Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s group saw the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerge as the Medusa Clan faced King Xuan Ling’s forces. After spotting Xuan Mo among the attackers, Xiao Yan joined the approach to the Divine Hall, where both sides prepared to fight.

• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python broke free of the White Marsh Divine Hall and destroyed the barrier protecting the Medusa Temple.
• Tang Tang’s group decided to avoid entering the Desert Zone and headed toward the exposed Divine Hall instead.
• Xiao Yan recognized King Xuan Ling and Xuan Mo among the gathered forces and resolved to observe the clash.
• Qing Yan calmed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, then ordered it to attack King Xuan Ling’s forces.
• King Xuan Ling assigned his fighters to face the Python and the Medusa Clan’s leaders, while She Fu and the others prepared to fight.

Yue Ru used the Moonlight Radiance in her forehead to defeat the gray guardian while Xiao Yan continued his breakthrough. The guardian’s Immortal-tier Dou Ji entered Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Liu Yin, and Xiao Yan appeared to catch Yue Ru as she faltered.

• Liu Yin fell, and her Frost Beast attacked the gray guardian with icy feathers that pierced its shield and left fragments that hindered breathing and Dou Qi.
• Yue Ru realized the guardians would soon recover their strength and activated the mysterious rune on her forehead to protect Xiao Yan.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that Moonlight Radiance was power left by the Moonlight Fairy and could lead to her inheritance.
• Yue Ru transformed into moonlight, passed through the gray guardian, and gravely wounded it; the guardian’s Immortal-tier Dou Ji then entered Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Liu Yin.
• As Yue Ru weakened and began to fall, Xiao Yan, surrounded by flames and carrying a Heavy Ruler, supported her and said he would handle the rest.

The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger and the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King unleashed their strongest attacks against each other in the eastern mountain range of Yin Shi Forest. The Heavenly Fire Jade exploded through Thunder Punishment Thousand Rain, and a tiny wisp of azure flame drifted toward the wolf king.

• The Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King spread lightning across the sky while the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger gathered compressed flames at its jaws.
• Yu Jing suggested that Yu Hui attack the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger, but Yu Hui refused because they lacked strength and Mu Yingying could intervene.
• The Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King launched Thunder Punishment Thousand Rain as the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger fired Heavenly Fire Jade.
• Thunder Punishment Thousand Rain wrapped around Heavenly Fire Jade, and the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King appeared to gain the upper hand.
• The Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger roared, causing Heavenly Fire Jade to erupt and shatter the space around the clash; a tiny wisp of azure flame drifted toward the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King.

Xiao Yan killed the wolfman and discovered that refining its Ghost Qi strengthened his Spiritual Power. Trapped in the sealed chamber, he realized the wolfman’s two fangs were flying toward the coffin and might be the key to opening it.

• Xiao Yan refused to spare the wolfman and used his Heavenly Flames to refine it.
• The wolfman split into red and black lights, but Xiao Yan caught and refined the black soul, gaining a small increase in Spiritual Power.
• The Golden Dragon King appeared and warned Xiao Yan that the chamber was sealed with no usable exit.
• Xiao Yan searched the chamber and noticed the wolfman’s two fangs flying toward the coffin.
• Xiao Yan deduced that the fangs could open the coffin and that the wolfman had guarded it.

Xiao Yan's group secretly crossed into the Charm Snake Tribe and continued toward their destination as Xiao Yi and Mu Yingying sensed a strange flame-like presence. A glowing Soul Jade bearing Cai Lin's soul power alerted Xiao Yan that she might be connected to the Medusa Clan, and he pressed on determined to find her.

• Xiao Yan led his group through the Charm Snake Tribe's defenses and told them to skirt the city center because his concealment could fail against experts above Seven Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yi and Mu Yingying reported feeling a stirring flame-like force, and Xiao Yan reassured them as they continued along the city's outskirts.
• Elder Zhu left the group behind and went to confront the three men following him, while Liu Quan ordered Song Li and Yang Wei to wait and observe King Xuan Ling's plans.
• Xiao Yan sensed a scorching fluctuation in his Storage Ring and discovered that the Soul Jade marked with Cai Lin's soul power was glowing with a snake-shaped image.
• Xiao Yan vowed to find Cai Lin and made the group move faster, leaving Mu Yingying and Tang Tang wondering what had unsettled him.

Xiao Yan realized the Yin Yang Heart was a dangerous cultivation inheritance, and Su Xueying was overwhelmed by its pure yin energy. As her condition worsened, she demanded the Black Yin Yang Heart from Xiao Yan, who admitted he had already swallowed it.

