Chapter Summaries

The Demon God Palace’s surviving leaders argued over whether to surrender to the two Evil Gods, while Su Xueying tried to keep them hopeful despite the First Elder’s grave injuries. As the First Elder rejected surrender, he revealed that one option remained to escape their certain death.

• The Demon God Palace’s remaining powerhouses gathered inside the Nine Directions Demon Palace Diagram’s sanctuary, weakened by the Evil Gods’ magic runes and the deaths of both Palace Masters.
• A member of the Five Evils urged the First Elder to surrender, but the First Elder refused and insisted the Demon Realm would not betray the Great Thousand World.
• Su Xueying encouraged the leaders to wait for help and thought of Xiao Yan, hoping to use the Demon God Palace’s power to help him and the Xiao Clan.
• The Five Evils blamed Su Xueying for the deaths and the Demon Realm’s catastrophe, but the First Elder silenced them with his demonic pressure.
• The First Elder told Su Xueying that they could not wait to die and that he knew a way to break out of their predicament.

Xiao Yan and his companions defied the Desolate Ancient Heavenly Palace Master and entered the polluted Reincarnation Sea to find the slumbering Xiao Clan elders. They located what they believed was First Elder Xiao Yan’s resting place, but Lord Shuizhi’s forces learned of their discovery and pursued them.

• Xiao Yan rejected the Desolate Ancient Heavenly Palace Master’s demand that they join the main force and led Xun'er, Mu Yingying, and Su Xueying into the Reincarnation Sea.
• Xiao Yan Four crossed a ruined desert and used the Samsara Registry to navigate toward hidden Reincarnation Tombs.
• Lord Shuizhi’s forces searched for Xiao Yan and Xiao Lingshan’s tombs while preparing a killing trap deeper in the Reincarnation Sea.
• Xiao Yan Four reached a dangerous canyon, where Su Xueying sensed that First Elder Xiao Yan’s Samsara lay below.
• Lord Shuizhi learned that Xiao Yan had entered the canyon and ordered his forces to follow, grateful that Xiao Yan had led them to it.

After the Dragon Clan’s catastrophe ended, the Golden Dragon King sacrificed his Dragon God Bone to revive Xiao Yan, who had remained near death for ten days. The Dragon Clan began preparations to withdraw into seclusion for a year, while Cai Lin and Yun Yun stayed beside Xiao Yan.

• The Dragon Clan stripped the five Dragon Kings of their Dragon God Power, rewarded Xiao Xuan, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Long Yi, and others, and made Long Yi the Tenth King.
• Zi Yan, the Golden Dragon King, Cai Lin, and other Dragon Clan elites failed in nearly a thousand attempts to awaken Xiao Yan, whose injuries showed no improvement.
• Cai Lin decided to take Xiao Yan back to the Endless Fire Domain, but the Golden Dragon King brought him the Heaven-Breaking Dragon Bone and instead removed his own Dragon God Bone.
• The Golden Dragon King implanted his Dragon God Bone into Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan’s flesh, blood, and bones began to revive.
• The Golden Dragon King ordered the Dragon Clan to reorganize and enter seclusion for a year before fighting the Foreign Territory; Cai Lin and Yun Yun remained with Xiao Yan, who had left Cai Lin the Nine Transformations of the Dragon God.

After the Son of Light’s scheme against Xun’er failed, she returned to the Gu Clan and insisted on entering its dangerous Holy Land. The Peerless Heavenly Emperor opened the way for her, while privately admitting that her entry served a mission tied to his own plans.

• The Cyan-robed Cultivator reported to Liu Wei'ang that Xun’er and Xiao Qing had escaped using a Dou Xian’s Spatial Scroll, and Liu Wei'ang kicked him before ordering him away.
• Liu Wei'ang vowed to make Xun’er submit to him and revealed a pure milky-white radiance between his brows.
• Xun’er returned to the Gu Clan and demanded that the Peerless Heavenly Emperor let her enter the Holy Land; after warning her of its danger, he agreed.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor opened the Holy Land Channel, and Xun’er entered immediately, sensing it summon the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within her.
• Xiao Qing questioned whether Xun’er’s entry was part of the Peerless Heavenly Emperor’s plan, and he privately acknowledged that it served her mission and his own purposes.

