Chapter Summaries

Pure Lotus Demon Saint defeated the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and stripped away the sentience and memories he had once bestowed on it, restoring it to its original, innocent state. After leaving a faint glow within Xiao Yi, the Demon Saint vanished with the flame, and Xiao Yi and Xun'er found the reborn Demonic Flame Origin.

• Pure Lotus Demon Saint interrupted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's attack and trapped it inside the Ancient Heaven-Refining Formation.
• Pure Lotus Demon Saint used a spiritual net to remove the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's memories and sentience, returning it to its original milky-white state.
• Pure Lotus Demon Saint told the flame he still cherished it, then left a faint glow within Xiao Yi and departed from Xiao Yi's body.
• Pure Lotus Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame vanished together in a pillar of light, leaving Xiao Yi and Xun'er to search for the Demonic Flame Origin.
• The reborn Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared as a pure, newly born Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yi explained to Xun'er that its original spirituality remained.

Trapped in the sealed Demon Flame Space, Xiao Yi decided to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame despite the danger and began refining it with his Profound Ice Formation. As his attempt overwhelmed him, Xun'er arrived to lend him the Ancient Clan's Godblood power.

• Xiao Yi told Xun'er they had to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside the sealed space, and she agreed to stay with him.
• Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo left the Demon Flame Space, while Gu Nanhai departed with Gu Qingyang to alert Gu Yuan and Yao Lao and Xiao Che returned to the Xiao Realm to inform Xiao Xuan.
• Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo decided to remain outside the sealed space and watch for signs of Xiao Yi's survival.
• Xiao Yi used his Profound Ice Formation and soul-splitting method to absorb the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but its Heart Fire overwhelmed him despite his use of a Nine Serene Yellow Springs Pill.
• Xun'er rushed to Xiao Yi's side and infused him with the Ancient Clan's Godblood power to help him endure the flame.

Xiao Yi and Xun'er joined forces inside the Demon Flame Space, survived the heartfire, and began absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's energy. Gu Yuan learned that Xun'er had lost her maidenhood, while Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo withdrew; Xiao Yi and Xun'er remained unconscious within the flame's light as their auras rose.

• Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame to combine with Xiao Yi's flame, helping them withstand the heartfire and refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yi and Xun'er grew intimate, and the Ancient Clan's formation dimmed as it signaled to Gu Yuan that Xun'er had lost her maidenhood.
• Gu Yuan accepted that Xiao Yi and Xun'er had become intimate, though he lamented that Xiao Yi had broken his promise to wait until Xun'er became a Dou Saint.
• Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo decided against attacking Xiao Chen and left the Demon Flame Space, wary that Xiao Xuan might arrive.
• Xiao Yi's injuries healed as he and Xun'er absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's energy, and their auras steadily grew while they slept.

After refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yi broke through to the peak of the six-star Dou Saint realm and received the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s complete inheritance. He mastered the Nightmare Sky Mist and Heaven Refining Formation, while Xun'er remained separated from him by a mysterious light curtain.

• Xiao Yi and Xun'er joined their flames and circulated energy between them as they refined the Demonic Flame Origin.
• Xiao Yi broke through from the peak of the three-star Dou Saint realm to the peak of the six-star Dou Saint realm.
• A light separated Xiao Yi from Xun'er and drew him into a soul space, where the Pure Lotus Demon Saint offered him his inheritance.
• Xiao Yi accepted the inheritance and learned the Nightmare Sky Mist, a soul-based art that trapped enemies in powerful illusions.
• Xiao Yi awakened the Heaven Refining Formation and demonstrated its power to attack, defend, trap, and refine.
• The two inheritances fused with Xiao Yi's Dou Qi, strengthening his command of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

After receiving Pure Lotus Demon Saint's inheritance, Xiao Yi risked his life to fuse three Heavenly Flames into a new flame spirit. He emerged from seclusion with a panda-like spirit named Flame Treasure as Xun'er returned from her unsuccessful search for a way out of the Demon Flame Space.

• Xiao Yi bid farewell to Pure Lotus Demon Saint and prepared to unify his soul origins by fusing the Heavenly Flames within him.
• Xiao Yi used the Heaven Refining Formation, Nightmare Sky Mist, and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to control and merge Fallen Heart Flame with the child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yi endured the dangerous fusion until the three flames formed a new spirit, which appeared as a panda bearing traces of Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame.
• Xiao Yi named the panda flame spirit Flame Treasure.
• Xun'er returned after failing to find a way out of the Demon Flame Space and threw herself into Xiao Yi's arms.

After refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yi reunited with Xun'er, promised to ask the Ancient Clan for her hand in marriage, and escaped the collapsing Demon Flame Space with her. They emerged on the Demon Flame Plains a year later, where the Soul Hall had meanwhile grown dominant across the Central Plains and driven the Pill Tower into decline.

• Xiao Yi explained that the Flame Spirit Treasure contained the fused power of three Heavenly Flames and a trace of Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yi she had found no way out of the Demon Flame Space, and Xiao Yi revealed that refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had removed its spatial barrier.
• Xiao Yi told Xun'er he would go to the Ancient Clan to ask for her hand in marriage, then opened a spatial ripple and left with her.
• The Demon Flame Space collapsed and vanished after Xiao Yi and Xun'er departed.
• During the year they were trapped, the Soul Hall expanded its soul gathering and attacked the Pill Tower, forcing the Pill Tower to retreat despite the Pill Tower Ancestor's defense.
• Xiao Yi and Xun'er emerged from a crack in the sky above the Demon Flame Plains, while Xiao Chen was no longer there.

Xiao Yi and Xun'er escaped the Demon Flame Space, and Gu Nanhai warned them that the Soul Hall and Soul Clan had become increasingly aggressive. Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Realm while Xun'er went back to the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Xuan greeted him there.

• Gu Nanhai welcomed Xun'er and Xiao Yi after they emerged from the Demon Flame Space, then discovered Xiao Yi had reached peak six-star Dou Saint and subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Gu Nanhai explained that the Soul Hall had openly challenged the Pill Tower, the ancient clans distrusted one another, and the Soul Clan was targeting powerful figures.
• Gu Nanhai urged Xun'er and Xiao Yi to return to their respective realms for safety, and Xiao Yi promised to visit the Ancient Realm and ask for Xun'er's hand.
• Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Realm, where Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen appeared to greet him.

After Xiao Yi subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Xuan sent him and Xiao Chen to aid the Pill Tower rather than risk an immediate war with the Soul Clan. At Sacred Pill City, the Pill Tower Ancestor fought Soul Demon Elder and Hun Qianmo, who attacked him together.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Realm with Gu Nanhai, and Xiao Xuan confirmed that Xiao Yi would escape the Demon Flame Space after subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yi learned that Soul Hall had attacked the Pill Tower and massacred people across the Central Plains while the Demon Flame Space was closed.
• Xiao Chen urged Xiao Xuan to attack the Soul Realm, but Xiao Xuan refused, judging that the Xiao Clan was not ready to face the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan sent Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen to the Pill Tower to stop Soul Hall from gathering more souls, and the two left to help.
• At Sacred Pill City, the Pill Tower Ancestor rejected Soul Demon Elder's demand to submit and shattered his soul net while fighting the Soul Bone Frog.
• Hun Qianmo attacked the Pill Tower Ancestor from behind as the Ancestor fired a beam at the Soul Bone Frog.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen arrived as the Pill Tower Ancestor was being overwhelmed by Hun Qianmo and Soul Demon Elder. With the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame subdued and his strength at the peak of six-star Dou Saint, Xiao Yi shattered Hun Qianmo’s soul attack and confronted him.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor fought Hun Qianmo and Soul Demon Elder, but their combined attacks badly wounded him and left him at a disadvantage.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor unleashed his ninth-tier pill body and trapped the three combatants in a chaotic clash of pill and soul auras.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen emerged from the chaos, and Xiao Yi told the wounded Pill Tower Ancestor to leave the rest to him.
• Hun Qianmo realized Xiao Yi had subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and attacked him with a massive soul claw.
• Xiao Yi revealed his peak six-star Dou Saint power and shattered Hun Qianmo’s soul claw with a single gesture.

Xiao Yi defeated Hun Qianmo while Xiao Chen battled Soul Demon Elder, and the two Soul Clan elders were left severely wounded. Xiao Yi then executed both of them, rejecting Hun Qianmo’s threat that the Soul Clan would retaliate.

• Hun Qianmo used a blood scythe and Soul Devouring against Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi wounded him with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and drove him from hiding with ice blades and punches.
• Xiao Yi struck Hun Qianmo with the Emperor's Seal Technique, crushing his breastbone and heavily damaging his soul veins.
• Xiao Chen fought Soul Demon Elder with his Blood Axe, broke through his attacks, and unleashed Sky-Splitting Slash.
• Soul Demon Elder sacrificed and devoured the Soul Bone Frog to meet Xiao Chen’s strike, and the clash left both fighters badly wounded.
• Xiao Yi gave Xiao Chen a medicinal pill, then used Three Spirits Shatter Annihilation to destroy Hun Qianmo and Soul Demon Elder’s bodies and souls.

