Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Hua Yu confronted the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends to settle their old grudges. Old Yao killed Earth Scorpion, while Xiao Yan trapped Heavenly Scorpion in his Creation Heaven-Devouring Palm and kicked him into its black hole.

• Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Hua Yu assigned Heavenly Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion as their opponents before the three fiends arrived.
• Hua Yu struck Human Scorpion away, and Old Yao used spatial power to isolate Earth Scorpion before killing him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Nine-Star Peak Dou Zun strength and wounded Heavenly Scorpion with a kick that twisted space.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Creation Heaven-Devouring Palm, swallowed most of Heavenly Scorpion's arm, then appeared behind him and kicked him into the black hole.

Xiao Yan killed Heavenly Scorpion and vanished through a black hole, leaving spectators to speculate about his identity while Old Man Baoshan traced him to Venerable Yao. After reuniting with Hua Yu and Old Yao, Xiao Yan searched the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends’ Storage Rings and found the final fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map.

• Xiao Yan disappeared into a black hole after killing Heavenly Scorpion, and witnesses spread rumors about his strength and origins.
• Old Man Baoshan identified Old Yao as Yao Chen, recognized Xiao Yan as his new disciple, and ordered his subordinate to monitor Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan found Hua Yu after she buried Human Scorpion, and the two embraced and kissed until Old Yao arrived.
• Old Yao and Hua Yu gave Xiao Yan Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion’s Storage Rings, and Xiao Yan added Heavenly Scorpion’s ring before searching them.
• Xiao Yan found the Azure Jade Treasure Body in Earth Scorpion’s ring and the final Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment in Heavenly Scorpion’s ring.

Xiao Yan decoded the ancient maps and learned how to reach the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, then prepared to return to Danta and pursue the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity. The chapter left him confident he could enter the Demonic Flame Space once he reached five-star Dou Sheng, despite the celestial alignment being thirteen years away.

• Xiao Yan assembled the five map fragments and used his merged heavenly flame to reveal the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint’s message about the celestial alignment that would bring the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame into the world.
• A black emblem entered Xiao Yan’s brow, and he learned from the light within that he could open a passage to the Demonic Flame Space himself at five-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan reassured Old Yao and Hua Yu that the Devouring Ancestral Symbol protected him, then explained the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint to Hua Yu.
• Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to grow strong before Hun Tian Di recovered, while Hua Yu cautioned him about obtaining the Bodhi Heart and Old Yao suggested finding a Bodhi Seed.
• Xiao Yan said Elder Sheng and the Dan, Cao, and Ye families were already searching for Bodhi Seeds, then he, Old Yao, and Hua Yu returned to Danta through a space channel.

Xiao Yan refined a Spirit Reversal Pill to treat Lei Yourong, then began cultivating the Azure Jade Treasure Body by replacing its rare secret medicine with his fused Heavenly Flames. As he entered seclusion again, pale-purple treasure light began to form over his skin.

• After news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree spread, Xiao Yan decided to travel alone to the Ancient Wasteland Region while Yun Yun prepared the Flower Sect's expedition.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month refining a Spirit Reversal Pill and gave it to Lei Yourong, whose condition then began to stabilize.
• Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran after she arrived in Holy Pill City and asked Queen Medusa to look after her.
• Xiao Yan absorbed his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body and studied the Azure Jade Treasure Body technique it had examined during his pill refinement.
• Xiao Yan traced Heavenly Flame patterns over his body and began cultivating the Azure Jade Treasure Light, which gradually appeared across his skin.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared in the Ancient Wasteland Region, Xiao Yan left for it with Nalan Yanran, hoping to find an opportunity to become a Dou Sheng. During their journey, Nalan Yanran showed him a green bead that he recognized as a Bodhi Seed.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance was confirmed when a clear Qi spread across the Central Plains and showed everyone its image.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion, reunited with the women waiting for him, and prepared to travel to the Ancient Wasteland Region with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to the women and his three disciples, then used Dragon-Phoenix Sky-Stepping to kiss them before leaving with Nalan Yanran through a space passage.
• During the journey, Xiao Yan checked Nalan Yanran’s cultivation and learned that her strength had risen to Five-Star Dou Zun as she recovered her former power.
• Nalan Yanran took out an emerald-green bead, and Xiao Yan recognized it as a Bodhi Seed.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traveled to Wasteland Town after he obtained a Bodhi Seed, and entered the dangerous Ancient Wasteland Region in search of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. With Nalan Yanran still recovering and refining Flame Essence Marrow, Xiao Yan took precautions against the region’s poisonous miasma and hurried to find Yun Yun and the Flower Sect group.

• Nalan Yanran explained that Elder Sheng had obtained the Bodhi Seed shortly before the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared, and Xiao Yan promised to repay him with a Bodhi Pill.
• Five days later, Xiao Yan arrived in Wasteland Town with an exhausted Nalan Yanran and gathered information about the Ancient Wasteland Region.
• After the Bodhi Seed’s Qi roused her, Nalan Yanran scolded Xiao Yan and worried about refining the Flame Essence Marrow before meeting Yun Yun and the other Flower Sect members.
• Xiao Yan protected himself and Nalan Yanran from the poisonous miasma with a film of Heavenly Flame as they passed the corpses of poisoned cultivators.
• Worried that Yun Yun and the Flower Sect group lacked Heavenly Flame protection, Xiao Yan carried Nalan Yanran away from the crowd and hurried toward them.

