Recaps

Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Battle Qi Continent after sensing that a change would force him to depart, and he said farewell to Xun'er, Cai Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Yao Lao. He entered the passage at Twin Emperor Mountain, leaving his family and allies behind as they called farewell.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he expected to leave the Battle Qi Continent, and she promised to support his decision.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he had to leave, and she reluctantly agreed to go with him to the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Cai Lin visited Xiao Xiao and thanked Yao Lao before Xiao Yan departed.
• Xiao Yan and the assembled experts collected Emperor-Origin Qi from the pillar of light at Twin Emperor Mountain.
• Cai Lin appeared to warn Xiao Yan not to find another woman or lose his life, and Xiao Yan entered the pillar of light.

Xiao Yan arrived on the World-Creation Continent and was escorted to the Xiao Clan’s outpost, where he was greeted with a hostile welcome. He learned that the clan’s newcomers were facing challengers from other continents, and watched as Xiao Yao prepared to fight Huang Lin.

• Xiao Yan emerged in Guidance City, where a soldier identified him as the last arrival from the Battle Qi Continent and led him toward the Xiao Clan’s outpost.
• The soldier warned Xiao Yan that trouble might await him at the outpost, and Xiao Yan followed him through the city before being left at its gate.
• After Xiao Yan knocked three times, someone inside told him to enter; a volley of battle-qi arrows immediately attacked him, and he shattered them with the Eternal Ancient Flame Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to locate a group of finely dressed people and saw four injured men lying nearby.
• A white-robed man called on Xiao Yao to fight, and Xiao Yao introduced himself before facing Huang Lin of the Azure North Continent.

Xiao Yao defeated Huang Lin in one move, then threatened and mocked the newcomers from weaker continents. Huang Lin refused to accept the humiliation and prepared to keep fighting for Azure North Continent’s dignity.

• Huang Lin attacked Xiao Yao with his lightning spear, but Xiao Yao vanished and struck him from behind, piercing his shoulder with a short blade.
• Xiao Yao declared that the newcomers could be enslaved and have their memories erased, and said the women from their continents would belong to Heavenly Spirit Continent.
• Xiao Yao mocked Xiao Yan, while the finely dressed group joined in and insulted him and the newcomers’ continents.
• Huang Lin stood up despite his wound and challenged Xiao Yao again, vowing to defend Azure North Continent even if he died.
• Xiao Yao accepted Huang Lin’s defiance and promised to crush his continent.

Xiao Yan stepped in after Huang Lin was overpowered by the nobles of the Xiao Clan, only to be forced into a fight against a ten-year-old child. He realized he could not hurt the boy without risking the Fourth Elder’s wrath and prepared to put him to sleep instead.

• Huang Lin unleashed the Heaven Tier high-grade battle skill Thunder Shakes the Nine Provinces, but Xiao Ming appeared and neutralized it.
• Xiao Yan healed Huang Lin, then entered the arena and declared that anyone who insulted Battle Qi Continent would pay.
• The nobles sent Xiao Feng, a ten-year-old descendant of the Fourth Elder, to fight Xiao Yan and warned that the boy’s tears would bring trouble.
• Xiao Yan dodged Xiao Feng’s attacks while the nobles mocked him, wary that hurting the child would leave him unable to remain in the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan decided to avoid injuring Xiao Feng and said he would put him to sleep for a while.

Xiao Ming offered Xiao Yan noble status if he joined the Heavenly Spirit Plane, but Xiao Yan refused unless those who insulted the Battle Qi Continent paid for it. The dispute turned into a five-match wager, and Xiao Ming called Xiao Yao to fight next.

• Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Feng with a soul attack, and Xiao Ming recognized his Emperor Realm soul power and offered him a place in the Heavenly Spirit Plane.
• Xiao Yan considered the offer because he wanted to protect Xun'er and Cai Lin, but he demanded that those who insulted the Battle Qi Continent kill themselves as the price of his joining.
• Xiao Ming refused the demand, allowed Xiao Yan to kill at most three people, and challenged him to defeat five Dou Emperors of the same level.
• Xiao Yan used the Three-Thousand Lightning Movement to seal Xiao Suo and another man, then asked Huang Lin and the others to guard them.
• Xiao Ming set a five-match wager in which Xiao Feng counted as one match, and Xiao Yao stepped forward as the next opponent.

Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Yao in the second round, then faced Xiao Yuting, who challenged him to cure poison on his hand with his flame. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan revealed his flame and Xiao Ming and Xiao Yuting recognized it as Heavenly Fire.

• Xiao Yan used his Emperor Realm soul power to sense Xiao Yao’s attacks and dodged his assassination attempt.
• Xiao Yao attacked Xiao Yan with poisoned arrows and Myriad Phantom Forms, but Xiao Yan revealed he had survived by creating clones of his own.
• Xiao Ming assigned Xiao Shan to the third round, but Xiao Yuting stepped forward and insisted on fighting Xiao Yan instead.
• Xiao Yuting threatened a man who questioned her, then challenged Xiao Yan to use his flame to detoxify poison she would put on his left hand.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and showed a pale yellow flame, which Xiao Ming and Xiao Yuting identified as Heavenly Fire.

Xiao Yan purified Xiao Yuting’s poison, winning the third match, then faced Xiao Shan and his Emperor-Tier Battle Skill. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan activated his Vajra Glazed Body and realized he was much shorter than Xiao Shan’s Vajra Body.

• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to remove the poison from Xiao Yuting’s blood while she guarded him from interference.
• Xiao Yan endured the poison and eventually stood up unharmed, prompting Xiao Yuting to concede the third round.
• Xiao Yuting warned Xiao Yan to call for her if he could not continue, and Xiao Ming ordered Xiao Shan to exhaust Xiao Yan’s Battle Qi.
• Xiao Shan announced that he would demonstrate an Emperor-Tier Battle Skill and transformed with his family’s Vajra Body.
• Xiao Yan activated his Vajra Glazed Body, but found that he was only six feet six inches tall while Xiao Shan towered over him.

Xiao Yan fought Xiao Shan while learning how World-Creation Continent’s rules and Super Lower Planes gave Xiao Shan an advantage. Though both were badly wounded, Xiao Yan won his fourth match, and Xiao Ming sent Xiao Feng to face him as Xiao Yan feared he might die at his own clansmen’s hands.

• Xiao Shan explained that Dou Emperors were ordinary on World-Creation Continent and described Dead Planes and the advantages of the three Super Lower Planes while beating Xiao Yan with his Emperor-Tier Battle Skill.
• Xiao Shan used Heaven-Shaking Roar against Xiao Yan and the spectators, but Xiao Yan countered with Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant and left both fighters grievously wounded.
• Xiao Yan won his fourth battle, while the finely dressed spectators regarded him with fear and reverence.
• Xiao Ming decided Xiao Yan had to die and ordered Xiao Feng to fight the exhausted, injured Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Feng approached Xiao Yan, who reflected that he might die at the hands of his own clansmen.

Xiao Wanqing arrived and stopped Xiao Ming from forcing Xiao Yan to continue the battle, postponing the Fifth Match for ten years. After Xiao Ming’s group left, she offered medicine to Xiao Yan’s companions and began explaining the Xiao Clan’s rules and their connection to it.

• Xiao Yuting threatened Xiao Ming’s group to protect Xiao Yan until Xiao Wanqing arrived and asked whether the match was over.
• Xiao Ming insisted that Xiao Yan still had to fight, but Xiao Wanqing declared the match postponed because Xiao Yan could no longer continue.
• Xiao Wanqing agreed to hold the Fifth Match ten years later, and Xiao Ming promised not to let others deliberately trouble Xiao Yan in the meantime.
• Xiao Ming took his people and the unconscious fighters away, while Xiao Wanqing gave pills to Xiao Yan’s group.
• Xiao Yan’s companions rejected Xiao Wanqing’s pills out of hostility, but Huang Lin took his and began recovering.
• Xiao Wanqing offered to explain why they belonged to the Xiao Clan, why its members from the Lower Plane had to fight, and what the clan entry test would entail.

