Recaps

Nine Phoenix sent Elder Ye, a powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan expert, to confront Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan subdued four of the clan’s eight-star Dou Saints. Xiao Yan recognized Elder Ye as Feng Ye, an early-stage nine-star Dou Sheng connected to the Tunling Clan, and the two prepared to fight.

• Nine Phoenix asked Elder Ye to deal with Xiao Yan, whose Fire Lotus threatened the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces.
• Elder Ye revealed his hollow eye sockets, then crossed the battlefield and killed three Continental Allied Army Dou Sheng Experts on his way to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arranged support for the other battles and faced Elder Ye directly as the surrounding fighters backed away.
• Xiao Yan recognized Elder Ye as the man who had handled the Tunling Clan remains at the Yao Clan auction, provoking him to reveal his nine-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Elder Ye named himself Feng Ye and threatened to cripple Xiao Yan and imprison his soul, while Xiao Yan vowed to destroy him and his clan.

Feng Ye used his blue-black ice crystals to assimilate Xiao Yan’s flames and Dou Qi, then trapped him in a deadly crystal tornado. Xiao Yan remained caught inside as Feng Ye declared the attack would kill him.

• The chapter revealed that the Stone Clan had auctioned Feng Ye’s sealed skeleton, unknowingly helping the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan obtain power from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Feng Ye attacked Xiao Yan with blue-black crystals that absorbed Xiao Yan’s flame energy and even severed his control over the Nihility Vortices.
• Feng Ye made the assimilated crystals expand, forcing Xiao Yan to retreat and send five Six-Colored Fire Lotuses at them.
• Xiao Yan detonated the Fire Lotuses early, but Feng Ye formed a crystal wall that absorbed the flames and then triggered Black Crystal Explosion.
• Feng Ye used Ice Crystal Tornado to trap Xiao Yan, whose attempts to break free only strengthened the storm.

Xiao Yan lured Feng Ye into the Nihility Vortex, where he could conceal himself and control the surroundings. After watching Feng Ye search calmly, Xiao Yan revealed himself and launched a soul-power attack, which Feng Ye met with his own.

• Xiao Yan entered the vortex formed by his nihility devouring flame and vanished from Feng Ye's sight.
• Feng Ye traced Xiao Yan's presence, kept the ice-crystal tornado in place, and entered the Nihility Vortex.
• Feng Ye searched the boundless darkness but could not find Xiao Yan, who watched him from nearby while concealed.
• Xiao Yan emerged and attacked Feng Ye with a surge of soul power.
• Feng Ye countered with his own soul power and crystalline energy, and their attacks clashed.

Xiao Yan used the Shadow Piercing Needle to impair Feng Ye’s soul perception and trick him into striking Feng Chu instead. While Feng Ye dealt with the soul attack, Xiao Yan finished Feng Chu and refined the black mist left behind.

• Feng Ye endured Xiao Yan’s three Shadow Piercing Needles, but the third pierced his head and disrupted his soul perception.
• Feng Ye mistook Xiao Yan’s feigned retreat for exhaustion and launched his blue-black crystals at him.
• Xiao Yan evaded the attack and let Feng Ye believe he had struck Xiao Yan, while Feng Ye focused on removing the soul threads from his mind.
• Xiao Yan maneuvered the imprisoned Feng Chu into Feng Ye’s attack, which sealed Feng Chu and left him unable to resist.
• Xiao Yan killed Feng Chu, gathered the black mist left by his death, and refined it with heavenly flames.

Xiao Yan trapped Feng Ye’s soul in his Heaven-Rank Soul Technique, Heaven and Earth Reversed, and forced him into a direct soul clash. As the battle reached a critical point, Little Scale emerged and told Xiao Yan he had discovered something important about Feng Ye.

• Xiao Yan gathered his soul power and attacked Feng Ye while Feng Ye was distracted by the Shadow Piercing Needle’s residual power.
• Xiao Yan used Heaven-Rank Soul Technique, Heaven and Earth Reversed, disrupting Feng Ye’s perception and forcing him to fight with soul power.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Ye’s souls took shape as a Flame Lotus and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix and clashed within the Nihility Vortex.
• Feng Ye discerned how Xiao Yan controlled the technique and began reversing its influence, threatening to turn it against Xiao Yan.
• Little Scale emerged during the soul collision, examined Feng Ye’s soul, and told Xiao Yan he had discovered something extremely important.

