Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had turned the Gu Clan into puppets and was using their souls to nurture a new king in the Ancient Prison. After seeing the demonic realm beneath the prison, he chose to find Gu Yuan and rescue the captives before striking, but his powers exposed him to the evil beings.

• Gu Yang told Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan had been enslaved and that its imprisoned souls were being used as nourishment for a new king.
• Xiao Yan descended beneath the First Layer of the Ancient Prison and found a blood-soaked Senluo Hell filled with Demon Castles, corpses, and a growing Demon Statue.
• Xiao Yan considered fusing five Holy Flames with Demon Power to destroy the demonic threat, but decided to find Gu Yuan and rescue the captives first.
• Xiao Yan's burst of Holy Flame and Demon Power exposed his concealed aura to the evil beings in Senluo Hell.
• The Son of Light entered the First Layer of the Ancient Prison after defeating the evil beings, creating an opportunity for Xiao Yan to rescue the hostages.

Xiao Yan learned that the Gu Clan’s city leaders might refuse to fight because their vassal populations were at risk, while evil power had spread across the Ancient Realm. In Ancient Sky City, the Demonic Scholar revealed that he controlled the Gu Clan’s core powerhouses but planned to give his enemies a chance to resist for the sake of his ideal killing art.

• Xiao Yan asked whether the Gu Clan’s crisis was truly so severe, and Gu Yang and the other city representatives said they could not risk their vassals’ lives without a solution.
• Xiao Yan asked about strange changes across the Ancient Realm, and Gu Qingkong reported that evil power had formed complex patterns throughout the ground and void.
• Xiao Yan realized the Ancient Realm had likely been sealed by the Demonic Scholar, while the meeting room’s other powerhouses remained at a stalemate.
• In Ancient Sky City, Guyuan told the Demonic Scholar that Blood King Mo had failed and died, and the Demonic Scholar lamented the loss of an Eight-Star Dou Xian expert.
• Guyuan explained that the Demonic Scholar controlled the Gu Clan’s powerhouses and had spread the Evil Implement throughout the Ancient Realm.
• The Demonic Scholar ordered Guyuan to prepare the army but said he would give the Gu Clan’s enemies a chance, since a guaranteed victory lacked artistic value.

Xiao Yan abandoned his cautious defense and launched a counterattack against the Demonic Scholar on the Life and Death Chessboard. After Gu Tianyan sacrificed himself to eliminate the enemy General, Xiao Yan gambled on whether the Demonic Scholar had correctly guessed where his King piece was hidden.

• Xun Er urged Xiao Yan to fight without holding back, and he led Gu Tianyan, Gu Yuan, and Gu Li in a charge against the Demonic Scholar’s forces.
• Xiao Yan’s General attacked and eliminated two Black Side Guards, but the Demonic Scholar surrounded his remaining pieces and threatened Gu Tianyan.
• Gu Tianyan urged Xiao Yan to attack, and Gu Tianyan and the Book Fiend killed each other when Xiao Yan’s General struck the enemy General.
• Xiao Yan mourned Gu Tianyan as his side retained eleven pieces against the Demonic Scholar’s nine.
• The Demonic Scholar sent his forces across the river to cut off Xiao Yan’s retreat, while Xiao Yan gambled that the King was not hidden atop the Priest piece.

After waking in Aurora Land, Xiao Yan learned that the Monster Realm had calmed and the Demon Emperor had something left by the Xiao Clan Patriarch for him. The Demon Emperor asked Xiao Yan to help rescue Liu Yun, then entrusted the growing King of Myriad Beasts to his care as Xiao Yan prepared to leave.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the three sealing forces with his five-colored Fire Arc and awakened as the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Fiend Beast watched over him.
• The Demon Emperor told Xiao Yan that the Monster Realm had calmed and agreed to hand over something left by the Xiao Clan Patriarch.
• The Demon Emperor learned that Liu Yun was trapped after the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf was overwhelmed by a Four-Winged Angel, and asked Xiao Yan to support and rescue her.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help Liu Yun, while the Demon Emperor said he would recover his strength, unify the Monster Realm, and later wage war against the Holy See.
• The Demon Emperor said he would help the Fiend Beast grow into the King of Myriad Beasts, and Xiao Yan bade the creature farewell before leaving it in the Monster Realm.

