Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan traveled to the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm to bring Xun Er back and joined the Peak Ascension Assembly. As the cloud path opened, the first wave of challengers was struck by lightning and gravity, and Xiao Yan followed them toward the mountain’s base.

• Xiao Yan disguised himself and suppressed his aura before reaching the Gu Clan’s cloud path on Peak Ascension Day.
• Liu Hao, the Holy See’s Son of Light, arrived hoping to enter the Gu Clan’s Forbidden Area and find his dream lover.
• Xiao Yan bumped into Liu Hao, and his Demon Cube stirred when it sensed Liu Hao’s Holy See aura.
• The Peak Ascension Cloud Path opened, and challengers rushed onto its staircases as lightning lashed them.
• The cloud staircases dispersed, and gravity drove challengers down toward the mountain’s foot, where some were badly injured or killed.
• Xiao Yan followed the falling challengers, while Liu Hao and several other powerful figures followed behind him.

Xiao Yan battled Liu Hao in the Dou Arena, countering his Light Attribute techniques with quick attacks and a palm strike. Liu Hao unleashed the Light Jade Immortal Token while Xiao Yan answered with the Four-Colored Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation, and their clash left the arena shattered as the victor remained undecided.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly King Seal to attack Liu Hao from behind, but Liu Hao's Light Armor and falling rays of light broke the seal and forced Xiao Yan to retreat.
• Liu Hao formed a Light Sword and overwhelmed Xiao Yan's Four Fingers of the Firmament and Creation Three Fists, leaving Xiao Yan at a disadvantage.
• Xiao Yan used Youming Tianhuang to create an opening and struck Liu Hao with a palm, sending him flying despite his Light Armor.
• Liu Hao unleashed the Light Jade Immortal Token, and Xiao Yan summoned his Four-Colored Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation to meet it.
• The Light Jade Immortal Token and Four-Colored Fire Lotus collided, destroying the Dou Arena and leaving the final battle's outcome unknown.

Xiao Yan encountered the Thorn Demon Child in an underground trial and left with his portion of the Saint Origin Qi after they avoided a fight. He arrived at Wanling Mountain, where the Alchemist Pill Gathering drew a vast crowd and a daunting path reserved for powerful alchemists awaited the competitors.

• A hidden voice offered Xiao Yan half of the Saint Origin Qi, but he stayed on guard and waited for the speaker to reveal himself.
• The Thorn Demon Child attacked Xiao Yan with thorn vines and ash-like needle souls, and Xiao Yan recognized him as a Demon Realm alchemist.
• Xiao Yan and the Thorn Demon Child chose to save their strength and meet in the finals, then the Thorn Demon Child vanished.
• Xiao Yan collected his items, traveled through the Light Port, and arrived at the Alchemist Sanctuary's Wanling Mountain.
• Crowds gathered for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, while the ancient stone path up the mountain remained accessible only to at least seventh-grade alchemists.

Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Pill Gathering and received rewards that strengthened his soul, but Ming Feng revealed the gathering had been a trap set by the Outer Realm Evil Clan. As the Life Slaughter Array sealed the Pill Realm, Xiao Yan resisted the scheme and was drawn into the array.

• Yao Wuchen declared Xiao Yan the champion and the Alchemist Sanctuary’s third Ninth-grade Alchemist, then gave him a soul-defense technique and a mysterious medical formula.
• The grey-robed elder ordered the Sanctuary Guards to investigate Ming Feng and his two companions, but Xiao Yan drove the Guards back.
• Ming Feng revealed that Xiao Yan had supposedly surrendered to the Outer Realm and activated the Life Slaughter Array, which suppressed the experts and isolated the Pill Realm.
• Yao Wuchen tried to destroy the evil formation, but Ming Feng used a Blood Stone Evil Rune to seal him inside a separate dimension.
• Xiao Yan revealed he had only played along with the conspiracy, absorbed the black flames with the Demon Cube, and demanded to know the Outer Realm’s purpose and the Evil God’s identity.
• Ming Feng activated the Life Slaughter Array, which formed around the Pill Realm and dragged Xiao Yan into it.

