Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan neared a breakthrough while the others struggled to stall powerful guardians across the hall. Liu Yin lent her strength to Xiao Han, hoping the empowered beast could help hold off the gray guardian.

• Xiao Yan reached the peak of the initial Three-star Dou Di stage and prepared to break through.
• Wang Zhong removed the blindfold that controlled his sword madness and challenged his guardian, while Sun Ming berserkified and charged his own opponent.
• Wu Huan and Can Xu faced a fire-attributed guardian that suppressed Can Xu, and Feng Yi and Yao Mei continued wearing down another guardian.
• More than a hundred experts stalled the strongest guardian, who had reached the half-step Four-star Dou Di level.
• The gray guardian forced Yue Ru back, while his lightning-attributed Dou Qi prevented Liu Yin's ice from freezing him.
• Liu Yin lent her power to Xiao Han, empowering the icy-blue beast to fight alongside her against the gray guardian.

King Xuan Ling celebrated after using the Soul Controlling Guide to enslave the Eight Great Sects’ leaders and most of his own forces, then began the Flame Swallowing Feast and ordered the altar mechanism activated. Beneath the altar, Xiao Yan, Long Yi, and their companion found Cai Lin and Mu Yingying, and Xiao Yan revealed himself to them.

• King Xuan Ling celebrated his control over the experts of Xuan Ling Mountain and declared his intention to devour the holy flames, unite Xuan Tian San, and invade the other three continents.
• King Xuan Ling struck Zhu Jin, then announced the Immortal Sealing Day and ordered Wen Zi to activate a concealed mechanism on the altar.
• Xiao Yan, Long Yi, and their companion entered the Underground Palace, sensed the surging ghost qi and blood demon golden qi, and followed a trail through its passages.
• Mu Yingying challenged three cloaked figures beneath the altar while Cai Lin watched and Yan Chi slept nearby.
• The burly figure revealed himself with silver lightning, and Cai Lin and Mu Yingying recognized Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan tried to resurrect Xiao Xuan with the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill, using his Clan Mark and Essence Blood to strengthen Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint. When the pill still failed, he summoned the awakened Golden Dragon King, who urged him to revive his ancestor before forging a body for him.

• Xiao Yan found that Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint could not swallow the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill because it lacked a remnant soul.
• Xiao Yan used his Clan Mark Power to stir the Life Imprint, then offered a drop of his Essence Blood, which made it more solid.
• Xiao Yan tried to give the pill to Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint again, but it remained motionless.
• Xiao Yan removed his Emperor Flame Ring and called out the Golden Dragon King, who revealed he had awakened and recovered about a third of his strength.
• Xiao Yan told the Golden Dragon King that he had prepared materials for his physical body, but the Golden Dragon King told him to resurrect Xiao Xuan first.

Xiao Yan went to the Alchemist Association to have his Tier 4 Immortal Grade alchemist rank appraised, after sensing the brief appearance of a powerful Outer Realm Evil Clan being. The chapter ended as Vice President Tan Chen recognized the rank Xiao Yan wanted to test and prepared to meet him.

• Xiao Yan sensed a supreme being of the Outer Realm Evil Clan through the Blood River Bell, and the Soul Devouring Master identified the aura as the Light Demon’s.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Association and pushed through the soul coercion surrounding its entrance.
• Xiao Yan asked Sister Wang to appraise his alchemist grade and said he wanted to test for Tier 4 Immortal Grade.
• Sister Wang went to bring Vice President Tan Chen, who was speaking with his disciple Hua Fei about encountering a powerful soul at the Auction House.
• Tan Chen sensed Xiao Yan’s request and said, “Tier 4 Immortal Grade.”

Xiao Yan crippled Xu Ni by detonating twenty-three fused flames inside his leg and striking his soul, forcing Xu Ni to sever his right leg. As Xiao Yan fled with Mu Feng and Yue Ru, Xu Ni detonated his giant axe and unleashed a devastating storm.

• Xiao Yan detonated the twenty-three flames inside Xu Ni’s thigh and struck Xu Ni’s soul with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Xu Ni severed his right leg to stop the flames’ destructive power from spreading through his body.
• Xiao Yan recovered some of his Dou Qi and approached the weakened Xu Ni, whose strength had fallen to the mid-stage Four-star Dou Di.
• Xu Ni declared that he could not accept defeat, then caused his giant axe to explode.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Mu Feng and Yue Ru and fled as the axe’s destructive storm swept outward.

Xiao Yan pressured Long Yi into revealing the Blazing Blood Flame and promised him a Calamity-Averting Pill in exchange for his help. Xiao Yan absorbed the flame’s origin to break through to Four-star Dou Di, but an axe-wielding challenger arrived and demanded Yu Hui and Yu Jing’s points.

