Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used his Emperor Realm Soul to gather enough natural energy and combined the unfinished pills of his rivals to refine a Ninth Grade Golden Pill. After surviving the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, he watched the pill take human form as Xun Er, while Hun Xuzi threatened to claim it for the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his Emperor Realm Soul and drew natural energy from hundreds of thousands of miles to aid the pill refinement.
• Hun Xuzi stole Yao Wanhuo and Elder Shennong's unfinished pills, but Xiao Yan took Hun Xuzi's pill and incorporated all three into his own ingredients.
• Xiao Yan refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, and the Nine Profound Golden Lightning descended as Yao Dan recognized the pill's return.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, Yellow Spring Demon Saint, White Fang, and Fei Tian worked together to withstand the lightning; White Fang and Fei Tian fell to four-star Dou Saint strength.
• The golden pill escaped Xiao Yan's grasp and transformed into a human resembling Xun Er, revealing early seven-star Dou Saint strength.
• Hun Xuzi laughed and declared that the Soul Clan would claim the Ninth Grade Golden Pill.

Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan confronted Xiao Yan and the Yao Clan, while a mysterious group of black-robed experts arrived with their own plan to seize the alchemists. Xiao Yan said he needed time to refine the Ninth Grade Golden Pill, leaving the allied forces to hold off their enemies.

• Hun Xuzi revealed his strength and attacked Yao Wanhuo, then Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and demanded Xiao Yan surrender the Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
• Nihility Devouring Flame summoned Hun Sha, Hun Tu, Hun Yan, and Hun Jing, while Xiao Chen joined Xiao Yan’s side.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint attacked, but a Black-Robed Man and four late-stage Seven-Star Dou Saint allies blocked the strike.
• The Black-Robed Man announced that he would take the alchemists and forbade Nihility Devouring Flame from harming any above the ninth grade.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wanhuo that he needed time to refine the Ninth Grade Golden Pill or everyone present would die.

Xiao Yan refined the Ninth Grade Golden Pill during the battle against the Soul Clan, reaching the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Saint while Xun Er became a Three-Star Dou Saint. With the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint holding off the Black-Robed Man and Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Yan prepared to turn the tide as Xiao Chen and Yao Dan fell under attack.

• The Black-Robed Man and the Four Demon Saints attacked, while Yao Dan, Xiao Chen, Yao Wanhuo, White Fang, Fei Tian, and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint fought to hold them off.
• Xiao Yan struggled to refine the Ninth Grade Golden Pill as the defenders began to tire, and Xun Er kissed him to draw some of its energy into her body.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint prevented Nihility Devouring Flame and the Black-Robed Man from stopping Xiao Yan’s refinement, forcing them back despite their combined attacks.
• Xiao Yan completed the refinement and reached the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Saint, while Xun Er broke through to Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Xun Er to wait as he went to face the Four Demon Saints, who were surrounding the injured Xiao Chen; Yao Dan had fallen and was being dragged away by his clansmen.

Xiao Yan reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint level, repelled the Soul Clan and the mysterious black-robed men, and learned they had abducted Yao Clan alchemists. After strengthening his followers and arranging a defensive alliance among the clans, he waited to see what the Soul Clan would do next.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Four Demon Saints and destroyed four Black-Robed Men, but Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with Yao Dan's Ancient Jade and the attackers abducted several alchemists.
• Xiao Yan checked Xiao Chen's injuries, learned that Elder Shennong, Yao Wanhuo, and other Yao Clan alchemists were missing, and left to prepare for the growing threat.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, announced that Xun Er was his wife, and refined Ninth Grade Profound Pills that strengthened his subordinates.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Yuan met with Xiao Yan to discuss cooperation against the Soul Clan and the mysterious attackers.
• Xiao Yan told the clans to establish spatial passages so they could quickly reinforce one another if any clan came under attack.

Xiao Yan pursued a Black-Robed Man who had kidnapped his father, but the enemy escaped after demanding the Ancient Jade. Realizing the Soul Clan had moved against the other clans’ jades as well, Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Gu Yuan came to discuss the kidnapping.

• White Fang warned Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan had been attacked and Xiao Zhan had been taken by a Black-Robed Man.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Black-Robed Man in Heavenly Underworld Sect territory and forced him to retreat by attacking with his soul body.
• Xiao Yan found the other Black-Robed Men and alchemists gone, then destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect despite Old Demon Tianming’s protests.
• Xiao Yan considered surrendering the Ancient Jade and securing the Heavenly Flame Plaza, and realized the Soul Clan had likely obtained the other three clans’ jades.
• Gu Yuan visited Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion and asked about Xiao Zhan’s kidnapping, and Xiao Yan admitted he had been negligent.

