Recaps

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi stayed on the Heavenly Tomb’s third level to recover, train, and search for Lei Jingxiao while preparing to face the Soul Clan. After nearly two months, they had not found him, and Xiao Yan prepared a medicinal bath for Huo Zhi as they continued their search.

• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi decided to remain on the third level, where Huo Zhi could recover and they could prepare for the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan proposed finding Lei Jingxiao, whose lightning-damaged surroundings suggested he was still on the third level.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi hunted energy bodies together, trained, and exchanged techniques, with Huo Zhi teaching Xiao Yan how to wield Heavenly Flames.
• Over nearly two months, Xiao Yan consolidated his mid-stage Half-Saint cultivation as the benefits from absorbing weaker energy bodies diminished.
• After failing to find Lei Jingxiao, Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi agreed to search for another month before going to the fourth level, and Xiao Yan prepared Huo Zhi a medicinal bath.

Xiao Yan tended to Huo Zhi as she recovered from her injuries in the Heavenly Tomb, and she told him how she and Zi Yan had been trapped inside the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The chapter ended with Huo Zhi asking what Xiao Yan had done during the three years after she had witnessed his death.

• Xiao Yan roasted a magical beast bear paw while Huo Zhi soaked in a medicinal basin to heal her injuries.
• After Huo Zhi finished absorbing the medicine, Xiao Yan gave her the roasted bear paw, and she eagerly ate it.
• Huo Zhi told Xiao Yan that she and Zi Yan had spent several years trapped inside the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Huo Zhi explained that Zi Yan’s power of the same origin had deterred the Three Thousand Burning Flame from refining them, but they could not escape until others broke into the Star Region.
• Huo Zhi asked Xiao Yan what he had done during the past three-odd years after she had seen him die.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi discussed the mystery of his resurrection, and Xiao Yan offered a theory involving his cultivation method and Three Thousand Burning Flame. The narration revealed the four factors that truly saved him, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi agreeing to cultivate together again.

• Xiao Yan told Huo Zhi he remembered nothing from the three years he was unconscious and suggested Three Thousand Burning Flame had kept him alive.
• Huo Zhi explained why Three Thousand Burning Flame alone could not have saved Xiao Yan and ruled out the Ancient Clan as his rescuers.
• Xiao Yan proposed that his cultivation method had instinctively devoured Three Thousand Burning Flame, whose power then repaired his body over three years.
• The narration revealed that fortune power, the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, medicinal power absorbed by Black Flame, and the Flame Mantra had combined to save Xiao Yan.
• Huo Zhi finished eating and asked Xiao Yan whether they should cultivate together, and he agreed so they could master the technique.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi discovered how to merge their power through their shared crimson lotus karma flame, giving them a secret combat advantage. As Xiao Yan remained emotionally devoted to Gu Xun'er, he and Huo Zhi kept their closeness restrained until Lei Jingxiao found them and reunited with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined their palms and circulated Dou Qi between them through their shared crimson lotus karma flame.
• Over two months of training, Xiao Yan found that his Dou Qi could flow both ways with Huo Zhi if he transferred his other three Heavenly Flames to his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi gained a way to combine their power, though Huo Zhi sensed Xiao Yan kept an emotional distance because he still longed for Gu Xun'er.
• As their third month alone in the Heavenly Tomb approached, Xiao Yan detected Lei Jingxiao on the Third Layer.
• Lei Jingxiao embraced Xiao Yan joyfully, and Huo Zhi watched their reunion with a quiet smile.

Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Lei Jingxiao traveled toward the fourth level of the Heavenly Tomb, with Lei Jingxiao revealing his determination to defeat Lei Dong and claim the Thunder Clan young master position. When they sensed three Soul Clan members approaching, Xiao Yan led the group away.

• Lei Jingxiao told Xiao Yan that he had endured years of lightning training and had reached the late stage of Half-Saint, but he was waiting for help to break through the crystal wall to the fourth level.
• Lei Jingxiao joined Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi, and declared that he would defeat Lei Dong openly to protect his claim to the Thunder Clan young master position.
• Over seven days, the three fought four Half-Saint-level energy bodies and collected their energy cores as they traveled toward the fourth level.
• Xiao Yan sensed three Soul Clan members ahead and found no sign of the other expected members or Tang Qiying's formation.
• When the three Soul Clan members rushed toward them, Xiao Yan chose to retreat, and Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao followed.

