Chapter Summaries

Zhu Jin fought the Thousand-Faced Ghostly Fiend inside the Thunder Domain Array, but the creature absorbed traces of his lightning attacks and gathered its scattered forms into a powerful body. As Zhu Jin unleashed a Saint Grade battle skill, the fiend shattered the array, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Zhu Jin struck a ghostly face and discovered that it absorbed his lightning power while its many forms made it difficult to locate its true body.
• Zhu Jin summoned lightning pillars and ordered the Thunder Domain Array to attack every ghostly face, but tiny traces of black qi survived each clash and slowly gathered.
• Zhu Jin noticed the array's lightning pillars were disappearing as the ghostly faces were destroyed, while She Fu's group was defeated and Nu Dong struggled to hold on.
• The Thousand-Faced Ghostly Fiend merged its remaining faces and black qi into a figure whose Power of Life and Death matched or exceeded Zhu Jin's.
• Zhu Jin unleashed the Five Thunders Heaven Suppressing Palm, but the fiend spread black qi and shattered the Thunder Domain Array.

Ling Xuan agreed to join Xiao Yan’s mission to face the Five-Elements Beast, while the Burning Incense Pavilion prepared to send disciples to Luoling Mountain for its competition. The Gravedigging Ghost Immortal learned of the trip and ordered an attack on the pavilion’s disciples, specifically demanding Xiao Yan’s death to reclaim his Twin Ghost Emperor Heart.

• Ling Xuan agreed to the mission, and Xiao Yan and his companions returned to their rooms to prepare for the next day.
• Elder Qing told the elders that the Burning Incense Pavilion would use the Luoling Mountain trial to train disciples and select representatives for the sect tournament.
• Elder Qing assigned Mu Xuzi to lead the disciples into Luoling Mountain while the elders went ahead to prepare the site.
• Dark Raven reported to the Gravedigging Ghost Immortal that the Medusa Clan had repelled the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, Solomon was stirring, and the Burning Incense Pavilion’s tournament would be held at Luoling Mountain.
• The Gravedigging Ghost Immortal ordered his infiltrators to slaughter the Burning Incense Pavilion’s disciples and kill Xiao Yan to retrieve his Twin Ghost Emperor Heart.

Xiao Yan and his companions discovered that the Rainbow Team had been secretly watching them with a Spirit-Sighting Bird. Ling Xuan faced Xu Zhu over their bitter history, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Lu Di caught a Spirit-Sighting Bird spying on Xiao Yan and his companions.
• The Rainbow Team revealed themselves, and Xu Zhu challenged Ling Xuan over her past rejection of him.
• Ling Xuan refused Xiao Yan's offer of help and provoked Xu Zhu into accepting a fight.
• Mu Yingying warned Ling Xuan that Xu Zhu was a Mid Six-star Dou Di with experience in life-and-death combat.
• Mu Yingying comforted Xiao Yan after Ling Xuan's remarks reminded him of Nalan Yanran, while Ling Xuan and Xu Zhu prepared to battle.

Xiao Yan killed the Swift Spirit Fox and discovered that its magic core was missing, leading him to suspect that Luoling Mountain was connected to the disappearance. Meanwhile, Mu Yingying’s group encountered a powerful team and left a message for Xiao Yan, while the team secretly planned to wait for him.

• Xiao Yan saw through the Swift Spirit Fox’s feigned weakness and killed it with the Primordial Fire Ruler.
• Xiao Yan and Xin Yan found no blood or magic core in the Swift Spirit Fox’s corpse, and Xiao Yan suspected the missing core was related to Luoling Mountain.
• Mu Yingying sensed a dangerous team approaching while she and her companions hid nearby.
• After the team passed, Mu Yingying left a message for Xiao Yan with her azure flame and led her group away.
• The team returned, assessed Mu Yingying’s group, and decided to wait for Xiao Yan because they wanted to meet the killer of the Twin Ghost Emperor.

