Chapter Summaries

The Demonic Scholar transported Xiao Yan and tens of thousands of spiritual bodies into the Forest of Death, where the Life and Death Chessboard forced them to choose a challenger. After learning that everyone’s lives were bound to the game, Xiao Yan won their trust and entered the forest to face the trial.

• The Demonic Scholar brought the gathered powerhouses into the Forest of Death and declared that only those who passed through it could challenge him on the Life and Death Chessboard.
• Guyuan explained that the chessboard used everyone as a wager, while the Dark Underworld Warrior helped Xiao Yan discover that dark matter had taken root in their bodies.
• Xiao Yan revealed that victory would save their side and destroy the Demonic Scholar and the factions ruling the Gu Clan, but failure would kill them all.
• Xun Er and Guyuan offered to take the risk, but Xiao Yan insisted that he was best suited to fight and asked everyone to entrust their lives to him.
• Xun Er, Guyuan, Gutong, Guyulan, and the tens of thousands of spiritual bodies agreed to let Xiao Yan challenge the game, and he entered the Forest of Death.

Xiao Yan and Liu Qing defeated Huantong and freed the controlled contestants, but an even stronger presence from the Youhuan Clan appeared in the sky. Huan Zun withdrew after warning that the Eastern Continent was doomed, leaving the group to face a larger threat.

• Xiao Yan suppressed and obliterated Huantong with Liu Qing’s help, freeing the controlled experts and leaving himself badly exhausted.
• Liu Qing caught Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan told the group to recover before entering the Thunder Pool.
• Huan Zun and two allies discussed Huantong’s defeat and the power they sought within the Thunder Tomb Forbidden Area.
• Evil thunderclouds gathered over the Leiling Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan warned the recovering contestants of danger.
• Huan Zun confronted the Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon, then vanished after declaring that the Eastern Continent was doomed.

Xiao Yan finished refining the Fuyuan Ronghun Pill for Cai Lin, and the trio followed the Demon Emperor’s message to the center of the Monster Realm. They arrived in a strange, barren region that Cai Lin and her snake spirit recognized as the center, where the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python power began to stir.

• Xiao Yan handed Cai Lin the peak Eighth-Tier Heavenly Grade Fuyuan Ronghun Pill he had refined.
• Cai Lin read the Demon Emperor’s warning about the center’s realm lord and the Angel Kingdom, Demon Realm, and Region Boundary Domain, which might be tied to the siege of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan tore the Demon Emperor’s scroll, and he, Cai Lin, and the Tianxie Blood Tiger traveled through the space channel toward the center of the Monster Realm.
• The realm lord learned that Xiao Yan and Cai Lin had arrived and resolved to block them from entering the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s corpse land.
• The trio reached a gray, seemingly empty region, and Cai Lin confirmed it was the center of the Monster Realm as her snake spirit and Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python power reacted to it.

As news of Dou Souls in the ruins spread, the Solomon, Ancient Desolation Hall, Poison Sect, and Xuan Ling Imperial Family prepared their people for the expedition. King Xuan Ling returned badly weakened after Wine Sword Immortal used him as a shield and summoned Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing for the ruins.

• The Solomon Sect Master learned from Guni that Dou Souls existed in the ruins, gave Guni a pitch-black object, and ordered him to retrieve one intact.
• Huang Li told Feng Hong and Du Chun to enter the ruins for their final trial before the Sect Tournament, while he remained troubled by the crystal palace that had trapped him.
• Lin Zhu told the Poison Sect matron she would seek treasures in the ruins to cure the matron's lingering ailment, and the matron noted Lin Zhu had reached Six-star Dou Di Perfection.
• King Xuan Ling returned to the imperial palace in a weakened state, cursed Wine Sword Immortal for using him as a shield, and ordered Wenzi to summon Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing.

Fen Tian faced Hua Xin at the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, where the Poison Sect Master intervened to stop Hua Xin from killing him. After Fen Tian let Hua Xin's attack hit him, Hua Xin rushed to his side, and he revealed inwardly that he had baited her into showing her concern.

• Hua Xin unleashed a Dou Xian attack at Fen Tian, who refused to resist and said he was willing to die for her forgiveness.
• The Poison Sect Master blocked Hua Xin's strike and claimed she would take Fen Tian away because of old scores between their sects.
• Hua Xin and the Poison Sect Master argued over Fen Tian, then Hua Xin pursued the Poison Sect Master as she moved to protect him.
• Fen Tian pushed the Poison Sect Master away and let Hua Xin's attack hit him, leaving him badly wounded.
• Hua Xin flew toward the injured Fen Tian, while he inwardly smiled that she had taken the bait.

