Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan entered the Xiangsi Tree’s inner space, where he and the Soul Devouring Master discovered that the tree’s Xiangsi Liquid emitted poisonous fumes and controlled humans. After Xiao Yan burned the liquid away with three Holy Flames, the false space shattered, revealing the true inner space.

• Qi Ziwen and the other sect leaders left the Xiangsi Tree after warning Xiao Yan that they would seize his treasures later.
• Xiao Yan entered the tree’s pink inner space, where he could not use his powers, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that the tree was connected to the Xiangsi Flame.
• The Xiangsi Liquid appeared before Xiao Yan, and the Soul Devouring Master warned him that it had controlled the experts outside and preserved their bodies.
• Xiao Yan inhaled fumes from the liquid, but the Soul Devouring Master’s power protected him and absorbed the poison.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Heaven Seed, Fire Heart Sky Rock, and Ghost Face Soul Flame to evaporate the Xiangsi Liquid, breaking the pink space and revealing the true inner space.

Foul Evil Monarch overwhelmed Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Samsara Flame after taking over the Six Paths Samsara Immortal’s body. As Heavenly Samsara Flame’s sacrifice failed to stop him, two fragments of a map fused and blocked the evil attack, revealing the image of a mysterious white-haired elder.

• Foul Evil Monarch’s evil star curtain forced Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Samsara Flame to retreat, and he praised the Six Paths Samsara Immortal’s body.
• Heavenly Samsara Flame threw the fragmented map to Xiao Yan and unleashed the Origin of Holy Flame, opening paths through the cave dwelling as its inhabitants’ holy power gathered.
• Foul Evil Monarch crushed Heavenly Samsara Flame’s torrent with a seven-colored attack and sent a waterfall of destructive power toward Xiao Yan and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan prepared to use his final trump card while Yun Yun tried to fight beside him, but he ordered her to stay back.
• Two map fragments emerged from Xiao Yan and Tang Feng, fused together, and resisted the waterfall as an image of a white-haired elder appeared.

Xiao Yan helped the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit ascend, then went to its outpost and tested his newly fused Holy Flame Armor. He absorbed the demon spirit’s origin to awaken his wood attribute, enduring intense pain as it began to rival his fire attribute.

• Ling Zixi decided to gather intelligence in the depths and later rendezvous with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan helped the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit ascend, leaving its physical origin behind, then headed to its outpost.
• Xiao Yan discovered abundant medicinal herbs in the cave but could not find the final herb he needed.
• Xiao Yan activated the Holy Flame Armor and found that it greatly strengthened his offense and defense.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Wood Puppet Demon Spirit’s origin, suppressing his fire attribute Dou Core as the wood attribute awakened and began to stand against it.

Zhu Jin confronted the Third Layer guardian, Yuan Lan, as Fen Tian’s group searched the Underground Palace for someone. After Yuan Lan’s attack failed against Zhu Jin’s Half-Immortal power, he knocked her unconscious and led the group onward to the Fourth Floor.

• Zhu Jin pursued the grassland guardian and trapped her with a combat array scroll, but she broke free by drawing power from the land.
• Yuan Lan said she would not let the group pass and summoned a massive green flower attack.
• Zhu Jin froze Yuan Lan’s attack with his Power of Life and Death and shattered it with a touch.
• Zhu Jin struck Yuan Lan unconscious, then rejoined Fen Tian and the others.
• Fen Tian teased Zhu Jin as the group left for the Fourth Floor of the Underground Palace.

Xiao Yan and his companions rushed toward the core zone as Xue Tian and Xue Xuan unleashed a Blood Demon against the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit. The spirit struck the demon with the Sacred Flame Crystal’s origin power, but the envoys detonated the weakened Blood Demon to help their imprisoned king escape.

• Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame Power to drive back the evil qi and lead Yan Chi and the others toward the core zone.
• Xue Tian and Xue Xuan summoned the Blood Demon and ordered it to attack the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit.
• The Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit revealed the Sacred Flame Crystal and struck the Blood Demon with its origin power, badly weakening it.
• Xue Tian and Xue Xuan fed their blood to the Blood Demon as their imprisoned king prepared to break free amid the battle’s shockwaves.
• Xue Tian and Xue Xuan detonated the weakened Blood Demon and declared that they had come to save their king.

Duan Tianhong arrived at Tianming Villa for the Four Continents Tournament and tried to find the elusive Plane Master so he could entrust him with the Thunder Emperor Scepter. Meanwhile, Tianming Villa’s leaders debated the weakening seal on an Outer Realm Evil Clan expert and considered using the Sealing Grounds as the tournament venue.

