Vol. 5The Path to Dou Sheng

Xiao Yan overcame the demonic source within him, strengthened his ties to the Xiao Clan and Gu Xun'er, and pursued greater power while threats gathered. As he refined the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, Xiao Xuan repelled a major invasion, but demonic light escaped carrying the continent’s location.

  • Xiao Yan destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect and advanced through the Yao Clan’s inheritance, then returned to the Northwest Continent with the demonic source still sealed but weakening.
  • Xiao Yan visited Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er before leaving for his trials, while Cai Lin sensed a powerful expert approaching the Flame Alliance.
  • Xiao Yan obtained Bodhi Seeds and used the Bodhi Heart to reach Dou Sheng, but the breakthrough released the demonic source within him.
  • Xiao Yan expelled and incinerated the demonic source as the Star Realm collapsed.
  • Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan, became its Emperor’s Son, and helped resolve the Hun Clan crisis before marrying Gu Xun'er.
  • Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb to grow stronger, where Xiao Yan encountered Hun Miesheng.
  • Xiao Yan reunited his family, helped Yao Ming reclaim leadership, and supported Cai Lin’s pursuit of her inheritance before refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
  • While Xiao Yan remained in seclusion, Xiao Xuan defeated Demon Emperor Bo Kui and suppressed the Black Sea Demon Emperor, but demonic light escaped with the continent’s location.
Chapters 402–501 Read from Ch. 402

Arc 17Trials Before the Tribulation

Xiao Yan destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect, grew stronger through the Yao Clan’s pill and inheritance, and visited Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er before leaving for his trials. He returned to the Northwest Continent with the demonic source still sealed but weakening, as a powerful expert approached the Flame Alliance.

  • Xiao Yan advanced to seven-turn Dou Zun, led the allied factions against the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and discovered the sect had drained its members’ blood essence.
  • The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon summoned the Blood Demon Underworld King, but Xiao Chen arrived and annihilated the Demon Saint after Xiao Yan’s Seven-Colored Fire Lotus left him gravely wounded.
  • The Pill Tower Ancestor healed Xiao Yan with his essence blood, and Xiao Yan advanced to nine-revolution Dou Zun before departing for the Yao Clan to obtain a Nine Revolutions Half-Saint Pill.
  • Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Ling, received the pill as part of her future dowry, and broke through to Half-Saint in the Medicine Realm.
  • The Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Cauldron and its alchemical inheritance, which Xiao Yan used to restore lost pill formulas to the Yao Clan.
  • Xiao Yan visited the Gu Clan, subdued its younger generation, and told Gu Xun'er he had to become a Dou Sheng within three years to overcome the demonic source.
  • Xiao Yan left the Ancient Realm and returned toward the Northwest Continent, where Cai Lin sensed a powerful expert approaching the Flame Alliance.
Chapters 402–426 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Bodhi Tree and Breakthrough

After returning to the Flame Alliance, Xiao Yan killed the Black Zombie King and set out to obtain the Bodhi Heart before the Demon Emperor’s curse erupted. He reached Dou Sheng by refining the Bodhi Heart, then fought the released demonic source and forced it from his body, leaving the Star Realm shattered.

  • Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and learned she was pregnant, then broke through to the Heavenly Realm after gaining insight while holding her.
  • Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance, visited his companions, and killed the Black Zombie King when the Demon Saint attacked the alliance.
  • Xiao Yan refined a God-Demon Bone-Shaping Pill for his unborn daughter, then told his companions that a Demon Emperor’s curse would erupt in a little over a year.
  • Xiao Yan traveled to the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Hun Miaomiao, Yao Ling, and the clan prodigies, defeating five Half-Saint Puppets to reach it.
  • Xiao Yan purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s demonic influence, experienced many lifetimes through its reincarnation opportunity, and received Bodhi Seeds before the tree sent him away.
  • Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and used the Bodhi Heart to break through to Dou Sheng, but the breakthrough shattered the seal on the Demon Emperor’s source and turned him into a Fallen Evil.
  • Xiao Yan used his heavenly flames and True Flame World Purification to expel the demonic qi, then bound and incinerated the demonic source as the Star Realm collapsed.
Chapters 427–451 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Emperor’s Son and the Wedding

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan, became its Emperor’s Son, and helped resolve the Hun Clan crisis before marrying Gu Xun’er. The newlyweds entered the Heavenly Tomb to grow stronger, where Xiao Yan encountered Hun Miesheng.

  • Xiao Yan rebuilt Starfall Pavilion and returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Xuan recognized his strength and named him Emperor’s Son.
  • At his investiture, Xiao Yan accepted the Xiao Saint King’s challenge for a fight within three years and learned that Xiao Xuan wanted him to retrieve Hun Xin before visiting the Gu Clan.
  • Xiao Yan and Xiao Shaobei defeated Sacred Demon and confronted Hun Clan experts, while Hun Xue and Hun Miaomiao revealed the Second-Generation Soul Emperor’s true spirit.
  • Xiao Xuan opened the Heavenly Tomb, subdued Hun Tiandi, and placed the Soul Emperor’s true spirit in his body before announcing Xiao Yan’s marriage to Gu Xun’er.
  • Xiao Yan refined a Bodhi Sainthood Pill as a betrothal gift, built Flame Hall, and married Gu Xun’er in a ceremony attended by both clans and their allies.
  • Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er visited the Gu Clan, then entered the Heavenly Tomb, where he killed energy bodies and helped her advance through cultivation.
  • Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er reached the tomb’s third layer, where Xiao Yan attained peak one-star Dou Sheng and encountered Hun Miesheng, the former Soul Hall Master.
Chapters 452–476 Summaries Read

Arc 20Demon Flame and Invasion

Xiao Yan reunited his family, secured Yao Lao’s return to the Yao Clan, freed Yao Ming, and helped Cai Lin pursue her inheritance before refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. While Xiao Yan remained in seclusion, Xiao Xuan fought off an invasion, killed Demon Emperor Bo Kui, and suppressed the Black Sea Demon Emperor, but a streak of demonic light escaped with the continent’s location.

  • Xiao Yan defeated Hun Miesheng in the Heavenly Tomb, broke through to Two-Star Dou Sheng, and returned with Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Realm.
  • Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and learned that Xiao Xiao was his daughter, then brought his women to the Xiao Realm and arranged for the Flame Alliance to be managed by Xiao Cheng and the Two Saints.
  • Xiao Yan accompanied Yao Lao to the Medicine Realm and secured the restoration of his parents’ names to the Clan Stele and Yao Wangui’s apology.
  • Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, helped him reclaim leadership by killing Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, and gained the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance.
  • Xiao Yan refined the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill while Cai Lin received the Seven-Colored Tribe’s inheritance, then returned to the Xiao Clan when Xiao Xuan warned that a great calamity was coming.
  • Xiao Yan began refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame after the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant merged with it, while Xiao Xuan captured Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin.
  • As Xiao Yan continued refining the demon flame for more than half a year, Demon Emperor Bo Kui invaded the continent, and Xiao Xuan defeated him with the Heavenly Derivation Demon-Slaying Array and suppressed the Black Sea Demon Emperor.
  • The Myriad Demon Realm burst apart and struck the Heavenly Derivation Great Array, but the Nine Nether Saint Ancestor resisted the attack as demonic light escaped with the continent’s location.
Chapters 477–501 Summaries Read
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