Chapter Summaries

Solomon Sect Master used the Hanhai Cover to counter the Undying Nether Sparrow’s flames and tried to suppress it, while Wang Xie moved to intervene. Qi Haoqing watched, convinced the Immortal Artifact could not overpower the sparrow.

• Solomon Sect Master continued attacking the Undying Nether Sparrow, while the sparrow dismissed his Half-Immortal strength and warned that it would not be tamed.
• Hua Lexin, Feng Hong, and the other experts fled the magma world, leaving Guni, Wang Xie, and Qi Haoqing behind.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow unleashed a powerful flame attack, but Solomon Sect Master absorbed it with the Hanhai Cover.
• Solomon Sect Master transformed the Hanhai Cover into a giant cauldron and sent it to suppress the Undying Nether Sparrow.
• Wang Xie left to intervene, while Qi Haoqing watched and said the Hanhai Cover was not powerful enough to suppress the sparrow.

Cang Yue, Xiao Yan, and Mu Yingying tried to destroy the sealed Netherworld Twin Venerables with holy flames and the Silver Moon Bow. Just as Cang Yue prepared her finishing strike, Xiao Yan realized the two evil beings had awakened.

• Cang Yue explained that the Netherworld Twin Venerables belonged to the Netherworld Evil Clan and had killed her master.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying summoned their holy flames while Cang Yue used the Power of Life and Death to disrupt the two sealed hearts.
• The holy flames entered the purple cage and wrapped around the hearts, purifying their surrounding Evil Power.
• Cang Yue summoned the Silver Moon Bow and began preparing its ultimate strike as Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying kept feeding the cage with holy flame.
• Xiao Yan cried out that the Netherworld Twin Venerables had awakened.

Xiao Yan fought the Swift Spirit Fox, whose Enemy-Luring Smoke weakened his Dou Qi, and overcame it with the Fire Heart Sky Rock and his soul power. After the fox fell and the smoke dissipated, Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and approached its body.

• Xin Yan explained that the Swift Spirit Fox was a fast, powerful Undead Beast that weakened opponents with its Enemy-Luring Smoke.
• The Swift Spirit Fox attacked Xiao Yan inside the smoke, while the haze restricted his Dou Qi and weakened his Great Heavenly Creation Palm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Fire Heart Sky Rock and struck the Swift Spirit Fox with Shattered Stone Hand, wounding it.
• The Swift Spirit Fox used Agile Death Claw, but Xiao Yan countered with Soul Heavenly Wrath and destroyed its will.
• The smoke cleared, Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi, and he walked toward the motionless Swift Spirit Fox.

Xiao Yan returned from the fourth floor and revealed that he had successfully cultivated the Human Hall’s long-unmastered Sky Shifting Ruler Dou Technique. Surrounded by disciples eager to challenge him, he invited them all to attack together.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Dou Technique Pavilion at the last moment and reunited with Mu Xuzi and the waiting disciples.
• Xiao Yan confirmed to Xiong Yuan and Mu Xuzi that he had solved the problem with the Human Hall’s Hall-Protecting Treasure and successfully cultivated the Sky Shifting Ruler Dou Technique.
• Mu Xuzi explained that disciples who entered the fourth floor could challenge their fellow disciples, and that many had gathered to test Xiao Yan.
• When a disciple challenged him, Xiao Yan said he wanted to test his strength and told the gathered disciples to attack him together.

After Xin Yan's death, Xiao Yan began fusing the recovered Sacred Flame Origin with the Sacred Flame Crystal while Xiao Yi cultivated nearby. During the fusion, Xiao Yan's soul was pulled away from his body and appeared in a dark, damp place, where he found a chained figure bearing the scent of the Holy Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi realized Xin Yan had been killed by the Sacred Flame Crystal, and Xiao Yan sensed that Xin Yan's Sacred Flame Origin had returned to him.
• Xiao Yan sat down to regulate his aura, while Xiao Yi considered why their fusion had felt incomplete.
• The Fiery Beast tried to swallow the Sacred Flame Origin in Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Sea but backed away when it sensed the power within it.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra and Emperor Flame to begin fusing the Sacred Flame Origin with the Sacred Flame Crystal, a process expected to take three days.
• As the fusion neared its final stage, Xiao Yan's soul was pulled from his body and transported away from Luoling Mountain.
• Xiao Yan appeared in a dark, damp place and saw a figure pierced by black chains, recognizing the scent of the Holy Flame near its abdomen.

Ling Xuan visited her father, Ling Mengsheng, and learned that Ghost Realm forces threatened the Burning Incense Pavilion. Their conversation turned to Xiao Yan and the upcoming cultivation grounds, while Ling Mengsheng continued preparing to rescue Yan Chi when the ruins opened in half a year.

