Chapter Summaries

During the month before the ruins open, Hua Yun told Yue Ru about Hua Xin’s painful history with Fen Tian and reassured her about her tribulation. Hua Xin then confronted Fen Tian and Bing Xin, who tried to explain that Fen Tian had never abandoned her and that nothing had happened between them.

• Hua Yun told Yue Ru that Hua Xin founded the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion after Fen Tian hurt her, and urged Yue Ru to focus on cultivation while waiting for the ruins.
• Hua Yun reassured Yue Ru that the trip to the ruins could resolve the unusual tribulation she faced as a five-star Dou Di Perfection inheritor.
• Yue Ru returned to her dwelling and thought fondly of Xiao Yan.
• Hua Xin confronted Fen Tian and Bing Xin in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion’s forbidden area, demanding that Fen Tian explain himself.
• Bing Xin removed her veil and told Hua Xin that Fen Tian had not abandoned her and that nothing had happened between them.
• Hua Xin accused Fen Tian and Bing Xin of lying, then agreed to hear Bing Xin’s explanation.

Xiao Gui gave Luo Menglan his Dou Xian Pill to repair her damaged origin and help her break through, and she succeeded with the aid of the mysterious soul beast carcass atop Spirit Mountain. After Luo Menglan and Xiao Gui embraced, Xiao Yan left them together, and the two agreed to meet again to treat their cold Qi wounds.

• Xiao Gui gave Luo Menglan his Dou Xian Pill, and she absorbed its energy to recover and prepare for a breakthrough.
• Xiao Gui told Xiao Yan he planned to kill the man who had forced Luo Menglan into marriage, and Xiao Yan warned him not to fully unleash the power hidden within him.
• Luo Menglan's Four-star Dou Xian Tribulation appeared over Spirit Mountain, but the soul beast carcass's aura scattered the thunder clouds.
• Luo Menglan emerged from the ice after successfully breaking through and embraced Xiao Gui.
• Xiao Gui introduced Luo Menglan to Xiao Yan, who left them alone, and the pair agreed to meet again to treat their cold Qi wounds.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yan distributed medicinal pills and discussed plans for an alliance with the Lihun Domain’s leaders. He and his party departed for the Endless Fire Domain, while Mu Yingying received a Holy Flame from the Soul Devouring Master.

• Xiao Yan gave the Soul Devouring Master a Ninth-grade Samsara Nirvana Pill and entrusted Mu Yingying with medicinal pills for the Lihun Domain’s contributors.
• The Lihun Domain’s leaders proposed an alliance, but Xiao Yan said they should first consult the Immortal Realm and the Monster Realm.
• Xiao Yan arranged to return to the Endless Fire Domain, leaving the Ten Halls of Yama, Xiao Gui, and others to watch the Netherworld entrance.
• The Soul Devouring Master gave Mu Yingying the nineteenth-ranked Golden Flame Holy Flame and told her not to tell Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and his party departed the Ghost Realm for the Endless Fire Domain.

Xiao Yan searched an old man’s stall for ingredients to prepare for devouring a Holy Flame and negotiated for Spiritual Purple Rock, an ingredient needed to refine the Xu Sheng Pill. After Xiao Yan revealed that he was an Emperor-tier Alchemist, the old man took him toward the third floor to retrieve another medicinal ingredient.

• Xiao Yan explained that he needed the Seven Flame Flower, Xu Sheng Pill, and Blood Spirit Ice Liquid to improve his chances of devouring the Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized the purple material at the old man’s stall as Spiritual Purple Rock, one of the ingredients needed for the Xu Sheng Pill.
• The old man asked for an Emperor Grade One Earthly Class pill in exchange for the Spiritual Purple Rock, and Xiao Yan offered a Void Dissolving Pill to treat his toxins.
• The old man agreed to add another medicinal ingredient to the exchange and went to the third floor to fetch it.
• Xiao Yan asked to accompany the old man, who realized that Xiao Yan must be an Emperor-tier Alchemist.

Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan’s spiritual elders to protect Xiao Yan while Xun Er and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor fought Guyuan. As the elders struggled to hold Guyuan back, Xiao Yan completed the activation of the Xiao Clan Clan Mark and faced him with a newly opened third eye.

• Gu Yuan used the Gu Clan commander’s authority to order Gutong, Guyulan, and the other spiritual elders to protect Xiao Yan.
• Guyuan repelled Xun Er and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor, then struck at Xiao Yan with the Ancient Immortal Finger.
• The Gu Clan’s spiritual elders intercepted Guyuan’s attack and fought to buy Xiao Yan time to complete his technique.
• Guyuan unleashed Ice-Fire Samsara, overwhelming the elders as their spiritual bodies suffered wounds.
• Xiao Yan activated the Power of the Xiao Clan Clan Mark and opened the golden vertical eye between his brows.