Xiao Yan led Tang Qiying and the Soul Clan pursuers away from Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao, then stopped to face Tang Qiying alone. Tang Qiying threatened to kill Xiao Yan and his companions as the two prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yan urged Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao to avoid fighting Tang Qiying's group on familiar ground and led them away.
• Tang Qiying insisted on pursuing Xiao Yan, while Hun Yu questioned the plan but followed with Hun Ya.
• Xiao Yan's group split up, and Tang Qiying pursued Xiao Yan while Hun Ya and Hun Yu chased Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao.
• Xiao Yan slowed down and waited for Tang Qiying to catch up.
• Tang Qiying threatened to kill Xiao Yan and then his companions, but Xiao Yan remained calm and fixed him with killing intent.

Xiao Yan battled Tang Qiying, countering his Heavenly Flame and soul attacks with precise control and his Heavenly State Soul. Tang Qiying then activated a formation that revealed a ghostly second head and raised his soul power to the Heavenly State, beginning their true fight.

• Tang Qiying used Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame to break through Xiao Yan's Red Lotus Star Flame, but Xiao Yan weakened the attack and sent a flame dragon at him.
• Tang Qiying shattered the flame dragon with a soul-targeting sound-wave Dou Technique, which Xiao Yan blocked with Soul Flow Black Vortex.
• Tang Qiying acknowledged Xiao Yan's Heavenly State Soul, then used a formation to raise his own soul power and claim that he also had a Heavenly State Soul.
• Xiao Yan saw a pale, ghostly second head emerge from Tang Qiying's neck as Tang Qiying's soul power reached the Heavenly State.

Xiao Yan fought Tang Qiying, whose stolen body and strange second head had raised his soul power to the Heavenly State and granted him counters to Xiao Yan’s abilities. The clash escalated as Xiao Yan unleashed his strongest ruler technique, and Tang Qiying prepared to answer it with an attack of his own.

• Tang Qiying revealed that his second head had raised his soul power to the Heavenly State, matching Xiao Yan’s.
• Xiao Yan taunted Tang Qiying about his stolen body and abandoned parents, provoking him into attacking.
• Tang Qiying dodged Xiao Yan’s Heavy Profound Ruler and cut both his arms with short blades, though Xiao Yan’s wounds quickly healed.
• Xiao Yan used Devouring Power, but Tang Qiying’s sound-wave technique disrupted the vortex and struck at Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Xiao Yan launched Wild Desolation Ruler: Sovereign’s Descent, and Tang Qiying declared that he would counter it with an even greater number of attacks.

Xiao Yan narrowly avoided Tang Qiying’s dagger strike after piercing him with a soul technique, but Tang Qiying activated Huo Xuan’s ninth-grade Flame Clan bloodline mark and became a mid-stage one-star Dou Sheng. Xiao Yan used his Xiao Clan secret art to raise his strength to peak Half-Saint as the dangerous battle continued.

• Tang Qiying unleashed tens of thousands of vengeful soul bodies against Xiao Yan’s ruler shadows while Xiao Yan used his soul perception to track him.
• Tang Qiying attacked Xiao Yan’s neck, but Xiao Yan struck him with the Shadow Piercing Needle and retreated after Annihilation Guard weakened the technique.
• Tang Qiying acknowledged Xiao Yan’s dangerous attack and activated Huo Xuan’s ninth-grade Flame Clan bloodline mark, raising his strength to the middle stage of one-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan used his Xiao Clan secret art and three successive boosts to raise his aura to the peak of Half-Saint.

Tang Qiying activated Huo Xuan’s clan mark and gained the power of a mid-stage one-star Dou Sheng, putting Xiao Yan under pressure as the two fought. Xiao Yan endured Tang Qiying’s attacks and kept his composure, while Tang Qiying suspected he was hiding another trump card.

• Tang Qiying used Huo Xuan’s clan mark to reach the middle stage of the one-star Dou Sheng realm, while Xiao Yan worried about defeating him before his own power faded.
• Tang Qiying attacked at overwhelming speed, broke Xiao Yan’s arm bones, and cut his shoulders with his twin blades.
• Xiao Yan tried to trap Tang Qiying with the Red Lotus Star Flame, but Tang Qiying’s Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame tore through it and rained down on him.
• Xiao Yan blocked the barrage with the Heavy Profound Ruler and rapidly healed his injuries as Tang Qiying mocked his ability to recover.
• Xiao Yan judged that he could withstand Tang Qiying’s attacks and calmly threatened to smash his heads, prompting Tang Qiying to suggest Xiao Yan had another trump card.

