Recaps

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traveled to the Fog Forest to investigate mutated magical beasts and search for a lead on Xiao Zhan, where they found Xiao Yi Xian contaminated by an Otherworldly Demon remnant soul. After Xiao Yan purified her, Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Xiao Zhan was being held for a sacrifice at Black Wind Valley, and the group prepared to investigate the altar.

• Fa Ma sent Xiao Yan to investigate the mutated beasts in the Fog Forest and gave him supplies, while Xiao Bo provided a Ten Thousand Beasts Valley token.
• Nalan Yanran joined Xiao Yan, and they traveled to Falling Wind Town, where they heard reports of a dangerous Poison Fairy and encountered Xiao Yi Xian spreading uncontrolled poisonous mist.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran restrained Xiao Yi Xian as Xiao Yan used his flames and a millennium green spirit grass to destroy the Otherworldly Demon remnant soul inside her Woeful Poison Body.
• After Xiao Yi Xian woke, she told Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran that an altar in Black Wind Valley had contaminated her and that its black-robed guards had mentioned using Xiao Zhan's bloodline for a sacrifice.
• Xiao Yi Xian shared her map of the Fog Forest, and Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to seek help from Ten Thousand Beasts Valley and attack Black Wind Valley.

Xiao Yan and his companions cleared a mutated wolf pack, gained the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley’s support, and formed an alliance with Jia Nan Academy against the Otherworldly Demons. They established the Xiao Gate in the Black-Corner Region, while the altar in Black Wind Valley and Xiao Zhan’s disappearance remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian defeated fifty mutated wolves at Wolf Fang Slope and earned the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley’s trust.
• The valley master explained that seven Obsidian Pillars protected the Otherworldly Demon altar in Black Wind Valley and offered magical-beast support for an assault.
• Xiao Yan secured Bluestone Terrace as a base for the Xiao Gate and set out with Xiao Yi Xian to seek Jia Nan Academy’s alliance.
• Xiao Yan purified the academy’s corrupted ancient books, and the dean agreed to join an alliance with the Xiao Gate and the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley.
• Xiao Yan established the Xiao Gate and announced a three-way alliance, while Nalan Yanran prepared the base’s defenses and the altar remained their next challenge.

Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the fallen heart flame, but Xiao Yan helped drive them off and purify the damaged seal. The academy began rebuilding, Xiao Yan became an Honorary Elder, and the flame’s connection to his missing father raised new questions.

• Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders had invaded Jia Nan Academy, while black-clad attackers assaulted the Heavenly Flames Tower.
• Xiao Yan rushed to defend the tower as Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran fought the attackers, and the headmaster withdrew to seek reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan drew power from the fallen heart flame and wounded Han Feng with a combined flame attack, forcing Han Feng and the elders to retreat.
• Xiao Yan and the headmaster’s allies removed poison from the underground seal, restoring the crystal coffin and calming the fallen heart flame.
• The academy counted nearly a hundred dead, and the headmaster made Xiao Yan an Honorary Elder and gave him a spare key to the seal.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the fallen heart flame might be connected to Xiao Zhan’s disappearance and vowed to protect the academy and uncover the truth.

Xiao Yan fused the Mysterious Yellow Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame with help from the Soul Hall Ninth Elder, creating the Mysterious Yellow Earth-Core Flame and stabilizing the underground seal. After learning that Otherworldly Demons were active in the eastern Black-Corner Region, Xiao Yan prepared Xiao Gate to confront them in three days.

• Xiao Yan struggled to subdue the volatile Fallen Heart Flame as the crystal coffin's seal weakened, and Xiao Yi Xian gave him Spirit-Concentrating Dew to steady his soul.
• The Soul Hall Ninth Elder appeared, gave Xiao Yan Ten-Thousand-Year Earth-Core Essence, and guided him through the dangerous fusion of the three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan formed the Mysterious Yellow Earth-Core Flame, which absorbed the remaining Fallen Heart Flame energy and repaired the crystal coffin's cracks.
• The Ninth Elder left Xiao Yan a Black Soul Pearl and warned that the Otherworldly Demon upheaval had only begun.
• Xiao Yan decided to revisit the Heavenly Flames Tower for clues about his father before returning to Xiao Gate.
• Xiao Chen reported unusual Otherworldly Demon activity in the eastern Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Gate to train and prepare to set out in three days.