Xiao Wanqing explained the Xiao Clan’s rules for outsiders from Lower Planes, but a burly man’s insults toward her provoked Xiao Yuting to kill him. As Xiao Wanqing went after her distressed sister, Xiao Yan cultivated and discovered that his Heavenly Flames were beginning to transform in World-Creation Continent.

• Xiao Wanqing explained that outsiders from other Lower Planes had to join Heavenly Spirit Continent or have their memories erased and become laborers.
• A burly man insulted Xiao Wanqing, and Xiao Yuting killed him with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Wanqing reprimanded Xiao Yuting, who defended her actions and walked away in tears.
• Xiao Wanqing apologized to Huang Lin and the others, then asked Huang Feng to answer their questions and went after Xiao Yuting.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra and found that his Heavenly Flames were transforming with the abundant Emperor-Origin Qi.

Xiao Yuting revealed her determination to restore Xiao Wanqing’s strength, while Xiao Yan cultivated and fused his twenty-three Heavenly Flames with Emperor-Origin Qi. His injuries healed, and the Flame Mantra advanced to the Emperor Tier.

• Xiao Yuting told Xiao Wanqing that she had cultivated poison arts to help her regain her strength, and Xiao Wanqing promised to protect her if Xiao Yan could help.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Emperor-Origin Qi as the Flame Mantra refined and fused his twenty-three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan completed the fusion, producing a much hotter pale yellow flame as Huang Lin and the others watched in astonishment.
• Xiao Yan realized that the Flame Mantra had reached the Emperor Tier and that his injuries had healed.

Huang Feng warned Xiao Yan that his flame might be the rare Fallen Star Flame and that its use could draw nobles from the Xiao Clan Headquarters. Xiao Wanqing led the group toward Ten-Thousand-Zhang Mountain for a ten-year trial, but their passage through the Magic Beast Mountains was interrupted by someone who recognized her.

• Huang Feng told Xiao Yan about the Fallen Star Flame, warned him about the Xiao Clan’s interest, and offered him a way to seek help from the Dragon-Phoenix Army.
• Xiao Wanqing explained the Xiao Clan’s structure and the ten-year trial at Ten-Thousand-Zhang Mountain, while Xiao Yuting offered to find alchemy ingredients if Xiao Yan cured her sister’s poison.
• Xiao Wanqing gave the group medicinal pills, and they set out for Ten-Thousand-Zhang Mountain after three days.
• Xiao Wanqing led the group through a teleportation array into the Magic Beast Mountains and explained that they had to cross the forest to reach Xiao Clan territory.
• A gloomy voice addressed Xiao Wanqing and questioned whether she still had the courage she showed a year earlier, making her anxious and causing Xiao Yuting’s eyes to redden.

Xiao Wanqing accepted Xue Liang’s challenge to a fight on the treacherous Iron Chain Bridge, where flying techniques were forbidden. Xiao Wanqing, Xiao Yuting, and Xiao Yan took on five Xue Clan fighters, while Huang Lin and the others watched from the shore.

• Xue Liang challenged Xiao Wanqing’s group to a seven-on-seven fight, and Xiao Yuting and Huang Lin urged her to accept.
• Xiao Wanqing agreed that victory would earn Huang Lin and the others membership in the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan insisted they had to win.
• Xue Liang chose the icy Iron Chain Bridge, where the rules forbade fighters from leaving the bridge deck; Xiao Wanqing negotiated a ban on Flying Dou Techniques.
• Xue Liang sent out five fighters wearing black wings, and Xiao Wanqing, Xiao Yuting, and Xiao Yan flew out to face them.
• Xiao Wanqing and Xiao Yuting each engaged two opponents, while Xiao Yan fought the remaining opponent and Huang Lin’s group stayed on shore.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting were knocked into a mountain ravine during the aerial battle with the Xue Clan, while Xiao Wanqing and the others faced the remaining attackers. After Xiao Xuan arrived and drove off the Xue Clan, he went into the ravine to search for them.

