Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions neared the depths of the Crystal Palace as the Undying Nether Sparrow battled Qin Tian and Ye Mo over the Dou Soul. Qin Tian swallowed the Undying Nether Sparrow alive and fled the ruins, while Qi Haoqing headed toward the palace depths.

• Xiu Qi and his group sensed the clash of Saint Grade Dou Techniques, decided they could not intervene, and left to search elsewhere for treasures.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Jade Rabbit sensed the battle and continued toward the depths of the purple Crystal Palace.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow injured Ye Mo, then rejected Qin Tian’s offer to leave with the Dragon Devouring Legion and attacked the group.
• Qin Tian swallowed the Undying Nether Sparrow and ordered his people to retreat from the ruins.
• Qi Haoqing left the magma world and vanished into a passage leading toward the palace depths where Xiao Yan’s group was headed.

Xiao Yan and the others watched as the seal protecting seven Light Orbs vanished, revealing scrolls that carried an ancient aura. When a dark-skinned expert tried to seize one, he was instantly destroyed, and the seven stone statues awakened as guardians, warning the intruders that trespass meant death.

• Xiao Yan warned Yue Ru not to rush for the treasures, while Bai Shan approved of Xiao Yan's restraint.
• The gray-white dividing line and transparent Dou Qi wall disappeared, exposing seven Light Orbs containing Immortal-tier Dou Ji scrolls.
• A dark-skinned Three-star Dou Di reached for a Light Orb and was shattered along with his soul.
• White mist gathered as the seven stone statues appeared beside the Light Orbs, with six powerful figures surrounding a restrained white-robed leader.
• The seven Light Orbs entered the guardians' bodies, and the guardians opened their eyes and declared that trespassers would die.

Xiao Yan obtained the corrupted Sacred Flame Crystal, and Kuángmù Immortal Master sacrificed his remaining power to cleanse it of Blood Demon Qi. With the crystal purified, Xiao Yan accepted Yan’s warning and prepared to attempt to gain its recognition and subdue the Holy Flame.

• The Sacred Flame Crystal left Mu Yingying and flew to Yan, where Kuángmù Immortal Master discovered it was badly corrupted by black qi.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master chose to use his remaining power to cleanse the crystal and asked Yan to care for Shan Ling and Shan Yao.
• Mu Yingying reunited with Xiao Yan and revealed that she had destroyed the Blood Demon with her azure Holy Flame.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master burned away the Blood Demon Qi in the Sacred Flame Crystal, then vanished as Yan and Xiao Yan bid him farewell.
• Yan warned Xiao Yan that he would have only one chance to gain the crystal’s recognition, and Xiao Yan agreed to attempt to subdue the Holy Flame.

Xiao Yan faced Wang Chen in Bifang Arena and revealed the strength of his Immortal Body and Heavenly Flames. He defeated Wang Chen with a single palm strike, leaving the watching disciples stunned.

• Wang Chen challenged Xiao Yan to a spar in Bifang Arena, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Wang Chen struck Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Immortal Body endured the attack and revealed a golden Dou Di Body.
• Xiao Yan gathered Heavenly Flame power and launched his Immortal Palm at Wang Chen.
• Xiao Yan’s palm immobilized Wang Chen, who collapsed unconscious after Xiao Yan withdrew his hand.
• Little Witch and the watching disciples reacted in disbelief when Xiao Yan defeated Wang Chen in one move.

Golden Xiao Yan and Xiao Mu fought Feng Zhen while Xiao Yan lent Xiao Mu the Fire Heart Sky Rock’s Sacred Flame Crystal, restoring some of Xiao Mu’s strength. As Golden Xiao Yan unleashed the Dragon God Claw, Feng Zhen recognized him as the Golden Dragon King and eagerly considered devouring his soul.

• Feng Zhen attacked Golden Xiao Yan and Xiao Mu, but their clash revealed that Golden Xiao Yan’s borrowed strength was still limited and Xiao Mu feared being captured again.
• Xiao Mu recognized the aura of the Fire Heart Sky Rock and asked Xiao Yan to lend him its Sacred Flame Crystal, which Xiao Yan sent to him from within the Soul Sea.
• The Sacred Flame Crystal restored Xiao Mu’s injured body, and he recalled leaving the Sacred Flame behind to suppress the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Feng Zhen revealed that the Realm Lord had ordered him to kill any rescuers, then attacked Golden Xiao Yan with the Tu Tian Hand.
• Golden Xiao Yan defended himself with Dragon Body and countered with Dragon God Claw, prompting Feng Zhen to recognize him as the Golden Dragon King and covet his soul.