Xiao Yan defeated Mo Cheng when Han Feng’s forces attacked Ten Thousand Beasts Valley, then captured Han Feng and subdued the Sea Heart Flame. He returned to Jia Nan Academy with new clues linking the Soul Hall to Otherworldly Demons and a possible teleportation array, while Han Feng remained imprisoned.

• Xiao Yan rushed to Ten Thousand Beasts Valley after Xiao Chen reported that Han Feng and Mo Cheng were attacking it.
• Xiao Yan used the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth-Core Essence to empower his Mysterious Yellow Earth-Core Flame, destroy Mo Cheng’s puppet armor, and kill him.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran helped repel Han Feng’s troops while Xiao Yan captured Han Feng and took the Sea Heart Flame from him.
• The valley master gave Xiao Yan a token to the valley’s forbidden records, and Xiao Yan discovered that the Sea Heart Flame resonated with his Mysterious Yellow Earth-Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan learned that Mo Cheng’s armor contained runes linked to the Soul Hall and a possible teleportation array, then planned to return to Jia Nan Academy and investigate Han Feng’s information about his father.

Xiao Yan sealed the sea heart flame after failing to merge it with his other heavenly flames, then united the Black-Corner Region under Xiao Gate and subdued Black Tooth Mountain. Three months later, with the region under his control and clues still missing about the Otherworldly Demons and Xiao Zhan, he prepared to cultivate for a breakthrough to Dou Emperor before marching on Black Wind Valley.

• Xiao Yan failed to merge the sea heart flame with his other heavenly flames and sealed it in the academy's Flame-Locking Box until he could grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan formed a combined army with Jia Nan Academy and Ten Thousand Beasts Valley to attack Black Wind Valley, then returned to Xiao Gate to confront forces that refused to submit.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Gate's elites to Black Tooth Mountain, where Xiao Yi Xian weakened the poison formations and Xiao Yan forced the Blood Wolf Gang's leader to surrender.
• Xiao Yan imposed rules across the Black-Corner Region, crushed rebellions, and expanded Xiao Gate's influence while the Otherworldly Demon threat and Xiao Zhan's disappearance remained unresolved.
• Xiao Yan sensed the sea heart flame resonating with the fallen heart flame and, three months later, announced he would enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan discovered clues in Han Feng’s treasure vault pointing to the Central Plains, his father, and the origins of the Otherworldly Demons, then broke through to peak Dou Wang. He and Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran set out for the Central Plains while Xiao Chen stayed behind to lead Xiao Gate.

• Xiao Yan and his allies reviewed Han Feng’s resources, recruited five sixth-rank alchemists under Xiao Gate’s direction, and found the Complete Record of the Continent and a mysterious half-map.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Otherworldly Demons came from the Fallen Abyss and that Burning Heaven Valley held heavenly flame origins, possibly tied to four flames and a Dou Di inheritance.
• Xiao Yan used a thousand-year snow lotus, a Body-Tempering Pill, and the mysterious yellow earth-core flame to cultivate for seven days and reach peak Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran decided to travel to the Central Plains, while Xiao Chen became acting Xiao Gate master and allies remained to guard the Black-Corner Region.
• The trio departed Xiao Gate Castle and flew toward the Wildlands Forest, the first leg of their journey to the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan and his companions helped the Han Family repel the Bone-Eroding Hall, purge the damaged Space Wormhole, and restore the passage to the Central Plains. After Xiao Yan used the Ice-Armored Lion magic core to break through to peak Dou Wang, the trio entered the wormhole to continue their journey.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran arrived at Han Family Fort and helped Han Li drive off the Bone-Eroding Hall attackers.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian treated the poisoned Han Family members, then learned that the Bone-Eroding Hall had damaged the Space Wormhole's Star-Patterned Pillars.
• Han Li offered Xiao Yan a seventh-tier Ice-Armored Lion magic core and teleportation talismans in exchange for repairing the wormhole, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• The Bone-Eroding Hall launched another attack, but Xiao Yan, Han Li, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian defeated its forces and discovered runes linking the attackers to the Otherworldly Demon Altar.
• Xiao Yan and the Han Family repaired the wormhole, and Xiao Yan used the magic core's spatial energy to break through to peak Dou Wang.
• Han Li gave Xiao Yan a Spatial Commerce Association token, and Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran entered the restored wormhole for the Central Plains.

