Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned that the Great Thousand Palace had been destroyed by the Foreign Territory’s evil gods and hurried toward the Phoenix Clan, their next target. Across the Great Thousand World, allied forces mobilized as the Phoenix Clan faced an attack and refused to retreat, while two figures raced to its aid ahead of Xiao Yan.

• Leng Luochen told Xiao Yan that the Dark Holy Emperor and Evil God Underworld Queen had destroyed the Great Thousand Palace, then gave him the Nihility Heavenly Mystery Mirror and revealed the Phoenix Clan was in danger.
• At Leng Luochen’s request, Xiao Yan used nine-colored flames to end his life, then followed the mirror’s coordinates toward the Phoenix Clan.
• The Foreign Territory’s forces attacked the Great Thousand Palace, the Desolate Ancient Heavenly Palace, and other locations as the Endless Flame Alliance sent its leaders and allies to reinforce embattled realms.
• Feng Luanyi and the Phoenix Clan’s elders rejected calls to seek help from the Endless Flame Alliance and ordered their clan to fight rather than flee.
• Two figures, including the Spirit Devouring King, hurried toward the Phoenix Clan and were likely to arrive before Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan brought the Phoenix Clan into the Endless Flame Alliance after restraining their arrogance, then learned from Feng Luanyi why the clan blamed the Xiao Clan for its losses in the First Heaven and Earth War. The chapter left Xiao Yan eager to use the Void Heavenly Mystery Mirror to check on the other regions’ battles and decide where to send reinforcements.

• Xiao Yan told the Phoenix Clan that joining the Endless Flame Alliance required great strength, and they eventually agreed to join after his blunt rebuke and offer of medicinal pills.
• Beneath the Wutong Ancient Tree, Feng Luanyi explained that the Xiao Clan’s Ninth-Reincarnation allies had been ambushed after the First Heaven and Earth War, while the Phoenix Clan received no rescue and its three Ninth-Reincarnation supremes sacrificed themselves to protect its last bloodline.
• Feng Luanyi recalled that Xiao Yuanming had led the Xiao Clan reinforcements sent to the Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan promised to investigate what happened to him and Fire Master Jiuxuan.
• Xun'er revealed that she was Fire Master Jiuxuan’s Samsara Runner, and Feng Luanyi recognized his familiar Reincarnation Mark and felt relieved that he had not perished.
• Feng Luanyi pointed out that Xiao Yan possessed the Void Heavenly Mystery Mirror, which could show the battle situations in other boundary domains.

Xun'er, the Spirit Devouring King, and the Sword Domain Master arrived to help Feng Luanyi’s Phoenix Clan fight the Dark Holy Emperor and his forces. The Spirit Devouring King annihilated half the Evil Army, but the Dark Holy Emperor summoned a colossal Dark Evil Spirit, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xun'er, the Spirit Devouring King, and the Sword Domain Master joined Feng Luanyi and the Phoenix Clan against the Dark Holy Emperor.
• The Spirit Devouring King attacked the Dark Holy Emperor, who nullified his Spirit Devouring Seal and unleashed destructive dark footprints.
• The Spirit Devouring King used the Flame Swallowing Technique and Flame Divine Palace to destroy half the Evil Army and bolster his allies.
• The Dark Holy Emperor stabbed his own chest and used his black blood to summon a colossal beast called the Dark Evil Spirit.

Xiao Ziyuan and the Holy Demon Lord tried to escape the Armory Pavilion through a space channel while the Demon Subduing Kings attacked them. Xiao Yan prepared a fusion of the Seven Holy Flames and demonic power, leaving the Holy Demon Lord’s allies terrified by its force.

• The Holy Demon Lord revealed that he had taken control of the Zhutian Ancient Array, while Xiao Yan warned that Xiao Ziyuan’s secret knowledge could endanger the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Ziyuan summoned an ink-black stone and began constructing a space channel to the Outer Realm as the two semi-evil gods urged him to leave.
• The Fist Emperor and Sword Domain Master attacked Xiao Ziyuan, and the clash revealed the Holy Demon Lord’s true form and peak Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage strength.
• Xiao Yan began merging the Seven Holy Flames with demonic power as Qing Cang tried to stop Xiao Ziyuan from escaping.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Evil Flame Holy Radiance, forming a blazing sun whose power made the two semi-evil gods cry out for the Holy Demon Lord to flee.

Yun Yun successfully transformed the Heaven Dragon and Earth Phoenix into human children through the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword, while the Great Thousand World gained time to prepare against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After more than half a year of secluded cultivation, Xiao Yan emerged to face twin tribulations and dispelled them with ease.

