Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming’s attempt to control the last two Fire Slaves was interrupted when both self-destructed, killing several experts and throwing the survivors into chaos. Hun Miesheng seized the opening to activate the Hun Clan’s Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array and strike the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Lin Ming moved to control the final Fire Slaves, but the first began to self-destruct, forcing him to retreat with his eight controlled Fire Slaves.
• The first Fire Slave exploded, unleashing a devastating shockwave that tore through the sky and magma sea and injured or killed nearby experts.
• The final Fire Slave chased the Rogue Cultivators who had surrounded it and then self-destructed, destroying more experts and leaving the survivors shaken.
• Hun Miesheng called on the others to lend him their strength, then summoned the Hun Clan’s Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array.
• Gu Nanhai and five other Four-Star Dou Saint-level experts supplied energy to the array, and Hun Miesheng sent its black light pillar crashing into the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Hun Miesheng and six other Four-Star Dou Saints sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Hun Miesheng immediately tried to seize its origin for the Hun Clan. Xiao Chen and Xun Er disrupted his attempt, and the sealed origin was sent into a deadly scramble among the surviving experts.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame resisted the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array until Hun Miesheng and the other six poured in their Dou Qi and essence blood, completing the seal.
• Hun Miesheng tried to pull the sealed origin toward himself, but Xiao Chen struck the black cylinder aside with his axe.
• Hun Miesheng called on Hun Feng to seize the origin, while Lin Ming withdrew his eight Fire Slaves and watched.
• Xun Er reached for the origin, but Hun Feng attacked her, so she knocked it toward Xiao Yan's side and fought Hun Feng to a draw.
• The surviving experts rushed after the black cylinder, and a Yellow Robe Elder grabbed it before nearly ten fist strikes blew half his body apart.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er seized the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, but Hun Miesheng revealed his half-step Five-Star Dou Saint strength and demanded they surrender it. After shattering Xun Er’s attack, Hun Miesheng bypassed the Ancient Clan’s defenses and reached for Xiao Yan’s head.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er took possession of the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin as the Ancient Clan formed a defensive ring around them.
• Hun Miesheng revealed that he had advanced to the half-step Five-Star Dou Saint level, while Gu Nanhai protested that this violated the Ancient Races’ agreement.
• Xun Er attacked Hun Miesheng with a golden flame dragon, but he shattered it with one finger and wounded her.
• Hun Miesheng demanded the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, and Gu Nanhai refused to surrender it.
• Hun Miesheng rushed through the Ancient Clan’s defensive line and reached for Xiao Yan’s head.

Xiao Chen saved Xiao Yan from Hun Miesheng and revealed that he was Xiao Yan’s ancestor. He unveiled strength beyond Hun Miesheng’s and began overwhelming him in battle, leaving Hun Miesheng forced to release his soul.

• Xiao Chen appeared in time to deflect Hun Miesheng’s lethal strike against Xiao Yan and identified himself as Xiao Yan’s ancestor.
• Xiao Chen stepped forward and revealed that his strength had risen to the middle stage of Five-Star Dou Saint, surpassing Hun Miesheng.
• Xiao Chen attacked with his Blood Axe, forcing Hun Miesheng to send Hun Feng and the others away before cleaving apart Hun Miesheng’s soul-based attack.
• Xiao Chen used Heaven-Breaking Three Axes against Hun Miesheng, who released his soul to face the incoming strikes.

Xiao Chen gravely wounded Hun Miesheng with his Heaven-Breaking Three Axes, but Hun Miesheng trapped them both and called on a hidden Hun Clan elder. Elder Hun Mo revealed himself and summoned the legendary Pill Tower Ancestor, leaving the gathering of powerful fighters stunned as the confrontation escalated.

• Hun Miesheng unleashed the Soul Burial Technique, but Xiao Chen split his blood line to pierce the Black Mist and badly wound him.
• Hun Miesheng treated his wound, then formed a black prison around himself and Xiao Chen and called for Demon Elder to help.
• Elder Hun Mo emerged from the crowd, revealing an aura stronger than Hun Miesheng's and drawing fearful reactions from Gu Nanhai and the Ancient Races.
• Elder Hun Mo called out the hidden old demon of the Little Pill Tower, and a green ox appeared with the boyish Pill Tower Ancestor on its back.