• Ling Xuan tried to enter the Earth Hall despite the guards refusing her, and Ling Mengsheng ordered them to let her in.
• Ling Mengsheng told Ling Xuan that Ghost Realm breaches were appearing and that war with Xuan Tian San had become unavoidable.
• Ling Xuan asked about Xiao Yan, and Ling Mengsheng described his background, strength, and alchemy before teasing her about him.
• Ling Xuan said she wanted to surpass Xiao Yan and would not force a relationship, then left for her residence.
• Ling Mengsheng resumed cultivating in the Nine-star Nine Revolutions Realm and said he would save Yan Chi when the ruins opened in half a year.

Ling Yun overwhelmed Zi Lian’s team in the test, and Zi Lian decided to concede rather than let his teammates keep suffering. He produced a wooden token, leaving the others wondering whether he would really surrender it.

• Ling Yun challenged Li Ji, Zi Lian, and their teammates to hand over their wooden tokens or be defeated.
• Li Ji attacked Ling Yun, but she repelled him with her sixth-rank Life Power.
• Li Zi and the two early Six-star Dou Di experts combined their attacks, but Ling Yun shattered their assault.
• Zi Lian called off the fight and said the team should surrender rather than continue a losing battle.
• Ling Yun demanded the wooden tokens, and Zi Lian produced one as the others watched.

Xiao Yan's team chose the Red Nightmare Tier and received a mission to defeat the Five-Elements Beast at Luoling Mountain. Though Ling Xuan warned that the beast was nearly invincible, Xiao Yan saw the mission as a chance to obtain a body for resurrecting ancestor Xiao Xuan and proposed using his alchemy knowledge to overcome their lack of elemental powers.

• The five chose the Red Nightmare Tier, and Xiao Yan was named their captain.
• The registering man gave Xiao Yan a Red Scroll and Wooden Token, which the team opened after returning to Wu Zhu Ju.
• The scroll ordered them to head to Luoling Mountain and defeat the Five-Elements Beast.
• Ling Xuan explained that the beast's five attributes made it nearly invincible and said the team could not defeat it.
• Xin Yan told Xiao Yan that the beast's corpse could serve as a vessel for resurrecting ancestor Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yan reassured Ling Xuan that he was an alchemist and invoked “Wood nestled within fire.”

A blood cloud formed over Wuliang Mountain, and Xiao Yan and the others realized that a powerful magical beast might be undergoing a tribulation to transform into a human. The chapter ended with them recognizing the danger of the summit’s event, while Xiao Yan recovered from the weakness caused by his secret technique.

• The Five-Elements Golden Turtle saw the blood cloud over Wuliang Mountain and suspected the being on the summit was attempting to undergo a tribulation.
• The Tian Mu Giant Beast ordered Hamster to greet the humans in the Tian Mu Mountain Range and Earth Snake to investigate Wuliang Mountain.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had not pursued Xiong Jun because Xiong Jun had absorbed his Flame Force, and Mu Yingying linked that force to the blood cloud.
• Xiao Yan’s boosted strength faded, leaving him weak after using the Heavenly Fire Two Mysterious Transformations with twenty-three Exotic Fires and the Holy Flame.
• Qin Xin sensed that the blood cloud marked a high-tier magical beast’s tribulation to transform into a human, and Xiao Yan realized it could be a Dou Xian-level beast.

Xiao Yan fought Yin Mu, whose Soul Body and Ghost Realm ties raised suspicions about a connection to the Soul Clan. The battle turned in Xiao Yan’s favor when he revealed a Holy Flame and used it to engulf Yin Mu.

• Xiao Yan recognized Yin Mu as a Soul Body and questioned his connection to the Soul Clan, but Yin Mu attacked instead of answering.
• Xiao Yan fought Yin Mu, whose Soul Body had reached early Seven-star Dou Di strength, while asking for information about the Ghost Emperor Heart.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had the Ghost Emperor Heart and trapped Yin Mu in a Sea of Flames formation that boosted Xiao Yan and suppressed Yin Mu.
• Yin Mu unleashed the Ghost Soul Hand, a soul attack powerful enough to unsettle Qin Xin and threaten Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan revealed an earth-yellow Holy Flame, and Yin Mu’s attack struck it as Yin Mu realized the danger.
• Xiao Yan released the Holy Flame’s origin, wrapped Yin Mu in it, and made Yin Mu fear for his life.

