Arc 24The Road to the Demonic Flame

Xiao Jin escaped the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s ambush, rallied the continent’s forces, and prepared for the evil consciousness’s eventual release while pursuing his own breakthrough. After defeating the Heavenly Underworld Sect and training in the Heavenly Tomb, he set out toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the Soul Clan’s threat drew near.

  • Xiao Jin resisted Hun Yu’s hidden control technique, then fought Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao while Xun Er and the others battled the Dou Saint Puppets and Feng Qing’er joined the attack.
  • Xiao Jin teleported his allies away from the ambush and learned from Feng Qingyao that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s sealed evil consciousness could break free within three years.
  • Xiao Jin enlisted Ya Fei’s help to reduce ordinary people’s hardships, made the Lei and Flame Clans compensate the Xiao Tribe, and announced his plan to become a Dou Emperor.
  • Xiao Jin gathered the alliance to pursue the Ancient God Jades, brought the Flower Sect into the alliance, and killed Youming Zi before helping destroy the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
  • Xiao Jin and Yun Yun returned with Nalan Yanran, who rejected his offer of help and asked him to stop taking care of her.
  • Xiao Jin entered the Heavenly Tomb with his companions and reached Late Eight-Star Dou Sheng before leaving, while Xiao Yan advanced to Two-Star Dou Sheng outside.
  • Xiao Jin asked Gu Yuan to keep the Ancient Clan away from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then headed to the Demonic Flame Plains as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen set out to join him.
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Ch. 577Control

Xiao Jin confronted Hun Yu, who revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the Soul Clan had joined forces to control him. Xiao Jin resisted the control and exposed that he had anticipated the trap, leaving Hun Yu's plan in ruins.

  • Xiao Jin recognized Hun Yu and mocked his claim to be a nobody, while Hun Yu announced that Xiao Jin would die there.
  • Hun Yu revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could activate a hidden control technique implanted in Xiao Jin through the Ancient Heaven Phoenix blood.
  • Hun Yu snapped his fingers, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree sent black mist over Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin remained unaffected.
  • Xiao Jin explained that he had detected and absorbed the hidden power, and had deliberately kept the blood on himself to lure the Soul Clan into revealing its method.
  • Hun Yu admitted he had underestimated Xiao Jin, who blamed the Soul Clan's repeated failures on its arrogance.

Ch. 578Fighting Two Saints Alone

Xiao Jin faced Hun Yu, Hun Sheng Tian, and Hun Yao as the Soul Clan tried to overwhelm him with its ancient experts and Dou Saint Puppets. After clashing with Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao, Xiao Jin brought out his soul body to even their numbers.

  • Hun Yu summoned Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao through Spatial Turbulence using his bloodline as a beacon.
  • Hun Yu revealed that dozens of Dou Saint Puppets would support the two ancestors, so Xiao Jin released two Dragon King Puppets and warned Xun Er and the others to stay safe.
  • Xiao Jin attacked Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao with a destructive fire dragon, but their coordinated offense and defense made the clash end in mutual destruction.
  • After several unsuccessful attacks, Xiao Jin summoned his soul body, turning the fight into two against two.

Ch. 579All-Out War

Xiao Jin and his soul body attacked Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao while Xun Er, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian fought dozens of Dou Saint Puppets. Xiao Jin focused on draining Hun Sheng Tian’s Death Qi, wary that the eerie Bodhi Ancient Tree had yet to reveal its power.

  • Xiao Jin and his soul body attacked Hun Sheng Tian from opposite sides, while Hun Yao dodged the spear and left Hun Sheng Tian’s back exposed.
  • Hun Sheng Tian survived Xiao Jin’s spear wound by rapidly regenerating, though the process consumed his Death Qi.
  • Xiao Jin realized Hun Sheng Tian’s regeneration depended on his limited Death Qi and began targeting his vital points to exhaust it.
  • Xiao Jin’s soul body kept Hun Yao from joining Hun Sheng Tian as Xun Er, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian battled dozens of Dou Saint Puppets.
  • The four women held off the puppets, while Xiao Jin continued to conserve his strength because he feared the Bodhi Ancient Tree had not yet shown its power.

