Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xun'er arrived at the Great Thousand Palace for the plane conference, where Xiao Yan’s Demon Cube resonated with the Demon Subduing Array. The Demon Subduing King summoned Xiao Yan personally, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan and Xun'er approached the room where the lord awaited them.

• Xiao Yan felt the Demon Subduing Array probe him and react to the Demon Cube, but the guiding elder helped him pass through it with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er reached the Great Thousand Palace plaza and saw powerful representatives, including a woman from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, gathering for the plane conference.
• The Heavenly Phoenix Clan woman asked when the conference would begin, and the Daqian elder said they had to wait for important figures and attend to another matter first.
• The Daqian elder led Xiao Yan and Xun'er into the palace, prompting jealousy among the assembled powerhouses until palace personnel revealed the Demon Subduing King had personally summoned Domain Master Xiao.
• The Daqian elder told Xiao Yan and Xun'er that the lord was waiting in a wooden suite, whose presence made them feel that a mighty being was inside.

Withered Bone Corpse Demon and Red-Haired Succubus attacked Taiwu Immortal, but he broke their killing moves with his six Qi Swords. Blood Stone Evil Sovereign then unleashed the Blood Fiend Demon Eye, which Taiwu Immortal destroyed with his Taiwu Sword Intent, leaving the Red King Ranks afraid before him.

• Withered Bone Corpse Demon summoned six Withered Bone Demon Statues while Red-Haired Succubus unleashed Succubus Puppet Shadow against Taiwu Immortal.
• Taiwu Immortal used six cyan Qi Swords to shatter both attacks, wounding Withered Bone Corpse Demon and Red-Haired Succubus.
• An evil shadow told Dark Demon that his protector, Moon God Palace Master, Flower God Palace Master, and Blood Stone Evil Sovereign's blood demons had fallen.
• Blood Stone Evil Sovereign attacked Taiwu Immortal with the Blood-Red Setting Sun and its Blood Fiend Demon Eye, healing the two demons as it advanced.
• Taiwu Immortal merged his six Qi Swords and used Taiwu Sword Intent Slaying Impermanence to destroy the attack and the demon eye.
• Taiwu Immortal turned toward the four Red King Ranks, whose fear grew as they faced him.

Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master discovered that the second layer of the Earth Spirit Pagoda held the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor, a dragon-blooded human guarding a Dark Red Coffin. When the Martial Emperor attacked, Xiao Yan used Dragon Perception to manifest the phantom of the Golden Dragon King, leaving his opponent shocked.

• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master identified the thousand-foot dragon phantom as the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor, a human whose body had mutated after absorbing dragon blood.
• Xiao Yan sensed a treasure inside the Dark Red Coffin, and the Soul Devouring Master awakened the Martial Emperor, who attacked Xiao Yan with Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan used the First Transformation of the Dragon God and his flame techniques to evade the attack, then realized he could use the Second Transformation, Dragon Perception.
• Xiao Yan invoked Dragon Perception and vanished as a golden giant dragon appeared, causing the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor to recognize the Golden Dragon King and stare in disbelief.

Xiao Yan fought four awakened stone statues whose black markings suppressed his powers, then destroyed the markings with the Holy Flame. Afterward, Yun Yun was missing, and a clash erupted above the grand hall.

• The four stone statues awakened and trapped Xiao Yan on the round platform, while Yun Yun sensed someone nearby and left the grand hall to investigate.
• Xiao Yan used the Dragon God Transformation to withstand the statues' attacks, but their coordinated assault drained his strength and bound his soul power and Holy Flame.
• The statues formed a black cage around Xiao Yan, but his Flame Mantra released a six-colored flame that burned it away and revealed foul black Qi.
• Xiao Yan warned Yue Ru not to inhale the black aura and melted the black markings at the statues' throats, leaving them inert.
• Xiao Yan asked Yue Ru where Yun Yun had gone, but a fierce energy fluctuation sounded from above the grand hall before she could answer.

After swallowing the Fifth Holy Flame, Xiao Yan reached the Quasi-Eighth-Reincarnation Stage and learned of escalating crises across the Great Thousand World. He left for the Heaven Realm with Mu Yingying to meet Crown Lady Chang'e, while Cai Lin and Yun Yun remained behind with a secret between them.

