Chapter Summaries

The Golden Dragon King battled the Silver Dragon King while Long Hao and his companion used the Nine Dragon Kings’ hidden Dragon God Power to try to take one of the jade boxes. The Silver Dragon King reached the Tianshu Dragon Bone jade box first and trapped it in Elemental Holy Power.

• The Golden Dragon King absorbed the dragon bone and Divine Artifact, then filled the space with a golden ocean to draw the Silver Dragon King’s attention.
• Long Hao and his companion coordinated with the Golden Dragon King and used ancient power from the golden giant tower to reach for the jade boxes.
• The Silver Dragon King summoned the Dragon Locking Platform and revealed his plan to defeat the Dragon Kings and control the world.
• Long Hao and his companion summoned an ancient hand that shook one jade box loose from the top of the golden giant tower.
• The Silver Dragon King attacked the Golden Dragon King and rushed toward the falling jade box, while the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Artifact and dragon bone resisted the Dragon Locking Platform.
• The Silver Dragon King reached the Tianshu Dragon Bone jade box and sealed it in Elemental Holy Power.

Xiao Yan learned from Die Qi about the Monster Realm’s fractured rule and the looming conflict in the Ancient Battlefield. Hoping to find the sealed Demon Emperor, he decided to seek out the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf by joining the monster beast army and aiming to become a Monster Marshal.

• Die Qi explained that the Monster Realm’s Three Great Experts and Seven Monster Kings were competing for power, with their armies gathering in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Die Qi told Xiao Yan that the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf commanded twenty kingdoms, the Heaven Bear Tyrant controlled thirty, and the White Bone Fiend King ruled twenty-five.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Monster Realm could be unified if the Demon Emperor appeared, and resolved to find him and help break his seal.
• Die Qi explained that Xiao Yan could reach the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf by enlisting in the army and earning distinction in the Ancient Battlefield.
• As they neared the Myriad Monster Kingdom, Xiao Yan chose to pursue the Monster Marshal position.

Xiao Yan led a thousand elites into the Tianyuan Battlefield to drive out the Evil Eyed Monster King's forces and secure a retreat route for Myriad Monster King's army. After establishing a concealed camp, he took the Celestial Fox Commander to investigate an enemy army, leaving his confidence and intentions uncertain.

• Xiao Yan and his troops entered the Tianyuan Battlefield, which the Evil Eyed Monster King had occupied.
• Xiao Yan ordered his troops not to touch anything in the battlefield and had them scout the enemy's strength.
• Xiao Yan set up camp in a low-lying basin and left Xuan Yuan in charge of the army.
• Xiao Yan took the Celestial Fox Commander to investigate a nearby army despite her doubts that their forces could challenge a Great Monster King.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Desert Mountain Range, where they hoped to find materials for the Xu Sheng Pill. Their arrival disturbed an enormous, ice-aura magical beast hidden beneath the hill, and Xiao Yan’s group faced it as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan led the group through the left passage, which closed behind them and opened into the Desert Zone.
• Xiao Yan explained that he still needed a sixth-tier Emperor-grade ice-attribute magic core and its essence blood to prepare the Xu Sheng Pill.
• Lu Di identified the area as the Desert Mountain Range, where the Desert Zone’s treasures were hidden among dangerous mountains.
• Xiao Yan sensed something amiss around their small hill, and Mu Yingying’s azure-blue flames flared in response to a threat.
• Xiao Yan ordered his companions to flee as the hill rose, revealing an enormous four-limbed magical beast beneath it.
• Xiao Yan sensed a frigid aura from the beast and recognized that it might provide the ice-attribute materials he needed.

The Blood Demon Left Guard tried to escape by splitting off its purple-gold core, but Kuángmù Immortal Master and Yan exposed and attacked it. The Left Guard then unleashed a blood-red pillar that shattered the duel arena, and Kuángmù Immortal Master sensed his daughter nearby.

• Kuángmù Immortal Master and Yan realized the Blood Demon Left Guard's aura had weakened, while Yan revealed he had lost contact with his Sacred Flame Crystal.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard attempted to flee with its purple-gold core, but Kuángmù Immortal Master and Yan discovered it and attacked.
• Xiao Yan noticed Kuángmù Immortal Master had been drained by his strike, while Yan tried to cover his weakened state with Holy Flame Power.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard sent a blood-red pillar toward Xiao Yan and the others, and Xiao Yan grabbed Shan Yao and Shan Ling and moved them out of its path.
• The pillar shattered the duel arena's barrier, and Kuángmù Immortal Master sensed his daughter nearby.

Shan Yao used the mural’s power to suppress Dan Shen, who was absorbed into it and became an Immortal Grade Four Pill embryonic form. The group recovered the Soul Liquid and headed for the rear courtyard to find Shan Ling, while Xiao Yan worried about her connection to the manor’s owner.

