Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, Xiao Zifan, and Yu Rou'er survived the Green Demon's self-detonation, but Mo Tianwen appeared and tried to stop Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er from escaping. The Soul Devouring Master blocked Mo Tianwen and destroyed his phantom, while Xiao Yan received a black scroll and prepared to seek the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp.

• The Green Demon perished in his self-detonation, and Xiao Zifan explained that Xiao Yan's Xiao Clan Mark could only awaken through life-and-death experiences or enlightenment.
• Yu Rou'er helped Xiao Yan and Xiao Zifan recover, and Xiao Zifan urged them to leave before Earth Courtyard authorities arrived.
• Mo Tianwen appeared, and Yu Rou'er recognized him as the man who had framed and imprisoned her family.
• Mo Tianwen attacked Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er as they fled, but the Soul Devouring Master blocked his strike and Xiao Zifan gave Xiao Yan a black scroll before escaping with Yu Rou'er.
• The Soul Devouring Master shattered Mo Tianwen's energy phantom, and Xiao Yan recovered while preparing to pursue the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp.

After the Slaughter Angel's defeat, Qing Yan and Liu Mingxuan reunited with Qing Yuan, who inherited the Angel Holy Soul and Angel Scepter. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned the Human Realm Center Realm Lord held the final spiritual bead and was likely powerful enough to threaten the Great Thousand World, so the alliance decided it had to confront him.

• The Fallen Angel King waited outside the Angel Queen's Divine Palace as Qing Yan, Qing Yuan, Liu Mingxuan, and their companions emerged from within.
• Liu Mingxuan reunited with Qing Yan, and Qing Yuan hesitated to accept her parents despite learning they had sent her to the Lower Realm to protect her from the Slaughter Angel.
• Liu Mingxuan gave Qing Yuan the Angel Holy Soul and Angel Scepter on Xiao Yan's behalf, marking her as the Angel Kingdom's new queen.
• At the Endless Fire Domain headquarters, Xiao Yan and the others discussed the sealed Netherworld, Xiao Yuntian's likely attempt to reach the Dou Shen realm, and the unknown location of the final spiritual bead.
• The Lord of Ice and Snow Myriad Cold Grotto and the Lord of Star Track Pavilion revealed that the Human Realm Center Realm Lord possessed the final spiritual bead and had strength approaching the Quasi-Divine realm.
• Xiao Yan and the others decided they had to go to the Human Realm Center to stabilize the Great Thousand World before the outside threats grew worse.

As the Team Competition gathered at the Heaven Burning Domain, the disciples learned that the Heaven Hall had withdrawn and the Human Hall would face a much larger Earth Hall contingent. Xiao Yan and his companions were still on their way when an elder arrived to announce the competition rules.

• Disciples discussed the Heaven Hall's withdrawal, and Li Ji, Li Zi, and Zi Lian speculated about Xiao Yan's strength and praised him for defeating Wang Chen.
• Earth Hall disciples resented the participation of registered Human Hall disciples, while Ling Xuan and Wang Chen entered the gathering area.
• Mu Feng, Lu Di, and Xiao Yi joined Li Ji and the others, and Zi Lian noticed their strength had risen greatly.
• Xiao Yi learned that hundreds of teams would compete, mostly from the Earth Hall, and worried that something ominous was about to happen.
• An elder stepped onto the circular platform and called for silence.

Xiao Yan arrived at the polluted Reincarnation Sea with other experts and prepared to enter to rescue the sleeping Samsara Runners. After secretly receiving the Samsara Registry from Xun'er, he led his companions toward the Sea, but the master of the Desert Heavenly Palace challenged his haste.

• Xiao Yan reached the reef at the edge of the Reincarnation Sea and saw that demonic clouds had polluted it and concealed its samsara auras.
• Undying Saint Lord and the master of the Desert Heavenly Palace arrived, and Undying Saint Lord said his lineage might join the Endless Flame Alliance after the crisis.
• Xun'er secretly passed Xiao Yan the Samsara Registry, and Xiao Yan decided that his group should act independently rather than rely on the assembled experts.
• Su Xueying and Mu Yingying joined Xiao Yan, drawing the attention of the experts gathered on the reef.
• Xiao Yan led Xun'er, Su Xueying, and Mu Yingying toward the Reincarnation Sea, but the master of the Desert Heavenly Palace called out to stop them.

