Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan went to meet Wang Feng and learned that the Yu Clan would escort him to the Eastern Continent while he helped them with soul power matters. Yu Xiaoye, who had clashed with Xiao Yan earlier, discovered that he was the alchemist traveling with her group.

• Yu Xiaoye bumped into Xiao Yan, argued with him, and followed him to the City Lord Mansion.
• Steward Mu chose to escort Xiao Yan inside after Yu Xiaoye accused him of molesting her.
• Steward Mu told Xiao Yan that Yu Xiaoye belonged to the Yu Clan, whose team would escort him to the Eastern Continent.
• Wang Feng ended Xiao Yan’s visit and led him to meet the escort team, which was scheduled to depart that afternoon.
• Yu Xiaoye complained to Yu Yifeng about Xiao Yan, then recognized him as the Emperor Grade Three Alchemist when Wang Feng brought him into the courtyard.

Xiao Yan defeated the Evil-Eyed Demon Infant and helped Die Qi awaken the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox ancestor’s remnant. The ancestor questioned their motives, but reacted with shock when Xiao Yan showed her the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Power.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the Evil-Eyed Demon Infant had struck a soul clone, then used his Holy Flame Eyes to destroy her and the Skeleton Giant Shadow.
• Xiao Yan purified and devoured the scattered energy, though it gave him little help in advancing his soul cultivation.
• Die Qi summoned the Nine-Tailed Stone Statue, awakening the ancient Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s remnant.
• Die Qi asked the ancestor for her inheritance and the tyrant artifact, while the ancestor questioned her bloodline and the intentions of Xiao Yan and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan explained that they had come at First Elder Qing Luan’s invitation and showed the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Power, shocking the ancestor.

Xiao Yan entered Forgotten Horizon to seek the Immortal Flame, taking along a mysterious little girl as the Holy See arrived at the Tian Xing Continent. The Star Empress and Emperor kept the visitors occupied, while other threats and strange developments emerged across the continents.

• Lin Yunshu told Xiao Yan that the Immortal Flame lay in Forgotten Horizon, a place reachable only through Starlight Power, and agreed to open a path for him.
• Emperor asked Xiao Yan to take a double ponytail little girl whose power shared a connection with the Immortal Flame; she bit Xiao Yan when he tried to refuse.
• Lin Yunshu opened the Starlight Path, but as dozens of Holy See experts approached, she urged Xiao Yan to leave, and he entered Forgotten Horizon with the girl.
• Emperor greeted the Holy See experts and invited them into the Imperial Family without revealing why Xiao Yan had left.
• A strange fluctuation arose in the Gu Clan’s Forbidden Area, where only Gu Xun'er had entered, while the Soul Clan remained wary of Xiao Yan and the Four Dou Di Continents’ lack of intervention remained unexplained.

Xiao Yan secretly kept the Soul God Source while letting Ming Feng and the others believe they had taken it, then set out to find the Ash Fire Realm’s exit. When his pursuers confronted him, Hua Qianqian arrived and revealed a sealed light port that might be the way out.

• Evil Xiao Yan escaped with the Soul God Source as Ming Feng and his allies left the others to fight the Spirit Eye Xuan Chicken and its controlled followers.
• Ming Feng took a counterfeit Soul God Source from Xiao Yan, and Bai Wangyuan persuaded the group to lift their control over him temporarily.
• Xiao Yan woke with no memory of what had happened, then revealed that he had kept the real Soul God Source with help from the divine artifact spirit.
• Xiao Yan headed toward the Ash Fire Realm’s exit but encountered people who accused him of stealing the Soul God Source and attacked him.
• Hua Qianqian arrived and proposed that everyone join forces as a sealed light port emerged from the volcanic crater.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying were trapped inside Xue Tian’s Blood Array Diagram, a Blood Demon Race clan array said to have slain Dou Xian powerhouses. Though weakened by his soul attack, Xiao Yan summoned his Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription and began using an array against the array as Xue Tian tried to destroy them.

• Xiao Yan killed Xue Xuan with a soul attack, while Xue Tian broke free of Xiao Yi’s suppression and charged at him.
• Mu Yingying intervened with her immortal sword, forcing Xue Tian back, but he summoned the Blood Array Diagram and pulled himself, Xiao Yan, and Mu Yingying inside.
• Xiao Yi joined Ghost Face Soul Flame against the Blood Demon Envoy while Yan Chi stayed aside.
• Inside the dark array space, Xiao Yan told Mu Yingying he was recovering from his soul attack and revealed his Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation as Xue Tian activated the Blood Array Diagram to attack them.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui entered the Dusha Demon Suppressing Prison, where the Space Gate separated them from the other contestants. After Xiao Yan defeated a Demonic Qi Python, he discovered chains linking it to something deeper in the forest and decided to follow them.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui arrived in the prison and realized the random teleportation had separated them from their companions.
• Xiao Yan spotted the palace sealing the Dusha Demon Empress and chose to explore the forest before searching for the others.
• A Demonic Qi Python formed from black qi and attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan restrained the Python with his Dragon God transformation and Sea of Feiyan Flames.
• Xiao Yan sensed chains inside the weakened Python leading deeper into the forest and decided to follow them.

Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the Heavenly Bridge toward the Royal City, where Lin Yunshu used her starlight power to protect them from the bridge’s dangers. Meanwhile, the ailing Emperor learned that the candidates and officials had gathered and insisted on attending the meeting in three days despite Feng Mo’s warnings.

• Lin Mo brought Xiao Yan and the others to the mountain summit and opened the Heavenly Bridge for them.
• As Xiao Yan crossed the bridge with Lin Yunshu and Ji Xuan, his palm brand burned and Ji Xuan pulled him away from a bursting ice flower.
• The Heavenly Bridge shook halfway across, so Lin Yunshu created a Starlight Path and led the three safely toward the Royal City.
• Feng Mo reported to the Emperor that the three candidates and Imperial Family officials had arrived and that the final step would take place in three days.
• The Emperor ordered his battle armor brought and resolved to attend the Royal City meeting despite Feng Mo’s concern about his frail condition.

With the Wanhuo Sect besieged by the Tingfeng Pavilion and its allies, Huo Yi refused to retreat despite the sect’s desperate losses. Xiao Yan arrived at Yanlu Cliff and confronted the three Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage experts, whose aura reminded him of Qing Yunkun.

• Elder Huo reported that the Tingfeng Pavilion had breached the Wanhuo Sect’s defenses with three Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage experts.
• Huo Yun urged Huo Yi to retreat and preserve the sect’s remaining strength, but Huo Yi chose to defend the cliff rather than break his promise to Xiao Yan.
• The Tingfeng Pavilion Master and two experts set out to attack the remaining Wanhuo Sect forces atop Yanlu Cliff.
• Xiao Yan appeared in a blaze of red flames, and two of the experts recognized an aura connected to the person they were seeking.
• The muscular expert challenged Xiao Yan, who recognized the three enemies’ strength and prepared to fight them.

Xiao Yan and Princess Qianqin fought fiercely inside the Holy Altar barrier, matching her guqin and phoenix attacks against his Holy Flame and gray thunder. Their clash devastated the surrounding terrain, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Princess Qianqin summoned a flaming phoenix with her ancient guqin and attacked Xiao Yan with its power.
• Xiao Yan countered with Thunder Annihilation and the Dragon God Transformation, then struck at Princess Qianqin with a Five-Color Flame attack carrying a Thunder Heart.
• Princess Qianqin played the Soul Burial Tune and formed a silver shield, while Xiao Yan answered her sound-based soul attack with Youming Tianhuang.
• Princess Qianqin unleashed another Requiem attack as Xiao Yan formed a Thunder Light Ball, and their collision vaporized nearby valleys.
• The Spirit Clan experts watched the earth shake under the clash and no longer underestimated Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan deduced that an Outer Realm Evil Clan powerhouse might still be trapped with Tianwang Cang in his mausoleum, and convinced Soul Bewitching Old Ghost to help investigate. He then asked Soul Bewitching Old Ghost to show some sincerity by strengthening their group before they faced the danger.

• Soul Bewitching Old Ghost explained that Tianwang Cang had prepared a mausoleum deep in the ruins and ordered everyone to stay away from it.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that Tianwang Cang may have sealed himself and an Outer Realm Evil Clan enemy inside the mausoleum to suppress the threat.
• Xiao Yan identified Tian Dusha, one of Dusha Demon Empress’s Half-Emperor generals, as a possible enemy still near Tianwang Cang.
• Soul Bewitching Old Ghost recalled that Dusha Demon Empress had fatally wounded Tianwang Cang, and Xiao Yan proposed that Tian Dusha may have exploited that injury to attack him.
• Soul Bewitching Old Ghost became alarmed about Tianwang Cang’s fate, and Xiao Yan offered to help him.
• Xiao Yan asked Soul Bewitching Old Ghost to provide support so their group could grow stronger before confronting the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

King Xuan Ling prepared to exploit the eight sects’ planned assault by staging a Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony on Xuan Ling Mountain five days later. As he set his scheme in motion and ordered Xuan Cang to eliminate the Soul Clan and Solomon, his greed and demonic nature became increasingly clear.