A spatial trap scattered Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran across dangerous regions of the Central Plains. Separated and unable to contact one another, each began searching for a way to survive and reunite.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran fought through the collapsing wormhole and an Otherworldly Demon vortex, but Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian were swept into separate rifts while Xiao Yan was hurled into a golden vortex.
• Xiao Yan awoke in a crimson-sky desert, defeated three sand scorpions, and followed fresh human footprints after discovering the star map and communication Jade Slip were ruined.
• Xiao Yi Xian landed in the eastern Central Plains' Misty Swamp, treated a spatial wound, and headed deeper into the swamp to find an outpost and seek news of her companions.
• Nalan Yanran became stranded on the northern Central Plains' Frozen Plateau, killed three ice wolves, and climbed toward a distant building she spotted on a summit.
• As night approached, Xiao Yan followed the footprints through a desert valley, determined to learn where he was and find Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan recovered from the Spatial Storm while traveling with Wang Yue’s caravan, then used a seventh-rank Magic Core to break through to early-stage Dou Emperor. After helping the caravan pass Black Wind Gorge and reach Xuanyang City, he prepared to seek information about his missing companions.

• Wang Yue rescued the injured Xiao Yan from the remnants of a Spatial Storm and invited him to travel with her caravan to Xuanyang City.
• Xiao Yan absorbed a seventh-rank Magic Core and formed seven Dou Qi Crystals, advancing to early-stage Dou Emperor and healing his injuries.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Deterrence to disrupt the Iron-Armored Rhino, allowing Wang Yue’s caravan to escape through Black Wind Gorge.
• Xiao Yan secretly used his soul power to deter several more lord-class magical beasts during the caravan’s journey.
• Wang Yue brought Xiao Yan to Xuanyang City and offered to take him to the Intelligence Pavilion the next day so he could search for his companions.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Tower Family Tournament for the Wang Family, then fused four Heavenly Flames with the Soul Hall Sixth Elder’s help and reached Four-Star Dou Emperor. After learning that Xiao Zhan was imprisoned in the Soul Prison, Xiao Yan defeated the Liu and Zhao families’ ambush and set out for the northern Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan placed first in the ingredient-identification round and refined a quasi-fourth-tier Golden Marrow Rebirth Pill to win the second round for the Wang Family.
• Xiao Yan used a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Crystal and his four Heavenly Flames to win the final round, then revealed his Dou Emperor strength when Liu Chengfeng and the Zhao Family head accused him of cheating.
• Xiao Yan went to Shadow Alley, where the Soul Hall Sixth Elder helped him fuse his four Heavenly Flames and break through to Four-Star Dou Emperor, then revealed that Xiao Zhan was imprisoned in the Soul Prison.
• Wang Ling'er warned Xiao Yan that the Liu and Zhao families had joined forces to ambush him at Black Wind Slope, but Xiao Yan went there and defeated them with his Boundary-Breaking Slash.
• Liu Chengfeng and the Zhao Family head surrendered, and Xiao Yan headed north to rescue Xiao Zhan and pursue the Boundary-Breaking Keys.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Tower Gathering for the Wang Family with extraordinary flame control and peak seventh-grade pills, earning them a seat in the Pill Tower. Three days later, he partially fused four Heavenly Flames into the Four-Symbol Heaven-Burning Flame and returned ready to confront the four pavilions.

