Chapter Summaries

The Seventh Evil God’s forces launched their final assault on the Lihun Domain, where Thunder Lord and the assembled defenders prepared to fight. Xiao Yan arrived with the Endless Fire Domain, and the battle began as each side’s champions took their positions.

• Thunder Lord reassured the gathered defenders as the Seventh Evil God’s army approached the Lihun Domain.
• Xiao Jie offered to hold back the Seventh Evil God, but Thunder Lord refused and confronted Gui Senmiao as he began breaking the Ancient Life Array.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the Endless Fire Domain, and Gui Senmiao confirmed his agreement with the Seventh Evil God before the armies clashed.
• Duan Qifei assigned Xiao Yan to face the Seventh Evil God, then entered the Demon Sea to fight the Semi-Evil God.
• Yun Yun and Mu Yingying faced Gui Senmiao while Thunder Lord waited for the Ghost Realm Central Master, and Yun Qi and Yuanyan worked together to resist the Demon Sea.

The Three-Tailed Demon Fox revealed how she became half-human and half-beast, making her immune to the Spirit of Luoling Mountain’s suppression, and challenged the mountain’s rule over its inhabitants. As the two faced off on Wuliang Mountain, Xiao Yan sensed that the Demon Fox had summoned undead beasts and that something hidden within her was drawing them in.

• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain unleashed the Power of Luoling Mountain, suppressing the Tian Mu Giant Beast and the Five-Elements Beast but not the Three-Tailed Demon Fox.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox explained that her Power of Luoling Mountain could not suppress her because she had become half-human and half-beast by absorbing undead beast essence, magic cores, and humans from the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain condemned the Three-Tailed Demon Fox for killing Burning Incense Pavilion disciples and reminded her that a powerful expert from the pavilion had once saved her.
• The Tian Mu Giant Beast hoped the Three-Tailed Demon Fox would win and take it to the Human Realm, while the Five-Elements Beast cautioned that the Spirit of Luoling Mountain remained formidable.
• Xiao Yan sensed undead beasts rushing toward Wuliang Mountain and spotted a pulsing black circular object beneath the Three-Tailed Demon Fox’s fur.

Xiao Yan and his companions used an intelligence ball to learn that Tian Qian had defeated Jian Xin and the Ten Thousand Sword Gate, then continued toward the Blood River Pool. Meanwhile, the Ancient Desolation Hall rescued the battered Ten Thousand Sword Gate members from the Three Heavenly Sovereigns.

• While resting on their slow journey, Xiao Yan asked Yan Chi for intelligence about the Blood River Realm, and Yan Chi gave him an intelligence ball.
• Xiao Yan used the ball to view a recording of Tian Qian defeating Jian Xin and heavily injuring three members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi agreed they would need to be cautious, while Xiao Yan vowed to stop the Xuan Ling Imperial forces from escaping.
• Jian Xin and the other injured members of the Ten Thousand Sword Gate considered leaving the Blood River Realm as the Three Heavenly Sovereigns pursued them.
• Du Chun and the Ancient Desolation Hall intervened, and their leader struck at the Three Heavenly Sovereigns to cover the Ten Thousand Sword Gate's escape.

Xiao Yan arrived on Dou Di Continent and rescued Qing Zhi from men hunting her over a supposed Treasure Pavilion map. After learning the Mu Family had been destroyed, Qing Zhi asked to travel with him so she could investigate the attack and find her parents.

• The Golden Dragon King directed Xiao Yan toward the far north, where a Holy Flame and a familiar aura awaited, and warned him to land rather than fly through restricted airspace.
• A gang confronted Qing Zhi, a Mu Family servant, and accused her of stealing the Treasure Pavilion blueprint after the Mu Family patriarch died.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed a familiar aura and sent Xiao Yan east; Xiao Yi’s flames knocked down the gang, and Xiao Yan killed several attackers.
• Xiao Yan gave the wounded Qing Zhi medicine and learned that the attackers had found the Mu Family massacred and had been told she possessed a map.
• Qing Zhi spared the surviving man, vowed to avenge the Mu Family and seek her biological parents, then asked to accompany Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan successfully refined an Emperor Grade Pill by using the Nihility Devouring Flame within Xiao Yi to remove the ingredients’ violent factors and balance them with spiritual energy. The pill formed and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and a sky-filling Pill Rain, leaving everyone amazed as Bai Su wondered how Xiao Yan would face the dangerous lightning.

• Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame and surrounding spiritual energy to harmonize the three medicinal ingredients and begin merging them.
• After five days, Xiao Yan completed the first stage of refining and prepared to form the pill and face the Pill Lightning Tribulation.
• Yue Ru worried about the danger, while Bai Su trusted Xiao Yan and watched for signs of his hidden abilities.
• Xiao Yan shouted for the ingredients to rise, and a green pillar of light shot from the cauldron as the pill formed.
• The Thunder Cloud transformed into a Nine-Colored Thunder Cloud, and Pill Rain fell as the Emperor Grade Pill’s fragrance spread.
• Bai Su praised the spectacle and wondered how Xiao Yan would handle the powerful Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.

Xiao Yan freed the souls imprisoned by the demon race, and they offered their Soul Origins to him. He began absorbing the vast power, and invisible pressure spread from him as his soul transformed.

• Xiao Yan shattered the chains binding the countless souls to the demonic shadow and urged them to flee.
• The souls remained and offered their Soul Origins to Xiao Yan, who vowed to avenge them and protect the Great Thousand World.
• The Golden Dragon King appeared and told Xiao Yan he would show him the secret treasure used to massacre the Mu Family.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Light Orb as the Golden Dragon King explained the four levels of Emperor Realm Souls.
• Crystalline protective layers formed over Xiao Yan’s soul, and invisible ripples spread across the mountain peak as the absorption continued.

At the auction’s grand finale, Wang Feng and Bai He revealed a flame-bearing leaf sealed inside an ice cage. Xiao Yan recognized the scent of the Undying Fire, while the Mysterious Paper Sheet inside him reacted greedily to the mysterious item.

• Wang Feng confirmed that Xiao Yan had won the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal and said someone would contact him about the escort mission.
• Wang Feng announced the auction’s grand finale, and Bai He brought a black Qi-wrapped object onto the stage.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the Mysterious Paper Sheet when it reacted violently to the sealed object.
• Bai He removed the black Qi seal and revealed an ice cage containing a leaf-like object with a dark red flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized the scent of the Undying Fire in the flame-bearing leaf.

The Great Thousand World’s leaders considered the Garden of Eden as their last chance to produce a Dou Shen, but the loss of a Spirit Bead made finding it even harder. A Moon God Palace disciple reported that Yue Xi and Yue Ru’s Moon God Tablets had shattered and delivered their warning about the Ancient Battlefield, while destructive attacks and a Dou Shen-like pressure threatened the world.

• The Holy King and Qing Yuan discussed the Garden of Eden, and the Holy King considered whether the Great Thousand World’s strongest experts could create a Dou Shen.
• Xiao Tianming and the Spirit Devouring King noted the Immortal Realm’s martial law, then a Moon God Palace disciple arrived with news that Yue Xi and Yue Ru’s Moon God Tablets had shattered.
• Xiao Yan vomited corrosive blood as the disciple gave him Yue Xi’s scroll, which warned him not to seek the Ancient Battlefield and named the Garden of Eden as the Great Thousand World’s final chance.
• Cai Lin and the others explained that the Ancient Battlefield was tied to the God Residences and an ancient world-destroying battle, but its location was unknown and Yue Xi’s warning made it dangerous.
• Destructive pillars struck the Great Thousand World as a pressure resembling a Dou Shen’s aura began to spread.

