Chapter Summaries

After one hundred days of bloodline tempering, Xiao Yan broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng and recovered on East Dragon Island. He learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge and that the Soul Hall was moving to claim it, so he prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan’s three-month bloodline tempering brought his aura to the peak of late One-star Dou Sheng and greatly strengthened his body.
• On the hundredth day, Xiao Yan’s breakthrough created a vast energy whirlpool that drew Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yao Ming, and the Ancient Void Dragon clan members to his meditation chamber.
• Xiao Yan awakened, absorbed the whirlpool’s energy, and broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng as his bloodline gave off the pressure of Dragon Phoenix power.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that Zi Yan had recovered, learned he had been in seclusion for one hundred days, and heard from Xiao Yi Xian that Old Yao had summoned him to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan decided to return to Starfall Pavilion and discuss how to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame before the Soul Hall could seize it.

Xiao Yan returned from East Dragon Island with Zi Yan, who joined him to help seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and learned that Soul Hall had been attacking the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. He arrived at Starfall Pavilion as Old Yao proposed striking back at Soul Hall's branch halls, revealing his increased strength and introducing Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor.

• Zi Yan insisted on accompanying Xiao Yan to the Central Continent, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Ming to protect Cai Lin and manage the hostages before departing with his group.
• After leaving Dragon Island, Xiao Yan noticed ruined cities across the Heavenly Mansion Alliance's territory and hurried toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Old Yao reported that Soul Hall had attacked more than half of the alliance's important cities and abducted alchemists, then proposed attacking Soul Hall's branch halls in retaliation.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where the gathered elders noticed that he had advanced to two-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan introduced Zi Yan as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor and said she had come to help seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yan battled Great Heavenly Venerate, whose fusion with the Bone Emperor Saber gave him overwhelming speed, but Xiao Yan turned the fight around with the Yellow Springs techniques. As Xiao Yan prepared to finish Great Heavenly Venerate, the Soul Hall Deputy Master emerged from the great hall.

• Xiao Yan and Great Heavenly Venerate traded attacks, and Great Heavenly Venerate fused with the Bone Emperor Saber to attack at extreme speed.
• Great Heavenly Venerate broke through Xiao Yan's Six Harmonies Saber defense and wounded his shoulder, but Xiao Yan's Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor protected him from a deeper injury.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to blast Great Heavenly Venerate out of the Bone Emperor Saber and destroy most of the Soul Hall experts nearby.
• Xiao Yan followed with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, crushing Great Heavenly Venerate and leaving him near death in a crater.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to kill Great Heavenly Venerate, the Soul Hall Deputy Master emerged from the great hall and confronted him.

Xiao Yan and his group invaded Soul Hall territory and slaughtered its defenders. Xiao Yan challenged Gu You and the Great Heavenly Venerate, who emerged from the hall to confront him.

• More than a dozen Soul Hall figures prepared to leave on a mission, but Xiao Yan's group crushed them while entering the sealed space.
• Soul Hall figures attacked Xiao Yan's group, and Xiao Yan's sea of fire destroyed those who approached.
• Xiao Yan killed more than a dozen Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates by crushing their bodies and souls with spatial force.
• Xiao Yan challenged Gu You and declared his intention to bloodbath Soul Hall.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate emerged from the black hall and warned Xiao Yan not to underestimate the Hun Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted Great Heavenly Venerate in the Soul Hall while Old Yao and Gu You began their own fight. Xiao Yan’s clash with Great Heavenly Venerate escalated as their Bone Saber and five-Heavenly-Flame fire wheel collided, bringing down the great hall.

• Great Heavenly Venerate appeared and threatened Xiao Yan, who judged the Soul Hall elder’s strength and prepared to fight him.
• Old Yao emerged, revealed that he had reached the Dou Saint level, and confronted Gu You as Gu You attacked with Soul Hall chains.
• Xiao Yan assigned Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others to handle the Soul Hall experts while Great Heavenly Venerate attacked him with bone spikes and a soul-striking Bone Saber.
• Xiao Yan countered the Bone Saber with magma pillars, then summoned five Heavenly Flames to form the Five-Round Separation Fire Method’s fire wheel.
• Great Heavenly Venerate unleashed Soul Annihilation Slash, and his Bone Saber collided with Xiao Yan’s fire wheel, shaking apart the black great hall.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, took its Soul Origin, and refined it to remove the hidden consciousness planted within it. As news of the defeat spread, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance gained recognition, while Xiao Yan began absorbing the purified Soul Origin to advance his soul realm.

