Chapter Summaries

Xu Chengzze persuaded Xu Ce to let him remain Echo Sect’s sect master, while the Mystic Pattern Sect and its allies revealed they were no longer bound by the Void Heavenly Emperor’s restriction. As battle broke out across Tianlan City, Lu Huangtian produced a black bead that caused Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to flare uncontrollably.

• Xu Ce severed one of Xu Chengzze’s arms but allowed him to remain Echo Sect’s sect master.
• Lu Ling’s blood-red markings killed several disciples, and the lack of a response from the Void Heavenly Emperor’s restriction revealed that the three allied sects were no longer restrained by it.
• Yang Zhishuang fought Lu Ling as the other Dou Zun experts began battling in the sky.
• Lu Huangtian ordered the three sects’ experts to advance, and the factions on both sides prepared for a wider clash.
• Lu Huangtian brought out a black bead, causing Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to burn out of control.

Lu Huangtian revealed a Black Pearl and a vast puppet army controlled by the souls of geniuses who had died in the Ten Thousand Beasts Space, putting the Four Sects' alliance at a severe disadvantage. He Kui joined the opposing Dou Zun battle to repay the Void Heavenly Emperor, but the fighting below continued to turn against Xiao Yan's side, ending with Xiao Yan struck by an unseen attack.

• Lu Huangtian brought out a Black Pearl that suppressed Xiao Yan's Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and released more than a thousand powerful puppets.
• Broken souls of dead geniuses from the Ten Thousand Beasts Space entered the puppets and brought them to life, while the three major factions blocked attempts to attack them.
• He Kui arrived and declared that he would repay the Void Heavenly Emperor's kindness rather than support the Gold Alliance Chamber of Commerce's interests.
• Lu Huangtian fought He Kui in a blood cloud, while the awakened puppets inflicted casualties on the Four Sects' alliance.
• Yao Lao and Xun Er warned Xiao Yan to dodge, but an invisible aura swept past him and left his neck in sharp pain.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fought Lu Chen, a Mystic Pattern Sect expert who had become a Dou Zun after consuming an Emperor Essence Fruit. Xiao Xun'er revealed golden flames and formidable strength as she suppressed Lu Chen, while Xiao Yan prepared a fused fire lotus.

• Xiao Yan survived Lu Chen's sneak attack with help from Xiao Xun'er and Yao Lao, who raised Xiao Yan's aura to the level of a seven- or eight-star Dou Zong.
• Lu Chen revealed that he had become a Dou Zun, had consumed an Emperor Essence Fruit, and had killed Lu Zhi.
• Xiao Xun'er joined Xiao Yan against Lu Chen, and her golden flames burned Lu Chen's Dou Qi and incinerated his ice dragon.
• Xiao Yan struck Lu Chen's ice dragon with Eight Extremities Collapse while Xiao Xun'er continued attacking Lu Chen with overwhelming force.
• Xiao Yan seized an opening and began fusing a fire lotus of pale white and crimson flames.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fought Lu Chen as the battle against the puppets raged around them. After the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame destroyed the puppets and restored Xiao Yan’s strength, he asked Xun'er to hold Lu Chen off while he pursued a risky plan, leaving Xun'er to face Lu Chen alone.

• Xiao Yan hurled a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus at Lu Chen, but Lu Chen survived the explosion by activating the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Life-Draining Pattern.
• Lu Chen charged Xiao Yan with Life-Draining Sharp Gold Patterns, cutting his forearm while taking Xiao Xun'er's palm strike.
• The Crimson Lotus Karma Flame emerged beyond Xiao Yan’s control, burned the surrounding puppets to ashes, and replenished his strength with an unknown power.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xun'er to hold Lu Chen back while he tried a risky plan, and Yao Lao promised to watch over her.
• Xiao Yan charged into the crowd as Xiao Xun'er blocked Lu Chen and warned him not to interfere.

Xiao Xun'er drained Lu Chen's Dou Qi with a golden phantom, while Zi Yan and Qing Lin protected her. Xiao Yan kept destroying puppets until Shi Ye and Xu Chengzze joined the battle and blocked his escape routes, but he showed no intention of running.

