Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Undying Fire over four years in the Sacred Pool space, Xiao Yan began using it to evolve the Flame Mantra. The dangerous process filled three apertures of a mysterious golden scroll and pushed him to the mid stage of Four-Star Dou Xian.

• Xiao Yan completed absorbing the Undying Fire while Xiao Zhuoma waited for him in the Sacred Pool space.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Emperor Flame Ring’s golden scroll and prepared to use the Undying Fire to evolve the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Zhuoma warned Xiao Yan that the attempt could kill him, but he insisted on continuing.
• Xiao Yan forced the grey flame into the golden scroll, filling its third aperture alongside the earth-yellow and cyan liquids.
• Xiao Yan’s strength surged from Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage to Four-Star Dou Xian Late Stage.

The Demon of Light ordered her forces to intensify the war against the Tribunal and the Adjudication Court while the Soul Devouring Domain prepared for a decisive battle. As rival forces gathered in the Lihun Domain, the Ghost Kingdom targeted the Lord of Fierce Souls and a company led by the Sin Envoy advanced to summon the Demon of Light back.

• Yunjiji escorted Feng Tian to the Demon of Light, who learned that Hao Ni'er and the Soul Devouring Domain had attacked the Lihun Domain.
• Rutong urged the Demon of Light to plan her next move, and the Demon of Light ordered an intensified assault on the Tribunal and the Adjudication Court while vowing to kill the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• Hao Ni'er kept most Soul Devouring Domain forces in reserve while vanguard squads advanced through the Lihun Domain.
• The Great Soul Sovereign gathered a thousand soul disciples and declared that the Ghost Kingdom would target the Lord of Fierce Souls rather than join the war between the three powers.
• A company led by the Sin Envoy entered the Lihun Domain, killed several guards, and threatened those who interfered with the Outer Realm Evil Clan's plan.

Xiao Yan and You Er entered Xuanyue’s laboratory, where Xuanyue tried to kill You Er and unleashed five puppet fighters. Xiao Yan defeated them and led You Er onward, while the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf killed Xuanyue and followed them toward the next location.

• You Er recognized the puppet as Master Xuanyue and approached her, while Xiao Yan suspected she was being controlled.
• Xuanyue revealed how she had survived the laboratory disaster, then suddenly tried to bite You Er.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xuanyue’s attack, and five powerful puppet fighters emerged from the shattered coffins.
• Xiao Yan used the Third Transformation of the Dragon God and Dou Soul to defeat the five puppets, then forced open a light gate and entered it with You Er.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf appeared, killed Xuanyue, and followed Xiao Yan and You Er toward the next location.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Earth Spirit Pagoda’s fourth layer and met Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er, Xiao Gui’s imprisoned parents. After Xiao Yan confirmed his bond with Xiao Gui and told them about their son, they reunited through his account, but remained trapped inside the sealed mountain forest.

• Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er watched over the unconscious Xiao Yan and sensed that he carried Xiao Gui’s aura.
• Xiao Yan awoke on the fourth layer and showed Xiao Zifan his Ghost Face Soul Flame, then revealed the ghost qi Xiao Gui had entrusted to him.
• Yu Rou'er recognized the matching ghost qi and asked Xiao Yan whether Xiao Gui was doing well.
• Xiao Yan described Xiao Gui’s hardships, how he had bought him back, and how Xiao Gui now lived at Diling Academy and loved someone.
• Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er grieved over what Xiao Gui had endured, while Xiao Yan asked how they could escape their imprisonment.

Xiao Yan risked his life fusing four sacred flames to form a four-colored fire lotus. He hurled the lotus at Fang Hao, who finally understood the mortal danger he faced.

• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to draw power from the four sacred flames and began fusing them, even as they tore apart his body.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf recognized Xiao Yan’s sacred flame fusion and realized Fang Hao had provoked a dangerous opponent.
• Fang Hao watched Xiao Yan struggle with the flames, hoping to claim them for himself if Xiao Yan died.
• Mu Yingying’s Azure Flame calmed the other sacred flames, allowing Xiao Yan to form an amber-colored lotus as three sacred flame crystals shattered and became a new flame.
• Xiao Yan named his attack Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation and hurled the four-colored fire lotus toward Fang Hao.

Hao Ni'er covered the Soul Devouring Master’s escape after he and Xiao Yan stole the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp from the Earth Spirit Pagoda. The Soul Devouring Master healed Xiao Yan in a wilderness hideout, where Hao Ni'er reunited with them and Xiao Yan realized the two were top powerhouses of the Soul Devouring Domain; the author’s note announced the end of the Ghost Realm arc.

