Chapter Summaries

Duan Tianhong trapped Xiema and explained that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had infiltrated the tournament, preserving Xiema to keep their planned war intact. Xiao Yan returned to the tournament and learned that the second stage would be a soul contest with a Soul Attack Dou Technique as its top prize.

• Duan Tianhong bound Xiema after driving him from his body and said he would keep him alive to avoid alerting the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Duan Tianhong told Xiao Yan that the clan was targeting Fei'er because she was a Samsara Runner and asked him to protect her and eventually take her back to the Human Realm.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room as Duan Qifei completed her fusion and spoke in a voice Duan Tianhong could not hear.
• Yu Renran and Liu Qing told Xiao Yan the second-stage trial was a soul competition, with a Soul Attack Dou Technique for first place.
• Xiao Yan agreed to register for the competition before the final registration day.

Inside the Demon Sea’s crystal dimension, Su Xueying learned the truth of Xiao Yan’s past, while Xiao Yan witnessed the massacre that had made the Guardian Lineage hate the Xiao Clan. The revelations explained the misunderstandings between them and left their shared history laid bare.

• Xiao Yan and Su Xueying entered separate crystal chambers at the Demon Sea’s core, where a Cave Heaven Demon Crystal could reveal the past once.
• Su Xueying asked the crystal about the extermination of the Xiao Clan Guardian, and it showed her Xiao Yan’s journey from the Dou Qi Continent.
• Su Xueying realized she had wronged Xiao Yan and understood the hardships behind his strength and devotion.
• Xiao Yan’s crystal revealed Xiao Yuntian attacking the Guardian Lineage, slaughtering its people and leaving young Susu traumatized.
• Susu survived through the Nether Green Ten Thousand Cold Flame, took the Nether Night Demon Fire, and fled to the Dou Di Continent; the massacre’s aftermath became the source of the Guardian Lineage’s hatred for the Xiao Clan.

After the memory reversal confirmed Xiao Yan had killed Xuan Mu, the Xuan Ling Imperial Family demanded his capture and threatened war with the Burning Incense Pavilion. Xiao Yan severed ties with the sect to spare its disciples, then prepared to fight Qin Tian’s approaching Dragon Devouring Legion.

• The memory reversal showed Xiao Yan killing Xuan Mu, and Qin Tian demanded that Zhu Jin hand him over or face war.
• Zhu Jin declared that the Burning Incense Pavilion would protect Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan realized that sheltering there could endanger the sect’s disciples.
• Xiao Yan publicly took responsibility for killing Xuan Mu and performed a disciple’s bow to Zhu Jin and the other elders.
• Xiao Yan voluntarily severed ties with the Burning Incense Pavilion and asked Zhu Jin to tell the Pavilion Master that he had fulfilled his promise.
• The Dragon Devouring Legion charged Xiao Yan, who called on Xiao Yi to fight.

Liu Hao urged Xiao Yan to open the Netherworld entrance, revealing the Angel Kingdom’s schemes and supporting his claims with Liu Yun’s testimony. With the Outer Realm Evil Clan attacking the Netherworld, Xiao Yan chose to act, leaving the story poised for the alliance’s departure to the Ghost Realm.

• Liu Hao explained that the Slaughter Angel had used her power to control his mind and that opening the Netherworld entrance could foil her plot involving Thunder Lord.
• Liu Yun confirmed Liu Hao’s account and swore upon her soul, while Liu Hao gave Xiao Yan an Energy Divine Seal as atonement.
• Xiao Yan accepted Liu Hao and Liu Qing, then learned from the Soul Devouring Master that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had sent most of its forces to attack the Netherworld.
• Xiao Yan ordered the alliance to leave for the Ghost Realm the next morning and commanded each faction to keep half its forces behind to guard against attacks.
• Xiao Yan revealed an Array Diagram empowered by the Demon Refining Pot and planned to project it to the Angel Kingdom; Liu Hao accepted the high-stakes plan.

Xiao Yan used the Purgatory Array Chart to overpower Huobo in the arena, revealing an array ability that spectators mistook for a scroll. After defeating Huobo, Xiao Yan prepared to face Feng Yu, while keeping the array’s true limits and his full strength concealed.

• Xiao Yan activated the Purgatory Array Chart, trapping Huobo inside a vast fire-red formation and surprising the spectators.
• Muge, Zhu Li, Feng Yu, and Duan Tianfeng discussed Xiao Yan’s array and his upcoming match against Feng Yu.
• Huobo unleashed a red water vortex and attacked Xiao Yan, determined to defeat him for Muge’s sake.
• Xiao Yan gathered the formation’s fire energy into a giant dragon and shattered Huobo’s attack.
• The dragon’s explosion left Huobo powerless and scorched, and the arena fell silent as Xiao Yan defeated the Two-star Later-stage Dou Xian.

