Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan followed a strange soul-linked fluctuation into the depths of the ruins, where he discovered Soul Hall Protectors fighting bizarre Symbol Puppets powered by fragments of the Devouring Heavenly Corpse. Suspecting a hidden will was guiding the puppets, he descended into the Puppet Nest and found a black altar centered on a light-devouring sphere.

• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan entered the mountain ruins and found a stone gate leading into a vast cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the severed puppet parts inside the Puppet Nest were fighting ten Soul Hall Protectors, including a Peak Dou Zong leader.
• Old Yao found that his soul power was erased when he tried to reach one of the puppets, while Xiao Yan realized the puppets' fragments contained the Devouring Heavenly Corpse's power.
• Xiao Yan suspected an unseen expert or will was directing the Devouring Puppets, so he took Queen Medusa and Zi Yan deeper into the nest.
• Xiao Yan descended to an enormous black altar and saw a pitch-black sphere floating at its center.

Xiao Yan touched the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and met Master of Devouring, who explained his origins and asked Xiao Yan to inherit the symbol and eventually fight the Alien Demons. After accepting the inheritance and learning to control the Devouring Puppets, Xiao Yan set off with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to target the Soul Hall Protectors.

• Xiao Yan touched the black orb, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol entered his sea of soul consciousness and transported him to an ancient palace.
• Xiao Yan met Master of Devouring, who explained that he had survived for ten thousand years and that the Devouring Symbol was formed from his remnant power.
• Master of Devouring told Xiao Yan about the Alien Demons and asked him to inherit the symbol and help save Tianxuan Continent; Xiao Yan agreed.
• Master of Devouring returned Xiao Yan to the black altar, gave him the Devouring Puppet control method, and explained that the inheritance trial would take place deeper in the ruins.
• Xiao Yan gained control of the Devouring Puppets and decided to refine the Soul Hall Protectors’ soul power to restore Master of Devouring.
• Xiao Yan took Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward the interior of the Puppet Nest.

Xiao Yan used Venerable Skyfire’s power and the Devouring Puppets to slaughter the Soul Hall Protectors in the Puppet Nest, then reached the Devouring Divine Temple with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan. He began the Devouring Ancestral Symbol inheritance trial, leaving his companions to guard him as his soul entered the Symbol.

• Xiao Yan had Queen Medusa and Zi Yan guard the Puppet Nest while he borrowed Venerable Skyfire’s power and attacked the Soul Hall Protectors.
• Xiao Yan and the ten Devouring Puppets killed the Protectors, and Xiao Yan captured the chief Protector’s soul.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use Heavenly Flames to refine corpse puppets and stored the Devouring Puppets before leaving with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan.
• The Master of Devouring guided them to the Devouring Divine Temple and explained that Xiao Yan could inherit the temple along with the Ancestral Symbol.
• Queen Medusa and Zi Yan guarded the entrance as Xiao Yan’s soul entered the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to begin its inheritance trial.

Xiao Yan endured the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s inheritance trial by cultivating in its darkness, then gained the Symbol’s recognition and refined it. He emerged with mid-stage Spirit Realm soul power and the potential to become an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, though his stiff legs sent him tumbling into a familiar soft landing.

• Xiao Yan used the Great Sun Separation Fire Body to temper his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body clone with Heavenly Flame power while trapped in the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s darkness.
• After the Heavenly Flame power ran out, Xiao Yan refined the surrounding devouring power and strengthened his clone until it rivaled a Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan rejected the false exit, reached the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and accepted the Symbol Spirit’s acknowledgment as its master.
• The Devouring Ancestral Symbol merged into Xiao Yan and consumed his soul power before replenishing it, helping his soul realm break through to the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Devouring Divine Temple, thanked the Master of Devouring, and reentered his body after the inheritance space vanished.
• Xiao Yan tried to stand with legs stiff from remaining still, fell forward, and plunged his face into two familiar soft mounds.

After refining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan gained control of the Devouring Divine Temple and learned about the symbol’s powers from Master of Devouring. He learned that an Alien Demon General was sealed in the sect ruins, and he set out with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to confront it while Master of Devouring prepared to help.