Xiao Yan broke through the cyan soul power guarding a silver scroll and uncovered the Saint Grade peak soul Dou Technique, Youming Tianhuang. After witnessing its projection erase the Ghost Qi throughout the Blood River Pool with one strike, he began to absorb the technique’s demonstration.

• Xiao Yan chose to cultivate the dangerous soul Dou Technique despite the Soul Devouring Talisman’s warning that failure could destroy his soul.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly formed soul-energy pythons to attack the cyan light while it drained his power, eventually shattering its protection.
• Xiao Yan grasped the silver scroll, overcame its resistance, and opened it with his soul power.
• A soul projection appeared and revealed the technique’s name, Youming Tianhuang, a Saint Grade peak soul Dou Technique focused on a single attack.
• The projection demonstrated one silent strike that wiped out the Ghost Qi across the Blood River Pool, and Xiao Yan closed his eyes to take in the technique.

As the Endless Flame Alliance prepared to rescue captives in the Demon Realm, Xiao Yan worried over the Xiao Clan’s hidden history and the forces behind its destruction. Xun’er comforted him, gave him clues linking two massacres to the Monster Realm’s Creation Demon Mirror, and prepared to join the coming mission.

• The Endless Flame Alliance gathered its forces for a rescue in the Demon Realm, while major factions such as the Great Thousand Palace and the Human Realm Center made no move.
• Xiao Yan brooded over the Xiao Clan ancestors in the Netherworld and concluded that rescuing Chang'e and Yaoji was necessary before attempting to enter it.
• Xun’er comforted Xiao Yan, and he gave her one of the Wulu Purple Spirit Flame’s antlers to protect her from the Demon Realm’s poisonous mist.
• Xiao Yan regretted the massacres of the Xiao Clan Guardians and the Holy Lei Clan, which had been blamed on Xiao Yuntian and Xiao Tianming.
• Xun’er said her investigation had linked both massacres to the Creation Demon Mirror, one of the Monster Realm’s ten supreme treasures, and Xiao Yan hoped the alliance would uncover more after the rescue.

Xiao Yan and his companions struggled against the Holy Land’s restrictions as he tried to reach Xun Er at the summit. His Sacred Flame awakened the golden cocoon, revealing Xun Er seated beneath a scorching sun with the eighth-ranked Sacred Flame, Jiuxuan Chongming Flame.

• Xiao Yan pressed toward the summit despite the crushing pressure, while Gu Yuan reassured him that Xun Er would not blame him for their years apart.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor said the Holy Land’s restrictions could not be broken by force, and Gu Yuan noticed that the Gu Clan ancestors’ remains had vanished from their coffins.
• Xiao Yan proposed using his Sacred Flame to connect with the Holy Land, and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan agreed to let him try.
• As Xiao Yan released his Sacred Flame, the golden cocoon trembled and scattered golden light that the Peerless Heavenly Emperor recognized as the energy of Gu Clan ancestors.
• A golden sun descended, revealing Xun Er beneath it as Snake-Scorpion Xue'er recoiled in fear and Xiao Yan recognized the eighth-ranked Sacred Flame.

Xiao Yi arrived to protect Xiao Yan from Xin Yan and merged with him through possession, temporarily raising Xiao Yan’s strength to the level of a nine-star Dou Di. Xiao Yan began stripping away the Sacred Flame Space and hunting Xin Yan, who realized he had to use a hidden escape method.

• Xiao Yi shattered Xin Yan’s Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial and reunited with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi transferred power to Xiao Yan and asked him to possess him so they could defeat Xin Yan.
• Xin Yan attacked first, but Xiao Yi merged with Xiao Yan, who transformed into the Flame Emperor and reached nine-star Dou Di strength.
• Xiao Yan used the Sacred Flame Space to send earthy-yellow flames after Xin Yan and began stripping away the Holy Flame.
• Xin Yan realized he was in danger of failing and decided to use the escape method he had kept in reserve.

