Chapter Summaries

Ling Mengsheng fought Dong Xuan with his Holy Flame Child Flame, but Dong Xuan’s Dou Xian Power forced him to retreat. The Heaven and Earth Elders then unleashed the Golden Bell Heavenly King Seal against Dong Xuan, and their clash ended in a stalemate.

• Ling Mengsheng struck Dong Xuan with his Holy Flame Child Flame, cracking the defense formed by Dong Xuan’s Dou Xian Power, though the exchange injured Ling Mengsheng’s fist.
• Dong Xuan offered to spare Ling Mengsheng if he surrendered the Holy Flame Child Flame, but Ling Mengsheng refused and returned to the ancient tree.
• Dong Xuan sensed the sealing power gathering below and saw the Heaven and Earth Elders fuse their power of life and death into golden energy.
• Dong Xuan charged the Heaven and Earth Elders with his Xuan Tian Bone-Shattering Palm, but they formed the Golden Bell Heavenly King Seal and sent it to suppress him.
• Dong Xuan countered with his Xuan Tian Bone-Shattering Hand, and the golden bell and deep green palm became locked in a stalemate.

Fen Tian was ambushed by a powerful mysterious man controlled by Xuan Ling Wang and was gravely wounded in the fight. The Poison Sect Master arrived in time to drive off the attacker and carried Fen Tian toward the Burning Incense Pavilion, while Xuan Ling Wang revealed that he had the Soul Controlling Guide.

• The Mysterious Man cornered Fen Tian near the Burning Incense Pavilion and attacked him with Yan Chi's power and a Flame Domain.
• The Mysterious Man summoned the Cangxuan Wolf, which shattered Fen Tian's cauldron and pierced his body, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Fen Tian realized that Xuan Ling Wang was controlling the Mysterious Man just before he lost consciousness.
• The Poison Sect Master broke through the Flame Domain, forcing the Mysterious Man to retreat, then carried Fen Tian toward the Burning Incense Pavilion.
• At the Xuan Ling Imperial Family's headquarters, Xuan Ling Wang confirmed that Fen Tian was badly injured and that the Soul Controlling Guide was in hand.

Xiao Yan reassured Mu Yingying that he accepted her identity as a Holy Flame and would miss her if she left, while they discussed Yan Chi’s capture and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s possible ties to the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Mu Yingying decided to return with Yan Chi after the Sect Tournament, unaware that the siblings would soon face a life-and-death separation.

• Xiao Yan found Mu Yingying in the Burning Incense Pavilion’s Forbidden Area and reassured her that her Holy Flame identity would not change their partnership.
• Mu Yingying explained that Yan Chi had been captured when he was only at Dou Di Peak by people who seemed connected to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan suspected that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had deep ties to the Outer Realm Evil Clan and wondered whether the Ghost Realm was connected to them too.
• Mu Yingying noticed that Xiao Yan had reached the Early Seven-star Dou Di stage and asked whether he would miss her if she left; Xiao Yan said he would.
• Xiao Yan left after assuring Mu Yingying they would meet again, and Yan Chi emerged from hiding to speak with her.
• Mu Yingying decided to return with Yan Chi after the Sect Tournament, and Yan Chi agreed to stay until the tournament ended.

Xiao Yan, Fen Tian, and Mu Yingying broke the Ghost-Eating Seal and freed Yan Chi, who was revealed to be Mu Yingying’s brother. The group escaped the Seventh Floor of the Underground Palace as a Dou Xian approached, unaware that a powerful blood-red scar remained on Yan Chi.

• Fen Tian explained that the Ghost-Eating Seal could only be broken with Holy Flame and soul power, and Xiao Yan agreed to help free Yan Chi.
• Xiao Yan, Fen Tian, and Mu Yingying attacked the seal, with Xiao Yan unleashing his soul technique to shatter the black chains and void.
• Mu Yingying rushed to catch Yan Chi and wept as he confirmed that he was her brother.
• Fen Tian sensed an approaching Dou Xian, and Zhu Jin teleported the group away from the Seventh Floor of the Underground Palace.
• A blood-red scar on Yan Chi dimmed unnoticed, resembling Xiao Yan’s Blood Demon Golden Qi but appearing even more powerful.

The Eight Great Tribe leaders of the Medusa Clan invaded the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, while Queen Medusa pursued King Xuan Ling. With King Xuan Ling and the Dragon Devouring Legion missing, Xuan Mu and the imperial officials faced the invasion as Snake King confronted General Xuan Zhan.

