Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan tortured Lin An and Lin Fang for information and learned that Gamma was hiding the Devil Fruit in the imperial palace after falling out with Lin Fengya. Xiao Yan broke the array protecting the central courtyard, where Gamma sensed his arrival while bound by blood-colored threads.

• Xiao Yan used his Soul Mountain to torment Lin An and Lin Fang until they revealed that Gamma was in the palace and had hidden the Devil Fruit.
• Lin An explained that Lin Fengya had helped Sin obtain human test subjects in exchange for a Devil Fruit, but Gamma and Lin Fengya had fallen out.
• Xiao Yan killed Lin An and Lin Fang with the Amber Flame Soul Fire and erased every trace of their deaths.
• Xiao Yan approached the lake-surrounded courtyard, detected its restraint and array, and destroyed the Array Stone beneath the water.
• Gamma opened his eyes inside the courtyard and sensed that someone had arrived, while blood-colored threads imprisoned the building.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Imperial Palace and discovered that Gamma had hidden the Devil Fruits after learning of Lin Fengya’s betrayal. When two guards confronted Xiao Yan, he defeated them with his domain, soul attacks, and Holy Flame Fire.

• Gamma rejected the tonic sent by Lin Fengya and accused the Imperial Prince of colluding with the Soul Hall and betraying Sin.
• Gamma revealed that he had hidden the two Devil Fruits, while Steward Tian warned guards to keep him under watch.
• Xiao Yan was discovered by Lin An and Lin Fang after Steward Tian left the courtyard, and the two guards attacked him.
• Xiao Yan raised his strength to Six-Star Dou Xian Perfection and overwhelmed Lin An and Lin Fang with successive attacks.
• Xiao Yan bound Lin An and Lin Fang with his amber Holy Flame Fire, leaving them unable to move.

Xiao Yan challenged the Ghost Queen in the Ghost Graveyard, but his soul power was no match for hers. Just as she prepared to kill him, the Soul Devouring Master appeared, and the Ghost Queen recognized him.

• The Ghost Queen emerged from the red tombstone and warned Xiao Yan to leave her territory.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Soul Giant Python, but the Ghost Queen effortlessly shattered it with her superior soul power.
• The Ghost Queen began gathering power for an attack, revealing her seven-layer Spirit Palace with three layers filled.
• The Soul Devouring Master spoke through Xiao Yan, then appeared before the Ghost Queen as a middle-aged man.
• The Ghost Queen recognized the Soul Devouring Master and cried out in shock.

Xiao Yan lured the Crystal Origin-Devouring Beast from the river, and Song Lanfeng and Qi Ziwen defeated it with soul power and flames. As the four experts raced toward the Xiangsi Tree, Xiao Yan sensed a dangerous heaviness coming from the pink light orb.

• Xiao Yan drew the Crystal Origin-Devouring Beast out of the river, and the four experts attacked it.
• The beast's crystal defenses neutralized their initial attacks, so Song Lanfeng used soul power and Qi Ziwen used flames to weaken it.
• Song Lanfeng trapped the beast with Heavenly Soul Sound, and Qi Ziwen sealed its escape with Fire Rain, reducing it to a small crystal block.
• Qi Ziwen crossed the river toward the Xiangsi Tree, and the other three experts followed to compete for it.
• Xiao Yan picked up the crystal shard, noticed it dispelling the acacia power in his body, and sensed an oppressive force from the pink light orb.

Mal transformed into a demon after swallowing the Immature Devil Fruit, trapping Hun Yan and Hun Wuji inside the lair as Xiao Yan and Ji Xuan sought a way to survive. A holy Pentagram Array appeared and summoned an angel, who declared judgment on Mal.

• Mal completed his transformation into a dark green demon and blocked Hun Yan's Soul Sword with his palm.
• Hun Yan and Hun Wuji tried to flee, but Mal filled the lair with Evil Hair and attacked them with soul-eroding Evil Power.
• Xiao Yan estimated that Mal's strength rivaled a human Late Eight-Star Dou Xian and refused to leave while two Devil Fruits remained in the Evil Cauldron.
• A Golden Pentagram Array formed above the lair, forcing Mal's Evil Hair to retreat.
• Xiao Yan gave Ji Xuan an antidote for the humans and sea beasts controlled by the Evil Rain, and Ji Xuan rushed to help them.
• An angel emerged from the Pentagram Array, condemned Mal, and declared that she would execute divine judgment upon him.

