Chapter Summaries

The Demon of Light launched an invasion of the Lihun Domain while the Lord of Fierce Souls was unavailable, igniting a major war. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan remained hidden as he devoured the Undying Fire, with the Domain’s forces unable to find him.

• Feng Tian admitted that his subordinates had gone to the Undying Sacred Pool to fight for the Undying Fire and steal a Pure Heart, and asked the Demon of Light to punish him.
• After learning the Lord of Fierce Souls was in deep seclusion, the Demon of Light ordered her army to split into ten groups and attack the Lihun Domain’s Four Divine Halls.
• The Five Academies’ powerhouses spread news of Xiao Yan’s three Undying Fires, making him a wanted target, while the Spirit Academy Dean’s protection kept the Wanhuo Sect safe.
• At the North Divine Hall, Elder Bo refused to summon the Lord of Fierce Souls and told the gathered leaders to leave matters to the Four Divine Halls.
• A Fierce Soul Guard reported that the Demon of Light had begun attacking on ten fronts, and Elder Bo ordered reinforcements to the front lines and summoned the other three hall leaders.

Xiao Yan battled the Western Tribe’s elder chieftain and unleashed a five-color Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, but the Western commander Alice intervened and forced her forces to retreat. With the crisis over, Xiao Yan offered to help Xiao Yi and Lina prepare to vie for leadership of the Fire Spirit Tribe.

• Xiao Yi and Lina combined their purple flames to hold off the Western Tribe’s spirit warriors while Xiao Yan fought the elder chieftain.
• The elder chieftain struck Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan summoned his flame cauldron and formed a five-color Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan detonated the fire lotus and charged into the blast to pursue the elder chieftain as he tried to retreat.
• Alice appeared as an energy butterfly shadow and suppressed the fire lotus’s destructive power.
• The elder chieftain ordered the Western Tribe to retreat after Alice’s intervention.
• Xiao Yi identified Alice as the Western Tribe’s commander, and Xiao Yan offered to help them vie for the Fire Spirit Tribe.

At the Poison God Election, Xiao Yan challenged Foul, the Yue Palace’s fearsome poison maiden, after she defeated the other challengers. Foul trapped him in her Foul Poison Realm and launched a devastating attack, while Xiao Yan stood motionless with his eyes closed.

• The Poison God Election began as the Elder awakened the ancient power of the Poison God Cauldron and invited poison maidens to challenge the three palaces’ representatives.
• Foul defeated the poison maidens cultivated by several sects, while Xiao Yi Xian stopped Xiao Yan from challenging her and prepared to go herself.
• Xiao Yan rose and challenged Foul, exchanging words with her about her belief that the weak and those unlike her were foul and should be eliminated.
• Foul unleashed her Foul Poison Realm, suppressing Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame Power and filling the altar with corrosive poison.
• Foul used the Minor Immortal Technique Poison Mist Devouring Seed to hurl a deadly poison fruit at Xiao Yan, who remained still with his eyes closed.

As the team competition neared its midpoint, the Female Team challenged the other teams to come claim its wooden tokens at the foot of the three mountain ranges. Xiao Yan and his companions suspected Ling Yun’s challenge was a trap but decided they had to go, leaving the confrontation ahead unresolved.

• Li Ji and Zi Lian discussed the Female Team’s challenge, and Zi Lian led the registered disciples toward the mountain ranges to look for Xiao Yan’s team.
• Qian Zhang awoke at the Dawn Team’s camp, and Guang Lu explained that he had withdrawn the team after Xiao Yan broke free of An Li and Guang Lu’s Life Power Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and their companions questioned why the Female Team had issued its challenge despite having less strength than the other teams.
• Ling Xuan warned that Ling Yun was too clever to make such an obvious mistake, so the challenge was probably a trap.
• Mu Yingying agreed that the rival teams might be growing impatient, and Xiao Yan’s group headed for the foot of the three mountain ranges anyway.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the poison mist mountain range to reach Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan sensed a deadly array guarding it. In the poison pool, Leng Yuening attacked Xiao Yi Xian for the Reincarnation Seal, but Xiao Yan arrived as Leng Yuening faced his counterattack.

• Xiao Yan explained to Xun'er that the immortal technique scroll was a sealed, powerful Dou Technique and set off with her to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan's Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription revealed death threads around the poison mist mountain range, and he used its scarlet light to break through them.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the poison pool and wondered whether Xiao Yan could obtain the scroll.
• Leng Yuening appeared and demanded Xiao Yi Xian's Reincarnation Seal, then attacked her with the Heavenly Spider Sacred Poison Net.
• Xiao Yi Xian was badly wounded by Leng Yuening, who sent a black spider toward her poison pill position.
• Xiao Yan burst through the void with a flame fist, while Leng Yuening met his attack with a crazed smile.