• Xiao Yan emerged from half a year of seclusion as a fiery crescent moon and nine stars appeared above the Endless Fire Domain, and he discovered a corpse controlled by the Eternal Nightmare Flame.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Monster Realm had been attacked by Seraphs led by Xier, the Slaughter Angel's strength remained uncertain, and the King of Myriad Beasts had rescued the realm.
• Cai Lin and the others told Xiao Yan about the Thunder Lord's death-seclusion, the Fire Spirit Tribe's search for Yaoji, the Heaven Realm's rescue of Crown Lady Chang'e, and the return of the Evil God Witch Queen.
• Yun Yun said Crown Lady Chang'e wanted Xiao Yan to visit her and was withholding information about Yaoji, so Xiao Yan set out for the Heaven Realm with Mu Yingying.
• After Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying departed, Xun'er asked Cai Lin and Yun Yun about their secret, and they said they would not take the final step unless absolutely necessary.

Yue Palace Master revealed that she had used poison guides to control the Poison God Palace’s powerhouses and trapped the opposing leaders. As the poison servants closed in, Xiao Yan awakened his Demon Power and attacked a strange presence concealed in the clouds.

• Yue Palace Master’s poison guides emerged from the Poison God Palace fighters, turning them into her servants, while Mirror Moon Palace Master revealed she had been controlled too.
• The elder presiding over the situation attacked Yue, but Lengyue blocked the strike with Lengyue's Mirror.
• Yue trapped Mirror Moon Palace Master and the other leaders in a heaven realm as her poison servants surrounded Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan awakened his Demon Power and struck the clouds above the altar, blasting open a spatial pit.
• A massive figure encircled by the yellow poisonous bugs Yue had collected crawled out of the pit.

Ming Feng used Bai Wangyuan and his companion’s pills and mountain energy to create a powerful pill, believing it had won him the gathering. Xiao Yan completed his own pill and revealed the Spirit Ascension Method as the two contenders’ pills approached their final forms.

• After Hua Qianqian and the Thorn Demon Child exhausted themselves resisting the lightning, Ming Feng declared he would claim the championship.
• Ming Feng’s cauldron drew in the essence of Bai Wangyuan and his companion’s pills and the energy of their mountains, prompting onlookers to accuse him of cheating.
• Bai Wangyuan and his companion resisted the lightning while Ming Feng fused the gathered energy into his pill and summoned the Tianxuan Thunder Punishment.
• Ming Feng claimed victory after producing a pill more powerful than an eighth-tier pill, while Xiao Yan calmly completed his own fusion.
• Xiao Yan’s silver pill absorbed the Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning through his body, and a scarlet pill in the Black Flame Giant Cauldron continued to solidify.

Xiao Yan and his companions were trapped in the Dark Demon Realm, where their powers were suppressed and attacks came from across space. After the God Slashing Ruler Spirit explained that they had ten chances and had to thwart three attacks to survive, Xiao Yan organized the group to watch each other’s backs.

• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Yue Ru, and Yaoling found themselves isolated from one another in the Dark Demon Realm, unable to use most of their powers.
• A Magic Hand attacked Xiao Yan from behind, but he dodged after Yun Yun, Yue Ru, and Yaoling warned him.
• The God Slashing Ruler Spirit explained that the group had ten chances to intercept attacks and had to thwart three of them or be annihilated by the realm’s rules.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun, Yue Ru, and Yaoling to strike any unknown object or power that attacked one of them.
• Xiao Yan and the three women spread out in a quadrilateral and watched one another, knowing one of their ten chances had already been used.

Xiao Yan climbed the Flame God Cauldron as Sacred Flames across the Great Thousand World answered its call, but the Eternal Nightmare Flame remained suppressed in the Void Land. The Phoenix Clan moved to settle there, where its arrival coincided with a hidden threat and its unresolved grudge against the Xiao Clan.

• The Golden Flame left its shrine in the Buddha Realm, while the Immortal Holy Flame and Undying Fire joined the Flame God Cauldron and Mu Yingying sent the Heavenly Fiend Fox Flame and Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame to it.
• Xiao Yan could not summon the Eternal Nightmare Flame, which a demonic figure in the Void Land kept isolated in a pool of milky liquid while preparing an array with eight coffins.
• Xiao Yi's Spirit Source Fire crossed the void to fill the fourteenth Sacred Flame's place, and the Bodhi Purifying Heart Flame, Nether Night Demon Fire, Samsara Flame, and Wulu Purple Spirit Flame answered the cauldron's call.
• Feng Luanyi led the Phoenix Clan to the Void Land to establish a new homeland, ordered its strongest fighters to build it, and vowed the clan would not forgive the Xiao Clan for failing to rescue them.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yuan fought their way through the chaos in the Tianyuan Mountain Range as the black shadow unleashed a terrifying attack upon its demise. They entered the ruins to confront Tianyuanzi and the Human Realm Center Realm Lord, while Xiao Tianming and the Golden Dragon King led the coalition army against the shadow’s forces.

