Chapter Summaries

Gongsun Yu confronted Xiao Yan after catching him embracing Xun Er, and Xiao Yan risked his life to affirm his resolve to avenge his clan and eventually accept Gongsun Yu’s judgment. Liuli healed him and refused to leave with her mother, while Gongsun Yu withdrew her promised help against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Gongsun Yu rushed at Xiao Yan and held a sword to his throat, while Liuli and Xun Er both begged her to stop.
• Gongsun Yu restrained Xun Er and warned Xiao Yan that he could not marry Liuli without her consent.
• Xiao Yan accepted the sword at his neck and declared that he would avenge his clan before facing Gongsun Yu’s judgment.
• Liuli slapped Xiao Yan, healed his wound, and broke down as she told him she would not allow him to die.
• Gongsun Yu withdrew her help against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and ordered Liuli to return to the clan, but Liuli refused.

Xiao Yan confronted the Yao Clan after Yao Chen revealed that Yao Wangui had expelled him and erased his parents from the clan records. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan shielding Yao Chen and striking at Yao Tian, while Yao Wangui intervened and was forced back.

• Liuli felt embarrassed after her outburst and exchanged a glance with Xiao Yan, while Hun Miesheng and Hun Yu discussed how his attachments could become a weakness.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Feng was a ruthless Two-star Dou Saint with a Divine Grade Bloodline and was expected to become the Soul Clan's next clan leader.
• Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Tian and another young Yao Clan member, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Wangui had expelled him and removed his parents' names from the clan records.
• Yao Wangui and Yao Tian mocked Yao Chen for being an outcast and for refusing a chance to return to the clan.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yao Tian, revealed his Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul Power, and formed a soul longsword that Yao Wangui blocked after throwing Yao Tian aside.

Xiao Yan and his allies confronted Yao Wangui after Xiao Yan seized Yao Tian, but Liuli and Xun Er forced the Yao Clan elder to retreat. As the group turned back to the spatial rift, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared.

• Xiao Yan's Soul Doppelganger seized Yao Tian, and Yao Wangui threatened Yao Chen before Liuli blocked his attack.
• Liuli pointed her sword at Yao Wangui, while Xun Er persuaded him to withdraw and release the confrontation.
• Yao Wangui insulted Yao Chen's parents, and Liuli cut his throat before he left with Yao Tian and Yao Ling.
• Xiao Yan promised Yao Chen that he would take him back to the Yao Clan after subduing the Heavenly Flames.
• After the spatial rift expanded and a white halo formed, Xiao Yan announced that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had appeared.

Liuli entered the Demon Flame Space and broke free from an illusion in the Nightmare Sky Mist, then joined Xiao Yan and the others on a Floating Platform. Xun Er remained missing, and Xiao Yan feared the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had sent her somewhere else.

• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan and the others that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could exploit their emotions, and Old Yao sent the Alliance's Dou Venerates back to strengthen the defenses.
• Liuli entered the Demon Flame Space alone and used her Yin Yang Twin Flames to withstand the heat.
• Liuli recognized an illusion of Xiao Yan and Xun Er, dismissed it with Sword Qi, and escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Xiao Yan found Liuli and invited her to join his group, and she followed him to the Floating Platform.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that Gu Nanhai had returned to the mist to search for Xun Er, who had not appeared with the others.

Xiao Yan and his allies fought through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Fire Slaves and reached a hall guarded by Blood Axe Xiao Chen. Liuli revealed that Xiao Chen was one of the Six Heroes of the Xiao Clan, and stopped his attack by telling him a descendant of his clan stood behind her.

• Liuli reassured Xiao Yan that Xun Er could protect herself, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame soon surrounded the plaza with Fire Slaves.
• Xiao Yan led the group through the fire gate after Liuli blasted it open, and the Fire Slaves abruptly stopped pursuing them.
• Xiao Yan’s group fought through successive halls of Fire Slaves, while he worried that the other groups would suffer heavy casualties.
• The group found a gaunt peak Four-star Dou Saint in a hall, and Liuli proposed negotiating with him because he still seemed to have his own consciousness.
• The figure summoned a blood-red battle axe and attacked Liuli, but froze when she said a descendant of the Xiao Clan stood behind her.