Kuángmù Immortal Master trapped the Blood Demon Left Guard in his Wood Realm while Yan prepared Holy Flame power and Xiao Yan waited to assist. The Blood Demon Left Guard summoned help from the Blood Demon Envoy, who prepared to send an avatar to the Desert Mountain Range after killing a human who attacked him.

• The Blood Demon Left Guard attached evil blood-colored insects to himself, rapidly increasing his strength as Xiao Yan, Long Yi, Kuángmù Immortal Master, and Yan prepared to fight him.
• Kuángmù Immortal Master told Xiao Yan to stay back and assist only at a critical moment, then unleashed his Wood Realm to trap the Blood Demon Left Guard on the mountain summit.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard realized Kuángmù Immortal Master was buying time for Yan's Holy Flame power and sensed that another threat might be near.
• The Blood Demon Left Guard sent a summons through streaks of purple-gold light, prompting the Blood Demon Envoy to prepare a projected avatar to retrieve him.
• A surviving human stabbed the Blood Demon Envoy with a silver sword and self-destructed, but the Blood Demon Envoy dissolved the sword, absorbed the blast, and unleashed a terrifying evil aura.

After returning home, Xiao Yan learned that the mysterious stone he had bought concealed an image of the Ghost Face Soul Flame, a Holy Flame ranked twenty-fourth. The Soul Devouring Master warned him that the flame belonged to the Ghost Realm, and Xiao Yan asked how it had ended up there.

• Xiao Yan returned to his residence, checked on the injured Heaven Hall members, and discussed Ye Mo and the Xuan Ling Imperial Family with the Soul Devouring Master.
• Xiao Yan took out the mysterious stone, and the Soul Devouring Master explained that it was connected to the Blood River Realm and a Holy Flame.
• The Soul Devouring Master used Ghost Qi to open the stone, revealing a black-qi painting of a cyan flame.
• The Soul Devouring Master identified the flame as the Ghost Face Soul Flame, ranked twenty-fourth, and cautioned Xiao Yan that it belonged to the Ghost Realm.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Ghost Face Soul Flame's origins, and the Soul Devouring Master fell silent as old sorrow surfaced.

Xiao Yan and the others entered the Blood River Pool after he restrained the Mad Wave Azure Blood Crocodile, while Xiao Yan sensed a summons from the pool’s depths. Elsewhere in the Blood River Realm, leaders from the major sects discussed the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s attacks and the threat posed by Tian Qian.

• Xiao Yan imprisoned the Mad Wave Azure Blood Crocodile with an array and sealed the gap with a Soul Seal before descending into the Blood River Pool.
• Yan Chi threw Xiao Yi into the pool, explained its benefits, and headed straight for the bottom; Mu Yingying thanked Xiao Yan and followed.
• Xiao Yan used Holy Flame Power to descend, paused to absorb the pool’s strengthening power, and planned to devour the Death Blood Ghost Liquid before investigating the summons below.
• Hua Feng told Hua Lexin that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s attacks on the Ten Thousand Sword Gate suggested a larger scheme, and the two headed to meet their Puppet Mansion team.
• Feng Lin reunited the Ancient Desolation Hall group with Jian Xin and learned that Tian Qian had defeated him and possessed a concealed power that unsettled him.

Xiao Yan and his companions headed toward the Five-Elements Mountain Range as the Team Competition narrowed, while Yin Mu arrived at Luoling Mountain to hunt Xiao Yan for his Twin Ghost Emperor Heart. Elsewhere, Wuliang Mountain’s hidden king brewed a dangerous scheme, and Elder Qing and Mu Xuzi worried over the mountain-range kings’ unusual calm.

