Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan captured the Ice and Snow Maiden near the mysterious Ice Palace and brought her back to Xun'er and Feng Qian. After the girl stopped the blizzard, she revealed her name as Bing Xueyao and began to explain her connection to senior Fire Master Jiuxuan.

• Xiao Yan approached the Ice Palace, endured an avalanche, and pursued the fleeing Ice and Snow Maiden after the Five-Footed Golden Crow told him the Phoenix Stone was with her.
• Xiao Yan used the half-finished All-Heaven Demonic Array to contain the maiden, then bound and carried her away from the Ice Palace.
• Xiao Yan returned to Xun'er and Feng Qian with the captured girl, and Xun'er and the maiden underwent an intense reaction while inside the Immortal Golden Body's protection.
• Xun'er asked the maiden to stop the blizzard, and the girl used a handful of snowflakes to bring the Ice and Snow World to a standstill.
• The maiden introduced herself as Bing Xueyao and began to identify herself as connected to senior Fire Master Jiuxuan before recognizing a familiar fluctuation from Xun'er's Golden Vein.

Xiao Yi Xian successfully fused the Myriad Poison Holy Dan with the Reincarnation Seal, but she could not yet control the Poison God Cauldron. She and Xiao Yan prepared to confront its powerful spirit, which was about to kill the captured Five-Footed Golden Crow and Duhun Zi when the Poison God Seed disrupted its attack.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Myriad Poison Holy Dan and gained strength comparable to a four- or five-star Dou Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that only poison cultivators could undergo the Poison God Cauldron's trials safely, and said she could take the cauldron after dealing with its spirit.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan and the others the Poison God Seed and protective items before they crossed the void toward the cauldron spirit.
• The Cauldron Spirit of the Poison God imprisoned the Five-Footed Golden Crow and Duhun Zi, then prepared to use their life forces to return to the outside world.
• The Poison God Seed struck the cauldron spirit's attack apart, and the spirit sensed the power of Poison God Xuanhe in the emerald-green light.

Xiao Yan and his companions faced the God Devouring Insect Mother and three powerful poison beasts as Yue Palace Master’s scheme threatened the Poison God Palace. Demon Xiao Yan unleashed his full power to resist the Insect Mother’s ancient Poison God force and its attack on him.

• Xiao Yi Xian identified the God Devouring Insect Mother and warned that it would absorb the poison servants’ bodies and souls to fuel its breakthrough.
• Three Third Reincarnation Stage poison beasts emerged to guard the Insect Mother, while Leng Yuening realized Yue Palace Master was using the Poison God Palace’s people to advance her own Path of the Poison God.
• Demon Xiao Yan attacked the three beasts with demonic power and met their combined assault.
• The God Devouring Insect Mother’s black light began devouring the Holy Flame and Demon Source within Xiao Yan, while its opened eyes suppressed the others’ powers.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent out her Myriad Poison Holy Dan, and Xun'er protected the group with sacred flames as the Insect Mother summoned a gray-white stone hall to crush Xiao Yan.
• Demon Xiao Yan released the power of Evil Demon Mountain and flooded the battlefield with demonic brilliance, frightening the poison beasts as he resisted the Insect Mother’s attack.

Xiao Yan and his companions discovered that the figure claiming to be Xuanhe was actually the Poison God Cauldron Spirit, which attacked them with a powerful poison array. As they faced destruction in the Poison Mist Pond, a vortex quietly absorbed them.

• Xiao Yan sensed hostility from the figure in the courtyard and tried to retreat with Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er as dark green mist sealed the escape routes.
• The awakened figure introduced itself as Poison God Xuanhe, but Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er identified it as the Cauldron Spirit of the Poison God occupying its master's body.
• The Five-Footed Golden Crow revealed the Cauldron Spirit's betrayal, prompting it to unleash the Venom-Transforming Heavenly Source Array and threaten everyone.
• Duhun Zi and the Five-Footed Golden Crow prepared to hold off the Cauldron Spirit while Xiao Yi Xian recognized the Poison Mist Pond as the source of the danger.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er into the Poison Mist Pond, where their bodies began to disintegrate before a vortex drew them away unnoticed by the Cauldron Spirit.

