Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan entered the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven atop the Heaven-Piercing River and faced its increasingly powerful attacks as he approached the concentrated Tongtian Emperor Qi. He used Soul Heavenly Wrath to distract the river, seized and swallowed the dark red liquid, and began absorbing its power.

• Xiao Yan entered the grotto-heaven and discovered that the Heaven-Piercing River’s aura stirred the Dou Qi within him.
• The Heaven-Piercing River attacked Xiao Yan with water pillars, and he fought back with the Primordial Fire Ruler and Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan retreated when ten water pillars, each carrying Seven Star Dou Di-level power, pursued him, then realized the river’s attacks intensified closer to the Tongtian Emperor Qi.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Heavenly Wrath to distract the Heaven-Piercing River and pulled the dark red Tongtian Emperor Qi from its center.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Tongtian Emperor Qi and began absorbing its power, relying on his Holy Flame and Emperor Flame to withstand its berserk energy.

Xiao Yan captured the Undying Fire’s origin and received its Sacred Flame Crystal, then began the dangerous process of devouring it. He remained inside the giant egg as his fate was left uncertain, while Xiao Zhuoma and the others waited outside.

• Xiao Yan used his soul power and Flame Mantra to seize the Undying Fire origin from the magma before the Undying Leaf was exhausted.
• The Undying Fire’s Sacred Flame Crystal appeared after Xiao Yan captured its origin, showing that the flame had recognized him.
• Xiao Yan used the Sacred Flame Crystal, his soul attacks, and his other techniques to draw grey liquid from the crystal and combine their powers in a soul river.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the soul river and the Undying Fire origin, and his body’s aura repeatedly weakened and strengthened as the devouring began.
• Xiao Zhuoma waited beside the giant egg and hoped Xiao Yan would succeed, while events continued to unfold in the outside world.

As Xiao Yan secluded himself to strengthen the Endless Flame Alliance, forces across the Great Thousand World prepared for war and pursued their own plans. The chapter left several factions mobilizing toward the Foreign Territory as the final battle with the Outer Realm Evil Clan drew near.

• Yue Ru located Chang'e in the Fourth Demon Suppressing Prison and rejected Mother of Yaochi's suggestion to notify the Endless Fire Domain before leading a rescue mission.
• The Desolate Ancient Heavenly Palace Palace Master learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Sevenfold Reincarnation Stage and ordered the First Elder to assassinate him, despite the First Elder's deployment against the Foreign Territory.
• Thunder Lord and Duan Qifei entered the Berserk Thunder Array together to undergo dangerous forced reincarnation and gain the strength needed to enter the Netherworld and rescue the Xiao Clan Person.
• The Spirit Devouring King imprisoned Tunling Clan members who opposed the Xiao Clan and the Endless Fire Domain, honoring the debt the clan owed Xiao Yuntian and his allies.
• Demon Subduing Kings and experts from several major factions set out from the Great Thousand Palace Outpost to attack the Foreign Territory, while the Human Realm Lord watched for an opportunity to act.

Xiao Yan fused seven Holy Flames to create a seven-colored fire lotus while Yan Feng prepared a powerful counterattack. Su Xueying shielded Xiao Yan from a heavenly tribulation, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed the still-incomplete lotus at Yan Feng.

• Xiao Yan used the Five-Colored Fire Lotus's aftermath to hold Yan Feng back while he borrowed the Nether Night Demon Fire and Nether Green Ten Thousand Cold Flame from Su Xueying.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to quiet and fuse the two borrowed Holy Flames with the other five, triggering a heavenly tribulation across the square.
• Su Xueying took a thunder pillar meant for Xiao Yan, leaving her badly weakened as he continued forming the seven-colored lotus.
• Yan Feng unleashed Ten Thousand Flames Earth Lock, channeling the power of Samsara through fire chains that bound the square.
• Xiao Yan launched the semi-fused Seven-Color Fire Lotus at Yan Feng, who sensed that the attack could destroy his body and soul.

Xiao Yan recovered in Thunder City and headed to the auction house to seek medicinal materials and update his alchemist rank. He entered under a black robe after learning that a member of Sin had noticed him, and a mysterious Grey Robe man took an interest in him.

• Xiao Yan rested for a day and night, then left the City Lord Mansion to visit the auction house and the Alchemist Association.
• An old sir gave Xiao Yan directions, then revealed himself as a member of Sin who suspected Xiao Yan possessed a Holy Flame.
• The Soul Devouring Master warned Xiao Yan about the suspicious old sir and suggested the auction house might have materials for the Undying Fire.
• Xiao Yan concealed his appearance with a black robe and used his Spiritual Power to persuade the auction house guards to let him enter.
• A young Grey Robe man blocked Xiao Yan and challenged him to fight, but Xiao Yan leaped past him and went inside.
• The Grey Robe man said his Master had sent him to retrieve medicinal materials and hoped to meet Xiao Yan again.

Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries in seclusion and learned he could draw on the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s power, though he could not devour it until the Blood Demon Envoy was completely destroyed. He resolved to rescue Yan Chi with the Soul Devouring Master’s help and began preparing the Xu Sheng Pill while trouble stirred outside.

• Xiao Yan recovered in seclusion, and the Soul Devouring Talisman told him he had reached the Peak Mid Seven-star Dou Di but had not broken through.
• Xiao Yan tried to devour the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s Sacred Flame Crystal, but its resistance stopped him.
• The Soul Devouring Talisman explained that Xiao Yan needed to destroy the Blood Demon Envoy completely to devour the flame, though the crystal had recognized him and began sharing its power.
• Xiao Yan asked to rescue Yan Chi, and the Soul Devouring Master agreed to accompany him in exchange for Xiao Yan later helping resolve its wishes in the Ghost Realm.
• Xiao Yan prepared to refine the Xu Sheng Pill as events unfolded outside.

Xiao Yan defeated the Celestial Fox Commander and learned he would face Xu Shao in three days, then went to the auction house to seek supplies. There, he discovered Xu Shao was trying to buy Evil Crystal Monster Blocks, and Xiao Yan arrived as President Su questioned the marshal’s intentions.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Celestial Fox Commander, secured his respect, and learned that Xu Shao had beaten him in fewer than three exchanges.
• The Myriad Monster King appointed Xiao Yan a monster marshal, ordered the Wolf General to arrange rewards, and scheduled Xiao Yan’s fight with Xu Shao for three days later.
• Xiao Yan asked the Wolf General about buying medicinal pills and herbs, then headed with him to the auction house.
• President Su hesitated to sell Xu Shao Evil Crystal Monster Blocks, suspecting he wanted to use them to enter a dangerous place in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the Wolf General and greeted Xu Shao and President Su.

Demon Xiao Yan destroyed the Arbitration Tribunal and then faced Hill, who revealed Angel Wings and amplified his strength. Xiao Yan noticed that Hill’s wings were mismatched, with one white and one purple, and sensed an unfamiliar power in the purple wing.

• Demon Xiao Yan shattered the Pentagram Array and routed the Arbitration Tribunal.
• Elder Lingxi, Yao Wanyuan, and others intercepted Austin and Liu Hao while Hill charged at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan killed the Arbitration Tribunal’s leaders and annihilated its cultivators with a single attack.
• Xiao Yan taunted Hill, who summoned Angel Wings and raised his strength to the Eight-Star Dou Xian Perfection Stage.
• Xiao Yan saw that Hill’s Angel Wings were one white and one purple, with the purple wing carrying a different power.

Xiao Yan confronted a Sin Guard who had sealed the altar while searching for the Undying Leaf. He trapped the enemy with the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument and revealed a concealed Holy Flame that devoured the guard’s Evil Origin, leaving the guard facing the stele’s suppression.

• The Sin Guard emerged from the Forbidden Origin Realm, and the Soul Devouring Master identified him as a Sin Guard seeking the Undying Leaf.
• Xiao Yan attacked with the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and Firmament Finger, Summoning the Heavens, but the Sin Guard’s Dark Knight met his strikes.
• Xiao Yan used the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument to suppress the Sin Guard while holding off the Dark Knight.
• When the Sin Guard summoned his Evil Power to resist, Xiao Yan unleashed a concealed Holy Flame that devoured the Evil Origin.
• The Sin Guard recognized the flame as a possible Dual Holy Flame and realized he would struggle against the monument without his Evil Origin.

Xiao Yan and Yun Qi fought a fierce soul-power battle for the championship, each unleashing their strongest techniques. Lei He stopped the contest before the Colosseum was destroyed and declared them joint champions.

• Xiao Yan used his two-color Soul Fire Tiger to suppress Yun Qi's soul storm, but Yun Qi shattered his soul power and defeated the tiger.
• Yun Qi formed a powerful Soul Fierce Beast, and Xiao Yan agreed that one final move would decide the winner.
• Yun Qi sent the Soul Fierce Beast at Xiao Yan, who blocked it with a Soul Ruler Shadow and summoned Youming Tianhu.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Qi unleashed their soul attacks against each other, shaking the Colosseum and threatening to destroy it.
• Lei He called the battle a draw, awarding Xiao Yan and Yun Qi shared first place and a reward each.