After defeating two Soul Clan experts at the Pill Tower, Xiao Yi learned that the Soul Hall was attacking sects across the Central Plains and rushed to the Netherworld Poison Sect when he feared Xiao Yi Xian was in danger. He arrived to find the sect devastated as Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Dao Saint faced a Five-Star Dou Saint, just as Xiao Yi appeared to be in immediate peril.

• Xiao Yi defeated Hun Qianmo and Soul Demon Elder, then learned from the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Soul Clan was attacking powerful groups across the Central Plains.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yi that Xiao Yan was cultivating in seclusion at the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and that the Soul Hall had also attacked the Netherworld Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi sent Xiao Che, Xiao Chen, and Yao Lao back to the Xiao Realm and hurried to the Netherworld Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi found the sect’s territory overrun and its disciples dead with their souls extracted, then rushed toward the core inheritance grounds.
• Xiao Yi Xian, now a One-Star Dou Saint, refused to abandon her Three-Star Dou Saint master, the Poison Dao Saint, as they faced a Soul Hall elder and his Five-Star Dou Saint black-robed ally.
• The black-robed elder charged at Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Dao Saint, gathering power in his fist to strike Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi arrived at the Netherworld Poison Sect and rescued Xiao Yi Xian, destroying three Soul Clan Dou Saint puppets. As he urged Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Dao Saint to flee, a hidden enemy surrounded them and challenged their escape.

• The Poison Dao Saint shielded Xiao Yi Xian from a Soul Hall elder, but Xiao Yi killed the elder with pink flames.
• Xiao Yi destroyed a four-star Dou Saint puppet and gave healing pills to Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Dao Saint.
• Two six-star Dou Saint puppets attacked, and Xiao Yi unleashed his full strength to crush them both.
• Xiao Yi urged Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Dao Saint to leave, but black-purple Dou Qi filled the sky and a hidden voice asked if they thought they could leave.

Xiao Yi faced Hun Ku, a hidden Soul Clan seven-star Dou Saint who had lured him to the Netherworld Poison Sect to turn him into a puppet. Hun Ku surrounded Xiao Yi, the Poison Dao Saint, and Xiao Yi Xian with the sect’s fallen disciples transformed into puppets.

• Hun Ku appeared at the blood-soaked Netherworld Poison Sect and absorbed the souls of its disciples.
• Xiao Yi unleashed his peak six-star Dou Saint aura and recognized Hun Ku as a mid-stage seven-star Dou Saint and likely Soul Clan puppet master.
• The Poison Dao Saint identified Hun Ku as the Withered Bone Saint, a secret Soul Clan expert who had defeated his teacher and was believed to be dead.
• Hun Ku mocked the Poison Dao Saint over his teacher’s sacrifice, and Xiao Yi stopped the enraged elder from charging into battle.
• Hun Ku declared that no one would leave, surrounded the group with black mist, and summoned puppets made from the sect’s fallen disciples.

Xiao Yi countered Hun Ku’s Withered Bone Claw with the Yellow Springs Palm, then sent Xiao Yi Xian and the others away before facing the stronger elder alone. Hun Ku dismissed Xiao Yi’s chances, while Xiao Yi met him with killing intent.

• Hun Ku unleashed a wave of deathly black mist, but Flame Treasure purified it before Hun Ku recognized Xiao Yi’s flames and attacked with the Withered Bone Claw.
• Xiao Yi met the Heaven-class attack with the Yellow Springs Palm, overpowering the bone claw and forcing Hun Ku to erase the remaining palm seal.
• Hun Ku praised Xiao Yi’s technique and declared that he would make him a puppet.
• While Hun Ku was distracted, Xiao Yi opened a spatial rift and sent Xiao Yi Xian and the other two through it, then sealed the rift.
• Hun Ku asked why Xiao Yi had not escaped with them, and Xiao Yi faced him with killing intent as Hun Ku remained confident in his advantage in strength.

Xiao Yi confronted Soul Withered Elder after helping the Calamity Poison Body and Poison Dao Saint escape, and Soul Withered summoned a vast army of puppets to overwhelm him. As the puppet horde attacked, Xiao Yi charged into it and unleashed the Mountain-Splitting Seal, leaving the battle underway.

• Soul Withered Elder asked Xiao Yi whether he would resist or surrender, and Xiao Yi declared that he would kill him.
• Soul Withered Elder summoned over a hundred Dou Zun puppets and more than ten Dou Saint puppets to display his strength.
• Soul Withered Elder brought out a mid-stage six-star Dou Saint puppet and ordered his army to attack Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi charged into the puppet horde and formed the Mountain-Splitting Seal with his peak Dou Saint Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi swung the Mountain-Splitting Seal toward the approaching puppets.