• Xiao Xun'er summoned a golden phantom that broke through Lu Chen's defense and drained all his Dou Qi, leaving him unable to fight.
• Zi Yan knocked back the Mystic Pattern Sect experts surrounding Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin helped her recover.
• Xiao Yan continued destroying puppets with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame as allies protected him and enemy experts tried to intercept him.
• Lu Chen urged Shi Ye and Xu Chengzze to join the fight, and they moved to block Xiao Yan's escape routes.
• Lu Chen taunted Xiao Yan about being trapped, but Xiao Yan grinned and questioned whether he would run.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the battlefield with his attacks, defeating Shi Ye and destroying hundreds of puppets before Lu Huangtian of the Mystic Pattern Sect suddenly struck him. Xiao Yan was left injured and facing a true Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan charged Shi Ye and met his full-strength attack with a punch, shattering his own fist while sending Crimson Lotus Karma Flame into Shi Ye and knocking him into a pit.
• Xiao Yan recovered rapidly, escaped the pursuing Shi Ye and Xu Chengzze, and continued destroying puppets.
• Xiao Yan fused and hurled a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus into a dense group of puppets, destroying dozens more and bringing his total past three hundred.
• Xu Chengzze and Shi Ye watched as Xiao Yan's attacks shifted the battle in favor of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Lu Huangtian emerged from the void and struck Xiao Yan with a Dou Zun-level punch, injuring his chest and sending him flying.

The Mystic Pattern Sect revealed another Dou Zun puppet, using Lu Zhi’s soul to animate it, and its overwhelming strength left the Heroes Alliance on the verge of defeat. As Lu Huangtian pursued Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao searched for a way out, and Xiao Yan announced he had a crazy idea.

• He Kui interrupted Lu Huangtian before he could attack Xiao Yan again, but Lu Huangtian revealed another Dou Zun puppet.
• Lu Huangtian extracted Lu Zhi’s soul from a black bead and forced it into the puppet, turning his son into a marionette.
• The assembled factions realized the Mystic Pattern Sect held a decisive advantage, while Xiao Yan judged that Xun’er, He Kui, and he could not turn the battle around.
• Lu Huangtian sent the puppet to fight He Kui and pursued Xiao Yan, who fled using thunder-powered movement.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao searched for a way to escape the crisis, and Xiao Yan told his teacher he had a crazy idea.

Xiao Yan prepared to take a risk as the Mystic Pattern Sect's battle intensified and Lu Huangtian pursued him. The fighting left the Mystic Pattern Sect's enemies battered, while He Kui realized that something was wrong with Xiao Yan's situation.

• Xiao Yan gathered Dou Qi after Yao Lao warned him that the battle was perilous but suggested taking a gamble.
• Jiang Ye ambushed Shi Jiuyue with a Soul-Locking Arrow, badly injuring his right hand, while Xu Ce's intervention prevented a killing blow.
• Shi Jiuyue ordered Elephant Rhino Mountain's forces to commit fully, escalating the battle among thousands of Dou Emperor-level fighters and leaving nearly a thousand dead.
• Slayer Hand He Kui killed a thin old Mystic Pattern Sect follower, then learned how the Dou Venerate puppet fought and searched for a way to exhaust its Dou Qi.
• He Kui watched Lu Huangtian catch up to Xiao Yan and began to sense that something was wrong.

Xiao Yan stopped fleeing and used the energy he had gathered to destroy the Dou Zun puppet, Lu Zhi, while He Kui held Lu Huangtian back. The Crimson Lotus Karma Flame’s feedback then drove Xiao Yan’s aura into a new realm.

• Xiao Yan decided to risk everything rather than abandon the people he cared about, and Yao Lao encouraged him to commit fully.
• Xiao Yan charged at Lu Huangtian and absorbed his full-power Sharp Gold Pattern attack into a black void.
• Xiao Yan used the energy from the absorbed strike to reach the Dou Zun puppet while He Kui moved to intercept Lu Huangtian.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a torrent of Dou Qi and the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, destroying the puppet and burning Lu Zhi to ashes.
• The Crimson Lotus Karma Flame fed energy back into Xiao Yan, and his aura rose beyond Yang Yue, Xu Chengzze, and the others into a new realm.

Xiao Yan used the energy from the Dou Zun puppet to break through to Dou Zun and join the battle against Lu Huangtian. Lu Huangtian began absorbing his puppets to strengthen himself, and Xiao Yan and He Kui struck him down, but he continued gathering power.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the energy released when the Fire Lotus Karma Flame destroyed the Dou Zun puppet and advanced from peak Dou Zong to Dou Zun.
• Yang Yue gathered the Four Sects behind Xiao Yan, while the Mystic Pattern Sect forces regrouped behind Lu Huangtian.
• Lu Huangtian absorbed more than ten Dou Zong puppets, causing his aura to grow increasingly dangerous.
• Xiao Yan and He Kui attacked Lu Huangtian together, striking him with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and He Kui's blade of Qi.
• Lu Huangtian was blasted away and spat blood, but he continued absorbing the puppets as the patterns on his body shifted.

