Chapter Summaries

Guyuan awoke from the Soul Hall’s seal, freed himself, and destroyed the Soul Hall guards holding him and the Gu Clan elders captive. He sent the elders back to the Gu Clan in secret while setting out to confront the Soul Hall Master.

• A pink-flamed Soul Hall figure learned that the Soul Hall forces and two Dou Xian experts on the Xuan Ling Continent had gone missing, then left to investigate while guards watched the imprisoned Gu Clan experts.
• Guyuan revealed that he had been pretending to remain unconscious and shattered the Immortal Binding Lock sealing his power.
• Guyuan seized and questioned the black Qi guards, then killed them after their soul curse prevented them from answering.
• The Gu Clan elders awoke, and Guyuan told them to return secretly while keeping their movements hidden from the other clans and Gu Clan insiders.
• Guyuan left to settle his score with the Soul Hall Master, and the elders returned to the Gu Clan through a secret passage.

The Four Continents Tournament began as Elder Tian opened the Dusha Demon Suppressing Prison, and Xiao Yan entered with Duan Qifei and their companions. Hidden Soul Guild and Soul Hall forces had also infiltrated the prison, while the Dusha Demon Empress awaited inside.

• The Soul Devouring Master identified the prison's sealed king as the Dusha Demon Empress, and Duan Tianhong explained that fallen Great Thousand World powerhouses' legacies might be found inside.
• Elder Tian announced the tournament's immediate start and opened a silver gate with the Demon Suppressing Key.
• Liu Yun and her Tianyin Sect companion entered first, followed by Xiao Yan, Duan Qifei, Xiao Gui, the Yu Sisters, Liu Qing, and Muge.
• The prison's sealing power restricted participants to Three-star Dou Xian Perfection, and Xiao Yan's Qiankun Ancient Array stones reacted as the group entered.
• The Hidden Soul Guild and Soul Hall had infiltrated the prison, seeking Xiao Yan and possibly the Dusha Demon Empress, a Six Star Dou Xian Emperor Grade king known for her strength in group battles.

Duan Qifei and the other Eastern Continent experts were trapped by Muxi and his allies, who used them as bait to lure Xiao Yan into an ambush. When Muxi’s forces attacked, Duan Qifei faced a powerful fire dragon to protect the others, drawing on a painful surge of Gray Thunder.

• Duan Qifei, Muge, the Yu Sisters, Liu Qing, and Yun Qi hid in the rainforest after Xiyun Pavilion and allied factions wounded and pursued them.
• Liu Qing deduced that their pursuers were keeping them alive to lure Xiao Yan, while Muxi confirmed he intended to capture Xiao Yan and hand the women to his allies.
• Muxi and two Black-Robed Figures attacked the group, revealing Muxi’s strength had risen to the Three-star Later-stage Dou Xian level.
• Muge stood against one Black-Robed Figure as Duan Qifei and Liu Qing launched their own attacks.
• A Black-Robed Figure summoned a massive fire dragon, and Duan Qifei chose to protect the others by unleashing Gray Thunder despite the pain it caused her.

Xiao Yan fought the Fire Lion Sect’s Huoyou and Huoli, using a soul attack to knock Huoyou unconscious. Huoli then prepared a more powerful technique, leaving Xiao Yan ready to face his full strength.

• Huoyou challenged Xiao Yan while Huoli held back, intending to let his junior brother test and wear him down.
• Huoyou used Fire Lion Palm and then launched a flame-infused sonic attack with Fire Lion Roar.
• Xiao Yan struck Huoyou with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, interrupting the roar and knocking him unconscious.
• Huoli angrily confronted Xiao Yan and unleashed his full aura, declaring the gap between their strengths and continents.
• Huoli activated Might of the Fire Lion by dripping his blood onto a flame.

Xiao Yan and Yuanyan descended to a cliff-bottom lake, where Xiao Yan fought off a Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent and led Yuanyan toward a cave. The serpent revealed that it intended to use their strength to break the seal guarding its treasure.

• Xiao Yan used a vine to guide Yuanyan down the cliff while the Gold Seeking Rat struggled toward treasures below.
• Yuanyan noticed a poisonous flower on the cliff, and its red mist drifted down to awaken the creature beneath the lake.
• Xiao Yan and Yuanyan reached the lake, where the Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent emerged and attacked them.
• Xiao Yan protected Yuanyan, used his flames to drive the serpent underwater, and rushed with her toward the cave.
• The Gu Poison Heavenly Serpent transformed into a human male and revealed that it planned to use Xiao Yan and Yuanyan to break the seal on its treasure.

Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei learned that the Soul Bewitching Old Ghost could not enter the Ruins Mausoleum, so they asked about a reward for helping free Tianwang Cang. The Old Ghost revealed that the Pill Hall held a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Proto-Pill suited to Xiao Yan’s needs, and they set off to find it.

• Xiao Yan explained that he and Duan Qifei were too weak to defeat Tian Dusha, while the Soul Bewitching Old Ghost agreed to give them treasures for helping his lord.
• The Soul Bewitching Old Ghost said the Mausoleum’s binding force prevented him from entering, and asked what reward Xiao Yan and Duan Qifei wanted.
• After they declined Divine Weapons, the Soul Bewitching Old Ghost revealed that the Pill Hall contained Divine Elixirs and Miraculous Pills.
• The Soul Bewitching Old Ghost told Xiao Yan that the Pill Hall held a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Proto-Pill, which could help him prepare to refine the pill needed to devour the Undying Fire.
• The Soul Bewitching Old Ghost sent Xiao Yan the Pill Hall’s location, and Xiao Yan left with Qifei to find it.

Duan Qifei rescued Xiao Yan and the proto-pill from the Pill Hall, revealing that her power had risen to Three-star Dou Xian Perfection through the premature activation of her Samsara Rune. After she and Xiao Yan confronted the child, Xiao Yan erased its sentience and obtained the Tier 5 Immortal Grade Embryonic Pill.

• The Living Dead failed to destroy the disc after its runes swallowed his Ghost Qi, then fled as Duan Qifei carried Xiao Yan and the child away.
• Xiao Yan challenged Duan Qifei about her increased power, and she admitted she had cultivated it while defending the person who helped her escape.
• Duan Qifei explained that the child had used them to escape the Pill Hall and ordered Xiao Yan to purge its sentience.
• Xiao Yan used Earth Yellow Fire Heart Sky Rock and Heaven Seed Flame to erase the child's sentience, leaving a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Xiao Yan stored the pill in a jade bottle, with only adding the medicinal materials and the Undying Fire materials left to complete the preparation.

Yuanyan used the Qiankun Jade Wall to awaken the Divine Runes on the White Jade Pillar, allowing Xiao Yan’s group to rise to the top of the mausoleum. There they discovered Tianwang Cang’s hidden tomb, where a black coffin was pinned by a flame-wreathed giant sword and surrounded by formidable evil power.

• Yuanyan activated the Qiankun Jade Wall and communicated with the hidden Divine Runes on the White Jade Pillar.
• The Divine Runes raised Xiao Yan and his companions toward the mausoleum’s summit, while the other trapped experts began searching for the same method.
• Yuanyan warned that the surrounding heaven and earth energy was thinning, and Xiao Yan shielded the group with his soul power as they neared the summit.
• Xiao Yan’s group passed through the black mist and entered the white upper chamber containing Tianwang Cang’s mausoleum.
• Duan Qifei identified the tomb, where the group saw a black coffin pierced by a Black Giant Sword surrounded by Black Flame and evil power.

Xiao Yan climbed the Connecting Heaven Stone Steps and confronted visions of Mu Yingying and Xun Er, forcing him to face his unresolved feelings. He vowed to resurrect Mu Yingying and reunite with Xun Er, then reached the top with the other cultivators.

• The Tianming King greeted the Black Corpse King and the Three-faced Ghost while they waited for the Yinhun Heaven cultivators to finish climbing.
• Xiao Yan struggled up the Connecting Heaven Stone Steps as Xiao Gui and Duan Qifei disappeared from his side.
• Mu Yingying appeared before Xiao Yan and blamed him for what had happened to her, then Xun Er appeared and questioned his feelings for her.
• The Soul Devouring Master warned that Xiao Yan's unresolved feelings could hinder his future path to godhood.
• Xiao Yan vowed to resurrect Mu Yingying and return to Xun Er, then broke the energy apparitions and rushed to the top of the steps.
• The Tianming King welcomed the eleven cultivators, and the Three-faced Ghost took special notice of Xiao Yan and his Heavy Ruler.

Xiao Yan and his group reached Dead Silence Valley, where the entrance to Tianwang Cang’s ruins was hidden and powerful Evil Beings gathered. They found many rival experts waiting around the valley, while a Thousand Puppet Ghost Sect expert slipped toward its center.

• Huoli led Xiao Yan’s group deeper into the Demon Suppressing Prison, and Xiao Yan warned them that the Evil Beings nearby approached Three-star Later-stage Dou Xian strength.
• Huoli revealed that the ruins’ entrance lay in Dead Silence Valley, and Duan Qifei warned that the valley was a dangerous gathering place for powerful Evil Beings.
• Yuanyan and Yuan Hong defeated two Three-star Later-stage Dou Xian Evil Beings, then hid after suspecting the other experts’ reluctance to approach the valley’s center concealed a secret.
• Liu Yun and Eldest Senior Sister Xing Yun discussed the gathered factions and chose to wait rather than send weaker Tianyun Sect disciples into the valley.
• A Thousand Puppet Ghost Sect expert recalled that a Four-star Dou Xian venerable-grade Outer Realm Evil Being guarded the valley and secretly headed for its center as Xiao Yan’s group arrived.