Xiao Yan entered the Ash Fire Realm, where the realm suppressed his soul power and dangerous ash and energy creatures threatened him. After discovering that killing the creatures restored a trace of his soul perception, he approached a suspicious crater, where Domain Lord Xiao’s voice suddenly called out to him.

• Xiao Yan entered the Ash Fire Realm alone and found that its forces had sealed his soul power.
• A drifting grain of ash burned Xiao Yan, and he realized the realm’s ash and volcanoes were dangerous.
• Xiao Yan killed an energy civet and noticed that a faint red light restored a little of his soul perception.
• Xiao Yan killed more energy creatures and confirmed that doing so gradually weakened the seal on his soul power.
• Xiao Yan approached a crater filled with powerful, churning magma, and Domain Lord Xiao called out to him with an evil laugh.

The Golden Dragon King seized the jade box containing the Tianshu Dragon Bone and began absorbing it, forcing the Silver Dragon King to turn her attention to Long Hao, his companion, and the Purple-Haired Girl. The Silver Dragon King ended the chapter asking the Purple-Haired Girl to try to overcome the Golden Giant Tower’s power.

• The Golden Dragon King grabbed the jade box despite the Elemental Power melting his hand, then swallowed it and began absorbing the Tianshu Dragon Bone inside a golden cocoon.
• The Silver Dragon King attacked the cocoon with Element Stripping, while the Golden Dragon King vowed that he would doom her if his absorption succeeded.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Yan'er to kill Long Hao and his companion, but they defied her and refused to reveal how they had overcome the tower’s forbidden laws.
• The Silver Dragon King probed Long Hao and his companion’s memories with Elemental Power, but found no information about the Heaven and Earth Forbidden Realm.
• The Purple-Haired Girl said she could try to deal with the tower’s power, and the Silver Dragon King entrusted the task to Yan'er.

Xiao Yan spent a month refining the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil’s three pupils into pure Soul Origin, preparing to use it to advance to an Immortal Realm Soul. Outside the Ice Fire Island, Yu Yifeng’s group failed to enter and left to seek help and monitor the island, while Xiao Yan began absorbing the energy.

• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power and Holy Flames to refine the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil’s first pupil into Soul Origin, then began refining the second.
• The Soul Devouring Master reflected on Xiao Yan’s growth and suspected a connection between the Lord of Fierce Souls’ Holy Flame and the Light Demon.
• Yu Yifeng, Thunder Snake, and the others woke outside the Ice Fire Island, where Thunder Snake urged them to rescue Xiao Yan.
• Yu Yifeng led Earth Monkey and Shuiyue toward the entrance, but a powerful force repelled them and left Yu Yifeng injured.
• Yu Yifeng ordered the Yu Clan to contact the Qing Family, monitor the island, and report the commission, then led the group toward the Eastern Continent; Little Girl Lvyin slipped away.
• After a month, Xiao Yan finished refining the three pupils and prepared to absorb the resulting Soul Origin as his aura reached the One-star Dou Xian Initial Stage Peak.

Xiao Yan faced Evil Eyed Monster King’s forces alone after Charm Monster Flame Marshal took control of his thousand-strong legion. He summoned Dark Underworld Warrior and prepared to battle the hundred-thousand-strong monster beast legion.

• Evil Eyed Monster King ordered his forces to attack, and Xiao Yan told Celestial Fox Commander to gather strength for a counterattack.
• Shi Zheng, Scale Monster Commander, and Enchanting Monster Commander charged at Xiao Yan, who revealed the full power of his holy flame.
• Xiao Yan’s Amber Rock Soul Fire destroyed Shi Zheng’s rock peak, while Charm Monster Flame Marshal controlled the thousand-strong legion with her eye technique.
• Celestial Fox Commander resisted Charm Monster Flame Marshal and urged Xiao Yan to flee, leaving Xiao Yan surrounded by Evil Eyed Monster King and the hundred-thousand-strong legion.
• Xiao Yan summoned Dark Underworld Warrior and declared that they would fight the monster legion together.