• Xiao Yan stored the Soul Origin and left the Human Hall ruins with Old Yao and the others after killing its defenders and releasing its imprisoned souls.
• The Soul Hall Deputy Master returned to the ruins, lamented the loss, and vowed that the Hun Clan would obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and destroy the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• News of the Human Hall’s destruction spread across the Central Continent, and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance gained recognition as a force capable of opposing the Soul Hall.
• After several days of recovery, Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the Soul Origin in the Star Realm to pursue the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection.
• Xiao Yan burned away the black vapor and hidden consciousness inside the Soul Light Cluster, then began drawing its purified Soul Origin into his soul.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought the Soul Hall Deputy Master while Xiao Yan destroyed the Great Heavenly Venerate’s body and captured his soul. The deputy master escaped after warning that the Hun Clan would soon be free to attack, leaving Human Hall devastated.

• The Soul Hall Deputy Master attacked Xiao Yan as Xiao Yan tried to finish off the Great Heavenly Venerate, but Zi Yan appeared and shattered the deputy master’s chains.
• Zi Yan blocked the deputy master’s attack while Xiao Yan crushed the Great Heavenly Venerate’s body and captured his fleeing soul in a sealed jade bottle.
• Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon royal bloodline and prevented the Soul Hall Deputy Master from summoning reinforcements through a spatial jade slip.
• Xiao Yan vowed to destroy the Heaven, Earth, and Human Halls and confront the Soul Hall’s long pursuit of him and his master.
• The Soul Hall Deputy Master warned Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan would soon be free to act, then abandoned Human Hall and escaped through the spatial currents.

Xiao Yan and his allies destroyed a Soul Hall branch and freed the souls imprisoned there, then discovered a Soul Light Cluster made from the Soul Origin of a million victims. Old Yao explained its likely purpose, and Xiao Yan accepted it to strengthen his soul for the coming struggle over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• The Soul Hall Deputy Master escaped before Xiao Yan and Zi Yan could stop him, while Zi Yan and the others hunted down the remaining Soul Hall experts and Old Yao defeated Gu You.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the great hall, shattered the chains holding countless souls, and sent them fleeing to freedom.
• Xiao Yan found a Soul Light Cluster hidden beneath the ruins, and Old Yao identified it as Soul Origin gathered from at least a million souls.
• Old Yao suspected the Hun Clan was collecting Soul Origin to strengthen someone's soul toward the Emperor Realm and urged Xiao Yan to absorb the cluster.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Soul Origin and promised to avenge its victims, dissolving the hatred and resentment it contained.

After Xiao Yan learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge, he prepared with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and received a Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill from Old Yao and the Grand Elder. The chapter ended as the twin moons appeared and nine stars aligned, heralding the flame’s descent.

• Xiao Yan returned from spiritual roaming after encountering the Soul Hall Master and being rescued by a mysterious expert, and he discovered where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was sealed.
• Xiao Yan created a soul avatar at Heavenly Realm Great Perfection and told Venerable Wind, Old Yao, and the others about the flame’s location and his encounter with the Soul Hall Master.
• Old Yao and the Grand Elder gave Xiao Yan the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill they had refined during his cultivation.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance sent scouts to the region where the flame would appear as factions across the Central Continent gathered there.
• Four days later, Xiao Yan saw twin moons appear and nine stars align, signaling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Light Cluster and advanced toward Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, while the pressure from his cultivation transformed Starfall Pavilion into a training ground for its disciples. As the Soul Origin dwindled, Xiao Yan began his final breakthrough, unleashing a vast ripple beneath a storm-darkened sky.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin power, and his soul pressure made creatures and experts within a thousand zhang of his mountain tremble.
• Old Yao and the Lesser Pill Tower's Grand Elder recognized that Xiao Yan was approaching Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, while Venerable Wind warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would soon appear and Soul Hall was moving to claim it.
• Old Yao ordered everyone to stay beyond a thousand zhang of Xiao Yan's cultivation site as his soul ripples spread across Starfall Pavilion.
• Starfall Pavilion's disciples and elders turned the soul pressure into training, and many improved their soul power while approaching Xiao Yan's mountain.
• After the pressure weakened, Old Yao sensed Xiao Yan nearing awakening, and two days later the remaining Soul Origin entered Xiao Yan's crystal-like soul form.
• Xiao Yan's body blazed with light and released a vast ripple as dark clouds and lightning filled the sky.

