Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan escaped Xu Ni’s devastating Mountain Splitting Axe attack with Yue Ru and Mu Feng, then shared Xu Ni’s points with them. The three headed for Yin Shi Forest’s third layer while Qiu Huo Bird encountered the third-ranked Luo Guang.

• Xu Ni unleashed the Mountain Splitting Axe’s stored power, depleted his Dou Qi, and was eliminated as Xiao Yan’s token received his points.
• Xiao Yan transferred points to Yue Ru and Mu Feng, who offered to give them back, but he told them to keep them.
• Xiao Yan proposed that they hide in the third layer of Yin Shi Forest, and the three hurried there to avoid the powerful auras approaching.
• Outside Yin Shi Forest, Wu Jiang and Hu Du watched the crystal spheres and discussed keeping an eye on Mu Yingying, whose background was unclear.
• Qiu Huo Bird grew angry when he saw Yue Ru and Mu Feng’s rankings rise, then recognized the approaching Luo Guang, the third-ranked competitor.

Xiao Yan’s Nirvana Lotus clashed with Yin Xie’s Ghost Underworld Blade, and the blade appeared to destroy the lotus. The split lotus then unleashed a hidden black aura and rushed toward Yin Xie, leaving her visibly terrified.

• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi with pills after Xiao Yi’s first possession ended and his strength returned to the initial stage of the Four-star Dou Di realm.
• The Nine Soul Tablet warned that Yin Xie’s Ghost Underworld Slash had killed many Seven Star Dou Di experts, while Chang Yu and Mu Yingying watched the clash.
• Yin Xie’s blade broke through the Nirvana Lotus’s flame and soul-power layers, then split the lotus in two.
• The contestants feared defeat, but Xiao Yan declared the outcome was not settled and called out, “Nirvana Lotus! Slay Evil!”
• The split lotus surged toward Yin Xie, and its black aura made her tremble with fear.

Xiao Yan followed Long Yi toward the hidden treasure at the eastern end of Yin Shi Forest’s third level, but reached an isolated cave where a mysterious, powerful stranger appeared. Long Yi recognized the stranger’s aura, though he did not reveal who the man was.

• Long Yi guided Xiao Yan toward the treasure, while Xiao Yan told You Quan and Hong Ye’s group to disperse and avoid attracting attention.
• After a day of travel, Xiao Yan entered the core region and learned from Long Yi that Yue Ru and Mu Feng were safe inside an illusion.
• Long Yi explained that the treasure lay to the east and that Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf ruled the west, then led Xiao Yan to an abandoned cave near the boundary.
• Xiao Yan sensed a terrifying presence in the lit cave and challenged the unseen speaker, who explained that the cave was hidden by a powerful restriction and invited him to talk.
• Xiao Yan agreed to meet the stranger, who stepped through a rift and appeared before him; Long Yi recognized the man’s aura.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ghost Suppressing Well held Yin Xie, one half of the powerful Twin Ghost Emperor, and sensed the treasure he sought below. He descended alone to investigate while Yue Ru and Mu Feng stayed behind to keep watch.

• The Golden Dragon King explained that Xie Yin and Yin Xie were separate halves of the Twin Ghost Emperor, with Yin Xie rivaling a Seventh-grade Ghost Emperor and their merger making them stronger.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed a powerful presence guarding the well and a familiar aura inside it that might be the treasure Xiao Yan sought.
• Mu Feng and Yue Ru examined the well, and Xiao Yan claimed that something inside was calling to him.
• Xiao Yan told Mu Feng and Yue Ru to stay above and signal him with a whistle if anything happened.
• Mu Feng offered to descend instead, but Xiao Yan stopped him and drifted down into the Ghost Suppressing Well alone.

Xiao Yan learned that Dou Ji were divided into six categories and began cultivating the Immortal Tier mid-grade Body Double Technique. His first double formed successfully, but it was an unexpectedly stout version of himself.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Dou Ji scroll he had received after defeating the guardian and discovered it contained the Body Double Technique.
• The Golden Dragon King explained the six categories of Dou Ji and urged Xiao Yan to try the technique.
• Xiao Yan shaped his soul power into a control seal, failing once before successfully forming it.
• Xiao Yan combined the soul-light seal with Dou Qi to create a double.
• The Golden Dragon King laughed at the stout double, and Xiao Yan stared at it in disbelief.

