Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan reached the underground magma lake where the Green Lotus Core Flame was hidden and badly wounded its guardian with his Dragon Phoenix Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan discovered that the Bronze Fragments could restore Yao Lao’s soul, and the chapter ended with Xiao Zhan facing the still-unclaimed Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Zhan and three Snake-People Tribe elders crossed the Quicksand Burial Pit, where he used soul pressure to stun a Sand Poison Earth Dragon and the elders defeated the beasts.
• Xiao Yan’s Bronze Fragments were drawn into Yao Lao’s black ring, transformed to reveal mysterious runes, and began nourishing Yao Lao’s sleeping soul.
• Xiao Zhan sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Soul Burial Vortex and plunged into it despite Yan Ci’s warning.
• Xiao Zhan entered an underground magma lake, found the Green Lotus Core Flame, and confronted its Magma Guardian Beast.
• Xiao Zhan used the Dragon Phoenix Flame to burn the Magma Guardian Beast down to half its body, then fixed his attention on the exposed Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Zhan subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame and gained new power, while Xiao Yan discovered a second Bronze Fragment that revealed a connection to the Bronze Immortal Palace. Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yan to keep the fragments and ring secret, then confronted the arrival of Yun Yun, who demanded Xiao Yan and threatened to destroy the valley.

• Xiao Zhan and the Seven-Colored Little Snake joined forces to seize and seal the Green Lotus Core Flame, enduring its resistance as its Origin entered Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan successfully subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, advanced to Peak Two-Star Dou Zong, and received the Flame Emperor Art fragment before leaving the collapsing cavern.
• Xiao Yan followed the black ring's pull to forbidden ruins and unearthed a second Bronze Fragment, which triggered a torrent of visions and information.
• Xiao Zhan arrived to steady Xiao Yan, identified the fragments with the words "The Bronze Immortal Palace," and warned him to keep the fragments and ring secret.
• Xiao Zhan sensed a hostile Dou Huang approaching and left Xiao Yan to guard the fragments; Yun Yun then arrived and demanded that Xiao Yan be handed over.

Xiao Zhan confronted Yun Yun in Poison Barrier Valley and forced her to retreat after she tried to take Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. Afterward, Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yan to keep the Bronze Immortal Palace fragments secret, then sensed Protector Wu lurking nearby.

• Yun Yun pressured Xiao Yi Xian in Poison Barrier Valley, but Xiao Zhan appeared and revealed power that convinced Yun Yun he had become a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Zhan accused Yun Yun of attacking an injured junior and defended Xiao Yan against her claim that Yun Sheng's death demanded justice.
• Xiao Zhan overwhelmed Yun Yun with his aura and killing intent, injuring her and forcing her to abandon her demands and flee the oasis.
• After Yun Yun left, Xiao Zhan reunited with Xiao Yan and asked what he had sensed before she arrived.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about the Bronze Immortal Palace fragment and its effect on Yao Lao, and Xiao Zhan warned him not to reveal or seek out the fragments.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake sensed a presence nearby, and Xiao Zhan recognized it as Protector Wu of the Soul Hall and prepared to deal with him.

Xiao Zhan killed Protector Wu after he detonated the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, but Wu’s final attack triggered Xiao Yi Xian’s poison source backlash. Xiao Zhan saved her, while the ring on Xiao Yan’s hand revealed a mysterious protective power; the Blood Soul Guide and Soul Hall’s threatened retaliation left the family facing new danger.

• Xiao Zhan tracked Protector Wu to a rocky hiding place and trapped him with Spatial Lockdown.
• Protector Wu detonated the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, but Xiao Zhan’s Green Lotus Fire Prison destroyed his remnant soul and purified the vengeful spirits.
• Xiao Yi Xian lost control of the Poison Source Crystal Core, and Xiao Yan shielded her as the dark-gold ring on his hand formed a protective barrier.
• Xiao Zhan suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s poison backlash and sealed the remaining Poison Source Crystal Cores for her to refine later.
• Xiao Zhan discovered a Blood Soul Guide planted in his soul, warned Xiao Yan to conceal the ring’s power, and learned that Soul Hall retaliation might follow.

Xiao Zhan failed to remove the Blood Soul Guide and learned that the Soul Hall’s Saint Gu You was connected to it, while Xiao Yan’s Bronze Fragments revealed the location of a mysterious ancient hall. Xiao Yi Xian suffered a catastrophic poison backlash, and a Soul Hall Venerable Elder arrived to demand the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.