A woman imprisoned in Guanghan Island’s crystal palace waited for Xiao Mu, while a Fire Red man warned her that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had grown restless. Xiao Yan and his companions reached Guanghan Island’s entrance with the Moonlight Island token but still needed the token from Jade Rabbit Island.

• The Fire Red man visited the imprisoned woman and learned that she knew about the evil power behind her and intended to stay until Xiao Mu came for her.
• The woman sensed that members of the Outer Realm Evil Clan had entered the ruins by using humans as carriers, and the Fire Red man said he would handle it.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Guanghan Island’s entrance, guided there by the Silver Light Mouse.
• Xiao Yan explained that entering Guanghan Island required tokens from Jade Rabbit Island and Moonlight Island, and that his group still lacked the Jade Rabbit Island token.

Xiao Yan and the other factions discovered that an ancient formation protected the Undying Fire, while five mysterious black-robed figures began activating it. As Deng Qing and Yu Xiao confronted one of the figures, Xiao Yan sensed a power linked to the Outer Realm Evil Clan and watched the attacker reveal a startling Light Element ability.

• The gathered experts recognized the ancient tree’s patterns as a defense around the Undying Fire, and Aileen explained that they had to break the formation to reach the flame.
• Xiao Yan told Aileen and You Er to hold back and watch the black-robed figures as four of them began awakening the formation.
• Deng Qing and Yu Xiao attacked the remaining black-robed figure, while Zhao Guang’s Five Sects Alliance chose to conserve its strength.
• Xiao Yan separated his shadow from his body and secretly moved toward the three figures working on the ancient tree.
• Xiao Yan sensed an evil power resembling that of the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf recognized it as Light Demon.
• Yu Xiao vanished into the shadows, but the black-robed figure unleashed brilliant Light Element power, shocking the assembled experts.

Xiao Yan and Duan Tianhong suppressed the Youhuan Clan and prepared to leave the Thunder Tomb, but Duan Tianyan revealed himself as a traitor and attacked. Duan Tianhong warned Xiao Yan to flee with Duan Qifei as Duan Tianyan’s black mist engulfed the Thunder Realm.

• The contestants outside the Thunder Pool crushed their Thunder Tokens, but the tokens failed to take them out of the Thunder Tomb.
• Duan Tianyan emerged through a crack in the sky, and Duan Tianhong told him that the Youhuan Clan had been sealed inside the Thunder Emperor Scepter.
• Duan Tianhong handed the Thunder Emperor Scepter to Duan Tianyan, while secretly telling Xiao Yan to protect Duan Qifei and take her away.
• As the group prepared to leave, Duan Tianyan revealed his half-step five-star Dou Xian strength and demanded Duan Tianhong’s life.
• Duan Tianyan transformed his fiery Dou Qi into black mist, and Duan Tianhong shouted for Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei to run.

Marvin and Diff began the second battle of the Fire Spirit Clan trials, unleashing powerful attacks against each other inside the altar barrier. As their trump-card techniques collided, the outcome remained uncertain, while Xiao Yan watched Princess Qianqin with growing suspicion.

• After Marvin defeated Allen, Diff caught Allen and challenged Marvin, beginning the second battle.
• Marvin and Diff fought evenly inside the barrier, wielding a fire chain and a fire sword.
• Xiao Yi worried about the Southern Tribe's chances, while Xiao Yan asked about Princess Qianqin and sensed a strange reaction from the Baxia shell within him.
• Qianqin's guards doubted that the Southern Tribe could defeat Alice, but Qianqin believed Alice was no match for Xiao Yan.
• Marvin unleashed the Reincarnation Fire Chain as Diff answered with the Fire Spirit Sword, and their attacks collided with the battle's result still unknown.

After Xiao Yan returned from the Demon Suppressing Prison, he reunited with Xiao Gui and Duan Qifei and learned that the Tianming King would soon lead eleven people to the Lihun Domain. As the chosen travelers prepared for the journey, their hopes and schemes for what awaited them there emerged.