Xiao Yan and the others entered the Tianwang Cang Ruins and discovered that its entrance led to a maze array carrying traces of Evil Aura. They split into pairs to search for a way through, while an unseen presence in the Mihun Heavenly Palace recognized familiar fluctuations among them and believed they could help break a deadlock involving its lord’s remains.

• Xiao Yan praised Yuanyan for using her array skills to help open the ruins entrance, while Yuan Hong warned him to keep his distance from her sister.
• Xiao Yan, Yuanyan, Yuan Hong, and the others passed through the Space Channel into the Tianwang Cang Ruins and found a mysterious maze of deep passages.
• Yuanyan sensed that the maze was also an array likely built to keep the Outer Realm Evil Clan out and to protect something within the ruins.
• Xiao Yan proposed splitting up to find the maze’s center, and Yuanyan urged the group to travel in pairs because the array felt dangerous.
• Xiao Yan assigned the group into four pairs, and they entered separate passages to explore.
• After the group left, an unseen voice in the Mihun Heavenly Palace said two of them carried familiar fluctuations and might break the deadlock surrounding its lord’s remains.

Xiao Yan battled Yan Lie inside the Huangyan domain, struggling against the stronger Eight-Star Dou Xian until Xiao Lei’s gray thunder drew Yan Lie’s attention. Xiao Yan then awakened the Eternal Ruler’s holy runes and prepared to suppress Yan Lie with his Holy Flame power.

• Yan Lie trapped Xiao Yan in his Huangyan domain, where their opening attacks clashed evenly.
• Xiao Yan realized Yan Lie’s Eight-Star Dou Xian strength and undying body made a direct fight difficult, while Yan Lie formed a flaming restraint and pressed his attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned Soul Clone Xiao Lei, who used soul power to break Yan Lie’s Huangyan Heavenly Sword as Xiao Yan moved toward the domain’s boundary with the Eternal Ruler.
• Yan Lie grew furious and unleashed flame creatures, but Xiao Lei’s gray thunder destroyed them and made Yan Lie fear its power.
• Xiao Yan ignited the Eternal Ruler’s holy runes and declared that he would suppress Yan Lie as the Holy Flame Controller.

Yue Ru, Yun Yun, and Yaoling’s united attack failed to defeat the Dark Demon, so Xiao Yan unleashed his Demon Power and faced it alone. As Demon Xiao Yan battled the stronger foe, Yun Yun feared the power would destroy him but remained behind a barrier, praying for his victory.

• The Dark Demon endured the three women’s Spacetime Serration, shattered it, and advanced on them as their strength faded.
• Yue Ru prepared to burn her ancient power, but she and Yun Yun saw dark green Soul Mountains rise around Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Demon Cube’s power to unleash Demon Power, then isolated the three women and the Heavenly Emperor with Demon Realm.
• The Dark Demon attacked with a five-colored cage and the Face of Good and Evil, while Demon Xiao Yan shattered the cage and fought back with monstrous hair.
• Yun Yun wanted to rush to Xiao Yan, but Yue Ru stopped her; Yun Yun then created a flaming flower to protect the women and prayed for Xiao Yan to win.

Xiao Yan and the Coalition Army failed to stop the array at the Human Realm Center and retreated as it continued consuming the world’s energy. Black and white suns then appeared across the Great Thousand World, prompting its leaders to gather at the Endless Flame Alliance while Yue Ru set out to seek the Moon God’s path.

• Xiao Yan’s attacks failed to damage the array, so he opened a rift and led the Coalition Army out of the Human Realm Center.
• The array continued to threaten the Great Thousand World, while Tianyuanzi and the Head of Foreign Lands remained missing.
• Black and white suns appeared across the Great Thousand World and began absorbing its energy and weaker creatures.
• Yue Xi told Yue Ru that the Moon God’s breakthrough required the Xuanyue Flute and lay near a mysterious region in the Netherworld; Yue Ru then left, and Yue Xi secretly followed her.
• Duan Qifei ordered the Ghost Realm’s forces to assemble at the Endless Flame Alliance, and commanders from the other realms began gathering in the Endless Fire Domain.

