Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan learned more about Xiao Tianyuan’s fall and the Flame God Cauldron before receiving the elder’s final guidance and mastering the Fourth Realm of the Flame Mantra. He left the collapsing forbidden land to return to the Endless Fire Domain, but an injured figure stopped him in the void.

• Xiao Tianyuan told Xiao Yan that he could not be resurrected, that the Flame God Cauldron had been made by a true God Residence, and that he and others had only guarded it.
• Xiao Tianyuan used a Flame God Formation to help Xiao Yan master the Fourth Realm of the Flame Mantra and better control the Flame God Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan noticed a six-petaled lotus imprint on Xiao Tianyuan’s back but kept his discovery to himself.
• Xiao Tianyuan entrusted the Xiao Clan to Xiao Yan and vanished after imparting his remaining power.
• Xiao Yan left the forbidden land to return to the Endless Fire Domain, and the forbidden land collapsed behind him.
• An injured black figure in the void called out to Xiao Yan and asked him to stop.

Xiao Yan used the Fourth Realm of the Flame Mantra to shatter Ares’s Divine Halo, revealing traces of Primitive Power. Ares then opened the Angel Holy Altar to draw out Xiao Yan’s Demon Power, and Xiao Yan began powering the Flame God Cauldron to oppose it.

• Ares’s Divine Halo descended on Xiao Yan with power approaching a quasi-divine technique, but Xiao Yan awakened the Fourth Realm of the Flame Mantra and shattered it.
• Renshenzi recognized the Flame Mantra’s power as Xiao Yan’s attack collided with Ares’s halo and both vanished into the darkness.
• Ares opened the Angel Holy Altar, using Angel Power to revive Xiao Yan’s Demon Power and threaten to judge him.
• Xiao Yan poured his power and Natal Essence Blood into the Flame God Cauldron, whose holy runes began to rise against the altar.

Xiao Yan awoke in the Dragon Burial Pool after recovering from his injuries and learned that the Dragon Clan’s conflict had ended. He departed with Cai Lin and Yun Yun for the Endless Fire Domain, where the King of Myriad Beasts worried about Xiao Yan’s absence and recalled meeting Yu Rushuang.

• After a year had passed inside the Dragon Burial Pool, Xiao Yan awoke as the Tianshu Dragon Bone restored and strengthened his body.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan about the Dragon Clan’s recent events, while leaving out that the Golden Dragon King had removed his dragon bone to save him.
• Cai Lin sensed that Xiao Yan had reached the Ninth-Reincarnation Stage, and Xiao Yan realized he had gained immense strength but could not use Demon Power for some time.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yun Yun left the Dragon Burial Pool, intending to return before their coming trip to the Netherworld.
• In the Endless Fire Domain, Yaoji warned the King of Myriad Beasts and Yu Rushuang against acting rashly against the Angel Kingdom, and the King worried that Xiao Yan had not returned.
• The King of Myriad Beasts recalled meeting Yu Rushuang when she emerged from the Ancient Jade Qilin statue and shared the divine beast powers he had gathered.

The Darkness Lord revealed himself as Xiao Yunming and sent the Demon Robe to revive the dying Xiao Yan. As the robe and Xiao Yan reached an uneasy balance, Ares and Bailin descended into the Demon Abyss to kill him before his rebirth could be completed.

• Renshenzi recognized the weakened Darkness Lord as Xiao Yunming, the missing younger brother of the Xiao Clan Patriarch.
• The Demon Robe swallowed Renshenzi's attack and flew into the Demon Abyss toward the dying Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan grabbed the Demon Robe, and his dragon god bone resisted it until they reached an apparent equilibrium.
• The Demon Robe infused Xiao Yan with dark green blood, restoring his heartbeat and beginning his revival.
• Ares ordered Bailin to join her, and they dived into the Demon Abyss to eliminate Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan reached the Quasi-Divine Stage and began facing the Quasi-Divine Tribulation, while the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor drew power from the blood coffins to strengthen himself. The Great Thousand Coalition Army tried to protect Xiao Yan, but the Darkborn Demon Shadow revealed a power that could absorb the Holy King's attack.

• Xiao Tianming and the Great Thousand Coalition Army recognized Xiao Yan as he appeared within the thunder clouds of his Quasi-Divine Tribulation.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his power and relied on his Fifth Realm Flame Mantra and Holy Flame Fire to face the tribulation.
• The Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor branded the blood coffins' evil runes onto his body, causing his power to surge beyond its Demigod Stage limits.
• Xiao Tianming and the Holy King ordered the Coalition Army to defend Xiao Yan while the Darkborn Demon Shadow confronted the Holy King.
• The Holy King struck the Darkborn Demon Shadow with his Holy Flame Dragon Pillar, but the Demon Shadow absorbed the attack into his body.

