Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Ancient Bodhi Tree, Hun Feng attacked Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi, but Xiao Yan used the Bodhisattva Heart to command the tree and capture her. He spared her life and demanded ten Bodhi Seeds in exchange for letting her leave.

• Hun Feng ended her cooperation with Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi and attacked them to settle their old score.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Middle Heavenly State Soul and used Soul-Sealing Consciousness Ban to disable Hun Feng.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree bound Hun Feng and suppressed her Dou Qi after Xiao Yan commanded it.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had obtained the Bodhisattva Heart and refused Hun Feng's promise not to attack them.
• Xiao Yan spared Hun Feng but demanded ten of her Bodhi Seeds before he would let her leave.

Xiao Yan took ten Bodhi Seeds from Hun Feng and left the Ancient Bodhi Tree's space with Hun Feng and Huo Zhi. Outside, Hun Feng summoned Soul Clan reinforcements to capture Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi, but an unknown voice interrupted the attack.

• Hun Feng agreed to hand over ten Bodhi Seeds, and Xiao Yan accepted them after Huo Zhi refused a share.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi left the Ancient Bodhi Tree's space with Hun Feng, and the Ancient Bodhi Tree retreated into dormancy as its space vanished.
• Hun Feng crushed his Space Jade outside and summoned Hun Mu, who appeared through a spatial rift.
• Hun Feng ordered Hun Mu to capture Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi, and Hun Mu attacked Xiao Yan.
• An unknown voice addressed Hun Feng and Hun Mu as Soul Clan trash and revealed that it had been waiting for them.

Yan Jin ambushed the Soul Clan, killing Hun Mu and severely wounding Hun Feng before confronting a Nine-Star Dou Sheng who wielded the Nihility Devouring Flame. As Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi watched, both sides prepared to fight.

• Yan Jin's giant flame palm crushed Hun Mu's body and shattered his Heavenly State Soul, while its residual force badly wounded Hun Feng.
• Yan Jin revealed himself and explained that he had left the space unsealed to lure out a stronger Soul Clan opponent.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame wielder emerged from the spatial vortex, rescued Hun Feng, and faced Yan Jin.
• Yan Jin vowed revenge for the Flame Clan's slaughter and recognized the newcomer as the hidden Nine-Star Dou Sheng who had attacked the Flame Clan before.
• Xiao Yan learned that Yan Jin wielded the Nine Nether Golden Ancestral Flame and the Volcanic Rock Flame, and the two enemies prepared to fight.

Yan Jin fought Black Flame, a nine-star Dou Sheng of the Soul Clan, while Xiao Yan watched and learned from their battle. Gu Lie of the Ancient Clan arrived and helped corner Yan Jin, but as Yan Jin prepared to withdraw, a powerful surge of lightning appeared.

• Yan Jin unleashed attacks with his Heavenly Flames, but Black Flame swallowed them with vortices formed from the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan observed the nine-star Dou Shengs' escalating battle and gained insight into their techniques.
• Black Flame revealed that Gu Lie had arrived and proposed that they join forces to kill Yan Jin.
• Gu Lie acknowledged the Ancient Clan's shared objectives with the Soul Clan but claimed he would only watch the fight.
• Black Flame and Gu Lie positioned themselves on either side of Yan Jin, who prepared to break away toward Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi.
• A point of light carrying immense lightning power raced toward the three experts, shattering space in its path.

Lei Qingyue intervened to stop Gu Lie and the Soul Clan’s Black Flame expert from escalating their clash with Yan Jin. After the two departed, Lei Qingyue proposed an alliance with Yan Jin, who said the decision belonged to the leader of the alliance he already served.

• Lei Qingyue struck Gu Lie with a lightning arrow and a bolt from the storm, forcing him back.
• The Black Flame expert urged Gu Lie to withdraw, then left through a spatial vortex; Gu Lie also departed without confronting Yan Jin.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Black Flame expert as the holder of the Nihility Devouring Flame and worried that he would pursue Xiao Yan’s Child Flame.
• Lei Qingyue arrived and congratulated Yan Jin on reaching the nine-star Dou Sheng realm, while Yan Jin acknowledged owing the Thunder Clan a favor.
• Lei Qingyue invited Yan Jin to join the Thunder Clan’s alliance, and Yan Jin replied that its leader would have to decide.

Lei Qingyue tested Yan Jin’s claim that Xiao Yan led an alliance, then departed after learning the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s treasures were already gone. Yan Jin warned Xiao Yan about Lei Qingyue’s strength and schemes, and revealed that Lei Qingyue’s devotion to his senior sister was his weakness.

