Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi endured Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury and earned Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and Demon Saint Blood Essence. After they discussed Origin Qi and Xiao Yi offered to revive him, Yellow Springs Demon Saint began to fade, leaving Xiao Yi with his legacy and a farewell.

• Xiao Yi withstood Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury as his perfected Heaven Realm soul and Voidfall Heavenburning Flame protected him from its soul erosion.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint judged Xiao Yi worthy and passed on the three Yellow Springs Supreme Techniques and his Demon Saint Blood Essence.
• Xiao Yi explained his knowledge of Origin Qi by describing the Xiao Clan and its Emperor bloodline.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint sensed Origin Qi within Xiao Yi and said it could eventually allow a Dou Emperor to appear again.
• Xiao Yi offered to help Yellow Springs Demon Saint return to the continent, but the Demon Saint said revival was impossible and began to fade.

Xiao Yi passed the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s test, received his inheritance, and shared the Demon Saint blood essence with the others. At the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, Xiao Yi refined his share, mastered the Yellow Springs Three Supreme Techniques, and reached the late three-star Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Yi respectfully bid farewell as the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul vanished after passing on its inheritance.
• Xiao Yi emerged from the Yellow Springs Stone Stele and told Xiao Yan and Yao Ming that he had passed the test, while the stele revealed the method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury.
• Xiao Yi divided the Demon Saint blood essence among those present and received Yao Ming’s permission to use the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Medusa entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to cultivate while Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan refined their shares of the Demon Saint blood essence.
• Xiao Yi refined his blood essence, fully mastered the Yellow Springs Three Supreme Techniques, and broke through to the late three-star Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Realm after gaining the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and prepared to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. When the flame appeared two and a half months later, he set out with Yao Lao and Xiao Che to find its landing place.

• Xiao Yi remained at the late Three-Star Dou Saint stage, while Xiao Yan reached the peak of the Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate realm after absorbing Yellow Springs Essence Blood.
• Xiao Yi left Xiao Yan in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs to wait for Medusa, then returned to the Xiao Realm with the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Yi about the dangers of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and urged him to prepare for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s appearance.
• Elder Shennong agreed to refine the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill, and Xiao Yi and Yao Lao decided Xiao Yan should not join the contest for the flame.
• Two and a half months later, the heavenly sign of twin moons and nine aligned stars announced the flame’s arrival, and Xiao Yi departed with Yao Lao and Xiao Che.
• The three reached a barren mountain range northwest of the Central Plains and hurried toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s landing place.

Xiao Yi and his companions reached the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain and waited for the Demon Flame Space to open. Hun Qianmo arrived determined to seize the flame and kill Xiao Yi, while Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yi after reaching the Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Che and Xiao Yi concluded that they would need to enter the Demon Flame Space to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and chose to wait for others to act first.
• Hun Qianmo arrived with two four-star Dou Saint elders and vowed to claim the flame to earn forgiveness from the Soul Clan.
• Hun Qianmo recognized Xiao Yi and planned to kill him inside the Demon Flame Space after the flame broke free of its seal.
• Xun'er arrived, embraced Xiao Yi, and told him she was free to stay by his side after breaking through to the Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Yi and Xun'er discussed the Soul Clan's threat to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the ancient clans gathered. The Yao Clan then arrived, bringing Yao Lao face-to-face with Yao Wangu, the elder who had expelled him, and Yao Tian insulted Yao Lao and threatened his lineage.

• Gu Nanhai greeted Xiao Yi as Xun'er's worthy son-in-law, and Xun'er explained that the Ancient Clan had come to stop the Soul Clan from obtaining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yi that a Soul Clan prodigy might be stronger than Hun Yang, while Xiao Yi vowed that the Soul Clan would not take the Demonic Flame.
• The Yao Clan arrived, and Xun'er introduced Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the elder Yao Wangu.
• Yao Lao recognized Yao Wangu as the man who had expelled him from the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yi promised to kill him.
• Yao Wangu and Yao Tian mocked Yao Lao as a discarded son, and Yao Tian declared that the Yao Clan need not preserve his lineage.

Xiao Yi defended Yao Lao after Yao Tian insulted his parents, then easily defeated Yao Tian’s attacks and exposed his overwhelming strength. Yao Wangu stepped in to confront Xiao Yi, while Hun Qianmo rejected a proposal to join the Yao Clan against him, recognizing Xiao Yi’s connection to the Xiao Clan.