• Shan Yao activated the mural and suppressed Dan Shen with its Fire Red Dou Qi until he was absorbed into it.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Immortal Grade Four Pill embryonic form that appeared in the mural’s medicinal cauldron.
• Shan Yao produced the Soul Liquid, and Xiao Yan took both items after she explained that the conch had acknowledged her as its master.
• Shan Yao led Xiao Yan and Snake Punishment toward the rear courtyard, where she sensed Shan Ling was waiting.
• Xiao Yan suspected Shan Ling might be the manor owner’s daughter and asked Shan Yao whether any other terrifying creatures remained; she said there were none besides the one they had already encountered.

Xiao Yan helped Mu Feng buy Ghost Exorcising Spirit Liquid and confronted Xuan Mu, the third prince of the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, after noticing him probing Mu Yingying. Afterward, Elder Zhuo and Xuan Shan, the fourth prince, discussed joining the Blood Blade Mercenary Group’s expedition into the Desert Zone, while Xuan Mu planned to act that night.

• Xiao Yan outbid Xuan Mu for the Ghost Exorcising Spirit Liquid and gave it to Mu Feng.
• Xiao Yan warned Xuan Mu to stop probing Mu Yingying, and his group left the market.
• Xuan Mu told his armored subordinate that Mu Yingying had stirred the flame between his brows and ordered him to act that night without leaving evidence.
• Elder Zhuo identified Xuan Mu and Xiao Yan’s group, then discussed the Desert Zone expedition with Xuan Shan.
• Xuan Shan told Elder Zhuo that the Blood Blade Mercenary Group was recruiting, and Elder Zhuo agreed they could disguise themselves and infiltrate it.

Xiao Yan, Shan Yao, and Snake Punishment entered a dusty hall and faced a mechanism guarded by the lingering power of Kuángmù Immortal Master. Shan Yao revealed that she could draw on the manor’s power, prompting Xiao Yan to wonder whether the estate was an Immortal Artifact.

• Xiao Yan found a dust-covered box in the hall, and Shan Yao warned him that it felt dangerous.
• Long Yi identified a mechanism among the chairs, but Xiao Yan, Shan Yao, and Snake Punishment decided to press on.
• A voice from the painting warned that intruders would be bound by wood for a thousand years, and the three endured its immense pressure.
• An unseen presence noted their resistance and decided to wait while they approached the mechanism.
• Shan Yao said she could draw upon the manor estate’s power, and Xiao Yan wondered if the estate was an Immortal Artifact.

Poison Granny arrived at the Endless Altar and revealed that the Demon Realm was being invaded by the Outer Realm Evil Clan after the Realm Lord of the Demon Realm Center became the Sixth Evil God. Xiao Yan ordered the Endless Flame Alliance to prepare for a rescue mission, leaving the forces to regroup before marching to the Demon Realm the next day.

• Cai Lin caught an exhausted woman surrounded by deadly poisonous mist as she emerged at the Passage Hall.
• Xiao Yan recognized the woman as Poison Granny, who begged him and the other leaders to save the Demon Realm.
• Poison Granny revealed that the Realm Lord of the Demon Realm Center had betrayed the Demon Realm and joined the Outer Realm Evil Clan as its Sixth Evil God.
• Poison Granny said Xiao Yi Xian had used the Poison God Cauldron to protect survivors, but the Poison God Palace had fallen and the Demon Realm was close to defeat.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Endless Flame Alliance to reorganize its forces and follow him to the Demon Realm the next day.
• The alliance leaders departed to prepare troops and defenses for the coming campaign.

Xiao Yan prepared a formation while Mu Yingying and Qin Xin fought Yin Mu, then confronted the Seven Star Dou Di after Yin Mu trapped them in a ghost-qi barrier. Xiao Yan struck Yin Mu with an Annihilation Fire Lotus disguised as the Ghost Emperor Heart, and the blast revealed Yin Mu’s transparent spirit body.

• Xiao Yan condensed thousands of core inscriptions into a formation around himself, Mu Yingying, and Qin Xin.
• Yin Mu blasted Mu Yingying and Qin Xin aside and sealed the group inside a barrier of ghost qi.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward to face Yin Mu as Xin Yan explained the Nine Great Ghost Emperors and the Ghost Emperor Heart.
• Xiao Yan pretended his Annihilation Fire Lotus was the Ghost Emperor Heart and hurled it at Yin Mu.
• The Annihilation Fire Lotus struck Yin Mu, dissipated his cloak and ghost qi, and revealed his transparent spirit body.