• Queen Medusa helped Xiao Yan recover, while Master of Devouring teased him about his relationships with nonhuman women.
• Master of Devouring taught Xiao Yan about Tianxuan Continent, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and the Devouring Divine Temple, which Xiao Yan claimed with a Devouring Blood Seal.
• Master of Devouring warned Xiao Yan that an Alien Demon General was sealed within the sect ruins and might be awakened by the commotion outside.
• Xiao Yan declared his trust in Master of Devouring and his intent to destroy the Alien Demons, and Master of Devouring explained how he had reinforced the general’s seal.
• Xiao Yan offered to help resurrect Master of Devouring, who entered the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to recover, while Xiao Yan led Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward the sect’s core hall.

Xiao Yan and Si Yuan exchanged gifts and discussed the foreign sect ruins, while Xiao Yan learned more about the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele and the Primordial One-Qi Sect. The Master of Devouring revealed that the sect’s inheritance included a method especially effective against alien demons, as the gathered experts faced the threat of the imprisoned Alien Demon General.

• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden Soul Hall Dou Zun and an immensely powerful woman observing him, then stayed alert as he entered the core hall.
• Si Yuan gave Xiao Yan a scroll of mental secret techniques, and Xiao Yan gave him Nirvana Pills in return.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Si Yuan break through to Dou Zun and accepted Si Yuan’s token to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• The Master of Devouring identified the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele as a thirteenth-ranked divine object and explained how the Primordial One-Qi Sect had sacrificed itself to seal the Alien Demon General.
• The Master of Devouring urged Xiao Yan to seek the Primordial One-Qi Sect’s inheritance, revealing that its unique method was especially lethal against alien demons.

Xiao Yan learned that the Primordial One-Qi Sect’s Primordial One Qi could dissolve attacks and annihilate Alien Demons, then planned how to secure the Primordial Martial Stele’s rewards while keeping knowledge of Tianxuan Continent from spreading. When the stele produced ten prayer mats, rival factions erupted into a battle, and Xiao Yan’s group waited at the edge for the fighting to thin the crowd.

• The Master of Devouring explained Primordial One Qi’s power and said Xiao Yan might be able to cultivate it; Xiao Yan considered combining it with the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Si Yuan shared that the Primordial Martial Stele could grant martial arts, including Creation-Grade Martial Arts, and might also bestow Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasures.
• Xiao Yan warned Si Yuan that Soul Hall’s Dou Zun was hiding, then resolved to protect his group and eliminate other witnesses to the ruins’ connection to Tianxuan Continent.
• Xiao Yan led his group of six to a concealed corner, intending to let the factions fight before striking and taking advantage of the chaos.
• The Primordial Martial Stele formed ten prayer mats, and Shi Tian, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the Three Elders of Mulan, Xie Shan, the Tianxin Empire, and other factions rushed to claim them.
• As the factions fought over the prayer mats, Si Yuan kept intruders away while Xiao Yan monitored the battlefield and told his group to let the fighting continue.

Xiao Yan secretly manipulated the battle over the ten cushions until the Soul Hall forces revealed themselves and massacred the survivors. He then borrowed Venerable Skyfire’s power, reached the Dou Zun level, and attacked the Soul Hall deputy hall master.

• Xiao Yan used hidden soul threads to disrupt fighters while he watched the Soul Hall members and kept his group out of the fighting.
• The three-star Dou Zun from Soul Hall emerged, killed several experts, and ordered eighteen Soul Hall Protectors to slaughter the survivors and seize their souls.
• The Soul Hall forces killed Shi Tian’s allies, Xie Shan, the Three Elders of Mulan, and Elder Tianbao, while the Crown Prince of Tianxin Empire asked Si Yuan for help.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Crown Prince’s plea, drew on Venerable Skyfire’s soul force, and revealed power at the one-star Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan used Space Strangulation to tear apart his marked Soul Hall enemies and collect their souls.
• Xiao Yan rushed the Soul Hall deputy hall master and brought down the Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated the Soul Hall deputy hall master and wiped out the other fighters in the hall with his Three-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus. Afterward, Li Lingjing revealed herself and explained that she had secretly entered the ruin to protect him.