Xiao Yan used his repaired Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand the Emperor Grade Pill’s Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, allowing the puppet to absorb the lightning and grow stronger. The lightning subsided, but Bai Su warned that Xiao Yan still had to subdue the tribulation and endure the pill’s soul tempering.

• Xiao Yan summoned the repaired Heavenly Demon Puppet and sent it to face the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The puppet absorbed the lightning instead of shattering, repairing its damaged body as the crowd watched in shock.
• Nearly a hundred bolts struck the puppet over ten minutes, strengthening it and spreading faint dark-red radiance across its silver body.
• Xiao Yan judged that the lightning had brought the puppet closer to becoming a Golden Demon Puppet and made it powerful enough to face a Two-star Dou Di.
• Bai Su recognized that Xiao Yan was attempting Spirit Imbuement and Spirit Nurturing together, then questioned how he would handle the remaining tribulation and soul tempering.

Xiao Yan attempted to fuse eight Holy Flames into a Divine Grade Dou Technique while Foul Evil Monarch summoned a colossal evil shadow to destroy the cave dwelling. Yun Yun was nearly killed defending him, but Xiao Yan unleashed the Samsara God-Slaying Eye as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Six Paths Samsara Immortal's risky plan, and the Immortal and Heavenly Samsara Flame entrusted their power to him.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan her Holy Flame Origin and urged him to survive as he struggled to combine the eight Holy Flames.
• Foul Evil Monarch formed the Foul Evil God Zun and sent its power to crush Xiao Yan and Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun attacked the evil shadow with the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword, but Foul Evil Monarch shattered her strike and left her gravely wounded.
• As Foul Evil Monarch's magic hand moved to kill Yun Yun, Xiao Yan activated Eight Flames: Samsara God-Slaying Eye, releasing power at the level of a Demigod Art.

Xiao Yan freed Qing Wenshu and Qinger from the ten puppets, which crumbled to ash, then turned his attention to the Dou Xian Puppet. After discovering its silver armor absorbed attacks, he prepared a mixed Holy Flame strike and left the puppet trying to absorb it.

• Xiao Yan freed the ten puppets from soul control, but they immediately lost vitality and turned to ash.
• Xiao Yan rejoined Qing Wenshu and Qinger, then learned that the Dou Xian Puppet’s silver armor absorbed attacks and converted them into strength.
• Xiao Yan tested the puppet with Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, and it absorbed the attack, growing slightly stronger.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Wenshu to distract the puppet while he brought out two rhombic crystals and gathered cyan and earth yellow flames.
• Xiao Yan launched a giant fireball of mixed Holy Flame at the Dou Xian Puppet, which began absorbing it.

Xiao Yan witnessed several fishermen transformed by a strange fish attack Shuiyuan City's City Lord, Wu Kun, and learned that the fish had caused others to become violent. He left to investigate the Mercenary Guild, which might have access to the fish.

• Xiao Yan watched City Lord Wu Kun patrol Shuiyuan City and heard that fishermen had been disappearing or returning without catches.
• Several fishermen with scarlet eyes attacked Wu Kun, but he restrained them with a silver water bubble and ordered them taken for questioning.
• A young man protested that the attackers were his uncles, and Xiao Yan took him aside to learn what had happened.
• The young man explained that his uncles had eaten strange fish and became silent and violent, especially at night or noon.
• The young man said the Mercenary Guild might have the fish because its members caught them while hunting Sea Beasts.
• Xiao Yan gave the young man a strand of Soul Power for emergencies and headed off to investigate.

Xiao Yan entered the Purgatory Array Chart to face Qing Yunkun, the Four-Star Dou Xian Late Stage Qingyun Pavilion Master, and used his secret techniques to overcome the gap in their strength. After the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument suppressed Qing Yunkun, the Magma World began to tremble as a strange fanaticism rose in him.

• Xiao Yan arrived in the Magma World, gave Second Elder medicinal pills, and entered the Purgatory Array Chart to confront Qing Yunkun.
• Qing Yunkun recognized Xiao Yan as a capture target and attacked him with the Wind Origin Technique and Qingfeng Sky Finger.
• Xiao Yan countered Qing Yunkun’s finger attack with Tianqiong First Finger, then raised his strength to Four-Star Dou Xian Early Stage Peak with the Flame Swallowing Technique.
• Xiao Yan fought Qing Yunkun with the Primordial Fire Ruler and trapped him with the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument, suppressing his strength to Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage.
• Qing Yunkun remained confident and became fanatical as the Magma World trembled around him.

