Chapter Summaries

Mu Yingying and the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger defeated Yu Hui and Yu Jing’s summoned Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King, forcing the two challengers to flee. As the wolf king began to vanish, a mysterious man in white appeared and asked Mu Yingying to spare it.

• Mu Yingying’s blue flame disrupted the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King’s attack, allowing the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger to strike it with the Heavenly Fire Jade and land a decisive blow.
• Yu Hui and Yu Jing recognized the wolf king was losing and fled, while Mu Yingying warned them they were lucky to escape with only lost points.
• The challengers’ defeat appeared on the tokens throughout Yin Shi Forest, and Xiao Yan led Mu Feng and Yue Ru toward Mu Yingying after seeing that she remained first-ranked.
• As the Silver Azure Thunder Wolf King faded, a handsome man in white appeared and asked Mu Yingying to show mercy, prompting the Heavenly Fire Sacred Tiger to shield her.

Xiao Yan destroyed the array and unleashed his Nirvana Lotus against Yu Hui and Yu Jing, leaving the cave in ruins. Yu Hui survived by using Yu Jing as a shield, but he crushed his token and escaped the selection trial before Xiao Yan could seize his points.

• Xiao Yan broke the array and struck Yu Hui and Yu Jing with his twenty-two-colored Nirvana Lotus, leveling the cave.
• Yue Ru treated the injured Xiao Yan while Mu Feng marveled at his ability to threaten a late Four-star Dou Di expert.
• Xiao Yan called out Yu Hui after sensing that he had survived the explosion.
• Yu Hui appeared badly wounded, and Xiao Yan accused him of using his blood brother as a shield.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yu Hui, but Yu Hui crushed his token and fled Yin Shi Forest, forfeiting the trial.
• Xiao Yan cursed when Yu Hui escaped without surrendering his points.

Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Mu Feng chose golden fish from the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation to enter separate passages and challenge its guardians. Xiao Yan took the powerful Nine-Patterned Golden Fish despite Mu Yingying’s protests, and the three set out to race against Xiao Shou and Da Pang.

• Xiao Yan determined that the fish’s power was needed to enter the passages and that defeating a guardian would give them greater control over the formation.
• Mu Yingying chose the Five-Colored Golden Fish, and Mu Feng chose the Four-Colored Golden Fish.
• Xiao Yan chose the Nine-Patterned Golden Fish, which Mu Yingying warned was an exceptionally dangerous guardian, but he insisted he had a plan and could retreat if needed.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Yingying, and Mu Feng took their fish and endured the cold aura they emitted.
• The three left the basin, split up, and entered separate passages to challenge the guardians.

Xiao Shou and Da Pang were rescued from Silver Dragon by Solomon's Seventh Gate Master, who sent them away and planned to wait for Burning Incense Pavilion's disciples. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King reached seven streams near the Forbidden Area's core, where something in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring reacted to a powerful draw.

• Xiao Shou and Da Pang struggled against Silver Dragon, unable to use their Dou Di Bodies or recover their Dou Qi.
• A black-cloaked figure appeared, overwhelmed Silver Dragon, and forced it back into the tray.
• Xiao Shou told the figure that three Burning Incense Pavilion disciples had entered the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool, and the figure kicked him before opening a spatial passage for him and Da Pang to escape.
• The black-cloaked figure identified himself as Solomon's Seventh Gate Master and decided to wait for the Burning Incense Pavilion disciples to emerge so he could kill them.
• Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King found seven clear streams near the Forbidden Area's core, and Xiao Yan's Storage Ring began emitting a scorching fluctuation.

Xiao Yan discovered that Mu Yingying's Holy Flame resonated with the Soul Seed within him, then watched her unleash its power against the Eight-star Dou Di Perfection black-clothed man. After her attack left her exhausted, Xiao Yan supported her and took over the fight.

• Mu Yingying used her soul power to restore Xiao Yan, and they noticed that her Holy Flame resonated with his Soul Seed.
• Mu Yingying released her azure Holy Flame, prompting the black-clothed man to recognize it and vow to seize it.
• Xiao Yan prepared to protect Mu Yingying, while the black-clothed man revealed his Eight-star Dou Di Perfection strength and threatened King Xuan Ling and Solomon.
• Mu Yingying attacked with Sacred Radiance, piercing the black-clothed man's defenses and wounding him.
• Mu Yingying weakened after the attack, and Xiao Yan supported her and told her to leave the rest to him.

Xiao Yan agreed to become Zhu Jin’s first disciple after Zhu Jin promised to teach him and set a twenty-year deadline to reach Dou Xian. Zhu Jin revealed that he was Xuan Tian San’s only Array Master and was also known as the Undefeated War God - Ash.

