Chapter Summaries

Ling Zixi, Shen Hong, and Yao Yichen completed formidable medicinal pills that summoned increasingly powerful Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning. Xiao Yan then rose from his seat, appearing ready to make a desperate move toward the gathered lightning as his unfinished pill awaited something more.

• Ling Zixi revealed her Wanyuan Pill, summoning tri-color Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning and drawing praise from the gathered powerhouses.
• Shen Hong completed his Blood Bodhi Monster Pill, which summoned five-color Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning and appeared to put him in contention for the ceremony’s title.
• Yao Yichen unveiled a cyan medicinal pill that summoned seven-color Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning, seemingly surpassing Shen Hong’s achievement.
• Ling Zixi noticed Xiao Yan slowly stand on the Eighth Peak, his herbs fused but his pill seemingly missing something.
• Xiao Yan stared toward the gathering Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning with a crazed, determined expression, leaving the onlookers uncertain what he intended to do.

Xiao Yan demanded compensation from Tu Ling’s family after her provocation, then revealed that he was a Peak Emperor Grade One alchemist. The Tu Family agreed to pay him and decided not to investigate his background, while Mu Yingying quietly considered asking him to try something.

• Xiao Yan demanded rare medicinal ingredients or Emperor Grade pills as compensation, and Tu Ling’s master tried to negotiate on the Tu Family’s behalf.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the Tu Family’s reputation and revealed his one-star, three-pattern Alchemist Emblem, shocking Tu Ling and her master.
• Tu Ling’s master agreed to deliver the requested compensation, and Xiao Yan left with Mu Yingying for the deeper part of the Medicine Market.
• Tu Ling admitted she had been wrong, while her master warned that Xiao Yan’s age and alchemy skill suggested powerful backing.
• Tu Ling’s master told her not to investigate Xiao Yan and ordered the Tu Family to send the compensation promptly.

Xiao Yan reunited with Mu Feng and Lu Di and led the group toward the Desert Zone, drawn by a Holy Flame. After Zhu Jin helped the Medusa Clan survive the crisis, She Fu confronted the clan’s internal treachery, but Nu Dong appeared with powerful allies.

• Lu Di and Mu Feng searched near the Divine Hall and reunited with Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and the others.
• Xiao Yan’s group set off for the Desert Zone after he sensed that a Holy Flame there attracted the Flame Mantra.
• Liu Quan and two companions secretly followed Qin Tian’s group, vowing to show the Xuan Ling Imperial Family Solomon’s strength.
• She Fu acknowledged traitors within the Medusa Clan, and two tribal leaders blamed Nu Dong for leaking the news about the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• She Fu and the Snake King resolved to find Nu Dong and punish him, but Nu Dong arrived with three Mid Eight-star Dou Di experts, five Seven Star Dou Di experts, and a figure shrouded in black mist.

Elder Zhu confronted Ye Mo over Xiao Yan’s severe injuries and demanded an explanation from the Xuan Ling Imperial Family. King Xuan Ling appeared, and Xiao Yan sensed his Holy Flame Soul Seed reacting to the flames around him.

• Elder Zhu accused Ye Mo and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family of harming Xiao Yan, threatening to make them answer for it.
• Xiao Yan checked on Mu Yingying, then fed her a high-grade medicinal pill that helped restore her color and improve her injuries.
• Ye Mo protested that entering the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool carried risks, but Elder Zhu ignored him and called out King Xuan Ling.
• King Xuan Ling emerged from the sky as the surrounding experts recognized the danger of a confrontation between peak Dou Di experts.
• Xiao Yan sensed his Holy Flame Soul Seed stirring in response to the invisible flames around King Xuan Ling and suppressed it.

Xiao Yan and Mu Feng joined forces to suppress the ghostly creature sealed beneath the Cold Pool, but their attacks awakened an even greater presence. The Golden Dragon King warned Xiao Yan to flee, and Xiao Yan escaped with Mu Feng as more black gas rose from the water.

• Mu Feng urged Xiao Yan to help him deal with the creature in the Cold Pool, and Xiao Yan agreed to try if they could retreat when things went wrong.
• Mu Feng used the Eight Trigrams Yin-Yang Art, a Wooden Sword, and a blood talisman to attack the Cold Pool and suppress the rising black gas.
• A powerful ghost spirit emerged from the pool, and Mu Feng identified it as comparable to an early Four-star Dou Di.
• The ghost spirit vanished and appeared behind Xiao Yan, but it turned toward the pool when more black gas began to rise.
• The Golden Dragon King warned Xiao Yan to run, and Xiao Yan grabbed Mu Feng and fled from the Cold Pool.

