Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Holy Flame Hall, where Tian Qian and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family tried to seize the holy flame. Mu Tianyuan and the Heaven Hall disciples held off their enemies so Xiao Yan and his group could pursue Tian Qian inside.

• Xiao Yan and the others approached the open Holy Flame Hall, but Tian Qian and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family attacked them from the forest.
• Tian Qian challenged Mu Tianyuan and attacked Xiao Yan, whose Immortal Body blocked the blow.
• An evil voice urged Tian Qian to prioritize entering the hall, so he left with Tian Hong while six Xuan Ling Imperial Family members blocked Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Mu Tianyuan and the other Heaven Hall disciples stopped the six opponents and sent Xiao Yan and his group after Tian Qian and Tian Hong.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Holy Flame Hall as Mu Tianyuan and the others prepared to fight the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus gravely wounded the black-clad man, but the man used the Corpse Demon Clan’s Soul Control Corpse Great Law to transform collected souls into a giant demonic shadow. With Qing Yuan unconscious and Yue Ru and Xiao Yi retreating, Xiao Yan prepared to face the fully formed threat with the Golden Dragon King’s guidance.

• Xiao Yan’s six-Heavenly-Flame Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus left the black-clad man missing an arm and a leg, but the peak Four-star Dou Di survived.
• The black-clad man sacrificed collected souls and burned his body to form a gigantic demonic shadow covered in human heads.
• The Golden Dragon King identified the technique as the Corpse Demon Clan’s Soul Control Corpse Great Law and told Xiao Yan to wait until the souls had fully merged.
• Xiao Yan saw the souls’ pleas for release and, after the final soul joined the shadow, asked the Golden Dragon King what to do.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Yi, Yue Ru, and the unconscious Qing Yuan farther away while the demonic shadow’s evil aura shook the small space.

Yue Yu protected Xiao Yan from the black-cloaked man after Xiao Yan defeated Wu Huan, then took Xiao Yan and Yue Ru back to the Yue Family. At the battlefield, the City Lord of Myriad Beast City and City Lord Mu arrived, and City Lord Mu recognized Xiao Yan’s residual flame and vowed revenge.

• Yue Yu arrived and helped restore Xiao Yan’s strength, while Yue Ru reassured him that the Yue Family would protect him.
• The black-cloaked man threatened Yue Yu, but Yue Yu refused to back down and drove him to flee with the injured Wu Huan.
• Yue Ru helped the badly wounded Xiao Yan leave with Yue Yu for the Yue Family residence.
• The City Lord of Myriad Beast City and City Lord Mu investigated the battlefield after the three had left.
• City Lord Mu recognized Xiao Yan’s residual flame, blamed him for crippling his son’s advancement, and hurried away to pursue his plan.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui were sent to manage the Wanhuo Sect, but Elder Di forgot to tell them its name, leaving them to search for it on foot. At the sect, its leaders learned that Xiao Yan was weak by their standards and prepared to reject him before he even arrived.

• Elder Di expelled Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui from the Space Channel, and Xiao Yan realized they had to reach their assigned sect before they could deal with the Xiangsi Tree.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui discovered they lacked the sect’s name, while Earth Spirit Old Ghost realized he had forgotten to tell them it was the Wanhuo Sect.
• Sect Master Huo Yi ordered the Wanhuo Sect to close its gates and block its only approach, intending to test the late-arriving Spirit Academy disciple.
• First Elder Huo Yun told Huo Yi that Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui had been assigned to the sect and warned that Xiao Yan had Earth Spirit Old Ghost’s backing.
• Huo Yi dismissed Huo Yun’s warning and vowed to blunt Xiao Yan’s arrogance as the Wanhuo Sect shut its gates.

Xiao Yan entered the Ghost Gate, one of the Hell Realm’s Three Gates of Death, and faced a thunder-wielding Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage opponent. He defeated and absorbed the emaciated figure, but the foe’s final smile and the stolen trace of grey thunder left the danger unresolved.

• Xiao Yan passed through the Gate of Hell and found a vast, ruined space where a shadowy figure explained that he had to clear the Ghost Gate to meet the person he sought.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the figure was only at the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage and accepted the challenge, unleashing his Holy Flame as the figure revealed his plan to kill him.
• The emaciated figure attacked Xiao Yan with the top-tier Immortal Technique Elegy of Thunder, but Xiao Yan’s body withstood the assault.
• Xiao Yan used the Ancient Thunder Canon to erase the silver thunder, then killed the figure and absorbed his power.
• As the figure’s body and soul were destroyed, he smiled and absorbed a tiny trace of Xiao Yan’s grey thunder.