• Xiao Yan fought a young Xue Clan opponent in the air as Xiao Wanqing held off two enemies and Xiao Yuting struggled against her opponents.
• Xiao Yuting was struck while poisoning an enemy, and her opponent revealed that his flame could resist poison.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to help Xiao Yuting, but her opponent self-destructed and sent her falling into the ravine.
• Xue Liang blocked Huang Lin from rescuing Xiao Yuting, while Xiao Yan's opponent struck him with a soul attack and knocked him into the ravine as well.
• Xue Liang ordered four men to surround Xiao Wanqing, but the arriving Xiao Xuan drove them off and sent Huang Feng to escort the others away.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting had fallen and that Xiao Wanqing had gone into the ravine, then flew down to search for them.

After rescuing Xiao Yuting in the ravine, Xiao Yan learned that Tou She Ancient God had saved his life and knew about the World-Creation Continent. Tou She revealed that he had once been the twentieth-ranked Heavenly Fire, the Tuoshe Emperor Flame, and connected Xiao Yan’s flames to someone named Qingcheng.

• Tou She Ancient God guided Xiao Yan through the ravine to find Xiao Yuting, who had landed in a tree and survived with minor injuries.
• Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yuting, covered her with his robe, and used Heavenly Flames to warm her until she fell asleep.
• Tou She explained that his avatar had spent its remaining strength to save Xiao Yan during the fall.
• Tou She asked about Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and said they carried a trace of Qingcheng’s aura.
• Tou She revealed that before becoming a Dou Emperor, he had been the Tuoshe Emperor Flame, the twentieth-ranked Heavenly Fire on the World-Creation Continent.

Ancient Emperor Tuoshe told Xiao Yan that he had once been a low-ranked Heavenly Fire on the World-Creation Continent and recounted how he and the Murong Clan’s young master were swept into the Battle Qi Continent. His story explained the origins of Fallen Star Flame and revealed a battle technique Xiao Yan might seek, while leaving the mystery of Tuoshe’s Emperor-grade pill unresolved.

• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe explained that he had spent over ten thousand years in the Battle Qi Continent after being a low-ranked Heavenly Fire on the World-Creation Continent.
• Tuoshe recalled fighting a young Murong Clan master who wielded Fallen Star Flame and defeated him by combining Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water.
• Tuoshe told Xiao Yan about the three battle technique scrolls and said the final Water-Fire Mutual Generation Formula required willing Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water.
• Tuoshe revealed that four Battle Gods’ clash killed the Murong Clan members and swept him and Fallen Star Flame through a spatial storm into the Battle Qi Continent.
• Tuoshe said the Emperor-Origin Qi he brought had helped the Battle Qi Continent avoid becoming a dead plane, and lamented that he never gave a medicinal pill to her.

Ancient Emperor Tuoshe explained how he came to the Battle Qi Continent, refined an emperor-grade pill for Qingcheng, and obtained the Flame Formula while searching for Otherworldly Flames. He revealed that Xiao Yan’s connection to Qingcheng’s aura was protecting him in the Water of Life’s territory, then recalled his defeat by the Pure Lotus Demon Flame.

• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe said his cultivation had stalled after his foundation was destroyed and Emperor-Origin Qi dried up, and that he used his own Emperor-Origin Qi to refine an emperor-grade pill for Qingcheng.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe revealed that he had never found Qingcheng, but sensed a trace of her aura on Xiao Yan.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe explained that he had obtained the Flame Formula and sought the Fallen Star Flame, while the other two volumes of combat techniques were likely still on the World-Creation Continent.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe told Xiao Yan that they were in the territory of the Water of Life, a Heavenly Water, and that Qingcheng’s aura on him would keep the girl safe for now.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe recalled challenging the Pure Lotus Demon Flame and barely escaping after being crushed.

