Chapter Summaries

A terrifying demonic force invaded the Dou Qi Continent while Xiao Yan was away, leaving its strongest defenders unable to resist. As Xiao Xiao and the other leaders gathered at Twin Emperors Mountain to plan their response, the enemy found the ancient Xiao Clan’s territory and attacked.

• A blood-red mist spread across the Dou Qi Continent, devouring people and overwhelming even peak Dou Shengs.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran prepared to confront the growing threat while wondering where Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Xiao gathered Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Xiao Lin, and the other faction leaders at Twin Emperors Mountain.
• The leaders discussed the foreign demonic force and feared a catastrophe greater than the Battle of the Two Emperors.
• The demonic enemy appeared outside Twin Emperors Mountain, declared it had found the ancient Xiao Clan’s territory, and unleashed its murderous power.

The Golden Dragon King explained the Dou Di Continent’s cultivation system, ranks, skills, alchemy, soul power, magical beasts, and currency to Xiao Yan as they traveled through a passage. Xiao Yan absorbed the information and looked ahead to a confident new beginning on the continent.

• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan that Dou Qi was the Dou Di Continent’s sole dominant force and explained how cultivation methods and Dou Ji were graded.
• The Golden Dragon King described how strength depended on a cultivator’s power, cultivation method, and Dou Ji, and how powerful methods were acquired through factions or fortuitous encounters.
• The Golden Dragon King explained the continent’s Dou Emperor, Dou Xian, and Dou Shen ranks, along with its alchemist grades, soul realms, and currency.
• The Golden Dragon King outlined the tiers of magical beasts and their risks when breaking through the Emperor tier.
• Xiao Yan felt overwhelmed by the information, then smiled confidently and anticipated a new beginning beyond the passage.

Xiao Yan and the Fire Spirit Tribe Supreme Elder used witchcraft to send the Reincarnation Dimension Space and Xiao Yan directly to Demon Venerable’s altar, disrupting his defenses. As Demon Venerable sacrificed the Demon Realm’s inhabitants to complete his demigod art, Xiao Yan fused Demon Power and Holy Flame but could not make the technique reach demigod rank.

• Xiao Yan asked the Fire Spirit Tribe Supreme Elder to use Divine Moon Witchcraft to teleport the Reincarnation Dimension Space and him away.
• The Supreme Elder sent Xiao Yan and the Reincarnation Dimension Space directly to Demon Venerable’s altar, bypassing the defenses at the Demon Realm Center.
• Xiao Yan spread the Reincarnation Dimension Space over the Demon Realm Center to reduce the destruction of Demon Venerable’s attack.
• Demon Venerable activated the Demon Seals on the inhabitants of the Demon Realm and sacrificed them into the Black Flame Furnace.
• Xiao Yan fused Demon Power with Holy Flame, but the resulting technique remained below demigod rank as his strength rapidly drained.

Duan Tianhong defeated the Fire Sin Envoy and Hun Qianmo, ending the attack on Thunder City, then returned to the Forged Blade Thunder Valley with Xiao Yan. He assigned Xiao Yan to restore the Thunder Tomb’s exit and said he would bring him to meet the Lord of the Yinhun Plane at the Four Continents Tournament.

• Duan Tianhong returned the Sacred Flame Crystal to Xiao Yan and sent the eight leaders to aid the citizens and their forces.
• Duan Tianhong gave Xiao Yan a Spatial Array scroll and ordered him to rebuild the Thunder Tomb’s exit channel.
• Duan Tianhong and Xiao Yan returned to the Forged Blade Thunder Valley, where they found Duan Qifei, the Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon, and the surviving leaders safe.
• Duan Tianhong ordered the captured Soul Hall fighters imprisoned, casualties counted, and suspicious individuals hunted down.
• Xiao Yan asked to question the Fire Sin Envoy and Hun Qianmo, but Duan Tianhong said he would hand them to the Lord of the Yinhun Plane instead.
• Duan Tianhong told Xiao Yan he would take him to meet the Lord of the Yinhun Plane during the Four Continents Tournament.

Xiao Yan met the Spirit Academy Dean, refused to return Ling Yu until he had finished using him, and negotiated for entry to the Earth Spirit Pagoda in exchange for Ling Yu’s release. After Xiao Yan went to cultivate, Elder Di told the Dean that he and Luozhamu intended to resign and take Meng Lan back to inherit the Holy Flame.