Xiao Yan and his allies confronted the Demonic Scholar, who revealed that he had turned Ancient Clan Patriarch Guyuan into a controlled weapon. As Guyuan attacked with power that had touched Samsara, Xiao Yan prepared to face him with his newly awakened Xiao Clan power while Xun Er agreed to hold back her dangerous Samsara ability for now.

• Xun Er declared that the Ancient Clan had returned to reclaim its core, and the Demonic Scholar welcomed the group from his throne.
• The Demonic Scholar revealed that the black-robed figure was the controlled Guyuan and ordered him to defeat the intruders.
• Guyuan unleashed a Samsara-infused attack that nearly shattered Xiao Yan’s Demon Emperor Heavenly Image, until Xun Er’s Golden Crow flames helped block it.
• The Peerless Heavenly Emperor assigned Gu Yuan to command the army and planned for himself, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er to fight Guyuan together.
• Xiao Yan urged Xun Er not to invoke her unstable Samsara power, and she agreed while warning she would use it if he faced danger.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Xiao Clan Mark’s unique power awakening within him as he prepared to confront Guyuan.

Xiao Yan returned to the Endless Fire Domain after the coalition army failed to stop the Human Realm Lord from activating a divine array that consumed the Great Thousand World’s living energy. At the Great Thousand Assembly, he explained the catastrophe and called on the world’s factions to decide where they stood.

• Cai Lin ordered the Endless Flame Alliance to maintain order and wait for the coalition army’s return.
• Xiao Yan and the exhausted coalition army returned to the Endless Fire Domain, where Xiao Yan called a Great Thousand Assembly for the next day.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion to study the four spiritual beads and search for the Garden of Eden, while worrying that he could not resist the Head of Foreign Lands.
• Xiao Yan, the Holy King, and Xiao Clan powerhouses addressed the assembled leaders at the Endless Altar.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Human Realm Center Realm Lord had activated a divine array to drain the Great Thousand World’s vitality and advance to Dou Shen.
• Xiao Yan urged the factions to unite against the catastrophe, warning that the threat surpassed the Heaven and Earth War.

Song Yue and the others discovered an Undying Nether Sparrow in the lava-filled ruins, and the gathered sect disciples prepared to fight over the powerful Dou Soul. The Sparrow revealed its Dou Xian-level strength and attacked the nine who remained, but an aged voice intervened just before its flame struck.

• Meng Fei identified the towering creature as a seventieth-ranked Undying Nether Sparrow, and Song Yue explained the power of Dou Souls to Hong Qian.
• Song Yue warned that the Sparrow was too strong to subdue easily, while Guni, Wang Xie, Hua Lexin, Bingshui, and Qi Haoqing showed their intent to claim it.
• The weaker powerhouses withdrew, leaving Bingshui, Guni, Wang Xie, Qi Haoqing, Meng Fei, Hua Lexin, Song Yue, Hong Qian, and Feng Hong in the lava space.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow opened its red pupils, declared the nine would perish, and unleashed a red flame at them.
• An aged voice appeared just as the Sparrow's attack was about to hit the nine.

Bai Hun delivered a sealed cyan arm from the shackled Colossus to the Sea Head as the Hidden Soul Guild prepared to wage war on Tianming Villa during the Four Continents Tournament. The Sea Head then allied with Soul Hall, which wanted to capture Xiao Yan and uncover the mystery of the Xiao Clan’s disappearance.

• The Colossus told Bai Hun that the Hidden Soul Guild’s attempts to intercept the tournament participants had mostly failed and that the tournament offered a chance to strike Tianming Villa.
• The Colossus gave Bai Hun a cyan arm and ordered him to take it to the Sea Head, vowing revenge on the Tianming King who had sealed him.
• A Soul Hall powerhouse proposed an alliance with the Sea Head, offering help against Tianming Villa in exchange for collecting souls.
• The Soul Hall powerhouse revealed that Xiao Yan was its main target because he had thwarted its plans and might hold clues to the Xiao Clan’s disappearance.
• The Sea Head agreed to ally with Soul Hall so he could avenge his defeat by the Tianming King and his brother’s sealing.