The Black Corpse King challenged Yinhun Heaven to prove its strength by having one of its disciples fight the Black Corpse General. Xiao Yan accepted and battled the stronger opponent, leaving the gathered powerhouses surprised when he held his own.

• The Black Corpse King proposed that one of Yinhun Heaven’s eleven disciples fight the Black Corpse General, or risk being branded undeserving of its reputation.
• Xiao Yan volunteered to fight, and Tianming King agreed to the match.
• The Black Corpse General attacked Xiao Yan with the Black Corpse Blood Hand, overpowering his Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler strike.
• Xiao Yan answered with the Third Finger of the Firmament, piercing the blood hand and matching the Black Corpse General’s attack.
• The gathered powerhouses and disciples watched in dismay as Xiao Yan, a Three Star mid-stage Dou Xian, fought the Four-Star Dou Xian Early Stage Black Corpse General to a standstill.

After consuming the mature Devil Fruit, Xiao Yan transformed into a true demon and fought the Demon Servant in the sky. Xiao Yan pierced the Demon Servant’s heart, leaving its death imminent as onlookers watched.

• Mekal and the Emperor waited as Xiao Yan’s mutation continued, while Thor headed toward him to retrieve his body.
• The Demon Servant attacked the Dark Underworld Warrior, but Xiao Yan emerged from the bloody mist and hurled it into a mountain.
• The Demon Servant recognized Xiao Yan as a true demon, then launched its Demon Source at him in a desperate attempt to kill him.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Demon Servant to surrender its powers and struck through its attack with demon power reinforced by a flash of Holy Flame Fire.
• Xiao Yan pierced the Demon Servant’s heart, and its vitality began to fade.

Xiao Yan lured the Ice Demon Swordsman away from the ice-sealed lake so Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan could investigate the treasure below. In the cavernous clearing, he used the Flame Swallowing Technique to devour his flames and Feiyan, raising his strength to Half-Step Four-Star Dou Xian before preparing to test it against the Ice Demon Swordsman.

• Luo Menglan tried to chase after the black-robed person to rescue him, but Xiao Gui persuaded her to investigate the lake’s treasure instead.
• Xiao Gui carried a hidden mark of extreme cold on his left arm as he and Luo Menglan headed beneath the lake.
• Xiao Yan led the Ice Demon Swordsman out of the secret passage and into an open cavern where he could fight without the lake’s terrain advantage.
• The Ice Demon Swordsman’s ice sword nearly extinguished Xiao Yan’s Feiyan, so Xiao Yan activated the Flame Swallowing Technique.
• Xiao Yan’s red tripod devoured Fire Heart Sky Rock, Ghost Face Soul Flame, and Feiyan, boosting him to Half-Step Four-Star Dou Xian.

Xiao Yan, Qinger, and Qing Wenshu explored an ancient pill hall and found a medicinal pill inside one of its cauldrons. When Xiao Yan opened its bottle, the pill turned into colorful smoke that entered the puppet guards, which then began to awaken.

• Xiao Yan opened the Bronze Giant Gate, revealing a vast pill hall filled with cauldrons, Seven Treasures Glazed Lamps, and motionless puppet guards.
• Xiao Yan identified the lamps and guards, then sensed the pill hall for traps but found nothing unusual.
• Xiao Yan and his companions decided to search the cauldrons for medicinal pills that might help him advance to Dou Xian.
• Xiao Yan retrieved a medicinal pill from a cauldron and removed the jade bottle’s stopper to inspect it.
• The pill melted into colorful smoke, which spread through the hall and entered the puppet guards, causing them to open their eyes.

Meng Fei and Guni’s group broke a seal blocking the passage, while Xing Long recognized a grey feather as a sign of a deadly Dou Soul and fled with Xiao Bi. The figures who entered the sealed area discovered an Undying Nether Sparrow.

• Meng Fei identified a powerful seal blocking the passage and gathered the Seven-star Dou Di experts to break it after Xiu Qi and Five Poisons refused to help.
• Xing Long found a warm grey feather near the seal, recognized it as a warning of a Grey Fierce Beast, and hurried away with Xiao Bi.
• Meng Fei and Guni’s group broke the seal, releasing a terrifying deathly fluctuation, then rushed into the area as Song Yue followed.
• Xing Long told Xiao Bi that a Dou Soul might lie beyond the seal and that the experts were likely pathfinders for a greater battle.
• Meng Fei and Guni’s group stopped at the entrance after seeing the Undying Nether Sparrow.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Sky Shifting Ruler scroll showed no cultivation method, but his Holy Flame revealed its hidden secret. The scroll swallowed him into its independent space to cultivate, leaving the guard elder pleased that the Human Hall’s treasure had finally been unlocked.