Xiao Yan and He Kui tried to stop Lu Huangtian from absorbing the puppets’ energy, while Xiao Yan destroyed the puppets with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame. Xiao Yan established his dominance over the younger generation, but Lu Huangtian continued growing stronger.

• Xiao Yan, He Kui, Yang Yue, Wan Baishan, and the others attacked Lu Huangtian after realizing Mystic Pattern Sect had let him absorb the puppets’ energy.
• Xiao Yan used the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to destroy the puppets, while He Kui charged Lu Huangtian to buy him time.
• Xiao Yan rapidly shattered puppets and grew stronger, while Mystic Pattern Sect members failed to stop his advance.
• Lu Chen tried to intercept Xiao Yan but withdrew after meeting his killing gaze.
• Lu Huangtian continued absorbing puppets and overpowered He Kui’s resistance, leaving the situation dangerous.

Lu Huangtian absorbed the puppets and rose to five-star Dou Zun, then unleashed deadly lightning attacks against Xiao Yan and the others. Yang Zhishuang rescued Xiao Yan from Lu Huangtian’s trap, while Jiang Ye’s Soul-Locking Arrow struck Lu Huangtian.

• Lu Huangtian absorbed the final puppet and advanced to five-star Dou Zun, while Xiao Yan reached three-star Dou Zun.
• Lu Huangtian summoned destructive thunderclouds and attacked the experts, prompting Xiao Yan to protect Xiao Xun'er, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xu Yingwu with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Lu Huangtian gathered lightning into a pool and caught Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler with his Hard Skin Pattern.
• Lu Huangtian imprisoned Xiao Yan with a black pattern and sent the lightning pool surging toward him.
• Yang Zhishuang used a massive snake phantom to swallow the lightning and dragged Xiao Yan to safety.
• Jiang Ye fired a Soul-Locking Arrow that pierced Lu Huangtian and prevented him from escaping.

Lu Huangtian broke Jiang Ye's Soul-Locking Arrow and continued battling Xiao Yan's group, leaving them convinced they could not win. The allied powers began retreating, but Lu Huangtian smiled as they fled.

• Lu Huangtian activated the Life-Draining Pattern, caught Jiang Ye's Soul-Locking Arrow, and crushed it into fragments.
• Lion Roar Valley struck Lu Huangtian with a massive fist, but Lu Huangtian froze and shattered the attack before both fighters withdrew.
• The gathered observers judged the Mystic Pattern Sect's victory likely, while Xiao Yan's group recognized they had little chance of winning.
• He Kui called for a breakout, and Yang Zhishuang warned that the Mystic Pattern Sect and its allies would pay someday.
• Xiao Yan led his companions and Yang Lingyan in retreat as the allied powers fled, and Lu Huangtian asked whether they thought they could leave.

Lu Huangtian used Lu Ling’s sacrifice to kill Shi Jiuyue, Xu Ce, Shi Ye, and Xu Chengzze, then revealed the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Blood Sacrifice Sacred Relic as Xiao Yan tried to escape Tianlan City. The relic’s blood-red barrier stopped Xiao Yan’s attacks, leaving him and his group trapped inside the city.

• Lu Ling sacrificed his life to unleash a thunder sea that swallowed Shi Jiuyue and Xu Ce, while Lu Huangtian killed Xu Ce as he escaped.
• Lu Huangtian teleported to Shi Ye and Xu Chengzze and sliced them in two with the Sharp Gold Pattern.
• Xiao Yan knocked Xu Yingwu unconscious as he tried to avenge his father and the Echo Sect’s ancestor.
• Lu Huangtian activated the Blood Sacrifice Sacred Relic, which absorbed the dead experts’ blood and grew into a massive blood-red eyeball above Tianlan City.
• Mystic Pattern Sect members along the city walls exploded to form a blood-red barrier, and Xiao Yan’s attacks failed to break through after the relic blinked at him.

Xiao Yan and the trapped factions watched as the giant eye consumed Tianlan City's inhabitants and grew more powerful. With escape impossible, Jiang Ye organized an attack to destroy it, assigning Xiao Yan and Lion Roar Valley to weaken its defenses while he prepared his bow.

• The giant eye absorbed the blood of Tianlan City's inhabitants, while its gaze caused even Xiao Yan to feel his blood stir.
• Xiao Yan, Yang Zhishuang, He Kui, and the other experts regrouped after failing to break through the blood-red membrane.
• Jiang Ye proposed destroying the eye before it turned Tianlan City into a land of death.
• Jiang Ye ordered Yang Zhishuang and He Kui to hold Lu Huangtian back, and assigned Xiao Yan and Lion Roar Valley to wear down the eye's defenses.
• Jiang Ye took responsibility for destroying the eye with his longbow, leaving Xiao Yan curious about the power of his attack.