• Xiao Yan refined all one hundred ingredients perfectly and completed a lost pill formula, taking first place after the first two rounds while Liu Chengfeng fell behind.
• Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames and the Flame-Burst Alchemy Technique to refine seven nine-mark Soul-Gathering Pills, defeating Liu Chengfeng and securing the Wang Family's seventh family seat.
• Xiao Yan agreed to fuse his Heavenly Flames at the Falling Star Platform, and Wang Yue gave him a Space Jade Talisman for emergencies.
• The Sixth Elder used the Ten-Thousand-Spirit Soul-Devouring Formation to help Xiao Yan partially fuse his four Heavenly Flames around the griffin Magic Core, forming the Four-Symbol Heaven-Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Wang Family with his power increased and declared that he would settle accounts with the four pavilions.

Xiao Yan entered the Soul Hall’s Otherworldly Demon hunting tournament, killed demons in the Demon-Hunting Grounds, and survived Ye Gucheng’s ambush at the Misty Swamp. He escaped with the thousand-year-old dragon soul grass and pushed into the middle ring, where he sensed a powerful eighth-tier Otherworldly Demon.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Soul Hall’s invitation to the hunting tournament for a chance to win the Heaven-Burning Pill and other rewards, despite Wang Yue warning him of the dangers.
• At the tournament grounds, Xiao Yan overpowered Ye Gucheng’s guards with his soul power, then received Demon-Avoidance Pills and a warning from Yao Qing Lin about Ye Gucheng’s alliance with the Blood Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan entered the Demon-Hunting Grounds last and killed Ye Gucheng’s two guards by manipulating the spatial turbulence in the passage.
• Xiao Yan killed a Shadow Demon Wolf and a Corroded-Armor Demon Crocodile at the Misty Swamp, then harvested the thousand-year-old dragon soul grass as Ye Gucheng and four guards confronted him.
• Xiao Yan fought Ye Gucheng’s group until a Nine-Headed Demon Serpent attacked; he escaped with the dragon soul grass while Ye Gucheng was entangled by the serpent.
• Xiao Yan ventured into the middle ring and sensed an exceptionally powerful magic core fluctuation that suggested an eighth-tier Otherworldly Demon.

Xiao Yan won the Hunting Competition, survived an encounter with the tenth-tier Nine-Headed Demon Lizard, and agreed to help the Soul Hall destroy Otherworldly Demon altars. A month later, he joined a coalition of Central Plains powers at the border, where they prepared to attack an altar guarded by a suspected Dou Zun-level demon.

• Xiao Yan kept Xue Wuya alive for the Soul Hall, gave Yao Qing Lin the Antidote Pill, and entered the Inner Circle with Lin Jingyu.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Jingyu defeated a Bone-Winged Demon Lion, then fled when the Nine-Headed Demon Lizard pursued them; Xiao Yan stayed behind to hold it off until the Hunting Competition ended and the demon withdrew.
• The Sixth Elder declared Xiao Yan the champion and awarded him the Heaven-Burning Pill, Mystic Treasure Bodyguard Armor, and Ten Thousand Souls Devour Soul-Devouring Claw; Xiao Yan declined the invitation to join the Soul Hall.
• The Sixth Elder asked Xiao Yan to join a campaign against Otherworldly Demon altars in one month, and Xiao Yan agreed before returning to the Yao Clan Stronghold.
• After cultivating for a month, Xiao Yan traveled to the border and joined the assembled experts; the Sixth Elder announced their plan to attack an altar containing at least ten Dou Zong-level demons and a suspected Dou Zun-level leader.

Xiao Yan won the Soul Hall tournament’s prizes, uncovered Blood Soul Hall and the Ye Family’s plan to open a rift for an Otherworldly Demon invasion, and faced a Pill Tower accusation at Wang Family Castle. After reaching the Yao Clan, he learned the full moon was three days away and prepared to join an assault on the Ye Family Ancestral Grounds.

