Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan confronted the White Bandaged Man, whose aura revealed his connection to the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the man summoned a powerful Ghost White Puppet to attack. Xiao Yan prepared to face the puppet while Duan Qifei and Liu Qing watched, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Duan Qifei and Liu Qing sensed something wrong with the White Bandaged Man’s aura as he faced Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan questioned the man and prepared to attack, while the Mercenary Guild members withdrew after Liu Qing warned them to leave.
• The White Bandaged Man removed his bandages, revealed his evil aura, and summoned the hundred-zhang Ghost White Puppet.
• Xiao Yan recognized the man’s connection to the Outer Realm Evil Clan and gathered his flames as the Ghost White Puppet charged at him.

Xiao Yan learned that the Jasmine Mercenary Corps was heading into the Devil Sea Area to hunt the Magic Whale Sea Dragon Beast, whose beast crystal could help him advance his cultivation. Zhang Yu secretly consulted her four-winged teacher, who planned to enter the Devil Lair and destroy its inhabitants; the group continued toward danger.

• Zhang Yu told Xiao Yan that the Devil Sea Area held precious items tied to opening a new system and revealed the mercenary corps’ mission to hunt the Magic Whale Sea Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yan learned the beast had survived its first heavenly tribulation and resolved to slay it for its beast crystal and to support his Fourth Transformation of the Dragon God.
• Xiao Yan prepared for the sea voyage by cultivating his wood attribute Dou Core, while Zhang Yu returned to her room.
• Zhang Yu used a scroll to contact her four-winged teacher, who ordered her to bring a Teleportation Array into the Devil Lair before the teacher descended.
• The four-winged woman declared that she would eradicate the people in the Devil Lair in the name of the Holy See Angel.

Xiao Yan challenged Ling Yun and her Female Team, wagering three wooden tokens to learn what Ling Yun knew about the Three Great Mountain Ranges. The teams began fighting, while Xiao Yan and Ling Yun prepared to face each other.

• Ling Yun questioned whether Xiao Yan deserved his reputation, and Mu Feng urged the group to fight before the Dawn Team could arrive.
• Xiao Yan claimed Ling Yun as his opponent, while Mu Yingying and the others agreed to face Ling Yun’s four teammates.
• Xiao Yan offered three wooden tokens as a bet and demanded that Ling Yun reveal the secrets of the Three Great Mountain Ranges.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was an Emperor Grade Two Alchemist, startling both teams and unsettling Ling Yun.
• Ling Yun ordered her teammates to attack, and the two teams clashed as Xiao Yan and Ling Yun faced off.

Xiao Yan offered to break the escape array only if the other sects helped destroy the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, and the sects joined the battle. He faced the Blood Demon Envoy above the blood river and pierced his chest with a flame-wreathed palm after unleashing his Seventh Ruler.

• Xiao Yan told the assembled sects he could break the array but would only help them escape if they fought the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Mu Tian Yuan and leaders from the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, Poison Sect, Ancient Desolation Hall, Ten Thousand Sword Gate, and other sects led their disciples into battle.
• The Blood Demon Envoy ordered the Xuan Ling Imperial Family disciples to unleash the Blood Curse, then sacrificed them to strengthen the blood river.
• Xiao Yan struck the blood river with the first six rulers of his Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, but the attacks barely damaged it.
• Xiao Yan used the Seventh Ruler, Heaven Breaking Ruler, and a flame-wreathed palm pierced the Blood Demon Envoy's chest as he avenged his senior brother.

After the other disciples left the Heaven-Piercing River, Xiao Yan remained inside the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven for over a month, worrying his friends and drawing the attention of Mu Xuzi and Xiong Yuan. They recalled the grotto-heaven’s deadly pressure and hoped Xiao Yan could survive and create another miracle.

• Mu Feng, Lu Di, and the other disciples returned from the Heaven-Piercing River with greatly improved cultivation, while Xiao Yan remained behind.
• Wang Chen and Xing Yu worried that Xiao Yan’s month-long absence meant something had gone wrong, but Ling Xuan trusted his strength and noted that the ruins would open in five months.
• Mu Feng worried about Xiao Yan, while Mu Yingying sensed that his power was still growing and Lu Di hoped he was safe.
• Mu Xuzi and Xiong Yuan discussed the danger of the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven, whose pressure had once repelled even Mu Xuzi, and hoped Xiao Yan would survive.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Holy Flame Hall and faced five passages, while Tian Qian and Tian Hong moved ahead. Guided by the Soul Devouring Talisman, Xiao Yan chose the middle passage, but the group remained unaware of the powerful Outer Realm Evil Clan aura within.

