Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Long Yi survived the Dragon Devouring Formation, and Xiao Yan fought Xuan Mo after injuring the legion with a powerful soul attack. Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to absorb Xuan Mo’s attack and send it back at him, leaving Xuan Mo struck by the counterattack.

• Xiao Yan’s soul attack shattered the Dragon Devourer Formation and injured Ye Mo and the other eight members of the Dragon Devouring Legion.
• Ye Mo sent the remaining fighters after Long Yi while Xuan Mo confronted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan attacked Xuan Mo with the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, but Xuan Mo countered with his Life and Death Power.
• Xuan Mo trapped Xiao Yan with the Xuan Tian Hand, but Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to absorb it.
• Xiao Yan returned the Xuan Tian Hand, combined with Holy Flame Power, and struck Xuan Mo before he could defend himself.

The Ghost Face Soul Flame gravely wounded the Blood Demon Envoy, who escaped without his body, while Yin Fu Tong absorbed the Sacred Flame Crystal and was revealed as the flame’s former controller. Xiao Yan and his companions set out to reunite with their fellow disciples after Xiao Yi’s token warned that the Burning Incense Pavilion was in danger.

• The Ghost Face Soul Flame’s cyan flames destroyed the Blood Demon Envoy’s body and forced him to retreat toward the Blood River Realm, while Yan Chi returned to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan stopped in a wasteland to tend his injuries as Mu Yingying and the others kept watch.
• Cyan flames emerged from Yin Fu Tong, who swallowed the Sacred Flame Crystal; the Soul Devouring Talisman explained that Yin Fu Tong had regained life but lost his memories and was protecting the crystal.
• The Soul Devouring Talisman said it could not safely devour the Blood Demon Envoy while Yan Chi remained nearby.
• Xiao Yi’s Burning Incense Pavilion token grew hot, and the Soul Devouring Talisman recognized the Blood Demon Envoy’s presence near their fellow disciples.
• Xiao Yan and his companions followed the silver tokens toward Senior Brother and the others.

Xiao Yan began devouring the Undying Nether Sparrow Dou Soul, carefully following the Soul Devouring Master's instructions. After enduring its attacks and assimilating it with his power, he absorbed its fire and gray flames and broke through to Two-star Dou Xian Early Stage.

• Xiao Yan prepared himself and used his soul power to slowly draw the massive Undying Nether Sparrow Dou Soul over his body, completing the overlap after three days.
• Xiao Yan resisted the Dou Soul's violent attacks while preserving his own will.
• Xiao Yan used the first layer of the Spirit Palace and his cyan-yellow Holy Flame power to subdue and assimilate the Undying Nether Sparrow.
• A fire-red flame and a trace of gray flame entered Xiao Yan's Dou Core and Flame Mantra, raising his cultivation to Two-star Dou Xian Early Stage.

Xiao Yan fought the man in black, who had massacred the Mu Family, while the Golden Demon Puppet held him off. Qing Yuan’s powerful soul attack gave Xiao Yan the opening to strike with the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, and the chapter left the man in black’s fate uncertain.

• The man in black revealed that the Mu Family had been killed for touching something they should not have, and Xiao Yan challenged him to hand it over.
• Xiao Yan sent the Golden Demon Puppet to attack, and its lightning-powered punch initially forced the man in black back before he began overpowering it.
• Xiao Yan completed the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and attacked the man in black with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but a ring blocked most of the soul attack.
• The man in black launched a flood dragon at Xiao Yan, but Qing Yuan struck him with a stronger soul attack and briefly stunned him.
• Xiao Yan hurled the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus at the man in black, vaporizing his followers as Xiao Yi shielded Yue Ru and the unconscious Qing Yuan.

Xiao Yan passed the Death Forest trial and was forced to play the Demonic Scholar in a deadly game of Twelve Finger Chess, with countless lives at stake. The board formed and the rules were explained, and Xiao Yan prepared to begin the match.

• Xiao Yan surveyed the Death Forest from its summit and saw that it resembled a vast, blood-soaked chessboard.
• The Demonic Scholar returned Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan Square, where Xiao Yan agreed to play rather than risk a direct fight.
• Xiao Yan took the white throne, activating the chessboard and tying his fate to the match.
• The Death Forest transformed into a chessboard, and Guyuan, Xun Er, and the others became its pieces.
• The Demonic Scholar explained the Twelve Finger Chess pieces and rules, warning that those who died could not be resurrected.
• Xiao Yan prepared to begin the game, determined to win and protect the lives at stake.

As the ruin began to collapse, Xiao Yan gathered its treasures and learned from the Golden Dragon King that an Emperor Skeleton could help refine a body for resurrection. Remembering his ancestor Xiao Xuan and the life imprint he had preserved, Xiao Yan asked what materials the Dou Di Continent required to refine a body.

