Chapter Summaries

The Darkness Lord guarded the Nether Wall as four Outer Realm powerhouses attacked the Netherworld. Two breached the wall and headed for Nether City, while the Darkness Lord trapped the other two in his realm of darkness, where they prepared to fight him.

• The Darkness Lord sent the Eight Directions Underworld Monarchs back to Nether City and entrusted them with the Heavenly Lock Nihility Realm.
• Four black-robed Outer Realm powerhouses arrived at the Nether Wall and identified the Darkness Lord, whose strength they recognized as formidable.
• The Darkness Lord covered the Nether Wall in dark green Demon Power and thunder to block the invaders.
• Two attackers used ancient black patterns with godlike fluctuations to break through the wall and enter the Nether City.
• The remaining two revealed themselves as Xuan and Huang, and the Darkness Lord trapped them inside his Realm of Darkness.
• Xuan and Huang prepared to kill the Darkness Lord and seize his Demon Power.

Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu tracked a Yu Family-affiliated man through Ghost King City, only to be caught in a deadly confrontation. After the man trapped them inside a Barrier Scroll and attacked with fire Dou Xian Power, Xiao Yan’s power overwhelmed his, setting up their fight.

• Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu followed the cautious black-robed man, whose aura matched Yu Quan’s and carried the Yu Family’s mark.
• The black-robed man discovered them in an alley and confronted them, revealing that he was a powerful Dou Xian.
• The man crushed a Barrier Scroll, sealing the alley’s space so he could kill Xiao Yan and Qing Wenshu without witnesses.
• Xiao Yan told Qing Wenshu to let him handle the fight, then met the man’s fire attack with his own fire Dou Xian Power.
• Xiao Yan’s attack overpowered the black-robed man’s, and Xiao Yan taunted him about the weakness of his supposedly superior power.

Xiao Yan and the other nine alchemists began the month-long final trial of the Alchemist Pill Gathering, each refining a medicinal pill on a separate mountain. Xiao Yan prepared to make the Samsara Reincarnation Pill, while the outcome of the showdown remained unknown.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Realm Square, where Hua Qianqian, Ming Feng, the Thorn Demon Child, and the other finalists had gathered.
• Yao Wuchen announced the rules: the finalists had one month to refine a pill using their own formulas and materials, and the championship would remain vacant if none succeeded.
• Yao Wuchen transported the ten alchemists to separate peaks among the Ten Peak Ridges.
• Xiao Yan prepared the Ice Marrow Fire Spirit Fruit, the Thirty-Thousand-Year Demonic Whale Stone, and the Bedding of the Earth to refine the Samsara Reincarnation Pill.
• The Thorn Demon Child, Hua Qianqian, and Ming Feng summoned imposing medicinal cauldrons, and all ten alchemists began refining their pills.

Hao Ni'er reunited with the injured Soul Devouring Master and met Xiao Yan, who had rescued and supported her master. After Xiao Yan offered the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s Sacred Flame Origin and Sacred Flame Crystal, the Soul Devouring Master had a chance to restore his power and reach a long-sought realm.

• Hao Ni'er arrived and reunited with the Soul Devouring Master while he healed Xiao Yan’s injuries.
• The Soul Devouring Master restored Xiao Yan’s damaged meridians, weakening himself further in the process.
• Hao Ni'er clasped hands with Xiao Yan, and her power surged through his ancient jade ring before the Soul Devouring Master reassured him.
• The Soul Devouring Master told Hao Ni'er that Xiao Yan was a Xiao Clan descendant who had rescued him and supported him after the Two Realms War.
• Hao Ni'er identified the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp, and the Soul Devouring Master planned to use it in a quiet place to recover his Origin Power.
• Xiao Yan presented the Ghost Face Soul Flame’s Sacred Flame Origin and Sacred Flame Crystal, leaving Hao Ni'er astonished by his generosity.

Cai Lin fought Mu Yingying, whose Holy Flame Spirit alternated between attacking her and restraining its desire to harm Xiao Yan’s wife. After Mu Yingying collapsed, King Xuan Ling ambushed Cai Lin and captured both women.

• Cai Lin fought Mu Yingying and tried to subdue her with the Ten-Colored Power, but Mu Yingying’s Holy Flame Power absorbed the attack.
• Mu Yingying’s Holy Flame Spirit nearly struck a fatal blow, but Mu Yingying resisted because Cai Lin was Xiao Yan’s wife and then collapsed from the strain.
• Cai Lin caught Mu Yingying and prepared to carry her back to the Medusa Clan, but King Xuan Ling trapped them in a dark array.
• King Xuan Ling sent dark bats to attack Cai Lin and Mu Yingying, while a cloaked Two-star Dou Xian shattered Cai Lin’s attempt to escape.
• The dark bats sealed both women’s cultivation, and King Xuan Ling took them away.