The Tianling Ancestor learned that Xiao Yan had defeated the forces that tried to kill him and decided to join the Endless Fire Domain. Before he could act, the Thunder Lord destroyed the Tianling Sect and revealed a scroll listing powerful factions.

• The Tianling Ancestor heard that the Son of Heaven and other enemies had tried to trap Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan had defeated them in the Hell Realm.
• The Tianling Ancestor resolved to take the Tianling Sect to join the Flame Alliance, despite the danger of opposing the hidden masterminds.
• The Thunder Lord appeared over the Tianling Pond and unleashed a pale-white Thunder Heart.
• The Tianling Ancestor detonated himself in an attempt to stop the attack, but the Thunder Lord's lightning annihilated the Tianling Sect.
• The Thunder Lord produced an ancient scroll bearing the names of powerful forces, including the Undying Saint Tomb and the Desolate Ancient Heavenly Palace.

The Grand Archangels Ares and Bailin attacked Xiao Yan in the Demon Abyss with the Angel Holy Hall while Renshenzi fought the Darkness Lord and First Elder Xiao Yan above. Xiao Yan’s vitality returned as the Demon Robe and gathered powers resisted the attack, leaving Ares stunned by his survival.

• The Darkness Lord pulled the Endless Flame Alliance back to the Nether Wall and fought Renshenzi to buy Xiao Yan time.
• First Elder Xiao Yan joined the Darkness Lord against Renshenzi as the Demon Abyss gathered its power into Xiao Yan.
• Ares and Bailin descended over the Demon Abyss and sacrificed their Angel Wings to create the Angel Holy Hall.
• The Angel Holy Hall attacked Xiao Yan, but ten colors of power and the Soul Mountain Group joined the Demon Robe to resist it.
• The Angel Holy Hall and Soul Mountain Group were dragged into the depths of the Demon Abyss, and Ares watched Xiao Yan begin to move again.

Xiao Yan and the others reached the swamp concealing the Life and Death Two Forms Spring, where Qi Haoran provoked its powerful Guardian to force the gathered powerhouses to act. Sensing a familiar Fire Attribute aura, Xiao Yan guessed the Guardian might possess the Life and Death Fire and plunged into the swamp to investigate.

• Leng Fuyao noticed a scorched smell beneath the swamp’s foul stench, while the group discussed the Guardian and the Life and Death Two Forms Spring.
• Xiu Qi and Mu Yingying warned that several Seven Star Dou Di powerhouses were nearby but were waiting for someone else to fight the Guardian.
• Qi Haoran attacked the swamp, enraging the Guardian and drawing angry reactions from Feng Hong and the surrounding powerhouses.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying sensed the Guardian’s Fire Attribute power, and Xiao Yan suspected it might be connected to the Life and Death Fire.
• Xiao Yan wrapped himself in Emperor Flame and entered the swamp as the gathered powerhouses watched and hoped he would defeat the Guardian.

King Xuan Ling and several sect leaders prepared their disciples to enter the ruins, where a Dou Soul and a hidden human presence had been reported. The Xuan Ling brothers, Ten Thousand Sword Gate disciples, Bing Er, and Hua Lexin were sent toward the coming exploration, with King Xuan Ling ordering the twins to stop Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion from obtaining the inheritance.

• King Xuan Ling summoned Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing, assigned them to prevent Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion from obtaining the ruins’ inheritance, and warned them to watch Xiao Yan.
• Wine Sword Immortal told Hong Qian and Song Yue that the ruins contained medicinal herbs, a Dou Soul, and signs of humans deeper inside, then selected them to go.
• The Heartless Valley elder sent Bing Er to the ruins and warned her to prioritize her safety and avoid provoking men.
• The Puppet Mansion Master ordered Hua Lexin to retrieve the Dou Soul, promising to teach him for another ten years if he succeeded.