• Xiao Zhan’s flames barely corroded the Blood Soul Guide, and the system warned that removing its core would severely damage his Soul Origin.
• Xiao Zhan broke Protector Wu’s Storage Ring seal, found a Soul Hall Protector Token bearing Saint Gu You’s name, and resolved to defy the Dou Sheng threat.
• Xiao Yan joined the two Bronze Fragments, saw a projection pointing toward a hidden region in the desert, and set off to tell Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s attempt to absorb more poison triggered a backlash that cracked Xiao Zhan’s seals and threatened to overwhelm her consciousness.
• Xiao Zhan sensed the crisis and rushed toward Poison Barrier Valley as a spatial rift opened above the oasis.
• A Soul Hall Venerable Elder emerged from the rift and demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, threatening to refine everyone’s souls.

Xiao Yan reached Xiao Yi Xian as her poison erupted, and the ancient ring on his hand shielded them from the python and Gu You’s assault. Xiao Zhan fought Gu You’s clone, then burned his blood and soul to attack after Gu You targeted Xiao Yi Xian; the ring unleashed an ancient will that Gu You recognized as “Bronze Immortal” just as Xiao Zhan’s punch struck.

• Xiao Yan rushed to save Xiao Yi Xian, but the poison python’s pressure immobilized him until his ancient ring formed a barrier around them.
• Gu You appeared above the oasis, demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame and Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and became fixated on Xiao Yan’s glowing ring.
• Xiao Zhan burst from the stone hall and attacked Gu You with the Green Lotus Heaven-Burning Seal, but Gu You countered with the Nether Ghost Claw.
• Gu You used Netherworld Soul Seizure across the oasis, triggering Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Source Crystal Core to erupt and drawing his attention to her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Zhan burned his blood and soul to break through his limits and charge Gu You as the clone reached for Xiao Yi Xian.
• The ring released an ancient will that dissolved Gu You’s soul claw, and Gu You cried, “Bronze... Immortal...?!” before Xiao Zhan’s burning punch struck his clone.

Xiao Zhan destroyed Gu You Clone with help from the Bronze Immortal Palace’s power, which also purified the Blood Soul Guide and stabilized Xiao Yi Xian’s poison into a Woe Poison Pill. Xiao Zhan fell into a coma after the battle, while the survivors prepared for the true Saint’s promised return.

• Xiao Zhan burned his blood and soul to tear Gu You Clone’s soul core from its body and attack it with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Bronze Immortal Palace’s dark-gold radiance destroyed Gu You Clone, purified Xiao Zhan’s Blood Soul Guide, and calmed Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Source Crystal Core into a Woe Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yan was healed by the Immortal radiance before collapsing, while Xiao Yi Xian awakened with her Woe Poison Body beginning to reach mastery.
• Yue Mei caught the gravely injured Xiao Zhan and ordered the Snake-People Tribe survivors to take him to the Spirit Gathering Pavilion for treatment.
• Xiao Zhan’s system rewarded him for defeating Gu You Clone, but he lost consciousness as his Green Lotus Core Flame began repairing his body.
• The survivors carried Xiao Zhan away as Gu You Clone’s warning about Lord Soul Extinguisher and the true body of the Saint left the next threat looming.

Yue Mei used the Nirvana Holy Blood Pill and Soul Source Liquid to restore Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Yi Xian mastered her Woe Poison Pill and rebuilt the oasis defenses. After waking, Xiao Zhan revealed the Bronze Immortal Palace’s connection to Xiao Yan’s ring, then survived an annihilating attack from Hun Mietian and vowed revenge; Yun Yun later investigated the battlefield.

• Yue Mei gave Xiao Zhan the Nirvana Holy Blood Pill and Soul Source Liquid, healing his body and soul and strengthening his cultivation and Dragon-Phoenix Origin Imprint.
• Xiao Yi Xian demonstrated control of her Woe Poison Pill by cleansing the battlefield and repairing the oasis barrier with poisonous mist.
• Xiao Zhan awoke, explained that Xiao Yan’s ring and Bronze Fragments were connected to the Bronze Immortal Palace, and warned Xiao Yan to keep their secret hidden.
• Hun Mietian detected the Immortal Hall’s aura and sent a black annihilating attack at Xiao Zhan, whose Dragon-Phoenix Origin Imprint and Xiao Yan’s ring helped shield him.
• Xiao Zhan survived the strike with a severe wound to his brow and swore revenge on Hun Mietian.
• Yun Yun arrived at the ruined battlefield, sensed traces of the Soul Hall and Xiao Zhan’s flame, and wondered what threat he had provoked.