• Xiao Yan suspected the Yin Yang Hearts held dual cultivation power and warned that refining them could cause a person to burn from within.
• Su Xueying struggled to suppress the pure yin energy released by the White Yin Yang Heart, but the Green Lotus barrier shattered and the energy began turning into cold flames inside her.
• Su Xueying angrily smashed the stone coffin and its skeleton, then realized the flames were stiffening her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan tried to flee toward the bronze doors, but Su Xueying's attack blocked him and the doors remained shut.
• Su Xueying demanded the Black Yin Yang Heart, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had swallowed it.

Su Xueying used the Nether Green Ten Thousand Cold Flame, the Twenty-Third Holy Flame, to refine the white Yin Yang Heart while Xiao Yan learned more about her power and mysterious origins. The Yin Yang Heart melted into a mass of white liquid, and Xiao Yan began to suspect a connection between it and the black pearl on the throne.

• The Golden Dragon King identified Su Xueying's green flames as the Nether Green Ten Thousand Cold Flame, one of the thirty-six Holy Flames.
• Xiao Yan recalled Old Yao's teachings about Heavenly Flames and realized Holy Flames were even more powerful and difficult to subdue.
• Su Xueying burned away the Yin Yang Heart's protective light and exposed the white energy pearl within it.
• Su Xueying gathered more green flames around the Yin Yang Heart until it melted into a mass of white liquid that radiated powerful pressure.
• Xiao Yan noticed the black pearl on the throne and formed a bold guess about its connection to the Yin Yang Heart.

Su Xueying took the Emperor's Vital Blood and offered Xiao Yan a hundred-year pact: reach Dou Xian, and she would take him to the clan and reveal the truths he sought. Xiao Yan accepted the challenge, determined to prove her doubts wrong.

• Xiao Yan demanded answers about Su Xueying's connection to the Xiao Clan, but she refused to explain and said the clan guarded something he was not yet strong enough to face.
• Su Xueying gave Xiao Yan a lotus leaf and promised to take him back to the clan and reveal everything if he reached Dou Xian within one hundred years.
• The Golden Dragon King encouraged Xiao Yan to accept, believing his Flame Mantra and Holy Flame could help him meet the deadline.
• Xiao Yan agreed to the hundred-year pact, and Su Xueying left through a spatial rift as the stone chamber began to shake.
• After hearing Su Xueying privately doubt that he could reach Dou Xian, Xiao Yan resolved to prove her wrong.

Xiao Yan encountered Su Xueying in the Emperor’s ruin and watched her claim the White Yin Yang Heart. The chapter ended when she revealed a green flame that Xiao Yan recognized as a Holy Flame.

• Xiao Yan asked the Golden Dragon King whether he could defeat Su Xueying, but it warned that she was likely as strong as the Yue Family head and that possession would damage his foundation.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself and said he had no intention of competing for the treasure, while Su Xueying warned him not to interfere with her plans.
• Su Xueying broke the Light Orb protecting the White Yin Yang Heart and took the pearl from the skeletal remains.
• Xiao Yan sensed a powerful force from the pearl, and Su Xueying noticed that the Black Yin Yang Heart had disappeared.
• Su Xueying released green flames, and Xiao Yan recognized them as a Holy Flame.

Su Xueying recognized the Clan Mark on Xiao Yan and attacked him to confirm its identity, but Xiao Yan activated his Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and revealed the complete mark. Su Xueying asked whether he belonged to the Xiao Clan, leaving Xiao Yan wondering how she knew of it.

• Su Xueying recognized a familiar aura on Xiao Yan’s forehead and recalled her master’s command to find and bring back someone bearing the Clan Mark.
• Su Xueying attacked Xiao Yan with powerful green Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan blocked her strike with the Primordial Fire Ruler but was injured.
• The Golden Dragon King urged Xiao Yan to activate his Clan Mark, and Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to increase his strength.
• A purplish-red Clan Mark appeared on Xiao Yan’s forehead, and he realized it could serve as a secret art without the transformation once he could activate it.
• Su Xueying asked Xiao Yan whether he was a member of the Xiao Clan, and the Golden Dragon King suspected she had a connection to his clan.

As the Yin Moon approached, Xuan Tian San’s powerhouses prepared to confront the Twin Ghost Emperor, whose seal was breaking. You Quan absorbed Xie Yin’s power and set out for revenge while Muller gathered captured contestants as nourishment for the Twin Ghost Emperor.