Ch. 580A New Nine-Star Dou Sheng

Xiao Jin and his allies were gaining the upper hand against Hun Sheng Tian and Hun Yao when Hun Yao opened the Gate of Dead Silence and Feng Qing’er emerged as a Nine-Star Dou Saint. Xiao Jin identified the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s secret role in her rise, but Zi Yan’s question about how they found the Ancient Heaven Phoenix’s remains was left unanswered.

  • Hun Sheng Tian called on Hun Yao to stop holding back as both struggled against Xiao Jin and the Emperor Realm Soul body.
  • Hun Yao opened the Gate of Dead Silence, and Feng Qing’er stepped out with several members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan behind her.
  • Feng Qing’er announced that she would kill Xiao Jin, while Xun Er and the other women joined him on the battlefield.
  • Xiao Jin recognized Jiu Feng and realized the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had used a secret art to transplant an ancestor’s bones into Feng Qing’er.
  • Xiao Jin explained to Zi Yan that the bones belonged to an Ancient Heaven Phoenix who had refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zi Yan asked how the clan had found the remains.

Ch. 581We've Got You!

Xiao Jin deduced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had gathered the remains of ancient powerhouses, including an Ancient Void Dragon, and that the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had secretly allied with it. Feng Qing'er and Hun Sheng Tian revealed that they had lured Xiao Jin into a trap, leaving him surrounded by powerful enemies.

  • Xiao Jin told Zi Yan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had likely collected the remains of the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heaven Phoenix, alarming Zi Yan because the Dragon Emperors had a duty to recover the senior’s remains.
  • Feng Qing'er’s followers angrily challenged Xiao Jin after he rejected her, but they balked when she ordered them to teach him a lesson, and she reprimanded Jiu Feng for their cowardice.
  • Xiao Jin asked when the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had allied with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then deduced that they had made contact during the Space Auction.
  • Hun Sheng Tian admitted that the Soul Clan had used a clump of Soul Origin as bait to occupy Xiao Jin and draw away the Pill Tower’s forces.
  • Xiao Jin assessed the powerful forces surrounding him, and Feng Qing'er confirmed that they believed they had him trapped.

Ch. 582Fleeing

Xiao Jin escaped the ambush in the Wild Wilderness by teleporting himself and his companions to the Starry Space. There, he warned them that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might be powerful enough to control puppets above Seven-Star Dou Sheng and that the trap could also target their strongest reinforcements.

  • Xiao Jin used a brilliant white light to teleport himself, Xun Er, and the other women away before Feng Qing'er and the Soul Clan could attack.
  • Feng Qing'er asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree how Xiao Jin had escaped, and it identified his method as a Dou Emperor's power.
  • The Bodhi Ancient Tree berated the gathered clans, and everyone, including Feng Qing'er, knelt before it.
  • In the Starry Space, Zi Yan offered to summon Zhu Kun, but Xiao Jin said Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, the old man, and Xiao Xuan must not intervene.
  • Xiao Jin suggested that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might control puppets stronger than Seven-Star Dou Sheng, leading him and Zi Yan to suspect the ambush was designed to trap their Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng allies too.

Ch. 583The Past of the Bodhi Ancient Tree

Xiao Jin warned the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was controlling powerful Dou Saint Puppets and hunting alliance experts, then sought answers from Feng Qingyao. She explained how the tree’s corrupted spirit had been sealed in the Wild Wilderness, leaving Xiao Jin with the knowledge that the ancient seal was still holding.

  • Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower and told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Bodhi Ancient Tree controlled dozens of Dou Saint Puppets and was targeting powerful alliance members.
  • Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor concluded that the tree was confined to the Wild Wilderness, but agreed that avoiding it forever would not solve the threat.
  • Xiao Jin traveled to Feng Qingyao’s Dou Emperor Space and asked her how to deal with the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
  • Feng Qingyao revealed that the tree was stronger than a Half-Emperor but weaker than a Dou Emperor, and that its evil spirit had been sealed away.
  • Feng Qingyao explained that a dying Dou Emperor’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Cang Yuan had sealed the corrupted portion of its spirit in the Wild Wilderness.

Ch. 584Getting Stuck in a Rut

Feng Qingyao explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness sought Xiao Jin’s Origin Emperor Qi, and she persuaded him not to confront it before he was strong enough. The seal might break sooner than expected, leaving Xiao Jin as little as three years to become a Dou Emperor.

