Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that the Undying and Immortal was hidden in a special void in the Monster Realm and received the Immortal Great Emperor’s final inheritance. He mastered the Immortal Golden Body as the Emperor faded away, then began refining the Immortal Flame in hopes of reaching Seven-Star Dou Xian.

• The Immortal Great Emperor explained that the Undying and Immortal was hidden in the Monster Realm and that the Monster Emperor might know its location.
• The Immortal Great Emperor manifested his Immortal Golden Body and challenged Xiao Yan to attack it; Xiao Yan’s strongest techniques failed to damage it.
• The Immortal Great Emperor passed his final soul power to Xiao Yan, who endured the transfer and awakened the Immortal Golden Body.
• Xiao Yan formed a hundred-zhang golden giant around himself and judged that it could help him face ordinary Seven-Star Dou Xian experts.
• Xiao Yan bid farewell to the fading Immortal Great Emperor and began circulating the Flame Mantra to refine the Immortal Flame and increase his strength.

As the Myriad Monster Kingdom prepared its army for the Ancient Battlefield, the Myriad Monster King and three Elder Monster Marshals discussed the worsening war and the threat posed by Xu Shao’s defection. They considered sending Xiao Yan and Celestial Fox Commander on a surprise attack behind enemy lines, leaving the decision for a further discussion before the army assembled.

• Xiao Yan’s victory over Xu Shao established Xu Shao’s treason and strengthened Xiao Yan’s standing among the monster beasts, while Xiao Yan resumed his usual routine after his coma mysteriously disappeared.
• The Myriad Monster Kingdom mobilized its forces as the ten factions divided the Ancient Battlefield into combat zones and prepared for a major conflict.
• The Snake Marshal reported that the kingdom faced breaches after Black Fiend Dragon Wolf disappeared, and the Myriad Monster King revealed that Xu Shao appeared to have joined one of the Seven Monster Kings amid a mystery involving two Demon Suppressing Prisons.
• The Monster Marshals urged the Myriad Monster King to send their assembled army to the Ancient Battlefield, where the kingdom had fifty thousand elite troops and around twenty Seven-Star Dou Xian powerhouses.
• The Brown-scaled Monster Marshal proposed that Xiao Yan and Celestial Fox Commander lead a surprise force behind enemy lines, and the Myriad Monster King ordered the army to assemble the next day while postponing a final decision.

Xiao Yan and the Myriad Monster King discovered a powerful holy aura near the Water and Fire Cage, then witnessed the cage erupt as the Water and Fire Fiends broke free. The Two White Kings emerged and recognized the weakened Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light, leaving them facing a deadly reunion.

• Xiao Yan identified Holy See Divine Power in a fissure near the Water and Fire Cage and determined its aura came from someone other than the source of a white feather he carried.
• A white egg formed around the sleeping Fiery Beast inside Xiao Yan, while the Demon Book Spirit trembled and the Monster Book remained still.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light supported each other inside the cage as it began shaking and releasing powerful black qi.
• The Water and Fire Fiends broke through the cage, shattering the holy chain that had suppressed them and revealing their late Eight-Star Dou Xian strength.
• The Two White Kings spotted the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light, and one King taunted the Dragon Wolf as an old acquaintance.

Xiao Yan discovered that his soul power had reached the early Huayuan realm, while reflecting on his demon transformation and plans to leave for the Monster Realm after obtaining the Immortal Flame. In response to Mekal’s death, the Angel Kingdom ordered the Holy See to find the culprit, and the Holy See assigned the task to Liu Hao.

• Xiao Yan found that his Nine-Layer Spirit Palace had reached its fourth layer, placing his soul power in early Huayuan, and considered how it strengthened his abilities as an alchemist.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the demon power and Mekal’s execution had likely made him an enemy of the Holy See, and decided to seek the Immortal Flame and then head for the Monster Realm.
• An angel guard reported Mekal’s death to a four-winged angel, who ordered the church on the Dou Yun Continent to investigate and handle the matter.
• Liu Qing told the three Cardinals that the Angel Kingdom had issued its highest-level command to track down Mekal’s killer.
• A Cardinal assigned Liu Hao to investigate, promising support in forging the Samsara Road if he succeeded; Liu Qing voiced doubts about her brother and then left.