• Hao Ni'er arrived at the Earth Spirit Pagoda and confronted Fang Hao and Chi Die while helping the Soul Devouring Master escape with Xiao Yan and the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp.
• Fang Hao and Chi Die attacked Hao Ni'er, but she used Spatial Binding and vanished after buying time for her teacher.
• Fang Hao and Chi Die abandoned the pursuit and decided to report the incident to the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• The Soul Devouring Master took Xiao Yan to a wilderness near the Earth Courtyard and used his devouring power to heal him.
• Xiao Yan handed the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp to the Soul Devouring Master, who set it aside and continued treating him.
• Hao Ni'er joined them, and Xiao Yan recognized that she and the Soul Devouring Master were top powerhouses of the Soul Devouring Domain.

Xiao Yan tried to stop a divine Light Arrow from killing Gamma, but the attack overwhelmed him and left him gravely wounded. As Gamma invoked the Demon Will and charged toward the arrow, the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Xiao Yan linked with the Dark Underworld Warrior and attacked the Light Arrow with his full strength while Gamma prayed for the Demon Will.
• The Light Arrow broke through Xiao Yan’s defense, destroyed Lin Feng’s mansion, and left him badly injured despite the Dark Underworld Warrior sharing the damage.
• The Emperor ordered the Imperial Family’s forces to expel the Soul Hall, while Lin Yunshu and the others feared for Tianxing City and placed their hope in Xiao Yan.
• As Xiao Yan lay near death, Gamma approached him and declared his intention to welcome the Demon Will through a glorious sacrifice.
• Gamma charged directly at the Light Arrow, shocking Hun Wuji, the Demon Servant, the Emperor, and Traveling Angel Mekal.

The Tribunal and the Adjudication Court prepared to send representatives to the Undying Fire Ruins, while learning that a King Tier Outer Realm Evil Clan expert had infiltrated the Lihun Domain. The chapter ended with the domain’s leaders pursuing threats from both the Soul Devouring Domain and the Outer Realm Evil Clan as forces gathered for the ruins.

• Leng Mou ordered Deng Qing to seek the Undying Fire at the ruins, promising him the fire and a chance to receive the Judgment Inheritance if he succeeded.
• Deng Qing declared that he would go alone and headed toward the Holy Flame Land.
• Leng Mou set out with guards for the temple of the Lord of Fierce Souls because the Lihun Domain had grown unsettled.
• Hua Shou ordered Yu Xiao to represent the Adjudication Court at the Undying Fire Ruins.
• An elder told Hua Shou that many guards on the domain’s periphery had disappeared and that their traces pointed to a King Tier Outer Realm Evil Clan expert.
• Hua Shou ordered the court to proceed with its plan as the domain’s leaders began tracking threats from both the Soul Devouring Domain and the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

After the entrance to the Undying Fire’s ruins opened, Xiao Yan and the other experts entered despite the flame’s dangerous residual power. Inside, the fire-filled realm was identified as the Undying Sacred Pool, where formidable creatures were drawing near.

• The experts shattered the pillar sealing the Undying Fire, but early entrants were scorched by strange grey flames at the entrance.
• Xiao Yan and Aileen waited as the remaining power of the Undying Fire weakened, and Yu Xiao led the experts into the ruins.
• Xiao Yan told Aileen to watch for suspicious people and entered with the crowd.
• Inside, Xiao Yan considered fusing the Fire Heart Sky Rock and Ghost Face Soul Flame, while fire-red flames and mist disrupted Soul Power.
• The experts explored the Undying Sacred Pool as dangerous creatures carrying the Undying Fire’s origin aura approached.

Xiao Yan and Aileen explored the Undying Sacred Pool, where Aileen explained its dangers and the Undying Mist. In a dead forest, they encountered a young girl fleeing a horde of powerful Soul Beasts, and Aileen recognized her as familiar.

• Xiao Yan and Aileen found their senses suppressed by the Undying Mist and discussed the Undying Sacred Pool’s nature and dangers.
• Aileen explained that the mist could turn people into Mist Corpses and that the pool’s dangerous circular space could trap them.
• Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame to clear the mist around them and reveal a barren Dead Wood Forest.
• Aileen headed toward a treasure location as Xiao Yan followed her through the forest.
• A young girl ran out of the mist pursued by hundreds of Soul Beasts, including an Earth Demonic Bull, a Xuan Shan Giant Tiger, and a Mount Tian Wolf.
• Xiao Yan urged Aileen to save the girl, but Aileen froze and said the girl seemed familiar.

