Chapter Summaries

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint awakened inside Xiao Yan and took control of his body, stopping the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and confronting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He promised Xiao Yan he could take the Flame after their fight, while the Flame furiously rejected its former master’s attempt to correct it.

• Xiao Yan negotiated with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and agreed to lend him control of his body in exchange for the chance to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame afterward.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint took over Xiao Yan’s body, halted the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, and appeared before the gathered experts.
• Yao Chen explained that the figure was only a remnant soul and that Xiao Yan had discovered it when he entered the Demonic Lotus Flame Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint greeted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as Little Demon and said he loved it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame cursed its former master and insisted it would never change, while the Saint calmly vowed to correct his past mistake.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint regained control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then allowed the Central Plains experts to leave. As the Soul Clan Two Saints fled, he killed one and gravely wounded the other, while Xun'er stayed behind for Xiao Yan.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demonic Lotus Flame Descends to the World, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to suppress him and imprison him in a fire prison.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint refused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's pleas and insults, then opened a spatial passage and told the Central Plains experts to leave.
• The Soul Clan Two Saints tried to escape through the passage, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint struck them, killing one and gravely injuring the other.
• Yao Chen and Gu Nanhai left with the other experts, while Xun'er chose to remain with Xiao Yan.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint erased the flame’s intelligence and memories, then entrusted its reborn Fire Lotus to Xiao Yan and helped prepare him to reach the Emperor Realm. Xiao Yan swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to refine it, and the Saint’s lingering aura calmed the flame enough for it to cooperate with the Flame Mantra.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its intelligence and memories, leaving behind a milky-white Fire Lotus.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint gave the Fire Lotus to Xiao Yan, offered him guidance for reaching the Emperor Realm, and departed.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er, then used the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill to freeze the Fire Lotus before swallowing it.
• Xiao Yan endured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s searing energy and circulated the Flame Mantra as Xun'er watched anxiously.
• The flame sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s lingering presence and began cooperating with Xiao Yan’s cultivation.

Tianhuo Elder brought Xiao Chen to an allied faction of the Four Square Pavilions, where Xiao Chen sensed a familiar bloodline and recognized an ancient Space-Shuttle Boat. The boat’s arrival left him wondering which ancient clan had invited him.

• Xiao Chen grieved over the destruction of the Xiao Tribe, and Tianhuo Elder invited him to visit an allied faction of the Four Square Pavilions.
• Xiao Chen accepted the invitation and traveled through a Space Wormhole to an Ancient Realm without Tianhuo Elder accompanying him.
• Xiao Chen sensed a familiar fluctuation in his bloodline and noticed that the realm resembled the Xiao Realm, though its energy was far denser.
• An ancient Space-Shuttle Boat arrived, leading Xiao Chen to suspect that the inviting faction belonged to one of the Ancient Imperial Clans.
• An Initial Half-Saint aboard the boat invited Xiao Chen to come aboard, but Xiao Chen did not learn which clan had summoned him.

Xiao Chen boarded the Xiao Tribe’s Space-Shuttle Boat and discovered that its Judicator Legion and Ancient Realm were still intact. As Xiao Zhen escorted him toward the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range, Xiao Chen learned that Xiao Xuan was alive and recognized the lost divisions of his tribe.

• Xiao Chen landed aboard the Space-Shuttle Boat and recognized the Xiao Tribe’s Judicator Legion.
• Xiao Zhen introduced himself as the legion’s commander and escorted Xiao Chen toward the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range to meet Clan Leader Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Chen asked whether Xiao Xuan still led the tribe, and Xiao Zhen explained that Xiao Zhan was Clan Leader while Xiao Xuan oversaw the Ancestral Shrine Hall.
• Xiao Chen inwardly rejoiced that Xiao Xuan was alive and suspected that Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Venerable Skyfire had deceived him about the present.
• Xiao Zhen described the tribe’s former divisions, and Xiao Chen recognized the Eleventh Division and mourned the descendants lost in the Clan Catastrophe.

Xiao Chen learned that the Xiao Tribe had survived through Xiao Xuan’s revival plan and now lived in the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range. After Xiao Chen clashed with a hidden Five-Star Dou Sheng, the powerhouse recognized him as Lord Xiao and stopped attacking, while Xiao Chen was delighted to hear the tribe had multiple Dou Shengs.