After devouring the holy flame, Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Ghost Realm’s outer edge with Soul Devouring Master and head for Ghost Moon Well. On the way, they came upon Qinger and two Qing family guards under attack by Yu Family fighters, and an unknown black shadow intervened just as the Yu Family leader struck.

• Xiao Yan reflected on his Dou Di Peak strength and vowed to return to the Xiao Clan Guardian after reaching Dou Xian.
• Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan to leave the outer edge of Ghost King Ridge and travel to Ghost Moon Well.
• Three Yu Family fighters surrounded Qinger and two Qing family guards, intending to capture them alive before Qing Wenshu returned.
• Qinger attacked the Yu Family leader with Qingtian Finger, but he revealed Dou Xian strength and trapped her with his assault.
• A black shadow shattered the Yu Family leader’s attack and challenged the three men for targeting Qinger.

Withered Leaf Zhai surrounded Duanhun Cave while Yu Renran and the remaining Yu Sect members hid inside, weakened by poison. After a patrolman spotted them, Yu Renran killed him, but his signal revealed their location to Ye Sheng and his men.

• Ye Sheng ordered Withered Leaf Zhai to seal off Duanhun Cave after his search party failed to find Yu Renran.
• Yu Renran and Yu Feng discussed how a Yu Sect traitor had exposed their mission to retrieve materials for repairing the Spatial Teleportation Array.
• Yu Renran proposed drawing the enemy’s attention so Yu Feng could escape with the materials, but Yu Feng and the other survivors insisted on protecting her instead.
• A patrolling Withered Leaf Zhai disciple discovered the group, and Yu Renran killed him, but he fired a signal arrow before dying.
• Ye Sheng heard the signal and rushed toward Yu Renran’s hiding place.

Xiao Yan fought the Withered Leaf Zhai’s Fifth Elder while the Yu Sect battled Ye Ku, Ye Shuang, and Ye Yunqing. Xiao Yan unleashed Holy Flame through the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and killed Fifth Elder, leaving the larger battle unresolved.

• Ye Ku and Yu Tianyue began fighting, while Yu Mu and Ye Shuang also clashed.
• Several two-star Dou Xian fighters engaged Ye Yunqing to keep him from aiding Fifth Elder.
• Fifth Elder attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan easily stopped his blows and shattered his fire net.
• Xiao Yan infused the Ancient Ruler with Holy Flame and struck Fifth Elder with the Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• The earth-yellow flame dragon swallowed Fifth Elder, killing him as Ye Yunqing remained pinned down.

Protector Bai and Hun Yan unleashed their strongest powers in a battle that tore open the lair, while Xiao Yan entered a strange deathlike dimension connected to the Dark Underworld Warrior. There, he saw an elder surrounded by flames and recognized him as Tou She Ancient God.

• Hun Yan attacked Gamma and the others with ghostly chains while Protector Bai summoned the Tianmang Evil Sword to confront him.
• Hun Yan released the Faith Soul Chain, a blood-red chain formed from countless bound souls, and struck at Protector Bai with Faith Power.
• Protector Bai launched the Evil Radiance Sword against Hun Yan, and their clash obliterated the surroundings and carved a vast abyss.
• Mal, concealed as dark green mist on the Evil Cauldron, subtly added moisture to the lair as the battle raged.
• Xiao Yan found himself in a lifeless dark dimension where the Dark Underworld Warrior knelt before an elder with twenty-two flames in his hair.
• Xiao Yan recognized the elder as Tou She Ancient God.

The Burning Incense Pavilion opened the fourth layer of its Dou Technique Pavilion, where disciples could seek Saint Grade techniques and their halls’ legendary treasures. Xiao Yan and his companions joined the crowd as the pavilion’s hidden entrance appeared.

• Xiao Yan’s two-month stay in the Piercing River’s Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven became a celebrated record among the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples.
• Mu Xuzi and Xiong Yuan appeared before the gathered disciples, and Ling Xuan quieted the crowd.
• Xiong Yuan announced that all four layers would open for a month and that disciples below Six-star Dou Di needed an escort to enter the fourth layer.
• Mu Feng explained that the pavilion held Saint Grade techniques, while Xiao Yan recalled that no one had mastered the Human Hall’s Sky Shifting Ruler.
• Xiong Yuan and Mu Xuzi activated the entrance, and a stone gate emerged behind them.

The Golden Dragon King gave Xiao Yan the first five changes of the Nine Transformations of the Dragon God and warned him to hide the precious technique. He then took Xiao Xuan with him to help accelerate his cultivation, leaving Xiao Xuan to recognize the Golden Dragon King as the ancient friend mentioned in the Xiao Clan records.