Xiao Yan returned to Xuan Shan Fortress and saved Wu Tianyu and the fortress from dozens of Outer Realm Evil Clan attackers. After Xiao Yan destroyed the attackers, Wu Tianyu spotted an approaching army of several thousand Dou Xian experts.

• Wu Tianyu burned his Dou Di Body to fight the attackers, but their four-star Dou Xian leader overwhelmed and badly injured him.
• The evil leader tried to destroy Xiao Yan's statue, but Xiao Yan appeared behind it and stopped the attack.
• Xiao Yan healed Wu Tianyu's spirits, then approached the evil leader despite Wu Tianyu's warning about his strength.
• The attackers tried to self-detonate, but Xiao Yan used Holy Flame to burn them all to ashes.
• Xiao Yan ordered Wu Tianyu to tend to the injured and calm the commoners, then disappeared as an army of several thousand Dou Xian experts approached the fortress.

Xiao Yan stayed in the Undying Sacred Pool Space to complete his Acacia Flame Domain and awakened a second domain tied to the Undying Fire. After leaving, he found that the Two Realms War had already engulfed the Lihun Domain.

• Xiao Yan decided to resolve the matters within his body before leaving and prepared to raise his strength for the Two Realms War.
• Xiao Yan used Dou Qi to expand and complete the Acacia Flame Domain, creating a thousand-meter domain that weakened enemies and strengthened him.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Undying Fire had given him a companion domain capable of saving him from a fatal blow below the Seven-Star Dou Xian level.
• Xiao Yan left the Undying Sacred Pool Space and learned that the Lihun Domain had been engulfed in war.

The Demon of Light’s Light Demon-Trial Sword threatened the newly awakened Lord of Fierce Souls, but he used the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame to shatter it. He then attacked the immobilized Demon of Light with his Samsara-powered finger, leaving her facing death.

• The Lord of Fierce Souls revealed his lingering Samsara power and formed a pair of black wings as the Demon of Light prepared her final strike.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Sensheng, and Hao Ni'er watched as the Demon of Light swung the Light Demon-Trial Sword and the Lord of Fierce Souls countered with the Ghost-Nirvana Pseudo-God Finger.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls released the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, which weakened and shattered the Light Demon-Trial Sword.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls sent his massive black finger toward the Demon of Light, who was paralyzed by his Samsara power and overwhelmed by fear.

Xiao Yan and Myriad Monster King entered the Water and Fire Evil Cage to rescue Black Fiend Dragon Wolf, while Xu Shao led a group toward the two White Kings. Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light fled into the cage to escape a Four-Winged Angel, who pursued them and prepared to kill the twin kings.

• Xiao Yan ordered Earth Rhinoceros Monster King and Ten Thousand Flowers Monster King to return with the unconscious guards, while Myriad Monster King joined him in the prison.
• Xiao Yan and Myriad Monster King sensed powerful black beams bearing the aura of Soul Hall and flew deeper into the Demon Suppressing Prison.
• Xu Shao led dozens of people down toward the prison site of the two White Kings, claiming they would be interested in his transaction.
• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light fled from a Four-Winged Angel who used Holy Prohibition and overwhelmed the surrounding demonic shadows.
• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf carried the Demon of Light into the Water and Fire Evil Cage, and the Angel declared she would kill the twin kings as well.

Xiao Yan reunited with Tuoshe, who explained the Soul Hall’s past and warned him about Mal’s research. Tuoshe helped Xiao Yan forge an Equality Contract with the Dark Underworld Warrior, leaving Xiao Yan able to command it but warning him not to use it lightly.

• Xiao Yan recognized Tuoshe, who explained that they were inside the Dark Underworld Warrior’s special dimension and helped him recover to the Five-Star Dou Xian Late Stage.
• Tuoshe told Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall had once served the Outer Realm Evil Clan before rebelling, and warned him to stop or seize Mal’s dangerous research.
• Tuoshe offered to forge a contract between Xiao Yan and the Dark Underworld Warrior, cautioning that the mysterious Netherworld creature should only be used as a last resort.
• Tuoshe guided Xiao Yan through forging an Equality Contract, linking him to the Dark Underworld Warrior.
• Tuoshe touched the Primordial Fire Ruler and left mysterious power on it as the contract forging continued.

