Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi sought Meteorite Star Iron in Jielin Valley so Master Liaochen could repair the Eternal Ruler. They entered the valley’s golden Buddhist thunder and Xiao Yan unleashed his own thunder against it.

• Master Liaochen said he could repair the Eternal Ruler’s exterior if Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi retrieved Meteorite Star Iron guarded by the Cyan-Haired Buddha Lion in Jielin Valley.
• Master Liaochen sent Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi toward the valley in a stream of Buddha light, and Xiao Yan suspected he was deliberately guiding them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi arrived at Jielin Valley, where golden thunder surrounded a palace and corpses littered the peaks.
• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Yi that the valley was dangerous, but they leaped into it and were bound in midair by the golden thunder.
• Xiao Yan summoned a massive gray thunderbolt and sent it clashing against the golden thunder snakes.

After comprehending Samsara with Bai Wushuang’s power, Xiao Yan broke through from Quasi-Samsara to Peak Reincarnation. He and Xiao Yi entered the Manjusri Hall to search for the three promised treasures, including Meteorite Star Iron, as the sealed doors began to open.

• Xiao Yi and the Cyan-Haired Buddha Lion waited while Xiao Yan spent over a month comprehending Samsara in the Evil Prison.
• The energy around Xiao Yan gathered into glazed Samsara rings, then contracted as he completed his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Peak Reincarnation by refining the Sacred Flame Power accumulated in his body.
• The Cyan-Haired Buddha Lion said the three treasures were in the Manjusri Hall and used a luminous key to unlock its ancient gates.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi went to the Manjusri Hall, where Xiao Yan spread Samsara Power across the doors and they began to open.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi left the Buddha Realm, but encountered Li Tianxiao being hunted by Monk Wudao. Xiao Yan intervened to save him and returned with Xiao Yi to the Endless Fire Domain, while Li Tianxiao wondered about Xiao Yan’s connection to his master.

• The Cyan-Haired Buddha Lion escorted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi through the Buddha Realm and parted from them as they began their journey home.
• Xiao Yan sensed a familiar aura and found Li Tianxiao fleeing Monk Wudao after entering a Buddhist forbidden area.
• Monk Wudao overwhelmed Li Tianxiao with Buddhist scriptures and Zen sounds, leaving him injured and trapped.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Yi and stopped Monk Wudao from taking Li Tianxiao, saying Li Tianxiao was an old friend’s disciple.
• Monk Wudao withdrew, and Xiao Yan gave Li Tianxiao medicinal pills before returning to the Endless Fire Domain with Xiao Yi.

A Reincarnation Stage evil man attacked the Xiao Clan descendants, overwhelming the Dou Sheng experts who tried to protect them. Three mysterious light beams rescued Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, leaving Xiao Xiao and the others facing the fiend’s continued assault.

• The evil man revealed that he had targeted the Xiao Clan descendants to uncover the vanished clan’s traces.
• He sent a blood-red demon dragon after Xiao Lin and Xiao Xiao, and Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan intervened to shield them.
• The gathered experts attacked the demon dragon, but their techniques were easily destroyed, and Zi Yan, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian fought to hold it back.
• Three light beams descended from a fissure in the sky and carried Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan away from the battlefield.
• Xiao Xiao realized that the evil man still threatened her and the remaining defenders after the three women vanished.

Xiao Yan confronted King Beiya and the ten Outer Realm Evil Clan kings who appeared in the Holy Flame Domain. As their battle escalated, King Beiya revealed a red vein that provoked a violent reaction from Xiao Yan’s flames.

• A rift opened in the clouds, and a space ship arrived carrying experts from the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan ordered the experts to surround King Beiya and capture the other Outer Realm Evil Clan members alive, while Hun Tianhao led the attack.
• King Beiya summoned a demon dragon from a pool of black liquid, and Xiao Yan repelled its claw with his Dragon God Claw.
• King Beiya unleashed Supreme Purgatory, causing the Holy Flame’s power to recede as a red vein appeared on his brow.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra, Amber Rock Soul Fire, and Emperor Flame Ring began to hum violently in response to King Beiya’s red vein.

Xiao Yan and the Fire Spirit Tribe prepared for the contest to choose their next king, while he sensed a troubling force around the Holy Altar. The draw matched Xiao Yi’s Southern Tribe against Alice’s Western Tribe, and Elder Marvin entered the first battle against Allen.

• Second Elder Marin activated the Holy Altar, announced the contest rules, and warned that no one could interfere once the battles began.
• Xiao Yi, Princess Alice, and Princess Qianqin drew lots, leaving Princess Qianqin to advance directly to the finals and matching Xiao Yi’s group against Alice’s.
• Xiao Yan sensed an obscure evil power near the altar and felt the Baxia Shell surge when he looked at Princess Qianqin.
• Allen stepped forward to fight for the Western Tribe, but Xiao Yan sent Elder Marvin to represent the Southern Tribe instead.
• Second Elder Marin announced the first-round match between Reincarnation Stage Allen and First-Reincarnation Stage Marvin.

