Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan began refining a Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill as a substitute for the Vitality Blood-Building Pill needed to resurrect Xiao Xuan. He left both key ingredients refining in the Black Demon cauldron, pushing himself to work quickly before the Sect Tournament.

• Xiao Yan reviewed the materials needed to resurrect Xiao Xuan and decided to use a Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill as a substitute for the pill he could not yet refine.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Emperor Flame and the Black Demon cauldron, then warmed the cauldron before starting the refinement.
• Xiao Yan placed Qin Xin's Gale Treasure Fruit into the cauldron and overcame its resistance to his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan added the Heavenly King Ginseng while the Gale Treasure Fruit was still refining, accepting the risk to save time.
• Golden Dragon King and Soul Devouring Master watched as Xiao Yan used his Soul Power and Life Power to control the two ingredients' refinement.

Xiao Yan clashed with the Scale Marshal, escaped his icy domain, and rescued the Celestial Fox Commander from the Scale Monsters. After Xiao Yan's Fire Lotus devastated their formation, he and the commander withdrew with the intelligence to rejoin their troops.

• The Scale Marshal attacked Xiao Yan with the Myriad Cold Prison Pillar, but Xiao Yan resisted with his flames and broke out of the Ice Domain.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Scale Marshal's Cold Pillar Force with the Amber Flame and flew toward the Celestial Fox Commander, whom five Monster Generals and tens of thousands of Scale Monsters had surrounded.
• The wounded Celestial Fox Commander urged Xiao Yan to flee, but Xiao Yan chose to help him escape with the intelligence.
• Xiao Yan launched a Fire Lotus infused with immortal flame and soul power, killing or wounding more than one-fifth of the twenty thousand Scale Monsters.
• The Scale Marshal halted the Fire Lotus's spread, while Xiao Yan and the Celestial Fox Commander escaped with the intelligence to rendezvous with their troops.

More than a year after the Dual God Battle, Xiao Yan explained the origins of the conflict and prepared to marry four women in the Endless Fire Domain. As the wedding began, a force beyond the Dou Shen level appeared, and Xiao Yan sensed a summons connected to Dayu.

• The Great Thousand World recovered, and Xiao Yan's upcoming wedding to four women became the talk of the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Duan Qifei and Yue Ru to visit Xiao Yan, who welcomed them and explained Xuandi's betrayal, the Ancient Battlefield, and the Dou Shen ranks.
• Xiao Yan told the gathered experts that he had restored the Ancient Battlefield and was nourishing the Flower God and Moon God with Dou Shen power.
• Yan Chi announced that the auspicious hour had arrived, and Xiao Yan set off for his wedding ceremony with the four women.
• A power greater than a Dou Shen descended from the sky, and Yunqi neutralized it as Xiao Yan sensed a summons and saw images connected to Dayu.

Xiao Yan realized the Soul Hall was summoning a powerful creature to guard against the Holy See and keep the Devil Fruit for themselves, so he and Ji Xuan moved to disrupt the battle and steal it. Hun Yan summoned a Dark Underworld Warrior, which advanced through Protector Bai’s Immortal Technique as the Soul Hall leaders believed victory was theirs.

• Xiao Yan sensed Faith Power within Hun Yan and questioned how powerful the Soul Hall’s strongest experts really were.
• Hun Yan began a Summoning Dou Ji, while Hun Wuji intercepted Protector Bai’s attack and the Sin Envoys fell back under the Soul Hall’s assault.
• Xiao Yan concluded the Soul Hall was guarding against the Holy See and delaying the battle for the Devil Fruit, then persuaded Ji Xuan to help create a distraction and steal it.
• Protector Bai ordered Gamma to retreat with the surviving Sin Envoys and unleashed the Immortal Technique Saintly Protection, Tianshang.
• Hun Yan summoned the hundred-meter-tall Dark Underworld Warrior, which shrugged off Protector Bai’s attack and marched toward the evil tree, draining life from nearby humans and sea beasts.

Xiao Yan summoned the Thunder Emperor Sacred Scripture and used the Thunder Lord’s power to trap the Evil Spider Demon Spider and sweep away the evil forces around the Soul Devouring Domain’s headquarters. Elsewhere in the Ghost Realm, two figures discussed Xiao Yan’s arrival as a voice warned that the Seven-Eyed Evil God must be stopped.

• The Evil Spider Demon Spider unleashed countless monsters against Xiao Yan while Yun Yun and Mu Yingying worried about the hall collapsing.
• Xiao Yan summoned a thunder sun containing the Thunder Emperor Sacred Scripture and an illusory image of the Thunder Lord, frightening the Evil Spider Demon Spider.
• The Evil Spider Demon Spider launched the Myriad Poison Demonic River, and Xiao Yan grasped the scripture and formed the Thunder Abyss Heavenly Punishment Wall.
• Xiao Yan trapped the semi-evil god and the two Red King Rank fighters, then swept the surrounding evil forces into the expanding sea of thunder.
• In a distant part of the Ghost Realm, two figures spoke about Xiao Yan’s arrival, and a voice urged them to leave before the Seven-Eyed Evil God succeeded.