• Yun Yun used the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword to transform the Heaven Dragon and Earth Phoenix into human forms at Fifth-tier Reincarnation Stage peak strength.
• The Heaven Dragon and Earth Phoenix became deeply attached to Yun Yun, while the Lihun Domain and Endless Fire Domain continued to grow stronger during a period of relative calm.
• Xiao Yan remained secluded for more than half a year as strange medicinal auras appeared around his cultivation room.
• Colorful thunder gathered above the Lihun Domain, and Thunder Lord and the Soul Devouring Master recognized Xiao Yan's Great Completion Divine Wandering Realm soul power and breakthrough to the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiao Yan emerged as a golden giant dragon and effortlessly dissipated the simultaneous soul and Sixth-fold Samsara tribulations.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Soul Devouring Domain headquarters, where the Evil Spider Demon Spider had trapped the missing defenders in cocoons. Xiao Yan restrained the defenders when they attacked him and prepared to fight the Semi-Evil God.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Golden Dragon King's lifeblood and followed the Dragon Blood Martial Emperor to the Soul Devouring Domain headquarters with Yun Yun and Mu Yingying.
• The group found the headquarters deserted and discovered enormous cocoons containing traces of life.
• The Evil Spider Demon Spider revealed herself and claimed the missing defenders were inside the cocoons.
• The cocoons opened, revealing Xiao Yan's friends and family, who appeared to beckon him closer.
• The defenders attacked Xiao Yan, but he used his Soul Power to restrain them and protect them from harm.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Evil Spider Demon Spider and declared he would settle the conflict with the Seventh Evil God's army.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered a perilous abyss in search of the Four Symbols Cave and found a hidden portal beneath a cliff. Xiao Yan used the Golden Dragon King's power to open the Azure Dragon Cave Entrance, and they entered the Four Symbols Cave.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin searched the mountain peak and found a deep valley filled with dense energy and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered the abyss, where strange power suppressed their abilities and left them stranded on a cliff above a field of bones.
• Xiao Yan spotted a portal far below, and he and Cai Lin plunged toward it despite the danger.
• Xiao Yan steadied their fall on a rock, then joined Cai Lin in a cavern beneath the cliff where they found a vine-covered cyan portal.
• Xiao Yan recognized the portal as the Azure Dragon Cave Entrance and used the Golden Dragon King's power to break it open.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered the portal, and the suppression on their bodies vanished.

Seathead Qing Cang revealed that Xiao Ziyuan was an Outer Realm Evil God who had infiltrated the Great Thousand Palace for a thousand years. Xiao Ziyuan summoned two Semi-Evil Gods to help him escape as Qing Cang and the other Demon Subduing Kings prepared to fight.

• The Zhutian Ancient Array trapped the nine suspected Demon Subduing Kings, and Seathead Qing Cang declared that he would sacrifice them to destroy an Evil God.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Qing Cang’s power matched the array’s, realizing Qing Cang had bound himself to it and was using it to expose the traitor.
• Xiao Ziyuan accused Qing Cang of plotting against the nine, but Qing Cang identified Xiao Ziyuan as the infiltrator he had once raised.
• Xiao Ziyuan admitted his identity as the Fifth Evil God, the Holy Demon Lord, and revealed that his thousand-year plan had reached its goal.
• Xiao Ziyuan tried to escape through a black radiance, and two Semi-Evil Gods emerged from the Armory Pavilion to receive him.
• Qing Cang and the other Demon Subduing Kings unleashed their powers to stop Xiao Ziyuan and the two newcomers.

Cai Lin awakened her companion snake spirit through the Demon-Suppressing Sword, and Xiao Yan and Cai Lin dealt with the Tianxie Blood Tiger’s request to become the sword’s spirit. They left the Four Symbols Cave with the Tianxie Blood Tiger accompanying them and headed back to the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf outpost, bound for the monster realm’s center.

• Cai Lin’s Demon-Suppressing Sword awakened her Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python companion spirit after the Four Divine Beasts Array shattered.
• The Tianxie Blood Tiger pleaded to join Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, then offered its monster core in exchange for becoming the Demon-Suppressing Sword’s spirit.
• The Demon-Suppressing Sword repeatedly rejected the Tianxie Blood Tiger, and Cai Lin allowed it to follow them for now.
• The Tianxie Blood Tiger revealed that the Four Symbols Cave’s exit lay beneath the stone coffin, and Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and the Tianxie Blood Tiger departed for the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf outpost.

Xiao Yan accepted the Monster Realm Lord’s Three-Strike Pact to protect Cai Lin and prevent the Lord from taking the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Power. Xiao Yan withstood the first strike and called for the second as observers across the Monster Realm watched.

