Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the Fiery Beast fought the Two White Kings in the Demon Suppressing Prison, where the Beast revealed power touching the Samsara realm. The fiends escaped amid a clash of devastating attacks, leaving Xiao Yan and his allies behind.

• Fire Fiend King rescued Water Fiend King, then ordered him to attack once more and retreat if the attack failed.
• Water Fiend King formed a demon sword and struck the Fiery Beast's defensive barrier while Xiao Yan prepared to crush the Demon Cube if the Beast faltered.
• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf told Xiao Yan that the Fiery Beast's power had touched the Samsara realm and that it seemed to be what his Master had long sought.
• The Fiery Beast shattered its barrier and unleashed a Samsara light beam, forcing Water Fiend King to flee.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Two White Kings with his Five-Color Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation as the Fiery Beast's light beam pursued them.
• Fire Fiend King unleashed the Demon Suppressing Prison's demonic qi to break through the combined attacks, and the Two White Kings vanished.

After the Netherworld battle, the Xiao Clan’s enemies learned of its growing strength as the Angel Kingdom and the Outer Realm Evil Clan prepared for a decisive battle. The chapter ended with the Great Thousand World facing mounting threats and the Ancient Battlefield’s mysterious master still beyond anyone’s power to challenge.

• The Slaughter Angel learned that the Xiao Clan had emerged from the Netherworld with three Ninth Reincarnation Stage Peak powerhouses and two demigods, while the coalition forces suffered devastating losses.
• The Slaughter Angel absorbed an Angel Pretty Figure and told the Deputy Realm Lord of the Human Realm Center that the Day of Holy Judgment would bring the Xiao Clan’s downfall.
• The veiled figure in the Buddha Realm ordered the Saint Clan powerhouses assembled for the likely final battle in the Angel Kingdom and planned to use the Outer Realm army to pursue the Path of Dou Shen.
• A faint voice in the Buddha Light warned that a true Dou Shen would appear but that it would not be Diyuanzi.
• The chapter revealed that the God Road could no longer descend and that even the Xiao Clan Patriarch, the Head of Foreign Lands, and the Human Realm Lord could not challenge the Ancient Battlefield’s master.

Xiao Yan arrived in time to save Yun Qi from Mu Xiao and Xue Jing, then joined his allies against the corrupted fighters. He faced the green-robed Youhuan Clan expert Huantong, whose three-star early-stage Dou Xian strength and knowledge of Holy Flame’s weaknesses threatened to complicate the battle.

• Mu Xiao and Xue Jing overwhelmed Yun Qi, leaving her severely weakened and exposed to their attacks.
• Xiao Yan appeared and shattered Mu Xiao and Xue Jing’s attacks before catching Yun Qi and using Holy Flame power to stabilize her injuries.
• Duan Qifei and the others arrived, with Liu Qing, Qifei, and Renran engaging Mu Xiao and Xue Jing while Yu Wei cared for Yun Qi.
• Xiao Yan confronted the green-robed man and identified him as a powerful expert of the Youhuan Clan named Huantong.
• Huantong acknowledged that Holy Flame countered his clan, then warned Xiao Yan that Holy Flame also had something it feared.

Xiao Yan tested his boosted strength against Xiong Jun, who absorbed his powerful attacks instead of fighting back. The absorbed flame energy ignited the cauldrons in a secret cavern on Wuliang Mountain, advancing Xiong Jun’s hidden plan to overcome a Tribulation and reach the Eight-star Dou Di level.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to reach early Seven-star Dou Di strength, and Xiong Jun grew larger to face him.
• Xiao Yan deflected Xiong Jun’s Wind-Tearing Hand and attacked with the Primordial Fire Ruler’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Xiong Jun blocked Xiao Yan’s ruler strike with his bare hands and absorbed its residual force, then let Xiao Yan hit him with the first four forms of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• Xiao Yan suspected Xiong Jun was plotting something when Xiong Jun refused to counterattack and urged him to keep striking.
• Inside the cavern atop Wuliang Mountain, Xiong Jun’s absorbed flame energy ignited the cauldrons and melted their magic cores and essence blood as a strange phenomenon began to form.