Lin Feng reached the Emperor’s bedchamber with a Holy See powerhouse, intending to kill the Emperor and seize the Military Seal, but discovered that the Emperor had survived. The Emperor confronted the intruders as the Abyss Head sacrificed himself to save him.

• Lin Feng and the Holy See powerhouse entered the Emperor’s Palace after Lin Feng’s forces took control of the guards.
• Lin Feng’s guards captured the wounded Lin Yunshu, who accused him of plotting against their father.
• A powerful aura emerged from the bedchamber, alarming the Holy See powerhouse.
• The Emperor came out with the Abyss Head and revealed that he was still alive, while Lin Feng knelt and claimed he had come to save him.
• The Abyss Head faded into dust after sacrificing himself, and the Emperor threatened the Holy See powerhouse for meddling in Tian Xing Continent’s affairs.

Xiao Yan entered the Third Layer of the Ancient Prison and discovered that Gu Hao, an Eight-Star Dou Xian controlled by the Outer Realm Evil Clan, was waiting inside. As Xiao Yan fled toward the Second Layer, Liu Hao arrived and engaged Gu Hao, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xiao Yan followed the guards to a stone chamber and found Gu Hao being controlled by evil black Qi.
• Xiao Yan exposed his identity and fought Gu Hao, who summoned a demon snake inside the Acacia Flame Domain.
• Liu Hao secretly entered the chamber using the Light-Shielding Immortal Hood and recognized the evil aura.
• Xiao Yan forced Gu Hao back and ran toward the Second Layer, with Gu Hao chasing him.
• Liu Hao attacked Gu Hao with his Light Aura, and Gu Hao turned to fight him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Gu Yuan in the Ancient Prison, freed him, and then rescued the Peerless Heavenly Emperor in exchange for the key to the Gu Clan Holy Land. As they recovered their strength, a powerful woman emerged from the prison floor and confronted them.

• Xiao Yan found Gu Yuan, knelt in guilt, and learned that Xun Er had entered the Gu Clan Holy Land during the clan rebellion.
• Gu Yuan explained that Xun Er had become the disciple of the Peerless Heavenly Emperor, and Xiao Yan promised to take Gu Yuan and Xun Er home.
• Xiao Yan burned away Gu Yuan’s seals and followed him to the Peerless Heavenly Emperor’s cell.
• Xiao Yan offered to free the Peerless Heavenly Emperor in return for the Holy Land key, and the elder accepted his identity as Xun Er’s husband.
• Xiao Yan broke the Peerless Heavenly Emperor’s seals and supplied Dou Qi to both men as they recovered their strength.
• A bewitching woman accompanied by blood snakes emerged from the prison floor and confronted Xiao Yan, Gu Yuan, and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor.

Hun Yan’s Soul Hall forces overwhelmed Protector Bai with Faith Power and unleashed a Blood Red Melting Furnace, but Xiao Yan’s Dark Underworld Warrior stirred and the Extremely Evil Soul Rain turned the battle against them. The rain controlled most of the Soul Hall forces and revived the creatures below, while the Dark Underworld Warrior remained unharmed.

• Hun Yan used the Faith Chains and Blood Red Melting Furnace to devour the lair’s humans and sea beasts and fatally wound Protector Bai.
• Gamma recognized the danger of Hun Yan’s furnace, while Ji Xuan rushed toward the Dark Underworld Warrior after seeing Xiao Yan on its shoulder.
• The Dark Underworld Warrior broke free of Hun Yan’s control and advanced toward the melting furnace, prompting Hun Yan and Hun Wuji to notice Xiao Yan.
• Dark green Evil Rain fell across the lair, controlling the unconscious humans and sea beasts and healing the Sin Envoys’ wounds.
• The Evil Rain controlled nearly all the Soul Hall powerhouses except the Two Hall Masters Xuan and Huang, but neither it nor the Soul Fire harmed the Dark Underworld Warrior.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er surveyed the powerful factions gathered for the Yao Clan auction and discussed the potential obstacles at the ceremony. Yao Yun began the auction, announcing five rare treasures, but their identities remained unrevealed.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Ancient Clans and other major factions attending the auction, and considered approaching them about Xu Shao's forbidden technique.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan about the strength of the Xiyue Sect, Shen Hong, and the Ancient Clans, then expressed her confidence in Xiao Yan.
• Yao Yun appeared on the auction stage and introduced herself as an eight-star Dou Xian and Celestial Grade Seventh-Tier alchemist who would host the auction.
• Yao Yun announced that the auction featured five rare treasures and opened the Yao Clan's once-in-a-century auction.