Chapter Summaries

Tianming King led Xiao Yan and ten other disciples through a Space Gate toward the Lihun Domain, explaining its power and place in the Ghost Realm. Xiao Yan looked forward to finding the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame there to revive Mu Yingying.

• Tianming King and Zuo Mu gathered the eleven disciples and set out for the Lihun Domain through a Space Gate.
• Xiao Yan noticed Duan Qifei seemed troubled in the safe space channel, but she said she was fine.
• Tianming King explained that the Lihun Domain was the core of thousands of planes and the strongest of the Ghost Realm’s Three Domains.
• The Soul Devouring Master praised the Lihun Domain, heightening Xiao Yan’s anticipation of the journey.
• Xiao Yan thought of Mu Yingying and hoped the Xiangsi Broken Intestine Flame could be found in the Lihun Domain to revive her.

Xiao Yan emerged from his transformation and confronted Kelly in the Endless Fire Domain. After resisting her strongest attack, he killed her with the Thunder and Fire King of Hell Wood and began his reckoning with the Holy See.

• Xiao Yan returned from seclusion, thanked his allies, and Mu Feng gave back the depleted Yin Yang Decree.
• Kelly challenged Xiao Yan, but he calmly faced her and blocked her Afterglow of Light with his defenses.
• Xiao Yan demanded to know where the Demon of Light was, and Kelly taunted him and pointed to the Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan fused his fire, wood, and thunder powers into the Thunder and Fire King of Hell Wood and struck Kelly through her defenses.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Kelly’s body and soul, declaring that the Holy See would be next.

Xiao Yan fought Alice at the Elf Holy Altar and used his Amber Flame and array mastery to turn the barrier into a vast formation. He summoned the Array Spirit with one hundred thousand array veins, leaving Alice facing the formation’s full power.

• Princess Qianqin asked Sami and Albert to judge the battle, and Albert noted that Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame made his strength difficult to assess.
• Alice attacked Xiao Yan with a cyan pillar of power, but his Immortal Golden Body and Amber Flame neutralized it.
• Alice summoned the Wood Spirit and prepared to unleash the Heaven-Imprisoning God of Fire Array.
• Xiao Yan spread his array veins across the barrier, cutting Alice off from its energy and surrounding her with Amber Flame troops.
• Xiao Yan reached one hundred thousand array veins and summoned the Array Spirit.

Xiao Yan used the purple Sacred Flame Crystal to summon the Seed of Life and defeat the magic whale, then fled with Xun'er when an Evil God appeared. The golden paper pulled them into the Martial Mansion, while the Evil God ordered the Foreign Territory to bring out the Pure Heart and prepare for retaliation.

• Xun'er held back the magic whale with Nine Suns Scorching Sun while Xiao Yan activated the Sacred Flame Origin Technique through the purple Sacred Flame Crystal.
• The Purple Elk emerged from the crystal and summoned the Seed of Life, which crushed the magic whale's blood-colored attack.
• Xiao Yan formed five Holy Runes, killed the magic whale with the Dragon God Claw, and took its Magic Whale Stone.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er tried to flee, but an Evil God shattered their barrier and attacked them before the golden paper pulled them into the Martial Mansion.
• The Evil God recognized Xiao Yan as a member of the Xiao Clan and ordered his followers to bring out the Pure Heart and retaliate against the rescuers.

The Dark Demon and Blood Stone Evil Sovereign led an invasion into the Taixu Divine Palace, where they confronted the Taiwu Immortal and revealed several captured Immortal Realm experts. As the Withered Bone Corpse Demon and Red-Haired Succubus attacked, the Blood Stone Evil Sovereign looked toward the higher divine palaces, intent on reaching the Immortal Realm’s master.