• Yao Tian insulted Yao Lao’s parents, and Xiao Yi told his teacher he would settle the grievance.
• Xiao Yi stopped Yao Tian’s Flame Burning Heaven attack and mocked the Yao Clan’s secret art.
• Xiao Yi shattered Yao Tian’s three Pill Weapons and revealed his three-star Dou Saint strength and Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul power.
• Xiao Yi struck Yao Tian and warned him to show respect to his elders.
• Yao Wangu confronted Xiao Yi with his four-star Dou Saint aura, while Hun Qianmo dismissed the Soul Clan elder’s suggestion to join forces against him.

Xiao Yi stopped Yao Wangu i from attacking Yao Chen by declaring Yao Chen a member of the Xiao Clan, and promised to help him seek justice from the Yao Clan. As the Demon Flame Space seal broke, Xiao Yi, Xun'er, and the others entered to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xun'er and Gu Nanhai intervened when Yao Wangu i tried to attack Xiao Yi, warning that doing so could provoke the Ancient and Xiao Clans.
• Yao Wangu i realized Xiao Yi was the Xiao Clan's young clan leader, apologized, and led Yao Tian and Yao Ling away.
• Xiao Yi declared that Yao Chen was a member of the Xiao Clan and promised to accompany him and Xiao Yan to the Yao Clan to settle the old injustice.
• Hun Qianmo mocked Yao Wangu i and hoped the conflict would create chaos that benefited the Soul Clan.
• The seal of the Demon Flame Space began to shatter, and Hun Qianmo, the other clans, and then Xiao Yi's group entered the space.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yi that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could exploit their emotions and burn their souls, and Xiao Yi told everyone to stay calm and be careful.

Xiao Yi and his companions entered the Demon Flame Space and faced illusions created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After breaking free and reuniting with Xun'er and the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yi asked whether they had seen anyone from the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yi entered the Demon Flame Space alone and was confronted by an illusion in which Hun Tiandi defeated Xiao Xuan and threatened him.
• Xiao Yi recognized the scene as an illusion, resisted the demon flame with his three spirits' Dou Qi, and broke free.
• Xiao Yi found Xiao Che and Yao Lao trapped in illusions and helped them escape before the three left the area.
• Xiao Yi, Xiao Che, and Yao Lao reunited with Xun'er and the Ancient Clan, who had also escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist.
• Gu Nanhai explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had mastered Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Nightmare Sky Mist, and Xiao Yi asked Xun'er whether she had seen the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yi and his companions crossed the Demon Flame Space and reached the Hall of Ten Thousand Flames, where they encountered Xiao Chen, a Xiao Clan ancestor controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Xiao Yi and Gu Nanhai struggled to withstand Xiao Chen’s axe attacks, and Gu Nanhai asked whether Xiao Yi could awaken his consciousness.

• Xiao Yi and his companions fought through the fire slaves at the giant gate and entered the Hall of Ten Thousand Flames.
• Xiao Yi spotted a powerful figure at the hall’s far end, and Gu Nanhai identified him as an unusually autonomous fire slave.
• Xiao Yi realized the figure was Blood Axe Xiao Chen, a missing ancestor of the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Chen attacked before they could approach him.
• Xiao Yi and Gu Nanhai joined forces to block Xiao Chen’s Blood Axe while Gu Qingyang protected Xun’er.
• Xiao Chen’s successive axe strikes battered their defenses, and Gu Nanhai asked Xiao Yi if he could awaken Xiao Chen’s consciousness.

Xiao Yi and Gu Nanhai freed Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and Xiao Chen learned that Xiao Xuan had returned. Xiao Chen led Xiao Yi and the others to confront the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, where they found it seated in the Demonic Flame Hall.

• Xiao Yi revealed his Xiao Clan mark, and he and Gu Nanhai helped Xiao Chen resist the Demonic Flame and recover his sanity.
• Xiao Chen recognized Xiao Yi as a Xiao Clan descendant and learned that Xiao Xuan had failed to reach Dou Di, but had since regained a physical body and returned.
• Xiao Chen recovered his five-star Dou Saint strength and vowed to avenge the Xiao Clan against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Chen agreed to lead Xiao Yi and the others to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and they entered the Demonic Flame Hall.
• Xiao Yi and his group saw the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame seated on its throne.