• Xiao Chen recalled Xiao Xuan’s plan to sink the Xiao Realm, scatter the tribe’s bloodlines, and rebuild after Xiao Xuan’s expected death.
• Xiao Zhen told Xiao Chen that one hundred thousand Xiao Tribe descendants lived in the Xiao Emperor Mountain Range.
• As the Space-Shuttle Boat arrived, Xiao Chen sensed that the mountain range’s defenders included Dou Zuns and a Half-Saint, but no Dou Shengs.
• Xiao Chen probed the Sacred Mountain with his senses, drawing a furious attack from a hidden powerhouse, and met it with his own aura.
• The clash left Xiao Chen and the hidden Five-Star Dou Sheng evenly matched, and the powerhouse recognized Xiao Chen as Lord Xiao before withdrawing.
• Xiao Zhen warned Xiao Chen not to spy on the Sacred Mountain again, and Xiao Chen grew joyful when he learned the Xiao Tribe had multiple Dou Shengs.

Xiao Chen arrived at the Xiao Tribe and learned about its Bodhi Ancient Tree before being summoned to the Ancestral Shrine Hall to meet Xiao Xuan. There, he reunited with Xiao Hong and the other guards who he had believed died alongside Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Zhen showed Xiao Chen the Bodhi Ancient Tree and told him that cultivation there required permission.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived and told Xiao Chen to go directly to the Ancestral Shrine Hall at Xiao Xuan's request.
• Xiao Chen hurried to the Ancestral Shrine Hall and remembered that Xiao Xuan had taken over its watch from the former Supreme Elder.
• Xiao Chen recognized Xiao Hong and the seven other guards outside the hall, realizing they had survived the battle he thought had killed them.
• Xiao Hong invited Xiao Chen inside to meet Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Chen pushed open the hall's door.

After leaving the Demonic Lotus Flame Space, Xiao Yan brought ten Dou Sheng experts to the Star Realm and had them join the Four Square Pavilions. Sky Mansion’s strength rose to thirty-three Dou Sheng experts, and Xiao Yan and Yao Chen celebrated the growth of their alliance.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er parted ways outside the Demonic Lotus Flame Space, with Xun'er returning to the Ancient Realm and Xiao Yan heading for the Star Realm with ten Dou Sheng experts.
• Yao Chen learned that all ten experts had voluntarily joined the Four Square Pavilions as Guest Elders.
• Yao Chen accepted the ten Dou Shengs, and Venerable Feng escorted them out to arrange their accommodations.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen reflected on Sky Mansion’s new strength and joked about Xiao Yan surpassing his master in cultivation.

After subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and reaching Five-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan and Yao Chen that the Soul Clan had used the Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy the Ling Clan. Xiao Xuan concluded that the Nihility Devouring Flame was likely the Soul Clan’s planned Nine-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Ling Clan had vanished after its realm reopened, leaving the Ancient Clans fearful and the Central Plains tense.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Chen to the Xiao Realm and explained that Xiao Xuan had instructed him to withhold part of the truth from Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Xuan noted Xiao Yan’s new Five-Star Dou Sheng cultivation and asked about the Ling Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan said the Soul Clan had targeted the Ling Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment and the souls within its realm, and had concealed the attack by swallowing the Ling Realm with the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yao Chen connected the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flames to the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan confirmed that he had refined them and that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame held some of its Devouring Power.
• Xiao Xuan concluded that the Nihility Devouring Flame was likely the Soul Clan’s intended Nine-Star Dou Sheng expert with an Emperor Realm Soul.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan concluded that the Soul Clan had been secretly devouring other ancient Imperial Clans to sustain its bloodline, and planned to expose it to the other clans. Xiao Xuan took Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Tomb to help him reach the Emperor Realm before he departed as an envoy.

• Xiao Yan used ancient records to connect the Tunling Clan, Nihility Devouring Flame, the Soul Clan's enduring bloodline, and the mysterious destruction of ancient Imperial Clans.
• Xiao Xuan agreed that the Soul Clan had targeted the Ling Clan for its bloodline and said the Xiao Tribe would reveal the truth to the other six clans when the time was right.
• Xiao Yan explained that a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's Emperor Realm soul had helped him glimpse the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had captured and nurtured the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb to help Xiao Yan break through, then took him into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan passed through the Heavenly Tomb's third level and headed toward its deepest region.