Xiao Yan and his companions climbed toward the summit, where the Nine Great Super Sects’ leaders discussed his victory over the Twin Ghost Emperor and the newcomers from the Points Plunder Tournament. Xiao Yan declared that he intended to join Burning Incense Pavilion as the sect leaders prepared to recruit the contestants.

• Xiao Yan learned that Nine Soul Tablet had gone to search for the Twin Ghost Emperor’s lost soul and that Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger had left to train; he also kept Xiao Yi’s strength concealed.
• Xiao Yan chose Burning Incense Pavilion and led Mu Yingying, Yue Ru, and Mu Feng up the mountain steps.
• The sect leaders discussed Xiao Yan’s defeat of the Twin Ghost Emperor and the promising talent displayed in the tournament.
• Chang Yu argued with Solomon’s Twelfth Sect Master over Burning Incense Pavilion’s chances of recruiting contestants until the representative of Ten Thousand Sword Gate stopped them.
• The sect leaders considered the competition for talented newcomers and the approaching struggle among the Nine Great Super Sects at the sect tournament.

Xiao Yan trapped Li Zi and the 127 Registered Disciples inside a flame array, then destroyed their energy giant with a coordinated attack. Li Zi admitted defeat, while Mu Xuzi and Elder Zhu watched Xiao Yan’s abilities with interest.

• Xiao Yan cast a milky-white flame array around Li Zi’s energy giant, trapping the 127 Registered Disciples inside.
• Mu Xuzi recognized Xiao Yan as an Array Master and reflected on his combat and alchemy achievements; Elder Zhu also watched from above the hall.
• Li Zi attacked the array, but its flames absorbed the energy giant’s power, and Zi Lian suggested searching for the array core.
• Xiao Yan filled the array with copies of himself and unleashed a combined attack that shattered the energy giant.
• The Registered Disciples lost their will to fight, and Li Zi admitted defeat after Xiao Yan held back from seriously injuring them.

Xiao Yan risked everything to escape the Eight-star Dou Di Perfection man in black, using the Soul Devouring Talisman and his accumulated power to prepare a powerful ruler strike. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed the fifth layer of Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler against the man's Ghost Qi skull.

• The man in black gathered Ghost Qi, and Xiao Yan realized the pressure left him with almost no chance of winning.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Devouring Talisman's power to strengthen the Primordial Fire Ruler and sent a concealed duplicate to strike the passage exit with the Voice of the Sea.
• The man in black launched a massive skull attack, and Long Yi detached from the Primordial Fire Ruler to hold it off.
• Xiao Yan poured his flame power, Soul Devouring Talisman energy, and soul power into the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan shouted the fifth layer of Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, Dragon Raises Its Head, and sent a multicolored Dou Qi dragon roaring toward the green skull.

Qing Hua She recognized Qing Yan’s Cauldron Three Flower Pupils and declared her the Medusa Clan’s Saintess, while admitting Lu Di and accepting Mu Feng as a friend of the clan. Nu Dong opposed the decision, then learned that outsiders had forced the Charm Snake Tribe to reveal the Divine Hall’s location and secretly began plotting with the Soul Hall.

• Qing Yan awoke beside Mu Feng and Lu Di, and Qing Hua She identified her as the bearer of the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils.
• Qing Hua She declared Qing Yan the Medusa Clan’s Saintess, admitted Lu Di into the clan, and named Mu Feng a friend of the clan.
• Nu Dong objected, but Elder Snake and the other chiefs supported Qing Hua She’s decision to take Qing Yan to the Divine Hall.
• Elder Snake warned the chiefs to stay vigilant, and Qing Hua She led Qing Yan, Lu Di, and Mu Feng toward the Divine Hall.
• A messenger told Nu Dong that two Nine-star Dou Di and two Eight-star Dou Di had attacked the Charm Snake Tribe and demanded the Divine Hall’s location.
• Nu Dong killed the messenger and secretly ordered an associate to summon someone from the Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan and the others entered Tianwang Cang's mausoleum, a vast array of suspended White Jade Pillars above a deadly abyss of evil mist. After Xiao Yan nearly fell while trying to cross between pillars, Yuanyan recognized the pillars' array patterns and began to unravel their secrets.

• The Four Continents' experts arrived in the mausoleum and saw countless patterned White Jade Pillars rising above evil black mist.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Tianwang Cang's remains were likely at the highest pillar and decided the group should climb upward.
• Xiao Yan tried to jump across a gap but began falling when spatial power and flight were suppressed, and Duan Qifei pulled him back with a silver shackle.
• Yuanyan identified spiritual power and array patterns in the pillars, then used the Qiankun Jade Wall to investigate them.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yuanyan beginning to unravel the pillar array while other experts struggled to cross the layered pillars.