• A guard told Duan Tianhong that the Thunder Valley disciples had been assigned lodging on Sifang City’s east side, and Duan Tianhong noted that the Northern and Western Continents’ factions had arrived for the tournament.
• Steward Feng told Duan Tianhong that the Plane Master was absent and that Tianming Villa’s leaders were occupied with tournament preparations, so Duan Tianhong left without handing over the Thunder Emperor Scepter.
• Elder Tian proposed using the Sealing Grounds as the tournament venue, warning that the Sealing Power was weakening and that the Outer Realm Evil Clan could exploit the Space Rifts used in past tournaments.
• A middle-aged official accused Elder Tian of serving the Outer Realm Evil Clan and demanded his confinement, but Elder Tian insisted the seal would soon fail if it was not replenished.
• After hearing Elder Tian confirm the danger, the Master of Tianming Villa agreed that they had to take measures.

Xiao Yan began devouring a Xiangsi Fruit to strengthen himself and prepare to break through to Four-star Dou Xian. He left a second fruit secured for Mu Yingying and began absorbing the first as the Soul Devouring Master guarded him.

• After hours of reflection, Xiao Yan told the Soul Devouring Master he was ready to devour a Xiangsi Fruit, and his teacher agreed to guard him.
• Xiao Yan used Acacia Power to retrieve one Xiangsi Fruit into a protected container and stored it away for Mu Yingying.
• Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger so he could investigate Xiao Gui's parents, repair the Soul Devouring Master's damaged Soul Origin, and face Ling Yu.
• Xiao Yan cracked open the remaining Xiangsi Fruit and used the Flame Mantra and his two Dou cores to absorb its pure energy.
• The Soul Devouring Master hoped Xiao Yan would condense a Prototype Domain and build toward a half domain and true domain.

Xiao Yan and You Er were trapped by Bai Ruoqian, a Calamity Mourner guarding the West Divine Hall, but You Er broke her Poison Barrier Cage. Xiao Yan fought back with his hidden powers, and as Bai Ruoqian’s deadly poison closed in, he summoned a colossal Sky Curtain to block it.

• Bai Ruoqian trapped Xiao Yan and You Er in a Poison Barrier Cage that would drain their Dou Qi and hold them for a month.
• You Er used Sanskrit Sound Heavenly Sweep to dissolve the cage, though she warned that they still could not match Bai Ruoqian’s strength.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame Swallowing Technique, Dou Soul, and Third Transformation of the Dragon God, then shielded himself with the Undying Flame Domain.
• Bai Ruoqian attacked Xiao Yan and You Er with Myriad Poisons Heart-Devouring Gu, and You Er urged Xiao Yan to retreat.
• Xiao Yan activated the Patterns of Baxia, Mirage Sea Spirit Screen, summoning a vast Sky Curtain that stopped Bai Ruoqian’s poison mist.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er struggled to escape the poisonous mist pond, where Poison God Xuanhe’s immense power trapped them and threatened their lives. With their path blocked and a giant poisonous snake closing in, Xiao Yi Xian sacrificed herself to give Xiao Yan a chance to survive.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er used their powers to protect Xiao Yan as a mysterious voice from the pond attacked him and revealed its hatred for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er carried Xiao Yan toward the surface, but a Dimensional Barrier stopped them while a giant poisonous snake advanced.
• Xiao Yi Xian crushed her detonating poison pill and told Xun'er to keep Xiao Yan alive.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke free from Xiao Yan’s arm and charged at the giant snake as a new power began to awaken inside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan intervened to save the Wanhuo Sect’s Third Elder and fought Qing Feng, a mid-stage Four-Star Dou Xian sent to capture the sect’s managers. After Qing Feng unleashed a Saint-grade peak technique, Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to absorb and redirect the slash, leaving Qing Feng stunned as it reappeared behind him.

• Xiao Yan arrived as Huo Yuan and the Third Elder recognized him as the Spirit Academy’s appointed manager, and he told them to recover while he faced Qing Feng.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Feng exchanged attacks, with Xiao Yan’s Dragon God transformation letting him withstand Qing Feng’s cyan assault and briefly match his strength.
• Qing Feng shattered Xiao Yan’s Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler attack and prepared his Fengyao Sunset Slash, while Xiao Yan conserved his strength instead of using the Flame Swallowing Transformation.
• Qing Feng launched the Saint-grade peak Fengyao Sunset Slash, and Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler, empowered by the Great Heaven Seed Feiyan, to make the attack vanish.
• Xiao Yan sent the slash back through a fissure behind Qing Feng, with the returning blow more powerful than before.

Xiao Yan joined Cai Lin against Long Yuan rather than rushing into the Dragon God Stele, while learning that a purple-haired girl with Dragon God Power had entered it with the Silver Dragon Girl. As Long Yuan launched a deadly self-detonation attack, Cai Lin revealed her nine-colored power and confronted it head-on.