• Xiao Yan received the Heaven-Burning Pill, Mystic Treasure Bodyguard Armor, and a peak Earth-tier Dou Technique, then learned Blood Soul Hall had established sacrificial altars across the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan refined the Heaven-Burning Pill, survived its pill tribulation, and reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Emperor, but chose not to practice the soul-devouring technique he had won.
• Wang Yue told Xiao Yan that the Ye Family and three other families had accused the Wang Family of colluding with Blood Soul Hall, and Liu Changkong arrived with a confession to demand the Wang Family surrender its Pill Tower seat.
• Yao Chen protected Xiao Yan from Liu Changkong, and Xiao Yan left for the Yao Clan after learning that Yao Qing Lin had evidence of the Ye Family’s collusion with Blood Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Ye Family guards had ambushed him and learned from Yao Qing Lin that the Ye Family planned to open a spatial rift with one hundred thousand souls on the full moon.
• Yao Qing Lin showed Xiao Yan a scale locating the rift beneath the Ye Family Ancestral Grounds, and they planned an assault in three days with Soul Hall and the other great families.

Xiao Yan helped defeat the Otherworldly Demons’ Thirteen Soul-Sealing Formation, then joined the Central Plains factions in purifying demonic corruption and hunting the escaped hall masters. The twelve survivors gathered in the Frozen Wasteland to prepare the resurrection of their sealed Dou Sheng-level master, and Xiao Yan and his allies prepared to confront them.

• Xiao Yan discovered Ye Gucheng using captured Yao Clan disciples and thirteen altars to resurrect the hall masters, then weakened the ritual with his Mysterious Yellow Earth-Core Flame.
• After the Soul Hall’s Sixth Elder arrived, Xiao Yan purified the Otherworldly Demon Scale at the formation’s core; the hall masters’ power fell, and the Thirteenth Hall Master was killed, though the others escaped.
• Xiao Yan recovered, learned that the hall masters’ demonic weapons were tied to their strength, and joined the Sixth Elder and Yao Qing Lin in defeating the Third Hall Master in the Black Wind Mountain Range.
• Liu Changkong and Pill Tower alchemists helped Xiao Yan establish Myriad Spirits Purification Arrays across the Central Plains, while Xiao Yan advanced to Five-Star Dou Emperor.
• The factions learned that the twelve escaped hall masters were building an altar in the Frozen Wasteland to revive their sealed Dou Sheng-level master, and they united to stop them.
• Xiao Yan accepted Yao Qing Lin’s battle robe and prepared to depart for the decisive battle in the Frozen Wasteland.

A year after the battle in the Frozen Wasteland, Xiao Yan left secluded cultivation to help stop an Otherworldly Demon altar in the Black Wind Mountain Range and broke through to the Dou Zong realm. He returned to the alliance with the threat still unresolved, and learned of a coming factions conference and an ancient ruin that might reveal the demons’ origins.

• Xiao Yan spent a year tempering his strength in the Frozen Wasteland while the Central Plains recovered and the Demon-Extermination Alliance hunted the remaining Otherworldly Demons.
• Yao Qing Lin brought Xiao Yan news of an unrecorded altar in the Black Wind Mountain Range, and he left with her to support Liu Changkong and the Pill Tower disciples.
• Liu Changkong’s disciples formed the Nine-Palace Spirit-Locking Array while Xiao Yan attacked and defeated the Qi-Devouring Demon Bear, purifying its demonic qi and the altar runes.
• The Heaven-Burning Pill’s medicinal power erupted during the battle, and Xiao Yan forcibly combined it with the Mysterious Yellow Flame to break through from Five-Star Dou Emperor to One-Star Dou Zong.
• The Sixth Elder informed Xiao Yan that the alliance would hold a Central Plains Factions Conference in a month and that the Soul Hall would open an ancient ruin afterward.

Xiao Yan uncovered the first hall master's plot to use the Ancient Ruins to break his seal and led the alliance expedition into the ruins. After confronting the controlled alliance members, he received the first hall master's origin and gained a new purification power, then set out with Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue to eliminate the remaining Otherworldly Demons.

• Xiao Yan learned from Ye Zhong's Jade Slip that the first hall master's remnant soul had controlled the Ye Family and intended to use the Ancient Ruins to break his seal.
• Xiao Yan persuaded the alliance to proceed with the ruins expedition under new precautions, then traveled there with Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue.
• Xiao Yan and his companions fought alliance members controlled by the remnant soul and discovered murals revealing that the first hall master had merged with the Otherworldly Demon Origin while seeking to purify demonic qi.
• Xiao Yan reached the altar and accepted the first hall master's origin, learning that Otherworldly Demons manifested from humanity's negative emotions and that purification required guidance rather than destruction.
• Xiao Yan's Mysterious Yellow Flame evolved into a new purification power, freeing the controlled alliance members, and he flew back toward the Central Plains with Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue to confront the remaining Otherworldly Demons.