• Long Yi revealed that his mutated Blazing Blood Flame could burn enemies’ blood and suppress their bloodline power, and he admitted he had hidden it because Xiao Yan’s flames were devouring his own.
• Xiao Yan promised Long Yi a Calamity-Averting Pill before his next heavenly tribulation, and Long Yi agreed to give him the flame’s origin.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the origin flame of the Blazing Blood Flame and began breaking through to Four-star Dou Di.
• Mu Feng recognized Xiao Yan’s breakthrough, and Yue Ru prepared to guard him.
• A figure carrying a massive axe appeared and demanded Yu Hui and Yu Jing’s points, threatening Xiao Yan and ordering him to leave Yin Shi Forest.

Xiao Yan and the others fled the Soul Suppressing Well as the Twin Ghost Emperor broke free, while a rare Yin Moon empowered the Ghostly Creatures across Yin Shi Forest and trapped the tournament participants. Several powerful figures entered the well to confront the crisis, leaving the forest on the brink of a major clash.

• Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng escaped as the Gate of Sealing shattered and the Twin Ghost Emperor emerged; the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger also carried Mu Yingying toward safety.
• A gray Yin Moon appeared above Yin Shi Forest, strengthening the Ghostly Creatures and suppressing the participants' Dou Qi.
• Chang Yu, Wu Jiang, Hu Du, and Shen Yue realized the seal had broken and decided to wait for the Nine Soul Tablet and their allies to respond.
• Qiu Huo Bird warned his group to stop stealing points and conserve their Dou Qi, while Luo Guang learned that the Yin Moon prevented participants from teleporting out.
• Xiao Yue descended into the Soul Suppressing Well with the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King, and You Quan entered with Hong Ye to confront Yin Xie.
• The Chi Mei Ghost Spirit followed them into the Ghost Suppressing Well, where the gathering of factions promised a confrontation.

Xiao Yan and Mu Feng joined Yue Ru at the Red Mountain outpost as officials announced the results of the fifth-tier talent tests. The announcement revealed only nine fifth-tier talents, and Mu Feng sensed that Xiao Yan possessed a power that could threaten him.

• Xiao Yan followed Mu Feng to the square, where newcomers had gathered to hear the talent results and selection tournament rules.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Feng reunited with Yue Ru, and Mu Feng introduced himself to her.
• An old man announced that the outpost had tested one thousand people, including one hundred fourth-tier talents and nine fifth-tier talents.
• Mu Feng wondered who the other eight fifth-tier talents were and sensed that Xiao Yan had something dangerous enough to make him wary.

Xiao Yan and the others learned that the light gate led to the Dou Di River, where they could condense powerful Dou Di Bodies, then entered to begin the process. As they did, Mu Xuzi and Elder Zhu discussed Xiao Yan’s future, while King Xuan Ling prepared to let outsiders enter the Imperial Pool and plotted against the Burning Incense Pavilion and the Medusa Clan.

• Mu Xuzi explained that the Dou Di River allowed cultivators to condense Dou Di Bodies, which greatly increased their offensive and defensive power, and described the bodies’ ten grades.
• Xiao Yan recalled losing his Flame Emperor Body after using it to seal Hun Tiandi, while Mu Feng, Lu Di, and Xiao Yi reacted eagerly to the chance to condense their own.
• Mu Xuzi warned that powerful Dou Di Bodies, including those of ancient overlords, might remain within the river, then told the five to enter.
• Xiao Yan transformed into a streak of Milky White Flame and entered the Dou Di River, while Mu Xuzi and Elder Zhu discussed taking him out after he condensed his body.
• A soldier reported that the Imperial Pool was ready for outsiders, and King Xuan Ling ordered word sent to the Burning Incense Pavilion while plotting its destruction and the Medusa Clan’s after obtaining the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

Xiao Yan met Elder Zhu, who tested his strength and revealed his collection of array scrolls before asking Xiao Yan to become his disciple. Xiao Yan refused out of loyalty to his existing master and began to leave as Elder Zhu's hostility surfaced.

• Xiao Yan approached Elder Zhu's wooden house and withstood a powerful gust by summoning his Immortal Body.
• Elder Zhu explained that he had used the gust to test Xiao Yan and recognized that Xiao Yan's Immortal Body had been chosen by a senior.
• Xiao Yan suspected Elder Zhu was a powerful Array Master and hoped he could teach him about Spiritual Power.
• Elder Zhu illuminated his house and showed Xiao Yan the many array scrolls filling the room.
• Elder Zhu asked Xiao Yan to become his disciple, but Xiao Yan refused because he already had a master.
• Xiao Yan moved toward the door to leave as he sensed hostility coming from Elder Zhu.

