Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan formed and unleashed a twenty-two-colored Nirvana Lotus, badly injuring the Three-winged Unicorn and devastating the surrounding area. The Unicorn fled, leaving Xiao Yan too wounded to pursue it, while a spectacle unfolded in distant Martial City.

• Xiao Yan formed a twenty-two-colored lotus seed and hurled it at the Three-winged Unicorn.
• The Nirvana Lotus exploded, sending destructive fire waves across the Magical Beast Mountain Range and drawing the attention of Yue Ru, Bai Su, and people in Qing Cheng City.
• The blast tore off the Three-winged Unicorn's wings, cracked its horn, and inflicted severe wounds, while Xiao Yan also suffered injuries and swallowed pills to recover.
• The Three-winged Unicorn cursed Xiao Yan, then fled because of his connection to a Purple Winged Angel.
• Xiao Yan sat down to tend to his injuries, unable to chase the Unicorn, as a spectacle unfolded in distant Martial City.

Xiao Yan investigated the mysterious Runes on Yue Ru’s forehead, then examined a Soul Warming Stone in his room. A sinister black qi suddenly attacked him and transported him to a dark place.

• Yue Ru told Xiao Yan that her forehead Runes had disturbed her sleep and asked him to investigate them.
• Xiao Yan sensed immense power connected to Yue Ru’s inheritance, learned she needed to reach Five-star Dou Di to accept it, and promised to accompany her.
• Xiao Yan examined Yue Ru but found nothing unusual, then gave her calming pills and escorted her back to her residence.
• Xiao Yan tested the Soul Warming Stone and learned from the Golden Dragon King that it would lose its stored soul power after only a few uses.
• Black qi appeared in Xiao Yan’s room, attacked him, and transported him to a place filled with darkness.

Xiao Yan found the secret realm’s invisible restriction and used his Heavenly Flames to pass through it, then left the realm. He returned to the cave and approached the coffin that had drawn him in, wondering what was inside.

• Dragon Soul led Xiao Yan to a hidden area of the secret realm, where the Golden Dragon King said the realm’s dragon aura had restored some of his strength.
• Xiao Yan discovered a three-colored restriction and, following the Golden Dragon King’s advice, covered himself in Milky White Flame and crossed it.
• Xiao Yan taunted Dragon Soul, then sealed it inside the Primordial Fire Ruler and flew out of the secret realm.
• Xiao Yan found no trace of Yue Ru or the other person, and his flames drove the cave’s ghostly creatures away.
• Xiao Yan returned to the coffin that had sucked him into the secret realm and approached it to see what was inside.

Xiao Yan tested the powerful medicinal cauldron Blazing Flame, which the Golden Dragon King identified as the eighteenth-ranked Holy Cauldron. As Xiao Yan began refining a Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill with his fused flames, his ordinary medicinal cauldron exploded, leaving him to continue carefully with Blazing Flame.

• Xiao Yan tested the crimson medicinal cauldron with Milky White Flame and marveled at its flame patterns and seven fire ports.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the cauldron was Blazing Flame, ranked eighteenth among the twenty-three Holy Cauldrons.
• Xiao Yan heated Blazing Flame and reviewed the formula for the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill before adding the medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan's powerful fused flames made the black medicinal cauldron in the wooden hut explode.
• Xiao Yan recalled the scattered flames and used a small wisp to slowly melt the ingredients.

Kuángmù Immortal Master reunited with Yan and revealed why he had hidden his daughters, Shan Ling and Shan Yao, at the bottom of the lake. As the Blood Demon Left Guard faced the two of them, Kuángmù Immortal Master and Yan prepared to fight together again, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Yan appeared and confronted the Blood Demon Left Guard, who was shocked that Yan had survived the battle in which the Blood Demon Race had nearly been wiped out.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master explained that he had hidden Shan Ling and Shan Yao to protect them from the Blood Demon Left Guard and help them grow strong enough to defend themselves.
• Xiao Yan and Long Yi watched from behind Kuángmù Immortal Master’s barrier as Long Yi explained the Holy Flame Soul Seed and Sacred Flame Crystal.
• Shan Ling quietly resolved to learn the truth about Kuángmù Immortal Master while Shan Yao and Snake Punishment recovered nearby.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master asked Yan to use the Heaven-Striking Hand again, and Yan absorbed the magma’s flame power until he reached strength comparable to a Dou Xian.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master unleashed his Dou Xian strength and entrusted his daughters to Yan, while the Blood Demon Left Guard recognized the danger posed by the two of them.