Xiao Yan reached Yun Yun just after the Flower Sect was ambushed by the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and he found her recovered from a near-fatal wound with one of his pills. When the sect surrounded Yun Yun’s group again, Xiao Yan arrived with Nalan Yanran and began crushing the attackers, who fled in terror.

• Yun Yun took a five-colored eighth-grade pill and quickly recovered from the injuries she sustained protecting the Flower Sect Great Elder during the ambush.
• Liu Cang and the Heavenly Underworld Sect surrounded Yun Yun’s group, but Yun Yun warned them that they would not escape.
• Xiao Yan appeared with Nalan Yanran, embraced Yun Yun, and learned that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had injured her.
• A Heavenly Underworld Sect elder leered at Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan crushed him, seized his soul, and sealed it in a Fallen Heart Flame bottle.
• Xiao Yan crippled another elder, and the remaining Heavenly Underworld Sect members panicked and scattered.

Xiao Yan defeated the Heavenly Underworld Sect attackers and helped Yun Yun secure the Flower Sect elders’ support, then reunited with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. After treating the elders for poison, he led them deeper into the Ancient Wasteland Region, determined to obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Heavenly Underworld Sect members in minutes and gave the injured Flower Sect elders healing pills.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine pills for the elders in exchange for medicinal ingredients, and they decided to formally make Yun Yun sect master.
• Xiao Yan embraced Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and he and Yun Yun shared an affectionate reunion while Nalan Yanran continued cultivating.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun about life at the Flower Sect, and Xiao Yan declared that he would obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan realized the Flower Sect members had been infected by poisonous insects, burned them out with Heavenly Flames, and led everyone farther into the Ancient Wasteland Region.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s territory, killed the Five-turn Peak Dou Zun beast with ease, and activated its Heavenly Demon Blood Pool. He began cultivating the Azure Jade Treasure Form in the pool while Yun Yun and the others stood guard.

• Xiao Yan brought Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Flower Sect elders to the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s mountain to obtain its body and blood for Cai Yan and the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool.
• The Ancient Heavenly Demon Python attacked Xiao Yan, but he blocked its tail and transformed into his Dragon-Phoenix form.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the python with his bloodline pressure, seized its heart, and killed it with a single decisive attack.
• Xiao Yan drained the python’s blood into the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool and stored its body in his Storage Ring.
• Yun Yun and the Flower Sect elders agreed to guard Xiao Yan while Nalan Yanran went outside to refine spiritual liquid.
• Xiao Yan entered the activated blood pool, used his Heavenly Flames and Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb its energy, and began cultivating the Azure Jade Treasure Form.

After absorbing the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, Xiao Yan broke through to First-Turn Dou Zun Peak and led the Flower Sect to the Ancient Domain Platform. There he reunited with Xun'er and several other familiar women, drawing astonished and envious attention from the gathered factions.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool's energy, perfected his Azure Jade Treasure Form, and advanced to First-Turn Dou Zun Peak.
• Xiao Yan led Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Flower Sect elders through the Ancient Wasteland Region to the Ancient Domain Platform.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the platform and spotted Xun'er among the gathered experts.
• Yao Ling, Huo Zhi, Shi Xuanxuan, and Ling Yanfei greeted Xiao Yan before Xun'er reached him and embraced him.
• The crowd reacted with envy to Xiao Yan's intimate reunions, while Gu Qingyang remarked on his charm.

Xiao Yan reunited with the young women from several clans at the Ancient Wasteland Region, while the Soul Clan realized his strength far exceeded its intelligence reports. Hun Yu ordered the Soul Clan to watch Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan prepared to lead the allied groups deeper into the region.

• Gu Yao warned Xiao Yan that his strength had become so terrifying that he might surpass even Gu Yao.
• The young women of the Ancient, Yao, Yan, and Shi Clans gathered around Xiao Yan, while the Ling Clan elder learned he was descended from the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Yu recognized Xiao Yan as the branch-clan descendant investigated through Hun Li Li and ordered the Soul Clan elders to monitor him and report back.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Ling, Huo Zhi, Shi Xuanxuan, Ling Yanfei, and Xun'er, who each sought to join him on the expedition.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to take the groups from the four clans, the Lei and Ling Clans, and Sound Valley into the depths of the Ancient Wasteland Region, and assured the women that Hun Li Li was safe.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun’er and the other women, learned that a beast tide blocked the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and gathered the clans to break through it. He recruited the Lei Clan after discovering that Mang Tianchi led them and agreed with Lei Dong that he would spearhead the charge.

• Xiao Yan introduced his companions and the Eight Clans’ young women to one another, and Xun’er explained that a beast tide had stopped their advance toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan offered to lead the groups through the beast tide, and the women went to gather their clans while he approached the Lei Clan.
• Mang Tianchi revealed that he was the headmaster of Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan introduced himself to the Lei Clan as the Xiao Clan’s young clan chief.
• Xiao Yan proposed that the seven clans join forces without the Soul Clan, and Lei Dong asked who would lead them.
• Xiao Yan promised to spearhead the charge through the beast tide, and Lei Dong agreed to join forces with him.