Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fused three Holy Flames to create a Kong Ling Tear and used it to defeat the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil. After recovering much of his strength with a Xian Ling Pill, he prepared to absorb the dying creature’s soul power.

• Xiao Yan fused three Holy Flames and formed a powerful Kong Ling Tear.
• Xiao Yan detonated the Kong Ling Tear, overwhelming the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil and leaving it badly weakened.
• Xiao Yan used the remaining Holy Flame to pursue and refine the fleeing Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil, exhausting nearly ninety percent of his Dou Xian Power.
• Xiao Yan took a Xian Ling Pill and recovered nearly seventy percent of his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan watched the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil near its end and prepared to harvest its soul power.

Mu Yingying brought Xiao Yan the Five-Elements Beast’s body and magic core, which he needed to resurrect Xiao Xuan. In exchange, Xiao Yan gave her his damaged silver immortal sword, which seemed to resonate with her, and wondered whether its aura resembled that of an old man he had encountered.

• Mu Yingying visited Xiao Yan late at night and asked whether the Five-Elements Beast mattered to him.
• Xiao Yan explained that the beast’s body, magic core, and essence blood were essential ingredients for a pill, and Mu Yingying revealed that she had killed the beast and kept its core and body.
• Xiao Yan realized the beast’s remains could help resurrect Xiao Xuan and thanked Mu Yingying for bringing them.
• Xiao Yan offered Mu Yingying his damaged silver immortal sword as an equal exchange, and she accepted it after feeling something communicate with her through the sword.
• Mu Yingying left with the sword, and Xiao Yan wondered whether its aura resembled that of the old man who had saved him in the mysterious space.

After freeing Xuan Muqing from the Blood Curse, the group descended to the Fifth Floor of the Underground Palace and discovered a blood-soaked cavern that seemed to have served as a habitat for the Blood Demon Race. Fen Tian led them onward toward the Sixth Floor to rescue Yan Chi, while Xuan Muqing feared her brother King Xuan Ling had allied with the enemy.

• Xuan Muqing revealed that Xuan Yin and Xuan Yang had guarded her for years, and said only King Xuan Ling had entered the Fifth Floor of the Underground Palace.
• Xuan Muqing explained that King Xuan Ling had changed drastically after the Underground Palace was built, and the group suspected the Fifth Floor held a secret connected to the Blood Curse.
• Fen Tian and the others entered the Fifth Floor and found a vast cavern stained with human blood, with no living creatures present.
• Fen Tian sensed the Blood Demon Race’s presence, and Zhu Jin and Elder Qing suspected the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had ties to the surviving remnants.
• Fen Tian resolved to continue the rescue of Yan Chi while preparing to preserve the Burning Incense Pavilion’s remaining strength if the mission failed.
• Fen Tian led the group toward the Sixth Floor, and Xuan Muqing silently hoped her brother had not joined forces with the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Nannan sacrificed herself to restore Xiao Yan and help him break through to the Dou Shen Stage, while Ren Yuanzi sent his forces to stop him. Xiao Yan began his ascension as the battle for the Great Thousand World continued.

• Nannan carried the crippled Xiao Yan and revealed that she was the divinity needed to break through to the Dou Shen Stage.
• Nannan kissed Xiao Yan and transferred her blood and divine power to him, sacrificing herself as she urged him to protect the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan’s Divine Palace revealed Yuan Tian and Xuandi’s history, including how Yuan Tian had hidden Nannan’s power and memories across nine lifetimes of Samsara.
• Nannan’s sacrifice healed Xiao Yan, dissolved the Evil Eye’s power, and sent him surging toward the Dou Shen Stage.
• The resurrected army overwhelmed the Great Thousand Coalition Army, but an ancient hum from Xiao Yan slowed the resurrected supremes and drew their attention.
• Ren Yuanzi revealed that he had forced Nannan’s sacrifice to reclaim his remaining origin power, then ordered Dundun and his forces to attack Xiao Yan.

After recovering from the Eastern Continent Tournament, Xiao Yan learned that Duan Tianhong would reward him with a Heaven Seed for helping the Forged Blade Thunder Valley. Duan Tianhong ruled out the Fire Sin Envoy’s contaminated seed and led Xiao Yan deeper into the valley to receive another one.

• Xiao Yan planned his next steps toward the Four Continents Tournament and his goal of resurrecting Mu Yingying.
• Duan Qifei told Xiao Yan that Duan Tianhong had agreed to bestow a Heaven Seed on him as thanks for his help.
• Duan Tianhong explained that he would take fifty qualified contestants to the Four Continents Tournament.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the gift was the Fire Sin Envoy’s Heaven Seed, but Duan Tianhong said it was contaminated by evil power and could not be cleansed.
• Duan Tianhong promised Xiao Yan a different Heaven Seed and led him deeper into the Forged Blade Thunder Valley.