• Xiao Yue and the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King left to face the Twin Ghost Emperor, and Xiao Yue wondered whether Xiao Yan had found the treasure in the Soul Suppressing Tablet.
• Hu Du reported that the tournament’s monitoring crystal balls had failed, but Wu Jiang ordered the Points Plunder Tournament to continue and led the group to the Ghost Suppressing Well.
• Chang Yu entered the Ghost Suppressing Well and reflected on the Twin Ghost Emperor’s return and the promising contestants Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying.
• You Quan revealed that he had devoured Xie Yin’s power and vowed to kill Yin Xie, then promised to help Hong Ye revive her lover.
• Muller learned that Yin Xie had captured the humans on the first and second levels and prepared them as nourishment for the Twin Ghost Emperor, while the injured Chi Mei Ghost Spirit hid and recovered.

Xiao Yan and the surviving alchemists faced the Ice and Fire Evil Dragon after Yan Xuan and Shen Hong provoked it in the Spirit Sea. As Xiao Yan and Yao Yixuan advanced to fight, the dragon sensed the far stronger Dragon Clan aura within Xiao Yan.

• Ling Zixi warned Xiao Yan to flee and explained that Yan Xuan and Shen Hong had provoked the Spirit Sea’s guardian while pursuing a treasure.
• The Ice and Fire Evil Dragon emerged and drove the fighters from the Spirit Sea, while Yao Yichen and Hun Mu returned exhausted after protecting the retreating alchemists.
• Xiao Yan shielded the group with Amber Flame, and Yao Yixuan volunteered to help him fight the dragon.
• Yao Yixuan promised to suppress the dragon’s fire-attribute head for ten seconds, leaving Xiao Yan to confront its remaining power.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Yixuan approached the dragon, which sensed that Xiao Yan carried a Dragon Clan aura far stronger than its own.

Yao Wanyuan realized Xiao Yan might have obtained the rare ingredients and Holy Qi needed to challenge the Yao Clan’s alchemists. Yan Xuan seized the Eighth Peak from Guo Di, but a black-robed man appeared and extinguished Yan Xuan’s flames before he could begin refining.

• Yao Wanyuan told Yao Xuanyi that the Spirit Sea Guardian had been defeated and the Nether Snake Heaven Swallowing Grass and Holy Qi had been taken.
• Xiao Yan headed toward a Spirit Gathering Peak after learning that six peaks were already occupied.
• Yan Xuan arrived at the Eighth Peak, where Guo Di had driven away the other alchemists.
• Yan Xuan defeated Guo Di with his brown flame and claimed the Eighth Peak.
• A black-robed man appeared and froze the peak’s void, extinguishing Yan Xuan’s flames as he prepared to refine pills.

Xiao Yan reached the Spirit Sea, where contestants told him that Shen Hong and Yan Xuan had used them as bait while they gathered the herbs, leaving Ling Zixi and the Ancient Clans’ experts to face a powerful guardian Magical Beast. Xiao Yan plunged into the sea to help, and the enraged beast hurled the Ancient Clans’ experts back to the surface.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Spirit Sea and saw contestants diving below to gather the final medicinal herbs.
• Nearly a hundred injured contestants told Xiao Yan that Shen Hong and Yan Xuan had used the Coalition Army as shields and gone after the herbs while the Ancient Clans’ experts fought the guardian Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan learned that Ling Zixi was among those in danger and jumped into the Spirit Sea.
• The guardian Magical Beast unleashed violent waves that tossed injured contestants through the water as they pleaded for Xiao Yan’s help.
• An abyss vortex appeared, and the guardian Magical Beast hurled the Ancient Clans’ Proud Sons of Heaven out of the Spirit Sea.

Xiao Yan investigated signs of the Outer Realm Evil Clan in the Space Channel leading to the Dou Qi Continent and attacked a group of evil beings. As his finishing blow neared, a powerful Demon Sea appeared and several demonic figures emerged.

• Hun Tianhao told Xiao Yan that the group would reach the Plane Crack of the Dou Qi Continent in at least three days and suspected the Outer Realm Evil Clan was involved.
• Xiao Yan sensed a bloody evil aura in the Space Channel, left the space ship, and concealed himself to investigate.
• Xiao Yan trapped an evil qi group in Flame Cages and demanded to know its purpose.
• The evil qi group revealed dozens of bodies infused with dense Evil Qi Energy, and Xiao Yan attacked them with Amber Flame and Holy Flame.
• As Xiao Yan's killing blow approached, the evil qi group cried out for its King, and a vast Demon Sea appeared, bringing several demonic figures into view.