Xiao Yan defeated Yan Xuan after breaking through his Forbidden Technique, while Xun Er prevented Ancestor Yanyun from interfering and forced him into silence. Xiao Yan was left exhausted, and the Yao Clan Ceremony continued with little time remaining for him to compete.

• Xiao Yan empowered the Baxia soul shadow with water-attribute energy and broke through Yan Xuan's Rainbow Glow Holy Palace.
• Ancestor Yanyun sent an Energy Clone to protect Yan Xuan, but Xun Er burned away one of his arms with her Golden Crows.
• Xiao Yan's Body of Baxia crushed Yan Xuan, annihilating his body and soul and destroying the Forbidden Technique Scroll.
• Ancestor Yanyun threatened Xiao Yan and Xun Er, but Yao Wanyuan invoked the Yao Clan Ceremony's rules and warned him not to interfere.
• Xun Er revealed her Gu Clan identity and used her holy flame and Samsara power to suppress Ancestor Yanyun.
• Yao Wanxuan noted that Xiao Yan had little time left to finish his trial and contend in the ceremony.

Xiao Yan’s group faced 128 registered disciples seeking admission to the Burning Incense Pavilion, and Xiao Yan challenged them to fight all at once. Li Ji recognized Xiao Yan as the winner of the Points Plunder Tournament, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Golden Dragon King that Mu Feng’s Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Cultivation Method let him absorb Ghost Qi and rapidly increase his strength.
• Mu Yingying objected to the registered disciples’ plan to exhaust Xiao Yan’s group through consecutive battles.
• Xiao Yan proposed that all 128 registered disciples fight his group of five together.
• Li Ji considered Xiao Yan’s challenge and learned that he was the tournament winner who had killed the injured Twin Ghost Emperor.

Xuan Wanxin incapacitated Qing Mu and burned his life force to protect Qin Tian from Liu Quan’s Soul Shattering Token. As the Dragon Devouring Legion prepared to break the black barrier and teleport away, Xuan Wanxin began forming a strange hand seal around a profound fluctuation.

• Xuan Wanxin accepted Qing Mu’s answer to his marriage proposal, then secretly struck a pressure point that disabled her and sent her to Yao Xin’s care.
• Yao Xin ordered the Dragon Devouring Legion to prepare to break the black barrier and teleport home, while Song Li and Yang Wei agreed Liu Quan had to die and pretended to be injured.
• Qin Tian’s flame attack collided with Liu Quan’s death ray, and Liu Quan then summoned the Soul Shattering Token and gathered the surrounding black mist into it.
• Xuan Wanxin appeared behind Qin Tian and used his Phasing ability to protect the commander, while the weakened legion members supplied Yao Xin with Dou Qi and soul power.
• Xuan Wanxin burned his life force and began forming a strange hand seal as Liu Quan prepared to attack Qin Tian.

The auction began with bidders competing for the rare Nine Yin Demonic Worm while several groups weighed its value against their plans for the final item. Private Room No. 4 won the bidding at seventy million, and the chapter ended with the auction poised to move on.

• Xuan Mu and Xuan Shan discussed the Nine Yin Demonic Worm, while Elder Zhuo cautioned Xuan Shan about the dangers of the Desert Zone.
• Tu Lang told his captain that Xiao Yan was a powerful alchemist and Burning Incense Pavilion disciple, prompting her to order preparations to leave for the Desert Zone after the auction.
• Sun Xiang urged his father to bid on the worm, but the Sun Family head told him to wait and warned him not to provoke Blood Rose.
• Blood Rose opened the bidding, and Private Rooms No. 1, No. 4, No. 31, and No. 20 competed for the worm.
• The senior sister in Private Room No. 4 bid seventy million, and the bidder in Private Room No. 31 withdrew after she accused the Poison Snake Sect inwardly.

Xiao Yan and his companions prepared to enter the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s auction, where they encountered two women from the Poison Sect of the Wasteland. The women showed unusual interest in Xiao Yan before entering, and Elder Zhu and Tu Xingzhe led their groups inside as the auction began to draw powerful forces.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Sun Xiang as a threat, while Mu Yingying angrily complained about his lecherous stare.
• Tu Ling greeted Elder Zhu, and her master Tu Xingzhe arrived to join the group heading into the auction house.
• Two veiled women with poisonous Dou Qi appeared, and Tu Ling’s probing drew poison into her body before Xiao Yan cured her with a pill.
• Elder Zhu identified the women as members of the Poison Sect, and they warned Xiao Yan’s group not to probe them again because they were acting under orders.
• The women entered the auction house after glancing back at Xiao Yan, while Elder Zhu and Tu Xingzhe led their groups inside.

