Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin set out with a powerful Pill Tower delegation for the Demonic Flame Plains, reassured that the Pill Tower’s Small World could withstand the Soul Clan. The group arrived at the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s desert gathering, where Xiao Jin learned that Elder Shennong and Dan Xuansheng had witnessed an earlier emergence.

• Xiao Jin asked the Pill Tower Ancestor whether the Pill Tower would be safe while he took many allies away, and the Ancestor assured him that its Small World was protected by powerful clans and Dou Sheng experts.
• Xiao Jin chose Dan Xuansheng and Elder Shennong to accompany him, and nine people departed for the Demonic Flame Plains.
• Yin Youyao asked why Xiao Jin still sought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after obtaining it, and the Pill Tower Ancestor said Xiao Jin could enhance it further but refused to explain.
• Travelers unable to withstand the flame’s residual heat turned back as factions gathered in the desert around its blazing light.
• Xiao Jin and his companions arrived, drawing attention from the gathered factions, who recognized the Pill Tower delegation and discussed Xiao Jin’s reputation.
• Elder Shennong and Dan Xuansheng remarked that the flame had transformed a former mountain range into a desert, and Xiao Jin recalled Dan Xuansheng’s role in an earlier emergence.

Xiao Jin reunited with Xiao Yan and warned him about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame before the Soul Clan arrived with a force of high-level Dou Shengs. As Xiao Jin confronted them, Feng Qing'er appeared and challenged his claim that Hun Yao and Hun Sheng Tian were defeated underlings.

• Xiao Jin reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, then cautioned Xiao Yan against underestimating the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Jin revealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and its power frightened Xiao Yan's fused Heavenly Flames into trembling.
• The Soul Clan emerged with five Eight-Star Dou Shengs and five Seven-Star Dou Shengs, led by the remaining Soul Clan Four Elders, Hun Miesheng, and Hun Xuzi.
• Xiao Jin removed the Soul Clan's pressure from the Demonic Flame Plains, allowing the weaker spectators to flee.
• Xiao Jin taunted Hun Yao and Hun Sheng Tian for their earlier defeat, and Feng Qing'er appeared, reminding him that she had defeated him too.

Xiao Jin confronted Feng Qing'er and the Soul Clan, dismissing their gathered forces and revealing that he had sensed Nihility Devouring Flame hiding nearby. The Soul Clan proposed settling their rivalry when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, and Xiao Jin agreed to delay the fight while carrying out a plan with the Pill Tower Ancestor.

• Feng Qing'er challenged Xiao Jin and summoned dozens of weakened Dou Saint Puppets created by the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Jin assessed the assembled Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces and judged that his companions could overcome them.
• Xiao Jin exposed Nihility Devouring Flame's hidden presence, surprising Hun Miesheng and revealing the Soul Clan's fear of a direct clash.
• The silent elder among the Four Elders of the Soul Clan proposed settling their contest when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.
• Xiao Jin chose to play along and stall for time, trusting the plan he had made with the Pill Tower Ancestor.

Xiao Jin and his companions entered the Demonic Flame Space, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusions and Fire Slaves threatened intruders. They pushed toward a spatial gate as Xiao Jin stayed behind to hold off the Fire Slaves.

• After the milky-white entrance opened, Xiao Jin sent Dan Xuansheng, Elder Shennong, and Yao Chen to deal with the Puppets while he led the others inside.
• Xiao Jin warned Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could exploit extreme emotions to create demonic flame within a person.
• Xiao Jin and the others encountered Nightmare Heavenly Mist, which Xun Er said showed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had grown stronger over the past thousand years.
• Fire Slaves poured from cracks in the distorted space, and Xiao Jin ordered the group to head through a distant spatial gate while he covered their retreat.
• Xiao Jin unleashed his Emperor Realm Soul, destroying the Dou Zun-level Fire Slaves caught in its waves.

