Chapter Summaries

The Lord of Fierce Souls completed his rebirth as the Demon of Light attacked the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array with a forbidden technique. The Demon of Light’s strike descended, but the Lord of Fierce Souls emerged in a physical body, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yan pulled Hao Ni'er into the Xuan Tian Ring’s protective barrier and ordered the surrounding powerhouses to defend themselves as the Lord of Fierce Souls began breaking through Samsara.
• The Demon of Light appeared above the desert and identified the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array as the product of tens of thousands of blood souls.
• The Demon of Light shattered the array and prepared the Light Demon-Trial Sword, exhausting nearly all her power to unleash her forbidden technique.
• The Demon of Light brought the Demon-Trial Sword down toward the Lord of Fierce Souls, and the Light Orb split open.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls emerged from the orb on a black throne, having formed a physical body and devoured the Lord of Fierce Souls under the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.

Xiao Yan faced the Dusha Demon Empress as she unleashed the Thousand Sha Demon Abyss over Xuan Tian San. He countered with his Holy Flame techniques and trapped her in a devastating attack, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Dusha Demon Empress challenged Xiao Yan, boasting of her Six-Star Dou Xian Perfection strength and revealing that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had sent her to capture Medusa and the others and use them against him.
• Dusha Demon Empress summoned the Thousand Sha Demon Abyss, filling the sky above Xuan Tian San with blood clouds and evil magic shadows as Xiao Yan's allies watched anxiously.
• Xiao Yan invoked the Amber Rock Soul Fire to empower the Primordial Fire Ruler and carved a wide opening through the demon abyss.
• Dusha Demon Empress attacked with Demon Devouring Thousand Souls, and Xiao Yan boosted his strength with the Third Transformation of the Dragon God, Flame Swallowing Technique, and Fiery Explosion Technique.
• Xiao Yan blocked the demon abyss with the Four Fingers of the Firmament, then deployed the Acacia Flame Domain and prepared Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation in the four-color state.
• Dusha Demon Empress tried to flee, but Xiao Yan froze the void and hurled the fire lotus toward her.

Xiao Yan secured the major factions’ allegiance by promising Dou Xian Pills and established the Endless Fire Domain, with Xuan Ling Mountain as its stronghold. After Cai Lin and Mu Yingying gathered twenty sets of ingredients, Xiao Yan entered seclusion to refine the pills, while a future catastrophe loomed over the new force.

• Xiao Yan ordered Huo Yi to integrate the sects while preserving their foundations and assigning their roles fairly.
• Xiao Yan promised the assembled experts Dou Xian Pills, winning their sincere support.
• Cai Lin proposed the name Endless Fire Domain, and Xiao Yan appointed Cai Lin and Mu Yingying its Matriarchs.
• The major sects joined forces to establish the Endless Fire Domain, which used Xuan Ling Mountain as its stronghold and raised Xuan Ling Continent’s standing.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying collected twenty portions of medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan entered seclusion to refine the Dou Xian Pills.

Dusha Demon Empress shattered the barrier protecting Xuan Tian San and fought Cai Lin while her forces invaded the city. As Dusha prepared a devastating crossbow attack, Cai Lin stood ready to face it, and the chapter ended before the attack landed.

• Dusha Demon Empress ordered her army to break the five-colored barrier, but the barrier resisted their attacks until she destroyed it with her toxic Green Energy Ribbon.
• Cai Lin confronted Dusha Demon Empress, and their battle ended in a temporary draw as the invading forces clashed with Xuan Tian San’s defenders.
• Dusha mocked Cai Lin and demanded to know who the King of the Xuan Ling Continent was, while Cai Lin hinted that the King was someone Dusha already knew.
• Dusha summoned the Destroyer of Heavens Evil Crossbow and began charging it with burning evil power as Cai Lin’s allies cried out in alarm.

Xiao Yan and You Er traveled with the Wind Serpent mercenary company to the West Divine Hall, where they secretly entered alongside a shipment of mysterious crystals. Inside the floating palace, You Er identified the crystals as flame swallowing crystals and suspected the Lord of Fierce Souls was in seclusion there.