Xiao Yan used the Black Flame against Tang Qiying, but Tang Qiying trapped it with a blood-powered rune formation and wounded Xiao Yan when he tried to intervene. With the Black Flame neutralized, Xiao Yan launched Soul Flow Black Vortex, and Tang Qiying mocked him for reusing a move.

• Tang Qiying named Xiao Yan’s three remaining trump cards and taunted him for pretending to be calm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Black Flame and ordered it to attack Tang Qiying.
• Tang Qiying activated a rune formation powered by his blood essence, trapping and immobilizing the Black Flame.
• Xiao Yan tried to break the formation, but Tang Qiying intercepted him and cut him with his daggers.
• Tang Qiying asked which of Xiao Yan’s two remaining trump cards he would use, and Xiao Yan attacked with Soul Flow Black Vortex.

Xiao Yan revealed that his Heavenly State Soul was stronger than Tang Qiying expected, freeing Black Flame and counterattacking despite suffering grievous wounds. He then gathered energy for a Heavenly-tier Dou Skill as Tang Qiying prepared to stop him with the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his concealed soul power, disrupting Tang Qiying and weakening his control over the battle.
• Xiao Yan used Red Lotus Star Flame to break the formation and retrieve Black Flame.
• Tang Qiying attacked with two short blades, but Xiao Yan endured the wounds and struck back with the World-Destroying Crimson Lotus.
• Xiao Yan withdrew, absorbed the surrounding Dou Qi, and consumed medicinal pills to recover his strength.
• Xiao Yan gathered fire-attributed Dou Qi to prepare a Heavenly-tier Dou Skill while Tang Qiying, charred by the flames, released the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame.

Tang Qiying and Xiao Yan unleashed their Heaven Class Dou Techniques against each other in a devastating clash. Both attacks were extinguished, leaving the battle even as they faced off in the shattered Heavenly Tomb.

• Tang Qiying gathered energy with his formation and unleashed the Flame Clan's Heaven Rank Mid Grade Blazing Sun Divine Light Palm, empowered by the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame.
• Xiao Yan answered with his Heaven Rank Low Grade Ninefold Crimson Tide, using wave after wave of flame to slow Tang Qiying's palm strike.
• Xiao Yan drove his Flame Mantra and Devouring Power to their limits while the remaining waves weakened Tang Qiying's attack.
• The final blood-red wave and Tang Qiying's black palm collided, devastating the surrounding terrain and shattering the Heavenly Tomb's space.
• Xiao Yan and Tang Qiying sensed that their attacks had ended in a draw, and Tang Qiying snarled in frustration that Xiao Yan had blocked him.

Xiao Yan and Tang Qiying clashed at full strength, with neither able to gain the upper hand. As Tang Qiying prepared layered arrays to withstand Xiao Yan’s finishing attack, Xiao Yan completed a Five-Colored Flame Lotus.

• Tang Qiying’s Heaven Class Dou Technique and Xiao Yan’s Ninefold Crimson Tide collided, leaving both men’s attacks evenly matched.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the turbulent energy to recover, then fused five Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus.
• Tang Qiying recognized the Lotus’s threat and formed defensive arrays, refining vicious spirits into their runes.
• Tang Qiying completed his final array and placed the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame at its core, forming a Black Flame flood dragon.
• Xiao Yan successfully completed the five-flame fusion and formed a palm-sized Five-Colored Flame Lotus.

Xiao Yan fused five Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus while Tang Qiying fought through the Shadow Piercing Needle’s attack and prepared layered arrays to withstand it. The five-colored lotus formed as Tang Qiying’s black-flame defenses gathered around him, leaving the two attacks poised to collide.

• Xiao Yan began fusing five Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus as Tang Qiying struggled with the Shadow Piercing Needle disrupting his mind.
• Tang Qiying smashed apart his second head, swallowed a soul body, and used an array to keep his damaged body from collapsing.
• Tang Qiying set up defensive arrays reinforced with vicious spirits and concentrated the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame into a black flame wyrm at their core.
• Xiao Yan completed the palm-sized five-colored fire lotus, whose power made the surrounding space disappear as it rotated.