Xiao Yan concluded that the Gu Clan had been infiltrated by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and went with Gu Qingkong to investigate the Ancient Prison entrance. He defeated and captured an eight-star Dou Xian who was revealed to be Gu Yang, the City Lord of Guyang City.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Qingkong that evil aura like the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s tainted the Ancient Realm and suspected the clan chief and elders had been replaced or corrupted.
• Gu Qingkong explained that the Gu Clan’s Holy Land had been sealed from within after the Saintess entered, and agreed to lead Xiao Yan to the Ancient Prison entrance at midnight.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Qingkong approached the entrance at Giant Stone Square, where an eight-star Dou Xian emerged from concealment and attacked them.
• Xiao Yan used the Acacia Flame Domain and Fiery Explosion Technique to overpower the attacker, then shattered his Black Devour with the Amber Rock Soul Fire.
• Xiao Yan bound the attacker in holy flame chains, revealing him as Gu Yang, the City Lord of Guyang City, and shocking Gu Qingkong.

Liu Hao confronted Feng Xiejun in the Ancient Prison while Xiao Yan searched for Gu Yuan. Xiao Yan found Gu Yuan imprisoned in a sealed cell, and Gu Yuan recognized him as the chapter ended.

• Feng Xiejun learned intruders had entered the Ancient Prison and went to investigate.
• Liu Hao encountered Feng Xiejun, who trapped him in his Evil Domain and attacked him with a sea of demonic Qi.
• Xiao Yan followed the faint Soul Jade fluctuations toward the lowest-tier cells after failing to locate Gu Yuan elsewhere.
• Xiao Yan broke through the sealing barrier and entered the cell where Gu Yuan was imprisoned.
• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Yan and wept with relief.

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan into a frigid secret passage beneath Spirit Mountain, where they sought a treasure guarded by a powerful spiritual beast. As Xiao Gui discovered something wrong with the stream, a terrifying white chill rose from it.

• Xiao Yan defeated a Flower Demon Cat but found its energy insufficient for a breakthrough, so he headed deeper into Spirit Mountain.
• Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan entered a secluded underground passage and followed a stream toward a spiritual beast rumored to guard a treasure.
• Luo Menglan told Xiao Gui that the beast was said to be a Four-star Dou Xian, and Xiao Gui promised to protect her.
• Xiao Yan found the passage and quietly followed Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan.
• Xiao Gui sensed something wrong with the stream, and a powerful white chill emerged as the passage's temperature plunged.

Chen Mo met with the Black Corpse King and Three-faced Ghost in the Lihun Domain to discuss selecting fresh blood for the Lord of Fierce Souls. The three Plane Masters outlined their selection methods, and Chen Mo left after choosing the Four Continents Tournament as Yinhun Heaven’s basis.

• The Black Corpse King complained that Chen Mo had not arrived, and Three-faced Ghost defended his delay.
• Chen Mo appeared and warned the Black Corpse King not to covet Yinhun Heaven, demonstrating the strength that made the other Plane Master wary.
• Chen Mo, the Black Corpse King, and Three-faced Ghost discussed supplying candidates from their planes to the Lihun Domain.
• Three-faced Ghost said Ghost Abyss Ridge would select its outstanding inhabitants, while the Black Corpse King planned a slaughter-based contest to choose one candidate.
• Chen Mo said Yinhun Heaven would select candidates through the Four Continents Tournament, then vanished after Three-faced Ghost told them to prepare.

Xiao Yan used the Purgatory Formation and its Array Stone to overpower Huang Lei and Muxi, but he let them escape to avoid causing trouble before the Four Continents Tournament. He returned to his lodgings with the cage, still unable to open it without Muxi’s help.

• Huang Lei and Muxi attacked Xiao Yan together, but his Array Stone strengthened the Purgatory Formation and Huang Lei’s strike passed harmlessly through him.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Flaming Giant Dragon whose Great Heaven Seed flames forced Muxi to abandon her attempt to bind him.
• Huang Lei and Feng Ling used a pill to vanish, and Muxi fled after Xiao Yan chose not to pursue them.
• Muxi claimed only she knew how to open the cage, and Xiao Yan returned to his lodgings carrying it.

Liu Hao continued covertly investigating the Outer Realm Evil Clan while Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor found the hidden key to the Holy Land. As Snake-Scorpion Xue'er trapped them in her blood domain, Xiao Yan prepared to strike her with five kinds of Holy Flame.