• Xiao Yan and his companions cautiously crossed empty divine palaces while the factions of the Upper Three Heavens converged on the Immortal Realm Center.
• The Dark Demon and Blood Stone Evil Sovereign arrived at the Taixu Divine Palace with the Black Demon, the Withered Bone Corpse Demon, and two other powerful followers.
• The Blood Stone Evil Sovereign taunted the Taiwu Immortal, who declared that the invaders would meet their end in the palace.
• The Withered Bone Corpse Demon and Red-Haired Succubus revealed the captured Spirit Butterfly Immortal Master, Thunder Beast Immortal Venerable, and Jiutian Xuannv, whose life and origin power was being drained.
• The Blood Stone Evil Sovereign withdrew from the fight and watched the higher palaces as the Withered Bone Corpse Demon and Red-Haired Succubus charged the Taiwu Immortal.

Xiao Yan met Feng Yu and Zhu Li, two powerful competitors, before Feng Yu won his match with a devastating display of Space Attribute techniques. The chapter left Xiao Yan returning with Yu Renran while Liu Qing followed him, apparently wanting to speak with him.

• Duan Qifei introduced Xiao Yan to Feng Yu, the Young Valley Master of Maple China Valley, and his fiancée Zhu Li of the Six Saints Sect.
• Feng Yu entered the arena for his match, and Duan Qifei told Xiao Yan she had once fought him to a draw.
• Feng Yu defeated a Two-star Later-stage Dou Xian Earth Attribute opponent with Space Strangulation and a Space Vortex.
• Duan Tianfeng warned Feng Yu that using the dangerous Space Vortex was no child's play.
• Xiao Yan and Yu Renran left the arena, followed by Liu Qing, while Feng Yu and Zhu Li departed after missing the chance to speak with him.

Xiao Yan fought Feng Ling, whose Seventh Grade Life Power formed a devastating black-and-white disc. Xiao Yan evaded Feng Ling’s attack and struck him down with a powerful ruler blow, leaving Feng Ling defeated.

• Mu Feng worried that the battle’s energy would attract attention, and Mu Yingying explained that Xiao Yan’s array concealed it.
• Feng Ling attacked Xiao Yan with a black-and-white disc powered by Life Power, while Xiao Yan countered with the second ruler of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• As the disc weakened Xiao Yan’s flame rulers, Xiao Yan closed his eyes and began comprehending the third ruler.
• Feng Ling cleared away Xiao Yan’s remaining flame rulers and drove his disc toward him, believing Xiao Yan had given up.
• Xiao Yan’s figure proved to be an afterimage, and he struck Feng Ling with his heavy flame ruler, sending him crashing to the ground.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin encountered the imprisoned Tianxie Blood Tiger, which offered them the Four Symbols Cave’s treasures and the whereabouts of the Tiansha Demon Flame in exchange for its rescue. The tiger sealed the cave when they tried to leave, and Xiao Yan began investigating the suppression array while hiding his true strength.

• The Tianxie Blood Tiger introduced itself from beneath the stone coffin and threatened Xiao Yan and Cai Lin with certain death if they stayed in the cave without its help.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin pretended to be Second Reincarnation Stage cultivators and attempted to leave, but the tiger called them back after noticing Xiao Yan’s fire attribute.
• The Tianxie Blood Tiger offered to reveal the Tiansha Demon Flame’s whereabouts and help Xiao Yan subdue it if they freed the beast from its coffin.
• The tiger sealed the cave’s exit with a boulder covered in ancient seals and demanded that Xiao Yan and Cai Lin rescue it.
• Xiao Yan spread fifty-nine thousand array veins through the cave and examined the four divine beast statues and the Luminous Pearl while concealing his strength.
• Cai Lin sensed that something inside the coffin attracted the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Power, while the tiger detected an unusual aura linked to Xiao Yan and the Tiansha Demon Flame.

Xiao Yan discovered the chained Holy Flame prisoner Yan Chi beneath the Xuan Ling Imperial Family's palace and was nearly killed after the Dou Xian elder caught him spying. Yan Chi protected Xiao Yan long enough for him to escape, and Xiao Yan returned to the Sacred Flame Space ready to examine the Flame Mantra after obtaining the complete Holy Flame.