• Xiao Yan and You Er noticed that the caravan’s sealed cargo and strange sedan chair concealed something unusual as they crossed the Wild Ghost Desert.
• Yang Xiu confirmed the caravan’s route, and captain Feng Qingyu learned that Xiao Yan and You Er had helped guide them safely to the West Divine Hall.
• Xuan Guard inspected the caravan’s cargo and sent it into the floating palace, while Xiao Yan and You Er hid inside one of the loads.
• Xiao Yan and You Er discovered that the loads contained vast pocket spaces filled with crystals that drained Ghost Qi and affected Xiao Yan’s flames.
• You Er identified the crystals as flame swallowing crystals, suspected they had been prepared for the Lord of Fierce Souls, and warned Xiao Yan to stay close inside the Divine Hall.

The Soul Devouring Master defeated the Lord of Fierce Souls and moved to kill him, but Duan Qifei emerged from the collapsed void and stopped the fatal strike. Her intervention left the victor facing a new Reincarnation-grade opponent, with the Lord of Fierce Souls still alive.

• The Lord of Fierce Souls summoned the Ghostly God Phantom and sent its Soul Annihilating Blade against the Soul Devouring Master, who countered with the Blood River Bell and Soul Devouring Talisman.
• The two attacks collided, shattering the Desert Hinterland and collapsing the surrounding space; the Lord of Fierce Souls emerged gravely weakened while the Soul Devouring Master remained standing.
• The Soul Devouring Master declared victory and prepared to kill the Lord of Fierce Souls despite his threat that the Ghost Realm Center would retaliate.
• A cloaked woman appeared from the collapsed void and grasped the Soul Devouring Master's Death Ray, making it vanish before it could strike the Lord of Fierce Souls.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls recognized the woman as Duan Qifei and admitted he had used her for his own plans; the Soul Devouring Master sensed her Samsara power and reconsidered the danger of fighting her.

After the Two Realms War, Xiao Yan parted ways with his allies and prepared to leave the Ghost Realm for the Dou Di Continent. With the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame and the birthplace coordinates needed to resurrect Mu Yingying, he planned to begin her revival before returning to his other unfinished affairs.

• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf left to investigate the Demon of Light and gave Xiao Yan a Monster Core to summon him later.
• Xiao Yan told the Soul Devouring Master he would return to the Dou Di Continent, and the Master gave him the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp before departing with Hao Ni'er and the others.
• Duan Qifei ordered the Wanhuo Sect to leave the Lihun Domain with Xiao Yan, despite Elder Bo's objections.
• Xiao Sensheng revealed he knew the spatial coordinates of Mu Yingying's birthplace and warned he would have to leave Xiao Yan after helping with her resurrection.
• Xiao Yan told the Wanhuo Sect he would lead them to the Dou Di Continent, and Huo Yi said they were ready to travel through the Spirit Academy Dean's Spacetime Passage.
• Xiao Yan decided to spend a few days settling matters before heading to Mu Yingying's birthplace to begin her resurrection.

At Tianmu City, Xiao Yan and his companions faced a powerful Soul Hall figure after he killed Yading and the other Holy See powerhouses. Xiao Yan unleashed his full strength and revealed an amber Holy Flame as the battle reached its decisive moment.

• In the Soul Church, a Cardinal discovered that Yading's Soul Light Orb had shattered and sent Buck to investigate his death.
• The Soul Hall powerhouse killed Yading, devoured his escaping soul power, and then obliterated the other Holy See powerhouses.
• The Soul Hall powerhouse prepared to send Xiao Yan and his companions to the Soul Hall stronghold, but Xiao Yan trapped him in the Acacia Flame Domain, Immortal Binding Array.
• Xiao Yan expanded the array to sixty thousand core inscriptions and powered himself up to Six-Star Dou Xian Late Stage with the Flame Swallowing Technique.
• Xiao Yan added his Dou Soul and Dragon God transformations as the array began to fail, then revealed an amber Holy Flame that struck terror into the Soul Hall powerhouse.

