Chapter Summaries

Mu Yingying led the Endless Flame Alliance to support the Ghost Realm and battled the invading Evil Kings, gradually turning the fight in the allies’ favor. After the Heavenly Mystery Mirror lost its view of the battle, Xiao Yan and the Spirit Devouring King prepared to confirm the Heaven Realm and Monster Realm’s safety before heading to the Reincarnation Sea.

• Mu Yingying arrived with Endless Flame Alliance fighters, freed Hao Ni'er and the others, and declared that they had come to protect the Ghost Realm.
• The Soul Devouring Master warned Mu Yingying that the Ghost Realm faced certain death, but she refused to withdraw.
• Mu Yingying fought the Blood Butcher while the Cold-Blooded General, the White Bone Old Man, Mu Feng, and Feng Wan'er engaged the other Evil King.
• Mu Yingying gained the upper hand, and the allies’ other battles began to turn in their favor.
• The Heavenly Mystery Mirror lost its view of the Ghost Realm, and the Spirit Devouring King urged Xiao Yan to confirm the Heaven Realm and Monster Realm were safe.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Flame God Cauldron urging him toward the Reincarnation Sea and said he would notify the Reincarnation Seal inheritors to gather there.

Xiao Yan entered the Dark Realm and accepted the two Evil Gods’ invitation to meet inside the Demon God Palace, while the Fire Spirit Tribe fought the forces outside. The Holy Demon Lord showed him a vision of Demon God Palace strongmen held under the Evil Gods’ control, and Xiao Yan recognized a familiar figure among them.

• Xiao Yan and the Fire Spirit Tribe arrived in the devastated Dark Realm, where an Evil God Guard invited Xiao Yan to meet the two Evil Gods.
• Despite Xiao Yi’s warning, Xiao Yan accepted the invitation and entered an Evil Passage with the Evil God Guard.
• First Elder ordered the Fire Spirit Tribe to encircle and destroy the evil forces outside the Demon God Palace, but a powerful force blocked their advance into the Tianmo Mountain Range.
• Inside the Demon God Palace, Xiao Yan confronted the Fifth Evil God, Holy Demon Lord, and the Sixth Evil God, Demon Venerable, whose strength he sensed had reached at least the seventh tier of Samsara.
• The Holy Demon Lord showed Xiao Yan an image of Demon God Palace strongmen bound by Black Markings, and Xiao Yan recognized a familiar figure and renewed his killing intent.

Bai He and the City Lord Mansion elders compared the Lei, Qing, and Yu families’ auction offerings with Xiao Yan’s bids. Wang Feng favored the mysterious guest’s Dou Xian Pill, leaving the auction’s likely winner decided as he and Bai He went to complete the transaction.

• Li Qin reported that the Lei Family offered its Thunder Body Technique, the Qing Family offered a Mad Demon Pill, and the Yu Family offered the Fengling Four-Image Formula.
• Bai He revealed that Xiao Yan had first offered a preliminary pill, which he refused, and then offered a Child Flame of the Ghost Face Soul Flame.
• Wang Feng said the mysterious man in private room number one was likely from outside Yinhun Heaven, but refused Bai He’s suggestion to detain him.
• Wang Feng revealed that the mysterious guest had offered a Dou Xian Pill, which the elders valued above the Ghost Face Soul Flame Child Flame.
• Li Qin returned to the auction stage while Wang Feng and Bai He left to complete the transaction.

After Xu Shao trapped Xiao Yan’s soul in a strange dimension, Xiao Yan escaped with the Emperor Flame Ring’s help and returned to his body. He vowed to settle the score with Xu Shao, while the Monster Kingdom prepared to enter the Ancient Battlefield.

