Chapter Summaries

Mu Yingying faced the twin challengers Yu Hui and Yu Jing with the help of the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger. After the tiger badly wounded the brothers with its fire and spatial abilities, they prepared to reveal their own power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yu Hui asked Mu Yingying for the points that had earned her first place, and Yu Jing urged him to attack her.
• Mu Yingying ordered the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger to bite the brothers, and the mountain peak transformed into the enormous beast.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger trapped Yu Hui and Yu Jing with Spatial Solidification and struck them with a powerful fireball.
• Yu Hui and Yu Jing emerged badly wounded, then released silver radiance together as the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger prepared to fight them again.

Xiao Yan unleashed an enhanced Nirvana Lotus infused with the Soul Devouring Talisman, breaking Yin Xie's blood-colored vortex. Yin Xie donned the Ghost Emperor Armor and wielded the Ghost Underworld Blade, and the chapter ended as his slash and Xiao Yan's final attack raced toward a collision.

• Yin Xie sensed the Nirvana Lotus's destructive power and absorbed the evil arm to form two streams of power.
• Xiao Yan launched the Nirvana Lotus, then his strength fell back to the early Four-star Dou Di level.
• The Nirvana Lotus broke through the edge of Yin Xie's blood-colored vortex, exposing its interior.
• Yin Xie recovered ninety percent of his Ghost Qi and formed the Ghost Emperor Armor and Ghost Underworld Blade.
• Yin Xie unleashed Ghost Underworld Slash as Xiao Yan poured his remaining Dou Qi into the Nirvana Lotus, sending both attacks toward each other.

Xiao Yan and Shan Yao reached the Wood Hall, where the doors absorbed Xiao Yan’s soul power but opened when Shan Yao struck them with the Voice of the Sea. Meanwhile, a mysterious man held Snake Spirit captive and moved toward Xiao Yan’s group as the hall opened.

• Shan Yao warned Xiao Yan that a terrifying aura in the residence resembled the aura of the pills.
• In the rear courtyard, a dignified man restrained Snake Spirit, revealed that she was Kuángmù Immortal Master's daughter, and said he planned to capture the Little Princess of the Sky-Eye Fish Clan.
• Xiao Yan, Shan Yao, and Snake Punishment reached the Wood Hall, where Xiao Yan sensed something watching them.
• Xiao Yan found that the Wood Hall's doors absorbed his soul power, so Shan Yao used the Voice of the Sea to open them.
• The mysterious man recognized Shan Yao's conch as the Sky-Eye Fish Clan chief's token and approached Xiao Yan from behind.

Xiao Yan destroyed the remaining evil power of Blood King Mo and the Demon Infant, then discovered a crystal gate revealing Blood King Mo’s memories of the Exotic Demon Race’s Kings Conference. The meeting exposed the demons’ plans for a second war, including targeting Lin Dong’s Wu Realm and sending forces after Xiao Yan’s clan.

• Xiao Yan threw the origins of the five Sacred Flames into the explosion, shattering the demon statues and erasing Blood King Mo’s remaining power in the Demon Infant.
• A crystal light gate opened and showed Xiao Yan a memory of the Exotic Demon Race’s Kings Conference, where he saw 128 powerful figures gathered.
• The Exotic Demon Race’s leaders discussed the Great Thousand World’s defenders and planned to have the Nine-Eyed Evil God attack Lin Dong’s Wu Realm before launching a second war.
• The leaders ordered further intelligence gathering and the rescue of sealed Evil Gods to strengthen their forces.
• After learning that Xiao Yan was linked to the destruction of several clans, the leaders ordered Blood King Mo and the Demonic Scholar to act against him and called for more information about the Dou Yun Continent.

Xiao Yan traded a Mo Xie Pill to secure Snake Punishment’s help before accompanying Snake Spirit deeper into the lake to awaken Snake Jade. They encountered a giant octopus that recognized Snake Spirit as its master, but it warned that the depths ahead were too dangerous for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan persuaded Snake Punishment to accept the Mo Xie Pill in exchange for his help.
• Snake Spirit and Xiao Yan left the Three-headed Water Spirit Snake at five hundred meters and continued toward the lake’s depths with Snake Jade.
• A giant tentacle attacked Xiao Yan, but Snake Spirit revealed her authority and made the octopus stop.
• The Octopus Monster told Snake Spirit that the object below could not be taken, but its power could awaken Snake Jade.
• The Octopus Monster doubted that Xiao Yan could descend farther because he was only an initial Five-star Dou Di.

Xiao Yan attacked Poison Old Monster and Du Ya after ambushing them, but Poison Old Monster used the Plague Source Worms to cover their escape. Xiao Yan regrouped with the others while carrying the unconscious girl with the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils, and Lu Di recognized her.