Yumou told Xiao Yan how the Lord of Fierce Souls killed her husband and stole the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, then entrusted him with stopping the villain and reclaiming the flame. Xiao Yan accepted the dangerous task to obtain the flame and revive Mu Yingying, received a one-use wisp of its origin, and left the Xiangsi Tree after three years to find turmoil outside.

• Yumou explained that the Lord of Fierce Souls had destroyed her continent, killed Feng Mo, and stolen the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• Yumou revealed that the Lord of Fierce Souls might have discovered how Ghost Realm creatures could devour more Holy Flames and intended to consume the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• Xiao Yan said he sought the flame to revive Mu Yingying, and he agreed to confront the Lord of Fierce Souls despite the danger.
• Yumou gave Xiao Yan a wisp of the Xiangsi Flame's Origin Flame to protect him once as he approached the Holy Flame.
• Yumou sent Xiao Yan out of the Xiangsi Tree after three years and remarked that his power resembled that of the Holy King from the First Heaven and Earth War.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er traveled to the Yao Clan’s Spirit Nourishing Mountain Range ahead of the Yao Clan Ceremony, planning to visit Yao Wang City and upgrade Xiao Yan’s alchemist emblem. As they headed toward the city, Xun Er explained the Yao Clan’s influence and its growing hostility toward the Holy See.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that visitors to the Yao Clan Ceremony needed an invitation or a Tier 4 Immortal Grade alchemist emblem, and Xiao Yan said his emblem was still at that rank.
• Xun Er proposed having Xiao Yan’s alchemist rank appraised in Yao Wang City before the ceremony began.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er reached the Spirit Nourishing Mountain Range and marveled at its vast, energy-rich landscape and abundant medicinal fragrance.
• Xun Er described the Yao Clan’s alchemical influence and explained that the Holy See had secretly killed a former Yao Clan champion alchemist.
• Xiao Yan led Xun Er toward Yao Wang City to have his alchemist rank emblem appraised.

Fen Tian faced the Dark Night Ghost Immortal’s Ghost Nether Blood Pillar by forming a powerful Giant Flame Lion from his Holy Flame Child Flame. As the lion awakened and charged at the pillar, Mu Yingying sensed her brother’s aura near the silver statue.

• Fen Tian recognized the Dark Night Ghost Immortal as one of the Three Great Ghost Immortals from the Blood River Continent and accepted his challenge.
• The Dark Night Ghost Immortal unleashed the Ghost Nether Blood Pillar, an attack potent enough to have killed a Dou Xian before.
• Fen Tian filled his domain with Holy Flame Child Flame and fused the flames into a Giant Flame Lion.
• Xiao Yan watched Fen Tian’s technique, while Mu Yingying’s azure flames surged and she sensed her brother’s aura above the silver statue.
• Fen Tian fed the Giant Flame Lion his blood, awakening it, and it leaped toward the Ghost Nether Blood Pillar.

Xiao Yan tried to master and merge with the Demon Robe while the Silver Dragon King prepared a devastating attack against him and his companions. Far away, the Netherworld’s defenders assembled to face an invading Evil Army as the Silver Dragon King summoned her Dragon God Blood Seal.

• Xiao Yan’s use of Demon Power awakened beings in the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss, where the Darkness Lord, King of Fallen, and another voice prepared the Netherworld to fight the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked the two women for time as the Demon Robe and demonic flames strengthened and merged with his body and soul.
• The Flower God Phantom and Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python attacked the Silver Dragon King while she gathered elemental power for a lethal strike.
• Cai Lin used Ten-Colored Divine Transformation Light to protect Long Hao and his companion as the Silver Dragon King formed the Dragon God Blood Seal.
• The Silver Dragon King revealed the enormous blood-red bone dragon she had created to devour and erase powerful opponents.

The Ancient Clans prepared to attack the Holy See while priests Yuri and Amber discovered that the Pope was missing and several important figures had been killed or injured. Cardinal Blake revealed the Holy See’s plans, while the true Pope set a trap for the Soul Devouring Master, the Demon Emperor, and the Endless Fire Domain.

• The Ancient Seven Clans and other factions surrounded the Holy City and Tongtian Tower as their leaders waited for the Supreme Elders’ orders.
• Amber told Yuri that Hill the Second Believer had died, the First Believer and Liu Hao were badly injured, and Lexi’s spirit tablet had vanished from the Great Thousand World.
• Yuri and Amber went to summon the Pope but learned that he had left for the Shengyuan Continent after Cardinal Miller was defeated by the Soul Devouring Master.
• Cardinal Blake said the Pope had left a backup plan and ordered preparations for a grand ceremony, while an Angel Shadow departed for the Endless Fire Domain.
• The true Pope revealed that he had used the Shengyuan Continent as bait, imprisoned the space channels, and prepared an angel trap for the Soul Devouring Master and Demon Emperor.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui entered the Wanhuo Sect after learning that its Sect Master, Huo Yi, was a Four-star Dou Xian mid stage powerhouse. Huo Yi’s leadership deliberately left the Spirit Academy disciples waiting for half a day, so Xiao Yan led Xiao Gui toward the Main Hall, prepared to confront them.

