Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan attacked Qingyun Pavilion to kill Feng Jie and rescue Xiao Gui, breaking the sect’s array with a fusion of the Great Heaven Seed Feiyan and the Holy Flame Fire Heart Sky Rock. As Qingyun Peak lay devastated, Earth Spirit Old Ghost and Headmaster Luo resolved to support Xiao Yan, while Luo Menglan headed into the battle.

• Feng Jie activated the Qingyun Immortal-Covering Array, trapping Xiao Yan beneath its suppressing force.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Great Heaven Seed Feiyan and the Holy Flame Fire Heart Sky Rock, then bound Feng Jie with his soul power as Feng Jie tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan fused the two flames into the One and a Half-Color Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, which shattered the array and overwhelmed Qingyun Pavilion’s disciples.
• Feng Jie used Earth Rock Spirit and Rock Crystal Wall Shield to resist, but Xiao Yan poured more power into the lotus and devastated Qingyun Peak.
• Earth Spirit Old Ghost and Headmaster Luo agreed to stand with Xiao Yan at all costs, and Luo Menglan went toward the battle.

Xiao Yan faced Huoli’s summoned Elder Fire Lion and used the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument to seal it and suppress Huoli. Muxi fled, leaving Xiao Yan victorious as the onlookers marveled at his strength.

• Huoli sacrificed his blood to summon the Elder Fire Lion, which pursued Xiao Yan with powerful flame attacks.
• Xiao Yan evaded the Elder Fire Lion and prepared a sealing technique while Muxi warned Huoli not to give him an opening.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Spirit-Devouring Blood Monument, surrounding the Elder Fire Lion and suppressing its strength.
• Huoli attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan imprisoned him with more steles as Muxi fled.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the Elder Fire Lion and weakened Huoli, while the onlookers were astonished by his victory.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui reached the Wanhuo Sect but found its entrance concealed within Yanlu Cliff. After the Cliff Guard mistook them for impostors and attacked, Xiao Gui defeated him, and Xiao Yan ordered him to lead them inside.

• Xiao Yan spotted a hidden secret near Yanlu Cliff and suspected it held the way into the Wanhuo Sect.
• A Cliff Guard emerged from the cliff and challenged Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui after questioning their passage token.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Spirit Academy had sent them to help manage the Wanhuo Sect, but the guard accused them of impersonation.
• Xiao Gui struck the guard with his ghost qi, sending him crashing through several cliffs.
• Xiao Yan threatened the battered guard and made him agree to lead them onward.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi arrived at the Cassell Family’s Information Trading House to seek intelligence, but their arrival drew the attention of Li Tianxiao, who reacted to Xiao Yan’s Eternal Ruler. Xiao Yan suspected the hidden figure watching them was the building’s true master.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi traveled through a spacetime wormhole to the Cassell Family’s Information Trading House, intending to gather intelligence amid urgent tasks.
• Riser introduced himself as a guide for newcomers and led the pair toward the vendor building.
• Li Tianxiao attacked Xiao Yan with a sword shadow, but Xiao Yan shattered it with his flame.
• Li Tianxiao recognized a connection between Xiao Yan’s Eternal Ruler and his own weapon, which hummed in response.
• Riser warned Li Tianxiao to behave, but Li Tianxiao demanded Xiao Yan explain who he was and where the ruler came from.
• Xiao Yan ignored Li Tianxiao and addressed a hidden watcher, suspecting that person was the true master of the Information Trading House.

Xiao Yan absorbed Dragon King Baxia’s remaining power and reached the Second Reincarnation Stage, joining Baxia against Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes. As Baxia’s soul shadow raced toward the shell to awaken it, the parasites abandoned the shell and poured into the Marquis’s blood-red coat.

• Dragon King Baxia’s energy manifestation appeared and warned Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes that he had underestimated the plan and the Holy Flame Controller.
• Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan caught the blow after absorbing Baxia’s power and revealed his strength had reached the Second Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiao Yan and Baxia confronted Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes, who unleashed Bloody Underworld against them.
• Xiao Yan called for the Body of Baxia to awaken, sending Baxia’s soul shadow toward the shell while Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes tried to stop it.
• Baxia’s soul shadow struck at the parasites corroding the shell, driving them to peel away and flow into Centipede Marquis of Blood Robes’s coat.

The Demon Emperor broke free of his seal, protected Xiao Yan as he absorbed the Three Realms Divine Technique, and named the Fiery Beast the future leader of the Monster Realm. Elsewhere, the Two White Kings freed the Dark Night King, who emerged vowing to destroy the Monster Realm.