Xiao Yan began helping Snake Punishment remove the evil power that had corroded his body for years. After Snake Punishment forced it out and it formed a demon-like figure, Xiao Yan confronted it with the Soul Devouring Talisman.

• Xiao Yan restored his aura with pills before beginning the expulsion.
• Snake Punishment sealed the pavilion with his Three-headed Water Spirit Snake power, while Snake Spirit and the other woman waited outside.
• Snake Punishment forced the black mist from his bones, marrow, and organs, enduring severe agony as it gathered into a single mass.
• The black mist formed a demon-like figure and threatened Xiao Yan, sensing that he was dangerous despite his lower cultivation.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Soul Devouring Talisman and told the evil power that he had come for its life.

The Eight Great Powers’ leaders battled the Fire Sin Envoy above Thunder City, but their attacks failed to overcome his flame powers. They summoned Thunder City’s Thousand Thunder Spirit Slaughtering Array through Tan Chen, and the array’s Silver Lightning surrounded the Fire Sin Envoy.

• The Ice Soul Hall Master attacked the Fire Sin Envoy with Ice Rain Heavenly Fury, while the Wood Pavilion Master followed with Green Vine Immortal Lock.
• The Fire Sin Envoy revealed his identity and unleashed Flame Splendor Heavenly Rites, using flames to break through the ice and wooden vines.
• Tan Chen warned that the Fire Sin Envoy was a five-star Dou Xian and noted that Forged Blade Thunder Valley had lost contact with the outside world.
• The eight leaders formed the Thousand Thunder Spirit Slaughtering Array, channeling their power into Tan Chen and the golden array scroll.
• Tan Chen activated the array, surrounding the sky above Thunder City with a vast net of Silver Lightning and forcing the Fire Sin Envoy to take the threat seriously.

Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei reached the Pill Hall but found no entrance, so they investigated a strange stone statue guarding it. When Duan Qifei infused the statue with her samsara power, it awakened and trapped them inside.

• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei traveled toward the Pill Hall while the Soul Devouring Master reassured Xiao Yan that Xiao Gui was safe.
• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei arrived at the Pill Hall and found a strange white stone statue but no visible entrance.
• Xiao Yan tried to break the statue with his Holy Flame, but the statue remained unharmed.
• Duan Qifei used her samsara power on the statue, causing it to awaken with immense force.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Duan Qifei and ran, but the escape route sealed shut and the statue disappeared.

After the Holy See destroyed the Soul Hall, the Ancient Seven Clans gathered to assess the threat and plan a counterattack. They agreed to unite their forces and attack the Holy See in five days, while wondering why the Plane Guardian had not intervened.

• Hun Shaoyang told the Ancient Clans’ supreme elders that the Holy See had destroyed the Soul Hall and killed its master and other experts.
• The elders discussed the Holy See’s strength, the remaining Cardinals, and the possibility of getting help from the Endless Fire Domain’s guardians.
• Lei Xuyuan revealed that his clan’s secret art had confirmed the Pope was not in the Holy City and that the aura there was only a facade.
• Gu Xingtian and Yao Tianmo called for the clans and their allies to gather their forces and attack the Holy See in five days.
• After the other elders left, Gu Xingtian and Yao Tianmo wondered why the Plane Guardian had not appeared and resolved to prepare for the battle.

Xiao Yan watched as three battles erupted in the great hall: Mu Yingying fought Li Zi, Xiao Yi faced Zi Lian, and Mu Feng and Lu Di confronted ten Registered Disciples. Mu Yingying revealed the strange power of her azure-blue flames, while Xiao Yi effortlessly dispelled Zi Lian’s attack, leaving the fights unresolved.

• Li Zi and the other Registered Disciples prepared to challenge their opponents, while Xiao Yan readied a scroll and monitored the hall.
• Mu Yingying dodged Li Zi’s punch with an afterimage and struck him with an azure-blue flaming palm print that affected him despite his earth-attributed defense.
• Li Zi recognized that Mu Yingying’s flames were unusual and resumed fighting cautiously.
• Zi Lian attacked Xiao Yi with a gale from his feather fan, but Xiao Yi dissipated it before it could hit him.
• Xiao Yi dismissed Zi Lian’s strength as the battle between them continued.

