Chapter Summaries

Yu Xuan explained how Xiao Yan could reach the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool’s core and revealed that the Voice of the Sea was a sealed Immortal Artifact and the Sky-Eye Fish Clan’s entry token. Outside, Xiao Shou and Da Pang activated the Silver Dragon formation, and Xiao Shou used mysterious powder to turn the dragon against Mu Yingying and Mu Feng.

• Yu Xuan told Xiao Yan that he needed nine formation stones to activate the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation and defeat the Silver Dragon to enter the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Yu Xuan identified Xiao Yan’s conch as the Voice of the Sea, a sealed Immortal Artifact and token that could let him pass the Silver Dragon after activating the Five-Fish formation.
• Mu Yingying worried about Xiao Yan while Mu Feng sensed that Xiao Yan was still alive; Xiao Shou and Da Pang prepared to leave by using their golden fish.
• Xiao Shou and Da Pang returned their one-patterned and two-patterned golden fish to the tray, activating the formation and bringing forth the Silver Dragon.
• Xiao Shou scattered mysterious powder that bewitched the Silver Dragon, then ordered it to attack Mu Yingying and Mu Feng.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s Underground Palace, where his attempt to investigate its defenses was stopped by Elder Zhu. Two unusual imperial geniuses arrived, and the group prepared to enter the palace together.

• Mu Feng explained that the Underground Palace held the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s heritage and treasures and was protected by powerful defenses.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool was inside and sent Soul Power toward the entrance, but the palace’s defenses swallowed it and struck back.
• Elder Zhu scattered the mysterious force before it could harm Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan withdrew his Soul Power.
• Wen Zi welcomed a tall, skinny man and a short, plump woman, the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s two candidates for the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Elder Zhu warned Xiao Yan to keep his Soul Power and Spiritual Power contained as the group prepared to enter the Underground Palace.

The Registered Disciples combined their strength into the Ghost Devouring Array, threatening Xiao Yan and his companions. Xiao Yan unleashed a white light formed from the Divine Motion Core Inscription, and an old man recognized him as an Array Master with 5,500 Core Inscriptions.

• Xiao Yi kept attacking Zi Lian while Lu Di recalled her three poisonous snakes and Mu Feng struck the ten Registered Disciples with his Yin Yang Bagua, Heaven-and-Earth Method.
• Li Zi pushed Mu Yingying back and ordered the Registered Disciples to form an array.
• The 127 disciples joined their Dou Qi into the Ghost Devouring Array, creating a giant energy figure that threatened Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, Lu Di, and Mu Yingying.
• Xiao Yan sent a milky-white light toward the energy giant, and Li Zi sensed that it was dangerous.
• An old man recognized Xiao Yan as an Array Master with 5,500 Core Inscriptions and considered him suitable for a mysterious plan.

Xiao Yan discovered a powerful aquatic creature in the lake and learned that the lake and its waters suppressed those within the Desert Mountain Range. After the creature accused him of seeking its master's treasures, Xiao Yan offered to free it from the lake's restraints in exchange for information and a guide to its master's dwelling.

• Xiao Yan sent a beam of fused Exotic Fires beneath the lake, where a huge creature devoured it.
• The creature sent a towering water column at Xiao Yan, but their attacks canceled each other without disturbing the lake's surface.
• A voice from the whirlpool warned Xiao Yan that intruders must die, while another voice argued that he should be kept alive for amusement.
• The deep-voiced creature rejected Xiao Yan's explanation that a Guiding Stone had brought him there and demanded that he choose how to die.
• Xiao Yan offered to free the creature from the lake's restraints if it told him about the place and led him to its master's dwelling.

Xiao Yan fought the Holy Flame’s avatar until the Xiao Clan Mark appeared, revealing his heritage and convincing the alchemist and Flame Figure that he might help them. Shan Yao received the conch as its rightful owner, and the alchemist revealed that the force holding Shan Ling was likely the embryonic form of an Immortal Grade Four Pill.

• The Flame Figure attacked Xiao Yan and tested his strength, while the Holy Flame’s power stirred his Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, revealing the Xiao Clan Mark and raising his aura to Five-star Dou Di Perfection.
• The Flame Figure recognized the mark and learned that Xiao Yan had come from a lower plane; it and the alchemist decided he might be able to help them.
• The alchemist restored the conch to Shan Yao, who said Shan Ling had been taken by a force but remained somewhere in the manor.
• The alchemist identified that force as the embryonic form of an Immortal Grade Four Pill he had left behind.