Xiao Jin saw through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion and used Xiao Yan’s blood to free Blood Axe Xiao Chen from its control. After Xiao Chen learned of the Xiao Tribe’s fate, Xiao Jin transported the group toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• The group crossed halls filled with increasingly powerful fire slaves until they reached a hall guarded by a shriveled figure.
• Xiao Jin stopped Zi Yan from attacking the figure and asked Xiao Yan for a drop of essence blood.
• Xiao Jin used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to strip away Xiao Chen’s milky-white flames, while the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame removed the flame’s control mark.
• Xiao Jin identified Xiao Chen as Xiao Xuan’s younger cousin, and Xiao Yan told him that the Xiao Tribe had fallen and that only Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan remained with its Dou Emperor bloodline.
• Xiao Jin urged the group to find and subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then transported them to an unfamiliar place.

Xiao Jin confronted the unexpectedly powerful Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after breaking its Nightmare Illusion, while the Soul Clan members and Feng Qing'er regrouped nearby. The flame revealed a puppet identical to itself, and Xiao Jin realized it had refined the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint into a fire slave.

• Xun Er recognized the Soul Clan members and Feng Qing'er as they emerged from the dispelled illusion.
• Xiao Jin sensed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was stronger than expected and could not determine its true realm.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame closed the spatial passages and spread its flames, while Xiao Jin shielded his companions with matching flames.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame said it intended to devour the flame within Xiao Jin and kill everyone present.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a puppet with its own appearance, and Xiao Jin recognized it as the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint, whom the flame had refined into a fire slave.

Xiao Jin faced the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s Fire Slave and weighed the threat posed by the Soul Clan and Feng Qing’er. The Reincarnation Nirvana Flame’s three figures emerged to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Soul Clan chose to wait and watch.

• Xiao Jin realized that the Fire Slave might possess the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s Half-Emperor strength and feared that his allies could be overwhelmed.
• The Reincarnation Nirvana Flame split into the miniature Tou She Ancient God, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who offered to fight their counterpart with help from Little Bodhi.
• Xiao Jin assigned the women behind him to hold off the Soul Clan and Feng Qing’er while he prepared to face the Fire Slave.
• Hun Yao and Hun Sheng Tian urged the Soul Clan to attack Xiao Jin, but Hun Miesheng, Feng Qing’er, and Hun Xuzi argued that they should wait and exploit a clash between Xiao Jin and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The quiet Eight-Star Dou Sheng elder agreed that the Soul Clan should observe for now.

Xiao Jin battled the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint and tried to break the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array while Reincarnation Nirvana Flame held the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a stalemate. As Xiao Jin unleashed his Great Sun Glazed Body and Soul Shadow True Spirit, Xiao Yan’s strange inner light began to awaken unnoticed.

• Reincarnation Nirvana Flame and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame clashed, then stalemated as Xiao Jin turned to face the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint.
• The Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint attacked Xiao Jin with the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array, and Xiao Jin countered with the Spirit-Sealing Formation.
• Xiao Yan felt a strange light trembling in his mind and became dizzy as his pupils turned milky white, but no one noticed.
• Xiao Jin sent his soul body to the array’s earthly side and attacked both sides at once, forcing the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint to fire destructive pillars at him.
• Xiao Jin formed the Great Sun Glazed Body and his soul body transformed into the Soul Shadow True Spirit to meet the incoming attacks.

The Soul Clan and Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Jin while he was occupied fighting the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint's Fire Slave. Xun Er and the others intercepted them, and Yun Yun and Qing Lin began turning the fight against the Seven-Star Dou Saints.

• Feng Qing'er and the Soul Clan's Dou Saints attacked Xiao Jin, hoping to stop his growth.
• Xun Er blocked Feng Qing'er, while Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan engaged the Eight-Star Dou Saints.
• Yun Yun used Qing Lin's pupils to disorient the Seven-Star Dou Saints, then killed one and annihilated his soul.
• Qing Lin summoned dozens of Ancient Void Dragon phantoms to assist Yun Yun against the remaining Seven-Star Dou Saints.
• Yun Yun sent one of her opponents flying, preparing to join the Eight-Star Dou Saint battle.

As Little Demon and Nihility Devouring Flame fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan struggled against the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant soul. Xiao Yan appeared to lose control of his body, though a secret conversation began deep within his soul.