Xiao Yi fought through Old Man Hun Ku’s puppet army, destroying its strongest Dou Sheng puppet with a combination of powerful techniques. Old Man Hun Ku remained out of the battle and continued trying to capture Xiao Yi as a puppet.

• Xiao Yi shattered numerous Dou Zun puppets with the Mountain-Splitting Seal and froze and destroyed an early five-star Dou Sheng puppet with the Heavenly Cold Finger.
• Old Man Hun Ku praised Xiao Yi’s combat skills and offered to make him his strongest puppet, then rearranged the remaining puppets to attack him.
• Xiao Yi summoned the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear and sent it toward Old Man Hun Ku, but the strongest mid-six-star Dou Sheng puppet intercepted it.
• Xiao Yi countered the puppet’s bone sword with the Sea-Flipping Seal, overpowering it and forcing it backward.
• Xiao Yi targeted the puppet’s soul core with the Heavenly Cold Finger, Yellow Springs Finger, and Earth-Covering Seal, freezing and piercing the core before smashing its head.

After destroying Soul Withered Elder’s puppet horde, Xiao Yi stayed to fight the seven-star Dou Saint himself. He froze Soul Withered Elder’s soul flames and met his Myriad Souls Lock Heaven with the Heavenly Cold Palm.

• Xiao Yi destroyed the strongest puppet, then spent two and a half hours smashing the remaining puppets with his Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yi told Soul Withered Elder that the puppets were no match for him and decided to kill the elder rather than flee.
• Soul Withered Elder unleashed his origin Dou Qi and attacked Xiao Yi with soul flames, but Xiao Yi repelled them with the Heavenly Cold Finger.
• Soul Withered Elder recognized the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring and summoned soul chains with Myriad Souls Lock Heaven.
• Xiao Yi countered the soul chains with the Heavenly Cold Palm, and the icy palm shattered against them.

Xiao Yi battled Hun Ku with Yellow Springs techniques, but Hun Ku summoned his most powerful puppet, whose ancient aura stirred Xiao Yi’s bloodline. The chapter ended with Hun Ku taunting Xiao Yi to recognize the puppet’s identity.

• Hun Ku unleashed Ten Thousand Souls Devour Heaven, and Xiao Yi countered with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm.
• After their attacks collided and engulfed them in spatial turbulence, Hun Ku tore a soul thread from his chest and drove it into the void.
• Hun Ku awakened a dark-gold armored puppet bearing a Clan-Suppressing Seal and the soul fire of an eight-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yi felt a strange familiarity and reverence toward the puppet as his bloodline reacted to its aura.
• Hun Ku mocked Xiao Yi for failing to recognize who the puppet had been.

Xiao Yi learned that Hun Ku had killed and turned the Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Kong into an eight-star Dou Saint puppet, then fought to survive its attacks without striking his ancestor. As Xiao Yi’s strength waned, he noticed a brief pause between Hun Ku’s hand seals and the puppet’s attacks.

• Hun Ku revealed that the Soul Clan had killed Xiao Kong before he could self-destruct and that Hun Ku had spent a hundred years refining his body into a puppet.
• Xiao Yi recognized Xiao Kong from the jade pendant in the puppet’s armor and swore to kill Hun Ku.
• Hun Ku ordered Xiao Kong’s puppet to attack, and Xiao Yi tried using the Xiao Clan crest to awaken its muscle memory but failed.
• Xiao Yi defended and dodged the puppet’s relentless attacks, refusing to strike his ancestor as Hun Ku mocked him and threatened to make him a puppet too.
• As his Dou Qi weakened and his body was wounded, Xiao Yi spotted a brief pause between Hun Ku’s hand seals and the puppet’s attacks.

Xiao Yi seized a brief opening to attack Hun Ku, using Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury to sever his control over Xiao Kong before striking him down with Emperor Might Judgment Seal. As Xiao Yi prepared to recover Xiao Kong, Hun Ku's surviving soul tried to seize the puppet again, and Xiao Yi attacked it with mysterious ice infused with Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yi evaded Xiao Kong's punch and rushed Hun Ku while the latter struggled to control the puppet.
• Xiao Yi unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury, damaging Hun Ku's soul and severing his connection to Xiao Kong.
• Xiao Yi struck Hun Ku with Emperor Might Judgment Seal, destroying his physical body and stopping Xiao Kong.
• Hun Ku's remaining soul tried to control Xiao Kong and kill Xiao Yi as Xiao Yi approached the puppet.
• Xiao Yi pierced Hun Ku's soul with a mysterious ice spike wrapped in Fallen Heart Flame, and the ice enveloped the soul.