Chapter Summaries

With the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s help, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cultivated toward Dou Sheng while Yao Yan used its origin essence and Ling Xi’s dual cultivation to advance his own path. Meanwhile, the Bodhi Ancient Tree vanished from the Wild Ancient Region, leaving the clans to fight over its Half-Saint puppets as Yao Yan began evolving a cultivation technique beyond the established paths.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree guided Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into enlightenment and rapidly strengthened their Dou Qi.
• Yao Yan took Ling Xi to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, entered its Golden Liquid, and began cultivating with her to study the Yin Yang Great Dao.
• Hun Yu, Gu Qingyang, and the other clan elites found the Bodhi Ancient Tree gone and fought over the five Half-Saint-level puppets left behind.
• Gu Qingyang reported Yao Yan’s involvement and the two Nine Nether Earth Python women to Gu Yuan, who told him not to inform Xun Er.
• With the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s aid, Yao Yan used the Flame Mantra, his Exotic Flames, and the Chaos Embryo to forge a new cultivation path beyond Dou Qi.

Yao Yan refined his Emperor Realm soul into a world of powers and decided to use the Three Flowers Gather Fire Skill and the Life Ancient Tree to forge a Dou Di body. As his body and soul burned away, he confronted the lingering consciousness of Dark 'Yao Yan' and ignited the Vertical Pupil Space to merge it all into the Chaos Embryo.

• Yao Yan transformed his sea of consciousness with the laws of the ten Exotic Flames and concluded that he could use his Emperor Realm soul to pursue an Emperor Body.
• Yao Yan sent Ling Xi away, then began burning his body with Essence Fire to temper a Dou Di body as the Bodhi Ancient Tree supplied energy.
• After six months, the nearly consumed body awakened Dark 'Yao Yan,' who condemned Yao Yan for destroying himself to nurture the Chaos Embryo.
• Yao Yan used his Emperor Realm Soul Power and Di Yan to attack Dark 'Yao Yan,' then revealed that Soul Flame burned soul origins as fuel.
• Dark 'Yao Yan' tried to seize control of Yao Yan, but Yao Yan burned the entire Vertical Pupil Space with the Essence Qi Spirit Three Fire and merged everything into the Chaos Embryo.

Yao Yan completed the rebirth of his body through the Chaos Embryo, reaching the peak of Seven Star Dou Sheng and gaining the strength to contend with powerful opponents. After leaving the Heaven Tomb’s second layer, he made Ling Xi choose to serve him, planted a Life Ancient Tree Seed, and began merging the tomb’s three levels; Cai Lin and the others awakened as two women’s auras surged toward the peak of Four Star Dou Sheng.

• Yao Yan absorbed the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s origin and energy from the Heaven Tomb to mature the Chaos Embryo, then spent three years reshaping his body.
• Yao Yan awoke with a body rivaling or exceeding a Nine Star Dou Sheng’s physical strength, Emperor Level Soul Power, and peak Seven Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Yao Yan left the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s internal space with Ling Xi, learned Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian had reached early Two Star Dou Sheng, and chose not to interrupt their seclusion.
• Yao Yan told Ling Xi that his name was Yao Yan and offered her the choice of serving him or being controlled again; Ling Xi chose to remain by his side.
• Yao Yan planted the Life Ancient Tree Seed in the Heaven Tomb and merged its three levels into one world as the tree rapidly grew.
• Cai Lin and another woman released pillars of light and powerful auras that awakened Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, with both women reaching the peak of Four Star Dou Sheng and Cai Lin’s aura continuing to rise.

Cai Lin and Cai Die emerged from seclusion after their bloodlines transformed, with Cai Lin reaching Five-Star Dou Sheng and becoming an Ancient Sky Serpent while Cai Die became a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python. They reunited with Yao Yan in the Heaven Tomb, where he explained their new surroundings and introduced the Life Ancient Tree, whose effects on the tomb’s time flow concerned him.