Duan Qifei ordered the Ghost Realm to evacuate as the Netherworld black hole unleashed destructive power, but a powerful man emerged and absorbed it. Xiao Yan and the awakened experts reunited at the Endless Fire Domain, where they discussed preparing to fight the Human Realm Center and the Angel Kingdom.

• Duan Qifei ordered the Ghost Realm forces to retreat and evacuate its inhabitants as the Netherworld black hole's power devastated nearby territory.
• Duan Qifei charged back toward the black hole, but a mysterious man appeared and absorbed its overflowing power while asking about a woman.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Endless Fire Domain with numerous experts and reunited with the Holy King, the Golden Dragon King, and other old allies.
• The Holy King and the Golden Dragon King discussed factions that had opposed the Xiao Clan and identified the Human Realm Center and the Angel Kingdom as their main targets.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the Head of Foreign Lands had feinted against the Endless Fire Domain, the Human Realm Center, and the Angel Kingdom, but the Human Realm Lord and the Slaughter Angel had driven the attackers away.
• The Holy King warned that the Human Realm Lord might have reached the Quasi-Divine realm, while the Xiao Clan Patriarch's plans remained unclear.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying agreed to help Cang Yue weaken two sealed Outer Realm Evil Clan members with Holy Flame Power. Cang Yue revealed that the enemies, the Xuan Ming Twin Venerables, had killed her master, and the group prepared to fight them.

• Cang Yue explained that Holy Flame Power could restrain the Outer Realm Evil Clan and asked Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying to weaken the two sealed enemies.
• Cang Yue revealed that the twin enemies had killed her master, the Moonlight Fairy, whose strength had reached Two-star Dou Xian Perfection.
• Cang Yue activated the Great Hall's suppressive array and explained that her master's dying effort had sealed the two enemies inside.
• Cang Yue told Yue Ru to stay protected because the Moonlight Fairy's inheritance would pass to her if the enemies were slain.
• Cang Yue left the purple cage, revealing that it was a Dou Technique rather than a prison that bound her.
• Cang Yue identified the two dormant Outer Realm Evil Clan members as the Xuan Ming Twin Venerables.

You Er crushed the Space Compass as the Myriad Ghost King departed, leaving Xiao Yan trapped in a possession attempt by the Lord of Fierce Souls. Xiao Yan invoked the Xiao Clan Guardian Power, driving his enemy back as its golden light erupted.

• You Er destroyed the Space Compass and surged to the Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage.
• The Myriad Ghost King left, and the Lord of Fierce Souls entered Xiao Yan’s Spirit Palace to possess him.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls prepared to overwhelm Xiao Yan with half-samsara power, while Xiao Yan formed a silver seal.
• Xiao Yan’s silver light revealed Xiao Zifan speaking of the Xiao Clan Guardian Power, terrifying the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• Xiao Yan cried, “By my blood, spirit summoning!” and the Guardian Power repelled the Lord of Fierce Souls as golden light shook the seclusion ground.

Xiao Yan tried to rescue the entranced Xiao Yi Xian in the Myriad Snake Demon Cave, where the Ten Thousand Snake King had begun draining her Poison Pill. After confirming Xiao Yi Xian was safe for the moment, Xiao Yan unleashed his fury against the Ten Thousand Snake King.

• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a deer antler to protect herself and asked her to hold off the demon snakes while he approached Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan crossed the treacherous poison mist and broke through a sinister barrier surrounding Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Ten Thousand Snake King emerged from Xiao Yi Xian and bound her with her purple snake form, weakening the light and power of the Poison Pill.
• Duhun Zi identified the Ten Thousand Snake King and warned that she intended to drain Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Pill and life power.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian remained alive, then summoned a vast mountain of glazed flame and prepared to kill the Ten Thousand Snake King.

