Chapter Summaries

Liu Hao revealed that the Holy See had sealed the Medicine Realm and intended to kill everyone who witnessed its secret operation against Xiao Yan. As the Arbitration Tribunal drew out Xiao Yan’s Demon Power, he transformed and unleashed it against the Holy See, while Xun Er entered a mysterious state with the Phoenix Nirvana Pill.

• Liu Hao said the Dimensional Prism had isolated the Medicine Realm and warned that the Holy See would execute the demon and eliminate witnesses.
• Xiao Yan’s Demon Power erupted as the Arbitration Tribunal tried to purify him, shattering the divine musical notes and changing his appearance.
• Xun Er broke through the remaining notes, embraced Xiao Yan, and promised to stay by him as he vowed he would survive.
• Xun Er retreated to the Yao Clan and entered a special state, discovering the Phoenix Nirvana Pill in her sleeve.
• Liu Hao threatened Xiao Yan, the Ancient Clan, and the Endless Fire Domain, then declared he would take Xun Er for himself.
• Xiao Yan transformed, crushed the Arbitration Tribunal’s encirclement, and declared that he would kill the angels and begin a new epoch.

A mysterious figure erased the Weird Thunder Lord and reflected on the turmoil among the Human Realm Center, Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Angel Kingdom. In the Angel Kingdom, the Slaughter Angel learned of Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan Descendant and reacted with surprise and killing intent.

• A mysterious figure imprisoned the Weird Thunder Lord, declared himself the order of the world, and destroyed him with a strange Milky White Flame.
• The mysterious figure credited Guardian Xuan with stirring up conflict and wondered which power would prevail.
• Guardian Xuan joined the Outer Realm army in its campaign to breach the Darkness Realm and conquer the Netherworld.
• Bailin brought reports about the Great Thousand World to the Slaughter Angel in the Slaughter Divine Palace.
• The Slaughter Angel read reports about Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan Descendant and reacted with astonishment and killing intent.

The Golden Dragon King defeated and killed the Silver Dragon King, ending the Dragon Clan civil war, while Xiao Yan remained gravely injured by elemental power. Zi Yan asked to take the fallen Silver Dragon King's power so she could save him, accepting that it might cost her the chance to reach the Ninth Stage.

• The Golden Dragon King summoned the Colorful Dragon Shadow, which severed the Silver Dragon King's connection to the Wisdom Dragon Bone and overwhelmed her.
• The Silver Dragon King begged the Golden Dragon King for another chance, but he refused, and the Colorful Dragon Shadow destroyed her, leaving behind a dragon bone, an origin light orb, and a silver dragon egg.
• Xiao Xuan awakened Zhu Kun, who helped rescue the captured armies; Dragon King Baxia and the others bound the five Dragon Kings who had sided with the Silver Dragon King.
• The Golden Dragon King hurried to Xiao Yan and learned that elemental power was suppressing the Undying and Immortal Dual Holy Flames, though Demon Power had protected his life.
• Zi Yan asked the Golden Dragon King to give her the fallen powers so she could expel the elemental power from Xiao Yan, saying she only wanted to save him.

Xiao Yan transformed into a towering demon whose overwhelming power shattered the Arbitration Tribunal’s holy array and left its fighters helpless. As he prepared to strike the fallen cultivators, the Yao Clan resolved to intervene and settle its long-standing grievances with the Holy See.

• Xiao Yan’s demonic power awakened, leaving the gathered factions stunned as Elder Lingxi confirmed he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Yao Wanyuan decided the Yao Clan would not let Xiao Yan die and ordered his people to prepare to use That Thing against the Holy See.
• Liu Hao ordered the Arbitration Tribunal to form its Pentagram Array and stop Xiao Yan’s descent.
• Xiao Yan emerged in a dark green Evil Demon Robe and effortlessly swept away the array’s holy power, knocking the Tribunal fighters from the sky.
• Xiao Yan sent a Dark Tide toward the falling Tribunal members and stomped downward as their leaders called for defense.

Demon Xiao Yan killed the Son of Heaven with the Demon Spear and learned that the Hell Realm’s leaders had joined the plot against the Xiao Clan. As the Lord of Palace, the Life and Death Judge, and the Yama of Underworld arrived to fight him, Xiao Yan unleashed his power and vowed to destroy them.

• The Demon Spear pierced the Son of Heaven, drained his power, and destroyed his body, leaving only his Soul Origin.
• The dying Son of Heaven called for the Lord of Palace, the Life and Death Judge, and the Yama of Underworld to appear and help him defeat Xiao Yan.
• The Hell Realm’s leaders arrived, and Xiao Yan sensed that the Yama of Underworld and the Life and Death Judge possessed Holy Flames.
• The Lord of Palace admitted that he and the others had participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Demon Power and Evil Power, declaring that the Hell Realm’s experts would be buried with him.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Thunder City with Mo Yu and went to register for the Eastern Continent Tournament at the City Lord Mansion. Elder Duan Feng’s mysterious power stopped the three at his door, but Xiao Yan broke free with his Soul Power, catching the elder’s attention.