Xiao Yan completed refining an Immortal Grade Tier 4 Heavenly Class pill and faced the resulting Immortal Pill Tribulation above the Alchemist Association. As the thunder gathered, a woman who recognized him called out that they would meet again in the Eastern Continent Tournament.

• Xiao Yan spent nearly a hundred and fifty days extracting the pill’s medicinal ingredients while Tan Chen and Hua Fei watched his work.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to overcome the resistance of the three main medicinal liquids, then fused them with the multicolored liquid into a yellow pill.
• Xiao Yan collected the Xian Ling Pill as a powerful black lightning tribulation formed above the Alchemist Association.
• Xiao Yan flew into the thunder cloud to face the tribulation, while a woman recognized him and challenged him to meet in the Eastern Continent Tournament.

Xiao Yan fought Zhu Yuan to demonstrate the Human Hall’s Dou Technique, while secretly preparing a Holy Flame-powered Sky Shifting Ruler. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed Holy Flame Power and the spectators watched him face Zhu Yuan inside the sealed arena.

• Mu Xuzi and Xiong Yuan sealed off a hundred-zhang space for Xiao Yan and Zhu Yuan to fight, warning them not to go too far.
• Zhu Yuan questioned why Xiao Yan lacked Life Power, and Xiao Yan said he preferred Dou Qi before the two began their duel.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Immortal Body and Emperor Flame, then used the first three layers of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler to fill the space with lingering flames.
• Zhu Yuan attacked with fire-attributed Life Power and challenged Xiao Yan to make his move, while Xiao Yan revealed he had been preparing the space for a Holy Flame Sky Shifting Ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Holy Flame Power, causing the scattered flames to stir and the temperature to rise as Xiong Yuan protested and Mu Xuzi watched with interest.

King Xuan Ling, Ye Mo, and Xuan Ming became trapped in Medusa Temple until King Xuan Ling discovered that a statue was involved. Queen Medusa awakened with the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and left the temple after sensing that Xiao Yan was in danger.

• King Xuan Ling, Ye Mo, and Xuan Ming searched Medusa Temple for a way out, and Ye Mo warned that a powerful restriction trapped them.
• King Xuan Ling suspected the Medusa statue and struck it with Flame Force, causing a flicker of movement to pass over it.
• Tang Tang and the Blood Blade Mercenary Group searched the temple for treasure while Tang Tang sensed a terrifying force within.
• Queen Medusa awakened alongside the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and said she sensed Xiao Yan was in danger.
• Queen Medusa kicked Xuan Ming out of Medusa Temple, then appeared before King Xuan Ling in Ten-Colored Power.

The Dragon Devouring Legion trapped the Undying Nether Sparrow in the Dragon Devourer Formation, and Yao Xin’s soul attack let them land a blow. Qin Tian took a costly pill to reach the half-immortal level and prepared to stop the Dou Soul from escaping with his Life and Death Defect Heaven Hand.

• Qin Tian ordered Ye Mo and the Dragon Devouring Legion to form the Dragon Devourer Formation around the Undying Nether Sparrow.
• Yao Xin struck the Undying Nether Sparrow with a soul attack, disrupting his flames and allowing the formation’s dragon to injure him.
• Qin Tian swallowed a medicinal pill that raised his strength to the half-immortal level.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow considered retreating, but Qin Tian said he had already paid the price and summoned five spheres of life-and-death power.
• Qin Tian unleashed his Life and Death Defect Heaven Hand against the Undying Nether Sparrow.

Yu Tianyan welcomed Xiao Yan into the Yu Sect and promised to protect him from Withered Leaf Zhai. When Ye Ku arrived demanding Xiao Yan be handed over for injuring Ye Sheng, Yu Tianyan and Xiao Yan claimed Xiao Yan was the Yu Sect’s new Chief Alchemist and had only defended himself against an ambush, forcing Ye Ku to leave in anger.

• Yu Tianyan scolded Yu Wei and Yu Renran for leaving on their own, then accepted the materials they had gathered to repair the Spatial Teleportation Array.
• Yu Tianyan told Xiao Yan he wanted him to look after his daughters during the Eastern Continent Tournament and offered him safety and a place to stay at the Yu Sect.
• A guard reported that Ye Ku had brought Ye Sheng to the Yu Sect mansion and demanded that the culprit who injured his son be handed over.
• Yu Tianyan and Xiao Yan presented Xiao Yan as the Yu Sect’s newly recruited Chief Alchemist, claiming he had been ambushed and had injured Ye Sheng in self-defense.
• Xiao Yan remarked that the attacker had resembled Ye Sheng, and Ye Ku left with his son and men after angrily threatening them.

Xiao Yan faced Fire Heart Sky Rock’s test: he had to defend those beside him from its attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn. He summoned the Exotic Fire Plaza and poured his Heavenly Flames into it, then clashed with Fire Heart Sky Rock’s strongest move as the battle remained unresolved.