Thunder Lord reunited with Xiao Lingshan and learned that Xiao Tianming was alive, though his whereabouts remained unknown. Before they could resolve their strained past, the Angel Kingdom’s power sealed the Endless Fire Domain, and its Grand Archangel began descending.

• Thunder Lord arrived at the Inner Academy to ask Xiao Lingshan about Xiao Tianming, but she said she did not know his whereabouts and confirmed he was still alive.
• Xiao Lingshan told Thunder Lord that they needed more time to rescue the Xiao Clan and planned to enter the Netherworld after Xiao Yan returned from the Dragon Clan.
• Milky-white threads spread across the Endless Fire Domain and formed a vortex that trapped everyone inside.
• Liu Yun, the Demon Emperor, and other leaders gathered at the Endless Altar as they sensed the overwhelming power of the Angel Kingdom.
• Four eight-winged angels emerged from the vortex, followed by the Grand Archangel with ten purple wings.

Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the dangerous void passage toward the Dragon Clan and discovered Dragon Mountain, a deadly maze that guarded the clan’s outpost. Xiao Yan used the Golden Dragon King’s power to find a path through, and the group entered Dragon Mountain.

• Cai Lin explained that the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan had once lived together and that reaching the Dragon Clan required Phoenix Clan power or guidance from a Nine Dragon King.
• Yun Yun hoped the Nine Dragon Kings might know clues about the Flower God’s path and help resolve Xiao Yan’s worries.
• The Hell Demon Dragon sensed the destination ahead, and the group found a towering white mountain range that it recognized as Dragon Mountain.
• Xiao Yan stopped the Hell Demon Dragon from entering blindly and sensed that only one of Dragon Mountain’s many passages led to the Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan sent a golden dragon shadow into the mountain, used the Golden Dragon King’s power to find a route, and led the group inside.

Xiao Yan confronted Feng You in the Devil Lair and learned that Lord Mal of the Fifth Sin Department was creating a world-changing masterpiece. He defeated the guards Feng You summoned and appeared behind the fleeing Feng You, leaving him trapped.

• Feng You revealed that the Devil Lair housed Lord Mal's creation and that intruders were intended as sacrifices.
• Xiao Yan attacked Feng You with the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, but Feng You summoned a Demon Guard and six Evil Guards.
• Xiao Yan used the Fourth Finger of the Firmament wrapped in Undying Fire to destroy the Demon Guard and Evil Guards.
• Feng You tried to escape, but Xiao Yan appeared behind him and stopped him.

Xiao Yan fought the mutated Qi Family Brothers in the Magma World, using the Fire Heart Sky Rock and his flames to resist their Outer Realm Evil Clan power. As the brothers unleashed a deadly attack, the Soul Devouring Talisman suddenly escaped Xiao Yan’s control and appeared between them.

• Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing attacked Xiao Yan with their potent evil power while the Life and Death Fire Beast asked for three more minutes to complete its tribulation.
• Xiao Yan put away the Immortal Body and used the Fire Heart Sky Rock to create a flame barrier, then launched several attacks that burned away traces of the brothers’ evil power.
• Song Yue allowed powerhouses at Late Six-star Dou Di or above to descend into the swamp, and Mu Yingying, Lin Zhu, Xing Long, Xiao Bi, and others headed toward the Magma World.
• Qi Haoran offered Xiao Yan a chance to join the Outer Realm Evil Clan, but Xiao Yan rejected him and noticed the Soul Devouring Talisman reacting to the brothers.
• As the Qi Family Brothers launched another powerful attack, the Soul Devouring Talisman broke free from Xiao Yan and appeared in the Magma World.

Yu Qian attacked the Hammer Mercenary Corps and annihilated it with his terrifying lightning power. Yang Fei escaped, while Xiao Yan headed along the route he had taken.

• Yu Qian appeared before Yang Fan and demanded the Hammer Mercenary Corps, while secretly abducting Yang Fei from the scene.
• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master watched from hiding as Yu Qian sealed the mountain range with an energy barrier.
• Yang Fan ordered his men to fight, then killed several weaker mercenaries to use their explosive energy to escape.
• Yu Qian revealed his Dou Soul and killed the Hammer Mercenary Corps members with silver lightning, leaving only Yang Fei alive.
• Xiao Yan followed the trail Yang Fan had used to send Yang Fei away, while Yu Qian returned to Ghost King City after the massacre.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Jianghai at the altar while Hun Jianghai’s forces headed for the Emperor’s Palace. The two unleashed increasingly powerful attacks, and their clash began alongside the battle near the Four-Dragon Coffin Lock.