• Qing Yuan revealed that the black shadow was likely a manifestation of the Human Realm Center Realm Lord’s Xuanyuan Heavenly Art.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the eighth change of the Dragon God Transformation, Ten Thousand Dragons Worship, forcing the black shadow to use Soul-Eater Storm as it died.
• The ruined divine halls released a colossal shadow and deadly black tendrils that annihilated anyone they touched.
• The Golden Dragon King and Xiao Tianming led the coalition troops into the ruins to fight the spreading black mist and its creatures.
• Xiao Yan entered the depths of the ruins to face Tianyuanzi and the Human Realm Center Realm Lord, and Qing Yuan went with him.

Qin Tian countered She Fu’s Dragon Python Staff attack with his Immovable Ming King Formation and Fire Red Flame, then struck She Fu down from the sky. Qin Tian panted beside the fallen She Fu, uncertain whether the Half-Immortal was dead.

• She Fu summoned the Dragon Python Staff and unleashed the Dragon Python Spirit at Qin Tian.
• The Snake King pressed Qing Mu’s group while Mei Lan urged him to finish the fight quickly.
• Qin Tian used his Immovable Ming King Formation and five spheres of Black and White Life and Death Power to seize and suppress the Dragon Python Spirits.
• Qin Tian engulfed the spirits in Fire Red Flame, then charged She Fu and struck him down with a flaming palm.
• Qin Tian panted and wondered whether She Fu was dead.

Xiao Yan reached the Fifth Layer of the Earth Spirit Pagoda and discovered the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp guarded by two ancient trees. As he and the Soul Devouring Master examined the lamp, a powerful voice appeared and triggered Xiao Yan’s defenses.

• Xiao Yan broke through the final passage and entered the Fifth Layer, where immense pressure and a white world surrounded him.
• Xiao Yan noticed two ancient trees enclosing a protected area and approached them cautiously.
• Xiao Yan saw the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp on a wooden table and learned from the Soul Devouring Master that it could preserve soul power and might have come from the Shadow Soul Ghost Cave.
• An ancient voice declared that it was time to end this, causing Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame Heart and Spirit Palace to tremble and protect him.

Lu Luan released the complete Divine Motion Inscription to help Xiao Yan reach the Emperor Master Stage, while refusing to return to the Great Thousand World because she considered herself a sinner. As Xiao Yan began merging the inscriptions, Lu Luan gave Xun'er a body-tempering legacy to help her keep pace with him.

• Lu Luan thanked Xiao Yan for honoring Zhou Yuan's request, but said she had no face to return to the Great Thousand World.
• Lu Luan severed her bond with the ancient red Core Inscription and sent it to Xiao Yan, urging him to merge it with his own Divine Motion Inscription and break through to Emperor Master.
• Xiao Yan began using his Spiritual Power to sense the connection between the two hostile inscriptions and find a way to merge them.
• Lu Luan gave Xun'er an ancient body-tempering scroll, explaining that it would suit her better than the Martial Mansion's legacy would suit Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er accepted the scroll and resolved to strengthen herself rather than remain behind Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Forbidden Area sealed off its space, preventing him from flying out or returning through the entrance, and that the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation likely prevented him from using his Dou Di Body. Though trapped and worried, he remembered why he had come and continued down the path.

• Xiao Yan entered the Forbidden Area and found that the trees held no power, while his soul power vanished when he tried to probe the space.
• Long Yi detected strange spatial fluctuations, and Xiao Yan was thrown back after trying to fly above the ground.
• Xiao Yan rushed to the entrance but found that he could not leave the Forbidden Area.
• Golden Dragon explained that the formation had sealed the space and likely prevented Xiao Yan from using his Dou Di Body.
• Xiao Yan regained his resolve, slung the Primordial Fire Ruler onto his back, and continued down the path.

Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Mu Yingying uncovered the hidden formation diagram of the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation at the bottom of the basin. Xiao Yan discovered that seven fish were shown around the Silver Dragon, confirming Elder Zhu’s warning as Xiao Shou raced to collect stones from the guardians.

• Xiao Yan led Mu Feng and Mu Yingying to the basin floor after realizing the stones Xiao Shou and the Da Pang siblings had found came from below.
• Xiao Yan recalled Elder Zhu’s explanation that the formation’s guardians held stones needed to enter the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool and that an item from the central battlefield could help break the formation.
• Xiao Yan’s soul power detected a hidden obstruction, and Mu Feng used his Yin Yang Bagua technique to reveal the concealed center of the basin.
• Xiao Shou learned that the group had discovered the secret and continued battling a guardian, believing his side had gained the initiative by activating five fish.
• Mu Feng and Mu Yingying saw the revealed golden formation tray, its Silver Dragon, and seven swimming fish, and Xiao Yan said this confirmed his estimate.