• Xiao Yan told Ling Xuan that cultivation meant pursuing strength beyond petty gains, and Ling Xuan vowed to surpass him.
• Mu Yingying and Lu Di assessed the dwindling teams, and Xiao Yan’s group set out for the Five-Elements Mountain Range with one wooden token remaining.
• Yin Mu, a mid Seven-star Dou Di general under the Dark Crow Ghost Emperor, arrived at Luoling Mountain to capture Xiao Yan and claim his Twin Ghost Emperor Heart.
• Yin Mu sensed a burst of combat energy that he believed came from Xiao Yan and rushed toward it.
• The king of Wuliang Mountain secretly stirred magic cores and undead beast essence blood in two cauldrons, plotting to escape Luoling Mountain’s restraints.
• Elder Qing and Mu Xuzi discussed the mountain-range kings’ strange quiet, and Elder Qing promised Mu Xuzi a holiday after the Sect Tournament.

Xiao Yan entered the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven in the Heaven-Piercing River despite its crushing pressure, with Mu Yingying helping him break through the barrier. The pair were separated inside, and Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the Tongtian Emperor Qi.

• Elder Zhu, Elder Qing, and Xiong Yuan discussed the dangers of the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven and the preparations needed for the ruins half a year later.
• Xiao Yan used Holy Flame Power to push through the increasing pressure as he climbed toward the Level 9 Cultivation Grotto-heaven.
• Zhu Yuan and Ling Xuan watched Xiao Yan attempt to enter the Level 9 grotto-heaven, which they had avoided because they doubted they could last a day inside.
• Xiao Yan found a barrier blocking the way forward, and Mu Yingying used Azure Holy Flame to break it open.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying entered the grotto-heaven and were separated; Xiao Yan sensed the Tongtian Emperor Qi in its vast waves and prepared to absorb it.

The Three-Tailed Demon Fox revealed its Life-Devouring Bead and used it to control Luoling Mountain’s undead beasts, absorbing them to grow stronger. When the Spirit of Luoling Mountain’s power could not stop it, she began to give the demon fox what it wanted: the mountain’s full power.

• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox exposed the Life-Devouring Bead embedded in its body, shocking the Spirit of Luoling Mountain and the other beasts.
• Mu Yingying and Qin Xin recognized the bead as a forbidden Dou Technique, while controlled undead beasts gathered around them.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox empowered the undead beasts with the bead and made them intercept the Spirit of Luoling Mountain’s attack.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox commanded the undead beasts to throw themselves into the bead, growing stronger as the Spirit of Luoling Mountain’s plea for help failed.
• The Spirit of Luoling Mountain revealed the power glowing at her heart and walked toward the Three-Tailed Demon Fox, offering to give it the power it sought.

Xiao Yan sealed the Undying Nether Sparrow’s power inside the mysterious paper sheet in his Dou Qi Sea, enduring intense pain to complete the process. Afterward, an invisible vortex pulled him and Mu Yingying into the underground palace, where Mu Yingying sensed her brother’s aura.

• The Undying Nether Sparrow explained that Xiao Yan could seal its power in the mysterious paper sheet and warned him about the dangers of revealing the Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yan sent the silver-lit paper sheet into his Dou Qi Sea, where the fiery beast reacted uneasily to it.
• The Undying Nether Sparrow discovered that Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi had compressed into a fiery beast and said it could benefit his future breakthrough to Dou Xian.
• Xiao Yan endured five minutes of agony as the Undying Nether Sparrow’s power entered the paper sheet, completing the seal.
• Mu Yingying came to check on Xiao Yan, but an invisible vortex pulled them both away, and she sensed her brother’s aura.
• The Xuan Ling Imperial Family Elder arrived too late to find the other Holy Flame and headed toward the underground palace as Yan Chi rescued Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying.

