Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan obtained a blue Soul Seed Light Orb that he suspected was connected to a Holy Flame, then reunited with Yue Ru and Mu Feng after leaving the secret chamber. The trio discovered that their selection tournament scores had risen sharply, and Yue Ru activated a token that revealed information.

• The blue Soul Seed Light Orb settled in Xiao Yan's soul sea, stopped absorbing his Soul Power, and radiated a scorching fluctuation that made him suspect it was a Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan learned from Long Yi that only one day had passed inside the secret realm, left the chamber, and headed out with his Immortal Sword and Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Yue Ru and Mu Feng searched the confusing passageways for Xiao Yan, then turned back and discussed Yue Ru's feelings for him.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yue Ru and Mu Feng, explained that he had killed the ghostly creature responsible for their illusion, and said the cave had delayed his return.
• Yue Ru and Mu Feng found that their tokens showed 300 and 310 points, while Xiao Yan's showed 400, and Xiao Yan attributed the gains to killing the black shadow.
• Yue Ru pressed an unusual button on her token, causing it to glow and display a large amount of information to the three of them.

Xiao Yan tested his newly strengthened Flame Force against the Heaven Burning Domain and learned that his power could threaten formidable fire-based opponents. After returning toward Human Hall, he encountered Ye Qing and admitted that he was the Xiao Yan who had been missing for five years.

• Xin Yan told Xiao Yan that Long Yi was recovering in seclusion after being injured, then returned to his body.
• Xiao Yan tested the Heaven Burning Domain, caught its invisible fire python’s flame, and concluded that the Holy Flame and Heavenly Flames gave him an advantage against fire-based experts.
• Xiao Yan reflected that his late Six-star Dou Di strength could challenge peak Six-star opponents and perhaps early Seven Star Dou Di experts, while his Dou Qi Sea had condensed into a Fiery Beast.
• Xiao Yan headed toward Human Hall and recalled the Burning Incense Pavilion’s three halls and Human Hall’s Saint Grade Dou Technique, the Sky Shifting Ruler.
• Ye Qing and two companions questioned Xiao Yan about the intruder in the Heaven Burning Domain, and Xiao Yan revealed that he was the missing Xiao Yan from Human Hall.

Xiao Yan struggled to fuse the six Holy Runes while Xuanyin Rakshasa destroyed the All-Heaven Demonic Array and wounded Xun'er. After Xiao Yan escaped with Xun'er, his Flame Cauldron unleashed a devastating glazed flame against Xuanyin Rakshasa.

• Xiao Yan summoned the six Holy Runes and tried to combine them with the Flame Cauldron, but their resistance prevented the fusion.
• Xuanyin Rakshasa used the Twelve-Eyed Ancestral Diagram to destroy the All-Heaven Demonic Array, and Xun'er attacked him with her Nine-Wheel Golden Crow.
• Xuanyin Rakshasa broke Xun'er's attack with an Evil Demon Mask, leaving her badly weakened.
• Xiao Yan attacked Xuanyin Rakshasa with Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation, but Xuanyin Rakshasa extinguished it before it could cause significant harm.
• The six Holy Runes suddenly fused, and Xiao Yan sent the transformed Flame Cauldron toward Xuanyin Rakshasa before escaping with Xun'er.
• The Flame Cauldron released a glazed flame that engulfed the Martial Mansion, while Xuanyin Rakshasa's Twelve-Eyed Ancestral Diagram began to awaken.

The Head of Foreign Lands attacked Tianyuanzi to force him to reveal how to break through to the Dou Shen, but Tianyuanzi used their combined power to trap her in a golden lightning forbidden realm. Xiao Yan tried to destroy the realm, only for evil entities to surge out and attack the allied forces.

• The Head of Foreign Lands demanded that Tianyuanzi reveal the method to reach the Dou Shen, then struck through his defenses and infected him with evil patterns.
• Tianyuanzi tore the evil patterns from his body and formed a light seal containing his power and the Head of Foreign Lands' power.
• Tianyuanzi unleashed the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden Realm, trapping the Head of Foreign Lands inside a pillar of golden lightning.
• Xiao Yan tried to destroy the golden pillar with the Will of the Heavens, while evil entities attacked the allied forces from behind him.
• Xiao Yan enlarged the Flame God Cauldron and used Holy Flame-roasted medicinal pills to replenish the allied forces as they fought back.

Xiao Yan searched the Treasure Pavilion for a suitable movement technique and, with Duan Tianhong’s help, obtained the Saint Grade Advanced Thunder Explosion Technique. Duan Tianhong then prepared to have Xiao Yan deal with the evil afflicting him.