Xiao Yan learned the origins of the Demon Emperor Tianhen and the Demon of Light from a bound man, who gave up a Monster Book Fragment before escaping. Xiao Yan reunited with Die Qi and the caravan, accepted Third Elder Xuan Yi’s Monster Core, and set out for Butterfly Valley after the Demon Cube devoured it.

• The Bound Man told Xiao Yan about the Demon Emperor Tianhen, the Demon of Light, and the missing Sky-Splitting Monster Spear, claiming his knowledge came from a Monster Book Fragment.
• Xiao Yan pressured the Bound Man into handing over the fragment, then cut his chains, but the man escaped with a strange movement technique.
• Xiao Yan left the Shuijiany Cliff and reunited with Die Qi, He Lei, and the caravan, agreeing to visit Butterfly Valley.
• Die Qi gave Xiao Yan Third Elder Xuan Yi’s Monster Core, which the Demon Cube immediately devoured, filling six percent of its area.
• Xiao Yan reassured his companions and traveled with them toward Butterfly Valley.

Xiao Yan killed Xuan Shan and the Yaoxuan Sect’s first elder, ending their threat to Butterfly Valley. After Butterfly Valley prepared him and Die Qi for the journey, they entered a Space Rift bound for the Myriad Monster Kingdom.

• Xiao Yan burned Xuan Shan and the first elder to ashes, ending the threat to Butterfly Valley.
• The Butterfly Valley Ancestor decided Xiao Yan would represent the valley in the Myriad Monster Kingdom and arranged for Die Qi to escort him.
• Over the next ten days, Xiao Yan gained Monster Qi through the valley’s monster-transforming technique while Butterfly Valley drove out the leaderless Yaoxuan Sect.
• The Butterfly Valley Ancestor advised Xiao Yan to seek Lord Six-Tail and explained that clues about the Yaoyuan Grotto-heaven might be found in the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Butterfly Valley Ancestor opened a Space Rift, and Xiao Yan and Die Qi entered it to travel to the Myriad Monster Kingdom.

Xiao Yan used part of the Kong Ling Ice Flame Sacred Flame Origin to restore the Wulu Purple Spirit Flame, while Goddess Yaoji explained how he might repair the Eternal Ruler. After Yaoji vanished, Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the recovered Holy Flame in hopes of advancing beyond the Dou Xian Stage.

• Xiao Yan offered part of the Kong Ling Ice Flame Sacred Flame Origin to repair the Wulu Purple Spirit Flame, and Yaoji gave him a Purple Fire Seed to care for it.
• Yaoji explained that the Wulu Purple Spirit Flame would recover within a few days and that the elk could protect Xiao Yan in poisonous miasma regions.
• Yaoji told Xiao Yan that repairing the Eternal Ruler required an Ancient Era weapon smith skilled in repairing divine artifacts, or it would remain scrap metal.
• Yaoji vanished after saying farewell to Xiao Yan, and her purple energy spread through the Spirit Nest as the Fire Spirit Tribe welcomed her aura.
• Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the restored Wulu Purple Spirit Flame, hoping the tenth-ranked Sacred Flame would help him cross the Dou Xian Stage.

Xiao Yan fought Xu Shao inside the Thousand Souls Domain, using his Holy Flame and fire lion to counter Xu Shao’s attacks. Xu Shao trapped Xiao Yan with a Space Prism and escaped, leaving the Horned Elder and the others to break into the domain and find two Xiao Yans.