Yan Chi told Xiao Yan about Fen Tian’s adopted son, Yin Fu Tong, whose death at the previous Sect Tournament had sparked a feud with the Xuan Ling Imperial Family. Yan Chi planned to take Mu Yingying away, but let Xiao Yan visit her; meanwhile, the Golden Dragon King sensed a Xiao Clan member fleeing the Human Realm Center’s Enforcers and prepared to help.

• Yan Chi praised Xiao Yan for helping rescue him and recounted how Fen Tian’s adopted son, Yin Fu Tong, died at the previous Sect Tournament under unexplained circumstances.
• Yan Chi asked Xiao Yan to uncover the truth about Yin Fu Tong’s death at the coming Sect Tournament, explaining that Fen Tian’s injuries prevented him from investigating himself.
• Yan Chi said he would take Mu Yingying away in a few days, and Xiao Yan assured him that he and Mu Yingying could only remain companions because he was married to Xun Er and Cai Lin.
• Yan Chi told Xiao Yan that an item from the Sect Tournament could heal his injuries and said he would explain the precautions before the tournament.
• Yan Chi let Xiao Yan go see Mu Yingying in the woods outside the Meeting Room.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed a Xiao Clan member being pursued by the Human Realm Center’s Enforcers and decided to leave Xiao Yan’s body to help rescue him and return the Xiao Clan members to the Dragon Clan.

Mu Xuzi brought Xiao Yan and the others to their first training, explaining the Human Hall’s competitive cultivation system and its duty to fight ghostly creatures. At the hall, Xiao Yan learned that hundreds of registered disciples were competing to enter the Human Hall, and Mu Xuzi revealed that the reward lay beyond a Light Gate.

• Mu Xuzi explained that Burning Incense Pavilion trained disciples to grow stronger and fight evil, and that the Human Hall’s resources depended on strength and talent.
• Mu Xuzi led Xiao Yan and the others to a great hall, where they opened its doors and found a Light Gate and hundreds of people.
• Mu Xuzi clarified that the people in the hall were registered disciples seeking to join the Human Hall, while its true disciples were away fighting ghostly creatures.
• Mu Xuzi announced that newcomers would have to overcome difficulties beyond the Light Gate to claim the reward for joining the Human Hall.
• An elderly man noticed Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Power, and the registered disciples reacted to the strength they sensed from him and his companions.

Xiao Yan overcame the Earth Demon Bear’s fourth beast tribulation by unleashing his Holy Flame and Great Heaven Seed, then tricking the tribulation’s deadly core into his soul clone. The Earth Demon Bear rewarded him with the earth holy spring and promised to guide him toward Tianming Villa.

• Xiao Yan combined the Great Heaven Seed and Holy Flame to withstand the dark brown thunder beam, then detonated the Sea of Yanfei Flames against it.
• Xiao Yan drew out the tribulation’s final strange light beam and used a position swap with his soul clone to make the clone swallow and refine it.
• The Earth Demon Bear completed his fourth beast tribulation, advanced to the four-star Dou Xian late stage, and thanked Xiao Yan for helping him survive.
• The Earth Demon Bear promised Xiao Yan the earth holy spring and guidance to the summit of the Tianming Mountain Range, where they could enter Tianming Villa.
• The Earth Demon Bear produced the blue earth holy spring, while Xiao Yan recognized that it could help him break through to three-star Dou Xian.

Xiao Yan used the Earth Xuan Lightning from his Emperor Grade Two Peak pill’s tribulation to strengthen the Golden Demon Puppet, then destroyed the remaining lightning and obtained the pill. As the Burning Incense Pavilion celebrated his abilities, Xiao Yan returned to prepare for resurrecting Xiao Xuan.