Xiao Yan united the nine incarnations and used the Chaos Green Lotus to suppress Ren Yuanzi and the First Holy Flame, then sacrificed himself to destroy Ren Yuanzi and prevent his escape. Qing Yuan and billions of survivors used the Resurrection Divine Art to gather Xiao Yan’s scattered energy, and a voice from the resulting bridge suggested he might return.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the lotus leaf hidden with Nannan proved he was Yuan Tian’s ninth incarnation, and the nine incarnations united against Ren Yuanzi.
• Ren Yuanzi summoned the First Holy Flame and drew the Great Thousand World’s energy into it, while Xiao Yan called forth the Chaos Green Lotus and suppressed its origin.
• Ren Yuanzi attempted to escape through time and space, but Xiao Yan summoned the thirty-six holy flames and burned himself to annihilate Ren Yuanzi.
• Qing Yuan prayed the Resurrection Divine Art as billions of survivors lent their strength, forming a sacred bridge that gathered fragments of Xiao Yan’s energy.
• A voice from the bridge told the waiting survivors to wait for Xiao Yan’s return.

Xiao Yan used a soul attack to expose and injure the Mysterious Man, allowing Shuiyue to destroy him with Water Waterfall Sky Screen. The village was freed from the Ghost Mist Realm, but the attackers’ nature raised new questions.

• The Mysterious Man attacked Shuiyue with ten phantom images while Xiao Yan warned him to protect his soul.
• Xiao Yan saw through the illusions and struck the Mysterious Man’s true body with Youhu Tianming, suffering a backlash as he injured him.
• Shuiyue unleashed the Saint Grade intermediate Water Waterfall Sky Screen and destroyed the Mysterious Man’s soul body, despite a call to leave a captive alive.
• Xiao Yan gathered a sliver of Soul Origin before the soul body dissipated, while the Ghost Mist Realm barrier collapsed.
• Shuiyue told Yu Yifeng and the others that the attackers seemed to be soul bodies, and Old Man Village Chief reacted with fear.

Xiao Yan returned to the Endless Fire Domain, helped it prosper, and trained his children and allies while worrying about the approaching Plane Conference and the Great Thousand World’s unsettling calm. Xun’er joined him in the pavilion and teased him about rumors involving other women just as strange energies appeared in the sky.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi returned from the Buddha Realm, and the Endless Fire Domain celebrated their arrival.
• Xiao Yan and the three queens established new decrees, and he taught God Techniques to Xiao Xiao, Xiao Gui, Xiao Yi, and other trusted aides.
• Cai Lin, Mu Yingying, and Xun'er advanced their cultivation, while the Endless Fire Domain grew stronger and more orderly.
• Xiao Yan worried that the Great Thousand World had grown too calm as the Plane Conference approached.
• Xun’er told Xiao Yan she would accompany him, then confronted him about rumors involving Duan Qifei and Su Xueying.
• Mighty, mysterious energies filled the sky above the Endless Fire Domain as Xiao Yan and Xun’er spoke.

Xuan Ming unleashed an endless army from the Chaotic Demon Mouth, overwhelming the Lihun Domain’s defenders and leaving them powerless before the approaching destruction. As the Soul Devouring Master waited in despair for someone he still believed in, a strange blood-ink Light Wheel appeared inside the mouth and began to make it tremble.

• Xuan Ming emerged from the Chaotic Demon Mouth and released countless black-sand-marked enemies, including the ten Ghost Kings and soldiers from the Lihun Domain and Endless Fire Domain.
• The Thunder Lord recognized that Xuan Ming was manipulating the resurrected enemies, and Duan Qifei charged at them with the Thousand Mechanism Ghost God Umbrella.
• The Chaotic Demon Mouth expanded across the sky and unleashed a doomsday storm that froze the defenders’ powers and swallowed their ranks, even as slain enemies returned to fight again.
• The Thunder Lord prepared to act as the remaining defenders faced death, but the Soul Devouring Master asked her to wait because he still believed in him.
• The Soul Devouring Master spotted a faint blood-ink Light Wheel within the Chaotic Demon Mouth, and sacred flames emerged from it, making the mouth tremble as a grand voice rang out.

Xiao Yan faced the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil after the Black-robed Man revealed his scheme and escaped. He sent the Eagle Eye Squad out of the Boundless Realm and prepared to fight the ghost pupil alone, hoping to refine it and advance his soul power.

• The Black-robed Man revealed that he had tricked the Eagle Eye Squad into entering Ice Fire Island, then vanished toward the eighth floor of the Boundless Realm.
• Xiao Yan told Yu Yifeng, Liu Qing, and Thunder Snake to escape, explaining that he had found the hidden passage and would hold off the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil.
• Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame to sever the ghost pupil's death ray and force the Eagle Eye Squad through a fissure in the Boundless Realm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Fire Heart Sky Rock, Ghost Face Soul Flame, and Kong Ling Ice Flame, dispelling the ghost pupil's soul suppression.
• Xiao Yan and the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil gathered their strongest attacks, preparing to decide the fight with a single strike.