The Pill Tower Ancestor confronted Elder Hun Mo over the Hun Clan’s violation of the Ancient Races’ agreement, while Xiao Chen emerged victorious over Hun Miesheng and revealed his identity. After greeting Xiao Chen and reuniting with the Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder, the Pill Tower Ancestor turned to Xiao Yan and asked for the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor challenged Elder Hun Mo for the Hun Clan’s renewed attempt to seize the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin and dismissed his threats about the Hun Clan Leader.
• Hun Miesheng’s black light curtain burst apart, and he was blasted away, badly wounded by Xiao Chen.
• Hun Miesheng identified his opponent as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, and Elder Hun Mo recognized Xiao Chen as a survivor of the destroyed Xiao Clan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor greeted Xiao Chen, who recognized him from their past meeting, and the Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder knelt before his Ancestor.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor lifted the Great Elder to his feet, then asked Xiao Yan to give him the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin.

Xiao Yan gave the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin to the Little Pill Tower Ancestor, who revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength and exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's plan. The flame remained sealed in the light pillar as the Ancestor ordered it to come out.

• Xiao Yan resisted his impulse to obey the Little Pill Tower Ancestor, then threw the black light pillar toward him.
• Elder Hun Mo attacked for the light pillar, but the Little Pill Tower Ancestor used spatial displacement to switch places with him and revealed Six-Star Dou Saint strength.
• Elder Hun Mo invoked the Hun Clan to threaten the Ancestor, who dismissed him as hopelessly foolish.
• The Little Pill Tower Ancestor tossed the light pillar into the air and declared that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had allowed itself to be sealed to make the others fight and seize the benefit.
• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the other gathered experts reacted with shock as the Little Pill Tower Ancestor ordered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to come out.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed that it had deliberately let the Hun Clan seal it, then broke free and confronted the Pill Tower Ancestor. As the Pill Tower Ancestor moved to stop it, Elder Hun Mo chose to wait for the two to weaken each other, while Lin Ming offered help and was told to stay back.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor attacked the black light pillar, prompting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to burst out and destroy the Hun Clan’s Great Luo Demon Sealing Array.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged at nearly Six Star Dou Sheng strength, and Hun Miesheng realized it had allowed itself to be sealed as part of a plan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor said the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint had sealed the flame to protect the world, but the flame insisted it would not be imprisoned again.
• Elder Hun Mo refused to help the Pill Tower Ancestor and said the Hun Clan would benefit if the flame escaped and weakened.
• Lin Ming offered to assist, but the Pill Tower Ancestor judged him unable to help and entered the sea of fire to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

The Pill Tower Ancestor fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, blocking his giant flame statue and melting much of it with a drop of his own blood. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame then summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Array across the sky, escalating the battle.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame gathered the surrounding fire into a towering Demonic Flame God Statue and sent its fist crashing toward the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor blocked the punch with a golden curtain of light, and their clash shattered the surrounding space and injured distant observers.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor fired a drop of his green blood into the Demonic Flame God Statue, melting much of its chest and revealing his fire-restraining power.
• Elder Hun Mo watched from hiding and realized the Pill Tower Ancestor was more powerful than he had expected.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame charged into the sky and summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, which emerged across the heavens.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and trapped everyone inside the Demonic Flame Space. After he destroyed the Space Passage, Lin Ming sensed a response from the light orb of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, while Elder Hun Mo turned his attention toward him.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed that he had mastered and fused with the sealing array left by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.
• The light orb inside Lin Ming trembled and summoned him, and he quietly connected to it with a wisp of Soul Power.
• Elder Hun Mo led Hun Miesheng, Hun Feng, and the others toward the Space Passage, prompting the other groups to flee as well.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fired a pillar of magma at the Space Passage and destroyed it, cutting off everyone’s escape.
• Elder Hun Mo said that no one could break out of the Demonic Flame Space without strength surpassing a Dou Saint, then fixed his gaze on Lin Ming atop the Green Ox.