Xiao Yan fused Demon Power and Holy Flame Power into the forbidden technique Buddha Fiend Samsara while Lexi unleashed Myriad Rosy Clouds Heavenly Wings. Their attacks collided over the Medicine Realm, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan regained consciousness and forced Demon Power and Holy Flame Power to fuse despite the severe damage consuming his body.
• The faction leaders gave up attacking Lexi’s forbidden technique and trusted Xiao Yan, while Xun Er reassured Ling Zixi and Yao Wanyuan despite her weakened condition.
• Lexi summoned golden sunlight and formed the enormous Giant Wings of Heaven with his Light Forbidden Technique, Myriad Rosy Clouds Heavenly Wings.
• Xiao Yan created the dark green Buddha Fiend Samsara cube and launched it at Lexi’s wings as both forbidden techniques descended.

Xiao Gui was held captive by Ling Yu in Qingyun Pavilion while Ling Yu and an evil presence plotted to seize Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame and kill the brothers. At Luo Mansion, Luo Menglan prepared to act, but the elders urged caution; Xiao Yan then appeared, heading toward Qingyun Pavilion.

• Ling Yu interrogated the battered Xiao Gui in a sealed water prison, but Xiao Gui’s ghost qi absorbed Ling Yu’s attacks and protected him.
• Ling Yu and an evil presence discussed using Luo Menglan’s forced marriage and Xiao Gui’s capture to lure Xiao Yan, take his Holy Flame and treasures, and kill the brothers under a false pretext.
• Xiao Gui realized the ghost qi might be connected to the Earth Spirit Pagoda and urged Xiao Yan, Luo Menglan, and Headmaster Luo not to act rashly.
• At Luo Mansion, Luo Menglan offered to confront Ling Yu using her new strength, but Luozhamu and Earth Spirit Old Ghost warned that acting openly would play into Ling Yu’s hands.
• As the elders discussed waiting for Xiao Yan, they saw him approaching Qingyun Pavilion atop a sheet of fire clouds.

Xiao Yan defeated and captured Ling Yu while the Soul Devouring Master destroyed Demon Emperor Siye’s remaining origin power. Meanwhile, Luo Menglan searched the water prison for Xiao Gui, and the chapter ended with the Soul Devouring Master preparing to recover before the final battle in the Ghost Realm.

• Xiao Gui sensed a familiar presence above the water prison, and Luo Menglan called out while searching for him.
• Xiao Yan trapped Ling Yu’s soul with the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument and struck him with two holy flames.
• Xiao Yan pulled Ling Yu’s weakened soul into his Dou Qi Sea, keeping him alive for his own purposes.
• Demon Emperor Siye unleashed the Siye Demonic Corrosion Hand, but the Soul Devouring Master swallowed his attack and obliterated his remaining origin power.
• The Soul Devouring Master planned to recover before going to the final part of the Ghost Realm.

Xiao Yan realized Su Xueying’s Nether Night Demon Fire could be countered with his Xiao Clan bloodline, then borrowed her two holy flames and gathered seven flames to confront Yan Feng. The chapter ended as the flames’ combined power filled the square with overwhelming pressure.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Nether Night Demon Fire and saw Su Xueying struggle to control its hunger for blood.
• Xiao Yan told Su Xueying he could break Yan Feng’s Undying Evil Art by using his Xiao Clan bloodline to counter the demon fire.
• After Yan Feng crushed the Black Flame Fierce Beast and heavily injured the Dark Underworld Warrior, Su Xueying devoured a portion of Xiao Yan’s origin blood and regained control.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Su Xueying’s Cyan Sacred Flame Crystal and Black Sacred Flame Crystal, then summoned his own flames to assemble seven holy flames.
• The seven holy flames surged together, filling the square with a tremendous pressure as Xiao Yan prepared to face Yan Feng.

Xiao Yan survived the Xiao Clan Patriarch’s crushing attack, recovered over a month, and broke through to the Seven-Star Dou Xian Later Stage. After learning why the Guardians had swallowed the Xiao Clan’s inherited Holy Flames, he refused to let Su Xueying return them, while the mysterious rock remained an unresolved secret.

• The Xiao Clan Patriarch’s Four Symbols Footprints shattered Xiao Yan’s defenses and buried him deep in the ground, leaving him gravely injured.
• Xiao Yan restrained his Undying and Immortal power to keep his wounds from healing, and Su Xueying found him and wept over his condition.
• Qian Rui protected Xiao Yan and treated him as Feng Wan'er and Su Xueying discussed his Xiao Clan origins; Xiao Yan’s aura slowly recovered over the following month.
• Feng Wan'er ordered the other powerhouse leaders to return to their sects, then went with Mo Ze toward the mountaintop when Xiao Yan’s aura surged.
• Xiao Yan woke after breaking through to the Seven-Star Dou Xian Later Stage, but he stopped Su Xueying from returning the two inherited Holy Flames, warning that removing them would harm her strength and origin.