• Xiao Yan recognized the chained figure as the Holy Flame from which he had obtained a Holy Flame Soul Seed in the Yin Shi Forest.
• Wen Zi visited Elder Xuan, who discussed King Xuan Ling's return and warned that the Medusa Clan's Sky Swallowing Python inheritance required caution.
• Elder Xuan told the chained Yan Chi that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family planned to sacrifice him after his Holy Flame Power ran out, while Yan Chi sensed a scent of Yingying.
• Elder Xuan detected Xiao Yan's soul body and attacked, but Yan Chi's fire-red flame intercepted the blow and let Xiao Yan escape.
• Xiao Yan returned to his Sacred Flame Space, reassured Xiao Yi, and prepared to inspect the Flame Mantra with his complete Holy Flame.

Elder Di visited Earth Courtyard Headmaster Ling to discuss the Xiangsi Tree, which was about to appear in the center of the Diling Academy Boundary. He secured permission for the Spirit Academy to claim it, while Ling Yu secretly revealed his connection to the Outer Realm Evil Clan and his interest in Luo Menglan for her family’s Holy Flame clues.

• Elder Di visited the Earth Courtyard and learned that Headmaster Ling was in the peach grove, while Ling Yu asked whether the marriage between him and Luo Menglan had been approved.
• Ling Yu cursed Luo Menglan after Elder Di left and revealed that he sought to marry her for Luozhamu’s clues about a Holy Flame; an evil mark appeared between his brows.
• Elder Di told Headmaster Ling and Headmaster Ai that the Xiangsi Tree was about to manifest and asked them to keep Earth Courtyard disciples away from it.
• Earth Spirit Old Ghost revealed Seven-Star Dou Xian strength, and Headmaster Ling agreed to let the Spirit Academy have the Xiangsi Tree while warning that outside factions might still interfere.
• Headmaster Ling ordered Earth Courtyard disciples not to touch the Xiangsi Tree, threatening punishment under courtyard rules.

At the Yao Clan auction, powerful factions competed for the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, which was believed to contain a hidden trace of phoenix power. Old Monster Shen Xi of the Xiyue Sect won it, while Xiao Yan promised Xun Er that the pill would return to her hands.

• Shen Hong urged Old Monster Shen Xi to bid for the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, but Shen Xi noted that other powerful figures had also recognized its hidden potential.
• Shen Xi offered a Celestial Grade Seventh-Tier medical formula and the Exquisite Seven-Orifice Heart for the pill, and Lei Qianren of the Lei Clan countered with the Wolf Fang Beacon Token.
• Yao Xuanyi appraised the offers on behalf of the Yao Clan’s Elder Council while Xiao Yan quietly reassured Xun Er that the pill would be useful to her and return to her hands.
• Yao Xuanyi announced that Old Monster Shen Xi had won the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, with the exchange set to take place after the auction.

Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor battled Guyuan, but their attacks failed to hurt the powerful ice-and-fire expert. As Xun Er and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor kept Guyuan occupied, Xiao Yan attempted to awaken the power of his Xiao Clan mark, while the Demonic Scholar watched and a strange chess table appeared on the altar.

• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor attacked Guyuan, but he effortlessly shattered Xiao Yan’s Formless Slash.
• Xun Er summoned six sacred flame golden crows, which Guyuan met with ice flowers and demonic power in a clash that ended in a draw.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor summoned an Ancient Immortal Giant Elephant, but Guyuan dispersed it with a wave of fire-red energy.
• Xiao Yan withdrew and began channeling his Xiao Clan bloodline to forge his clan mark, hoping its power could injure Guyuan.
• Xun Er and the Peerless Heavenly Emperor continued to engage Guyuan while the Demonic Scholar watched without intervening.
• A chessboard stone table emerged among the altar’s twelve pillars, filled with evil power but bearing no chess pieces.