Xiao Yan exhausted himself in a soul clash with Feng Ye, then revealed that he had never intended to defeat him alone. Little Scale took advantage of Feng Ye’s weakness and used the nihility devouring flame on him, leaving Feng Ye’s aura subtly changed.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his full soul power and intensified Heaven and Earth Reversed, forcing Feng Ye into a desperate soul clash.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Ye drained their soul power and became unable to move, but Feng Ye expected to recover faster and claim victory.
• Xiao Yan summoned Little Scale and told him to attack Feng Ye while Feng Ye was depleted.
• Feng Ye recognized Little Scale as the nihility devouring flame and tried to resist, but could not mobilize his strength.
• Little Scale trapped Feng Ye, met his gaze, and spat nihility devouring flame into his throat, subtly changing Feng Ye’s aura.

The Continental Allied Army and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan remained locked in a costly battle, while Zi Yan defeated a Heavenly Demon Phoenix before Nine Phoenix targeted her. Lei Qingyue and Jiang Yunyan rescued Zi Yan, but Nine Phoenix ordered his guards to intercept them as he prepared to settle old scores.

• Yan Jin and Lei Ying coordinated with Zhukun, Soul Heavenly Emperor, and Gu Yuan to keep the top-level fighting in balance.
• Qing Lin gained the upper hand against three opponents, while Hun Sha and Gu Lie struggled to suppress their foes.
• Zi Yan defeated a peak six-star Dou Saint Heavenly Demon Phoenix with her Purple-Gold Seal.
• Nine Phoenix ambushed Zi Yan and pursued her with repeated claw-light attacks, nearly trapping her in a cage of blades.
• Lei Qingyue and Jiang Yunyan combined their attacks to interrupt Nine Phoenix and help Zi Yan escape, while Lei Jingxiao rushed to her side.
• Nine Phoenix sent his guards to intercept Lei Qingyue and Jiang Yunyan and threatened to make them pay for their past attack on Huang Tian.

Nine Phoenix tormented Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao with relentless attacks, then killed Qing Mu and devoured his soul. Lei Jingxiao fled with the unconscious Zi Yan, but Nine Phoenix caught up, and a familiar figure appeared to shield them.

• Nine Phoenix wounded Lei Jingxiao and repeatedly struck Zi Yan to prevent them from escaping.
• Nine Phoenix pierced Zi Yan through the middle, leaving her unconscious, and Qing Mu arrived to help Lei Jingxiao take her away.
• Nine Phoenix shot Qing Mu with arrows, impaled him with a spear, and crushed and devoured his soul.
• Lei Jingxiao fled with Zi Yan while Nine Phoenix pursued them, and another familiar figure moved in front of Lei Jingxiao to protect him.

Feng Ye emerged from the Ice Crystal Storm and appeared to have defeated Xiao Yan, but then he turned against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and attacked its fighters. He killed several Phoenix Dou Saints while Lei Jingxiao and Zi Yan remained in danger nearby.

• Lei Miao sacrificed himself to save Lei Jingxiao, and Nine Phoenix killed him while Lei Jingxiao clutched the Spatial Storage Ring he left behind.
• Lei Jingxiao stopped fleeing with Zi Yan, while Nine Phoenix paused to watch the Ice Crystal Storm dissipate.
• Feng Ye appeared as the apparent victor, prompting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to celebrate and Qing Lin to struggle toward him.
• Feng Ye attacked a Peak Seven-Star Dou Saint of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan from behind, freezing and destroying him.
• Feng Ye scattered the ice crystals across the battlefield, killing four or five Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Saints while largely sparing the Continental Allied Army.

Xiao Yan used Little Scale’s control over Feng Ye to turn the Nine-Star Dou Sheng against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. With Feng Ye devastating his own side, the Continental Allied Army launched a counterattack and the clan’s defenses began to collapse.

• Feng Ye attacked Nine Phoenix, then slaughtered Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members with his Ice Crystal Storm as the Allied Army withdrew from his path.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a Nihility Vortex with Little Scale, revealing that Little Scale had temporarily taken control of Feng Ye using the nihility devouring flame.
• Xiao Yan had kept Feng Ye’s rampage hidden until it could inflict maximum damage on the clan and aid the Continental Allied Army.
• The Allied Army cheered Xiao Yan and launched a sweeping counterattack while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s lines fell back.
• Several Eight-Star Dou Saints broke off their fights to try to stabilize the battle, fearing the clan would be routed.

Xiao Yan used his strength to turn the battle further in the Continental Allied Army’s favor while Feng Ye’s rampage devastated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After learning that Lei Miao had died saving him, Lei Jingxiao grieved and challenged the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s leaders.

