Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er as the Ancient Clan and Yao Clan gathered near the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After Yao Chen recounted how Yao Wangui had expelled him from the Yao Clan, Yao Chen decided to confront him himself.

• Xun'er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Gu Nanhai and reunited with Xiao Yan after nearly two and a half years apart.
• Yao Chen and Gu Nanhai agreed that their clans would work together to keep the Soul Clan from obtaining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Tian and Yao, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the elder who had expelled Yao Chen from the Yao Clan.
• Yao Chen explained that the Yao Clan had rejected him for his thin bloodline and that he had refused their later invitation to return.
• Xiao Yan offered to teach Yao Wangui a lesson, but Yao Chen stopped him and said he would go himself.

Yao Ling mocked Yao Wangui for driving away Yao Chen, while Yao Chen announced that he would personally teach Yao Wangui a lesson. Their confrontation drew the attention of the gathered clans and the Soul Clan as everyone waited for the Demonic Lotus Flame Space to open.

• Yao Ling listed Yao Chen’s achievements and questioned why the Yao Clan had not summoned him back.
• Yao Tian and Yao Wangui claimed Yao Chen had rejected the clan’s past invitation, and Yao Wangui blamed him for insulting the clan’s goodwill.
• Yao Ling told Yao Wangui to invite Yao Chen again, angering him and prompting her to mock him silently.
• Yao Chen told Gu Nanhai that he planned to beat Yao Wangui, then stepped forward to greet him in front of the gathered crowd.
• Hun Feng suggested that Yao Chen might kill Yao Wangui, and Hun Miesheng said the Soul Clan could secretly help Yao Chen.

Yao Chen challenged Yao Wangui to contests of soul power and fire control, crushing him in their first clash. As Yao Wangui borrowed Yao Tian’s Turtle Spirit Earth Flame for the next contest, Yao Chen summoned the Bone Chilling Flame’s Forest White Lion.

• Yao Chen forced Yao Wangui into a contest and overwhelmed his soul-power barrier with a Soul Imprint.
• Yao Chen announced a fire-control contest and gave Yao Wangui ten breaths to prepare.
• Yao Wangui asked Yao Tian to lend him the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, which appeared as a giant turtle with an intelligent Fire Spirit.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Miesheng, and Hun Feng secretly coveted the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, while Xiao Yan wondered whether it could speak.
• Yao Chen summoned the Forest White Lion, and Hun Miesheng remarked that the Bone Chilling Flame had evolved into a powerful, speaking Fire Spirit.

Yao Chen had the Forest White Lion crush Yao Wangui’s Brown Giant Turtle, humiliating the Yao Clan and proving his own strength. Yao Wangui backed down, while Yao Chen declared that none of the Yao Clan could fight.

• Hun Feng said the child flame within him stirred, but Hun Miesheng warned him not to reveal the Nihility Devouring Flame’s existence.
• Yao Chen ordered the Forest White Lion to attack Yao Wangui’s Brown Giant Turtle, and the Fire Spirit overwhelmed it with superior speed.
• The Forest White Lion shattered the Brown Giant Turtle, causing Yao Tian to suffer backlash as the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame returned to him.
• Yao Wangui glared at Yao Chen but looked away when Yao Chen threatened to kill him, drawing jeers from the spectators.
• Yao Chen told Yao Wangui that he could reach the pinnacle of alchemy and defeat the Yao Clan without the Dou Di Bloodline.

Yao Chen asserted his authority over Yao Wangui and declared that he would attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony to have his parents’ names added to the Clan Stele. After entering the Demonic Lotus Flame Space, Xiao Yan saw through the Nightmare Heavenly Mist’s illusions and searched for his companions, finding his teacher in the mist.

• Yao Chen ordered Yao Wangui to tell Elder Wanhuo and Yao Tian that he would attend the Medicine Ceremony and demanded his parents’ names be inscribed on the Clan Stele.
• The Demonic Lotus Flame Space passage opened, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and their companions entered with the other factions.
• Xiao Yan encountered an illusory Hun Tiandi, recognized the Nightmare Heavenly Mist’s deception, and dispelled the flames around him.
• Xiao Yan flew through the mist to search for Yao Chen and Venerable Skyfire, then encountered his teacher.

Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Venerable Skyfire escaped the Nightmare Heavenly Mist and joined the experts gathering outside the hall where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was believed to be. The survivors reached the fifth hall after battling through four increasingly powerful armies of Flame Slaves, and Gu Nanhai predicted that any Dou Sheng-level Flame Slaves ahead would be few in number.

• Yao Chen used his soul power to free Venerable Skyfire from the Nightmare Heavenly Mist, then led him and Xiao Yan toward the ancient stone platform.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er as Gu Nanhai and Yao Chen agreed that the group would force its way into the hall together.
• A spatial rift released an army of Flame Slaves, and the gathered experts charged through the hall's doors to escape them.
• Xiao Yan's group fought through four halls of increasingly powerful Flame Slaves as the weaker experts died in large numbers.
• At the entrance to the fifth hall, Gu Nanhai told the survivors that any Dou Sheng-level Flame Slaves there would number only a few.

Xiao Yan recognized the Flame Slave in the fifth great hall as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, an ancestor of the Xiao Tribe, and used his Clan Mark and a sealing technique to restore Xiao Chen's consciousness. Xiao Chen learned that the Xiao Tribe had fallen, though Xiao Yan deliberately withheld the news of its later reconstruction.

• The group opened the fifth great hall and found a Four-Star Dou Sheng Flame Slave wielding a blood-red axe.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Flame Slave as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, cousin of Xiao Xuan and a senior of the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Clan Mark, awakened Xiao Chen's matching mark, and used a sealing method to temporarily free him from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's control.
• Xiao Chen recovered his memories and asked Xiao Yan what had happened to the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that the Xiao Tribe had been destroyed and passed him information about Xiao Xuan's death and the tribe's collapse, while withholding that it had since been rebuilt.

Xiao Yan exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Heavenly Mist illusion and led the gathered experts into the real lava sea. With the Eight Clans assembled and the flame demanding to know how Xiao Yan knew the Nightmare-Breaking Talisman, Xiao Yan proposed they fight it together before competing for its origin.

• Xiao Chen learned that the Xiao Tribe was gone and agreed to help Xiao Yan confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized the white-robed figure as an illusion and used a Nightmare-Breaking Talisman to shatter the hall and free the group.
• Experts from the Eight Clans emerged into the lava sea, and Xiao Yan mocked Hun Miesheng for failing to escape the illusion on his own.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared and demanded to know how Xiao Yan knew the talisman, while Xiao Yan taunted it.
• Xiao Yan proposed that the Eight Clans each send one fighter to capture the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then compete for it afterward.

The Eight Clans joined forces to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Xiao Yan worked to capture its Flame Slaves. Xiao Yan temporarily controlled nine of the ten, leaving the last Flame Slave in a battle with Hun Feng.

• The Eight Clans agreed to unite, and eight Four-Star Dou Shengs flew out to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Flame Slaves and sent them to attack Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Yan ordered Xun'er, Venerable Skyfire, and Gu Qingyang to hold off the Flame Slaves while he used a sealing method to take control of them.
• Xiao Yan subdued Flame Slaves one by one, eventually gaining temporary control of nine.
• The tenth Flame Slave remained engaged with Hun Feng, the Soul Clan's Young Clan Leader.

Xiao Yan seized control of the Flame Slaves and claimed one from Hun Feng, nearly provoking a fight between the Soul Clan and the other factions. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame turned its attack toward Xiao Yan, Yao Chen exposed Hun Miesheng's attempt to let it escape.

• Hun Feng fought a Flame Slave until Xiao Yan intervened, then Xiao Yan's clone captured the Slave while Xiao Yan claimed it for himself.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Feng prepared to fight, but Huo Xuan mediated and Hun Feng led the Soul Clan away.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame struck the eight Dou Shengs with the Great Sorrow Hand and tried to make its Flame Slaves self-destruct.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had seized control of all ten Flame Slaves, enraging the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame bypassed the encirclement and flew toward Xiao Yan, while Yao Chen called out Hun Miesheng for trying to let it go.