• You Rui killed the guards at the moat, then crossed into Xuan Ling territory with the other leaders of the Eight Great Tribes.
• A surviving soldier sent a distress signal, and Xuan Mu told the imperial council that the Medusa leaders had reached the moat and the guards there were dead.
• Xuan Zhan urged King Xuan Ling to take charge, but Xuan Mu revealed that his father and the Dragon Devouring Legion were missing.
• Snake King announced that the Medusa Clan had come for revenge, and Xuan Zhan challenged him, revealing his One-turn Nine-star Dou Di strength.
• Snake King mocked Xuan Zhan and appeared with seven other powerful figures beside him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan used a signal to draw Xiao Mu to them, then pretended to be strangers when he arrived. The Eagle-faced Man pursued the injured Xiao Mu, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan waited for the Golden Dragon King's signal to intervene.

• Xiao Yan released a signal marked with the Xiao Clan's aura after he and Xiao Xuan failed to find their clansmen.
• Xiao Mu sensed the signal and headed toward Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan despite his injuries.
• Xiao Yan's Fire Heart Sky Rock and Sacred Flame Crystal became agitated when Xiao Mu appeared.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan concealed their kinship with Xiao Mu and pretended to accuse him of stealing a Magical Beast.
• The Eagle-faced Man chased Xiao Mu after he tried to flee, while the Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan to wait for the right moment to strike.

Xiao Yan used the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill, the Five-Elements Beast's essence blood, and Emperor Flame to give Xiao Xuan a new body and restore his Life Imprint. After a day of tempering, Xiao Xuan awakened, and Xiao Yan knew the resurrection had succeeded.

• Xiao Yan placed Xiao Xuan's soul power in the prepared body and used Emperor Flame to settle it.
• Xiao Yan poured the Five-Elements Beast's essence blood over the body, causing flesh and skin to regrow.
• Xiao Xuan's Life Imprint entered the body, but he rejected the five drops of Xiao Yan's essence blood and returned them to him.
• Xiao Yan kept the Emperor Flame burning as Xiao Xuan's Life Imprint struggled to withstand the tempering.
• After a day, Xiao Xuan awakened and asked where he was, while Xiao Yan celebrated the successful resurrection.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with Xiao Xuan and asked Fen Tian for permission to leave the Burning Incense Pavilion before the sect tournament. He offered to uncover the truth behind Yin Fu Tong’s death and win the tournament in exchange, leaving Fen Tian to consider the deal.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan prepared to leave the Cultivation Room, while Xiao Yi and Mu Feng discussed the deadly history of the sect tournament and Fen Tian’s attacks on the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Xuan to Xiao Yi and Mu Feng, then learned that the sect tournament was a month away and said he had urgent business to handle.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Xuan with Xiao Yi and went to Fen Tian to ask permission to leave the pavilion for a time.
• Fen Tian refused, saying Xiao Yan was needed to represent the Burning Incense Pavilion at the tournament.
• Xiao Yan offered to solve the mystery of Yin Fu Tong’s death and win the tournament championship if Fen Tian let him leave.

The Sect Tournament began at the Burning Incense Pavilion, but the Xuan League had changed its rules to allow contestants from the previous tournament to participate. Fen Tian announced that the tournament would take place in the perilous Blood River Realm, leaving the disciples to face a much more dangerous contest than expected.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Feng went to the Main Hall to gather with the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples for the tournament.
• Fen Tian received the Xuan League’s rules and revealed that veterans from the previous tournament could compete again, angering Elder Qing because the seven Heaven Hall members were still injured.
• Fen Tian announced that the tournament would take place in the Blood River Realm and warned that its second layer required the strength of a Seven-star Dou Di to enter.
• The disciples fell silent when Fen Tian explained that the stronger contestants from the previous tournament would also participate.

The Burning Incense Pavilion discussed the coming sect tournament and the danger posed by the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s previous-generation disciples. Xiao Yan was appointed to lead the team alongside the seven Heaven Hall members, and he prepared to face the Four Heavenly Sovereigns.

• Ling Xuan learned that practitioners from the previous sect tournament would also take part, and Duan Yu urged the Heaven Hall survivors to avenge Yin Fu Tong and their fallen fellow disciples.
• Fen Tian considered forfeiting because the seven Heaven Hall members were injured and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s older disciples were powerful.
• Mu Tian Yuan and Xiao Yan volunteered to fight, and Xiao Yan offered to restore the Heaven Hall members to full strength while asking for information about their opponents.
• Mu Tian Yuan warned Xiao Yan about the Xuan Ling Imperial Four Heavenly Sovereigns, including their early Eight-star Dou Di leader, who had severely injured him in the last tournament.
• Fen Tian appointed the seven Heaven Hall members to command the tournament team with Xiao Yan as their lead, and the disciples agreed to follow his decision.

Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame to overcome the Headless Ghost Fiend’s ghostly defenses and began compressing its remains for harvest. Nearby, Tian Xing spotted Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying and decided to seize the opportunity.