• Cai Lin and Cai Die transformed into an Ancient Sky Serpent and a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python, and Cai Lin broke through to Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Yan welcomed the two women and explained that they were in the Heaven Tomb, where three years passed for every half-year outside.
• Cai Lin learned that Yao Yan had brought Ling Xi under his command after the Soul Clan destroyed the Spirit Clan, and Yao Yan said he was nearing Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Yan showed Cai Lin the Bodhi Ancient Tree and Life Ancient Tree, then summoned Ling Er, whom Cai Die embraced and playfully asked to call her Sister.
• Cai Lin went to rest while Yao Yan flew to the Life Ancient Tree and Ling Xi to investigate why the Heaven Tomb’s time-distorting effects seemed to be fading.

Yao Yan studied how the Life Ancient Tree was absorbing the Heavenly Tomb and discussed the Soul Clan’s plans with Ling Xi and Cai Lin. Zi Yan reunited with Yao Yan when he appeared before the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, where she had become its leader.

• Yao Yan discovered that the Life Ancient Tree was consuming the Heavenly Tomb’s rules and considered using it to absorb other Small Worlds.
• Yao Yan told Ling Xi that the Stone Clan had likely been destroyed and revealed that the Soul Clan’s Four Great Elders had not truly died.
• Yao Yan sent Heavenly Tomb Soul Imprints into the Life Ancient Tree to be nurtured, then told Ling Xi to remain in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Yao Yan explained the Soul Clan’s plans to Cai Lin and said he intended to enlist Zi Yan’s father as a third party in the coming conflict.
• Zi Yan, now the Supreme Dragon Phoenix, decided to return to the Central Plains and unify the Beast Region.
• Yao Yan appeared with a beautiful woman before Zi Yan and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan elders, and Zi Yan recognized his voice.

Yao Yan reunited with Zi Yan and Cai Lin before heading to the Void Lightning Pool to cultivate and capture the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. He defeated the lightning creature and swallowed it to begin refining it, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remained a future destination.

• Zi Yan halted the elders’ dispute and brought Yao Yan and Cai Lin to a private valley, where she complained about the burdens of leading the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Cai Lin advised Zi Yan to delegate clan affairs and deal firmly with disobedient subordinates, while Yao Yan promised to refine her a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill later.
• Yao Yan told Zi Yan he planned to cultivate in the Void Lightning Pool and would take her to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame when it emerged; he left Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other women on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Yao Yan traveled into the Void Lightning Pool and found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the depths of the Black Demon Lightning sea.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning attacked Yao Yan, but he countered with the Devouring Heaven Mirror and a Chaos Palm Print before shattering its incomplete soul with Yellow Springs Sky Wrath.
• Yao Yan contained the scattered Nine Profound Golden Lightning in a ring of fire, swallowed it, and began refining it.

Yao Yan refined the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, reached Eight Star Dou Sheng, and concealed his increased strength before returning to the Soul Clan as Soul Hall and Danta went to war. He sent Cai Lin and Zi Yan away for safety and returned to Hun Tiandi, whose plans for him remained unclear.

• Yao Yan absorbed the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and Black Demon Lightning, evolving the Flame Mantra and advancing to Eight Star Dou Sheng Early Stage.
• Yao Yan reduced his displayed strength to Seven Star Dou Sheng Early Stage and moved the Void Lightning Pool into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Zi Yan told Yao Yan that Soul Hall and Danta had gone to war, and he warned that the conflict concealed the Soul Clan's larger plan.
• Yao Yan gave the Heavenly Tomb to Cai Lin and instructed her, Zi Yan, and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan to stay safe while he returned to the Soul Clan.
• Yao Yan met Hun Tiandi in the Soul World, where Hun Tiandi praised his cultivation and planned to expose his identity.

Yao Yan returned to the Soul Clan as a Seven Star Dou Sheng and learned that Hun Tiandi planned to manipulate the Emperor Clans while pursuing the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence neared, Yao Yan cultivated his powers, while Hun Miesheng and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor converged on the flame’s location.