Xiao Yi realized that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had trapped the group in a Nightmare Sky Mist illusion and urged everyone to stop believing in the Flame’s power. He created Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s Nightmare-Breaking Talisman, leaving the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame shocked and furious.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Xiao Yi and his companions, and Xiao Chen’s axe strike failed to stop the flaming spears.
• Xiao Yi identified the scene as an illusion created with Nightmare Sky Mist and warned the group that following it would turn them into fire slaves.
• Xiao Yi explained that the illusion’s strength depended on what they believed, and the giant sword aimed at him vanished when the group imagined the Flame as a stray dog.
• Xiao Yi used Xiao Clan essence blood and Three Spirit Dou Qi to form Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s Nightmare-Breaking Talisman.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame cried out in disbelief, asking how Xiao Yi had learned the talisman.

Xiao Yi used the Nightmare-Breaking Talisman to destroy the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s nightmare realm and temporarily free Xiao Chen from its control. The flame retaliated with its formation and summoned flame slaves, forcing Xiao Yi, Hun Qianmo, and the other clans to form an alliance as the battle began.

• Xiao Yi shattered the nightmare illusion realm with the Nightmare-Breaking Talisman, weakening the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and drawing the other clans into the Demonic Flame Hall.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to control Xiao Chen again, and Xiao Yi used his soul power to sever their connection temporarily.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demon Flame Refines Heaven, killing weaker experts, turning others into flame slaves, and activating the Ancient Heaven-Refining Formation.
• Xiao Yi agreed to join forces with Hun Qianmo and the clan elders, who organized the experts to fight the flame while the others faced its slaves.
• Hun Qianmo began forming the Heavenly Net Demon-Sealing Formation as Gu Nanhai and the other Dou Saints prepared to battle the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yi and the other Dou Saints joined forces to seal the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Heavenly Net Demon-Sealing Formation. When Hun Qianmo rushed to claim the flame’s origin, Xiao Yi attacked him to prevent the Soul Clan from taking it.

• Hun Qianmo, Xiao Yi, and four other Dou Saints attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the flame overwhelmed their initial assault while they held back against one another.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a giant flaming hand and threatened to turn them into fire slaves, forcing Xiao Yi and the others to unleash their full strength.
• Hun Qianmo activated the Heavenly Net Demon-Sealing Formation, and Xiao Yi and the other Dou Saints combined their powers to trap and weaken the flame.
• The formation compressed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into a small lotus-shaped flame, and Hun Qianmo moved to seize its origin.
• Xiao Yi raced after Hun Qianmo and struck with Heavenly Cold Finger and Yellow Springs Finger.

Xiao Yi seized the Demonic Flame Origin and drew Hun Qianmo away from it, then fought the two Soul Clan elders alone. He unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury against their combined assault, and the chapter ended as the technique’s soundwaves began destroying their attacks.

• Hun Qianmo revealed his six-star Dou Saint strength and demanded that Xiao Yi hand over the Demonic Flame Origin, while the Soul Clan elders joined him.
• Xiao Yi tossed the Demonic Flame Origin into the air, drawing Hun Qianmo and the other onlookers after it while he faced the two four-star Dou Saint elders.
• Xiao Yi used Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm to break the elders’ attacks and leave both of them badly injured.
• The two elders launched a combined assault, and Xiao Yi countered with Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury.
• Hun Qianmo recognized the danger and shouted for the elders to run, but the soundwaves had already frozen the black beam and turned it to powder.

Xiao Yi killed two Soul Clan four-star Dou Saints with Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury, but Hun Qianmo turned his attention to him and overwhelmed his attacks. Xiao Yi was left completely exhausted as Hun Qianmo closed in to kill him.

• Xiao Yi used Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury to destroy the souls of two Soul Clan four-star Dou Saints.
• Hun Qianmo chose to deal with Xiao Yi first and attacked him, while Xun'er rushed to help and was struck away.
• Xiao Yi activated his Emperor Mark and launched several Dou Techniques at Hun Qianmo, but Hun Qianmo blocked or countered each one.
• Hun Qianmo used a formation to shatter Xiao Yi's Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury, then stopped his remaining attacks with a soul barrier and soul fire.
• Xiao Yi exhausted his Dou Qi, and Hun Qianmo appeared before him with killing intent.

