Recaps

Xiao Yan swallowed more than seventy drops of Spirit Clan blood essence and endured its destructive power long enough to turn it against Xuan Leizi. He began fusing three Heavenly Flames in an attempt to break the Space Imprisonment and rescue Xuan Yi.

• Elder Lin confronted Ling Haonan, who admitted that he admired Xiao Yan, while Elder Lin warned that the Spirit Clan would be exterminated.
• Xiao Yan drank the blood essence he had collected from the Spirit Clan experts, and its violent energy tore through his body.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power, Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, Red Lotus Core Flame, and Flame Mantra to keep his body from collapsing and guide the energy.
• Xuan Leizi mocked Xiao Yan for absorbing more power than he could control, then moved to attack when Xiao Yan began to stabilize.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Red Lotus Core Flame and four seals of the Emperor Seal Art against Xuan Leizi, but Xuan Leizi suppressed the attacks.
• Xiao Yan began merging three Heavenly Flames, hoping to break the Space Imprisonment and bring Xuan Yi safely back to Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan evaded Xuan Leizi while fusing four Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus, using Spirit Clan blood essence to move freely despite Space Imprisonment. The fusion reached a precarious balance as Xuan Leizi prepared a Heaven-class Dou Technique to stop him.

• Xiao Yan recognized that Space Imprisonment had slowed Xuan Leizi and used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade his attacks.
• After absorbing more than seventy drops of Spirit Clan blood essence, Xiao Yan completed the initial fusion of three Heavenly Flames and released the Wind Fury Dragon Flame from its ice crystal.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to control the unruly Wind Fury Dragon Flame and began fusing it with the other three flames.
• Xuan Leizi stopped pursuing Xiao Yan and gathered Half-Saint-level Dou Qi to unleash a Heaven-class Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan maintained the four-flame fusion while evading Xuan Leizi, but he declared that the Fire Lotus was still not powerful enough.

Xiao Yan fused five Heavenly Flames while using a series of attacks to disrupt Xuan Leizi’s Heaven Class Dou Technique. Xuan Leizi stopped the Shadow Piercing Needle, swallowed a speed-enhancing pill, and prepared to attack as Xiao Yan’s fire lotus neared completion.

• Xiao Yan began fusing five Heavenly Flames to create the Five-Colored Fire Lotus, alarming Xuan Leizi with its potential power.
• Xiao Yan used Devouring Power and Void Devours Heaven to swallow Xuan Leizi’s energy blasts, but Xuan Leizi shattered the vortex.
• Xiao Yan followed with the Chaotic Flow Black Vortex and a concealed Shadow Piercing Needle, forcing Xuan Leizi to abandon his Heaven Class Dou Technique.
• Xuan Leizi stopped the Shadow Piercing Needle with his heavenly state soul power, while Xiao Yan dodged the hastily launched Dou Technique.
• Seeing Xiao Yan’s fusion near completion, Xuan Leizi swallowed a Peak Eighth-Tier speed-enhancing pill and prepared to strike again.

Xiao Yan completed the Five-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus while Xuan Leizi attacked, then detonated it toward Ling He and Ling Haonan. The blast devastated the Pill Tower and Holy Pill City, while Xiao Yan braced himself to survive its force.

• Xuan Leizi overcame most of Xiao Yan's Space Imprisonment and charged, but Xiao Yan let him pierce his chest to buy time to finish the Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan formed the Five-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus and frightened Xuan Leizi into dodging when he raised it toward him.
• Xiao Yan aimed the Fire Lotus at Ling He and Ling Haonan, triggered its explosion, and activated Phantom Shadow and his right arm's devouring power to defend himself.
• The Fire Lotus blast destroyed the Pill Tower hall, breached its defenses, and sent a vast sea of flames and shockwaves across Holy Pill City.
• The fire disturbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region, but the Pill Tower kept it contained as the city fell temporarily silent.

Xiao Yan survived the Five-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus explosion, while Xuan Leizi was left near death. The blast failed to weaken Ling Haonan’s formation, and Xiao Yan was left facing the full power of the five-star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan endured the fire lotus explosion by using his defenses and the earth puppet, while Xuan Leizi was nearly killed by the blast.
• Black Flame returned to Xiao Yan and absorbed the surging Dou Qi and Spirit Clan essence blood inside him.
• Xiao Yan saw that all nine pillars still stood and continued to trap Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the other Pill Tower experts.
• Elder Lin tried to break free from the central pillar, but his effort failed to change the formation.
• Ling Haonan and Ling He remained unharmed at the center, and Xiao Yan realized his attack had not shaken Ling Haonan’s seal.