• The Demon Emperor emerged from the seal, thanked Myriad Monster King and Black Fiend Dragon Wolf, and protected Xiao Yan while he entered a state of meditation.
• The Demon Emperor recognized the Fiery Beast as the King of Myriad Beasts and said he would eventually hand the Monster Realm over to it.
• Black Fiend Dragon Wolf asked about the divided Monster Realm, and the Demon Emperor left to meet old friends.
• In the Yuanfu Battlefield, Xu Shao gave Fire Shawang the Dark Night King's evil bone, and Fire Shawang used it to reveal the sealed prison.
• The Two White Kings shattered the seal, freeing the Dark Night King, who declared that he would destroy the Monster Realm along with himself.

Xiao Yan joined the Seven Sects Meeting, where Zhao Guang revealed that the Holy Flame was the Undying Fire and called for the representatives to cooperate against the other academies. The group planned to set out the next day, while Xiao Yan wondered whether the Lord of Fierce Souls had a hidden purpose for revealing the flame.

• Zhao Guang gathered the seven representatives, including Xiao Yan and Shi Chen, to discuss their trip to the Holy Flame.
• Zhao Guang explained that the Diling Academy’s leaders were occupied and that the representatives would face the other four academies’ contenders for the flame.
• The representatives agreed to cooperate against their rivals, but Xiao Yan objected that the arrangement lacked fairness and asked what the Holy Flame was.
• Zhao Guang revealed that the Holy Flame was the Undying Fire, which the Lord of Fierce Souls had personally discovered.
• Xiao Yan questioned why the Lord of Fierce Souls would leave the Undying Fire behind and considered whether it was bait or part of a plan involving the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• Zhao Guang ended the meeting and announced that they would set out the following day.

Xiao Yan, Hao Ni'er, and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf intervened to protect the Demon of Light from the Lord of Fierce Souls, whose Samsara attack overwhelmed their defenses. Just as the Lord prepared to destroy them, a red-robed man appeared and used the Seventh Ordinance to whisk the Demon of Light away.

• Xiao Yan and his companions left the barrier to stop the Lord of Fierce Souls from killing the Demon of Light.
• The Black Fiend Dragon Wolf revealed that the Demon Emperor was sealed and that the Demon of Light was key to breaking the seal.
• Hao Ni'er, Xiao Yan, and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf combined their powers to block the Lord of Fierce Souls' giant-finger strike, but the clash devastated the Desert Hinterland.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls unleashed another attack infused with Samsara Power and the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame.
• A red-robed man appeared beside the Demon of Light and used the Seventh Ordinance, spatial surge, to teleport her away from the Lord of Fierce Souls' attack.

Xiao Yan defeated the eight newly promoted Monster Generals and sought to compete for the Monster Marshal position. The Horned Demon Elder arranged a public duel against the Celestial Fox Commander for the next day, while the Myriad Monster King grew suspicious of Xu Shao’s motives.

• Xiao Yan defeated all eight newly promoted Monster Generals, became their head, and healed their injuries.
• Xiao Yan asked the Wolf General to let him compete for Monster Marshal, and the Horned Demon Elder approved a trial.
• The Horned Demon Elder scheduled Xiao Yan to fight the Celestial Fox Commander the next day, with a possible challenge against Xu Shao if he won.
• The Myriad Monster King ordered the Celestial Fox Commander to attend the duel and secretly monitor Xu Shao, whose aura reminded him of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Xu Shao plotted to use the Ancient Battlefield to break the Demon Suppressing Prison’s seal and help the Soul Hall harvest Monster Beast cores and Monster Power.
• The Celestial Fox Commander learned of the duel and vowed to kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and the ancient clans joined forces with Xun Er and Yao Wanyuan to overwhelm Austin, but a Holy See Cardinal intervened and restored Austin’s strength. As Lexi arrived, Xiao Yan refused Xun Er’s plea to flee and advanced to confront him.

• Xiao Yan asked the ancient clan experts to help Xun Er and Yao Wanyuan fight Austin, and thousands of cultivators attacked him.
• Xun Er, Hun Xuzi, Elder Lingxi, and other leaders trapped Austin with the clans’ combined attacks and shattered his angel-wing barrier.
• Xun Er’s golden flame attack was swallowed by a pillar of light from the sky, which revived Austin and unleashed a powerful presence.
• Xiao Yan refused Xun Er’s demands that he leave and stepped forward to face the newcomer.
• Hill and Austin welcomed Lexi, Cardinal of the Holy See, while the people below found their powers suppressed.