• Fire Heart Sky Rock told Xiao Yan to protect the people beside him and warned that any of its power touching them would mean he lost the Holy Flame.
• Fire Heart Sky Rock covered itself in rock and attacked Xiao Yan with a storm of flame-infused stones, which Xiao Yan countered with his twenty-three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Exotic Fire Plaza left by the Tou She Ancient God and poured his Heavenly Flames into it, startling Fire Heart Sky Rock with its suppressive power.
• Fire Heart Sky Rock offered to follow Xiao Yan if he survived its next attack and unleashed Stone Hand Heavenly Burial.
• Xiao Yan infused the Exotic Fire Plaza with all his remaining Heavenly Flame power as the Primordial Fire Ruler rose above it, and their attacks met in a stalemate.

Xiao Yan prepared to devour the Fire Heart Sky Rock, but Yan explained that the Holy Flame had once belonged to a Xiao Clan Person and guided him to use his essence blood to gain its trust. Fire Heart Sky Rock recognized Xiao Yan as a Xiao Clan Person and agreed to follow him, then rushed into his body.

• Xiao Yan decided to devour the Fire Heart Sky Rock and learned from Yan that he could do so without refining the Xu Sheng Pill because the Holy Flame had once belonged to a Xiao Clan Person.
• Yan took Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, and the others away while Xiao Yan called for the Fire Heart Sky Rock's spirit.
• Xiao Yan used the Sacred Flame Crystal to reveal Fire Heart Sky Rock's colossal true body and its infant-sized origin.
• Long Yi attacked Fire Heart Sky Rock, but Xiao Yan stopped him and offered the Holy Flame his Xiao Clan essence blood.
• Fire Heart Sky Rock recognized Xiao Yan as a Xiao Clan Person, recalled Xiao Mu, and agreed to trust Xiao Yan before entering his body.

King Xuan Ling revealed that his black-red power came from the Outer Realm Evil Clan and the Ghost Realm, then used it to badly injure Zhu Jin and his companions. As seven Dou Xian cornered him after defeating the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s defenders, a strange drizzle began falling from the expanding thundercloud.

• King Xuan Ling admitted that he had combined Outer Realm Evil Clan power with ghost qi to counter the Dou Xian strongmen, while the black-red cloud spread over Xuan Ling Mountain.
• Dan Gui Ye Qingtian and the other Dou Xian attacked King Xuan Ling, and Xuan Ling ordered the Dragon Devouring Legion and Elder Zhuo to stop them.
• Zhu Jin sent She Fu to mobilize the army, then rejoined the battle as the Poison Sect Master confronted King Xuan Ling.
• The six other Dou Xian defeated the nine members of the Dragon Devouring Legion and Elder Zhuo, then joined Zhu Jin to surround King Xuan Ling.
• King Xuan Ling spoke of the power of Dou Xian before a fine drizzle began falling from the black-red thundercloud onto the seven attackers.

After devouring the Fire Heart Sky Rock, Xiao Yan returned as a late Six-star Dou Di, but discovered that he had gained no Power of Life and Death because no Dou Di Tribulation had appeared. He learned how Xuan Tian San had changed during his five years in seclusion and asked about the Burning Incense Pavilion’s competition.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi and revealed that he had devoured the thirty-fifth-ranked Holy Flame, Fire Heart Sky Rock, though its power remained hostile toward his Heavenly Flame.
• Mu Feng, Lu Di, and Mu Yingying realized Xiao Yan had reached Six-star Dou Di without undergoing a Dou Di Tribulation or developing the Power of Life and Death, and Xiao Yan decided to ask Elder Zhu about it.
• Mu Feng told Xiao Yan that King Xuan Ling and several Dragon Devouring Legion leaders had disappeared, Purgatory Hall had found a suspected breach from the Ghost Realm, and Super Sects were holding competitions for a tournament in two years.
• Xiao Yan considered the changes in Xuan Tian San and asked how the Burning Incense Pavilion’s competition was going.

Xiao Yan descended into the Blood River Pool and fought its guardian, an ancient Mad Wave Azure Blood Crocodile. He trapped the beast with a formation and soul attack, then left it imprisoned as he returned toward the gap.

• Xiao Yan carefully descended toward the Blood River Pool, where his soul power was swallowed by the water.
• A massive tail struck Xiao Yan from the pool, and he defended himself with his Immortal Body.
• Xiao Yan attacked the bubbling water with his Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, drawing out a Mad Wave Azure Blood Crocodile.
• The Mad Wave Azure Blood Crocodile refused to let Xiao Yan use the pool and attacked him.
• Xiao Yan struck the crocodile with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and trapped it in his formation.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his soul attacks and formation before returning toward the gap.

