Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan restrained the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces while Jiang Yunyan prepared a decisive sword strike, buying her the time she needed. As Xiao Yan disrupted the entire battlefield, Lei Jingxiao gained an opening to unleash his full strength.

• Xiao Yan separated the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s power from Feng Qing'er and trapped it in the Nihility Vortex.
• After Feng Qing'er disappeared, Xiao Yan saw that two more Heaven Demon Phoenix experts had joined the battle and assessed the worsening odds for the Continental Allied Army.
• Jiang Yunyan asked Xiao Yan to hold off her opponents for one incense stick while she prepared a strike that would reverse the battle.
• Xiao Yan faced four Five-Star Dou Saint Peak opponents and used Nihility Devouring Flame to disrupt their attacks and interfere with battles across the field.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the obstruction before Lei Jingxiao, giving him an opening to unleash his full strength alongside Yan Yuan.

Xiao Yan and the allied fighters gained the upper hand against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but his soul power was nearing exhaustion. After Jiang Yunyan finished preparing, she unleashed a devastating sword attack that killed two Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Saints and left Xiao Yan to contain the remaining black mist.

• Lei Jingxiao ambushed a Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Saint, while Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and Yao Ming overwhelmed another with their coordinated attacks.
• Xiao Yan ignored Hun Feng's Soul Clan faction, prompting Hun Feng to fight more fiercely as her side held an advantage over its opponents.
• Xiao Yan's soul power rapidly dwindled, but Jiang Yunyan completed her preparation and told him to leave the next attack to her.
• Jiang Yunyan severed a Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Saint's arms, then cut apart his body and destroyed his soul.
• Jiang Yunyan killed a second Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Saint with her sword, and Xiao Yan swallowed the remaining Extraterritorial Evil Clan mist.

Jiang Yunyan unleashed her ultimate sword strike to cripple the gathered Heavenly Demon Phoenix powerhouses, allowing the Continental Allied Army to finish them off. Xiao Yan then devoured or burned away the remaining Extraterritorial Evil Clan energy, while Jiang Yunyan recovered under Lei Jingxiao’s guard.

• Jiang Yunyan used “Sword Falls After a Thousand Years” to severely wound the Heavenly Demon Phoenix powerhouses with one strike.
• The Continental Allied Army attacked the wounded phoenixes and destroyed their bodies and souls as Lei Jingxiao rushed to protect Jiang Yunyan.
• Jiang Yunyan revealed that her swordsmanship had exhausted her Dou Qi and discussed it briefly with Lei Jingxiao.
• Jiang Yunyan recognized that she could kill the phoenixes but could not effectively harm the Black Mist energy.
• Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to consume the Black Mist and sent what he could not handle to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to destroy.

The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which blamed him for its lack of freedom and tried to kill him and everyone else inside the Demon Flame Space. The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint began forming a Demon-Suppressing Fire Talisman to subdue it as the Continental Allied Army fought its Fire Slaves.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint of denying it freedom and vowed to kill him and make intruders its Fire Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed a huge flame lotus around itself, the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint, Xiao Yan, and the others.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint told Xiao Yan to control the flame, removed the remnants of the map from him, and began writing the Demon-Suppressing Fire Talisman.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame failed to disrupt the Talisman and summoned nine Fire Slaves, each at least a Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Continental Allied Army engaged the Fire Slaves while Xiao Chen resisted the flame's pressure and refused Xiao Yan's offer to seal him again.

The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and gave it to Xiao Yan before fading away. Hun Feng, badly injured after trying to seize the flame, reminded Xiao Yan of his promise not to compete for it.

• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint completed his Talisman and sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside it.
• Hun Feng tried to snatch the sealed flame with her whip, but the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint burned her and injured the Soul Clan members.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint returned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Xiao Yan, who thanked him.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint faded from the world after entrusting the flame to Xiao Yan.
• Hun Feng reminded Xiao Yan that he had promised not to compete for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Jiang Yunyan recovered from the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s lingering mind-affecting power after leaving the Demon Flame Space. As the Continental Allied Army’s battle against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan raged, she stayed behind to recover and guard the flame while Lei Qingyue returned to the front and Lei Jingxiao was ordered to rest.

• Jiang Yunyan awakened from an illusion after Lei Qingyue touched her hand, and she realized the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame had ensnared her weakened mind.
• Lei Qingyue replenished Jiang Yunyan’s Dou Qi, while she refused to hand over the flame and agreed to guard it until she recovered.
• Lei Qingyue returned to the battle to lead fighters from the Lei-Yao-Shi Three Clans.
• Lei Jingxiao tried to leave and help Zi Yan, but Jiang Yunyan stopped him and ordered him to recover.

After the Heavenly Flames plan failed, the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and its Heavenly Demon Phoenix servants began an all-out war against the Continental Allied Army. Xiao Yan reinforced the allied front with the Three Great Living Dead and prepared to face five Eight-Star Dou Saint Phoenixes, while Feng Chu began a grotesque attack.

• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan's four leaders fought Zhukun, Soul Heavenly Emperor, Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying in an isolated barrier.
• Xiao Yan reunited with his Nihility Devouring Flame clone and restored his Eight-Star Dou Saint strength, then held the allied army's front rather than joining the peak battle.
• Xiao Yan released the Three Great Living Dead, whose Eight-Star Dou Saint strength eased pressure on the allied army.
• Five Eight-Star Dou Saint Heaven Demon Phoenixes, led by Nine Phoenix and including Feng Chu, confronted Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and the Three Great Living Dead.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to draw one enemy away, then stepped forward to face the others with the Three Great Living Dead.
• Feng Chu enlarged his arm and filled it with gray-black liquid as he prepared to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan used his heavenly flames and Star River Reversal to suppress three Heavenly Demon Phoenix Dou Saints and send them into the Gates of Silent Death. Left to face Feng Chu alone, he absorbed Feng Chu’s attack and raised his strength to the peak of Eight-Star Dou Saint, bringing their power to parity.

• Xiao Yan used Ninefold Crimson Tide to drive the four Heavenly Demon Phoenix Dou Saints apart and give the Three Great Living Dead time to prepare their Gates of Silent Death.
• The Three Great Living Dead opened the gates and locked onto three Phoenixes, while Xiao Yan unleashed Star River Reversal to suppress all four opponents.
• The three Phoenixes were pulled into the Gates of Silent Death, leaving Feng Chu as Xiao Yan’s remaining opponent.
• Feng Chu attacked Xiao Yan, who absorbed the strike with nihility devouring flame and used the five great clan marks to reach the peak of Eight-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan trapped Feng Chu in the Nihility Vortex, then used Little Scale to forge Fire Lotuses and reinforce the Continental Allied Army’s collapsing battle lines. As the army steadied, Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts began focusing on Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan expanded the Nihility Vortex and dragged Feng Chu inside, where Feng Chu could not escape or overcome its devouring power.
• Xiao Yan left Feng Chu trapped and turned his attention to the Continental Allied Army, whose Dou Sheng casualties had already become severe.
• Xiao Yan summoned Little Scale and ordered him to fuse Heavenly Flames into Fire Lotuses for use across the battlefield.
• Little Scale rapidly forged Fire Lotuses, and Xiao Yan sent them to vulnerable fronts, giving extra support to the area around Origin Return Manor.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotuses helped stabilize the army’s battle lines, but their attacks drew the attention of Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts.

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.