King Xuan Ling attacked Lu Di over her Snake People Tribe origins, but Chang Yu intervened and protected her. Lu Di and Xiao Yan recognized a connection between their Medusa bloodlines, and King Xuan Ling then asked Xiao Yan which sect he would join.

• King Xuan Ling attacked Lu Di, but Chang Yu blocked the strike and argued that Burning Incense Pavilion would protect its prospective disciple.
• A Ten Thousand Sword Gate expert intervened, and King Xuan Ling and Chang Yu withdrew rather than risk a confrontation between their factions.
• Lu Di thanked Chang Yu, then asked Xiao Yan why his aura felt identical to hers; Xiao Yan said there were things she did not yet know.
• Lu Di concluded Xiao Yan had not stolen Medusa bloodline power, told him she would wait for him at Burning Incense Pavilion, and left with Chang Yu.
• A Solomon expert warned Burning Incense Pavilion that trouble was coming, and King Xuan Ling asked Xiao Yan which sect he would join.

Xiao Yan unleashed Dragon Raises Its Head and destroyed the man in black’s green skull, but the attack left him badly injured. He escaped through a temporary gap in space, leaving the man in black trapped behind as the passage sealed.

• Xiao Yan used Dragon Raises Its Head to attack the green skull, which the man in black empowered with Ghost Qi.
• Xiao Yan’s Giant Dragon turned back and bit the skull, with its black aura corroding it and milky-white flames helping shatter it.
• The destroyed skull severely injured the man in black, who rushed to kill Xiao Yan but struck a clone instead.
• Xiao Yan escaped through a finger-sized gap in space and vowed to repay the man in black.
• The man in black reached the passage after Xiao Yan had vanished, but the gap had already healed shut.

Lu Di explained the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils’ power to evolve the Snake People Tribe’s bloodline, and Xiao Yan connected their potential to Cai Lin. After Lin Zhu escaped her prison and revealed her identity, the group split up, with Xiao Yan’s team continuing their training and Lu Di and Mu Feng escorting the girl to the Snake People Tribe.

• Lu Di explained that the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils could accelerate snake people’s cultivation and possibly help create a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan recalled Cai Lin’s evolution and decided to find her and Xun Er once the current matters were settled.
• Lin Zhu attacked Mu Feng, but Xiao Yan pulled him clear before Lin Zhu shattered the yellow beam imprisoning her.
• Lin Zhu admitted the Fire Qilin Pill and Nine Yin Demonic Worm were not with her, introduced herself as a member of the Poison Sect, and vanished.
• Lu Di chose to take the girl with the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils back to the Snake People Tribe, and Xiao Yan sent Mu Feng with her.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying set out to train while Mu Feng and Lu Di departed with the girl.

She Fu left the Divine Hall to confront human intruders at the Charm Snake Tribe while Cai Lin absorbed Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Essence Blood inside. As Cai Lin’s transformation began, King Xuan Ling’s group attacked and captured Little Green, leaving the Divine Hall’s defense compromised.

• Nu Dong warned She Fu and Qing Hua She that a powerful human group had attacked the Charm Snake Tribe and sought the Desert Zone.
• She Fu went with Qing Hua She and Qing Yan to confront the intruders, leaving Little Green to guard the Divine Hall.
• Cai Lin absorbed the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Essence Blood, releasing bloodline pressure that Little Green recognized as a sign of her success.
• King Xuan Ling ordered his group to capture Little Green before she could send a signal.
• Eight attackers struck Little Green, and a Nine-star Dou Di’s giant hand knocked her down before their combined Dou Qi imprisoned her.

Yu Xuan revealed that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had destroyed the Sky-Eye Fish Clan with the help of a mysterious Flame Force, and that a similar aura lingered on the seventh floor of its Underground Palace. Xiao Yan resolved to rescue Yu Xuan’s daughter and pursue the possible Holy Flame, while the Golden Dragon King revealed Half-Immortal-level strength.

• Yu Xuan warned Xiao Yan that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s Flame Force suppressed the Sky-Eye Fish Clan and might be stronger than the flame on Xiao Yan.
• Yu Xuan recounted how the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s founder attacked and destroyed the Sky-Eye Fish Clan, then grew powerful by taking its wealth.
• Yu Xuan said the founder’s mysterious flame had resisted him and caused a backlash, leading Xiao Yan to suspect it was a Holy Flame that had not been fully devoured.
• Yu Xuan sensed a familiar flame aura and guarded treasures on the seventh floor of the Underground Palace, and Xiao Yan promised to save Yu Xuan’s daughter.
• Yu Xuan warned that a Dou Xian-level expert guarded the seventh floor and that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family cooperated with forces in the Ghost Realm.
• The Golden Dragon King released an aura that stunned Yu Xuan by reaching the Half-Immortal level.