• Elder Di brought Xiao Yan to the Spirit Garden to meet the Spirit Academy Dean, who questioned Xiao Yan about capturing Ling Yu and destroying Qingyun Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan refused to return Ling Yu immediately, explaining that Ling Yu had colluded with the Seventh Sin Department and that he still needed him for his plans.
• The Spirit Academy Dean offered to negotiate benefits with Ling Feng, and Xiao Yan asked for permission to enter the Earth Spirit Pagoda.
• The Spirit Academy Dean agreed to discuss Xiao Yan’s request with Ling Feng, and Xiao Yan went to cultivate in the Spirit Garden.
• Elder Di told the Spirit Academy Dean that he and Luozhamu planned to resign as Spirit Academy Headmasters and take Meng Lan back to inherit the Holy Flame, causing the jade artifact in the Dean’s hand to fall and shatter.

Mother of Yaochi learned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan was advancing on the Immortal Realm Center and organized the Upper Three Heavens’ survivors to resist. Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Heaven Realm Crack, where they found an evil array guarding the entrance.

• Mother of Yaochi and Fairy Yaochi realized the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s forces were gathering around the Immortal Realm Center, despite its formidable defenders.
• Xiao Yan told Mother of Yaochi that the Flower God Palace and Moon God Palace had fallen and their leaders had died, then explained that two Semi-Evil Gods and several Red King Ranks threatened the Immortal Realm.
• Mother of Yaochi recounted the Outer Realm’s peak forces from the Second Heaven and Earth War, including seven Evil Gods, nineteen Red King Ranks, and the Head of Foreign Lands.
• Mother of Yaochi sent Xiao Yan and three companions toward the Immortal Realm Center while she rallied the Upper Three Heavens’ survivors to unite against the invasion.
• Xiao Yan and his companions quietly crossed the Heaven Realm Crack, but Xiao Yan warned that an evil array guarded the entrance and that discovery by the gathered monsters would be disastrous.

After learning that the winner of the Undying Leaf had left Ghost King City using four identical clones, Xiao Yan, Yu Qian, and Wang Feng each moved toward the North Gate. Their forces converged in pursuit of the mysterious man, while the Qing Family and Lei Family searched the wrong gates.

• A messenger told Xiao Yan that the Undying Leaf winner had left through four different gates using identical-looking clones, and the Soul Devouring Master directed Xiao Yan to the North Gate.
• Wang Feng told Bai He that he had temporarily absorbed something and now had a six-four advantage against Yu Qian, then set out with the City Lord Mansion's strongest fighters.
• Yu Qian and the two Seconds Masters of the Mad Demon Corps headed to the North Gate, with Yu Qian warning them to honor their agreement.
• The Qing Family went to the South Gate and the Lei Family went to the southeast, while the City Lord Mansion's fighters followed Yu Qian's group.
• Xiao Yan, the Yu Family, and the City Lord Mansion converged on the trail of the mysterious man near the North Gate.

Xiao Yan helped the Heavenly King Ginseng face its Heavenly Tribulation and discovered that the Golden Demon Puppet could absorb its power. He entered the most dangerous part of the tribulation with the puppet, and the Heavenly King Ginseng summoned the final, deadliest strike.

• The Heavenly King Ginseng shed its human form and revealed its true ginseng body as the Heavenly Tribulation attacked.
• Xiao Yan used Fire Heart Sky Rock to deflect a strike, then secretly weakened some tribulation power with his Holy Flame and fed it to the Golden Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan brought the Golden Demon Puppet into the densest part of the Heavenly Tribulation despite the Heavenly King Ginseng's warning.
• Xiao Yan asked the Heavenly King Ginseng to draw out the strongest tribulation power, and it summoned a thunderous figure that unleashed the final strike toward it.

After five days in the small space, Xiao Yan successfully became an intermediate Human Tier Emperor Grade Two Alchemist. Ye Meng asked him to take Leng Fuyao into the ruins and bring her back safely, and Xiao Yan agreed on the condition that she follow his orders.

• Qin Xin visited the alchemy room each day while Ye Meng guarded Xiao Yan during his breakthrough.
• Thunder clouds gathered as Xiao Yan emerged, but Ye Meng dispersed them and confirmed Xiao Yan had succeeded after five days.
• Xiao Yan thanked Ye Meng, who asked him to take Leng Fuyao into the ruins and ensure she returned safely.
• Xiao Yan agreed, provided Leng Fuyao followed his instructions, and left with Qin Xin.
• Leng Fuyao learned that Xiao Yan had succeeded and resolved to follow him into the ruins.

Xiao Yan received the complete Flame Mantra from Tou She Ancient God and learned that its creator was connected to the Xiao Clan. Tou She Ancient God tasked him with collecting Heavenly Flames to strengthen the clan’s bloodline and prepare for an approaching great war.