Tou She Ancient God entrusted Xiao Yan with restoring the Golden Dragon King's body and clearing his name before the next great war, then departed after giving Xiao Yan the Emperor Flame Ring. The Golden Dragon King explained Holy Flames and their role against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and set out with Xiao Yan for the Great Thousand World.

• Tou She Ancient God and the Golden Dragon King recalled their brotherhood and agreed that Xiao Yan would help restore the Golden Dragon King's body and reputation.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Yan the Emperor Flame Ring, which held supplies, a spatial escape talisman, and a soul avatar containing secrets and instructions.
• Tou She Ancient God's soul dispersed, and Xiao Yan bowed farewell before the Golden Dragon King entered the ring and asked him to call him Martial Grandmaster.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that Holy Flames were intelligent beings, described their Heavenly Tribulations, and said the thirty-six Holy Flames could suppress corresponding Outer Realm Evil Clan races.
• The Golden Dragon King took Xiao Yan out of the cave to show him the Great Thousand World, and Xiao Yan vowed to contribute to the coming battle.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s sacred core region, where Vice Patriarch Feng Luan recognized Xun’er as the Samsara Runner of Fire Master Jiuxuan. Feng Luan revealed that Xun’er’s Holy Flame Samsara still needed the Five-Footed Golden Crow, and the Reincarnation Seal began to awaken.

• Xun’er felt an increasingly familiar aura in Tianfeng Abyss and suspected her Reincarnation Seal held memories connected to Fire Master Jiuxuan.
• Fifth Elder led Xiao Yan, Xun’er, and Feng Qin through the ravine to the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s sacred core region.
• Fifth Elder announced their arrival at a stone house, where Vice Patriarch Feng Luan had been waiting for them.
• Feng Luan greeted Xun’er as the Samsara Runner of Fire Master Jiuxuan and said they had finally met again after a millennium.
• Feng Luan said Xun’er’s Holy Flame Samsara lacked the Holy Flame Spirit, the Five-Footed Golden Crow, and golden energy flames began to assault Xun’er as her Reincarnation Seal awakened.

Xiao Yan attacked the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden Realm, but his flames could not damage its golden pillars. After the realm broke apart, the Head of Foreign Lands overwhelmed Tianyuanzi and began their fusion, only for Tianyuanzi to activate an ancient array and sacrifice himself to unleash a threat that consumed the surrounding world.

• Xiao Yan drove back the evil creatures with a powerful flame seed and sent it crashing into the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden Realm, but the attack had no effect on its golden pillars.
• The golden pillars shattered, revealing the badly injured Tianyuanzi and the unscathed Head of Foreign Lands, who said their past-life grievances would end as they fused.
• Tianyuanzi resisted being devoured and activated the Creation Heavenly Map Array by offering his golden blood.
• Tianyuanzi ignited himself and plunged into the array, which began devouring everything as Xiao Yan, Xiao Tianming, and the coalition army watched in shock.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er fought the injured Blood King Mo in Senluo Hell and prepared a six-flame array to suppress him. The array sealed Blood King Mo’s escape routes, leaving him facing likely defeat.

• Xun Er took the lead against Blood King Mo while Xiao Yan feinted and quietly prepared an array.
• Blood King Mo opened a space gate to summon his subordinates, but no one answered.
• Xiao Yan revealed the amber array infused with Holy Flame, soul power, and other forces, then asked Xun Er to join him in using their Sacred Flame Origins.
• Xiao Yan brought out five holy flames, and Xun Er added the Jiuxuan Chongming Flame to make six.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er formed a six-flame array that immobilized Blood King Mo and sealed every escape route.

Xiao Yan avenged Mu Yingying by killing King Xuan Ling with the fused Holy Flame attack called Kong Ling Tear. As King Xuan Ling perished, a gigantic vortex filled with a space storm opened above the altar, putting Xiao Yan and the others in danger.

• Xiao Yan formed the three-flame Kong Ling Tear and gave Yue Ru the soul ball so she could free the controlled powerhouses.
• Xiao Yan recalled his history with Mu Yingying and launched the Kong Ling Tear at King Xuan Ling, while the Soul Devouring Master, Long Yi, and Xiao Yi tried to contain the blast.
• The Kong Ling Tear overwhelmed King Xuan Ling, who shattered Xuan Cang's skeleton and used Space Rift before his body and soul were destroyed.
• Xiao Yan mourned Mu Yingying, but Xiao Yi warned him as a gigantic vortex and space storm appeared in the altar's sky.

Xiao Yan escaped the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation and made his way toward the Underground Palace exit, while Mu Yingying collapsed outside and begged Elder Zhu to save him. Elder Zhu stormed toward the Forbidden Area, but a powerful Xuan Ling Imperial Family elder tried to stop him, and Zhu Jin unleashed his overwhelming aura.

