Chapter Summaries

Long Yi and Xiao Yan were trapped inside the Dragon Devouring Legion’s Dragon Devourer Formation, where Xiao Yan began searching for a way to break out. He discovered that the Legion’s fighters appeared inside as soul projections, giving him a chance to attack them with his powerful soul.

• Long Yi declared himself Xiao Yan’s big brother and told him to escape while he and Xiao Yi stayed behind.
• Ye Mo and the Dragon Devouring Legion activated the Dragon Devourer Formation and swallowed Long Yi, with Xiao Yan following him inside.
• Xiao Yan explained that they were trapped in the formation’s independent space and said he needed ten minutes to break it.
• Outside the formation, Ye Mo ordered the Legion to attack Xiao Yan and Long Yi with their soul power, while Zhu Jin explained the formation to the others.
• Xiao Yan realized the Legion members inside the formation were soul projections and prepared to attack them one by one.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying discovered that the Blood Demon Envoy had controlled Yan Chi, Mu Yingying’s brother, and Xiao Yan promised to save him. The Soul Devouring Talisman suggested using Yan Chi’s Holy Flame Soul Seed to awaken his consciousness, but the Blood Demon Envoy ordered Yan Chi to attack, forcing Xiao Yan and the others to face his true Holy Flame Power.

• Yan Chi appeared under the Blood Demon Envoy’s control, and the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit said the Envoy had found a way to control humans who had undergone Holy Flame Re-cultivation.
• Mu Yingying rushed toward Yan Chi, but Xiao Yan intercepted his attack and was injured by Yan Chi’s Fire Red Holy Flame Power.
• Mu Yingying asked Xiao Yan to save her brother, and Xiao Yan promised he would.
• The Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit doubted it could suppress Yan Chi, whose Holy Flame might rank higher than theirs.
• The Soul Devouring Talisman told Xiao Yan to use Yan Chi’s Holy Flame Soul Seed to try to awaken his consciousness.
• The Blood Demon Envoy ordered Yan Chi to kill Xiao Yan and the Ghost Face Soul Flame Spirit, and Yan Chi began releasing his true Holy Flame Power.

Mu Yingying tried to awaken Yan Chi with the Ethereal Bird’s sacred cry, but the Blood Demon Envoy used demon blood to turn Yan Chi’s attack against her. Xiao Yan stepped in to protect her and secretly planted a Holy Flame Soul Seed in Yan Chi, leaving the fight raging as the Blood Demon Envoy prepared to kill everyone.

• Mu Yingying unleashed the Ethereal Bird’s sacred cry, briefly causing Yan Chi agony and driving back his evil Qi.
• The Blood Demon Envoy sacrificed three drops of demon blood to restore Yan Chi’s strength and direct his killing intent toward Mu Yingying.
• As Yan Chi struck at the exhausted Mu Yingying, Xiao Yan appeared and took the blow, suffering a serious chest injury.
• Xiao Yan used the close-range strike to place a colorless Holy Flame Soul Seed inside Yan Chi, then was sent flying as Mu Yingying rushed after him.
• The Blood Demon Envoy ordered Yan Chi to attack Mu Yingying and announced he would join the fight, while the Ghost Face Soul Flame challenged his premature confidence.

In the Dou Yun Continent, a six-tier angel named Mira answered Mefier’s summons and confronted the weakened Demon Emperor. After he refused to return to the Angel Kingdom for judgment, Mira received the Chief Guardian Angel’s blessing and attacked him, leaving him in grave danger.

• The Chief Guardian Angel sent a woman to the Dou Yun Continent after hearing that someone in the Lower Realm was using Light Power to summon the angels.
• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master concluded they could not easily withstand a sixth-tier angel while the Demon Emperor remained weakened.
• Mefier asked the summoned angel to punish the Demon Emperor for attacking the Holy See branch, and the angel restored Mefier with holy light.
• The seven-winged angel Mira demanded that the Demon Emperor accompany her to the Angel Kingdom for investigation, but he refused and challenged her authority.
• Mira began fighting the Demon Emperor and invoked the Chief Guardian Angel’s blessing, making his struggle against her even more difficult.

After King Xuan Ling’s defeat, a space rift vortex threatened to swallow Xuan Tian San, so Xiao Yan and his companions entered it to stop the danger and continue toward the Ghost Realm. The vortex closed after they vanished, leaving Cai Lin and the others behind as Xuan Tian San recovered.