• Zhu Jin learned that Fen Tian had left the Burning Incense Pavilion, while the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion Master and Poison Sect Master expressed concern and departed.
• Rumors spread through Xuan Ling City that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had colluded with the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and a scout reported that eight super sects would attack in five days.
• King Xuan Ling ordered the preparations to continue and announced a Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony, intending to use the Blood Demon General’s surviving experts to open a door to a new world.
• Xuan Cang and Yan Chi reported that they had suppressed the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and hidden the Holy Flame on Xuan Ling Mountain; King Xuan Ling then ordered Yan Chi to capture the remaining Blood Demon experts.
• Grand Preceptor Wen Zi gave King Xuan Ling the Soul Ball containing the imperial family’s soul power and reported that the Soul Clan had sent another Dou Xian expert.
• King Xuan Ling sent Xuan Cang to kill everyone from the Soul Clan and Solomon, then gripped the Soul Ball and prepared to spread word of the ceremony.

Xiao Yan faced the Demonic Scholar in a Life and Death Chessboard match, where the lives of Xun Er and the other trapped experts depended on his moves. He began by defending and disguising Gu Tianyan as his King, while the Demonic Scholar launched an aggressive advance across the board.

• The Demonic Scholar explained that the chessboard stripped its occupants of their powers and that items dropped along the Outpost's route could strengthen pieces.
• Xiao Yan identified Xun Er as the white side's King and saw that the white pieces included Gu Yuan, Guyuan, the Peerless Heavenly Emperor, and several Ancient Artifact spirit bodies.
• The Demonic Scholar set the black side against Xiao Yan, including Qi Mo as its King and Book Fiend and Hua Mo among its pieces.
• Xiao Yan arranged his twelve pieces along the board's edges, leaving the center empty, then moved Gu Er three squares forward as the match began.
• The Demonic Scholar advanced a piece into Xiao Yan's camp, and Xiao Yan found a Nine Profound Chongming Flame token and gave its vitality bonus to Gu Tianyan.
• Xiao Yan pulled Gu Tianyan back to make him appear to be the King, while the Demonic Scholar sent his pieces across the boundary and pressed a fierce attack.

Xiao Yan boarded a ferry with the Jasmine Mercenary Corps and realized their escort mission and the woman they protected concealed unusual secrets. Zhang Yu visited him in secret and offered a trade connected to the Emperor’s illness that could help him unlock a new attribute, leaving Xiao Yan eager to hear more.

• Xiao Yan sensed that Jasmine and Elder Gu were powerful and suspected the sea held an aura that repelled his Holy Flame.
• Jasmine told Elder Gu that Xiao Yan’s soul power would help them cross dangerous sea zones and hunt a sea beast, while keeping the mission’s destination secret.
• A mysterious visitor entered Xiao Yan’s room at night and sealed it off with a barrier scroll.
• The woman revealed herself as Zhang Yu and asked whether Xiao Yan was an Immortal Realm alchemist.
• After Xiao Yan tried to dismiss her, Zhang Yu said her trade concerned the Emperor’s illness and might help him unlock a new attribute.
• Xiao Yan immediately changed his mind and invited Zhang Yu to sit.

Xiao Yan and the Burning Incense Pavilion’s forces reunited and set out for the Holy Flame Land, where an Outer Realm Evil Clan presence might be linked to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family. Other sects also converged there, some forming alliances as they prepared for a final confrontation.

• Xiao Yan and his companions discussed the suspected connection between the Holy Flame Land, the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, then decided to find their main force.
• Mu Feng found Xiao Yan’s group and led them to the Burning Incense Pavilion’s main force, which marched openly toward the Holy Flame Land.
• Wu Du and Lin Zhu decided that the Poison Sect should join forces with the Burning Incense Pavilion and the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion against the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Xiu Qi led the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion toward the Holy Flame Land and urged her disciples to help the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Jian Xin persuaded Feng Lin to ally the Ten Thousand Sword Gate with the Ancient Desolation Hall, and their forces set out for the Holy Flame Land.
• Solomon, Pill Valley, the Puppet Mansion, and numerous other factions also headed toward the Holy Flame Land.

The Yao Clan’s Medicine Valley trial began, and Xiao Yan entered the mountain range to search for herbs needed for an Eighth-Tier Quasi-Saint Grade medical formula. After three days of gathering, he encountered the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit in the depths of the valley.

• The contestants scattered through Medicine Valley, while experts in Altar Mountain watched their actions through a huge crystal and were forbidden from intervening.
• Xiao Yan avoided the other alchemists and flew toward the mountain range’s depths to collect medicinal herbs.
• After three days, Xiao Yan had gathered hundreds of herbs but still lacked four rare ingredients for his medical formula.
• The ground trembled around Xiao Yan, and he realized he had entered a powerful magical beast’s territory.
• The Wood Puppet Demon Spirit emerged from the mist, and Old Monster Shen Xi and Ancestor Yanyun watched with gloating smiles as Xiao Yan faced it.