Xiao Yan unleashed his Five-Colored Fire Lotus against Tang Qiying, overwhelming his formations and black flame dragon. The blast swallowed Tang Qiying while leaving Xiao Yan gravely depleted, and Xiao Yan believed he had finally killed his enemy.

• Xiao Yan hurled the Five-Colored Fire Lotus at Tang Qiying, whose formations and black flame dragon met the attack.
• Tang Qiying ordered the resentful spirits in his formations to burn their souls and reinforce his defenses, but the fire lotus destroyed them.
• Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames overwhelmed Tang Qiying's black flame dragon and swallowed Tang Qiying in the explosion.
• The blast threw Xiao Yan back and worsened his injuries, so he absorbed energy from a Half-Saint energy core and swallowed recovery pills.
• Xiao Yan saw Tang Qiying disappear into the flames and believed the battle was over.

After surviving Xiao Yan’s Five-Colored Fire Lotus with the help of a Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame, Tang Qiying believed he could recover and defeat Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan revealed that the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame was racing toward them, leaving Tang Qiying facing another threat.

• Xiao Yan sensed that Tang Qiying had survived the explosion, protected by black flames he recognized as a Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Tang Qiying regained consciousness and realized the black flames had been left behind by the mysterious lord who revived him.
• Tang Qiying mocked Xiao Yan’s weakened state and declared that he would recover, defeat him, and take his soul.
• Xiao Yan stayed calm and said Tang Qiying was about to face a new way to die.
• Tang Qiying sensed the approaching Crimson Lotus Karma Flame hurtling toward them.

Tang Qiying fled after Huo Zhi arrived to help Xiao Yan, but the two joined forces and Huo Zhi struck him down. Huo Zhi vowed to avenge her brother, whose body Tang Qiying had seized.

• Tang Qiying sensed Huo Zhi approaching and fled while Xiao Yan pursued him.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he, Huo Zhi, and Lei Jingxiao had planned for Huo Zhi to arrive with Feng Qiu's help.
• Huo Zhi caught up to Xiao Yan, joined their Dou Qi, and strengthened her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Huo Zhi used Ten-Direction Flame Bind to trap Tang Qiying, but he broke free with the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame.
• Huo Zhi pierced Tang Qiying with a blood-colored sword phantom and vowed to avenge her brother.

Huo Zhi and Xiao Yan cornered and grievously wounded Tang Qiying, but Huo Zhi stopped just before killing him when Huo Xuan’s familiar aura returned to his body. She wondered whether her brother could still be saved.

• Huo Zhi’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame overwhelmed Tang Qiying, while the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame failed to attack and only briefly shielded him.
• Huo Zhi and Xiao Yan found Tang Qiying barely alive, and Huo Zhi prepared to kill him with a blade of Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Xiao Yan urged Huo Zhi not to give Tang Qiying a chance to recover, recalling that he had once survived after Xiao Yan thought him dead.
• Huo Zhi halted her blade when Tang Qiying’s gaze and aura changed to those of Huo Xuan.
• Huo Zhi asked whether Huo Xuan had returned and wondered if Xiao Yan could save her brother.

Huo Zhi killed the being possessing Huo Xuan, knowing her brother could not be revived and that the black flames revealed Tang Qiying’s deception. After recalling Huo Xuan’s lifelong protection and sacrifice, she broke down in grief as Xiao Yan held her up.

• Huo Zhi ignored Huo Xuan’s confused plea and severed his head with a decisive strike.
• Huo Zhi remembered how Huo Xuan had cared for and protected her throughout their childhood and cultivation.
• Huo Zhi recalled how Huo Xuan had sacrificed his life to help her escape the Flame Clan’s destruction.
• Huo Zhi realized that Huo Xuan’s appearance in the Heavenly Tomb had been Tang Qiying’s attempt to deceive her, and that her brother had no hope of revival.
• Huo Zhi apologized to Huo Xuan and collapsed into grief while Xiao Yan supported her.

Xiao Yan discovered that Tang Qiying had survived by hiding his soul inside the Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame, and he and Huo Zhi pursued him. A powerful Soul Clan expert intervened, captured Tang Qiying, and forced the injured Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi to retreat.