Xiao Yan and his allies used his gold-and-black flames to purify the Otherworldly Demon Hall’s outposts, rescue controlled survivors, and restore corrupted lands across the Central Plains. After freeing Xuan Kongzi and clearing the final outpost, they celebrated peace and continued their work as Xiao Yan approached the Dou Sheng realm.

• Xiao Yan, Wang Yue, and Yao Qing Lin raided a Black Wind Mountain Range outpost, where Xiao Yan purified its demons, freed missing disciples, and restored the local spiritual veins.
• Xiao Yan led a three-month campaign that cleared thirty-seven outposts and rescued more than two hundred controlled experts, while he developed purification weapons and the Soul-Returning Pill.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Qing Lin, and Wang Yue reached the far northern Ice Plains and freed former Pill Tower master Xuan Kongzi from a magic core’s control.
• The Central Plains Alliance celebrated the eradication of the last outpost and honored Xiao Yan, Yao Qing Lin, Wang Yue, and the fallen on a monument.
• Xiao Yan continued traveling with Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue to purify lingering demonic qi and teach people how to resist corruption, while nearing the Dou Sheng threshold.

Xiao Yan learned that a World-Devouring Demon vanguard could threaten Central Plains in three years, and set out to obtain the World-Origin Grass needed for a Boundary Realm Pill. After cleansing the Dream Soul Flower’s black mist, he found the herb in Fallen Venerable Cliff and broke through to Three-Star Dou Zun, leaving with his allies to prepare for the coming threat.

• Yao Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that the Otherworldly Demon Origin would approach in three years and that the Boundary Realm Pill required World-Origin Grass.
• Xuan Kongzi identified Fallen Venerable Cliff as the likely source of the herb, and Xiao Yan recognized its location in the southern volcanic range.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Qing Lin, and Wang Yue investigated black mist in the Western Region and discovered that a Dream Soul Flower was sending a warning about the World-Devouring Demon.
• Xiao Yan purified the Dream Soul Flower, waking the sleeping herdsmen, and Wang Yue and Yao Qing Lin pledged their clans’ support.
• Xiao Yan entered Fallen Venerable Cliff, absorbed the remnant souls’ law energy, and advanced to Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the World-Origin Grass and told Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue to return with him to the Pill Tower so Xuan Kongzi could prepare the Boundary Realm Pill.

Xiao Yan found and fused the Demon Flame in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, purifying the corrupted Demon Flood Dragon and advancing to Five-Star Dou Zun. He then completed three Boundary Realm Pills and turned toward strengthening the Alliance against the World-Devouring Demon’s Vanguard Force.

• Xiao Yan used the magic core energy and world-origin grass leaf to locate the Demon Flame in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.
• Xiao Yan fused the Demon Flame with his other flames, broke through to Five-Star Dou Zun, and purified the Demon Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Yan found an Ancient Demon Suppression Warrior’s sword and learned that the World-Devouring Demon had been created by ancient human cultivators.
• Xiao Yan returned to Sacred Pill City and spent three days studying the Boundary Realm Pill formula and information about the Outer Demon Realm.
• Xiao Yan refined three Boundary Realm Pills with Yao Qing Lin, Wang Yue, and Xuan Kongzi assisting him.
• Xiao Yan said the Alliance needed to be strengthened so people across the Central Plains could fight demonic qi.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm for its Spirit Gatherer Competition and gained Heaven and Earth Thunderflame, bringing the six Heavenly Flames within him into balance. After winning the competition and learning that the flames were tied to a prophecy about the World-Devouring Demon, he set out for the Spirit Source Pool to strengthen himself.