• Little Demon swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Flame Whip and used its transformed power to bind him, but Nihility Devouring Flame realized their opponent was pretending.
• Little Demon expanded into a vast net and joined Nihility in trying to restrain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant soul was attempting to possess his body and fought back with his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul.
• Xiao Yan resisted for half an hour before his eyes turned calm and milky white light appeared between his brows, signaling that the remnant soul had defeated him.
• An unknown conversation began deep within Xiao Yan’s soul, unnoticed by everyone else.

The Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint tried to persuade Xiao Yan to let him help Xiao Jin, but Xiao Yan refused to risk his brother’s life and body. The Saint then forcibly took over Xiao Yan and appeared inside the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array, leaving Xiao Jin to face him.

• The Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint showed Xiao Yan that Xiao Jin was struggling against the Fire Slave and predicted he would lose within fifteen minutes without help.
• Xiao Yan trusted Xiao Jin to win but refused the Saint’s offer because he did not trust him enough to gamble with Xiao Jin’s life.
• The Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint admitted he had his own grudges to settle and decided to take Xiao Yan’s body by force.
• The Saint overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s resistance, took control of his body, and appeared inside the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array.
• Xiao Jin recognized the mark on Xiao Yan’s forehead and reacted with complicated emotions.

Xiao Jin confronted Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint, who had taken control of Xiao Yan’s body and asked him to suppress changes in the Demonic Flame Space while he restrained the Fire Slave. Xiao Jin recognized that Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint had willingly become a Fire Slave to arrange his resurrection, and refused to help.

• Purifying Lotus Demonic Lotus Flame stopped attacking when Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint appeared in Xiao Yan’s body and looked toward Xiao Jin.
• Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint asked Xiao Jin to suppress a powerful energy tide expected to arise while he restrained the Fire Slave.
• Xiao Jin refused because he suspected the energy tide would help Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint resurrect himself at Xiao Yan’s expense.
• Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint asked how Xiao Jin had discovered his scheme.
• Xiao Jin reasoned that no one could refine a Half-Emperor into a puppet by force, so Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint must have willingly become a Fire Slave to enable his resurrection.

Xiao Jin exposed Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s intentions and used the promise of Origin Emperor Qi to shake his Dao heart. As Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint faltered, Xiao Jin’s freed soul body entered Xiao Yan’s glabella and weakened the Soul Mark.

• Xiao Jin explained that Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint had deceived him and planned to reclaim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which Xiao Yan needed for his breakthrough.
• Xiao Jin discovered that Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s consciousness was controlling Xiao Yan and challenged him over his resentment about the loss of Origin Emperor Qi.
• Xiao Jin claimed Tou She Ancient God had left behind a way to reach Dou Emperor and showed Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint a mass of Origin Emperor Qi.
• Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s Dao heart wavered when he saw the Origin Emperor Qi and reconsidered whether he had chosen the wrong path.
• Xiao Jin sent his freed soul body into Xiao Yan’s glabella, causing the Soul Mark to dim as if it might disappear.

Xiao Jin defeated Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant soul inside Xiao Yan’s soul space and used its Soul Origin to take control of the Fire Slave. With the threat resolved, he turned his attention to the other intruders in the Demonic Flame Space.

• Xiao Jin entered Xiao Yan’s soul space and relieved the pressure Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint had placed on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Jin destroyed Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant soul and collected its Soul Origin.
• Xiao Jin refused to give the Soul Origin to Xiao Yan, explaining that he had another use for it.
• Xiao Jin fused the marked Soul Origin into the Fire Slave, gaining control of it within the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yan that the biggest problem was resolved and prepared to deal with the remaining intruders.

Xiao Jin and the Fire Slave cornered the Soul Clan fighters inside the Demonic Flame Space after Feng Qing'er fled. The four Soul Clan members crossed a barrier of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame toward the Gate of Dead Silence, only to find a beautiful woman blocking their way.

• Feng Qing'er injured Xun Er, then escaped through a spatial rift as the Fire Slave joined Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin killed Hun Xuzi by destroying his body and annihilating his fleeing soul.
• Hun Miesheng and three other Soul Clan members fled toward the Gate of Dead Silence while the Fire Slave sealed their retreat with Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The four Soul Clan members charged through the flame barrier, losing most of their Dou Qi and falling to the Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• After they crossed the barrier, the four found an incomparably beautiful woman blocking their path.

