Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan visited the recovering Yu Renran, then faced Muge’s hostility on the way to the promotion tournament. After drawing his matches, Xiao Yan learned he would fight Huobo in the first round and Feng Yu in the second, and remained confident despite the difficult draw.

• Xiao Yan brought healing pills to Yu Renran and promised to defeat Muge, then left for the Arena.
• Xiao Yan encountered Duan Qifei and Liu Qing, and Muge approached them while showing his hostility toward Xiao Yan.
• Duan Qifei publicly supported Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan warned Muge not to force what could not be forced.
• Huang Hu secretly attacked Xiao Yan with yellow Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan detected and countered the attack with his soul power.
• Duan Tianfeng explained the promotion rules, and the contestants drew their matches.
• Xiao Yan drew Huobo for the first round and Feng Yu for the second round, and said neither opponent could defeat him.

Xiao Yan and Hua Fei fought in the semi-finals after Fang Tong and Wu Xi withdrew from the top five. Hua Fei conceded when Xiao Yan overwhelmed his soul defenses, leaving Xiao Yan and Yun Qi to face each other for the top ranking.

• Fang Tong and Wu Xi forfeited, and Lei He assigned them fourth and fifth place.
• Hua Fei challenged Xiao Yan before he could face Yun Qi, and Yun Qi warned Hua Fei that he was no match for him.
• Duan Qifei sensed something familiar about Xiao Yan as the two contestants entered the colosseum.
• Xiao Yan shattered Hua Fei’s soul beast and broke through his defensive shield with a soul attack.
• Hua Fei conceded after Yun Qi urged him to stop, and he and Xiao Yan parted without resentment.

Xiao Yan broke through to Three-star Early-stage Dou Xian, while his Soul Clone gained thunder powers from devouring the Beast Tribulation and was named Xiao Lei. With his new trump card ready, Xiao Yan left with the Earth Demon Bear to rejoin the others at the Tianming Mountain Range summit.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Three-star Early-stage Dou Xian, and Muge revealed that he had advanced to Three-star mid-stage Dou Xian.
• Xiao Lei awakened at Three-star Early-stage Dou Xian and explained that devouring the Beast Tribulation had given him a thunder attribute.
• Xiao Yan named the Soul Clone Xiao Lei and recognized that their combined strength could challenge Three-star Later-stage Dou Xian or peak-level opponents.
• The Earth Demon Bear praised Xiao Yan’s bold use of a Soul Clone, and Xiao Yan said he understood the risks.
• The Earth Demon Bear carried Xiao Yan and Muge toward the Tianming Mountain Range summit, where Thunder Valley and the Yuan Sect had already arrived but were stuck in difficult barriers.

Thousands of contestants gathered at the lake in the Leiling Mountain Range to find the Thunder Pool entrance, but Huantong appeared with an army of controlled companions and launched an ambush. As Xiao Yan and the others fought back, Yun Qi plunged into the lake to seek the entrance and its Guardian, leaving the battle underway.

• A massive Guardian at the lakebed sensed the Thunder Tomb’s danger and fell silent beside the entrance to the Void Lightning Pool.
• Xiao Yan, Yun Qi, Muge, and the others gathered at the lake and confirmed that the Thunder Pool entrance lay beneath it.
• Huantong appeared in green thunder clouds and confronted the assembled powerhouses, while Xiao Yan moved forward to face him.
• Huantong summoned a legion of controlled companions, forcing the contestants to fight people they knew.
• Duan Qifei gave Yun Qi a trace of Silver Lightning and sent him into the lake to find the entrance and Guardian.
• Muge rallied the powerhouses, Feng Yu and others engaged Huantong’s generals, and Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Muge faced Huantong as the battle began.

Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Muge fought Huantong, whose strength and evil energy made their attacks ineffective. Xiao Yan activated the Purgatory Array Chart and battled Huantong with the Holy Flame, but they remained evenly matched as the human forces below fell behind.

• Muge attacked Huantong with Triple Ice Arrow while Xiao Yan prepared a formation, but Huantong blocked the strike with his green thunder cloud.
• Xiao Yan completed the Purgatory Array Chart, and Muge left to assist the other battles while Liu Qing stayed with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Purgatory Flame Dragon and clashed with Huantong, but their attacks were evenly matched.
• Huantong resisted the formation's Holy Flame suppression with his evil energy and began to build murderous intent as the human forces below lost ground.