Xiao Yan questioned Aisha about the Fire Spirit Western Tribe and learned about Alice’s strength and the successor election. He took Aisha along and diverted with Jiuxin into the Fire Spirit Tribe’s Sea of Heaven space, leaving their next encounter there.

• Xiao Yan forced Aisha to reveal that Alice had reached the First-Reincarnation Stage and that the Western Tribe’s remaining forces included two other First-Reincarnation Stages and several Eight-Star Dou Xian Perfection Stages.
• Jiuxin explained that stronger-than-Samsara fighters had been summoned to the Fire Spirit northern headquarters for the successor election.
• Xiao Yan knocked out Aisha and Xier, sent Xier back toward the Western Tribe, and kept Aisha with him and Jiuxin as they headed toward the Sea of Heaven space.
• Jiuxin’s induction stone detected someone in the void below them, and he worried the Western Tribe might be waiting near the channel exit.
• Xiao Yan shattered the void midway and entered the Fire Spirit Tribe’s Sea of Heaven space with Jiuxin and Aisha.

Xiao Yan rescued the injured Ximo from three Spirit Clan fighters and trapped them in his reinforced Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation. As the array began to fail, he donned Holy Flame Armor and challenged the three to test his strength.

• The Red-Robed Man bound the injured Ximo and threatened to imprison him while Princess Alice dealt with the Southern Tribe’s experts.
• Xiao Yan appeared, trapped the three Spirit Men in the Binding Immortal Silk Vine Formation, and carried Ximo out to Jiuxin.
• Xiao Yan returned to face the three attackers after asking Ximo to take him to find Xiao Yi once the fighting was over.
• The three Spirit Men battered the array until Xiao Yan emerged in Holy Flame Armor, surrounded by amber magma and the Undying Nether Sparrow’s power.
• A Cyan-Clothed Man attacked Xiao Yan and was driven back with a bloodied mouth and injured arm; Xiao Yan taunted the three to attack together.

Xiao Yan fought the Tianhuang Ancient God giant beast and discovered its Divine Body could withstand his attacks, so Xiao Tianming and the Golden Dragon King engaged it while he sought the black shadow. Xiao Yan absorbed the shadow’s powerful attack and nearly exposed its identity, but a terrifying presence within the black mist gave him pause as Qing Yuan’s Angel Holy Radiance began revealing the figure.

• Xiao Yan combined soul power and holy flame runes to attack the Tianhuang Ancient God giant beast, but its Divine Body suffered no damage.
• The giant beast copied Xiao Yan’s flame attacks, and Xiao Tianming and the Golden Dragon King fought it while Xiao Yan searched for the black shadow.
• Xiao Yan used his Divine Palace to pull the black shadow out of hiding, and it attacked him with Tianyuan Annihilation Palm.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the black shadow’s attack with an emerald-green dragon shadow and struck into the black mist to expose its identity.
• A fearsome presence inside the black mist unsettled Xiao Yan as Qing Yuan’s Angel Holy Radiance burned away the mist and began revealing the figure.

Xiao Yan shattered the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor’s Saint Demon God Heart barrier and appeared to win their battle, but he sensed a power above the Buddha Realm. He discovered a black-and-white scorching sun there, matching the one threatening the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Yan’s Eternal Giant Ruler clashed with the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor’s evil light screen, and their attacks initially seemed evenly matched.
• Xiao Yan poured his Qi and Blood divine power into the God Slashing Ruler Ray, cracking and then purifying the evil light screen.
• The weakened Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor lamented that Xiao Yan had ruined his clan’s plan and declared that he was not reconciled.
• Xiao Yan sensed an irresistible force above the Buddha Realm and warned the approaching Great Thousand Coalition Army experts that something was wrong.
• Xiao Yan struck away the evil mist and saw a black-and-white scorching sun flickering at the top of the Buddha Realm, identical to the one in the Great Thousand World.

At the Alchemist Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan and Xun'er encountered Yue Qi and her powerful Eldest Senior Sister from the Moon God Palace, whose tense greeting with Xun'er hinted at an old grievance. Before leaving the night market, Xiao Yan bargained with a mysterious vendor and bought a strange green leaf for three sixth-grade pills.