Yang Zhishuang and He Kui held Lu Huangtian back while Xiao Yan, Lion Roar Valley, and Jiang Ye prepared to attack the Blood-Colored Giant Eye. Their combined assault weakened its protective film, and Jiang Ye readied an arrow to strike next.

• Yang Zhishuang trapped Lu Huangtian with formations, but his lightning patterns quickly broke through them.
• He Kui summoned his stele and fought Lu Huangtian to a standstill using the combat consciousness of past opponents.
• Xiao Yan prepared a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus as Lion Roar Valley gathered strength and Jiang Ye concealed his presence.
• Lion Roar Valley struck the Blood-Colored Giant Eye with Golden Lion Sky-Rending Strike, and Xiao Yan detonated the fire lotus against its defense.
• Jiang Ye drew his gray arrow to its full length and aimed at the Blood-Colored Giant Eye.

Jiang Ye fired his third Soul-Locking Arrow to strike the blood-colored eye, but the eye absorbed the resentful energies of Shi Jiuyue and Xu Ce and survived the attack. As Tianlan City’s population was devastated, Xiao Yan rescued Jiang Ye and then charged back toward the eye.

• Jiang Ye fired his final Soul-Locking Arrow, shattering the barrier around the blood-colored eye and piercing its center.
• The eye absorbed the energies formed from Shi Jiuyue and Xu Ce, grew larger, and blasted Jiang Ye with blood-red light.
• Xiao Yan blocked the eye’s assault long enough to rescue the depleted Jiang Ye.
• The eye’s influence overwhelmed Tianlan City, killing more than ninety percent of its population while survivors crowded into the Four Sects’ protected areas.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan watched the carnage, while Xiao Xun'er kept her gaze on Xiao Yan as he charged back toward the giant eye.

Xiao Yan began forming a three-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus to destroy the blood-red giant eye, and Xiao Xun'er joined him by transferring her golden Dou Qi into his body. As the fire lotus grew more powerful, Lu Huangtian tried to stop Xiao Yan but was intercepted by Lion Roar Valley, Yang Zhishuang, and He Kui.

• Xiao Yan decided to fuse the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, Bone Chilling Flame, and Sea Heart Flame into a fire lotus to attack the blood-red giant eye.
• Xiao Xun'er reached Xiao Yan and transferred her golden Dou Qi into him, helping him incorporate her Heavenly Flame into the lotus.
• Xiao Yan fused the three Heavenly Flames as the lotus's energy surged, while Lion Roar Valley blocked Lu Huangtian from reaching him.
• Lu Huangtian wounded Lion Roar Valley and broke free of Yang Zhishuang's green python attack, leaving her injured.
• Lu Huangtian forced He Kui back and froze Yang Zhishuang before charging toward Xiao Yan as the fire lotus's power continued to build.

Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and hurled it at the blood-red eye after Lu Huangtian failed to persuade him to spare it. The blast engulfed Tianlan City, and as a vast fireball threatened everyone, a soft sigh sounded.

• Xiao Xun'er used her golden flames to help Xiao Yan evade Lu Huangtian, while He Kui briefly restrained Lu Huangtian with soul power.
• Xiao Yan completed the three-colored fire lotus, but Xiao Xun'er fainted from exhaustion as he carried her away from Lu Huangtian.
• Lu Huangtian offered to let the Heavenly Snake Mansion people leave, but Xiao Yan refused to spare the blood-red eye and launched the fire lotus at it.
• Lu Huangtian froze the surrounding space, but the fire lotus melted through the ice and exploded into a vast sea of flames that engulfed Xiao Yan and devastated Tianlan City's central district.
• A towering pillar of light and an enormous fireball rose from the flames, leaving everyone fearing for their lives until a soft sigh rang out.

Gu Yuan, Xun Er’s father and a Dou Saint, appeared and stopped the Three-Colored Fire Lotus’s explosion before taking control of Lu Huangtian and the blood-red giant eye. He planned to take Xun Er home, while Xiao Yan refused to return with him and vowed to grow strong enough to reclaim his clansmen and Xun Er himself.

• Gu Yuan halted the fireball, erased it, and restrained Lu Huangtian and the blood-red giant eye.
• Gu Yuan introduced himself to Xiao Yan as Xun Er’s father, then restored Xun Er with purified Dou Qi.
• Xun Er reunited with Gu Yuan, who told her to return home because staying with Xiao Yan would bring him trouble.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Xiao Yan’s clansmen were with his clan and asked Xiao Yan to come along, but Xiao Yan refused and promised to bring them back when he was strong enough.
• Gu Yuan freed Lu Huangtian’s head and asked whether remnants of the Spirit Devourers still existed.