Xiao Yan and Yun Qi began the final battle of the second stage, a contest of soul power. Yun Qi’s Heavenly River overwhelmed Xiao Yan at first, but he turned the fight around by empowering his Soul Fire Tiger with a trace of holy flame.

• Hua Fei apologized to Yun Qi for failing to draw out Xiao Yan’s trump cards, but Yun Qi said she was confident she could defeat him.
• Lei He announced that Xiao Yan and Yun Qi would fight for the second-stage championship.
• Yun Qi unleashed Heavenly River Slaughter, and its immense pressure broke through Xiao Yan’s Soul Light Shield and trapped him.
• Xiao Yan’s Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath failed to trouble Yun Qi, so he summoned a Soul Fire Tiger imbued with holy flame.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Fire Tiger to shatter Yun Qi’s heavenly river, surprising the spectators and prompting Lei He to accept his use of the holy flame.

Huantong unleashed his evil pupil technique to control Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan resisted it and destroyed the green pupil with a powerful Holy Flame punch. The battle turned against Huantong, though its outcome remained unresolved.

• Huantong released a towering pillar of evil Qi and attacked Xiao Yan with a green spear, which Xiao Yan blocked with his Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan gathered the formation’s Holy Flame power and Fire Attribute Dou Qi as Huantong prepared his Evil Pupil technique.
• Huantong filled the sky with a green blood river and used its pupil to seize control of Xiao Yan, pulling him toward it.
• Xiao Yan recovered his consciousness and invoked Creation Three Fists, striking the green pupil with a flaming fist.
• Xiao Yan shattered the green pupil and dispersed the blood river with his punch.

Xiao Yan entered a mist-shrouded forest on Tianming Mountain to find Muge, who had gone missing while scouting. After battling blood-eyed soul beasts and reuniting with Muge, Xiao Yan faced the mysterious creature blocking the only path higher into the mountains.

• Xiao Yan left the group at the forest entrance and entered the dense, disorienting mist to search for Muge.
• Blood-eyed soul beasts attacked Xiao Yan, and he restrained them with the Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation.
• Muge was attacked by a hurled ancient tree, which he froze and destroyed with his ice-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan found Muge, who warned him that the forest was dangerous, but Xiao Yan said they had to defeat the creature blocking the path.
• Xiao Yan and Muge prepared to fight together as the hidden creature sensed a familiar fluctuation on Xiao Yan.

The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon rescued the group and offered to reveal how to break their deadlock if they reached the Thunder Pool. Xiao Yan and the others entered the lake to face the pool’s test, and Xiao Yan passed through its barrier while the others were struck by Gray Thunder.

• The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon appeared, explained that reaching the Thunder Pool would earn them guidance, and took Yun Qi, Liu Qing, and Duan Qifei away.
• The elder told Duan Qifei, Liu Qing, and Yun Qi that the Youhuan Clan might seek revenge and that the Thunder Pool could strengthen them and aid Xiao Yan.
• The Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon sent the three women into the Thunder Pool and ordered them to head for the Forbidden Area afterward.
• Xiao Yan led the recovered group into the lake and located the concealed entrance to the Thunder Pool.
• Gray Thunder attacked the group at the entrance, but Xiao Yan used the Holy Flame to consume it and was admitted through the barrier.

As the Youhuan Clan seized control of the Thunder Tomb, Duan Tianyan began mobilizing his forces while Duan Tianhong gathered the Forged Blade Thunder Valley’s leaders to respond. Duan Tianhong declared a red alert and prepared to enter the Thunder Tomb, leaving Duan Tianyan in charge of the valley.

• Duan Tianyan learned that the Youhuan Clan had entered and taken control of the Thunder Tomb, so he ordered his forces to begin the Grand Ceremony.
• Duan Tianhong questioned Elder Lei about the valley’s loss of control over the Thunder Tomb, and Duan Tianyan arrived with images identifying Youhuan Clan experts.
• Duan Tianhong explained the Youhuan Clan’s strength and ordered the Forged Blade Thunder Valley into Red Alert State, with suspicious people detained.
• Duan Tianhong announced that he would enter the Thunder Tomb and appointed Duan Tianyan to command the valley in his absence.

Duan Qifei used the Thunder Emperor Scepter to fight Youhuan, but his strength overwhelmed her and shattered her thunder dragon. She unleashed a blood-fueled strike that severed Youhuan’s left arm, while Xiao Yan secretly gathered his soul power.

