Chapter Summaries

The Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Hun Clan to isolate the Stone Realm and proceed with its destruction despite losing contact with Hun Xie. The Stone Clan remained unaware of the danger until a rumble shook the realm and its leaders rushed outside.

• Hun Clan forces waited for Hun Xie to report after targeting the three Stone clansmen outside the Stone Realm, but their contact with him was severed.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Hun Xie's failure and refused to abandon the plan to wipe out the Stone Clan.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Hun Clan forces to isolate the Stone Realm, and they began carrying out his command.
• A sudden rumble shook the Stone Realm and interrupted the Stone Clan leadership's meeting.
• Shi Xiao felt a strong sense of unease as a Stone clansman rushed in to report a change in the sky, and the leaders flew outside before he could finish.

The Hun Clan isolated the Stone Realm and began its invasion, leaving the Stone Clan cut off from outside aid. Shi Xiao ordered his clan to prepare its protective formation as the Hun Clan appeared and declared that the Stone Clan would be destroyed.

• Yan Mo reported to Shi Xiao that all communications with the outside world had been cut off.
• Shi Xiao recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame’s distorted sky as a sign that the Stone Realm had been isolated and ordered the Stone Clan to prepare for battle.
• Shi Xiao directed Yan Mo to ready the Stone Clan’s protective formation as the clan mobilized.
• Figures appeared behind the twisted sky, confirming to the Stone Clan that the Hun Clan was attacking.
• A gigantic face appeared over the Stone Realm and declared that the Stone Clan would be destroyed.

Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he had allied with the Hun Clan to pursue Tou She Ancient God's inheritance and become a Dou Emperor, then demanded the Stone Clan's jade. Shi Xiao refused and activated the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation, whose power began gathering behind him.

• Shi Xiao recognized the apparition as Nihility Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and questioned why he was working with the Hun Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame said he sought to become a Dou Emperor like Tou She Ancient God and had cooperated with the Hun Clan to gain access to the Ancient Emperor's inheritance.
• Shi Xiao realized Nihility Devouring Flame wanted the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but refused to surrender it despite the threat to his clan.
• Shi Xiao called out to Yan Mo, who activated the Stone Clan's protective formation.
• The Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation made the Stone Realm tremble as countless points of light gathered behind Shi Xiao and began forming an illusory figure.

Shi Xiao summoned the Stone Emperor's phantom through the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation, but Nihility Devouring Flame effortlessly devoured its fist. After Nihility Devouring Flame insulted the Stone Emperor, Shi Xiao unleashed everything to briefly raise the phantom's strength and prepare one final attack.

• The Stone Clan members celebrated when the Stone Emperor's phantom appeared, believing their ancestor would save them.
• Shi Xiao ordered the phantom to attack Nihility Devouring Flame, but a black flame swallowed the punch and devoured the phantom's right fist.
• Nihility Devouring Flame mocked the Stone Emperor and declared that he would absorb the phantom.
• Shi Xiao erupted with his full power, briefly raising the phantom to the Early Eight-Star Dou Saint level and preparing to strike back.

Nihility Devouring Flame fought the awakened consciousness of the Stone Emperor’s phantom, which tried to protect its descendants. After the phantom was devoured and the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation collapsed, Shi Xiao mourned that the Stone Clan had no hope left.

• Nihility Devouring Flame noticed the Stone Emperor’s phantom had regained strength and challenged it to fight.
• The Stone Emperor’s consciousness briefly awakened, and Shi Xiao realized the phantom was acting of its own will.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed Devour Heaven and Earth, sending a vast black flame vortex down over the Stone Realm.
• The Stone Emperor’s phantom used Critical Strike to smash apart the sky, but its attack could not stop the vortex from swallowing it.
• Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan elders maintaining the Myriad Tribulations Stone Formation spat blood as the formation broke.
• Shi Xiao cried out that the Stone Clan had lost all hope and asked who could save it.

The Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Stone Emperor’s phantom and unleashed black flames across the Stone Realm, leaving the Stone Clan on the verge of extinction. Just as he moved to finish off Shi Xiao and the clan’s leaders, Xiao Lin broke through the seal and appeared.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Stone Emperor’s phantom and sent black flames raining across the Stone Realm.
• Hun Clan experts watched the Stone Clan’s destruction and discussed whether the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace or the Yao Clan should be their next target.
• After roughly thirty percent of the Stone Realm’s lives had been consumed, Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan’s leaders charged at the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame weakened the leaders and stopped them from self-destructing, then closed off their escape routes.
• Xiao Lin tore open the seal around the Stone Realm and flew in as the Nihility Devouring Flame prepared to kill the Stone Clan’s leaders.

Xiao Lin arrived in the Stone Realm and erased the Nihility Devouring Flame’s scattered black flames with a single slash, saving the Stone Clan’s surviving members. He left Shi Xiao and the Stone Clan to fight the remaining Hun Clan forces while he faced the Nihility Devouring Flame’s main body.

• Xiao Lin swept his Moon-Chasing Scimitar across the Stone Realm and destroyed the black flames ravaging it, though at least half its inhabitants had already died.
• Shi Xiao asked who Xiao Lin was, and Yan Mo recognized him as the Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin explained that he had rescued Yan Sheng, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi from Hun Clan Dou Sheng before coming to the Stone Realm.
• Shi Xiao thanked Xiao Lin and promised him anything he wanted if the Stone Clan survived, then organized the remaining Stone Clan members to attack the Hun Clan forces.
• Xiao Lin confronted the Nihility Devouring Flame as its enormous black face transformed into a shadow covered in runes and burning with black flames.

Xiao Lin confronted Nihility Devouring Flame as the latter prepared to destroy the Stone Clan, and revealed that he possessed an Emperor Realm Soul. Their battle began with both sides testing each other's power, leaving them poised to continue fighting.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Lin as the Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and listed his reasons for wanting him dead.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he knew about Nihility Devouring Flame and challenged him, prompting the flame to realize Xiao Lin had an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin struck Nihility Devouring Flame with his saber, but the Heavenly Flame's body reformed after being cut in two.
• Nihility Devouring Flame became eager to devour Xiao Lin and attacked with a sea of pitch-black flames.
• Xiao Lin split Nihility Devouring Flame's flame attack with his saber and stood unharmed as their exchange tested their strength.

Xiao Lin faced Nihility Devouring Flame while the Hun Clan sealed the Stone Realm, and he proved strong enough to wound the Heavenly Flame with his Star River Annihilation technique. The Stone Clan celebrated as the battle continued, while Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack was thwarted.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized Xiao Lin’s Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength and Emperor Realm Soul but continued sealing the Stone Realm for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed Devour Heaven and Earth, the same technique that had destroyed the Stone Emperor’s phantom, and the Stone Clan feared for Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin gathered Astral Power in the Moon-Chasing Scimitar and countered with Star River Annihilation.
• Xiao Lin’s attack annihilated Nihility Devouring Flame’s vortex and wounded his enormous face with a starry mark.
• The Stone Clan cheered for Xiao Lin, and Shi Xiao concluded that Yan Jin and Lei Ying were no match for him.

Xiao Lin battled Nihility Devouring Flame above the Stone Realm and realized their attacks risked harming the surviving Stone Clan, so he deliberately shifted the fight into the void. The chapter ended with both fighters caught inside the expanded spatial collapse.

• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Lin, who blocked his strike with Myriad Heavens Stellar Palm.
• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame discovered that Astral Power resisted the flame’s devouring ability better than expected.
• Xiao Lin countered Nihility Devouring Flame’s Soul-Devouring Slash with Ten Suns Soaring Across the Sky, then detonated the remaining suns to shatter the space around him.
• Xiao Lin expanded the spatial collapse, drawing himself and Nihility Devouring Flame into the void to move the battlefield away from the Stone Realm.

Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame fought in the first layer of the Void so they could limit the damage to the Stone Realm while keeping its seal intact. Their clash unleashed a devastating shockwave that struck the Stone Realm, leaving an endless mountain range reduced to dust.