Xiao Yan and Princess Qianqin captured a shadow from the Immortal Realm and uncovered a fleeting image of ten ominous black coffins before the prisoner dissolved. The group continued toward the Immortal Realm, where they hoped to investigate the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s plans.

• Princess Qianqin and Xiao Yan trapped the fleeing shadow and discovered that it bore the aura and markings of the Immortal Realm, along with traces of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan used soul power to reveal the shadow’s memory of ten hanging black coffins, but the image shattered and the shadow dissolved into pus.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Princess Qianqin discussed the coffins and the possible threat to the Immortal Realm as they traveled through the spatial passageway.
• Princess Qianqin explained the Immortal Realm’s regions and described their destination, the Alchemist Sanctuary, located between the Moon God Palace and the Flower God Palace.
• The four travelers arrived in the Immortal Realm.

Cai Lin and Xiao Yan discovered the Sky Swallowing Python’s hidden inheritance ground, where a powerful maiden on an altar challenged Cai Lin to prove herself. Cai Lin fought the maiden while Xiao Yan stood guard, ready to intervene if she failed.

• Cai Lin shattered the nine giant rock pythons and searched the collapsing illusion with Xiao Yan for the true inheritance ground.
• Cai Lin followed the Ten-Colored Snake Spirit’s guidance to an ancient underground altar, and Xiao Yan accompanied her inside.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin found a lifeless-looking maiden seated on a throne, surrounded by statues of poisonous beasts.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan she would handle the inheritance alone, and Xiao Yan moved aside with his holy flames and God Slashing Ruler ready.
• The maiden recognized Cai Lin as an evolved Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and attacked her with hundreds of serpent tails.
• The maiden challenged Cai Lin to defeat her to obtain the inheritance, and Cai Lin gathered her power to fight while Xiao Yan watched closely.

Xiao Yan found Heavenly Wood in a treasure box and claimed it to awaken his wood attribute, then discovered an ice-type scroll that Qinger took to help her Extreme Cold Physique. Qinger went into seclusion, leaving Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu to open the final treasure box.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Heavenly Wood as a catalyst for awakening his wood attribute, and Qing Wenshu let him keep it in exchange for the treasures they found later.
• Xiao Yan opened the second treasure box and found an ice-type Cultivation Method and Combat Skill scroll.
• Qinger touched the scroll, triggering her ice-attribute Dou Qi, and the Soul Devouring Master identified her as possessing the Extreme Cold Physique.
• Qinger took the scroll and went into seclusion to prevent the chill in her body from flaring up.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu turned their attention to the final treasure box.

Wang Feng restricted bidding on the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal to alchemists of Emperor Grade Two or above, seeking one to help with a difficult matter. Xiao Yan proved his alchemical ability and won the crystal for eighty million gold coins after outbidding a mysterious black-robed man.

• Wang Feng rejected complaints about the alchemist-only bidding rule and set the starting price at ten million gold coins.
• A woman in private box eleven presented an Emperor Grade One Profound Class Alchemist badge, but Wang Feng said she did not meet the required rank.
• The mysterious black-robed man in private box one bid eleven million and displayed an alchemist emblem, while Xiao Yan suspected the emblem was false.
• Xiao Yan displayed his Emperor Grade One Heavenly Class badge and released soul power strong enough to be worthy of Emperor Grade Three, gaining permission to bid.
• Xiao Yan outbid the black-robed man, whose threats prompted Wang Feng to enforce the rules, and won the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal for eighty million gold coins.

Xiao Yan joined the surrounded Monster Beasts and faced the Evil Eyed Monster King's hundred-thousand-strong legion, determined to awaken his Clan Mark. He killed two Seven-Star Dou Xian Perfection Monster Generals with Holy Flame, prompting the Evil Eyed Monster King to order his three commanders to attack together.

• Xiao Yan restored the five hundred Monster Beasts and told Celestial Fox to command the main army as their forces gathered under siege.
• The Evil Eyed Monster King demanded the treasures from the Demon Emperor Tomb, but Xiao Yan refused and challenged him.
• The Scale Monster Commander sent the Corpse Monster General and Wood Meiling Monster General to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan pierced through both Monster Generals with Holy Flame, and the Demon Cube devoured their monster cores, raising his saturation level to twelve percent.
• The Evil Eyed Monster King saw the two dead generals and ordered the three commanders to attack Xiao Yan together.