• Xiao Yan unfurled the golden scroll and found only a few lines describing the Sky Shifting Ruler, with no cultivation method.
• The guard elder explained that the scroll had remained unchanged for thousands of years and that no one had succeeded in cultivating the technique.
• Xiao Yan burned the scroll with his Emperor Flame, causing its characters to faintly melt, but the flame proved too weak to unlock it.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Holy Flame and directed it at the scroll, making the characters vanish.
• The scroll released a strange force that pulled Xiao Yan inside, then rolled itself up as his Holy Flame guarded it from outside.

Duan Qifei continued mastering the Thunder Emperor Scepter as Xiao Yan fought Youhuan in the dark space. Youhuan recognized Duan Qifei as a Samsara Runner and sent his allies to intercept her, while he attacked Xiao Yan with his Nether Marsh technique.

• Duan Qifei’s surging thunder power protected her and helped Xiao Yan withstand the three Youhuan members.
• Huan Zun and You Zun recognized the power of Samsara within Duan Qifei, and Youhuan ordered them to intercept her while he faced Xiao Yan.
• Youhuan transformed the dark space into a deep cyan swamp and summoned a huge lizard-like Evil Shadow to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath failed to harm the Evil Shadow, so he used the First Transformation of the Dragon God and then unleashed his punches and Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial.

Xiao Yan was trapped inside the Life Slaughter Array and prepared to challenge its awakening array spirit, while Ming Feng’s assault devastated the Pill Realm. The Alchemist Sanctuary elders rallied the surviving experts to resist the array’s advance.

• Xiao Yan entered the Life Slaughter Array’s internal space and saw visions of the Alchemist Pill Gathering participants being tortured as fuel for the array.
• A familiar sacred voice calmed Xiao Yan and warned him that the array’s intelligent illusions blurred reality and falsehood.
• Xiao Yan discovered an evil flame creature awakening in a massive cauldron and settled into a contest against the array spirit.
• Ming Feng unleashed the Life Slaughter Array across the Pill Realm, killing experts and draining the Samsara Power of Hua Qianqian and the others.
• The Alchemist Sanctuary elders gathered the remaining Reincarnation Stage experts and joined forces, slowing the array’s erosion with their combined strength.

Xiao Yan and Jiuxin traveled toward the Fire Spirit Tribe, but two of its candidates ambushed them in the sealed space channel. Xiao Yan struck the arrogant spirit woman, provoking her furious attack.

• Xiao Yan left the Endless Fire Domain in the care of its leaders and entered the space channel with Jiuxin to reach the Fire Spirit Tribe.
• Jiuxin described the Fire Spirit Tribe’s territory and status as they traveled toward the Sea of Heaven space.
• A spirit woman and a servant emerged from a crack in the void, and Jiuxin realized the other candidates had arranged the trip to ambush them.
• The spirit woman demanded that Xiao Yan destroy his Dou Core, surrender his Holy Flame, and kill himself, while her companion explained that the channel had been sealed.
• Xiao Yan vanished in silver thunder and slapped the spirit woman twice, enraging her.

Xiao Yan defeated Mekal’s attack with the Tou She Ancient God’s power, but their clash unleashed a catastrophic black hole vortex across the sea. As Mekal pursued him, the Thunder Lord’s avatar appeared, stopped the fight, and compelled Mekal to disperse the vortex, leaving Xiao Yan alive and Mekal still at large.

• Xiao Yan’s Flame Divine Ruler Radiance overcame Mekal’s golden attack, while their clash destroyed the Devil Lair and created a vast, expanding sea vortex.
• Xiao Yan escaped as Ji Xuan and the others fled toward Shuiyuan City to seek reinforcements, but Mekal pursued him and discovered that Xiao Yan had left behind a decoy body.
• Realizing the vortex threatened the continent and Shuiyuan City, Xiao Yan turned back and offered to follow Mekal if he would stop it.
• Mekal refused and struck Xiao Yan, who prepared to fight to the death before the Thunder Lord’s avatar emerged from within him.
• The Thunder Lord’s avatar ordered Mekal to disperse the vortex, and Mekal complied before warning Xiao Yan and departing to pursue the Devil Fruit.

Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Yu Renran registered for the soul competition, where an elder recognized Xiao Yan as an Immortal Grade Tier 4 Heavenly Alchemist. The Alchemist Association President then told his disciple about Xiao Yan and arranged for her to challenge him through a soul channel that night.