• Yue Qi ran to her Eldest Senior Sister for help, and the silver-robed woman knocked down the man who had been harassing her.
• The silver-robed woman apologized to the elder, then warned Yue Qi before approaching Xiao Yan and Xun'er.
• The silver-robed woman and Xun'er introduced themselves and exchanged a tense, seemingly resentful handclasp before she left with Yue Qi.
• Xiao Yan spotted a strange green leaf at a stall and pretended to dismiss it while negotiating with the old vendor.
• The old vendor lowered his price from a saint grade eighth-tier pill to three sixth-grade pills, and Xiao Yan quickly bought the leaf.

Demon Xiao Yan killed the three Poison Beasts and severely wounded the God Devouring Insect Mother, but Yue defeated Mirror Moon Palace Master, Lengyue, and the Elder and began draining power from the poison servants. As Yue neared a breakthrough to the Fifth-Tier Reincarnation Stage, the Fifth-Tier Samsara Tribulation began to gather.

• Demon Xiao Yan crushed the three Poison Beasts and battered the God Devouring Insect Mother, absorbing the beasts’ poisonous mist.
• Lengyue and the Elder fell from the sky dead, while Mirror Moon Palace Master was gravely wounded after Yue won their battle.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian rescued Xiao Yan and Mirror Moon Palace Master, and Xiao Yan urged her to return to the Supreme Elder Palace while he faced Yue.
• Yue revealed her ice power, froze the poison servants, and fed them to the God Devouring Insect Mother to restore its strength and gather power for herself.
• Yue’s strength surged toward the Fifth-Tier Reincarnation Stage, and terrifying thunderclouds formed as the Samsara Tribulation approached.

Yue gathered the Poison God Palace’s power to break through to the Fifth-Tier and unleashed a top-tier immortal technique against Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and their allies. As Poison God Xuanhe and Fire Master Jiuxuan joined the battle, Yue vowed to take back what she believed was hers and remake the Poison God Realm.

• Yue used the God Devouring Insect Mother and the controlled poison servants to gather power while preparing her top-tier immortal technique, the Ice Lament.
• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to defend the Poison God’s ancestral ground, while Mirror Moon Palace Master urged everyone to flee and Xiao Yan refused to back down.
• Mirror Moon Palace Master headed for the Supreme Elder Palace, and Demon Xiao Yan blocked Yue’s attack as she tried to stop her.
• Poison God Xuanhe and Fire Master Jiuxuan emerged from the Reincarnation Seal and attacked Yue alongside Xiao Yan.
• Yue summoned the Ice Emperor Palace and declared that she would reclaim what was hers, become the new Poison God, and remake the Poison God Realm.

Xiao Yi Xian restored control of the Poison God Palace and gave Xiao Yan purified energy taken from Yue. Xiao Yan survived his Second Reincarnation Tribulation with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian’s help, broke through to the Second Reincarnation Stage, and went into seclusion to master his new strength.

• Xiao Yi Xian stripped Yue’s origin of its usable energy and gave the purified power to Xiao Yan, while the Poison God Palace’s core members accepted her authority.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Crocodile Ancestor and Jingyue to imprison Yue and investigate the palace’s forces, executing anyone with unclear affiliations.
• A new Samsara Tribulation appeared, and Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian joined forces to protect Xiao Yan as he faced it.
• The Second Reincarnation Tribulation restored Xiao Yan’s Samsara Power and helped him advance through two minor stages to the Second Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan to rest, and he entered seclusion to study and master his new strength.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Black Giant Hall and found Su Xueying, Bamboo Spirit Scholar, and a Poison God Palace elder bound by the Soul-Hooking Envoy, who was draining Su Xueying’s power. After their hiding place was exposed, Xiao Yan and Xun'er confronted the envoy as he demanded their Holy Flame Seeds.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er spotted Su Xueying, Bamboo Spirit Scholar, and a Poison God Palace elder bound to stone pillars while the Soul-Hooking Envoy drained Su Xueying’s power.
• Bamboo Spirit Scholar recognized Xiao Yan, while Su Xueying tried to hide her curse-marked face and grew distraught at seeing him with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er revealed themselves behind a flame barrier, and the Poison God Palace elder warned them that the Soul-Hooking Envoy rivaled a Third Reincarnation Stage expert.
• Xiao Yan questioned the envoy’s ghostly aura, and Xun'er suspected Su Xueying knew him; Xiao Yan explained that she was a guardian of the Xiao Clan who had reason to hate him.
• The Soul-Hooking Envoy unleashed eerie ghosts to seal the hall and demanded that Xiao Yan and Xun'er hand over every Holy Flame Seed in their bodies.

Xiao Yan returned to the ravaged Endless Fire Domain, drove off Seraph Hill, and rallied his allies to rebuild and prepare for revenge. A month later, he and Su Xueying descended into the Tian Xing Continent’s abyss, where they found the nearly destroyed Motuo carrying a mysterious mark connected to the Xiao Clan.