The Undying Nether Sparrow let the Solomon Sect Master bind it with the Hanhai Cover, then Wang Xie blocked the magma-space exit with poison and summoned a Seven-Faced Demon Spider. The Solomon Sect Master and Guni faced the spider as the ruins’ lingering power continued to weaken them.

• The Undying Nether Sparrow allowed the Hanhai Cover to mark and suppress it, then followed the fleeing Solomon Sect Master and Guni.
• Wang Xie activated a blood-red array and sealed the exit with poisonous gas, prompting the Solomon Sect Master to attack him.
• Wang Xie’s green blood awakened black venom in the array, which repelled the Solomon Sect Master’s strike and poisoned his palm.
• Wang Xie summoned a Seven-Faced Demon Spider, and the Solomon Sect Master identified it as a creature capable of rivaling a Half-Immortal.
• Wang Xie ordered the Seven-Faced Demon Spider to attack the Solomon Sect Master and Guni.

Xiao Yan and You Er fought Xuan Yuan after Xiao Yan gravely injured Tian Feng, but Xuan Yuan devoured Tian Feng and gained enough power to threaten them. Xiao Yan’s mutated Lord of Fire Guards ambushed Xuan Yuan, allowing Xiao Yan to capture him alive as the Ice Palace fell quiet.

• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Zhuoma staring at the Cold Jade Spiritual Bamboo while You Er warned him that the Ice Palace felt dangerous.
• Xuan Yuan swallowed the weakened Tian Feng, absorbing his strength and pushing his own power toward the Five-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage.
• Xuan Yuan used Tian Feng’s compressed remains to unleash a Blood Spirit Explosion that flooded the Ice Palace with destructive Blood Light.
• Xuan Yuan attacked Xiao Yan, but an unseen creature cleaved Xuan Yuan’s Soul Body and badly damaged his Origin.
• Xiao Yan trapped Xuan Yuan in his Holy Flame, and the Ice Palace returned to peace.

Xiao Yan fought the Dawn Team after his Soul Attack nearly eliminated Qian Zhang, while Mu Yingying and the others decided to leave their chance at another wooden token behind and rush to support him. Ling Xuan stayed behind as her teammates went, reconsidering what friendship meant.

• Xiao Yan's Soul Attack shook Qian Zhang's mind, but Guang Lu rescued him and neutralized the remaining force of Xiao Yan's ruler attack.
• An Li identified Xiao Yan's strike as a Soul Attack and concluded his spiritual power was stronger than hers.
• Guang Lu ordered the Dawn Team to attack Xiao Yan, and the five coordinated their assault against him.
• Xiao Yan and Tan Shaoyang exchanged powerful palm attacks as Mu Yingying's group sensed the battle from several thousand meters away.
• Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Lu Di ran to support Xiao Yan despite Ling Xuan's objections, leaving Ling Xuan behind to reflect on her father's words about friendship and love.

Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King fought the Corpse Demon Clan’s massive demon shadow, freeing the enslaved souls and destroying the array core that held the corpse together. The souls thanked Xiao Yan, and he prepared to subdue them as the Golden Dragon King returned control of his body.

• The Golden Dragon King explained that the demon shadow’s hidden array core on its forehead was its weakness, and Xiao Yan attacked to reveal it.
• Xiao Yan attached Heavenly Flames to the demon shadow’s arm, burning it and distracting the creature.
• The Golden Dragon King took control of Xiao Yan’s body and stirred the enslaved souls’ reason and resistance with his words.
• As the souls struggled against the demon shadow’s control, the Golden Dragon King destroyed its array core with a beam of ancient power.
• The demon shadow crumbled, freeing countless souls that bowed in gratitude to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan regained control, split the remains with the Xuan Chong Ruler, and exposed the black chains and soul clusters within.

Bing Xin explained that Fen Tian had only married her in a ceremony to save her from the Woeful Poison Body, while Hua Xin had unknowingly destroyed Fen Tian’s Family that same night. Fen Tian forgave Hua Xin and held her and Bing Xin close, leaving the three together as Hua Xin sought to make amends.

• Bing Xin told Hua Xin that Fen Tian had married her only to satisfy his Family’s demand and save her from the Woeful Poison Body.
• Bing Xin revealed that Hua Xin had slaughtered Fen Tian’s Family during the fake wedding, while Fen Tian and Bing Xin were in the Forbidden Area.
• Hua Xin rejected the revelation at first, then realized she had caused Fen Tian’s family’s destruction and broke down in remorse.
• Fen Tian comforted Bing Xin and explained that he had helped her because his mother had died from the Woeful Poison Body.
• Fen Tian forgave Hua Xin and said he wanted his beloved and little sister beside him, while Hua Xin resolved to stay with him and make amends.

