Recaps

Xiao Yan and his companions gathered supplies and information in Qingshan Town before entering the Magical Beast Forest, hoping to approach the Amethyst Winged Lion King's valley. As Yao Chen carried them through the forest, a flying Dou Emperor provoked the magical beasts and sharply increased the danger.

• Xiao Yan collected Ice Spirit Flame Grass and other herbs from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion while Qing Lin searched for pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian found a guide to local natural treasures that explained how to obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's companion amethyst while it hunted.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Yao Chen could defeat the sixth-rank beast, but Yao Chen said he could only guarantee their safety unless the lion king was already badly injured.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian stocked up on water and other supplies in Qingshan Town, then entered the Magical Beast Forest on foot with Qing Lin.
• Yao Chen carried the group toward the lion king's valley and warned them against flying over magical beasts' territory.
• A winged woman with a Dou Emperor's aura flew overhead, setting off roars throughout the Magical Beast Forest.

Xiao Yan defeated a Tier 2 Kui Wood Wolf, then reached a concealed cave with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. There, Xiao Yi Xian identified Yun Yun and pressed Xiao Yan to explain his grudge against the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him about to tell her about the girl who had hurt him.

• Xiao Yan used Earth Flame and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to kill a Kui Wood Wolf and collected its Wood-attributed Magic Core.
• Yao Chen guided Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to a hidden, prepared cave near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that the Dou Emperor they had seen was Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect Master and Nalan Yanran's teacher.
• Xiao Yan recalled his anger toward the Misty Cloud Sect over Nalan Yanran's broken engagement and the sect elder's threats to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian sat beside Xiao Yan and coaxed him to explain his personal grudge, and he agreed to tell her about the girl.

Xiao Yan struggled with his growing attraction to Xiao Yi Xian while trying to remain loyal to Xiao Xun'er. Unable to sleep, he practiced a Flying Dou Technique through the night, and Xiao Yi Xian found him at dawn with enormous wings spread behind him.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Yan about his history with Nalan Yanran and asked who was prettier, prompting him to admit that she was.
• Xiao Yan realized his feelings for Xiao Yi Xian had changed, but resolved not to betray Xiao Xun'er and urged Xiao Yi Xian to sleep.
• After Xiao Yi Xian went to bed with Qing Lin, Xiao Yan left the cave because he could not settle down to meditate.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for advice, then studied the Advanced Black Tier Flying Dou Technique, Eagle Wings.
• Xiao Yan worked through the night to form the technique's branch meridians, and Xiao Yi Xian saw him at dawn with enormous wings spread behind him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to seek the Amethyst Flame, but a sudden battle drew them toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory. They arrived to find Yun Yun fighting the beast over a purple spirit stone, and Yun Yun attacked after it refused her offer.

• Xiao Yi Xian concealed the cave entrance with a formation she had created, and Yao Lao shared legends about the Hun Clan and Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian heard the Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar and abandoned their plan to wait until it left its lair.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan, carried Xiao Yi Xian, and flew them toward the battle.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached the battlefield and saw Yun Yun facing the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky.
• Yun Yun asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to trade, but he demanded a Transformation Pill in exchange for his purple spirit stone.
• Yun Yun sneered and slashed her sword, sending green Dou Qi toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and helped Yun Yun defeat the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yi Xian sneaked toward its lair for the Purple Spirit Stone. As Yun Yun questioned Xiao Yan, nine black-robed figures activated a Formation Disc and enveloped the valley in a strange fluctuation.

• Xiao Yi Xian set off to steal the Purple Spirit Stone while Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought evenly.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King with the bone spirit cold flame, breaking its defenses and wounding it.
• Yun Yun struck the beast through its wound and killed it before it could complete its sealing technique.
• Yun Yun demanded to know who Xiao Yan was, and Yao Chen proposed dividing the beast’s remains and letting her take the Purple Spirit Stone.
• Nine black-robed figures, including Lord Void and Miesheng, activated a Formation Disc and spread a strange fluctuation across the valley.