Xiao Yan used his soul power to separate Snake Spirit and Snake Jade from Snake Punishment’s other two heads, restoring his Three-headed Water Spirit Snake form. After Snake Punishment removed the barrier and agreed to honor their deal, he said Xiao Yan would need to do one more thing before going to the residence.

• Snake Punishment eagerly thanked Xiao Yan and agreed to help him in return for separating Snake Spirit and Snake Jade from him.
• Xiao Yan asked Snake Punishment to reveal his Three-headed Water Spirit Snake form, then used his soul power to restore the two dimmed heads.
• Snake Punishment regained control of his other two heads, while Snake Spirit sensed that her connection to the serpent had been severed.
• Snake Punishment removed the barrier, learned Xiao Yan’s name, and agreed to fulfill their deal.
• Snake Punishment called Lingling over and explained that Xiao Yan had to do one more thing before they could go to the residence.

The Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King fought the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger, but the tiger's flames and Spatial Solidification gave it the advantage. As Yu Hui and Yu Jing empowered the wolf for a final clash, Xiao Yan and Mu Feng headed toward the battle, drawing the attention of the handsome man who had spotted Xiao Yan earlier.

• The Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King attacked the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger, which used Spatial Solidification and flaming claws to wound it.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger's azure flames worsened the wolf's injuries, and the tiger continued to press its attack.
• Yu Hui told Yu Jing to stay alert and then sent his power, along with Yu Jing's, to strengthen the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King.
• The Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King and the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger raised their auras for a decisive clash, filling the second layer of Yin Shi Forest with lightning and flames.
• Mu Feng asked Xiao Yan about the strange aura, and Xiao Yan led him toward the battle.
• The handsome man who had previously seen Xiao Yan enter the secret realm recognized the battle and decided to go watch him.

Xiao Yan tried to stop a mysterious woman in green from taking Qing Yuan, but the Three-winged Unicorn, Gana, blocked his pursuit. The woman escaped beyond the energy barrier with Qing Yuan, while Gana held Xiao Yan back.

• Qing Yuan briefly woke and secretly sent a purple feather toward Xiao Yan before the woman in green made her faint again.
• The woman in green identified Qing Yuan as a Purple Wing and refused Xiao Yan's demand to return her.
• Xiao Yan attacked the woman in green, but her white energy whips and feather-like defense repelled him.
• The woman in green told Gana to hold Xiao Yan back, then flew beyond the energy barrier with Qing Yuan.
• Gana attacked Xiao Yan and told him to stay put while the woman escaped.

After recognizing Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan Mark, the Immortal Great Emperor confirmed his lineage and revealed that Xiao Yun had once saved his life and given him the Flame of Immortality. He began recounting his past, leaving Xiao Yan eager to learn more about the Xiao Clan’s history.

• The Immortal Great Emperor stopped Xiao Yan’s attack and questioned whether he was truly a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• The Immortal Great Emperor drew three drops of Xiao Yan’s blood, confirmed his clan lineage, and said he owed the Xiao Clan a debt of gratitude.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Xiao Clan, and the Immortal Great Emperor began telling him about his origins and journey across the Dou Di Continent.
• The Immortal Great Emperor recounted finding the Flame of Immortality and nearly dying while trying to claim it.
• Xiao Yun subdued the Flame of Immortality, restored the Immortal Great Emperor’s body, and gave him the Holy Flame.

Xiao Yan arrived at a pavilion in the middle of a lake, where a mysterious force restricted his movement and weakened his abilities. Long Yi suspected the pavilion was a trial leading to an expert’s residence and identified the area as the fifth layer of the Desert Mountain Range, leaving Xiao Yan to figure out how to proceed.

• White mist delivered Xiao Yan to a pavilion surrounded by a lake, where he found no path away from it.
• Xiao Yan tried to leap from the pavilion, but the Air-Banning Power forced him back and he discovered that even Long Yi’s Dou Qi was restricted.
• Long Yi reasoned that the pavilion was likely a trial guarding the residence of an expert who had left behind wealth and knowledge.
• Long Yi identified the pavilion as being on the fifth layer of the Desert Mountain Range and told Xiao Yan to focus on passing the trial.