Cai Lin was enthroned as Queen Medusa and forced the eight tribal chieftains to submit by revealing her Dou Xian strength and Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline. She ordered the clan to purge suspicious outsiders and prepare a counterattack against the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

• She Fu presided over Cai Lin’s ascension as the Medusa Clan’s new queen, while the eight tribal chieftains gathered in the Medusa Temple.
• The Snake King questioned Cai Lin’s identity and right to rule, but Cai Lin stepped forward and challenged him directly.
• Cai Lin unleashed her Dou Xian aura and Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline, forcing all eight chieftains to kneel and acknowledge her authority.
• Cai Lin promised the chieftains they could reach at least the Half-Immortal realm if they followed her.
• Cai Lin ordered the Snake King to execute anyone of suspicious identity and called for the Medusa Clan to plan a counterattack against the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Xiao Yan recovered one Scroll and led his companions deeper into the Palace while the other Scroll holders remained entangled in battle. They entered the Jade Rabbit Hall, where a stone statue stirred mysterious marks on Qi Haoqing as a voice welcomed them and the doors shut.

• Guni tricked Meng Fei with a Scroll, then put it away as he faced attacks from Meng Fei and Hua Lexin.
• Xiao Yan led Five Poisons and Xiu Qi deeper into the Palace, leaving the Scroll battle behind.
• Song Yue escaped with Hong Qian while Bingshui, Guni, and their companions remained surrounded by experts.
• Xiao Yan and his companions passed through a Stone Gate into the Jade Rabbit Hall and found a statue of Jade Rabbit, the Moonlight Fairy's former companion.
• A sweet voice welcomed everyone to the Jade Rabbit Hall, Qi Haoqing's mysterious marks stirred, and the great doors slammed shut.

Xiao Yan opened the scroll from the Bright Moon Ruins by using the Heavenly King Ginseng, revealing two powerful Dou Techniques. He learned that the Four Fingers of the Firmament and the Creation Three Fists could combine to rival a mid-grade Saint Grade Dou Technique.

• The Golden Dragon King and the Soul Devouring Master discussed the Xiao Clan’s disappearance after the Heaven and Earth War, and the Golden Dragon King said he would investigate when he returned.
• Xiao Yan reviewed his progress with the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler and the Sky Shifting Ruler, then tried and failed to open the pale-yellow scroll with his hands, soul power, and Holy Flame Power.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Heavenly King Ginseng, and its power caused the scroll to open.
• Xiao Yan sensed two Dou Techniques inside the scroll and learned they were the Four Fingers of the Firmament and the Creation Three Fists, which could be combined into a technique rivaling a mid-grade Saint Grade Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan prepared a strengthened body to resurrect Xiao Xuan, using a Bright Cult disciple’s corpse, Emperor Skeletons, and Five-Elements Beast materials. When Xiao Yan tried to make Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint absorb the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill, it rejected the pill, leaving the resurrection uncertain.

• Xiao Yan chose the Bright Cult disciple’s body for Xiao Xuan and reserved Dong Xuan’s body for the Golden Dragon King.
• Xiao Yan purified the corpse with Emperor Flame and fused three Emperor Skeletons and the Five-Elements Beast’s limbs into it.
• Xiao Yan considered how to resurrect Xiao Xuan, whose remaining soul was only a mindless Life Imprint.
• Xiao Yan put the Shapeshaping Soul-Returning Pill into Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint, then placed them on the prepared body.
• Xiao Xuan’s Life Imprint spat out the undamaged pill, and Xiao Yan realized the resurrection attempt had not worked as he expected.

After mastering the Samsara Domain, Xiao Yan and Xun'er were summoned by the Mirror Moon Palace Master, who feared the impending Poison God Election would put Xiao Yi Xian in danger. She gave Xiao Yan a top immortal technique and asked him to seek help from the Supreme Elder Palace before the election began in ten days.

• Xiao Yan assessed the strengths and risks of the Samsara Domain, and Xun'er said it could let him challenge opponents at the Second Reincarnation Stage.
• After twenty days in the stone hall, Xiao Yan and Xun'er learned that Xiao Yi Xian's inheritance had unsettled the Poison God Palace, though its senior factions remained strangely quiet.
• The Mirror Moon Palace Master and Elder Poison Snake welcomed Xiao Yan and Xun'er, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had subdued the dou technique in the stone hall.
• The Mirror Moon Palace Master warned that Xiao Yi Xian could not yet command obedience and that rival palaces might threaten her during the Poison God Election.
• The Mirror Moon Palace Master gave Xiao Yan the top immortal technique Myriad Poison Flower Nest and asked him to go to the Supreme Elder Palace for support before the election began in ten days.