  • Feng Qingyao told Xiao Jin that the sealed evil consciousness had grown stronger by absorbing negative emotions and might be seeking his unrefined Origin Emperor Qi.
  • Xiao Jin asked Feng Qingyao how to defeat the evil consciousness, but she admitted that even Cang Yuan had only managed to seal it.
  • Feng Qingyao pointed out that Xiao Jin could avoid the Wild Wilderness and wait until his strength surpassed the evil consciousness’s before confronting it.
  • Xiao Jin relaxed after realizing that his Origin Emperor Qi and Blood Pool could help him reach the Dou Emperor realm.
  • Feng Qingyao warned Xiao Jin that the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan might break the seal early, giving him as little as three years to become a Dou Emperor.

Ch. 585The Key

Xiao Jin sought a way to destroy the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil sentience, but Su Min guided him to focus on weakening its source of power. He realized that improving ordinary people’s lives could reduce the negative emotions that sustained it, leaving him with a path toward defeating it after reaching Dou Emperor.

  • Xiao Jin considered using the three years before the confrontation to stabilize his cultivation and reach Dou Emperor, possibly training in the Heavenly Tomb.
  • Feng Qingyao told Xiao Jin she did not know how to destroy the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil intelligence and suggested asking Su Min.
  • Su Min told Xiao Jin that Cang Yuan’s failure did not mean he would fail, and urged him to consider what could weaken the evil sentience.
  • Xiao Jin realized that negative emotions varied with people’s circumstances and that meeting ordinary people’s material needs could reduce those emotions across the continent.
  • Xiao Jin concluded that weakening the evil sentience by improving ordinary people’s lives could create an opportunity to destroy it completely.

Ch. 586Go All Out

Xiao Jin rejected the idea of using mass deaths to weaken the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness after Su Min warned that the resulting resentment would feed it. He learned that Su Min and the others were alive in the Star Domain, then asked Ya Fei to use her commercial influence to improve the continent’s fundamental situation.

  • Su Min warned Xiao Jin that killing large numbers of people would create resentment for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness, and reminded him that his parents had sealed him away to change events.
  • Su Min told Xiao Jin to improve his strength over the next two years and revealed that she and the others were alive in the Star Domain before sending him back to the Pill Tower.
  • Xiao Jin tried to contact Su Min through his Spatial Mark but found that she had cut off communication.
  • Xiao Jin visited Ya Fei, teased her about her earrings, and explained the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness and the need to transform the continent.
  • Ya Fei agreed to give her commercial efforts everything she had to help Xiao Jin weaken the evil consciousness’s influence.

Ch. 587Does Lei Ying, the clan leader, want to know how much face I have?

At a high-level meeting in the Little Pill Tower, Xiao Xuan confronted Yan Jin and Lei Ying over their clans’ past treatment of the Xiao Tribe, and Xiao Jin demanded compensation. When Lei Ying insulted Xiao Jin, powerful allies gathered behind him, leaving Lei Ying facing the question of what standing Xiao Jin had.

  • Xiao Xuan accused Yan Jin and Lei Ying of benefiting from the Xiao Tribe’s decline after his death.
  • Xiao Jin calmed Xiao Xuan and told the two clan chiefs to return what they had taken from the Xiao Tribe and pay ten or eight times its value in compensation.
  • Lei Ying challenged Xiao Jin’s right to speak, while Yan Jin quickly distanced himself from Lei Ying.
  • Zhu Kun, the Pill Tower Ancestor, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan backed Xiao Jin and suggested turning against the Lei Clan.
  • Yan Jin joined Xiao Jin’s side as more powerful figures gathered behind him.
  • Xiao Jin asked Lei Ying whether he wanted to know what standing he had.

Ch. 588Battle Against Lei Ying

Xiao Jin confronted Lei Ying over the Lei Clan’s past mistreatment of the Xiao Tribe and challenged him to a duel. Xiao Jin fought using only his soul, and his first clash with Lei Ying displayed power at the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level.

  • Xiao Jin repeatedly mocked Lei Ying’s silence, then challenged him to settle the matter through combat.
  • Lei Ying accepted the challenge rather than let the Lei Clan’s reputation suffer, and four Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts raised a barrier around the dueling ground.
  • Xiao Jin announced that he would fight using only his soul, while Xun Er and Cai Lin recognized that his soul was his stronger side.
  • Lei Ying formed Black Demon Lightning into a miniature thundercloud and launched a lightning palm seal against Xiao Jin’s towering Soul Hand Seal.
  • Their collision shook the barrier, and the experts maintaining it realized Xiao Jin’s soul attack had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng power.