Hun Miesheng and the Hall of Souls assembled to open a passage to another plane while Yao Lao and Yun Yun argued over the Amethyst Winged Lion King's spoils. Tong Xuan killed Xiao Yan, but a soul chain carried his remnant soul through the passage into a corpse-strewn world.

• Hun Miesheng gathered Hall of Souls elites beside a valley and prepared a formation to contact another plane.
• Yao Lao claimed the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn and magic core from Yun Yun after she yielded in their dispute.
• Tong Xuan appeared, declared that all allies of the Hun Clan must die, and crushed Xiao Yan with a Dou Technique.
• The Hall of Souls formation opened a spatial passage, and a soul chain seized Xiao Yan's remnant soul and dragged it into a blood-soaked world.

Xiao Yan reached the Netherworld and learned from Hun Miesheng that he had reincarnated twice, not once. At the Three-Life Stone, the Nihility Devouring Flame activated a formation that trapped Xiao Yan in an illusion where Xiao Yi Xian was his fiancée.

• Xiao Yan followed the souls into the Netherworld, guarded by Qiu Di and Mo Yu disguised as Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
• Hun Miesheng told Xiao Yan that he had reincarnated twice and promised to restore his previous-life memories.
• Saint Hun Qing led Xiao Yan to the Three-Life Stone, while the Nihility Devouring Flame activated a formation.
• Xiao Yan appeared in an illusion in Qingshan Town, where Nalan Jie treated him as an old friend and called Xiao Yi Xian his wife.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan they had agreed to marry on the first of the next month.

Xiao Yan lived out a peaceful life with Xiao Yi Xian and their children in a vision of another life, until Gu Xun'er demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade and attacked them. The vision collapsed as the Nihility Devouring Flame took over, leaving Xiao Yan back at the Three-Life Stone, unable to tell reality from illusion.

• Xiao Yan married Xiao Yi Xian, and they raised three children while building a quiet life in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan avenged Nalan Jie by destroying the valley where the Amethyst Winged Lion King had killed him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled together as their children grew up and established their own paths.
• Gu Xun'er demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Xiao Yi Xian and revealed that her clan would no longer let them go.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Gu Xun'er the bracelet, but Gu Xun'er refused to catch it and prepared to strike them down.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame erupted, consumed the vision, and returned Xiao Yan to the Three-Life Stone amid its laughter.

The nihility devouring flame restored Xiao Yan’s body and fused with him, causing his Flame Mantra to evolve to high Earth Tier. The flame then realized Xiao Yan was cultivating Tou She Ancient God’s method and feared Hun Tiandi had tricked it into empowering him.

• The nihility devouring flame healed Xiao Yan’s soul and prepared a new body for him.
• Xiao Yan entered the body and endured the pain as the flame fused with him and the Flame Mantra circulated.
• Xiao Yan revived and wondered whether the flame’s power could help him restore Yao Lao.
• The Flame Mantra rose from mid Yellow Tier to high Earth Tier as Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi grew far purer.
• The nihility devouring flame realized Xiao Yan was cultivating the Flame Mantra and angrily blamed Hun Tiandi for the deception.

Xiao Yan discovered that Nihility Devouring Flame had stopped responding after trapping himself in a Naling inside Xiao Yan’s qi vortex. Stranded in the Netherworld and desperate for food and water, Xiao Yan decided to risk entering the buildings occupied by the Netherworld Soldiers and Generals.

• Xiao Yan realized his strength had risen to One-Star Dou Ling, but Nihility Devouring Flame ignored his attempts to contact him.
• Saint Hun Qing and the Hun Clan members also failed to reach Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Miesheng told them to wait.
• Nihility Devouring Flame accepted that he was trapped, created a Naling inside Xiao Yan’s qi vortex, and withdrew into it to escape everyone’s calls.
• Xiao Yan found a secluded cave and hid, then searched the barren Netherworld for food and water without success.
• After going at least seven days without water, Xiao Yan set his sights on the buildings full of Netherworld Soldiers and Generals and decided to enter them.

Hun Miesheng had Mu Gu prepare a platter of cut Heavenly Treasures to keep Xiao Yan from starving, while Xiao Yan explored the Netherworld and discovered ways to use the Nihility Devouring Flame. After finding the platter and recovering, Xiao Yan prepared to use it to sustain himself and strengthen his cultivation.