Xiao Yan advanced to Early Five-star Dou Di and received the first three layers of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler from his soul-power clone. After emerging from a month of cultivation, he joined the others as they set out for Death Desert.

• Xiao Yan assessed his new strength and considered how Xiao Yi’s possession could help him face the powerful figures traveling with them.
• Xiao Yan received knowledge of the first three layers of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and thanked Long Yi for his confidence in him.
• Great Mountain, Great Water, Xiao Yi, Mu Yingying, and the Blood Blade Mercenary Group waited outside Xiao Yan’s hut and worried that his breakthrough might fail.
• Xiao Yan left the hut and confirmed to Xiao Yi and the others that he had advanced to Five-star Dou Di.
• Tang Tang agreed to proceed, and Tu Lang led the group toward Death Desert after the Black Storm stopped.

Qin Tian and the Dragon Devouring Legion faced She Fu and the Medusa Clan’s eight tribal leaders, each side summoning a formation to strengthen their forces. The two formations confronted each other in the sky as the battle was poised to intensify.

• Qin Tian declared that he could protect his companions and summoned the Dragon Devourer Formation as the Medusa Clan’s nine experts attacked.
• Qin Tian’s five spheres of Black and White Life and Death Power forced She Fu and the other Medusa experts to defend themselves.
• Qing Mu, Yao Xin, Fan Yu, Mu Chen, Xuan Mo, Mu Chenfeng, and Xuan Wanxin formed a massive Fire Red dragon with Qin Tian standing on its back.
• Yao Xin warned that the Dragon Devourer Formation was weakened without Ye Mo and Xuan Ming, but Qin Tian said he had another method and revealed a mysterious formation beneath his feet.
• She Fu summoned the Sky Swallowing Formation, and the Medusa Clan’s nine experts assembled around the Dragon Python Staff to form a gigantic Sky Swallowing Python.

Elder Zhu treated Bing Xin’s injuries with a pill that removed the Immortal Binding Ring’s seal, but she realized he had taken the Fire Qilin Pill and attacked him. The Poison Sect Master arrived with Lin Zhu and confronted Zhu Jin, preparing to settle the score over the theft.

• Elder Zhu gave Bing Xin a pill that healed her injuries and dispelled the Immortal Binding Ring’s sealing power.
• Bing Xin demanded that Elder Zhu return the Fire Qilin Pill and knelt before him, but he refused.
• Bing Xin attacked Zhu Jin, who remained unharmed and urged her to leave.
• The Poison Sect Master and Lin Zhu arrived, and Lin Zhu comforted Bing Xin.
• Bing Xin named those involved in the incident, and the Poison Sect Master confronted Zhu Jin with her Dou Qi.

After escaping the Medusa Clan’s Divine Hall, Qin Tian’s injured group rested in the Death Desert before Liu Quan and two Solomon experts confronted them. Liu Quan betrayed the Dragon Devouring Legion and launched an ambush, leaving Qin Tian wounded as Song Li and Yang Wei attacked the exhausted team.

• She Fu resumed command of the Medusa Clan, while Qing Hua She’s strength fell after her bonded spirit snake died and she began recovering under Qing Yan’s aura.
• Qin Tian and the Dragon Devouring Legion rested in the Death Desert after escaping the Divine Hall, treating their injuries with Yao Xin’s medicinal pills.
• Liu Quan arrived with Song Li and Yang Wei and asked Qin Tian where Zhu Jin could be found.
• Liu Quan suddenly struck Qin Tian, injuring him and revealing that Solomon had come to kill the Dragon Devouring Legion.
• Xuan Wanxin and Fan Yu stood together against the attack as Song Li and Yang Wei charged at the weakened legion members.

After leaving the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool, Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying were ambushed inside the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation by a powerful cloaked figure. The attacker sealed the exits and emerged before them, leaving Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying trapped with an unknown enemy.

• Xiao Yan told Mu Yingying he had found no trace of Mu Feng, and she noticed that Xiao Yan had reached the peak of Four-star Dou Di.
• Mu Yingying sensed powerful auras in the depths of the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool and resolved to cultivate before entering the Underground Palace to save her brother.
• Xiao Yan activated the Spatial Teleportation Array, and he and Mu Yingying left the core region of the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying arrived in the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation and headed toward its outer Spatial Teleportation Array.
• A hidden attacker struck Xiao Yan with yellow Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan barely withstood the blow.
• The mysterious man in black mocked Xiao Yan for killing the Twin Ghost Emperor, sealed the nine passage doors, and appeared before Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying.