Ch. 589Meeting

Xiao Jin defeated Lei Ying with his soul power, forcing the Lei Clan and Flame Clan to promise compensation for their past wrongs against the Xiao Tribe. At a meeting about the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s threat, Xiao Jin assured the gathered experts that he would become a Dou Emperor before it broke free of its seal.

  • Xiao Jin easily defeated Lei Ying with his soul, and Lei Ying admitted defeat and agreed that the Lei Clan would compensate the Xiao Tribe.
  • Yan Jin promised that the Flame Clan would also send apology gifts, and Xiao Jin asked Xiao Xuan whether the matter had been handled to his satisfaction.
  • Xiao Jin opened the meeting at the Pill Tower, where the Pill Tower Ancestor explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could create and control Dou Saint Puppets.
  • Xiao Jin warned everyone not to panic because the Bodhi Ancient Tree remained sealed in the Wild Wilderness, then declared that he would become a Dou Emperor before it escaped.

Ch. 590Opening Up a New Space

Xiao Jin revealed that he possessed Origin Emperor Qi, and Xiao Xuan explained that it could allow a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng to become a Dou Emperor. Xiao Jin said he had convened the meeting not to hand over the Qi, but to gather everyone’s strength to open a new space.

  • Xiao Xuan explained that Origin Emperor Qi was the missing energy needed to break through to Dou Emperor and confirmed that Xiao Jin possessed enough for one breakthrough.
  • The assembled experts reacted eagerly to the Origin Emperor Qi, but the Pill Tower Ancestor’s warning brought them back to their senses.
  • A Lei Clan elder suggested giving the Origin Emperor Qi to one of the four supreme experts, and Lei Ying struck him down and apologized to Xiao Jin.
  • Xiao Jin reassured Lei Ying that he held no grudge and said his real purpose was to gather everyone’s strength to open a new space.

Ch. 591How Are They All Wins?

Xiao Jin explained that opening a Small World would gather the alliance’s forces and lure Soul Heaven Emperor into pursuing the Ancient God Jades. He planned to strengthen himself before the showdown and left the Heavenly Tomb expedition’s roster partly undecided.

  • The Pill Tower Ancestor questioned whether Xiao Jin’s plan to open a Small World could work, and Xiao Jin said the alliance would benefit whether the Soul Clan attacked or not.
  • Xiao Jin explained that gathering the clans’ Ancient God Jades would tempt Soul Heaven Emperor to seize them, while giving Xiao Jin time to pursue his own path to becoming a Dou Emperor.
  • Xiao Jin revealed that he needed the Ancient God Jades to remove the restrictions on Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and release the remnant soul that could guide him to Tou She Ancient God in the Great Thousand World.
  • The Pill Tower Ancestor asked whom Xiao Jin would take into the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Jin said Ya Fei had to stay behind while Qing Lin could choose for herself.
  • Xiao Jin said the others could join him, but they would wait until Yun Yun emerged from seclusion in Feng Qingyao’s cave dwelling.

Ch. 592Yun Yun Leaves Her Seclusion

The Lei Clan and Flame Clan apologized to the Xiao Clan and compensated them, while Xiao Jin gave Yao Chen a Fire Bodhi Pill to help Xiao Yan break through to Dou Saint. After Yun Yun emerged from seclusion, Xiao Jin filled her in on recent events and asked her to invite the Flower Sect into the alliance, as they prepared to confront the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

  • Yan Jin and Lei Ying brought gifts to the Xiao Clan and apologized to Xiao Zhan under Xiao Xuan's watchful gaze.
  • Xiao Jin gave Yao Chen a Fire Bodhi Pill for Xiao Yan's planned breakthrough to Dou Saint.
  • Yun Yun came out of seclusion and reunited with Xiao Jin, who told her about the Wild Wilderness and Nalan Yanran.
  • Xiao Jin asked Yun Yun to invite the Flower Sect into the alliance when she visited Nalan Yanran.
  • Yun Yun agreed to help and discussed Cai Lin's plan to move against the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Ch. 593There's Something Wrong With Your Body

After Yun Yun returned from seclusion, Cai Lin worried that none of Xiao Jin’s companions had become pregnant, while Xiao Jin suspected his bloodline was responsible. Xiao Jin then brought Yun Yun to the Flower Sect to form an alliance and revealed that Granny Hua had died sealing Youming Zi, whom he intended to defeat.