After Xiao Yan defeated the Dusha Demon Empress and returned to the Xuan Tian San, he reunited with Cai Lin and Mu Yingying and learned how the continent had fared during his absence. The three discussed their forces and plans in their mountain retreat, ending with Cai Lin and Mu Yingying asking what he would do next.

• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying waited together while Huo Yi reported that all 3,700 invaders had been killed, and Cai Lin ordered the survivors to rest and the Xuan Tian San to be secured.
• Xiao Yan returned safely, and Cai Lin and Mu Yingying led him back to Xuan Ling Mountain.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that Elder Zhu still guarded the Burning Incense Pavilion, Yan Chi had entered seclusion, and Yue Ru had disappeared into the Immortal Realm.
• Xiao Yan asked that people watch over the Yue Family of Qing Cheng City before returning with Cai Lin and Mu Yingying to the mountain retreat.
• Cai Lin explained that the factions of the Xuan Ling Continent had surrendered, while Xiao Yan said he had brought back several thousand trusted Dou Xian from the Ghost Realm.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying asked Xiao Yan what he planned to do next.

Xiao Yan defeated and interrogated the Dusha Demon Empress, learning that the Outer Realm Evil Clan was preparing for a Kings Conference before killing her. The chapter ended with Lord Dark Demon ordering the capture of the defected Light Demon and surveillance of the Human Realm Holy See.

• Xiao Yan used the Acacia Flame Domain and forty thousand Core Inscriptions to trap the Dusha Demon Empress and prevent her from self-detonating.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Lei into the Dusha Demon Empress’s mind, where Xiao Lei broke through her Evil Rune and uncovered memories of the Kings Conference.
• Xiao Yan burned the unconscious Dusha Demon Empress to ashes after concluding that her memories revealed little about the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s plans.
• Lord Dark Demon learned of the Dusha Demon Empress’s death and ordered three Black-Grade Kings to capture the Light Demon.
• Lord Dark Demon also ordered his followers to watch the power within the Human Realm Holy See.

Xiao Yan fought Hun Jianghai and identified his brown flame as the Eternal Nightmare Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Sacred Flame Rankings. He unleashed Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation, whose four fused Holy Flames overwhelmed Hun Jianghai’s Myriad Soul Flower and left him facing a deadly blast.

• Hun Jianghai’s attack drove back Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used Realm of Wood, Ten Thousand Woods Prison to bind Hun Jianghai and destroy his black mist creature.
• Xiao Yan challenged Hun Jianghai to reveal his true strength after discovering that his vines could not properly restrain him.
• Hun Jianghai summoned the Myriad Soul Flower, and Xiao Yan recognized the brown flame as the Eternal Nightmare Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Sacred Flame Rankings.
• Xiao Yan formed Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation and sent the four-colored lotus seed against Hun Jianghai’s demonic flower.
• Xiao Yan made the lotus seed bloom, unleashing a blast that annihilated the Myriad Soul Flower and made Hun Jianghai realize Xiao Yan possessed four Holy Flames.

Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Lin Qingwen’s group to the Tian Xing Continent and left the Endless Fire Domain to help with the approaching imperial election. Cai Lin and Mu Yingying stayed behind to guard and strengthen the domain as the election’s factional struggles intensified.

• Lin Qingwen learned that Xiao Yan would travel to the Tian Xing Continent alone and concluded that he intended to solve the Princess’s difficulties through his own abilities.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying told Xiao Yan they would remain in the Endless Fire Domain while he was away, with Mu Yingying planning to cultivate and grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Qingwen’s group departed Xuan Ling Mountain through a space channel without waking Cai Lin, Mu Yingying, or the domain’s higher-ups.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying watched Xiao Yan leave, and Mu Yingying vowed to become much stronger before his return.
• The Tian Xing Continent grew turbulent as the imperial election approached and the three leading candidates gathered allies.

Hao Ni'er tried to sacrifice herself to awaken the Soul Devouring Talisman and destroy the Lord of Fierce Souls' Samsara Road, while Xiao Yan insisted on taking her place. The Lord of Fierce Souls began to manifest true Samsara power as the two prepared to face him.