• Duan Tianhong opened the Treasure Pavilion, and Xiao Yan entered before becoming separated from the others inside its maze-like halls.
• Xiao Yan inspected the Pavilion’s treasures but found no techniques or pills that suited him, while Duan Tianhong told him to seek him on the upper levels.
• Xiao Yan found Muge and Zhou Mi settling into treasures, then followed Duan Qifei through a light barrier to the Pavilion’s apex.
• Duan Tianhong offered Xiao Yan a reward, and Xiao Yan asked for a movement Dou Ji.
• Duan Tianhong gave Xiao Yan the Thunder Explosion Technique, a Saint Grade Advanced technique that compressed energy to produce explosive speed.
• Duan Tianhong said it was time to deal with the matter he owed Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan prepared to test his Holy Flame against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Tian Xing’s Five-grade Blood Curse transformed him into an Outer Realm Evil Clan member with half-step Eight-star Dou Di strength. Xiao Yan challenged the possessed Tian Xing, and the chapter left their clash unresolved as Xiao Yan unleashed the sixth form of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.

• Tian Xing absorbed the five blood curses and became an evil being, prompting Xiao Yan and the others to recognize the danger.
• Yan Chi assessed Tian Xing’s new strength, while Xiao Yan chose to fight him and told the others to hold back.
• Xiao Yan’s holy flame failed to seriously harm Tian Xing, who urged him to join the Blood Demon Clan.
• Xiao Yan abandoned the holy flame and attacked with the first five forms of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• Tian Xing launched Evil Demon Heavenly Fall, and Xiao Yan answered with the sixth form, Hua Li.

Yue Yu explained that the Magical Beast Ruins held an Emperor's Blood fortune and an Emperor-tier Magical Core, but powerful young rivals were preparing to claim it. Xiao Yan accepted the challenge so he could pursue the core needed to save Qing Yuan, and Yue Yu sent him and Yue Ru to set out that day.

• Yue Yu told Xiao Yan that the Magical Beast Ruins lay in the dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range and that explorers had disappeared there.
• Yue Yu explained that the Ruins Land came from an Emperor's remains, contained immense opportunities, and suppressed stronger entrants; he also revealed that Xiao Yan's needed Emperor-tier Magical Core was inside.
• Yue Yu described how talented youths from nearby cities and powerful clans were preparing to compete for the fortune, warning Xiao Yan that he would struggle against them.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter the Ruins Land to seek the fortune and help save Qing Yuan.
• Yue Yu gave Yue Ru a map and asked Xiao Yan to look after her, then told them to leave that day.

Mark challenged Xiao Yan for the title of king of newcomers, doubting that a peak Three-star Dou Di could deserve the rank. Xiao Yan accepted, and the match was set to proceed as long as neither fighter died.

• Mark questioned Xiao Yan's rank and decided to challenge him, hoping to take the title of king of newcomers.
• He Wanxia urged the Four-star Dou Di contenders to challenge Xiao Yan, but Song Cheng and the others chose not to underestimate him.
• Mark taunted Xiao Yan and Yue Ru until Xiao Yan agreed to fight him.
• Xiao Yan asked the old man for the match rules, and the old man said neither fighter could die.
• Xiao Yan formally accepted Mark's challenge.

Xiao Yan began devouring Fire Heart Sky Rock, the thirty-fifth-ranked Holy Flame, and endured its overwhelming power with help from the Sacred Flame Crystal. He placed the crystal in his Dou Qi Sea, where the sleeping Fiery Beast awoke and stared at it.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Exotic Fire Plaza and prepared to devour Fire Heart Sky Rock after Xin Yan agreed to follow him.
• Xiao Yan absorbed a few strands of the Holy Flame Origin, suffering intense pain as his body adapted and the Flame Mantra showed signs of loosening.
• Xin Yan entered Xiao Yan's body with the remaining Holy Flame Origin, causing its power to clash violently with the twenty-three Heavenly Flames in Xiao Yan's Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Sacred Flame Crystal and used it to contain the Holy Flame Power, easing the threat of his body exploding.
• Xiao Yan moved the crystal into his Dou Qi Sea, where the sleeping Fiery Beast opened its eyes and watched it warily.

After Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying survived the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s attempt to kill them, Zhu Jin confronted Ye Mo at the Underground Palace entrance. Zhu Jin forced his way inside to protect his disciple, leaving Ye Mo and the imperial soldiers powerless to stop him.

• King Xuan Ling and Wen Zi realized the assassination attempt had failed and sensed Zhu Jin’s anger gathering in the thunderclouds.
• Ye Mo appeared at the Underground Palace entrance, but Zhu Jin demanded that he move aside and threatened the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Zhu Jin unleashed lightning that blasted a huge crater into the ground, demonstrating his overwhelming strength without striking Ye Mo directly.
• Ye Mo recognized that Zhu Jin had reached the Nine-turn Nine-star Dou Di level and stepped away from the entrance.
• Ye Mo learned that Zhu Jin was protecting his disciple and watched him enter the Underground Palace.

