Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used the Blood River Bell to absorb the Evil Power blocking his path through a Sin Guard’s memories, but powerful restrictions prevented him from reaching the deeper memories. He learned that Sin had three members, including a Three-star Dou Xian Later-stage expert, leaving the Eagle Eye Squad concerned about the threat.

• The Soul Devouring Master urged Xiao Yan to use the Blood River Bell to absorb the Evil Power sealing the Sin Guard’s central nervous system.
• The Blood River Bell devoured the Evil Power, allowing Xiao Yan to enter the Sin Guard’s central nervous system and attempt to probe his memories.
• Xiao Yan emerged after ten minutes and told the Soul Devouring Master that powerful restrictions had blocked access to the deeper memories.
• Xiao Yan returned to the altar and told Shuiyue, Liu Qing, and Yu Xiaoye that Sin had three members, ranked One-star, Two-star, and Three-star Dou Xian Later-stage.
• Shuiyue, Yu Xiaoye, and Liu Qing realized the Three-star Later-stage Dou Xian was a serious danger, since their own Three-star Dou Xian, Yu Yifeng, was only mid-stage.

Xiao Yan refined the Ice Xuan Pill from a proto-pill and medicinal ingredients, then faced the Pill Lightning Tribulation it triggered. Xiao Lei devoured most of the lightning before Xiao Yan destroyed the remainder, completing the pill intended to devour the Undying Fire.

• Xiao Yan spent several days refining the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuanying Ice until it became liquid.
• Xiao Yan fused the Yixin Grass, magic core, Ten-Thousand-Year Xuanying Ice, and neutralizing ingredients into the proto-pill, creating the Ice Xuan Pill.
• The completed Tier 5 Immortal Grade pill triggered a Pill Lightning Tribulation over Tianming Villa, which Zuo Mu and Tianming King observed.
• Xiao Lei absorbed most of the Pill Lightning Tribulation, and Xiao Yan destroyed the remaining lightning before recalling Xiao Lei to his Soul Sea.
• Xiao Yan completed the Ice Xuan Pill intended to devour the Undying Fire.

Xiao Yan trapped a Hidden Soul Guild Beast Tamer and his Soul-Eating Whale inside the Purgatory Array Chart, then fought them with Yun Qi and Muge outside the array. The enemy escaped after a strange sound rang from the depths of the Dust Sea, leaving Xiao Yan wondering what the Hidden Soul Guild was connected to as he prepared to enter Tianming Villa.

• The scrawny Hidden Soul Guild man summoned a Third-grade Immortal Rank Soul-Eating Whale to attack Yun Qi and Muge.
• Xiao Yan used the Purgatory Array Chart to separate the scrawny man and the whale from the others and trap them inside its space.
• Xiao Yan attacked with his soul power, flames, and Second Finger of the Firmament while the scrawny man countered with the Water Spirit Snake Waterfall.
• A strange sound came from the depths of the Dust Sea, and the scrawny man broke through the array and fled with the Soul-Eating Whale.
• Xiao Yan wondered about the Hidden Soul Guild and prepared to enter Tianming Villa.

Xiao Yan and Shuiyue investigated the mountain village, where a Mysterious Man had been gathering soul bodies and information about Ice Fire Island. Shuiyue fought the Mysterious Man inside his Ghost Mist Realm while Xiao Yan prepared to expose his hiding place, leaving the decisive clash imminent.

• Yu Yifeng sent Shuiyue ahead to capture the Mysterious Men’s leader, and Xiao Yan joined him after sensing something was wrong.
• The Mysterious Man lamented his subordinates’ failures and set out to investigate the village himself.
• Shuiyue confronted the Mysterious Man at the village entrance, where his defeated subordinates lay piled together.
• The Mysterious Man trapped Shuiyue in a Ghost Mist Realm and attacked him with a Fierce Ghost Claw, but their powers proved evenly matched.
• Xiao Yan told Shuiyue he could expose the Mysterious Man for three seconds, while the Mysterious Man prepared a fatal move and focused on Shuiyue.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiyun Pavilion’s feud with Forged Blade Thunder Valley began when Muxi’s family tried to arrange his marriage to Duan Qifei and Duan Tianhong killed Muxi’s Third Uncle. As the factions traveled toward the Four Continents Tournament, a Soul Hall elder discussed the coming conflict and the Soul Hall’s plan to harvest souls from its aftermath.