• Duan Qifei explained that she could only draw on a fraction of the Thunder Emperor Scepter’s power, while Youhuan dismissed her challenge and sent You Zun and Huan Zun to watch.
• Duan Qifei and Youhuan exchanged attacks as Xiao Yan realized she would likely lose if the battle continued and began secretly mobilizing his soul power.
• Youhuan formed his Heavenly Transforming Nether Hand and crushed Duan Qifei’s thunder dragon, leaving her injured and the Thunder Emperor Scepter dimmed.
• Duan Qifei poured her blood onto the Thunder Emperor Scepter and used Thunder Emperor Slash to pierce Youhuan’s robe and sever his left arm.

Duan Tianhong led Xiao Yan, Duan Qifei, and the Eastern Continent’s contestants out for the Four Continents Tournament, where their performances could affect the continent’s standing and resources. They departed through a massive Space Gate aboard a space ship, bound for the central region of Yinhun Heaven.

• Duan Tianhong gathered the contestants and warned them to obey his orders and represent the Eastern Continent as a team.
• Duan Qifei explained to Xiao Yan that the tournament would take place in the central region, home of the Lord of the Yinhun Plane.
• Duan Tianhong opened a giant Space Gate and summoned a massive space ship for the journey.
• Duan Tianhong led the contestants aboard the ship and through the Space Gate toward the Four Continents Tournament.
• Elder Duan watched the Space Gate close and hoped the Eastern Continent would become Yinhun Heaven’s overlord.

Xiao Yan and Muge followed the Earth Demon Bear into a cave, where they discovered a Fengling Array sealing the beast’s power. The Earth Demon Bear explained that it had suppressed its strength to avoid the deadly fourth Beast Tribulation, leaving Xiao Yan to face the mystery of how to help it.

• Xiao Yan sent the others ahead to the top of the Tianming Mountain Range while he and Muge accompanied the Earth Demon Bear.
• The Earth Demon Bear led Xiao Yan and Muge into a cave filled with earth-attribute energy and Fengling Crystals.
• The Earth Demon Bear brought them through a Light Gate to a basin where chains and countless Fengling Crystals sealed its origin power.
• Xiao Yan realized the Earth Demon Bear had suppressed its strength to evade a Beast Tribulation, and the bear confirmed the array’s purpose.
• The Earth Demon Bear explained that it had reached Four-star Dou Xian hundreds of years earlier but suppressed its power after nearly perishing in the fourth Beast Tribulation.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui settled into the Wanhuo Sect, where the sect’s hostile elders prepared a banquet to challenge their authority. Xiao Yan arrived at the gathering intent on asserting control of the sect, while Xiao Gui brought a concealed bamboo basket.

• First Elder Huo Yun escorted Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui to their courtyard and invited them to a welcoming banquet the next day.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui suspected the banquet would be a trap, but Xiao Yan planned to awe the sect’s elders and take over its management.
• The Soul Devouring Master advised Xiao Yan to win the sect members’ support and sensed a connection between the Xiangsi Tree and the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• The next day, Wanhuo Sect elders mocked Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui for arriving late and vowed to stop them from interfering in the sect’s management.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, where Xiao Gui carried a bamboo basket covered with black cloth.

Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei escaped to the Thunder Pool, where Xiao Yan warned that an attack on the Eastern Continent was imminent. Outside Thunder City, the Sin and Soul Hall forces launched an assault, and the Five-star Dou Xian Sin Envoy shattered the city’s protective Thunder Shield.

• Xiao Yan used his Space Shuttle Seal to escape with Duan Qifei and quickly healed the chest wound he had suffered while protecting her.
• Xiao Yan reassured Duan Qifei that he had removed the dark afflictions from Duan Tianhong and believed her father had acted according to his own plan.
• Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei reunited with Muge, Yun Qi, and the others in the Thunder Pool, where Xiao Yan warned that factions were preparing to attack the Eastern Continent.
• The Sin and Soul Hall forces gathered outside Thunder City after cutting off communications across the area.
• The Five-star Dou Xian Sin Envoy attacked Thunder City’s Thunder Shield, and the shield cracked and broke.

Xiao Yan fought a mysterious Hidden Soul Guild man whose control over the Dust Sea weakened Xiao Yan’s flame attacks. Yun Qi and Muge bought Xiao Yan time, and he began forming an array to turn the fight around.