Xiao Yan and his companions found the estate and reached its sealed main gate. Shan Yao used the conch to open it, revealing a powerful soul fluctuation that might help Xiao Yan advance his soul realm.

• Xiao Yan, Long Yi, Shan Yao, Snake Punishment, and Snake Spirit arrived inside the estate through a spatial passage and followed a white path through dense mist.
• Xiao Yan's group reached a vast manor and sensed pill fragrance in the fog surrounding it.
• Xiao Yan found the main gate guarded by a strange creature embedded in the stone and protected by a powerful restriction.
• Shan Yao asked Xiao Yan for the conch, then played it to awaken the stone lions beside the gate.
• The stone lions struck the gate and opened it, releasing an ancient soul fluctuation at the peak of the Emperor Realm Earth Grade.
• Xiao Yan realized the fluctuation might help him advance his soul power and become an Emperor Grade Two alchemist.

Xiao Yan defeated the wolfman’s attack and pursued him through the maze-like cave after he fled. He caught up with the wounded wolfman beside a grand coffin and sensed a powerful aura within it.

• The wolfman revealed his human form and attacked Xiao Yan with a pair of fang-shaped weapons, but Xiao Yan shattered his assault with the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan’s flames and soul power injured the wolfman, who opened a hidden door and fled deeper into the cave.
• Xiao Yan shielded Yue Ru and Mu Feng, then chased the wolfman through the branching tunnels using a soul imprint.
• Xiao Yan tracked down the nearly dying wolfman and discovered a grand coffin nearby, whose powerful aura caught his attention.

Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King retrieved the Life Origin Stone from a dangerous area, and the Golden Dragon King revealed that its life force could restore his lost power. The Golden Dragon King planned to enter seclusion after sensing familiar auras, leaving Xiao Yan to continue cultivating and prepare to give him a body someday.

• Xiao Yan used his Space Shuttle hand seal and Black Xiao Yan's help to take the Life Origin Stone and a round object, while the Golden Dragon King protected him from the plants.
• The Golden Dragon King checked that Xiao Yan was unharmed, and Black Xiao Yan returned to the sea of souls after White Xiao Yan thanked him.
• The remnant power within the Immortal Sword returned to the sword after reminding Xiao Yan of his promise to share the Life Origin Stone's power.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the Life Origin Stone's life force could restore his soul power to its peak.
• The Golden Dragon King said he would enter seclusion after sensing familiar auras, and Xiao Yan promised to cultivate and eventually condense a body for him.

Xiao Yan used the Soul Devouring Talisman to stabilize the soul power and Spiritual Power he was compressing into the Nirvana Lotus, while Chang Yu drove Yin Xie's forces toward defeat. Yin Xie then unleashed a blood-colored vortex and sacrificed the Chi Mei Ghost Spirit and Red Valley members, leaving the battle poised to worsen.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Soul Devouring Talisman had calmed the soul power and Spiritual Power, then compressed both into the Nirvana Lotus along with the talisman's black force.
• Chang Yu confronted the weakened Yin Xie, while Qiu Huo Bird, Yue Yu, Mu Feng, and Mu Yingying fought the Ghostly Creatures below.
• Muller ordered the Red Valley members to join the battle, but they refused and he hid as the Ghostly Creatures began to lose.
• Mu Yingying noticed Xiao Yan fusing many fire essences into the Nirvana Lotus and realized how dangerous his method was.
• Corpse Yin ordered Chi Mei to activate, causing the Chi Mei Ghost Spirit and Hong Ye's Red Valley members to swell as Yin Xie summoned a blood-colored vortex and sent the Ghostly Creatures and Red Valley members into it.

Xiao Yan resisted the Blood Demon Envoy's attempt to take over his body but was left weakened and facing a lethal attack. Just as he prepared to detonate his Heavenly Flames, a figure surrounded by Ten-Colored Power appeared and claimed that Xiao Yan's life belonged to her.

• She Fu sensed the explosion at Medusa Temple, ordered the highest-level Medusa clan assembly, and called for the clan to choose a king.
• Xiao Yan, Xin Yan, and Long Yi continued fighting the Blood Demon Envoy's Energy Clone, which Xiao Yan said was a serious threat even while limited by the plane.
• Xin Yan explained that her strength had fused with Xiao Yan's Dou Qi and would grow alongside him.
• The Blood Demon Envoy's Energy Clone activated the Blood Demon Golden Qi in Xiao Yan's chest, but Xiao Yan resisted assimilation and sealed the Qi with his Holy Flame and Heavenly Flames.
• The Energy Clone formed a black sphere with its Blood Demon Explosion and launched it at the exhausted Xiao Yan.
• A graceful figure surrounded by Ten-Colored Power appeared just as Xiao Yan considered detonating his Heavenly Flames and declared that his life was hers.