After Xiao Yan’s rejection left Mu Yingying heartbroken, she encountered Cai Lin at the edge of the Death Desert and attacked her. Their clash drew King Xuan Ling, Yan Chi, and Xuan Cang, who planned to exploit the Holy Flame’s presence.

• Xiao Yi stopped Mu Yingying, but she rejected Xiao Yan’s offer to help rescue Yan Chi and declared she had no relationship with him.
• Mu Yingying fled to a remote spot and wept over her feelings for Xiao Yan and his marriage.
• Cai Lin, the Medusa Clan’s new queen, confronted Mu Yingying near the Death Desert’s edge, and Mu Yingying attacked after learning Cai Lin was Xiao Yan’s wife.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying fought with their Ten-Colored Power and Holy Flame Power, neither gaining the advantage.
• Xuan Cang sensed the battle, and King Xuan Ling set out with him and Yan Chi to seize the opportunity to weaken and devour the Holy Flame.

Xiao Yan struggled to forge a spirit palace in the Boundless Realm, then used the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil’s Soul Origin and two conflicting streams of soul power to complete a nine-layer palace and break into the Immortal Realm. The immense disturbance drew the attention of powerful beings across Ice Fire Island, while the Xiao Clan Mark secretly absorbed some of Xiao Yan’s soul power.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly failed to outline a spirit palace, and the Soul Devouring Master explained its power to store soul energy and imprison an enemy’s soul.
• Xiao Yan used the Three-Eyed Ghost Pupil’s Soul Origin to replenish his power and continued outlining the palace, unaware that the Xiao Clan Mark was secretly absorbing some of his soul power.
• Xiao Yan outlined three layers before his soul stone shattered and released two incompatible streams of soul power into his Soul Sea.
• Xiao Yan sent both streams into the palace, which materialized with nine layers as his soul power reached the Immortal Realm.
• Hun Shang and Youhun sensed the Immortal Realm fluctuation, concluded the Eagle Eye Squad had perished, and fled through a spatial crack.
• Powerful beings on the first, second, and third layers of Ice Fire Island noticed the disturbance, and the being on the first layer sensed a trace resembling its lord in the aura.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er reunited after she absorbed the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame and inherited Fire Master Jiuxuan’s Reincarnation Mark. Xun Er revealed that she had reached Eight-Star Dou Xian, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by how far her strength had surpassed his.

• Snake-Scorpion Xue'er feared that Xun Er would revive Fire Master Jiuxuan after perfectly comprehending his Reincarnation Mark.
• Xun Er emerged from the golden cocoon, and Xiao Yan embraced her after their decades-long separation.
• Gu Yuan led the Peerless Heavenly Emperor and Snake-Scorpion Xue'er away so Xiao Yan and Xun Er could speak privately.
• Xun Er explained that the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame and Fire Master Jiuxuan’s Reincarnation Mark had been preserved in the Gu Clan, and that the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame had let her absorb it.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan she had reached Eight-Star Dou Xian, while Xiao Yan had only reached the Seven-Star Dou Xian Later Stage.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er fought Xuan Ye in the Ice and Fire Underground Palace, where Xun'er used the Five-Footed Golden Crow divine artifact to destroy his final soul origin. The artifact recovered a drop of phoenix essence blood and revealed it could guide them to the Phoenix Clan.

• Xiao Yan used the Baxia shell to trap Xuan Ye, who countered with phoenix essence blood.
• Xun'er emerged from the lake and struck Xuan Ye with the Five-Footed Golden Crow bracelet.
• Xun'er summoned ten golden crows and unleashed their combined power against Xuan Ye's Heavenly Phoenix defense.
• Xuan Ye fled as a dim soul, but Xun'er formed ten suns and annihilated his last soul origin.
• The Five-Footed Golden Crow swallowed Xuan Ye's phoenix essence blood, then returned it to Xun'er and said it could guide them to the Phoenix Clan.

Mu Yingying and Xiao Yi fought the Myriad Poison Sect’s Wang Xie and Du Mo, while Xiao Yan intervened to save Mu Yingying and killed Wang Xie. After Xiao Yi revealed his early eight-star Dou Di strength, Du Mo begged for his life and claimed he knew what had happened to the seven from Heaven Hall.

• Mu Yingying stepped in to fight Wang Xie, while Xiao Yi battled Du Mo and burned away the poison venom Du Mo had planted in him.
• Mu Yingying’s sword attacks drove Wang Xie into retreat, but he lured her into range of his Seven-faced Demon Plant.
• Xiao Yan used spatial teleportation to save Mu Yingying, crushed the Seven-faced Demon Plant, and killed the weakened Wang Xie.
• Du Mo considered retreating after sensing Wang Xie’s death, but Xiao Yi revealed his early eight-star Dou Di aura and ordered him to stop.
• Xiao Yan descended with Mu Yingying as Du Mo begged for his life and said he knew what had happened to the seven from Heaven Hall.