• Xiao Yan learned from Long Tian that the Golden Dragon King, the Silver Dragon Girl, and a purple-haired girl were inside the Dragon God Stele, and Long Tian asked him to rescue the Dragon Lord.
• Xiao Yan left Long Tian and another injured ally to rest, then joined Cai Lin as she fought Long Yuan.
• Xiao Yan’s attacks drove Long Yuan back, but Long Yuan transformed into a light dragon and prepared to detonate his dragon bone.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan to save his strength for the Silver Dragon Girl and revealed nine-colored energy in her eyes.
• Long Yuan sent a blood-colored bead toward Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, and Cai Lin fired a nine-colored energy pillar at it.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Alchemist Pill Gathering’s second pass, which sent the remaining alchemists into the Ash Fire Realm to find a way out. As he entered with Xun’er, hostile figures challenged him, while the organizers learned that experts maintaining the boundary domain had gone missing.

• Xiao Yan spent ten days studying two soul Dou Techniques, but his captive Xu Yuan blew himself up before revealing anything about the Dark Curse.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er arrived at Wanling Mountain for the second pass, where Yao Wuchen announced that alchemists had to escape the Ash Fire Realm within one month to advance.
• Hua Qianqian explained that the Ash Fire Realm contained a drop of Soul God Source, which stirred Xiao Yan’s interest in reaching the Divine Wandering Realm.
• Yao Wuchen opened the realm and warned that the competition disregarded life and death as hundreds of alchemists entered.
• Several gloomy men challenged Xiao Yan to settle their conflict inside the realm, and Xiao Yan sensed their powers were unusual.
• An attendant reported that experts from the Immortal Realm Center had lost contact, so Elder Qing Feng was asked to investigate.

Xiao Yan learned from Zhu Jin that the ruins held the inheritance of the Two-star Dou Xian Moonlight Fairy, and that Yue Ru was its inheritor. With a Life and Death Fire also inside, Xiao Yan resolved to enter the ruins and help Yue Ru claim the inheritance.

• Xiao Yan spent twenty days training at the Burning Incense Pavilion while the Golden Dragon King remained in seclusion and Long Yi showed signs of waking.
• Zhu Jin returned to the Burning Incense Pavilion battered after investigating the ruins with Pill King Chen Xin, King Xuan Ling, Huang Li, and Wine Sword Immortal.
• Zhu Jin told Xiao Yan that the ruins belonged to the Moonlight Fairy, a Two-star Dou Xian, and that Yue Ru was the inheritor whose claim the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion and Xuan Ling Imperial Family might oppose.
• Zhu Jin revealed that he had sensed a Life and Death Fire in the ruins, which Xiao Yan hoped to use to help Xiao Yi evolve.
• Xiao Yan vowed to enter the ruins despite the dangers and help Yue Ru obtain the Moonlight Fairy's true inheritance.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered Yao Wang City to attend the Yao Clan Ceremony, using Xiao Yan’s powerful soul force to gain entry without invitations or alchemist badges. Their guide, codename 12580, led them toward the Alchemist Association, but a group who frightened him appeared and Xiao Yan prepared to face them.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er reached a guarded passage into Yao Wang City, where Xiao Yan displayed his soul power and persuaded the guard captain to let them enter.
• The guard captain told Xiao Yan and Xun Er that Yao Wang City offered alchemist appraisals and wished them success at the ceremony.
• Guide 12580 greeted Xiao Yan and Xun Er in the city square and explained how he received his codename.
• Xiao Yan sensed that 12580 had a sealed power and serious injuries beneath his clothes as the guide led them toward the Alchemist Association.
• Several people called out to 12580, who urgently warned Xiao Yan and Xun Er to run, but Xiao Yan reassured him and said he would deal with them.

Buddha brought a group of Buddhist experts to the Endless Fire Domain and demanded to know what happened to Motuo. Xiao Yan admitted that he had killed Motuo, then effortlessly obliterated two Fifth-fold Reincarnation Stage attackers, leaving both sides on the brink of battle.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er suspected Buddha's arrival was part of a plot and went out to meet him.
• Buddha asked Xiao Yan where Motuo was, and Xiao Yan said Motuo had been killed for trying to help the Outer Realm Evil Clan destroy the Endless Flame Alliance.
• Two Buddhist experts attacked Xiao Yan, and he swallowed and obliterated them with a black rune.
• Buddha's group and the Endless Fire Domain faced off as the standoff threatened to erupt into a full battle.

Mu Tian Yuan and Qi Haoqing fought as the Burning Incense Pavilion’s Heaven Hall overwhelmed the Xuan Ling Imperial Family. Qi Haoqing sacrificed his four weakened companions to reach the Eight-star Dou Di tier and send his Blood Explosion attack crashing toward Mu Tian Yuan.