• Xiao Yan nearly left the hut, but Zhu Jin called him back and offered to accept him into his lineage without restricting his freedom.
• Zhu Jin made Xiao Yan promise to reach Dou Xian within twenty years and to help the Burning Incense Pavilion if it faced trouble.
• Zhu Jin said he would devote himself to teaching Xiao Yan, but required him to agree to three conditions.
• The Golden Dragon King urged Xiao Yan to accept, recalling Zhu Jin’s possible connection to Yan Chi and the sought-after Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan accepted Zhu Jin’s conditions and asked for a token of his master’s sincerity, which Zhu Jin promised to give after the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool.
• Zhu Jin identified himself as Xuan Tian San’s only Array Master and the Undefeated War God - Ash, then unleashed a terrifying aura of Spiritual Power and Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er in the Fourth Layer of the Earth Spirit Pagoda and learned they were trapped by a powerful Great Demon. As they prepared to fight their way out, Xiao Zifan explained the Xiao Clan’s feud with the Phoenix Clan and refused to reveal why the Xiao Clan had vanished.

• Xiao Zifan and Yu Rou'er praised Xiao Yan for helping bring them closer to reuniting with Xiao Gui.
• Xiao Zifan explained that a Seven-Star Dou Xian Great Demon guarded the Fourth Layer, and Xiao Yan offered his two Holy Flames to help defeat it.
• Xiao Zifan invited Xiao Yan to join the fight and promised him a great fortune if they escaped.
• Xiao Zifan recounted how the Xiao Clan saved the Dragon Clan during the First Heaven and Earth War but failed to reach the Phoenix Clan, leading to a lasting feud.
• Xiao Zifan withheld the reason the Xiao Clan and its vassal clans disappeared, while Xiao Yan vowed to restore the clan’s glory and take revenge on those responsible.

Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Duhun Zi entered the hidden world beneath the Poison God Demon Pool and discovered the legendary Mausoleum of the Poison God. They stood before its ancient stone gate, which stirred dread in both the Holy Flame and the Artifact Bracelet.

• Xiao Yan and the others used the Poison Beast Essence Blood and Poison Pill to open a passage through the green barrier and entered it.
• Xiao Yan led Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian through a dangerous passage filled with strange green lights and broke into a silent void beyond it.
• The Five-Footed Golden Crow recognized that the space had multiple layers, while Xun'er spotted a dim green stone gate at the end.
• Duhun Zi recognized the location as the Mausoleum of the Poison God, the legendary remains of the fallen Palace Master of the Poison God Palace.

Xiao Yan defeated Leng Yuening with the Gate of Purgatory, but let her escape after Xiao Yi Xian sensed a chance to plant poison within her. Ten days later, the Poison God Election was approaching as tensions spread through the Cold Moon Palace and the Yue Palace remained silent.

• Xiao Yan trapped Leng Yuening inside the Gate of Purgatory and overwhelmed her poison skills.
• Leng Yuening unleashed the Myriad Poison Flame Dragon, tore open the palace, and escaped with an emerald-green trace of poison planted in her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Leng Yuening was unlikely to reveal Cold Moon Palace secrets and that the Yue Palace seemed poised to make a major move.
• Xiao Yi Xian said the group would stay put until the Poison God Election in ten days, since leaving Mirror Moon Palace could draw the Yue Palace Master's pursuit.
• During the following ten days, rumors spread through Cold Moon Palace after two Poison Maidens were defeated, while the Yue Palace and Supreme Elder Palace stayed silent.

Lord of Fierce Souls outmaneuvered the Myriad Ghost King and prepared to devour the Holy Flame to evolve. Xiao Yan and his companion arrived at Lord of Fierce Souls' secluded cultivation ground as the main event was about to begin.

• The Myriad Ghost King gathered the Ghostly Creatures into the Myriad Ghost Melting Pot and refined them into a devastating attack.
• Lord of Fierce Souls used his words to dispel the ghosts' resentment and called upon the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame's Acacia Power.
• Lord of Fierce Souls immobilized the Myriad Ghost Melting Pot and drew it toward himself as nourishment for his breakthrough.
• Lord of Fierce Souls subdued the Myriad Ghost King without killing him, then began devouring the Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan and his companion arrived at Lord of Fierce Souls' secluded cultivation ground.

A mysterious dark-green shadow freed Demon Xiao Yan and demonstrated a devastating punch, telling him that Demon Power was not meant to be used as he had been using it. As the Ice Latitude continued to destroy him, Xiao Yan revived through the Demon Source and unleashed the shadow’s technique against the Ice Palace.

