Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan met with seven faction representatives in a remote desert city to discuss their support for the Endless Flame Alliance and the rescue of imprisoned leaders. As the meeting ended, one representative revealed a trap tied to Hell, and the city began sinking as black blood sealed it off.

• Elder Feng led Xiao Yan to a secret meeting in a remote desert city to avoid the Human Realm Center’s spies.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Xiao Clan Mark and heard the seven representatives’ positions, including the Tunling Clan’s firm support and other factions’ fears of retaliation.
• Xiao Yan said the alliance would rescue Chang'e, Yaoji, and other figures imprisoned in the Demon Suppression Realm, urging the factions to await the outcome.
• As the representatives prepared to leave, a silent member invited Xiao Yan to Hell, then exploded and flooded the city with black blood.
• The city was cut off and began sinking as the other six representatives realized one of them had betrayed them.

Cai Lin faced the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Woman to claim her heritage, while Xiao Yan tried to intervene and was pulled into a strange dimension. The woman began guiding Cai Lin’s transformation as a snake shadow carrying power at least at the Ninth Reincarnation Stage appeared.

• Cai Lin summoned the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Force and faced the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Woman’s Medusa Petrifying Eye.
• The attack petrified Cai Lin and rapidly drained her vitality, so Xiao Yan struck at the woman with the God Slashing Ruler and Holy Flame.
• The Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Woman recognized Master’s aura on Xiao Yan and sent him into a strange dimension linked to his past life.
• The woman approached the petrified Cai Lin, spoke words of enlightenment, and infused her with power as Cai Lin began to transform.
• A ten-colored snake shadow formed from blood on the throne and drifted toward Cai Lin, carrying power at least at the Ninth Reincarnation Stage.

Xiao Yan defeated Qing Feng but failed to stop him from escaping with a spatial movement pill, then rushed to the crystal vein to aid the Second Elder. There, Xiao Yan’s allies trapped Qing Yunkun and his forces in a Purgatory Array as the Second Elder faced death.

• Xiao Yan gravely wounded Qing Feng, who crushed a spatial movement pill and escaped before Xiao Yan could finish him off.
• Xiao Yan sent the recovering Third Elder and the others to regain their strength, then took the Blood Guard toward the crystal vein.
• Qing Yunkun and his forces surrounded the Second Elder and demanded that he help them lure out the Wanhuo Sect’s experts, but he refused.
• Qing Yunkun attacked the Second Elder as he began to self-detonate, but a black giant ruler blocked the strike.
• A Purgatory Array Chart filled the cave with scorching magma, trapping Qing Yunkun and his forces.

Xiao Yan fought Tianyuanzi in the Flame World, but Tianyuanzi’s divine power and golden sword qi overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s first attacks. Xiao Yan then manifested his Ten-Layer Divine Palace, leaving the battle poised for a new turn.

• Tianyuanzi revealed the faint divinity condensed into a golden vertical eye and challenged Xiao Yan to fight.
• Xiao Yan struck Tianyuanzi with a powerful punch, but the vertical eye’s golden beam met it head-on and forced Xiao Yan back.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Holy Flame Light Wheel, but Tianyuanzi erased it with golden sword qi and struck Xiao Yan.
• Qing Yuan continued chanting the angel holy praise while Xiao Yan faced Tianyuanzi’s taunts alone.
• Xiao Yan caused the Ten-Layer Divine Palace inside him to materialize, silencing the forces throughout the Flame World.

Qin Tian countered Xiao Yan’s attack and clashed with Xiao Yi while the Dragon Devouring Legion closed in on Xiao Yan. As Xiao Yan prepared to fuse two Sacred Flame Crystals, Long Yi appeared in the sky as a gigantic silver dragon.

• Qin Tian broke Xiao Yan’s life-and-death attack and demanded that he return to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yi confronted Qin Tian with the Emperor Flame Sword, while Qin Tian sent the Dragon Devouring Legion after Xiao Yan.
• Zhu Zhuo told Mu Xuzi and the others to help Xiao Yan only at a critical moment, since they could not defeat the legion outright.
• Ye Mo and the legion surrounded the weakened Xiao Yan, who prepared to fuse the Fire Heart Sky Rock and Ghost Face Soul Flame Sacred Flame Crystals.
• Long Yi appeared as a silver dragon over a hundred zhang long and challenged the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Xiao Tianming refused to leave Thunder Lord and unleashed the third Holy Flame as Slaughter Angel activated the Angel Sanctuary Mansion to capture her. After Thunder Lord was swallowed by the Light Crown Whirlpool, Xiao Tianming plunged into the God-Hunting Light Array to pursue her.