Elder Hun Mo and Pill Tower Ancestor joined forces against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, dividing the Heaven Refining Great Array between their groups. The Flame unleashed the array’s destructive power, overwhelming their combined attacks and leaving Hun Feng dead.

• Elder Hun Mo proposed an alliance, and Pill Tower Ancestor assigned himself and Lin Ming, Xiao Chen, and Gu Nanhai to attack the Heaven Array while Hun Mo led the Four Clans against the Earth Array.
• Lin Ming briefly paused as if sensing something before joining Pill Tower Ancestor, while the Four Clans followed Hun Mo.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated both sides of the Heaven Refining Great Array, unleashing pillars of milky-white light at the two groups.
• Pill Tower Ancestor, Lin Ming, Xiao Chen, Gu Nanhai, Elder Hun Mo, and the Four Clans combined their strongest attacks, but the pillars shattered their defenses and killed many people.
• A beam struck Hun Feng, piercing through him and killing him before his hidden Child Flame could react.

Hun Feng died when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s attack destroyed him, and the blast caught up with the fleeing experts. A pink halo shielded Lin Ming, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and the others, while a figure resembling the flame emerged behind Lin Ming and was identified as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.

• Hun Feng vanished under the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s attack, despite carrying Nihility Devouring Flame’s Origin Child Flame.
• Elder Hun Mo, Hun Miesheng, and the others fled, but the destructive light pillars caught up and detonated near them.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame celebrated his apparent escape from the seal, then sensed that his targets had survived.
• A pink halo appeared around Lin Ming, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and the others, shielding them from the blast.
• Yao Ling noticed milky-white radiance around Lin Ming, which formed an illusory figure resembling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor recognized the figure behind Lin Ming as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.

Lin Ming was possessed by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s remnant image, shocking the survivors and terrifying the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The Flame attacked Lin Ming with the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, leaving everyone’s survival in the Saint’s hands.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s remnant image appeared behind Lin Ming, and Lin Ming opened his eyes with milky-white pupils as those present felt compelled to bow.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Saint and raged over being sealed for thousands of years, blaming him for its suffering.
• The Saint acknowledged his responsibility for the Flame’s violence but defended sealing it to protect living beings.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame dismissed the Saint as a fading afterimage and activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• Two destructive pillars of light shot toward Lin Ming, threatening everyone gathered there.

Lin Ming seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who unleashed a world-destroying eruption. Lin Ming opened a passage and sent the others to safety, leaving himself behind to face the flame.

• Lin Ming stopped the Light Pillars and began taking control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame lost control of the array and transformed himself into flames that began burning the space and the people inside it.
• Lin Ming opened a Space Passage and urged everyone to escape before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's power destroyed them.
• Mang Tianchi asked Lin Ming to leave with the Lei Clan, but Lin Ming sent Mang Tianchi, Lei Jie, and Lei Yun through the passage.
• Lin Ming remained alone with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and his illusory figure as a crimson Demonic Fire Lotus formed overhead.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories and intelligence, believing its brutality threatened the continent. He forced the Flame’s soul out of its true body and trapped it in a shrinking fire prison.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint recalled how he had given the Demonic Lotus intelligence and taught it to cultivate, while the Flame blamed him for meddling in its life.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint activated the formations and sealed the Demonic Lotus inside a prison of milky-white fire pillars.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the prison with blood-colored flames as the Saint collapsed the outer formations to strengthen the pillars.
• The Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to draw blood-colored mist containing the Flame’s memories and intelligence out of its body.
• The Flame’s human-shaped soul tried to return to its body, but the Saint shrank the Fire Curtain around it into a prison about ten feet across.

