Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Yu Quan at the Moon Reflection Pool and allowed Qing Wenshu to take him prisoner as leverage against the Yu Family. As Xiao Yan and his companions returned to Ghost King City, the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast warned that conflicts and threats were gathering.

• Yu Quan challenged Xiao Yan's newfound Dou Xian strength, but Xiao Yan's Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler attack overwhelmed him and the Holy Flame Power stopped him from escaping.
• Yu Quan survived the attack and tried to flee, but Xiao Yan intercepted him and threatened him with his cyan-yellow Holy Flame.
• Qing Wenshu persuaded Xiao Yan to spare Yu Quan as a bargaining chip, then knocked Yu Quan unconscious and concealed his appearance.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Wenshu, and Qinger left the Moon Reflection Pool for Ghost King City with Yu Quan, while Yu Quan's subordinates returned to the Yu Family.
• The Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast emerged from the pool and suspected that beast-clan conflict and the Outer Realm Evil Clan's unrest would end the peaceful days.

A Soul Hall powerhouse trapped Xiao Yan and the others in a black-mist barrier and confronted a Holy See elder. As the elder died, Xiao Yan learned the attacker might be backing Lin Fengya, one of the candidates in the coming imperial election.

• The Soul Hall powerhouse sealed the square in black mist and revealed his illusory Soul Body, while the Holy See elder countered with light-element power.
• The Soul Hall powerhouse summoned a hundred-zhang blood shadow, and the Holy See elder used a light spell to break it apart.
• The shattered blood shadow released Lonely Ghosts that pierced the Holy See elder and wounded him.
• Lin Qingwen told Xiao Yan that Lin Fengya, a crippled candidate in the imperial election, was likely supported by the Soul Hall powerhouse.
• The Soul Hall powerhouse ignored the elder's warning, pierced his chest, and crushed his heart, killing the fifth Believer of the Holy See.

The Ghost Face Soul Flame battled the awakened Blood Demon Envoy as the Outer Realm Evil Clan attacked the Demon Suppression Realm. The Blood Demon Envoy broke through the cyan magma seal and emerged beside Xue Tian and Xue Xuan with a mysterious figure.

• Xue Tian and Xue Xuan caused the massive Blood Demon to explode into waves of evil Qi, which the Cyan Figure blocked with cyan runes.
• The Blood Demon Envoy spoke from the pit, revealing that he had awakened from his slumber, and the Cyan Figure swallowed the Cyan Sacred Flame Crystal to unleash his full power.
• The Cyan Figure destroyed the Blood Demon Qi and refused the Blood Demon Envoy’s offer to join the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The Blood Demon Envoy released a strange blood-red aura that cut through the cyan magma surrounding the pit.
• The Blood Demon Envoy and a mysterious figure escaped the pit and appeared beside Xue Tian and Xue Xuan, forcing them to kneel.

Xiao Yan defeated Feng Ling and took his wooden token, learning that it could help the team reach the Five-Elements Beast’s dwelling. After Feng Ling’s team left, Xiao Yan suspected Feng Ling had withheld something and led his team deeper into Luoling Mountain.

• Xiao Yan forced the injured Feng Ling to hand over the wooden token, and Ling Xuan confirmed it was genuine.
• Ling Xuan recalled that the token might be a key, and Feng Ling revealed that the teams’ mission was to defeat the Five-Elements Beast.
• Feng Ling explained that three wooden tokens were needed to pass the spatial imprisonment around the Five-Elements Beast’s dwelling atop one of Luoling Mountain’s three highest peaks.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Feng Ling’s team after taking their token, while Feng Ling left vowing that Luoling Mountain’s Three Giants would bring Xiao Yan down.
• Mu Yingying and Mu Feng questioned Feng Ling’s account, and Xiao Yan said Feng Ling seemed to be hiding something before leading the team deeper into the mountain.

Xiao Yan learned that the Alchemist Association President had tried to provoke a clash between him and Yun Qi before the competition, then prepared to enter the second stage’s soul contest. At the colosseum, Lei He explained the dangerous rules and split the contestants into two divisions as the drawing of lots began.

• Duan Tianhong told Xiao Yan that the Alchemist Association President had tried to use Yun Qi to test or intimidate him before the competition, and Xiao Yan resolved to compete for first place.
• Xiao Yan, Yu Renran, Liu Qing, and Duan Qifei went to the Competition Grounds, where Xiao Yan noticed Yun Qi and Hua Fei among the contestants.
• Lei He introduced himself as the competition’s organizer and warned that contestants could lose their Origin or perish during the soul matches.
• Lei He brought the contestants into a vast colosseum and divided them into Immortal Realm and below-Immortal Realm divisions, each competing for five advancement spots.
• Xiao Yan went to draw lots in his division, while Yu Renran and Liu Qing joined the below-Immortal Realm contestants and Duan Qifei watched.