The Golden Child used magic cores and essence blood to summon the Spirit of Luoling Mountain, while Xiao Yan and his companions watched from hiding. The Five-Elements Beast and the Tian Mu Giant Beast recognized the Spirit’s return as a chance to escape Luoling Mountain and headed for Wuliang Mountain.

• The Golden Child dismissed Night Cat’s report about intruders and ordered him to raise two cauldrons filled with magic cores and essence blood toward the blood cloud.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Qin Xin arrived and realized the Wuliang Mountain overlord had taken the cores and essence blood from the undead beasts; Xiao Yan chose to hide and wait.
• The blood cloud swallowed the cauldrons’ contents, formed a vortex, and revealed the partially manifested Spirit of Luoling Mountain.
• The Golden Child welcomed the Spirit’s appearance and told Night Cat that every undead beast in Luoling Mountain except him had to die.
• The Five-Elements Beast and the Tian Mu Giant Beast recognized the Spirit’s return as an opportunity to escape and set off for Wuliang Mountain.

Xuan Mu tried to enlist Blood Rose’s support in the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s succession struggle, offering her precious Xuan Ling Imperial Pool fluid. Blood Rose agreed to help at a critical moment, then ordered an investigation into Xuan Mu and the imperial court while hinting that she had her own plans.

• Blood Rose found Xuan Mu and his muscular bodyguard waiting inside her residence, and the bodyguard sensed something strange about her.
• Xuan Mu explained that King Xuan Ling had been missing for nearly five years and sought Blood Rose’s backing amid the court’s turmoil.
• Blood Rose initially rejected Xuan Mu’s request, but turned back after he revealed several drops of Xuan Ling Imperial Pool fluid.
• Blood Rose agreed to help Xuan Mu at a critical moment, and he left the jade box with her before departing.
• Blood Rose revealed a dark red rune on her neck and ordered someone to investigate Xuan Mu and the state of the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Mu Yingying deliberately intensified her Six-star Dou Di Life Tribulation until the Thunder Cloud reached eight colors, risking severe damage to her foundation for greater Life Power. Xiao Yan strengthened his Core Inscription array to contain the danger as she drew out her Sacred Flame Crystal, leaving her facing the looming tribulation.

• The Thunder Cloud above the basin grew to six colors, and Xiao Yan worried that Mu Yingying could not withstand it at Five-star Dou Di Perfection.
• Mu Yingying unleashed her sealed Holy Flame to push the Thunder Cloud to seven colors, which Xin Yan said could grant her Seventh Grade Life Power if she survived.
• Trusting Xiao Yan to support her, Mu Yingying released more Holy Flame power and caused an eighth color to form in the Thunder Cloud.
• Mu Yingying summoned her azure Sacred Flame Crystal as the eight-colored Thunder Cloud took shape.
• Xiao Yan condensed his Core Inscription to six thousand nine hundred dao and stabilized the dense array around Mu Yingying and the Thunder Cloud.

Xiao Yan learned that the Burning Incense Pavilion’s team matches would offer a chance to enter its Dou Technique Pavilion, where he intended to seek the Sky Shifting Ruler. Xin Yan explained two possible reasons Mu Yingying lacked a detectable Holy Flame spirit, leaving Xiao Yan to suspect she had once been a Holy Flame spirit who re-cultivated as a human.

• Mu Feng explained that the Burning Incense Pavilion held individual and team competitions, and that winners could enter the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan resolved to obtain the Sky Shifting Ruler, while Mu Yingying and the others left him to rest before the team matches.
• Xin Yan told Xiao Yan that Mu Yingying possessed a Holy Flame but showed no sign of its spirit.
• Xin Yan described how a powerful Holy Flame could be sealed or how a spiritual being could re-cultivate as a human.
• Xiao Yan suspected that Mu Yingying had originally been a Holy Flame spirit who had re-cultivated as a human.

Xiao Yan received a rare Spiritual Grindstone from Elder Zhu and learned that he must take first place in the Team Competition. Elsewhere, Wang Chen and Ling Xuan discussed Xiao Yan’s strength, and Ling Xuan’s father ordered her to leave him alone because he was a Tier 2 Emperor-grade Alchemist who must be protected.

• Elder Zhu gave Xiao Yan the Spiritual Grindstone and instructed him to cultivate with it rather than devour it.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was a Late Six-star Dou Di, and Elder Zhu told him to secure first place in the Team Competition.
• Elder Zhu told Xiao Yan that someone in the Earth Hall needed Emperor Grade Two pills, but Xiao Yan decided to wait until after Mu Yingying’s tribulation to visit.
• Wang Chen told Ling Xuan that Xiao Yan had not used his full strength and might be as strong as or stronger than they were.
• Monte reported that the Heaven Hall’s seven members had withdrawn from the Team Competition, while Wang Chen wondered whether they had been sent on a mission.
• Ling Xuan’s father identified Xiao Yan as a Tier 2 Emperor-grade Alchemist who must be protected and told Ling Xuan to leave the matter alone.