• The man in black recovered from the damage Xiao Yan had dealt him and vowed to pursue Mu Yingying's Holy Flame.
• Long Yi activated the Spatial Teleportation Array, and Xiao Yan was transported out of the Nine Fish Play Dragon Formation.
• Mu Yingying warned Elder Zhu to save Xiao Yan before collapsing, and Elder Zhu rushed toward the Underground Palace.
• Elder Zhu knocked aside the Hu Ya Legion soldiers and entered the Forbidden Area as they sent word to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan reached the first level, found no path downward, and headed for the exit while badly injured.
• A gray-robed Xuan Ling Imperial Family elder confronted Zhu Jin, who erupted with a devastating aura.

Xiao Yan faced a black-robed Soul Clan member in the tournament arena and fought against his black mist, which drained Dou Qi and Soul Power. Xiao Yan burned the mist away, but the man claimed their warm-up was over and hinted that the Soul Clan wanted Xiao Yan.

• Duan Tianfeng called Xiao Yan and the Mysterious Man into the arena, while Duan Qifei briefly revealed a mysterious aura upon sensing the black-robed fighter.
• The Black-robed Man identified himself as a Soul Clan member and said Xiao Yan was likely responsible for two Soul Clan experts disappearing on the Xuan Ling Continent.
• Xiao Yan attacked with a flaming dragon, but the Black-robed Man countered with black mist that concealed him and drained Xiao Yan's Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan detonated his Dou Qi inside the mist, and the resulting flames consumed it and exposed the arena again.
• The Black-robed Man said the warm-up was over and declared that the Soul Clan had coveted Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan prepared to use his full strength.

Xiao Yan and his companions fought two gatekeepers corrupted by the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s aura near the Holy Flame Hall. They destroyed the statues with Holy Flame, and the hall’s gates opened.

• The awakened gatekeepers attacked Xiao Yan, who summoned his Immortal Body and learned their strength rivaled eight-star Dou Di experts.
• Xiao Yi took on one gatekeeper while Xiao Yan and the others faced the other, as Tian Qian and the Three Heavenly Sovereigns watched from concealment.
• The gatekeepers grew stronger as they fought, and Xiao Yan suspected the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s aura was corrupting them.
• Xiao Yi shattered one gatekeeper’s rocky body, but black qi began reassembling its fragments, so Xiao Yan attacked it with Holy Flame.
• Mu Yingying joined Xiao Yan with her Azure Holy Flame, and together they purified and destroyed the injured gatekeeper; the other gatekeeper also dissipated.
• The gates of the Holy Flame Hall swung open.

Xiao Yan absorbed the stone pillar’s Ruler Qi by using the Flame Mantra and the Fiery Beast in his Dou Qi Sea. He then overcame the pressure of all eight steps and reached the Human Hall-Protecting Treasure, the Sky Shifting Ruler scroll.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the stone pillar’s endless Ruler Qi threatened to overwhelm him, so he used the Flame Mantra to have the Fiery Beast swallow it.
• The Mysterious Elder released the Stone Hall’s imprisonment and confirmed that Xiao Yan had passed the tests to cultivate the Human Hall-Protecting Treasure.
• Xiao Yan began climbing the eight steps, using the gray Ruler Qi to endure their repulsive force.
• Xiao Yan reached the seventh step but refused the Mysterious Elder’s warning to retreat, insisting that he could continue.
• Xiao Yan stepped onto the eighth step, where the pressure vanished and the Sky Shifting Ruler scroll appeared before him.

Xiao Yan gained the upper hand against Muge with his fierce flames and superior combat timing, but Muge revealed that he had reached Half-Step Three-Star Dou Xian. Xiao Yan prepared to combine his Array Master abilities, Soul Power, Fire Attribute Dou Core, and Dou Technique for a decisive strike as Muge gathered an ultimate ice attack.

• Xiao Yan used the Flame Furious Lion and a rapid assault to burn Muge and leave him disheveled.
• Muge unleashed his deep blue Dou Qi and froze the arena as his strength rose to Half-Step Three-Star Dou Xian.
• Muge urged Xiao Yan to surrender, claiming that defeating him would be effortless, but Xiao Yan refused to give up first place.
• Xiao Yan mobilized his Ni Palace Pill Divine Motion core inscription, Spirit Palace Soul Power, and Dou Core to prepare a final strike.
• Muge began gathering an earth-shattering ice attack as the final entered its decisive stage.

Xiao Yan's group arrived on Moonlight Island, where Yue Ru's inheritance rune reacted and revealed clues about the ruins. Guided by the rune, Yue Ru said she thought she knew where the Life and Death Fire was as the group prepared to continue.