Yue Ru summoned a Flying Sea Beast that carried Xiao Yan and his companions toward the Three Islands, where Xiao Yan hoped to find the Life and Death Fire and what he needed to resurrect Xiao Xuan. Their early entry angered several rival factions, while Five Poisons revealed that her master had secretly told her to help Xiao Yan’s group.

• Yue Ru activated the rune on her forehead and summoned a Flying Sea Beast to transport Xiao Yan and his companions toward the Three Islands.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his plans to find the Life and Death Fire, resurrect Xiao Xuan, and uncover the Xiao Clan’s secrets.
• Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing decided to follow Xiao Yan beneath the islands, while Qi Haoran vowed to make him surrender whatever he found.
• Feng Hong warned Du Chun that Gu Ni, the Qi brothers, and Wang Xie might join forces against Xiao Yan, and Du Chun grew concerned.
• Wang Xie and Gu Ni discussed targeting Xiao Yan, while Gu Ni considered forming an alliance with the Qi brothers.
• Five Poisons told Lin Zhu that her master had ordered her to help Xiao Yan’s group, and the two headed toward the island.

Xiao Yan demonstrated that he had mastered the Human Hall’s Sky Shifting Ruler, earning the disciples’ respect. Zhu Yuan then challenged the Human Hall’s prestige, and Xiao Yan agreed to face the Seven Star Dou Di, leaving the two halls’ deputy masters asked to witness their duel.

• Xiao Yan used the Sky Shifting Ruler to destroy the disciples’ attack, then recalled its shadow and won the Human Hall disciples’ cheers.
• Mu Xuzi announced that a ruin would open in a few months as a stepping stone to the Sect Tournament.
• Zhu Yuan said he had learned the Earth Hall’s hall-protecting treasure and wanted to test whether it surpassed the Human Hall’s.
• Mu Xuzi objected to Zhu Yuan challenging Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan insisted that he wanted to prove which hall’s strongest disciple was superior.
• Zhu Yuan accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge and requested that both deputy hall masters witness their duel.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Old Monster Hatred deal with the Emperor Panther in exchange for help resolving his lack of Life Power. They entered a hidden underground habitat, where Xiao Yan sensed the Emperor Panther’s terrifying presence on a small mountain.

• Old Monster Hatred identified Xiao Yan’s need for Life Power and promised he could help resolve it after their task was complete.
• Xiao Yan left Mu Yingying behind with Leng Fuyao and went with Old Monster Hatred into the purple bamboo forest.
• Old Monster Hatred explained that he had hidden the Emperor Panther underground and that his earlier plans to weaken it had failed.
• Old Monster Hatred opened a concealed passage, and Xiao Yan left a trace of Soul Power before following him into the underground habitat.
• Old Monster Hatred pointed out the Emperor Panther on a small mountain, and its awakening aura spread through the cavern.

Xiao Yan and Old Monster Hatred confronted the Eight-star Dou Di Perfection Emperor Panther, whom Old Monster Hatred had imprisoned with a Life Power restraint. As Emperor Panther began breaking free, Xiao Yan gathered Soul Power to help, leaving the three in a perilous clash.

• Emperor Panther emerged from the hill and threatened Old Monster Hatred while remaining bound by a silver-white Life Power restraint.
• Old Monster Hatred asked Xiao Yan to hold Emperor Panther off for one minute and promised to explain the ruins, the Dou Soul, and Xiao Yan’s inability to generate Life Power.
• Old Monster Hatred revealed that Emperor Panther had almost no defense against Soul Power, so Xiao Yan began gathering his Soul Power as the two older fighters clashed.
• Emperor Panther intensified its power and cracked the restraints, prompting Xiao Yan and Old Monster Hatred to realize they had to stop it from breaking free.