Xiao Yan fought the Blood Demon General, whose strength overwhelmed his Heavenly Flames, until the Soul Devouring Talisman absorbed its evil power and devoured it. After Snake Punishment was freed, Xiao Yan questioned Long Yi about the mysterious force that had taken control of him, then stopped Snake Punishment from rising.

• The Blood Demon General offered to spare Xiao Yan if he joined the Blood Demon Race, but Xiao Yan refused and challenged it.
• Xiao Yan's twenty-three-colored Heavenly Flames failed to stop the Blood Demon General's black mist from closing in on him.
• Xiao Yan suddenly absorbed the Blood Demon General's evil power, and a voice identified the Soul Devouring Master before the Soul Devouring Talisman devoured the demon.
• Snake Punishment's restraints broke, and his strength rose to near Eight-star Dou Di Perfection.
• Xiao Yan asked Long Yi what had happened, and Long Yi said the Soul Devouring Talisman belonged to the Soul Devouring Master.
• Xiao Yan told Snake Punishment not to move as he was about to rise.

Xiao Yan refined a Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill that drew down Mysterious Demonic Lightning, a dangerous tribulation associated with Emperor Grade Pills. When the lightning overwhelmed his Golden Demon Puppet, Xiao Yan moved to face the strike himself.

• Yue Ru and the Yue Family alchemy grandmasters watched as Xiao Yan's pill refinement summoned unusually powerful black clouds.
• Yue Yu identified the phenomenon as Mysterious Demonic Lightning, and the Golden Dragon King explained that it threatened even ordinary four-star Dou Di experts.
• A black lightning bolt emerged from the clouds and struck the Golden Demon Puppet, whose body began to soften under the destructive power.
• Xiao Yan left the wooden house and gathered the energy of heaven and earth into his fist as the lightning approached.
• Xiao Yan punched directly at the Mysterious Demonic Lightning.

Xiao Yan launched his twenty-three-colored Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus at Wu Huan, who answered with the Triple Rashomon defense. The lotus shattered the first mirror and pressed into the second as Xiao Yan poured more Milky White Flame Dou Qi into it.

• Wu Huan spread a vast fire cloud across the sky to confront Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan sent the lotus toward Wu Huan, who formed three enormous fire mirrors with the Triple Rashomon technique.
• The lotus collided with the mirrors, unleashing a destructive energy storm that drew the attention of distant experts and Yue Ru and Yue Yu.
• Xiao Yan detonated the lotus against the first mirror and shattered it, then drove its remaining power into the second.
• Wu Huan poured his Dou Qi into the remaining mirrors as Xiao Yan strengthened the struggling lotus with Milky White Flame Dou Qi.

After Qing Yuan awakened as a one-star Dou Di, a mysterious woman in green seized her and tried to escape, claiming Qing Yuan belonged to her clan. Xiao Yan fought to stop her, but she broke through his flame barrier and counterattacked as she fled.

• Xiao Yan destroyed a sword tip that formed from the Jadeite Stone Bed while Qing Yuan collected the Seven-Colored Healing Flame Flower.
• The woman in green emerged from the grove, subdued Qing Yuan, and tried to carry her away.
• Xiao Yan intercepted the woman, but she blocked his attack and attempted to escape through a gap in the Golden Dragon King's energy barrier.
• The woman claimed Qing Yuan was a long-lost clanswoman, while Xiao Yan insisted Qing Yuan was his younger sister and attacked with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• The woman shattered Xiao Yan's wall of flame with a huge white beam and sent the beam back toward him as she fled.

Xiao Yan entered the third floor of the market with Elder Wang and found a Three-Flame Flower. After Elder Wang offered it to him, a richly dressed man tried to buy or seize it, prompting the market manager to intervene.

• The gatekeeper let Xiao Yan onto the third floor after recognizing his two-star Emperor-tier Alchemist badge.
• Elder Wang led Xiao Yan through the stalls and offered to trade his soil and a medicinal ingredient for Xiao Yan's Void Dissolving Pill.
• Xiao Yan spotted a Three-Flame Flower, and Elder Wang gave it to him as part of their exchange.
• A richly dressed man demanded the Three-Flame Flower, but Elder Wang refused and Xiao Yan prepared to fight.
• A manager appeared and promised Elder Wang and Xiao Yan an explanation after the man realized he had challenged a Five-star Dou Di and a two-star Emperor-tier Alchemist.