Xiao Yan and his companions headed deeper into Ghost King Ridge toward the Ghost Moon Well, while the Soul Devouring Master explained a plan to draw out the Fiery Beast so Xiao Yan could condense a Dou Core. Meanwhile, Yu Quan and Lei Shi entered the ridge, setting the Qing, Yu, and Lei families on a collision course at the well.

• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan to lure out the Fiery Beast during a crisis and seal his Dou Qi Sea with two strands of Holy Flame Power, though they did not know how he could condense a Dou Core without Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu set out with their group of five toward the Ghost Moon Well, while the Soul Devouring Master sensed something extraordinary about Qinger.
• Yu Quan interrogated a bound Qing Family member, then ordered Yu Jin and Yu Yin to take the captive deeper into Ghost King Ridge as leverage against the Qing Family.
• Yu Quan learned that Lei Shi was approaching alone and declared that the Ghost Moon Well would become the graveyard of the Qing and Lei families.
• Lei Shi arrived at the spot where Yu Quan and his men had been, sensed the Qing and Yu families' auras, and continued toward the Ghost Moon Well.

King Xuan Ling learned that the Blood Demon Envoy had freed Xuan Cang from the Medusa Petrifying Eye, though the ancestor had lost his mind and soul. King Xuan Ling bound Xuan Cang to himself and, when Wen Zi reported a Medusa assault, set out to crush the attackers.

• The Blood Demon Envoy explained that Medusa’s power came from the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline and that Xuan Cang’s soul and intellect had been destroyed by the Petrifying Eye.
• The Blood Demon Envoy revealed that Xuan Cang still retained the strength of an early-stage two-star Dou Xian and could be made to obey whoever injected him with soul power.
• King Xuan Ling poured soul power into Xuan Cang, who accepted him as master, and King Xuan Ling rejoiced that the ancestor’s power was now his.
• The Blood Demon Envoy departed to spread blood curses, intending to help the Blood Demon Race recover by harvesting human blood through its cooperation with King Xuan Ling.
• Wen Zi reported that the Medusa Clan was attacking the Xuan Ling Imperial Family and suffering heavy losses, then noticed King Xuan Ling’s increased power and Xuan Cang standing beside him.
• King Xuan Ling ordered the Medusa attackers killed and led Wen Zi and Xuan Cang away.

The Demon of Light appeared during Xiao Yan’s battle with the Lord of Fierce Souls and revealed that she had attacked the Lihun Domain to avenge the Demon Emperor. The chapter ended with her unleashing overwhelming light power, unaware that the Demon Emperor had survived.

• The Demon of Light interrupted Xiao Yan’s fight with the Lord of Fierce Souls and clarified that she had no alliance with him.
• The Demon of Light showed the Lord of Fierce Souls a scroll depicting the Demon Emperor and accused him of killing her husband.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf recognized the Demon Emperor and revealed that he had once ordered the wolf to find his missing wife.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls mocked the Demon of Light and suggested the Demon Emperor had colluded with the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Demon of Light unleashed her divine light, suppressing the Lord of Fierce Souls and Xiao Yan as her power neared Samsara.

Xiao Yan and his companions registered for the Team Competition, shocking the registrar with the Human Hall team’s strength and Mu Yingying’s Eighth-Tier Life Power. Xiao Yan’s late Six-star Dou Di power shattered the measuring crystal, and Ling Xuan was left wondering why he had no detectable Life Power.

• Xiao Yan and the others entered the registration room after Ling Xuan used her connections to move them to the front of the line.
• Lu Di and Mu Feng registered as late Five-star Dou Di, surprising Ling Xuan and the registrar with the Human Hall team’s strength.
• Mu Yingying registered as an early Six-star Dou Di, and her Eighth-Tier Life Power shocked the registrar and Ling Xuan.
• Ling Xuan registered as a mid Six-star Dou Di from the Earth Hall.
• Xiao Yan registered as a late Six-star Dou Di, then shattered the Rhombic Crystal while demonstrating his strength.
• The registrar decided to report Xiao Yan’s unusual power, while Ling Xuan wondered why he had no Life Power.

Xiao Yan and the others faced an Ice Sin Envoy whose Extreme Ice Domain suppressed their strength and slowed their Dou Qi. Yu Yifeng recognized that the domain was incomplete and chose to fight rather than retreat, as the entrance to Ice Fire Island was near; the chapter ended with both sides’ attacks colliding.

• Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan to watch Yu Yifeng and suggested they might enter Ice Fire Island with his group.
• Yu Yifeng ordered Thunder Snake to gather power while the Ice Sin Envoy expanded his ice silk into a domain.
• The Ice Sin Envoy revealed his Extreme Ice Domain, which severely suppressed Yu Yifeng’s group.
• Yu Yifeng identified the domain as a semi-finished product and urged the group to fight because Ice Fire Island’s entrance was about to appear.
• The Ice Sin Envoy launched dark-red-stained ice arrows, and Yu Yifeng, Thunder Snake, Xiao Yan, Shuiyue, and Earth Monkey met them with attacks and defenses.

Xiao Yan inspected the Xuan Yin Pill formula and realized Qin Xin was concealing a hidden ailment, then began preparing to refine the pill. He started the process with his Black Demon cauldron and Holy Flame, leaving the lengthy refinement and its coming Pill Lightning Tribulation ahead.

• Xiao Yan used his soul power to break the formula’s protection and learned the Xuan Yin Pill could treat women’s cold constitutions and hidden ailments.
• Xiao Yan noticed the formula’s note that Saint Blood Lingzhi could completely cure hidden ailments and inferred Qin Xin had chosen him to keep her condition secret.
• Xiao Yan decided to honor his exchange with Qin Xin and began refining the Xuan Yin Pill using the three sets of materials.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Black Demon cauldron and filled it with Holy Flame, anticipating a faster refinement and a difficult Pill Lightning Tribulation.

Xiao Yan returned to camp and discovered that his troops were risking their lives to collect monster beast essence blood corrupted by evil power. He warned the thousand elites about the danger and recruited them for an expedition to the Demon Emperor Tomb, where treasures remained untouched.

• Xuan Yuan and the nine wolf generals worried that the restless troops might break discipline while Xiao Yan was away.
• Xiao Yan and the Celestial Fox Commander returned to camp after escaping the Scale Monster Legion, and Xiao Yan caught soldiers fighting over essence blood.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the corrupted essence blood, spared the soldiers, and ordered the troops to assemble.
• Xiao Yan told the thousand elites that battlefield essence blood had been corrupted and could consume anyone who absorbed it.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Demon Emperor Tomb lay deep within the battlefield and asked the elites to join him in taking its treasures from the Evil Pupil Monster Group.

Cai Lin and Mu Yingying prepared to go to the Holy See after learning Xiao Yan was there, but Xun'er emerged from seclusion and learned that Mu Yingying was also Xiao Yan's woman. The women reunited with Xiao Yan in the Matriarch Hall, where Xun'er chased him in anger over his growing circle of partners.

• Cai Lin decided to leave the Endless Fire Domain to reach Xiao Yan, and Mu Yingying insisted on going with her.
• Xun'er emerged from seclusion, learned that Xiao Yan was headed to the Holy See, and agreed to join Cai Lin and Mu Yingying.
• Xun'er asked who Mu Yingying was, and Cai Lin explained how Mu Yingying had met Xiao Yan and sacrificed herself for him.
• Xun'er reacted furiously to learning Mu Yingying was another of Xiao Yan's women, while Mu Yingying offered to leave.
• Xun'er struck a hidden figure, revealing Xiao Yan, then chased him around the hall as Mu Yingying smiled at their reunion.

Xiao Yan obtained Yixin Grass and Deep Sea Reef Mud from Manager Luo at a discounted price, paying with medicinal pills after discovering he lacked enough gold coins. He left for the Alchemist Association to verify his alchemy skills and obtain an Immortal Grade Alchemist Emblem.

• Xiao Yan grew impatient while waiting for Manager Luo to return with the medicinal ingredients.
• Manager Luo apologized for the delay and offered Yixin Grass and Deep Sea Reef Mud for one hundred million gold coins, gifting the preserving tray as a gesture of goodwill.
• Xiao Yan inspected the ingredients, confirmed they were correct, and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan paid the one hundred million gold coins with medicinal pills because he had too few gold coins on hand.
• The Soul Devouring Master urged Xiao Yan to verify his alchemy techniques at the Alchemist Association, and Xiao Yan headed there.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the giant hall and awakened the woman they believed was Yaoji. When she tried to pass her inheritance to Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan recognized her as the Corpse Yin Evil God and trapped the hall in a flame array.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying entered the brightly furnished hall and found a stone statue beside a blood-red pool, but no trace of Yaoji or the Second Evil God.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi to use his reincarnation mark on the statue, and the mark’s purple light awakened a beautiful woman from within it.
• The woman addressed Xiao Yi’s bloodline and offered to complete his inheritance, filling Xiao Yi with joy and Mu Yingying with unease.
• As the woman’s inheritance energy approached Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan shoved him aside, seized him and Mu Yingying, and activated a flame array around the hall.
• Xiao Yan accused the woman of being the Corpse Yin Evil God.