Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, Shan Yao, and Snake Punishment fought Dan Shen and prepared to use the mural’s sealing formation to trap him. Dan Shen charged into the Wooden Chair Formation, where he suddenly sensed danger.

• Xiao Yan and Shan Yao discussed using the mural left by Grandpa Mu to seal Dan Shen, while Snake Punishment held him off.
• Snake Punishment transformed into a Three-headed Water Spirit Snake and attacked Dan Shen, but Dan Shen injured him and demanded that he submit as a mount.
• Shan Yao poured Dou Qi into the mural, revealing flames inside its depicted cauldron and activating the formation.
• Xiao Yan led Snake Punishment toward the Wooden Chair Formation to lure Dan Shen into its range.
• Dan Shen pursued them with a powerful strike, entered the formation, and realized he had been tricked when terror rose within him.

Xiao Yan found that the treasure he sought was hidden in the Soul Suppressing Jade Tablet. The tablet expelled Mu Feng and Yue Ru from the sealed land, leaving Xiao Yan inside with the woman in white as he investigated its power.

• Mu Feng and Yue Ru saw black and red beams rise beyond the Gate of Sealing and entered to check on Xiao Yan.
• Mu Feng sensed Ghost Emperor-level Ghost Qi from the woman in white, but Xiao Yan explained that she was not evil, and Mu Feng lowered his weapon.
• The Soul Suppressing Jade Tablet unleashed a shockwave that expelled Mu Feng and Yue Ru and shut the Gate of Sealing.
• Xiao Yan examined the tablet and realized it could suppress souls and imprison the woman in white.
• Long Yi revealed that the treasure Xiao Yan sought was on the Soul Suppressing Jade Tablet.

Hill the Seraph’s Forbidden Technique threatened to destroy the Endless Fire Domain as she pursued the Fourth Evil God, while the Demon Emperor intervened and revealed the Angel Kingdom’s role in the Xiao Clan’s persecution. The Demon Emperor destroyed four Cherubs and trapped the Fourth Evil God, but Hill prepared to retaliate as the battle reached a dangerous stalemate.

• Hill the Seraph and four angels formed a Prison of Heaven powerful enough to suppress the Fourth Evil God but capable of devastating the Endless Fire Domain.
• The Demon Emperor protested Hill’s disregard for the Lower Realm, and the Fourth Evil God admitted defeat while accusing the Angel Kingdom of joining the forces that encircled the Xiao Clan.
• The Demon Emperor used the Power of God Road and the Sky-Splitting Monster Spear to kill the four Cherubs supporting Hill’s technique.
• The Fourth Evil God tried to escape, but the Demon Emperor drove him back into the Prison of Heaven and sealed his escape routes.
• Hill declared war on the Demon Emperor and began gathering greater Angel Power, while the injured Demon Emperor prepared to defend the Endless Fire Domain.

Yao Yun opened the Yao Clan auction by presenting the Heavenly-Class offensive Dou Soul, the Netherworld Flame Python. Xun Er bid against the Yan Clan and drove its price to six hundred million gold coins, leaving Xiao Yan wary of the extra expense.

• Yao Yun revealed a sealed creature and identified it as the rare Heavenly-Class Dou Soul called the Netherworld Flame Python.
• Yao Yun explained the Python's Fire Attribute, difficult temperament, and the risks of trying to tame it.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan the Dou Soul could greatly benefit him or Cai Lin, then offered two hundred million gold coins.
• A Yan Clan man bid three hundred million, and Xun Er raised the price to four hundred million.
• The Yan Clan man raised the bid to five hundred million, and Xun Er countered with six hundred million before he withdrew.
• Xiao Yan resented the Yan Clan for making Xun Er pay four hundred million more than her initial bid.

The Demon Emperor arrived in the Holy City to rescue Liu Yun, despite Xiao Yan warning him that the city was a trap. Blake ordered the Holy See’s forces to attack, and the Demon Emperor transformed into a pale-gold auspicious beast and charged through their ranks.

• Green mist poured from a rift above the Holy City, and the Demon Emperor emerged, dissolving the attacks of Gu Xingtian and the others.
• Blake celebrated the Demon Emperor’s arrival, hoping to kill him and earn promotion to the Angel Kingdom.
• Xiao Yan warned the Demon Emperor that the Holy City was a trap, but the Demon Emperor said he had come to fight.
• The Demon Emperor reunited with Liu Yun, who tearfully urged him to leave while Blake mobilized the Holy Guards.
• The Demon Emperor declared that he was fighting for Liu Yun and love, transformed into a pale-gold auspicious beast, and smashed through the Holy Guards’ defenses.