• Yan Chi explained that Death Blood Ghost Liquid could help a Seven-star Dou Di develop the power of death, and said Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying could benefit from it.
• Xiao Yan realized the Headless Ghost Fiend’s ghost qi was neutralizing his attacks, then unleashed his Holy Flame and struck it with three rulers.
• The Holy Flame weakened the Headless Ghost Fiend until it turned into dark qi and tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan intercepted the dark qi and compressed it with his Soul Power and Holy Flame Power.
• Tian Xing arrived nearby, saw Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying, and began plotting to take advantage of their presence.

Xiao Yan and the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit tried to suppress the Blood Demon Golden Qi controlling Yin Futong, but Yin Futong fought back with deadly Jade Qin sound waves. Xiao Yan then faced the attack head-on while the Spirit attempted to awaken the faint Ghost Face Soul Flame power within Yin Futong.

• Xiao Yan and the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit discovered that a faint trace of Ghost Qi was helping Yin Futong resist the Blood Demon Golden Qi.
• The Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit and Xiao Yan attacked the Blood Demon Golden Qi with their Holy Flame Power, but Yin Futong repelled them and remained under the Blood Demon Envoy's control.
• The Blood Demon Envoy silently triggered the mysterious blood scars on Yan Chi while planning to use the Sect Tournament disciples as fertilizer.
• Yin Futong took up his Jade Qin and unleashed sound-wave attacks that pierced the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit's cyan magma defense.
• Xiao Yan asked the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit to draw out the power inside Yin Futong, then charged forward through the sound waves in his holy flames.

King Xuan Ling began the Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony by revealing captured Blood Demon Clan members and claimed he had already slain their leaders. As the assembled experts attacked the prisoners, the Blood Demon Right Guard ordered them to self-destruct, threatening everyone at the altar.

• King Xuan Ling announced that the Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony had begun and ordered Qin Tian to unveil the black curtain.
• Qin Tian revealed silver cages containing the Blood Demon Clan, and Zhu Jin recognized the imprisoned enemies as Blood Demon Generals.
• King Xuan Ling claimed that he had killed the Blood Demon Envoy and other leaders, while She Fu doubted his story.
• King Xuan Ling asked Zhu Jin of the Burning Incense Pavilion to lead the attack, and Zhu Jin and the other experts struck the captured Blood Demon Clan.
• The Blood Demon Right Guard ordered the Blood Guards to explode, and Zhu Jin realized the Evil Power was about to self-destruct.

Yue Ru used the Silver Moon Bow to counter King Xuan Ling’s blood-Evil attack while Xiao Yan recovered and prepared to face him. She released a sacred arrow toward King Xuan Ling, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan warned Yue Ru not to fight King Xuan Ling head-on and told her to target the phantom at his chest while he recovered.
• The Soul Devouring Master and Xuan Cang continued fighting as the other Dou Xian remained trapped in the Blood River Bell, and Long Yi fought Xiao Yi.
• Yue Ru summoned a moon-patterned short blade that halted King Xuan Ling’s bloody Evil Power and blasted him backward.
• Yue Ru called down moonlight and manifested the Silver Moon Bow as King Xuan Ling unleashed Blood Demon Swallows the Sky.
• King Xuan Ling’s blood-Qi maw swallowed Yue Ru, but she formed a sacred arrow inside a pocket of moonlight and fired it at him.

Xiao Yan absorbed the refined Dou Xian Soul and Soul Origin with the help of Soul Devouring Master, Xiao Mu, and Golden Dragon King. He reached Emperor Realm Heavenly Stage Great Perfection as the Xuan Ling Imperial Family plotted against Burning Incense Pavilion ahead of the Sect Tournament.

• Xiao Yan began absorbing the Dou Xian Soul, and Soul Devouring Master warned him not to swallow it directly before refining it for him.
• Xiao Mu gave Xiao Yan the Sacred Flame Crystal, and Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the refined soul power while the Xuan Ling Imperial Family imprisoned rebels and plotted to defeat Burning Incense Pavilion at the Sect Tournament.
• King Xuan Ling ordered subordinates to watch over Third Prince Xuan Mu near the Ghost Realm entrance by the Forest of Death.
• After ten days, Soul Devouring Master gave Xiao Yan a mass of refined Soul Origin, which Xiao Yan absorbed with his Soul Stone over three days.
• Xiao Yan released a surge of soul power through the clouds and reached Emperor Realm Heavenly Stage Great Perfection, to the relief of Golden Dragon King and Xiao Mu.

Xiao Yan killed Lang Tou and drove the Xuan Ling Imperial Family experts away from the Ghost Realm seal. He pursued Xuan Mu and struck him down with the Firmament Finger, leaving Xuan Mu’s fate uncertain.