After Xiao Yan killed Yin Mu, he hurried toward Wuliang Mountain’s peak, where the golden child prepared to use the mountain’s collected magic cores and essence blood to challenge the Spirit of Luoling Mountain. The child killed Xiong Jun and the Double-Headed Sub-Dragon, leaving his plan poised to continue.

• Xiao Yan killed Yin Mu with his Holy Flame power, and he and his companions rushed toward Wuliang Mountain’s peak.
• Xiong Jun, Night Cat, and the Double-Headed Sub-Dragon found the golden child beside two cauldrons filled with magic cores and essence blood.
• The golden child explained that he was born from Ghost Qi and the power of fallen Xuan Tian San experts, and planned to summon and defeat the Spirit of Luoling Mountain.
• The golden child revealed that nearly all the mountain’s undead beasts’ magic cores and essence blood had been gathered, then ordered Night Cat to attack Xiong Jun and the Double-Headed Sub-Dragon.
• The golden child swallowed Xiong Jun and the Double-Headed Sub-Dragon and used power derived from the Spirit of Luoling Mountain to kill them.

The Netherworld Twin Venerables awakened inside the Purple Cage and attacked Xiao Yan and the others. As Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying used their Sacred Flame Origin Power and Sacred Flame Crystals to hold the pair back, You Zun launched a deadly strike at Xiao Yan, stirring something within his body.

• The two hearts expelled Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying’s Holy Flame Power, and You Zun and Ming Zun emerged as the Netherworld Twin Venerables.
• Cang Yue told Xiao Yan to keep the Netherworld Twin Venerables trapped in the Purple Cage while she prepared a powerful attack.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying used their Sacred Flame Origin Power and Sacred Flame Crystals to suppress the Netherworld Twin Venerables’ Evil Power.
• You Zun sent a tiny black qi attack through the Purple Cage toward Xiao Yan, and something inside Xiao Yan began to stir as he prepared to defend himself.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Dawn Team with his newly comprehended Emperor Flame Explosion while Guang Lu and An Li quietly combined their Life Power. The attack struck the team’s defenses as their hidden destructive power continued to form behind it.

• Xiao Yan and his Soul Clone battered Tan Shaoyang, Qian Zhang, and Qian Qiu, while Guang Lu and An Li began merging their Life Power.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Soul Clone aside and prepared a powerful technique with the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Emperor Flame Explosion, forcing Tan Shaoyang and the Qian brothers to raise their strongest defenses and reinforce them with Life Power.
• Guang Lu reassured An Li as their intertwined Life Power produced a destructive fluctuation more powerful than Xiao Yan’s attack.
• Xiao Yan compressed the giant flame ruler against the Dawn Team’s defensive shield and made it explode.

Bingshui of Heartless Valley discovered that a mysterious creature inside the Palace had stolen the dead men’s hearts and left a black substance behind. Xiao Yan arrived, revived the men with the Silver Light Mouse, then destroyed the substance in their hearts, leaving the group ready to enter the Palace.

• Bingshui examined the corpses and found tiny wounds over their hearts, then cut one open and identified a missing heart concealed by black poison.
• Bingshui warned that only Seven Star Dou Di could withstand the creature inside the Palace, but several Six-star Dou Di ignored her and died after entering.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Guni, Wang Xie, and Xing Long, and proposed removing the black substance before entering the Palace.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Silver Light Mouse, which revived the dead men and raised their strength by an entire rank.
• Xiao Yan detonated the black objects in the revived men’s hearts with his flame force, and the group prepared to enter the Palace.

Xiao Yan and the other experts entered the purple crystal palace, where the doors shut behind them and darkness concealed a dangerous presence. After an expert was killed, Xiao Yan identified a missing heart and suggested their group had angered the entity lurking there.

• Xiao Yan led the experts toward the palace while the others condemned Bingshui for abandoning them to danger outside.
• Mu Feng sensed that the palace’s contents seemed connected to his Yin-Yang Technique, and Xiao Yan followed Bingshui inside with the other experts.
• The palace doors slammed shut behind them, trapping the group in a vast, lightless space.
• Bingshui warned that a single wrong step could lead to death as the experts argued about the Moonlight Fairy’s inheritance.
• A mysterious presence attacked and killed an early Seven Star Dou Di expert from another sect.
• Xiao Yan observed that the dead expert’s heart was missing and said they had angered the entity in the darkness.

Xiong Yuan and Mu Xuzi found that someone had sealed the passage into the Three Great Mountain Ranges, leaving Xiao Yan and the others trapped inside. At Wuliang Mountain, the Spirit of Luoling Mountain appeared, and the golden-haired child faced the arrival of two powerful beasts as Xin Yan secretly gathered power inside Xiao Yan.