Xiao Yan fused the Yin Yang Heart energy and reached the peak of Three-star Dou Di, nearly breaking through to Four-star Dou Di. When his body could not absorb the remaining energy, Xiao Yi consumed it, but Xiao Yan noticed that Xiao Yi had become drowsy.

• Xiao Yan refined away the violent aura in the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill's pure yin energy with help from the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Xiao Yan fused the pure yin energy with the black Yin Yang Heart, and the merged power strengthened his body and raised him to the peak of Three-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan found that his body could not absorb the Yin Yang Heart's excess energy, so Xiao Yi swallowed it.
• Xiao Yan tested his increased strength, then noticed Xiao Yi looking drowsy and asked what was wrong with him.

Xiao Yan and Mu Feng told Wu Jiang that Ghost Realm creatures had captured newcomers in a mysterious passage, but the exit vanished when they tried to return. Wu Jiang sent an urgent request for reinforcements after suspecting a powerful Ghost Realm specter was sealed in the Cold Pool.

• Xiao Yan brought the severely injured Jiang Yuan to Wu Jiang and described how Ghost Realm creatures had gathered unconscious newcomers in a branching passage around a Cold Pool.
• Wu Jiang discovered that Ghost Qi had entered Jiang Yuan's body, and Mu Feng urged him to rescue the captured newcomers.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Feng led Wu Jiang to the passage exit, but it had disappeared, and Mu Feng's Law Eye revealed no trace of it.
• A child identified as the Sect Master's Son confronted them on the path, and Wu Jiang told Xiao Yan and Mu Feng to focus on the selection tournament beginning the next day.
• Wu Jiang sent an urgent letter requesting reinforcements after suspecting Red Mountain had a powerful Ghost Realm specter.

Xiao Yan learned from Yu Xuan that the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool had once been the Sky-Eye Fish Clan’s forbidden area and could help cultivators form a prototype Dou Core. Yu Xuan promised to help Xiao Yan reach the pool’s hidden second level and investigate the mysterious meteorite at its core.

• Golden Dragon King withdrew his pressure after warning Xiao Yan and agreeing to Yu Xuan’s request.
• Xiao Yan asked Yu Xi for the formation stone so he could enter the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Yu Xuan revealed that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had taken the Sky-Eye Fish Clan’s forbidden area and renamed it the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Yu Xuan explained that the pool’s second level could baptize cultivators and help them condense a prototype Dou Core, but its entrance was difficult to find.
• Yu Xuan revealed that a mysterious meteorite at the pool’s core had created its unusual powers and said he could help Xiao Yan approach it.

Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King entered a hidden space inside the Black Light Pillar and discovered it contained a powerful presence. After the presence recognized Xiao Yan as a human and attacked him, the Golden Dragon King watched without intervening.

• Xiao Yan entered the Black Light Pillar with the Golden Dragon King and found an immense independent space filled with eerie winds and dark red gases.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the coffin mentioned a Dragon Soul, and Xiao Yan sensed that the gases could corrupt humans into ghosts.
• Xiao Yan sent out ten streams of soul power, but a violent aura devoured one, so he and the Golden Dragon King followed it to a flickering sphere.
• The sphere recognized Xiao Yan as a human and demanded to know how he had entered the Secret Realm within Yin Shi Forest.
• Xiao Yan tried to flee, but the sphere sent a crimson ribbon of energy after him and vowed to devour him while the Golden Dragon King watched.

Xiao Yan tried to break through the Soul Suppressing Jade Tablet’s protective radiance and learned from Long Yi that the tablet resembled a Ghost Realm Evil Soldier. He used Soul Power and Spiritual Power together to dissolve the barrier, exposing the tablet and the strange symbols around it.

• Xiao Yan approached the Soul Suppressing Jade Tablet and found that its jade radiance blocked and repelled his attacks.
• The Golden Dragon King observed that the barrier’s strength matched the strength of its opponent.
• Long Yi identified the tablet’s protection as a restriction and said the tablet resembled a Ghost Realm Evil Soldier.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use Soul Power and Spiritual Power against the barrier, though the two powers would not fuse.
• Xiao Yan pressed Soul Power and Spiritual Power against the jade radiance until it dispersed, revealing the tablet and its flickering talismanic symbols.

