Chapter Summaries

You Quan attacked the weakened Twin Ghost Emperor, hoping to devour him and increase his strength. After revealing the Twin Ghost Emperor’s divided appearance, You Quan called him Xie Yin and brought up Daoxiang Village, leaving the Twin Ghost Emperor shocked by his identity.

• Hong Ye engaged the Chi Mei Ghost Spirit while You Quan turned on the injured Twin Ghost Emperor.
• You Quan used a Soul Locking Chain to overpower and bind the Twin Ghost Emperor.
• You Quan’s chain tore away the Twin Ghost Emperor’s cloak, revealing a body split into a colored half and a blank half; Hong Ye sensed an aura like the Soul Clan’s.
• You Quan called the Twin Ghost Emperor Xie Yin, and the Twin Ghost Emperor demanded to know who You Quan was.
• You Quan mentioned Daoxiang Village from a hundred years earlier, and the Twin Ghost Emperor reacted with fear and disbelief.

Blood Rose opened the Xuan Ling Imperial Auction and presented a Nine Yin Demonic Worm, prompting interest from Xiao Yan’s group and the Poison Sect members in Room Four. The Poison Sect women revealed they hoped to evolve it into a Nine-eyed Demonic Worm and use it to strengthen their poisonous Dou Qi.

• Blood Rose began the auction and introduced the Nine Yin Demonic Worm as a creature that could consume poison and help save those poisoned.
• Xiao Yan, Elder Zhu, Mu Feng, and Mu Yingying discussed the worm’s abilities, strength, and high starting price.
• A Poison Sect woman in Room Four expressed interest in buying the worm and evolving it into a Nine-eyed Demonic Worm.
• The senior Poison Sect woman explained that an evolved Nine-eyed Demonic Worm could serve as a tonic for cultivators of poisonous Dou Qi.

King Xuan Ling summoned a crimson flood dragon and battled the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, which was only a remnant soul. The flood dragon swallowed the Python, leaving Qing Yan fleeing toward Qing Hua She as Elder Zhu and the others watched.

• Elder Zhu recognized the flames on King Xuan Ling and suspected they were connected to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s secret seventh Underground Palace level.
• King Xuan Ling formed a crimson flood dragon from his flames and merged it with his body before attacking the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python sent Qing Yan away and fought the flood dragon with its seven-colored power.
• Ye Mo and Xuan Ming withdrew from the battle, and Ye Mo suspected King Xuan Ling’s power was connected to something imprisoned on the seventh Underground Palace level.
• King Xuan Ling poured more Dou Qi into the flood dragon, which overwhelmed and swallowed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Qing Yan tearfully bade farewell to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and ran toward Qing Hua She.

Xiao Yan and his companions followed their flames to the hidden true Desert Mountain Range, where a mysterious restriction trapped them inside. A Giant Rock’s five paths separated the group, pulling Xiao Yan into the middle passage and the others into the side passages.

• Xiao Yan used flames from himself, Mu Yingying, and Xiao Yi to guide the group through the foothills toward the true Desert Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan warned the others that the range’s restriction would prevent them from leaving unless they reached the summit, and all five entered despite the danger.
• Mu Feng tested the boundary and was thrown back, then the group found a Giant Rock inscribed with “Five barren paths, each master of itself!”
• Xiao Yan sensed a mysterious power in the inscription and tried to make everyone retreat, but five wisps of white mist appeared and attached themselves to the group.
• The mist dragged Xiao Yan into the middle passage and sent Mu Feng, Lu Di, Mu Yingying, and Xiao Yi into the other passages as evil black energy coiled around the Giant Rock.

After Xiao Yan defeated the Evil Eye Emperor, the Demon Cube devoured the enemy’s remaining power, and the Holy Flame Spirit sacrificed herself to restore the Immortal Flame. The Immortal Flame then accepted Xiao Yan and entered his body, leaving him poised to swallow it and pursue the realm of undying and immortal.

• The Demon Cube escaped Xiao Yan’s seals, swallowed the Evil Eye Emperor’s lingering power, and returned to Xiao Yan heavier than before.
• The Holy Flame Spirit thanked Xiao Yan, sacrificed her life force, and rekindled the weakened Immortal Flame.
• Xiao Yan watched the Undying Fire entangle with the Immortal Flame before it returned to his body.
• Xiao Yan asked the Immortal Flame to lend him its power so he could guard the Great Thousand World.
• The Immortal Flame entered Xiao Yan’s body, and he prepared to swallow it and comprehend the realm of undying and immortal.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to gather the Spirit of Grudge within the blood-red Blood Spirit Ice Liquid, then prepared to defeat it so he could obtain the fully formed liquid needed for Devouring Holy Flame. The Spirit of Grudge awakened and defended itself against his attack, leaving Xiao Yan facing a more intelligent opponent.