Xiao Yan arrived as the Water Fiend King attacked the wounded Black Fiend Dragon Wolf and the Demon of Light, and he saved them from the falling Evil Water Blood Curtain. The Water Fiend King’s next strike vanished near Xiao Yan, and he sensed a powerful presence awakening within Xiao Yan.

• The Water Fiend King confronted the injured Black Fiend Dragon Wolf, who revealed that he and the Fire Fiend King had once been sealed by his Master.
• The Water Fiend King unleashed the Evil Water Blood Curtain, but the Demon of Light raised her Angel Feather Sword to defend them.
• The Myriad Monster King appeared and urged the group to retreat as the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf, the Demon of Light, and Xiao Yan’s defenses faced the attack.
• The evil water curtain shattered the Demon Emperor Heavenly Image and Xiao Yan’s Immortal Golden Body, but Xiao Yan carried the others away from its strike.
• The Water Fiend King attacked Xiao Yan and the others with water-mud figures, but the attack vanished near Xiao Yan as a fearsome presence began awakening within him.

The Demon Emperor defeated the three invading kings and moved to reunify the Monster Realm, sparing the Heaven Bear Tyrant and the White Bone Fiend King on probation. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan discovered that the Flame Mantra had revealed the cultivation routes of the Three Great Divine Techniques, which he memorized for future use.

• Xu Shao absorbed the power of the two Demon Suppressing Prisons and vanished, warning that the Outer Realm Evil Clan would retaliate for the fallen kings.
• The Demon Emperor annihilated the three evil kings, and Old Scorpion, Old Monkey, and the other strongmen knelt before him.
• The Demon Emperor ordered an investigation into the Demon Suppressing Prisons and reprimanded the Heaven Bear Tyrant and the White Bone Fiend King for letting the Monster Realm fall into chaos.
• Old Monkey and the other Reincarnation Experts pleaded for the two, so the Demon Emperor spared them and ordered the Monster Realm's forces unified.
• Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra caused an Evil Crystal Monster Block to reveal the cultivation routes of the Three Great Divine Techniques, which he memorized.

As Xiao Yan continued comprehending the Undying and Immortal, the Great Thousand World reacted to the Demon Emperor’s return and the fall of two Demon Suppressing Prisons. Duan Qifei, the Soul Devouring Master, and other realm leaders prepared for looming conflict as conspiracies gathered beneath the surface.

• Xiao Yan remained in seclusion in the Yaoyuan Grotto-heaven while the Monster Realm recovered under its monster kings.
• Duan Qifei reassured her guard that the weakened Demon Emperor was unlikely to attack the Lihun Domain soon, then ordered surveillance of the Endless Fire Domain as she considered the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s growing activity.
• Baize told the Soul Devouring Master that the Soul Hall and Sin were aiding the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the Soul Devouring Master ordered more forces sent out and contact made with the Demon Emperor.
• A furious lord from the Demon Realm set out to consult Zen Master Wuxiangmo about the Demon Emperor’s return and their shared danger.
• A monk in the Buddha Realm reflected that war was near and offered to repay his past wrongs with his life, while the other realms remained outwardly quiet.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er arrived as Xuan Wuji attacked the Endless Fire Domain, and Xiao Yan revealed the strength of his Reincarnation-level power. He countered Xuan Wuji with a Soul Fire Phoenix, trapping the invaders as the battle escalated.