• Xu Shao revealed his Thousand Souls Domain and attacked Xiao Yan with black Qi and a horde of ghosts.
• Xiao Yan covered himself in amber Holy Flame and resisted the assault as Xu Shao struck him with Spatial Strangulation.
• Xiao Yan’s fire lion attacked Xu Shao, destroying his soul wall, while the Horned Elder and the others accused Xu Shao of grave crimes.
• Xu Shao used Space Prism to trap Xiao Yan, then escaped into the domain’s void as Xiao Lei attacked him.
• The Horned Elder and the others shattered the domain and found two Xiao Yans amid the fading ghosts.

The Dark Night King broke free from the Demon Suppressing Prison, forcing the rival forces of the Monster Realm to join together against him. After the Demon Palace shattered, he attacked the assembled powerhouses, leaving the battle underway.

• The Dark Night King's evil qi spread across the Ancient Battlefield, and the Water and Fire Fiends prepared for his release.
• The Heaven Bear Tyrant and White Bone Fiend King gathered their forces and summoned their strongest Reincarnation experts to face the threat.
• Old Scorpion and Old Monkey recognized the Dark Night King's overwhelming strength and agreed to join forces.
• The Demon Palace shattered, and the Dark Night King emerged, declaring that everyone present would die.
• The Heaven Bear Tyrant and White Bone Fiend King launched a combined attack, but the Dark Night King countered with a vast wave of bloody demonic qi.

Xiao Yan mastered Gu Tianchi’s Formless Slash and entered the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm with Gu Li. After learning he would be settled among the vassal clans rather than admitted directly to the clan core, he raised the possibility of being an Array Master to the directors, who reacted with shock.

• Xiao Yan mastered the Formless Slash recorded on Gu Tianchi’s stone stele, and the stele shattered.
• Gu Li escorted Xiao Yan into the Ancient Realm and explained that his reward for conquering the Seven Peaks could be a request.
• Gu Li showed Xiao Yan the vassal clan district and described the separate core region of the Gu Clan.
• Gu Li brought Xiao Yan to meet Director Gu Qingkong, who explained that Xiao Yan would receive cultivation among the vassal clans but would still face screenings to join the Gu Clan core.
• Xiao Yan asked the directors whether they had heard of an Array Master, and Gu Qingkong stood up in astonishment.

Xiao Yan returned from the Tianyuan Battlefield after breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage and helped Snake Marshal repel two Monster Marshals. After learning that the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf’s personal guards and several monster kings were under attack, Xiao Yan set out to find the Myriad Monster King, determined to reach the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf even if he faced Samsara Grade powerhouses.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Tongtian Light Pillar, subdued the Cyan-Faced Bull Demon, and told Snake Marshal that he had advanced and cleared the Tianyuan Battlefield.
• Xiao Yan fought the Yuehu Monster Tiger and the Cyan-Faced Bull Demon, using his Amber Flame and Eternal Ruler to overwhelm them.
• The wounded Yuehu Monster Tiger warned Xiao Yan that their master was attacking the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf’s personal guards and several monster kings.
• Xiao Yan let the two Monster Marshals retreat, then asked Snake Marshal where the Myriad Monster King was and prepared to go there.

Xiao Yan persuaded Su Xueying to keep the two Holy Flames and invited Feng Wan'er and her people to join the Endless Fire Domain. Feng Wan'er opened the Black Stone’s sealed interior for him, where he encountered a mysterious realm and the stone’s strange powers.

• Feng Wan'er and the leaders stopped Su Xueying from returning the two Holy Flames to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan forced the Sacred Flame Crystals back into her body.
• Xiao Yan invited Feng Wan'er and her people to relocate to the Endless Fire Domain, and Feng Wan'er agreed.
• Xiao Yan asked to enter the Black Stone, and Feng Wan'er warned him to break its seal within one incense stick before opening the Sealing Array.
• Xiao Yan entered the Black Stone and found a verdant mountain range with a peach forest and an emerald pool.
• An iron pillar attacked Xiao Yan but fell quiet against the shield formed by his Xiao Clan bloodline.
• Nine Golden Dragons emerged from the pool carrying mysterious objects, causing the powers within Xiao Yan to bow in awe.