• Tou She Ancient God explained that his current self retained memories from the higher planes, unlike the incomplete soul avatar Xiao Yan had met before.
• Xiao Yan accepted the black scroll, and the Flame Mantra inspected his body before transmitting its six cultivation realms and the creator’s message.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Flame Mantra’s creator as the source of the ancestral mark shared with the Xiao Clan, and Tou She Ancient God confirmed their deep connection.
• Tou She Ancient God told Xiao Yan to collect as many Heavenly Flames as possible, saying the task concerned the Xiao Clan’s bloodline and the coming great war, with Little Gold to assist him.

Xiao Yan visited the Thunder City Auction House to find ingredients for the Ice Xuan Pill needed to absorb the Undying Fire. Manager Luo confirmed that the auction house had two of the materials, while the others remained to be found before the Four Continents Tournament.

• Xiao Yan entered the Thunder City Auction House and asked a maid for several rare medicinal materials.
• The maid brought Xiao Yan to a private room, then hurried to fetch Manager Luo after hearing his requests.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated his powerful soul strength, and Manager Luo agreed to sell him Yixin Grass and Deep Sea Reef Mud.
• Xiao Yan reflected that he needed to gather the Ice Xuan Pill ingredients before entering the Lihun Domain to prepare for absorbing the Undying Fire.
• A shadow urged Manager Luo to investigate Xiao Yan, but Manager Luo chose not to disturb him and went to retrieve the materials.

After the Flower God Palace battle, Hua Qing'er collapsed from her injuries, and a hidden demon attack further wounded Xiao Yan and the others. Xiao Yan extended Hua Qing'er's life to seven hours, and Yun Yun kissed him before returning to her dying master.

• Hua Qing'er spewed toxic blood and fell, then a demon cloud struck at her; Xiao Yan shielded Yun Yun and the others with the Baxia Shell.
• Xiao Yan examined Hua Qing'er and found her meridians and Dou Qi and Soul Seas destroyed, leaving her with only a short time to live.
• Hua Qing'er apologized to Yun Yun and entrusted her with the Holy Flame, the Jade Box, and a blooming flower of regret.
• Xiao Yan used the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp to give Hua Qing'er seven more hours of life.
• Yun Yun kissed Xiao Yan on the cheek, thanked him, and hurried back to Hua Qing'er.

Xiao Lei revealed that Xiao Yan had advanced to a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Alchemist and helped him overcome the rank’s barriers as he refined a Dou Xian Pill. After successfully making the first pill, Xiao Yan and Xiao Lei began mass production, which was expected to take six months to a year.

• Xiao Lei emerged from Xiao Yan’s Soul Sea and explained that Xiao Yan’s soul power had raised his alchemist rank to Tier 5 Immortal Grade.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Dou Xian Pill, using the Amber Rock Soul Fire to process its core ingredients.
• After twenty-three days, Xiao Yan fused the prepared medicinal ingredients and formed a pill.
• Xiao Lei swallowed the pill lightning tribulation, and Xiao Yan confirmed that the first Dou Xian Pill had been refined successfully.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lei began producing more Dou Xian Pills, while Xiao Yan’s spirit palace showed signs of advancing toward its fourth layer.

Xiao Yan decided to unite the forces of the Xuan Ling Continent into a new faction, while his allies located Xun Er among the Gu Clan in the Dou Yun Continent. When the Mu Family and Blade Sect rejected the plan and tried to leave, Xiao Yan surrounded the hall with amber flame and demanded that they leave the continent.

• Cai Lin reassured Xiao Yan that Xun Er was likely with the Gu Clan and that his allies would support him.
• Xiao Yan proposed integrating the forces of the Xuan Ling Continent and establishing a new faction, and the region’s leaders gathered to discuss it.
• Fen Tian urged the leaders to unite under Xiao Yan, while some questioned the plan and who would govern the new faction.
• The Mu Family and Blade Sect refused to join, and Xiao Yan asked whether any other sects opposed the proposal.
• Xiao Yan let the two leaders prepare to leave, then surrounded the hall with amber flame and warned them to take their sects out of the Xuan Ling Continent.

Yaoji used Xiao Yan’s four sacred flame origins to forge Holy Runes and free the purple flame elk from the Corpse Yin Evil God’s shackles, but the elk remained badly damaged. She said it needed holy flames as a catalyst to recover, and Xiao Yan accepted that he might have to sacrifice one of his own flames to save it.

• Yaoji explained that Xiao Yi bore her Reincarnation Seal and used purple flame to guide him.
• Yaoji asked Xiao Yan to nourish the purple flame elk with his sacred flame origins, then questioned him about the missing fifth flame.
• Yaoji transformed Xiao Yan’s four sacred flame crystals into Holy Runes, which revealed the dark red shackles sealing the purple flame elk.
• Yaoji identified the shackles’ source as the Corpse Yin Evil God and used an ancient rune to drive away its evil power.
• Yaoji found that the purple flame elk’s origin remained severely damaged, and Xiao Yan accepted that he might need to sacrifice a holy flame to restore it.