• Yao Yan told Hun Tiandi that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had escaped, and Hun Tiandi revealed his plan to plant the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan Emperor Jades in the Gu Realm to provoke Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Yao Yan to draw out the Emperor Clan experts when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, so the Soul Clan could expose the destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan.
• Yao Yan reunited with Hun Xuzi, whose resentment grew after Yao Yan left; Hun Xuzi had lost his position as the Soul Clan’s Chief Alchemist and could no longer control his former disciple.
• Yao Yan sealed Hun Xuzi’s cultivation space and studied the powers of his flames, lightning, and Dou Di bloodlines, gaining clarity about the path to the Dou Di Realm.
• As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame neared its emergence, Hun Miesheng confronted the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who was watching the unstable space where the flame was sealed.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged during the once-in-a-thousand-years Heaven and Earth Anomaly, drawing the major powers and Yao Yan to its scorched desert. Yao Yan arrived with the Soul Clan and crushed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s clone, leaving Yao Chen and the gathered experts shocked by his ruthlessness.

• Xiao Ning watched from hiding and planned to use the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence to draw Yao Yan’s attention while seeking help to rescue his ancestor.
• Yao Chen prepared to see Yao Yan, but Twin Moons Appear and Nine Stars Unite triggered a continent-wide energy tide as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s seal shattered.
• Hun Tiandi told Yao Yan to act more boldly, and Yao Yan left to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Yan arrived at the vast white desert and spoke with the awakened Purification Lotus Demon Saint, who lamented the Flame’s destructive temperament.
• Hun Miesheng and the Soul Clan bowed to Yao Yan, while Yao Chen arrived with Pill Tower and Flame Valley experts.
• Yao Yan exposed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s Green Ox Cowherd clone and crushed it with his Emperor Level Soul Power, alarming the gathered experts and unsettling Yao Chen.

Yao Yan learned that the clans had forbidden experts above Five Star Dou Sheng from contesting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while weighing whether to break that rule. As the seal continued to weaken, the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao Clans gathered, and Gu Xun'er openly claimed Yao Yan as her fiancé.

• Yao Yan crushed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor's avatar, then discussed the Old Ancestor's caution with Hun Miesheng.
• Huo Ling arrived with Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi, recognized Yao Yan's Emperor Level Soul Power and Seven Star Dou Sheng strength, and revealed the clans' restriction on experts above Five Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Yan realized Hun Tiandi may have intended for him to break the restriction, but hesitated as he considered Huo Ling's strength and the consequences.
• Gu Xun'er arrived with Gu Qingyang and a blue-robed elder, took Yao Yan's hand, and declared that she would keep an eye on him.
• The Gu Clan elder said the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame needed more time to exhaust the seal, and the Lei and Yao Clans arrived as the former Eight Clans gathered.

Yao Yan suppressed Yao Wangui and Yao Tian, then revealed that he had inherited the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s legacy and claimed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He trapped Huo Ling in an illusion, leaving her to attack the seal while everyone else remained unaware of what was happening.

• Gu Qingyang and the others noticed that the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan had not appeared, while Yao Wangui taunted Yao Chen and offered him a chance to return to the Yao Clan.
• Yao Yan stepped in to defend Yao Chen, crushed Yao Wangui and Yao Tian to the ground with his Soul Power, and forced them into the Demon Flame Space.
• Yao Tian protested that Yao Yan had broken the clans’ rule against attacks by those above the Five-Star Dou Sheng Peak, but Yao Yan said he had never agreed to it and ignored Huo Ling’s warning.
• Yao Yan announced that he had obtained the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s inheritance and claimed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then used the Nightmare Sky Mist to trap Huo Ling in an illusion.
• While the others discussed whether Yao Yan’s claim was true, Huo Ling attacked the unstable void and shattered the seal, revealing the milky-white world within.

Yao Yan entered the Demon Flame Space, rescued several people from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusions, and forced his way through the false world with Emperor Level Soul Power. He confronted the flame’s main body alongside Huo Ling, who had also emerged from an illusion and blamed him for framing her.

