Chapter Summaries

After defeating Yan Xuan, Xiao Yan began refining the Heaven Soul Marrow Transforming Pill while recovering from his depleted Dou Qi. He discovered the pill’s formula had been modified for the beast snake clan, while the other contestants gained an advantage from the energy-gathering peaks as Xiao Yan’s damaged peak remained barren.

• Xiao Yan recovered a fraction of his Dou Qi and began refining the pill’s medicinal materials in six groups while working to replenish his strength.
• The medicinal formula revealed the pill was a Saint Grade Eighth-Tier Xuan-Level Heaven Soul Marrow Transforming Pill that helped its user control inherited or foreign powers.
• Xiao Yan found an annotation by Nether Serpent Heavenly Sovereign warning that the modified pill was only safe for the beast snake clan, and thought it might suit Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan noticed that his Eighth Peak held little heaven and earth energy, unaware that their battle had destroyed the peak’s ability to gather it.
• At the First Peak, Yao Yichen and Yao Yixuan used the abundant gathered energy to refine pills, and Yao Yichen believed Xiao Yan’s ruined peak would keep him from winning.

Demon Xiao Yan overwhelmed Hill’s sacred attacks, while Yao Wanyuan united the Yao Clan and other factions to oppose the Holy See. Austin intervened and fought the gathered powerhouses, leaving Xiao Yan to face Liu Hao in the Medicine Realm.

• Demon Xiao Yan’s Demon Wood Evil Flames destroyed Hill’s sacred feather storm and left Hill nearly powerless.
• Yao Wanyuan persuaded the Yao Clan and other factions, led by the Ancient Clan, to join the fight against the Holy See.
• Demon Xiao Yan charged at Hill, but Austin shattered his attack and stepped in to protect Hill.
• Yao Wanyuan and the other experts attacked Austin, who held them off as Austin ordered Liu Hao to fight Xiao Yan.
• Liu Hao rescued Hill and confronted Demon Xiao Yan, and the two prepared to battle again.

The Demon Guard of Light revealed itself in Lihun Domain while three black-robed figures worked to crack open the ancient tree and claim the Undying Fire. Deng Qing used a Golden Judgment Token to rally the local powerhouses against the Demon Guard, and the clash began as Xiao Yan prepared to join in without showing his full strength.

• The Undying Sacred Pool’s light exposed Xiao Yan and Yu Xiao, and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf recognized the intruder as a Demon Guard under the Demon of Light.
• Deng Qing explained that the Demon Guard had likely entered through gaps in Lihun Domain’s defenses and used a Golden Judgment Token to command the assembled powerhouses to fight.
• Mu Wushuang and three black-robed figures continued channeling power into the ancient tree, telling the Demon Guard that they needed three more minutes to crack it open.
• The Demon Guard warned Mu Wushuang that failure would bring the Demon of Light’s punishment, then told him to prepare.
• Xiao Yan approached the Demon Guard while holding back his strength, and the Demon Guard’s forces and Lihun Domain’s powerhouses launched their attacks.

Xiao Yan and Yuan Feng were exposed as infiltrators and confronted by three Lihun Domain experts. Yuan Feng drew Xu Huang and Li Yuan into a Different Dimension, leaving Xiao Yan to face Chen Xi alone.

• Xu Huang and Li Yuan revealed that they had anticipated the infiltration and ordered Chen Xi to capture Xiao Yan for the Divine Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Yuan Feng prepared to retreat, but Xu Huang’s rock-attribute domain suppressed Xiao Yan’s Undying Fire Domain and blocked their escape.
• Yuan Feng dragged Xu Huang and Li Yuan into a Different Dimension, leaving Xiao Yan alone with Chen Xi in the hall.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Undying Nether Sparrow Dou Soul, shocking Chen Xi with its Heaven-tier intermediate rank.
• Chen Xi invoked his Wood Domain and pulled Xiao Yan into a separate realm, where both prepared to fight without outside interference.

Xiao Yan used the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame and his Acacia Power to revive Mu Yingying at Sky Lake. The chapter ended with the two reunited and Xiao Yan preparing to return the Wanhuo Sect to the Xuan Ling Continent, find Xun Er, and keep his centenary appointment.