The groups at the Glacial Milky Way agreed to join forces to break its barrier, while Xiao Yan, Aileen, and Xiao Zhuoma headed there as well. As the barrier-breaking began, a Desolate Beast stirred beneath the waterfall.

• You Er, Xuantian Hall, and the Five Sects Alliance failed to find a way through the barrier protecting the Glacial Milky Way.
• The groups agreed to work together, with Xuantian Hall's two experts attempting to break the barrier while the others guarded against threats.
• Xiao Yan overheard the plan and wondered whether his two Holy Flames could withstand the heat of the Undying Fire's domain.
• Xiao Yan returned to Aileen and Xiao Zhuoma, who revealed gray flames resembling the Undying Fire, and the three set off for the waterfall.
• The barrier-breaking unleashed powerful energy, and You Er sensed a Desolate Beast awakening beneath the waterfall.

Xiao Yan and You Er entered the southern route toward the Lord of Fierce Souls and encountered a bizarre chamber filled with corpses and research equipment. There, a puppet resembling Master Xuanyue attacked You Er, then recognized her and made her lower her defenses.

• Xiao Yan chose to investigate the southern marker after You Er warned him that the central marker meant certain death.
• Xiao Yan and You Er passed through a stone gate and were drawn into a dark room, where a strange voice welcomed them.
• Xiao Yan illuminated the room and found crystal containers, liquids, and human remains; You Er said the setup was not part of the Soul Academy's usual research.
• Xiao Yan sensed a soul-power expert and revealed a porcelain-doll-like puppet hanging from the ceiling.
• The puppet attacked You Er, but Xiao Yan pulled her away from its strike.
• The puppet called You Er “Little Er,” and You Er recognized it as Master Xuanyue before her defenses collapsed.

Xiao Yan and You Er disguised themselves as West Divine Hall soldiers and used a staged attack to join a supply caravan crossing the Wild Ghost Desert. They traveled with the caravan toward the West Divine Hall, successfully infiltrating its ranks.

• You Er told Xiao Yan to wait for a West Divine Hall supply caravan so they could sneak in among its guards.
• Xiao Yan sent his Soul Clone, Xiao Lei, to attack them while he and You Er pretended to be pursued soldiers.
• The caravan captain struck Xiao Lei with Wind Slaughtering Three Walls, and Xiao Lei fled before returning to Xiao Yan.
• You Er convinced the captain that they were West Divine Hall soldiers carrying out a mission, and he invited them to accompany the caravan.
• Xiao Yan and You Er joined the caravan and headed toward the West Divine Hall.

Xiao Yan faced the Lord of Fierce Souls, who revealed that his apparent failed breakthrough was a trap designed to lure Xiao Yan in and seize his body for his own path to Samsara. As the Lord of Fierce Souls began the possession, ancient markings appeared on Xiao Yan’s brow, and the confrontation began.

• The Lord of Fierce Souls admitted that he had failed to reach Samsara, while Xiao Yan and You Er suspected something unusual about his weakened state.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had seen through the Lord of Fierce Souls’ plan to use the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame as bait and draw him out.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls challenged Xiao Yan, who activated the Flame Swallowing Technique, Dragon God Transformation, Dou Soul, and Fire of the Three Sacred Flames.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls explained that he intended to seize Xiao Yan’s body and cultivation method, then sealed the surrounding space with a silver Space Compass.
• The Lord of Fierce Souls launched his soul body into Xiao Yan to possess him, and ancient blood-red markings appeared on Xiao Yan’s brow.

Xiao Sensheng, the Fifth Palace Hall Lord of the Xiao Clan’s Ten Halls of Yama, took control of Xiao Yan’s body and confronted the Lord of Lihun Domain in a battle between two Half Samsara experts. As the Seclusion Ground collapsed, Xiao Sensheng unleashed Night Descends and enveloped the battlefield in darkness.

• The Lord of Lihun Domain recognized Samsara power in Xiao Yan’s body, and Xiao Sensheng revealed himself as the Fifth Palace Hall Lord.
• Xiao Sensheng raised a Black Curtain that erased the thunder and ghost phantoms, while You Er and the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf assessed the two fighters as Half Samsara.
• The Lord of Lihun Domain and Xiao Sensheng vowed to settle their grudges, and Xiao Sensheng warned Xiao Yan that he might need to deliver the final blow.
• The Lord of Lihun Domain summoned ghost, thunder, and spatial powers, causing the Seclusion Ground to collapse.
• Xiao Sensheng invoked Night Descends, and his enormous Black Patterned Saint Robe shattered the Desert Hinterland and four divine bodies before enveloping them in darkness.
• As the four divine areas collapsed, pools of black liquid traced obscure ancient patterns in the desert sands and disappeared.