• The Soul Devouring Master warned Xiao Yan, Long Yi, and Xiao Yi that the space rift was dangerous and its destination unpredictable as its suction began pulling in debris.
• The awakened powerhouses learned that Xiao Yan had slain King Xuan Ling and freed them from his control, while Yue Ru reunited with the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion Master.
• The Poison Sect Master warned that the vortex could consume Xuan Tian San, and Qin Tian offered to atone by confronting it.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that the vortex would only stop after consuming people, and Xiao Yan arranged to meet Long Yi and Xiao Yi in Tian Xing Continent if they became separated.
• Xiao Yan entered the vortex, and the Soul Devouring Master brought Long Yi and Xiao Yi after him before returning to Xiao Yan’s body.
• Cai Lin promised to wait for Xiao Yan’s return, the vortex closed, and Xuan Tian San’s survivors resumed their lives.

Mekal unleashed the Light Dimension to trap Xiao Yan in a sacred temple and overwhelm him with holy flames and light. Xiao Yan dropped his Demon Armor and Demon Power, leaving Mekal shocked by the danger he sensed.

• Mekal stopped trying to protect the evacuated civilians and advanced on Xiao Yan, drawing power from the Light Barrier.
• Xiao Yan gripped a Holy Sword and shattered all five Holy Flames with his demon-striped hand.
• Mekal opened the Light Barrier’s floodgate and trapped Xiao Yan inside the Light Dimension, a space combining light and spatial attributes.
• Mekal sent sacred light and golden flames to close in on Xiao Yan inside the Dimensional Judgment Temple.
• Xiao Yan said he would give the temple a proper meal, then let his Demon Armor and Demon Power disintegrate, startling Mekal.

The Soul Devouring Master explained the Ghost Realm’s powers and warned Xiao Yan about its dangers, then revealed that the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame might revive Mu Yingying. Xiao Yan agreed to help defeat the Lord of Lihun Domain and prepared to absorb the Ghost Face Soul Flame.

• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan that he suspected a traitor in the Soul Devouring Domain and described the Five Lands, especially the elusive Ghost Kingdom, along with the Ghost Realm’s rules about identity and souls.
• The Soul Devouring Master said the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame was likely in the Lihun Domain and could give him an eighty percent chance of reviving Mu Yingying because her Sacred Flame Origin remained within Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan agreed to preserve Mu Yingying’s Sacred Flame Power and help eradicate the Lord of Lihun Domain in exchange for the Soul Devouring Master’s help finding the flame.
• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan to swallow the Ghost Face Soul Flame first, and Xiao Yan sat down to recover to his peak as a One-turn Nine-star Dou Di.

After Xiao Yan successfully devoured the cyan Sacred Flame, the mysterious fiery beast in his Dou Qi Sea awakened and fed on both Sacred Flame Crystals. Xiao Yan left the beast to sleep again and prepared to evolve the Flame Mantra.

• The Qing Family squad remained unable to defeat a Dou Xian soul beast guarding Ghost Moon Well, so their leader sent a messenger to request reinforcements.
• The Qing Family leader reassured his younger sister that he would secure the well to cure her illness, despite the threat of rival families.
• A hidden observer recognized the woman as the one who had killed Xiao Yan’s pet and decided it was time to return to him.
• Xiao Yan completed devouring the cyan Sacred Flame Crystal after a year in the Sacred Flame Space, though only a month had passed outside.
• The fiery beast in Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Sea awoke, licked both Sacred Flame Crystals, and grew stronger before falling asleep again.
• Xiao Yan considered his unusual Dou Qi Sea and decided to evolve the Flame Mantra using the two Sacred Flames.

Xiao Yan fought and subdued the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s manifested origin, then began devouring its Sacred Flame Crystal. The Three-Flame Flower, Blood Spirit Ice Liquid, and Xu Sheng Pill helped weaken, bind, and suppress the flame, but Xiao Yan remained trapped in a painful struggle as it continued to resist.

• Xiao Yan used his soul power to draw the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s Origin Power out of its Sacred Flame Crystal.
• The Origin Power transformed into a cyan flame tiger, which fought Xiao Yan and attacked him with cyan flames.
• Xiao Yan used the Seventh Ruler of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and seized the flame crystal from the tiger’s forehead, causing the tiger to vanish.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Three-Flame Flower and the Sacred Flame Crystal, but the Ghost Face Soul Flame erupted in resistance and burned him from within.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood Spirit Ice Liquid to bind the crystal with ice locks, then took the Xu Sheng Pill to help subdue it.
• The Ghost Face Soul Flame continued to resist inside Xiao Yan as he endured the devouring process.

After being separated from Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun drifted into the mysterious Boundless Domain and encountered a powerful being in a crystal palace. The being captured him and planned to use Zi Yan to create a true Dragon God, leaving Zhu Kun at its mercy.

• Zhu Kun emerged in the Boundless Domain after being swept into space turbulence while searching for Xiao Yan and the others.
• A crystal palace formed around Zhu Kun, and a female voice forced him to his knees with overwhelming pressure.
• The palace’s master called Zhu Kun a sub-dragon, restrained him, and read his memories with Seven-Color Energy.
• The master learned about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Zi Yan, then released Zhu Kun from the memory-reading energy.
• The master controlled Zhu Kun and said it would summon Zi Yan once his strength reached Dou Xian, intending to create a true Dragon God and take revenge on the Golden Dragon King.

