Chapter Summaries

Hun Huo and his men faced punishment from Nihility Devouring Flame after Hidden Sword City disrupted their plans, while Xiao Yan weighed whether he could rescue the captives without provoking the Soul Clan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan considering a dangerous, limited rescue using Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s recovered Soul Power.

• Nihility Devouring Flame blamed Hun Huo and his men for risking an early alliance against the Soul Clan and ordered their division to lead the attack on the Spirit Clan as punishment.
• Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Hun Huo and his men, then wondered why Xiao Yan’s name seemed familiar.
• Xiao Yan and Yellow Spring Demon Saint agreed that confronting Nihility Devouring Flame directly was too dangerous, but Xiao Yan still wanted to rescue more than a few captives.
• Xiao Yan considered using his remaining Summoning Talisman slot but chose to save it unless the situation became desperate.
• Yellow Spring Demon Saint offered to use his recovered Soul Power to sneak into the Soul Clan’s territory, though Xiao Yan recognized the risks of extracting even one or two people.

Xiao Yan received a ten-minute Seven Star Dou Sheng experience card and planned to draw the Soul Clan's attention while Yellow Spring Demon Saint rescued two Spirit Clan members. At the Spirit Clan, the chief prepared Chen Xue and Ling Kongzi for the clan's imminent destruction by deciding they would marry.

• Xiao Yan received a Seven Star Dou Sheng Late Stage Experience Card that lasted ten minutes and learned it could be given to someone else.
• Xiao Yan told Yellow Spring Demon Saint that he would distract the Soul Clan while Yellow Spring rescued two core members, and they agreed to keep the plan secret.
• The Spirit Clan chief announced that Chen Cang's soul tablet had shattered and warned that the Soul Clan might attack within days.
• Chen Xue grieved for her father as the clan chief decided to restore her name and arrange her marriage to Ling Kongzi.

The Spirit Clan faced annihilation as Nihility Devouring Flame led the Soul Clan's assault and crushed its defenses. Xiao Yan and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint arrived outside the sealed battlefield, where Xiao Yan activated a temporary boost to challenge the barrier.

• Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi lamented that they were too weak to help defend the Spirit Clan, while the clan chief and First Elder prepared for a final stand.
• Three days later, Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Spirit Clan's formation, and the Soul Clan army began massacring the defenders.
• Hun Sha fought the Spirit Clan chief and First Elder, while Soul Clan Heavenly Venerables pursued Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sealed the battlefield and collected souls as the Spirit Clan's forces were overwhelmed.
• Xiao Yan and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint found themselves unable to break through the Sky Curtain, so Xiao Yan used a late-stage Seven Star Dou Saint Experience Card.

Xiao Yan and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint broke into the Spirit Clan battlefield, where Xiao Yan fought off the Soul Clan’s Demon Saints while the Yellow Spring Demon Saint searched for people to rescue. They escaped with Ling Kongzi and Ling Xue'er, and Xiao Yan’s temporary power boost ended as the mission completed.

• Xiao Yan used a Six-Colored Fire Lotus to break through Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sky Curtain and entered the battlefield with the Yellow Spring Demon Saint.
• Xiao Yan fought Hun Yan, Hun Tu, and Hun Jing, using Yellow Spring Heaven Rage and a Six-Colored Fire Lotus to injure and drive them back.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint found the injured Ling Kongzi and Ling Xue'er, took them away, and killed three Heavenly Venerables with one punch.
• Xiao Yan opened another crack in the Sky Curtain, and he and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint escaped with Ling Kongzi and Ling Xue'er as Nihility Devouring Flame stopped the Soul Clan from pursuing.
• The system announced that the mission was complete, and Xiao Yan saw that his strength had returned to mid-phase Two-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan obtained the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and set out with Xiao Chen and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, despite not yet knowing how to enter its cave dwelling. After they departed, Old Demon Tianming arrived with three black-robed figures, whose leader questioned his information.

• At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan sent Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi to rest and prepared to leave with Xiao Chen and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint.
• Xiao Chen warned Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could control even experts with great-completion Heavenly Realm strength, while Xiao Yan noted he lacked the maps but could purchase the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• Venerable Jiuzhang reunited with Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi as Xiao Yan and his companions left Starfall Pavilion.
• One month later, Xiao Yan hunted enough eighth-rank magical beasts to buy the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, spending all his Summoning Points.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint set off to find the cave dwelling and subdue the weakened Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After they left, Old Demon Tianming arrived with three black-robed men, and their leader demanded confirmation that Tianming's information was correct.