Hun Miesheng deceived the other clan leaders into helping him seal the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then tried to claim it for the Soul Clan. Yao Chen stopped him, and Hun Miesheng revealed that he had broken through to Five-Star Dou Sheng, openly defying the Eight Clans’ agreement.

• Hun Miesheng used the Heavenly Net Demon-Sealing Array with seven other saints to trap the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After the eight saints exhausted their Dou Qi, Hun Miesheng secretly retained his strength and lunged for the sealed flame.
• Yao Chen restored his Dou Qi with an Eighth-Grade Pill and intercepted Hun Miesheng, preventing him from reaching the black pillar.
• Hun Miesheng released his hidden strength and rose from Late Four-Star Dou Sheng to the initial stage of Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Miesheng dismissed Gu Nanhai’s warning about the Eight Clans’ agreement and declared that the Soul Clan never regretted its actions.

Yao Chen revealed his Emperor Realm Soul and overwhelmed Hun Miesheng in battle. Hun Miesheng called for Hun Mo, who emerged from the Soul Clan’s ranks and rose to Five-Star Dou Sheng.

• Yao Chen manifested a thousand-zhang Emperor Realm Soul, forcing the gathered experts to bow beneath its pressure.
• Hun Miesheng recognized the Emperor Realm Soul and realized the Soul Hall’s accumulated Soul Origin had helped Yao Chen and Xiao Yan advance.
• Yao Chen collapsed space around Hun Miesheng, then struck him with a Soul Iron Fist that shattered Hun Miesheng’s Heaven Realm Soul.
• Hun Miesheng called for Hun Mo to help him fight Yao Chen.
• Hun Mo stepped out from the Soul Clan’s ranks and revealed himself as a Late Five-Star Dou Sheng, prompting the other Ancient Clans to accuse the Soul Clan of violating their agreement.

Yao Chen fought Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Miesheng while Xiao Yan and his allies attacked the remaining Soul Clan experts. Xiao Yan battled Hun Feng and confirmed that Hun Feng possessed Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flame.

• Old Man Hun Mo revealed himself and joined Hun Miesheng in attacking Yao Chen, who unleashed his full strength and fought back.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er and the others to take on the Soul Clan experts while he confronted Hun Feng.
• Xiao Yan and his allies surrounded the Soul Clan group, and Xiao Yan struck down a Half-Saint before challenging Hun Feng.
• Xiao Yan tested Hun Feng with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and realized that Hun Feng carried Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Feng traded Dou Techniques, with Xiao Yan suppressing Hun Feng as their battle intensified.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Feng by overpowering his attacks and shattered the Heaven-Swallowing Mirror before killing him. He captured and swallowed the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame that escaped Hun Feng’s body, while Hun Miesheng remained locked in battle with Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan mocked Hun Feng, who raised his strength with his Clan Mark and attacked using Second-Stage Devouring Power.
• Xiao Yan’s Buddha Fury Reincarnation broke through Hun Feng’s attack, and Hun Feng used the Heaven-Swallowing Mirror to defend himself.
• Xiao Yan’s Golden Giant shattered the mirror, froze Hun Feng’s escape, and crushed him in its hand.
• A glimmer escaping Hun Feng’s body revealed itself as the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame, and Xiao Yan caught it before it could reach Hun Miesheng.
• Xiao Yan clenched the Child Flame until its consciousness nearly collapsed, then swallowed it.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Feng and consumed the Heavenly Flame, while Yao Chen fought the Soul Clan Two Saints before unexpectedly giving up the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Yao Chen revealed he had been stalling so Xiao Yan’s group could eliminate the Soul Clan’s forces, but the Soul Clan elders accepted Hun Feng’s death as a worthwhile trade for the flame.