• Tian Qian and Tian Hong entered the Holy Flame Hall ahead of Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, and Yan Chi, while Qi Haoqing ordered six Xuan Ling Imperial Family experts to attack Mu Tianyuan and the Heaven Hall fighters outside.
• Yan Chi sensed the Holy Flame and led the group through the dark Front Hall, where Xiao Yan found that his soul perception was limited and could no longer track Tian Qian or Tian Hong.
• The group reached five identical passages, and Yan Chi explained that only one led to the Holy Flame Main Hall while the others carried illusory Holy Flame auras.
• Xiao Yan consulted the Soul Devouring Talisman, which directed him to the middle passage and warned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan aura inside was stronger than any he had encountered before.
• Xiao Yan led the others into the middle passage as Mu Yingying continued to feel that something terrible was about to happen.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Dragon Tomb after Long Tian and Long Feng were gravely wounded, and his Golden Dragon King Essence Blood nearly drove him into a killing frenzy. He recognized Zhu Kun, who appeared to be controlled, just as Long Yuan tried to flee toward the Dragon God Stele.

• Long Yuan urged Long Feng to finish off Long Tian, whose Dragon Body had detonated and whose Flame of Life was fading.
• Long Tian realized the Silver Dragon King's plan had left the Dragon Clan's forces in dire straits and suspected the Golden Dragon King had knowingly gambled on the outcome.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the light orb and sent the already battered Long Feng flying aside, leaving him unconscious and severely injured.
• The Soul Jade and Emperor Flame Ring calmed Xiao Yan's violent reaction to the Golden Dragon King's Essence Blood, and he recognized Zhu Kun beside Long Yuan.
• Xiao Yan sensed Zhu Kun had been controlled, while Long Yuan attempted to rush toward the Dragon God Stele and ordered Zhu Kun to hold Xiao Yan off.

Xiao Yan learned that the Heaven Bear Tyrant’s forces had badly weakened the allied Monster Kings and went to confront the pursuers at Evil Moon Cliff. There, the Myriad Monster King, Flower Monster King, and Earth Rhinoceros Monster King fought to protect two unconscious personal guard leaders and escape with them toward the Demon Suppressing Prison.

• Snake Marshal told Xiao Yan that the allied armies had suffered heavy losses and that three elite commanders were pursuing the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf’s personal guards near Evil Moon Cliff.
• Xiao Yan sent Snake Marshal and the remaining soldiers to recover at the Tianyuan Battlefield, then traveled alone to Evil Moon Cliff.
• The Myriad Monster King and her companions fled with two unconscious personal guard leaders while disguised personal guards scattered to draw away their pursuers.
• The Blood Demon King and two other elite commanders surrounded the three Monster Kings, and the Myriad Monster King attacked to create an opening.
• The Flower Monster King and Earth Rhinoceros Monster King carried the unconscious leaders down toward Evil Moon Cliff, where the Demon Suppressing Prison lay.

Demon Xiao Yan faced Hill’s God-Slaying Power, which threatened to purify his Demon Power. He unleashed Demon Wood Evil Funeral against Hill’s Angel Anthem, and their forces clashed across the Medicine Realm.

• Hill revealed one white and one purple Angel Wing and began gathering Heaven and Earth Energy into a milky white vortex.
• Xiao Yan realized he could not use his Holy Flame and combined his Demon Power with his Wood Attribute instead.
• Ling Xi warned Xiao Yan that Hill’s purple Angel Wings wielded the Holy See’s God-Slaying Power.
• Hill’s divine Silk Rainbows bound Xiao Yan and began stripping away and purifying his Demon Power.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Demon Wood Evil Funeral, sending black forests and vines across the Medicine Realm toward Hill’s vortex.
• Hill answered with Angel Anthem, and the holy Silk Rainbows collided with Xiao Yan’s Demon Woods.

Xiao Yan discovered Lin Fengya was using the Four-Dragon Coffin Lock to weaken the Emperor’s Soul, then escaped Lin Fengya’s powerful guards by threatening the coffin with a devastating attack. He used the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp to raise his soul power and prepared an ambush for the pursuing Uncle Lin.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Emperor’s Soul in the black coffin and realized Lin Fengya was behind the Emperor’s worsening illness, but the Forbidden Air Domain prevented him from escaping by spatial shuttle.
• Lin Fengya appeared, revealed his plan to secure the throne, and ordered Hun Wuji, Elder Lin, Guard Lin, and Uncle Lin to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan launched Buddha’s Wrath Reincarnation toward the coffin, forcing Hun Wuji and two other guards to protect it while he fled.
• Uncle Lin pursued Xiao Yan, who used the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp to temporarily raise his soul power beyond the Taixu late stage.
• Xiao Yan prepared a powerful array in a stone passage to ambush Uncle Lin.