• The mysterious man blocked Xiao Yan’s Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and All Seven Rulers Emerge attacks with his Water Control Shield.
• Yu Renran and Yu Wei recognized Xiao Yan from a nearby vessel and watched cautiously.
• The man revealed that the Hidden Soul Guild intercepted Four Continents Tournament participants and intended to capture them for Lord Sea Head.
• Yun Qi used a medicinal pill to overcome the seawater’s suppression, then joined the fight at Three-star Dou Xian Early-stage.
• Muge joined Yun Qi to hold off the mysterious man while Xiao Yan sat on the sea and spread Core Inscription across the surrounding area.

Xiao Yan entered a dangerous Spacetime Rift toward the Monster Realm after the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf failed to guide him. Meanwhile, the Demon of Light and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf fled three Outer Realm Evil Clan Kings as a four-winged angel appeared, and the Holy See detected someone crossing into the Monster Realm.

• Xiao Yan assessed the Immortal Golden Body and crushed the Monster Core to travel toward the Monster Realm.
• The Demon of Light was surrounded by three Outer Realm Evil Clan Kings and refused to surrender after learning the Demon Emperor had not fallen.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf appeared to shield the Demon of Light, then fled with her as the three Kings pursued them.
• A four-winged angel appeared at the edge of the void and declared the group worthy of her intervention.
• Xiao Yan found himself alone in a Spacetime Rift, struggled against its space storm, and plunged onward toward the Monster Realm.
• A noble old woman at the Holy See sensed that someone had entered the Monster Realm through a flaw in the void.

Duan Tianhong faced Hun Qianmo and the Fire Sin Envoy above Thunder City, drawing on his powerful artifacts and lightning techniques against their combined assault. Their attacks collided in a devastating blast that fractured the space above the city, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Duan Tianhong used his Thunder-Melting Cloak to gather lightning into a powerful defensive barrier as Hun Qianmo advanced with the Blood Soul Guard.
• The Fire Sin Envoy unleashed the Great Heaven Seed Jade Flame, while Hun Qianmo sacrificed blood to empower the Blood Soul Guard.
• Duan Tianhong activated his Thunder-Melting Cloak and Fire-Repelling Jade Armor, then infused the Thunder Emperor Scepter with the Great Heaven Seed Desolation.
• Hun Qianmo and the Fire Sin Envoy drove the Blood Soul Guard and Jade Flame toward Duan Tianhong, who answered with Nirvana Thunder Penalty.
• Duan Tianhong’s gray lightning struck the Jade Flame and Blood Soul Guard, sending destructive energy ripples across the sky and fracturing the space above Thunder City.

Duan Tianhong appeared to protect Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei, then confronted Youhuan, You Zun, and Huan Zun. As the battle began, Youhuan absorbed the power of his allies and pushed toward the five-star Dou Xian barrier.

• Youhuan sent the Nether Marsh Demonic Pupil after Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei, but Xiao Yan stopped Duan Qifei from activating her Samsara power.
• Duan Tianhong emerged, drove back the demonic pupil, and shielded Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei with silver lightning.
• Duan Tianhong declared his intent to settle the thousand-year grievance and recover the Burning Soul Clan’s King Origin from Youhuan.
• You Zun and Huan Zun poured their power into Youhuan as Duan Tianhong attacked them with his Heavenly Thunder Net.
• Xiao Yan warned Duan Tianhong that Youhuan’s power was approaching the five-star Dou Xian barrier, while Youhuan continued absorbing his allies’ strength.

Duan Tianhong brought Xiao Yan to the Treasure Pavilion and let him choose from the valley’s three fire-attribute Heaven Seeds. With the Soul Devouring Master’s guidance, Xiao Yan turned away from a suitable Minor Heaven Seed and approached the dim, supposedly superior Great Heaven Seed.

• Duan Tianhong took Xiao Yan through the Treasure Pavilion’s golden barrier to the sealed space where the Heaven Seeds were kept.
• Duan Tianhong summoned three fire-attribute Heaven Seeds for Xiao Yan to examine, then left him to absorb one before the Four Continents Tournament.
• The Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan he had hidden his presence because of old opponents from the Lihun Domain and warned that he would appear less often in the future.
• Xiao Yan examined the earth-yellow Minor Heaven Seed Yanyin and the cyan Minor Heaven Seed Xushui Flame, but decided neither was his best choice.
• The Soul Devouring Master identified the dim final orb as the real treasure, so Xiao Yan pushed aside Xushui Flame and reached toward it.
• Duan Tianhong privately acknowledged that the last orb was a Great Heaven Seed and said Xiao Yan could have it if he subdued it.