Xiao Yan arrived at the sealed entrance of the Ghost Realm and trapped Xuan Mu’s forces in the Giant Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation. He attacked Xuan Mu with his Holy Flame, but Xuan Mu unleashed a scroll full of grievous souls to counter him.

• Xiao Yan emerged to protect Duan Yu and the wounded Mu Tianyuan, revealing himself as a disciple of the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Xuan Mu recognized Xiao Yan from their past dispute over a fragmented map and ordered Lang Tou and his forces to kill him.
• Xiao Yan activated the Giant Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation, trapping Xuan Mu’s group at the sealed entrance.
• Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame and Heaven-Shaking Ruler to attack Xuan Mu while wooden vines occupied three peak Seven-star Dou Di powerlords.
• Xuan Mu opened a Ghost Qi scroll and sent out grievous souls that collided with Xiao Yan’s attack, prompting Mu Tianyuan to warn that they were in trouble.

Xiao Yan defeated Xu Shao and learned that the Soul Hall might be manipulated by a hidden power, while Yan Feng warned of threats in the Human Realm Center and Hell Realm. After Feng Wan'er destroyed Yan Feng, she confronted Xiao Yan over his Xiao Clan identity, and Xiao Yan refused to leave despite the killing intent aimed at him.

• Xiao Yan imprisoned Xu Shao's remaining soul clusters, but Xu Shao used a resurrection technique and dissolved into bloody water carrying Faith Power and Outer Realm Evil Clan power.
• Yan Feng regained his senses as Xu Shao's evil art collapsed, then warned Xiao Yan and the others to beware of the Human Realm Center, the Hell Realm, and forces stirring discord between the Xiao Clan and the Guardian.
• Feng Wan'er killed Yan Feng, and the other resurrected figures vanished with Xu Shao's death.
• Feng Wan'er sent Su Xueying away and confronted Xiao Yan, whose presence stirred her miasma.
• Xiao Yan refused Su Xueying's plea to leave, declaring that his Xiao Clan bloodline obligated him to stay as Feng Wan'er unleashed killing intent.

Xiao Yan and his companions set a trap to lure a Sin Guard to the altar, hoping to prevent him from devouring the unconscious Hua Sin Guard. The stronger Sin Guard saw through the ambush and attacked, leaving Yu Xiaoye in danger as Xiao Yan rushed to protect her.

• A Two-star Dou Xian Sin Guard learned from a message that the Undying Leaf had been found and headed toward Shawu Village to claim the credit.
• Xiao Yan concealed his group around the altar and used an illusion of the Undying Leaf to lure the Sin Guard there.
• The Two-star Later-stage Dou Xian Sin Guard arrived, intending to devour the unconscious Hua Sin Guard, and Xiao Yan's group launched their ambush.
• The Sin Guard dismissed Shuiyue's water attack and unleashed evil power toward the group, causing Yu Xiaoye to collapse in fear.
• Xiao Yan rushed to intercept the attack before it could strike Yu Xiaoye.

Cai Lin battled the Silver Dragon King Faction’s Supreme Elder while Xiao Yan raced toward the Dragon Tomb Land, but the elder intercepted him before he could enter. With the Dragon Tomb’s copper door before him, Xiao Yan chose to fight so he could save the Golden Dragon King and end the Dragon Clan’s internal conflict.

• Cai Lin matched the Supreme Elder’s attack and discovered that mysterious power in his silver dragon scales protected him from her venomous strike.
• Cai Lin petrified the Supreme Elder’s left arm with her Medusa Divine Pupil, but he stopped the effect from spreading and resumed attacking her.
• The Supreme Elder used an avatar technique to keep Cai Lin occupied, while Xiao Yan’s allies fought the Silver Dragon King Faction’s forces and Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan reached the Dragon Tomb Land’s copper door, but the Supreme Elder discovered him and blocked his path with a silver light gate.
• Xiao Yan stepped out of the light orb and prepared to fight the Supreme Elder.