• Xiao Yan struck a seven-star Heaven Demon Phoenix expert to help Gu Dao, then sent fiery beasts formed from Heavenly Flames into battles across the field.
• Nine Phoenix failed to bring Feng Ye back to his senses and called to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s leaders for help as Feng Ye continued slaughtering their clan.
• Lei Qingyue told Lei Jingxiao that Lei Miao had sacrificed himself to save him and that the Thunder Clan’s elders had chosen him as their next clan chief.
• Lei Jingxiao mourned Lei Miao and Elder Qingmu, then gripped his Golden Spear and challenged the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s core figures to fight.

Lei Jingxiao’s desperate attack coincided with the Extraterritorial Evil Clan ending its fight against the Continental Allied Army, and the allied forces mistakenly credited him with forcing their retreat. Xiao Yan withdrew control of Feng Ye, who stopped the Ice Crystal Storm, before the enemy leaders ordered their forces to leave.

• Lei Jingxiao hurled his golden spear and summoned a lightning strike, but neither breached the barrier around the nine experts.
• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan fighters withdrew from the battle, leaving the battered Continental Allied Army’s five experts standing.
• The allied forces cheered Lei Jingxiao, believing his strike had driven back the enemy, while Xiao Yan realized the retreat had been voluntary.
• Xiao Yan had Little Scale release Feng Ye, who regained consciousness and stopped his Ice Crystal Storm from ravaging the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The four Extraterritorial Evil Clan leaders ordered their forces to end the battle and leave.

The Continental Allied Army survived the battle after the Extraterritorial Evil Clan ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to retreat. Xiao Yan and Qing Lin assessed their injuries as the survivors began tending to the battlefield, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s growing combat experience threatened to make a future clash more difficult.

• The four Extraterritorial Evil Clan leaders opened a Spatial Passage, and Feng Ye ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to withdraw.
• The Continental Allied Army avoided pursuing the retreating Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, wary of a possible ambush.
• Xiao Yan recovered the last trace of the nihility devouring flame's power as the battle ended and exhaustion overtook him.
• Wang Yun began judging whether the souls of fallen Continental Allied Army Dou Sheng Experts could be saved and revived.
• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Lin, who said she had nearly been able to kill her opponent and noted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's lack of combat experience.

Xiao Yan and Zhukun questioned why the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had retreated, realizing the allied forces had not truly defeated them. Back at the Four Black Pillars, the invaders discussed how the world's restrictions weakened them and planned to strengthen their servants while finding a way to overcome those restrictions.

• Xiao Yan told Zhukun that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan might have retreated because it had not adapted to its power, but Zhukun suspected a more important cause.
• Xiao Yan and Zhukun recognized that the enemy's strongest fighters had not been defeated and that the Continental Allied Army still lacked crucial intelligence.
• The four Extraterritorial Evil Clan members returned to the Four Black Pillars and hurried inside as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members settled nearby to recover and grow stronger.
• The invaders discussed how the world's restrictions suppressed their power and agreed to focus on weakening those restrictions.
• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan members decided to have their servants capture new candidates for a mass infusion of power, while warning that they would ultimately claim the world.

After the battle, Xiao Yan refused Qing Lin’s offer of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s blood essence so she could absorb it herself. Xiao Yi Xian returned and told him she had sent the purifying lotus demon flame to Little Lei, who was in poor condition.

• The Origin Return Manor and other factions regrouped separately while Wang Yun prioritized reviving the manor’s forces and the continent prepared for another battle with the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Qing Lin offered Xiao Yan the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s blood essence, but he refused because he wanted her to gain its full benefits and was focused on improving his soul strength.
• Qing Lin accepted Xiao Yan’s decision and went into seclusion to study the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s three Dou Techniques before absorbing the blood essence.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned looking exhausted, and Xiao Yan soothed her with Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that she had sent the purifying lotus demon flame to Little Lei, who was in very poor condition.

Xiao Yi Xian gave the purifying lotus demon flame to Lei Jingxiao, hoping it would help him grow stronger after his losses. As Xiao Yan prepared to absorb Soul Clan souls to advance his Soul Imperial State, Lei Jingxiao resolved to prove Lei Miao wrong by defeating Nine Phoenix.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained to Xiao Yan why she had given Lei Jingxiao the purifying lotus demon flame and feared he would change after absorbing it.
• Xiao Yan said Lei Jingxiao would have to overcome his grief himself and promised him a chance to settle his wish in the next battle against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to absorb Soul Clan souls in seclusion to advance to the Soul Imperial State.
• Zi Yan visited Lei Jingxiao after grieving for Elder Qingmu and asked about the Storage Ring Lei Miao had left him.
• Lei Jingxiao gave Zi Yan Lei Miao's letter, which confessed his regret and offered to let Lei Jingxiao return on his own terms.
• Lei Jingxiao said he would prove Lei Miao wrong by taking Nine Phoenix's head.