Ancient Emperor Tuoshe told Xiao Yan about Qingguo and Qingcheng, the two powerful Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water who ended their rivalry and became lifelong friends. After Tuoshe’s final consciousness vanished, Xiao Yan resolved to use the fused Heavenly Fire to forge his own path on the World-Creation Continent.

• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe explained that Qingguo, the second-ranked Heavenly Water, might have reached Divine Supreme and would be difficult for Xiao Yan to find without comparable strength.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe recounted how Qingguo and Qingcheng fought repeatedly, joined forces against those seeking to capture them, and became friends after Qingguo named them both.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe explained that Qingcheng’s aura earned Xiao Yan the respect of Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water, helping him fuse the Tuoshe Emperor Flame and Fallen Star Flame safely.
• Xiao Yan asked how he could defeat the powerful Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water, and Ancient Emperor Tuoshe told him to find any means that achieved the result.
• Ancient Emperor Tuoshe teased Xiao Yan about Zi Yan, then said farewell as his final consciousness disappeared.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes, mourned Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s departure, and resolved to make good use of his Heavenly Fire.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting argued over food while trapped in the valley, until the Spirit Life Water revealed itself and offered Xiao Yan a way out. Before sending them to sleep, it gave him a jade boat for the Murong Clan and urged him to cultivate the Water-Fire Mutual Generation Formula.

• Xiao Yuting complained that she was hungry and blamed Xiao Yan for their predicament, demanding that he roast a piece of his own flesh for her.
• Xiao Yan threatened to stop detoxifying Xiao Yuting's sister, and Xiao Yuting fell silent before warning that she would make trouble for him later.
• The Spirit Life Water spoke to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting, and Xiao Yan recognized it as a Heavenly Water on the Heavenly Water Ranking.
• The Spirit Life Water gave Xiao Yan a small jade boat that someone from the Murong Clan could open with their bloodline power, but required him to swear not to reveal the valley.
• The Spirit Life Water advised Xiao Yan to cultivate the Water-Fire Mutual Generation Formula, then a warm current lulled him and Xiao Yuting to sleep.

Xiao Yan traveled with Xiao Wanqing and Xiao Yuting, whose teasing led Xiao Wanqing to ask about their past. Xiao Wanqing warned Xiao Yan that leaving the Xiao Clan could expose him to the Black Alliance, a powerful organization that trafficked and trained slaves.

• Xiao Yuting admitted she had deliberately thrown away Xiao Yan’s food and falsely claimed he had refused to lend her a piece of his flesh.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Yuting had wanted to borrow flesh from him and repay him with pork, making Xiao Wanqing laugh.
• Xiao Wanqing told Xiao Yan that the Elder Hall had set conditions for his future in the Xiao Clan, including a ten-year contest and possible expulsion.
• Xiao Yan said he could simply accept defeat, but Xiao Wanqing warned that leaving the Xiao Clan would leave him vulnerable to hostile forces and the Black Alliance.
• Xiao Wanqing explained that the Black Alliance ran underground operations, including capturing people without a Lineage and selling them as trained slaves.

Xiao Wanqing explained the Xiao Clan Branch’s brutal rules and asked Xiao Yan to protect Xiao Yuting after she gave up her noble status. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting arrived at the branch, where Elder Xiao Xuan warned that strength alone would earn them a place at headquarters.

• Xiao Wanqing told Xiao Yan to keep refusing Xiao Yuting’s request to detoxify her and to look after Xiao Yuting once she entered the branch.
• Xiao Wanqing explained that branch candidates faced fierce competition, scarce food, and dangerous arenas, while Xiao Yan reflected on facing the challenge alone.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Wanqing, and Xiao Yuting caught up with Xiao Yuting and reached the Xiao Clan Branch, which Xiao Wanqing said had been built with a gift from a great clan.
• Xiao Wanqing brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting to Elder Xiao Xuan, who told her to stop taking escort missions and said he would send her to headquarters the next day.
• Elder Xiao Xuan thanked Xiao Yan for defending the Xiao Clan’s dignity, then warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuting that they must follow the branch’s rules and rely on strength to join headquarters.