• Xiao Yan used his speed and concealed aura to surprise the deputy hall master, then struck him with a Three-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus explosion badly wounded the deputy hall master and killed the nearby fighters, while Xiao Yan survived by absorbing the flames with the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.
• Xiao Yan killed the deputy hall master and collected his soul and body, leaving only his companions and the ten ancient meditation cushions in the hall.
• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden presence and called for it to reveal itself; Li Lingjing emerged, and Old Yao recognized her strength as approaching the Half-Saint realm.
• Li Lingjing told Xiao Yan she had secretly entered the ruin to protect him on another person's behalf, and Xiao Yan recognized her as Aunt Jing, an elder connected to Ling Yanfei.

Xiao Yan and his companions prepared to comprehend martial arts from the Primordial Martial Stele while Li Lingjing protected them with the Supreme Wonderful Five-Tone Array. Inside the stele, Xiao Yan bypassed ordinary martial arts and was pulled toward a mysterious light deep in the starry sky.

• Li Lingjing reassured Xiao Yan that Ling Yanfei and the others were safe, then agreed to join the comprehension session.
• Xiao Yan summoned ten Devouring Puppets to guard them, and Li Lingjing formed the Supreme Wonderful Five-Tone Array to protect and sharpen their minds.
• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Si Yuan, and the others sat on meditation cushions as the Primordial Martial Stele drew them into its radiance.
• Xiao Yan entered a starry space where martial arts appeared as meteors, caught a Ninth-Grade art called Three Origin Lightning Method, and released it.
• Xiao Yan flew deeper into the starry sky seeking the stele spirit, but an unseen force dragged him into a meteor and delivered him before an enormous sphere of light.

Xiao Yan received the Primordial One-Qi Sect’s inheritance from the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele, then awoke when the sealed Alien Demon General began advancing. With the Master of Devouring’s power, he absorbed the leaking Demon Qi and pulled the stele free to confront the demon below.

• Xiao Yan convinced the stele spirit that he understood Primordial One-Qi and received the Primordial Origin-Returning Scripture and its three martial arts.
• The Alien Demon General’s power surged beneath the hall, forcing the stele spirit to warn Xiao Yan that it was advancing and the seal was weakening.
• Li Lingjing used the Supreme Wonderful Five-Tone Array to purify the spreading Demon Qi while Xiao Yan borrowed power from Old Yao and Venerable Skyfire and ordered the others to leave.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol with the Master of Devouring’s help, drawing in the Demon Qi as the Alien Demon General recognized its old enemy.
• Xiao Yan pulled the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele from the ground and wielded it toward the pit, challenging the Alien Demon General.

Xiao Yan and the Master of Devouring defeated the Alien Demon King with a Five-Colored Fire Lotus and purified the ruin’s demonic qi. Xiao Yan was left exhausted, but Queen Medusa and Li Lingjing supported him after the battle.

• The Master of Devouring used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele to weaken and injure the Alien Demon General as it advanced into an Alien Demon King.
• The Alien Demon King launched a desperate attack, but the Master of Devouring swallowed it and trapped the demon inside six black-hole vortices.
• Xiao Yan’s Cloud Mist clone fused the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Bone Chilling Flame into a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The Master of Devouring sent the Five-Colored Fire Lotus into the black holes, where it and the Devouring Power destroyed the Alien Demon King and its demonic heart.
• The Master of Devouring activated the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele to purify the remaining demonic qi, then returned control of Xiao Yan’s body to him.
• Li Lingjing supported the exhausted Xiao Yan, and Queen Medusa flew over and pulled him into her embrace.

After Xiao Yan and his allies defeated the Alien Demon, they left the collapsing ruins and learned that the Soul Hall had attacked Tianxin City. Yao Ling, Huo Zhi, and Shi Xuanxuan departed for their clans to cultivate, while Xiao Yan traveled on with Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Ling Yanfei, and Li Lingjing.