Xiao Yan prepared to confront the Soul Clan after learning of an imminent transaction, restoring the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s strength through an inheritance beneath the Yellow Spring Pool. The two joined Xiao Yan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint as the three Nine-Star Dou Saints, ready to challenge the Soul Clan.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that spies had stolen the Ancient Jades from all three clans, and Xiao Yan agreed to wait for the cave dwelling to open.
• White Fang reported that a transaction would take place within the Soul Clan in three days, so Xiao Yan summoned the Xiao Clan members, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, and the Yellow Spring Demon Saint.
• Xiao Yan took the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to the Yellow Spring Pool, where the Yellow Spring Demon Saint descended to seek an inheritance from the Heaven-Swallowing Pythons.
• Three days later, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint returned with late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint strength after obtaining the inheritances beneath the pool.
• Xiao Yan, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint left together, forming a group of three Nine-Star Dou Saints as the nearby Nine Nether Deep Earth Python clan members watched in awe.

Xiao Yan traded an Ancient Jade for his father, Xiao Zhan, then challenged the Soul Clan after revealing the overwhelming power of his group. The battle began with Xiao Yan charging Nihility Devouring Flame, while his allies engaged Hun Tiandi and the Black-Robed Man.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed their plans and the threat Xiao Yan posed to them.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Soul Clan with the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, exchanged an Ancient Jade for Xiao Zhan, and demanded all eight jade pieces.
• Hun Tiandi’s forces surrounded Xiao Yan and his companions with more than a hundred Dou Saints, the Four Demon Saints, and four resurrected Supreme Elders.
• Xiao Yan and his two companions revealed their Nine-Star Dou Saint auras, forcing the Soul Clan’s Dou Saints to retreat.
• Xiao Yan sent the Four Demon Saints and Supreme Elders flying, created an avatar to fight the Dou Saints, and charged Nihility Devouring Flame as his allies engaged Hun Tiandi and the Black-Robed Man.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Clan, reclaimed the Ancient Jade, and killed Lei Ying after he challenged him. Xiao Yan then offered Yan Jin the same test, but Yan Jin refused.

• Xiao Yan and his allies overwhelmed Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Soul Clan, while Xiao Yan's fire lotus destroyed the Soul Realm and his Soul Clone slaughtered the Four Demon Saints.
• Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Black-Robed Man fled after Hun Tiandi scattered the Ancient Jade, but Xiao Yan and his allies recovered every piece.
• News of the Soul Clan's destruction spread, and Gu Yuan brought Lei Ying and Yan Jin to meet Xiao Yan and request the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan refused to return the Ancient Jade, and when Lei Ying threatened him, Xiao Yan challenged him to withstand an attack at half strength.
• Xiao Yan killed Lei Ying with a Yellow Spring Palm, received an Advanced Summoning Talisman, and asked Yan Jin to try the same test; Yan Jin declined.

Xiao Yan prepared the Flame Alliance to secure Jia Nan Academy and the Dou Di Mansion, while the search for the missing Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame continued. He visited Zi Yan to recruit her help, and the chapter ended with him inviting her to join the effort to guard the mansion.

• Xiao Yan ordered White Fang, Old Hai, and Yun Potian to garrison the Black-Corner Region and prevent anyone from entering Jia Nan Academy.
• The Flame Alliance searched the continent for remaining Soul Clan members, but Xiao Yan, Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint found no trace of the Black-Robed Man, Hun Tiandi, or Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan gave Ninth Grade Golden Pills to Xun Er and Elder Yao and told his allies to guard the entrance when the Dou Di Mansion opened.
• Yellow Spring Demon Saint left to deal with the Thunder Clan after it launched a full-scale attack on the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan went with Yellow Spring Demon Saint and Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to the Ancient Void Dragon clan, where Zi Yan acknowledged his recent victories.
• Xiao Yan invited Zi Yan to join him in guarding the Dou Di Mansion.

Xiao Yan opened the Ancient Emperor Mansion with the eight pieces of Ancient Jade and entered it with Zi Yan and two summoned saints. Inside, they encountered the Emperor Grade Pill Prototype, which Xiao Yan invited to become a true Emperor Pill.

• Zi Yan refined the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, reaching the initial stage of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan gathered the ancient clans and Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy, then combined the eight pieces of Ancient Jade to reveal the mansion and free Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to guard the outside while he, Zi Yan, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint entered the mansion.
• The four entered the Heavenly Flame Plaza and found the Emperor Grade Pill Prototype transformed into a man in white.
• Xiao Yan invited the Emperor Grade Pill Prototype to go with him so he could turn it into a true Emperor Pill.