Xiao Yan confronted Shen Fu, who had impersonated an envoy, but learned that the man was connected to the Wanglong Sect and its Dragon Crystal. Xiao Yan left with Xiao Yi and Xun'er to meet the Yao Clan Patriarch about an invitation from the Immortal Realm, while Elder Feng and Hun Tianhao prepared to investigate the Wanglong Sect.

• Xiao Yan challenged Shen Fu's claim to be an envoy and attacked him when Shen Fu displayed a powerful aura.
• Hun Tianhao revealed that Shen Fu came from the Wanglong Sect, whose master possessed a Dragon Crystal tied to Xiao Yan's search for the Dragon Clan's dwelling place.
• Shen Fu invited Xiao Yan to the Wanglong Sect, and Hun Tianhao offered to go there with Xiao Yi instead.
• Cai Lin agreed to send Elder Feng and Hun Tianhao to the Wanglong Sect, while Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi and Xun'er to meet the Yao Clan Patriarch about an Immortal Realm invitation concerning alchemy.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying discussed visiting the Immortal Realm after affairs in the Great Thousand World were settled, and Cai Lin wondered whether the Flower God Palace was connected to Yun Yun's disappearance.

Xiao Yan tried to draw out the evil fiend hiding inside Yaoling while treating her in the Ancient Immortal Lotus temple. The fiend revealed its plan to use Yaoling’s power to form a seventh lotus, and Xiao Yan confronted it as their battle began.

• Immortal Envoy Yaozhu led Xiao Yan and Yaoling to the Ancient Immortal Lotus, where Xiao Yan sensed the holy flame and learned the lotus had been damaged by Outer Realm Evil Clan power.
• Xiao Yan asked Yaozhu to leave and seal the area, then refined the medicinal ingredients and placed a glazed lotus seed in Yaoling’s glabella.
• After Xiao Yan vanished, the evil fiend surfaced through Yaoling and began channeling immortal runes into the Ancient Immortal Lotus to form a seventh lotus.
• Xiao Yan appeared as a golden giant and confronted the fiend, which claimed it was human and denied belonging to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan and the fiend exchanged accusations and prepared to fight as flames filled the void.

Xiao Yan fought a blind Moon God Palace woman in the Moonlight Realm but could not escape or break through her defenses. After she recognized his technique and let him go, Xiao Yan left for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, while the woman revealed she knew him and had developed an unexpected fondness for him.

• Fairy Yaochi trapped Xiao Yan in her Samsara Domain, where he tried to use Yaoling’s stone to escape but found it could not work.
• Xiao Yan dodged the woman’s sword and used a soul attack, but her divine artifact and Moon Pattern Star Chart deflected it.
• The woman summoned a cyan immortal butterfly, and Xiao Yan prepared his Five-color Buddha’s Wrath Reincarnation.
• The woman recognized something familiar in Xiao Yan’s technique, opened a fissure in the Moonlight Realm, and allowed him to leave.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yaoling and headed for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, while the woman revealed herself as Yue Ru and admitted she had changed because of the Moon God Inheritance.

After surviving the Light Crown Whirlpool, Xiao Tianming emerged above the Sanctuary Altar and began burning his Flame of Life to unleash a divine technique against the Slaughter Angel. The Slaughter Angel revealed her twelve bloody wings and the Angel Holy Soul, and Xiao Tianming declared that their God War would begin.