• Xiao Yan returned to the deck, and Duan Qifei explained that Duan Tianhong had killed Xiyun Pavilion’s Third Master after he tried to force her marriage to Muxi.
• On Xiyun Pavilion’s ship, Muyun Fei rebuked Muxi for provoking Duan Tianhong but promised to make Forged Blade Thunder Valley pay for the old feud.
• Many factions’ ships emerged in the space channel as they traveled toward the Four Continents Tournament.
• In a gloomy forest in Yinhun Heaven, a Soul Hall elder discussed Hun Qianmo’s capture and the Outer Realm Evil Clan and Sin’s losses.
• The Soul Hall elder said Soul Hall would follow the coming battle and harvest souls afterward.

Xiao Yan learned that the Flame Swallowing Technique could raise his strength by devouring Holy Flames, then began refining an Ice Xuan Pill to prepare for devouring the Undying Fire. After spending seventeen days refining two ingredients, he faced the final and most difficult ingredient, Ten-Thousand-Year Xuanying Ice.

• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master discussed the Flame Swallowing Technique’s limits and its potential to increase Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Xiao Yan brought out three sets of herbs and a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Embryonic Pill to refine the Ice Xuan Pill.
• Xiao Yan fused his two Holy Flames and spent seven days refining the Yixin Grass into medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan spent ten more days refining a Three-Star Dou Xian magic core into dark green liquid.
• Xiao Yan turned to the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuanying Ice, whose extreme hardness made it the most difficult ingredient to refine.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui arrived at the Diling Mountain Range, where the Earth Spirit Old Ghost explained that Diling Academy occupied a Boundary Domain at its summit and brought them inside. Meanwhile, Duan Qifei reunited with the Lord of Fierce Souls and confronted the Thunder Lord’s power and hostility toward the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan woke in the Diling Mountain Range beside the sleeping Xiao Gui, and the Earth Spirit Old Ghost explained how Diling Academy was reached.
• The Earth Spirit Old Ghost carried Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui into the Boundary Domain above the mountain range, while a Three-Star Dou Xian resolved to climb toward the academy.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls dismissed his guard and told Duan Qifei that he had found her through the trace of her aura left by her deceased mother.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls offered Duan Qifei protection and the Lihun Domain, but she said she wanted to live quietly and declined his offer.
• Duan Qifei questioned why the Thunder Lord would not awaken, while the Thunder Lord’s origin revealed its murderous hostility toward the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei returned to the Thunder Pool to rescue the contestants after the threat in the Thunder Tomb had passed. They brought everyone out, and the Eastern Continent Tribulation and Tournament officially ended.

• Duan Qifei chose to enter the Thunder Tomb with Xiao Yan, and they found that its evil power had been dispelled.
• Xiao Yan used the Space Shuttle Seal to travel with Duan Qifei to the Thunder Pool, where the contestants had been waiting for months.
• Muge, Yun Qi, and the other contestants emerged from secluded cultivation, having strengthened their abilities in the Thunder Pool.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Duan Qifei and told the contestants that the Outer Realm Evil Clan threat had been resolved.
• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei used their spatial scrolls to lead the contestants out of the Thunder Pool, and Duan Qifei reunited with Liu Qing.
• The Eastern Continent Tribulation and the Eastern Continent Tournament officially ended.

Xiao Yan and the Eagle Eye Squad entered Shawu Village to find the entrance to Ice Fire Island, but the old village chief lured them into a trap set by an Outer Realm Evil Clan shadow. Its black barrier weakened everyone’s strength, though Xiao Yan resisted the suppression and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Outer Realm Evil Clan in Shawu Village and warned Shuiyue, Liu Qing, and Yu Xiaoye to stay alert.
• The old village chief welcomed the Eagle Eye Squad and led them to the altar where the entrance to Ice Fire Island appeared.
• A magic shadow erupted from the altar and covered it in black Qi, weakening the group’s Dou Qi.
• The old village chief revealed his betrayal and vanished, leaving the group trapped as the shadow suppressed their strength.
• Xiao Yan resisted the Forbidden Origin Realm’s effects with Dou Qi and soul power and readied himself to fight.

Xiao Yan’s group entered the Ninth Layer, where a moving rock formation threatened to trap them. Meanwhile, the Third Layer Guardian learned that Xiao Yan might possess a Holy Flame and began plotting to obtain it.

• Lvyin explained that she had to follow the challengers, and Xiao Yan let her join the group despite Yu Yifeng’s distrust.
• Ying reported to the Third Layer Guardian that the intruders included a Holy See woman and a man who seemed to carry a Holy Flame.
• The Third Layer Guardian ordered Ying to keep the discovery secret and considered how the Holy Flame might cure his hidden ailments.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the Ninth Layer and discovered that its circular space was filled with rocks arranged in an array.
• The rocks began to move, and Xiao Yan warned everyone to retreat before the formation trapped them.