Xiao Yan and the others failed to suppress the Emperor Grade Pill, and Nihility Devouring Flame tried to refine him into a true Emperor Grade Pill. A hidden avatar intervened, leaving the Emperor Grade Pill stronger and revealing that he had manipulated the Soul Clan's plans.

• The Emperor Grade Pill repelled Xiao Yan, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, and Zi Yan, while Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Black-Robed Man fought Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun outside.
• Xiao Yan warned everyone to flee, and the group withdrew while the Emperor Grade Pill emerged from the Ancient Emperor Mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame used the Pill Refining Art to turn the Emperor Grade Pill into a pill, but the Black-Robed Man broke the technique and restored him.
• The Emperor Grade Pill revealed that the Black-Robed Man was his avatar, which had infiltrated the Soul Clan to free him, then absorbed the avatar and grew more powerful.
• Xiao Yan received an Advanced Summoning Talisman but complained that his summoning slots were full, and he realized the Emperor Grade Pill had gathered alchemists to refine himself into a true Emperor Grade Pill.

Lord Emperor Pill killed Hun Tiandi after Nihility Devouring Flame defected, then withdrew rather than risk fighting Xiao Yan and the other Nine-Star Dou Saints. Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and entered seclusion, where he dreamed of Tou She Ancient God before waking more than a year later.

• Hun Tiandi fought Nihility Devouring Flame after he chose Lord Emperor Pill as his master, but Lord Emperor Pill joined the battle and defeated Hun Tiandi.
• Lord Emperor Pill seized Hun Tiandi and destroyed his soul and body despite his pleas for help from Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and the other allies gathered behind Xiao Yan, and Lord Emperor Pill left after warning that he would defeat them once he became a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, had Yellow Spring Demon Saint move Heavenly Flame Plaza there, and entered seclusion.
• Xiao Yan dreamed of Tou She Ancient God but could not hear him, then woke more than a year later.

After breaking through to Dou Emperor, Xiao Yan tracked down the Emperor Grade Pill and challenged him to a decisive battle. Their fight began with Xiao Yan gaining the upper hand, but the Emperor Grade Pill drew the Emperor Slashing Blade, raising the stakes.

• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Ma Empire and learned that Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and Yellow Spring Demon Saint had found no trace of the Emperor Grade Pill despite searching the continent.
• Xiao Yan used his power to locate the Emperor Grade Pill, who announced he was coming to meet him.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and Yellow Spring Demon Saint were sent away as Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xun Er, and others gathered to watch the confrontation.
• Xiao Yan and the Emperor Grade Pill exchanged blows, tearing a vast rift through the Central Plains, and Xiao Yan began to overpower his opponent.
• The Emperor Grade Pill swallowed medicinal ingredients to boost his strength, but Xiao Yan struck back with his merged Heavenly Flames and mocked him.
• The Emperor Grade Pill drew the Soul Clan's Emperor Slashing Blade and threatened Xiao Yan with the weapon.

Xiao Yan summoned the Heavenly Flame Ranking, fused the flames of the continent into Emperor Flame, and forced Nihility Devouring Flame from the Emperor Grade Pill. He confronted the pill with the Heavenly Flame Eternal Ruler and asserted that his Dou Emperor strength was genuine, then formed a gigantic fire lotus beneath him.

• Xiao Yan used the Emperor Grade Pill’s Emperor Slashing Blade to tear open the spatial barrier, then commanded all flames under heaven in the name of the Flame Emperor.
• The Heavenly Flame Ranking appeared, displaying the ranked flames across the continent.
• Xiao Yan fused twenty-two types of Heavenly Flames into Emperor Flame and obtained the Heavenly Flame Eternal Ruler.
• Nihility Devouring Flame was pulled from the Emperor Grade Pill, and all the flames entered Xiao Yan’s body.
• Xiao Yan pointed the Heavenly Flame Eternal Ruler at the Emperor Grade Pill and explained that he had truly become a Dou Emperor, unlike the pill, which had borrowed its strength.
• Xiao Yan formed a fire lotus spanning tens of thousands of miles beneath himself.

Xiao Yan defeated the Emperor Grade Pill after a three-day battle, but Black Moon Blood Emperor arrived and threatened the Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Yan summoned Tou She Ancient God to face the new enemy, who sensed the Flame Heart Origin Tree's soul within Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan fought the Emperor Grade Pill and countered his power with Emperor Flame, driving the pill toward defeat.
• After three days of battle devastated the Central Plains, Black Moon Blood Emperor and his black-clothed followers appeared and demanded the Emperor Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan forced the exhausted Emperor Grade Pill back into pill form and put him away.
• Xiao Yan defied Black Moon Blood Emperor, called on his summoned experts, and used an Ultimate Summoning Talisman to summon Tou She Ancient God.
• Tou She Ancient God met Xiao Yan's gaze and asked whether the soul of the Flame Heart Origin Tree was inside his body.

