Chapter Summaries

Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python endured the mysterious woman’s ten pillars of Ten-Colored Power, compressing their Dou Qi Seas and gaining a profound transformation. As the women prepared to leave, the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python revealed a tiny energy snake whose sovereign aura made the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python kneel.

• Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python repeatedly attacked the ten pillars while the mysterious woman restored their strength with Ten-Colored Power.
• After defeating the pillars, Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python developed stronger power, and their vast Dou Qi Seas compressed to ten zhang in size.
• Cai Lin and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python thanked the mysterious woman for guiding them through their transformation.
• The mysterious woman took the form of a thousand-zhang Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and told Ten-Ten to reveal their final choice.
• Ten-Ten produced a tiny energy snake, and the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python recognized it as the true Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and knelt before its sovereign aura.

Zhu Jin defeated Thousand-Faced Ghostly Fiend’s chains with the Heaven Descending Palm, but the fiend escaped with Nu Dong after declaring that he had achieved his goal. After the battle, She Fu dealt with Nu Dong’s remaining subordinates and questioned Zhu Jin about why he had come; they ended by discussing the Divine Hall and plans to save Yan Chi.

• Zhu Jin used the Heaven Descending Palm to break Thousand-Faced Ghostly Fiend’s chains and solidify the surrounding space.
• Thousand-Faced Ghostly Fiend expanded the Ghost Mist, seized Nu Dong, and escaped with him as Zhu Jin’s strength waned.
• She Fu ordered the chiefs to return to their tribes and killed Nu Dong’s subordinates when they claimed they knew nothing about the collusion.
• She Fu suspected Fen Tian had sent Zhu Jin, and Zhu Jin said Yan Chi had to be saved from the deepest part of the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s Underground Palace.
• She Fu and Zhu Jin discussed the Divine Hall and the possibility of She Fu helping with Yan Chi’s rescue.

Aboard the Ferry, Hu Du explained Xuan Tian San’s sect recruitment rules to Xiao Yan and the other youths. He warned them that they would face testing and a rigorous selection after arriving, with half or more likely to be eliminated.

• Hu Du told the youths that Xuan Tian San gathered Xuan Ling Continent’s strongest experts and sects, and explained the Four Continents Martial Arts Competition.
• Hu Du explained that thousands of applicants would be tested in cultivation, soul power, physical strength, and other attributes, then ranked into five tiers.
• Hu Du warned Xiao Yan and the others not to conceal their abilities because their tiers would affect how much attention they received from the super sects.
• Hu Du said the yearly selection varied in format but eliminated at least half of the applicants, while the top ten received generous rewards and could choose a super sect.
• Hu Du noted that even those who failed might join a sect if it valued a special ability or physique, directing his remark toward Berserker Sun Ming and Wang Zhong.

Xiao Yan was captured by the Soul Clan and Martial City’s allies, who questioned him about destroying their lower-realm bloodline and taking the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit. As they moved to kill him, Xiao Yan unleashed his flames and prepared to self-destruct.

• Wu Huan, the lord of Martial City, Mu Lei, Muller, and the Soul Steward confronted the chained Xiao Yan in a secret chamber.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he had killed the Soul Clan in the lower realm, and the Soul Steward blamed him for ending their source of faith power.
• The Soul Steward discovered that Xiao Yan had eaten the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit, while Muller and Wu Huan urged the group to kill him.
• Xiao Yan realized the black chains were draining his Dou Qi and life force and suspected a conspiracy linking Solomon, Martial City, the Soul Clan, and the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The lord of Martial City approached Xiao Yan with gathered black Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan erupted in flames as more than a dozen lotus seeds appeared, prompting the group to realize he intended to self-destruct.

The plaza awaited the announcement of the nine fifth-grade talent newcomers, and Xiao Yan observed the powerful candidates as their names were called. Six had been revealed when the old man announced that the top three were next.

• Brother Ma admired Yue Ru and looked unfriendly toward Xiao Yan's group while accepting praise for his fourth-grade rating.
• The old man called Zhu Zhuqing, who received her token after the crowd discussed her whip, strength, and powerful background.
• He Wanxia arrived in practical fighting clothes, impatiently accepted her token, and returned to the plaza.
• The old man announced Song Cheng, Yi Tian, Li Xin, and Luo Ming, bringing the number of revealed fifth-grade newcomers to six.
• Mu Feng noted that all six were mid-phase Four-star Dou Di experts, and the old man announced that he would reveal the top three.