• The Horned Demon Elder ordered Xiao Yan taken to a guarded cultivation room, Xu Shao hunted down, and the army investigated before entering the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xiao Yan’s soul wandered through a strange dimension filled with prisms that showed Xun Er, Cai Lin, and Yingying in danger.
• The Emperor Flame Ring opened a red gate, and an unknown aged voice called Xiao Yan back as Xu Shao’s voice revealed the attack’s connection to the Xiao Clan’s treasure.
• Xiao Yan escaped through the gate and returned to his body, then vowed revenge on Xu Shao.

Xiao Yan and Liu Qing weakened the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil’s Second Eye, but a Black-robed Man appeared and sealed their escape. He restored the eyes’ power and began summoning the Third Eye, leaving Xiao Yan and the others trapped in danger.

• The Second Eye enveloped Xiao Yan in yellow light and tried to devour his Dou Qi and soul power, but Xiao Yan drove it back with his cyan-yellow flame.
• Liu Qing released a milky-white seed that struck the Second Eye and overwhelmed the yellow liquid protecting it, while Xiao Yan disrupted the Third Eye’s attempt to emerge.
• Xiao Yan urged everyone to retreat and carried the unconscious members toward the Ninth Layer, but the Black-robed Man appeared and blocked the passage.
• The Black-robed Man threatened the Eagle Eye Squad and crushed an unknown object beneath the remaining eyes, restoring their power as a grey Third Eye flickered into view.

Xiao Yan arrived on Wuliang Mountain and rescued Qin Xin from Night Cat. The group faced Night Cat together as Xiao Yan sensed that Qin Xin was connected to a holy flame.

• Night Cat chased and wounded Qin Xin, whose power was suppressed within Wuliang Mountain.
• Night Cat immobilized Qin Xin with black gas and prepared to attack her.
• Xiao Yan hurled his flame-wreathed giant ruler at Night Cat and stepped in to save Qin Xin.
• Qin Xin refused to thank Xiao Yan, while he warned that stronger enemies might lie ahead.
• Qin Xin recognized Xiao Yan as the man who killed the Twin Ghost Emperor and challenged him to a serious fight after they dealt with Night Cat.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at Early Seven-star Dou Di and learned that Mu Yingying was confined to the forbidden area. When Mu Yingying’s brother Yan Chi tried to stop her from seeing Xiao Yan, she broke free and ran out, while an unnoticed evil bloodstain remained on Yan Chi.

• Xiao Yi said the Life and Death Fire had raised his strength to Five-turn Nine-star Dou Di, and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at Early Seven-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan learned that the sect tournament was about half a year away and that Mu Yingying had remained in the forbidden area with Yan Chi.
• Mu Yingying asked Yan Chi to let her see Xiao Yan, but Yan Chi refused because he feared Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame and strange aura.
• Yan Chi tried to knock Mu Yingying unconscious, but an azure power surged through her and she broke free.
• Yan Chi let Mu Yingying go, while an extremely evil bloodstain on his body went unnoticed.

Xiao Yan broke free of the Seven-Star God Binding Array and refused to retreat despite his injuries, preparing to confront the Seven-Eyed Evil God’s Light Forbidden Technique with the power of the Holy Flame. Mu Yingying, Yun Yun, and Duan Qifei sheltered the world below as the two enemies prepared to unleash their attacks.

• Mu Yingying and Yun Yun tried to break the demon-claw cage and rescue Xiao Yan while the Seven-Eyed Evil God gathered its Light Forbidden Technique.
• Xiao Yan used the demonic blood and Holy Flame Garment to break the Seven-Star God Binding Array, then shattered the cage around the women.
• Duan Qifei urged Xiao Yan to retreat, but her Thousand Mechanism Ghost God Umbrella could not drag him away because the Holy Flame Garment and seven Holy Runes protected him.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Yingying, Yun Yun, and Duan Qifei to shelter the world below, and the three women covered it with layers of power.
• Xiao Yan began gathering the seven Holy Flames to oppose the Seven-Eyed Evil God’s forbidden technique, Wailing Radiance, which the Evil God claimed would destroy the Ghost Realm.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui traced the Demonic Qi Python to a sealed cave, where Xiao Yan confronted and destroyed an earth grade evil being. After the battle, the Jade Stone against Xiao Yan’s chest displayed the number 110.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui followed the Demonic Qi Python to a cave sealed with corroded chains covered in mysterious patterns.
• Xiao Yan broke the chains, drawing out an earth grade evil being that emerged from the cave and challenged him.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Heaven Seed Feiyan and Primordial Fire Ruler to counter the being’s Demonic Shadow and Demonic Hand attacks.
• The evil being tried to destroy Xiao Yan by self-destructing, but Xiao Yan struck it with two Firmament Finger techniques and made it dissipate.
• The number 110 appeared on the Jade Stone against Xiao Yan’s chest.