• Xiao Yan received an invitation to the Ancient Realm’s Spirit Gatherer Competition, and Wang Yue arranged for him and his companions to enter.
• During the journey through the spatial passage, Heaven and Earth Thunderflame entered Xiao Yan and coexisted with the Demon Flame, raising him to Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan earned full marks in the competition’s first two rounds by using his Heavenly Flames to purify spiritual energy and stimulate an ancient tree.
• Xiao Yan repaired an ancient staff, whose projection revealed a prophecy linking six-colored flames and Heaven and Earth Thunderflame to the World-Devouring Demon’s defeat.
• The Ancient Realm’s Grand Elder gave Xiao Yan access to the Spirit Source Pool and warned that the demon’s vanguard might arrive early.
• Xiao Yan entered the spatial passage to the Spirit Source Pool to improve his strength and prepare to face the World-Devouring Demon.

Xiao Yan fused the heaven and earth thunderflame with the demon flame at the Spirit Source Pool, reached Peak Dou Zun, and learned the deeper principles of the Flame Mantra. After the World-Devouring Demons’ advance fleet appeared early, the factions prepared for war, and Xiao Yan helped create a Heaven-Burning Barrier; Yao Qing Lin’s work on an improved Purification Pill was still underway.

• Xiao Yan used the Spirit-Gathering Runes and Flame Mantra to fuse the heaven and earth thunderflame with the demon flame, then broke through to Peak Dou Zun.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned Xiao Yan after the World-Devouring Demons’ advance fleet appeared in Outer Space half a year ahead of schedule.
• Xiao Yan and the faction leaders agreed on a defensive plan, including reinforcing the spatial barrier, preparing layered defenses, and forming an elite strike team led by Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan proposed combining the Spirit-Gathering Art with the Flame Mantra, and the Ancient Realm’s Spirit Gatherers helped him create a Heaven-Burning Barrier that purified demonic qi and reflected some attacks.
• Yao Qing Lin and the Pill Tower improved the Purification Pill formula by adding ashes of heaven and earth thunderflame.

Xiao Yan shattered the Rift-Splitting Demon’s teleportation array and helped the allied forces repel the World-Devouring Demon’s first offensive, but the battle left their defenses badly damaged and their fighters wounded. After learning that the main forces would reach the Ten Thousand Demons Cave within three days, Xiao Yan led the army there and resolved to stop the next attack while seeking a way to break through to Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan broke the Rift-Splitting Demon’s defenses, wounded him, and destroyed the teleportation array inside the mothership.
• Wang Yue warned Xiao Yan that the other two capital ships were self-destructing, and the Ancient Realm’s Spirit Gatherers shielded the Black Wind Mountain Range’s defensive array from the explosions.
• After three days of fighting, the allied forces held the Black Wind Mountain Range, though Ye Feng was gravely wounded, Wang Yue suffered demonic qi corrosion, and Yao Qing Lin nearly exhausted her soul power.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Xiao Yan to interrogate the captured Rift-Splitting Demon, who revealed that the main forces would reach the Ten Thousand Demons Cave within three days.
• Xiao Yan ordered the allied forces to retreat to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, where they would prepare a new defense against the approaching Dou Sheng-level fiend.

Xiao Yan defended the allied army at the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, broke through to one-star Dou Sheng, and used his purification domain to defeat Blood Slaughter. With the Ancient Realm reinforcements arriving, he prepared the battered survivors for the World-Devouring Demon Main Force’s coming attack.

• Xiao Yan, Wang Yue, and Yao Qing Lin struggled to hold the failing Defensive Formation against the World-Devouring Demon Soldiers.
• Blood Slaughter shattered the formation and struck Xiao Yan with a powerful beam, leaving him gravely injured as he protected Yao Qing Lin and Wang Yue.
• Xiao Yan’s seven heavenly flames fused, allowing him to break through to one-star Dou Sheng and form a golden purification domain.
• Xiao Yan trapped Blood Slaughter in the domain and purified him before his self-detonation could erupt, leaving behind a dark golden magic core.
• Xiao Yan gave the magic core to Wang Yue as the Grand Elder and Xuan Kongzi arrived with Ancient Realm reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan warned that stronger enemies were approaching and rallied the survivors to prepare for the coming battle.