Xiao Yan battled Princess Qianqin, who wielded the Storm Dragon King Tamil’s power, and won by breaking through her Space Hurricane with the Dragon God Claw. The victory left Xiao Yan’s hand badly burned and skeletal, while the gathered tribes realized the contest was over.

• Princess Qianqin summoned the Storm Dragon King Tamil’s power as Xiao Yan invoked Dragon King Baxia’s strength and became covered in cyan scales.
• Qianqin unleashed a Space Hurricane of spinning blades that tore through the barrier, and Xiao Yan countered with his Fifth Transformation and Holy Flame-empowered Dragon God Claw.
• Xiao Yan forced open the Space Hurricane, weakening it, then trapped the exhausted Qianqin with five cyan light pillars.
• Qianqin admitted defeat and warned Xiao Yan that the hurricane could have killed him, while Xiao Yan revealed that the clash had burned the flesh from his hand.
• Elder Marvin asked in disbelief whether they had won as the Eastern Tribe and Western Tribe looked on gloomily.

Xiao Yan and the others learned that the Samsara Registry was essential for entering the Reincarnation Sea, and Xun'er set out for the Hell Realm. The Heavenly Mystery Mirror then revealed that the Buddha Realm had fallen to the foreign territory, which was preparing to use it as a base camp.

• Feng Luanyi explained that the Samsara Registry recorded the coordinates of living races and could help locate powerful figures in the Reincarnation Sea.
• Xun'er volunteered to go to the Hell Realm and left after Xiao Yan offered her Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan showed the group the Buddha Realm through the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, and they realized it was in grave danger.
• The Heavenly Desire Demon Lord used her seduction art to lure the Buddha Realm's monks out of their hall and devoured them.
• A subordinate reported that Sitian Tathagata, Grandmaster Bodhi, and other leaders had fled to the Human Realm, while the Heavenly Desire Demon Lord was summoned to join two other lords.
• The Heavenly Desire Demon Lord departed, leaving the fallen Buddha Realm as the foreign territory's planned base camp.

Xiao Yan returned to the Burning Incense Pavilion with Mu Xuzi and reunited with its disciples, while the Medusa Clan prepared for the decisive battle at Xuan Ling Mountain. Elder Zhuo then delivered the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s invitation to a Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony, and Xiao Yan suspected the invitation concealed a conspiracy.

• She Fu ordered the Medusa Clan to gather its experts and search for Queen Medusa ahead of the battle in two days.
• Xiao Yan and his companions returned to the Burning Incense Pavilion, where Mu Xuzi welcomed him home and he reunited with Mu Tian Yuan and other disciples.
• Elder Zhuo appeared outside the Heaven Burning Domain, and Xiao Yi sensed that he was a Nine-star Dou Di of the six-turn realm.
• Elder Zhuo said the Xuan Ling Imperial Family had captured Outer Realm Evil Clan members and invited the Pavilion Master to its Demon Subjugation Grand Ceremony at Xuan Ling Mountain.
• Elder Zhuo gave Mu Xuzi a Xuan Ling Invitation Token and left to deliver other invitations.
• Xiao Yan warned that Elder Zhuo's visit was a conspiracy.

Demon Venerable summoned the Black Flame Furnace across the Demon Realm to unleash a demigod art, forcing its defenders to unite against the catastrophe. After Xiao Yan emerged from the Demon Abyss with Su Xueying, he asked the living beings of the Demon Realm to create a Reincarnation Dimension so he could face Demon Venerable himself.

• The Black Flame Furnace appeared across the Demon Realm, and the Supreme Elder warned that its gathering power could destroy the realm.
• The Supreme Elder ordered evacuations and called on the strongest fighters to combine their power against the descending demigod art.
• Xun'er and Cai Lin realized the furnace was an illusory projection and that the true casting site had to be found.
• Xiao Yan and Su Xueying emerged from the Demon Abyss, and Su Xueying declared that she had controlled the demon sword.
• Xiao Yi explained that Demon Venerable's spell could only be stopped by finding his true body, while Xiao Yan asked the Demon Realm's fighters to form a Reincarnation Dimension for his duel with Demon Venerable.