Thunder Lord endured the Angel Kingdom’s execution while remembering her rivalry and growing bond with Xiao Tianming. Xiao Tianming arrived alone at the Sanctuary Altar as Thunder Lord feared his coming would lead him into the Slaughter Angel’s trap.

• Thunder Lord recalled meeting Xiao Tianming at a Holy Lei Clan banquet, where he defeated her in three moves and became her lifelong rival.
• Thunder Lord remembered how she and Xiao Tianming survived a deadly trial in the Foreign Realm and grew close.
• The Slaughter Angel sensed Xiao Tianming’s arrival and welcomed the Peak Demigod as he appeared above the Sanctuary Mountain Range.
• Xiao Tianming saw Thunder Lord’s life being consumed by the Cross Light Pillar and was overcome with killing intent.
• Thunder Lord wept as Xiao Tianming arrived, believing he should not have come and finding peace in knowing he was not responsible for her clan’s destruction.

Xiao Yan learned that the white-robed woman was Yu Xuan, a ghost bound to the stone stele, and promised to pass a message to Mu Zi. As he challenged the stele’s sealing power, the mysterious figure warned that Yin Moon would soon arrive and that Yu Xuan was nearing her end.

• Xiao Yan told the white-robed woman that ghosts should not be judged by rumors, and she asked him to tell Mu Zi that Yu Xuan had left him and that he should forget their past.
• Xiao Yan promised to search for Mu Zi, and the woman recalled meeting him when he was a young Daoist priest.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the stone stele’s sealing energy trapped the woman and could restrain souls and primordial spirits.
• Xiao Yan approached the stele, but its red light forced him back and clashed with his power, while ghostly energy rose around the woman.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to resist the stele, and the mysterious figure appeared and warned that Yin Moon would arrive soon and the woman was nearing her end.

Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng entered the third layer of Yin Shi Forest, where Mu Feng protected them from the dense ghostly qi. Meanwhile, Chi Mei Ghost Spirit, You Quan Ghost Spirit, and Hong Ye entered a well in search of the Twin Ghost Emperor’s sealed power, while Muller argued with those left above.

• Luo Guang said he was looking for Xiao Yan, while Qiu Huo Bird decided to chase Xiao Yan and test his abilities.
• Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng entered the passage to the third layer of Yin Shi Forest.
• Mu Feng cast a protective spell that blocked the ghostly qi’s erosion and suppression.
• Chi Mei Ghost Spirit identified a well as the location of the Twin Ghost Emperor’s sealed power and entered it with You Quan Ghost Spirit and Hong Ye.
• Muller tried to command the people and Ghostly Creatures waiting outside the well, but they refused to submit to him.
• Xiao Yan asked Long Yi whether Yin Shi Forest’s greatest treasure was in its third layer.

Xiao Yan and his companions hid at the Sealing Grounds and watched the Blood Demon Envoy overpower the Ghost Face Soul Flame. As the Ghost Face Soul Flame was about to fall, an unknown voice interrupted the battle.

• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Sealing Grounds and discovered signs of a recent battle around the cyan magma.
• The Blood Demon Envoy shattered the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s domain and prepared to finish it with Blood Demon Golden Qi.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Blood Demon Envoy’s dangerous power and told Xiao Yan to protect Mu Yingying and Yan Chi if the fight turned against them.
• The Ghost Face Soul Flame attacked with Ghost Face Soul Seal, clashing with the Blood Demon Envoy’s Blood-Stained Sky.
• The Blood Demon Envoy sacrificed his origin blood while Xue Tian and Xue Xuan blocked the Ghost Face Soul Flame from defending itself.
• As the Ghost Face Soul Flame prepared for its apparent defeat, an unknown voice called the Blood Demon Race scum an eyesore.

Su Xueying tried to save the wounded Xiao Yan in the Medicine Garden when Xu Shao appeared with a mysterious dark red coffin. The coffin opened to reveal the supposedly long-dead Lei Clan Fourth Elder, Lei Shi, whose power began to revive at the eight-star Dou Xian grade.

• Su Xueying channeled Fire Attribute Dou Qi into the unconscious Xiao Yan and tried to keep him alive.
• Xu Shao appeared above the Medicine Pool with a dark red coffin, then left to handle other business as Su Xueying stayed with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan woke and began recovering his strength while Su Xueying attacked the coffin with her Cyan Flame Cold Sword and Cyan Flame Slash.
• The coffin resisted Su Xueying’s attacks, then rose upright as blood-colored patterns flickered across its lid.
• Gray energy opened the coffin and revealed Lei Clan Fourth Elder Lei Shi, whose corpse began regaining life force and showed signs of awakening.