• Xiao Sensheng explained that Xiao Yan needed to use Acacia Power to fully awaken Mu Yingying.
• Xiao Yan recalled his past with Mu Yingying, and his pink flames blended with her Azure Flame as her body and power recovered.
• When Mu Yingying remained still, Xiao Yan feared he had failed to revive her and wept in despair.
• Mu Yingying opened her eyes and caught Xiao Yan as he collapsed, then comforted him as he realized she was alive.
• Mu Yingying and Xiao Yan embraced behind a screen of flame while Sky Lake and its creatures rejoiced.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Ghost Realm journey was over and planned to return the Wanhuo Sect to the Xuan Ling Continent, find Xun Er, and keep his centenary appointment.

Xiao Yan defeated the Scale Monster Commander and forced the Evil Eyed Monster King to enter the battlefield himself. With the Celestial Fox Commander captured and the Dark Underworld Warrior occupied, Xiao Yan faced the mid-stage Eight-Star Dou Xian alone against the hundred thousand Monster Beasts.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Scale Monster Commander's Scale Wings with soul power and seized her monster core, killing her.
• The Evil Eyed Monster King raged over the loss of his generals and rejected his guards' offer to fight Xiao Yan in his place.
• The Evil Eyed Monster King appeared above the battlefield and announced that he would kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Evil Eyed Monster King to prove his strength, while the Celestial Fox Commander remained captured and the Dark Underworld Warrior fought the Stone Zheng Commander.

Mekal, a Traveling Angel, confronted Xiao Yan and accused him of killing Angel Guards and Holy See envoys. Xiao Yan rejected her charges and prepared to fight, intending to expose the Angels’ actions as he faced her power.

• Five strands of white flame rose from the horizon and sealed the sky, while Xiao Yan told Lin Yunshu, Qin Xin, and the Emperor to protect the civilians.
• The Emperor and Lin Yunshu objected to leaving Xiao Yan alone, but he sent them down to help evacuate the people.
• Mekal appeared above the Light Barrier and accused Xiao Yan of killing Angel Guards and Holy See envoys.
• Xiao Yan said Hun Wuji had killed the Angel Guards and dismissed the envoy accusation as unsupported hearsay.
• Mekal abandoned her attempt to justify Xiao Yan’s execution and threatened to destroy him and the core circle of the Tian Xing Continent.
• Xiao Yan challenged Mekal to fight, intending to reveal the Angels’ crimes and test his Demon Power against hers.

Xiao Yan entered the Monster Realm and crashed into a forest after his Dou Qi began adapting to Monster Qi. A caravan from Butterfly Valley found him unconscious, and its kind-hearted Young Miss ordered him taken into her sedan chair.

• The chapter described the Monster Realm's creatures, political divisions, and disorder following the Demon Emperor's disappearance.
• Xiao Yan crossed into the Monster Realm near the Myriad Monster Kingdom and began transforming his Dou Qi into Monster Qi.
• Weakened by the crossing and the transformation, Xiao Yan fell from the sky and crashed into a forest.
• Captain Wang and his caravan encountered Xiao Yan when he fell across their route.
• The Young Miss of Butterfly Valley checked Xiao Yan, found him alive, and ordered the guards to carry him into her sedan chair and give him an antidote.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Spirit Nest to help the Fire Spirit Tribe confront the Evil Thought Monster sealed within the previous leader’s coffin. As Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao began their attack, First Elder Elisa showed signs of awakening.

• Second Elder Marin used the Light Gate in the Life Ancient Tree to bring Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Old Ghost Yao into the Spirit Nest, where she explained that the Evil Thought Monster had trapped the tribe’s secluded powerhouses inside.
• The group reached the central clearing, where they saw the Yaoji statue, a Holy Flame in its eyes, First Elder Elisa, and the golden coffin transmitting evil power.
• Black aura emerged from Elisa’s eyelid and crushed Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi with pressure until Second Elder Marin shielded them with Brown Flames.
• Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao told Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi to conceal their Holy Flames until the monster was awakened, then lend the flames for a fatal strike.
• Second Elder Marin and Old Ghost Yao unleashed the Yaoji Flame and Soul Flame, while Elisa’s eyelid twitched as if she were about to awaken.