• Xiao Yan attacked the white light within the Blood Spirit Ice Liquid with his Heavenly Flames to purify the resentment inside it.
• The white light released an evil aura and formed a huge, half-bodied Spirit of Grudge as the blood-red liquid withdrew.
• Xiao Yan used his Fire Control Technique to summon nine powerful fire serpents around the Spirit of Grudge.
• The Spirit of Grudge formed a defensive layer of blood-red energy, and Xiao Yan waited until its spirit had fully gathered.
• Xiao Yan sent the nine fire serpents to attack, but the Spirit of Grudge blocked them with its defense and began to awaken its intelligence.

Xiao Yan entered the sealed space after Mu Feng used an Eight Trigrams technique to open a narrow gap in the Gate of Sealing. Elsewhere, Muller used the Ghost Emperor Token to order the Ghostly Creatures to begin their attack early, while You Quan absorbed half of the Twin Ghost Emperor and Xiao Yue led Wu Jiang toward the Ghost Suppressing Well.

• Mu Feng used the Eight Trigrams of Taiji to create a small opening in the Gate of Sealing, and Xiao Yan slipped through it.
• Mu Feng collapsed from exhaustion, and Yue Ru prayed for Xiao Yan to return safely as Mu Feng began recovering his Dou Qi.
• Muller revealed the Ghost Emperor Token, forced the Ghostly Creatures to obey, and ordered them to attack the tournament contestants ahead of schedule.
• Hong Ye observed that You Quan had devoured half of the Twin Ghost Emperor and was gaining terrifying power.
• Wu Jiang wondered why contestants were disappearing, and Xiao Yue took him to see what was sealed in Yin Shi Forest.

Xiao Yan trapped the intelligent Dou Di Pill and arranged for his soul avatar to cultivate the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler while he prepared to absorb the pill. At the edge of the desert, Elder Zhu hid beneath the sand as Liu Quan, Song Li, and Yang Wei headed into the Black Storm to pursue him.

• Xiao Yan exposed the Dou Di Pill disguised as Xun Er and suppressed it with his Emperor Realm soul power.
• Xiao Yan summoned his white-clothed soul avatar and learned that its cultivation of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler would benefit his true body.
• The white-clothed Xiao Yan entered the Sea of Souls to cultivate while Xiao Yan stabilized his aura before absorbing the Dou Di Pill.
• Elder Zhu detected the Black Storm, swallowed a pill, and burrowed into the yellow sand to avoid it.
• Liu Quan, Song Li, and Yang Wei discovered Elder Zhu's disappearance and rushed toward Death Desert through the Black Storm.

The Golden Dragon King sensed that a Light Seal connected to his companions had activated and planned to reunite with them, while directing Xiao Yan’s preparations for Xuan Tian San. He explained the Burning Incense Pavilion, the Holy Flame, and the dangers posed by the Demon, Ghost, and Monster Realms, leaving Xiao Yan to rest before their arrival.

• The Golden Dragon King’s Light Seal flashed, and he realized his companions might have escaped and that their location was moving.
• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan to prioritize learning Spiritual Power and Array Master arts, and to search for a Holy Flame in Xuan Tian San.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the Burning Incense Pavilion trained disciples in cultivation of the heart as well as battle skills, and warned Xiao Yan about the weakening seals on passages to other realms.
• The Golden Dragon King described the Demon, Ghost, and Monster Realms and explained why their invasions did not lead to war between the realms.
• Xiao Yan understood the threat and closed his eyes to recover as Xuan Tian San drew nearer.

Xiao Yan was captured by Ghostly Creatures and taken to an underground chamber with Mu Feng and other prisoners. The two found a Cold Pool whose cracked Jade Talisman was failing to contain a powerful Ghostly Creature, and Xiao Yan sensed that the Ghost Qi was gathering strength to break its seal.

• Xiao Yan woke in a dark underground maze and learned from the Golden Dragon King that the beings watching him were Ghostly Creatures.
• The Ghostly Creatures carried Xiao Yan to a chamber where many captives lay beside a Cold Pool, and he recognized Mu Feng among them.
• Mu Feng secretly contacted Xiao Yan and said he would take him out, then used an incantation to make them both temporarily invisible.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Feng found an invisible barrier blocking the chamber's exit and examined the Cold Pool instead.
• Mu Feng discovered a cracked Jade Talisman in the Cold Spring Eye that had been suppressing a powerful Ghostly Creature, while Xiao Yan sensed its Ghost Qi was building to break the seal and noticed an empty groove beside it.