• Hao Ni'er opened a space gate to send Baize and the Soul Devouring leaders away, but the Lord of Fierce Souls shattered it and killed several Six Star Dou Xian elites.
• Hao Ni'er realized the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array was an altar for the Lord of Fierce Souls to forge his Samsara Road and that he would let no one escape.
• Hao Ni'er used the Xuan Tian Ring to restrain and protect her subordinates, then prepared to awaken the Soul Devouring Talisman at the cost of her life.
• Xiao Yan returned with Xiao Sensheng's power and tried to take Hao Ni'er's place, but Hao Ni'er attempted to isolate him with spatial force.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls declared that his time for Samsara had come, and a power of true Samsara emerged from the Five-Pointed Blood Soul Array.

Xiao Yan traveled with Xiao Sensheng through a dangerous Spacetime Wormhole toward the Tianling Holy Abyss to revive Mu Yingying. As the Mingyue Evil King prepared to leave the Abyss, an ominous mud figure appeared in the wormhole, and Xiao Yan continued onward unaware of the threat.

• Xiao Sensheng told Xiao Yan that the Tianling Clan had guarded the Two Holy Flames for the Xiao Clan and explained how the Xiao Clan had been destroyed by its enemies.
• Xiao Sensheng opened a Spacetime Wormhole and took Xiao Yan toward the Tianling Holy Abyss, warning him to follow the spatial coordinates carefully.
• A mud figure formed in the wormhole after Xiao Yan passed and spoke of rescuing imprisoned kings and beginning the Second Heaven and Earth War.
• The chapter recounted how the Mingxue Evil Clan had invaded the Tianling Holy Abyss, massacred the Tianling Clan, and failed to seize the Two Holy Flames.
• The Mingyue Evil King ordered his army to prepare to return to the Evil Domain for the Kings Conference and sensed an unsettling premonition.

Xiao Yan entered the corrupted Tianling Holy Abyss and discovered that his three sacred flame crystals had fused into a new flame, which he named the Amber Rock Soul Fire. He confronted the Mingyue Evil Clan’s guards and began his assault on their stronghold.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Tianling Holy Abyss, where evil power had corrupted the land and its magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan found that the Fire Heart Sky Rock, Ghost Face Soul Flame, and Undying Fire crystals had fused with part of Mu Yingying’s origin flame into a new sacred flame, which he named the Amber Rock Soul Fire.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Sensheng identified the Mingyue Evil Clan as the force occupying the mountain range, and Xiao Yan reassured Mu Yingying before advancing toward their stronghold.
• The Mingyue Guard spotted Xiao Yan and tried to escape by sacrificing dozens of patrollers, but Xiao Yan stopped the blood mists and imprisoned him.
• Xiao Yan reduced the Mingyue Guard to dust with the Amber Rock Soul Fire, beginning his attack on the Mingyue Evil Clan.

Xiao Yan warned the ten elders that Lin Fengya’s alliance with the Soul Hall threatened the entire Tian Xing Continent, while the Emperor’s soul was being refined into a soul slave. Hun Jianghai appeared with a vast Soul Hall force, and Xiao Yan sent Lin Yunshu to the Emperor’s Palace as he prepared to hold them off.

• Lin Yunshu asked the ten elders to investigate Lin Fengya’s imprisonment of the Emperor and his suspected collusion with the Soul Hall, introducing Xiao Yan as an old rival of the Hall.
• Xiao Yan warned that Lin Fengya sought control of the whole Tian Xing Continent and that Soul Hall agents might have already controlled powerful people across the cities.
• Elder Hu sensed an eerie presence in the Tianyuan Mountains, and the ten elders went to confront Lin Fengya at the Four-Dragon Coffin Lock while Xiao Yan blocked brown flames on the altar.
• Lin Fengya declared that the Emperor would become his subordinate as the Emperor’s soul was bound and transformed atop the black coffin.
• Hun Jianghai revealed himself as a Seven-Star Dou Xian of the Soul Hall and unleashed a huge force of nether-spirits and ghosts across the mountains.
• Xiao Yan urged Lin Yunshu to go to the Emperor’s Palace and sent her away, then faced the advancing Soul Hall army alone.