Xiao Yan recovered from the backlash of his fire technique while Qing Lin and the others attacked the Spirit Clan’s super barrier. Qing Lin’s decisive slash shattered the formation and opened a huge breach in Holy Pill City.

• Xuan Leizi begged Ling Haonan for help, but Ling Haonan refused to spare his attention and left him to endure his injuries.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Bodhi Marrow Cleansing Pill Dan Chen had given him to recover from the backlash of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire.
• Xiao Yi Xian stayed out of the attack while Venerable Mingshui, Tang Zhen, Kang Ning, Lei Jingxiao, and Wei Jiangyuan struck the barrier together to weaken it for Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin unleashed her Azure Frost Space-Severing Slash against the weakened formation, freezing and shattering it with a breach nearly a hundred zhang wide.

Qing Lin’s strike opened a gap in Holy Pill City’s formation, but a Spirit Clan ambush outside kept the people trapped. Ling Fengzhui arrived with Heavenly Nether Sect elites to seize control of the city, ordering them to capture the Pill Tower’s experts alive and assigning Tianming Old Demon to confront Xiao Yi Xian.

• People rushed toward the breach Qing Lin had opened, but a force outside crushed the first seven Dou Emperor experts into blood mist and drove the others back.
• Wei Jiangyuan discovered that the Spirit Clan had set an ambush outside and that the formation had not been completely broken.
• Ling Haonan told Xuan Leizi that the reinforcements had arrived and hinted that he intended to escalate the night’s events.
• Ling Fengzhui led Tianming Old Demon and the Heavenly Nether Sect elites into position outside the formation, ordering them to capture the Pill Tower’s experts rather than kill them.
• Ling Fengzhui tasked Tianming Old Demon with dealing with Xiao Yi Xian and promised to remember the Heavenly Nether Sect’s service even if the Spirit Clan did not.

Ling Fengzhui led Spirit Clan and Heavenly Nether Sect reinforcements into Holy Pill City, turning the Pill Tower’s fragile recovery into a bloody assault. As the Pill Tower’s forces regrouped around Xiao Yan, he planned another attempt to break the formation, but an enemy declared they had no chance left.

• Ling Fengzhui assigned the Spirit Guards to reinforce the formation, ordered the Heavenly Nether Sect to hunt people trying to flee, and sent Spirit Clan members to protect the Pill Tower headquarters.
• Ling Fengzhui tasked Senior Kong Qing and his wife with dealing with Lei Jingxiao without harming him, while Tianming Old Demon offered to capture Lei Jingxiao instead.
• Ling Fengzhui repaired the damaged formation and led more than fifty reinforcements inside; the Heavenly Nether Sect slaughtered those trying to escape Holy Pill City.
• Tang Zhen recognized the Heavenly Nether Sect among the attackers and warned the Pill Tower forces that the situation had worsened.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Yao Qingyu for failing to bring Xuan Yi back, then told the assembled allies they would make another surprise assault on the formation.
• An unidentified speaker told Xiao Yan and the others that they had no chance left.

Tianming Old Demon arrived as a Half-Saint and overwhelmed the defenders, while Qing Lin and the others fought to hold him back. The battle left Tianming Old Demon still standing against the group, with Wei Jiangyuan taunting him from behind Lei Jingxiao.

• Tianming Old Demon appeared and brushed aside Lei Jingxiao's attack before blocking the group's flames with jade-green fire.
• Qing Lin challenged Tianming Old Demon and forced him to take her seriously, but he sent her flying back.
• Tang Zhen and Kang Ning engaged Red Flame Evil Lord, while Venerable Mingshui was tied down by two Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zun experts.
• Lei Jingxiao and Xiao Yan attacked Tianming Old Demon, but he knocked aside Lei Jingxiao's spear and crushed Xiao Yan's Four Seals.
• Wei Jiangyuan rushed in with emerald-green flames, then darted behind Lei Jingxiao and urged Tianming Old Demon to attack him.

Wei Jiangyuan used Tianming Old Demon's fear of injuring Lei Jingxiao to disrupt the Half-Saint's fight against Qing Lin. Lei Jingxiao overcame his humiliation and returned to protect Qing Lin, forcing Tianming Old Demon to hold back and shifting the battle toward a stalemate.