• Xuan Wuji used the Heaven-Extinguishing King Disk to launch a devastating attack at the Endless Fire Domain headquarters.
• Feng Wan'er dissolved Xuan Wuji's opening assault and waited as a glazed-colored arm emerged from the twisting void.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Yan crushed Xuan Wuji's energy attack with his glazed hand.
• Xuan Wuji challenged Xiao Yan, then unleashed his Quasi-Second-Reincarnation Stage power to overwhelm him.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Soul Fire Phoenix using Late Huayuan Realm Soul Power and five Holy Flames.
• Xuan Wuji tried to escape through spatial channels, but Xiao Yan sent the phoenix to imprison the surrounding void.

Xiao Yan met an Elder of the Xiao Clan, who revealed the significance of the fragmented Heavenly Samsara Flame and urged him to seek the Netherworld. The Elder used the Undying Fire and Immortal Flame to guide Xiao Yan toward comprehending the Undying and Immortal Realm, leaving him immersed in the Stone Stele’s power.

• A white-haired Elder appeared before Xiao Yan and confirmed that his Xiao Clan bloodline had allowed him to enter the sealed place.
• The Elder identified the Ancient Map as half of the Heavenly Samsara Flame and warned Xiao Yan not to touch it before reaching Eight-Star Dou Xian.
• The Elder told Xiao Yan to keep the map safe, seek the Netherworld, and apologize to the Guardians for the Xiao Clan’s past actions.
• The Elder summoned Xiao Yan’s Undying Fire and Immortal Flame and directed them toward the Stone Stele to help him comprehend the Undying and Immortal.
• The Elder’s energy clone faded into Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame Ring as Xiao Yan entered a strange realm and began meditating before the Stone Stele.

Xiao Yan sealed Lei Shi after his battle with Su Xueying, then followed her toward the summit as Lei Shi revealed that an unknown command controlled his resurrected body. Meanwhile, Xu Shao and two resurrected Yan Clan elders slaughtered Xiao Clan Guardians on the Jade Stone Stairs and advanced toward the Matriarch Hall, where an Eight-Star Dou Xian Guardian confronted them.

• Lei Shi lost control of his power and asked Xiao Yan to seal him after guiding Su Xueying through their fight.
• Xiao Yan used the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument to suppress Lei Shi, and Su Xueying thanked Lei Shi before heading toward the summit.
• Lei Shi told Xiao Yan that an irresistible command controlled his resurrected body, and Xiao Yan followed Su Xueying onward.
• Xu Shao and two resurrected Yan Clan elders arrived at the Jade Stone Stairs with four coffins and killed ten Xiao Clan Guardians.
• Xu Shao ordered Yan Ling to fight an Eight-Star Dou Xian Guardian while he and the remaining Yan Clan elders advanced toward the Matriarch Hall.

Xu Shao confronted the Guardians’ Matriarch while seeking the black stone, and Xiao Yan arrived with Su Xueying as the struggle escalated. Xu Shao opened two blood coffins, revealing a Yan Clan Supreme Elder and another terrifying presence, leaving a battle on the verge of erupting.

• Xu Shao demanded that the Matriarch lend him the black stone and claimed he could help destroy the Xiao Clan, but she attacked him with Samsara Power.
• Su Xueying arrived and reassured the Matriarch, then Xiao Yan appeared and concealed his Xiao Clan aura while preparing to confront Xu Shao.
• The Matriarch questioned Xiao Yan’s identity, and Su Xueying called him a friend and vouched for him.
• Xu Shao summoned the beings inside his two blood coffins, and a reddish giant hand stopped the Matriarch’s jade staff.
• The Matriarch recognized one emerging figure as a Samsara-grade Supreme Elder of the Yan Clan as the square filled with oppressive power.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er prepared for Yao Wang City’s rare auction, where bidders had to appear openly and compete in person. They entered the packed Auction Pavilion and took their seats near the stage as the auction began.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that Yao Shigui and the Titan Giant rock fragment were safe, set up Sealing Barrier formations, and returned to his mansion.
• Xun Er brought Xiao Yan the auction invitation and explained that bidders would show their faces and bid on-site; Xiao Yan said the Yao Clan’s rules deterred anyone from attacking bidders on its territory.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er went to the Auction Pavilion the next day and passed the Yao Clan guards’ admission checks.
• Inside the crowded hall, Xun Er led Xiao Yan to their seats in the second row as the auction began.