Xiao Yan followed Golden Dragon King and Xiao Yi through a collapsing passage to Tou She Ancient God's abode, where he learned the history of the ruined passage, Xiao Yi's Reincarnation Seal, and the coming return of the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Tou She Ancient God then asked Xiao Yan whether he wished to cultivate the true Flame Mantra.

• Golden Dragon King opened a passage out of the collapsing space and led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi to an ancient stone gate.
• Golden Dragon King used Xiao Yi's forehead rune to open the gate, and Xiao Yan entered the abode and recognized Tou She Ancient God as his master.
• Tou She Ancient God restored Golden Dragon King's weakened soul and explained that the passage to the new continent had been damaged in a battle ten thousand years earlier, leaving the Dou Qi Continent without guides.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that Xiao Yi's Reincarnation Seal came from a former peak expert who might awaken or pass on their power.
• Tou She Ancient God described the Great Thousand World's war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan and warned that the sealed enemies might return in a hundred years.
• Tou She Ancient God asked Xiao Yan whether he wished to cultivate the true Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yan defeated Aileen with a soul-interference technique, prompting Headmaster Ai to withdraw the Aileen Faction from the dispute over the Earth Spirit Pagoda. Wen Yi then challenged Xiao Yan, and their fierce battle began as both revealed greater power.

• Xiao Yan exploited Aileen's weak soul power to defeat her, then spared her with his final strike, and Aileen conceded.
• Aileen praised Xiao Yan and said she looked forward to fighting him again after he used his Holy Flame.
• Headmaster Ai announced that the Aileen Faction would no longer participate in the debate over the Earth Spirit Pagoda, angering Headmaster Wen.
• Wen Yi entered the arena, declared himself the Earth Courtyard's strongest, and attacked Xiao Yan with the Dark Attribute Huayuan Hand Technique.
• Xiao Yan evaded Wen Yi's attack and powered up with the Flame Swallowing Technique and the First Transformation of the Dragon God.
• Wen Yi unleashed a darker aura as he and Xiao Yan prepared to fight without holding back.

Xiao Yan learned why the Great Thousand Palace sought Zhou Yuan and received the sealed Demon Slaying Token he had left behind. Lu Luan sacrificed herself to form the Emperor Road, and Xiao Yan began climbing its hundred steps to reach the Emperor Master realm.

• Xiao Yan used the fused Divine Motion Inscription to probe the Xuangui Domain, but a Semi-Evil God Stage expert sensed him and destroyed his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Luan explained that Zhou Yuan’s Demon Slaying Token was the key to unlocking a divine object in the Great Thousand Palace and gave Xiao Yan Zhou Yuan’s sealed stone box and array materials.
• Lu Luan transformed her body into the Emperor Road’s array veins and vanished after telling Xiao Yan to prepare for his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan bowed farewell to Lu Luan, then began climbing the hundred-step Emperor Road, enduring pain and pressure as his Spiritual Power grew.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui entered the Wanhuo Sect’s manor and fought their way to the main hall, where the sect’s elders prepared to stop them. Xiao Yan’s battle with Elder Huo began evenly, but his Flame Heavenly King Seal overwhelmed the elder’s attack and left him alarmed.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui entered the Wanhuo Sect manor, and Xiao Yan knocked aside the disciples who tried to block them.
• Xiao Yan defeated two guards outside the main hall and led Xiao Gui toward the entrance.
• Sect Master Huo Yi sent Elder Huo to stop the intruders while Huo Liuxin stayed behind.
• Xiao Yan met Elder Huo outside the hall and matched his Wanhuo Palm with a strike from the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Elder Huo unleashed a rain of cyan flames, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Heavenly King Seal extinguished them and filled Elder Huo with fear.