Xiao Yan and Liuli freed Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control and followed him to the altar, where Xiao Yan exposed the white-robed man’s illusions. Xiao Yan broke the Nightmare Sky Mist, leaving the group facing what lay beyond it.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Xiao Clan bloodline, and his light from the Demon Flame Remnant Map calmed Xiao Chen as Liuli helped him resist the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that the Xiao Clan had fallen and that Xiao Xuan was dead; Liuli explained Xiao Chen’s connection to Xiao Xuan and urged the group to seek the Demon Flame.
• Xiao Chen led Xiao Yan, Liuli, and the others through a gate and up a staircase to an altar, where a white-robed man challenged them to defeat him for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s source.
• Xiao Yan recognized the white-robed man’s Nightmare Sky Mist as an illusion and accused him of trying to control powerful people and escape the Demon Flame Space.
• The white-robed man attacked with a flaming spear, but Xiao Yan told the group not to resist; he then used a blood rune to break the illusion, causing the space to explode.

Xiao Yan and the others escaped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist and confronted the Flame’s true body, but Xun Er and Gu Nanhai were left stranded outside the Demon Flame Space. Xiao Yan prepared to face the Flame without knowing that Xun Er feared she had lost something again.

• Xiao Yan used a curse mark to temporarily suppress the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control over Xiao Chen.
• The Nightmare Sky Mist’s collapse brought other survivors into the Magma World, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed its true body.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xun Er and Gu Nanhai were missing, and Liuli urged him to focus on defeating the Flame first.
• Xun Er and Gu Nanhai found themselves outside the Demon Flame Space after its entrance sealed, and Gu Nanhai said he could not break through the barrier.
• Xun Er worried that asking the Ancient Clan’s Grand Elders for help would endanger Xiao Yan and felt as though she had lost something again.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped the gathered fighters in a blazing domain and demonstrated its overwhelming strength. Hun Miesheng persuaded the factions to join forces, and six Four-star Dou Saint experts prepared to attack the flame.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed the Demon Flame Space in fire and revealed its strength was comparable to a peak Five-star Dou Saint.
• The flame killed many weaker cultivators, then made most of the Dou Venerates explode as Xiao Yan shielded his allies from the falling blood.
• Xiao Yan warned Liuli to conserve her strength and told her the Hall Master of the Soul Hall likely had a way to deal with the flame.
• Hun Miesheng called on the factions to join forces, and Xiao Yan agreed first, prompting the other groups to follow.
• Hun Miesheng gathered the Six Four-star Dou Saint experts to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the remaining fighters dealt with its Fire Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a White Halberd from the magma as Hun Miesheng and Liuli prepared to attack.

Xiao Yan’s side cleared the Fire Slaves while Hun Miesheng and the other five experts struggled against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Hun Miesheng trapped the Demon Flame with the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array, but its furious counterattack weakened all six, leaving Liuli to endure the spreading flames without revealing her strength.

• Xiao Yan and the allied fighters battled the Fire Slaves, with Xiao Yan finishing his own opponent.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame forced Hun Miesheng and Liuli back, then attacked Yao Wangui and the Shi Clan elder with a giant hand of magma.
• Hun Miesheng summoned the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array and gathered energy from the other five experts to strike the Demon Flame with a black light pillar.
• The Demon Flame’s body began to decompose under the array, but it expanded into a thousand-zhang flame form and unleashed a devastating counterattack.
• The counterattack injured all six experts and covered them with milky-white flames, while Liuli endured the pain and kept her strength hidden.

Liuli and Xiao Yan stayed out of the fight over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after Hun Miesheng tossed its sealed origin toward Liuli and fled. They suspected the flame had allowed itself to be sealed as part of a larger plan, and watched as the battlefield erupted into a melee.

• Hun Miesheng sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin in a black Light Pillar and argued that the Soul Clan deserved to claim it.
• Hun Miesheng tossed the Light Pillar toward Liuli, who kicked it away as the other factions rushed after it.
• Liuli joined Xiao Yan and warned him that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might have deliberately allowed itself to be sealed.
• Hun Miesheng returned to the fight, while Xiao Yan considered attacking the gathered fighters with a Fire Lotus and Liuli stopped him.
• Xiao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the Fire Slave mark remained in his body, but Xiao Yan chose to wait and see what the demonic flame did next.

