Chapter Summaries

After refining the nine nether wind flame, Xiao Yan reached Six-Star Dou Zun and succumbed to its powerful side effect, spending three days with Hun Miaomiao while Bai Nian stood guard. The trio then headed toward Sacred Artifact Mountain, where stronger demon creatures appeared, and finally spotted the mountain.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the nine nether wind flame, advanced to Six-Star Dou Zun, and discovered his strength had increased dramatically.
• Xiao Yan gave in to the flame’s side effect and pursued Hun Miaomiao; she resisted before they entered a cave together, while Bai Nian guarded it.
• After three days, Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao emerged, and she made clear that she considered him her fucktoy rather than a lover.
• Xiao Yan asked Bai Nian to lead them to Sacred Artifact Mountain, and Bai Nian agreed, proud to be called the Child of Destiny.
• The trio encountered increasingly powerful demon creatures on their journey, then saw Sacred Artifact Mountain after Xiao Yan killed a Dou Zun-level demon.

Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian reached Sacred Artifact Mountain and discovered a powerful demon creature guarding it. They weakened the Half-Saint creature with three Five-Colored Fire Lotuses, but it regenerated and remained alive, leaving the group to finish it together.

• Bai Nian explained that Sacred Artifact Mountain was a peerless saint relic containing many saint relics and divine artifacts forged by Heavenly Sovereign Lian Tian.
• A demon creature hidden as a boulder awakened and repeatedly struck Sacred Artifact Mountain, but its golden protection repelled it before it fell asleep again.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian decided to attack the Half-Saint demon creature using the Eight-Cornered Fire Lotus Bowls.
• Xiao Yan spent several days preparing three Five-Colored Fire Lotuses, then lured the demon creature awake and launched all three at it.
• The fire lotuses blasted apart much of the demon creature, but it regenerated and its aura weakened below the Half-Saint level.
• Xiao Yan called on Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian to attack the weakened creature, and heavenly flames surged from his body.

Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian fought a powerful demon creature, and Xiao Yan obtained a token after it self-destructed. Surrounded by a vast horde of demons, Xiao Yan began using the Heaven Tier Dou Technique Fire Dance Whirlwind to face them.

• Hun Miaomiao restrained the demon creature with Soul-Locking Chains while Bai Nian and Xiao Yan attacked it with arrays and heavenly flames.
• The demon creature broke Hun Miaomiao's chains and struck at her, but Xiao Yan shielded her and took the blow.
• Bai Nian trapped the weakened demon creature in an array cage as Xiao Yan burned it, forcing it to self-destruct.
• Xiao Yan recovered a black token from the explosion, then sensed a horde of demon creatures closing in around them.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian to retreat, then unleashed Fire Dance Whirlwind and formed a vast fiery vortex as the demons charged.

Xiao Yan destroyed the demon creatures with Fire Dance Whirlwind, then learned more about Sacred Artifact Mountain from Bai Nian. When Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao discovered their different-looking Tokens both opened passages into the mountain, Bai Nian impatiently entered first.

• Xiao Yan unleashed Fire Dance Whirlwind, burning away the demon creatures’ demonic qi and destroying nearly all of them.
• Xiao Yan exhausted much of his Dou Qi, and Bai Nian advised him to eliminate threats completely before Xiao Yan praised Bai Nian as the Child of Destiny.
• Bai Nian explained that Sacred Artifact Mountain was a peerless Saint Relic whose former master, Heavenly Sovereign Lian Tian, had helped slay at least three Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan used his black Token to open a passage through Sacred Artifact Mountain’s golden barrier, but Hun Miaomiao revealed an identical-looking golden Token of her own.
• Hun Miaomiao used her Token to open a second passage, and Bai Nian stepped into Sacred Artifact Mountain before Xiao Yan could resolve which Token was genuine.

Bai Nian guided Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao through Sacred Artifact Mountain, explaining its relics and seeking its artifact spirit. After the call summoned two identical light-formed monkeys, Bai Nian was left wondering which one was the artifact spirit.

• Bai Nian led Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao along the mountain paths and explained that the relics would choose people with a destined connection.
• A Heavenly Array Compass flew into Bai Nian's arms, and he excitedly kept it secret from Xiao Yan.
• Bai Nian showed Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao the mountain's powerful relics and explained that gaining the artifact spirit's recognition would grant the entire mountain.
• Bai Nian led them to a courtyard where Heavenly Sovereign Lian Tian had lived and claimed that shouting "Hey, hey, hey!" would summon the artifact spirit.
• Two identical light-formed monkeys appeared on a tea table, and Bai Nian asked which one was the artifact spirit.

Xiao Yan and his companions struggled to identify which of two identical artifact spirits was genuine and which token would free it, until Xiao Yan’s heavenly flames exposed black mist within the golden token. The spirit tied to the golden token revealed itself as the Demon Emperor’s lingering will.