Xiao Yan and his companions failed to breach the seal on the cave containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then encountered Old Demon Tianming and three Black-Robed Men seeking to recruit ninth-grade alchemists. When Xiao Yan refused, their leader threatened to kill him, and the system supplied emergency resources for his protection.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint found the cave sealed by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint's barrier and could not open it.
• Old Demon Tianming arrived with three Black-Robed Men, whose leader offered Xiao Yan a place in their group.
• The leader said they already had four ninth-grade alchemists and wanted to recruit every ninth-grade alchemist from the Yao Clan and Pill Hall to refine pills.
• Xiao Yan questioned the group's purpose and rejected the offer, while the Black-Robed Man rebuked Old Demon Tianming for trying to flatter him.
• The system warned Xiao Yan of an extremely critical situation and granted him a Special Grade Summoning Talisman and one million Summoning Points.
• The Black-Robed Man told Xiao Yan he would have to die after Xiao Yan refused to join.

Xiao Yan and his companions were overwhelmed by a powerful black-robed group until Xiao Yan summoned Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to drive them away. The system confirmed the summon and awarded Xiao Yan three Three-Star Dou Saint Experience Cards.

• Yellow Spring Demon Saint warned Xiao Yan that the leading Black-Robed Man had Soul Power stronger than his, and the man’s aura revealed him as a Late Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• The leading Black-Robed Man sent Xiao Yan, Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and Xiao Chen flying, then ordered his Late Seven-Star Dou Saint companions to restrain them.
• The leading Black-Robed Man began suppressing Xiao Yan and threatened to erase his consciousness, so Xiao Yan used a Special Grade Summoning Talisman.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint appeared, freed Xiao Yan and his companions, and drove the black-robed group away.
• The system announced Xiao Yan had summoned the complete Late Nine-Star Dou Saint Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and rewarded him with three Three-Star Dou Saint Experience Cards.

Xiao Yan gained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s help to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then spent a year and a half refining it. He emerged at the late stage of Five-Star Dou Saint with a stronger cultivation technique and alchemist level, ready to seek Xun Er.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint explained that the Heavenly Flame within him had dissipated and agreed to help Xiao Yan open the seal.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint dispelled the flame’s illusions, subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and entrusted it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan sent the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and the others back to Starfall Pavilion while he refined the flame.
• After a year and a half, Xiao Yan completed the refinement, formed a Heavenly Flame spirit named Xiao Lian, and reached the late stage of Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan used Summoning Points to raise his alchemist level by one minor realm.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion as a Ninth Grade Profound Pill Master and gave the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and Xiao Chen pills to strengthen them for the coming conflict with the Soul Clan. He accepted Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi as disciples, then prepared to lead them to the Ancient Clan's Bloodline Survey Assembly.

• Xiao Yan refined two Ninth Turn Saint-Making Pills before returning to Starfall Pavilion, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and Xiao Chen discussed the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan gave the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and Xiao Chen Ninth Grade Profound Pills and announced that they would go to the Ancient Clan's Ancient Realm in one month.
• Xiao Yan learned that Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi had grown stronger and agreed to take them as disciples, giving each a Seventh Turn Extreme Venerable Pill.
• One month later, Xiao Yan checked his system status before the trip to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan gathered his powerful group and set out for the Ancient Realm, while Xun Er learned how strong he had become and prepared to join him. At the Ancient Realm’s entrance, Xiao Yan held back from challenging the Ancient Clan, wary of hidden threats he still did not understand.

• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint emerged from seclusion at the early stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint, and Xiao Yan welcomed him alongside Xiao Chen.
• Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi greeted Xiao Yan as their teacher after advancing to Nine-Star and Seven-Star Dou Zun, earning Xiao Yan one million Summoning Points and two Advanced Summoning Talismans.
• Xiao Yan assembled his group of six and set off for the Ancient Realm.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Saint and that his Flame Alliance had unified the continent, and Xun Er planned to leave with him after breaking through to Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan's group arrived at the Ancient Realm's entrance, where he chose not to provoke the Ancient Clan because the mysterious Black-Robed Man had made him cautious about unseen threats.

Xiao Yan and his companions received a grand welcome as they entered the Ancient Realm and headed to meet Gu Yuan. The chapter left Gu Yuan puzzling over why the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint looked familiar.