• The Cliff Guard opened a passage into the Wanhuo Sect and told Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui that the sect had five Four-star Dou Xians, including Sect Master Huo Yi.
• Huo Liuxin and Elder Huo urged Huo Yi to resist the Spirit Academy disciples’ involvement, while First Elder Huo Yun warned that defying Headmaster Earth Spirit Old Ghost could backfire.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui reached the sect mansion and asked the Cliff Guard to announce their arrival, then waited for half a day without being received.
• The Cliff Guard learned that Huo Yi had ordered the sect to leave the visitors waiting as payback for their late arrival, and the guards prevented him from intervening.
• Xiao Yan detected what had happened, told Xiao Gui to stay close and prepare to beat the sect’s people, then led him toward the Main Hall.

Xiao Yan intercepted Ling Yun as she forced Zi Lian’s team to surrender their Wooden Token, then claimed the token and faced Ling Yun’s demand for his own. The chapter ended as Lu Di, Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Ling Xuan arrived, bringing Xiao Yan’s companions to the confrontation.

• Ling Yun pressured Zi Lian’s team for its Wooden Token, but Xiao Yan suddenly appeared and snatched it away.
• Zi Lian thanked Xiao Yan by calling the token a gift, and Xiao Yan accepted it before Zi Lian’s team left.
• Ling Yun demanded Xiao Yan’s Wooden Tokens, but he ignored her and revealed his emperor flame power.
• Ling Yun’s team reacted in disbelief to Xiao Yan’s strength as Lu Di, Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Ling Xuan arrived.

The Dawn Team ambushed Xiao Yan and his exhausted companions after the Female Team left, demanding a wooden token. Xiao Yan fought Guang Lu while Mu Yingying and Ling Xuan took on the rest, and Xiao Yan wounded Guang Lu in close combat as the battle continued.

• The Dawn Team emerged and Guang Lu asked Xiao Yan to lend them a wooden token, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Guang Lu ordered his teammates to attack, and Mu Yingying told the exhausted Mu Feng and Lu Di to retreat while she and Ling Xuan held off the four opponents.
• Xiao Yan confronted Guang Lu and struck him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but Guang Lu absorbed the attack with Life Power.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to distract Guang Lu, then closed in and inflicted several injuries with hand-to-hand attacks.

After the Ghost Realm battle, Xiao Yan and the others helped restore order while preparing to return to the Endless Fire Domain. Xiao Yan entered seclusion to unify his powers and pursue a breakthrough, while the Soul Devouring Master hinted that Mu Yingying could obtain a suitable Divine Artifact in the Human Realm Center.

• The passages between the Ghost Realm and the Great Thousand World reopened, and the surviving factions put the Great Thousand World on alert against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Thunder Lord became the new Ghost Realm Center Master, while the Soul Devouring Master and Duan Qifei, Mu Yingying, and Yun Yun helped stabilize the Ghost Realm.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan lists of medicinal pills for the reinforcements, and he agreed to refine the pills needed by powerful fighters himself.
• Xiao Yan introduced Yun Yun and Mu Yingying to the Soul Devouring Master, who gave each woman a top-tier Immortal Technique scroll.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that the Ghost Realm's evil artifacts had been assigned and warned Xiao Yan that the Netherworld Entrance was dangerous.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion to unify the powers within him, and the Soul Devouring Master told Mu Yingying that a Divine Artifact in the Human Realm Center might suit her.

After recovering, Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Three Great Mountain Ranges, where a mysterious force scattered them across the different ranges. Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying reached Wuliang Mountain, and Mu Yingying's attack caused Xin Yan to fall into a deep slumber.

• Xiao Yan led the recovered group to place three wooden tokens into a giant rock and enter the Three Great Mountain Ranges.
• Yin Mu used lingering Ghost Qi to pass through the barrier and follow them inside.
• A powerful force scattered the five companions as they arrived, leaving Mu Feng in the Five-Elements Mountain Range, Lu Di and Ling Xuan in the Tian Mu Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying in Wuliang Mountain.
• Lu Di and Ling Xuan decided to search for a way out of the Tian Mu Mountain Range before looking for Xiao Yan and the others.
• Mu Yingying struck Xiao Yan with azure Holy Flame, causing Xin Yan within him to fall into a deep slumber.