Xiao Yan became a Dou God, destroyed the Flame Heart Origin Tree, and joined the Dou Qi Continent’s forces against the returning Evil Race from Outside the Realm. After he devastated the enemy army, the System reached its final version, while Tou She Ancient God and Black Moon Blood Emperor remained locked in battle.

• Tou She Ancient God revealed that the Flame Heart Origin Tree had caused the Dou Qi Continent’s source qi to dissipate, so Xiao Yan pulled out and crushed it.
• Gu Yuan and Yellow Spring Demon Saint explained that the invaders were the Evil Race from Outside the Realm, which had attacked the continent ten thousand years earlier.
• Black Moon Blood Emperor ordered his army to attack, and Xiao Yan summoned the Flame Alliance forces to meet them in battle.
• Tou She Ancient God engaged Black Moon Blood Emperor while Xiao Yan fought below, killing vast numbers of enemies and burning back their army.
• The System reached its final version and rewarded Xiao Yan with summoning talismans, as Black Moon Blood Emperor vowed revenge for his fallen clansmen.

Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God defeated the Black Moon Blood Emperor, but he sacrificed his life to open a breach that let nearly a dozen Dou Di-level enemies enter the Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Yan summoned Emperor Yao and prepared to call up more experts to face them.

• Xiao Yan and Tou She Ancient God overwhelmed the Black Moon Blood Emperor after the Evil Race from Outside the Realm's forces were largely wiped out.
• The Black Moon Blood Emperor sacrificed his heart's blood to open a breach in the barrier, then died as nearly a dozen Dou Di-level members of the Evil Race from Outside the Realm emerged.
• Xiao Yan ordered everyone else to retreat, leaving only himself and Tou She Ancient God to confront the invaders.
• Xiao Yan used an Ultimate Summoning Talisman to summon Emperor Yao, who agreed to help defend the world.
• Tou She Ancient God asked how they would face the invading Dou Di, and Xiao Yan said he would summon more experts.

Xiao Yan summoned the Flame Emperor and Stone Emperor to help Tou She Ancient God and Emperor Yao battle the Evil Race from Outside the Realm. The two sides fought to a costly stalemate and finally called a truce, with both sides exhausted and badly damaged.

• Xiao Yan and his allies were suppressed by the advancing Evil Race from Outside the Realm.
• Xiao Yan used all his Summoning Talismans to summon the Stone Emperor and Flame Emperor.
• The Stone Emperor charged into the enemy ranks, using his immense defense to drive the Evil Race back.
• Xiao Yan's five Dou Emperors coordinated their strengths and fought the more numerous enemy to a stalemate.
• After a long, fierce battle, both sides called a truce, exhausted and suffering grievous losses.

Xiao Yan learned that the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor was an Earth Sovereign from the Great Thousand World, far stronger than the other invaders. As the seal weakened, the enemy threatened to enter the battlefield fully, leaving Xiao Yan and his allies facing a desperate fight.

• Xiao Yan watched the Evil Race from Outside the Realm suffer heavy losses before the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor crawled out of the spatial rift.
• The system identified the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor as an ancient Great Emperor and awarded Xiao Yan two Ultimate Summoning Talismans.
• The system explained that the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor was an Earth Sovereign, while Xiao Yan was a First Grade Sovereign with combat strength rivaling higher grades.
• The Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor claimed the deaths of many Dou Emperor experts had loosened the seal that kept him from entering.
• Stone Emperor and Flame Emperor vowed to fight for the Dou Qi Continent, while the system awarded Xiao Yan five million Summoning Points and promised another five million for defeating the enemy.
• Xiao Yan saw that the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor could only fit his head through the rift for now, but feared the consequences if his whole body entered.

Xiao Yan and the other Dou Emperors endured a devastating attack from the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor, then fought his invading forces as both sides struggled to hold their ground. The battle remained evenly matched, with Xiao Yan watching the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor as the enemy hesitated to attack amid the tangled combat.

• Xiao Yan, Tou She Ancient God, Emperor Yao, Flame Emperor, and Stone Emperor joined forces to withstand the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor’s palm strike, which the Dou Qi Continent’s Heavenly Dao weakened.
• Xiao Yan received an Ultimate Summoning Talisman for enduring the attack.
• The Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor ordered his Dou Emperors to attack, and Xiao Yan urged his allies to hold on until they could defeat the invaders.
• The revived Black Moon Blood Emperor joined the battle, and Tou She Ancient God confronted him while Xiao Yan and the others fought the remaining enemies.
• The two sides fought to a standstill, and the Desolate Ancient Saint Emperor refrained from striking because their forces were mixed together.