Chapter Summaries

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.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence, where Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er and reconciled with her over the Xiao Clan’s tragedy. Their rift vanished, while Huo Zhi silently faced her unrequited feelings for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Le explained that Xiao Xuan regularly cleansed the fourth level, and Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi traveled with Xiao Le’s group to the stone stele at the tomb’s depths.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi entered Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence, where they found Xun Er waiting.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun Er, and they apologized to each other over the events surrounding Second Brother’s death.
• Xiao Yan told Xun Er he had killed Gu Yao to avenge Second Brother and that he did not blame her for what happened.
• Huo Zhi watched Xiao Yan and Xun Er reconcile, then silently turned away to give them privacy.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er in the Heavenly Tomb and met the legendary Xiao Xuan, who recognized him as a descendant and praised his progress. Xiao Xuan also welcomed Xiao Yan's companions and remarked on the exceptional group of Ancient Clan heirs gathered around him.

• Xun Er reminded Xiao Yan that others were present, and the two separated after reaffirming their wish to remain together.
• Lei Jingxiao told Xiao Yan that he had slain Hun Ya with Feng Qiu's help, though Hun Yu had escaped.
• Xiao Xuan suddenly appeared before Xiao Yan, who recognized him as the Xiao Clan's ancestor and bowed in respect.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan's multiple Heavenly Flames and his performance in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xun Er, Huo Zhi, and Lei Jingxiao paid their respects as Xiao Xuan questioned Xun Er about her bloodline and learned Lei Jingxiao was Lei Ying's son.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan for bringing together many of the Eight Ancient Clans' Heaven's Pride.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan how the Xiao family had fallen into ruin and asked whether his ancestor was still alive. Xiao Xuan explained that he was only a soul fragment and revealed that Xiao Yan had begun cultivating a Xiao Clan Mark, though completing it required restoring the clan’s Dou Di Bloodline.

• Xiao Yan recounted the Xiao family’s decline and his clashes with the Mystic Pattern Sect, Spirit Clan, and Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Xuan admitted that his failed attempt to reach the Dou Di Realm and his defeat by the Soul Clan had contributed to the Xiao Clan’s downfall.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that his body had died and that his remaining soul could exist only within the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire had allowed Xiao Yan to cultivate the beginnings of a Xiao Clan Mark.
• Xiao Xuan said Xiao Yan could awaken the complete mark only by restoring the true Xiao Clan Bloodline.

Xiao Xuan revealed the Xiao Clan’s last remnant of Dou Di Bloodline and prepared to pass it to Xiao Yan, but discovered that Spirit Clan blood essence already fused in Xiao Yan’s body could complicate the inheritance. The chapter ended with Huo Zhi suggesting Xiao Yan advance to the Dou Saint Realm before attempting the bloodline change.

• Xiao Xuan used his remaining strength to draw out the Xiao Clan’s preserved Dou Di Bloodline and told Xiao Yan it could help him restore the clan if he reached the Dou Di Realm.
• Xiao Xuan examined Xiao Yan and discovered that Spirit Clan blood essence was deeply entangled with his blood and power.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had refined the blood essence of Spirit Clan Dou Zun experts using a Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame taken from the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Xuan warned that forcing the Xiao Clan bloodline into Xiao Yan could cause harm and leave imperfections, while removing the Spirit Clan blood essence could weaken him and endanger his future breakthrough.
• Xun'er asked whether Xiao Xuan could remove the Spirit Clan blood essence before the inheritance, and Xiao Xuan explained why that was too dangerous.
• Huo Zhi suggested that Xiao Yan first cultivate to the Dou Saint Realm in the Heavenly Tomb’s fourth level before attempting the bloodline change.

Xiao Xuan proposed using the Dou Di bloodlines of Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Lei Jingxiao alongside Xiao Yan’s Spirit Clan bloodline to forge a bloodline beyond divine grade. After Xiao Yan chose to spare the injured Xun Er, the group began replacing his blood in Xiao Xuan’s pool, and Xiao Yan’s transformation started.

• Huo Zhi offered the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame to help Xiao Yan, while Lei Jingxiao volunteered to gather energy cores for his breakthrough.
• Xiao Xuan proposed combining Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan bloodline with the bloodlines of Huo Zhi, Lei Jingxiao, and Xun Er to create a bloodline beyond divine grade.
• Xiao Yan refused to use Xun Er’s blood essence because she was injured, and Xiao Xuan agreed that Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao’s bloodlines would suffice, though the process would be harder.
• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Xuan’s warning that the blood replacement would torment his body and soul, and Huo Zhi and Lei Jingxiao agreed to help.
• Xiao Yan entered Xiao Xuan’s blood pool, where the Xiao Clan blood essence immediately resonated with his body and signaled the start of his transformation.