Xiao Yan killed Yin Mu with the Sacred Flame and extracted a hidden recording from his soul, learning that the Ghost Realm planned to invade Xuan Tian San after the Sect Tournament. He and Mu Yingying and Qin Xin then continued toward Wuliang Mountain’s summit, while the Dark Crow Ghost Emperor worried that Yin Mu’s operation had been exposed.

• Xiao Yan used the Sacred Flame to destroy Yin Mu, then captured his remaining soul trace to search his memories.
• Mu Yingying stopped Qin Xin from approaching Xiao Yan while he probed Yin Mu’s soul.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Yin Mu served the Dark Crow Ghost Emperor and had been sent to seize the Twin Ghost Emperor Heart.
• Xiao Yan uncovered a recording in which Lord Ju Mu and Dark Crow discussed the planned invasion of Xuan Tian San after the Sect Tournament and their contact with the Blood Rose.
• Xiao Yan told Mu Yingying and Qin Xin what he had learned, then led them toward the blood cloud at Wuliang Mountain’s summit.
• The Dark Crow Ghost Emperor learned that Yin Mu’s operation might have been discovered and worried that Yin Mu had exposed secrets.

The Spirit of Luoling Mountain sacrificed itself in an explosion to stop the Three-Tailed Demon Fox, but the fox survived and began absorbing Undead Beasts again. The Tian Mu Giant Beast and Five-Elements Beast attacked the now weakened fox, but its blood-colored bead proved too powerful, leaving the Five-Elements Beast in danger.

• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain transformed into a brilliant force and detonated against the Three-Tailed Demon Fox, while the fox used its blood-colored bead to resist.
• Xiao Yan sensed Xin Yan stirring inside his Dou Qi Sea, and a mysterious figure appeared in his Storage Ring before Xiao Yan dismissed Mu Yingying’s concern.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox survived the blast with two tails and claimed victory as the Spirit of Luoling Mountain vanished.
• The Tian Mu Giant Beast urged the Five-Elements Beast to attack before the fox recovered, and the Five-Elements Beast charged with its Five-Elements Body Slam.
• The Two-Tailed Demon Fox blocked the Five-Elements Beast’s strike and counterattacked with its blood-colored bead, while the Tian Mu Giant Beast warned it to retreat.

Xiao Yi arrived in time to save Xiao Yan from Xin Yan’s Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial, then merged with him through possession. With only one minute of Nine-star Dou Di strength, Xiao Yan began stripping away the Sacred Flame Space to kill Xin Yan and claim the Sacred Flame.

• Xiao Yi shattered Xin Yan’s Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial with his fists and helped steady the weakened Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi offered to possess Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan agreed as Xin Yan prepared another attack.
• Xiao Yi merged with Xiao Yan, whose power rose to the level of a Nine-star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan struck back against Xin Yan and began stripping away the Sacred Flame Space, sending its flames after him.
• Xin Yan realized he was in danger and decided to use the method he had kept as a last resort.

Xiao Yan faced the Dawn Team and revealed overwhelming strength while fighting Qian Zhang. After Xiao Yan brought Qian Zhang to his knees, Guang Lu ordered the rest of the team to surround and kill him.

• The five members of the Dawn Team formed a pentagram around Xiao Yan, who readied his full strength to fight them.
• Guang Lu recognized Xiao Yan as a Late Six-star Dou Di but noticed he had no Life Power, and he let Qian Zhang attack first.
• Qian Zhang cracked the ground toward Xiao Yan, who countered with flames from the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Wave-Stacking Thousand Rulers and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, overwhelming Qian Zhang and forcing him to his knees.
• Guang Lu ordered the other four members of the Dawn Team to move in and surround Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan struggled against the Dawn Team until he summoned his Soul Clone, turning the fight into a clash between two Late Six-star Dou Di powerhouses and the team. After Xiao Yan rejected An Li’s offer to join them, Guang Lu and An Li embraced and prepared to reveal their strength as the three other members attacked.

• Xiao Yan resisted Tan Shaoyang, Qian Qiu, and the Dawn Team’s coordinated attacks while restoring his Dou Qi with medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Soul Clone, and the two revealed matching strength and began coordinating against the team.
• Guang Lu called the team back, while An Li recognized Xiao Yan as an alchemist and invited him to join them.
• Xiao Yan rejected An Li’s offer and demanded the team’s wooden tokens, prompting Guang Lu to threaten him.
• Guang Lu ordered the three attackers to use their full strength, then embraced An Li as Xiao Yan and his Soul Clone faced the assault.