• Wei Jiangyuan drew Tianming Old Demon's attention to Lei Jingxiao, and Tianming Old Demon curved his spatial chains around Lei Jingxiao to attack Wei Jiangyuan instead.
• Wei Jiangyuan survived the chains' attack with jade talismans, then told Lei Jingxiao that he could help by threatening to hurt himself.
• Lei Jingxiao charged at Tianming Old Demon with his spear aimed at his own collarbone, forcing Tianming Old Demon to pull him away and giving Qing Lin an opening.
• After stumbling into the scorched earth, Lei Jingxiao returned to the fight and began using his body to shield Qing Lin from Tianming Old Demon's attacks.
• Tianming Old Demon was forced to protect Lei Jingxiao while fighting Qing Lin, suppressing his strength and allowing the battle to approach a stalemate.

Qing Lin held off Tianming Old Demon in a prolonged fight, while Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan chose to attack the damaged Spirit Clan formation rather than risk fighting the Half-Saint. They reached the breach as Ling Fengzhui tried to repair it, and prepared to strike him and the formation.

• Qing Lin used Lei Jingxiao as a shield and her seemingly inexhaustible strength to keep Tianming Old Demon at bay.
• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan decided to break the damaged grand formation instead of joining the fight against Tianming Old Demon.
• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan found Ling Fengzhui repairing the breach with a formation disk and help from the Spirit Guards.
• Wei Jiangyuan gathered jade-green flames into a palm attack while Xiao Yan formed a flaming ruler attack aimed at the breach.
• Ling Fengzhui continued repairing the formation as Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan finished charging their attacks.

Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan attacked Ling Fengzhui, but the ghost-masked man blocked their techniques with mysterious soul power and continued repairing the formation. As Xiao Yan prepared to fight at full strength, Haika arrived and delivered the newly forged Heavy Profound Ruler to him.

• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan unleashed powerful attacks on Ling Fengzhui, but a barrier of soul power stopped them without interrupting his work on the formation.
• Wei Jiangyuan wondered whether Ling Fengzhui possessed a Heavenly State Soul, and Xiao Yan resolved to break through their opponent’s defense.
• Xiao Yan activated the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, raising his strength from three-star to six-star Dou Zun, while Wei Jiangyuan prepared another powerful technique.
• Haika, injured from the night’s battles, found Xiao Yan and presented him with the Heavy Profound Ruler he had forged.
• Xiao Yan promised Haika that he would treasure the ruler and use it as one of his most important weapons.

Xiao Yan received the reforged Heavy Profound Ruler, whose Heavenly Demon Phoenix core and flame-resistant materials gave it formidable power. As Xiao Yan prepared to test it against the Spirit Clan's sealing formation, Wei Jiangyuan summoned his Mystic Wood Bloom technique to scout the way.

• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix core's resentment attacked Xiao Yan's soul, but he quickly overcame it with his soul power.
• Xiao Yan examined the heavier, enlarged Heavy Profound Ruler and praised its craftsmanship and powerful materials.
• Wei Jiangyuan jokingly offered three tier-nine medicinal pills for the ruler, prompting Haika to glare at him.
• Xiao Yan infused the ruler with Red Lotus Core Flame, awakening the Phoenix core and merging his aura with the weapon's.
• Wei Jiangyuan stepped forward and summoned a rapidly growing, burning tree with his Mystic Wood Bloom technique.

Xiao Yan exploited the opening Wei Jiangyuan created to strike Ling Fengzhui and disrupt the Spirit Clan’s formation before its repairs were complete. Ling Fengzhui ordered the Spirit Guards to hold their positions and prepared to face Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan, who remained ready to attack.

• Wei Jiangyuan’s attack broke through Ling Fengzhui’s soul barrier and cleared the way for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, sending a powerful wave of Heavenly Flames into the damaged formation.
• The strike burned a gap through the Spirit Clan’s healing barrier, weakened Ling Fengzhui’s formation disc, and injured ten nearby Spirit Clan Dou Zun experts.
• Ling Fengzhui admitted that the formation repairs were incomplete and ordered the Spirit Guards to hold their positions and prevent any aura from leaking out.
• Ling Fengzhui saw that Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan had stayed to continue attacking, so he told the guards to go while he faced them himself.

Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan faced Ling Fengzhui, a formidable Spirit Clan commander, in a three-way battle. After their opening attacks failed to gain an advantage, Ling Fengzhui drew a terrifying black saber, signaling the fight was about to intensify.

• Ling Fengzhui introduced himself and sent Haika away before facing Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan.
• Wei Jiangyuan used Shadow-Riding Thousand Transformations to attack Ling Fengzhui and ignited his Dou Qi with emerald flames, but Ling Fengzhui extinguished them with Extreme Cold Crystal Armor.
• Xiao Yan struck with his four-layered Emperor Seal Art, and Ling Fengzhui met it with his dark crystalline fist in an evenly matched clash.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ling Fengzhui as an eight-star Dou Zun whose battle-tested skills made him a dangerous opponent.
• Ling Fengzhui laughed and summoned a menacing black saber.

Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan fought Ling Fengzhui, whose dark attribute and deceptive shadows let him trap Xiao Yan and land a deep wound on Wei Jiangyuan. Wei Jiangyuan countered with a soul attack as Ling Fengzhui withdrew his shadow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yan prepared his Black Flame while Ling Fengzhui judged Wei Jiangyuan to be the stronger opponent.
• Ling Fengzhui concealed his aura in darkness, split into four shadows, and surrounded Wei Jiangyuan.
• Ling Fengzhui sent two shadows to trap Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Red Lotus Core Flame and Black Flame broke through them.
• Ling Fengzhui attacked Wei Jiangyuan with Shadow Claw as Wei Jiangyuan unleashed Red Cudrania Greenwood Palm, and a hidden shadow pierced Wei Jiangyuan's right shoulder.
• Wei Jiangyuan fired My Spirit Like Arrows at the attacking shadow, which retreated into Ling Fengzhui's true body.

Xiao Yan and Ling Fengzhui fought fiercely with their weapons while Wei Jiangyuan recovered nearby and Black Flame struggled against Ling Fengzhui’s restraints. Xiao Yan won their weapon clash, but Ling Fengzhui then unleashed a strange surge of soul power that caught both Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan’s attention.

• Ling Fengzhui injured Wei Jiangyuan, then blocked Xiao Yan’s Heavy Profound Ruler while fending off Black Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui’s Ink Shadow split into fragments and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Red Lotus Core Flame burned the fragments until Ling Fengzhui recalled them.
• Ling Fengzhui trapped Black Flame in an energy cage and questioned Xiao Yan about it before resuming their saber-and-ruler duel.
• Ling Fengzhui admitted his saber could not withstand more clashes, and Xiao Yan realized his reforged Heavy Profound Ruler had won their weapon contest.
• Ling Fengzhui unleashed his soul power, and Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan sensed that it differed from the soul power that had obstructed them earlier.

Ling Fengzhui used Spirit Fusion with a hidden Heavenly State Soul to rise to Half-Saint strength, but Wei Jiangyuan struck him with a Shadow Piercing Needle. Ling Fengzhui survived and remained dangerously powerful, while Xiao Yan prepared to use his fire lotus and asked Wei Jiangyuan to distract him.

• Ling Fengzhui summoned a hidden Heavenly State Soul and used Spirit Fusion, while Xiao Yan tried to interrupt the power transfer with the Heavy Profound Ruler and flames.
• Xiao Yan’s Shadow Piercing Needle was stopped, but Wei Jiangyuan’s second needle struck Ling Fengzhui in the brow and detonated within his soul.
• Ling Fengzhui recalled the Heavenly State Soul to suppress the damage and endured the pain as he fought off Xiao Yan’s ruler strike with Shadow Claw.
• Ling Fengzhui’s power climbed to Half-Saint, though the Shadow Piercing Needle left him struggling to control his turbulent soul and energy.
• Xiao Yan decided to use the fire lotus again and asked Wei Jiangyuan to keep Ling Fengzhui occupied.

Xiao Yan fused Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Black Flame into a Four-Colored Fire Lotus while Wei Jiangyuan held off Ling Fengzhui. With Ling Fengzhui stabilized as a Half-Saint and Wei Jiangyuan retreating, Xiao Yan launched the lotus to break the deadlock.

• Wei Jiangyuan agreed to stall Ling Fengzhui despite his wound while Xiao Yan prepared the fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to subdue Black Flame and fused it with his three other flames.
• Xiao Yan formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus as Wei Jiangyuan endured Ling Fengzhui's attacks.
• Ling Fengzhui stabilized his Half-Saint strength while Wei Jiangyuan fled from the lotus's expected blast.
• Xiao Yan thrust out his hand and sent the Four-Colored Fire Lotus toward Ling Fengzhui.

Ling Fengzhui used spatial techniques to transfer and detonate Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus in the Star Region, breaking the Pill Tower’s seals and freeing Three Thousand Burning Flame. With Xiao Yan weakened, Ling Fengzhui praised his strength and invited him to join the Spirit Clan.

• Ling Fengzhui imprisoned Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus with Space Imprisonment and transferred it into the Star Region.
• Ling Fengzhui detonated the fire lotus, shattering the Pill Tower’s starry-sky seals and releasing Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui judged Three Thousand Burning Flame a lesser concern and focused on the exhausted Xiao Yan.
• Ling Fengzhui admitted he admired Xiao Yan and had prepared in advance to withstand his fire lotus.
• Ling Fengzhui invited Xiao Yan to join the Spirit Clan and become his companion in pursuing strength.