• Yan Chi and Fen Tian discussed Xiao Yan’s pill, the Golden Demon Puppet, and their hope that he would avenge Burning Incense Pavilion disciples against the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Leng Fuyao recognized that Xiao Yan was refining an Emperor Grade Two Peak pill and resolved to work harder before returning to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan let the Golden Demon Puppet absorb most of the Earth Xuan Lightning, strengthening its Golden Vein and raising its power to the late Seven-star Dou Di level.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Golden Demon Puppet, struck down the remaining Pill Tribulation with Prison-Shattering Ruler, and collected the pill.
• Burning Incense Pavilion disciples and leaders praised Xiao Yan, while he returned with the puppet and pill to prepare to resurrect Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Yun Yun reached the Soul Devouring Fortress and discovered it under attack by Evil God-level forces. As they hurried to rescue its defenders, Hao Ni'er prepared to hold the fortress with the remaining troops.

• The Outer Realm Evil Clan divided its forces across the Ghost Realm while the Seventh Evil God led the main army against the Lihun Domain.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Yun Yun rushed toward the Soul Devouring Domain through abandoned cities and fortresses.
• The trio arrived at the battered Soul Devouring Fortress and sensed supreme Evil Power within the black clouds surrounding it.
• Xiao Yan called for them to save the defenders and kill the attackers, then charged toward the fortress with Mu Yingying and Yun Yun.
• Hao Ni'er refused to leave the fortress and prepared to fight the Evil Aura forces alongside her battered defenders.

Xiao Yan used the Spirit Ascension Method and five Holy Flames to raise his pill beyond Ming Feng’s half-step ninth-grade pill, breaking apart the thunder gathered around Ming Feng’s cauldron. As a Ninth-grade Pill’s thunder tribulation gathered, Xiao Yan prepared to face it with his soul power, leaving the championship undecided.

• Ming Feng dismissed Xiao Yan’s claim that he could use the Spirit Ascension Method to improve his pill.
• Xiao Yan formed the Glazed Fire Cauldron and revealed five Holy Flames, shocking the nearby experts.
• Ming Feng’s half-step ninth-grade pill summoned golden thunder as he prepared to handle its tribulation.
• Xiao Yan used the five Holy Flames to spirit-ascend his silver pill, and its power shattered the thunder around Ming Feng’s pill.
• Ming Feng declared his pill complete and warned that Xiao Yan still had to survive the Ninth-grade Pill’s thunder tribulation.
• Xiao Yan summoned a soul-defense technique and used his half-step Divine Wandering Realm soul power to prepare for the incoming tribulation.

Yaoling and Xiao Yi joined Xiao Yan in gathering ten rare Holy Flames as Dragon King Baxia confronted the Heavenly Emperor. After the Heavenly Emperor revealed the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword and overwhelmed Baxia, Princess Qianqin drew his attention with the Water Spirit Bead while Xiao Yan gathered power.

• Yaoling and Xiao Yi contributed their flames, bringing the gathered total to ten Holy Flames and causing the Flame Mantra within Xiao Yan to surge.
• Dragon King Baxia attacked the Heavenly Emperor over his betrayal of the Immortal Realm, but the Heavenly Emperor revealed he had preserved nearly half of the Dark Demon's origin.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Taiji Heavenly Emperor Sword to shatter Baxia's strongest strike and send him reeling.
• Yaoling identified the sword as the second-ranked divine artifact, and Princess Qianqin asked Xiao Yan for the Water Spirit Bead as their last hope.
• Xiao Yan began gathering power as Princess Qianqin presented the Water Spirit Bead to the Heavenly Emperor, awakening his intense desire.

The Darkness Lord unleashed his strongest attack against the two protectors and their summoned phantom, wiping out their forces and the Darkness Realm. Afterward, he found the Creation Demon Mirror inscribed with the names Xiao Tianming and Thunder Lord.

• The two protectors summoned the Shadow of His Holiness Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor with their blood and rallied the evil army to attack the Darkness Lord.
• The Darkness Lord gathered Demon Power, Samsara Power, and Darkness Power for a devastating strike.
• The Darkness Lord's attack destroyed the Darkness Realm and consumed the two protectors and their army.
• The Evil Robe absorbed the scattered evil forces, causing the Darkness Lord intense pain.
• The Darkness Lord found the Creation Demon Mirror and saw the names Xiao Tianming and Thunder Lord inscribed on it.