Xun Er recognized that the Phoenix Nirvana Pill could help her advance and investigate her connection to the Phoenix Clan, while Xiao Yan considered bidding for it. The bartering auction opened for bids, leaving the assembled experts weighing whether to risk valuable treasures.

• Xun Er purchased the Netherworld Flame Python for six hundred million gold coins, and Xiao Yan and Xun Er grew more resentful of the Yan Clan.
• Yao Yun introduced the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, a Celestial Grade Seventh-Tier Peak pill that could help Eight-Star Dou Xian experts break through.
• Xiao Yan sensed Phoenix Clan power in the pill and noticed it resonated with the dragon power in his body.
• Xun Er explained that the pill might help her advance and learn more about the Holy Flame Golden Crow and Fire Master Jiuxuan, but she urged Xiao Yan not to spend his treasures on it.
• Yao Yun announced that the pill would be auctioned through a single-round bartering system, and the bidders hesitated over whether to offer their treasures.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit had revealed the recipe for a pill that could help him devour the third-ranked holy flame, then entered the auction to try to obtain it. The bidding became a contest between Xiao Yan, Elder Lingxi, and Hun Xuzi.

• The Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit’s aura activated the map fragment in Xiao Yan’s ring and revealed the ingredients for the Saint Grade Eighth-Tier Heavenly Peak Samsara Reincarnation Pill.
• Xiao Yan realized that the pill’s ingredients and required alchemy skill would be difficult for him to obtain, but offered an Ancient Dragon Source Crystal Stone for the fruit.
• Elder Lingxi bid a Spiritual Vein Heart on behalf of the Ling Clan.
• Hun Xuzi offered the Soul Clan’s intermediate immortal technique, the Soul Fusion Technique, and explained that it could temporarily boost alchemists’ soul power.
• The auction for the Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit narrowed to Xiao Yan, Elder Lingxi, and Hun Xuzi.

Xiao Yan fought Aileen in the arena, where she used her water techniques and Heavenly Grade Dou Soul to trap him. He interrupted her attack with Gazing Pupil and defeated her with a series of assaults, leaving his contest with the Earth Courtyard’s strongest fighter decided.

• Xiao Yan’s Four Fingers of the Firmament pierced Aileen’s water toad, but she stopped the strike with Water Floods the Sky Curtain.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Great Heaven Seed Feiyan and spread a sea of flames across the battle zone.
• Aileen concealed herself, then summoned the Heavenly Grade Dou Soul Nether Water Youjiao and trapped Xiao Yan in Nether Water Prison.
• Xiao Yan used Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument, then interrupted Aileen’s Youming Heavenly Water with Gazing Pupil.
• Xiao Yan followed with Youming Tianhuang and Four Fingers of the Firmament, defeating Aileen.

Xiao Zhuoma helped the Undying Nether Sparrow survive its apparent destruction, beginning its path toward evolution through repeated death and metamorphosis. She explained why she had lost her power and memories, and, after initially hesitating, agreed to let Xiao Yan try to obtain the Undying Fire.

• Xiao Zhuoma injected gray liquid from the crystal on her forehead into the Undying Nether Sparrow Dou Soul, which struck the Seven-Color Energy and dissolved.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow reformed stronger than before, and Xiao Yan realized it would need repeated cycles of death and transformation to evolve.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhuoma to lend him the Undying Fire, promising to help the Great Thousand World after mastering it.
• Xiao Zhuoma explained that the Lord of Fierce Souls had returned the Undying Fire and that she lost her power and memories while protecting it from an attack by Xuantian Hall, the Demon Guard, and the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Zhuoma acknowledged Xiao Yan's past help and agreed to let him try the Undying Fire.

The Soul Devouring Master reunited with Ling Chi in the Ghost Graveyard and revealed Xiao Yan as his fourth disciple from the Xiao Clan. Ling Chi gave Xiao Yan the Ghost Source to strengthen his soul power as the Soul Devouring Domain prepared for war against the Lihun Domain.

• The Soul Devouring Master explained to Ling Chi how Xiao Yan had helped him recover after the Lord of Fierce Souls injured his origin.
• The Soul Devouring Master introduced Xiao Yan as his fourth disciple and revealed his Xiao Clan background, shocking Ling Chi.
• The Soul Devouring Master announced that Nier had secretly brought Soul Devouring Domain forces to prepare for war against the Lihun Domain.
• Ling Chi blocked the Earth Spirit Pagoda’s perception of the Ghost Graveyard and gathered its tombstones’ power to create a Ghost Source for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Ghost Source while the Soul Devouring Master told him to use his devouring power when the horn sounded and contact Soul Devouring Domain powerhouses.