• Yan Jin identified Xiao Yan as the alliance leader, and Lei Qingyue pretended to welcome him while inwardly doubting the claim.
• Lei Qingyue learned that the Ancient Bodhi Tree had vanished and its treasures were already in the trio’s hands, then left to report Yan Jin’s breakthrough and Xiao Yan’s connection to Xiao Xuan to the Thunder Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked Yan Jin about Lei Qingyue, and Yan Jin described him as a seven-star Dou Sheng expert whose lightning bow and strategic mind made him especially dangerous.
• Yan Jin told Xiao Yan that Lei Qingyue was devoted to his senior sister and that she could be used to unsettle him.

Xiao Yan parted ways with Yan Jin and Huo Zhi, then learned from Xiao Xuan that he had obtained the Bodhisattva Heart while Huo Zhi had received enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree. The enlightenment helped Huo Zhi resolve her conflict between Xiao Yan and the Flame Clan, and she returned home to break through to Dou Sheng.

• Yan Jin told Xiao Yan that injuries from fighting the Soul Clan made the cracked spatial jade pendant unsafe to use until he recovered.
• Huo Zhi declined to travel with Xiao Yan because she needed to return to the Flame Clan and break through to Dou Sheng; Yan Jin returned Yan Xiao and Huo Fan to Xiao Yan before leaving with her.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb, who confirmed that the Bodhisattva Heart had fused with Xiao Yan and concluded that Huo Zhi had received the Bodhi Tree's enlightenment.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Huo Zhi's enlightenment let her resolve her attachment to Xiao Yan and choose the Flame Clan, while their shared lifetime as husband and wife among the reincarnations dispelled her inner knot.

Xiao Yan discussed Huo Zhi’s release from her obsession with Xiao Xuan, then learned how to use the Bodhisattva Heart and reviewed the gains from his reincarnation. He stayed in the Heavenly Tomb to consolidate his cultivation while his phantom body escorted his disciples to Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan he was happy that Huo Zhi had freed herself from her obsession, despite feeling a brief emptiness.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Hun Feng had gained life force and other rewards from helping the Ancient Bodhi Tree, and that Xiao Yan had taken most of the Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Yan said his experiences across a hundred lifetimes had given him valuable alchemy experience, potentially helping him advance as an alchemist.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Yan could use the Bodhisattva Heart by consuming violent energy, which would let him assimilate it and strengthen his body.
• Xiao Xuan said he had never personally seen the Ancient Bodhi Tree and had shared only safe information from Xiao Clan records before Xiao Yan entered it.
• Xiao Yan began consolidating his cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, while his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body took his two disciples back to Starfall Pavilion.

After reaching the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb and learned that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map remained a mystery. At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian faced simultaneous crises in the Beast Region, with the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan threatened and discord erupting within the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Heartblood Clay Puppet no longer worked after his advancement to Dou Saint and stabilized his cultivation at the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan assembled all four pieces of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map, but Xiao Xuan could only confirm its connection to the Heavenly Flame and say that it appeared in the Central Plains at certain times.
• Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb while Xiao Le and Feng Qiu praised his rapid progress.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent Yao Lao to assist the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan after the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan threatened it while Qing Lin remained in seclusion.
• Yan Yu reported that discord among the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's island masters could lead to fighting, and Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao requested reinforcements.

Xiao Yi Xian struggled to find help for the besieged Ancient Void Dragon Clan until Xiao Yan returned and promised to handle the crisis. On East Dragon Island, Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao watched the island’s defenses fade as the other three Dragon Islands prepared to attack.

• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Yao Lao had been away for eight days and could not easily leave the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian rejected asking Xun Er to intervene and planned to send Senior Mu to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan with Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao.
• Xiao Yan returned, restored Xiao Yi Xian’s strength, and promised to handle the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s affairs.
• On East Dragon Island, Lei Jingxiao complained that the other three Dragon Islands had surrounded them for days.
• Wei Jiangyuan warned Lei Jingxiao that battle was near and pointed out that the multicolored radiance at East Dragon Island’s main hall had nearly faded.

Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao realized the three Dragon Islands intended to seize Zi Yan and prepared to take her away if East Dragon Island could not hold them off. The three Dragon Kings then led their forces to surround East Dragon Island and demanded that Zi Yan be handed over.