Xiao Yan reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection and discovered the location where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend. The Soul Hall Master attacked him, but an unidentified aged expert intervened and sent Xiao Yan back to his body as the coming struggle over the flame loomed.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul spread across the Star Realm and observed people and places for tens of thousands of miles.
• Xiao Yan sensed a burning pain near a range of mountains and recognized the distorted space as the place where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend.
• The Soul Hall Master, Hun Miesheng, attacked Xiao Yan’s soul and tried to seize him for consuming Soul Hall’s Soul Origin.
• An aged expert blocked Hun Miesheng’s attack, broke the seal, and forced Xiao Yan’s soul back into his body.
• A cowherd boy riding a green ox watched from afar and remarked that the flame’s emergence would bring another earth-shaking struggle.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er at the gathering surrounding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and she revealed that becoming a Dou Sheng had freed her to stay by his side. As the Ancient Clan and Soul Hall watched the sealed flame, Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Feng, the Hun Clan’s likely next clan leader, was a ruthless and formidable opponent.

• Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, and Gu Nan Hai appeared, drawing attention from the assembled factions, while the Soul Hall Master recognized Gu Nan Hai.
• Xun Er reunited with Xiao Yan after three years apart, embraced him, and told him she could now remain by his side.
• Xun Er greeted Old Yao and Zi Yan, then introduced Gu Nan Hai and explained the Ancient Clan’s stance on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan was waiting for the flame to weaken itself by breaking the seal.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Feng possessed the Hun Clan’s Divine Bloodline, fought ruthlessly, and was expected to become the next clan leader.

Xiao Yan led Starfall Pavilion’s alliance toward the place where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had appeared, finding a vast desert and a shattered space radiating deadly heat. As the assembled factions waited before the dangerous opening, the Soul Hall Master emerged from black fog.

• The heavenly tide began as the nine stars aligned, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged earlier than Xiao Yan expected.
• Xiao Yan gathered Old Yao, Zi Yan, Old Ancestor Huoyun, the Qinghua Dual Immortals, and the alliance’s other experts, then led them toward the northwest.
• Xiao Yan’s group encountered many other factions on the way and reached a mountain range that the demonic flame’s heat had reduced to a milky-white desert.
• Xiao Yan shielded the alliance with his flames and judged that the shattered space was too dangerous to enter without waiting.
• The Soul Hall Master and several figures appeared from dense black fog, drawing the attention of Xiao Yan’s group and the other factions.

Xiao Yan faced the Soul Hall Master and the Hun Clan Young Clan Leader as they waited for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to weaken, then reunited with Huo Xuan and heard that he had subdued the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan recognizing Xun Er's voice.

• The Soul Hall Master assessed Xiao Yan’s talent, while the Deputy Master and the Hun Clan Young Clan Leader discussed his strength and the possibility of killing him.
• The Soul Hall Master said they would wait for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to damage its seal before acting.
• Zi Yan warned Xiao Yan about the Soul Hall Master, and Xiao Yan said their enemies would not act before obtaining the flame.
• Huo Xuan arrived with the veiled woman and an elder, and Xiao Yan learned that Huo Xuan had refined the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Xun Er spoke to Xiao Yan, and he recognized her familiar voice.

Xiao Yan and the ancient clans gathered near the space shaped by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Spirit Clan’s disappearance deepened distrust among them. When the Yao Clan arrived, Old Yao recognized Yao Wangui as the man who had once expelled him and Xiao Yan vowed to kill him.

• Xun Er and Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s space was deadly and explained that experts above Five-Star Dou Sheng could not act freely.
• Huo Yao said the Yan Clan wanted the flame to remain ownerless and voiced suspicion of the Ancient Clan over the Spirit Clan’s disappearance.
• Gu Nan Hai and Xun Er suspected the Hun Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan to prevent the major clans from joining forces.
• The Lei Clan and Shi Clan arrived and kept their distance from the Ancient and Hun Clans as more experts gathered near the shattered space.
• The Yao Clan arrived, and Xiao Yan learned that Yao Wangui had once driven Old Yao out of the clan.
• Old Yao admitted his grudge against Yao Wangui, and Xiao Yan promised to take his life.