• Xiao Yan forced the Sea Magical Beast to create a path to Moonlight Island, and his group crossed onto the island.
• Yue Ru's inheritance rune surfaced and indicated that something on Moonlight Island called to it, while Qin Xin explained that such runes could guide inheritors to items that aided their inheritance.
• An old man emerged from the marble path, recognized Yue Ru's Moonlight Fairy inheritance rune and Xiao Yan's Holy Flame, and said the Three Monsters of the Island should host them.
• Xiao Yan's group discovered the island's vast landscape beneath a silver moon, and Yue Ru recalled the Moonlight Fairy, her missing disciple, and a Jade Rabbit.
• After the inheritance rune transmitted more information, Yue Ru said she thought she knew where the Life and Death Fire was.

Xiao Yan and his allies empowered a Desolate Beast Spirit with Sacred Flame and array energy to turn the tide against Magic Shadow. The Wild Spirit emerged at the lair’s peak, leaving Magic Shadow fearful as Xiao Yan prepared to strike.

• Xiao Yi strengthened the Desolate Beast Spirit with purple flame while Xiao Yan concealed its presence from Magic Shadow.
• Xiao Yan used Gazing Pupil to attack, but Magic Shadow unleashed the Demon Spirit Seal after Marin and Old Ghost Yao intercepted him.
• Marin and Old Ghost Yao channeled their Samsara power into Xiao Yan as Magic Shadow’s Demon Spirit Seal shattered their flame shields and exploded.
• Xiao Yan used the Wild Origin Ancient Array and six kinds of Sacred Flame Origin Power to form the Wild Spirit.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi’s flames flowed into the Wild Spirit, whose power reached the peak of the Third Reincarnation Stage and filled Magic Shadow with fear.

Xiao Yan defeated the Dawn Team with his newly created Emperor Flame Explosion, but Guang Lu and An Li fused their Life Power and struck him with the Heavenly Light Curtain Path. Xiao Yan was engulfed by the white light and fell from the air, dazed.

• Xiao Yan used Emperor Flame Explosion to devastate the area, injuring Tan Shaoyang, Qian Zhang, and Qian Qiu.
• Wang Chen’s team noticed the disturbance, but its mysterious female leader decided they should enter the competition rather than investigate.
• Xiong Yuan watched Xiao Yan’s battle through a crystal ball and stabilized the shaking space of Luoling Mountain.
• Xiao Yan discussed Emperor Flame Explosion with his soul clone and realized he could no longer use his former fused Heavenly Flame Power.
• Guang Lu and An Li fused their Life Power and unleashed the Heavenly Light Curtain Path against Xiao Yan.
• The white light engulfed Xiao Yan, pulled back his soul clone, and sent him falling to the ground in a daze.

Xiao Yan used his Holy Flame and the Soul Devouring Talisman to neutralize the Netherworld Twin Venerables’ attack, then joined Mu Yingying in preparing a powerful counterstrike. As the Purple Cage began to fail and the Venerables’ strength threatened to return, Xiao Yan and Cang Yue launched attacks against them.

• Cang Yue stopped the Heavenly Demon Whale from rescuing Xiao Yan, believing he had a way to withstand the Evil Power.
• Xiao Yan concealed the Soul Devouring Talisman’s power within his Holy Flame and absorbed the Netherworld Twin Venerables’ black attack, restoring some of the talisman’s radiance.
• Xiao Yan called on Mu Yingying to join him, and they began combining their Sacred Flame Origin powers into attacks against the Venerables.
• Ming Zun and You Zun unleashed their Evil Qi against the Purple Cage, while Jade Rabbit warned Yue Ru that its destruction would restore their strength to Dou Di Peak.
• Xiao Yan charged toward the breaking Purple Cage as Cang Yue fired her Silver Moon Bow at the Netherworld Twin Venerables.

Xiao Yan and Bingshui identified the creature stalking the group as a Mystic Elf and explained how it could be defeated without driving it into a frenzy. The group prepared to draw it out, and Wang Xie discovered it was hovering directly above them.

• Xiao Yan and Bingshui agreed to reveal what they knew about the darkness and the creature, despite being rivals for the Moonlight Fairy's inheritance.
• Bingshui explained that the Mystic Elf fed on human hearts, had grown close to Eight-Star strength, and would go berserk if exposed to light.
• Bingshui proposed that the group lure the Mystic Elf out while Xiao Yan and Meng Fei attacked it with fire, and Feng Hong agreed to use a Light Element technique to blind it.
• The Mystic Elf stayed hidden above the group and slowly devoured a heart, wary of the flame within Xiao Yan.
• A drop of blood landed on Wang Xie's forehead, and he alerted the others that the Mystic Elf was directly above them.