• A dark-green shadow shattered Xiao Yan’s ice chains, punched a vast hole through the Ice Palace, and warned Yue before disappearing with the Dark Underworld Warrior.
• Yue resumed her assault with the Ice Latitude, while Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian moved to protect the frozen poison servants from the God Devouring Insect Mother.
• The Ice Soul Power eroded Xiao Yan until his flesh vanished and his vitality seemed extinguished.
• Xiao Yan’s heart began beating again, and the Demon Source restored his flesh and awakened a far greater Demon Power.
• Xiao Yan formed a dark-green fist and launched it toward the Ice Palace, copying the shadow’s punch.

Mu Yingying used her ethereal holy qi to draw out and absorb the Fuxin Holy Sound Zither, while Yaoji summoned the God Slashing Ruler and Reincarnation Seal to drive off the Holy Demon King. With the crisis over, Mu Yingying continued transforming as Yaoji offered to answer the others’ questions.

• Mu Yingying signaled Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi to stop as she summoned the Fuxin Zither and was enveloped in sacred rosy light that halted the evil power and began transforming her.
• Yaoji explained that Mu Yingying’s rare ethereal holy qi made her worthy of the divine artifact, then revealed that she had prepared power to protect the group.
• Yaoji called the God Slashing Ruler and Reincarnation Seal from Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi, drawing on their power to confront the Holy Demon King.
• The Holy Demon King retreated to the Outer Realm, and Yaoji struck with the God Slashing Ruler, closing the Demon Abyss and cracking the barrier over the Demon Suppressing Prison.
• Yaoji confirmed the crisis was over, returned the two artifacts to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi, and offered to answer their questions while Mu Yingying continued absorbing the zither.

Xiao Yan was trapped in the Angel Holy Altar and faced a combined killing strike from Ares and Renshenzi. Just as he was about to die, the Xiao Clan Grand Elder appeared and stopped Ares’s attack.

• Ares used the Angel Holy Altar to purify and suppress Xiao Yan while Renshenzi prepared a Demigod Power strike.
• Renshenzi’s attack struck Xiao Yan as the altar’s purification left him badly wounded and unable to defend himself.
• Ares joined Renshenzi in attacking Xiao Yan, while the King of Myriad Beasts and the others were prevented from rescuing him.
• The Xiao Clan Grand Elder emerged from the void and casually dispersed Ares’s Angel Annihilation Power, then faced the Human Realm Center and Angel Kingdom.

Cai Lin confronted the Blood Demon Envoy possessing King Xuan Ling but withdrew after judging that fighting him would bring little benefit. The Blood Demon Envoy then used her concealed attack to break the seal on the Xuan Ling Imperial Family ancestor, whose awakening threatened to change the Sect Tournament.

• Cai Lin recognized the evil aura controlling King Xuan Ling and challenged him, but the Blood Demon Envoy warned that he could seriously injure or kill her.
• Cai Lin attacked with Snake Explosion, and the Blood Demon Envoy dispelled most of the strike while secretly retaining a sliver of it.
• Cai Lin left after considering Xiao Yan’s Blood Demon Golden Qi, and the Blood Demon Envoy revealed his suspicion that Xiao Yan had ties to the Blood Demon Left Guard and Holy Flame.
• King Xuan Ling agreed to plant the Blood Curse in his family and planned to slaughter the super sects’ trial disciples during the Sect Tournament.
• The Blood Demon Envoy infused Cai Lin’s concealed attack with power and directed it at the silver statue, breaking the seal on the Xuan Ling Imperial Family ancestor and awakening him.

As Xiao Yan lay near death, the Darkness Lord unleashed the Demon Divine Feast, causing the Nether Wall’s Demon Power to collapse the battlefield into an abyss and pour into Xiao Yan. The Darkness Lord began tearing open his own back, declaring that Xiao Yan would become the Xiao clan’s greatest person, while the others watched in terror.

• Cai Lin and Yun Yun tried to sacrifice themselves, but Demon Runes restrained them as they sensed Xiao Yan’s familiar Demon Power stirring.
• The Endless Flame Alliance’s fighters continued to resist, but Yaoji, the King of Myriad Beasts, and their allies were defeated.
• Bailin noticed the Nether Wall’s dark matter and Heaven and Earth Energy converging toward the edge of the battlefield.
• The Darkness Lord opened the Demon Divine Feast, unleashing Demon Rain that shattered the fighters’ power and swallowed Xiao Yan and the Angel Holy Altar into an abyss.
• Demon Rain poured into Xiao Yan, whose Holy Flame-recast heart began absorbing the Demon Power.
• The Darkness Lord told Xiao Yan he would become the Xiao clan’s greatest person, then began tearing open his own back.