Fan Yu’s group attacked Qing Hua She after her Born Spirit Snake, Little Zi, died and her strength collapsed. Mei Lan arrived to defend his wife, and Qing Hua She was left in danger until an old man from the Medusa Snake Guard appeared.

• Yao Xin used her soul power to weaken the purple attack, then fainted as Fan Yu and the others suffered injuries.
• Qing Hua She learned that Little Zi’s death had damaged her origin and caused her strength to fall from Five-turn Nine-star Dou Di to One-turn Nine-star Dou Di.
• Mei Lan appeared, stopped Fan Yu’s attack, and confronted the group over their harm to his wife and daughter.
• Fan Yu engaged Mei Lan while Qing Mu attacked Qing Hua She, whose weakened Dou Qi left her unable to evade the strike.
• Qing Mu trapped Qing Hua She in crystalline raindrops, but an old man wielding Black and White Life and Death Power appeared to protect her.

Separated from Xiao Yan and Mu Feng inside the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool, Mu Yingying explored its golden waters and prepared to use her Dou Di Pill to advance. A mysterious little girl appeared and summoned a vortex beneath Mu Yingying, leaving her facing an unknown threat.

• Mu Yingying found herself alone on a reef and discovered that the golden seawater contained mysterious power.
• Mu Yingying failed to sense Xiao Yan or Mu Feng, then dipped her feet into the pool and absorbed its pure energy.
• Mu Yingying examined the Dou Di Pill Elder Zhu had given her and decided to seek a place with denser energy before taking it.
• As Mu Yingying crossed the water, a little girl's voice asked her to stay and play, though Mu Yingying could not locate its source.
• Mu Yingying formed armor from her azure flames, and the little girl remarked that they resembled Xiao Yan's flames before a huge vortex appeared beneath her.

Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python joined forces against the mysterious Medusa Clan woman, who tested them with her Ten-Colored energy pillars. After the white poison pillar wounded the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, the woman healed them with her power and prepared to continue the trial with the green pillar.

• The mysterious woman explained that the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python was born from Cai Lin's evolution and offered them pure bloodline power and a cultivation method if they defeated her.
• Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python put aside their remaining distance and attacked the Dou Xian-level woman together.
• The mysterious woman created ten towering pillars of energy and sent the white poison pillar to counter their assault.
• The white pillar dissolved their attack and melted the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's scales, exposing the flesh on her tail.
• The mysterious woman enveloped both women in Ten-Colored Power, restoring their strength and healing the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's tail.
• The mysterious woman called for them to attack again as the green pillar stepped forward.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to refine the half-finished Blood Spirit Ice Liquid, gradually turning its transparent portion red. As Mu Feng and Yue Ru descended into the well, Mu Yingying left a sealed black gate behind, while Little Snake recovered from an injury and set out to find Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan identified the transparent portion of the Blood Spirit Ice Liquid as the part that still needed refining, and the Golden Dragon King explained that its Spirit of Grudge had not yet emerged.
• Xiao Yan applied his Heavenly Flames to the liquid, and the clashing heat and cold began turning the transparent portion red without evaporating the liquid.
• Mu Feng pushed the cold white vapor aside with his Wooden Sword technique as he and Yue Ru descended through the Ghost Suppressing Well.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger sensed Mu Feng and Yue Ru approaching, while Mu Yingying tried and failed to open the black gate sealing the Twin Ghost Emperor before leaving with the tiger.
• Little Snake spat blood, said she was fine, and headed for the Ghost Suppressing Well to find Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan claimed a Fragmented Map connected to the Undying Flame and defeated the Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent with his Sacred Flame. He left the Rock Formation with Yuanyan, who was deeply impressed by him.

• Xiao Yan used his Earth Yellow Flame to extinguish the blood-colored flame and retrieve the Fragmented Map, which appeared to show part of a blood-colored river.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the map was related to the Undying Flame and had been split into two parts, then put it away.
• The Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent entered the Rock Formation and demanded that Xiao Yan and Yuanyan surrender their treasures.
• Xiao Yan engulfed the Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent in Earth Yellow Flame and burned it to death.
• Xiao Yan reattached the stone man's limbs, bowed respectfully, and left with Yuanyan, who was awed by him.