• Hun Jianghai ordered his black-shadow followers to attack the Emperor’s Palace while he stayed behind to deal with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan taunted Hun Jianghai and faced him as their first clash destroyed the altar’s golden interior.
• Hun Jianghai summoned a massive black-mist creature and attacked Xiao Yan with rocks and the Black Demon Finger.
• Xiao Yan used the Amber Flame Soul Fire, his Wood Attribute Dou Core, and the Patterns of Baxia with the Three Transformations of the Dragon God to counterattack.
• Lin Yunshu fled toward the Emperor’s Palace as the battles at the altar and the Four-Dragon Coffin Lock began.

The emperor recovered his strength and gave Lin Yunshu the military tally, while Mekal focused on capturing Gamma and obtaining the Devil Fruit amid the spreading conflict. As Xiao Yan searched for Ji Xuan, Soul Hall and Holy See forces faced off near the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss.

• Xika sensed that the emperor had reached the half-step Eight-Star realm, and he attacked her while rescuing Lin Yunshu.
• The emperor gave Lin Yunshu the military tally and confronted Lin Feng over his attempt to take the throne.
• Thor told Mekal that Gamma had been intercepted by Ji Xuan, and Mekal ordered her to take her there to pursue the Devil Fruit.
• Xiao Yan left the destroyed altar and headed toward the emperor's bedchamber before learning that Gamma was near the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss.
• Hun Sha and Guard White Dove led Soul Hall and Holy See forces into a standoff as Xiao Yan searched for Ji Xuan, unaware that a hidden presence followed him.

Xiao Yan defeated Xier and Aisha, then restrained them with his Core Inscriptions. He threatened Aisha over Xiao Yi’s safety and demanded intelligence about the Western Tribe, ending with his attention caught by her beauty.

• Xier attacked Xiao Yan with an Ice Spirit power seal, but Xiao Yan blocked it with his Holy Flame Armor and Holy Fist.
• Xiao Yan used eighty thousand Core Inscriptions to bind Xier and Aisha, then knocked Xier away when he tried to shield her.
• Xiao Yan confronted Aisha and warned that he would destroy the Fire Spirit Tribe if Xiao Yi suffered harm there.
• Jiuxin told Xiao Yan that Aisha was from the Western Tribe and that her elder sister Alice had reached the First-Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Aisha reveal what she knew about the Western Tribe and threatened to do frivolous things, but her appearance visibly caught his attention.

Xiao Yan received the Monster Book and the Demon Emperor’s final inheritance in the Crystal Coffin, while the Demon Emperor’s power stirred the Fiery Beast inside him. With the Evil Eyed Monster King’s forces still threatening them, Xiao Yan began cultivating the Demon Emperor’s quasi-immortal skill as the Celestial Fox Commander’s group gathered treasures.

• The Demon Emperor gave the Celestial Fox Commander permission to search the tomb and took Xiao Yan into the Crystal Coffin.
• The Demon Emperor entrusted Xiao Yan with the Monster Book and asked him to return it to Lord Demon Emperor, then passed his remaining power into Xiao Yan.
• The Demon Emperor’s power stirred the sleeping Fiery Beast within Xiao Yan’s dou qi sea.
• Xiao Yan subdued the Monster Book and asked the Demon Book Spirit about the Yaoyuan Grotto-heaven and the threat awaiting them on the Tianyuan Battlefield.
• The Demon Book Spirit showed Xiao Yan the Demon Emperor’s Signature Skill, the quasi-immortal skill Demon Emperor Heavenly Image, and Xiao Yan began cultivating it.
• The Celestial Fox Commander and his subordinates gathered Monster Beast essence blood, strengthening many of their five hundred Monster Beasts.

Xiao Yuntian stopped the Slaughter Angel from destroying the Angel Kingdom and killed her, leaving behind her Divine Realm Soul origin and two other powerful relics. He then summoned the Outer Realm Evil Clan, whose Quasi-Divine leader emerged from a rift to claim the Angel Holy Soul.

• As the Slaughter Angel prepared to detonate, Xiao Tianming and the Thunder Lord braced themselves while Xiao Yan ordered the Endless Flame Alliance to stop her.
• Xiao Yuntian arrived on a pitch-black stone coffin and used the Annihilation Bow to break the Slaughter Angel’s detonation and destroy her vitality.
• Xiao Yuntian told the Slaughter Angel he had acted to draw out the unknown mastermind behind the gauze garment, and she vanished in body and soul.
• Xiao Yuntian revealed that the Slaughter Angel had possessed a Divine Realm Soul and declared that even he had not reached that level.
• Xiao Yuntian called upon the Foreign Territory, and the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s Quasi-Divine leader emerged from a rift and coveted the Angel Holy Soul.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Samsara Realm to find the Heaven-Fixing Divine Needle and the Samsara Pool, where the other map fragment might be hidden. A powerful guardian beast attacked Xiao Yan as rival elites rushed toward the pool and the treasures beyond it.

