Chapter Summaries

After refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan discovered that his six Heavenly Flames had fused into a new flame with a Fire Infant spirit. The chapter ended with the Fire Infant demonstrating that it could create an even more powerful Destruction Fire Lotus than Xiao Yan could.

• Xiao Yan assessed his new strength at the early Five-Star Dou Sheng level, while Xun Er had reached the late four-star Dou Sheng level.
• Xiao Yan found that his Heavenly Flames had vanished from his body, then summoned a pink Fire Infant edged with faint golden light.
• Xun Er suggested that the Fire Infant was the spirit of Xiao Yan's new Heavenly Flame, formed when his six flames fused into the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Fire Infant formed multiple Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotuses, then fused them into a Destruction Fire Lotus far more powerful than Xiao Yan's own.

After two years missing, Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and revealed that he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, giving the Alliance hope in its coming decisive battle with the Soul Hall. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, learned Cai Lin remained at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, and planned to investigate after the Alliance’s crisis was resolved.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Alliance meeting hall, where Old Yao tearfully welcomed him after two years of worry.
• Xiao Chen said Xiao Yan could face the Soul Hall Master alone, and Xiao Yan confirmed he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Old Yao ended the meeting and ordered the Alliance’s forces to prepare for a decisive battle against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had reached One-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Cai Lin had remained in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where she seemed to have found an opportunity, and Xiao Yan resolved to visit the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan after dealing with the Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er emerged from the Demonic Flame Space, rescued Captain Liu’s team, and learned about the upheaval across the Central Continent. Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Hall branch on the Demonic Flame Plain and left the team with a promotion to the Heavenly Mansion Inner Alliance.

• Xiao Yan killed Protector Mo and the fleeing Soul Hall members who had attacked Captain Liu’s team.
• Xiao Yan gave Captain Liu pills for the wounded and heard about the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s war with Soul Hall and the Shi Clan’s disappearance.
• After learning that a one-star Dou Saint guarded a nearby Soul Hall branch, Xiao Yan took Captain Liu there.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the branch and killed Saint Hun Qing with a single palm strike, then returned with Captain Liu’s group.
• Xiao Yan promoted the team to Earth-class members of the Heavenly Mansion Inner Alliance and revealed his name, prompting them to recognize him as the Young Alliance Leader.

Xiao Yan learned that the Hun Clan was preparing to send Hun Qianmo, a Six-Star Dou Sheng, to help the Soul Hall destroy the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. As the alliance’s leaders worried over how to withstand the coming assault, Xiao Yan arrived and offered to face the Soul Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan reflected on Xun Er’s return to the Ancient Clan and resolved to confront the Soul Hall.
• Venerable Wind reported that the alliance and Soul Hall had clashed forty-three times in the past month and warned that the Hun Clan planned to send an expert.
• Venerable Wind revealed that the Hun Clan had chosen Hun Qianmo, a Six-Star Dou Sheng who had once joined the hunt for Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Chen reacted strongly to Hun Qianmo’s name, while the alliance leaders discussed how the Hun Clan’s intervention could overwhelm their defenses.
• Old Yao offered to have Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin help restrain the Soul Hall Master, but the Pill Tower Grand Elder warned that the alliance would remain exposed.
• Xiao Yan’s voice rang through the hall, and he said he would take on the Soul Hall Master.

Xiao Yan accepted the Soul Hall Master's challenge of three battles, with each side choosing three fighters. The Hun Clan's Hun Qianmo appeared and overwhelmed Xiao Chen, but the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived to face him.

• Xiao Yan agreed to settle the conflict through three battles, with two victories deciding the winner.
• Old Man Soul Demon stepped forward to fight, but Xiao Chen stopped his hidden attack and challenged him.
• Hun Qianmo appeared beside the Soul Hall Master, and Xiao Chen attacked him over his insults against the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Qianmo repelled Xiao Chen's axe and revealed his strength, while the Soul Hall Master stepped forward to face Xiao Yan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor appeared beside Xiao Yan and offered to take on Hun Qianmo.

After Xiao Yan returned, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance prepared for an expected major clash with Soul Hall while both sides observed a tense truce. Soul Hall finally sent Xiao Yan a challenge demanding a battle to the death at Fallen Mountain Peak in three days.

