Recaps

Yao Wangui and Yao Chen confronted each other over Yao Chen’s expulsion from the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan defended his teacher by overpowering Yao Tian in a soul-force clash. Fearing Xiao Yan’s potential, Yao Wangui launched a full-strength attack at Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, leaving them in immediate danger.

• Yao Lao recognized Yao Wangui as the man who had driven him from the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan promised to kill him.
• Yao Tian mocked Yao Lao and belittled Xiao Yan, then attacked Xiao Yan with a wave of Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan crushed Yao Tian’s soul attack and struck back with a soul fist, revealing his Grand Perfection of the Heavenly Realm soul realm.
• Yao Wangui blocked Xiao Yan’s attack and became wary of his potential, while Xiao Yan dismissed the Yao Clan’s reputation.
• Yao Wangui launched a full-strength Dou Qi palm at Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan’s expression changed as the attack descended.

Liu Bai stopped Yao Wangui from killing Xiao Yan and revealed the overwhelming power of his Emperor Realm Soul. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, Liu Bai entered its illusion with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, unaffected by the flames and illusions.

• Yao Wangui attacked Xiao Yan, but Liu Bai shattered his Dou Qi palm and sent him flying with his Soul Power.
• Yao Wangui recognized Liu Bai's Emperor Realm Soul and threatened him on behalf of the Yao Clan, but Liu Bai intimidated him into silence.
• Liu Bai warned the gathered factions to focus on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the fractured space opened and milky-white magma spread across the desert.
• Liu Bai entered the ring of light with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, followed by Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Yao Lao, Gu Nanhai, and the other experts.
• Inside the Flame's illusion, Liu Bai used his Emperor Realm Soul to see through the illusions and walked forward as the milky-white flames retreated from him.

Liu Bai and his companions crossed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's trials, destroying the Fire Slaves in their path. At the final hall, Liu Bai defeated a powerful Fire Slave and continued toward the place where the flame resided.

• Liu Bai used his Emperor Realm Soul to dispel the Illusion and led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian toward the great hall.
• Liu Bai swept through the halls by crushing the Fire Slaves with soul pressure while Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian followed.
• Liu Bai broke open the door to the final hall, where he found a seemingly intelligent Four-Star Dou Saint Fire Slave.
• The Fire Slave attacked Liu Bai with a Blood-Colored Great Axe, but Liu Bai shattered it with the Yellow Springs Finger and sent him crashing to the ground.

Liu Bai confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame at its altar and overwhelmed its avatar with his Emperor Realm Soul. The Flame summoned countless Fire Slaves, and Zi Yan charged into the horde while Liu Bai faced the challenge of reaching its true body.

• Liu Bai, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the altar and found the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame waiting in a white-robed form.
• The Flame challenged Liu Bai to defeat it for the Demonic Lotus Flame Origin or remain forever as a Fire Slave.
• Liu Bai destroyed the Flame’s nine Fire Dragons and shattered its thousand-zhang Demonic Lotus True Form with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Liu Bai dispelled the illusion trapping the experts and revealed his ten-thousand-zhang soul phantom, while the Flame’s avatar summoned its Fire Slaves.
• Zi Yan unleashed her Six-Star Dou Saint power and charged into the Fire Slave horde, destroying scores with her attacks.

Liu Bai trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Kunxu Realm, where the realm’s formations suppressed and refined him. With the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s remnant soul awakened, they began trying to erase the Flame’s intelligence and memories.

• Zi Yan used her Supreme Dragon Emperor bloodline to crush the Fire Slaves as Liu Bai searched for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body.
• Liu Bai drew the Flame’s true body out of hiding and battled him, while Gu Nanhai ordered Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Yao Lao, and the others to retreat.
• Liu Bai transported himself and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into the Kunxu Realm, where his power increased and the Flame was suppressed by two formations.
• Liu Bai summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map, and the Saint agreed to help erase the Flame’s intelligence.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Liu Bai and the Saint, but the Saint began forming a great formation to take back the intelligence and memories he had given the Flame.

Liu Bai helped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories and consciousness, then refined the purified flame in the Kunxu Realm. After months of seclusion, Liu Bai had reached the peak of the Six-Star Dou Saint level, while the Blood Fire Hall’s prestige spread across the Central Plains.

• Liu Bai supplied the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint with the Kunxu Realm’s power of heaven and earth so he could separate the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness from its body.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint destroyed himself and the flame’s consciousness, leaving behind a pure Heavenly Flame for Liu Bai to refine.
• Liu Bai entered seclusion in the Kunxu Realm, where Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin stood guard as he absorbed the flame’s energy.
• Liu Bai’s cultivation rose through the Five-Star Dou Saint level and reached the peak of the Six-Star Dou Saint level during his months of refinement.
• News spread that Liu Bai had subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Blood Fire Hall’s prestige rose to rival and even surpass the Soul Hall’s.

After the Ancient and Soul Clans reacted to Liu Bai claiming the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and accepted that he had not been strong enough to obtain it. Liu Bai completed his refinement in the Kunxu Realm and emerged as a late Seven-Star Dou Saint.

• Gu Nanhai led Xun Er and the others back to the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan praised Liu Bai and Xun Er asked where Xiao Yan was.
• Hun Miesheng returned to the Soul Realm with Hun Feng and the others, and Hun Feng declared that Liu Bai had to be eliminated.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Lao and resolved to improve himself rather than regret missing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Liu Bai awoke from his refinement in the Kunxu Realm and discovered that he had reached the late Seven-Star Dou Saint stage.