• Xiao Yan struck Poison Old Monster with the Yellow Springs Palm, then attacked him with the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, First Ruler.
• Poison Old Monster unleashed the Plague Source Worms, which Xiao Yan's twenty-three-colored flames burned through while still being devoured by the worms.
• Poison Old Monster escaped with the unconscious Du Ya, vowing that the Myriad Poison Sect would make Xiao Yan pay.
• Xiao Yan burned away the remaining Plague Source Worms and told Xiao Yi he was unharmed, though Poison Old Monster had been difficult to defeat despite his depleted Dou Qi.
• Lu Di recognized the unconscious girl in Xiao Yan's arms as someone with the Cauldron Three Flower Pupils, while the barefoot woman began considering Xiao Yan's strength.

Hu Du returned with Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and the others, introduced them to Wu Jiang, and sent the group for testing. Hu Du then asked Wu Jiang about the missing arrivals, whose unexplained disappearances remained unresolved.

• Shen Yue taunted Hu Du at Wu Jiang's doorway, but backed down when Hu Du threatened him.
• Wu Jiang appeared by tearing through space, and Mo Chen introduced him as the Six-star Dou Di in charge of the outpost.
• Hu Du and Wu Jiang learned that Yue Ru was Yue Yu's daughter and that Yue Yu's injuries had healed.
• Wu Jiang sent Mo Chen to take Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and the others for testing and asked him to report the results.
• Hu Du asked Wu Jiang about the missing people, and Wu Jiang said they had vanished between disembarking from the ferry and reaching the testing plaza despite being accounted for and watched.

Sixth Prince Du He tried to collect Xiao Yan and the others from the Burning Incense Pavilion, but Elder Zhu confronted him and sealed off the area. As Elder Zhu prepared to attack, Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Mu Yingying hurried toward the scene.

• Du He arrived outside the Heaven Burning Domain and learned the Pavilion would not let him enter to retrieve the three Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool candidates.
• Xiao Yan sensed Du He's group, and Elder Zhu told Xiao Yan to summon Mu Yingying and Mu Feng so they could head to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Du He demanded that the Burning Incense Pavilion come out to welcome him, and Elder Zhu appeared, called him King Xuan Ling's dog of a son, and threatened to kill the group.
• Du He and his companions tried to flee, but Elder Zhu sealed the space around them; three guards urged Du He to escape while Xiao Yan, Mu Feng, and Mu Yingying rushed toward the outskirts.
• Du He accused Elder Zhu of bullying a junior, but Elder Zhu cited his trespass and attempted theft of sect secrets before releasing a terrifying fluctuation.

Xun Er learned from her master why the Xiao Clan had been erased from public discussion: the Seven Realms had hunted the clan after a Xiao expert reached the Dou Shen level and entered the Human Realm Center. As Xun Er prepared to search for Xiao Yan, news arrived that someone from the Holy See had come specifically to see her.

• Xun Er's master explained that the Xiao Clan had once been the strongest of the Ancient Eight Clans, but the Seven Realms hunted it down and destroyed it.
• Xun Er worried about Xiao Yan, and her master warned her not to mention the Xiao Clan because Dou Di Continent was supervised by the Human Realm Center.
• Xun Er told her master she wanted to leave and find Xiao Yan, and he affirmed that she would always be his disciple.
• Xun Er's master summoned Gu Qing and ordered her to protect Xun Er.
• A familiar voice announced that someone from the Holy See had arrived and specifically demanded to see Xun Er.

The Immortal Great Emperor told Xiao Yan where to find the Immortal Golden Body and Flame of Immortality and warned him to wait until he reached Seven Star Dou Di before pursuing them. After Xiao Yan left the collapsing hall, he reunited with his companions and prepared to travel to Human Hall.

• The Immortal Great Emperor revealed that the Immortal Golden Body and Flame of Immortality were in Forgotten Horizon on Tian Xing Continent, and warned Xiao Yan not to seek them before reaching Seven Star Dou Di.
• The Immortal Great Emperor told Xiao Yan never to let the Outer Realm Evil Clan obtain a Holy Flame and to destroy the Flame of Immortality if they captured it, then his remnant soul dispersed.
• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan that the Immortal Great Emperor could not be revived, and the hall collapsed after Xiao Yan left it.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Dou Di River, reunited with Xiao Yi and Mu Yingying, and learned that they had obtained Sixth Grade Dou Di Bodies while Mu Yingying had obtained a Seventh Grade one.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Yan that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family was ready to begin their journey, and Mu Yingying said Elder Zhu wanted Xiao Yan to meet him before they went to Human Hall.