• News of Xiao Yan's return spread through the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, restoring morale and raising his prestige.
• Old Yao and the other leaders strengthened the alliance's defenses as Soul Hall fell silent and clashes between the factions dwindled.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin and Heavenly Flame Venerate, who had reached One-star Dou Sheng and Peak Dou Zun respectively.
• After seven days of uneasy calm, Soul Hall delivered a blood-red challenge letter aimed at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan opened the letter and learned that Soul Hall had summoned him to Fallen Mountain Peak for a battle to the death in three days.

The Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion Alliance gathered at the Summit of Demise for their decisive battle, shocking the watching powers with their forces of seven and ten Dou Sheng experts. Xiao Yan faced the Soul Hall Master’s challenge and accepted the battle, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Crowds and experts from across the Central Continent flocked to the Summit of Demise to witness the final battle.
• The Soul Hall arrived through a spatial passage with seven Dou Sheng, led by the Soul Hall Master and Old Man Soul Demon.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance appeared with ten Dou Sheng, including Xiao Yan, surprising the assembled observers.
• The Soul Hall Master recognized that Xiao Yan had survived the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and suspected the Demonic Flame was in his hands.
• The Soul Hall Master challenged Xiao Yan, warning that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance would have no chance to recover if it lost.
• Xiao Yan stood firm against the Soul Hall Master’s soul impact and accepted the challenge.

Xiao Yan and Hun Miesheng began their decisive battle, trading close-range strikes and powerful soul attacks before Xiao Yan brought out the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan sensed something strange inside Hun Miesheng and a faint Black Flame flickered in the Soul Hall Master's eyes.

• Hun Miesheng confronted Xiao Yan and said the earlier draws would not change the final outcome.
• Xiao Yan launched a surprise attack with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, burning Hun Miesheng's hand before they separated.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but Hun Miesheng countered it with Myriad Souls Worship.
• Xiao Yan realized Hun Miesheng's soul power matched his own and that the Soul Hall Master had reached the middle stage of the Five-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Hun Miesheng watched it as a faint Black Flame appeared in his eyes.
• Xiao Yan sensed a strange fluctuation from Little Yi and suspected something was inside Hun Miesheng's body.

The Pill Tower Ancestor joined Xiao Yan’s side and promised to hold off Hun Qianmo, then drew him into a separate space to fight. As their clash began, Xiao Chen challenged Old Man Soul Demon, setting the stage for another battle.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor greeted Xiao Yan and agreed to protect the Pill Tower’s ally, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Hun Qianmo confronted the Pill Tower Ancestor, who created a space for them to fight; the two Six-Star Dou Sheng experts began clashing inside it.
• Xiao Chen challenged the Soul Hall Master and Old Man Soul Demon, and Old Man Soul Demon accepted.
• Old Man Soul Demon unleashed the power of a late Five-Star Dou Sheng and covered the sky in black mist.
• Xiao Chen summoned a thirty-meter Blood-colored Giant Axe and declared that anyone who offended the Xiao Clan’s majesty would die.

Xiao Chen fought Old Man Soul Demon while the Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Qianmo’s battle ended in a draw. With two of the three matches underway and the final match still undecided, the Soul Hall Master’s side needed Old Man Soul Demon to win, though Hun Qianmo doubted he could.

• Xiao Chen attacked Old Man Soul Demon, who blocked the Blood Axe with bone chains before Xiao Chen broke through and forced him to counterattack.
• Old Man Soul Demon summoned a Soul Devouring Toad, and its combined assault with his covert strikes pushed Xiao Chen onto the defensive.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Chen’s fight and considered how the results of the three matches would decide the confrontation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor and Hun Qianmo emerged from their shattered spatial battlefield and declared their match a draw.
• Hun Qianmo warned that Old Man Soul Demon would have difficulty winning against Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen and Old Man Soul Demon fought to a draw after Xiao Chen briefly raised his strength to late Five-Star Dou Sheng and Old Man Soul Demon sacrificed the Soul Devouring Toad to survive his attack. The confrontation came down to the final match between Xiao Yan and Mie Sheng, who stepped forward to face him.