Xiao Yan awakened the Baxia Shell and infused it with five separated Holy Flames to fight the Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes. Zen Master sacrificed himself to buy Xiao Yan time, and the chapter ended with the Marquis turning his attack on Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Dragon King Baxia to awaken the corrupted Baxia Shell while the Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes tried to stop him.
• Xiao Yan seized the awakened shell and separated the Amber Flame into five Holy Flames, which he poured into the shell to destroy its lingering Dark Parasites.
• Zen Master burned his Samsara Power and Buddha Light to launch a final strike at the Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes.
• The Marquis transformed into a giant blood-red centipede and shattered Zen Master's Sarira, killing him after his sacrifice bought Xiao Yan time.
• The Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes tore at the Sealing Barrier and prepared to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan unleashed the Sacred Flame technique Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial against Youhuan, but Youhuan’s greater strength overwhelmed the attack. As Youhuan prepared to strike Xiao Yan with a devastating power, Duan Qifei arrived and stepped forward to face him.

• Xiao Yan used the Sacred Flame Crystal to unleash Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial against Youhuan’s evil shadow.
• The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon and the others sensed the battle’s immense fluctuations, while Yun Qi recognized Xiao Yan’s presence.
• Youhuan’s evil shadow swallowed Xiao Yan’s attack, and Youhuan declared that Xiao Yan and the figure within him would die.
• Xiao Yan began revealing another flame technique as Youhuan summoned a liquid-like deep cyan power.
• Duan Qifei broke through the Thunder Tomb’s blockade with thunder and stood before Xiao Yan, gripping the Thunder Emperor Scepter.

Duan Tianyan’s black mist attacked Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei, but Duan Tianhong intervened and fought the Soul Hall Soul Guard who had taken over Duan Tianyan. The Soul Guard bound Duan Tianhong with his Natal Soul Lock, though Duan Tianhong appeared to hide a plan of his own.

• Duan Tianhong blocked the Soul Guard’s black palm with his Thunder Lock Heavenly Funeral, while Xiao Yan urged Duan Qifei to retreat.
• Xiao Yan recognized the attacker as a Soul Hall Soul Guard, and the Soul Devouring Master explained the Soul Guards’ strength and urged Xiao Yan to watch for a chance to comprehend a domain.
• The Soul Guard renewed his attack and summoned his blood-red Natal Soul Lock against the injured Duan Tianhong.
• The chain drained Duan Tianhong’s Dou Qi and soul power before binding him, but Duan Tianhong showed a strange smile.

Xiao Yan and Su Xueying rushed toward the Matriarch Hall after sensing an attack, but Lei Shi trapped them in a thunder net and confronted them. As Su Xueying fought Lei Shi with her cyan and black flames, Xiao Yan suspected Lei Shi was guiding her and resolved to kill Xu Shao.

• Xiao Yan grabbed Su Xueying’s wrist and demanded that she tell him what she knew, but an explosion from the Matriarch Hall interrupted them.
• Su Xueying warned Xiao Yan that the Matriarch and Guardians would kill him if they discovered his identity, then hurried toward the Matriarch Hall.
• Xiao Yan followed Su Xueying, and they were caught in a gray thunder net covering the route to the mountaintop.
• Lei Shi appeared within the thunder net and said he had been ordered to intercept them, while Su Xueying attacked him with her black flame.
• Xiao Yan watched Lei Shi fight Su Xueying and suspected he was guiding her rather than trying to kill her, then vowed to kill Xu Shao.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yuan entered Qing Cheng City under martial law and went to Jubao Yuan to sell pills and buy medicinal ingredients. After the auction, they left with the ingredients and money, while the Mu Family killer remained at large in the city.

• Xiao Yan and Qing Yuan entered Qing Cheng City and heard that the Mu Family had been wiped out and the city was searching for the killer.
• Xiao Yan comforted Qing Yuan and took her to Jubao Yuan to sell pills and purchase rare medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan offered Ninth-grade Golden Pills to Zhang He, who arranged a quick sale and retrieved the requested ingredients.
• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan that he would understand Qing Yuan’s significance in a few days, but refused to explain further.
• Zhang He paid Xiao Yan five million for the pills, deducted the ingredient costs and handling fee, and warned him that the killer targeted alchemists.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Yuan left Jubao Yuan, while Zhang He cautioned his subordinate not to pry into Xiao Yan’s identity.

Hao Ni'er and the others faced the Lord of Fierce Souls as he overwhelmed their defenses, forcing Hao Ni'er to burn her vitality and prepare to destroy the Soul Devouring Talisman. Just as the battle seemed lost, her teacher appeared, caught the Lord's attack, and took the talisman.