Xiao Yan and Su Xueying confronted Lei Shi as the supposedly dead Lei Clan elder revived inside a coffin and attacked them. Xiao Yan shattered Lei Shi’s thunderbolts and prepared to face him, suspecting his resurrection was linked to the Faith Power collected by Xu Shao and the Soul Hall.

• Lei Shi’s body revived as mist from the coffin filled it, and Su Xueying recognized him as the long-dead fourth elder of the Lei Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Su Xueying that Soul Hall powerhouses had attacked him and likely exposed their location, but she attacked Lei Shi anyway.
• Lei Shi awakened and blasted Su Xueying away with a wave of power, and Xiao Yan caught her as she fell.
• Lei Shi commanded gray thunderbolts to attack, and Su Xueying tried to shield Xiao Yan and send him away.
• Xiao Yan used his amber Holy Flame to shatter the thunderbolts, then stepped forward to confront Lei Shi.
• Xiao Yan questioned Lei Shi and suspected his disappearance and revival were connected to the Faith Power collected by Xu Shao and the Soul Hall.

Xu Shao brought Yan Feng and the resurrected Yan Yan to confront Feng Wan'er, whose attacks could not stop Yan Yan’s strange undying body. Xiao Yan discovered a connection between Xu Shao, the coffins, and a blood-veined power, then decided to help Feng Wan'er and keep Xu Shao from escaping.

• Yan Feng intercepted Feng Wan'er's jade staff as Xu Shao arrived with two empty coffins and the Yan Clan Supreme Elder Yan Yan.
• Yan Yan recognized Feng Wan'er and questioned her about the Guardians' broken relationship with the Xiao Clan, prompting her to attack him.
• Yan Yan revealed his Reincarnation-level strength, but Feng Wan'er's ice attacks pierced him only for him to recover instantly.
• Feng Wan'er realized Yan Yan's undying body made him difficult to defeat, while Xiao Yan noticed a connection linking Xu Shao, the coffins, and the blood-red markings on Xu Shao.
• Xiao Yan resolved to help Feng Wan'er and prevent Xu Shao from escaping.

Xiao Yan’s Five-Color Fire Lotus clashed with Yan Feng’s Four Peaks but failed to overcome his undying power. Su Xueying unleashed the Nether Night Demon Flame and trapped Yan Feng in a sea of black fire as the battle neared its climax.

• Yan Feng summoned four flame soul mountains and blocked Xiao Yan’s Five-Color Fire Lotus, leaving him wounded but alive through the undying evil technique.
• Xiao Yan realized Yan Feng’s immortality had limits, though he lacked the strength to break through them.
• Yan Feng bypassed the Dark Underworld Warrior and attacked Xiao Yan, forcing him to retreat.
• Su Xueying’s black markings appeared as her strength surged to Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage, and she struck Yan Feng with a sea of black flames.
• Yan Feng recognized Su Xueying’s flame as the twelfth-ranked Nether Night Demon Flame, while the other battles continued across the square.

After learning of the Gu Clan’s crisis, Xiao Yan changed his plans and went to the Seventh Peak, where he was matched against Liu Hao in a trial battle. Liu Hao’s Light Holy Demon Seal struck Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame Shield, and the shield held as the battle continued.