Xiao Yan arranged to take his Dou Di Pill while the group waited out the Black Storm, and Tang Tang agreed to guard him while secretly planning to capture him after their expedition. When Xiao Yan opened the pill, it transformed into a figure resembling Xun Er, leaving him stunned.

• Tang Tang led the group to a Blood Blade Mercenary Group hideout to wait out the Black Storm, which could last one to three months.
• Xiao Yan told Tang Tang he would use his Dou Di Pill to attempt a breakthrough to Five-star Dou Di, and she agreed to give him up to a month.
• Tang Tang ordered Wu Yu to watch Xiao Yan and revealed that the group planned to knock him out and take him after they broke through the barrier in the Desert Zone.
• Elder Zhuo and Xuan Shan discussed the group’s strength and their hunt for an expert from the Medusa Clan, while Mu Yingying and Xiao Yi sensed unusual power connected to the Death Desert.
• Xiao Yan sealed his cabin with soul power and opened the Dou Di Pill, which escaped his hand and transformed into a figure that he recognized as Xun Er.

Mu Chenfeng confronted Mei Ye, deputy chief of the Charm Snake Tribe, and demanded the location of the Medusa Clan's Divine Hall. When Mei Ye denied knowing it, they fought, and her poisonous attack exploded near him.

• Mu Chenfeng set down Mei Yao'er and faced Mei Ye, who recognized him as a dangerous human intruder.
• Mei Ye considered Mu Chenfeng's question about the Divine Hall and concealed what she knew about its opening several months earlier.
• Mei Ye claimed she did not know the Divine Hall's location, and Mu Chenfeng threatened to force the answer from the tribe.
• Mei Ye unleashed the Charm Snake Tribe's charm and corrosive Dou Qi, while Mu Chenfeng revealed his Mid Eight-star Dou Di strength.
• Mei Ye detonated the Dou Qi Mu Chenfeng had stopped, and he realized he had forgotten the Medusa Clan's poison skills.

Xiao Yan and his group endured the desert heat while, beneath the Snake People Tribe, Qing Hua She gathered the tribal leaders to reveal an unconscious woman. The woman awoke with Cauldron Three Flower Pupils, shocking the assembled leaders.

• Xiao Yan and his group traveled through the scorching desert, and Tang Tang admired Xiao Yan's ability to endure the heat.
• Qing Hua She summoned the Medusa Snake Tribe's leaders, including Nu Dong, to a crystal palace beneath the desert.
• Qing Hua She brought Mu Feng, Lu Di, and an unconscious woman before the leaders, while Nu Dong objected to their presence and attacked them.
• Qing Hua She stopped Nu Dong and had her purple snake bite the unconscious woman to awaken her.
• The woman opened her eyes, revealing Cauldron Three Flower Pupils and a bloodline fluctuation that startled the nine leaders.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the estate, where Shan Yao revealed that Snake Spirit had been sent to the rear courtyard. In the study, Xiao Yan activated a hidden message on a blank sheet of paper and learned that an Immortal Grade Four Pill awaited an alchemist who could defeat the opponent in the alchemy room.

• A strange force pulled Snake Spirit through the opened stone door, and Shan Yao told Xiao Yan that the power inside had taken her to the rear courtyard.
• Shan Yao led Xiao Yan and Snake Punishment into the estate and said she wanted to investigate the study before going elsewhere.
• Xiao Yan entered the study and discovered that its thousands of books were neatly arranged and free of dust.
• Xiao Yan touched a blank sheet of paper and used his soul power to reveal a message from the estate's former owner.
• The message told Xiao Yan that some inheritances lay in the main hall, which could only be entered after defeating someone in the alchemy room, and revealed an Immortal Grade Four Pill.

Hu Du and Wu Jiang investigated the disappearance of sixty-one newcomers and discovered that the missing disciples were being held beneath the path to the testing plaza. Two Jiang Family brothers escaped their captors, but the elder brother confronted two powerful figures so his younger brother could warn Elder Wu that the selection tournament could not begin.

• Hu Du and Wu Jiang decided to search the unchecked path from the ferry to the testing plaza for clues about the missing newcomers.
• A sinister figure beneath the path learned that fifty-nine captives were asleep and ordered its followers to find the two who had escaped.
• The Jiang Family brothers fought through pursuing black figures, and the elder brother used his essence blood to destroy many of them.
• The elder brother sent his younger brother back to warn Elder Wu that the selection tournament could not begin, then faced two figures wielding black and white rays of light.
• The figure beside the Cold Pool shed its disguise and transformed into a sinister black figure.