• Old Man Soul Demon and the Soul Devouring Toad pressured Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen raised his strength and unleashed Sky Splitting Slash, Firmament Unbinding.
• Old Man Soul Demon used Gu Devouring to absorb the Soul Devouring Toad and countered Xiao Chen's attack with a blood sphere.
• Xiao Chen and Old Man Soul Demon were both badly injured and fell back to their sides, leaving their match a draw.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that the final round depended on him, while Old Man Soul Demon warned Mie Sheng about Xiao Yan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Qianmo named Mie Sheng as the Soul Hall's final fighter, and Mie Sheng stepped forward to face Xiao Yan.

Little Yi devoured the Soul Hall's Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame while Xiao Yan held off the Soul Hall Master. Little Yi then joined the fight, and its second volley of fire lotuses struck the Soul Hall Master, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Little Yi resisted Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring power, overwhelmed it, and severed the Soul Hall Master's connection to the sub-flame.
• The Soul Hall Master attacked Xiao Yan to stop Little Yi, but Xiao Yan kept him occupied as Little Yi destroyed and swallowed the sub-flame.
• Hun Qianmo and Old Man Soul Demon moved to rescue the sub-flame, but Old Yao, Xiao Chen, and the Pill Tower Ancestor blocked them, and Hun Qianmo ordered his side to stand down.
• Little Yi attacked the Soul Hall Master with ten fire lotuses, blasting him backward and leaving him badly shaken.
• Xiao Yan struck at the Soul Hall Master, who countered and warned that he would reclaim his humiliation, but a second volley of Little Yi's fire lotuses slammed into him.

Xiao Yan unleashed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame against the Soul Hall Master, but the attack failed to defeat him. The Soul Hall Master emerged unharmed and revealed that he wielded the stronger Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Yan formed Buddha's Wrath Samsara from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and swept its beam across the battlefield toward the Soul Hall Master.
• Xiao Yan reversed the fire disk's rotation, compressing the beam before firing its destructive force at the Soul Hall Master.
• The Soul Hall Master survived the strike, absorbed the surrounding Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and walked out unharmed.
• The Soul Hall Master revealed the black, devouring Heavenly Flame within him, and Xiao Yan recognized it as the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Yan identified the Soul Hall Master's Black Flame as a sub-flame of Nihility Devouring Flame and realized the Hun Clan likely possessed its true source. When the sub-flame attacked, Little Yi burst out and turned the tables, trapping it and biting into it.

• The Soul Hall Master revealed a human-faced Black Flame that devoured Xiao Yan's Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Old Yao recognized it as Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan deduced that the Black Flame was only a sub-flame, while the Hun Clan likely held the true Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Soul Hall Master fed his Dou Qi to the sub-flame, which grew enormous, trapped Xiao Yan, and tried to devour him.
• Little Yi emerged despite Xiao Yan's urgent warning, shattered the Black Flame prison, and trapped the sub-flame in a pink-flame prison.
• Little Yi transformed into a giant infant, pinned the Black Flame's face down, and began to devour it.

Little Yi absorbed the black bead and gained the ability to convert mixed energy into pure energy, which also strengthened Xiao Yan. As Soul Hall’s suspicious movements and Xiao Yan’s need to grow stronger weighed on him, he considered investigating the Tou She Ancient God Jade’s connection to the Magma World, then learned that the Demon Phoenix were attacking the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan and that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs had changed.

• Little Yi swallowed the black bead, absorbed the Black Flame it released, and used its power to consume energy crystals and feed some of the resulting pure energy back to Xiao Yan.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had withdrawn people from several branch halls, and Xiao Yan resolved to send spies to investigate its plans.
• Xiao Yan reflected that his Five-Star Dou Sheng strength was not enough to challenge the Hun Clan or rescue his father, and he considered returning to the Magma World beneath Jia Nan Academy to investigate the Tou She Ancient God Jade’s reaction.
• Old Yao gave Xiao Yan a message from the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan reporting that the Demon Phoenix were attacking and the Nine Nether Yellow Springs had changed.
• Xiao Yan rose in alarm and called out Cai Lin.