Xiao Yan rejected Ling Fengzhui’s offer to join the Spirit Clan, and Ling trapped him and Wei Jiangyuan in Shadow Prison. Zi Yan and Huo Zhi arrived through a spatial rift and broke Ling’s attack, leaving Xiao Yan reunited with them as Three Thousand Burning Flame raged overhead.

• Xiao Yan refused Ling Fengzhui’s invitation, declaring his loyalty to Starfall Pavilion and his disdain for the Spirit Clan’s actions.
• Ling Fengzhui attacked Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan with Shadow Prison, sealing them in a black cage and preparing to strike them with shadow claws.
• A spatial vortex opened inside the prison, and Zi Yan emerged to attack Ling Fengzhui but was knocked away by his Half-Saint-strength blow.
• Huo Zhi stepped through the rift and unleashed Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, dissolving Ling Fengzhui’s shadow cage.
• Xiao Yan recognized Zi Yan and Huo Zhi, and Zi Yan explained that they had escaped from Three Thousand Burning Flame after it weakened while they cultivated inside it.

Huo Zhi’s appearance forced Ling Fengzhui to negotiate with Xiao Yan’s group, and they secured a promise that the Spirit Clan would stop targeting them for the night. After agreeing to discuss Xuan Yi’s release, Xiao Yan realized the truce might be a delaying tactic and asked Zi Yan if she could break through the barrier.

• Huo Zhi confirmed her identity as a Flame Clan prodigy, and Ling Fengzhui recognized the danger her presence posed to the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Fengzhui offered to escort Huo Zhi back to her clan, and Huo Zhi agreed to cooperate if he left Xiao Yan unharmed.
• Ling Fengzhui promised not to target Xiao Yan and his companions that night, while Wei Jiangyuan secured an agreement to discuss Xuan Yi’s release.
• Zi Yan questioned whether they should trust Ling Fengzhui, and Wei Jiangyuan warned that he was stalling.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan whether she could sense and break through the barrier.

Xiao Yan and his companions tried to escape the grand formation as four Spirit Guards and Ling Fengzhui closed in. As Huo Zhi’s Dou Qi flowed into Xiao Yan but could not return through their flame connection, Xiao Yan suspected his newly fused Red Lotus Core Flame had caused the change.

• Zi Yan identified a loophole in the grand formation, and Xiao Yan sent her to retrieve Xiao Yi Xian’s jade talisman and summon a Dou Sheng expert.
• Wei Jiangyuan intercepted the four Spirit Guards to cover Zi Yan’s escape while Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi prepared to face Ling Fengzhui.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined hands to transmit Dou Qi through the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, but the power flowed only from Huo Zhi into Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized his source flame had changed after fusing three Heavenly Flames and brought out the Red Lotus Core Flame as a possible cause of the blockage.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined forces against Ling Fengzhui, while Zi Yan fought her way through the Spirit Guards to reach Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter left the battle divided across the Spirit Clan grounds, with Xiao Yi Xian stopping Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao from fighting.

• Huo Zhi sensed that Xiao Yan's origin flame had changed and discovered that it repelled her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui tried to persuade Huo Zhi to submit, but Xiao Yan refused to trust him, so Ling Fengzhui attacked them with dark-attribute Dou Qi.
• Wei Jiangyuan held off four Spirit Guards while Zi Yan slipped past them and spotted Qing Lin fighting the Tianming Old Demon.
• Lei Jingxiao mistook Zi Yan for enemy reinforcements and attacked her, but Zi Yan struck him back with a powerful punch.
• Xiao Yi Xian called out that Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao were on the same side, stopping their confrontation.

Zi Yan took Xiao Yan’s jade token and broke through the formation surrounding Holy Pill City while Xiao Yan and the others held off Ling Fengzhui and the Spirit Guards. She crushed the token to open a spatial passage, and a Dou Sheng’s aura came from the other side.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Zi Yan the jade token despite Lei Jingxiao’s objections, then sent Lei Jingxiao back to help Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi unleashed a powerful attack that slowed Ling Fengzhui and the Spirit Guards, giving Zi Yan a chance to reach the formation’s weak point.
• Zi Yan revealed the imperial dragon might of an Ancient Void Dragon and escaped through the formation’s gap.
• Zi Yan crushed the jade token, opening a spatial passage between Holy Pill City and the outside world.
• A Dou Sheng expert’s aura came from the other end of the passage.