  • Cai Lin asked Xiao Jin why she and the others had not become pregnant, and Xiao Jin suspected they would have to wait until they became Dou Emperors.
  • Xiao Jin accompanied Yun Yun to the Flower Sect, where its elders agreed to join the Pill Tower Alliance and accepted two Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
  • Yun Yun went to find Nalan Yanran while Xiao Jin led Qing Fairy and Hua Xianzi to the cave where Granny Hua had fallen.
  • Xiao Jin explained that Granny Hua had sacrificed herself to seal Youming Zi, a one-star Dou Sheng of the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
  • Xiao Jin declared that he would deal with Youming Zi as the first step in wiping out the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Ch. 594Youming Zi

Xiao Jin broke Hua Yu’s seal and freed the badly injured Youming Zi, who taunted the Qing and Hua Immortals over his past crimes against the Flower Sect. Xiao Jin captured him and began torturing him with the powers of multiple Heavenly Flames, leaving Youming Zi alive but in agony.

  • Xiao Jin burned through Hua Yu’s seal with the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame while the Qing and Hua Immortals stood by.
  • Youming Zi emerged from the broken seal, laughed at Hua Yu’s failure to kill him, and realized he was too injured to face the Qing and Hua Immortals.
  • The Qing and Hua Immortals confronted Youming Zi over Hua Yu’s death and his abuse of Flower Sect disciples.
  • Xiao Jin dragged Youming Zi toward him and trapped him in the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame.
  • Xiao Jin repeatedly tortured and healed Youming Zi with the distinct powers of his Heavenly Flames, keeping him alive through the ordeal.

Ch. 595The Flower Sect Assembles

Xiao Jin killed Youming Zi and secured the Flower Sect’s support for a campaign against the Heavenly Underworld Sect. Yun Yun persuaded Nalan Yanran to return to the Pill Tower, and the Flower Sect assembled its forces to set out.

  • Xiao Jin killed Youming Zi, then asked the Qing and Hua Immortals to help him attack the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
  • Qing Fairy agreed to gather the Flower Sect’s people and join the campaign.
  • Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that staying with the Flower Sect could put her and the sect in danger because of the Soul Clan.
  • Nalan Yanran agreed to return to the Pill Tower with Yun Yun, though she felt disappointed about seeing Xiao Jin less often.
  • Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran joined Xiao Jin at the sect plaza, where more than a thousand Flower Sect disciples gathered before the expedition.

Ch. 596Palm Technique Descending from the Heavens

Xiao Jin led the Flower Sect to the Heavenly Underworld Sect and overwhelmed its defenders, using Youming Zi’s corpse to cripple Tianmingzi before destroying the sect with a flaming palm. He left the remaining survivors for the Flower Sect to deal with.

  • Yi Chen toured the Heavenly Underworld Sect with Venerable Ghost Senluo, who praised him as the future sect master.
  • Tianmingzi and the sect’s other experts rushed to the barrier entrance after the Flower Sect arrived in force.
  • Xiao Jin had the South Dragon King hurl Youming Zi’s corpse at Tianmingzi, crushing his chest and revealing that the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s Dou Sheng patriarch was dead.
  • Xiao Jin declared that the Heavenly Underworld Sect would cease to exist and unleashed the Eight Desolations Ashen Extinction Palm, burning the compound and killing Yi Chen.
  • Xiao Jin told the Qing and Hua Immortals to leave the survivors to the Flower Sect, and they agreed.

Ch. 597Nalan Yanran's Emotional Breakdown

Xiao Jin helped the Flower Sect destroy the Heavenly Underworld Sect, then clarified to Nalan Yanran that he could never return her feelings because of her former engagement to Xiao Yan and his relationship with Yun Yun. Nalan Yanran accepted his rejection but refused his offer of support, saying she wanted to cut ties completely.