• Xiao Yan reached Three-Star Dou Sheng after tearing apart Hun Feng and swallowing the Heavenly Flame, then reunited with Xun'er, Tian Huo, and Gu Qingyang.
• Yao Chen overpowered Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Miesheng, then struck them with Yellow Spring Heaven Rage and left them badly injured.
• Yao Chen told the Soul Clan Two Saints he no longer wanted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and gave it to their clan, stunning the gathered experts.
• Yao Chen explained to Gu Nanhai that something was wrong with the flame and gave him an Eighth-Grade Pill to recover his Dou Qi.
• Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Miesheng realized Yao Chen had stalled them while Xiao Yan’s group killed Hun Feng and the Soul Clan experts, but Old Man Hun Mo dismissed Hun Feng’s death as an acceptable price for the flame.

Xiao Yan warned the Soul Clan Two Saints that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had allowed itself to be sealed as part of a scheme, then persuaded Hun Miesheng to test the seal. When Hun Miesheng tried to reinforce it, the flame burst free and engulfed him.

• Hun Miesheng and Old Man Hun Mo seized the black pillar containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and prepared to leave.
• Xiao Yan stopped them and explained that the flame had deliberately been sealed to manipulate the experts into weakening one another.
• Xiao Yan proposed that Hun Miesheng add more layers of seals to test whether the flame could escape.
• Hun Miesheng cast the Evil-Sealing Seal Technique at the black pillar, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame broke free in a vast wave of fire.
• Old Man Hun Mo fled as Hun Miesheng shouted for Lord Devouring Flame to help him.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame exposed Hun Miesheng’s connection to Nihility Devouring Flame and attacked him. Hun Mo intervened, but after destroying one Flame Trident, he faced ten more.

• The Black Flame Face devoured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s fire, revealing Hun Miesheng’s position and drawing the flame’s attention.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame recognized the Black Flame Face as an offspring of Nihility Devouring Flame and targeted Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng called for Hun Mo and fled as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame hurled a Flame Trident after him.
• Hun Mo blocked the Flame Trident with his Soul Devour technique, sacrificing the souls inside his black mist.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten more Flame Tridents toward Hun Mo.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame devoured a Child Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame and summoned a massive flame giant to attack the gathered fighters. Yao Chen’s promised expert arrived—the Pill Tower Ancestor, riding a Green Ox—and confronted the Flame, whose power soon broke through the Ancestor’s restraint.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame defeated the Soul Clan Two Saints, devoured a Child Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, and declared he would kill everyone present.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a Ten Thousand Zhang flame giant and sent it to strike the crowd.
• Yao Chen called on the Old Ancestor, and the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived on a Green Ox, freezing the giant in place.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor greeted Yao Chen and Gu Nanhai, then revealed he could not restrain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for long.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame broke free of the restraint and accused the Pill Tower Ancestor of interfering with his plans.

The author explained why the protagonist was five feet tall at age three and revised the story so Yao Lao’s special pill accounted for his height. After responding to a reader’s personal attack, the author ended the post feeling annoyed.

• The author saw a Longkong user criticize the protagonist’s height and acknowledged that a friend had previously pointed out the issue.
• The author explained that the protagonist had originally been written as five feet tall at age three so his solo training journey would feel less out of place.
• After readers repeatedly objected, the author revised the story so the protagonist took a special pill made by Yao Lao to reach that height.
• The author said they accepted criticism of the book but objected to a commenter who insulted them personally.
• The author finished the post by saying that the forum encounter had spoiled an otherwise happy evening and wished readers good night.

Green Ox Shepherd Boy dissolved Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s giant body, but Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and turned it against everyone. As the array prepared to refine them, the remnant soul of Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint began stirring inside Xiao Yan.

• Green Ox Shepherd Boy used Dan Rongtian to dissolve the Ten Thousand Zhang Giant and force Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to emerge in human form.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, which had been created by Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to seal him.
• Xiao Yan called for the sleeping Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, and the remnant Emperor Realm soul inside him began to awaken.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the array’s Refining Heaven into Slaves technique and sent two pillars of flame sweeping toward the crowd.
• Green Ox Shepherd Boy called on everyone to fight for their lives as Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame declared that they would all die.