• Xiao Yan recovered in Queen Medusa's arms while the Master of Devouring, Old Yao, Venerable Skyfire, and the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele spirit each entered slumber to restore themselves.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a Life-Restoring Spirit Fruit, and Xiao Yan urged Si Yuan and the Heavenly Snake Mansion experts to keep the otherworldly ruins secret before Li Lingjing led them out.
• Yao Ling told Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall had destroyed Tianxin City and sent Heavenly Venerable Zhaixing, while Shi Xuanxuan and Huo Zhi explained that they had to return to their clans.
• Xiao Yan swallowed Yao Ling's Tier 7 Myriad Wood Life-Soul Pill, embraced the three departing women, and received a subsidiary flame of the Red Lotus Karma Flame from Huo Zhi and gifts from Yao Ling.
• Li Lingjing took Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and Ling Yanfei through a spatial passage as Yao Ling, Shi Xuanxuan, and Huo Zhi prepared to return with their clan guards.

Xiao Yan recovered in the spatial passage and planned to head to Holy Pill City to improve his Alchemy and soul power. Li Lingjing arranged to take the group there aboard her Space Ship, while quietly encouraging Ling Yanfei to grow closer to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan recovered with help from the Ten Thousand Wood Life Soul Pill and told Li Lingjing he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire before traveling to Holy Pill City.
• Li Lingjing offered to deliver Xiao Yan's message to the Jia Ma Empire and suggested that Ling Yanfei return to Sound Valley to cultivate.
• Old Yao revealed himself to Li Lingjing, who recognized him as Yao Chen and learned that he had become Xiao Yan's teacher.
• Xiao Yan declined Li Lingjing's offer to visit Sound Valley because he wanted to learn from Danta's Three Great Elders in Holy Pill City.
• Li Lingjing brought out a Space Ship, and the group set off for the Central Plains with Xiao Yan holding Zi Yan and placing an arm around Ling Yanfei.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Holy Pill City, where Li Lingjing led them through space to Danta’s inner region. The Three Great Elders appeared before them, and Xiao Yan immediately focused on Xuan Yi, his teacher’s former lover.

• During the journey, Xiao Yan advanced to Five-Star Dou Emperor, Ling Yanfei reached One-Star Dou Zong, and Queen Medusa neared another breakthrough.
• Li Lingjing brought Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and Ling Yanfei to Holy Pill City and explained its districts and the Dan Region’s Five Great Families.
• A Dan Clan phoenix carriage passed overhead, prompting Xiao Yan to consider seeking the Ye Clan’s Earth Core Fire Bead.
• Li Lingjing tore through space and took the group from the outer region to Danta’s inner region.
• The Three Great Elders sensed Li Lingjing’s arrival and appeared before the group, and Xiao Yan recognized Xuan Yi as the woman he hoped would become his master’s wife.

Xiao Yan brought Old Yao to Danta and introduced himself as Yao Chen’s disciple, prompting Xuan Yi to recognize their connection and welcome him. After Xiao Yan drew Old Yao out of his Storage Ring, the former lovers confronted their past, and Xuan Yi reassured him that she had never blamed him for leaving.

• Xuan Yi sensed Xiao Yan’s Spirit Realm soul, Five-Star Dou Emperor strength, and Heavenly Flame, while Xuan Kongzi recognized Li Lingjing as Fairy Jing.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi as Yao Chen’s disciple, and Xuan Yi brought him into Danta while Xuan Kongzi escorted Zi Yan and Queen Medusa inside.
• Xuan Yi asked what Yao Chen had told him, and Xiao Yan claimed that Yao Chen regretted wronging her and other women before handing over the Storage Ring.
• Xuan Yi threatened not to see Yao Chen again unless he came out, so Old Yao emerged from the Storage Ring and apologized for leaving her.
• Xuan Yi described her grief after Yao Chen’s reported death, and Old Yao explained why he had left and asked for another chance.
• Xuan Yi said she had never blamed Yao Chen for leaving and urged him to live well, leaving Xiao Yan to conclude that the other women would have little chance against her.