• Wei Jiangyuan explained that the other Dragon Islands had delayed their attack while confirming Zi Yan was refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and gathering reinforcements.
• Wei Jiangyuan told Lei Jingxiao that they might have to take Zi Yan and escape, and Lei Jingxiao agreed to follow his plan.
• Wei Jiangyuan warned Lei Jingxiao not to reveal their plan to the dragon clan, which did not fully trust them.
• The three Dragon Islands assembled a powerful force and surrounded East Dragon Island while its defenders gathered around Zi Yan.
• North Dragon King, South Dragon King, and West Dragon King led the attackers as North Dragon King demanded that East Dragon Island hand over Zi Yan.

The North, West, and South Dragon Kings attacked East Dragon Island while Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, seeking to seize her power and unite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under the North Dragon King. Qing Mu and Qing Shan led East Dragon Island’s defenders against them, while Lei Jingxiao and Wei Jiangyuan prepared to escape with Zi Yan.

• The North Dragon King’s voice assaulted East Dragon Island, and Qing Mu and Qing Shan rose to defend Zi Yan and condemn the three Dragon Kings’ betrayal.
• The South Dragon King demanded that Zi Yan be handed over, while Qing Shan urged them to wait three days; the North Dragon King rejected the delay because he planned to kill Zi Yan and absorb her power.
• The North Dragon King ordered the forces of the other three Dragon Islands to bombard East Dragon Island’s protective formation, and Qing Mu called the island’s defenders out to relieve the pressure.
• Qing Mu told Lei Jingxiao and Wei Jiangyuan to escape if East Dragon Island fell, and Wei Jiangyuan planned to take Zi Yan with them.
• East Dragon Island’s defenders were surrounded, but Qing Mu, Qing Shan, and their people refused the North Dragon King’s offer to surrender.

The North Dragon King revealed that he had advanced to Four-Star Dou Sheng, then led the attack that broke East Dragon Island’s formation. He reached Zi Yan as she absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and prepared to devour her, while Lei Jingxiao and Wei Jiangyuan were restrained and left searching for a way to intervene.

• The North Dragon King revealed his Four-Star Dou Sheng strength and ordered the Three Great Dragon Islands’ experts to break East Dragon Island’s formation.
• The attackers shattered the formation, and the North Dragon King used his control over space to reach Zi Yan in the Dragon Hall.
• The North Dragon King restrained Lei Jingxiao and Wei Jiangyuan after they tried to protect Zi Yan.
• Wei Jiangyuan offered the North Dragon King two Tier 9 Medicinal Pills, but he ignored the offer and watched Zi Yan absorb the fruit.
• The North Dragon King ordered the West Dragon King to guard the captives, while Lei Jingxiao struggled against his restraints and asked Wei Jiangyuan what they should do.

Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao watched helplessly as North Dragon King prepared the Dragon-Transforming Demonic Array to suppress Zi Yan. Xiao Yan broke through the siege and arrived to rescue her, but an Ancient Void Dragon expert attacked him as he charged in.

• Wei Jiangyuan failed to persuade West Dragon King to oppose North Dragon King, who completed the Dragon-Transforming Demonic Array using three drops of blood.
• South Dragon King struck Great Elder Qing Mu down after Qing Mu protested North Dragon King's use of the forbidden array.
• Xiao Yan of Starfall Pavilion broke through the encirclement around East Dragon Island and announced that he had come to save someone.
• Xiao Yan sensed Zi Yan, Lei Jingxiao, and Wei Jiangyuan, then charged toward them as an Ancient Void Dragon expert attacked him.
• Xiao Yan said, "Annihilate!" as the dragon punch covered him.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames and soul technique to kill a one-star Ancient Void Dragon Dou Sheng in just over ten breaths, then absorbed the dragon’s blood and collected its essence and core. As the West Dragon King and South Dragon King demanded Xiao Yan’s death, Wei Jiangyuan urged Lei Jingxiao to seize the opening.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame as a fire sparrow and a flaming tortoise, blocking the Ancient Void Dragon Dou Sheng’s attack and burning through his defenses.
• Xiao Yan trapped the Ancient Void Dragon Dou Sheng with Soul-Sealing Consciousness Lock, then used the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame to tear the dragon’s body in half and annihilate his soul.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the dragon’s blood and collected his excess essence blood and magical core, while the Ancient Void Dragon Clan members watched in shock.
• The West Dragon King and South Dragon King declared that Xiao Yan had to die for trespassing and killing their expert.
• Wei Jiangyuan recognized the opening and told Lei Jingxiao to act.