Xiao Yan used the Life and Death Two Forms Spring to build up life power and summon the Six-star Dou Di Life Tribulation he had missed after advancing with the Holy Flame. The others emerged with stronger life power, while Xiao Yan remained submerged and began drawing out the hidden tribulation.

• Xiao Yan told the others to cultivate in the spring and assured Mu Yingying that he could handle his own trial.
• At the bottom of the spring, Xiao Yan rejected the death power because he lacked life power to balance it, and focused on absorbing life power instead.
• After ten days, Mu Yingying, Xiu Qi, Qin Xin, Mu Feng, Yue Ru, and Leng Fuyao left the spring with improved life power, while Xiao Yan stayed below.
• The others noticed pure life power churning from the spring and speculated that Xiao Yan was trying to draw out his missed Six-star Dou Di Life Tribulation.
• Xiao Yan called for the Six-star Dou Di Life Tribulation and fixed his gaze on the concealed presence above the spring.

After reaching the Four-Star Dou Xian Early Stage, Xiao Yan discovered that the Fire Heart Sky Rock’s Sacred Flame Space had awakened as a Half Domain containing Acacia Power. He named it the Acacia Flame Domain, gaining a powerful new ability that could grow stronger as he integrated more Holy Flames.

• Xiao Yan celebrated reaching the Four-Star Dou Xian Early Stage and considered how his flames and techniques would help him face Ling Yu.
• The Soul Devouring Master urged Xiao Yan to summon his Holy Flames and Great Heaven Seed and examine his Sacred Flame Space.
• When Xiao Yan tried to summon the space, the Fire Heart Sky Rock’s earth-yellow domain emerged around him, and the Soul Devouring Master identified it as a Half Domain.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Half Domain contained Acacia Power as well as the Fire Heart Sky Rock’s power.
• Xiao Yan named the domain the Acacia Flame Domain, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that integrating other Holy Flames could add their powers to it.

Xiao Yan and You Er found no Guardians in the five spaces and entered the Central Red Zone, while Duan Qifei continued her Samsara cultivation elsewhere. The chapter left Xiao Yan, You Er, and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf heading into the perilous central passage.

• Duan Qifei awakened on her cultivation platform and said she was close to completing Samsara, which would awaken Thunder Lord and return the power in her body to her Teacher.
• The narration revealed that Duan Qifei was a pure and powerful Samsara Runner whose success could produce two Reincarnation Experts, though her identity also made her and Thunder Lord vulnerable.
• After finding no Guardians across the five spaces, You Er worried that someone had reached them first, and Xiao Yan reasoned that a hidden Eight-Star Dou Xian was helping them.
• Xiao Yan and You Er prepared to enter the Central Red Zone, which You Er described as more dangerous than the other red markers and impossible to bypass.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf sensed an unsettling aura in the passage, then followed Xiao Yan and You Er into the Central Red Zone.

As the decisive battle raged in the Buddha Realm, a mysterious power awakened within Yun Qi, who sensed that fate’s cycle had begun. A terrifying Flame Cloud Layer and the Black and White Scorching Sun arrived over the battlefield, revealing the Quasi-Divine Stage and leaving both armies shaken.