• Huo Ling opened the gateway to the Demon Flame Space, and Yao Yan entered with Gu Xun'er, Hun Miesheng, and the other clan experts.
• Yao Yan discovered that the newcomers were trapped in the Nightmare Sky Mist, rescued Xiao Ning and the others, and led Xiao Ning deeper into the space.
• Yao Yan dispelled an illusion that made Gu Qingyang believe he had killed Gu Xun'er, then sent Gu Qingyang and the blue-robed elder away.
• Yao Yan used Yellow Springs Sky Wrath and his Emperor Level Soul Power to shatter the illusion and expose the real Magma World.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared and recognized Yao Yan's Emperor Level Soul Power, while Huo Ling accused him of making her take the blame for breaking the rules.

Yao Yan prepared to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the flame seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and trapped everyone in the Demon Flame Space. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s attack failed to harm Yao Yan, the Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared to protect him.

• Yao Yan dismissed Fire Spirit’s anger and told Hun Miesheng to watch the others while he refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed demon flames that killed most entrants below the Dou Sheng level, then activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• Fire Spirit, the Lei Clan, and the Yao Clan tried to flee, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the Domain Gate and turned the formation against them.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Yao Yan with a compressed pillar of fire, but a milky-white barrier shielded Yao Yan and those with him.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared before Yao Yan, shocking the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Yao Yan and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Demon Saint vanished with it as the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation collapsed. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin remained on the magma sea, and Yao Yan challenged the survivors to contest him for it.

• Gu Xun'er, Hun Miesheng, and the other survivors watched as the Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared and stopped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attack.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint reclaimed control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame erupted and killed a Half-Saint.
• Yao Yan summoned ten Exotic Fire Origins to form the Li Fire Grand Formation and contain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's flames.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to extract the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from its body and prepared to take it away.
• The Purification Lotus Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame were engulfed by the formation's accumulated energy, leaving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin behind.
• Yao Yan faced the survivors and asked whether anyone wanted to fight him for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin.

Yao Yan forced Huo Ling, Huo Zhi, and Huo Xuan to lend him their Exotic Flames so he could suppress and refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin. He formed a vast flame formation around the Origin and entered seclusion, leaving Huo Ling furious and doubtful that the borrowed flames would ever be returned.

• Huo Ling refused to challenge Yao Yan for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, then agreed it belonged to him because the destroyed World Gate could only be reopened by refining it.
• Yao Yan demanded the Yan Clan’s three Exotic Flames to help suppress the Origin and threatened to take them by force when Huo Ling refused.
• Xiao Ning urged Xiao Chen to retreat and build strength, while Xiao Chen said their chances depended on the Gu Clan’s attitude.
• Under Yao Yan’s pressure, Huo Ling, Huo Zhi, and Huo Xuan surrendered the Red Lotus Karma Fire, Fire Cloud Water Flame, and Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Yao Yan swallowed the three flames and quickly released them under his control, astonishing the Yan Clan members.
• Yao Yan formed a vast formation with thirteen Exotic Flames around the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Origin, ordered Hun Miesheng to guard him, and began seclusion.

Yao Yan entered the Li Fire Grand Formation with Gu Xun'er and revealed that he had already reached Eight Star Dou Sheng before beginning to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Ling Er swallowed the flame’s origin and released its power inside Yao Yan, who began absorbing it with his cultivation technique.

• Yao Yan used the Li Fire Grand Formation to isolate himself and Gu Xun'er from the outside world.
• Yao Yan revealed his Eight Star Dou Sheng cultivation, and Gu Xun'er trusted his explanation that he had advanced after devouring a lightning dragon.
• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er reaffirmed their affection, and she suggested Ling Er might eventually absorb her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Yao Yan swallowed a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill and had Ling Er seize and swallow the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rampaged through Yao Yan’s body, and he circulated his cultivation technique to devour it.

Yao Yan used Gu Xun'er’s help to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and began absorbing the energy of the entire Demon Flame Space to pursue a major breakthrough. As the others watched the formation consume the realm, Xiao Ning persuaded Xiao Chen to kill Yao Wangui, and Xiao Chen agreed.