Xiao Yan resisted the white wolf’s illusion and fought the black qi controlling it while Mu Feng and Yue Ru were incapacitated. As Xiao Yan’s attacks exposed the black qi’s true form, Muller plotted against him on the third level of Yin Shi Forest alongside the You Quan Ghost Spirit and Chi Mei Ghost Spirit.

• The black qi possessed the white wolf and gave it a powerful aura as Mu Feng prepared to attack.
• The white wolf used its gaze to trap Mu Feng and Yue Ru in an illusion, but Xiao Yan resisted with his soul power.
• Xiao Yan confronted the white wolf, whose black radiance suppressed his fiery dragon attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Primordial Fire Ruler and used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to weaken the wolf and scorch away the black qi.
• Muller vowed to settle old and new grudges with Xiao Yan while standing beside the You Quan Ghost Spirit and Chi Mei Ghost Spirit.

Xiao Yan confronted Aisha and her personal guard, Frost Xier, after striking Aisha when she attacked Jiuxin. He overwhelmed Xier’s ice attacks with the power of his Flame Mantra-enhanced body, while Aisha watched in surprise.

• Xiao Yan appeared and slapped the furious Spirit Woman, Aisha, after her fire attack failed to harm him.
• Aisha’s personal guard, Frost Xier, challenged Xiao Yan, and Jiuxin warned that Xier had reached the true Samsara Realm.
• Xier unleashed icy currents and ice pillars, but Xiao Yan destroyed them with a single punch.
• Xier summoned a massive ice phoenix to tear Xiao Yan apart, but it could not leave a scar on his fortified body.

Xiao Yan prepared to refine the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill while longing for Xun Er and Cai Lin. The chapter revealed Xun Er living with Gu Yuan in the Dou Di Continent’s Gu Clan, where she continued to miss Xiao Yan as her father searched for him.

• Xiao Yan remembered Xun Er and Cai Lin while preparing to refine the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill, and the Golden Dragon King promised to help him find them afterward.
• Xun Er waited at Immortal Creation Peak and asked Gu Yuan whether he had found news of Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan reassured Xun Er that Xiao Yan would be safe and warned her that people in the Gu Clan seemed to have designs on her.
• The chapter explained that Gu Yuan and Xun Er had joined the Dou Di Continent’s Gu Clan after being separated from Cai Lin and Zhu Kun, and had received a mountain peak because of Xun Er’s bloodline and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xun Er held the Soul Jade Xiao Yan had given her and quietly confessed that she missed him.

Xiao Yan risked his life trying to fuse the twenty-two Heavenly Flames, fighting their violent resistance with the Flame Mantra and his soul power. He succeeded in condensing them into a tiny, twenty-two-colored lotus seed and named it the Nirvana Lotus.

• Xiao Yan forced the twenty-two Heavenly Flames together, badly injuring his hands as he compressed them.
• Xiao Yan's blood entered the flames and triggered another surge of violent energy, but he continued the fusion attempt.
• The Golden Dragon King urged Xiao Yan to disperse the flames, while the Three-winged Unicorn watched.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra and his soul power to suppress the flames' resistance and condense them into a small, many-colored seed.
• Xiao Yan named the twenty-two-colored lotus seed the Nirvana Lotus.

Liu Yun revealed that she shared memories with another self and warned Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan’s secrets remained unresolved. As Pope Mefier summoned the Son of Light Divine Mark, the Demon Emperor and his allies prepared to defend the Dou Di Continent from an angel descending from the Angel Kingdom.

• Liu Yun told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan’s fate was unknown and that hidden factions were watching the Xiao Clan Descendant.
• Liu Yun explained that she and another self shared memories through a supreme technique of the Monster Realm, while Xiao Yan pieced together what he knew about the Xiao Clan.
• Pope Mefier summoned the Son of Light Divine Mark, filling the sky with holy flames and calling forth a powerful figure from the Angel Kingdom.
• Liu Yun joined the Demon Emperor in the sky, and the two vowed to face the approaching threat together.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Xingtian, and the others rose to defend their homeland as the Soul Devouring Master protected them.
• The Demon Emperor flew to confront the approaching angel while the Son of Light Divine Mark continued to summon it.

Xiao Yan fought Princess Qianqin, whose precise guqin attacks matched his Five-Color Flame and forced him to rely on greater power. As she played with both hands and summoned beastlike cries from the strings, Xiao Yan revealed an eerie ash-grey lightning.