Xiao Yan defeated the Soul Hall Master and killed him despite Hun Qianmo’s attempt to intervene. The Pill Tower Ancestor stopped Hun Qianmo from retaliating, and Soul Hall withdrew while vowing that the Hun Clan would destroy the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.

• Xiao Yan’s victory over the Soul Hall Master established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as the Central Continent’s new overlord, while Hun Qianmo urged Old Man Soul Demon to be patient and await the Hun Clan’s plan.
• The firestorm dispersed, revealing the gravely injured Soul Hall Master, and Xiao Yan charged to kill him rather than let him recover.
• Hun Qianmo tried to stop Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s fire lotuses slowed his attack as Xiao Yan smashed the Soul Hall Master’s head and body apart.
• Hun Qianmo sealed Xiao Yan in collapsed space and moved to kill him, but the Pill Tower Ancestor intervened and warned him not to break the rules.
• Hun Qianmo collected the Soul Hall Master’s shattered soul and left with Soul Hall’s experts after threatening Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Yan he had begun to believe Xiao Yan could achieve what Xiao Xuan had failed to accomplish against the Hun Clan.

After the Heavenly Mansion Alliance celebrated its victory over Soul Hall and expanded under strict rules, Xiao Yan continued cultivating in the Star Realm. He discovered that the black bead formed from Nihility Devouring Flame’s offspring could devour his Dou Qi and life force, but Little Yi showed a strong desire to keep it.

• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance celebrated its victory, while its leaders warned members against abusing their new prestige and carefully vetted new recruits.
• Three months after the Summit of Demise battle, Xiao Yan remained at the early Five-Star Dou Sheng level while studying the devouring power of Nihility Devouring Flame’s offspring.
• Xiao Yan found that the black bead in his body devoured his Dou Qi and life force, while the energy it absorbed was too impure for him to use.
• Xiao Yan tried to put the bead in his Storage Ring, but Little Yi grabbed it and hugged it to its chest.

Xiao Yan fought Huang Tian and wounded him with a Condensing Fire Finger, but Huang Tian transformed into his Demonic Phoenix true body and charged at him. As Xiao Yan prepared a six-colored fire lotus for their imminent collision, a nine-colored pillar of light erupted from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs between them.

• Xiao Yan saw through Huang Tian's Demonic Phoenix Steps and pierced his fist with a Condensing Fire Finger, then detonated it and charred Huang Tian's arm.
• Huang Tian transformed into his Demonic Phoenix true body and launched a devastating charge at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan struck Huang Tian with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath four times, tearing away his feathers and weakening his charge.
• Huang Tian closed to within a few hundred zhang of Xiao Yan, who began forming a six-colored fire lotus.
• A nine-colored pillar of light burst from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and rose between Xiao Yan and Huang Tian.

After learning that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had besieged the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan over Cai Lin, Xiao Yan set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Beast Region. As Huang Tian prepared to seize Cai Lin by force, Yao Ming refused to surrender her and awaited Xiao Yan’s arrival.

• Xiao Yan learned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was threatening the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan and chose to go to the Beast Region with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, leaving Ancestor Xiao Chen to protect the alliance.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan surrounded the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s headquarters, demanding that it hand over Cai Lin, who was cultivating in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming rejected the suggestion to surrender Cai Lin and relied on the message Elder Mo had sent to Xiao Yan.
• Huang Tian gave Yao Ming a final minute to decide whether to hand over Cai Lin or fight, then vowed to capture her as revenge against Xiao Yan.

Huang Tian forced his way into the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s territory and tried to pull Cai Lin from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, despite Yao Ming’s resistance. Xiao Yan arrived just as Huang Tian was about to reach her, blasting him away with a powerful soul attack.

• Huang Tian injured Yao Ming and defeated the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan elders who tried to stop him.
• Yao Ming led the elders in forming the Coiled Serpent Great Array, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan formed the Heavenly Phoenix Ancient Array to confront it.
• The giant phoenix blocked the serpent long enough for Huang Tian to reach the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Huang Tian shattered the ice, churned the springs, and began pulling Cai Lin from their depths.
• Xiao Yan arrived with a thousand-zhang phantom and struck Huang Tian with soul sound waves, then angrily called him an old dog.