Xiao Zhan survived the Nirvana attack as his Dragon-Phoenix Will awakened, and Yue Mei activated the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda’s foundation to protect the Snake-People. Xiao Yan discovered a mission to retrieve another Bronze Immortal Palace fragment, while a Soul Hall Saint pinpointed Snake Abyss Oasis and ordered an assault.

• Xiao Zhan resisted Nirvana’s eroding power with healing pills while Xiao Yan and Yue Mei kept their distance, and Yue Mei evacuated the Snake-People behind their defenses.
• Yun Yun analyzed the battle site, destroyed a tracking fragment, and left to warn Misty Cloud Sect that a Soul Hall Saint might be descending.
• Xiao Zhan’s Dragon-Phoenix Will awakened and purged the Nirvana aura, allowing him to survive and begin recovering.
• Yue Mei activated the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda formation, raising Earth Vein Dragon Qi pillars and forging the tower’s foundation.
• Xiao Yi Xian tested her newly controlled Woe Poison Pill, while Xiao Yan received a mission to find a third Bronze Immortal Palace Fragment in the Desert of Buried Immortals.
• A Soul Hall Saint located Snake Abyss Oasis and ordered agents to capture Xiao Yi Xian, seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, investigate the Bronze Immortal Palace, and leave Xiao Zhan alive for interrogation.

Xiao Zhan oversaw the oasis’s reconstruction while Xiao Yi Xian used her Woe Poison Pill to weaken his lingering poison and heal wounded Snake-People. When Soul Hall’s Soul-Devouring Lure triggered a deadly outbreak, Xiao Yi Xian traced the attackers, and Xiao Zhan confronted the Nether Duo in battle.

• Xiao Zhan stabilized at Peak Two-Star Dou Zong and ordered Yue Mei to develop the oasis around the newly forged tower foundation.
• Xiao Yi Xian suppressed part of the poison in Xiao Zhan’s wound with her Poison Pill, then began drawing Soul Poison from injured Snake-People.
• You Lao and Elder Ming planted a Soul-Devouring Lure in the wounded area to incite chaos and planned to capture Xiao Yi Xian, seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, and investigate the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• A corrupted Snake-People warrior exploded in the treatment hall, but Xiao Yi Xian purified the Soul Poison, saved other victims, and traced the lure to two Soul Hall attackers a hundred miles away.
• Xiao Zhan teleported to the wounded area, identified the Nether Duo, and left Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to protect the oasis before pursuing the attackers.
• Xiao Zhan arrived at the stone pillar and attacked Elder Ming with Void Breaker, colliding with Elder Ming’s Nine Nether Death Soul Wave.

Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yi Xian fought to protect the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda as the Nether Duo’s attacks endangered both its foundation and its guardians. Xiao Yi Xian killed the traitor Rock Specter and stabilized the Dragon Qi, while Xiao Zhan defeated You Lao, wounded Elder Ming, and teleported toward the oasis as Elder Ming escaped.

• Xiao Zhan clashed with Elder Ming, and the Seven-Colored Little Snake helped his Green Scale Fire Armor devour Elder Ming’s Death Soul attack before Xiao Zhan bound him with flame dragons.
• Elder You struck Xiao Zhan with a soul attack as Elder Ming broke free, while Xiao Yi Xian sensed a hidden Soul-Devouring Lure targeting the pagoda’s guardians.
• Xiao Yan rushed to the foundation after Yue Mei reported a traitor, and Xiao Yi Xian used her Woe Poison Domain to reach the battlefield, where Rock Specter was attacking Yue Mei and the Dragon Qi Vortex.
• Xiao Yi Xian annihilated Rock Specter with her poison, then used emerald poison mist to calm the Dragon Qi as Xiao Yan and the surviving Snake-People watched.
• Xiao Zhan resisted Elder You’s soul attack, countered Elder Ming’s spear with his scales, and struck Elder Ming with Mountain Collapse, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Xiao Zhan purified You Lao’s soul curse and killed him with the Dragon Phoenix Green Lotus Flame; Elder Ming fled with Blood Soul Escape, and Xiao Zhan teleported toward the oasis.