Old Man Hun Mo intervened to protect Hun Miesheng and claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the Pill Tower’s Green Ox Herder and Zi Yan appeared to oppose him. The Green Ox Herder then revealed that the Demon Flame Space was sealed and accused the flame of allowing itself to be captured, leaving everyone shocked.

• Old Man Hun Mo emerged and attacked the Soul Clan’s opponents, prompting the Green Ox Herder from the Little Pill Tower to reveal himself.
• The Green Ox Herder confronted Hun Mo over the Soul Clan’s disregard for the agreement and warned him against pursuing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Zi Yan appeared as a Six-star Dou Sheng and wounded Hun Mo with a golden spear, shocking the gathered experts.
• The Green Ox Herder explained that Zi Yan, the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, had sealed the Demon Flame Space so the factions could not call for reinforcements.
• The Green Ox Herder accused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of pretending to be captured, and the gathered experts stared at the black light pillar in disbelief.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged and activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, trapping everyone in the Demon Flame Space as its power surged. Just as the others prepared to fight back, Xiao Yan spoke with an unfamiliar presence in his voice, calling the flame disappointing.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame broke out of its sealed pillar and faced the Pill Tower Ancestor and the other gathered experts.
• Zi Yan joined the Pill Tower Ancestor and refused the flame's demand to explain why she helped the humans.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, trapping everyone between its two enormous fire arrays.
• Old Man Hun Mo proposed that he and the Pill Tower Ancestor attack the heaven formation while the Ancient Void Dragon Clan attacked the earth formation, and the Pill Tower Ancestor agreed.
• The rotating formation released a crushing force that injured weaker fighters, and Xiao Yan's eyes began to glow white as he called the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame disappointing.

Xiao Yan was possessed by the Netherworld Demonic Saint, who broke Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s hold over the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. As the Demonic Flame began destroying its origin, the others fled through a Space Passage while Liuli stayed behind.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was shocked to find Xiao Yan and the others alive, and the Netherworld Demonic Saint appeared to be controlling Xiao Yan.
• Old Yao connected the Netherworld Demonic Saint’s appearance to the ancient map, while the Saint and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame argued over their past.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, but the Netherworld Demonic Saint froze the Light Pillars and reclaimed control of the formations.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demonic Flame Annihilation and began self-destructing his origin, so the Pill Tower Ancestor urged everyone to escape.
• The Netherworld Demonic Saint opened a Space Passage, and Zi Yan urged Liuli to leave, but Liuli refused.

Xun Er learned that Xiao Yan remained trapped in the Demon Flame Space and was prevented from going after him by Gu Ning, who evacuated the others. Inside the space, Liuli stayed with the Netherworld Demonic Saint, who questioned whether she feared he and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame were allies.

• Gu Qingyang and the others escaped the Demon Flame Space, and he told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had stayed behind after the Netherworld Demonic Saint used his body to send them out.
• Xun Er tried to enter the fading space passage, but Gu Ning restrained her and knocked her unconscious.
• Gu Ning declared that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame matter had ended, then took Xun Er, Gu Nanhai, and Gu Qingyang away.
• Zi Yan told Old Yao that Liuli had chosen to remain inside, and Old Yao led the others back to the Alliance.
• Inside the Demon Flame Space, the Netherworld Demonic Saint spoke to Liuli and asked whether she feared he and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame were on the same side.

Liuli fought the Netherworld Demonic Saint after he possessed Xiao Yan, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame considered his offer to return to him. The Netherworld Demonic Saint subdued Liuli and admitted he had lied to the flame about being reborn and forgiving it.

• The Netherworld Demonic Saint offered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame a chance to return to him, but it challenged his ability to make it submit.
• Liuli threatened the Netherworld Demonic Saint with the Sword Clan’s retaliation and attacked him with her sword techniques.
• The Netherworld Demonic Saint blocked Liuli’s attacks and sealed her qi sea with a miniature demonic lotus, leaving her helpless.
• The Netherworld Demonic Saint caught Liuli as she fell and said she resembled someone he once knew.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame asked whether the Netherworld Demonic Saint could be reborn through a body and would forgive it, and he revealed that he had lied.

Xiao Yan awoke in the Demon Flame Space and learned that the Netherworld Demonic Saint had purified the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving Xiao Yan a chance to absorb its Origin Power. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and Gongsun Lin discussed Xiao Yan’s survival and their daughters’ feelings for him, ending in a quarrel.