Xiao Yan asked Yu Tianyue to help find five rare medicinal ingredients in exchange for repairing the spatial array, while Withered Leaf Zhai secretly prepared to ambush the Yu Sect inside it. Yu Wei and Yu Renran brought Xiao Yan the one ingredient their sect possessed: an Immortal Grade Tier 3 Soul Beast soul core.

• Xiao Yan gave Yu Tianyue a list of five rare ingredients and promised spatial power would not hinder the array repairs.
• Yu Tianyue ordered his men to search Ye City and sent Yu Wei and Yu Renran to inspect the sect storehouse.
• Ye Ku revealed that Withered Leaf Zhai had secretly rescued its Third Elder and planned to attack the Yu Sect inside the spatial array with help from a mysterious black-robed man.
• The black-robed man said he wanted only the Yu Sect members' souls, while Ye Ku vowed the Yu Sect would be destroyed after repairing the array.
• Yu Wei and Yu Renran brought an Immortal Grade Tier 3 Soul Beast soul core from the storehouse, and Xiao Yan reacted with astonishment.

Xiao Mu recovered his strength with the Sacred Flame Crystal and joined the Golden Dragon King in fighting Feng Zhen. Feng Zhen tried to flee, but Xiao Mu trapped him in a Holy Flame Domain.

• Feng Zhen defended himself against the Golden Dragon King's Dragon God Claw, but his shield broke before his Wind Domain shattered the attack.
• Feng Zhen used his domain to launch a deadly strike at the Golden Dragon King, who called on Xiao Mu to intervene.
• Xiao Mu emerged strengthened by the Holy Flame and Sacred Flame Crystal, intercepting Feng Zhen's attack and reaching Three-star Dou Xian strength.
• Feng Zhen recognized Xiao Mu's advantage and fled, while warning that stronger fighters from the Human Realm Center would come after them.
• Xiao Mu threw the Sacred Flame Crystal and spread Earth Yellow Flame Patterns, freezing Feng Zhen in a Holy Flame Domain.

Xiao Yan reached the Xiangsi Tree Crown and met its Sacred Flame Guardian, who revealed that the tree’s third treasure was the fifteenth-ranked Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame. The flame’s power seemed to be missing, and the guardian’s sorrow turned into a terrifying killing intent.

• Xiao Yan thanked the Xiangsi Tree and followed its power into the tree’s inner world.
• The Xiangsi Tree Spirit revealed that she was also the Sacred Flame Guardian and identified the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame as the tree’s third treasure.
• Xiao Yan saw two enormous stone statues and recognized the female statue as the guardian.
• Xiao Yan noticed a hollow between the statues that matched the shape of a Sacred Flame Crystal.
• The guardian explained that the male statue was her husband and that they had both remained as guardians after the Xiangsi Tree saved them.
• Xiao Yan questioned why he could not sense the flame, and the guardian’s sorrow shifted into a powerful killing intent.

Ren Yuanzi revealed that he had reached the Dou Shen Stage and demanded the Great Thousand World’s surrender, while the coalition prepared to fight his resurrected God Residences. As battle spread across the heavens, Xiao Yan and Ren Yuanzi both seemed to be waiting for something.

• Ren Yuanzi declared his divinity, exposed his power over the Great Thousand World, and gave Xiao Yan, the Holy King, and Xiao Tianming a choice between surrender and death.
• Yun Qi identified Ren Yuanzi as one of the Three Origins, and Yun Yun and the King of Myriad Beasts suspected he was connected to the resurrected God Residences and their diminished strength.
• The Holy King and Xiao Tianming refused to surrender, so Ren Yuanzi sent the God Residences to attack the Great Thousand Coalition Army.
• The coalition’s experts clashed with the God Residences, while Ren Yuanzi, Xiao Yan, and others watched with strangely shifting expressions.
• As Nannan caught the falling Xiao Yan, he told her she should not have joined the fight, but she stood by her choice to come.