Bai Wushuang sacrificed herself to purify the Evil Prison and gave Xiao Yan her records on the Pure Heart and Samsara. As Xiao Yan studied them, he entered a vision of his past lives and began attempting to step into Samsara.

• Bai Wushuang ignited her Pure Heart, destroying the evil creatures throughout the Evil Prison.
• Bai Wushuang refused Xiao Yan’s attempt to save her, gave him her records, and crumbled away after making her final sacrifice.
• Xiao Yan accepted Bai Wushuang’s Pure Light Cluster and studied its knowledge while Xiao Yi guarded him.
• Xiao Yan entered a profound state and experienced visions of his first three lives and their hardships.
• Xiao Yan vowed to protect those he cherished and the Great Thousand World as power converged on him.

Xiao Yan separated and stabilized his Wood Attribute, gaining a second Dou Core alongside his Fire Attribute core. After discussing his new strength and the need for attribute-specific techniques, he prepared to leave seclusion and visit the Qing Family and Ghost King City.

• Xiao Yan separated the Wood Attribute from his Fire Attribute Dou Xian Power and used Heavenly Wood to stabilize it.
• The remaining Heavenly Wood entered Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Sea and formed a green, core-like energy rune beside his Fire Attribute Dou Core.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the dual attributes strengthened him and that the Heavenly Wood had healed his injuries from the Dou Xian Tribulation.
• The Soul Devouring Master explained that Dou Xian techniques were classified by attribute and described later cultivation stages involving Dou Souls, domain laws, and Faith Power.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek Fire and Wood Attribute Dou Techniques, conceal his Wood Attribute, and leave seclusion to visit the Qing Family and a grand auction in Ghost King City.

Wang Feng returned and joined Bai He to restrain Yu Qian’s rampaging Blood Heaven Demon Ape. After Wang Feng used a drop of black-and-gold blood to destroy them, he turned his attention to the remaining members of the Mad Demon Corps.

• Wang Feng emerged from hiding, and Xiao Yan urged him and Bai He to subdue Yu Qian before the Dou Soul grew stronger.
• Wang Feng bound Yu Qian’s phantom Dou Soul with wooden vines while Xiao Yan learned about the attributes and the Angel Clan’s healing power.
• Wang Feng summoned black-and-gold blood that forced the surrounding experts to kneel, but the power protecting Xiao Yan’s clan mark shielded him from its pressure.
• Wang Feng used the black-and-gold blood to destroy Yu Qian and the Blood Heaven Demon Ape, then told the Black-Faced Tiger and Scarred Wolf that they were next.

Xiao Yan’s group split up to reach Shawu Village and obtain the item needed to enter Ice Fire Island. While scouting ahead, Xiao Yan probed a captured Mysterious Man’s memories and uncovered cryptic words that deeply alarmed the Soul Devouring Master, who promised to help Xiao Yan grow strong enough to learn the hidden truths.

• Yu Yifeng killed the remaining Mysterious Men, and the old man asked the group to avenge Shawu Village’s victims and help retrieve the item needed to enter Ice Fire Island.
• Yu Yifeng sent Shuiyue, Yu Xiaoye, Liu Qing, and Xiao Yan to scout Shawu Village while he and the others accompanied the old man to retrieve the item.
• Xiao Yan led the scouting party toward Shawu Village, using his soul power to avoid Soul Beasts and secretly examine the captured Mysterious Man’s soul.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Mysterious Man was a Two-star Dou Xian and that a Ghost Kingdom expert was imprisoned on Ice Fire Island; his memories also contained the phrases “Light... Demon...” and “Life... The final ray of light...”.
• The Soul Devouring Master reacted with alarm to the phrases and told Xiao Yan that he would help him rapidly grow stronger so he could eventually learn the secrets involving the Soul Devouring Master, the Golden Dragon King, and the Xiao Clan.