• Xiao Tianming told Thunder Lord to return to where she belonged, but she refused to leave him again.
• Xiao Tianming revealed the Angel Kingdom’s conspiracy against Thunder Lord and the Xiao Clan, then called himself a mortal obsessed with love.
• Xiao Tianming unleashed the third Holy Flame and defied Slaughter Angel, who ordered the Angel Sanctuary Mansion to form ranks.
• The angel powerhouses raised the Sanctuary Altar and used the God-Hunting Light Array to pull Thunder Lord into the Light Crown Whirlpool.
• Xiao Tianming dived toward the altar’s whirlpool to follow Thunder Lord into the array.

Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei entered the hidden heart of the Mihun Heavenly Palace and met its array spirit, the Soul Bewitching Old Ghost. He revealed that Lord Tianwang Cang faced an evil threat that only the Holy Flame or the Thunder Lord might overcome, leaving Xiao Yan asking what danger the lord had encountered.

• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei followed a mysterious voice through a light port into a tranquil bamboo forest.
• Xiao Yan recognized the stone table beside the wooden house as the array diagram controlling the Mihun Heavenly Palace and saw that their companions were trapped but safe.
• The white-haired elder recognized Duan Qifei as the Samsara Runner and Xiao Yan as a Holy Flame Controller, then warned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan would target Holy Flame Controllers.
• The elder introduced himself as the Soul Bewitching Old Ghost, the Array Spirit born from the Mihun Heavenly Palace, and said he guarded the place to repay Lord Tianwang Cang and confront an evil thing.
• The Soul Bewitching Old Ghost said only the Holy Flame or the Thunder Lord might deal with the evil threat, and Xiao Yan asked what danger Lord Tianwang Cang had encountered.

Xiao Yan entered the Wild Ghost Desert to find the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, using the map he had received from You Er. After the map awakened his Core Inscription and a powerful sandstorm threatened him, You Er pulled him beneath the desert to safety.

• Xiao Yan sensed danger in the Space Channel and broke out of it before reaching the Lord of Fierce Souls's Divine Hall.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Wild Ghost Desert and used You Er's map to locate the Divine Halls and study the terrain.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the four Divine Halls seemed arranged like an obscure array, and his Core Inscription reacted violently to the map.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself as an ordinary ghost and crossed the stormy desert while an unknown figure followed him.
• A powerful sandstorm trapped Xiao Yan, but You Er dragged him beneath the desert, saving him from the storm.

The Darkness Lord revealed his connection to the Xiao Clan and his long pursuit of revenge as the Human Realm Center and Angel Kingdom forces attacked the Nether Wall. Xiao Yan and his allies prepared to hold the line, while the Darkness Lord faced Renshenzi and urged Xiao Yan to show his potential.

• The Darkness Lord dismissed Yaoji’s questions about the Nether Lord and the Xiao Clan, saying they first had to deal with the approaching enemy forces.
• Hundreds of troops from the Human Realm Center and Angel Kingdom arrived to attack the Nether Wall, and Xiao Yan ordered the Endless Flame Alliance to defend it.
• The Darkness Lord’s past as Xiao Yunming, the Xiao Clan Patriarch’s younger brother, was revealed, along with his creation of Demon Power and his desire for revenge against the Angel Kingdom and the Human Realm Center.
• Yaoji and the others reinforced the Nether Wall while Wen Lin, Yu Rushuang, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and the King of Myriad Beasts engaged the enemy’s leading fighters.
• The Darkness Lord confronted Renshenzi as Xiao Yan prepared to fight, and Renshenzi demanded the location of the Xiao Clan members.

Xiao Yan and Jasmine investigated the Magic Mud entangling their ship and fought a corrupted Magic Stone Lizard beneath the sea. After they destroyed it, Xiao Yan pointed out the crimson eyes of a more powerful creature waiting below, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Xiao Yan joined Jasmine beneath the ship to investigate what they thought was a reef, and they found Magic Mud wrapped around the stern.
• Jasmine explained that Magic Mud usually clung to a formidable creature, and Xiao Yan sensed something below after his soul power was swallowed.
• Jasmine confronted a Five-Star Dou Xian Perfection Magic Stone Lizard and cut it in half with her spatial power.
• The lizard’s eyes turned crimson and its power surged, so Xiao Yan and Jasmine combined their attacks to destroy it before it could unleash its strength.
• Xiao Yan pointed toward a pair of crimson eyes beneath the sea and warned Jasmine that a more powerful creature was blocking their departure.

Xiao Yan and the other contestants entered Tianming Villa, a vast hidden realm that served as the Four Continents’ law-enforcement center, and were shown to their quarters. As the tournament awaited the arrival of the remaining contestants, Xiao Yan prepared to practice Yuanyan’s array scroll and hoped to find the final ingredient for devouring the Undying Fire.