• Princess Qianqin challenged Xiao Yan to use his full strength and sat upon a sacred jade platform with her guqin.
• Xiao Yan filled the barrier with a five-color sea of flame and used it to launch a surprise punch at Qianqin.
• Princess Qianqin countered with her first string, and her later musical attacks drove back Xiao Yan’s Immortal Golden Body.
• Xiao Yan decided he needed more raw power and manifested ash-grey lightning across his body.
• Princess Qianqin plucked the guqin with both hands, producing piercing cries of wind-borne beasts.

Xiao Yan defeated Huoli and Huoyou, took their Demon Suppressing Stone points, and learned about the Tianwang Cang Ruins and its Heavenly King Seal. He freed the brothers and set off with the group toward the ruins, with Huoli leading the way.

• Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Gui to take Huoli and Huoyou's Demon Suppressing Stones, raising the group's points to 1,500.
• Xiao Yan checked on the girls, and Duan Qifei asked him to spare the two Fire Lion Sect disciples.
• Huoli offered to reveal a secret, explaining that Muxi had directed the attack and that the Tianwang Cang Ruins were about to appear.
• Liu Qing and the Soul Devouring Master told Xiao Yan about Tianwang Cang and the Heavenly King Seal, a powerful Dou Technique that could aid his trip to the Lihun Domain.
• Xiao Yan released Huoli and Huoyou, warned them not to betray him again, and followed Huoli toward the Tianwang Cang Ruins.

Dragon Wolf learned that Xiao Yan, a human with the Holy Flame and Flame Mantra, had appeared in the Ghost Realm and might free the sealed Demon Emperor. After warning his faction to avoid conflict, Dragon Wolf set out to find Xiao Yan, while the Demon Emperor vowed revenge on the realms that imprisoned him.

• Dragon Wolf saw Xiao Yan's image in the Prism and declared that he was the human who could save the Demon Emperor.
• Dragon Wolf ordered his Black Fiend Dragon Wolf faction to lie low and abandon its territory if attacked, then left for the Yaoyuan Grotto-heaven.
• Dragon Wolf told the imprisoned Demon Emperor that Xiao Yan had appeared in the Ghost Realm and promised to bring him back to break the seal.
• The Demon Emperor warned Dragon Wolf to beware the Lord of Fierce Souls and not act rashly against the other factions.
• After Dragon Wolf departed, the Demon Emperor swore that his return would bring calamity upon the Ghost Realm, Demon Realm, and Buddha Realm.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Yue Family residence to recover from his injuries, and Yue Yu arranged for him to receive the family’s Healing Spiritual Root. After absorbing it, Xiao Yan healed and regained his strength, leaving him ready to address Qing Yuan’s matter.

• Yue Yu welcomed Xiao Yan to the estate and told Yue Ru to take him to rest while arranging the medicinal ingredients he requested.
• Yue Yu ordered the Third Elder to give Xiao Yan the Yue Family’s Healing Spiritual Root, explaining that Xiao Yan’s abilities and the favor he had done the family made him a valuable benefactor.
• Xiao Yan began healing in a secret chamber, where the Golden Dragon King recognized the Healing Spiritual Root and told him to refine and absorb it.
• Xiao Yan melted the Healing Spiritual Root with his Milky White Flame and swallowed its liquid, sensing that its power resembled the energy Qing Yuan had once released.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Healing Spiritual Root’s power until his injuries healed and his strength returned.

Xiao Yan’s group learned that only five teams remained in Luoling Mountain and weighed their options for obtaining a third wooden token. Meanwhile, Ling Yun’s female team planned to seek out the other teams, leaving Xiao Yan’s group and a mysterious woman in the Earth Team as major concerns.

• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying learned that five teams remained in Luoling Mountain, including their own.
• Xiao Yan described the powerful Earth Team and the female team led by late Six-star Dou Di Ling Yun, and his group decided to watch for the Dawn Team or the women.
• Ling Yun learned that four other teams remained and chose to target the Human Hall registered disciples first, then the Dawn Team, and Xiao Yan’s group last.
• Ling Yun said Xiao Yan was likely the strongest threat after the Earth Team because Elder Zhu had taken an interest in him.
• Ling Yun revealed that she admired the mysterious woman in the Earth Team and ordered her teammates to spread their location and aura.

After the Immortal Realm was shattered, Yaoling and Yue Ru discussed the Heaven-Fixing Divine Needle and the mysterious Six Paths Samsara Mansion as possible keys to restoring it. Xiao Yan recovered and advanced his cultivation in the Heavenly Pond, received Dragon God transformation methods from Dragon King Baxia, and then accessed a message from the Demon Emperor.