Xiao Yan and Aileen reached the Undying Gate, which tested whether entrants could withstand the power of the Undying Fire. Xiao Yan passed by using the Flame Mantra to devour its Child Flame, and they entered the core as the contest for the Undying Fire approached.

• Aileen explained that only Four-star Dou Xian Perfection powerhouses could normally pass the Undying Gate and reach the Undying Fire.
• Xiao Yan entered the array inside the crude wooden house and withstood its pressure using the First Transformation of the Dragon God.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Grey Flame as a Child Flame of the Undying Fire and used the Flame Mantra to devour it.
• The array transported Xiao Yan into the core, and Aileen followed him inside.
• The onlookers watched them disappear and anticipated the decisive battle for the Undying Fire.

Xiao Yan returned from seclusion at the altar as Cai Lin completed the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python inheritance and reached the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage. Cai Lin proposed trading power to the Monster Realm Lord and the Tianxie Blood Tiger for their support, revealing that the lord possessed the Wood Spirit Bead.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the mysterious dimension at the altar after gaining insights that pushed his strength to the peak of the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage.
• Cai Lin completed her inheritance, transformed into the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and protected the altar with a ten-colored barrier.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan reunited and discovered that they had both reached the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage.
• Cai Lin gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame's Sacred Flame Origin and proposed helping the Tianxie Blood Tiger and the Monster Realm Lord advance in exchange for their alliance.
• Cai Lin revealed that the Monster Realm Lord possessed the Wood Spirit Bead, and Xiao Yan considered whether the lord would value the bead or a breakthrough to the Eighth-Reincarnation Stage more.

Master Lu reforged Mu Yingying’s immortal sword with Yin Yang Profound Iron Mother, gave it sentience, and the sword chose Mu Yingying as its master. Mu Yingying named the sword Frost and Snow, then Xiao Yan took her to the Third Floor of the Underground Palace.

• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying watched as Master Lu infused Yin Yang Profound Iron Mother into the shattered immortal sword, changing its blade to silvery white.
• Master Lu reforged the sword and made a matching scabbard, then used the Power of Life and Death to capture the spirit released during quenching and force it into the blade.
• The newly sentient immortal sword escaped Master Lu’s control, flew to Mu Yingying, and resonated with her as it acknowledged her as its master.
• Xiao Yan urged Mu Yingying to accept the sword, and Master Lu said it had approved of her.
• Mu Yingying named the immortal sword Frost and Snow, and Xiao Yan took her to the Third Floor of the Underground Palace.

As the battle in the Lihun Domain worsened, Duan Qifei took command while Thunder Lord entered the Demon Sea to investigate her suspicions. The chapter ends with Yuanyan worrying about the missing Ghost Kings and Ghost Realm powerhouses as the Demon Sea’s assault continued.

• Duan Qifei reported that Xiao Yan had destroyed the Seven-Eyed Evil God, but the elders disputed her claim because the Evil Army’s attacks had intensified.
• Yun Qi suggested that the Seven-Eyed Evil God might not have been the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s ultimate commander.
• A Fierce Soul Guard reported that the Water Element Legion and Thunder Attribute Legion had been wiped out and the coalition could hold for only ten more minutes.
• Thunder Lord left the altar to investigate the Demon Sea, while she entrusted the Lihun Domain headquarters to Duan Qifei.
• Duan Qifei overruled the elders, ordered a retreat to the void battlefield outside the headquarters array, and suppressed the Chief Judge and the others when they defied her.
• Yuanyan wondered why the ten Ghost Kings and other Ghost Realm powerhouses were missing as she maintained the protective array.