• Xiao Yan bound Gu Qingfeng to keep him from revealing information, then decided to sneak into the Ancient Realm and seek a chance to rescue Gu Yuan and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor from the Ancient Prison.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Seventh Peak’s Dou Arena, where the white-haired elder announced that he and Liu Hao would fight to determine the trial’s victor.
• Xiao Yan and Liu Hao agreed to fight, and the elder merged into the void to observe.
• Liu Hao summoned light to form armor bearing the Son of Light Divine Mark, while Xiao Yan covered himself in flames.
• Liu Hao launched the Light Holy Demon Seal, and Xiao Yan blocked the descending light soul mountain with his Holy Flame Shield.

The Pope learned that the Gu Clan had been controlled by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and that Xiao Yan was accused of killing the Holy See’s angels, then ordered the Holy See to act. The Soul Clan’s plan to shift the blame succeeded, leaving the Soul Hall destroyed and the Endless Fire Domain facing an impending battle.

• Liu Hao told the Pope that the Soul Hall had controlled the Gu Clan and presented evidence accusing Xiao Yan of killing the Holy See’s Faith Envoy and Traveling Angel.
• The Pope summoned the three Cardinals and declared that the Holy See’s authority could not be challenged.
• Hun Yan and Hun Yao delivered a Memory Crystal accusing Xiao Yan to a Cardinal, then escaped back to the Soul Hall.
• The Holy See’s execution squad annihilated the Soul Hall after the Cardinal shared the Memory Crystal with the Holy See’s leaders.
• The Holy See secretly launched an operation against Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Domain, making a fierce battle unavoidable.

Xiao Yan faced the Yao Clan’s Titan Mammoth in the small world and passed the second trial by matching its Titan Divine Fist and preparing a powerful Baxia counterattack. Elder Feng stopped the fight and transported the beast away, leaving Xiao Yan safely through the examination.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Titan Mammoth was a rare, immensely powerful guardian beast and narrowly escaped its first stomp with the Space Shuttle Seal.
• Xiao Yan activated the three transformations of the Dragon God and met the Titan Mammoth’s Titan Divine Fist with the Scales of Baxia, resulting in a draw.
• Xiao Yan used the Fiery Explosion Technique to reach the Titan Mammoth, then let its pressure trap him as he prepared the Fist of Baxia.
• Elder Feng declared that Xiao Yan had passed the second trial and transported the Titan Mammoth away before their attacks could collide.
• Xiao Yan thanked Elder Feng and reflected that his Baxia-powered punch could threaten an Eight-Star Dou Xian, though it would only seriously injure the Titan Mammoth.

Xiao Yan found three Ancient Dragon Source Crystals and used one to cultivate the Dragon God Transformation Fourth Tier. After enduring an intense refinement, he began transforming into a half-dragon, while Xun Er guarded him and kept the remaining crystals.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Ancient Dragon Source Crystals contained Dragon Clan blood and revealed three crystals in the valley.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er to wait while he cultivated the fourth tier, and she secured the two remaining crystals.
• Xiao Yan used the Amber Sacred Flame to refine one crystal for six hours and uncovered its Dragon blood essence.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the energy Giant Dragon, enduring painful refinement that reached his soul, marrow, and bones.
• Xun Er watched as the pain subsided and a powerful Dragon Clan aura emerged from Xiao Yan, whose body briefly became half-human and half-Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yan completed the first Alchemist assessment by refining the Fengzi Monster Core pill and absorbing the Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning with Xiao Lei. Elder Feng sent him into a second, combat-focused assessment, where he found himself facing the awakened Titan Mammoth.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lei absorbed the Seven Xuan Demonic Lightning, strengthening their bodies, and Xiao Lei returned to the Soul Sea to undergo a transformation.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the Fengzi Monster Core pill, suppressed its awakened sentience, and presented it to Elder Feng.
• Elder Feng confirmed Xiao Yan had passed the first assessment, then raised the second pass from surviving a Magical Beast for three days to defeating one.
• Elder Feng sealed the Rocky Small World and left Xiao Yan to begin the second assessment without first obtaining his agreement.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Rocky Small World lay on the Titan Mammoth's trunk and faced the enormous Beast Realm overlord as the Dragon God Art surged within him.