• Nihility Devouring Flame understood that Xiao Lin had moved their battle away from the Stone Realm to protect its inhabitants, but agreed to fight there while maintaining the seal.
• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame revealed their full power and charged at each other in the Void.
• Nihility Devouring Flame's Void Devouring attack failed against Xiao Lin's Cliffside Sword, so he unleashed a Spirit Devouring Storm.
• Xiao Lin formed his Stellar Immortal Body and punched into the black-flame storm, sending both fighters hurtling backward through layers of space.
• Their collision shattered the sky over the Stone Realm, and its shockwave pulverized an immense mountain range.

Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame continued their battle in the void, leaving a lasting rift above the Stone Realm and disrupting Spatial Wormholes across the Central Plains. After their attacks injured both of them, Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body, and the Stone Realm’s sky began to collapse.

• Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame’s clash tore open a rift above the Stone Realm and erased a vast mountain range.
• Xiao Lin steadied himself with his right arm badly injured, while the Nihility Devouring Flame revealed a fist imprint on his abdomen.
• Xiao Lin and the Nihility Devouring Flame charged at each other again, and their battle disrupted Spatial Wormholes across the Central Plains.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame used Flame Body Star-Shattering Technique to surround Xiao Lin with countless miniature flames.
• Xiao Lin used stellar ripples to slow the flames, then detonated the Stellar Immortal Body with Stellar Immortality.
• The Hun and Stone Clans felt suffocating pressure as the sky of the Stone Realm collapsed.

Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body and inflicted Nihility Devouring Flame’s third and most serious injury, while both clans avoided the devastation of their battle. As Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame resumed fighting, Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm and the clans reacted to his presence.

• The Hun Clan and Stone Clan stopped fighting and fled the area threatened by the power pouring through a rift in the Stone Realm’s sky.
• The clash between Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame blasted through a mountain range and devastated the surrounding land.
• Xiao Lin detonated his Stellar Immortal Body, damaging Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin and injuring himself.
• Nihility Devouring Flame acknowledged Xiao Lin’s strength, and the two resumed their battle in the Void.
• Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm, rejoicing as the Hun Clan welcomed him and the Stone Clan grew grim.

Hun Yuantian arrived in the Stone Realm and revealed to Shi Xiao that Lord Void had revived him after his death a thousand years earlier. He then took over the realm’s seal, freeing Nihility Devouring Flame to fight Xiao Lin at full strength, and sent Xiao Lin flying with a black-flame attack.

• Hun Yuantian arrived and heard a Hun Clan Dou Sheng report on the situation in the Stone Realm.
• Shi Xiao recognized Hun Yuantian as an expert he had believed Xiao Xuan killed a thousand years earlier and feared other Hun Clan experts had also returned.
• Hun Yuantian confirmed that Lord Void had brought him back to life and threatened to destroy the Stone Clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Yuantian to maintain the Stone Realm’s seal, and Hun Yuantian took over from him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame’s strength surged, and he struck Xiao Lin with black flame, sending him flying.

Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed his full Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng power and overwhelmed Xiao Lin, while Hun Yuantian’s arrival advanced Xiao Lin’s plan to expose the Hun Clan. Xiao Lin survived Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack with his Heaven Rank Nebula Realm Sea and prepared to fight at full strength.

• Hun Yuantian took over the seal isolating the Stone Realm, allowing Nihility Devouring Flame to unleash his full power against Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin realized Hun Yuantian’s arrival would draw the Stone Clan’s attention to the Hun Clan’s resurrected experts, and he welcomed the development.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked with black pillars of fire, then combined them into a massive flame that swallowed Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin survived inside the flames by activating Nebula Realm Sea, his Heaven Rank defensive Dou Technique.
• Xiao Lin declared that he would stop holding back and pointed a finger, shifting space and time.

Xiao Lin drew Nihility Devouring Flame into a Spiritual Formation and began using his formations alongside his other fighting skills. After Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the first formation, Xiao Lin trapped him in the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation and joined the attack with Cliffside Sword.