• Xiao Yan found Liuli unconscious but unharmed, then met the Netherworld Demonic Saint, who revealed the purified origin of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and asked Xiao Yan to care for Little Demon.
• The Netherworld Demonic Saint faded away after hinting that Xiao Yan would reach the summit and should not disappoint the woman who chose him.
• Xiao Yan decided to prepare a formation before attempting to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Origin Power.
• In the Sword Clan’s Jian Realm, Gu Yuan told Gongsun Lin that Xiao Yan was alive and complained that Xun Er was depressed and devoted to training.
• Gongsun Lin suggested that Xun Er feared she could no longer compete for Xiao Yan, prompting Gu Yuan to mock him about Liuli being alone with Xiao Yan in the Demon Flame Space.
• Gu Yuan and Gongsun Lin fought, then discussed how Xiao Yan might become the strongest among the younger generation.

After recovering from the Netherworld Demonic Saint’s possession, Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Liuli worried over the danger. He rejected her offer to share the risk through the Sun Moon Same Sky Technique, then swallowed the flame’s exposed origin and was engulfed by its inferno.

• Liuli awakened beside Xiao Yan and concealed what had happened between her and the Netherworld Demonic Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that he was about to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and had less than a fifty percent chance of success.
• Liuli proposed using the Sun Moon Same Sky Technique to share the risk, but Xiao Yan refused to endanger her.
• Xiao Yan used a formation, a pale-red liquid, and a Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill to weaken the demonic flame and expose its origin.
• Xiao Yan grabbed the pink flame origin and swallowed it as the inferno engulfed him.

Two years after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, the Tianfu Alliance and Soul Hall fought over the Demonic Fire Stones on the Demon Flame Plain. Xiao Yan and Liuli awakened in the Demon Flame Space, where Xiao Yan discovered that the flame had become a Fire Infant and Liuli could control it.

• The Tianfu Alliance rose above the Soul Hall in strength, while the two powers clashed repeatedly over Demonic Fire Stone resources on the Demon Flame Plain.
• A crystal egg cracked open above the magma sea, and Xiao Yan emerged with the sleeping Liuli in his arms.
• Xiao Yan discovered that he had reached mid Five-star Dou Sheng after absorbing the demonic fire.
• Xiao Yan summoned a tiny Fire Infant from his body and realized it was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Liuli woke up, accepted the Fire Infant, and sensed that she could control it.

After leaving the Demon Flame Space, Xiao Yan and Liuli confronted the Soul Hall’s activity and began their journey back. Liuli worried about the Shi Clan and the sealed Mysterious Spirit Secluded Bamboo, while Xiao Yan told her he intended to formally ask for her hand in marriage.

• Liuli demonstrated that she could control the newly born fire spirit of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and it formed a powerful Destruction - Fire Lotus before she named it Xiao Yi.
• Liuli tore open the spatial seal and revealed that she had reached Six-star Dou Sheng, then she and Xiao Yan left the Demon Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Soul Hall’s Demon Flame Plain Branch Hall and promoted Captain Willow and the other Tianfu Alliance outer members to Earth-rank inner division members.
• Liuli recalled that the Shi Clan was still alive despite the Soul Clan’s supposed plans and resolved to uncover the secret of the Mysterious Spirit Secluded Bamboo.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that he planned to formally ask for her hand in marriage after they returned and settled the Soul Hall matter.

Liuli discovered that the Stone and Yao Clans’ Ancient Jade had been stolen, then uncovered the surviving members of the Ling Clan inside the Mysterious Spirit Secluded Bamboo. The Black-robed old man took the bamboo and told Liuli she would inherit his power and identity, setting up her next step toward the coming conflict.

• Liuli learned that the Stone and Yao Clans’ Ancient Jade had been stolen, prompting the Four Clan Alliance to protect what remained.
• Liuli broke the restriction on the Mysterious Spirit Secluded Bamboo and saw a memory of the Ling Clan’s final young survivors being sent inside by the Spirit Ancestor.
• Liuli found Ling Feiyu and dozens of other sleeping figures in the bamboo, but decided not to awaken them.
• The Black-robed old man sensed the Spirit Emperor’s aura, took the bamboo, and confirmed that Liuli would not need to leave the clan soon.
• The Black-robed old man told Liuli she would inherit his power and identity, while he continued guarding the Sword Tomb.