Xiao Yan and Yu Yifeng’s group entered the eighth-floor Boundless Realm, where their soul power and Dou Qi were mysteriously suppressed as the Guardian remained hidden. As panic spread, Lvyin recognized the approaching threat as a being she believed could inhabit only the first six floors.

• Earth Monkey warned Yu Yifeng that the suspicious man they had just encountered seemed strange, but Yu Yifeng rallied the group as they entered the eighth floor.
• Xiao Yan found that his soul power could not manifest in the Boundless Realm, while the Soul Devouring Master explained that the floor’s Guardian possessed Immortal Realm soul power.
• The group wandered through the dark, featureless space, and Xiao Yan claimed he could faintly sense the Guardian while Liu Qing noticed his investigation was abnormal.
• Earth Monkey and the others discovered their Dou Qi was slowly leaking away, causing them to panic, while Xiao Yan and Liu Qing stayed calm.
• Lvyin recognized the approaching Guardian as a being she believed stayed on the first six floors and cried that they were all going to die.

After mastering the First Transformation of the Dragon God, Xiao Yan escaped Ice Fire Island with the Soul Devouring Master and set out for the Eastern Continent Tournament. Youhunzi remained behind to break his seal, while a terrifying presence stirred on Ice Fire Island’s first floor.

• Xiao Yan finished mastering the First Transformation of the Dragon God and prepared to leave the fifth-floor Blood Pool.
• The fifth-floor Guardian attacked Xiao Yan, but Youhunzi rescued him before the Guardian could strike.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that rescuing Youhunzi from his seal would draw the attention of hidden experts, and Youhunzi said he would break free after they left.
• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master exited Ice Fire Island and headed toward the Eastern Continent with half a year left before the tournament.
• A powerful presence began emanating from Ice Fire Island’s first floor after Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master had departed.

A Sin Envoy and the Burning Soul Clan launched an assault on Thunder City, shattering its protective Thunder Shield. Tan Chen and the Eight Great Powers’ strongest fighters gathered to resist, while Duan Feng left to seek reinforcements from Forged Blade Thunder Valley.

• A black mass of evil qi broke Thunder City’s Thunder Shield and sent its residents into panic.
• Tan Chen ordered the Alchemist Association to alert the City Lord Mansion and the other Seven Great Powers, then flew up to confront the approaching enemy.
• Duan Feng urged the City Lord to gather Thunder City’s experts and went to Forged Blade Thunder Valley to seek reinforcements.
• The Sin Envoy arrived with several dozen experts from Sin and challenged Thunder City’s defenders, while Soul Hall forces attacked Forged Blade Thunder Valley separately.
• Tan Chen, Bing Qing, Zhou Yinyuan, and eight other Four-star Dou Xians confronted the Sin Envoy, who called them unworthy and ordered his forces to attack.

Xun Er and Gu Qing were ambushed by Holy See cultivators while traveling across the Dou Yun Continent, preventing Xun Er from continuing her search for Xiao Yan. They escaped by returning to the Gu Clan, where Xun Er decided to enter its Holy Land and pursue the power needed to protect herself.

• Xun Er and Gu Qing sensed they were being followed after leaving the Gu Clan and identified the pursuers as people from the Holy See.
• A cyan-robed Holy See cultivator surrounded the forest with his forces and demanded that Xun Er and Gu Qing surrender for supposedly possessing a Holy See treasure.
• Gu Qing warned Xun Er that the enemy's Half-Immortal leader was far beyond their strength, and Xun Er chose not to fight.
• Xun Er decided to return to the Gu Clan and enter its Holy Land, hoping to become powerful enough to overcome future obstacles.
• Gu Qing crushed a silver scroll and transported herself and Xun Er through a space channel as Xun Er vowed to remember the cyan-robed cultivator.

Xiao Yan and the others learned that the black-robed man carried dense Ghost Qi as he fought Yu Qian and two other Dou Xian. The man’s soul-locking chains overcame Yu Qian’s black thunder serpent, but Wang Feng halted his forces when he sensed Yu Qian’s energy surging.

• Xiao Yan asked the Soul Devouring Master about the black-robed man, who identified him as a Ghost Realm figure possibly connected to the Soul Clan.
• Wang Feng and Bai He watched as the black-robed man’s soul attacks drove Yu Qian’s companions toward defeat.
• Yu Qian summoned a giant black thunder serpent and sent it against the man’s pitch-black chains.
• The chains bound the serpent, and their runes weakened its black thunder, leaving Yu Qian stunned.
• Wang Feng signaled Bai He’s forces to attack, then stopped them after sensing Yu Qian’s energy surge violently.