Xiao Yan fought Xuan Mo and wounded the nine-star Dou Di, but Xuan Mo unleashed a swarm of blood-red ants that left Xiao Yan exhausted and exposed. Mu Yingying intervened just before the ants could devour him, knocking Xuan Mo back.

• Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to turn Xuan Mo’s attack against him and wounded him with the Xuan Tian Hand.
• Xuan Mo summoned the Ripple of Blood, Devouring Ant, and his swarm overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s Firmament Finger, Summoning the Heavens.
• Xiao Yan severed Xuan Mo’s left hand with the Second Finger of the Firmament, then exhausted his remaining strength.
• Xuan Mo sent the blood-red ants toward the helpless Xiao Yan, but Mu Yingying appeared and blasted Xuan Mo hundreds of meters away.

The Fourth Evil God joined Motuo to confront the Demon Emperor, while an eight-winged figure sent by the Slaughter Angel redirected her forces toward the Fourth Evil God in the Endless Fire Domain. Motuo exposed the Demon Emperor’s injuries, and the two enemies attacked as the Fourth Evil God’s army assaulted the domain.

• The Fourth Evil God appeared beside Motuo and persuaded him to join forces against the Demon Emperor.
• A group led by Lord Hill learned that the Demon Emperor was near the Endless Fire Domain and changed its target to the Fourth Evil God.
• The Demon Emperor struck Motuo and the Fourth Evil God with the Sky-Splitting Monster Spear, but neither side suffered losses.
• The Demon Emperor cleared the evil aura from the Endless Fire Domain and warned Motuo and the Fourth Evil God to withdraw or die.
• Motuo revealed the Demon Emperor’s withered scales and white flame, then urged the Fourth Evil God to kill him as their army attacked the Endless Fire Domain.

Xiao Yan confronted Hell Envoy over the Spacetime Fire Seal, then faced a gathering of powerful rivals near the entrance to the Flame World. After Hell Envoy and his allies entered the vortex, Xiao Yan and his companions used the seal to descend toward the Holy Flame Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yan stopped Hell Envoy from entering the Flame World and used Holy Flame Gaze Pupil to suppress his Soul-Hooking Chain.
• Zen Master Wuxiang and Soul-Hooking Envoy emerged from hiding and joined Hell Envoy against Xiao Yan.
• Nether Sea Dragon Serpent and Myriad Poison Gu Maiden appeared, shifting the balance around Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Hell Envoy tossed out the Spacetime Fire Seal and rushed into the desert vortex with his allies.
• Nether Sea Dragon Serpent acknowledged Xiao Yan, and Myriad Poison Gu Maiden promised to protect him.
• Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, Yun Yun, Nether Sea Dragon Serpent, and Myriad Poison Gu Maiden used the Spacetime Fire Seal to descend into the Flame World.

Xiao Yan and the others watched a vision of the Foreign Territory attacking the Hell Realm and demanding its Samsara Registry. The Hell Dragon arrived to defend the realm, then risked his power and soul to counter the attackers’ combined strike.

• The vision shifted to the Hell Realm, where Foreign Territory forces attacked and threatened to destroy it unless Earth Yin Siming surrendered the Samsara Registry.
• Earth Yin Siming refused, explaining that the Registry held records and imprints that could let the Foreign Territory kill countless people across the Great Thousand World.
• The three royal monarchs unleashed a devastating attack, and Si Ya recognized the approaching Hell Dragon as a powerful ally.
• The Hell Dragon came to repay the Hell Realm for raising him and fought the monarchs despite the risk to his own foundation.
• The monarchs merged themselves and their army into a black-hole attack, so the Hell Dragon released his fused power and invoked the Magic Dragon Holy Body to resist them.

Xiao Yan and You Er crossed the Second Pass and learned from a Seven-Star Dou Xian guarding the Ice Kingdom that the Lord of Fierce Souls was preparing to devour the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame. They reached the southernmost space, where an ominous aura waited beyond the bronze gate, while the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf secretly cleared their route.

• You Er sensed Xuanyue's presence fading behind them, but she and Xiao Yan continued onward as the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf followed without showing hostility.
• Xiao Yan and You Er entered the Ice Kingdom, where a Seven-Star Dou Xian recognized Xiao Yan's Undying Fire and explained the Lord of Fierce Souls's plan to devour the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• The mysterious expert let them pass because she owed the Earth Spirit Old Ghost a favor and warned them that the next area was dangerous.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf subdued or drove away the experts in the spaces between the southern and central parts of the Divine Hall, clearing the way for Xiao Yan and You Er.
• Xiao Yan and You Er reached the southernmost bronze gate, and Xiao Yan pushed it open as an imposing aura emerged from within.