Xiao Yan confronted Yan Feng while Feng Wan'er and Yanyan continued their battle, and he unleashed his strongest techniques against the Eight-Star Dou Xian Perfection Stage expert. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan hurled his Five-Color Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation at Yan Feng to test whether his supposedly undying body could withstand it.

• Su Xueying asked Xiao Yan to hold off Yan Feng for three breaths, but Xiao Yan refused to let her risk her life and warned her about the unstable black flame inside her.
• Xiao Yan charged Xu Shao and Yan Feng, prompting Yan Feng to attack him with a flame spear.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Dark Underworld Warrior, which clashed with Yan Feng and damaged the square.
• Xiao Yan gathered his Holy Flames into a five-colored lotus seed, shocking Su Xueying and enraging Feng Wan'er.
• Yanyan resumed fighting Feng Wan'er as Xiao Yan launched the Five-Color Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation at Yan Feng.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Sacred Flame Space after killing the Yin Protector, and Yu Tianyue and Yan Ya helped him defeat Ye Ku. The Yu Sect returned safely, honored Xiao Yan and Yan Ya, and Xiao Yan prepared to rest before continuing to the Eastern Continent.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Sacred Flame Space and calmly said he had accidentally beaten the Yin Protector to death.
• Ye Shuang revealed that the Yin Protector's soul tablet had shattered, confirming his death and enraging Ye Ku.
• Ye Ku attacked Xiao Yan, but Yu Tianyue and Yan Ya struck him and left him heavily injured as Ye Shuang fled with the others.
• Yu Tianyue led the group out of the array space, and those waiting in the Yu Sect's bamboo forest welcomed them back.
• Yu Tianyue praised Xiao Yan and Yan Ya for repairing the array and ordered the Yu Sect to provide them with the highest hospitality.
• Yu Wei led Xiao Yan away to rest, while he planned to leave for the Eastern Continent once the spatial array stabilized.

As the Burning Incense Pavilion prepared for the Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony, Xiao Yan learned that King Xuan Ling had captured Cai Lin and Mu Yingying, intending to use Cai Lin’s bloodline to devour Holy Flames. Xiao Yan vowed to confront King Xuan Ling at Xuan Ling Mountain the next day.

• Qin Xin told Xiao Yan that she came from Dou Yun Continent and offered to help him if he visited there in the future.
• She Fu arrived at Elder Zhu’s residence and reported that King Xuan Ling had captured Mu Yingying.
• She Fu revealed that patrol guards had also found traces of Cai Lin with Mu Yingying near the Death Desert, and suspected King Xuan Ling planned to use Cai Lin’s bloodline to weaken and devour their Holy Flames.
• Xiao Yan overheard the news and blamed himself for Mu Yingying’s capture after he had told her Cai Lin was his wife.
• Xiao Yan declared that Cai Lin was his wife and Mu Yingying was his companion, then vowed to make King Xuan Ling pay at Xuan Ling Mountain the next day.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er used their Holy Flames to revive the dying Firmament Source Seed, revealing the entrance to Phoenix Island. As the seed drained their power and the portal began to close, Feng Qian took Xiao Yan’s place, allowing him to enter with Xun'er and Bing Xueyao while she remained behind.

• The Spirit of the Firmament appeared and pleaded for help, revealing the nearly extinguished Firmament Source Seed behind him.
• The Five-Footed Golden Crow explained that the seed was the essence of the Huang Clan’s Firmament Trees, while Xun'er and Feng Qian felt its bloodline suppression.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er infused the seed with their Holy Flames, but its demands destabilized Xun'er and threatened to trigger her Reincarnation Seal.
• The seed’s energy caused the crystal-sealed domain to erupt and revealed a green passage to Phoenix Island.
• When Xiao Yan could not break free from the seed’s drain, Feng Qian replaced him and poured in her Samsara Power.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Xun'er and Bing Xueyao and rushed through the entrance toward Phoenix Island.

Yaoji revealed that she had survived being devoured by the Corpse Yin Evil God and drove him out of her body with overwhelming power. As Xiao Yan and the others tried to seal him, the Corpse Yin Evil God summoned a far greater presence through an evil passage, while Yaoji calmly prepared for its arrival.

• Fake Yaoji was shocked to see Yaoji’s soul shadow emerge, and Yaoji explained that being devoured had been a last resort.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward to protect the others, but Yaoji dismissed his help and confronted the Second Evil God herself.
• Yaoji used eerie flames to expel the Corpse Yin Evil God from her body and badly injure him.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying surrounded the Corpse Yin Evil God and used Sacred Flames to bind and purify him.
• The Corpse Yin Evil God opened an evil passage and called upon a powerful being from beyond their world.
• Yaoji expelled the remaining evil aura from her body and quietly prepared as the presence began crossing the void.

