noticed Huo Xuan wielding the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and Hun Feng absorbing a Fire Slave’s demonic flames, making him regard Hun Feng as a potential target.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed a wave of demonic fire, and Hun Miesheng, Gu Nanhai, Lei Jie, Huo Yao, Shi Zhen, Yao Wangui, and Xiao Chen joined forces to block it.
• Lin Ming assigned the ten Fire Slaves to the gathered clans and took on the Late Stage Three-Star Dou Saint Fire Slave himself.
• Xiao Yan led Xun Er and the Ancient Clan group to retreat and face their assigned Fire Slave, while Xun Er prepared the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heaven Flame.
• Lin Ming saw Huo Xuan use the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to hold off an Early-stage Two-star Dou Saint Fire Slave.
• Hun Feng absorbed the demonic flames from an Early-stage Three-star Dou Saint Fire Slave, and Lin Ming watched him with wary interest before returning his attention to his own opponent.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame overwhelmed seven four-star Dou Shengs, knocking them into the Magma Sea and leaving them injured. The seven then joined forces and unleashed their full strength, forcing him into a more serious battle.

• Hun Miesheng and six other four-star Dou Shengs attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but he destroyed their techniques and wounded them with seven fire pillars.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a giant magma hand and slapped all seven into the Magma Sea.
• The seven emerged injured, and Hun Miesheng warned them that they had to stop holding back or risk dying.
• The seven formed a formation and raised their combined auras, stirring the winds, clouds, thunder, and Magma Sea.
• The seven attacked from different directions, and their coordinated assault forced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to focus and defend himself.

Lin Ming discovered how to sever the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control over its Fire Slaves and began binding them to himself. He had subdued five of the ten Fire Slaves when he turned toward the remaining battles.

• Lin Ming isolated the Fire Bead in the strongest Fire Slave with a Soul Rune, severing its connection to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and bringing it under his control.
• Lin Ming subdued two Early-stage Two-star Dou Saint Fire Slaves while the Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans held them off.
• Lin Ming controlled a Late-stage Two-star Dou Saint Fire Slave in the Ancient Clan’s battle, with Xiao Yan and Xun Er witnessing his success.
• Lin Ming took control of an Early-stage Three-star Dou Saint Fire Slave after Hun Feng and two Hun Clan experts yielded the battlefield.
• Lin Ming gathered five Fire Slaves behind him and looked toward the remaining battles.