Xiao Yan fought the Dragon Soul, which revealed that humans had trapped it in the secret realm after trying to make it an Immortal Sword’s spirit. The Dragon Soul descended into a volcanic fissure to gain strength, but Xiao Yan followed, confident that the flames would favor him.

• Xiao Yan evaded the Dragon Soul’s attacks and learned that it blamed humans for ambushing and imprisoning it a thousand years earlier.
• The Dragon Soul transformed into a fire dragon and attacked with flames, while Xiao Yan countered with his Milky White Flame and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• The Dragon Soul’s Dragon Gang protected it from Xiao Yan’s soul attack, but the blow still made it shrink and recoil in horror.
• Xiao Yan formed a net of Milky White Flame and pursued the descending Dragon Soul through the secret realm.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Dragon Soul had led him to a volcanic fissure, where the heat strengthened it, but he expected the setting to favor his own flames.

Xiao Yan fought Xu Ni by exploiting the Twenty-three Exotic Fires inside his opponent while concealing his full strength. Just as Xu Ni seemed poised to win, Xiao Yan triggered an explosion within Xu Ni’s thigh.

• Xu Ni and Xiao Yan clashed with their weapons, and the flames inside Xu Ni weakened his ability to fight at full strength.
• Xiao Yan gathered his power and struck Xu Ni with the First Layer of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, while Xu Ni countered with Blazing Mountain.
• Their attacks formed a massive tornado as Xu Ni gained the upper hand and launched another attack at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan called on the Nirvana Lotus, detonating the compressed flames in Xu Ni’s thigh and filling him with a sense of impending death.

Xiao Yan used the Purifying Ancient Sword to weaken Yin Xie’s blood-colored vortex while Mu Yingying and the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger protected him from an evil arm. He then appeared at the vortex’s edge and merged a Nirvana Lotus into it, leaving Yin Xie alarmed by the familiar aura.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his Seven Star Dou Di strength and struck Yin Xie’s blood-colored vortex with the Purifying Ancient Sword, whose flames and purification power overcame the Ghost Qi.
• Mu Yingying’s azure flames contained an evil arm until it broke free and attacked Xiao Yan; the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger froze its beam and forced the arm back into the vortex.
• Xiao Yan continued attacking until the vortex’s Ghost Qi nearly dissipated, then used space to move directly to its edge.
• Xiao Yan merged a Nirvana Lotus into Yin Xie’s vortex, and Yin Xie recognized its familiar aura as the lotus’s heat spread through the sky.

Xiao Yan and Su Xueying fought the Emperor Skeleton’s Fierce Corpse Qi, and Su Xueying revealed the Sacred Flame Origin Power of her Holy Flame. Her flames froze the corpse qi and began sealing the skeleton, leaving its crimson blood exposed within its chest.

• The Golden Dragon King temporarily suppressed the corpse qi inside Xiao Yan and urged him and Su Xueying to deal with the skeleton.
• Su Xueying said she had strength for only one strike, while Xiao Yan prepared to lead their assault with his Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used the first two steps of the Three-step Body-wandering Ruler, but his attacks could not overcome the Fierce Corpse Qi.
• Su Xueying unleashed Ice Seal Throne, and the Golden Dragon King recognized her technique as Sacred Flame Origin Power.
• Su Xueying’s azure flames drove back and froze the Fierce Corpse Qi, then surrounded the skeleton and began freezing it as crimson blood drifted inside its chest.

After the Points Plunder Tournament ended, Xiao Yan and the other newcomers joined their chosen sects, leaving the Burning Incense Pavilion with several outstanding disciples. Xiao Yan bid farewell to Yue Ru, welcomed Xiao Yi into the Burning Incense Pavilion, and prepared to search for the Holy Flame.

• Yue Ru joined the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion after its expert promised resources to help her catch up to Xiao Yan, while Mu Yingying joined the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Chang Yu confirmed that the Burning Incense Pavilion’s three disciples would receive the Imperial Pool qualification, and King Xuan Ling left with the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s newcomers.
• Xiao Yan comforted Yue Ru before she departed with the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, and Yue Ru vowed to catch up to him.
• Xiao Yi emerged from the space where the Golden Dragon King had concealed him and chose to join the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Chang Yu took the Burning Incense Pavilion group away, and Xiao Yan turned his attention to searching for the Holy Flame.