• Xiao Yan killed Lang Tou with a soul attack enhanced by Holy Flame Power, shocking Xuan Mu and the other experts.
• Xuan Mu ordered the remaining experts to attack Xiao Yan, who enveloped the area in holy flames and persuaded them to retreat.
• Xiao Yan thanked Mu Tianyuan, then said he would pursue Xuan Mu while Mu Tianyuan recovered.
• Xuan Mu fled with Lang Long, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Figure blocked their path.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Firmament Finger, Summoning the Heavens, and hit Xuan Mu, whose vitality began to drain as he fell.

Xiao Yan returned to the Burning Incense Pavilion with the Heaven Hall disciples after rescuing them from an ambush by the Xuan Ling Imperial Family. As the Sect Tournament approached, King Xuan Ling and the Blood Demon Envoy plotted to use the tournament grounds to kill Xiao Yan and unleash the Blood Demon Race.

• Fen Tian worried that Xiao Yan would not return in time and considered having the Burning Incense Pavilion forfeit the Sect Tournament.
• Mu Yingying visited Wu Zhu Ju looking for Xiao Yan, learned he had not returned, and said she would come back the next day.
• Xiao Yan and seven Heaven Hall disciples arrived at the Burning Incense Pavilion, and Mu Tian Yuan reported that Xiao Yan had saved them from an ambush led by Xuan Mu.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Xuan Mu, Lang Tou, and Lang Long had been killed, and Fen Tian sent the Heaven Hall disciples to rest before the tournament.
• King Xuan Ling learned of the deaths and ordered his allies at the tournament grounds to kill Xiao Yan.
• King Xuan Ling urged the Blood Demon Envoy to send more Blood Demon Race experts into the tournament grounds, where they agreed to settle matters.

Burning Incense Pavilion and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family sent their disciples to the Sect Tournament, where the King ordered the Four Heavenly Sovereigns to kill the pavilion’s participants, especially Xiao Yan. As both sides set out, the King also prepared to hunt Queen Medusa, while two Soul Clan powerhouses arrived in Xuan Tian San to watch the imperial family.

• Fen Tian sent four hundred Burning Incense Pavilion disciples through a Space Channel to the Sect Tournament and ordered the pavilion locked down.
• King Xuan Ling ordered the Four Heavenly Sovereigns to kill the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples and execute Xiao Yan, while also targeting the seven Heaven Hall disciples who had escaped before.
• Qin Tian and Ye Mo led five hundred imperial disciples through a Space Channel, with blood threads raising their strength to One-star Dou Xian Initial Stage and Half-Immortal tier, respectively.
• King Xuan Ling ordered a secret attack on the Medusa Clan to capture Queen Medusa, whose bloodline could help him devour the Holy Flame.
• Two One-star Dou Xian Soul Clan powerhouses, including Hun Yao, arrived at Mount Yin to investigate the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

The Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s Three Heavenly Sovereigns headed for the Holy Flame Hall, while Yan Chi led Xiao Yan and his companions through the dangerous battlefield to its entrance. As Xiao Yan touched the statues’ eyes, the guardians awakened and declared that intruders would die.

• Tian Qian led the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s disciples toward the Holy Flame Hall and hinted that Yan Chi’s fate was sealed and that Yin Fu Tong’s body had another use.
• Yan Chi guided Xiao Yan’s group through the Holy Flame Battlefield and warned them that an evil aura seemed to be inside the Holy Flame Hall.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the palace, crossed the lush forest around it, and found enormous cyan gates guarded by two statues.
• Mu Yingying noticed the statues, and Xiao Yan examined them before reaching toward their stone eyes.
• Yan Chi shouted for Xiao Yan not to touch the guardians’ eyes, but Xiao Yan had already touched them, awakening their murderous voices.

At the sealed entrance to the Holy Flame Land, the Xuan Ling Imperial Family plotted to claim the Holy Flame and eliminate its rivals, while the Ten Thousand Sword Gate, Ancient Desolation Hall, Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, and Poison Sect gathered. The Burning Incense Pavilion arrived last, bringing the gathered factions to the brink of the Sect Tournament’s climactic contest.

• Tian Hong and Qi Haoqing told Tian Qian that Xiao Yan had killed their Second Brother, and Tian Qian vowed to wait for the Holy Flame Land to open before taking revenge on their enemies.
• The Ten Thousand Sword Gate arrived alongside the Ancient Desolation Hall, whose leaders Feng Lin and Jian Xin recognized the danger posed by Tian Qian and discussed the Burning Incense Pavilion’s likely conflict with the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Tian Qian and Tian Hong recognized the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion and Poison Sect as allies of the Burning Incense Pavilion and threatened to make them pay.
• The assembled factions waited outside the sealed Holy Flame Land, and Tian Qian sensed the Burning Incense Pavilion arriving last.