Xiao Yan received Yun Qi’s distress call after she discovered Outer Realm Evil Clan members in the Thunder Tomb, and he set out to rescue her. Yun Qi and the injured Alchemist Association disciples remained trapped as controlled competitors closed in on their cave.

• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Qi’s soul transmission and gave the Four Goddesses Holy Flame power to protect them from the Youhuan Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei combined their powers to obliterate the imprisoned evil man, then hurried toward Yun Qi’s location.
• Yun Qi explained that a Three-star Early-stage Dou Xian green-robed Outer Realm Evil Clan member had attacked her group and controlled competitors in the Thunder Tomb.
• The green-robed man’s forces broke into the cave, where Yun Qi and the others recognized the controlled Xue Jing and Mu Xiao.

Xiao Yan and his companions fought Huantong, an Outer Realm Evil Clan member whose green ravenous wolf could absorb holy flame power and whose giant eyes unleashed a dangerous pupil technique. With victory uncertain and his companions at risk, Xiao Yan used a spatial array to escape with them, leaving Huantong behind.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Soul Devouring Master that all things have restraints, though he did not know what could counter the holy flame.
• Huantong summoned a green ravenous wolf, and Duan Qifei judged that defeating him with the Samsara Token could awaken the Samsara Runner prematurely.
• Xiao Yan attacked the wolf with Creation Three Fists, but its green eyes absorbed his holy flame power before Huantong recalled it.
• Huantong began forming enormous green eyes for a pupil technique, and Yun Qi warned everyone to flee.
• Xiao Yan struck at Huantong with Creation Two Fists, then used a spatial array to escape with the women while Huantong's attack missed.

Xiao Yan and Muge entered the Void Lightning Pool, where the Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon explained that its dangerous depths contained a mysterious fortuitous encounter and powerful thunder for body-tempering. Separated inside the maze-like pool, Xiao Yan followed the Soul Devouring Master toward Duan Qifei as something stirred in the core.

• Xiao Yan and Muge found a vast inner space and identified the writhing thunder sphere above as the entrance to the Void Lightning Pool.
• The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon warned Xiao Yan and Muge about the pool's dangers and told them of a rebirth-granting fortuitous encounter hidden deep within it.
• The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon sent Xiao Yan and Muge into the pool separately, hoping someone would find the encounter.
• Xiao Yan shielded himself from the violent thunder power and realized the pool formed a vast maze with its center at the core.
• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan the fortuitous encounter could not belong to him and led him toward Duan Qifei.
• Something began stirring at the core of the Void Lightning Pool.

Xiao Yan learned that the Holy Flame Heart was warning him of an aura connected to Mu Yingying, then studied array techniques from Yuanyan’s scroll. He gained a deeper understanding of Array Diagrams, Array Veins, and Array Stones as the Four Continents Tournament approached.

• Xiao Yan recovered and learned that Duan Tianhong wanted to see him, but the Holy Flame Heart suddenly caused him intense pain and the Soul Devouring Master suggested an Outer Realm Evil Clan presence or seal nearby.
• Duan Tianhong urged Xiao Yan to give his all in the Four Continents Tournament and said he could recommend him to a super faction in the Lihun Domain; Duan Qifei blushed and left after her father hinted at their future together.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room and studied array insights from Yuanyan’s scroll while the Soul Devouring Master explained their value.
• Xiao Yan learned how Array Diagrams, Array Veins, and Array Stones worked, realized his previous arrays had exposed their Array Veins, and considered hiding them inside Array Stones in future battles.
• Xiao Yan could not activate the object resembling the Array Stone of the Qiankun Ancient Array, but the scroll’s teachings helped him take a step toward becoming a stronger Array Master.

Xiao Yan returned to the Spirit Academy and learned that the Xiangsi Tree, a miraculous tree linked to the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, was about to appear. As he set his sights on the tree, the Lord of Fierce Souls revealed that he had separated the flame from it and that its power was weakening.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Spirit Academy, found Elder Di absent, and explored the city before stopping at the Floating Fragrance Pavilion.
• A fat man told Xiao Yan that the Xiangsi Tree was about to appear and described its mysterious inner space and the Spirit Academy Head’s past visit.
• The men explained that only someone with a deep beloved in their heart could withstand the Acacia Power surrounding the tree.
• Xiao Yan left the teahouse after connecting the Xiangsi Tree to the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame, and the Soul Devouring Master wondered whether they shared an origin.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls revealed that he had extracted the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame from the Xiangsi Tree, causing the flame’s power to gradually weaken.