Xiao Jin and the women cornered and killed the Soul Clan’s remaining Dou Saints before helping subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the Flame was captured, Xiao Jin realized that the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint and the Soul Clan had both been manipulated by the Evil Sentience, whose hidden plan he had disrupted.

• Xiao Jin told Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Yun Yun to finish off the weakened Soul Clan Dou Saints while Zi Yan joined Qing Lin against the remaining Seven-Star Dou Saints.
• Xun Er killed Hun Miesheng, and Cai Lin and the others killed the other three Eight-Star Dou Saints.
• Xiao Jin asked Little Demon and Void whether they needed help subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Little Demon accepted the Fire Slave carrying the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant soul.
• The Fire Slave joined the fight and quickly restrained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which accused the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint of betraying it.
• Xiao Jin recognized that the Evil Sentience had planted seeds in the Soul Clan’s experts and had likely manipulated the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint as well.

Xiao Jin stripped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its intelligence and source, then arranged for Xiao Yan to refine its source while Little Demon absorbed its remaining energy. As Little Demon endured the transformation, Xiao Jin’s realm began rising toward the final barrier before Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Jin used the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array to remove the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s intelligence and extract its source.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s source and told him to refine it in the Demonic Flame Space, with Xiao Chen standing guard.
• Xiao Jin summoned Little Demon, who swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s remaining energy and began to transform painfully.
• Xiao Jin enveloped Little Demon in Emperor Flame to support his refinement, while Xiao Jin’s own realm showed signs of rising toward Dou Emperor.

Soul Heaven Emperor attacked the Pill Tower alone, stole four Tou She Ancient God Jades, and escaped badly injured after fighting Gu Yuan, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and their allies. In the Demonic Flame Space, Xiao Jin absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s energy and began a long breakthrough toward Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

• Soul Heaven Emperor ambushed the Pill Tower’s Small World, fought its defenders, and seized four Tou She Ancient God Jades before escaping with severe injuries.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun concluded that Soul Heaven Emperor would need at least three years to recover, while the alliance waited for Xiao Jin’s progress in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Jin absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s energy with help from Little Demon and Emperor Flame, gaining the power needed to approach Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Jin began cultivating in the void, and the women sat nearby as his breakthrough toward Nine-Star Dou Sheng was expected to take at least half a year.

After consolidating his breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Jin prepared to seek the final inheritance in Aunt Cai's Dou Emperor Space. He reassured Qing Lin that he would not leave her behind, and the chapter ended with her accepting his affection.

• Xiao Jin ended his seclusion after reaching Nine-Star Dou Sheng Initial Stage and told Xun'er he was ready to seek the final inheritance.
• Xiao Jin said Ya Fei and Qing Lin were not yet strong enough to take the final step, then promised Qing Lin he would wait for her before going to the Great Thousand World.
• Xun'er urged Xiao Jin to comfort Qing Lin, who said she would never be angry with him.
• Xiao Jin kissed Qing Lin's forehead and promised he would never leave her behind.

After accepting Qing Lin and reassuring Zi Yan that he would marry her, Xiao Jin left the Demonic Flame Space to prepare for his breakthrough to Dou Emperor. He returned to the Pill Tower determined to destroy the Soul Clan before Soul Heaven Emperor recovered.

• Xiao Jin accepted Qing Lin, then promised Zi Yan they would marry in the Great Thousand World, making her eager to tell Cai Lin.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Chen he planned to leave the Demonic Flame Space and break through to Dou Emperor, and Xiao Chen asked him to destroy the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Jin and the women left the Demonic Flame Space, where the Demonic Flame Plains had begun to recover their vegetation after Xiao Yan refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower, where its leaders learned he had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng and marveled at his strength.
• Xiao Jin learned Soul Heaven Emperor was seriously injured and would need at least one kun year to recover, then told the Pill Tower Ancestor to oversee affairs while he pursued a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.