Xiao Yan and his allies forced Yao Wangui’s group to retreat after Xiao Yan defeated Yao Tian and Zi Yan stopped Yao Wangui from attacking. As the entrance to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s space opened, Xiao Yan prepared to enter.

• Xiao Yan’s soul avatar slapped Yao Tian and defeated his Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, leaving Yao Tian injured.
• Yao Wangui attacked Xiao Yan, but Zi Yan blocked him and drove him back in a clash between two four-star Dou Saints.
• Xun Er and Gu Nan Hai intervened, and Yao Wangui withdrew with Yao Tian and Yao Ling after insulting Old Yao’s family and being threatened by Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan promised to accompany Old Yao to the Yao Clan after they subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Old Yao accepted.
• After three hours, the fractured space formed a milky-white ring, and experts began rushing through as Xiao Yan prepared to enter.

Xiao Yan confronted Yao Wangui and Yao Tian after they taunted Old Yao over his expulsion from the Yao Clan. He revealed his Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul strength, struck at Yao Tian, and left him vulnerable to a slap from his soul avatar.

• Yao Wangui and Yao Tian mocked Old Yao for leaving the Yao Clan and dismissed his achievements.
• Xiao Yan defended Old Yao and challenged Yao Tian, who attacked him with a powerful soul wave.
• Xiao Yan crushed Yao Tian's soul attack and revealed that he had reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection.
• Xiao Yan's soul fist forced Yao Wangui to intervene and block the blow aimed at Yao Tian.
• Xiao Yan's soul avatar appeared beside Yao Tian and slapped him for insulting Old Yao.

Xiao Yan and his companions fought through increasingly dangerous halls in the Demonic Flame Space until they faced a powerful, intelligent Fire Slave wielding a blood-red giant axe. As Zi Yan and Gu Nan Hai battled him, a Xiao Clan clan mark appeared on the stranger’s forehead, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

• Xiao Yan learned from Gu Nan Hai that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had likely recovered and was making them endure exhausting trials.
• Xiao Yan led the group through successive halls of increasingly powerful Fire Slaves, and Old Ancestor Huoyun was injured in their final battle against the armies.
• The group entered a hall containing a gaunt four-star Dou Sheng Fire Slave, whom Gu Nan Hai identified as the final trial before they reached the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Zi Yan and Gu Nan Hai attacked the gaunt figure together while Xiao Yan and the others watched from a distance.
• After being forced back, the figure’s aura surged as a Xiao Clan clan mark appeared on his forehead, shocking Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan entered the space sealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and discovered that it separated the group and used illusions to provoke emotions. After resisting the Demonic Flame, he saw Old Yao on the verge of being consumed by it.

• Xiao Yan sent the alliance experts who lacked Half-Saint strength back to guard the alliance, then entered the space with Xun Er and the others.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that strong emotions could trigger Demonic Flame within the body, but Xiao Yan emerged alone into a vast sea of milky-white fire.
• Xiao Yan encountered an illusion of the Soul Hall Master destroying Xiao Zhan's soul, and his rage caused Demonic Flame to erupt from his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the scene was an illusion, forced the flames out with his Heavenly Flames, and used them to see through the mist.
• Xiao Yan found dozens of people caught in the mist's illusions and saw Old Yao beginning to burn with Demonic Flame.

Xiao Yan rescued Old Yao from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Sky Mist and reunited with Xun Er and the others at a giant gate. After they fought through an endless army of Fire Slaves and broke the gate, the group entered the Demonic Flame Hall, while Xiao Yan remained uneasy about the dangers ahead.

• Xiao Yan used a soul-infused shout to awaken Old Yao before the demonic flames could seriously injure him in the mist.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist and reunited with Xun Er, Zi Yan, Gu Nan Hai, and the others at a platform before a giant gate.
• Xun Er explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had trapped them in its domain, and Gu Nan Hai warned that the path beyond the gate led toward its true body.
• Fire Slaves poured from cracks in space and attacked the group, who fought their way through the horde.
• Xiao Yan and the others shattered the giant gate and entered the Demonic Flame Hall, while Xiao Yan worried that the space concealed a trap.