• Seraph Hill fled with the Fourth Evil God, but Xiao Yan struck her from afar with power she recognized as resembling the Netherworld’s.
• Xiao Yan knelt before the survivors of the Endless Fire Domain, apologized for his late arrival, and vowed to make their attackers pay.
• Yun Yun collapsed after telling Xiao Yan she had guarded the Endless Fire Domain, and he ordered his allies to purge evil aura, rebuild, and prepare for revenge.
• After a month of reorganization, Xiao Yan and Su Xueying traveled to the Tian Xing Continent and descended into the abyss to investigate Motuo’s power.
• They found Motuo gravely injured and discovered a fire-red imprint that Xiao Yan sensed was connected to the Xiao Clan; Su Xueying’s Nether Night Demon Fire drew it out as Motuo cursed the clan.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying searched the seemingly empty Second Demon-Suppressing Prison and discovered that an ancient array had concealed it. With the moon radiance opening a gate, they prepared to enter the prison.

• The Supreme Elder of the Fire Spirit Tribe teleported Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying to the gloomy void where the Second Demon-Suppressing Prison was believed to be hidden.
• Xiao Yan dispersed the evil pollution with Reincarnation Power, but the group could find no entrance, and the moon radiance Senior Yue Xi had given him initially did nothing.
• Xiao Yi explained that the Fire Spirit Tribe had found lingering evil power there but no entrance, despite the Reincarnation Seal confirming the prison's presence.
• Xiao Yan examined the blood-veined rocks at the void's edges and realized that an array was concealing the prison.
• Xiao Yan's Holy Flame revealed the ancient array, and the moon radiance opened a light gate within it.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi and Mu Yingying toward the Second Demon-Suppressing Prison as their Reincarnation Seals and other powers stirred.

Xiao Yan battled a mysterious youth whose power rivaled an Eighth-Reincarnation Stage expert, then struck him with a devastating fusion of holy flames. As the giant palace’s gate opened, Xiao Yan was left questioning the youth’s identity and the two conflicting powers within him.

• Mu Yingying and Xiao Yi sensed that the eerie youth might not be the Second Evil God, while Xiao Yan confronted him.
• The youth attacked with immense, crude power, and Xiao Yan defended himself with the Immortal Golden Body and the Nine Saint Runes.
• Xiao Yi and Mu Yingying sent Xiao Yan six holy flame sources, which he fused into a devastating attack that engulfed the youth.
• Xiao Yan sensed two opposing powers within the youth and wondered whether he was the giant palace’s guardian rather than the Second Evil God.
• The giant palace shook, and its towering stone gate slowly opened, revealing a resplendent path.

Evil Xiao Yan fought off Hua Qianqian and the Thorn Demon Child, then rushed toward the Soul God Source in the Flame Whirlpool. The Spirit Eye Xuan Chicken opened its eyes and began to influence Xiao Yan, while Ming Feng and other alchemists tried to intervene.

• Hua Qianqian and the Thorn Demon Child recognized that Xiao Yan’s aura and fighting style were strange as the contenders clashed around the Flame Whirlpool.
• Evil Xiao Yan attacked Hua Qianqian and the Thorn Demon Child with a black-flame hammer, injuring them and leaving Hua Qianqian a soul message that read, “Immortal peril, feint scheme.”
• Hua Qianqian withdrew with the Thorn Demon Child, and Ming Feng urged Xiao Yan to retrieve the Soul God Source.
• Evil Xiao Yan broke through the crowd and approached the Spirit Eye Xuan Chicken, which opened its eyes and sent a tyrannical force surging into Xiao Yan’s mind.
• Ming Feng tried to reach Xiao Yan, but powerful alchemists intercepted him and three black figures as the ancient beast’s influence threatened Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan reflected on Yun Yun while she refused Hua Qing’er’s proposed inheritance at the Flower God Palace. Yao Wuchen warned him about suspicious Alchemist Pill Gathering contestants and urged him to win the championship, leaving Xiao Yan considering how to use a mysterious liquid to advance his soul power.

• Xiao Yan sat alone at the Alchemist Sanctuary and wondered where Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Zhu Kun, and Zi Yan were.
• Yun Yun rejected Hua Qing’er’s inheritance and suggested Qianqian was better suited, while Hua Qing’er’s injury remained difficult to heal.
• Yao Wuchen visited Xiao Yan in secret and warned that Ming Feng and the other suspicious contestants might be from a hidden place.
• Yao Wuchen urged Xiao Yan to win the Alchemist Pill Gathering and gave him pure Saint Origin Qi to support his advancement.
• Xiao Yan considered using the mysterious liquid that stirred his Seventh Layer Spirit Palace, but held back to avoid exposing his plan.