Xiao Yan faced the Demon Guard Leader’s pure heart, which was designed to suppress holy flames, and resisted its power by awakening the flames within him. He revealed three holy flames as the Five Finger Mountain Formation weakened and Qing Feng searched the void for something hidden.

• Xiao Yan realized the pure heart could seal his holy flames, while the Demon Guard Leader prepared to kill him and claim credit from the Demon of Light.
• Xiao Yan defied the pure heart’s suppression, and Fire Heart Sky Rock and Great Heaven Seed Feiyan emerged from his body.
• The Fourth Soul Sovereign and the four academies attacked the Five Finger Mountain Formation as Qing Feng slipped away to search the void.
• The pure heart exploded and bound the void, but Xiao Yan’s one-and-a-half-color Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus bought him time.
• Xiao Yan summoned Kong Ling Ice Flame and Ghost Face Soul Flame, revealing three holy flames and frightening the Demon Guard Leader.

Xiao Yan overcame the bloodline pressure inside the dark red coffin and found the Scales of Baxia, a relic that could help him cultivate the Third Transformation of the Dragon God. When he touched the scale, his Emperor Flame Ring revealed a dragon-shaped golden form and helped him subdue it.

• Xiao Yan and the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor watched a projection of a cyan-faced man annihilating a Five-Colored Transforming Heaven Python with the Third and Fifth Transformations of the Dragon God.
• Xiao Yan recalled that the Golden Dragon King had given him the first five transformations and decided to focus on the situation before him.
• Xiao Yan approached the dark red coffin and struggled against its dragon might until he wore down the bloodline pressure.
• Xiao Yan discovered the Scales of Baxia inside the coffin, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that dragon scales were needed to cultivate the Third Transformation of the Dragon God.
• Xiao Yan reached for the Scales of Baxia with Holy Flame Power, and his Emperor Flame Ring formed a miniature Golden Dragon King-like dragon that enabled him to subdue the scale.

Lin Hao lost contact with Xiao Yan and went to report to the Princess while Xiao Yan remained trapped in the underground palace. Lin Yunshu rescued Xiao Yan from Uncle Lin, as the election phase that could upheave the Tianxuan Continent approached.

• Lin Hao failed to contact Xiao Yan and hurried to report the situation to the Princess.
• Lin Fengya ordered Uncle Lin to keep Xiao Yan from escaping the underground palace, and Hun Wuji secretly gave Uncle Lin Xiao Yan’s aura to track.
• Hun Wuji revealed that he had allowed Uncle Lin to pursue Xiao Yan so he could test the Princess’s Starlight Power.
• Uncle Lin tracked down the injured Xiao Yan and attacked him with his Wood Realm technique.
• Lin Yunshu’s starry domain swallowed Uncle Lin’s attack and carried Xiao Yan away.
• Uncle Lin raged as the scouting mission ended and the election phase drew near.

Mu Yingying used the Sacred Flame Crystal to repel the Eight-Color Lightning Tribulation, but the thunder cloud produced a powerful Tribulation Spirit. She weakened it with Golden Liquid and charged into battle as Xiao Yan watched.

• Mu Yingying absorbed the first lightning strike with the Sacred Flame Crystal and easily countered three more pillars of lightning.
• The Eight-Color Thunder Cloud condensed into a Tribulation Spirit, which Xin Yan explained could emerge during a powerful tribulation.
• The Tribulation Spirit appeared to possess Six-star Dou Di Perfection strength and lunged at Mu Yingying.
• Mu Yingying used ten drops of Golden Liquid, formed from power she had absorbed in the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool, to weaken the Tribulation Spirit to Early Six-star Dou Di.
• Mu Yingying moved to confront the weakened Tribulation Spirit, and Xiao Yan watched as their battle began.

The Golden Dragon King entered the Dragon God Stele while Long Yi and Long Tian prepared to protect him, but the Silver Dragon King appeared and revealed that she had engineered his return to seize the Dragon God Power and rule the Great Thousand World. She summoned Long Yuan to confront the two guardians.

• The Golden Dragon King learned that the Supreme Elders and the Holy Armor Dragon Army had vanished, then entered the Dragon God Stele.
• Long Yi asked Long Tian to help set up a defensive formation around Dragon God Square.
• The Silver Dragon King’s pressure forced Long Tian and Long Yi to their knees as she emerged from the void.
• The Silver Dragon King declared that she had waited for this opportunity and planned to claim the Dragon God Power and dominate the Great Thousand World.
• The Silver Dragon King summoned Long Yuan, a Quasi-Ninth Reincarnation Stage Supreme Elder, to face Long Tian and Long Yi.