Youhunzi broke the seal on Ice Fire Island and overwhelmed its three guardians with the Soul Devouring Talisman. After unleashing a devastating attack and escaping before the Lihun Domain’s experts arrived, he left the island’s first layer in ruins as Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master continued toward the Eastern Continent.

• The Green-Eyed Phantom Scaled Python learned from the Earth Ape that Youhunzi was likely behind the upheaval and rushed to the first layer with the other guardians.
• The Silver-Winged Wyvern, Green-Eyed Phantom Scaled Python, and Golden-Winged Jade Cicada Butterfly attacked Youhunzi to stop his escape and buy time for the Lihun Domain’s experts.
• Youhunzi used the Soul Devouring Talisman to absorb the guardians’ attacks and unleash Soul Youhun Annihilation, forcing the three guardians to flee.
• Youhunzi escaped Ice Fire Island before the Lihun Domain’s experts could arrive, and his destructive attack devastated the island’s first layer.
• Xiao Yan witnessed the blast from afar, and the Soul Devouring Master urged him to continue toward their next stop in the Eastern Continent.

Myriad Monster King and Ten Thousand Flowers Monster King fought the Blood Demon King inside the Water and Fire Evil Cage while protecting two unconscious Personal Guard Chiefs. As they neared defeat, the Demon Emperor appeared, while Xu Shao and his forces waited nearby with their sights set on the Two White Kings and the Red King Palace.

• Myriad Monster King and Ten Thousand Flowers Monster King handed one unconscious chief to Earth Rhinoceros Monster King and stayed behind to confront the pursuing Blood Demon King.
• Blood Demon King summoned the Blood River Giant Ape, while Ten Thousand Flowers Monster King created her Ten Thousand Monster Fruit and Myriad Monster King sent out a Ten Thousand Monster Puppet.
• Xu Shao revealed himself as the long-missing Huang Hall Master of the Soul Hall and told his Seven-Star Dou Xian forces that they sought both the Two White Kings and the Red King Palace.
• Blood Demon King empowered the ape with his blood and launched a lethal attack as Myriad Monster King and Ten Thousand Flowers Monster King prepared to burn their lives.
• The Demon Emperor appeared with his Demon Emperor Heavenly Image and stopped the two monster kings from sacrificing themselves.

Xiao Gui remained behind in Dead Silence Valley and secretly followed the Earth Spirit Blood General after it agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall’s Sixth Soul Zun. He learned that the Sixth Soul Zun planned to exploit the general’s attempt to rescue Dusha Demon Empress, and Xiao Gui followed them toward the center of the Demon Suppressing Prison.

• Xiao Gui stayed in Dead Silence Valley when Xiao Yan used the Space Shuttle Seal, then noticed the Earth Spirit Blood General recovering from its defeat.
• The Earth Spirit Blood General broke the lingering seal and was approached by the Soul Hall’s Sixth Soul Zun, who offered to restore its strength in exchange for the Soul Origins of captured trial participants.
• Xiao Gui recognized the Soul Hall and worried that the Sixth Soul Zun and the Four-star Dou Xian general could become a dangerous pair.
• The Earth Spirit Blood General accepted the deal and said it intended to rescue Dusha Demon Empress once it regained its peak strength.
• The Sixth Soul Zun privately revealed that he planned to lure the general into weakening the Demon Suppressing Prison’s seals and capture Dusha Demon Empress.
• Xiao Gui secretly followed the pair as sacred black qi from his body drove away nearby evil auras.