Xiao Chen rescued Xiao Yi and fought Hun Qianmo in the Demon Flame Space, using the Xiao Clan clan mark and Blood Axe to withstand several powerful attacks. Though wounded, Xiao Chen prepared to continue the battle and vowed to make Hun Qianmo the first payment for the Xiao Clan’s calamity.

• Xiao Chen arrived in time to interrupt Hun Qianmo and sent the injured Xiao Yi back to Yao Lao and Xiao Che.
• Xiao Chen activated his clan mark, which boosted Xiao Yi’s foundation to the peak of the five-star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Chen used Earth-Rending Slash and Sky-Splitting Slash to destroy Hun Qianmo’s soul claws and soul beast.
• Xiao Chen grew to a hundred zhang tall and shattered Hun Qianmo’s Soul-Locking Chains with the Blood Axe.
• Hun Qianmo struck Xiao Chen with a soul-infused palm, wounding him, but Xiao Chen recovered and vowed to kill him for the Xiao Clan’s past calamity.

Xiao Chen badly wounded Hun Qianmo with his Soul Slayer technique, but Hun Qianmo called on Soul Demon Elder to intervene. As the Soul Clan pressed Xiao Yi and the others to retreat, the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived to oppose Soul Demon Elder.

• Xiao Chen used Blood Axe: Soul Slayer to break Hun Qianmo's shield, wound his body, and burn his soul with pure Yang power.
• Hun Qianmo called for Soul Demon Elder, who emerged and ordered Xiao Yi and the others to withdraw from the dispute over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Qianmo urged Soul Demon Elder to kill Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen, but Soul Demon Elder warned him that others were present.
• Soul Demon Elder called out the hidden Little Pill Tower expert, and the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived on a blue ox with an aura that matched his own.

The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived to protect Xiao Yi and seized the Demonic Flame Origin, exposing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's disguise. He confronted the flame and aimed to hold it off until the Demon Flame Space's seal recovered, while Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen rested.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived, recognized Xiao Yi's rapid growth, and confronted Soul Demon Elder over the Soul Clan's violation of their agreement.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor seized the Demonic Flame Origin, and Soul Demon Elder warned him against opposing the Soul Clan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's disguise by crushing the surrounding void, forcing it to reveal its humanoid form.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame denounced the Pure Lotus Demon Saint for sealing it and declared that no one present could decide whether it left.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Yi to rest and explained that the seal would mend when the heaven-and-earth tide receded, then moved to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame laughed at the Pill Tower Ancestor and challenged him to prove he could stop it.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven-Refining Grand Formation and trapped everyone in the Demon Flame Space, intending to refine them into fire slaves. The four Demon Flame Remnant Map pieces summoned Pure Lotus Demon Saint through Xiao Yi, and his appearance halted the formation as the others realized he had come for Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used the Demon Flame Divine Statue against the Pill Tower Ancestor, but the Ancestor countered with his ninth-tier mysterious pill power and gained the upper hand.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven-Refining Grand Formation, forcing Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo to cooperate with the Pill Tower Ancestor, Xiao Yi, and the others as the formation closed in.
• The formation's refining pressure overwhelmed the groups, leaving them with no clear way to escape or resist.
• The four Demon Flame Remnant Map pieces released golden light, and a remnant soul entered Xiao Yi, transforming his appearance and unleashing powerful soul pressure.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor recognized the figure as Pure Lotus Demon Saint, and he explained that the remnant consciousness had likely appeared to target Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yi transformed into the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, who took control of the Heaven-Refining Formation and restrained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the flame unleashed a devastating attack, everyone fled the Demon Flame Space except Xiao Yi and Xun'er, who chose to stay by his side.

• Xiao Yi took on the appearance of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, provoking the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's disbelief and hatred.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint used the Heaven-Refining Formation to bind the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explained that he had sealed it to prevent it from becoming a disaster.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed Demonic Flame Annihilation, destroying its fire slaves and forming a massive, deadly lotus seal.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint opened a passage and warned everyone to leave before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame self-destructed, prompting Soul Demon Elder, Hun Qianmo, and the other clans to flee.
• Xun'er refused to abandon Xiao Yi, sent Gu Nanhai and the others through the passage, and remained with Xiao Yi as the Pure Lotus Demon Saint faced the enraged flame.