• After Xiao Yan and the contestants passed through the Light Gate, Yuan Xiao, Duan Tianhong, and Steward Feng followed them into Tianming Villa.
• The contestants arrived at Tianming Villa and marveled at its flower-lined approach and immense square city.
• Duan Qifei explained Tianming Villa’s role as Yinhun Heaven’s law-enforcement domain and described who could reside there.
• Tian Fu introduced himself as the contestants’ guide and led them through Sifang City, where Xiao Yan wondered whether he could find the final ingredient for devouring the Undying Fire.
• Tian Fu assigned the contestants a courtyard on the eastern side of Sifang City, and Xiao Yan returned to his room to practice Yuanyan’s array scroll.

Xiao Yan rescued the seven members of the Heaven Hall from the Blood Demon Envoy and prepared to fight him. The seven recognized Xiao Yan as the Burning Incense Pavilion’s hope, while the Soul Devouring Talisman declared the half-powered Blood Demon Envoy no threat.

• The Blood Demon Envoy trapped the injured seven members of the Heaven Hall in blood-red Qi beams and began draining their life force.
• Xiao Yan struck the Blood Demon Envoy with a flame ruler, interrupted his attempt to devour the seven, and rescued them.
• Xiao Yi caught the freed Heaven Hall members beside Yin Fu Tong and Mu Yingying, and Xiao Yan explained that Yin Fu Tong had lost his memories but survived.
• The seven members of the Heaven Hall recognized Yin Fu Tong and then knelt before Xiao Yan, asking him to lead the Burning Incense Pavilion; Xiao Yan promised to kill the Blood Demon Envoy.
• The Blood Demon Envoy mocked Xiao Yan’s strength, but the Soul Devouring Talisman emerged and said it could easily defeat him despite his remaining half of his true power.

Xiao Yan discovered a powerful presence inside the Corpse Bone Mountain and attacked its barrier, while two guards struggled to keep him out. Within the mountain lay a hidden paradise inhabited by the Xiao Clan Guardians, where a mysterious woman connected to Xiao Yan's Century-Long Pact tended a medicinal garden.

• Xiao Yan sensed a strange aura from the bone mountain and suspected it concealed Su Xueying or another important secret.
• Xiao Yan unleashed rings of Amber Flame against the mountain's barrier, provoking the two guards to reinforce it.
• Xiao Yan and the guards entered a fierce stalemate as Xu Shao and the others secretly followed him.
• The chapter revealed that the mountain's interior was a secluded, thriving paradise, unlike the corpse-strewn swamp outside.
• A mysterious woman tending the medicinal garden was revealed to be in the Guardians' home and deeply connected to Xiao Yan's Century-Long Pact.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Immortal Realm and reached Zixi City, where he noticed a guard with an aura resembling the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After investigating, Xiao Yan encountered Yue Ru, a girl from his past who was associated with the Moon God Palace.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in the Immortal Realm and saw its vast cities and powerful auras.
• The group reached Zixi City in Taixu Heaven and presented Xun'er's Endless Fire Domain identity scroll to the guards.
• Xiao Yan noticed a suspicious guard and slipped away to follow him while Xun'er and the others searched for lodging.
• The guard watched the group leave and went to report that the Endless Fire Domain and Sword Domain required special attention.
• Xiao Yan recognized the guard's aura as resembling that of the Outer Realm Evil Clan, then encountered Yue Ru, who asked him to buy her Sophora Flower Cake.

Yue Ru learned that Xiao Yan had grown stronger and asked Hua Xin to let her seek him during the ruins expedition. Hua Xin agreed, but reaffirmed that her feud with the Burning Incense Pavilion could never be settled, as an unexpected visitor entered Mount Myriad Flowers to atone.

• Hua Xin told Yue Ru about Xiao Yan’s progress, including his victory in the Burning Incense Pavilion Team Competition and his Late Six-star Dou Di strength.
• Yue Ru asked Hua Xin for permission to find Xiao Yan during the upcoming ruins expedition, and Hua Xin agreed to suppress objections within the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion.
• Yue Ru asked whether Hua Xin’s feud with the Burning Incense Pavilion could be resolved, and Hua Xin declared that it was impossible unless she died or her enemy atoned to her.
• An uninvited man broke through Mount Myriad Flowers’ barrier, told Hua Xin he had come to atone, and concealed himself as he headed deeper into the pavilion.

Xiao Yan and his companions set out through the space channel for the Immortal Realm, joined by Princess Qianqin, who warned them of evil forces moving toward the same destination. As they pursued a suspicious territory, they uncovered a hidden intelligence outpost whose inhabitants served Lord Dark Demon under coercion, and a Fire Spirit confronted one of them.