Xiao Yan confronted Renshenzi amid the battle in the Angel Kingdom, using the returned Third Holy Flame and his strongest techniques to challenge the Human Realm Center’s Deputy Realm Lord. As Renshenzi empowered his demigod body, Xiao Yan summoned the Flame God Cauldron, leaving its true strength about to be revealed.

• Xiao Tianming returned the origin of the Third Holy Flame to Xiao Yan, while he and Thunder Lord remained unable to join the fight after battling the Slaughter Angel.
• Xiao Yan attacked Renshenzi with Demon Evil Glow and the Nirvana Lotus Platform, but Renshenzi blocked the attacks with his black-and-white power.
• Renshenzi struck Xiao Yan with his Demigod Power, but Xiao Yan’s exceptionally tough body endured the blow.
• Renshenzi used a blood sacrifice to empower his demigod body, creating a second formidable figure to fight Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Flame God Cauldron and calmly prepared to reveal its true strength.

Ren Yuanzi revealed that he had resurrected ancient powerhouses as weakened puppets, leaving the Great Thousand World facing overwhelming odds. Nannan awakened memories of her bond with Yuan Tian and caught the near-dead Xiao Yan after his attack failed to stop Ren Yuanzi.

• Yun Yun and Cai Lin sensed that the ancient powerhouses confronting them were the true bodies of past Supreme Sovereigns, though their strength had diminished.
• Nannan explained that Ren Yuanzi had used the Nihility Body to resurrect the dead, while Yun Qi begged her to save the Great Thousand World.
• Nannan recalled Yuan Tian’s promise to protect her forever and began to awaken her memories as the crisis deepened.
• The Holy King proposed gathering the Holy Flames, but Xiao Yan said they could not defeat Ren Yuanzi without divinity.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a powerful attack into the Evil Rift, but Ren Yuanzi emerged as a Dou Shen, and Xiao Yan collapsed near death.
• Nannan caught Xiao Yan, who admitted that Yuan Tian’s memories and their promise had returned to him.

Xiao Yan left the Wanhuo Sect for the Holy Flame Land, while the sect prepared to return to the Dou Di Continent. As factions across the Lihun Domain sent competitors after the Undying Fire, the Dean of Soul Academy and You Er plotted to use it against the Lord of Fierce Souls.

• Xiao Yan refused to take Wanhuo Sect experts to the Holy Flame Land and told Huo Yi to prepare the sect to leave for the Dou Di Continent.
• Huo Yi ordered the sect to gather its portable wealth and techniques and contact the Spirit Academy Dean.
• Experts from the other six sects in Diling Academy and four other academies headed for the Holy Flame Land to compete for the Undying Fire.
• An Elder Council master sent his disciple Feng'er alone to the Holy Flame Land.
• The Dean of Soul Academy told You Er that she had a contingency plan against the Lord of Fierce Souls and urged her to seek the Undying Fire.

Xiao Yan rescued Qinger from the Yu Family leader and fought him to test the power he had recently gained. After taking the leader’s Dou Xian Power attack head-on, Xiao Yan reappeared in midair, seemingly unharmed.

• The Yu Family leader attacked Qinger, but Xiao Yan blocked the strike with the Primordial Fire Ruler and challenged him.
• Qinger warned Xiao Yan that the Half-Immortal Yu Family leader was too strong, but Xiao Yan captured two of the leader’s Nine-star Dou Di subordinates.
• Xiao Yan fought the Yu Family leader to refine his control of the Power of Life and Death, while Qinger and her guards watched.
• The Yu Family leader unleashed the Feather Heaven Hand, infusing it with Dou Xian Power and Black and White Life and Death Power.
• Xiao Yan took the attack head-on, and after the Yu Family leader believed he was dead, Xiao Yan’s voice sounded from midair as he praised the power of the blow.

Xiao Yan defeated Lin Fengya and absorbed the Demon Servant’s remaining power, then temporarily suppressed the Demon and reached the Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage. As the Holy See Guards Thor and Yas attacked him beneath their barrier, Xiao Yan declared he would end the battle himself.

• Demon Xiao Yan overwhelmed Lin Fengya, pinned him in the air, and drained his remaining Demon Power and vitality.
• Xiao Yan gradually regained his senses as the Flame Mantra and Emperor Flame Ring protected his mind from the Demon’s backlash.
• Thor and Yas appeared and raised a Light Barrier over Tianxing City to prevent the Four Dou Di Continents’ controllers from sensing the battle.
• Hun Wuji withdrew toward the Soul Hall army while the Holy See Guards confronted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan temporarily suppressed the Demon Power, reached the Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage, and prepared to fight Thor and Yas.