• Mo Yu brought Xiao Yan, Yu Wei, and Yu Renran through Thunder City’s thunder barrier and introduced them to Duan Yu, who offered to help them register.
• Duan Yu explained that registration at the City Lord Mansion was limited to contestants above the One-Star Dou Xian stage, while other registration points had no strength requirement.
• Duan Yu led the group to Elder Duan Feng’s registration room and sent Mo Yu to wait in the main hall.
• Duan Feng’s voice froze Xiao Yan and his companions in place, but Xiao Yan broke the restraint with his Soul Power.
• Duan Feng sensed Xiao Yan’s Soul Power and remarked that some interesting young contestants had arrived.

Xiao Yan reached a dim realm beneath the Magma World and encountered a bound Fire Phoenix that attacked him after recognizing the blood of the Xiao Clan in him. As its deadly technique closed in, Xiao Zifan intervened, dispelled the attack, and removed Xiao Yan from the realm.

• Xiao Yan entered the dim space beneath the Magma World and found a cyan-flamed Fire Phoenix bound by thick green plants.
• The Fire Phoenix attacked Xiao Yan, then recognized Dragon Clan and Xiao Clan fluctuations in his blood and vowed to kill him as a Xiao Clan descendant.
• The Fire Phoenix unleashed its Feather of the Phoenix technique and imprisoned Xiao Yan in place, citing the Phoenix Clan's old grievances against the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zifan appeared, halted and dispelled the attack, and vanished with Xiao Yan.
• The Fire Phoenix remained behind, renewing its hatred of the Xiao Clan.

The Demon Emperor killed Blake after destroying his Angel Wings, but Xiao Yan sensed another powerful presence awakening in the Holy See. The Pope, Mefier, appeared as the Demon Emperor confronted him.

• The Demon Emperor overwhelmed Blake, who tried to detonate his six Angel Wings to escape.
• The Demon Emperor shattered Blake’s wings and killed him, while Liu Yun said she was ready to return to the Monster Realm.
• Xiao Yan sensed an ancient power awakening, and Gu Xingtian noticed the Demon Emperor seemed to be waiting for something.
• Golden dragons attacked as they flew toward a hall in the Holy City’s back mountain, and Xiao Yan lunged to protect Liu Yun.
• A blond-haired man appeared before the Demon Emperor, and the Demon of Light identified him as the Pope of the Holy See, Mefier.

Xiao Yan disguised himself to assess Lin Qingwen, an envoy from the Tian Xing Continent seeking the Endless Fire Domain’s support for Princess Qin Xin in an impending imperial election. Xiao Yan agreed to travel to the Tian Xing Continent the next day, leaving Lin Qingwen relieved and the alliance poised to form.

• Xiao Yan learned that Lin Qingwen, a commandery king from the Tian Xing Continent’s imperial family, had arrived and went to meet him in disguise.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Lin Qingwen on Xuan Ling Mountain and noticed a strange protective talisman on him.
• Lin Qingwen met Xiao Yan and Cai Lin in the manor’s Main Hall and explained that Princess Qin Xin had sent him to seek the Endless Fire Domain’s support in the imperial election.
• Lin Qingwen said Qin Xin’s faction was in a difficult position and promised an alliance with the Endless Fire Domain if she won.
• Xiao Yan agreed to set off for the Tian Xing Continent the next day, and Lin Qingwen thanked him with emotion.

Xiao Yan and Shan Ling approached the arena to seek the Holy Flame, but the Blood Demon Left Guard broke free and confronted Kuángmù Immortal Master’s remnant soul. As the Left Guard attacked, an earthen-yellow flame appeared and addressed Kuángmù Immortal Master as its king.

• Xiao Yan reassured Shan Ling that he would protect her and promised to eliminate the Outer Realm Evil Clan within the arena.
• A blackish-purple beam erupted from the arena, shattering Heaven's Giant Hand and releasing the Blood Demon Left Guard.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard emerged and declared that it would claim everything Kuángmù Immortal Master had possessed.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master appeared on the throne and challenged the Blood Demon Left Guard, while Xiao Yan recognized him as a Dou Xian and an Immortal Grade Fourth-Rank Alchemist.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard attacked Kuángmù Immortal Master, but an earthen-yellow flame appeared and declared, “Your subordinate, Yan, pays respects to my king!”

Xiao Yan received Thunder Lord’s Thunder Essence as a fortune while Duan Qifei continued absorbing the inheritance. After overcoming the essence’s Xun Er illusion with Holy Flame, Xiao Yan devoured its power and began strengthening his body and strength.