Xiao Yan and the other finalists began fusing their Peak Eighth-Tier Heavenly Grade pills as the Pill Tribulation gathered overhead. Xiao Yan accelerated his fusion despite the heavens’ overwhelming pressure, leaving the pill formation and tribulation unresolved.

• After four competitors gave up, Xiao Yan and Ming Feng competed for the energy peaks they had left behind.
• Xiao Yan took two peaks, while flames belonging to two other competitors drove Ming Feng away from the remaining pair.
• Ming Feng and his companions began fusing their pills, and Xiao Yan noticed the Pill Tribulation forming above the arena.
• Xiao Yan gathered his proto-pill and four pools of medicinal essence in his palm and began merging them.
• As the tribulation’s power pressed down on the arena and drove spectators to their knees, Xiao Yan laughed and sped up the pill fusion.

Xiao Yan, Long Yi, and Xiao Yi entered Xuan Ling Mountain to rescue Cai Lin, Mu Yingying, and her brother, while King Xuan Ling turned the battle at the summit with a sudden attack. The chapter ended with the Poison Sect Master, Zhu Jin, She Fu, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion Master struck down by Ghost Evil Lightning.

• Xiao Yan joined Long Yi and Xiao Yi at the foot of Xuan Ling Mountain and burned an opening through the barrier of Blood Demon Golden Qi and ghost qi.
• Xiao Yan vowed to rescue Cai Lin, Mu Yingying, and her brother, then entered the mountain with Long Yi and Xiao Yi.
• The Poison Sect Master began losing ground to King Xuan Ling, while Zhu Jin and She Fu struggled against the Dragon Devouring Legion and Qin Tian.
• Qin Tian called on King Xuan Ling to stop holding back, and King Xuan Ling announced that his opponents had lost when they accepted the Xuan Ling Invitation Tokens.
• King Xuan Ling summoned Ghost Evil Lightning, whose four beams struck the Poison Sect Master, Zhu Jin, She Fu, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion Master and hurled them to the ground.

Duan Qifei fought the Seventh Evil God with the Thousand Mechanism Ghost God Umbrella while Xiao Yan initially refused to help, then intervened when controlled powerhouses attacked her. The Evil God and Black Jue King withdrew as a powerful aura awakened on Thunder Island, and Xiao Yan called for the Thunder Lord.

• Duan Qifei clashed with the Seventh Evil God, and Black Jue King watched while keeping Xiao Yan occupied as a possible threat.
• Xiao Yan refused to help Duan Qifei, but recognized Aileen, Earth Spirit Old Ghost, and other controlled fighters emerging from the Demonic Qi vortex.
• Duan Qifei unleashed the four umbrella techniques against the controlled fighters while Black Jue King blocked Xiao Yan from reaching her.
• Xiao Yan fought Black Jue King and shielded Duan Qifei from the Seventh Evil God's attack with Water Tornado, Heavenly Waterfall.
• The Seventh Evil God and Black Jue King withdrew after sensing a powerful aura awakening within Thunder Island, and Xiao Yan purified the remaining evil forces.
• Duan Qifei urged Xiao Yan to leave before her teacher discovered his identity, but Xiao Yan called for the Thunder Lord to emerge.

The Soul Devouring Master arrived and healed Hao Ni'er before confronting the Lord of Fierce Souls, who had also reached Samsara. The two unleashed their powers in the Desert Hinterland, leaving the outcome of their battle unresolved.

• The Soul Devouring Master appeared, restored Hao Ni'er's injured meridians, and revealed that he had advanced to Samsara.
• Xiao Yan warned the Soul Devouring Master that the Lord of Fierce Souls had devoured the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• The Soul Devouring Master vowed to avenge his disciple and subordinates as he faced the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls summoned the Myriad Souls Bridge Lock and attacked the Soul Devouring Master with a crimson chain.
• The Soul Devouring Master merged with the Soul Devouring Talisman and activated Soul Devouring Talisman, Myriad Patterns.
• The two Reincarnation Experts began battling as the Desert Hinterland's void collapsed around them.