• Cai Lin tried to stop Xiao Yan from accepting the pact, but he reassured her and agreed to face three strikes.
• The Monster Realm Lord promised to use thirty, fifty, and seventy percent of his power in the strikes and to protect Xiao Yan if he surrendered.
• The Monster Realm Lord unleashed the first strike through the peak’s hidden power, sending a cutting Qi Sword at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan met the attack with his Samsara Power, Holy Flames, Demon Emperor Heavenly Image, Immortal Golden Body, and Golden Dragon King Blood, then emerged from the smoke alive.
• Xiao Yan declared that the first strike was over and invited the Monster Realm Lord to deliver the second as the Tianxie Blood Tiger and distant observers watched.

Xiao Yan witnessed a vision revealing the ancient conflict between a silvery-white figure and a milky-white figure, then received a memory of Yuan Tian’s first reincarnation being killed by Ren Yuanzi. He was left trying to understand the nine reincarnations and the powers tied to them, while Ren Yuanzi continued searching unsuccessfully for the ninth.

• The Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Woman sent Xiao Yan into a strange void, where a silver mirror showed two transcendent figures whose battle ended with one dividing into three parts and the other into nine petals.
• One of the nine petals appeared in Xiao Yan’s hand, resonated with his soul, and crumbled to release a memory of Yuan Tian’s first reincarnation.
• In the memory, the young Yuan Tian refused to surrender his imprint to Ren Yuanzi, but Ren Yuanzi killed him and destroyed Wangxin Pavilion.
• Yun Qi sensed Xiao Yan’s search for one of the powers as Nannan’s sleeping aura remained protected by nine petals within her imprint.
• Ren Yuanzi lamented that he had destroyed eight of Yuan Tian’s reincarnations but could not find the ninth.

Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Mu Yingying arrived at the fortress and rescued Hao Ni'er and the surviving defenders. After Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated the Yuan Emperor and his army, Hao Ni'er warned that something might have gone wrong at the headquarters, so the group set out for the Soul Devouring Domain headquarters.

• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Mu Yingying appeared at the fortress as Hao Ni'er and the defenders lay gravely wounded.
• Yun Yun and Mu Yingying treated Hao Ni'er while Xiao Yan confronted the Yuan Emperor.
• Xiao Yan used Dragon God Claw to destroy the Yuan Emperor's strongest attack and purify the demonic qi, defeating him and his army.
• Hao Ni'er warned Xiao Yan that something might have happened at the headquarters.
• Xiao Yan left spatial coordinates and arranged for scattered allies to garrison the fortress before leading the group toward the Soul Devouring Domain headquarters.

The Seventh Evil God and Black Jue King trapped Thunder Lord and Duan Qifei in the Thunder Abyss Ghost Domain while they tried to recover their strength. Duan Qifei went out to confront the attackers, leaving Thunder Lord to complete her cultivation.

• The Seventh Evil God and Black Jue King enveloped the island in black Qi, killing the Northern Divine Hall Master and binding Yun Qi.
• Thunder Lord told Duan Qifei that the attackers included a powerful figure from the Ghost Realm Center and that she could not yet defeat the Seventh Evil God.
• Duan Qifei asked about Thunder Lord’s hatred for the Xiao Clan, and Thunder Lord vowed to hunt down its surviving elders.
• Thunder Lord began gathering the domain’s thunder power to help Duan Qifei break through, then offered to hold off the enemy herself.
• Duan Qifei refused to let her teacher go out and emerged from the island to face Black Jue King, who demanded Thunder Lord’s surrender.

Xiao Yan survived the Seven-Eyed Evil God’s Light Forbidden Technique and defeated him with the Flame God Cauldron, refining his remaining soul origin. As the battle in the firmament ended, a mysterious force sealed passages across the Ghost Realm, while the Outer Realm Evil Clan armies continued fighting under an unknown commander.

• Xiao Yan revived through the Demon Power and Undying and Inextinguishable, then apologized to Mu Yingying and Yun Yun for worrying them.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Flame God Cauldron and trapped the powerless Seven-Eyed Evil God before he could destroy himself.
• Xiao Yan’s cauldron and seven Holy Runes burned away the Seven-Eyed Evil God, leaving a nearly pure ball of soul origin.
• Xiao Yan began refining the soul origin and reunited with Mu Yingying and Yun Yun as Duan Qifei left.
• A dim, shackle-like pattern spread across the Ghost Realm and isolated its passages, while the Outer Realm Evil Clan armies kept attacking despite losing their commanders.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered the Four Symbols Cave and followed a three-headed serpent to a sealed cavern at its core. There they found a coffin surrounded by four sacred beast statues, and a voice inside begged them for help.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin encountered a Three Evil Spirit Serpent, which Cai Lin recognized and Xiao Yan restrained with flame power.
• Cai Lin sensed that the serpent was guiding them, so the pair followed it toward a dark cave.
• The serpent stopped at the cave entrance and tried to drive them away, but Xiao Yan and Cai Lin continued into the depths.
• Xiao Yan used his devouring power to repel the cave’s lurking creatures as he and Cai Lin reached a chamber filled with bones and ancient seals.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin found a stone coffin ringed by statues of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuan Wu, and a voice inside begged them to save it in exchange for the cave’s treasures.