Xiao Yan returned from the Black Stone and led his companions back to the Endless Fire Domain, bringing the Century-Long Pact to a close. At Xuan Ling Mountain, Cai Lin and Mu Yingying discussed the Domain’s growing power, the Holy See’s threat, and their longing to reunite with Xiao Xiao on the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan emerged after succeeding inside the Black Stone, gave Feng Wan'er the Endless Fire Domain’s coordinates, and asked her to open a spacetime wormhole.
• Xiao Yan and the others traveled through the wormhole to the Endless Fire Domain as the boundary domain collapsed and the Century-Long Pact ended.
• Cai Lin noticed that Mu Yingying had reached Six-Star Dou Xian after her diplomatic mission to stabilize the Tian Xing and Vast Sea Continents.
• Mu Yingying warned Cai Lin that the Holy See was investigating them and discussed the challenge of bringing the Dou Yun Continent under their control.
• Mu Yingying said she was investigating the Dou Qi Continent and asked to see Xiao Xiao when they returned, leaving Cai Lin overcome with worry and longing for her daughter.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yan Xuan with the Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial, but Yan Xuan invoked a semi-forbidden technique and gathered Heaven and Earth Energy for a counterattack. The chapter ended as Yan Xuan prepared to unleash Heavenly Kingdom Sorrowful Rainbow against Xiao Yan.

• Ancestor Yanyun gave Yan Xuan the Three Mysterious Karmic Flames Mantle, but Xiao Yan shattered Yan Xuan’s flame barrier with the Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial.
• Yan Xuan emerged badly wounded yet remained determined to claim Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame, while Xun Er and others sensed that something was wrong.
• Ancestor Yanyun defended Yan Xuan’s actions as part of the Yao Grand Ceremony, and Xun Er warned that she would destroy the Yan Clan if Xiao Yan was harmed.
• Yan Xuan invoked the Light Forbidden Technique, Heavenly Kingdom Sorrowful Rainbow, drawing Heaven and Earth Energy toward himself as he planned to kill Xiao Yan and seize his soul power and Holy Flame.

Xiao Yan struggled to fuse a Saint Grade Eighth-Tier pill as his dou qi ran low and the mountain’s gathered energy dwindled, while Shen Hong began forming a celestial grade seventh-tier pill. The chapter left Xiao Yan’s attempt seemingly close to failure as the other contenders prepared to compete for the ceremony’s top honor.

• Xiao Yan began fusing the refined ingredients for his pill and realized his seven-star Dou Xian perfection strength could not sustain the process without enough heaven and earth energy.
• Xiao Yan understood that the Spirit Gathering Peaks supplied energy to the other alchemists, but they could not support his attempt to refine a pill beyond their grade.
• Shen Hong mocked Xiao Yan, believing he had lost the ability to compete, and began forming his own pill.
• Shen Hong’s pill drew Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning, prompting the experts to judge its rank by the tribulation’s colors.
• Yao Yichen assumed Xiao Yan had given up and expected the Yao Clan to win, while Yao Yixuan turned her attention to the other leading contenders.

Yao Shigui revealed a hidden passage beneath a bronze statue, leading Xiao Yan and Xun Er into a cavern where a mysterious force drew him toward a grey Light Orb. After Xiao Yan rescued him, the valley darkened and a Titan Giant appeared, leaving Xiao Yan to suspect the Yao Clan had a connection to the Titan beasts.

• Yao Shigui told Xiao Yan and Xun Er that an elusive voice had pointed him toward a secret within the bronze statue and medicinal cauldron.
• Xiao Yan used his Amber Flame to shatter the bronze statue, revealing a secret passage that Yao Shigui recognized from his dreams.
• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and Yao Shigui entered the cavern and found a lush valley beneath a flickering grey Light Orb.
• Yao Shigui approached the Light Orb despite Xiao Yan's warning, so Xiao Yan knocked him unconscious and carried him back.
• The valley darkened, its paths sealed, and a silver-furred Titan Giant emerged as Xiao Yan prepared for a trial.
• Xiao Yan recognized the creature as one of the Three Titan Overlords and suspected the Yao Clan was secretly keeping or nurturing Titan beasts.