• Thunder Lord emerged and agreed to give Xiao Yan the fortune in the Thunder Pool while Duan Qifei absorbed his inheritance, warning Xiao Yan to protect Duan Qifei from the Outer Realm Evil Clan and Sin.
• Thunder Lord led Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master to the Thunder Essence, a crystal ball formed from his thunder power.
• The Thunder Essence transformed into Xun Er and tried to attack Xiao Yan, but he trapped it with Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan burned away the Thunder Essence’s intelligence and swallowed its remaining power, causing his strength and physique to undergo a major change.

The Lord of Fierce Souls reflected on his failed plan to obtain the Soul Devouring Talisman and the threat posed by the sealed Demon Emperor. He revealed that the Soul Academy had found a way for Ghost Realm creatures to devour Holy Flames, and planned to use that method to reach the Samsara Realm.

• The chapter explained the roles of the Four Great Academies and the hidden Elder Council in governing the Lihun Domain.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls lamented that the Soul Devouring Talisman had vanished after the Soul Devouring Master escaped, leaving him unable to break his imprisonment.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls worried that the Demon Emperor might escape his seal and seek revenge on the Lihun Domain.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls revealed the Holy Flames Undying Fire and Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, which the Soul Academy had studied to develop a method for Ghost Realm creatures to devour Holy Flames.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls planned to use one Holy Flame as bait and consume the other to break through to the Samsara Realm and pursue the Supreme Dao.

Xiao Yan discovered that the two empty light orbs contained a phantom of the Moonlight Fairy, who recognized him as an Xiao Clan survivor and warned him about the Human Realm’s role in his clan’s calamity. She imparted the cultivation method for the Four Fingers of the Firmament and the Creation Three Fists, and Xiao Yan began training.

• Xiao Yan found no cultivation methods in either light orb, then watched them merge under his Holy Flame.
• The Moonlight Fairy Phantom emerged and recognized Xiao Yan as an Xiao Clan Person who had ascended from a Lower Plane.
• The Moonlight Fairy warned Xiao Yan to hide his clan identity and be wary of the Human Realm powerhouses connected to his clan’s disaster.
• The Moonlight Fairy explained that her phantom existed to pass down a Dou Technique and sent its cultivation method into Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan learned the names of the Four Fingers of the Firmament and the Creation Three Fists and began cultivating them.

Yun Yun and her allies freed the Heaven Realm’s captured leaders and confronted the Holy Spirit King, who revealed a black plant that threatened the realm. The fighting began as Yun Yun prepared to destroy the plant, while the Holy Spirit King sought the Flower God Mark and Moon God Mark.

• Yun Yun severed the black qi ropes binding the Heaven Realm’s leaders and gave them pills to restore some of their Samsara Power.
• Yue Xi explained that the Holy Spirit King and two evil kings had infiltrated the Heaven Realm, captured its leaders, and entered the Forbidden Area seeking the Supreme Dao.
• The Holy Spirit King proposed that the Heaven Realm’s forces defeat her before a black plant finished condensing, or face a devastating disaster.
• Yue Xi and the reinforcements engaged the two evil kings while Yun Yun and the Holy Spirit King waited for an opening; the Holy Spirit King sought the Flower God Mark and Moon God Mark.
• Yun Yun attacked the Holy Spirit King, and the forces on both sides began a full-scale battle.

Xiao Yan and the others faced the ninth layer’s guardian, the deadly Corpse-Shattering Stone Fan Scorpion, inside its rock array. Liu Qing stopped its surprise attack long enough for Xiao Yan to unleash his core inscriptions and fire power, leaving the scorpion trapped and in danger.

• Lvyin recognized the spinning rocks as the Corpse-Shattering Stone Fan Scorpion’s array and warned the group about the guardian’s lethal poison.
• Xiao Yan identified the scorpion as a dangerous opponent, and Thunder Snake judged its strength to rival a Two-star Dou Xian Perfection fighter.
• Xiao Yan attacked the scorpion with fire, but it retreated into the rocks to conceal itself and prepare a fatal strike.
• The scorpion’s venomous hook burst from the rocks toward Yu Yifeng, but Liu Qing shattered a Saint Grade peak light-element defense Dou Ji scroll to intercept it.
• Xiao Yan sent more than twenty-seven thousand core inscriptions and his fire-attribute Dou Xian Power into the array, trapping the scorpion and making it realize its danger.

After completing his preparations to devour the Devouring Holy Flame, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion and learned that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony was likely a trap. The Medusa Clan agreed to join forces with the Burning Incense Pavilion and other allies for a decisive battle at Xuan Ling Mountain in two days, and Xiao Yan prepared to return with Mu Xuzi.