The Slaughter Angel used the Divine Thread Gauze Robe to withstand Xiao Tianming’s strongest attacks and began subduing him. As she moved to finish him, an elder in the Netherworld Territory gathered overwhelming power and aimed an arcane bow at her.

• The Slaughter Angel revealed that the Divine Thread Gauze Robe, bestowed by the God Residence, had shielded her from Xiao Tianming’s divine technique.
• Xiao Tianming realized he could not defeat the Slaughter Angel, who began stripping away the foreign power sustaining the Oblivion Cloud Realm.
• The Slaughter Angel trapped Xiao Tianming beneath a divine Hexagram Chart and prepared to pass judgment on him.
• In a distant hall, a veiled elder watched events in the Angel Kingdom and said the stalemate among the factions was not yet ready to break.
• An aged figure emerged from a stone coffin in the Netherworld Territory, gathered immense power into an arcane bow, and targeted the Slaughter Angel.

Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame Ring to weaken the Undying Fire and prepared to extract its origin with the Undying Leaf and other materials. He forced his way into the gray magma toward the flame at its core, leaving his life and the attempt’s outcome undecided.

• The Emperor Flame Ring suppressed the Undying Fire, weakening its magma and allowing Xiao Yan to approach it.
• Xiao Yan tried to reach the Undying Fire’s origin but was blocked by its repulsive force.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Undying Leaf, the Ice Xuan Pill, and other prepared materials, then took the Undying Leaf from its ice cage.
• Xiao Yan used the Undying Leaf and his two holy flames to penetrate the weakened Undying Fire magma despite its resistance and the severe pain.
• Xiao Yan reached toward the Undying Fire’s central light as the protective ice shackles melted around him.

Xiao Yan and the Great Thousand Coalition Army were saved when Xiao Lingshan and Fire Master Jiuxuan appeared with Poison God Xuanhe. The group discussed the powers and limits gained through successful samsara, while Xuanhe sought to repair his relationship with Lingshan and Jiuxuan sensed a familiar presence within Xun'er.

• Xiao Lingshan and Fire Master Jiuxuan appeared and destroyed the Evil Power attacking the coalition army and the Poison General, with Poison God Xuanhe following them.
• Su Xueying explained that Xiao Yan's teacher had reached the peak Ninth Reincarnation Stage, while Xun'er, Mu Yingying, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others described their own post-samsara strength.
• Xun'er explained that Samsara Runners inherited great power but usually could not break through again after successful samsara, and Su Xueying said she had reached the peak Eighth-Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiao Lingshan told Poison God Xuanhe that the Xiao Clan had wronged her and that his future conduct would determine whether she forgave him.
• Poison God Xuanhe promised to teach Xun'er the true Poison God arts, and Fire Master Jiuxuan sensed a familiar aura within Xun'er and asked whether its owner was doing well.

Ren Yuanzi revealed that he was the third part of the First Flame alongside Tianyuanzi and Diyuanzi, then unleashed his power against the Head of Foreign Lands. As the Great Thousand World braced for the threat gathering in the evil rift, Qing Yuan and Holy King failed to damage it, and Holy King recognized the aura within as the First Flame.

• The Head of Foreign Lands recognized Tianyuanzi as the Lord of the Ancient Battlefield, but Tianyuanzi said it was only half right and promised a final show.
• Ren Yuanzi revealed that he, Tianyuanzi, and Diyuanzi had once been one being split into three, then attacked the Outer Realm Evil Clan with his power.
• Nannan and Yun Qi continued preparing a Primordial Divine Object while Xiao Yan regulated his power beneath the Towering Ancient Tree.
• Qing Yuan and Holy King launched their strongest attacks at the evil rift, but both attacks vanished without harming it.
• Holy King identified the unfamiliar aura in the evil rift as the First Flame.

Xiao Yan confronted Guard Hua and Yang Fei in his array, where Guard Hua’s thunder techniques challenged Xiao Yan’s flames. Guard Hua sacrificed himself to send Yang Fei out of the array, leaving Xiao Yan facing the blast and watching Yang Fei escape.

• Guard Hua recognized Xiao Yan as the Emperor Grade Three alchemist rather than the mysterious man from Room 1, and Xiao Yan attacked the two men with an array of flaming dragons.
• Guard Hua activated the Thunder Explosion Technique and clashed with Xiao Yan, whose single holy flame initially failed to overpower Guard Hua’s thunder power.
• Xiao Yan combined two flames into a Twin Flame Dragon, which pierced Guard Hua’s Thunder Tiger and engulfed Guard Hua.
• Guard Hua self-detonated inside the array and used the blast to send Yang Fei outside it, while Xiao Yan watched Yang Fei escape.