Lei Jingxiao attacked the West Dragon King while Wei Jiangyuan and East Dragon Island’s experts disrupted the battle, forcing the West Dragon King to call in Lie Shan and Zhu Mu to kill Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan broke free of Lie Shan’s chains and sent a flame dragon to meet Zhu Mu’s devastating attack.

• At Wei Jiangyuan’s command, Lei Jingxiao unleashed his Heaven Class Dou Technique against the West Dragon King, who struggled to restrain him without injuring him.
• East Dragon Island’s experts joined the fight to hold back the Three Great Dragon Islands’ forces and create an opening for Xiao Yan to rescue Zi Yan.
• The West Dragon King ordered Lie Shan and Zhu Mu to attack Xiao Yan, and the two Great Elders moved in together.
• Lie Shan trapped Xiao Yan with Void Dragon Lock while Zhu Mu formed his Void Annihilation Pestle and brought it down on him.
• Xiao Yan broke the chains with his Heavenly Flames and summoned a flame dragon that absorbed the pestle’s force as its body repeatedly rebuilt itself.

Xiao Yan used three Flame Glazed Beasts and his upgraded Heavy Profound Ruler to shatter a powerful attack from an Ancient Void Dragon expert, stunning both sides of the battle. Qing Mu recognized him as a possible turning point for East Dragon Island and continued fighting while hoping Zi Yan would survive.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame and formed two Flame Glazed Beasts to help the Three Thousand Burning Flame dragon block the descending pestle.
• Xiao Yan merged his fire beasts into the Heavy Profound Ruler and struck the weakened pestle, shattering it with one blow.
• The Ancient Void Dragons were stunned by Xiao Yan's strength, and Qing Mu's side regained hope as he guessed Xiao Yan's identity.
• Qing Mu continued battling the superior forces of South and West Dragon Islands while praying that Zi Yan would survive.

Xiao Yan activated the Xiao Clan, Ancient Clan, and Flame Clan marks to reach Mid-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng, then unleashed Crimson Flame Pierces the Sun against Lie Shan. He killed Lie Shan and captured his soul and Magic Core.

• Qing Mu resolved to help Zi Yan escape and silently pinned his hopes on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan activated his three Clan Marks, raising his strength from the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng to Mid-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan used Crimson Flame Pierces the Sun to pierce Lie Shan's body and destroy his heart with compressed black flames.
• Xiao Yan struck Lie Shan's fleeing soul with a soul-power needle and captured both the soul and Magic Core.

Xiao Yan fought Zhu Mu after killing Lie Shan, using four Heavenly Flames against Zhu Mu’s Extreme Yin Dragon Chill and Nether Yin Cold Pearl. When Zhu Mu repeatedly weakened Xiao Yan’s flames, Xiao Yan charged into his mouth, unaware that Zhu Mu had deliberately baited him.

• Zhu Mu transformed into his Ancient Void Dragon form and blasted Xiao Yan with a sonic-wave Dou Technique, but Xiao Yan resisted with his jade-like sheen and soul power.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to surround and attack Zhu Mu.
• Zhu Mu used Extreme Yin Dragon Chill, then focused the cold energy on the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and weakened it until Xiao Yan recalled it.
• Elder Qing Shan warned Xiao Yan that Zhu Mu had nurtured a Nether Yin Cold Pearl for a thousand years, and Zhu Mu’s cold attacks also drove back the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan rushed into Zhu Mu’s mouth while Zhu Mu gathered cold energy, and Zhu Mu revealed that he had feigned a delay between attacks to lure Xiao Yan into a trap.

Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame to absorb Zhu Mu’s icy attacks, then unleashed the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame to destroy Zhu Mu’s body. Zhu Mu’s soul escaped as the West Dragon King arrived, furious that Xiao Yan had killed three elders of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Zhu Mu launched a barrage of frigid ice spikes from inside his throat, but Xiao Yan blocked them with overlapping devouring vortices.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame as a rhinoceros fire beast and sent it charging through Zhu Mu’s body.
• Zhu Mu’s remaining cold energy was swallowed, and the fire beast devastated his internal organs until his body collapsed.
• Xiao Yan refined Zhu Mu’s body with his Heavenly Flames and kept it, while Zhu Mu’s soul fled to avoid capture.
• The West Dragon King subdued Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao, then rushed toward the battlefield after learning Zhu Mu had been defeated.
• The West Dragon King confronted Xiao Yan, enraged that he had killed three elders of the dragon clan.