Muge returned from the Thunder Pool’s core area without breaking its barrier, while Hua Fei led the Outer Realm Evil Clan in an assault on the sanctuary. Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei emerged with greatly increased power, and they prepared to enter the forbidden area together.

• Muge emerged from the Void Lightning Pool, exhausted, and said he could not break through the core area’s barrier.
• Hua Fei appeared controlled by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and ordered his forces to attack the Thunder Pool.
• Liu Qing rallied the contestants to defend the Thunder Pool as the Silver Lightning destroyed the attackers’ sacrifices.
• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei emerged from the Void Lightning Pool, and their thunderous aura shook Hua Fei.
• Xiao Yan wrapped the Thunder Pool in Holy Flame, and he and Duan Qifei asked the Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon to send them to the forbidden area.

Xiao Yan began awakening the Xiao Clan Guardian Power hidden in his clan mark while the Lord of Fierce Souls tried to stop him. The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and You Er held off the Lord of Fierce Souls as Xiao Yan discovered the name of the Fifth Palace Hall Lord.

• The Lord of Fierce Souls summoned tens of thousands of ghosts to attack Xiao Yan before he could awaken the power in his clan mark.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf appeared in dragon form, blasted open the ghost army, and urged Xiao Yan to continue.
• Xiao Yan poured his bloodline power and Dou Qi into his clan mark, enduring immense pain as the sealed Guardian Power began to awaken.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf instructed Xiao Yan to guard his mind and use his blood as a guide, while You Er joined him in fighting the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• Xiao Yan saw ancient characters identifying the Fifth Palace Hall Lord as Xiao Sensheng.

The Six Paths Samsara Immortal possessed Xiao Yan to fight the Foul Evil Monarch, hoping to settle their old score before his energy clone faded. The Foul Evil Monarch destroyed the Samsara Heavenly Array, leaving the cave mansion close to collapse and threatening the Great Thousand World.

• The Foul Evil Monarch claimed that time was on his side and that he would eventually return to the Foreign Territory to prepare for the second Heaven and Earth War.
• The Six Paths Samsara Immortal revealed his plan and entered Xiao Yan’s body, whose Holy Flame Power repelled the Foul Evil Monarch’s attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Samsara Heavenly Array and formed the Six Paths Samsara Pillar to imprison the Foul Evil Monarch.
• Tang Feng offered to cooperate with the Foul Evil Monarch, who swallowed and destroyed him, then used his origin life to weaken the array.
• The Foul Evil Monarch unleashed his Foul Power and shattered the Samsara Heavenly Array, causing the cave mansion to begin breaking apart.

At the Ghost King City auction, Li Qin revealed an Earth Dragon Blood Crystal containing the Essence Blood of an adult Magical Beast. Xiao Yan realized it could supply the rare Dragon Blood he needed for the first transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Dragon God, and the Soul Devouring Master urged him to obtain it.

• Li Qin introduced a huge, canvas-covered auction item, and Wang Feng protected it before revealing it to the crowd.
• The item was a sturdy iron cage containing a red crystal mountain filled with flowing Blood Red liquid, which experts identified as Xue Jing with Dragon Clan scent.
• Li Qin identified the treasure as Earth Dragon Blood Crystal and explained that its Essence Blood could strengthen the body.
• Xiao Yan connected the crystal to his need for diluted Dragon Clan Essence Blood to cultivate the first transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Dragon God.
• The Soul Devouring Master warned Xiao Yan against using authentic Dragon Clan Essence Blood and revealed that Earth Dragon Blood Crystal was suitable for his cultivation.
• The Soul Devouring Master insisted that Xiao Yan must obtain the Earth Dragon Blood Crystal.

With the Great Thousand World facing destruction, Xiao Yan led the Four Goddesses toward the Evil Rift while Yun Qi stayed behind to guard the awakening Nannan. The assembled powers of the world then pooled their strength into Xiao Yan’s attack, whose result remained unknown as the chapter ended.

• Xun'er asked about Nannan, and Xiao Yan told the Four Goddesses to leave her in Yun Qi’s care before heading to the Evil Rift with them.
• Yun Qi watched over Nannan as her memories returned and she began to remember that she was part of the First Holy Flame and the First Divine Artifact.
• The Holy King and Xiao Tianming gathered the Great Thousand World’s leaders, and Xiao Yan revealed that the Garden of Eden had been destroyed and the plan there had failed.
• Xiao Tianming called on everyone to join their strength, and Xiao Yan used the Flame God Cauldron to gather the power of countless living beings.
• Xiao Yan struck the Evil Rift with the cauldron, and the gathered forces waited to see what the attack had done.