Xiao Yan gathered the power to challenge the Twin Ghost Emperor as Chang Yu and the Nine Soul Tablet strengthened him, while Mu Yingying and the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger tried to stop the enemy’s attack. A mysterious voice then intervened to protect Mu Yingying, and Xiao Yan recognized the returning aura.

• The Nine Soul Tablet and Chang Yu poured their power into Xiao Yan, whose strength surged to the late stage of Six-star Dou Di as he fused three powers.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger charged at the Twin Ghost Emperor’s forming attack to protect Xiao Yan, and Mu Yingying joined it to fight the Yin Xie.
• The Twin Ghost Emperor redirected its strike at Mu Yingying, but a milky-white radiance destroyed the Ghost Qi attack before it hit her.
• A hearty voice asked who dared try to kill its sister-in-law, and Xiao Yan sensed an extremely familiar aura had returned.

Mu Feng and Mu Yingying fought to buy Xiao Yan one minute to complete the Purifying Ancient Sword while Yin Xie tried to summon his mount. The chapter ended with Mu Yingying confronting the emerging giant arm and Xiao Yan beginning his attack.

• Yin Xie noticed the purifying power around Xiao Yan and began forming a demonic shadow to attack him.
• Mu Yingying charged at the shadow to protect Xiao Yan while the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger stayed by his side.
• Mu Feng used Evil-Breaker to sever Yin Xie's connection to the Different Dimension, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Yue Ru caught Mu Feng and gave him restorative pills as Mu Yingying attacked the giant black arm that had already emerged.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes and unleashed the power of the Purifying Ancient Sword.

Xiao Yan searched Xuan Tian San’s Medicine Market for ingredients to prepare to devour a Holy Flame and considered what he still needed to refine the Xu Sheng Pill. As Mu Yingying admired a jade rabbit at a stall, the vendor explained its properties.

• Xiao Yan reviewed the ingredients needed to devour a Holy Flame and realized that refining the Xu Sheng Pill would require the essence blood and magic core of an Emperor Grade Six ice-attributed magical beast.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Mu Feng explored the crowded Medicine Market, where Mu Yingying stopped to browse trinkets and Mu Feng went off to buy something.
• Xiao Yan lost track of Mu Yingying briefly, then found her admiring a three-headed jade rabbit at a stall.
• The stall owner told Mu Yingying that the Three Jade Exquisite Rabbit was made from an Emperor Grade Three ice-attributed magical beast’s magic core and could cool its wearer and resist fire-attributed enemies.

Blood Rose unveiled the Emperor Grade Two Earth Pill, the Fire Qilin Pill, whose power could help a Dou Di break through to Dou Xian and might summon an Ancient Qilin Dou Soul. Several factions considered whether to pursue it, while Solomon’s three assassins remained unaware that Zhu Jin had reached the Half-Immortal realm.

• Blood Rose announced that the Dual-Pattern Yin Yang Heart had been won by its bidder, and Elder Zhu warned that factions were gathering outside Xuan Ling City.
• Blood Rose presented the Fire Qilin Pill, and Xiao Yan explained its breakthrough benefits and the chance to obtain an Ancient Qilin Dou Soul.
• The pill displayed its Spirit of the Pill by challenging the heavens, stunning the auction house with Pill Rain and its fragrance.
• The two Poison Sect women focused on the pill because their master needed it to break through her restriction.
• Xuan Mu left after deciding not to pursue the pill, while the Blood Blade Mercenary Group captain ordered her members to prepare to depart and contact Xiao Yan.
• Three Solomon agents coveted the pill but did not know Zhu Jin had entered the Half-Immortal realm.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi drew the Dark Bats into a suicidal assault on the Stone Giant, then combined their flames with the bats’ attacks to break it. As the stone barrier sank, Long Yi sensed an Outer Realm Evil Clan aura inside.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi ignited their flames and attracted the Dark Bats in the passage.
• Xiao Yan led the Dark Bats toward the Stone Giant while Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and the others prepared for danger.
• The Dark Bats crashed into the Stone Giant, and their repeated attacks created cracks in its body.
• Xiao Yan shielded the group with his soul power and sealed the entrance as the Stone Giant neared its breaking point.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan added their flames to the bats’ attacks, breaking the Stone Giant.
• Long Yi sensed an Outer Realm Evil Clan aura inside the fallen Stone Giant.

Snake Punishment told Xiao Yan how he found Snake Spirit and Snake Jade as infants at the bottom of the lake and how their presence suppressed the evil aura within him. He then revealed that the residence was the burial ground of a peak Dou Di and Immortal Grade Alchemist, giving Xiao Yan hope of advancing his alchemy.