As Xiao Yan cultivated in seclusion, Gu Li and Gu Qingkong discovered a suspicious stone plaza that appeared to be the entrance to the Ancient Prison and found traces of the Outer Realm Evil Clan. They returned to the city unable to open the passage, leaving the task to Xiao Yan, whose time to act was running out.

• A black-robed figure appeared at the Giant Stone Square and entered a space channel with several walking corpses, while Gu Li and Gu Qingkong watched from concealment.
• Gu Li and Gu Qingkong examined the plaza and found that its raised platform seemed connected to the Ancient Prison, but a black wisp of qi attacked Gu Li before Gu Qingkong destroyed it.
• Gu Li and Gu Qingkong returned to the city and concluded that they could not open the passage without a special token or other means.
• Gu Qingkong said Xiao Yan would have to handle the matter because the Gu Clan's recorded powerhouses risked alerting their enemy if they acted.
• Gu Qingkong recognized the black qi as belonging to the Outer Realm Evil Clan and realized the clan might have secretly lived within the Ancient Realm for decades.

Xiao Yan learned that a distress signal had come from the Dou Qi Continent and decided to return there with Xun'er and Cai Lin. The chapter ended with the Endless Fire Domain preparing to rebuild a space channel for their journey in five days.

• Xiao Yan discussed Zhu Kun's disappearance and the women's cultivation, while Xun'er sensed that Zhu Kun was connected to the Dragon Clan.
• Hun Tianhao visited Xiao Yan and learned he had become a Saint Grade Alchemist, then reported receiving a distress signal from the Dou Qi Continent.
• Hun Tianhao explained that rebuilding the space channel would take five days and that only experts below Eight-Star Dou Xian Perfection Stage could use it.
• Xiao Yan ordered the preparations to return to the Dou Qi Continent, and Xun'er and Cai Lin worried about their children and former companions.

Xiao Yan learned that the nameless Immortal Sword needed the mysterious life-bearing meteorite to be tempered and negotiated with the woman inside it to share the meteorite. The woman agreed but warned that obtaining it would not be easy.

• The woman explained that three Dou Xian-level experts had forged the nameless Immortal Sword from a meteorite, but had never tempered it.
• The Golden Dragon King described the Immortal Soldier Ranking, and Xiao Yan sensed that his Primordial Fire Ruler also coveted the meteorite.
• Xiao Yan offered the woman a share of the meteorite and promised to find a master to finish tempering the Immortal Sword.
• The woman accepted the deal but threatened consequences if Xiao Yan broke his promise.
• The woman warned Xiao Yan and the others that claiming the meteorite would not be easy.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying encountered the spoiled Tu Ling in the Medicine Market, where she tried to force Xiao Yan to show her something that interested her. After Tu Ling trapped him and an elder intervened, Xiao Yan demanded compensation, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Tu Ling stopped Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying, insisting that Xiao Yan show her the unusual thing she sensed on him.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying tried to walk around Tu Ling, but she released her early Five-star Dou Di aura and trapped Xiao Yan in an orange Dou Qi cage that erupted from the ground.
• Xiao Yan launched a soul attack at Tu Ling, but a middle-aged elder appeared and intercepted it.
• The elder asked Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying to calm down, and Xiao Yan replied that Tu Ling should compensate them for delaying and attacking them.

Xiao Yan faced the Blood Demon General after Snake Punishment forced it out of his body, while Long Yi warned that the Desert Mountain Range had been invaded by the Outer Realm Evil Clan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan preparing to use the Soul Devouring Talisman against the powerful enemy.

• Xiao Yan struck the Blood Demon General with flaming attacks, but its liquid-like body extinguished the flames.
• The Blood Demon General threatened Xiao Yan and Snake Punishment, and Xiao Yan retreated to assess it.
• Long Yi confirmed that the Desert Mountain Range had been invaded by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and identified the enemy as an Earth-rank Blood Demon General.
• Long Yi warned Xiao Yan that the Blood Demon General could rival an Eight-star Dou Di and urged him to use the Soul Devouring Talisman.
• Xiao Yan agreed to face the Blood Demon General with the talisman as Snake Punishment watched anxiously.

Xiao Yan and the others powered the Nine Soul Tablet’s Immortal Sword as Yin Xie absorbed Ghost Qi and reached the half-step Eighth-grade Ghost Emperor realm. The Nine Soul Tablet summoned the Zhen Xie Sword, and the two sides prepared to clash while the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger chose to defend Yin Shi Forest.