• Xiong Yuan told Mu Xuzi that the entrance passage had been altered and warned that forcing it open could unleash temporal turbulence, so they waited for Xiao Yan.
• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain emerged from the blood-red vortex, and Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Qin Xin recognized her as the mountain's true ruler.
• Xin Yan told Xiao Yan that the Flame Mantra was trying to consume her and secretly began accumulating power inside his heart.
• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain appeared behind Night Cat and paralyzed her until the golden-haired child restored some of her strength.
• The golden-haired child confronted the Spirit of Luoling Mountain, then the Tian Mu Giant Beast and the Five-Elements Beast arrived, drawing Xiao Yan's attention.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ling Xuan and the others before joining the Earth and Human Hall disciples at the entrance to the Three-six-nine-tier Cultivation Grotto-heaven. After Elder Qing warned them about its dangers and Ling Xuan explained its legends, the group entered, eager to explore its nine levels.

• Ling Xuan and Wang Chen sensed that Xiao Yan had become more formidable, while Zhu Yuan and Qin Xin sized him up.
• Wang Chen insulted Mu Feng, and Xiao Yan warned him to remember his earlier defeat.
• Qin Xin urged everyone to focus on entering the Cultivation Grotto-heaven, and Elder Qing arrived to lead the group to its sealed Stone Chamber.
• Elder Qing warned the disciples to act within their abilities and explained that all nine levels would be open for several days.
• Zhu Yuan and Qin Xin hurried into the grotto-heaven, and Ling Xuan told Xiao Yan that it held peerless techniques and might reveal past Pavilion Masters.

Xiao Yan and the sect leaders reacted to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s plan to gather the forces of Xuan Tian San for a battle against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. As the factions prepared to march on Xuan Ling Mountain in two days, the Star Gazing Valley Master foresaw that Xiao Yan would have to turn the coming calamity around.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Jin discussed the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s gamble, and Zhu Jin revealed that he had reached Dou Xian while the Pavilion Master was away handling personal grudges.
• Hua Xin ordered the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion to prepare for the decisive battle and hoped to live in seclusion with Fen Tian afterward.
• Huang Li agreed to bring the Ancient Desolation Hall to Xuan Ling Mountain but planned to prioritize the sect’s survival and let other factions bear the brunt of the fighting.
• Ye Qingtian explained that Pill Valley would provide war-preparation pills while avoiding combat, and Dan Xian announced that he was going into seclusion with his life uncertain.
• The Puppet Mansion and Ten Thousand Sword Gate ordered their forces to prepare for the battle, while the Purgatory Hall Master also assembled troops after learning that Xuan Ling Imperial Family experts had headed toward the Poison Sect, Solomon, and the Soul Clan.
• The Star Gazing Valley Master observed nine stars falling in a chain and predicted that Xiao Yan would need to turn the calamity around.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Heaven-Piercing River’s power and reached Six-star Dou Di Perfection, then noticed a mysterious green object at the river’s far end and left it alone. As the sect waited for him to emerge, Zhu Yuan ordered Wang Chen to watch the river, hoping Xiao Yan might help him with a long-standing matter.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the refined power of the Heaven-Piercing River and broke through to Six-star Dou Di Perfection.
• Xiao Yan spotted a mysterious green object at the far end of the golden river but chose to leave without investigating it.
• Mu Xuzi told Xiong Yuan that Xiao Yan was likely to emerge soon and had delayed the Earth Hall’s entry into the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Wang Chen told Zhu Yuan that the delay was connected to Xiao Yan’s long stay in the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven.
• Zhu Yuan ordered Wang Chen to watch for Xiao Yan’s return, believing he might help with a matter that had troubled him for a long time.

Guang Lu and An Li trapped Xiao Yan in their Heavenly Light Curtain Path, which suppressed his Dou Qi and spiritual power. As Guang Lu attacked, Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame lingering on his Primordial Fire Ruler to unleash the fourth form of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, Heaven-Shaking Ruler, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Guang Lu and An Li used their Life Power fusion skill, the Heavenly Light Curtain Path, to trap Xiao Yan and isolate his powers.
• Guang Lu explained that the restraint could only be broken by someone two grades stronger, while he and An Li remained unaffected.
• An Li offered Xiao Yan a place in their empire, but Guang Lu prepared to finish him with an attack called Light Curtain.
• Xiao Yan drew on the residual Emperor Flame in his Primordial Fire Ruler and unleashed Heaven-Shaking Ruler against Guang Lu's attack.
• Xiong Yuan and Mu Yingying hurried toward the battle as the attacks collided.