Xiao Yan entered the Princess’s hidden palace and reunited with Lin Yunshu, his former acquaintance Qin Xin. She told him that powerful figures were keeping her confined and manipulating the imperial succession, and the chapter ended with them planning to confront her faction’s leaders.

• A guard led Xiao Yan through a hidden entrance to Lin Yunshu’s palace above the city.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Lin Yunshu and recalled their past connection and her support for the Xuan Ling Continent.
• Xiao Yan sensed a dangerous presence in the garden and shielded his conversation with Lin Yunshu using the Acacia Flame Domain.
• Lin Yunshu explained that rival imperial candidates and powerful officials were fighting for influence, while many of her supposed protectors were holding her prisoner and coveting her starlight power.
• Lin Yunshu said she would hold an internal meeting the next day, and Xiao Yan agreed to help her resolve the conflict.

Xiao Yan disguised himself as Mu Yingying and destroyed the Mingyue Evil Clan in the Tianling Mountain Range. He then headed to the Tianhu with Xiao Sensheng to begin resurrecting Mu Yingying, relying on the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame and other treasures.

• The Mingyue Evil King sensed danger as Xiao Yan arrived at the Tianling Mountain Range and asked whether he had destroyed the Tianling Clan.
• Xiao Yan used the Ghost Face Soul Flame to disguise himself as Mu Yingying, provoking the Mingyue Evil King with the Kong Ling Ice Flame’s name.
• Xiao Yan killed the Mingyue Evil King with an amber flame blade and wiped out the Mingyue Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Sensheng set out for the Tianhu to attempt Mu Yingying’s resurrection with the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.

After ten months of building the Endless Fire Domain, Xiao Yan considered how to strengthen it before pursuing his hundred-year appointment. Cai Lin urged him to visit the Tian Xing Continent, and the chapter ended as its four-star Dou Xian envoy arrived at Xuan Ling Mountain.

• Cai Lin briefed Xiao Yan on the Endless Fire Domain’s progress and explained that the Dou Yun Continent held clues about the Xiao Clan’s secrets.
• Cai Lin warned Xiao Yan that he lacked the strength and influence to fulfill his hundred-year appointment and advised him to build alliances first.
• Cai Lin urged Xiao Yan to travel to the Tian Xing Continent to seek the Immortal Flame and strengthen ties with the Tian Xing and Vast Sea Continents.
• Cai Lin revealed that Qin Xin belonged to the Tian Xing Continent’s Imperial Family and said the envoys would explain their purpose the next day.
• A handsome four-star Dou Xian king arrived at Xuan Ling Mountain with six men and ordered them to behave respectfully during the mission.

After Xiao Yan revealed that Lin Fengya had imprisoned the Emperor’s Soul in an ancient Four-Dragon Coffin Lock, Lin Yunshu prepared for the coming election and recruited Xiao Yan to escort the candidates. Xiao Yan accepted the assignment, devoured the Wood Spirit of Yimu, and gained control of the wood attribute as the journey to the Royal City approached.

• Xiao Yan told Lin Yunshu and her companions that Lin Fengya had built an underground palace and sealed the Emperor’s Soul in a Four-Dragon Coffin Lock.
• Lin Xia explained that the coffin lock was a rare imperial formation forged from four dragon corpses, and Lin Yunshu ordered Ji Xuan to take Xiao Yan to rest while Lin Hao summoned the high-ranking officials.
• Lin Yunshu told Lin Xia she had grasped half of the starlight power, then convened a high-level meeting to plan against Lin Fengya and Lin Feng before the election.
• Ji Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Wood Spirit of Yimu and two Saint Grade Peak Wood Attribute Dou Techniques, explaining that Lin Yunshu wanted him to escort the three candidates to the Royal City.
• Xiao Yan accepted the task and devoured the Wood Spirit of Yimu, transforming his Wood Attribute Dou Core and gaining control of both fire and wood attributes.