Lin Ming persuaded the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to spare the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame by imprisoning him inside Lin Ming’s complete world. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint accepted the plan, transferred the Flame into Lin Ming’s world, and then dissipated.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint for mercy, then attacked him with blood mist while insisting that he hated him.
• As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint began collapsing the fire formation to destroy them both, Lin Ming asked him to spare the Flame.
• Lin Ming revealed his complete world and promised to imprison and reform the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while preserving the Saint’s inheritance.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint agreed, bound the resisting Flame, and sent him into Lin Ming’s world.
• The Five Elements Roulette restrained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint said goodbye before dissipating.

After the Demonic Flame Space vanished, Mang Tianchi and the others waited anxiously outside, while Hun Miesheng’s clan also stayed to see whether Lin Ming had survived. Inside the space, Lin Ming found the now-quiet Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and approached it, preparing to subdue it.

• Mang Tianchi, Huo Yao, and the Pill Tower Ancestor waited outside the sealed space and worried that Lin Ming had not escaped.
• Hun Miesheng welcomed the possibility that Lin Ming had died, but Elder Hun Mo ordered the Hun Clan to wait several days in case Lin Ming survived and revealed the flame’s whereabouts.
• Experts from the Ancient Races, rogue cultivators, and Middle Continent factions remained nearby, hoping for another chance to gain something from the Demonic Flame Space.
• Inside the space, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s Remnant Soul disappeared, the flame’s soul was imprisoned in Lin Ming’s Inner World, and the Heaven Refining Ancient Array collapsed.
• Lin Ming saw the calm Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame drifting above the Magma Sea and cautiously approached it.

Lin Ming seized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin and endured its destructive power as it entered his body, where his Inner World subdued it. Outside the sealed Demonic Flame Space, ten days passed without a sign of him, and the waiting experts lost hope when Pill Tower Ancestor could not locate the space.

• Lin Ming reached for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, and its power engulfed him and overwhelmed his New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame.
• Despite his agony and burns, Lin Ming swallowed the flame and forced it into his body.
• Lin Ming's Inner World pulled the flame inside and trapped it with the Five Elements Roulette, after which it began circulating through his meridians.
• Ten days passed outside the Demonic Flame Space as the crowd dwindled and Mang Tianchi, Lei Yun, and Lei Jie waited without news.
• Pill Tower Ancestor failed to sense the sealed Demonic Flame Space, leaving those who hoped Lin Ming had survived in despair.

With Lin Ming missing, Huang Tian led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to surround the Five Elements Sect and demand its people. The Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Lei Jie, and Mang Tianchi intervened to protect the sect, but Huang Tian demanded that Ya Fei and the others be handed over, bringing the rival clans to the brink of war.

• Huang Tian surrounded the Five Elements Sect with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and said the sect had broken their agreement by failing to reveal his imprisoned clansmen.
• Ya Fei refused to abandon the sect despite Lin Ming's earlier instruction to flee, and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Elder Yao stood with her.
• Huang Tian attacked the sect with a massive golden palm, but the arrival of the Ancient Void Dragons halted its descent.
• North Dragon King Zhu Xu declared that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would protect Lin Ming's sect, while Lei Jie and Mang Tianchi also sided with the Five Elements Sect.
• Huang Tian agreed not to destroy the sect but demanded that Ya Fei and the others be handed over, threatening war when the defenders resisted.

The Pill Tower Ancestor stopped Huang Tian from attacking the Five Elements Sect by reminding him that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was breaking its agreement. Huang Tian withdrew but warned that he would return in two years if his clan members were not handed over, while Ya Fei and the others continued to hope for Lin Ming’s return.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor appeared between the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Five Elements Sect and challenged Huang Tian over breaking the agreement with Lin Ming.
• Huang Tian argued that Lin Ming and the clan members trapped in the Demonic Flame Space were missing, but the Pill Tower Ancestor said that did not permit an early attack.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor warned that the Pill Tower, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Lei Clan would oppose the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, so Huang Tian ordered his army to withdraw.
• Ya Fei thanked the rescuers, and the Pill Tower Ancestor told her he believed Lin Ming might return before Huang Tian’s two-year deadline.