Chapter Summaries

Xin Yan revealed more about the Flame Mantra and warned Xiao Yan to resolve the Blood Demon Golden Qi within three years. Mu Yingying told Xiao Yan she planned to face the Six-star Dou Di Tribulation in three days, and he began training to master his Sacred Flame Space after learning her Holy Flame was driving her breakthrough.

• Xin Yan explained that his memories and strength would fully awaken only when Xiao Yan reached Nine-star Dou Di, and warned him to use his Holy Flame sparingly and deal with the Blood Demon Golden Qi within three years.
• Mu Yingying visited Xiao Yan and asked him to help her undergo the Six-star Dou Di Tribulation, but he refused because her cultivation had only just stabilized.
• Mu Yingying insisted she would attempt the tribulation at the back mountain in three days, then left despite Xiao Yan's objections.
• Xin Yan told Xiao Yan that Mu Yingying's higher-ranked Holy Flame and its resonance with the Fire Heart Sky Rock likely made her breakthrough urgent and gave her good odds of success.
• Xin Yan advised Xiao Yan to master the Sacred Flame Space, and Xiao Yan began training while thinking of Cai Lin and recalling the Flame Mantra cultivator who had lost to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Xiao Yan stabilized the Dense Array around Mu Yingying as a massive Thunder Cloud gathered over her in the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool. Outside, Ling Mengsheng arranged for Ling Xuan to join the Human Hall team, while revealing his resolve to take revenge on the Xuan Ling Imperial Family; the chapter ended as Mu Yingying condensed ten drops of yellow liquid and prepared to face her Dou Di Tribulation.

• Xiao Yan strengthened the Dense Array with his Core Inscription power to keep Mu Yingying’s gathering Thunder Cloud from breaking through and attracting Burning Incense Pavilion experts.
• Ling Mengsheng visited Elder Zhu and objected to Xiao Yi joining the team competition, then suggested Ling Xuan join the Human Hall team instead.
• Ling Mengsheng revealed his hatred for the Xuan Ling Imperial Family and said he planned to resign as hall master after the sect competition to reclaim what they had taken from him.
• Elder Zhu agreed to handle the team arrangement and worried over Ling Mengsheng’s conflict with the Xuan Ling Imperial Family and other looming troubles.
• After a day passed, Mu Yingying condensed the yellow energy into ten drops of liquid and prepared to face the Dou Di Tribulation beneath the expanding Thunder Cloud.

Xiao Yan and Yue Ru waited at the Ice Snow Mountain Range as the seal weakened and a powerful tide of energy emerged from the mountains. When the crowd rushed toward the ruins, Xiao Yan warned Yue Ru to stay close and said they would visit her destination first.

• Xiao Yan led Yue Ru away from the girl following him and shook off their pursuer.
• Xiao Yan and Yue Ru reached one of the three safe entrances to the Ice Snow Mountain Range, where a huge crowd had gathered.
• A seven-colored energy crane flew toward an entrance, and Xiao Yan wondered whether the seal was weakening.
• After nearly three days, violent energy surged from the mountains and spread across the sky in a dangerous multicolored tide.
• Xiao Yan told Yue Ru to stay close once they entered and said they would go to her destination before seeking the opportunity.
• The crowd surged into the mountain range, turning its outskirts into a frenzy.

Yue completed the Ice Attribute top-tier Immortal Technique, Ice Latitude, and unleashed it against Demon Xiao Yan and his companions. As the ice palace and chains nearly drained Xiao Yan’s life, he awakened a dark-green flame and the Dark Underworld Warrior appeared beside him.

• Demon Xiao Yan shielded Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er while Yue gathered power to cast Ice Latitude.
• Xiao Yan sent his companions away from the battle and vowed to stop Yue, while Yue completed the technique and headed toward the Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Yue unleashed Ice Latitude, and its ice flowers froze poison servants and suppressed the power of everyone in the area.
• An ice palace formed and bound Demon Xiao Yan with chains, freezing his demonic power and draining his vitality.
• Xiao Yan roared that he would not die, awakened an ancient dark-green flame, and the Dark Underworld Warrior emerged from his palm and bowed to him.

Xiao Yan used the Thunder Net Fire Array and his soul power to subdue the ten Dou Di Peak puppets, while Qinger and Qing Wenshu held off the silver-armored Dou Xian Puppet. The ten puppets turned to ashes after Xiao Yan released them, leaving him to continue the fight against the remaining puppet.

• Qinger and Qing Wenshu stopped attacking the silver-armored Dou Xian Puppet and focused on maneuvering against it so they would not strengthen it further.
• Xiao Yan struggled to evade the ten Dou Di Peak puppets, then trapped them inside his Thunder Net Fire Array.
• The ten puppets linked their silver aura and attacked Xiao Yan, but he bound them with a huge Fire Thunder Net.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to calm the ten puppets, which thanked him before turning into ashes.