Xiao Yan settled into the Xiao Clan’s branch academy, met his roommate Xiao Jian, and learned that newcomers had to fend for themselves. After missing the dinner queue, he left with Xiao Jian to hunt for food.

• Xiao Yuting ignored Elder Xiao Xuan and left after receiving her identity token, while Xiao Yan respectfully took his token and found his room.
• Xiao Yan met his roommate Xiao Jian, who explained that his wife belonged to another Lineage and warned him that food at dinner often ran out.
• Xiao Yan cultivated and considered visiting the Murong Clan to learn more about the Flame Formula, the Heaven-Transforming Formula, and the Water-Fire Mutual Generation Formula.
• Xiao Yan went to the dining hall and found a long line, where Xiao Jian suggested they hunt a Devil Beast instead of competing for food.
• Xiao Yan reflected that the academy’s harsh rules tested newcomers’ independence, then noticed a dazzling sight as he was about to leave.

Xiao Yan saw Xiao Yuting charm four men from Starflame Continent into sharing their food, then threaten them and make them collapse after revealing she was from Heavenly Spirit Continent. She confronted Xiao Yan about detoxifying her sister, but he refused, and she left after mocking and stomping on him.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Jian noticed Xiao Yuting dining quietly, and Xiao Jian warned that the men approaching her had advantages as early arrivals from Starflame Continent.
• Xiao Yuting persuaded the four men to divide their noodles among themselves, then revealed her identity and ordered them to prepare two meals for her daily or become poison-testing subjects.
• Xiao Yuting told Xiao Yan to detoxify her sister, but Xiao Yan said only an Emperor Sovereign expert could do it and refused.
• Xiao Yuting made the four men collapse and teased Xiao Yan that he was worse than a pig, while Xiao Yan tried to control his anger.
• Xiao Yuting demanded that Xiao Yan help her sister again, then threatened to eat his flesh someday, stomped on his foot, and walked away.

Xiao Yan joined Xiao Jian, Xiao Jun, Xiao Kai, and Xiao Yang on a nighttime hunt for a Magic Crystal Beast. As they entered its territory, its illusion separated them without their knowledge, and they faced a beast stronger than Xiao Jun expected.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Jian met Xiao Jun, Xiao Kai, and Xiao Yang for the planned hunt, and Xiao Yan earned their acceptance after Xiao Kai tested his strength.
• Xiao Jun led the group into the forest and explained that their target was a Magic Crystal Beast believed to be at the peak of the Emperor Spirit Realm.
• The five arranged themselves in formation and advanced toward the beast's cave as strange sound waves reached them.
• The Magic Crystal Beast's illusions secretly separated the five, while they each still believed the others were beside them.
• Xiao Jun did not know that the beast had already advanced to the Emperor King Realm.

Xiao Yan realized that an illusion had separated him from the others and refused to follow the false companions. Xiao Jian encountered a battered Xue Rou, who begged him to divorce her because the Xue Clan would not allow her to remain married to an enemy.

• Xiao Yan noticed his soul power could not sense the four people walking with him and suspected a Magic Crystal Beast’s illusion.
• The apparent Xiao Jun, Xiao Kai, and Xiao Jian insulted Xiao Yan for stopping, so he turned back to search for the others.
• A familiar voice calling Xiao Yan made him stop.
• Xiao Jian saw Xue Rou in a battered and disheveled state and blamed the Xue Clan for hurting her.
• Xue Rou told Xiao Jian to divorce her, warning that the Xue Clan elders would come to the Xiao Clan if they stayed together.