Old Yao reunited with Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi, then recounted his betrayal by Han Feng and his years of hardship. Xuan Yi accepted Xiao Yan as her final disciple and future successor to Danta, and Xiao Yan resolved to treat her as a mother; the chapter ended with the elders learning he was studying a pill formula to revive Old Yao completely.

• Tian Leizi gave Old Yao a Soul-Returning Pill, and the pill restored much of his soul power, revealing that his soul realm had reached the Heavenly Realm.
• Old Yao told Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi about Han Feng's betrayal, his years of flight, and how he had taken Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Xuan Yi declared Xiao Yan her sole final disciple and named him her future successor as Danta's president.
• Xuan Yi comforted Xiao Yan when he broke down over the maternal affection he had missed, and he decided to treat her as his own mother.
• Xiao Yan explained that he was studying the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill formula because Old Yao needed it to be completely revived, drawing the elders' attention to the formula.

Xiao Yan told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi that he could revive Yao Chen, then agreed to subdue Danta’s Three Thousand Burning Flame within three years. He also accepted Xuan Kongzi’s request to assess Cao Ying as a potential junior sister and secured Danta’s support for his alchemy training.

• Xiao Yan explained that he planned to revive Yao Chen using a Dou Saint skeleton and at least three Heavenly Flames, and the elders agreed to seek information about a suitable skeleton.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that the Three Thousand Burning Flame in Danta’s Star Domain threatened to break free, and Xiao Yan promised to subdue it within three years.
• Xiao Yan considered how to develop his soul strength further, then agreed to assess Cao Ying during the next day’s examination for the Five Great Families’ elder seats.
• Xuan Yi offered Xiao Yan Eighth-Rank Magical Beast essence blood and medicinal ingredients, while Xuan Kongzi offered him access to Danta’s Herb Repository in exchange for one pill per five portions of ingredients.
• Tian Leizi offered Xiao Yan additional essence blood and guidance in alchemy, and Xiao Yan accepted the elders’ support.

After a night with Medusa, Xiao Yan took Zi Yan with him to Holy Pill City for the Five Great Families' Elder Seat assessment. At Danta's branch tower, he revealed that he could refine Seventh-Grade high-grade pills, drawing the attention of everyone in the testing room.

• Xiao Yan left Medusa sleeping and found Zi Yan angry because she had been kept awake by their night together.
• Xiao Yan stopped Zi Yan from disturbing Medusa and brought her along to explore Holy Pill City.
• Elder Sheng arrived on Xuan Kongzi's orders and escorted Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to Danta's branch tower for the assessment.
• Elder Sheng brought Xiao Yan into the testing area and asked what alchemist grade he would test for.
• Xiao Yan cautiously said he could refine Seventh-Grade high-grade pills, shocking Elder Sheng and drawing everyone's attention.

Xiao Yan stunned the Five Great Families by taking a High-Tier Seventh-Grade alchemist evaluation under Elder Sheng’s personal supervision. He emerged without a badge, but Elder Sheng’s words revealed that Xiao Yan had already achieved something extraordinary and that Chairman Xuan Kongzi would present his badge.

• Xiao Yan asked Elder Sheng to arrange a Mid-Tier Seventh-Grade test and said he would not disgrace his teachers.
• Elder Sheng ordered Elder Han to prepare a High-Tier Seventh-Grade evaluation and personally led Xiao Yan into the testing room, postponing the Five Great Families’ evaluations.
• The Five Great Families arrived, and Han Li revealed that Chairman Xuan Kongzi had arranged Xiao Yan’s test and that it was for High-Tier Seventh-Grade certification.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen reacted with curiosity to Xiao Yan, while Ye Xinlan asked Ye Zhong if she could take him as her master.
• After two and a half hours, Xiao Yan left without a badge, but Elder Sheng bowed to him, said he had gained insights from Xiao Yan’s Alchemy, and announced that Xuan Kongzi would personally present the High-Tier Seventh-Grade badge.