The Monster Beast Army fought the Fifth-Tier Reincarnation Stage Peak Mosha Bloody Monster in the Netherworld. At the Poison God Palace, Cai Lin and Xun'er found Xiao Yi Xian in a deep slumber, defeated the invading strongman, and joined the Endless Fire Domain army's battle as Xiao Yi Xian continued to inherit the Poison God Cauldron's power.

• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and Qing Luan led the Monster Beast Army into the Netherworld, where they confronted Mosha Bloody Monster and a fierce battle erupted.
• Cai Lin ordered the army to camp outside the Poison God Palace and entered its mountains with Xun'er to investigate.
• Cai Lin and Xun'er found Xiao Yi Xian hovering above the Poison God Cauldron, unconscious as she underwent a transformation.
• An Outer Realm Evil Clan strongman attacked Cai Lin and Xun'er, but Xun'er overwhelmed him with her Holy Flame and golden crow attack.
• The dying strongman cast the Ten Thousand Dreams Illusion, trapping Cai Lin and Xun'er in a distorted space as Xiao Yi Xian remained asleep.
• Blood-red magic shadows assembled across the Poison God Realm and clashed with the Endless Fire Domain army, while the two evil gods and the Fifth Evil God's army remained missing.

Xiao Yan and Yue Ru traveled to the Flower God Palace to check on its master and seek the secret key, learning more about the Immortal Realm Center along the way. They found the palace overrun by evil monsters and sneaked toward its Main Hall, where a tremendous battle was underway.

• Xiao Yan reassured Yue Ru about the Moon God Palace and told her that her father and the Xuan Ling Continent were safe.
• Yue Ru promised to stand with the Endless Fire Domain and explained that the leaders of three sacred lands held keys to a hidden Immortal Realm treasure.
• Yue Ru told Xiao Yan that the Immortal Realm Center had only sixteen registered powerhouses, and that its Realm Lord had reached the Tongxuan Micro Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Yue Ru entered the Flower God Palace territory and saw its Sea of Flowers polluted and swarming with evil monsters.
• Yue Ru led Xiao Yan along a hidden route toward the Main Hall as a massive battle shook the palace's central area.

Xiao Yan intervened when Xu Zhu nearly struck down Ling Xuan, then challenged Rainbow Team captain Feng Ling over the wooden token. After their first exchange revealed Xiao Yan’s formidable strength, Ling Xuan exposed that she knew the token’s secret, and Feng Ling prepared to keep fighting.

• Xu Zhu unleashed a destructive attack on Ling Xuan, but Xiao Yan blocked it with the Primordial Fire Ruler and blasted Xu Zhu away.
• Xiao Yan gave Ling Xuan medicinal pills, while Ailin reported that Xu Zhu was alive but would remain unconscious for a while.
• Feng Ling erupted with his strength and clashed with Xiao Yan, then recognized that Xiao Yan was far more powerful than he had expected.
• Ling Xuan taunted Feng Ling to leave the wooden token behind if he lost and revealed that she knew its secret.
• Feng Ling realized Ling Xuan’s status as the Hall Master’s daughter made the token’s secret hard to conceal, and renewed his fighting intent.

Duan Tianfeng told Duan Tianhong that Xiao Yan possessed the Holy Flame and could potentially cure the hidden ailment weakening the Valley Master. After meeting Xiao Yan, Duan Tianhong revealed that an Outer Realm Evil Clan king was sealed in his body and asked Xiao Yan to help remove it, then requested that he protect his daughter amid turmoil in the valley.

• Duan Tianfeng privately told Duan Tianhong that Xiao Yan wielded the Holy Flame and might cure his ailment.
• Duan Tianfeng brought Duan Tianhong to Xiao Yan’s room, where the Valley Master asked for his help.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Evil Power within Duan Tianhong and identified it as resembling the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Duan Tianhong explained that Xiema, a king of the Burning Soul Clan, was sealed inside him and was slowly devouring his strength.
• Xiao Yan said he would prepare medicinal pills and use the Holy Flame to banish Xiema, while promising to keep his tournament lead.
• Duan Tianhong asked Xiao Yan to protect his young daughter as storms troubled the Forged Blade Thunder Valley.

Xiao Yan registered for the Eastern Continent Tournament and revealed that he was an Emperor Grade Three Alchemist. A test of his Dou Qi purity exposed a level ten fire attribute, and Duan Feng suspected that Xiao Yan possessed a Holy Flame that could cure the Forged Blade Thunder Valley's Valley Master.