  • Xiao Jin and the Flower Sect wiped out the Heavenly Underworld Sect, while Qing Fairy and the disciples thanked him for helping them avenge their fallen sisters.
  • Yun Yun publicly acknowledged Xiao Jin as her partner, and Nalan Yanran watched her closely before following her back to the Pill Tower.
  • After Yun Yun left them alone, Xiao Jin reminded Nalan Yanran of her engagement to his third brother, Xiao Yan, and said he had never held romantic feelings for her.
  • Nalan Yanran said she understood, but refused Xiao Jin's offer to help her reach Dou Sheng, explaining that his continued kindness would keep her tied to him.
  • Nalan Yanran broke down in tears and said she would rather Xiao Jin stop taking care of her for Yun Yun's sake.

Ch. 598Re-entering the Heavenly Tomb

After Nalan Yanran left, Xiao Jin prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Yun Yun, Xun Er, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian for two years of cultivation. Before departing, he suspected the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness had failed to exploit a weakness involving a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, but postponed investigating until Xiao Yan finished his breakthrough.

  • Xiao Jin invited Yun Yun to join the group entering the Heavenly Tomb, and she agreed after learning Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin would be there.
  • Xiao Jin suspected the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil consciousness had overlooked a chance to lure him using the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit Xiao Yan found in an ancient ruin, but Yun Yun reminded him that Xiao Yan was already breaking through to Dou Saint.
  • Xiao Jin and his companions bought decades’ worth of ingredients in Saint Pill City and he held a private discussion with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
  • Seven days later, Xiao Jin’s group of five entered the Ancient Realm, while a hidden watcher observed their departure as a likely final farewell.
  • Gu Yuan received Xiao Jin and heard him promise to take good care of Xun Er in the Heavenly Tomb.

Ch. 599Seclusion in the Heavenly Tomb

Xiao Jin secluded himself in the Heavenly Tomb, where his strength and the women’s foundations steadily improved. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan broke through at Starfall Pavilion, reaching the mid-phase of Two-Star Dou Sheng as Yao Chen worried over the approaching Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Soul Clan’s schemes.

  • Xiao Jin built a secluded courtyard in the Heavenly Tomb and gradually stabilized his realm, nearing the mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng by his fifth year there.
  • Qing Lin joined Xiao Jin in the Heavenly Tomb in the sixth year, while Zi Yan and Ya Fei visited before returning to their own responsibilities.
  • Disturbances increased around the Demonic Flame Plains as people gathered in anticipation of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s appearance.
  • Yao Chen told Feng Xian that the flame might appear early and voiced concern about the Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s alliance with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s evil sentience.
  • Xiao Yan’s breakthrough shook Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Chen protected its disciples from the flames and soul pressure.
  • Yao Chen realized Xiao Yan had refined Soul Origin as well as advanced his cultivation, and Xiao Yan emerged at the mid-phase of Two-Star Dou Sheng.

Ch. 600Tremendous Breakthrough

After spending more than ten years cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Jin and his companions returned to the Ancient Saint Mountain Range as powerful Dou Shengs. Xiao Jin planned to secure the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for Xiao Yan and learned that the Soul Clan’s hidden realm was near the Wild Wilderness.

  • Xiao Jin and his companions left the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Jin had reached Late Eight-Star Dou Sheng and several others had advanced in cultivation.
  • Xiao Jin told Gu Yuan that the Ancient Clan should stay away from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence so he could claim it for Xiao Yan.
  • Gu Yuan agreed to Xiao Jin’s request and reported that the continent had remained mostly peaceful despite continued friction with the Soul Clan.
  • Gu Yuan revealed that the Soul Clan’s and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s pocket worlds lay in a mountain range bordering the Wild Wilderness, and gave Xiao Jin information about the Demonic Flame Plains.
  • Xiao Jin took the scroll and left the Ancient Realm with his companions, while Gu Yuan concluded that the final battle was near.

Ch. 601Two Moons Appear Together, Nine Stars Become One

Xiao Jin explained to Xun Er why the Soul Clan was the only faction he expected to threaten their pursuit of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan left seclusion with a new pill from Yao Chen and set out for the Demonic Flame Plains.

  • Xiao Jin and Xun Er witnessed the signs of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appearing and discussed the dangers of pursuing it.
  • Xiao Jin told Xun Er that he expected the Soul Clan to be their main threat and that it might not appear unless he did.
  • Major factions gathered at the Demonic Flame Plains to pursue the demonic flame.
  • Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill refined by the Pill Tower Ancestor for refining Heavenly Flames.
  • Xiao Yan and Yao Chen set out for the Demonic Flame Plains to join Xiao Jin and the others.
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