• The Golden Dragon King accepted the Mother of the Immortal Spirit Bodhi Tree to restore his soul power and prepare for resurrection.
• The Golden Dragon King gave Xiao Yan the Nine Transformations of the Dragon God, a powerful technique whose scroll contained the first five changes.
• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan to build his physical constitution with a medicinal bath before cultivating the technique and warned him not to reveal it casually.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Xuan would accompany the Golden Dragon King, who said he would take Xiao Xuan to places that could speed up his cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan recalled a Xiao Clan record describing a golden colossus as the clan’s steadfast friend and suspected it referred to the Golden Dragon King.

Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Devouring Master needed the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp to restore his lost soul origin, so they planned to gain entry to the Four Great Academies through the upcoming tournaments. Youhunzi brought Xiao Yan to a blood pool on Ice Fire Island to temper his body with the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal, while warning him to conceal his Xiao Clan identity.

• The Soul Devouring Master explained that only the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp could restore the soul origin he lost to the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• Youhunzi described the lamp's protection by the Four Great Academies, and Xiao Yan proposed entering them by winning the Eastern Continent Tournament and Four Continents Tournament.
• Youhunzi planned to return to the Soul Devouring Domain and contact Lord Hao Ni'er, then help seize the lamp after Xiao Yan entered an academy.
• The Soul Devouring Master and Youhunzi arranged for Xiao Yan to use the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal at Ice Fire Island's blood pool.
• Youhunzi warned Xiao Yan that the Lihun Domain was growing close to the Human Realm Center and urged him to hide his Xiao Clan identity.

Liu Quan and Solomon’s experts attacked the weakened Dragon Devouring Legion, while Qin Tian struggled with strange black qi in his body. Qin Tian revealed crimson flames that destroyed Liu Quan’s Ghost Hand, but Liu Quan brought out an exquisite object as the battle escalated.

• Song Li and Yang Wei charged the Dragon Devouring Legion as Liu Quan demanded that Qin Tian surrender.
• Qin Tian coughed up strange black blood, and Yao Xin identified Liu Quan as a Three-turn Nine-star Dou Di, with Song Li and Yang Wei also formidable opponents.
• Qin Tian ordered the Dragon Devouring Legion to fight back and protect themselves as Liu Quan sealed off the battlefield and assigned Song Li and Yang Wei to hold them off.
• Liu Quan attacked Qin Tian with his Ghost Hand, but Qin Tian’s crimson flames dissolved it into white mist.
• Liu Quan suppressed his shock at Qin Tian’s flames, declared he would end the fight, and produced an exquisite object.

Xiao Yan and Cang Yue combined their attacks against the wounded Blood Demon Envoy, who had redirected his devastating strike and destroyed half of Jade Rabbit Island. The Blood Demon Envoy escaped with the Netherworld Twin Venerables, but Xiao Yan struck Ming Zun as they fled, while Cang Yue caught the Moonlight Fairy Inheritance Stone.

• Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to redirect the Blood Demon Envoy's attack, destroying half of Jade Rabbit Island and striking the Envoy with the Earth Yellow Holy Flame.
• Cang Yue attacked the injured Blood Demon Envoy, and Xiao Yan swallowed medicinal pills before unleashing Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial.
• The Blood Demon Envoy tried to retreat as You Zun and Ming Zun recognized that he could not defeat Cang Yue but might escape.
• Cang Yue unleashed Moonlight Radiance while Xiao Yan attacked with Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial, forcing the Blood Demon Envoy to flee with the Netherworld Twin Venerables.
• The Blood Demon Envoy threw the Moonlight Fairy Inheritance Stone aside, and Cang Yue rushed to catch it as he escaped the Great Hall.
• Xiao Yan pierced Ming Zun with his ruler, but the Blood Demon Envoy escaped with You Zun and the injured Netherworld Twin Venerables.

After a month of preparation, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with new power and broke the Netherworld barrier, though his attempt to probe a mysterious white world ended when its force dispersed his soul power. He led the gathered experts back toward the Great Thousand, while Xiao Yuntian remained in the Netherworld and prepared to face the danger tied to the Ancient Battlefield.

• The Endless Flame Alliance experts finished adjusting their auras, then waited for Xiao Yan to emerge from seclusion.
• Xiao Yan used power guided by Xiao Yuntian to break the Netherworld barrier and sent his soul power toward a remote white world, where an unknown force dispersed it.
• Cai Lin and Yun Yun checked on Xiao Yan, who said he was fine and explained that Xiao Yuntian had guided him to absorb Primitive Power and learn about the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xiao Yan announced that the group would return to the Great Thousand and set its affairs in order, and the experts left through the Ghost Realm Entrance.
• Xiao Yuntian stayed behind in the Netherworld, declaring that he would gamble against the ominous danger and naming the mysterious man in the Ancient Battlefield as a terrifying existence.