Xiao Yan defeated and killed Hun Jianghai, then discovered and took a mysterious Stone Box that had survived the Sacred Flame Origin. As Xiao Yan headed for the Emperor's Bedchamber, Lin Fengya and Hun Wuji began battling the ten Elders above the Royal City.

• Xiao Yan's four-color Holy Flame destroyed the Royal City and shattered Hun Jianghai's Myriad Soul Flower, leaving Hun Jianghai's Soul Body weakened.
• Xiao Yan bound Hun Jianghai with the Sacred Flame Origin and killed him despite his plea to reveal information.
• Xiao Yan found a sealed Stone Box among Hun Jianghai's ashes, put it away, and headed toward the Emperor's Bedchamber, suspecting the election had been orchestrated by the Abyss Head and the Emperor.
• Lin Fengya demanded the ten Elders surrender and declared his intent to take control of the Imperial Family and Tian Xing Continent.
• Hun Wuji and three other Dragon Corpse riders confronted the ten Elders, whose leader Elder Hu recognized the enemy's formidable strength as the battle began.

Blood Rose learned that Gravedigging Ghost Immortal had sent someone to Luoling Mountain during the Burning Incense Pavilion competition and feared the plan would fail. A ghostly intruder arrived near the pavilion seeking Xiao Yan and the Ghost Emperor Heart, stirring the Heaven Burning Domain’s defenses.

• Dark Raven told Blood Rose that Gravedigging Ghost Immortal had ordered the plan to proceed ahead of schedule and that a subordinate was already heading to Luoling Mountain.
• Blood Rose protested that the attack could ruin their centuries-long preparations, warned Dark Raven against acting without authorization, and ordered her Ghost Guard to investigate Gravedigging Ghost Immortal and search for new entrances into Xuan Tian San.
• Dark Raven left and hoped that Gravedigging Ghost Immortal’s plan would let him retire from the Ghost Realm to the mortal world.
• A black-robed man used Dark Raven’s Spatial Teleportation Scroll to travel to Luoling Mountain, declaring that he would find Xiao Yan and the Ghost Emperor Heart.
• The Heaven Burning Domain reacted to the intruder, and a Burning Incense Pavilion disciple decided to report the disturbance to an Elder.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Wuji, but the Light Barrier remained intact, revealing that a stronger Holy See expert was still present. As Emperor Lin, Lin Yunshu, and Ji Xuan stood with Xiao Yan to protect Qin Xin, a white flame appeared inside the mountain range.

• Xiao Yan used the Demon Sword Blade to destroy Hun Wuji and absorb a trace of soul power, then dispersed the blood waves.
• The survivors realized the Light Barrier had not fallen, and Emperor Lin sensed that a powerful Holy See expert remained nearby.
• Emperor Lin, Lin Yunshu, and Ji Xuan approached Xiao Yan and vowed to protect Qin Xin, even at the cost of the Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan told them the matter was his responsibility, but accepted their resolve and prepared to face the threat.
• A white flame appeared within the mountain range beneath the Light Barrier.

Xiao Yan used a flame lotus formed from seventeen holy flames to overwhelm Saintly Seat Shuizhi and leave him near defeat. As Shuizhi attempted to escape with his followers, Xiao Yan moved to devour his water-attribute power and purify the evil energy.

• Xiao Yan revealed a flame lotus with seventeen petals, each formed from a holy flame, and threw it at Saintly Seat Shuizhi.
• Saintly Seat Shuizhi unleashed the Heavenly River Submerged, but the flame lotus evaporated much of its demonic qi.
• Saintly Seat Shuizhi transformed into turbid liquid surrounded by scarlet demon rays, yet the flame lotus shattered his demonic shield and scattered his origin liquid.
• Saintly Seat Shuizhi re-formed, badly injured, and vowed to kill Xiao Yan, who said he intended to take Shuizhi's water-attribute power.
• Saintly Seat Shuizhi summoned the Water Curtain Evil Palace to retreat, but Xiao Yan invoked the Soul Devouring Talisman and holy flames to stop him.