Xiao Xuan explained how he had defeated the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb and offered its vast Soul Origin to Xiao Yan. After three months of absorbing it, Xiao Yan broke through to the Emperor Realm, and his breakthrough shook the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb had formed from accumulated soul imprints, manipulated the Energy Entities, and had been sealed after Xiao Xuan erased its consciousness.
• Xiao Xuan extracted the Spirit's enormous Soul Origin and urged Xiao Yan to use it to reach the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin with the Nihility Devouring Flame while Xiao Xuan guarded him, and the Xiao Tribe experts withdrew when they sensed his growing soul pressure.
• After three months, Xiao Yan absorbed the final strand of Soul Origin, shattered the crystalline sphere, and rose with a crystalline layer covering his body.
• Xiao Yan's breakthrough shook the Heavenly Tomb and drew the attention of its inhabitants, who wondered whether Lord Xiao Xuan had caused it.

After reaching the Emperor Realm in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan traveled with Xiao Xuan to the Ancient Clan and warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had attacked the Ling Clan to steal its bloodline and Tuoshe Ancient God Jade. The Ancient Clan began preparing to unite the remaining clans, and Xiao Yan hinted that he knew how the Soul Clan might obtain their jade.

• Xiao Yan reached the Emperor Realm in the Heavenly Tomb, concealed himself briefly from Xiao Xuan, and then accompanied him to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Ancient Realm and asked Xun'er to take him to Gu Yuan because of the Ling Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan and the elders that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan and that the last Clan Leader of the Tunling Clan had been slain by the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan warned that the Soul Clan sought the Ling Clan's bloodline and Tuoshe Ancient God Jade, prompting Gu Yuan to order Elder Gu Dao to invite the Yan Tribe, Lei Clan, Yao Clan, and Shi Clan leaders to a meeting.
• Gu Lie questioned how the Soul Clan could steal the remaining jade pieces, and Xiao Yan suggested that the Soul Clan would use cunning, causing Gu Yuan and the others to ask what he knew.

Xiao Yan deduced how the Soul Clan could have replaced an Ancient Clan Ancestral Shrine elder to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Yuan confirmed that Gu Yang’s soul was compromised. Gu Yuan ordered the clan to keep Gu Yang unaware until the other four clans arrived, while Xun’er took Xiao Yan aside and asked whether he had come to seek her hand in marriage.

• Xiao Yan explained how Nihility Devouring Flame could kill an Ancestral Shrine elder and replace their soul, allowing the Soul Clan to target the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Lie agreed that the scheme could work, and Xiao Yan described how the Soul Clan could use a visit by Hun Tiandi to create a chance to steal the jade.
• Gu Yuan investigated the five Ancestral Shrine elders and discovered a problem with Gu Yang’s soul.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan not to disturb the Ancestral Shrine for two days so they could catch Gu Yang after the four clans arrived.
• Xun’er led Xiao Yan to a secluded pavilion and asked if he had come to ask her father for her hand in marriage.

Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er that he would marry her after destroying the Soul Clan, while she urged him to put his safety first. Two days later, they joined the leaders of several clans at a gathering hosted by the Ancient Clan, where Xiao Yan learned about the assembled leaders and considered the danger facing the Shi Clan.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he would marry her after the Soul Clan was destroyed, and she asked him not to risk his life by pushing himself too hard.
• Elder Ling summoned Xun'er and Xiao Yan to meet the leaders of the Yan, Lei, Yao, and Ling Clans, and the pair arrived late at the gathering.
• Xun'er introduced Yan Jin and Lei Ying to Xiao Yan, describing their strength, Heavenly Flames, and clan abilities.
• Xun'er identified Yao Dan as the Yao Clan's leader and explained his connection to Xiao Yan's teacher, while Xiao Yan criticized Yao Dan's leadership.
• Xun'er introduced Shi Tian, and Xiao Yan wondered whether the Shi Clan could avoid the destruction it suffered in the original timeline.

Xiao Yan represented the Xiao Tribe at a council where Gu Yuan presented evidence that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan and secretly cultivated bloodline power by treating other clans as livestock. The leaders agreed to inspect further evidence at the Ancient Clan’s Ancestral Shrine Hall.

• Xiao Yan told the council that Xiao Zhan had authorized him to represent the Xiao Tribe, prompting the gathered clan leaders to recognize him.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin said they suspected the Soul Clan, and Yao Dan and Shi Tian agreed as Gu Yuan asked Gu Dao to explain the evidence.
• Gu Dao revealed the Soul Clan’s secret, angering Lei Ying and darkening Yan Jin’s expression.
• Gu Yuan offered to show additional evidence, and Gu Lie reported that the Ancestral Shrine Hall was ready.
• Gu Yuan led the council through a spatial rift to the Ancestral Shrine Hall, where the Ancient Clan guarded its records and one-eighth of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Gu Yuan set a trap to draw out Gu Yang, the Soul Clan spy who had secretly replaced him, by pretending the Ancient Clan planned to seize the Xiao Tribe’s Tou She Ancient God Jade. Gu Yang followed Gu Shang toward the ambush, though Gu Shang briefly suspected his reaction.