• Xiao Yan finished refining the Xu Sheng Pill and left his secret room, where the Snake King told him only three days had passed.
• The Snake King brought Xiao Yan to the Crystal Palace, where Mu Xuzi had come to discuss the upcoming Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan reassured Mu Xuzi that he understood why the Burning Incense Pavilion had not supported him before, then asked what had happened.
• She Fu warned that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s ceremony was likely a trap and that the other sects in the alliance might abandon the fight if danger arose.
• She Fu committed the Medusa Clan to the operation and set a decisive battle at Xuan Ling Mountain for two days later.
• Xiao Yan offered to return with Mu Xuzi to see the Burning Incense Pavilion’s disciples.

Xiao Yan raised the Flame Mantra to Saint Grade Peak and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Xian Early Stage while cultivating in the Immortal Hall. Outside, Lin Yunshu secured the Tian Xing Continent’s support for the Endless Fire Domain as it prepared for the threat of the Holy See; Xiao Yan left ready to travel to the Monster Realm.

• Xiao Yan found that the Flame Mantra had reached Saint Grade Peak, though its final six realms remained beyond his understanding.
• Xiao Yan used the Immortal Flame to strengthen his body and Dou Core, advancing through the Six-Star Dou Xian stages over several months.
• Lin Yunshu argued that the Tian Xing Continent should support the Endless Fire Domain against the Holy See, and the Emperor agreed to the gamble.
• The Tian Xing Continent and Vast Sea Continent helped the Endless Fire Domain grow rapidly.
• Xiao Yan successfully broke through to Seven-Star Dou Xian Early Stage and prepared to head to the Monster Realm.

Xiao Yan’s group joined Tang Tang and the Blood Blade Mercenary Group to travel into the Death Desert, with Xuan Shan and Elder Zhuo also hiring the captain’s escort. At the desert’s edge, a rare Black Storm appeared, forcing Tang Tang to lead everyone back to wait it out.

• Tang Tang waited with Wu Yu and the other mercenaries for Tu Lang and the arriving travelers, explaining that the small group was meant to keep their target concealed.
• Tu Lang brought Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying to Tang Tang, and Xiao Yan introduced himself under the name Yan Xiao.
• Xuan Shan and Elder Zhuo arrived and paid Tang Tang to escort them into the desert.
• Tang Tang led the group toward the Death Desert’s core, while Wu Yu followed behind Xiao Yan’s party.
• At the desert’s edge, Tang Tang spotted a powerful Black Storm and ordered everyone to retreat until it passed.

Xiao Tianming and the Endless Flame Alliance learned that the Heaven-Connecting Lock could grant entry to the Human Realm Center, then received the artifact and prepared to go there. In the Netherworld Territory, a hidden enemy killed Xiao Yuntian and revealed eight shadowy figures, including Tianyuan Supreme.

• The Holy King, Xiao Tianming, and their allies discussed the Human Realm Center, the Heaven-Connecting Lock, and the threat posed by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and the Head of Foreign Lands.
• A guard brought Xiao Tianming a silver stone lock left behind by a mysterious presence, and the Lord of Star Track Pavilion identified it as the Heaven-Connecting Lock.
• The alliance agreed to rest for a few days before heading to the Human Realm Center as tensions rose across the Great Thousand World.
• In the Netherworld Territory, Xiao Yuntian struggled with the toll of fighting the Head of Foreign Lands' avatar and using the God-Obliterating Bow twice.
• A concealed foe confronted Xiao Yuntian, revealed that he had orchestrated events involving Yaoji, the Xiao Clan, the Slaughter Angel, and the Human Realm Center Realm Lord, then summoned eight figures, including Tianyuan Supreme.
• The foe killed Xiao Yuntian at great cost and vanished, asking whether Tianyuanzi or Diyuanzi would win the final battle.

The Soul Devouring Master shattered the demonic qi dome and attacked the fleeing Dusha Demon Empress, but Di Dusha sacrificed himself to help her escape. Xiao Yan reached the point threshold, and Zuo Mu found and carried him from the Demon Suppressing Prison as the competition ended.

• The Soul Devouring Master used power left by the Soul Devouring Talisman to destroy the demonic qi dome and pursue the Dusha Demon Empress.
• Di Dusha took the Soul Devouring Master's attack and sent the Dusha Demon Empress through the space channel before he was devoured.
• The Soul Devouring Master asked Xiao Yan about his points, then devoured the remaining evil aura in the prison until Xiao Yan's total exceeded ten thousand.
• The Soul Devouring Master warned Xiao Yan to keep the Evil Implement secret and vanished when someone approached.
• Xiao Yan injured himself and pretended to be unconscious, and Zuo Mu found him and carried him away.
• The Demon Suppressing Prison competition ended with victory for the Four Continents' experts, while the Dusha Demon Empress escaped and the Soul Hall and Hidden Soul Guild suffered heavy losses.