• Xiao Yan suspected something had happened to Xie Yin at Cold Pool and gave Yue Ru and Mu Feng medicinal pills to conserve their strength.
• The Nine Soul Tablet gathered Dou Qi into the Immortal Sword while Yin Xie drew in Ghost Qi and opened his eyes with overwhelming power.
• Wu Jiang, Chang Yu, and Xiao Yan recognized that Yin Xie had reached the half-step Eighth-grade Ghost Emperor realm, suppressing the people around him.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger told Mu Yingying to escape when he broke open space, but said he would stay to protect his home.
• The Nine Soul Tablet invoked the Zhen Xie Sword, summoning a colossal red-and-white blade as Yin Xie faced him and battle approached.

Xiao Yan fought the Four-star Dou Di Three-winged Unicorn as the woman in green escaped with Qing Yuan. After his attacks failed to overcome the beast, Xiao Yan formed a bold idea while searching for a way to defeat it.

• Xiao Yan tried to chase the woman in green, but the Three-winged Unicorn blocked him and forced him to fight.
• Xiao Yan and the Three-winged Unicorn unleashed opposing white and black flame tornadoes, and their collision blasted them both backward.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and struck the Three-winged Unicorn with a flame-covered fist, but its feathers softened the blows and its tail sent him flying.
• The woman in green disappeared into the energy barrier with Qing Yuan while the Three-winged Unicorn continued stalling Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized his usual attacks were ineffective and devised a bold idea as he watched the many colors within his Milky White Flame.

Xiao Yan used the Seven-colored Fire Lotus to overwhelm Yan Feng, then destroyed Xu Shao’s soul after he emerged from the Realm of Samsara. Xu Shao’s aura faded as the last dark red coffin cracked, suggesting the battle might finally end.

• Xiao Yan launched the Seven-colored Fire Lotus, and its flames repelled Yan Feng’s Reincarnation Fire Chain.
• The lotus’s core energy struck Yan Feng, leaving a bottomless abyss where he had stood.
• A dark red coffin exploded, and Xiao Yan concluded that the Undying Evil Art had restrictions.
• Su Xueying led Xiao Yan to Xu Shao, who seemed to have entered the Realm of Samsara, and Xiao Yan set up seals around him.
• Xiao Yan cleaved Xu Shao’s soul body in half with the Eternal Ruler, causing Feng Wan'er, Yanyan, and Xu Shao to descend from the clouds.
• Xiao Yan burned Xu Shao’s halved soul with Holy Flame, while the last dark red coffin began to crack.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the Medicine Realm for the opening of the Yao Clan Ceremony, a grand gathering where alchemists would compete for the title of the continent’s number one. They arrived at Altar Mountain as powerful figures from across the Ancient Clans gathered, just as the ceremony was about to begin.

• Xun Er led Xiao Yan toward Yao Wang City Square on the opening day of the Yao Clan Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan presented his Celestial Grade Sixth-Tier Alchemist Emblem at the Space Gate, and the guards confirmed his identity.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the Medicine Realm and saw its lush mountain range and the magical beasts serving as the Yao Clan’s guardians.
• Yao Clan elites escorted Xiao Yan and Xun Er on an Earth Demonic Ape toward Altar Mountain, where the ceremony was being held.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er climbed Altar Mountain on foot and joined the gathered figures from the Ancient Clans as the ceremony began.

Xiao Yan tried to seize the Three-Leaf Immortal Orchid but abandoned the attempt after it effortlessly destroyed his formation’s attack. He realized Snake Jade might need the orchid’s power to awaken her, and prepared to act before the group’s time at the lake’s bottom ran out.

• Xiao Yan used the Immortal Binding Vine Formation to attack the Three-Leaf Immortal Orchid, but it reduced his flame-wreathed vines to ash.
• Xiao Yan judged that the formation could not restrain the orchid and gave up trying to take it by force.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the conch on Snake Jade’s chest was nourishing her and that its glow resembled the orchid’s radiance.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Snake Jade needed the Three-Leaf Immortal Orchid’s power to awaken, since she was the last surviving member of the Sky-Eye Fish Clan.
• Snake Spirit warned Xiao Yan that they had at most five minutes before the pressure at the lake’s bottom crushed them, and Xiao Yan asked her to hand Snake Jade over.