Mu Yingying used the azure Holy Flame and Sacred Flame Crystal to destroy the Blood Demon figure that had been pursuing the Fire Red Sacred Flame Crystal. Afterward, she spoke with the crystal and made clear she had come to obtain it for Xiao Yan, leaving its decision unresolved.

• The Blood Demon figure transformed into its true form and attacked Mu Yingying with a blood-colored chain.
• Mu Yingying’s azure Holy Flame shattered the chain and weakened the Blood Demon figure, who tried to flee.
• Mu Yingying and the Sacred Flame Crystal surrounded the Blood Demon figure with azure flames and burned him away.
• Mu Yingying’s pupils changed between azure and their normal color as a strange power surfaced and then receded.
• Mu Yingying spoke with the Fire Red Sacred Flame Crystal and said she had come to obtain it for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan’s Golden Demon Puppet survived the Ninth Grade Tribulation Cloud, while Xiao Yan awakened Ninth Grade Life Power. After testing the puppet’s strength, he led the group toward Guanghan Island.

• Xiao Yan used the Holy Flame to protect the Golden Demon Puppet as it absorbed the Tribulation Cloud’s final strike.
• The Fiery Beast in Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Sea awakened briefly, and Xiao Yan discovered that he had gained Ninth Grade Life Power.
• Xiao Yan tested the Golden Demon Puppet with two Life Power techniques and found its defense could rival that of a mid-stage Seven-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan stored the Golden Demon Puppet and returned to the group, where Mu Feng, Xiu Qi, and Leng Fuyao reacted to his power.
• Xiu Qi confirmed that the group had prepared a token for Guanghan Island, and Yue Ru said they could go without seeking anything further about the Inheritance Rune.
• Xiao Yan led the group away from the Life and Death Two Forms Spring toward Guanghan Island.

Xu Shao pressed toward the summit while Mo Ze and Yan Ling fought, but Xiao Yan arrived and confronted the Yan Clan Guardians. Su Xueying ran after Xu Shao, leaving Xiao Yan to face Yan Lie as the Elder trapped them inside a barrier.

• Mo Ze attacked Xu Shao, but an Elder intercepted him, and Yan Ling challenged Mo Ze to a fight.
• Yan Lie blocked seven streaks of amber Ruler Radiance as Xiao Yan arrived and called out to Xu Shao.
• Xu Shao ordered Yan Lie to stop Xiao Yan and fled toward the summit with two dark-red coffins.
• Xiao Yan warned Su Xueying that he could hold off the coffins, and she thanked him before pursuing Xu Shao up the stairs.
• After Su Xueying left, Yan Lie trapped Xiao Yan inside a barrier and prepared to fight him.

Xiao Yan and Xiu Qi approached the area beneath the three islands and awakened a powerful creature lurking in the deep sea. They fought off its water attacks, with Xiu Qi creating a dry space that let Xiao Yan use his full strength, and a large creature began to rise from the depths.

• Xiao Yan and Xiu Qi sensed a dangerous presence beneath the islands and decided to investigate despite estimating that it could rival an Eight-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan and Xiu Qi entered beneath the islands, triggering a roar and a hundred-zhang water pillar that Xiu Qi blocked with a Wind Shield before Xiao Yan dispersed it with his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan warned Xiu Qi that the creature remained nearby, and she used Wind Sanctuary to drain the seawater from a ten-meter space around them.
• Xiao Yan shattered the creature’s ten stronger water pillars with Great Heavenly Creation Palm and four rulers of Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• The sea trembled, bubbles rose, and the temperature plunged as a large creature began to emerge.

Xiao Yan descended through the corrosive swamp and confronted the Life and Death Fire Beast in the magma world below. After easily destroying its magma attack with Holy Flame, he challenged it to attack again.

• Xiao Yan plunged into the swamp while Mu Yingying and the others watched and prepared to help if he was in danger.
• Xiao Yan passed through the corrosive sludge and discovered a vast magma region beneath it.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the guardian’s magma attack with Emperor Flame and identified it as the Life and Death Fire Beast guarding the Life and Death Two Forms Spring and Life and Death Fire.
• The Life and Death Fire Beast attacked Xiao Yan with a creature formed from magma, but Xiao Yan shattered it with Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan urged the Life and Death Fire Beast to attack again as his strength surged in the magma world.

Xiao Yan, Qing Wenshu, and Qinger used moonlight smoke to make the Ghost Moon Well reveal its full-moon reflection, then jumped into it to seek the treasure below. Far away in the Monster Realm, someone looking into a crystal mirror discovered that the Ghost Realm held the person the Demon Emperor was searching for.