• Xiao Yan collected the medicinal ingredients and, at the Golden Dragon King's suggestion, recognized that the peak Seven Star Dou Di skeleton was a valuable material for refining a resurrection body.
• Xiao Yan recalled Xiao Xuan's claim that he knew of no way to return from his remnant-soul state, and told the Golden Dragon King about his ancestor's failed attempts to reach Dou Di and his discovery that something crucial was missing.
• The Golden Dragon King said resurrection might be possible through body refinement, and Xiao Yan revealed and protected Xiao Xuan's life imprint with his soul power.
• Xiao Yan asked the Golden Dragon King what materials were needed to refine a body on the Dou Di Continent.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Xuan Ling Mountain altar and found Cai Lin and Mu Yingying trapped, while the Soul Devouring Master offered to hold off Xuan Cang. As King Xuan Ling began the Flame Swallowing Feast, Xiao Yan and his companions confronted him and his controlled forces.

• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying warned Xiao Yan to leave, but he reassured them and examined the pillars binding them.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that Xuan Cang had captured them and was a Two-star Dou Xian Mid Stage expert who seemed to be controlled.
• The Soul Devouring Master agreed to temporarily hold off Xuan Cang, and Xiao Yan planned to rescue Cai Lin and Mu Yingying.
• The altar shook as the three pillars rose into its center, and Mu Yingying identified King Xuan Ling's plan as the Flame Swallowing Feast.
• King Xuan Ling revealed his plan to use the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to consume the Sacred Flame and seize the power of two Holy Flames.
• Xiao Yan and his companions appeared beside the pillars, and King Xuan Ling threatened to keep Xiao Yan there as his controlled experts gathered behind him.

Demonic Xiao Yan and the Lord of Fierce Souls fought in the desert, and Xiao Yan’s black blade nearly defeated the Lord. A sacred power of light shattered the blade-ray, and the Lord of Fierce Souls recognized the newcomer as the Demon of Light.

• Demonic Xiao Yan used the Black Fiend Star Cage against the Lord of Fierce Souls, while Corpse Minister Jiang Hai began resisting the Lord’s control.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls dismissed Corpse Minister Jiang Hai and challenged Demonic Xiao Yan to settle their fight with one move.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls summoned crimson Samsara thunder as Demonic Xiao Yan formed the Dark Heart-Punishing Blade.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls struck Xiao Yan with Thunder Dance Prairie-Fire, but Xiao Yan counterattacked with a black blade-ray and heavily injured him.
• A sacred halo of light shattered Xiao Yan’s blade-ray, and the Lord of Fierce Souls identified the arriving figure as the Demon of Light.

Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan discovered a Xuanbing Lotus Platform, and Luo Menglan explained that its hidden Xuanbing Lotus Seeds were immensely valuable. She began extracting the treasure while Xiao Gui rested, but the platform’s Extreme Cold Power resisted her.

• Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan found a protected space containing a Xuanbing Lotus Platform, and Xiao Gui said his wounds had improved as the icy force weakened.
• Luo Menglan explained the platform’s cultivation benefits and the far greater value of the Xuanbing Lotus Seeds hidden inside it.
• Xiao Gui told Luo Menglan to keep the treasure, and she suppressed the chill in his injured arm before approaching the platform.
• Luo Menglan used ice gloves to reach for the platform’s apertures, but its tentacles unleashed Extreme Cold Power to defend it.
• Luo Menglan overcame the platform’s resistance, and Xiao Gui sensed a fleeting fluctuation from her that made his heart palpitate.

At the Ghost King City auction, Li Qin and Wang Feng revealed the Sealing Dou Ji called the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument, prompting Xiao Yan and the other bidders to assess its value. The City Lord Mansion opened the auction to barter, leaving the experts ready to present their offers.

• Wang Feng dispelled the red light around the second auction item and revealed a scroll protected by his Dou Xian Power.
• Li Qin announced that the scroll was a Sealing Dou Ji, stirring excitement among the auction hall’s experts.
• Qing Wenshu explained to Xiao Yan that a Sealing Dou Ji could grow stronger against stronger opponents and had limitless potential.
• Li Qin identified the scroll as the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument, created by a Three-Star Dou Xian, and described its ability to seal opponents up to two small realms stronger.
• Li Qin announced that bidders would barter rather than pay in gold coins, and invited them to begin making offers.

Xiao Yan accompanied Lin Yunshu to the Tianyuan Mountains, where the three candidates gathered before crossing the Golden Bridge to the Royal City. After Lin Mo arrived, he carried the candidates and their entourages toward the mountain summit.