• The Slaughter Angel declared that Xiao Tianming and the Thunder Lord had perished after the Light Crown Whirlpool swallowed them.
• Xiao Tianming reappeared within a blazing Flame Cloud Layer, astonishing the Angel Kingdom’s powerhouses.
• The Slaughter Angel ordered the seraphs and archangels to reinforce the God-Hunting Light Array while she watched Xiao Tianming prepare his divine technique.
• Xiao Tianming summoned a Time Hourglass and burned his Flame of Life as he warned that the Angel Kingdom would perish unless the Slaughter Angel used her true strength.
• The Slaughter Angel revealed her twelve bloody wings and the Angel Holy Soul, and Xiao Tianming challenged her to begin their God War.

Xiao Yan and the other alchemists gathered at Wanling Mountain for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, where Yao Wuchen announced the competition’s requirements. After the Thorn Demon Child punished alchemists who mocked the Saint Origin Qi entrants, everyone waited for the gathering to begin.

• Yao Wuchen was shocked to learn that nearly thirty thousand alchemists had registered for the gathering.
• Xiao Yan joined Xun'er, Princess Qianqin, and their companions as Yao Wuchen began the opening announcements.
• Yao Wuchen allowed alchemists with Saint Origin Qi or a sixth-tier-or-higher Alchemist Emblem to enter the square.
• Xiao Yan and several other entrants drew Yao Wuchen's attention, while some seventh-tier alchemists jeered at those who had obtained Saint Origin Qi.
• The Thorn Demon Child attacked the jeering alchemists with demonic vines and stole some of their Soul Power, then the crowd urged Yao Wuchen to begin the gathering.

Xiao Yan defeated the Buddha and absorbed the Buddha’s holy flame, exposing signs that the Buddha and his followers had been controlled by the Eternal Nightmare Flame. The attack on the Endless Fire Domain ended, and Xiao Yan began refining the Bodhi Relic Flame as the Endless Flame Alliance strengthened its position.

• Xiao Yan used the God Slashing Ruler to break the Buddha’s array and overwhelm him.
• The Buddha revealed that a Nameless Person had directed him, then died as the Eternal Nightmare Flame emerged from his soul.
• Xiao Yan contained the Buddha’s self-detonation, absorbed his Fifth Holy Flame, and began refining the Bodhi Relic Flame in seclusion.
• Endless Fire Domain experts killed the Buddha Realm forces, unaware that the Eternal Nightmare Flame had also controlled them.
• The Buddha Realm’s leadership shifted toward Sitian Tathagata and other experts, while the Endless Flame Alliance established stronger ties and firm standing in the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Yan defeated the Evil Fiend, helped Yaoling recover, and arranged to nurture the Ancient Immortal Lotus until its Seven Lotus Seeds formed. After learning that the Yaochi Fairyland had no place to temper soul power, he prepared to leave for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, but Yaoling stopped him with a serious question.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the defeated Evil Fiend into the Demon Cube and considered how to fuse Holy Flame with evil power.
• Yaoling recovered and asked about the Evil Fiend, and Xiao Yan told her it was dead.
• Yaoling offered Xiao Yan a reward, and he agreed to nurture the Ancient Immortal Lotus until its Seven Lotus Seeds formed.
• Immortal Envoy Yaozhu thanked Xiao Yan, but said the Yaochi Fairyland had no region for tempering soul power after he revealed his late Taixu rank.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, but Yaoling stopped him and asked whether he truly needed a place to cultivate his soul power.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er returned to the transformed Endless Fire Domain, where an emissary claiming to represent the Human Realm Center demanded that Xiao Yan come discuss important matters. As the Domain’s leaders reacted with suspicion, Hun Tianhao and two newcomers arrived to challenge the emissary’s claim.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er returned to the Endless Fire Domain and saw that Mu Yingying’s Sacred Flame Origin had helped transform its headquarters into a vast magma realm.
• Yan Chi informed Cai Lin and Mu Yingying that a suspicious emissary from the Human Realm Center had arrived, and the leaders went to meet him.
• Shen Fu introduced himself as an emissary sent by the Realm King and invited Xiao Yan to the Human Realm Center to discuss important matters.
• The Endless Fire Domain’s leaders reacted with alarm and killing intent, while Hun Tianhao decided to intervene to keep Xiao Yan alive and protect his plans.
• Two figures appeared at the Main Hall and asked Shen Fu whether he had any evidence for his claim.