• A brawny alchemist tried to drive Xiao Yan and the two women away from registration, but backed down after seeing Xiao Yan's Immortal Grade Alchemist Emblem.
• The registration elder tested the trio with a soul-powered water serpent, which Xiao Yan's soul power shattered.
• The elder registered Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Yu Renran, then said another contestant had alchemy skills comparable to Xiao Yan's and even stronger soul power.
• The Alchemist Association President told his disciple that Xiao Yan had reached the mid-stage of the 'Taixu' Immortal Realm and attained Immortal Grade Tier 4 Heavenly Class.
• The woman asked to meet Xiao Yan, and the President arranged a soul-channel duel for that night; she vowed to claim the championship.

Xiao Yan practiced the Thunder Explosion Technique before Yun Qi entered his room through a soul channel and challenged him. As she attacked, Duan Tianhong intervened, and the Alchemist Association President withdrew the channel, leaving their confrontation for the second stage of the competition.

• Xiao Yan practiced the Thunder Explosion Technique and grew more familiar with its speed.
• The Alchemist Association President opened a soul channel so Yun Qi could enter the Thunder Realm and quietly cultivate for the competition.
• Yun Qi used a soul channel to summon Xiao Yan, and he followed her there with the Soul Devouring Master’s guidance.
• Yun Qi suppressed Xiao Yan and unleashed a soul attack against him.
• Duan Tianhong appeared in the soul channel, warned the Alchemist Association President not to harm Xiao Yan, and forced him to end the encounter until the second stage.

Su Xueying accepted the Demon God Palace’s dangerous inheritance to become its last hope against the Demon Sword and the Evil Gods. As the First Elder and nearly a thousand palace powerhouses channeled their strength into her, the chapter ended with a strange mark bearing the characters Xiao Yan appearing on them.

• Su Xueying offered to absorb the Palace Masters’ remaining power and retrieve the Demon Sword, but the First Elder proposed using the Nine Palaces Brightness Technique to create a new Demon God.
• The First Elder explained that Su Xueying’s two Holy Flames might suppress the Demon Seeds’ backlash, and the palace leaders reluctantly agreed to entrust their power to her.
• The First Elder placed the two Demon Seeds inside Su Xueying, triggering a violent clash between their demonic qi and her Holy Flames.
• Su Xueying resisted invoking the Nether Night Demon Fire, but the First Elder urged her to proceed as the palace faced certain destruction.
• The First Elder and nearly a thousand Demon God Palace powerhouses formed a formation and channeled their power into Su Xueying, weakening their Demon Seeds.
• Holy Flame power protected the assembled leaders, and the characters Xiao Yan appeared within the spell marks on their foreheads.

Xiao Yan overcame the eighth step and began trying to master the Human Hall’s Saint Grade Dou Technique, the Sky Shifting Ruler. After forcing his soul power past the scroll’s resistance, he unfolded it as the Mysterious Elder guarded him.

• The Mysterious Elder praised Xiao Yan’s resolve and worried that the final trial might break his spirit if he failed.
• Xiao Yan reached the eighth step using the Holy Flame, the Emperor Flame, and Ruler Qi, and a golden Dou Technique scroll appeared above the steps.
• The Mysterious Elder explained that Xiao Yan had only one chance to master the Human Hall’s treasure and sealed the stone hall to guard him.
• Xiao Yan grasped the scroll and poured his soul power into it, overcoming its fierce repulsive force.
• After restoring his Dou Qi with medicinal pills, Xiao Yan unfolded the scroll, releasing an ancient aura throughout the stone hall.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi fought the Magic Shadow Evil Spirit after it broke into the Golden Coffin holding the Spirit Clan Patriarch’s remains and drew power from the corpse. Xiao Yan destroyed the evil thought with the God Slashing Ruler, while Xiao Yi absorbed the coffin’s Elf Power, and the Demon Cube consumed the enemy’s final trace of Origin.

• The Magic Shadow Evil Spirit cracked the Golden Coffin, used the Patriarch’s cyan blood to recover, and entered the coffin.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the evil spirit had eroded the coffin and Patriarch’s corpse, then used his Late Huayuan Soul Power and six Holy Runes to bind the coffin.
• Xiao Yan struck the coffin with the God Slashing Ruler, while Xiao Yi absorbed its Elf Power with the Reincarnation Seal.
• Xiao Yan’s attack penetrated the coffin and destroyed the Magic Shadow Evil Spirit, shattering the Dark Void and clearing away the surrounding Evil Forces.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the evil thought’s last trace of Origin into the Demon Cube, which reached half capacity, and Xiao Yi checked on him.