• Gu Shang confessed that he had failed to detect Gu Yang’s replacement, and Gu Yuan ordered him to lure Gu Yang to Side Hall Number Three with a fabricated Council of Elders resolution.
• Gu Yuan explained that the story mixed truth with falsehood, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er blushed as Gu Yuan teased them about their relationship.
• Lei Ying regretted that Lei Dong had no chance with Xun'er, and Gu Yuan reminded him that he had already rejected a marriage proposal.
• Gu Shang summoned Gu Yang from the void and claimed the Ancient Clan would forcibly bring the Xiao Tribe’s descendants to the Ancient Realm and take custody of their Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yang agreed with the supposed plan and seemed pleased, prompting Gu Shang to question his reaction before leading him away.

Gu Yuan exposed and killed a Soul Clan spy who had impersonated Gu Yang inside the Ancient Clan’s Ancestral Shrine. After probing the spy’s soul, Gu Yuan learned that the Soul Clan had ordered him to stay hidden and wait for a chance to seize the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.

• Gu Yang brought Gu Shang to meet Elders Gu Qing and Gu Huo, but found Gu Yuan and the leaders of the other clans waiting in the hall.
• Gu Yang tried to escape through a spatial rift, but Gu Yuan sealed it and blasted his body apart.
• Gu Yuan trapped the escaping impostor and identified him as a Soul Clan spy whose soul had been fused with Gu Yang’s.
• The spy tried to destroy himself, but Gu Yuan subdued his soul with his Emperor Realm Soul and killed him.
• Gu Yuan told Lei Ying and the others that the Soul Clan had ordered the spy to stay hidden and wait for a chance to take the Ancient Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Jade.

Xiao Yan uncovered and consumed a fragment of the Nihility Devouring Flame that had been spying on the clan leaders. Gu Yuan and the other leaders formed a secret alliance against the Soul Clan, and the chapter ended with Sky Mansion joining them.

• Xiao Yan caught a black-flame fragment trying to escape and identified it as an avatar of the Nihility Devouring Flame carrying information.
• Xiao Yan’s Black Flame Face swallowed the fragment, and he explained that it came from fragments he had taken and refined in the Demonic Lotus Flame Space.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Shang to conceal Gu Yang’s capture and tell the clan that Gu Yang had entered seclusion, keeping the Soul Clan’s spies unaware.
• Gu Yuan presented the evidence against the Soul Clan, and the leaders agreed to form an alliance among the six clans.
• Xiao Yan proposed adding Sky Mansion to the alliance, and Gu Yuan welcomed it as the Six Clans and One Mansion secretly joined forces.

The Six Clans and One Mansion formed a secret alliance against the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm after accepting an invitation to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan telling Yao Chen that the alliance had been established.

• Lei Ying and the other clan leaders agreed to a secret offensive and defensive alliance against the Soul Clan, which would dissolve once the Soul Clan was destroyed.
• Yao Dan gave Xiao Yan an invitation to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony and promised to publicly explain the clan’s past treatment of Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan accepted the invitation without promising that Yao Chen would return, then left the Ancient Realm through a space passage Gu Yuan created.
• Gu Yuan urged Xun'er to cultivate because he expected war with the Soul Clan to come soon.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm and told Yao Chen that the Six Clans and One Mansion had formed an alliance against the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arranged the Six Clans and One Mansion alliance’s defenses and received invitations from the Yao Clan and Hun Miesheng. Xiao Yan prepared to face Hun Miesheng at Fallen Mountain Peak in seven days, while Sky Mansion gathered forces to destroy the Soul Hall’s remaining troops.

• Xiao Yan urged the alliance to open spatial passages between the Star Realm and the other five realms, and Yao Chen agreed to arrange it.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Chen an invitation to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, where Yao Dan would explain the Clan’s decision about Yao Chen’s parents.
• Yao Chen showed Xiao Yan Hun Miesheng’s challenge to fight to the death at Fallen Mountain Peak in seven days.
• Yao Chen explained that Hun Miesheng had returned in a new body as a Six-Star Dou Sheng and was accompanied by Old Man Hun Mo and Hun Qianmo.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and planned to publicly kill Hun Miesheng and destroy the Soul Hall’s remaining forces, with Sky Mansion’s sects gathering at Fallen Mountain Peak.
• Yao Chen began arranging spatial passages between the Star Realm and the other five clans’ realms before the coming battle.