Jiang Wen and Earth Spirit Old Ghost discussed how Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame could raise Spirit Academy’s standing and decided to reward him with training at Spirit Mountain and a Dou Xian Pill. Xiao Gui revealed that a voice was calling him toward the Earth Courtyard, where Xiao Yan’s master sensed the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp; Earth Spirit Old Ghost then took Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui through a Space Channel to claim their rewards.

• Earth Spirit Old Ghost told Jiang Wen and Luozhamu that Xiao Yan possessed the thirty-fifth-ranked Fire Heart Sky Rock and had exposed its aura to the other academies.
• Jiang Wen said the rival academies would keep Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame secret and granted him a month of Spirit Mountain training and a Dou Xian Pill.
• Xiao Gui told Xiao Yan that a voice inside him was calling from the Earth Courtyard, and Xiao Yan promised to help him investigate.
• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan that he sensed the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp in the Earth Courtyard but warned that its powerful residents made a direct approach dangerous.
• Earth Spirit Old Ghost brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui their rewards and sent them through a Space Channel toward Spirit Mountain.

Xiao Yan survived King Xuan Ling’s attack and attempted to fuse the Ghost Face Soul Flame with another Sacred Flame using the Flame Mantra. As Yue Ru moved to hold King Xuan Ling off for three minutes, Xiao Yan struggled against the flames’ growing repulsion.

• King Xuan Ling used Elder Zhuo as a shield against Yue Ru’s Silver Moon Immortal Bow, killing Elder Zhuo while Xiao Yan was also pierced by the attack.
• Yue Ru held the injured Xiao Yan as King Xuan Ling prepared a deadly assault using power drawn from the altar.
• Xiao Yan burned away the chains with the Ghost Face Soul Flame, then summoned a second Sacred Flame Crystal and asked Yue Ru to buy him three minutes.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that the Flame Mantra could fuse Sacred Flames, and Xiao Yan began pressing the cyan and earth-yellow crystals together.
• Xiao Yan activated the Flame Mantra to suppress the flames’ repulsion as Yue Ru confronted King Xuan Ling to protect his attempt.

Xiao Yan and the three major families entered the Moon Reflection Pool to search for the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood, while Yu Quan revealed his interest in it. After a deadly attack from the pool, the beast emerged as Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu pursued Yu Quan toward it.

• Yu Quan urged the gathered experts to enter the Moon Reflection Pool and said the Lei, Qing, and Yu families would handle its Soul Beast.
• Inside the pool, Qing Wenshu explained its ancient origin, and Xiao Yan sensed a strange cyan Wood Attribute aura.
• Yu Quan killed an expert who complained about the delay, while the families searched for signs of the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood.
• A powerful water column struck at Qing Wenshu, but Xiao Yan shoved him clear of its path.
• Yu Quan charged toward the water, and Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu followed as a gigantic beast rose from the pool.

Xiao Yan confronted the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast, which wanted to devour his holy flames, but was overpowered despite wielding the Primordial Fire Ruler. Just as the beast was about to kill him, the Fiery Beast emerged and made the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast sense the aura of the King of Myriad Beasts.

• The Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast revealed that it wanted to devour Xiao Yan and gain his Holy Flame Power.
• Xiao Yan challenged the beast with the Primordial Fire Ruler while Yu Quan and the other powerhouses struggled against its sonic attack.
• The Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast struck Xiao Yan with its horns and sent him flying, then charged at him again with lengthened, silver-lit horns.
• Xiao Yan waited for the Fiery Beast to appear, and it shielded him with two sturdy crystals and repelled the beast's horns with cyan and earth yellow flames.
• The Fiery Beast roared at the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast, which sensed the pressure of a supreme being and feared it might be the King of Myriad Beasts.

Xiao Yan learned that the Fiery Beast had consumed his Dou Qi but compressed it into a Light Orb, resolving the problem with his Dou Qi Sea. After returning the orb to him, the Fiery Beast began a breakthrough and entered seclusion as Qinger and Qing Wenshu arrived at the Ghost Moon Well.

• Xiao Yan asked the Soul Devouring Master how to restore his Dou Qi after the Fiery Beast devoured it.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that the Fiery Beast’s connection to Xiao Yan let him use his powers despite the empty Dou Qi Sea, and said he should ask it for his Dou Qi back.
• Xiao Yan asked the Fiery Beast to return his Dou Qi, and it produced a Light Orb containing his compressed Dou Qi.
• The Soul Devouring Master said the Light Orb could help Xiao Yan condense a Dou Core and advance to Dou Xian.
• The Fiery Beast began breaking through, so Xiao Yan returned it to his Dou Qi Sea, where it entered seclusion.
• Qinger and Qing Wenshu arrived at the Ghost Moon Well.