• The Hell Flame Slave said the Heaven-Fixing Divine Needle was in the Samsara Pool and that the other map fragment might be nearby, so Xiao Yan led the group into the Samsara Realm.
• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Yue Ru entered the forested realm with the Hell Flame Slave and felt its pressure suppress their Samsara Power.
• Yun Yun sensed that a dangerous creature was nearby when the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword's two malevolent spirits became uneasy.
• The Mystic Ice Holy Flame Hawk attacked after Xiao Yan released soul power, while rival elites revealed that the Samsara Pool held treasures and a path to the Six Paths Samsara Immortal's Nirvana Ground.
• Xiao Yan sent Yun Yun and Yue Ru with the Hell Flame Slave toward the Samsara Pool while he tried to evade the Mystic Ice Holy Flame Hawk.

Xiao Yan unleashed his holy flames against the Earth Demon Bear and Three-Tailed Demon Fox to protect the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit during its ascension. After awakening the Holy Flame Armor and defeating their joint attack, he let the beasts flee and stayed to guard the ascension.

• Yao Wanyuan praised Xiao Yan’s talent, while Yao Yichen and Shen Hong’s allies began plotting against him and gathered medicinal herbs.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox and Earth Demon Bear attacked Xiao Yan as the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit continued its ascension.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Holy Flame Sea, forcing the two beasts to use their strongest attacks.
• Xiao Yan formed the Holy Flame Armor and shattered the beasts’ combined strike with a single punch.
• The Earth Demon Bear and Three-Tailed Demon Fox fled, and Xiao Yan stayed to meditate and protect the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit.

Xiao Yan asked the Golden Dragon King to help resurrect his ancestor Xiao Xuan, whose soul had self-destructed and left only a life imprint. The Golden Dragon King strengthened the imprint with the Mother of the Immortal Spirit Bodhi Tree, and Xiao Yan used the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill to awaken Xiao Xuan’s faint voice.

• Xiao Yan explained how Xiao Xuan had failed to become a Dou Di, fought the Soul Clan, and left a life imprint after self-detonating his soul power.
• The Golden Dragon King said Xiao Xuan’s weak life imprint needed strengthening before it could merge with a body, and asked Xiao Yan for the Mother of the Immortal Spirit Bodhi Tree.
• The Golden Dragon King tore off a leaf and used golden liquid to restore the imprint’s power and awaken its spirituality.
• Xiao Yan sent the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill into Xiao Xuan’s life imprint, which then faintly spoke of the people of the Xiao Clan.

First Elder revealed that the Goddess Yaoji statue might hold the key to defeating the evil thought threatening the Fire Spirit Tribe, and identified Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi as their best hope. Their clan mark and Reincarnation Seal activated the statue, which pulled them inside as First Elder suppressed the golden coffin.

• First Elder recognized Xiao Yan’s flames and confirmed that he practiced the Flame Mantra, then asked about the Desolate and Goddess Yaoji.
• First Elder explained that she was too weakened to stop the evil thought and believed the statue’s mystery could be unlocked through Xiao Yan.
• First Elder connected Goddess Yaoji’s history to the Xiao Clan and Holy Flames, then asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi to examine the statue.
• Xiao Yan had Xiao Yi activate his Reincarnation Seal, and their seal and clan mark sent light into the statue’s eyes.
• The statue breathed purple mist and drew Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi inside, while First Elder suppressed the golden coffin’s evil aura.

Cai Lin prepared the Medusa Clan to attack the Xuan Ling Imperial Family while seeking information about the Soul Clan for Xiao Yan’s sake. Meanwhile, the Soul Clan General Supervisor suspected the Xuan Ling family had found stronger backing and summoned another Dou Xian to Xuan Tian San.

• She Fu and Qing Hua She explained that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had powerful Dou Xian allies and formidable legions, while Caitun said the Medusa Clan could defeat them once prepared.
• Cai Lin ordered the eight chieftains to ready the Medusa Clan for an attack on the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Cai Lin asked She Fu to gather information about the Soul Clan and its General Supervisor, whom she intended to meet because she suspected the clan was linked to the Xiao Clan.
• Cai Lin told herself she would leave with Xiao Yan after the Medusa Clan’s affairs and his Sect Tournament at the Burning Incense Pavilion were finished.
• The Soul Clan General Supervisor learned that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family no longer seemed willing to cooperate and concluded it had found stronger backing.
• The General Supervisor ordered another Dou Xian sent to Xuan Tian San and planned to let the coming conflict unfold while the Soul Clan harvested souls.