• Xiao Lin revealed that he had drawn Nihility Devouring Flame into a formation and activated the Purple Heaven Nine Extremes Formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the formation’s purple beams with black flames, but Xiao Lin struck him with the Moon-Chasing Scimitar and wounded his arm.
• Xiao Lin attacked again with the formation, but Nihility Devouring Flame expanded a black flame tornado to repel him and devoured the formation.
• Xiao Lin kept Nihility Devouring Flame in the surrounding space and changed it into the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation, a vast illusory sword graveyard.
• Countless streams of Sword Qi engulfed Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xiao Lin attacked him with Cliffside Sword.

Xiao Lin repeatedly trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in Spiritual Formations, but the Heavenly Flame’s devouring power and flames let him break each one. The battle continued as Xiao Lin sent Nihility Devouring Flame into the Myriad Devil Thunder Dance Formation, with three more formations still waiting.

• Xiao Lin’s Sword Qi and Cliffside Sword attacks weakened after Nihility Devouring Flame devoured much of their power.
• Nihility Devouring Flame broke the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation and transformed into a blood-red eye that tried to pull Xiao Lin in.
• Xiao Lin used Infinite Purgatory and gravity to resist the eye’s devouring force, then trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in the Sea-Overturning Torrent Formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame seized and boiled away the formation’s massive water flood dragon, breaking the Sea-Overturning Torrent Formation.
• Xiao Lin moved Nihility Devouring Flame into the Myriad Devil Thunder Dance Formation and revealed that three more formations remained after it.

Xiao Lin used successive Spiritual Formations and his own attacks to wear down Nihility Devouring Flame, though the Great Annihilation Formation’s power was devoured instead. He then deployed a specially upgraded Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame sensing an unseen threat.

• Xiao Lin combined the Myriad Devil Thunder Dance Formation with his saber and soul attacks, injuring Nihility Devouring Flame before the flame broke the formation.
• Xiao Lin immediately trapped Nihility Devouring Flame in the Great Annihilation Formation and unleashed hundreds of annihilation beams.
• Nihility Devouring Flame devoured every beam, so Xiao Lin withdrew the formation and prepared another one.
• Xiao Lin activated the Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation, which he had developed from Jia Nan Academy’s Fire-Sealing Formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that the surrounding void was targeting him and demanded to know what Xiao Lin had done.

Xiao Lin used the Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation he had developed to counter Nihility Devouring Flame, successfully trapping and sealing a black-flame dragon. Nihility Devouring Flame grew afraid of Xiao Lin and resolved to kill him, even if it damaged his source.

• Xiao Lin revealed that he had created the Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation by refining the Fire-Sealing Formation he studied at Jia Nan Academy.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Lin with a black-flame dragon, but the formation's rune wall blocked its strikes.
• Xiao Lin commanded the formation to bind the dragon, compressing it into a cube that he stored in a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Lin explained that he had developed the formation specifically to deal with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame decided to kill Xiao Lin even at the cost of damaging his source, fearing how dangerous Xiao Lin would become after reaching Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Lin fought Nihility Devouring Flame with the Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation, trading his strength and the formation’s runes for injuries to his opponent. After Nihility Devouring Flame detonated both blood-red eyes and shattered the formation, the two fell into the Stone Realm a hundred li apart.

• Xiao Lin used the Lesser Sumeru Flame-Sealing Spiritual Formation to suppress Nihility Devouring Flame, who tried to burn away the Void.
• Nihility Devouring Flame detonated one blood-red eye, destroying about a third of the formation’s runes and injuring both himself and Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin blocked Nihility Devouring Flame’s flame claw and bound it with rune chains, but Nihility Devouring Flame sent his remaining blood-red eye toward him.
• Xiao Lin formed a rune net to stop the eye, but Nihility Devouring Flame detonated it, shattering the net and breaking the formation after Xiao Lin sealed the flame claw in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame fell from the spatial rift into the Stone Realm, landing a hundred li apart.