• Hun Miesheng ordered Mu Gu to hand over his Heavenly Treasures and cut them into a fruit platter for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame through Earth Flame to hide from Netherworld creatures and devour soul bodies, increasing his soul power.
• Xiao Yan found a deserted hall and, nearly collapsing from hunger and thirst, discovered the cut Heavenly Treasures beneath a fallen statue.
• Xiao Yan ate some of the Heavenly Treasures, recovered, and wrapped up the leftovers to take with him.
• Xiao Yan realized that devouring soul bodies improved his soul power while eating the Heavenly Treasures improved his cultivation.

Xiao Yan was pursued by five resurrecting Netherworld Generals and forced to draw on the Nihility Devouring Flame, which overwhelmed him after devouring them and left him unconscious. Saint Hun Qing and the other Heavenly Venerables discussed why Xiao Yan had not flown to the Spatial Passage, so Hun Miesheng sent him through it himself.

• Xiao Yan fled five Netherworld Generals, but discovered that destroying them only caused them to revive.
• Xiao Yan forcibly drew a wisp of the Nihility Devouring Flame from the Naling as the Netherworld Generals attacked him.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Netherworld Generals and boosted Xiao Yan's Soul Power, but overwhelmed his consciousness.
• Xiao Yan dragged himself behind a boulder and fell into a deep sleep.
• Saint Hun Qing, Qiu Di, and Blood River wondered why Xiao Yan had not used Eagle Wings to reach the Spatial Passage.
• Hun Miesheng lifted the unconscious Xiao Yan into a Spatial Passage and sent him through it.

After returning from death, Xiao Yan recovered his rings and found Yao Lao barely alive, then searched for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. He found they had left and brought the gravely injured Yun Yun to shelter, where he began experimenting with a stronger healing medicine.

• Xiao Yan woke in the grass as Yun Yun threatened him, then melted her sword and saw that her injuries had left her unable to fight.
• Xiao Yan searched his remains, recovered Yao Lao’s Black Ring and his Storage Ring, and used Dou Qi and soul power to keep Yao Lao from disappearing.
• Xiao Yan treated Yun Yun with the few healing pills he had and left to check on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan found the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s lair empty and discovered that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had left the cave.
• Xiao Yan returned to the valley, carried the unconscious Yun Yun back to the cave, and began preparing an experimental healing medicine.

Xiao Yan discovered that the black flames derived from the Nihility Devouring Flame could devour impurities, transforming how he refined medicine. After making a top-grade second-tier Healing Medicine, he gave it to the unconscious Yun Yun and left the cave to hunt for food.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly failed to refine medicinal ingredients, then noticed the black flames consumed substances and returned healing energy to his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the black flames inherited the Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring trait and changed his method to burn away impurities while preserving useful material.
• Xiao Yan successfully refined a top-grade second-tier Healing Medicine whose quality produced a faint pill fragrance.
• Xiao Yan fed the Healing Medicine to the unconscious Yun Yun, then left the cave to hunt a Magical Beast for food.

Yun Yun recovered from her injuries while Xiao Yan cared for her, then he left for Qingshan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the valley with Hun Tiandi and asked him to revive Xiao Yan, whom she believed had died there.

• Yun Yun woke in a cave and learned that Xiao Yan had treated her injuries and kept her alive.
• Xiao Yan fed Yun Yun, set rules for their stay, and later gave her healing pills and clothes as she recovered.
• Yun Yun asked why Xiao Yan disliked her, and he told her to pretend they had never met if they crossed paths again.
• Xiao Yan left for Qingshan Town to look for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived in the valley through a Spatial Passage with Hun Tiandi and asked him to revive Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tiandi reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan would not die.

Xiao Yan searched Qingshan Town for Xiao Yi Xian, only to meet her alongside Hun Tiandi and discover that his origin flame reacted violently to Hun Tiandi. He recounted his escape from the Netherworld, leaving Hun Tiandi quietly angered by what Xiao Yan had endured.