Yue Ru and Xiu Qi arrived at the Burning Incense Pavilion to find Xiao Yan, but Wang Chen tried to turn them away until Xiao Yan appeared. The chapter ended with Yue Ru recognizing him.

• With ten days left before the ruins' seal weakened, Yue Ru and Xiu Qi traveled to the Burning Incense Pavilion to seek Xiao Yan's help with Yue Ru's breakthrough.
• Xiu Qi and Yue Ru reached the Heaven Burning Domain, where Wang Chen challenged their request to enter.
• Wang Chen claimed the pavilion had no one named Xiao Yan and retreated into the Heaven Burning Domain while secretly signaling for help.
• Xiu Qi used her speed to confront Wang Chen but held back from striking him after Yue Ru urged her not to cause trouble.
• Xiao Yan passed by and called out to Yue Ru, who froze in surprise at hearing his voice.

Xiao Yan and the others searched a perilous magma world for the entrance to the Six Paths Samsara Mansion, which appeared after six scorching suns formed an orange ring. As powerful competitors rushed inside, Xiao Yan entered with Yun Yun, determined to obtain the Heavenly Samsara Flame.

• The Nether Sea Dragon Serpent and the Myriad Poison Gu Maiden split up to search, while Xiao Yan explored the magma with his Glazed Colored Flame but found no entrance below.
• Xiao Yan led Yun Yun and Yue Ru toward the depths as deadly orange-gold fire arcs swept through the flame world.
• Six scorching suns rose from the magma and formed an orange ring that opened a space vortex, revealing the entrance to the Six Paths Samsara Mansion.
• Yue Ru identified the white-clad Tang Feng as a powerful genius from the Human Realm Center, and Xiao Yan anticipated a possible clash with him.
• The Nether Sea Dragon Serpent and the Myriad Poison Gu Maiden entered the vortex ahead of Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan carried Yun Yun and Yue Ru into the cave mansion, vowing to obtain the Heavenly Samsara Flame.

Xiao Yan purged the last of Yun Qi’s Evil Origin and learned that the surviving participants planned to gather at the Thunder Pool for refuge. As the groups prepared to travel there, Huantong ordered an ambush to wipe them out.

• Xiao Yan used the Holy Flame to destroy the last of Yun Qi’s Evil Origin, and Yun Qi thanked him before collapsing unconscious.
• Xiao Yan told Liu Qing, Duan Qifei, and the other women that they would head to the Thunder Pool with the surviving participants the next day, despite the risk of an ambush.
• Muge and other survivors decided to rest and set out for the Thunder Pool at dawn after receiving Liu Qing’s soul transmission.
• Huantong learned that the participants would converge on the Thunder Pool and ordered Mu Xiao to gather their forces and ambush them.
• Huantong wondered why Youhuan, You Zun, and Huan Zun were searching for the Thunder Tomb Forbidden Area and why Ghost’s aura had disappeared.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison was causing her to lose control and distort her appearance, and Duhun Zi revealed a possible cure in the Poison God Palace’s forbidden Poison God Demon Pool. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Xun'er ready to hunt the Eight-Poison Demon Snake for its poison pill and other parts.

• The Ten Thousand Snake King explained that Xiao Yi Xian had made a deal with her to absorb excess poison mist while using the cave’s poison to advance her cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and clarified the deal, reaching the Dou Xian level as her strength rapidly increased.
• Xiao Yan removed Xiao Yi Xian’s concealing poison mist and saw venomous insects wriggling beneath her skin, while Xun'er comforted her.
• Duhun Zi explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s incomplete poison skill and poison pill caused her condition, then proposed seeking a cure in the Poison God Demon Pool.
• Duhun Zi identified the Eight-Poison Demon Snake as the source of a powerful poison pill that could cure Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan agreed to go after it.

Xiao Yan, Qinger, and Qing Wenshu descended to the bottom of the Ghost Moon Well and uncovered a hidden passage beneath its receding waters. Xiao Yan led them through a Coiling Dragon Array to a gigantic bronze gate concealing a magnificent Pill Hall.

• Xiao Yan sensed a trace of tyrannical green qi as the group descended, but he and the Soul Devouring Master could not identify its source.
• At the bottom of the well, Qinger and Qing Wenshu realized the Full Moon Night had exposed a hidden passage after the waters drained back into the spring eye.
• Xiao Yan used his cyan-yellow Holy Flame to drive away the passage's black qi and revealed its winding, intricately carved walls.
• Xiao Yan identified the Coiling Dragon Array and used his Natal Core Inscription to find a way through its illusory wall.
• Xiao Yan led Qinger and Qing Wenshu to a massive bronze gate, which he pushed open after sensing a magnificent Pill Hall behind it.