• Duan Feng questioned Xiao Yan about his profession, and Xiao Yan registered as an Emperor Grade Three Alchemist.
• Duan Feng tested Xiao Yan's Dou Qi purity with a crystal ball, which drew on Xiao Yan's Holy Flame and shattered after its reading reached level ten.
• Duan Feng told Xiao Yan and his companions that Thunder City would announce the tournament details and rules in a month, then arranged for them to rest.
• Duan Feng considered whether Xiao Yan possessed a Holy Flame that could cure the Valley Master's ailment and left to report the matter to the City Lord.

Xiao Yan defeated Leng Fuyao in a soul-power contest and Ye Meng took him to prepare for his advancement to Emperor Grade Two Alchemist. Qin Xin encouraged Leng Fuyao to leave her sheltered life and gain experience, while Ye Meng revealed that she had innate Emperor Realm soul power.

• Xiao Yan and Leng Fuyao emerged from their contest, and Leng Fuyao conceded his victory while insisting she had only made a mistake.
• Leng Fuyao told Ye Meng to prepare the items for Xiao Yan's advancement, and Ye Meng took Xiao Yan to the alchemy room.
• Qin Xin encouraged Leng Fuyao to leave the sheltered compound and seek experience in the ruins ahead.
• Xiao Yan asked Ye Meng why Leng Fuyao's soul power had made their contest so difficult, and Ye Meng revealed she had innate Emperor Realm soul power.

The Nether Lord burned himself and the gathered powers to unleash Eternal Night Nether Radiance, defeating three demigod experts at the cost of his life. As Heavenly Protector Fah moved to kill him, Xiao Yan and the First Elder attacked the barrier holding the sleeping Xiao Clan experts, gambling that their divine artifacts could break it.

• The Nether Lord unleashed the lesser divine technique Eternal Night Nether Radiance, darkening the Netherworld and devastating the three demigod experts.
• The Outer Realm Evil Clan Sovereign died, Heavenly Protector Fah was gravely wounded, and Renshenzi was left with only a faint remnant of his soul.
• Yaoji identified the attack as a lesser divine technique, while Heavenly Protector Fah approached the dying Nether Lord and began absorbing his power.
• The King of Myriad Beasts tried to stop Heavenly Protector Fah, but he and the other experts had nearly exhausted their strength.
• Demon Xiao Yan and the First Elder found the sleeping Xiao Clan experts behind a barrier that swallowed most powers, then resolved to break it using the Flame God Cauldron and God Slashing Ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated Ye Sheng with a soul attack and faced the Withered Leaf Zhai Fifth Elder, whose fire-based attacks proved ineffective against him. After using the fight to adapt to his strength, Xiao Yan launched the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, leaving the Fifth Elder to face the attack.

• Xiao Yan's soul attack heavily injured Ye Sheng, and Yu Wei distributed Antidote Pills to the poisoned members of the group.
• The Fifth Elder treated Ye Sheng's injuries and attacked Xiao Yan with a flame spear, while Xiao Yan met him with the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan defended against the Fifth Elder's attacks for nearly ten minutes as he adapted to his Two-star Dou Xian Early Stage strength.
• Xiao Yan revealed overwhelming Flame Force and unleashed the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler at the Fifth Elder.

Hua Qing'er and Yun'er were cornered by two powerful enemies from the Outer Realm Evil Clan at the Flower God Palace, and Hua Qing'er prepared to sacrifice herself to protect her disciples. Xiao Yan arrived in time to shield Hua Qing'er with the Taboo Hall and caught Yun'er, reuniting with her.

• Hua Qing'er, weakened by an old wound, told Yun'er to lead the Flower God Palace disciples to safety with the secret key and Holy Flame.
• The two black-robed enemies attacked the group, and one summoned the Myriad Demonic Soul Lock to trap them.
• Yun'er stood in front of Hua Qing'er to protect her, but Hua Qing'er pushed her aside and began to unleash her power.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Taboo Hall to block and purify the evil blood lock, then caught Yun'er as she fell.
• Yun'er recognized Xiao Yan and reunited with him.

Xiao Yan and Yun Qi entered the Garden of Eden, where Nannan led him through its desolate grounds and recalled his past there. They discovered a terrifying golden tombstone that stirred an intense reaction in Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra and Flame God Cauldron.

• Yun Qi guided Xiao Yan along the golden path, while he shared energy to steady her injuries.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Qi crossed into the Garden of Eden and found a vast, ruined land beneath a suspended garden whose power suppressed his abilities.
• Nannan broke free from within Yun Qi and led Xiao Yan around the Garden of Eden, recalling places where he had once practiced swordsmanship.
• Xiao Yan admitted he could not remember the Garden of Eden or Nannan’s stories.
• Xiao Yan spotted a shattered region and a golden tombstone in the garden’s depths, and his Flame Mantra and Flame God Cauldron began to grow fiery in response.