Xiao Yan and Danchen arrived at Yaochi Fairyland, where Xiao Yan confronted two arrogant alchemists before Immortal Envoy Yaozhu intervened. She revealed that the four guests had been summoned to resolve an issue involving the Pure Spirit Immortal Flame, ranked twenty-sixth on the Sacred Flame Rankings.

• Fairy Yaochi led Xiao Yan and Danchen into Yaochi Fairyland and explained how its Lingyun Bell Stones purified the Heavenly Water.
• Xiao Yan, Danchen, and Fairy Yaochi entered the Holy Temple of Yaochi, where two Saint Grade Eighth-Tier alchemists disparaged the younger guests.
• Xiao Yan rebuked the elders and released his soul force, making the main hall shake.
• The white-robed Elder attacked Xiao Yan with a flame blade, but Xiao Yan warned that his life was in danger and addressed someone hidden nearby.
• Immortal Envoy Yaozhu emerged and ordered the elders to restrain themselves in Yaochi Fairyland.
• Immortal Envoy Yaozhu told Xiao Yan, Danchen, and the others that they had been invited to deal with the Pure Spirit Immortal Flame.

Xiao Yan completed the Saint Grade Ninth Grade Samsara Reincarnation Pill and survived its golden thunder tribulation, which the pill itself helped him resist. Yao Wuchen declared Xiao Yan the champion of the Immortal Realm Alchemist Pill Gathering, leaving him recognized as a ninth-grade alchemist.

• Xiao Yan poured five Holy Flames into the Samsara Reincarnation Pill as its golden thunder tribulation engulfed him and cut him off from the energy of heaven and earth.
• Xiao Yan used five powerful techniques to withstand the golden mist, while the pill shielded him from the tribulation and drew Yao Wuchen and other experts into visions of past lives.
• Xiao Yan realized the pill’s true nature, and its power erupted, shattering the golden thunder tribulation and freeing the experts from its illusion.
• Xiao Yan subdued the completed ninth-grade pill, and Yao Wuchen announced him as the champion of the Alchemist Pill Gathering.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and the others in Zixi City just as Fairy Yaochi arrived and asked him and Danchen to help the Yaochi Fairyland. She took them toward the Yaochi Immortal World, promising to explain the matter there and assuring them they would still have time for the Alchemist Pill Gathering.

• Xiao Yan met a little girl named Yue Qi and bought osmanthus cakes with her before parting ways.
• Xiao Yan followed Xun'er and the others' traces back to their lodgings, where a snow-white chariot drawn by Void Immortal Origin Beasts arrived in Zixi City.
• Fairy Yaochi emerged from the chariot and specifically invited Xiao Yan and Danchen to speak with her in private.
• Xiao Yan and Danchen followed Fairy Yaochi through a space channel toward the Yaochi Immortal World after she said its people needed their help.
• Xun'er and the others stayed behind to gather information about the Alchemist Pill Gathering while Xiao Yan and Danchen traveled with Fairy Yaochi.

The Yaochi Fairyland faced destruction as Withered Bone Corpse Demon broke through its defenses and defeated Holy Mother. Just as he prepared to overwhelm the survivors with the Dark Spell, a mysterious figure appeared and swallowed its evil energy.

• Yaochi Fairyland’s defenders warned Holy Mother and Fairy Yaochi that the Main Hall’s array was close to falling and urged them to seek refuge.
• Holy Mother gave Fairy Yaochi a key and stepped out to face Withered Bone Corpse Demon, who demanded the Secret Key.
• Holy Mother’s Yaochi Heavenly King Palm clashed with Withered Bone Corpse Demon’s Bone Dragon, shattering the Heavenly Water Ancient Array and leaving her wounded.
• Withered Bone Corpse Demon raised the Dark Spell to attack the survivors, while Yaochi Fairyland’s fighters stood to protect Holy Mother.
• A mysterious figure surrounded by thunder and fire appeared and swallowed the Dark Spell’s evil energy, shocking Withered Bone Corpse Demon.