Xiao Yan faced Yu Quan, a Dou Xian of the Yu Family, and used the Primordial Fire Ruler to turn Yu Quan’s Dou Xian Power against him. Yu Quan escaped toward Ghost Moon Well, leaving Xiao Yan and the others at Ghost King Ridge.

• Yu Quan summoned a giant eagle of cyan Dou Xian Power and sent it to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler failed to stop the eagle, which crushed all seven Ruler Radiances.
• Xiao Yan used Sky Shifting Ruler to absorb the giant eagle and send it back covered in cyan-yellow flames.
• The flaming eagle charged Yu Quan, who fled toward Ghost Moon Well before it could catch him.
• The flaming eagle missed Yu Quan and exploded in midair, heating Ghost King Ridge.

Xiao Yan confronted Yan Xuan over his attacks on Xun Er and Ling Zixi, while Yan Xuan coveted Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame and a treasure from the spirit sea. Xiao Yan unleashed a massive earth-and-rock attack as Yan Xuan formed a thousand-meter flame mirror, leaving their clash on the verge of impact.

• Xiao Yan confronted Yan Xuan and declared that he would settle their grudges, including Yan Xuan’s actions against Xun Er and Ling Zixi.
• Yan Xuan rejected Xiao Yan’s accusations, boasted of his power, and revealed his desire to seize Xiao Yan’s Holy Flame and spirit-sea treasure.
• Xiao Yan formed Sacred Flame Armor and demanded that Yan Xuan surrender his strange treasure and apologize to Xun Er.
• Ancestor Yanyun revealed that he had given Yan Xuan an item that could kill Xiao Yan if activated.
• Xiao Yan used Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial to gather the Fire Heart Sky Rock and mountainside earth into a huge sphere, while Yan Xuan created a thousand-meter flame mirror with Three Mysterious Karmic Flames, Myriad Mirror Profound Extinction.

Xiao Yan learned about divine techniques and received a quasi-divine stage fire-attribute Dou Technique from First Elder before preparing to travel to the Dragon Clan. After Xiao Yan departed, Yaoji and the others learned that rumors about Thunder Lord were spreading, apparently through the Holy Light See.

• First Elder explained that Xiao Yan could use the quasi-divine stage Dou Technique with the Flame Mantra and Holy Flame Powers, then described the rare divine technique called the Divine Light Curse and its connection to the Angel Kingdom and Lucifer.
• First Elder told Xiao Yan to master the technique in seclusion, take Yun Yun and Cai Lin to the Dragon Clan, and keep his departure secret because an unseen presence seemed to watch them.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan left through the space channel with Cai Lin, Yun Yun, the Hell Demon Dragon, and Fire Master Jiuxuan, while Xun'er and Mu Yingying stayed to oversee the Endless Flame Alliance.
• After Xiao Yan left, intelligence guards warned Yaoji that troubling rumors concerned Thunder Lord, and Mu Yingying said the Holy Light See appeared to be spreading them.
• Yaoji ordered the Alliance to suppress the rumors and prepare high-grade pills, while she and Xun'er urged the others to focus on preparing for the Netherworld expedition and cultivating samsara.

Mu Yingying went to the Burning Incense Pavilion’s back mountain to undergo the Dou Di Tribulation, and Xiao Yan followed to protect her. She began preparing for the tribulation inside a secluded basin, leaving Xiao Yan to guard the area with a combat array.

• Mu Yingying left Wu Zhu Ju with the Sacred Flame Crystal to find a quiet place to undergo the Dou Di Tribulation, while Xiao Yan followed her.
• Mu Yingying found a secluded basin, prepared its pool with mysterious powder, and waited for Xiao Yan to arrive.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the space above the basin, and Mu Yingying said she had three days to break through the tribulation and was confident with his help.
• Mu Yingying sat cross-legged to prepare, and Xiao Yan agreed to keep anyone from entering the basin.
• Xiao Yan deployed a combat array around the basin, while Elder Zhu sensed their activity from afar and then went back to sleep.