Xiao Yan received the inheritance of the low-tier Immortal Grade Dou Ji, Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, and witnessed its creator demonstrate its immense power. The creator identified himself as Seven-foot Wandering Immortal, and the inheritance’s black ring struck Xiao Yan, tearing his body apart.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler required a Primordial Fire Ruler tempered with Fire Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan watched the creator demonstrate the ruler art, whose strike cut through a waterfall and carved a vast ravine into the cliff.
• The creator explained that the seven-layered ruler art could rival a Saint Grade Dou Ji and named himself Seven-foot Wandering Immortal.
• Xiao Yan bowed to the fading figure and let the black ring crash into him, tearing his body apart.

Xiao Yan and his companions searched the third level of Yin Shi Forest for the dried-up well, while Long Yi detected the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger and Mu Yingying nearby. Xiao Yan continued toward the well, confident that Long Yi could help him face any opponent.

• Xiao Yan noticed dense Ghost Qi and concealed auras as his soul power behaved strangely in the depths of the third level.
• Xiao Yan asked Long Yi about their location, and Long Yi said they were near the dried-up well but could not pinpoint it.
• Long Yi detected the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger and a powerful aura beside it, which Xiao Yan identified as Mu Yingying.
• Long Yi assured Xiao Yan that the forest's overlords could not break the well's restriction and offered to help him fight the tiger.
• Xiao Yan judged Mu Yingying to be a Peak Four-star Dou Di and led Yue Ru and Mu Feng toward the well.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Gate of Sealing, which guarded the Twin Ghost Emperor, and learned that its defenses were far beyond their strength. After Xiao Yan was injured protecting Yue Ru from its three-colored attack, Mu Feng said he might know a way through.

• Xiao Yan and his companions found the Gate of Sealing blocking the passage and learned that it contained several balanced powers that repelled Ghost Qi.
• Mu Feng touched the gate, triggering a three-colored attack, and Xiao Yan pulled him out of its path.
• The three-colored glow returned and targeted Yue Ru, so Xiao Yan protected her with the Primordial Fire Ruler and was injured in the clash.
• Xiao Yan analyzed the glow's spatial power and asked Long Yi how they could get past the gate, but Long Yi warned that destroying it was beyond their capabilities.
• Xiao Yan proposed absorbing the gate's power, but Long Yi warned that doing so would kill him.
• Mu Feng said he might have a way through the Gate of Sealing.

The Seven Great Cities' geniuses and the other powerful figures fought the six awakened Guardians, whose strength surpassed peak Three-star Dou Di despite their weakened state. Xiao Yan joined Liu Yin and Yue Ru against one Guardian, and the battle began with the outcome uncertain.

• The white-robed figure rejected the crowd’s refusal to leave, and the six Guardians charged into the great hall.
• Feng Yi revealed that the Guardians had not recovered their full strength, and Wu Huan called for the crowd to work together against them.
• Wang Zhong and Sun Ming each chose to face a Guardian alone, while Wu Huan, Can Xu, Feng Yi, Yao Mei, Liu Yin, Xiao Yan, and Yue Ru formed teams for the others.
• The powerful figures split up and launched attacks, filling the hall with clashes of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan, Yue Ru, and Liu Yin prepared to fight their assigned Guardian, and Xiao Yan attacked first.

Xiao Yan accepted Mark’s challenge and wagered his title of King of Newcomers against Mark’s Emperor-tier Wind Extreme Pill. He defeated Mark with one palm strike, leaving the plaza stunned.

• Mark challenged Xiao Yan, and the old man warned them not to kill each other.
• Xiao Yan agreed to fight, while He Wanxia and the other newcomers recognized his battle-hardened killing intent and doubted Mark could win.
• Xiao Yan demanded a ten-million wager, and Mark offered his Wind Extreme Pill instead.
• Xiao Yan offered to surrender the King of Newcomers title if Mark could withstand one move.
• Xiao Yan appeared beside Mark, broke through his Dou Qi shield with one palm strike, and knocked him unconscious.

Xiao Yan and Yue Ru reached the ancient great hall, where a deadly defensive array slaughtered a group of powerful experts. Xiao Yan entered the array with Yue Ru inside a milky-white lotus, and the other factions followed as they saw him find a way through.