• Lin Yunshu, Xiao Yan, and Ji Xuan reached the foot of the Tianyuan Mountains and discussed the Emperor’s illness and the journey to the Royal City.
• Lin Feng arrived with two Six-Star Dou Xian Perfection experts, and one of them attacked Ji Xuan before Xiao Yan easily stopped him with superior Wood Attribute control.
• Lin Feng recalled his subordinate, and Xiao Yan and Lin Fengya’s black-robed companion recognized each other as they exchanged hostile glances.
• Lin Fengya arrived with Steward Tian and his black-robed companion, completing the three candidates’ gathering.
• Lin Mo descended on a lion eagle, swept the nine candidates and companions onto its back, and headed toward the Golden Bridge.

Fen Tian fought Xuan Xin and the Dark Night Ghost Immortal while the others struggled to regroup on the Seventh Floor of the Underground Palace. After Xuan Xin’s summoning tokens failed, Fen Tian struck him down, leaving King Xuan Ling concealed nearby and plotting.

• Zhu Jin protected the others as Fen Tian and the Dark Night Ghost Immortal clashed, while Xiao Yan shielded Mu Yingying from a Flame Ripple.
• Fen Tian gained the upper hand against Xuan Xin, and the Dark Night Ghost Immortal warned that they could not defeat him.
• King Xuan Ling secretly entered the Seventh Floor of the Underground Palace and watched as Xuan Xin crushed the Dragon Devouring Token, but no legion appeared.
• Xuan Xin tried another token to summon Dong Xuan, but King Xuan Ling revealed Dong Xuan was dead, and the token also failed.
• Zhu Jin blocked the Dark Night Ghost Immortal as Fen Tian unleashed a beam of Flame Force that struck and overwhelmed Xuan Xin.

At the Yao Clan Ceremony’s soul test, Xiao Yan’s hidden soul power far surpassed the other candidates’ scores and broke the clan record. The soul stone began to crack under his strength, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Lei Luochen scored 89 points, Shi Wushuang scored 88, and Ling Zixi scored 90 on the soul test.
• Shen Hong scored 93, while Hun Mu, Yao Yixuan, Yan Xuan, and Yao Yichen each scored 95.
• Yao Xuanyi noticed Xiao Yan’s Hell Mode alchemist emblem and announced that he would test him rigorously.
• Xiao Yan poured his soul power into the soul stone, which reached 95 and then 96 points.
• Xiao Yan’s score climbed to 97, surpassing Yao Wanyuan’s record as the soul stone cracked.

Xiao Yan and You Er found the Myriad Ghost King, who revealed that You Er's master had arranged their attempt to stop the Lord of Fierce Souls. The Lord's breakthrough appeared to fail, leaving him wounded but holding the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame as he confronted Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan fought off the Myriad Ghost King's black mist and learned that even the Soul Hall, Soul Clan, and Ghost Kingdom did not know the secrets he sought.
• Xiao Yan could not break the pink halo surrounding the Lord of Fierce Souls and decided to wait rather than risk the backlash.
• The Myriad Ghost King revealed that You Er's master had given him a map and entry method in exchange for research on ghostly creatures devouring holy flames.
• You Er explained that her master had left her a contingency to counter the Lord of Fierce Souls, whose power had reached Samsara.
• The pink halo erupted, and Xiao Yan saw the Lord of Fierce Souls emerge wounded with the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, greeting Xiao Yan as someone he had long awaited.

Xiao Yan was driven to the brink by Ling Yu’s copied Holy Flame power and attacks, but he joined forces with Xiao Lei and fused thunder and flame into the Thunder and Fire King of Hell. After crushing Ling Yu’s strongest attack, Xiao Yan trapped him in the two Holy Flames as Ling Yu threatened that the Earth Courtyard would retaliate.

• Ling Yu used his duplicate Gazing Holy Flame Pupil to overwhelm the weakened Xiao Yan and declared that the fight was over.
• Xiao Yan resisted the duplicate attack with his two Holy Flames, soul power, and spiritual power, but Ling Yu wounded him with a black energy palm and prepared a final strike.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Light Orb Power within himself, and Xiao Lei transferred his thunder power into Xiao Yan, restoring his strength.
• Xiao Yan fused thunder and flame to create the Thunder and Fire King of Hell, which destroyed Ling Yu’s Tianming Tearing Demon Hand and forced him to retreat.
• Xiao Yan stopped Ling Yu’s escape by enveloping him in the two Holy Flames, and Ling Yu warned that the Earth Courtyard would not let Xiao Yan go.

The God of Death and the Fallen Angel King confronted the Outer Realm Evil Army in the Netherworld, and the chapter revealed how the Fallen Angel King survived the Angel Kingdom’s destruction and became a ruler of Fallen Angels. Four of the six Evil Army leaders advanced toward Nether City while Demon Venerable Xuanming and Jiuyin You Zun stayed behind to fight the two defenders.