• Xiao Yan listened in a tavern for news of Xiao Yi Xian, found none, and wondered whether to search for her or return home.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan in the street, confirmed he was alive, and introduced Hun Tiandi, whom Xiao Yan recognized as his master.
• Hun Tiandi suppressed the Nihility Devouring Flame when it flared inside Xiao Yan, then transported Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to a private room.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Tiandi and Xiao Yi Xian how he had survived in the Netherworld, concealing details about his past-life memories.
• Xiao Yi Xian expressed relief that Xiao Yan was safe, while Hun Tiandi calmly remarked that killing a Dou Zong would not have been difficult.

Hun Tiandi awakened Yao Chen and gave gifts to Yao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Yao Chen questioning what a Dou Di was after Hun Tiandi joked that Xiao Yan might reach that realm.

• Hun Tiandi poured Dou Qi and soul power into Xiao Yan’s Black Ring, awakening Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen boasted about surviving an attack from a Half-Saint, then grew nervous when he recognized Hun Tiandi behind him.
• Hun Tiandi gave Yao Chen the corpse of Chen, a Peak Four-Star Dou Saint who had lived a thousand years earlier.
• Hun Tiandi gave Xiao Yi Xian a longsword named Heavenly Spirit.
• Hun Tiandi gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan accepted it despite feeling unsure how to repay his master.
• Hun Tiandi joked that Xiao Yan might become a Dou Di, prompting Yao Chen to ask what realm Dou Di was.

Hun Tiandi helped Xiao Yan fuse with the Sea Heart Flame, while Yao Chen feared the process would damage him. Xiao Yan successfully gained the flame and discovered that the nihility devouring flame had subdued it inside his dantian.

• Hun Tiandi sent the Naling containing the Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan and told him to relax for the fusion.
• Yao Chen objected and warned that Xiao Yan needed preparations, but Xiao Yan swallowed the Naling and began refining the flame with the Flame Mantra.
• The Sea Heart Flame rampaged through Xiao Yan's meridians, while the Flame Mantra's black energy absorbed most of its attack.
• The nihility devouring flame intimidated the Sea Heart Flame, struck it into submission, and forced its seed to retreat to a corner of Xiao Yan's dantian.
• Xiao Yan recovered, produced a wisp of sea-blue flame on his fingertip, and Yao Chen marveled at how easily the fusion had succeeded.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited Jia Ma Sacred City, where Xiao Yan saw the growing number of enslaved Snake-People and agreed to seek a Heavenly Flame to revive Yao Lao. Their outing ended with the assassination of former chancellor Jia Jin, threatening to plunge the empire into turmoil.

• Xiao Yi Xian complained that Xiao Yan had merged with the Sea Heart Flame while she received the Amethyst Flame, and Xiao Yan realized they had been brought to Jia Ma Sacred City.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had been sent to the Central Plains, and Xiao Yan noticed many enslaved Snake-People on the city streets.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Xiao Yan that one more Heavenly Flame could let him revive Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan agreed to seek one.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian bought clothes and watched former chancellor Jia Jin address a crowd about the war with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan spotted an assassin approaching Jia Jin, but the assassin fired Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles and killed him before the guards could intervene.

After the assassination of Jia Jin, Jia Xingtian stopped Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian during the investigation and demanded that they be detained. Xiao Yan faced a Jia Ma Imperial Family Dou Wang alone as part of a test, revealing his Sea Heart Flame as the elder attacked.

• Jia Xingtian confronted Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan showed his travel permit while Xiao Yi Xian admitted she had none.
• Jia Xingtian trapped them with earthen spikes and ordered a Jia Ma Imperial Family Dou Wang to detain them for questioning.
• Xiao Yi Xian contacted their masters and told Xiao Yan that he had to face the Dou Wang alone as a test.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the earthen spikes, and the black-robed Dou Wang attacked him with a Black-tier High-grade Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Sea Heart Flame as the Dou Wang charged at him.