After the battle, Xiao Yi Xian failed to suppress the Deathly Silence Power in Xiao Zhan’s wound without provoking a dangerous backlash. Xiao Yan then reported that the third Bronze Fragment had shown him the Desert of Buried Immortals, and Xiao Zhan’s system confirmed the forbidden region’s extreme dangers.

• Xiao Zhan returned to the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda foundation as the Snake-People Tribe warriors cleared the battlefield under Yue Mei’s command.
• Xiao Yi Xian tried to suppress the Deathly Silence Power in Xiao Zhan’s shoulder, but it violently repelled her poison and worsened his wound.
• Xiao Zhan used healing pills and Dragon-Phoenix Power to force the Deathly Silence Power back into the wound temporarily.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that the third Bronze Fragment had shown him a vision of the Desert of Buried Immortals, the Ancient River of Buried Gods, and a Bronze Fragment on the Demon Peak of Bones.
• Xiao Zhan used his system to search for the Desert of Buried Immortals and learned that its unstable space, chaotic laws, and lethal hazards made it deadly even for powerful cultivators.

Xiao Yan insisted on entering the Desert of Buried Immortals to retrieve a vital fragment, and Xiao Zhan agreed after Xiao Yi Xian said her Woe Poison Pill could protect them from its miasma. Equipped for the journey, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian set out toward the forbidden desert.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he had to reach Demon Peak of Bones for the fragment and the system mission, despite the danger.
• Xiao Zhan challenged Xiao Yan to explain how he would cross the Corrosive God Poison Miasma, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to absorb its poison with her Woe Poison Pill.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Xiao Yan's decision and entrusted him to Xiao Yi Xian, urging them to prioritize survival.
• Xiao Zhan ordered Yue Mei to prepare Desert Lizard Camels, supplies, armor, a compass, and Mother-Child Heart-Linked Soul Jades for the journey.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian mounted the Lizard Camels and rode into the sea of sand toward the Desert of Buried Immortals.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled into the deadly Desert of Buried Immortals, where they navigated corrosive sandstorms, poisonous miasma, unstable space, and a forest of ancient bones. A Bone Demon Scorpion King ambushed them as they reached the bone forest, forcing Xiao Yan into battle.

• Xiao Zhan watched Xiao Yan and his companion disappear into the desert while worrying over the dangers ahead.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Desert of Buried Immortals and sheltered from a corrosive Bone-Eroding Sand Wind.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that her Poison Pill could absorb and refine the desert's poisonous miasma.
• Xiao Yan guided their Lizard Camel around quicksand traps and spatial rifts as they traveled deeper into the desert.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached a vast bone forest, where a Bone Demon Scorpion King burst from a skull and attacked Xiao Yan with its pincers and three venomous bone whips.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeat the Bone Demon Scorpion King and continue into the Skeleton Forest toward the Ancient River of Buried Gods. At the same time, Xiao Zhan senses a violent disturbance from their direction and fears they have encountered a grave crisis.

• Xiao Yan attacks the Bone Demon Scorpion King, but its force blasts him away.
• Xiao Yi Xian shields Xiao Yan with a poisonous net that corrodes the scorpion king’s bone tails.
• Xiao Yan uses the Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to freeze the Bone Demon Scorpion King, and Xiao Yi Xian extinguishes its remaining soul fire.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian recover, then ride their Lizard Camels into the Skeleton Forest, following the pull toward the Ancient River of Buried Gods.
• Xiao Zhan senses a violent fluctuation through his Green Lotus Core Flame mark and the Mother-Child Heart-Linked Soul Jade, then worries that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian are in danger.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian crossed the deadly Skeleton Forest and reached the Ancient River of Buried Gods, which separated them from the Demon Peak of Bones. Determined to reach the peak, Xiao Yi Xian gathered the surrounding poison into an Energy Poison Dragon, preparing to help them cross the river.