• Yun Qi felt a stabbing pain and sensed a mysterious presence awakening within her soul as she painted a little girl’s portrait.
• Yun Qi spoke cryptically to Yuanyan about fate and continued painting, intending to secure hope for the Great Thousand World.
• The Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor felt the Earth Spirit Bead stir during his battle with the Holy King, while Cai Lin and Yun Yun sensed a disturbance through their powers.
• A Flame Cloud Layer descended over the Buddha Realm amid seven-colored lightning, followed by the Black and White Scorching Sun.
• Xiao Tianming recognized the arrival as the Quasi-Divine Stage, while the demigod powers of those present froze.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er defeated the Soul-Hooking Envoy and helped the Poison God Palace elder repair the damaged spatial markings. After Su Xueying rejected Xiao Yan’s explanation and left with the Bamboo Spirit Scholar, the Demon Language Heavenly Book revealed an obscure vision of Xiao Yan, Su Xueying, and an ancient sword beneath a deep well.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er used their god techniques to destroy the Soul-Hooking Envoy’s restraints and free the Poison God Palace elder.
• The elder explained that the Soul-Hooking Envoy had betrayed the Ghost Realm and joined the Demon God Realm, then repaired the hall’s damaged spatial markings.
• Su Xueying vomited blood, rejected Xiao Yan’s attempt to clear up the Xiao Clan misunderstanding, and left with the Bamboo Spirit Scholar.
• The Bamboo Spirit Scholar used Xiao Yan’s origin Qi to consult the Demon Language Heavenly Book, which showed Xiao Yan and Su Xueying beside a deep well containing an ancient sword-like object.
• The Bamboo Spirit Scholar followed Su Xueying into the void, and Xun’er pressed Xiao Yan to explain his history with her.

Xiao Yan entered the Yao Clan’s Small World to take the Celestial Grade Sixth-Tier Alchemist test, which required refining pills while Elder Feng evaluated his skill. After Elder Feng allowed him to proceed without an alchemist badge, Xiao Yan inspected the three formulas and found the Heavenly-class Fengzi Monster Core Pill promising.

• Elder Feng led Xiao Yan through a spatial barrier to the Yao Clan’s testing ground and explained the two-step alchemist test.
• Elder Feng asked Xiao Yan for his alchemist badge, but he admitted he had forgotten it and had only registered as a Tier 4 Immortal Grade alchemist.
• Elder Feng threatened to detain Xiao Yan, and he answered with overwhelming soul power that shook her confidence.
• Elder Feng allowed Xiao Yan to take the test after sensing his formidable Spirit Palace and soul power.
• Xiao Yan examined the Xuan-class Fuxian Pill and Earth-class Duyuan Beast Pill formulas, then smiled as he read the Heavenly-class Fengzi Monster Core formula.

Grand Archangel Ares trapped Xiao Yan in the Angel Holy Altar and used its purification power to overwhelm him. As Xiao Yan’s life and powers faded, he shielded Cai Lin and Yun Yun with the Flame God Cauldron, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Grand Archangel Ares empowered the Angel Holy Altar with angel power and declared that Xiao Yan’s resistance would end.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame God Cauldron and its nine holy runes, but his attack failed to harm the altar.
• Ares summoned Divine Judgment Phantasm and dragged Xiao Yan into the Angel Holy Altar, where its power stirred and purified the demon power within him.
• Cai Lin and Yun Yun broke away from their opponents and rushed toward Xiao Yan as he launched another futile attack against the altar.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame God Cauldron to shield Cai Lin and Yun Yun, then began to disintegrate as his life and powers left his body.

Xiao Yan used the Soul Devouring Talisman’s black qi to fight the injured Blood Demon Envoy, while learning that only a Seventh Ruler might give him a chance to kill his foe. The Blood Demon Envoy fled toward the Sect Tournament exit, declaring that everyone would become his fertilizer, and Xiao Yan and the others pursued him.

• Xiao Yan revealed strange devouring black qi, alarming the Blood Demon Envoy, who wondered if Xiao Yan was a Soul Devouring Master.
• The Soul Devouring Talisman urged Xiao Yan to kill the Blood Demon Envoy quickly, while Mu Tian Yuan led the others to attack the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s main forces.
• Xiao Yan and the Blood Demon Envoy fought to a standstill, though the Soul Devouring Talisman warned Xiao Yan was at a slight disadvantage and would need the Seventh Ruler for a fatal blow.
• The Blood Demon Envoy launched crimson aura at Xiao Yan, who trapped it in a cage of black qi.
• The Blood Demon Envoy fled toward the Sect Tournament exit and threatened to use everyone as fertilizer, so Xiao Yan chased him as Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, and Yin Fu Tong followed.