The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf tried to take Xiao Yan through a spacetime wormhole, but ancient power within Xiao Yan and Hao Ni'er’s intervention made him stop. Xiao Yan reached the center of the Manghuang Ghost Abyss, where the experts of the Five Academies gathered to open the Holy Flame Land.

• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf identified Xiao Yan as crucial to breaking the Demon Emperor’s seal and attempted to take him through a spacetime wormhole.
• Ancient power from Xiao Yan and his Emperor Flame Ring, followed by Hao Ni'er's power, forced the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf to abandon his attempt and withdraw.
• Xiao Yan recovered his strength and headed toward the core of the Manghuang Ghost Abyss while the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf secretly followed to protect him.
• Xiao Yan reached the Tongtian light pillar and joined Aileen, Kong An, and the other sect experts, who explained that the Holy Flame Land required the Five Academies to open it.
• Four figures from the other academies appeared, bringing the Five Academies together as the opening of the Holy Flame Land became imminent.

The victorious forces in the Demon Realm became trapped in isolated regions as strange demon marks and the Demon Venerable’s power threatened them. At the Skeleton Demon Mountain, Xiao Yan unleashed the Seven Holy Flames against the Holy Demon Lord, who answered with the Angel, Holy Judgment Blade.

• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and Qing Luan discovered bizarre demon marks on the resting Netherworld experts after their coalition wiped out the evil spirits.
• Cai Lin and Xun'er failed to remove the demon marks from the Poison God Palace experts, then found that space travel and soul signals were blocked.
• A wisp of pitch-black Qi from a vision of a melting pot killed several experts, while others recognized it as the Demon Venerable’s power.
• Su Xueying reached the demon mountain peak but could not enter, as the clouds repelled her and the Demon Venerable’s energy-clone grew faint.
• The Holy Demon Lord wounded Xiao Yan while interference destabilized his powers and the Seven Holy Flames.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Seven Holy Flames, and the Holy Demon Lord summoned the Angel, Holy Judgment Blade.

After defeating two evil beings in the Demon Suppressing Prison, Xiao Yan learned how the Demon Suppressing Stone awarded points and granted access to the Demon Suppressing Treasure. While browsing the treasure offerings, he found a mysterious orb that reacted to his Holy Flame and Flame Mantra, and the Soul Devouring Master realized it contained a Flame Technique.

• Xiao Yan easily destroyed a Demonic Qi Python and an Earth Grade Evil Being, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that genuine Outer Realm Evil Clan powerhouses would be more difficult to defeat.
• Xiao Yan inspected his Demon Suppressing Stone and learned that it recorded points earned by slaying Outer Realm Evil Clan powerhouses and could be used to view and redeem treasures.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained the Demon Suppressing Treasure’s point system, its rewards, and the dangers of trying to steal its offerings.
• Xiao Yan entered the Demon Suppressing Stone’s internal space and found that most treasures required far more points than he possessed.
• Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame and Flame Mantra reacted to a dim light orb, and the Soul Devouring Master cried out that it contained a Flame Technique.

Xiao Yan was trapped by the Seven-Eyed Evil God’s Seven-Star God Binding Array, which prevented him from using his Dou Techniques while the Evil God prepared a light-attribute forbidden technique. Three women arrived to help, but the Evil God trapped them as well, leaving Xiao Yan and his allies facing imminent annihilation.

• The Seven-Eyed Evil God formed the Seven-Star God Binding Array and suppressed Xiao Yan’s ability to use Dou Techniques.
• The Evil God gathered pure Angel Power to prepare a light-attribute forbidden technique capable of destroying Xiao Yan’s body.
• Xiao Yan realized he could only use his Holy Flames and Holy Runes to resist the attack.
• Three women arrived, but the Mount Tian Demon Vein dragged them into a cage of evil qi.
• The Evil God imprisoned the three women and continued charging his attack as the array burned Xiao Yan and damaged his soul.

Xiao Yan recovered after killing the Blood-Red Centipede and found the Plane Pistil deep beneath the sea. As he waited for it to mature, an Immortal Realm cultivator trapped him in an array and demanded he surrender the treasure.

• Xiao Yan used the Baxia Shell to withstand the turbulent energy while recovering his depleted Dou Qi after defeating the Blood-Red Centipede.
• Xiao Yan descended to the seabed and uncovered a yellow plant that began absorbing the surrounding energy and changing toward a silver radiance.
• A white shadowy figure detected traces of the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s aura at the battle site and pursued Xiao Yan into the depths.
• Xiao Yan sensed danger and tried to hurry the Plane Pistil’s growth, but silver light orbs formed an array around him.
• The white shadowy figure pointed a jade sword at Xiao Yan and demanded that he hand over the treasure.