Lei Jingxiao prepared to absorb the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to grow stronger, while Zhukun and Wei Jiangyuan offered their help. He remained determined to avenge his defeat, and Wei Jiangyuan promised to bring him another Tier 9 Medicinal Pill.

• Zi Yan asked whether Lei Jingxiao could face Nine Phoenix, and he vowed to gain the strength to protect her with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Lei Jingxiao and Zi Yan opened the seal on the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame with Zhukun, who discovered that its intelligence had been mostly erased while its essence remained intact.
• Zhukun gave Lei Jingxiao a jade slip containing a method to absorb the flame and warned him that he would first need to extract the flame already inside his body.
• Wei Jiangyuan visited Lei Jingxiao, checked on him, and told him to wait for another Tier 9 Medicinal Pill before absorbing the pill he already had.
• Lei Jingxiao apologized to Wei Jiangyuan after recognizing his sincerity, but maintained that he would avenge his defeat.

Xiao Yan delayed his cultivation to speak with Little Scale, who revealed that the opportunity to become a Dou Di involved a mysterious powerful being and that Feng Ye’s power came from the Tunling Clan. As the Extraterritorial Evil Clan continued spreading through the Western Region, the Allied Army prepared defenses while Xiao Yan began seclusion to pursue the strength needed to face them.

• Wei Jiangyuan accepted Lei Jingxiao as his younger brother and promised to supply him with pills, while warning him to stay alive as he sought revenge.
• The Continental Allied Army observed that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan was expanding into the Northwest and Southwestern Regions, forcing evacuations and weakening the Siege-Breaking Giant Cannon’s effectiveness by spreading its black mist more widely.
• Xiao Yan used a brief lull in the fighting to enter seclusion, while Zhukun promised to handle the outside affairs.
• Little Scale told Xiao Yan that a powerful being had helped him and the purifying lotus demon flame escape a strange place, and that the being was connected to the opportunity to become a Dou Di.
• Little Scale explained that he could control Feng Ye through their shared power, which came from the Tunling Clan and was connected to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

Xiao Yan prepared for secluded cultivation by absorbing the Soul Hall’s stored souls to strengthen his soul, aiming to break through to the emperor realm. Lei Jingxiao and Qing Lin also began demanding cultivation, while Qing Lin vowed to stand beside Xiao Yan at the continent’s pinnacle.

• Xiao Yan questioned Little Scale about the Tunling Clan, but Little Scale could only recall that his former self had worked closely with the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan warned Little Scale not to use his ability to control Feng Ye again and explained that Feng Ye’s assimilation ability relied on soul energy.
• Xiao Yan used the nihility devouring flame to convert the Soul Hall’s stored souls into soul energy and absorb them as he prepared for an emperor realm breakthrough.
• Lei Jingxiao began cultivating with the purifying lotus demon flame, two complementary Tier 9 Precious Medicinal Pills, and three drops of Zi Yan’s blood essence.
• Qing Lin began secluded cultivation to absorb Huang Quan’s blood essence and become able to perform the Grand Splendor Yin-Yang Rotation with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Le and Xiao Chen drank together and spoke about Xiao Xuan, whose loss still weighed on them both. When Xiao Yan’s overwhelming soul aura surged through Origin Return Manor, Xiao Chen saw Xiao Xuan’s likeness in the towering soul phantom and wondered if it was the answer Xiao Xuan had left for him and the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Chen invited Xiao Le to drink and asked what he lived for after returning to life.
• Xiao Le told Xiao Chen that he still longed to follow Xiao Xuan and believed Xiao Yan could finish the path Xiao Xuan left unfinished.
• A powerful soul aura swept through Origin Return Manor, and Xiao Le recognized it as Xiao Yan’s.
• Xiao Chen saw Xiao Xuan’s face reflected in Xiao Yan’s towering soul phantom and wondered if it was the answer Xiao Xuan had left for him and the Xiao Clan.