• The Tianming King decided not to investigate Xiao Yan and ordered Zuo Mu to prepare for a departure to the Lihun Domain in a few days, with Duan Qifei among the eleven travelers.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Gui and Duan Qifei, told them the Dusha Demon Empress had escaped while the other enemies in the Demon Suppressing Prison had perished, and reassured them he was unharmed.
• Xiao Yan told Duan Qifei that they would soon travel to the Lihun Domain, and she quietly accepted the prospect despite her worries about her reincarnator identity.
• Xing Yun and Liu Yun celebrated earning entry to the Lihun Domain, while Lin Yuan described its powerhouses, dangers, and abundant resources to Lin Lin.
• Liu Yang, Shen Jun, and Hei Jue considered their own goals for entering the Lihun Domain, with Hei Jue plotting to find the Dark Plane and establish Ghost Shadow Valley as an eighth realm.

Xiao Yan and the First Elder learned that Yaoji had been rescued and that Feng Luanyi was waiting at the Phoenix Clan settlement. The First Elder and the Reincarnation Sea’s lingering powers helped Xiao Yan begin cultivating toward the peak of the Eighth-Reincarnation Stage, while the group waited to plan their next move against the Netherworld.

• Xun'er told the Fire Master Jiuxuan that Feng Luanyi was waiting at the Phoenix Clan settlement, though resentment over the missing Xiao Clan reinforcements still needed to be resolved.
• The Fire Master Jiuxuan gifted the Five-Footed Golden Crow the transformed Ten-Crow God-Shaking Shield, and Xiao Yan learned that the mysterious interceptor might have taken the Third Elder’s coalition.
• Xiao Yan told the First Elder that Yaoji had been rescued from the Second Demon-Suppressing Prison and had reached the ninth tier.
• Xiao Yan urged the group to return and rescue the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Lingshan and Poison God Xuanhe explained that the Reincarnation Sea’s remaining evil power and the fallen experts’ strength could help him advance.
• The First Elder called on the Reincarnation Sea’s lingering powers to aid Xiao Yan’s secluded cultivation, while he and the others waited and discussed the Angel Kingdom and Human Realm Center.

Xiao Yan battled the Fire Spirit Tribe’s Elder Chieftain, matching his first-stage Reincarnation strength with his Sacred Flame and Immortal Golden Body. As the fight escalated, Xiao Yan discovered his Flame Cauldron could absorb Sacred Flame power and automatically help form a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus.

• The Elder Chieftain recognized Xiao Yan’s flame as a Sacred Flame and ordered his warriors to defeat the Southern Tribe quickly.
• Xiao Yan fought the Elder Chieftain in the sky, while Lina rallied Southern Tribe warriors against the Western Tribe’s forces.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Immortal Golden Body and clashed with the Elder Chieftain’s Fire Spirit Holy Palm.
• Xiao Yan tried to merge his flames into a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, and his Flame Cauldron absorbed his Sacred Flame power and began condensing the lotus for him.

After sensing that his water-attribute Dou Core still could not advance, Xiao Yan learned that the Great Thousand Coalition Army had been crushed by the Saint Origin Lord and the Reincarnation Sea had fallen under Outer Realm control. He protected fleeing fighters with the Holy Flame and headed toward the battle, determined to fight for time for the three women’s reincarnation.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Reincarnation Sea erupting into battle and left Holy Flame power to protect the three Reincarnation Tombs before rushing toward the core combat circle.
• Fleeing powerhouses told Xiao Yan that the Saint Origin Lord had nearly annihilated the coalition army and brought the Reincarnation Sea under Outer Realm control.
• Xiao Yan halted the evil shackles’ erosion of the fugitives’ minds and souls by using the Holy Flame.
• A seventh-stage Reincarnation Stage man led Xiao Yan toward the end of the Reincarnation Sea, and the other fleeing fighters followed them back toward battle.
• Dark clouds gathered on the outermost edge of the Reincarnation Sea as an ink-black storm brewed around a dim figure.