• The Sand Lizard Camels succumbed to the poison miasma, forcing Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to continue through the Skeleton Forest on foot.
• Xiao Yan detected spatial fissures while Xiao Yi Xian dispersed an attack formed from baleful aura, and they worked together to survive the forest.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Yi Xian at the forest’s edge, where they found the abyss and the Ancient River of Buried Gods between them and the Demon Peak of Bones.
• Xiao Yan sensed the ring on his left hand calling him toward the peak, while Xiao Yi Xian judged that she could withstand the poison but that the spatial turbulence posed the greater danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to trust her, then used the Woe Poison Domain to gather poison and condense it into an Energy Poison Dragon.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian crossed the Ancient River of Buried Gods on the Crossing-Tribulation Poison Dragon, surviving a devastating spatial wave with help from Xiao Yan’s ring. They reached the Demon Peak of Bones, where You Lao ambushed them and demanded their Bronze Fragments and Xiao Yi Xian’s origin Poison Pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian used her Poison Pill and the power of ten thousand poisons to summon the Crossing-Tribulation Poison Dragon, and Xiao Yan joined her on its back as they entered the Ancient River of Buried Gods.
• Xiao Yi Xian sustained the dragon’s barrier while Xiao Yan used his soul power to guide them through the river’s spatial hazards.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian faced a spatial wave carrying a law fragment wreathed in Chaos Demon Flame, which shattered the dragon’s barrier and gravely wounded Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan’s black ring released a dark golden halo that held back the river’s turbulence long enough for them to escape the wave and reach the opposite bank at the Demon Peak of Bones.
• Xiao Yan saw that the third Bronze Immortal Palace fragment lay at the peak’s summit, but You Lao appeared and demanded their Bronze Fragments and Xiao Yi Xian’s origin Poison Pill.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian were defeated by You Lao at the Demon Peak of Bones, but Xiao Yan’s black ring awakened and revealed a powerful bronze fragment. Its ancient will poured a coherent memory into his unconscious mind, leaving the story poised for him to uncover its secrets.

• You Lao demanded Xiao Yan’s Bronze Ring and fragments and Xiao Yi Xian’s source Poison Pill.
• You Lao’s soul pressure struck Xiao Yi Xian and knocked her unconscious, while her Poison Pill’s light nearly faded.
• Xiao Yan charged to protect Xiao Yi Xian, but You Lao crushed him with a casual blow and reached for his black ring.
• The ring erupted with dark-golden light, shaking the Demon Peak of Bones and tearing through its Chaos Demon Flame.
• A massive bronze fragment emerged from the peak, and its ancient will sent a coherent memory into Xiao Yan’s unconscious mind.

Xiao Yan encountered the Bronze Immortal Palace’s core fragment, which restored his body and strengthened Yao Lao’s soul while triggering a mission to reunite the palace. You Lao abandoned Xiao Yan to seize the fragment, as Xiao Zhan raced toward Demon Peak after sensing the danger.

• Xiao Yan witnessed a vision of the Immortal Palace’s ancient battle and received the mission to gather its scattered fragments.
• The fragment’s power healed Xiao Yan and began restoring Yao Lao’s soul, whose strength briefly reached Peak Dou Zun pressure.
• You Lao recognized the Immortal Palace core fragment and left Xiao Yan behind as he rushed toward it.
• Xiao Zhan sensed the stopped pulse of the Mother-Child Heart-Linked Soul Jade and the fragment’s aura, then charged toward Demon Peak.
• Xiao Zhan forced his way through the desert’s spatial turbulence and poisonous miasma toward the summit of Demon Peak of Bones.

You Lao’s attempt to seize the Immortal Hall core fragment backfired, and Xiao Zhan annihilated him with a desperate attack. The barrier collapsed in the battle, leaving the third core fragment exposed to the Chaos Demon Flame, which destroyed its Origin.

• You Lao burned his Soul Origin to attack the bronze fragment, but its dark-gold beam severed his ghostly claw and cracked the protective barrier.
• The beam’s impact opened a fissure, allowing the Chaos Demon Flame to corrode the fragment as Xiao Yan watched in horror.
• Xiao Zhan charged You Lao with his Burning Saint fist, and You Lao detonated the Skull Bone Staff in a final attempt to kill him.
• Xiao Zhan’s fist broke through the soul explosion and annihilated You Lao, then crashed into the mountainside and further damaged the barrier.
• The barrier shattered, exposing the bronze fragment to the Chaos Demon Flame, which consumed its immortal light and shattered its Origin.