Xiao Yan and the others saw that the Buddha Realm had fallen to the Outer Realm, then turned their attention to the Ghost Realm, where three Outer Realm Royal Clans were massing to attack. The defenders refused to surrender and prepared to fight to the death, while the Thunder Lord and Master remained trapped in life-and-death seclusion.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Mystery Mirror to reveal the Ghost Realm after the others reacted to the Buddha Realm's fall.
• The Soul Devouring Master urged Nier to take the Ten Halls of Yama and others back to the Endless Fire Domain, but they chose to stay and defend the Ghost Realm.
• The Ghost Abyss Domain Master asked about rumors that the Thunder Lord had emerged from seclusion, and the Soul Devouring Master said they could not leave their deep retreat.
• A burly Outer Realm evil king demanded the Ghost Realm accept their proposal, but the Soul Devouring Master refused to bow to the Outer Territory.
• The evil kings began their assault, and the Soul Devouring Master raised the Devouring Array as the defenders resolved to fight to the death.

The Moonlight Fairy appeared through Yue Ru’s inheritance and subdued the Vicious Old Monster, then explained that Xiao Yan might restore the Life and Death Two Forms Spring by investigating its Spring Eye. Because the descent required Holy Flames, Mu Yingying volunteered to accompany Xiao Yan despite the danger to her sealed flame.

• Yue Ru summoned the Moonlight Fairy, who recognized Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and their companions as promising but currently weak.
• The Moonlight Fairy bound the fleeing Vicious Old Monster and rejected his claim that she was to blame for his imprisonment.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Life and Death Two Forms Spring could be repaired, and the Moonlight Fairy said its lost power might be tied to a malfunctioning Spring Eye.
• The Moonlight Fairy revealed that investigating the Spring Eye required Holy Flames, prompting Xiao Yan to worry about Mu Yingying’s sealed flame.
• Mu Yingying chose to go down with Xiao Yan, even though using her Holy Flame could put her life at risk.

After defeating Kelly and resolving the immediate threat to the Endless Fire Domain, Xiao Yan learned that factions across the four continents were gathering to confront the Holy See. He planned to travel alone to the Holy See on the Dou Yun Continent, while Cai Lin and Mu Yingying promised to wait for his safe return.

• Xiao Yan told the gathered powerhouses to restore order in the Endless Fire Domain, and the people acclaimed him as their Domain Lord.
• Mu Yingying and Mu Feng explained that factions from the four continents had gathered at the Holy See headquarters, and Cai Lin admitted she regretted sending Elder Feng away.
• Xiao Yan announced he would go alone to the Holy See, saying his strength had reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Xian mid-stage and that he had promised the Demon Emperor to address the Demon of Light.
• Xiao Zifan said he would provide a Spatial Transfer scroll to take Xiao Yan to the Dou Yun Continent, while Mu Feng described how other factions would soon join the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan comforted Cai Lin and Mu Yingying, and the three agreed that he would return safely and they would wait for him.

Xiao Yan fought Chen Xi inside Chen Xi’s Wood Attribute Domain and overcame its suppressive power with the Undying Dou Soul and Undying Fire. The chapter left Chen Xi defeated and dying after Xiao Yan struck him with the Heavenly King Seal.

• Xiao Yan entered Chen Xi’s domain and used the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler to break apart Chen Xi’s first attack.
• Chen Xi appeared and unleashed his domain’s Wind Element Binding, creating a suppressive hurricane aimed at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan expanded the Undying Nether Sparrow and fired Undying Fire Feather, which dispersed the hurricane’s suppressive power.
• Xiao Yan blocked Chen Xi’s escape and struck him in the chest with the Heavenly King Seal.
• Chen Xi screamed as his Origin Power drained away, defeated by Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan drove back the Traveling Angel Mekal with the Thunder Lord’s help, while Shuiyuan City prepared to confront a deadly vortex threatening the sea. After the angel destroyed the vortex and departed, Xiao Yan was rescued and honored as the city’s hero.

• The Thunder Lord’s avatar drove back the Traveling Angel Mekal, then warned Xiao Yan that they might become enemies when the Thunder Lord returned through Samsara.
• Scouts reported that Steward Tian had fled with an Evil Person and that a black hole vortex was approaching Shuiyuan City, prompting Wu Kun and Ji Xuan to gather forces for a rescue.
• Lin Xiu told Wu Kun that Xiao Yan had saved the missing people and possessed the antidote to the biting incidents, so Wu Kun summoned Shuiyuan City’s Old Ancestor.
• The Traveling Angel destroyed the black hole vortex and departed after speaking to Xiao Yan, astonishing the assembled forces.
• Wu Kun’s group rescued the severely weakened Xiao Yan, and Shuiyuan City recognized him as its hero.