Xiao Yan fought the Demon Puppet King’s evil pet in the space channel, using the Dragon God Transformation and Amber Flame to overpower it. As the pet began to crumble, green vines and divine fire trapped the Demon Puppet King and blocked his escape.

• The Demon Puppet King summoned Nanali, whose blood-red attack carried power that touched Samsara.
• Xiao Yan activated the first four transformations of the Dragon God and enveloped his half-dragon body in Amber Flame.
• Xiao Yan blocked Nanali’s energy pillar with a punch, then shattered the space storms the pet unleashed.
• Xiao Yan struck Nanali at close range, causing its demonic Qi to disintegrate and cracks to spread across its body.
• The Demon Puppet King tried to retreat, but green array-powered vines bearing Amber Flame bound him and prevented spatial escape.

Xiao Yan used the Wild Origin Ancient Array to help Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao confront the evil spirit emerging from the golden coffin. The battle escalated as the Desolate appeared above the lair, with the evil spirit still facing the elders’ attacks.

• Xiao Yan absorbed wild origin aura and took temporary control of the Wild Origin Ancient Array.
• The evil spirit emerged from the golden coffin as a magic shadow, and Xiao Yan used the array’s power to corrode its black qi.
• Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao sealed the lair with their flames and samsara power while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi resisted the magic shadow’s pressure.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Holy Flame Twin Pupils, and amber flames briefly burned on the magic shadow’s wrist.
• Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao joined their blue and purple flames into a sparrow that clashed with the magic shadow’s Demon Claw.
• Xiao Yan activated the Wild Origin Ancient Array, summoning the Desolate above the lair.

Xiao Yan used Wild Spirit and six holy flame runes to drive the magic shadow evil spirit into the golden coffin, then helped awaken the First Elder. The First Elder explained how the evil thought had trapped her while she sought the Fire Spirit Tribe’s Patriarch Token, and she noticed holy flame in Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan joined forces with Wild Spirit and used six holy flame runes to trap the magic shadow evil spirit, which exploded into evil power and retreated into the golden coffin.
• Xiao Yan exhausted himself, and the First Elder spat out black blood as her aura returned to normal.
• Xiao Yi caught Xiao Yan, and the four of them cautiously approached the center of the now-quiet lair.
• The First Elder awakened, thanked Marin and Old Ghost Yao, and explained that she had entered the lair to retrieve the Patriarch Token from the previous Clan Patriarch’s coffin before an evil thought trapped her.
• The First Elder recognized Xiao Yi’s Reincarnation Seal and saw five colors of holy flame in Xiao Yan.

Yaoling secretly sent Xiao Yan into the forbidden Yaochi Heavenly Pond, where its ancient, refined power stirred his stagnant Spirit Palace soul power. The chapter left Xiao Yan beginning to cultivate beneath the pond’s surface.

• Yaoling told Xiao Yan about the Yaochi Heavenly Pond and gave him a Heavenly Stone to use when he was ready to leave.
• Yaoling used the Immortal Lotus Guiding the Way to send Xiao Yan into the pond, thanking him and promising to challenge him next time they met.
• Immortal Envoy Yaozhu told Yaoling that the Moon Goddess had arrived in the pond, and Yaoling worried that Xiao Yan’s entry might be discovered before deciding to stay away.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the heavenly pond, admired its landscape, and felt its water’s power stir his six-layer Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Yan plunged into the pool, where refined power entered his body and his stagnant soul power began to fluctuate.

Xiao Yan returned from Yaochi Fairyland just in time for the Alchemist Pill Gathering, having reached Half-Step Divine Wandering. After learning the gathering’s rules and stakes, he prepared to compete while keeping his Dark Curse to himself.

• Xun'er, Xiao Yi, and Princess Qianqin worried that Xiao Yan had not returned from Yaochi Fairyland and that they might miss the gathering.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Fairy Yaochi, who soon departed after he thanked her for helping him resolve her affliction caused by the Pure Spirit Immortal Flame.
• Xiao Yan explained his trip to Xun'er and revealed that he had reached Half-Step Divine Wandering, astonishing Xiao Yi and Princess Qianqin.
• Xiao Yan asked about the gathering, and Princess Qianqin explained its trials and that the champion could qualify for an elder seat in the Alchemist Sanctuary.
• Xun'er inspected Xiao Yan for signs of trouble, while he kept his Dark Curse secret and asked her to look for soul-power attack techniques.