Ling Xuan agreed to leave the Earth Hall team and join Xiao Yan’s Human Hall team for the competition. After Xiao Yi returned to Wu Zhu Ju, Ling Xuan probed Xiao Yan’s flame power during their introduction, and the teams began registering for the competition.

• Xiong Yuan announced that Ling Xuan would join the Human Hall team, and Ling Xuan agreed.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi to return to Wu Zhu Ju and consolidate his strength while Xiao Yi was barred from competing.
• Wang Chen brought Ling Xuan to meet Xiao Yan, and Ling Xuan shook his hand while probing the flame power within him.
• Ling Xuan acknowledged Xiao Yan’s strength, and Xiao Yan led his team to register and collect their team tokens.
• Wang Chen left to find his team and said he expected the Earth Hall elites to win first place.

Xiao Yan reached a mysterious forest where his powers were sealed and the Xiao Clan Bloodline and flames in his body reacted to an ancient stele. When the Amber Rock Soul Fire struck a fragmentary map, a golden Fire Fox appeared, and Xiao Yan realized it might be the Heavenly Samsara Flame ranked third on the Sacred Flame Rankings.

• Xiao Yan followed a mysterious voice through the forest, where the creatures’ hostility quieted and his power became unusable.
• A floating island and towering stone stele appeared in the lake, and golden light carried Xiao Yan to them as his bloodline and flames reacted.
• A golden light revealed an ancient, incomplete map with unfamiliar writing and figures performing a rite, but Xiao Yan could not fully perceive its secrets.
• The Amber Rock Soul Fire struck the map despite Xiao Yan’s attempt to stop it, causing ancient Sanskrit sounds and overwhelming heat to emerge.
• A golden Fire Fox descended from the map, and Xiao Yan recognized it as possibly the Heavenly Samsara Flame, ranked third on the Sacred Flame Rankings.

Liu Hao absorbed Bright Power and summoned the Holy See Judgment Sacred Sword, overpowering Xiao Yan as Xiao Yan refused to use several of his hidden powers. Deep in Xiao Yan’s Soul Sea, Xiao Lei hesitated to sever their bond after realizing Xiao Yan might be fighting to protect others.

• Hill warned Liu Hao about Xiao Yan’s bizarre power before retreating, and Xiao Yan turned his attention to Liu Hao.
• Liu Hao gathered Bright Power into light whirlpools while Xiao Yan transformed and attacked him with Evil Power.
• Xiao Lei considered swallowing the Thunder Heart to break away from Xiao Yan, but held back as he watched Xiao Yan fight to protect others.
• Liu Hao’s Bright War Drum drove Xiao Yan’s Demon Power back into his body, and Xiao Yan refused to use the Xiao Clan Mark, Holy Flame Power, Dragon God Transformation, or Dou Soul.
• Liu Hao formed the Holy See Judgment Sacred Sword and swung it at Xiao Yan, who gathered his Demon Power to face the attack.

Xiao Yan helped the Life and Death Fire Beast begin its breakthrough tribulation in the magma world, while the others gathered above the swamp tried to understand the strange lightning clouds. The chapter ended with the groups suspecting Xiao Yan had been swallowed by the guardian below.

• The Life and Death Fire Beast told Xiao Yan that Azure Dragon Dew was too dangerous to pursue but that Heavenly King Ginseng might be found on Guanghan Island, and Xiao Yan resolved to seek it after the current events.
• Xiao Yan and the Life and Death Fire Beast returned to the magma world, where Xiao Yan agreed to channel the Fire Heart Sky Rock Holy Flame into the beast to help it undergo tribulation.
• The Life and Death Fire Beast drew in surging magma and endured the Holy Flame as thunderclouds gathered above the swamp.
• Leng Fuyao noticed the swamp fog had vanished and the thunderclouds had formed, while Qin Xin explained that a magical beast’s breakthrough could trigger a deadly lightning tribulation.
• Five Poisons, Lin Zhu, Xiao Bi, Xing Long, Qi Haoran, Du Chun, and Qi Haoqing speculated about Xiao Yan’s connection to the tribulation, with Qi Haoqing wondering if the guardian had devoured him.