Xiao Yan fought the Blood Demon Left Guard’s purple-gold Blood Demon Qi while protecting Kuángmù Immortal Master, but the guard unleashed the Blood Demon Golden Qi. The attack pierced Xiao Yan despite his defenses, leaving his condition uncertain.

• The Blood Demon Left Guard unleashed purple-gold Blood Demon Qi as his final strike, forcing Xiao Yan to sever his connection to the Annihilation Fire Lotus and injuring him.
• Xiao Yan rescued Kuángmù Immortal Master and joined Long Yi in resisting the Blood Demon Left Guard’s attack with the Primordial Fire Ruler and flames.
• Yan continued destroying the guard’s true body and acknowledged Xiao Yan’s courage as worthy of the Holy Flame.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard used Blood Demon Heart Devour, and his purple-gold Qi drove Xiao Yan backward before exploding into a blood-colored storm.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master recognized the storm’s power as Blood Demon Golden Qi, which could invade a human body and turn its victim into an Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan launched several techniques against the Blood Demon Golden Qi, but it ignored his attacks and struck his body, making him convulse and spit blood.

Cai Lin reunited with Xiao Yan, destroyed the Blood Demon Envoy's Energy Clone, and explained how she had gained her Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python power. After suppressing Xiao Yan's Blood Demon Golden Qi, she prepared to help the Medusa Clan against the Xuan Ling Imperial Family while Xiao Yan left Death Desert.

• Cai Lin transformed into her Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form, destroyed the Blood Demon Envoy's black sphere, and crushed its Energy Clone.
• The Blood Demon Envoy sensed another bearer of the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline and departed to inform the other envoys.
• Little Ten told Xiao Yan that Cai Lin had missed him while fusing with the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Essence Blood in the Medusa Temple.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan left the collapsing void, reunited beside the Medusa Temple, and shared how they had become separated and reached Xuan Tian San.
• Cai Lin revealed that she had reached the early stage of One-Star Dou Xian and temporarily suppressed Xiao Yan's Blood Demon Golden Qi, which required at least a Two-Star Dou Xian to remove completely.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan to leave as powerful auras approached, and he flew away from Death Desert.

Five years after Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Desert Mountain Range, Burning Incense Pavilion prepared for its three-hall competition while Xiao Yan remained missing. Ling Xuan waited eagerly for his return, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan reached the Heaven Burning Domain and entered the Burning Incense Pavilion.

• Mu Xuzi learned that Xiao Yan had not returned from the Desert Mountain Range and that all traces of the Outer Realm Evil Clan there had vanished.
• Ling Xuan visited Mu Xuzi, asked about Xiao Yan, and said she wanted to test whether he lived up to the rumors about his strength.
• Mu Xuzi left to check Human Hall’s remaining competitors after Mu Yingying and the others declined to enter the individual matches.
• Xiao Yan walked toward Burning Incense Pavilion, reflected on Cai Lin and his need to grow stronger, and reached the mountain’s light door.
• Xiao Yan entered the Heaven Burning Domain and declared that he had returned to Burning Incense Pavilion.

Xiao Yan recovered in the eighth layer of Ice Fire Island as the Dark Fiend arrived to seize him for the Outer Realm Evil Clan. The Earth Ape stood in his way, and the Soul Devouring Master summoned a powerful soul from the first layer, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Yan sensed an Outer Realm Evil Clan presence approaching, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that the clan was likely plotting for another great war.
• The Dark Fiend and Earth Ape arrived in the eighth layer, and the Dark Fiend declared that he would take Xiao Yan away.
• The Earth Ape refused to let the Dark Fiend take Xiao Yan, warning that the Dark Fiend served the Dark Demon and sought the Holy Flame.
• The Earth Ape admitted that the Dark Fiend was too powerful for him to defeat, leaving Xiao Yan worried about their chances.
• The Soul Devouring Master activated the Soul Devouring Talisman, and a mighty soul broke free from the first layer and rushed toward the eighth.

Xiao Yan used Xiao Yi and the Milky White Flame to drive the Nine Nether Fire poison from Yue Yu, despite the dangerous procedure and his own weakened soul power. Yue Yu survived and began recovering, while a strange black substance had secretly mixed into the flame.

• Yue Yu explained that Nine Nether Fire had poisoned him for years and placed his hopes in Xiao Yan's Fire Spirit.
• Xiao Yan began treating Yue Yu, warning Yue Ru that the procedure had less than a fifty percent chance of success and asking her to keep the room undisturbed.
• Xiao Yan carefully burned the poison from Yue Yu's bones, while a strange black substance slipped into the Milky White Flame and Xiao Yi tried to expel it.
• Xiao Yan forced the gathered Nine Nether Fire out of Yue Yu, who spat out several mouthfuls of scorching black blood.
• Xiao Yan said Yue Yu could recover after resting for a few days, and Yue Ru tearfully embraced her father.