Xiao Yan used Fire Heart Sky Rock to purge the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor’s sealing ghost qi, then helped him break open the dark red coffin. The vision revealed a young man using the Third Transformation of the Dragon God’s Dragon Transformation Arm against a Five-Colored Transforming Heaven Python.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor’s mention of the Third Transformation of the Dragon God and admitted that he had witnessed it before.
• Xiao Yan used Fire Heart Sky Rock to burn away the ghost qi sealing the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor’s power.
• The Dragon Blood Martial Emperor sensed dragon blood in Xiao Yan and changed into his thousand-zhang cyan dragon form to attack the dark red coffin.
• Xiao Yan lent the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor Sacred Flame Origin, and their combined dragon flame destroyed the coffin’s defenses.
• The coffin opened and revealed a vision of a young man using Dragon Transformation Arm against a Five-Colored Transforming Heaven Python.

Xiao Zifan faced Green Demon in the Demon Devouring Field while Xiao Yan lent power to the Shadow Sovereign. Xiao Zifan awakened his Xiao Clan Mark and struck Green Demon, who detonated the blood sea as the domain collapsed.

• Green Demon evaded Xiao Zifan’s attacks and launched Demon Sea Ant Devouring, while Yu Rou'er shielded the group with Wooden Curtain Heavenly Blessing.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Shadow Origin, temporarily gaining Six Star Dou Xian power, then infused the Shadow Sovereign with Fire Heart Sky Rock Origin Power and Ghost Face Soul Flame.
• The Shadow Sovereign shattered Green Demon’s Blood Sea Tomb, a half-Evil Implement, and left Green Demon’s aura weakened.
• Xiao Zifan opened his Clan Mark and unleashed Void Slash Execution toward Green Dimension.
• Green Demon detonated the blood sea and its chains, rupturing the Demon Devouring Field as Xiao Zifan’s attack bore down on him.

After absorbing the Ghost Source, Xiao Yan advanced his soul power to the later Taixu stage and left the Ghost Graveyard for the Earth Spirit Pagoda’s second layer. He arrived in a desolate place called Dragon Land, where a dark red coffin and a huge cyan dragon shadow triggered his Dragon God transformations.

• Xiao Yan ignited the second and third layers of his Spirit Palace as the Ghost Source refined his soul power to the later Taixu stage.
• The Soul Devouring Master and Ghost Queen praised Xiao Yan’s progress, and the Soul Devouring Master left the Ghost Graveyard with him.
• The Ghost Queen opened a passage to the next layer, and Xiao Yan entered it while the Soul Devouring Master returned to his body.
• Chaotic spatial power dragged Xiao Yan through the Space Channel and deposited him in an unfamiliar, desolate region.
• The Soul Devouring Master recognized the place as Dragon Land, where a dark red coffin surrounded by a vast cyan dragon shadow caused Xiao Yan’s Dragon God transformations to react uncontrollably.

Xiao Yan and the trapped powerhouses learned that the Lord of Fierce Souls had prepared the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array to absorb their power and fuel his advancement into the First Reincarnation. As the array rose and gathered blood mist around his seclusion cage, Hao Ni'er resolved to destroy it herself.

• You Er explained that the Lord of Fierce Souls had used a medicinal liquid to overcome his physical-body problem and had concealed the fact that his power remained intact.
• Hua Shao and the remaining Lihun Domain powerhouses blew themselves up, feeding their blood mist into the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array.
• Hao Ni'er and four leaders struck the array with their attacks, but it absorbed their energy and rose into the air.
• The array drew blood mist toward the Lord of Fierce Souls' seclusion cage, paving his path to the First Reincarnation.
• Hao Ni'er told her followers to leave and declared that she would destroy the array herself.

Xiao Yan used the Dragon God’s Second Transformation to impersonate the Golden Dragon King and convince Dragon Blood Martial Emperor to trust him. Dragon Blood Martial Emperor brought Xiao Yan to a sealed dark red coffin and revealed it might be connected to the legendary Nine Transformations of the Dragon God.

• Xiao Yan projected the Golden Dragon King’s form and aura, causing Dragon Blood Martial Emperor to bow and mistake him for the real king.
• Xiao Yan claimed Dragon Blood Martial Emperor’s attacker was his disciple and ordered him to help Xiao Yan resolve the Ghost Qi sealing him.
• Xiao Yan pretended not to remember what had happened, and Dragon Blood Martial Emperor accepted the act and led him to the dark red coffin.
• Dragon Blood Martial Emperor explained that the coffin was a Dragon Clan treasure he had obtained from the last-ranked of the Nine Sons of the Dragon but had never managed to open.
• Dragon Blood Martial Emperor revealed that the coffin might be related to the legendary Nine Transformations of the Dragon God, making his bloodline tremble.