Xiao Yan and the Yu sisters registered for the Eastern Continent Tournament and used a Crystal Ball to classify their strength. Yu Wei received Level Five and Yu Renran received Level Eight, leaving Xiao Yan to be tested.

• Duan Feng’s coercion was dispelled by Xiao Yan’s Soul Power, and the trio entered the wooden house to register.
• Duan Feng explained that the Crystal Ball tested Dou Qi strength and purity on a scale of ten levels.
• Yu Wei registered as a One-star Dou Xian Perfection and received a Level Five rating.
• Yu Renran registered as a Two-star Later-stage Dou Xian and received a Level Eight rating, surprising Xiao Yan and Duan Feng.
• Yu Renran handed the Crystal Ball to Xiao Yan for his turn.

Holy King, Xiao Tianming, and Qing Yuan rescued Xiao Yan from the Buddha Realm, where the Head of Foreign Lands had defeated Tianyuanzi and was gathering power to reach Dou Shen. Xiao Yan awoke in the Endless Fire Domain with the Head of Foreign Lands’ Origin Poison branded into his chest, and the demon-eye imprint suddenly caused him agonizing pain.

• Holy King, Xiao Tianming, and Qing Yuan returned with the unconscious Xiao Yan, and Qing Yuan revealed that the Head of Foreign Lands was attempting to break through to Dou Shen.
• Qing Yuan and Cai Lin discovered that the Head of Foreign Lands had planted a divine Origin Poison in Xiao Yan, which Qing Yuan, Holy King, and Xiao Tianming could only force into a corner of his body.
• Xiao Yan woke beside Xun'er, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Mu Yingying and saw the demon-eye imprint on his chest.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that the Head of Foreign Lands had absorbed thirty percent of the Great Thousand World’s life force and that there was no known cure for his Origin Poison.
• The demon eye on Xiao Yan’s chest blinked, causing excruciating pain as the poison’s power threatened his body and soul.

The Soul Devouring Master struck the Blood Butcher with the Netherworld God-Breaking Needle and tried to suppress him, but the Blood Butcher activated a brief immunity to all power and turned the battle against the Ghost Realm. Just as the Soul Devouring Master and the other defenders faced defeat, sacred flames appeared outside the Devouring Array.

• The Soul Devouring Master secretly sent a tiny needle toward the Blood Butcher while the Ghost Realm powerhouses began to falter.
• The Netherworld God-Breaking Needle pierced the Blood Butcher, weakening him and allowing the Soul Devouring Master to trap him in a devouring light array.
• The Blood Butcher activated his berserker radiance, ignored the damage, and shattered the Soul Devouring Master's array.
• The other king defeated the joint forces of dozens of Ghost Realm powerhouses, leaving the Soul Devouring Master isolated as the Blood Butcher threatened him.
• Sacred flame halos flashed outside the Devouring Array as a cold, majestic voice announced its arrival.

Xiao Yan infiltrated Lin Fengya’s underground palace and discovered a sealed chamber containing four dragon corpses chained to a coffin holding the Emperor’s Soul. Lin Fengya and Hun Wuji prepared to seize the angel and Xiao Yan while awaiting election day.

• Xiao Yan explored the underground passages, evaded patrols, and overheard guards say that only Lin Fengya and a few elders could enter the palace depths.
• Lin Fengya learned that Xiao Yan had broken into the underground palace and ordered his elite subordinates to strengthen its patrols.
• Lin Fengya and Hun Wuji agreed to take the angel and Xiao Yan, while Lin Fengya sought control of Tian Xing Continent and the devil fruit.
• Xiao Yan reached the guarded stone gate, passed through it with the help of the Amber Flame Soul Fire, and entered the Divine Hall’s sealed inner space.
• Xiao Yan saw four dragon corpses whose chains bound a coffin and realized it contained the Emperor’s Soul of Tian Xing Continent.

Xiao Yan triggered the Ten-Colored Dou Xian Tribulation by combining his Dou Xian Power with three Holy Flames, then endured its increasingly powerful lightning strikes. After resisting the combined eighth and ninth strikes, he saw a silver bolt emerge as the Soul Devouring Master sensed Domain Fluctuations.

• Xiao Yan used his Dou Xian Power and three Holy Flames to stir the nine thunderclouds and summon the Ten-Colored Dou Xian Tribulation.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that Xiao Yan would have to withstand one lightning strike for each color of the tribulation.
• Xiao Yan endured the first six strikes with little difficulty, then barely blocked the seventh with his Dou Xian Power.
• Xiao Yan provoked the eighth and ninth thunderclouds into merging and resisted their combined thousand-zhang lightning strike, though it left him bleeding.
• A silver bolt emerged from the vortex, and the Soul Devouring Master cried out that it carried Domain Fluctuations.