Xiao Yan investigated the sealed land and discovered that its stele contained Ghost Qi resembling the Soul Clan’s aura, suggesting a connection between the Ghost Realm and the Soul Clan. As the Twin Ghost Emperor’s seal neared breaking, Wu Jiang sent officials into Yin Shi Forest, where Muller’s forces were capturing tournament contestants; Xiao Yan then heard someone challenge him for trespassing in the Forbidden Area.

• Xiao Yan approached the glowing stele and found that it devoured the Ghost Qi in the sealed space.
• The Golden Dragon King warned Xiao Yan that the stele’s ancient aura was dangerous, and Xiao Yan recognized it as resembling the Soul Clan’s aura.
• Wu Jiang and Hu Du learned that someone had entered the sealed land and summoned tournament officials to enter Yin Shi Forest.
• Muller ordered Ghostly Creatures to capture every Points Plunder Tournament participant and offer them to the Ghost Emperor.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Ghost Realm and the Soul Clan were connected, then heard a voice challenge him for entering the Forbidden Area.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying faced an Eight-star Dou Di worshipper of the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, whose attack overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s Nirvana Lotus and left him unable to use his Immortal Body. Mu Yingying revealed that her azure fire was Holy Flame, and Xiao Yan sensed that it had awakened the Holy Flame Soul Seed in his sea of souls.

• The man in black broke through Xiao Yan’s Nirvana Lotus and charged at him, while Xiao Yan prepared his Primordial Fire Ruler and found that a mysterious restriction prevented him from using his Immortal Body.
• Mu Yingying surrounded herself with azure flames, prompting the man in black to pause and consider stealing her fire and Xiao Yan’s flames to advance to Nine-star Dou Di.
• Mu Yingying ignored the man in black’s demand and released a sacred aura from her flames.
• Xiao Yan recognized the power as Holy Flame, and Mu Yingying told him through soul power that she could not yet control it properly.
• Mu Yingying’s soul power stirred the Holy Flame Soul Seed Xiao Yan had obtained in the Yin Shi Forest secret realm.

Xiao Yan defeated the arrogant Mark in a single move, revealing that his soul power and combat strength far exceeded what his peak Three-star Dou Di level suggested. After returning to Yue Ru and Mu Feng, he waited as the old man began announcing the selection competition rules.

• Xiao Yan left Mark gravely injured and unconscious, warning the crowd that Mark would not die and deterring anyone else from provoking him.
• Zhu Zhuqing, He Wanxia, Song Cheng, Yi Tian, and Li Xin reacted to Xiao Yan's strength, with Yi Tian declaring that Xiao Yan's soul power surpassed everyone present.
• Luo Ming said the title of Newcomer King was well deserved and that they only needed to wait for the selection competition to begin.
• Xiao Yan returned to Yue Ru and Mu Feng, and Mu Feng remarked on his identity as the Newcomer King while Xiao Yan joked that Mu Feng was hiding his own strength.
• Xiao Yan's attack was revealed to have used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to disrupt Mark's soul and Dou Qi before striking him with a palm, while holding back to avoid killing him.
• The old man atop the tall building began announcing the rules for the selection competition.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Desert Zone through a shifting sand passage and encountered a swarm of Dark Bats in the pitch-black tunnel. They avoided the creatures and continued deeper, while a strange light briefly flickered within Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra.

• Xiao Yan led Mu Feng, Mu Yingying, Lu Di, and Xiao Yi into the shifting sand entrance while powerful people nearby were fighting.
• Xiao Yan illuminated the dark passage with his flames, and Xiao Yi noticed the fire traces they left behind.
• A huge swarm of black creatures emerged, so Xiao Yan extinguished their lights and led the group away as the creatures devoured the flames and collapsed the space behind them.
• Mu Feng identified the creatures as Dark Bats that swarm toward light and can destroy space, and Xiao Yan decided the group should quietly go around them.
• Xiao Yan took Mu Yingying and Xiao Yi by the hand as he led the group onward, while Long Yi remarked that the Dark Bats seemed strange.
• The Flame Mantra inside Xiao Yan briefly flickered with a strange light before vanishing.

Separated across the Five Layered Desolate Road, Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Lu Di each encountered a different part of the Desert Mountain Range. At the lakebed, Xiao Yan discovered a Three-Leaf Immortal Orchid and began forming a formation to restrain it.

• Mu Yingying followed a terrifying voice toward the ruler of the place, while magical beasts avoided her.
• Mu Feng fought evil creatures in a swamp and absorbed the energy they released when they died.
• Lu Di entered a boulder-filled forest and realized the four passages were connected to the mountain summit.
• Xiao Yan uncovered a Three-Leaf Immortal Orchid beneath the lake, and Snake Spirit tried to claim it before Xiao Yan used Soul Power to snap her out of its influence.
• Xiao Yan detected a dangerous restriction around the orchid and summoned his Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription to form the Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation.