• Qing Wenshu explained how moonlight smoke could make the Ghost Moon Well mistake the night for a full moon, and he used it to trigger the well.
• The well swallowed the moonlight smoke and filled with reflective water, but Xiao Yan saw only a full moon while Qinger and Qing Wenshu stared into it.
• Qing Wenshu said the true treasure lay beneath the Ghost Moon Well and leaped inside, followed by Qinger and Xiao Yan.
• In a cave in the Monster Realm, a figure saw in a diamond-shaped crystal mirror that the Ghost Realm held the person the Demon Emperor wanted to find.

Xiao Yan faced Mu Xiao of the Wood Pavilion and used his soul force to uncover the secret behind Mu Xiao’s tree-controlling technique. After setting the forest ablaze, Xiao Yan channeled his Fire Attribute Dou Qi into the moving trees and turned Mu Xiao’s own attack back on him.

• Yu Renran and Bing Ling’s clash ended in a draw, and Duan Tianfeng advanced both contestants after catching them.
• Xiao Yan learned he would fight Mu Xiao of the Wood Pavilion in the next match.
• Mu Xiao drew Xiao Yan into the forest and used his Wood Attribute Dou Qi to control the trees and form the Wood Realm.
• Xiao Yan observed Mu Xiao’s technique with his soul force and used Fire Rain to burn the surrounding trees.
• Xiao Yan channeled his Fire Attribute Dou Qi into the trees, halted Mu Xiao’s attack, and sent the branches back at him.

Yan gave Xiao Yan the Sacred Flame Crystal and warned him that gaining its recognition was necessary to obtain the Holy Flame. When Xiao Yan tried to activate it, the crystal rejected him, and Mu Yingying stepped forward after a voice from the rocks recognized her as a Holy Flame.

• Yan explained that the Sacred Flame Crystal was the fundamental part of a Holy Flame and warned Xiao Yan about attracting the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Yan gave Xiao Yan the Sacred Flame Crystal and left to visit other places in the Desert Mountain Range, while the others cultivated nearby.
• Xiao Yan tried to use his Heavenly Flames and soul power on the crystal, but it devoured his flames and burned away his soul power.
• The Sacred Flame Crystal fell among the rocks, and an earth-yellow stone mocked Xiao Yan for being too weak to subdue it.
• Mu Yingying asked Xiao Yan to leave the crystal to her, and a voice among the rocks reacted with surprise when her azure-blue flame appeared.

Xiao Yan and the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples prepared to enter the Blood River Realm for the Sect Tournament, with Xiao Yan’s group assigned to the Second Layer. The guardian opened the realm’s seal, and the tournament began.

• Xiao Yan greeted Mu Tianyuan and the Heaven Hall members, then joined Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, and Yan Chi, who planned to enter the Blood River Realm to treat his injuries.
• Zhu Jin assigned eleven people, including Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, Yan Chi, and the seven Heaven Hall members led by Mu Tianyuan, to the Second Layer, while Qin Xin, Ling Xuan, and Mu Feng led the other disciples into the First Layer.
• The Burning Incense Pavilion disciples urged Xiao Yan to strengthen the Yan Pavilion and wished the group a safe return before they set out for the realm.
• Xiao Yan and the other factions’ disciples gathered at the northern entrance, where the guardian explained the Blood River Realm’s history and warned them to take care.
• The guardian tore open the seal and announced that those below Seven-star Dou Di could enter only the First Layer, while those at Seven-star Dou Di or above could enter only the Second Layer.

After defeating Feng Yu, Xiao Yan woke from three days of unconsciousness and began advancing toward the Two-star Dou Xian Mid Stage. As the final round approached, Duan Qifei discussed the competition with the Yu sisters and Liu Qing, who sensed a troubling aura in the Thunder Realm.

• Xiao Yan woke after three days of recovery and discovered that his battle with Feng Yu had brought him to the threshold of a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan gathered the violent fire-attribute energy into his Dou Core and began advancing while the next matches were still ten days away.
• Duan Qifei, the Yu sisters, and Liu Qing discussed Xiao Yan's victory and his chances against the five other finalists.
• Liu Qing sensed a strange, dark power in the Thunder Realm, but Duan Qifei reassured her that the defenses were secure.