Elder Zhu seized the Fire Qilin Pill and trapped Pill King Chen Xin and Master Lu in a flame array. He rescued the weakened Bing Xin and vanished with her, leaving Chen Xin and Lu to return without the pill.

• Elder Zhu took the Fire Qilin Pill from Pill King Chen Xin and dismissed Chen Xin and Master Lu's accusations.
• Pill King Chen Xin and Master Lu recognized the surrounding flames as an array and tried to break through it.
• The flames formed a powerful python, forcing Master Lu to gather an attack while Chen Xin kept the creature occupied.
• Elder Zhu recalled the Pavilion Master's connection to Bing Xin and snatched her away with a gentle energy hand seal.
• Elder Zhu disappeared with Bing Xin, the array collapsed, and Pill King Chen Xin and Master Lu decided to return.

A mysterious black beam pursued and killed the Ice Scar Heavenly Tiger despite its formidable strength. Xiao Yan moved to seize the beast’s magical core and essence blood while Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Lu Di held off the beam, and he began to suspect something was wrong.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Primordial Fire Ruler that the black beam might be evil energy capable of controlling souls or bodies, while the strange wind forced the group to the ground.
• Xiao Yan and the others held back as the Ice Scar Heavenly Tiger fought the black beam with its Heavenly Ice Claw and Ice Scar attack, but the beam destroyed both attacks.
• The Ice Scar Heavenly Tiger’s hidden wound revealed black evil power, and the beam severed its head from its body.
• Xiao Yan charged toward the beam and began subduing the Ice Scar Heavenly Tiger’s magical core and essence blood as Mu Yingying, Mu Feng, and Lu Di guarded him.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the Ice Scar Heavenly Tiger seemed unusually weak and wondered why.

Shan Ling read Kuángmù Immortal Master's letter explaining how the Blood Demon Race forced him to flee and fight, but Xiao Yan discovered the handwriting had been altered. Shan Ling decided to go to the top of the Desert Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan promised to join her after absorbing the Soul Liquid.

• Shan Yao led Xiao Yan and Snake Punishment to Shan Ling, who appeared sorrowful and handed Xiao Yan a letter from Kuángmù Immortal Master.
• Xiao Yan read how Kuángmù Immortal Master obtained a Holy Flame, lost Shan Ling's mother during a Blood Demon Race attack, and later sealed the Blood Demon Race at the top of the Desert Mountain Range.
• Shan Ling grieved that she had never known her parents, while Shan Yao and Snake Punishment comforted her.
• Xiao Yan detected altered handwriting on the letter and warned that its contents could not be fully trusted or dismissed.
• Shan Ling resolved to go to the top of the Desert Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan said he would accompany her after absorbing the Soul Liquid.

Xiao Yan trapped Feng Ling and the Rainbow Team in a formation, then demanded their tokens and prepared to fight Feng Ling for the wooden token’s secret. Feng Ling revealed his Seventh Grade Life Power and formed a black-and-white disk, while Xiao Yan countered by channeling Holy Flame Power into his Primordial Fire Ruler.

• Feng Ling warned Xiao Yan that attacking the Rainbow Team would violate the Burning Incense Pavilion’s rules, but Ling Xuan demanded their tokens and taunted them.
• Feng Ling ordered his team to scatter and flee, but Xiao Yan’s formation sealed the area and prevented their escape.
• Xiao Yan confronted Feng Ling and demanded his wooden token; Feng Ling claimed Xiao Yan did not know its secret and boasted of his Life Power.
• Feng Ling unleashed his Seventh Grade Life Power and condensed it into a black-and-white disk, astonishing Mu Yingying and the others.
• Xiao Yan said he possessed Holy Flame Power and channeled an earth-yellow flame into the Primordial Fire Ruler.

After the Luoling Mountain competition ended, Xiao Yan returned safely, and Burning Incense Pavilion’s leaders discussed the coming cultivation grounds, Ruins, and Sect Tournament. Qin Xin reported the Three-Tailed Demon Fox’s plan to Elder Qing and resolved to grow stronger before the tournament.

• Xiao Yan rejoined Mu Yingying and the others, explained that the Lord of Wuliang Mountain had tried to devour his flames, and left Luoling Mountain with the team.
• Xiong Yuan and Mu Xuzi returned to Burning Incense Pavilion and planned to send the disciples to the Three-Six-Nine-Grade Cultivation Grounds before Ruins appeared in about half a year.
• Xiao Yi emerged from Xiao Yan’s body and said its strength had recovered, while Xiao Yan learned it needed heavenly treasures or another growth stage to break through Eight-star Dou Di.
• Qin Xin told Elder Qing that the Lord of Wuliang Mountain was a Three-Tailed Demon Fox who had gathered Undead Beasts to escape Luoling Mountain’s mysterious space.
• Elder Qing directed Qin Xin to cultivate in the Three-Six-Nine-Grade Cultivation Grounds, and Qin Xin vowed not to lose to Xiao Yan at the Sect Tournament.