• Yaoling told Yue Ru that the Heaven-Fixing Divine Needle, last recorded in the cave dwelling of the Six Paths Samsara Immortal, might restore the Immortal Realm, and Yue Ru decided to seek it.
• Yaoling worried that Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Yun Yun might not reach the Six Paths Samsara Mansion in time to pursue the Third Holy Flame.
• During three months in the Heavenly Pond, Xiao Yan recovered his strength, reached the true Divine Source Stage, became a Ninth Grade Alchemist, and awakened his water attribute.
• Xiao Yan asked Dragon King Baxia about the Dragon Clan entrance, but Baxia refused to reveal it and gave him cultivation methods for the sixth and seventh Dragon God transformations.
• After Dragon King Baxia departed, Xiao Yan opened the sphere of light from the Demon Emperor, which produced a green Soul Clone.

Xiao Yan recovered the Demon Soul Eye from the Nine-Tailed Demon Palace and let Die Qi inherit the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s power. After Die Qi completed the inheritance, she hinted that she knew a way to deal with Cai Lin’s Ten-Colored Power and asked Xiao Yan about the Four Symbols Cave.

• The Nine-Tailed Woman’s final strength released two artifacts from the stone statue: the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inheritance and the Demon Soul Eye.
• Xiao Yan let Die Qi absorb the inheritance, while Cai Lin declined the Demon Soul Eye because she could not control it.
• Xiao Yan gave the Demon Soul Eye to Nine-Tailed Qing Luan and told her that the clan patriarch had died while the Nine-Tailed Demon Palace had been a Demon Suppressing Prison.
• Nine-Tailed Qing Luan ordered the hostile clan experts detained and prepared to part ways with Xiao Yan.
• Die Qi emerged after completing the inheritance and told Xiao Yan she might know how to suppress or refine Cai Lin’s Ten-Colored Power, then asked if he had heard of the Four Symbols Cave.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying reached the Heaven-Holding Giant Palace where Yaoji was hidden, but Xiao Yan’s attack awakened a terrifying power. A mysterious young man emerged from a blood-red and purple seal, carrying strength on par with the Eighth-Reincarnation Stage and leaving the three unsure whether he was the Second Evil God.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying arrived at the edge of the strange world and found the dilapidated Heaven-Holding Giant Palace that Xiao Yi identified as Yaoji’s hiding place.
• Xiao Yan attacked the palace, awakening its power, then ordered the group to retreat as a massive blood pillar struck at him.
• Mu Yingying noticed blood-red and purple energy gathering before the palace into a sealed light layer, while Xiao Yi sensed Yaoji’s power within it.
• The light layer shattered, and an eerie young man emerged with a presence rivaling the Eighth-Reincarnation Stage.
• The young man invited Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, and Mu Yingying to play, while Xiao Yan doubted that he was truly the Second Evil God.

Demon Xiao Yan effortlessly destroyed the White Spider Poison General and Skeleton Blood Shadow with a demonic sword strike, devastating the evil insect army. The Centipede Evil Emperor realized Xiao Yan was an extraordinary threat and launched an attack of his own.

• The White Spider Poison General and Skeleton Blood Shadow trapped Demon Xiao Yan inside their Death Palace.
• Demon Xiao Yan summoned an evil sword and split the Death Palace and the surrounding realm with one slash, destroying nearly twenty percent of the evil insect army.
• The White Spider Poison General and Skeleton Blood Shadow were burned and defeated, while the other poison generals remained hidden.
• The Centipede Evil Emperor attacked by hurling the centipede legs from his poison body at Demon Xiao Yan.
• Demon Xiao Yan crushed the poisonous attacks with his bare hand, forcing the Centipede Evil Emperor to recognize how dangerous he was.

After emerging from the Samsara Cave Mansion, Xiao Yan had reached the Fifth-Tier Reincarnation Stage and reunited with Yun Yun. Before they could return to the Endless Fire Domain, a Great Thousand Palace envoy invited Xiao Yan to a meeting of ten Demon Subduing Kings, and he set off with Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun watched the Samsara Cave Mansion disappear after the disaster ended.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had fused seven holy flames into the Heavenly Samsara Flame and reached the Fifth-Tier Reincarnation Stage, while also completing the Dragon God's Wrath transformation.
• Xiao Yan opened a space rift toward the Endless Fire Domain, but Qian Xuanyu appeared and introduced himself as a special envoy of the Great Thousand Palace.
• Qian Xuanyu invited Xiao Yan to the Leaders' Meeting of ten Demon Subduing Kings, which Yun Yun said was a major gathering of the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan took Yun Yun with him, and Qian Xuanyu used a spatial scroll to lead them toward the Great Thousand Palace.