Cai Lin returned to Medusa Temple after inheriting the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline, and She Fu recognized her as the Medusa Clan’s queen. The tribal chiefs accepted Cai Lin’s rule after she defeated Li Bu, and the group headed to the palace while the Snake King looked toward the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

• The Snake King and the Nine Great Tribe chiefs arrived at Medusa Temple, where Cai Lin and Little Ten awaited them.
• Qin Er recognized the immense Sky Swallowing Python bloodline pressure in Cai Lin’s Ten-Colored Power, and She Fu confirmed that Cai Lin had succeeded.
• She Fu knelt before Cai Lin and addressed her as the queen, prompting protests from several chiefs who objected to an outsider ruling the clan.
• Cai Lin struck Li Bu with Ten-Colored Power, leaving him wounded and unconscious, then revealed the full force of her Dou Xian strength and bloodline.
• The chiefs accepted Cai Lin as their ruler, and She Fu led her toward the palace while the Snake King anticipated trouble for the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Xiao Yan defeated Wang Chen with one move, alarming Ling Xuan and prompting the Heaven Hall’s Eldest Senior Brother to report that Xiao Yan had reached late-stage Six-star Dou Di and possessed Holy Flame fluctuations. Elder Qing decided to meet Zhu Jin and sent the Heaven Hall’s other six disciples toward the Ghost Realm for experience.

• Xiao Yan told Ling Xuan that Wang Chen was only unconscious, then dismissed her accusations and warned that the Earth Hall did not hold a monopoly on Six-star Dou Dis.
• Ling Xuan found Wang Chen burning hot and swollen, ordered two spectators to carry him away, and left to tell her father about Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Feng returned to the Human Hall, while Xiao Yan said he was unafraid of the Earth Hall’s stronger disciples.
• The Heaven Hall’s Eldest Senior Brother told Elder Qing that Xiao Yan had returned at late-stage Six-star Dou Di and had shown fluctuations of Holy Flame when he defeated Wang Chen.
• Elder Qing suspected Zhu Jin had guided the Human Hall disciples during their five-year absence, decided to meet him, and ordered the Heaven Hall’s Eldest Senior Brother to take the other six disciples to the Ghost Realm.

After the three pavilion and sect masters disappeared together, news of their encounter stirred concern and schemes among Xuan Tian San’s powers. King Xuan Ling gained imperial approval to pursue his plan involving a bound captive, while Soul Clan reinforcements arrived to guard the Underground Palace.

• King Xuan Ling learned that Fen Tian and the Poison Sect Master had rescued the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion Master, and he decided to accelerate his plans before the Medusa Clan could threaten his family.
• Wen Zi told the seventh-floor guardian of the Underground Palace that the three leaders had met, and the guardian ordered him to tell King Xuan Ling that his plan had imperial approval.
• The guardian warned that Fen Tian might know about the captive, then received a Soul Clan Dou Xian expert sent to help defend the Underground Palace.
• The bound figure recognized the danger of two Dou Xian experts and tried to warn Fen Tian not to fall into a trap, but its message did not get out.
• Blood Rose’s associate reported that preparations were complete, while Blood Rose ordered him to watch the Dark Crow Ghost Emperor and wondered what he and the Gravedigging Ghost Immortal were plotting.
• The Solomon Gate Master delayed spreading news of the ruins so his sect could exploit the coming conflict, as a strange fluctuation matching the ruins appeared in an uninhabited place.

After defeating the skeleton's threat, Xiao Yan, Qinger, and Qing Wenshu found three sealed Treasure Boxes beneath the floor. They discovered the skeleton's patterned spinal bones served as keys, and Xiao Yan opened one box to reveal Heavenly Wood, leaving the other two boxes unopened.

• Xiao Yan, Qinger, and Qing Wenshu found three Treasure Boxes in a hidden space beneath the Pill Hall floor.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Treasure Boxes were sealed and could not be forced open safely.
• Qinger noticed three patterned sections on the skeleton's spine, and Xiao Yan realized they resembled the boxes' shackles.
• Xiao Yan removed one spinal bone and tried it in the rightmost box, but it did not turn.
• Xiao Yan used the bone to open the middle Treasure Box and found Heavenly Wood, which stirred the wood attribute within him.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin left the Tianxie Blood Tiger’s cavern and followed its guidance to find the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame. Xiao Yan subdued the flame without absorbing it, but a pillar of strange monster qi then erupted nearby, resonating with the God Slashing Ruler and stirring the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s power.

• The Tianxie Blood Tiger gave Xiao Yan a Light Orb containing the holy flame’s trail and sent him and Cai Lin out of the cavern before diving back into the stone coffin.
• Cai Lin suspected the Tianxie Blood Tiger was hiding something and noted that a power inside the coffin seemed to attract the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, but Xiao Yan chose to follow the holy flame’s trail first.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin reached a mountain peak where the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame’s green aura stirred the nearby corpses and statues to attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned his holy flames and the Demon Emperor Heavenly Image, causing the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame to submit and appear as a crystal and a pool of flame origin.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame and stored it in his sea of souls, then a pillar of eerie monster qi erupted nearby and made the God Slashing Ruler resonate.