• Mu Tian Yuan rejected Qi Haoqing’s surrender and revealed that he had touched the threshold of the Eight-star Dou Di realm, with traces of Death Power in his aura.
• Qi Haoqing and four Xuan Ling Imperial Family experts invoked their Blood Curse, and Qi Haoqing unleashed the Blood Demon Race’s Blood Explosion against Mu Tian Yuan’s Fen Tian Jue.
• Mu Tian Yuan formed a fire-red giant eagle, and it clashed with Qi Haoqing’s blood-red skeleton head in a deadly stalemate.
• Qi Haoqing absorbed the four weakened Xuan Ling Imperial Family experts, boosting himself to the Eight-star Dou Di tier.
• Qi Haoqing’s skeleton head swallowed Mu Tian Yuan’s giant eagle and continued toward him as the other Heaven Hall members watched in alarm.

Xiao Yan was captured by Snake-Scorpion Xue’er while the Peerless Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan escaped to seek the key to the Holy Land. Elsewhere, Liu Hao revealed angel wings during his battle with Feng Xiejun.

• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor explained that Snake-Scorpion Xue’er was one of the Ancient Prison’s three giants and that their enemies had sealed the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan attacked Snake-Scorpion Xue’er to cover Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor’s escape, but her blood snakes stopped him.
• Snake-Scorpion Xue’er bound Xiao Yan and followed the others, intending to use the holy flames and the Gu Clan Saintess’s life to evolve into a King tier.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor led Gu Yuan through a hidden space to retrieve the treasure needed to enter the Holy Land.
• Liu Hao’s light attacks left permanent wounds on Feng Xiejun, then he revealed a pair of radiant wings that Feng Xiejun recognized as Angel Wings.

Xiao Yan investigated the Undead Beasts on Luoling Mountain and found that they had little blood and no magic cores, then returned to look for Mu Yingying and the others. He encountered the powerful Dawn Team, whose captain Guang Lu ordered the group to attack him together.

• Xiao Yan killed a Green-Fire Bull and found that, like the other Undead Beasts he had slain, it had little blood and no magic core.
• Xiao Yan planned to return to the others and seek another wooden token so he could enter the Five-Elements Beast's territory and obtain the material needed to revive Ancestor Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yan returned to where he had parted with Mu Yingying and the others, found them gone, and received a warning from an azure flame message.
• The Dawn Team surrounded Xiao Yan, and captain Guang Lu introduced An Li, Tan Shaoyang, Qian Zhang, and Qian Qiu before demanding his wooden tokens.
• Guang Lu ordered the Dawn Team to attack Xiao Yan together, and the team launched a fierce assault.

At the summit of the Tianming Mountain Range, Duan Qifei’s group faced a mysterious peak sealed off by strange yellow sand, while Yuan Hong offered the Yuan Sect’s help to break through it. Xiao Yan returned with the Earth Demon Bear man, and an unseen observer watched the factions gather, anticipating what would happen next.

• Duan Qifei warned the Thunder Valley group not to cross the yellow sand boundary while Xiao Yan and Muge were away.
• Yuan Hong approached Duan Qifei, Yun Qi, and Liu Qing, seeking Xiao Yan and proposing that the Yuan Sect help break the peak’s mystery in exchange for their protection.
• Duan Qifei and the others returned to camp to consider Yuan Hong’s offer, while Yuan Hong went back to her own camp.
• Xiao Yan and the Earth Demon Bear man emerged from a pit outside the summit and headed toward the Thunder Valley group to reunite with them.
• A hidden figure in the milky-white mist observed Xiao Yan, Duan Tianhong, and the Yuan Sect, and looked forward to the coming events.

After finding the Thunder Beast gravely wounded, Xiao Yan and the others learned that two mysterious invaders had defeated the Thunder Beast Immortal Venerable and taken him away. The group resolved to press onward, while Xiao Yan spent his Spiritual Power creating an array to hold back the enemy army and asked the Thunder Beast to guard the exit.

• Yaoling, Yue Ru, Xiao Yan, and their companion found the wounded Thunder Beast in the cave.
• The Thunder Beast said two powerful strangers had fought their way from the Sixteenth Divine Palace, defeated the Immortal Venerable in fewer than three moves, and taken him away.
• Xiao Yan used the Holy Flame to heal the Thunder Beast and drive out the Evil Power from its wounds.
• Yaoling and the three women vowed to continue onward, despite the Thunder Beast's warning that the invaders were too strong for them.
• Xiao Yan formed a 590,000-vein All-Heaven Demonic Array from his Spiritual Power and asked the Thunder Beast to guard the Immortal Realm Center's exit.