Xiao Yan entered the primitive forest alone and discovered that the alchemist test involved battling a lizard spiritual beast formed from Holy Qi. He trapped the beast inside his Taboo Hall and prepared to fight it with his soul, hoping to seize its Holy Qi for the upcoming Alchemist Tournament.

• Xiao Yan slipped away from the gathered alchemists and let strange beasts capture and bind him.
• The beasts dragged Xiao Yan underground, where he found a sleeping Giant Lizard Beast surrounded by golden light.
• The Giant Lizard Beast attacked Xiao Yan and revealed that its golden energy was Holy Qi, while swarms of smaller lizards rushed in to attack him.
• The Giant Lizard Beast used a Soul Dou Technique, injuring Xiao Yan and revealing that the test required a battle of souls.
• Xiao Yan summoned his seven-layered Spirit Palace and pulled the Giant Lizard Beast into his Samsara Domain, where the Taboo Hall confined it for their soul battle.

Xiao Yan won his three-move duel with the Monster Realm Lord, forcing him to use the Demon Refining Pot and the Monster Realm’s Origin Chaos Power. The Monster Realm Lord honored their agreement and yielded the entrance to the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python ancestral grounds, but warned that nobody in the Monster Realm Center had been able to open it.

• Xiao Yan and the Monster Realm Lord unleashed their attacks, and the Demon Refining Pot clashed with Xiao Yan’s God Slashing Ruler amid the destruction of the mountain peak.
• After the energies settled, the Monster Realm Lord accused Xiao Yan of having ties to the Golden Dragon King and the Holy King, and Xiao Yan said they were both his seniors.
• The Monster Realm Lord removed the green ants of his Origin Power from Xiao Yan and used Monster Qi to heal his injuries.
• The Monster Realm Lord accepted his defeat and granted Xiao Yan access to the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python ancestral grounds.
• The Monster Realm Lord warned Xiao Yan that he had been unable to open the entrance or uncover its mysteries.

Su Xueying entered the Deceitful Demon Sea to reach the Skeleton Demon Mountain, while Xiao Yan followed and uncovered a way through its deadly storm. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan diving into the storm, apparently entering a special space.

• Su Xueying jumped into the dry well after thanking the First Elder and landed on the shore of the Deceitful Demon Sea.
• Su Xueying refined the Demon Seed to increase her strength, and an aged figure appeared within the Nether Night Demon Fire before she vanished in a Demonic Scroll Storm.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the shore, found no trace of Su Xueying, and probed the Deceitful Demon Sea with his soul power and holy flames.
• Xiao Yan let the sea's visions of past victims overwhelm him until he discovered the storm's secret and rushed into it, where the demonic sea began to swallow him into a special space.

After Su Xueying used the Demon Sword to help Xiao Yan, the First Generation Demon God began assimilating her, and she fell into the Demon Abyss. Xiao Yan plunged in to save her, while the Abyss’s power began spreading across the Demon Realm; a blazing figure then broke through the darkness above Su Xueying.

• Su Xueying lost control of herself and fell into the Demon Abyss as the First Generation Demon God began consuming her soul.
• The Bamboo Spirit Scholar revealed that saving Su Xueying required entering the Abyss, where even Xiao Yan faced certain death.
• Xiao Yan asked the others to hold back the spreading danger and plunged into the Demon Abyss to rescue Su Xueying.
• A palm-sized Black Flame Furnace descended across the Demon Realm, and the Demon Realm experts sensed a new threat.
• As Su Xueying gave up resisting the Magic Shadow, a gap scorched open above the Abyss and a figure rushed toward her.