After passing the Celestial Grade Sixth-Tier Earth Alchemist assessment, Xiao Yan returned to find Shen Hong pursuing Xun Er on Liu Hao’s orders. Xiao Yan warned the Shen brothers to keep away from his wife, while Shen Hong quietly held on to his resentment and the Holy See’s plans threatened trouble at the Yao Clan Ceremony.

• Elder Feng pulled Xiao Yan out of the unstable small world and congratulated him on passing the alchemist assessment.
• Shen Yi and Shen Hong entered the hall, where Shen Hong recognized Xun Er as the woman Liu Hao had ordered them to monitor.
• Xun Er ignored Shen Hong’s advances and left with Yao Shigui to wait for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan appeared, slapped Shen Hong, and warned him to stay away from Xun Er and tell Liu Hao to stop coveting his wife.
• Shen Yi cautioned Shen Hong against provoking Xiao Yan, but Shen Hong secretly nursed a grudge that could contribute to a catastrophe at the Yao Clan Ceremony.

Xiao Yan borrowed the power of the Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning to complete the Heaven Soul Marrow Transforming Pill. The pill reached Saint Grade Eighth-Tier Earth Class, and a golden arc and Seven-Colored Rainbow Rain appeared over Altar Mountain.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lei plunged into the pill tribulation, intending to use its energy to complete the pill fusion.
• Xiao Lei intercepted the Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning and filtered its power before directing it toward Xiao Yan's cauldron.
• Xiao Yan controlled the lightning with his soul power and infused it into the cauldron, causing the final medicinal ingredients to merge with the proto-pill.
• Xiao Yan announced the Heaven Soul Marrow Transforming Pill's success as the tribulation clouds dispersed.
• A golden light arc and Seven-Colored Rainbow Rain appeared, and the alchemists across Altar Mountain realized Xiao Yan had refined a Saint Grade Medicinal Pill.

Xiao Yan returned after surviving the quasi-divine tribulation and faced the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor, deploying his God Domain as their battle began. He empowered the God Slashing Ruler with holy flames, while the coalition army noticed that the Eternal Nightmare Flame was missing.

• Xiao Yan appeared above the battlefield, and Xiao Tianming and the four matriarchs sensed that he had successfully entered the quasi-divine tribulation stage.
• Xiao Yan declared that defeating the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor would end the ancient war, then deployed his God Domain and pressed its divine power against him.
• The Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor dismissed Xiao Yan as inexperienced and sent blood-red chains at him as Xiao Yan vowed to repay the Outer Realm for its massacres.
• Holy King sent the complete God Slashing Ruler and a holy flame source to Xiao Yan, who branded the ruler with thirty-three Saint Runes.
• Xun'er and the matriarchs discussed the missing Eternal Nightmare Flame and suspected that Huantian Hao had once harbored malicious intentions toward Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor clashed in an escalating battle between two quasi-divine powerhouses.

The Sin faction forced Shawu Village’s chief to help lure Eagle Eye Squad into a trap while plotting to use the Undying Leaf to prevent the Holy Flame’s revival. Xiao Yan and his companions reached Shawu Village, where he sensed an evil aura linked to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

• Three Sin faction figures demanded Shawu Village submit, and one killed a villager who resisted.
• The old village chief agreed to lead Eagle Eye Squad into the faction’s trap to protect the village’s people.
• The Sin faction revealed that it wanted the Undying Leaf to suppress the Holy Flame and aid the Outer Realm Evil Clan in the coming Heaven and Earth War.
• Soul Zun learned the Sin faction had arrived and ordered his people to watch Eagle Eye Squad, which he had hired to lead the rescue on Ice Fire Island.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived near Shawu Village, and Xiao Yan detected an evil aura from the village.