Xiao Yan accompanied Lin Shuang to Tianyuan Mountain Range and waited at a teahouse while she went to notify the Princess. There, he met Ji Xuan, a mysterious cultivator who soon left in a hurry, as a Guard arrived to escort Xiao Yan onward.

• Lin Shuang led Xiao Yan and his companions toward Tianyuan Mountain Range after Xiao Yan shattered Elder Lin's binding vines.
• Xiao Yan admired the orderly city and waited at a teahouse while Lin Shuang went to inform the Princess.
• Xiao Yan noticed a strange, familiar aura from Ji Xuan and approached him for a conversation.
• Xiao Yan and Ji Xuan introduced themselves and agreed to make friends, but Ji Xuan left when a blue-clad Guard arrived.
• The Guard escorted Xiao Yan through a secret passage beneath the teahouse toward the Princess's Mansion.

Xiao Yan faced Fang Hao and the forces surrounding him in the desert, then used the Black Patterned Saint Robe to rise to Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage. He prepared to fight back with his fused Holy Flames and Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

• Fang Hao trapped Xiao Yan in the desert, but Xiao Yan refused to surrender because he needed the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame to revive Mu Yingying.
• Xiao Sensheng lent Xiao Yan power and exchanged the Emperor Flame Ring for the Black Patterned Saint Robe.
• You Er intercepted Hua Shao, while the Black Fiend Dragon Wolf held off Fang Hao's two Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage allies.
• Xiao Yan activated the Black Patterned Saint Robe, raising his strength from Five-star Dou Xian to Eight-Star Dou Xian Early Stage.
• Xiao Yan resolved to counter Fang Hao with his Holy Flames and prepare the fused technique, Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.

Myriad Monster King and his companions fled into the Water and Fire Evil Cage inside Evil Moon Cliff, pursued by Blood Demon King. Xiao Yan arrived at the cliff and learned that two White Kings of the Outer Realm Evil Clan were sealed within, but resolved to enter anyway.

• Blood Demon King ordered a search of Evil Moon Cliff after his forces failed to find Myriad Monster King and the others.
• Myriad Monster King identified the hidden prison as the Water and Fire Evil Cage, where the Water and Fire Fiends had been sealed since the first Heaven and Earth War.
• Myriad Monster King led the group and two unconscious elite guard leaders into the Demon Suppressing Prison to keep them from exposing their allies and Master's location.
• Blood Demon King followed them into the prison despite recognizing its danger.
• Xiao Yan reached Evil Moon Cliff with the Demon Book Spirit, whose reading revealed that two White Kings remained sealed inside.
• Xiao Yan understood the danger but decided to enter the cliff.

Xiao Yan and You Er entered the Land of Poison Mists and found the imprisoned Calamity Mourner, a woman whose uncontrolled power could destroy everything. She told them the Lord of Fierce Souls was absent, then revealed his order that intruders remain there for a month.

• Xiao Yan and You Er entered the Land of Poison Mists, where deadly poison vapors filled the swamp.
• You Er explained that the Calamity Mourner was a powerful woman imprisoned after her innate destructive abilities went out of control.
• Xiao Yan pulled You Er away from repeated bubbles that burst and collapsed the space around them.
• Xiao Yan and You Er followed the bubble’s directions to the swamp’s center and met the Calamity Mourner beside a wooden house.
• Xiao Yan asked for the Lord of Fierce Souls, and the Calamity Mourner said he was absent but ordered them to stay for a month.

Xiao Yan joined Princess Lin Yunshu’s meeting with eight powerful supporters, where five faction leaders demanded the Starlight Origin in exchange for helping her claim the throne. Lin Yunshu and Xiao Yan revealed that the meeting was a trap, and they subdued the five with the Tianyuan Guards, Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame, and the Box of Myriad Woods.

• Lin Shuang brought Xiao Yan to the meeting hall, where Lin Hao questioned his arrival and the red-robed woman and a white-haired elder rebuked him.
• Princess Lin Yunshu used Starlight Power to open the meeting and announced that she wanted to unite the forces of the Tianyuan Mountain Range.
• Lin Hao and four allies demanded the Starlight Origin, threatening to withhold their forces unless Lin Yunshu granted it to them.
• Xiao Yan told the five to hand over their forces, and Lin Yunshu ordered the Tianyuan Guards and her other confidants to move in.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Holy Flame and restrained the five, while Lin Yunshu used the Box of Myriad Woods to drain their Wood Attribute Dou Qi.