• After Liu Hao thoroughly destroyed Feng Xiejun, he used his Immortal Artifact to continue investigating the Outer Realm Evil Clan in secret.
• Snake-Scorpion Xue'er approached the space where Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor had gone, confident they could not escape her.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor led Gu Yuan to a concealed hollow space and uncovered a stone box containing the Gray Quadrilateral Jade, the key to the Holy Land.
• Gu Yuan chose to save Xiao Yan before seeking Xun Er, but Snake-Scorpion Xue'er surrounded the passage with blood snakes and began dragging it into her Snake-Scorpion Blood Domain.
• As Snake-Scorpion Xue'er focused on Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor, Xiao Yan gathered five kinds of Holy Flame to attack her.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Gui from Muxi’s cage and learned that Xiao Gui believed his father had killed his mother decades earlier. Xiao Yan suspected a hidden misunderstanding and promised to investigate the matter in the Lihun Domain after the Four Continents Tournament, while Muxi discovered that he had broken the cage.

• Xiao Yan brought the caged Xiao Gui to his room and asked why he rejected their shared bloodline.
• Xiao Gui recounted seeing his father kill his mother in the Lihun Domain and explained that she had been the Eldest Disciple of Diling Academy.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Gui that the event might have been a conspiracy and promised to investigate what happened.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Gui with his Holy Flame, gave him healing pills, and protected him with a Soul Barrier.
• Xiao Gui took the pills and rested, while Muxi realized Xiao Yan had broken her cage.

After Xiao Yan defeated Qing Yunkun and secured the Crystal Vein, Xiao Gui planned to exploit the Xiangsi Tree’s early appearance to strike the Tingfeng Pavilion while its defenses were weakened. Xiao Yan recovered, prepared the elders to guard the Crystal Vein, and left for the Xiangsi Tree as the Qingyun Pavilion’s threat remained unresolved.

• Huo Yi received news that Xiao Yan had defeated Qing Yunkun and defended the Crystal Vein, then praised Xiao Gui’s foresight.
• Xiao Gui told the Wanhuo Sect leaders he would target the Tingfeng Pavilion while its master and experts went to the Xiangsi Tree.
• After a month in seclusion, Xiao Yan recovered his strength as news spread that the Xiangsi Tree had appeared ahead of time.
• Xiao Yan told the Second Elder and Third Elder he would go to the Xiangsi Tree and warned them to guard the Crystal Vein against the Qingyun Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan gave the Second Elder a powerful ball of light for emergencies, then departed through the Secret Passage.

Xiao Yan endured the Xiangsi Tree’s strange acacia power as he entered Soul Valley, where Song Lanfeng offered to guide him to the tree in exchange for help crossing a mysterious river. They reached the valley’s heart and found the Xiangsi Tree still enclosed in a pink Light Orb beyond the river.

• Xiao Yan entered Soul Valley and found that its Pink Halo caused an unbearable itch that grew stronger as he moved deeper.
• The Holy Flame Heart eased Xiao Yan’s torment, and he recalled Yingying as it released its power.
• Song Lanfeng appeared, identified Xiao Yan’s Immortal Realm Soul Power, and proposed guiding him to the Xiangsi Tree if he helped overcome a strange river.
• Xiao Yan accepted Song Lanfeng’s offer, and the two avoided powerful Soul Beasts as they traveled to the heart of Soul Valley.
• Xiao Yan and Song Lanfeng arrived to find three men facing a circular river and a pink Light Orb that contained the not-yet-descended Xiangsi Tree.

Xiao Yan arrived alone at Qingyun Peak to rescue his brother Xiao Gui and settle his blood debt with Qingyun Pavilion. Qing Yunkun and Feng Jie prepared to face him with hidden reinforcements and a treasure from Ling Yu as factions across the Central Region watched the battle about to begin.

• Qing Yunkun and Feng Jie discussed their plan to use Xiao Gui as bait to trap the Xiao brothers, while Xiao Gui remained imprisoned in the Water Prison.
• Xiao Yan reached Qingyun Peak alone, declared that he would avenge Xiao Gui, and threatened to kill Qing Yunkun and destroy Qingyun Pavilion.
• A guard reported Xiao Yan’s arrival to Qing Yunkun, who learned that Xiao Yan had brought no troops.
• Feng Jie reassured Qing Yunkun that Xiao Yan was isolated, and the two prepared to confront him with the help of Ling Yu’s treasure and Qingyun Pavilion’s ambushes.
• Qing Yunkun and Feng Jie met Xiao Yan on the grand avenue, where Xiao Yan vowed to end Qingyun Pavilion and the watching factions awaited the battle.