Xiao Yan helped Butterfly Valley capture Xuanyao and learned that the Yaoxuan Sect had no Eight-Star Dou Xian expert nearby. The Butterfly Valley Ancestor then bargained with Xiao Yan to destroy the Yaoxuan Sect in exchange for concealing his human aura and recommending him to the Myriad Monster Kingdom for access to the Ancient Battlefield.

• Xiao Yan helped Dielan subdue Xuanyao, the Yaoxuan Sect's Second Elder, while Butterfly Valley held him as leverage against the sect.
• Die Qi told Xiao Yan that the Yaoxuan Sect's strongest known expert was its Sect Master, Xuan Yuan, a Seven-Star Dou Xian Perfection expert, and that Eight-Star Dou Xian experts did not roam the Monster Country's outer regions.
• The Butterfly Valley Ancestor summoned Xiao Yan and recognized that he came from the Human Realm, but said he would overlook it because Xiao Yan had helped Butterfly Valley.
• The Butterfly Valley Ancestor asked Xiao Yan to wipe out the Yaoxuan Sect, offering to conceal Xiao Yan's human aura and recommend him to the King of the Myriad Monster Kingdom.
• Xiao Yan accepted the deal because the recommendation could help him reach the Ancient Battlefield and seek its treasures and secrets.

Xiao Yan subdued a black-robed Yu Family expert and used Soul Interrogation to uncover a plot against the Qing Family and an auction. After Xiao Yan killed the man, a Two-star Dou Xian in the Yu Family’s Ancestral Temple discovered his death.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the black-robed One-star Dou Xian Later Stage expert with a soul attack, and Qing Wenshu asked him to interrogate the man for information.
• Xiao Yan entered the black-robed man's Soul Sea and learned that the Yu Family had colluded with an outside force to target the auction and the Qing Family.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu determined that the allied faction came from outside Ghost King City, though the black-robed man’s memories revealed no further details.
• Xiao Yan incinerated the unconscious black-robed man with cyan-yellow flames, leaving no trace of his soul.
• A Two-star Dou Xian in the Yu Family’s Ancestral Temple noticed that Heiyu’s wooden plaque had shattered and recognized that he had fallen.

Xiao Yan and Duan Tianhong began purifying Xiema, the King of the Burning Soul Clan, with the Holy Flame. Xiema escaped the black liquid on Duan Tianhong’s chest, but Duan Tianhong revealed that he had planned the escape and sealed Xiema in the Thunder Space.

• Duan Tianhong explained that Xiema was the Burning Soul Clan’s King, whom he had sealed inside his body after destroying the clan.
• Xiao Yan protected Duan Qifei as she continued absorbing the Samsara Token, then prepared the Holy Flame to destroy Xiema.
• Duan Tianhong used Thousand Thunder Immortal Binding and sacrificed some of his origin to weaken and temporarily restrain Xiema.
• Xiao Yan’s Sacred Flame Crystal released purifying runes, terrifying Xiema and driving him to flee from Duan Tianhong’s chest.
• Xiema tried to escape through the void, but Duan Tianhong used his Thunder Attribute Heaven Seed and Dou Soul to freeze the space and seal him.

Xiao Yan struggled to suppress a divine poison while the Head of Foreign Lands’ Eternal Plan began destroying the Great Thousand World. With the world’s leaders seemingly powerless, the Holy King revealed another possible path: the Garden of Eden.

• Xiao Yan and the four Matriarchs failed to purge the sinister poison blotch on Xiao Yan’s chest, whose demonic eye grew more profound as the poison spread.
• Destruction light pillars erupted near the Buddha Realm and began annihilating regions of the Great Thousand World, driving countless refugees toward the Endless Flame Alliance’s sanctuary.
• The Holy King, Xiao Tianming, and other leaders gathered in the Matriarch’s mansion, where they found themselves unable to stop the devastation.
• Xiao Yan arrived despite his injuries and insisted on facing the crisis, while the First Elder Xiao Yan questioned his condition.
• The Holy King explained that the God Road was too uncertain to rely on and revealed the Garden of Eden as another possible path.