Qin Tian’s Dragon Devouring Formation fought She Fu’s Sky Swallowing Formation, but the Medusa Clan gained the advantage until Qin Tian unleashed a sinister black power. The black dragon overpowered and bound the Sky Swallowing Python, then charged toward She Fu.

• She Fu and the eight tribal chiefs formed the Sky Swallowing Python, while Qin Tian and the Dragon Devouring Legion summoned a golden Giant Dragon to oppose it.
• She Fu’s Sky Swallowing Formation gained the upper hand, and Qin Tian saw the fire-red flames around his dragon begin to fade.
• Qin Tian and the Legion unleashed a vast black aura that transformed the golden dragon into a pitch-black one.
• The black dragon struck the Sky Swallowing Python, spread its aura through its body, and imprisoned it in black-red chains.
• Qin Tian declared that the Dragon Devouring Legion’s foundations exceeded She Fu’s expectations, and the black dragon charged toward him.

Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, Elder Zhu, and Mu Feng went to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family's once-in-ten-years auction, where they saw the Immortal-grade venue and the heavy security. At the auction house, Tu Ling learned that Xiao Yan would attend and angrily set out to confront him.

• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying left the inn with Elder Zhu and Mu Feng to attend the auction.
• The group saw the crowds and Hu Ya Legion soldiers guarding the road to the auction house.
• Elder Zhu explained that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had kept the auction's items secret and deployed its forces to maintain order.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Immortal-grade auction house as a building constructed by the Tu Family and recalled the young woman he had met in the Medicine Market.
• Tu Ling's teacher gave her a Storage Ring containing Xiao Yan's requested mental compensation and told her that Xiao Yan was from the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• Tu Ling took the Storage Ring and headed into the auction house, vowing to make Xiao Yan pay for making her lose face.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Burning Incense Pavilion’s Cultivation Grotto-heaven and discovered that it was the Heaven-Piercing River. Deputy Hall Master Xiong Yuan explained that entering required choosing one of nine grades, each with increasing cultivation benefits and risks.

• Xiao Yan gave Mu Feng and Lu Di mysterious items to help them through their tribulations, and they thanked him before entering the stone passage with Mu Yingying.
• Xiao Yan’s group followed Elder Qing’s directions through the passage and emerged before the vast Heaven-Piercing River.
• Mu Feng recognized the river, and Xiao Yan’s group climbed steps to a pavilion overlooking it.
• Deputy Hall Master Xiong Yuan told the group that the Heaven-Piercing River itself was the Cultivation Grotto-heaven and that they could enter by jumping down.
• Xiong Yuan explained that the grotto-heaven had nine grades and warned the group that the higher grades brought greater pressure and could cause severe harm.

Fen Tian and his companions reached the Fourth Floor of the underground palace, where Ling Mengsheng sensed a familiar aura behind a vast waterfall. They discovered that Princess Xuan Muqing was hidden there, and someone planned to move her after Ling Mengsheng tracked her down.

• As Fen Tian’s group descended, Ling Mengsheng said the Fourth Floor felt familiar and urged them toward its entrance.
• The group entered the Fourth Floor and found a vast river split by a towering waterfall.
• Voices beneath the river revealed that Princess Xuan Muqing was hidden behind the waterfall and that her pursuers included Ling Mengsheng.
• Ling Mengsheng sensed the familiar aura behind the waterfall, and Fen Tian spotted a concealed space beyond it.
• Inside the hidden space, Xuan Muqing refused her medicine and gazed at a scroll showing a man with two little girls.
• A figure from the river approached Xuan Muqing’s bamboo building and complained about her.

Zhu Jin confronted Xuan Xin, the former Xuan Ling King, after arriving to aid Ling Mengsheng and the others on the seventh floor of the Underground Palace. Zhu Jin trapped them both in his Heaven Locking Dragon Array, but their clash remained unresolved as they exchanged powerful attacks.

• Zhu Jin emerged from a rift and greeted Xuan Xin, whose strength had risen to the One-star Dou Xian Intermediate Stage.
• Xuan Xin and Zhu Jin rejected reconciliation and declared that their factions' longstanding conflict would be settled by force.
• Zhu Jin secretly formed the Heaven Locking Dragon Array and enveloped himself and Xuan Xin inside it.
• Xuan Xin attacked with the Tianxuan Demon-Extinguishing Finger, while Zhu Jin countered with the Thunder King Iron Wall.
• Their attacks collided inside the array, and Ling Mengsheng and the others watched without knowing who would win.