Xiao Yan and the Burning Incense Pavilion group entered the Holy Flame Battlefield, where Yan Chi explained that a past battle over the Holy Flame had left the land drained and strewn with bones. They discovered that an Outer Realm Evil Clan threat was troubling the Holy Flame Spirit, and set out for the Holy Flame Land, where Yin Fu Tong had met his end.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, Yan Chi, and the Heaven Hall members entered the barren Holy Flame Battlefield and saw its dead earth, bones, and broken weapons.
• Yan Chi explained that experts from Xuan Tian San and the Ghost Realm Blood River Continent had fought over the Holy Flame there.
• Yan Chi revealed that the Holy Flame Spirit guarded the Holy Flame and that something had entered the battlefield and was draining its power.
• Xiao Yan sensed an evil aura and agreed with Yan Chi that the intruder was likely an Outer Realm Evil Clan member of unusual strength.
• Yan Chi led the group toward the Holy Flame Land, where the Holy Flame was located and Yin Fu Tong had met with disaster.

Xiao Yan was trapped in an isolated dimension by White King Ming Feng, an Outer Realm fighter empowered by an Evil God Stage powerhouse. Xiao Yan countered Ming Feng’s attack with the All-Heaven Demonic Array, and their battle began inside the sealed domain.

• White King Ming Feng appeared before Xiao Yan and used black flames to isolate them from the outside world.
• Yao Wuchen dismissed the Alchemist Sanctuary Elders’ concerns when Xiao Yan’s image vanished from the recording crystal.
• Ming Feng declared that the Outer Realm would claim the Great Thousand World and attacked Xiao Yan with a black vortex and surging flames.
• Xiao Yan deployed the All-Heaven Demonic Array, which swallowed Ming Feng’s black flames, but trembled under their force.
• Ming Feng revealed evil markings that stirred the God Slashing Ruler, and Xiao Yan recognized that an Evil God Stage powerhouse had empowered him.
• Xiao Yan strengthened the array with his Spiritual Power and Divine Motion Inscription, enclosing the dimension as their powers clashed.

Xiao Yan faced Li Ji, who challenged him for a chance to become a true disciple of the Burning Incense Pavilion. Xiao Yan accepted the fight and promised to show Li Ji the difference between a registered disciple and a true disciple.

• Li Ji recognized Xiao Yan as the man rumored to have killed the Twin Ghost Emperor, and Xiao Yan confirmed his name and calmly accepted the claim.
• Li Ji's fellow registered disciples urged him to defeat Xiao Yan so they could earn the right to join the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Li Ji, an early Five-star Dou Di, stepped forward with his battle halberd, while Xiao Yan volunteered to fight him.
• Mu Yingying worried about Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi offered to take his place, but Xiao Yan said he had his own methods.
• Li Ji mocked Xiao Yan's Four-star Dou Di strength and told him to surrender, but Xiao Yan confidently accepted the challenge.

Golden Dragon King used his essence blood to reveal a mysterious Golden Giant Tower containing two supreme holy relics and the remains of powerful Dragon Clan members. As he entered the tower to claim a relic, his power vanished and a dazzling light dragon struck him.

• Golden Dragon King used his essence blood to dispel the illusion and reveal the Golden Giant Tower, with two jade boxes atop it.
• He saw Dragon God Will in one box and a partially missing cluster of Multicolor Energy Gas in the other, and suspected that Silver Dragon King had stolen some of it.
• Golden Dragon King discovered countless powerful Dragon Clan corpses and bone fragments inside the tower and wondered how they had died there.
• He decided to enter the tower and obtain one of the holy relics to save the Dragon Clan, despite having no time to investigate further.
• As Golden Dragon King entered the tower, his powers disappeared, and a palm-sized dazzling light dragon struck him with overwhelming force.

Soul Hall and the Hidden Soul Guild plotted to attack the Four Continents Tournament powerhouses in the ruins of Tianwang Cang, while pursuing their own goals in the Demon Suppressing Prison. Mo Tianxing rallied the Four Heroes of the Hidden Soul Society and prepared them to enter the ruins, leaving the coming battle poised to begin.

• Soul Hall’s Sixth Soul Zun told a Hidden Soul Guild leader that Soul Hall forces had entered the Demon Suppressing Prison and promised support in exchange for access to the tournament powerhouses’ souls and Xiao Yan.
• Sixth Soul Zun ordered the Hidden Soul Guild to identify and eliminate tournament powerhouses above Three-star Dou Xian Later-stage in Tianwang Cang, while secretly revealing Soul Hall’s true target was the Dusha Demon Empress’s Dusha Demon Tool.
• Mo Tianxing summoned Mo Baixuan, Moran, and Moyu to discuss entering the ruins of Tianwang Cang before the Four Continents Tournament powerhouses could claim its treasures.
• Mo Tianxing warned his brothers to be cautious of Soul Hall and ordered the Hidden Soul Guild forces to conceal their auras and prepare to attack the tournament powerhouses inside the ruins.