• Xiao Yan found Tang Qiying's remnant soul escaping from Huo Xuan's corpse inside the Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Huo Zhi chased Tang Qiying with Xiao Yan, but the Child Flame devoured her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and sped away.
• A mysterious black-robed Soul Clan expert appeared, and Tang Qiying rushed toward him for help.
• Xiao Yan used Void Devours Heaven to block Tang Qiying, but the black-robed man shattered the vortex with five dark streaks.
• The attack injured Xiao Yan, who told Huo Zhi to retreat, while the black-robed man took control of the Child Flame carrying Tang Qiying.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi were trapped by the Soul Clan man and four Dou Sheng energy bodies, leaving them with no clear escape. As Xiao Yan prepared a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, the black-robed man revealed that he had taken control of the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame and intended to feed Tang Qiying to it.

• Xiao Yan pulled Huo Zhi away from Tang Qiying, but four Soul Clan Dou Sheng energy bodies appeared and sealed off every escape route.
• Xiao Yan asked Huo Zhi to transfer her strength to him, and he began condensing a Five-Colored Fire Lotus with her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Tang Qiying urged the black-robed man to kill Xiao Yan, but the man silenced him and formed a blood seal that entered the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame.
• The black-robed man summoned the Child Flame and made it obey him, while Tang Qiying discovered he was trapped inside it and being devoured.
• The black-robed man revealed he had come to the Heavenly Tomb to let the Child Flame consume Tang Qiying.

Hun Feng revealed that Tang Qiying had been resurrected and given Huo Xuan’s body only to nourish and perfect the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame. After Tang Qiying was consumed, Hun Feng turned her attention to Xiao Yan as he struggled to complete his Five-Colored Fire Lotus, while four Dou Sheng watched without intervening.

• Hun Feng told Tang Qiying that the Soul Clan had used his resentment to nourish the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and that his resurrection and Huo Xuan’s body had been part of the plan.
• Tang Qiying tried to destroy his soul, but a Soul Clan woman restrained him and forced him to be devoured by the Child Flame.
• Tang Qiying cursed the Soul Clan and Xiao Yan as the Black Flame consumed him and grew stronger.
• Hun Feng drew the Child Flame into her body, revealed her face, and declared that Xiao Yan would fall by her or Hun Feng’s hand.
• Xiao Yan continued fusing the Five-Colored Fire Lotus while four Dou Sheng stood by, leading him to suspect that they did not fear his strongest attack.

Hun Feng absorbed Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi’s Five-Colored Fire Lotus, leaving Xiao Yan unable to resist her attack. Ten Dou Sheng energy bodies arrived just in time to save them and confronted Hun Feng and the Soul Clan.

• Hun Feng used the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame to swallow Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi’s hastily fused fire lotus and absorb its explosion.
• Hun Feng declared that Xiao Yan would die and that she would take the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame within his body.
• As Hun Feng prepared to strike, an ancient azure Dou Qi shield appeared before Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi and blocked her attack.
• Ten Dou Sheng energy bodies arrived, and their leader knelt before Xiao Yan with the other nine, calling him Young Master.
• The ten newcomers faced Hun Feng and the four Soul Clan Dou Sheng energy bodies and vowed to eliminate them.

Xiao Yan’s situation changed when Xiao Xuan’s ten Dou Sheng-level energy bodies arrived and defeated the Soul Clan attackers. With Hun Feng escaping and Xun Er and Lei Jingxiao being brought to safety, Xiao Yan set out for the fourth level of the Heavenly Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Le revealed that Xiao Xuan had sent him and nine others to assist Xiao Yan, who ordered them to kill the Soul Clan attackers.
• The ten energy bodies overwhelmed the four Soul Clan energy bodies, but Hun Feng escaped with the Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Le gave Xiao Yan four one-star Dou Sheng energy cores and apologized for letting Hun Feng get away, while Xiao Yan thanked him for saving him and Huo Zhi.
• Xiao Le explained that he had taken the Xiao surname as Xiao Xuan’s representative and that Xiao Xuan was the only Xiao Clan ancestor in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Le said his men were bringing Xun Er and Lei Jingxiao to the fourth level, and Xiao Yan hurried there to meet Xiao Xuan.