• Yao Yan realized that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame alone could only raise him to the middle stage of Eight Star Dou Sheng, so he asked Gu Xun'er to help him refine the entire Demon Flame Space.
• Yao Yan shared the Spirit Clan’s dual cultivation technique with Gu Xun'er, and the two began cultivating together inside the Li Fire Grand Formation as the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation drew in the realm’s energy.
• Fire Spirit Fairy realized Yao Yan was refining the Demon Flame Space rather than attacking the gathered clans, while Yao Wangui and Yao Tian hoped the immense energy would overwhelm him.
• After three months, the formation remained stable and the Demon Flame Space had been drained, prompting Xiao Chen to conclude that Yao Yan’s strength exceeded Seven Star Dou Sheng Early Stage.
• Xiao Ning asked Xiao Chen how easily he could defeat Yao Wangui, then suggested that they do the Yao Clan elder a favor; Xiao Chen agreed to kill him.

After nearly two years refining the Demon Flame Space, Yao Yan emerged at Eight Star Dou Sheng Peak, while the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan had mysteriously vanished and the Soul Clan prepared for upheaval. He freed the trapped experts and faced the storm ahead, promising Gu Xun'er he would marry her after his plans were complete.

• Hun Tiandi learned that the Yao Clan had cut ties with the Gu Clan and that the Yao, Yan, and Lei Clans had formed an alliance, and he planned to use Yao Yan’s emergence to stir up conflict.
• Huo Ling and the trapped experts waited as the Demon Flame Space ran out of energy, while Xiao Ning and Xiao Chen prepared to act when Yao Yan emerged.
• Yao Yan left the Li Fire Grand Formation at Eight Star Dou Sheng Peak, and he and Gu Xun'er reunited after his long seclusion.
• Seven days later, Yao Yan explained that he needed an opportunity to reach Nine Star Dou Sheng, while Gu Xun'er had advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng Peak.
• Yao Yan told Gu Xun'er their marriage would have to wait, promised he would return to marry her, and began undoing the Li Fire Grand Formation.

Yao Yan emerged from the collapsing Demon Flame Space having absorbed the Yan Clan’s three inherited exotic flames, provoking Huo Ling and Yan Jin to demand their return. As Yan Jin attacked Yao Yan, Xiao Chen and Xiao Ning ambushed Yao Wangui and Yao Tian inside the realm; the chapter ended as Yao Yan’s fire lotus met Yan Jin’s Heavenfall Profound Finger.

• Yao Yan opened a World Gate and left the collapsing Demon Flame Space with Gu Xun'er, while Huo Ling followed to reclaim the Yan Clan’s three exotic flames.
• Xiao Chen ambushed Yao Wangui with his blood-colored axe, and Xiao Ning struck Yao Tian from behind.
• Yao Yan told Huo Ling that the three exotic flames had fused with him and could not be returned, prompting her to summon Yan Clan Leader Yan Jin.
• Yan Jin demanded the flames back, then attacked Yao Yan after he refused; Yao Yan blocked Yan Jin’s palm and faced his Heavenfall Profound Finger with a fire lotus.

Yao Yan fought Yan Jin and revealed that he had reached Eight Star Dou Sheng, mastered fifteen Exotic Flames, and learned the Yan Clan’s Ten Thousand Flames Avatar. After suppressing Yan Jin with the Li Fire Grand Formation, he challenged him with Divine Flame Avatars and the Gu Clan’s Emperor Seal.

• Yao Yan absorbed Yan Jin’s crimson flame attack with a fire lotus and revealed that the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s inheritance had helped him reach Eight Star Dou Sheng.
• Yan Jin pulled Yao Yan into the Endless Void to spar, and Yao Yan attacked with a fire lotus powered by fifteen Exotic Flames.
• Yao Yan formed two grand formations from fifteen Strange Fire Spirits and used Strange Fire Chains to suppress Yan Jin and drain his Divine Flame Body.
• Yao Yan activated the Li Fire Grand Formation to refine Yan Jin, then struck him from behind with the Ten Thousand Flames Avatar technique.
• Yao Yan revealed fifteen Divine Flame Avatars and sent them to attack Yan Jin with the Gu Clan’s Emperor Seal.