Xiao Yan reached the summit meeting’s sparring ground and encountered Wujitian, the Fist Emperor, who demanded that he surrender his Demon Slaying Token and leave. After learning that the leaders had not authorized the challenge, Xiao Yan agreed to fight him without using Holy Flame, and the chapter ended as the Fist Emperor took physical form.

• Xiao Yan crossed the rune-covered square and sensed a powerful, hostile aura near the portal to the meeting place.
• Wujitian, the Fist Emperor and patriarch of the Myriad Fist Sect, appeared and attacked Xiao Yan, whose Immortal Golden Body blocked the strike.
• Wujitian belittled Xiao Yan and demanded his Demon Slaying Token, but Xiao Yan confirmed that the summit leaders had not ordered him to bar the way.
• Xiao Yan accused Wujitian of jealousy and challenged him to a head-on fight without using Holy Flame.
• Wujitian accepted the challenge and emerged from the blue light as a solid figure with formidable power concentrated in his fists.

As the Dragon Clan and Xiao Yan’s group cultivated in seclusion, a gray-thunder-wielding figure destroyed the Undying Saint Tomb before its forces could join the Endless Flame Alliance. The badly wounded Undying Saint Lord blamed the Thunder Lord and headed for the Human Realm Center to report the attack.

• The Golden Dragon King ordered the Dragon Clan into closed-door cultivation, while Xiao Yan and his companions cultivated in the Dragon Burial Pool.
• The Undying Saint Lord agreed to lead his forces to the Endless Flame Alliance for protection from the coming war.
• A gray-thunder-wielding Seductive Figure attacked the Undying Saint Tomb as its coalition army prepared to depart, killing nearly everyone with Great Thunder Annihilation.
• The Seductive Figure revealed that she sought to escape a mirror’s control and gain the Creator’s power, then hurried toward her final destination.
• The Undying Saint Lord survived behind his coffin, accused the Thunder Lord of the Endless Flame Alliance, and set off for the Human Realm Center.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yan led the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples out of the Blood River Realm, where the Xuan Ling Imperial Family confronted them over the deaths of its tournament participants. Burning Incense Pavilion’s Zhu Jin stood between Xiao Yan and Qin Tian, whose sudden strength as a One-Star Dou Xian brought the two sides close to battle.

• Xiao Yan woke after ten days unconscious and learned Mu Yingying and Xiao Yi had helped heal his injuries.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples to leave the Blood River Realm promptly and regroup with their main force.
• Wu Du and Xiu Qi watched as Xiao Yan and the Burning Incense Pavilion group emerged into Blood River Town.
• Qin Tian and the Dragon Devouring Legion demanded Xiao Yan be taken back to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, but Zhu Jin and other Burning Incense Pavilion powerhouses intervened.
• Zhu Jin refused to surrender Xiao Yan and defended the tournament’s deadly rules, while Qin Tian revealed he had reached One-Star Dou Xian.

Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying returned to the Wanhuo Sect, where Xiao Yan prepared to lead its forces back to Xuan Ling. Before leaving the Ghost Realm, he met Duan Qifei and made clear that they would remain friends, while she pledged the Lihun Domain’s support for him.

• Mu Yingying collected two Holy Flame pillars, and Xiao Yan sealed the Tianling Holy Abyss before they left.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying returned to the Wanhuo Sect, where Huo Yi reported that its forces were ready to depart for Xuan Ling.
• Xiao Yan took Mu Yingying to the Spirit Academy to meet Duan Qifei before their departure.
• Xiao Yan told Duan Qifei they would always be friends, and she accepted his decision and let him leave.
• Xiao Yan led the Wanhuo Sect’s forces through the spacetime wormhole toward Xuan Ling, while Duan Qifei pledged the Lihun Domain’s support for him.

A mysterious divine arrow shattered the Slaughter Angel’s defenses and fatally wounded her, exposing the limits of her power and freeing those she had controlled. As she began to disintegrate, she prepared to self-destruct and destroy the Sanctuary Altar’s assembled elites, while Xiao Yan sensed an even greater battle approaching.

• An unknown attacker’s arrow pierced the Slaughter Angel, destroying the powers surrounding her and disrupting her body’s energy.
• Xiao Tianming confronted the dying Slaughter Angel and told her that her path was wrong and the world would still be protected.
• The Slaughter Angel recognized Xiao Yuntian’s overwhelming power as her body, wings, and Angel Holy Soul began to dissolve.
• Hidden conspirators opened a passage for dark forces, while the Endless Flame Alliance watched the aftermath and Xiao Yan sensed danger in his Holy Flames and Demon Robe.
• The Slaughter Angel announced that she would not let Xiao Tianming or the Xiao Clan escape, then began gathering power to unleash a final destructive self-detonation.