Xiao Yan defeated Elder Yu in Jia Ma Sacred City, revealing wings and sea heart flame before Jia Xingtian's controlled body. Hun Tiandi then ordered that Xiao Yan be given a vacant Hall of Souls protector position.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Elder Yu with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Jia Xingtian watched without intervening.
• Elder Yu flew into the air, but Xiao Yan revealed sea-blue wings and pursued him.
• Xiao Yan killed Elder Yu with sea heart flame, and Xiao Yi Xian realized that Hun Tiandi was controlling Jia Xingtian.
• Hun Tiandi questioned Hun Miesheng about his tenure as Soul Hall Master, leaving him fearing he would be replaced.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to give the vacant Jia Ma Empire protector position to Xiao Yan, and Qiu Di went to fetch the Protector Token.

After Xiao Yan defeated a black-robed elder, Nalan Jie reflected on Xiao Yan’s growth and the looming Three-Year Agreement. Back at the Hall of Souls Branch, Hun Miesheng made Xiao Yan a protector and placed the branch under Blood River’s supervision until Xiao Yan reached Dou Wang.

• Nalan Jie realized Xiao Yan had become powerful enough to make Nalan Yanran’s victory in the Three-Year Agreement seem unlikely, but decided he would plead for her if necessary.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned through a Spatial Passage to the Hall of Souls Branch in Jia Ma Sacred City.
• Hun Miesheng greeted Xiao Yan with a joke about a female Dou Zong corpse he had supposedly prepared for him.
• Hun Miesheng gave Xiao Yan a Soul Hall Protector Token and appointed Blood River to manage the branch until Xiao Yan advanced to Dou Wang.
• Hun Miesheng gave Xiao Yi Xian a token and Jade Slip, while Xiao Yan celebrated his new status as Flame Protector.

Hun Tiandi brought Xiao Yan back to Wutan City, where Xiao Zhan learned of his son’s potential and privately discussed the Xiao Clan’s future with the Hun Clan Chief. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhan announcing that the Xiao Clan would relocate to a new territory.

• Hun Tiandi returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yan, bypassing a barrier the Gu Clan had placed over the city.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders were stunned when Hun Tiandi praised Xiao Yan as someone with the potential to become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Zhan dismissed the elders and Xiao Yan so he could speak privately with Hun Tiandi, who sent Hun Miesheng and the others away.
• Outside the hall, Xiao Yan worried that Xiao Xun'er had only stayed close to him to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Xiao Yi Xian teased and comforted him.
• After speaking with Hun Tiandi, Xiao Zhan gathered the clan and announced that the Xiao Clan would move to a new place and receive a city as its territory.

Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi set out aboard a Spatial Ship to search the void for the nine nether wind flame in the Endless Abyss. As Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan behind, Yao Lao joined the Hall of Souls, and Hun Tiandi began teaching Xiao Yan the Hun Clan’s rune techniques.

• Hun Tiandi decided that Xiao Yan needed the nine nether wind flame to advance the Flame Mantra and set out with him to find the Endless Abyss.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the Endless Abyss lay somewhere in the void and was difficult to reach without coordinates or a powerful treasure.
• Xiao Yan bid farewell to Xiao Zhan and the others as the Spatial Ship entered the void, while Xiao Xun'er remained absent after taking the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had become a guest Heavenly Venerable of the Hall of Souls and jokingly advised Xiao Yan to follow the direction of the wind.
• Hun Tiandi taught Xiao Yan the basics of the Hall of Souls' Soul Lock technique and introduced him to the Hun Clan's rune cultivation system.

Hun Tiandi explained to Xiao Yan that the Dou Qi Continent’s laws and professional inheritances were incomplete, then went alone into the Endless Abyss to retrieve the Nine Nether Wind Flame. As he prepared to leave, he discovered another mysterious book resembling the one he had found before.

• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan that the Eight Ultimate Runes could not be formed on the Dou Qi Continent because its laws were incomplete.
• Hun Tiandi instructed Xiao Yan to study the three runes while Xiao Yan practiced alchemy with Yao Chen during their journey.
• After three months, the spatial ship reached the Endless Void, and Hun Tiandi left Xiao Yan and the others behind to enter the abyss.
• Hun Tiandi passed through the astral winds and concealed void creatures, found the Nine Nether Wind Flame beside a powerful void monster, and took the flame without a fight.
• As Hun Tiandi prepared to leave, he noticed a mysterious book floating deeper in the Endless Abyss, recalling the book Battle Through the Heavens.