• Ling Quan recognized Xiao Yan at the Ancient Realm entrance and let him pass without inspecting his invitation.
• Gu Qingyang welcomed Xiao Yan and his group, and Xiao Yan suggested that his disciples spar with the Ancient Clan's younger members.
• Gu Dao greeted Xiao Yan's group, reunited with Xiao Chen, and escorted them to the council hall.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Yan and was surprised to see Xiao Chen alive and at seven-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Chen told Gu Yuan that Xiao Yan now led the Xiao Clan, and Gu Yuan wondered where he had seen the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint before.

Xiao Yan revealed that the Spirit Clan had been destroyed by the Soul Clan and warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan was pursuing the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Dou Di’s cave abode. Gu Yuan agreed to gather the clan leaders when the Heavenly Tomb opened, though he doubted the other clans would believe them.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint released his late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint pressure, and Xiao Yan stopped the confrontation by assuring him and Yellow Spring Demon Saint that the Ancient Clan was their friend.
• Xiao Yan introduced Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi as his disciples and survivors of the Spirit Clan, and they revealed how the Soul Clan had destroyed their clan.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan wanted the Tou She Ancient God Jade and knew the location of Dou Di’s cave abode, prompting Gu Yuan to realize that the clan had been behind the disappearance of other ancient clans.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan discussed opposing the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan agreed to gather the clan leaders for a meeting when the Heavenly Tomb opened.
• After the meeting, Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan walked through the Ancient Clan, astonishing its younger generation with their speed.

Xiao Yan discussed the Soul Clan threat with Gu Yuan, then reunited with Xun Er and reconciled with her over Xiao Yi Xian. He watched Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi earn recognition from the Ancient Clan in sparring matches.

• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan discussed preparing for the Soul Clan, but Gu Yuan said the Ancient Clan's Elder Council had to approve any action.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan about his relationship with Xun Er, and Gu Yuan gave his approval before sending him to her.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Xun Er for their long separation and told her about Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun Er accepted their relationship.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er to show him around the Ancient Clan, and they went to watch Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi spar.
• Ling Xue'er defeated Gu Yao, while Ling Kongzi and Gu Xing fought to a draw after both were badly injured, earning the Spirit Clan youths the crowd's applause.

Xiao Yan tried to rally the ancient clans against the Soul Clan, but their leaders rejected his evidence and suspected him instead. The meeting ended without cooperation, and Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb while vowing to destroy the Soul Clan on his own.

• After spending three days touring the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, Xiao Yan was summoned to meet Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders.
• Gu Dao revealed that the Stone Clan had been wiped out, and Xiao Yan accused the Soul Clan of destroying both it and the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Yan presented Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi as witnesses, but Lei Ying and Yan Jin rejected their account and suggested Xiao Yan was responsible.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and Yellow Spring Demon Saint clashed verbally with Lei Ying and Yan Jin until Gu Yuan calmed them, and Yao Dan ended the meeting by inviting everyone to the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony in half a year.
• Xiao Yan told his allies to leave, vowed to destroy the Soul Clan without their help, and stayed behind to enter the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan planned to strengthen her and advance his soul power. After they reached the third level, the system detected Xiao Xuan’s soul body, and Xiao Yan prepared to help Xun Er absorb the powerful energy bodies there before meeting his ancestor.

• Gu Yuan opened the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered ahead of the others while Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi stayed behind.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er spent nearly three months crossing the first level before entering the second level.
• Xiao Yan gave Xun Er the energy cores they gathered, helping her advance to Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er reached the third level, where the system detected Xiao Xuan’s soul body and rewarded Xiao Yan one million Summoning Points.
• Xiao Yan decided to let Xun Er absorb the third level’s Half-Saint and Dou Saint energy bodies before he sought out Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er gained strength in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan awakened his divine-grade bloodline, reached Six-Star Dou Saint, and became an Emperor Realm Soul while Xun Er broke through to Dou Saint. After leaving, Xiao Yan sent his disciples back to Starfall Pavilion and took Xun Er to ask Gu Yuan to betroth her to him.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er spent half a year hunting energy bodies and reached the center of the Heavenly Tomb's third level.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan, who awakened Xiao Yan's bloodline and began helping Xun Er break through to Dou Saint.
• After a year, Xiao Yan had become an Emperor Realm Soul and reached Six-Star Dou Saint, while Xun Er reached One-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left the Heavenly Tomb, and he noted that his subordinates had also grown stronger.
• Xiao Yan sent Ling Xue'er and Ling Kongzi to Starfall Pavilion and took Xun Er to find Gu Yuan so he could ask for her hand.
• Gu Yuan was astonished that Xiao Yan had reached Six-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan formally asked Gu Yuan for Xun Er’s hand, then used the system to become a Ninth Grade Golden Pill Master and prepared to attend the Medicine Ceremony. Meanwhile, Elder Yao arrived at the Yao Clan with two powerful Flame Alliance allies, as the clan sought closer ties with the alliance.

• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan for Xun Er’s hand in marriage, and Gu Yuan approved while warning him to take care of his daughter.
• After leaving the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, Xiao Yan spent ten million Summoning Points to become a Ninth Grade Golden Pill Master and decided to attend the Medicine Ceremony.
• Elder Yao brought the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to the Yao Clan as spectators for the Medicine Ceremony.
• Yao Dan welcomed Elder Yao personally and acknowledged Xiao Yan’s influence, while the Yao Clan recognized the need to rely on the Flame Alliance.

Elder Yao learned that the Heavenly Underworld Sect was behind the disappearance of the Yao Clan’s Ninth Grade alchemists, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er were confronted by the Black-Robed Man on their way to the Ancient Clan. The Black-Robed Man tried to recruit Xiao Yan and warned him away from the Yao Clan, but Xiao Yan refused to back down.

• Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo told Elder Yao that the Heavenly Underworld Sect was connected to the disappearance of their Ninth Grade alchemists.
• Elder Yao and his companions discussed a Nine-Star Dou Saint working with the sect, whom Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint confirmed was not from the Soul Clan.
• Yao Dan offered to help Elder Yao investigate the sect before leaving them to watch the Medicine Ceremony preparations.
• Xiao Yan sensed danger while flying with Xun Er and saw the Black-Robed Man slice a mountain apart with a cutting arc.
• The Black-Robed Man urged Xiao Yan to join him, revealed that he wanted the Yao Clan’s Ninth Grade alchemists, and warned Xiao Yan not to go there.
• Xiao Yan refused to be intimidated, while the system awarded him the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire and an Advanced Summoning Talisman.

Xiao Yan fought off the Black-Robed Man’s attempt to abduct him until the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint intervened, then returned to the Yao Clan for the Medicine Ceremony. There, he learned that Zi Yan was in danger during her breakthrough and sent the Yellow Spring Demon Saint to help her.

• Xiao Yan sent Xun Er to get reinforcements and attacked the Black-Robed Man with a flame formed from eight Heavenly Flames, but the man emerged unharmed and restrained him.
• The Black-Robed Man tried to take Xiao Yan away, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint arrived and forced him to retreat after he warned that he would return.
• Xiao Yan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint returned to the Yao Clan, where Yao Dan welcomed Xiao Yan to the Medicine Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan told Elder Yao that Xun Er was now his wife, and the group discussed her father’s approval of their marriage.
• The Yellow Spring Demon Saint told Xiao Yan that the other three Dragon Islands had surrounded Zi Yan during her critical breakthrough, so Xiao Yan sent him to help and authorized him to kill the Three Great Dragon Kings if necessary.

Xiao Yan joined Yao Wanhuo, Elder Shennong, and Hun Xuzi in the Medicine Ceremony’s alchemy contest, where all four began refining pills despite Yao Dan’s concern that the world lacked enough spiritual energy for their Ninth Grade Profound Pills. A system notification then rewarded Xiao Yan for helping Zi Yan unify the Ancient Void Dragon clan, and he resumed refining while Yellow Spring Demon Saint returned to the Yao Clan.

• Yao Dan announced the contest for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist, and Yao Wanhuo, Elder Shennong, and Xiao Yan took their places at the platforms.
• Hun Xuzi arrived from the Soul Clan and insisted on joining the contest; after Xiao Yan nodded, Yao Dan allowed him to participate.
• Hun Xuzi summoned a sub-flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, while Xiao Yan summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and all four alchemists began refining pills.
• Yao Dan suspected that the four were refining Ninth Grade Profound Pills and worried the world lacked enough spiritual energy to sustain them.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yan with an Advanced Summoning Talisman for helping Zi Yan unify the Ancient Void Dragon clan, and Xiao Yan learned that Yellow Spring Demon Saint had defeated the Dragon Kings and returned toward the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan immersed himself in alchemy again.