• Xiao Yan left Cai Lin and Mu Yingying in charge of the Endless Fire Domain and departed for the Immortal Realm with Xun'er and Xiao Yi.
• Princess Qianqin appeared in the space channel, explained that the First Elder had sent her to protect the group, and offered the Fire Spirit Tribe's support in retrieving their belongings.
• Princess Qianqin warned the group that evil forces in the void seemed headed for the Immortal Realm, so they concealed themselves and followed the traces she had found.
• Agents in a hidden outpost reported that their plan was proceeding as ordered by Lord Dark Demon, while one complained that their race had been forced to serve him.
• A voice and intense heat filled the outpost, and a shadow recognized the approaching force as Fire Spirits and tried to escape.

Zhou Yuan explained how his past with the Great Thousand Palace and Lu Luan ended, then entrusted Xiao Yan and Xun'er with bringing her safely home. In the crystal palace, the Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription awakened the sealed statue, and a crystal cage captured Xiao Yan and carried him to a mysterious place.

• Zhou Yuan recounted saving Lu Luan, joining the Great Thousand Palace, and failing to prevent the Xuanjui Seal from causing her to commit an irreparable mistake.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er explained that First Elder Tian Qian may have died before the Great Thousand Palace could fulfill its promise, and Zhou Yuan accepted that the misunderstanding granted them his inheritance.
• Zhou Yuan revealed that Red King Rank Guixuan had once attacked his Martial Mansion and asked Xiao Yan and Xun'er to awaken Lu Luan and return her safely to the Great Thousand World.
• As Zhou Yuan's remaining energy vanished, he sent Xiao Yan and Xun'er into the crystal palace, where array-vein power rose from the crystals.
• The Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription broke free from Xiao Yan and poured its core power onto the statue sealing Lu Luan, while the crystals trapped Xiao Yan in a cage.
• The crystal cage drained Xiao Yan's strength and submerged him, while the Undying and Immortal Flame protected his origin as he was taken to a mysterious place.

Xiao Yan absorbed the golden thunder above Jielin Valley to temper his body, then entered the valley’s ancient palace with Xiao Yi. They reached a hall containing a huge lion statue and mysterious murals, while the palace’s ancient Buddhist power threatened their souls.

• Xiao Yan drew the golden thunder into his body, enduring severe pain as it became pure energy, though it did not make him enter Samsara.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi descended into Jielin Valley and found a palace hidden among bamboo marked with Buddhist scriptures.
• The palace’s Buddha Light sensed the evil auras within Xiao Yan, forcing him to summon his holy flames to resist its pressure.
• An ancient bell rang, and the palace’s bronze Buddha Gate opened as a soul-destroying Buddhist chant poured out.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi entered the palace behind protective barriers and found a great hall with a towering bronze lion statue and murals of a lion and an elegant man.

Xiao Yan followed Duan Qifei to the Thunder Pool’s hidden core, where she summoned the Thunder Lord’s remnant soul. The Thunder Lord revealed that Duan Qifei’s unstable Samsara Power needed to awaken and asked Xiao Yan to protect her, offering him the chance to cultivate the Thunder Emperor Sacred Scripture.

• Duan Qifei led Xiao Yan through the Thunder Pool’s barriers to its core, guided by the Samsara Token’s spiritual intelligence.
• Duan Qifei summoned the Thunder Lord’s remnant soul from the grey thunder, and the Soul Devouring Master recognized her.
• The Thunder Lord confirmed that she had fallen in the war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan and explained that Duan Qifei’s Samsara Power had to be stimulated to prevent her samsara from failing.
• The Thunder Lord sensed the Xiao Clan Bloodline in Xiao Yan and hinted at settling an old grievance after she awakened.
• The Thunder Lord asked Xiao Yan to protect Duan Qifei until her Samsara Power awakened, promising him access to the Thunder Emperor Sacred Scripture.

Xiao Yi entered the third battle against Princess Alice at the Elf Holy Altar, where their fight began with Alice demonstrating a clear advantage. Alice challenged him to use his full strength, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Marvin and Diff were carried from the arena badly injured after their match ended in a draw.
• Xiao Yi stepped forward to fight Alice while Xiao Yan watched, ready to intervene if needed.
• Alice threatened to kill Xiao Yi and claim the throne of the Fire Spirit Tribe.
• Xiao Yi unleashed his purple flames and attacked Alice with Fire Spirit Palm, awakening a reaction from the Yaoji Statue.
• Alice blocked Xiao Yi's attack with one finger, disrupted his arm with Samsara Aura, and urged him to use his full strength.