Xiao Yan and his companions confronted a Poison Person in the Poison God Demon Pool, and Xiao Yi Xian used her Poison Pill to drain its strength. The Poison Person then revealed an ancient jade cauldron whose destructive aura alarmed Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Duhun Zi dismissed their failing barriers as a Poison Person emerged from the swamp.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Woeful Poison Body and Poison Pill, feeding venom to the Poison Person and beginning to establish control over it.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Poison Person while Xiao Yi Xian prepared to seize her chance, but the creature dodged his strike and counterattacked with its scorpion tail.
• Xiao Yan caught the tail, allowing Xiao Yi Xian to release her Poison Pill and drain the Poison Person's power.
• Xiao Yan sensed an unsettling ancient force gathering inside the Poison Person and warned Xiao Yi Xian to retrieve her Poison Pill.
• A pure jade cauldron appeared above the Poison Person, silencing the poisons throughout the pool and emanating a deadly destructive aura.

After absorbing Death Blood Ghost Liquid, Xiao Yan learned that the Fiery Beast inside him might be connected to the Tou She Ancient God and descended into the Blood River Pool with the Soul Devouring Talisman. At the bottom, Xiao Yan spotted what appeared to be a Soul Dou Technique.

• Xiao Yan sensed that absorbing Death Power had raised his strength to mid Seven-star Dou Di, and the Soul Devouring Talisman warned him that the Fiery Beast had devoured his Dou Qi.
• The Soul Devouring Talisman guessed that the Fiery Beast was formed from Xiao Yan’s twenty-three Heavenly Flames and recalled a powerful figure from the Fire Spirit Tribe, whom it identified as the Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the Fiery Beast and Xiao Yi were descendants of the Tou She Ancient God, then set aside the question and agreed to investigate the bottom of the Blood River Pool.
• Xiao Yan wrapped himself in Holy Flame and descended with the Soul Devouring Talisman as the pool water darkened and its Ghost Qi grew stronger, threatening to consume the flame.
• After reaching about one thousand meters, Xiao Yan saw something that appeared to be a Soul Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan arrived at a deadly swamp beside the hidden Corpse Bone Mountain, where the Xiao Clan Guardians were concealed, and defended himself from its poison barriers. As he faced two guardians within the mountain, Xu Shao appeared nearby with five ominous coffins and demanded that the guardians surrender what they protected.

• Xiao Yan emerged beside the Corpse Bone Mountain in a swamp filled with deadly poison barriers, and two men concealed within the mountain wondered how he had found it.
• Xiao Yan searched for the Xiao Clan Guardians and identified the bone mountain while the two men watched him warily.
• Xiao Yan burned away the poison-barrier Qi with amber flames after it attacked him.
• Xu Shao arrived with five pitch-black coffins and demanded that the Xiao Clan Guardians hand over what they guarded.
• Xu Shao said he had resurrected the guardians’ old friends as the coffins released a terrifying power infused with Faith Power and Demonic Qi.

Zhu Yuan led the six others in combining their Life Power to break through the barrier, allowing all seven to enter the Dou Technique Pavilion’s innermost area. Xiao Yan was separated into the Human Hall’s treasure chamber, where a mysterious voice addressed him and asked who his master was.

• Zhu Yuan restored his strength and used his Eighth-Tier Life Power to weaken the barrier while the other six lent him their power.
• Zhu Yuan held open a gap until Xiao Yan and the others entered, then followed them inside.
• A mysterious force separated the seven according to their Heaven, Earth, and Human Halls, and Xiao Yan found himself surrounded by white mist.
• Xiao Yan asked the Human Hall’s seniors for help, causing the mist to disperse and revealing an ancient stone hall.
• A mysterious hand pushed Xiao Yan into the stone hall, where a mocking voice asked him who his master was.

Xuan Yi and the Demon Emperor tried to use an ancient array to kill Bing Lan and the other Saint Clan invaders after the graveyard’s sealed palace thwarted their plan. Bing Lan withstood the array’s assault, and Xuan Yi suddenly suffered a mysterious internal injury.

• Bing Lan demanded that Xuan Yi and the Demon Emperor reveal where the King of Myriad Beasts’ and the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s inheritances and corpses were buried, but Xuan Yi said he did not know.
• Xuan Yi and the Demon Emperor resolved to fight the Saint Clan strongmen themselves rather than let them leave the graveyard alive.
• Xuan Yi summoned the Ten Thousand Annihilation Monster Spirit Array and joined the Demon Emperor in attacking Bing Lan.
• Bing Lan refused help from the Heavenly Illusion Demon Lord and the other Royal Clan strongman, then faced the array’s full assault without moving.
• Xuan Yi’s hegemonic weapon developed cracks, and he spat out a mouthful of nearly white, chilly blood after a mysterious power erupted inside him.