• Snake Punishment explained that he had fled to the Desert Mountain Range after being gravely wounded and followed a mysterious voice into the lake.
• Snake Punishment recalled devouring the blood essence of a Three-headed Water Spirit Snake, which gave him two more heads and brought an evil black aura into his body.
• Snake Punishment said Snake Spirit and Snake Jade had merged with his other heads as infants, and their power had suppressed the evil aura and saved his life.
• Snake Spirit challenged Snake Punishment's account, but he reassured her that he would always be her Big Brother.
• Snake Punishment joined Xiao Yan at the pavilion and identified the residence as the burial ground of a peak Dou Di and Immortal Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan was delighted by the revelation because he needed to advance his soul power to reach Emperor Grade Two Alchemist.

Chang Yu and the others failed to break Yin Xie's blood-colored vortex and prepared to leave Yin Shi Forest while Wu Jiang and Hu Du led a rescue mission. As Yin Xie’s vortex grew, Chang Yu discovered that space itself had been sealed, leaving the group trapped.

• Chang Yu said five Seven Star Dou Di experts would be needed to break the vortex, then sent Wu Jiang and Hu Du to rescue the captured tournament participants.
• Mu Yingying watched Xiao Yan try to draw together a lotus seed while ghost creatures continued feeding the vortex.
• Mu Feng and Yue Ru led the exhausted survivors toward the captives, and the others followed them alongside Wu Jiang and Hu Du.
• Yin Xie's giant face appeared inside the blood-black vortex and threatened the humans, while Chang Yu's Dou Qi attack was swallowed.
• Chang Yu tried to open a way out but found that the space had been sealed.

Xiao Yan learned how Elder Zhu, an Eight-star Dou Di Perfection Array Master, had helped the Medusa Clan repel the Xuan Ling Imperial Family and heard that Solomon and the family were pursuing a secret plan. Elder Zhu then taught Xiao Yan how to approach array scrolls, and a silver formation core entered Xiao Yan’s Ni Palace Pill.

• Xiao Yan realized Elder Zhu’s Array Master abilities had let him hold off the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s experts and give the Medusa Clan an opportunity to counterattack.
• Elder Zhu explained that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family still hated the Burning Incense Pavilion and the Medusa Clan, and suspected Solomon was secretly working with the family.
• Elder Zhu told Xiao Yan that only an Array Master could open array scrolls and instructed him to touch them without using soul power or Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yan touched a silver array scroll, and its formation core entered his body and settled in his Ni Palace Pill.
• Elder Zhu explained that Xiao Yan could control the formation core by inscribing his true heart.

Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng headed toward a dried-up well in Yin Shi Forest while Chi Mei Ghost Spirit, You Quan Ghost Spirit, and Hong Ye failed to open a sealed door. The injured Twin Ghost Emperor returned with news that their base had been exposed, and You Quan turned against him as Chi Mei tried to protect him.

• Xiao Yan led Yue Ru and Mu Feng toward the dried-up well after Long Yi indicated its direction.
• Chi Mei Ghost Spirit, You Quan Ghost Spirit, and Hong Ye failed to open the black giant door sealing the Twin Ghost Emperor's other half.
• The injured Twin Ghost Emperor told Chi Mei Ghost Spirit and the others that their Red Mountain base had been exposed and that powerful humans had wounded him.
• Chi Mei Ghost Spirit wanted to move the plan forward, but the Twin Ghost Emperor refused because the ghost qi had not yet affected all participants.
• You Quan Ghost Spirit revealed that he had reached the fifth rank and urged Hong Ye to help him seize power, promising to spare her lover.
• Chi Mei Ghost Spirit shielded the Twin Ghost Emperor as You Quan Ghost Spirit prepared to attack them.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying learned that the girl being auctioned possessed Cauldron Three Flower Pupils, a trait coveted by snake-type magical beasts, and resolved to keep her from villains. The bidding then escalated over rare pills and a Dual-Pattern Yin Yang Heart, while the item’s seller planned to use the girl as leverage to reach the Dou Xian realm.

• Elder Zhu explained that Cauldron Three Flower Pupils could store power for snake-type magical beasts to devour, and Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying agreed they had to obtain the girl.
• Xuan Mu and several bidders reacted to the girl’s eyes, with some private rooms expressing sinister interest in buying her.
• Room Ten bid a Nine Heavens Bone Marrow Severing Pill formula, and Room Fourteen offered a Calamity Breaking Pill.
• Room Seven offered a Dual-Pattern Yin Yang Heart, prompting Elder Zhu to tell Xiao Yan to let the others bid while they waited to reap the benefits.
• The man in Room Seven revealed that he planned to use the girl’s Cauldron Three Flower Pupils as a future bargaining chip, while his companion warned that escaping with the prize would be difficult.