Xiao Yan’s weapon spirit Long Yi defeated Li Ji in a clash before the registered disciples, establishing Xiao Yan’s strength at the Burning Incense Pavilion. After Mu Xuzi confirmed Li Ji would recover, Xiao Yan challenged the other registered disciples to face him together.

• Mu Xuzi shielded the hall as Long Yi’s twenty-three-colored fireball clashed with Li Ji’s Halberd Mountain Splitting Claw.
• Long Yi broke through Li Ji’s attack and engulfed him in flames until Xiao Yan ordered the weapon spirit to stop.
• Long Yi recalled the flames, and Mu Xuzi examined Li Ji and confirmed that he had only exhausted his Dou Qi and would recover after resting.
• Xiao Yan returned to Mu Yingying and the others, who praised his victory and warned that the registered disciples would hold a grudge.
• Xiao Yan told the resentful registered disciples that Li Ji showed the difference between true and registered disciples, then invited them to attack him together.

Xiao Yan discovered that the spring water was Blood Spirit Ice Liquid, a rare resource needed to safely devour Holy Flame. He realized the pool was only half-formed and still contained unexplained signs, while the Twin Ghost Emperor remained sealed deeper inside.

• Xiao Yan pulled his hand away when the water turned blood-red and grew intensely cold, and the Golden Dragon King identified it as Blood Spirit Ice Liquid.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Blood Spirit Ice Liquid was one of three key preparations for devouring Holy Flame and said he had finally found it.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that Blood Spirit Ice Liquid formed in places of extreme yin cold using the blood of many people, and warned Xiao Yan that the Twin Ghost Emperor was sealed deeper inside.
• Xiao Yan searched the ten-meter space with his soul power but found no creature guarding the pool.
• The Golden Dragon King pointed out that the pool had shrunk and still contained clear water and a flickering white speck, then concluded that the Blood Spirit Ice Liquid was half-finished.

Xiao Yan learned how the Immortal Great Emperor had held off two Emperor Grade Outer Realm Evil Clan experts during the ancient war and entered the great hall to claim the Emperor’s Tenth Grade Dou Di Body. The Immortal Great Emperor’s remnant soul awakened, shut the doors, and crushed Xiao Yan with its terrifying pressure.

• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan that the Immortal Great Emperor had fallen after using his Tenth Grade Dou Di Body to hold back two Emperor Grade Outer Realm Evil Clan experts during the war across the Seven Realms.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed that the Immortal Great Emperor’s inheritance was elsewhere and decided to take the Tenth Grade Dou Di Body from the hall.
• Xiao Yan approached the hall as the statue above it gradually awakened, then opened the doors and entered its vast interior.
• A golden Tenth Grade Dou Di Body appeared in the hall, and the Immortal Great Emperor’s remnant soul said Xiao Yan was the third person to arrive before sealing the doors.
• The Immortal Great Emperor’s remnant soul unleashed immense pressure that forced Xiao Yan down and collapsed the ground beneath him.

After Xu Shao’s attempt to kill Xiao Yan failed, Xiao Yan fell into a medicine spring while weakened by faith power and unexpectedly encountered Su Xueying. The chapter left them face-to-face as her sealed memories of him began to return.

• Xu Shao entered the Bone Mountain’s inner space, while its two guards went to report the attack to the Matriarch.
• Xiao Yan plummeted after being weakened by faith power and discovered two holy flames below him.
• Xiao Yan crashed into a medicine spring, where Su Xueying was bathing, and hid when he could not use his Dou Qi or holy flame.
• Su Xueying attacked the spring with ice-and-fire blades after sensing an intruder.
• Xiao Yan emerged and greeted Su Xueying, who recognized him as her sealed memories returned.

Xiao Yan used the power of his golden clan mark to break Guyuan free from the evil origin controlling him, but the Demonic Scholar began his next game and surrounded the survivors with their own controlled bodies. The group was left unable to resist, waiting to learn what the game would bring.

• Xiao Yan’s golden vertical eye neutralized Guyuan’s ice-fire attack and pierced the black aura controlling him, leaving Xiao Yan exhausted.
• Guyuan resisted the evil origin and drove it from his body, forcing it to flee back to the Demonic Scholar.
• Guyuan thanked Xiao Yan, who confirmed that the evil origin had been cleared and helped him up.
• The Demonic Scholar announced that the group had passed the trial and warned that anyone who broke the game’s rules would die.
• The Demonic Scholar released his evil implement, while several thousand controlled bodies surrounded him and left the group trapped in place.