• The God of Death and the Fallen Angel King emerged to face two of the Evil Army’s leaders, who recognized them as surviving adversaries from the First Heaven and Earth War.
• The chapter recounted how the Fallen Angel King had been banished into spacetime fissures after the old Angel Holy City was destroyed, then reached the Netherworld and transformed through Netherworld Power.
• The Fallen Angel King vowed to settle old and new debts, while the God of Death joined him in readying the undead army to attack.
• The Evil Army’s ringleader ordered the two defenders aside, and two leaders, Demon Venerable Xuanming and Jiuyin You Zun, volunteered to deal with them.
• Four Evil Army leaders and some elite troops passed the defenders and headed toward Nether City, while the God of Death and the Fallen Angel King let them go.

Elder Zhu and Elder Qing discussed the coming ruins, the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, and a plan to rescue Yan Chi before Xiao Yan and his companions headed to the Burning Incense Pavilion’s Cultivation Grotto-heaven. At the entrance, Earth Team’s Second Senior Brother revealed his half-step Seven-star Dou Di strength just as Xiao Yan’s group arrived.

• Elder Qing told Elder Zhu that a ruin would appear in about half a year and that the Pavilion Master wanted them to prevent the Xuan Ling Imperial Family from obtaining it.
• Elder Zhu insisted that they wait for the Pavilion Master before deciding how to rescue Yan Chi, then worked on engraving a Combat Array Scroll with over ten thousand core inscriptions.
• Xiao Yan left Wu Zhu Ju with his companions and headed for the Three-Six-Nine-Grade Cultivation Grounds.
• Wang Chen complained that Xiao Yan’s group was late, and Ling Xuan rebuked him before praising Xiao Yan’s hidden strength.
• Earth Hall Second Senior Brother displayed an aura at the half-step Seven-star Dou Di realm as Xiao Yan and three companions arrived.

Xiao Yan helped Old Monster Hatred overpower the Emperor Panther, and Old Monster Hatred began absorbing its power while Xiao Yan waited. Outside the Purple Bamboo Forest, Mu Yingying and the others learned that more powerful experts were entering the ruins, making the coming competition increasingly dangerous.

• Xiao Yan severely injured the Emperor Panther with his Soul Power, allowing Old Monster Hatred to begin absorbing the beast’s power.
• Old Monster Hatred’s absorption showed signs of strengthening him, while Xiao Yan waited and silently warned himself that Old Monster Hatred must keep his promise.
• Mu Yingying and Leng Fuyao met the others outside the Purple Bamboo Forest, and Leng Fuyao explained that Xiao Yan had stayed behind after reaching an agreement with Old Monster Hatred.
• Xiu Qi warned the group that many powerful experts had entered Moonlight Island and were likely approaching the ruins.
• Qin Xin and Xiu Qi acknowledged that the arriving disciples would make the competition across Xuan Tian San increasingly fierce.

The Heavenly Emperor confronted the Dark Demon, the Blood Stone Evil Sovereign, and four Red King Rank fighters in the Heavenly Pond World, overwhelming the Dark Demon with Supreme Heavenly Thunder. When the six tried to retreat, the Heavenly Emperor unleashed Thunder Abyss... Execution to trap them.

• The Heavenly Emperor identified the six intruders and challenged the Dark Demon and Blood Stone Evil Sovereign for entering the Great Thousand World.
• The Dark Demon summoned evil behemoths, but the Heavenly Emperor erased them with his thunder fan.
• The Heavenly Emperor noticed a familiar aura on the intruders and recognized that Bai Ying carried mysterious treasures linked to the Immortal Realm Center.
• The Dark Demon attacked with Dark Heavenly Demon Finger, but the Heavenly Emperor crushed the strike with his palm.
• The Dark Demon ordered the group to retreat, but the Heavenly Emperor invoked Thunder Abyss... Execution and sent silver thunder vortices after all six.

As Ghost King City prepared for the City Lord Mansion’s auction, Xiao Yan asked Qing Wenshu to sell three Emperor Grade Heaven Class pills for him. Qing Ming arranged for Xiao Yan and Qinger to ride together, and the chapter left them arriving at the auction with Qinger in Xiao Yan’s arms after she pretended to stumble.

• Xiao Yan stabilized his aura and prepared to attend the City Lord Mansion’s auction with Qing Wenshu.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Wenshu three Emperor Grade Heaven Class pills to sell at the auction in exchange for gold coins.
• Qing Ming arranged for Xiao Yan and Qinger to share a carriage while he and Qing Wenshu rode in another.
• During the ride, Xiao Yan encouraged Qinger to pursue the life and partner she wanted, and she thanked him.
• At the auction venue, Qinger pretended to lose her footing, and Xiao Yan caught her in his arms as onlookers watched.