Xiao Yan used his status as a two-star Emperor-tier alchemist to make Xing Le compensate him for causing trouble at the Pill Workshop, then completed his trade with the old man. After Xing Le secretly plotted revenge, Xiao Yan returned home with the Soul Warming Stone and found Yue Ru waiting outside his door.

• Xing Le apologized to Xiao Yan and offered a Four-pattern Dou Di Card, then surrendered a Soul Warming Stone after the manager prepared to seize him and his attendant.
• Xiao Yan accepted both gifts and let the manager release Xing Le, while the old man explained that he had meant to teach Xing Le and his attendant a lesson.
• Xiao Yan completed his trade with the old man and left the Pill Workshop after the old man warned him that Xing Le might target him.
• Xing Le ordered his attendant to investigate Xiao Yan and vowed to reclaim the Three-Flame Flower and Soul Warming Stone, while his attendant agreed to handle the family.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence, noticed the Soul Warming Stone nourishing his soul, and found Yue Ru waiting at his door.

You Quan Ghost Spirit told Hong Ye that several captives had escaped and urged her to help advance the Ghost Realm’s plan. As the selection competition approached, You Quan prepared to leave the Cold Pool while Xiao Yan and Mu Feng hurried to hear the competition rules.

• You Quan informed Hong Ye that several people captured by the Ghost Realm had escaped, and Hong Ye angrily agreed to cooperate with the plan during the selection competition.
• After You Quan left, Hong Ye entered a secret chamber and embraced the silk-wrapped body of Gu Lang, saying she acted to awaken him and escape with him.
• A ghostly creature reported that investigators had approached the Cold Pool’s entrance, so You Quan ordered his followers to pack up and destroy what they could not take.
• Chi Mei Ghost Spirit told You Quan that the lord had recovered most of his strength from the captives’ blood and would soon break the seal.
• Mu Feng pulled Xiao Yan toward the place where the fifth-grade talent results and the selection competition rules would be announced.

Hu Du, Wu Jiang, and Hong Ye’s forces hurried toward Yin Shi Forest as the selection competition began, while Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng confronted the cave’s Ghostly Creatures. The chapter ended with six wolf demons attacking Mu Feng as Xiao Yan watched from a distance.

• Hu Du and Wu Jiang learned the selection competition had begun and set out for Yin Shi Forest to stop the Twin Ghost Emperor’s halves from reuniting.
• Hong Ye prepared to travel to Yin Shi Forest with a large group and ordered guards to protect those left on Red Mountain.
• Xiao Yan drove the black shadows deeper into the cave, where Mu Feng activated the Demon Shadow Maze and revealed a wolf-shaped puppet.
• Xiao Yan used his fire dragon to expose the black cloud hiding in the cave, and Mu Feng accused its inhabitants of killing humans.
• The black cloud released six coordinated starving wolves to attack Mu Feng while Xiao Yan and Yue Ru moved aside to give him room to fight.

Xiao Yan crossed the Forbidden Water Bridge while its crushing gravity and hidden spiritual attacks prevented him from using Dou Qi or soul power. He discovered the Divine Motion Life Inscription could absorb the attacks, and his Ni Palace Pill began rapidly expanding as he neared the bridge’s edge.

• Xiao Yan stepped onto the Forbidden Water Bridge and found its crushing pressure slowly expanding his Ni Palace Pill.
• As Xiao Yan reached one-third of the way across, spiritual pressure from the black river attacked his spiritual sea, while his soul power and Dou Qi vanished into the river.
• Xiao Yan resumed crossing and endured a sudden spiritual attack that caused his Divine Motion Life Inscription to tremble.
• Near the edge, Xiao Yan summoned the Divine Motion Life Inscription, which absorbed the spiritual attack and rapidly expanded his Ni Palace Pill.

Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Yue Ru inspected the Points Plunder Tournament rankings and decided to steal points from other contestants. They learned that Mu Yingying held first place with peak Four-star Dou Di strength, while a red-robed middle-aged man arrived at the pavilion outside Yin Shi Forest after receiving Wu Jiang’s secret message.

• Xiao Yan and the others saw that the hundredth-ranked contestant, Xi Ran, had mid-stage Four-star Dou Di strength and one thousand points.
• Xiao Yan proposed robbing other contestants for points, and Mu Feng and Yue Ru agreed to the plan.
• Yue Ru revealed that Mu Yingying was first with thirty-one thousand points and peak Four-star Dou Di strength, surprising the group because she was a woman.
• Hu Du remarked that Mu Yingying’s fire-attributed Dou Qi made her a formidable opponent as he and Wu Jiang watched the tournament from outside Yin Shi Forest.
• A red-robed middle-aged man arrived at the pavilion and told Wu Jiang he had come after receiving his secret message.