At the auction, Chen Xin offered a Dou Di Pill prescription for the girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while the Xuan Ling Imperial Family prepared to decide her ownership. Xiao Yan recognized a connection between a damaged Fragmented Map and his Natal Core Inscription, but Xuan Mu won the map for thirty million gold coins.

• Chen Xin bid a Dou Di Pill prescription for the girl, and Blood Rose temporarily removed her from the platform while the seller and appraisal group settled the matter.
• Blood Rose presented a tattered Fragmented Map, which the Xuan Ling Imperial Family claimed was one-quarter of a treasure map leading to wealth rivaling a nation.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the map resonated with his Divine Movement Natal Core Inscription and bid two million gold coins after Elder Zhu urged him to acquire it.
• Xuan Mu raised the bid to ten million, and Xiao Yan answered with twenty million before Xuan Mu bid thirty million.
• Xiao Yan stopped bidding, and Blood Rose sold the Fragmented Map to Xuan Mu in private room number one.

Xiao Yan met the powerful, mysterious Xiao Yue, who took him through a spatial gate to a cave where Emperor Qi gathered. Meanwhile, Mu Yingying entered a dangerous well, and Luo Guang arrived on the third layer of Yin Shi Forest as the top experts gathered there.

• Xiao Yue appeared before Xiao Yan through a rift in space, introduced himself, and remarked on Xiao Yan’s strength and multiple flames.
• Xiao Yan noticed an unusual aura on Xiao Yue, but the two agreed to set aside questions about each other’s identities and remain on friendly terms.
• Xiao Yue led Xiao Yan through a spatial gate to his cave and explained that Emperor Qi gathered there for humans to absorb.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Golden Dragon King’s lesson that not all ghosts were evil and decided he could trust Xiao Yue as long as he meant no harm.
• Mu Yingying entered a well despite the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger warning that its creatures were powerful, and the tiger hurried after her.
• Luo Guang arrived on the third layer and noted that the top ten experts were gathering there, though its Ghost Qi felt strange.

The Fire Qilin Pill auction ended with the Poison Sect winning it, while the Myriad Poison Sect acquired the girl with Cauldron Three Flower Pupils and other factions claimed the remaining prized items. Elder Zhu gathered Xiao Yan and his companions, then assigned them a mission in the Desert Zone led by Xiao Yan.

• Liu Quan and the other Solomon experts discussed stealing the Fire Qilin Pill and remembered that killing Zhu Jin was their real mission.
• Blood Rose warned bidders about the Fire Qilin Pill’s powerful owner and announced that its winner would have to accept a condition from them.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Elder Zhu left the auction, and the Poison Sect later won the Fire Qilin Pill while the Myriad Poison Sect won the girl with Cauldron Three Flower Pupils.
• At an inn, Elder Zhu said the Poison Sect and Myriad Poison Sect planned to leave overnight and noted that other factions were also pursuing the Fire Qilin Pill.
• Xiao Yi arrived and told Xiao Yan she had advanced to Seven Star Dou Di Perfection under Mu Xuzi’s guidance, then Lu Di joined the group.
• Elder Zhu ordered Xiao Yan to lead all five companions into the Desert Zone and hold him accountable if anyone failed to return.

Blake began the Holy See’s trial of the Demon of Light, Liu Yun, and ordered Holy Punishment despite her protests. As the sacred attack threatened to destroy her, a lean black figure intervened and shattered the descending light.

• Blake handed the judgment over to High Priestess Yuri, who ordered the Demon of Light brought from prison to the altar.
• The Adjudicators dragged the tortured Liu Yun to the Cross and chained her there while Xiao Yan watched in fury.
• Blake accused Liu Yun of betraying the Holy See and joining the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and she admitted the betrayal but denied his other charges.
• Blake announced Holy Punishment, and its sacred Light Threads began to annihilate Liu Yun.
• A lean black figure reached into the sky and shattered the Holy Punishment as a rebellious power awakened within him.

Chang Yu told Wu Jiang that the Twin Ghost Emperor had killed ninety-six newcomers and warned that a traitor might be involved. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and his companions entered Yin Shi Forest, while Mu Yingying rested atop the five-patterned Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger and a silver-clad man rushed to challenge her for first place.

• Wu Jiang reported to Chang Yu that ninety-six newcomers had been turned into bloody water and four others remained missing.
• Chang Yu said the Twin Ghost Emperor's escape might involve a traitor and secretly headed into Yin Shi Forest.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Yue Ru cautiously moved toward the first layer of Yin Shi Forest to gain points and prepare for a breakthrough.
• Mu Yingying lounged on the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger's forehead as its azure flames flowed into the beast.
• A silver-clad man with twenty-one thousand points spotted Mu Yingying and charged toward her, declaring that first place would be his.