• The Seventh Sin Department Official rescued the Demon of Light, while the Lord of Fierce Souls began devouring the holy spirits and threatened Xiao Yan, Hao Ni'er, and the others.
• Hao Ni'er burned her vitality to draw out the Soul Devouring Talisman's power, but the Lord of Fierce Souls suppressed her and shattered the experts' defensive barrier.
• The experts prepared to self-detonate, but the Lord of Fierce Souls repelled Hao Ni'er and Demonic Xiao Yan and stopped their efforts.
• Hao Ni'er prepared to crush the Soul Devouring Talisman and asked Xiao Yan to protect the Soul Devouring Domain and her teacher's work.
• Hao Ni'er's teacher appeared, caught the talisman, and swallowed the attack aimed at her; Xiao Yan caught the weakened Hao Ni'er.

Xiao Yan fought Tian Xing, whose blood curse had given him the power to wield Ghost Qi, and overwhelmed him with Holy Flame Power and the Firmament Finger. Tian Xing was left with a fatal wound but revealed five blood scars between his brows, hinting at one last threat.

• Xiao Yan escaped Tian Xing’s Ghost Soul Hand with the Primordial Fire Ruler, while the Soul Devouring Master explained that Tian Xing’s blood curse and injected power let him wield Ghost Qi.
• Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame Power devoured Tian Xing’s Ghost Qi, and a ruler strike forced Tian Xing to evade, destroying a small mountain peak.
• Tian Xing fed his blood to the Ghost Qi and sent countless wandering ghosts at Xiao Yan, but an earth-yellow holy flame burned them away.
• Xiao Yan used Firmament Finger, Summoning the Heavens to pierce Tian Xing’s chest and leave him bleeding and near death.
• Tian Xing vowed to make Xiao Yan suffer even as he died, and five blood scars appeared between his brows.

Xiao Yan and his companions agreed to lend their Holy Flame power to help deal with two imprisoned Zun-tier Outer Realm Evil Clan members, in exchange for the Moonlight Fairy's inheritance for the marked person. They entered the sealed palace, where the captive woman sensed their approach and suppressed the two restless evil hearts; Qi Haoqing then followed them inside.

• Xiao Yan learned that he and his companions were expected to lend their Holy Flame power against the two Zun-tier Outer Realm Evil Clan members, while only the person bearing the Inheritance Rune could claim the Moonlight Fairy's inheritance.
• Heavenly Demon Whale and Jade Rabbit opened a passage through the rune-covered stone wall, and the captive woman inside sensed the disturbance as the two evil hearts behind her began to stir.
• The captive woman used silver power to calm the hearts and hoped the imprisoned beings would not awaken.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, Yue Ru, and Tiancan entered the sealed chamber before Jade Rabbit and Heavenly Demon Whale followed and the passage closed.
• Qi Haoqing appeared behind the group and sensed the Outer Realm Evil Clan's power from within the sealed grounds.

Xiao Yan and the four Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage powerhouses confronted the Xiangsi Tree after Song Lanfeng’s Mysterious Leaf weakened its Acacia Power. The tree absorbed their combined attack, became enraged, and summoned five powerful guardians, leaving the group trapped before them.

• Song Lanfeng’s Mysterious Leaf entered the Xiangsi Tree and weakened its Acacia Power, but the tree otherwise showed no response.
• Hu Tianyuan urged the four powerhouses to attack the Xiangsi Tree together, while Xiao Yan sensed that something about the ancient tree was wrong.
• The four powerhouses combined their Dou Qi into a four-colored pillar and fired it at the tree, which swallowed the attack.
• The Xiangsi Tree grew angry, released a pink barrier that trapped everyone within a thousand meters, and produced five glowing orbs.
• Five aged figures emerged from the shattered orbs, each carrying strange Acacia Power and possessing Four-Star Dou Xian Late Stage strength.

Xiao Yan defeated the attackers who had ravaged the Wanhuo Sect and learned that Qingyun Pavilion was behind the assault. After securing the sect with a powerful barrier, he set out to destroy Qingyun Pavilion.

• Huo Yi, Huo Yun, and Elder Huo found Xiao Yan defeating the attackers, and Xiao Yan demanded to know who had sent them.
• Xiao Yan spared Du Ke and Zhang Gu for the Wanhuo Sect to interrogate, then killed the fleeing Tingfeng Pavilion Master.
• Xiao Yan told Huo Yi that Yang Xi was already dead and vowed to destroy Qingyun Pavilion.
• Huo Yi reported that the Wanhuo Sect had less than a tenth of its former strength, so Xiao Yan distributed healing pills and raised a defensive barrier around the sect.
• Xiao Yan left for the Qingyun Pavilion outpost while Huo Yi and the others stayed behind to guard the Wanhuo Sect.