Yang Wei and Song Li turned against Liu Quan, but Liu Quan fought back until Yang Wei struck him with a devastating attack. Qin Tian’s group returned to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, while Blood Rose and Elder Zhu reacted to the outcome and the danger facing Yan Chi.

• Song Li and Yang Wei revealed their plan to overthrow Liu Quan, and Yang Wei explained that the Soul Shattering Token had drained most of Liu Quan’s strength.
• Song Li attacked Liu Quan, but Liu Quan repelled his Ghost-Rending Hand and wounded him with Ghost Qi.
• Yang Wei unleashed a powerful black ray, shattered the barrier, and seized Liu Quan as he was overwhelmed.
• She Fu ordered the Medusa Clan chiefs to guard the Medusa Temple while he went into seclusion to heal Qing Hua She and Qing Yan.
• Qin Tian’s group returned to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, where Qin Tian imposed martial law and led the Dragon Devouring Legion into seclusion.
• Blood Rose recognized the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s success, while Elder Zhu decided to advance his plan to save Yan Chi.

King Xuan Ling, Ye Mo, and Xuan Ming destroyed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s remnant soul and entered the Medusa Temple. Outside, Fan Yu began withdrawing the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s forces, while Liu Quan and his companions considered attacking the weakened family.

• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python self-destructed inside the red flood dragon, but King Xuan Ling, Ye Mo, and Xuan Ming survived the blast.
• A light from the Medusa Temple invited the three men inside, and the Divine Hall closed behind them.
• The Snake King intensified his fight against Qing Mu’s group as Fan Yu signaled the Xuan Ling Imperial Family to retreat.
• Solomon’s Liu Quan proposed exploiting the weakened Xuan Ling Imperial Family, and Song Li and Yang Wei agreed that the plan was worth attempting.

Sun Dalong drove Poison Old Monster into unleashing his Plague Source Worms, which consumed Sun Dalong’s attack and forced him to flee. With no other target they could reach, the worms turned on Poison Old Monster and poured into his body, rapidly weakening him.

• Xiao Yi noticed Sun Dalong had used his crimson broadsword to secretly set up Poison Old Monster, who was forced onto the defensive.
• Poison Old Monster released a huge swarm of Plague Source Worms and fed them Dou Qi, sending them after Sun Dalong.
• Sun Dalong’s blade attack vanished when the worms consumed it, and he fled in red smoke.
• The Plague Source Worms tried to reach the barefoot woman but could not break through her yellow beam.
• The worms turned on Poison Old Monster, entered his body, and rapidly weakened him.

Xiao Yan defeated Blood King Mo and purified much of Senluo Hell, leaving Blood King Mo’s evil origin sealed. After Xun Er went to help the others, an unfinished Demon Infant appeared and Xiao Yan threw it into the purification circle.

• Blood King Mo attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan invoked the Eternal Ruler and six Holy Flames to overpower and purify him.
• Xiao Yan sealed Blood King Mo’s remaining evil origin and purified the ghosts and spirits in Senluo Hell before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Xun Er caught Xiao Yan, gave him power to recover, and went to assist the Peerless Heavenly Emperor and the others.
• A shadow stole Blood King Mo’s sealed origin and revealed itself as a volatile, unfinished Demon Infant claiming to be the king of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the Demon Infant as weak, seized it, and tossed it into the purification circle.

Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Yue Ru entered Yin Shi Forest and followed a cave’s dense Ghost Qi to a mysterious dark cyan flame. Elsewhere, You Quan and Demon prepared for their lord to devour the humans, while Hu Du and Wu Jiang disappeared from the Cold Pool.

• Xiao Yan examined the forest entrance’s dangerous yin-yang array and chose a path away from a footprint left by another entrant.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Yue Ru crossed the forest’s first layer and found a cave where Ghost Qi blocked Xiao Yan’s soul-power perception.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to light the cave as Mu Feng led the group deeper inside.
• Mu Feng spotted a dark cyan flame, which suddenly lunged at the group as Xiao Yan shielded Yue Ru.
• You Quan and Demon left the Cold Pool to prepare for their lord, who planned to devour two humans and reunite with the other half of its split body.
• Hu Du and Wu Jiang smiled strangely and vanished as the Cold Pool’s occupant awaited the blood-red color to fade.