• Xiao Yan and Yue Ru arrived at the great hall and found Wu Huan, Feng Yi, and other powerful experts gathered outside its array.
• The array revealed and instantly devoured hundreds of people, including experts led by a peak Three-star Dou Di.
• The array attacked Xiao Yan, but a milky-white petal shielded him without being damaged.
• Xiao Yan enveloped Yue Ru in a giant milky-white lotus and entered the array with her.
• Wu Huan, Feng Yi, the Living Dead, and the other experts rushed into the array after Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan approached the Soul God Source while Renshenzi failed to stop him, hoping to refine it and advance his soul power. As the source poured its light into him, Xiao Yan recognized that it was testing him, leaving the outcome of their encounter uncertain.

• Renshenzi attacked Xiao Yan with torrents of black and white energy, but the Flame God Cauldron destroyed them and protected Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan walked toward the two Light Orbs, considering the Soul God Source his chance to protect the Endless Flame Alliance and its allies.
• Xiao Yan identified one orb as the Angel Queen’s Angel Holy Soul and the other as the Soul God Source, whose coercion threatened to turn him into a puppet.
• Xiao Yan grasped a wisp of the Soul God Source and confirmed that it contained Divine Realm Soul power.
• Xiao Yan declared that the ownerless source should merge with him, and its light surged into his body as he realized it was testing him.

Xiao Yan learned that the black scroll connected to the Mu Family's destruction contained an inheritance that could only be opened with a Holy Flame. After leaving seclusion, he learned Qing Yuan was still unconscious and that the Emperor-tier Magical Core might be inside the soon-to-open Magical Beast Ruins.

• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan the black scroll had likely caused the Mu Family's destruction and would require a Holy Flame to open.
• Xiao Yan failed to open the scroll with his soul power or Heavenly Flames, and the Golden Dragon King said it held an inheritance from an ultimate expert.
• The Golden Dragon King reminded Xiao Yan to deal with the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill and investigate Qing Yuan's secrets before they left seclusion.
• A maid escorted Xiao Yan to the main hall and told him Yue Ru had become deeply moved by him, prompting him to realize she might have feelings for him.
• Yue Yu told Xiao Yan that Qing Yuan had awakened once but remained unconscious, and that the Emperor-tier Magical Core was rumored to be in the Magical Beast Ruins.

Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King freed the Seven-Colored Healing Flame Flower from seven evil chains and began restoring it. After leaving the underground world, Xiao Yan learned that Yue Ru had been captured by a bald man searching for him.

• The Golden Dragon King used the Seven-Colored Healing Flame Flower's power to weaken the chains, then devoured the seven Earth-ranked figures with his vortex.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the chains had drained the flower and would have produced seven Venerable-ranked enemies within three years if left undisturbed.
• Xiao Yan drew the weakened flower into the ring Tou She Ancient God had given him and nourished it with the source power of his Heavenly Flame.
• After resting, Xiao Yan left by the path he had taken into the underground world.
• A bald man held Yue Ru captive and demanded to know where Xiao Yan had gone.

After the ruins opened, Xiao Yan avoided the spatial seal’s deadly backlash and entered with the surviving experts. He spotted a colossal crimson hall but followed the Golden Dragon King’s sensed dragon-beast aura with Yue Ru to search for a Dragon Core instead of heading straight for the main hall.

• Xiao Yan waited as the stone gate’s seal weakened and the crowd gathered to enter the ruins.
• When the spatial seal shattered, Xiao Yan grabbed Yue Ru and retreated, avoiding a storm that killed many people near the gate.
• Xiao Yan and the other survivors entered the ruins and saw an enormous crimson hall standing ahead.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Dragon Core’s direction and took Yue Ru toward the dragon-type magical beasts rather than the main hall.

Xiao Yan suppressed Su Xueying’s erupting white Yin Yang Heart without taking advantage of her, then learned from the Golden Dragon King that the Yin Yang energy from his Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill might resolve their crisis. The two faced the heart’s inevitable return as Su Xueying asked Xiao Yan what they should do next.

• Su Xueying struggled against the white Yin Yang Heart’s power as Xiao Yan fought the wicked fire rising within him.
• Following the Golden Dragon King’s advice, Xiao Yan tapped Su Xueying’s lower abdomen three times and temporarily suppressed the heart’s energy.
• Su Xueying regained her strength and realized Xiao Yan had not taken advantage of her, despite her earlier suspicion of the Xiao Clan.
• The Golden Dragon King identified the Yin Yang energy from Xiao Yan’s Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill as a possible way to resolve the crisis.
• Su Xueying asked Xiao Yan what they should do as the temporary suppression threatened to wear off.