The Nine-Tailed Woman used her Soul Forging Technique to temporarily suppress the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s power eroding Cai Lin. With Cai Lin’s condition stabilized for a short time, the Nine-Tailed Woman turned to her inheritance and the Tyrant Artifact.

• Die Qi and Xiao Yan saw the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s power manifest around Cai Lin, and the Nine-Tailed Woman recognized the ancient beast’s bloodline.
• The Nine-Tailed Woman determined that the ten-colored power was draining Cai Lin’s strength and vitality and had devoured her companion snake spirit; Xiao Yan confronted Cai Lin for hiding the danger from him.
• The Nine-Tailed Woman offered to use her Soul Forging Technique to delay the erosion, while warning that a complete solution might require reaching the Monster Realm Center.
• The Nine-Tailed Woman forged Cai Lin’s soul, breaking apart the ten-colored snake shadow and allowing Cai Lin’s sealed Dou Qi and Samsara Power to begin flowing again.
• After Cai Lin thanked her, the Nine-Tailed Woman said she would proceed with her inheritance and the Tyrant Artifact, and the nine-tailed stone statue released a powerful energy.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin confronted the Tianxie Blood Tiger over the Tyrant Artifact, while the two monster beast women joined the fight. Cai Lin awakened the power of the ten-colored sky swallowing python, forcing the tiger to surrender the Monster Realm’s fourth Tyrant Artifact, the Demon-Suppressing Sword.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin revealed themselves and used the Four Divine Beasts Array to oppose the Tianxie Blood Tiger and the two monster beast women.
• The Tianxie Blood Tiger persuaded the women to join forces against the humans, then killed them and absorbed their monster beast origins to restore his strength.
• Cai Lin awakened the ten-colored sky swallowing python’s power, suppressing the Tianxie Blood Tiger and halting his attack.
• The Tianxie Blood Tiger recognized Cai Lin’s power and surrendered the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
• Xiao Yan examined the green sword and realized it was the Monster Realm’s fourth Tyrant Artifact, though neither Cai Lin nor the tiger could unleash its full power.

Xiao Yan struggled against the Seven-Eyed Evil God's light forbidden technique while the Seven-Star God Binding Array blocked his power. As the attack closed in, Xiao Yan summoned the Flame God Cauldron through the seven-colored holy runes.

• The Seven-Eyed Evil God's array prevented Xiao Yan from fusing the seven-colored holy runes or using his full power.
• Xiao Yan glimpsed the Flame God Cauldron in a mysterious void and quietly summoned it.
• The Seven-Eyed Evil God unleashed the Light Forbidden Technique, Wailing Radiance, trapping Xiao Yan in a Heavenly Dou Arena of purifying light.
• The Seven-Eyed Evil God sent the Sun of Light toward the bound Xiao Yan, scorching his body and soul with holy flames.
• Xiao Yan accepted that he was both a demon and a descendant of the Xiao Clan, and the seven-colored holy runes summoned the Flame God Cauldron in its true form.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Four Divine Beasts Array blocked his power, then used the Monster Realm God Technique to awaken its four guardians. With Cai Lin holding them off, he reached the Luminous Pearl at the array’s center and began breaking the array, leaving its energy erupting through the cave.

• Xiao Yan found that the Four Divine Beasts Array repelled his power and silenced the monster beast in the stone coffin.
• At Cai Lin’s suggestion, Xiao Yan used the Monster Realm God Technique, and his monster radiance struck the four divine beast statues.
• The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Xuan Wu, and Vermilion Bird emerged as energy guardians of the array.
• Xiao Yan asked Cai Lin to hold off the four beasts while he entered the array and seized the Luminous Pearl.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Power and Core Inscription to erase the pearl’s array veins, triggering a powerful energy eruption.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered the Ten-Colored Magic Snake Cave, where a strange flame and traces of human and evil power hinted at a deeper mystery. Surrounded by nine Sky Swallowing Stone Pythons, Cai Lin revealed her royal bloodline and declared herself a descendant come to pay respects to the founding ancestor.

• A milky-white flame thread paralyzed Xiao Yan, but Cai Lin extinguished it with her Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Force.
• Cai Lin broke through the pitch-black barrier, and Xiao Yan and Cai Lin entered the Ten-Colored Magic Snake Cave as the headless snake shadow vanished.
• Rock Giant Pythons awakened and surrounded Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, swallowing Xiao Yan's holy flame and draining their vitality.
• The nine-colored bloodline in Cai Lin suppressed the nine Rock Giant Pythons and halted their formation.
• Cai Lin declared that she had come as a descendant of the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to pay respects to the founding ancestor.