As the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s threat drove people toward the Central Plains, Xiao Yi Xian strengthened Origin Return Manor’s influence and maintained order. Xiao Yan returned from surveillance, and the chapter revealed he had advanced to the Soul Imperial State.

• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s expansion prompted many people to flee to the Central Plains, where Origin Return Manor and Xiao Yi Xian gained a reputation for protecting stability.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s growing confidence helped her manage Origin Return Manor, and she set aside time to await Xiao Yan’s return.
• The Continental Allied Army and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan settled into a cautious stalemate, with surveillance squads retreating whenever the enemy showed signs of counterattacking.
• Origin Return Manor’s surveillance team returned safely after its half-month assignment, and Xiao Yan vanished ahead of the others to meet Xiao Yi Xian.
• The chapter revealed that Xiao Yan had emerged from seclusion a month earlier and officially advanced to the Soul Imperial State.

After gaining an emperor realm soul, Xiao Yan proved he could fight Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts and monitored the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, where he discovered its territory was shrinking and an unknown area concealed a possible danger. Xun'er explained the developments to Xiao Yi Xian and discussed Gu Dao's offer to support her as Ancient Clan leader, which they had postponed until after the war.

• Xiao Yan sparred with Yan Jin and pressured him, then replaced Zhukun on surveillance duty after Zhukun judged him a formidable freak.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yan completed his surveillance assignments and discovered that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's black mist territory had shrunk and that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan seemed to be concealing a dangerous unknown area.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yi Xian what Xiao Yan had learned and explained that they were waiting for the Ancient Clan to provide more information.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xun'er about Gu Dao, who had offered to break away from the Ancient Clan and lead his forces in honoring her as clan leader.
• Xun'er and the Origin Return Manor had declined Gu Dao's offer for now, proposing that the Ancient Clan settle its leadership after the Extraterritorial Evil Clan was defeated.

Gu Dao supplied Origin Return Manor with intelligence on the Ancient Clan, while Xun'er refused to intervene in the clan’s conflict with the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. At the Ancient Clan, Gu Yuan secretly tested the clan’s stored Dou Di Progenitor power before the Soul Heavenly Emperor arrived and proposed a deal involving the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Gu Dao gave Origin Return Manor information about the Ancient Clan’s plans and resources, explaining that he supported Xun'er as the clan’s future leader but would not fight against the clan.
• Xun'er rejected Xiao Yi Xian’s suggestion to help the Ancient Clan and said its people should face the Extraterritorial Evil Clan themselves.
• Gu Yuan tried to work with the Ancient Clan’s stored Dou Di Progenitor power, then concealed the forbidden grounds when the clan’s formation detected an intruder.
• The Soul Heavenly Emperor visited Gu Yuan in an avatar and told him that Xiao Xuan had likely fallen while Xiao Yan absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Soul Heavenly Emperor said another clash with the Extraterritorial Evil Clan was approaching, then offered to make a deal with Gu Yuan involving the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

While monitoring the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, Xiao Yan followed a sudden insight and refined a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill with his Emperor Realm Soul and Nihility Devouring Flame. His pill refining drained Origin Return Manor’s energy and ended with a rain of pills as a Mystic Pill emerged.

• Xiao Yan began refining a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill in his secluded chamber, using the Nihility Devouring Flame instead of a cauldron.
• Xiao Yan’s Emperor Realm Soul let him perceive every step of the refining process, while the Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the energy needed to sustain it.
• The Nihility Vortex above Xiao Yan’s chamber drained the Dou Qi and spiritual energy from Origin Return Manor, so the Dou Sheng elders ordered everyone to stop cultivating and supply it to him.
• Disciples speculated that Xiao Yan was breaking through until medicinal pills began raining across the manor, bringing them to cheers.
• The Dou Sheng elders watched Xiao Yan’s chamber as a Mystic Pill emerged.

Xiao Yan captured the pill he had refined and used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy the Black Demon Lightning threatening it. The alchemists recognized his achievement as a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill and discussed the apparent improvement in their own pill-refining success, while hoping to learn from him.

• A black-robed attacker fled the Origin Return Manor, but Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi caught the pill and drew it back to him.
• Black clouds gathered over the manor as Black Demon Lightning descended on Xiao Yan and the pill.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, destroying the lightning and clearing the sky.
• The Origin Return Manor’s disciples cheered Xiao Yan, while its alchemists identified his pill as a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill close to a Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
• Huo Zhen and the other alchemists wanted Xiao Yan to share what he had learned, and Yuan Chen noted that their success at refining Tier 9 Medicinal Pills seemed to have improved.