Yu Renran fought Muge in the tournament, hoping to test his strength for Xiao Yan, but was overwhelmed by his Ice Attribute techniques. Xiao Yan stopped her from risking further injury and vowed to defeat Muge himself.

• Yu Renran and Muge entered the arena, and Xiao Yan warned her through Soul Transmission to concede if she could not match him.
• Yu Renran rejected Muge’s offer to concede and attacked him with Wind Vortex Kill.
• Muge shattered Yu Renran’s hurricane with a finger and used Ice Seal and Ice Cone to overpower her.
• Xiao Yan called for Yu Renran to stop, and she conceded, giving Muge the victory.
• Yu Renran collapsed from exhaustion after leaving the arena, and Xiao Yan promised to defeat Muge while Liu Qing escorted her to rest.

Xiao Yan learned that a Four-star Dou Xian Low-grade Sovereign Evil Object guarded the entrance to the Tianwang Cang ruins in Dead Silence Valley. When a member of the Thousand Puppet Ghost Sect awakened the Earth Spirit Blood General and escaped into the ruins, Xiao Yan joined the other powerful beings as they prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan and the others found powerful beings waiting on the hills and suspected something in Dead Silence Valley was keeping them from approaching the center.
• Huoli revealed that a Four-star Dou Xian Low-grade Sovereign Evil Object guarded the valley, and Xiao Yan released Huoli and Huoyou.
• Xiao Yan sensed the evil aura awakening and told his companions to stay close and let him lead.
• A Living Dead figure from the Thousand Puppet Ghost Sect appeared behind the Earth Spirit Blood General, then slipped into the ruins entrance in the sunken ground.
• The Earth Spirit Blood General attacked with devastating black mist, prompting Liu Yun and other powerful beings to charge it.
• Xiao Yan told his companions to wait and leaped from the hill toward the center of the valley.

Xiao Yan defeated and killed the Yu Family security squad leader with his fused Holy Flame, then learned from Qing Wenshu that the Ghost Moon Well could help cultivators advance to Dou Xian. He left the story intrigued by the well as the Yin Moon full moon approached.

• The Yu Family leader fled after Xiao Yan survived his attack, but Xiao Yan's Cyan Yellow flame consumed him and obliterated his body and soul.
• Qing Wenshu arrived at the destroyed streamside camp and found Qinger safe with Xiao Yan and the two unconscious Yu Family guards.
• Qinger told Qing Wenshu that Xiao Yan had killed the Half-Immortal Yu Family squad leader, and Qing Wenshu praised Xiao Yan before introducing himself.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave, Qing Wenshu asked about his origins and told him the Ghost Moon Well showed a person's beloved on the Yin Moon's full moon night.
• Qing Wenshu revealed that the Ghost Moon Well could compress the Dou Qi Sea and condense the Dou Core, offering a path to advance to Dou Xian.

Xiao Yan, Qinger, and Qing Wenshu were trapped in the Pill Hall with ten Dou Di Peak puppets and a powerful Dou Xian puppet. Xiao Yan sent Qinger and Qing Wenshu to hold off the Dou Xian puppet while he dealt with the ten others, but the Dou Xian puppet’s armor absorbed their attacks and stabilized its strength.

• Xiao Yan tried to retreat with Qinger and Qing Wenshu, but the Bronze Giant Gate slammed shut behind them.
• The ten Dou Di Peak puppets awakened, and Xiao Yan spotted a stronger puppet whose power exceeded the Half-Immortal level.
• Xiao Yan told Qinger and Qing Wenshu to delay the stronger puppet for an incense stick while he handled the ten Dou Di Peak puppets.
• Qinger and Qing Wenshu attacked the Dou Xian puppet with their techniques, but its silver armor absorbed their energy and stabilized it at One-star Dou Xian Initial Stage.

The Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast attacked the group at Moon Reflection Pool with a devastating sonic wave, but Xiao Yan shielded Qinger and then confronted the beast with his Cyan-Yellow Flame. The beast’s assault was still overwhelming the others as Xiao Yan appeared before it, setting up a direct clash.

• The Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast emerged above Moon Reflection Pool and taunted Qing Wenshu by demanding Qinger as its bride.
• Yu Quan and Qing Wenshu led the group in attacking the beast, which shattered their assaults with a powerful sonic wave.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to protect Qinger from the sonic attack, then left her and moved toward the battle.
• Lei Shi and the others struggled against the sonic wave and urged Yu Quan to stop the beast before they suffered more losses.
• Xiao Yan appeared less than five meters from the Green Buffalo Heavenly Wood Soul Beast, enveloped in Cyan-Yellow Flame, and mocked it.