• Two identical golden-furred monkeys claimed to be Sacred Artifact Mountain’s true artifact spirit and accused each other of being the Demon Emperor’s lingering will.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao weighed the golden and black tokens, then tried heavenly flames on the monkeys, but the fire only made them comfortable.
• Hun Miaomiao proposed retreating, but Xiao Yan decided to make one final attempt and heated both tokens with his heavenly flames.
• After three days, one monkey urged Xiao Yan to use the golden token to destroy the Demon Emperor’s lingering consciousness, then turned savage when Xiao Yan kept heating it.
• Black mist emerged from the golden token, and its monkey revealed an icy smile as the Demon Emperor’s lingering will.

Xiao Yan and his companions awakened the true spirit of Sacred Artifact Mountain, allowing it to destroy the Weird Curse Demon Emperor’s lingering will. Before it vanished, the Demon Emperor cursed Xiao Yan with its source, and the artifact spirit suppressed the corruption but left Xiao Yan’s power sealed.

• The Weird Curse Demon Emperor’s lingering will transformed Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian with red fur, but Xiao Yan used heavenly flames to slow the corruption.
• Xiao Yan threw the black Token onto the sleeping monkey, awakening the true artifact spirit and restoring Sacred Artifact Mountain.
• The artifact spirit tore apart the demon’s lingering will, but the dying Demon Emperor cursed Xiao Yan and sent demonic source into his body.
• The demonic source corrupted Xiao Yan’s body, soul, and dou qi, so the artifact spirit bound him with saint relics and used Sacred Artifact Mountain’s origin to purify him.
• Xiao Yan returned to normal but found his dou qi, soul, and body greatly weakened, while the artifact spirit warned that the Demon Emperor’s source was extremely difficult to remove.

Xiao Yan learned that a demonic source had contaminated his Dou Qi and that sealing it would only delay its threat, forcing him to seek a cure while facing limits on his power. Little Monkey revealed the history of the Weird Curse Demon Race and brought forth a stele containing the ancient artifact-forging inheritance for Hun Miaomiao.

• Little Monkey explained that a top-three heavenly flame or a mandala flower could seal Xiao Yan's demonic source, and Bai Nian said a surviving mandala flower was at Manto Mountain Manor.
• Little Monkey warned that the flower's seal would last at most three years and that Xiao Yan's demonic source could break free during his breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Little Monkey cautioned Xiao Yan against using contaminated Dou Qi or power beyond the Dou Zun level, then explained the curse arts and history of the Weird Curse Demon Race.
• Little Monkey recounted how his master, Heavenly Sovereign Lian Tian, fought and sealed the Xuan Mo Emperor beneath Sacred Artifact Mountain before dying in battle.
• Xiao Yan asked Little Monkey to let Hun Miaomiao study the latter half of the ancient artifact dao inheritance, and Little Monkey summoned a golden stone stele for her.

Hun Miaomiao, Bai Nian, and Xiao Yan received the Ancient Artifact Dao inheritance from the golden stone stele. As Xiao Yan endured the knowledge of powerful relics and formations, his soul began to transform, and the little golden monkey realized all three had touched the threshold of the Heavenly Realm.

• The little monkey invited Hun Miaomiao, Bai Nian, and Xiao Yan to merge their divine senses with the golden stone stele and receive the Ancient Artifact Dao inheritance.
• Hun Miaomiao entered the inheritance first, followed by Bai Nian and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan witnessed a white-robed man forge saint relics with a powerful flame and received detailed knowledge of their materials, methods, and formations.
• Xiao Yan endured intense pain as the knowledge filled his soul, and he began to grasp formations and the laws of heaven and earth.
• The little golden monkey watched the trio radiate unity with heaven and earth and wondered in disbelief whether all three had touched the threshold of the Heavenly Realm.

Xiao Yan was interrupted by the demonic source before he could enter the Heavenly Realm, while Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian completed their insights into the ancient artifact dao inheritance. Little Monkey offered each of them a Saint Relic before they left Sacred Artifact Mountain.

• Little Monkey stopped Xiao Yan's soul from being corrupted by the demonic source, interrupting his chance to enter the Heavenly Realm.
• Little Monkey told Xiao Yan to use the mandala flower to seal the demonic source, and Xiao Yan resumed studying Heavenly Sovereign Lian Tian's inheritance.
• Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian awakened and revealed that they expected to enter the Heavenly Realm within three and five years, respectively.
• Little Monkey told Bai Nian that Xiao Yan had nearly entered the Heavenly Realm too, prompting Bai Nian to collapse in dismay.
• Little Monkey offered Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian one Saint Relic each, saying the loss would not greatly affect Sacred Artifact Mountain.

Little Monkey explained Sacred Artifact Mountain’s limits, then let Xiao Yan, Bai Nian, and Hun Miaomiao choose Saint Relics. Xiao Yan selected a replica of the legendary Heavenly Flames Eternal Ancient Ruler and discovered it greatly amplified his heavenly flames.

• Little Monkey explained that Dou Di experts could only unleash Sacred Artifact Mountain’s ordinary power, but could use it at a great cost to kill another Dou Di.
• Bai Nian tried to claim the Heavenly Formation Flags, but Little Monkey refused because Bai Nian already had the Heavenly Array Disk, which was tied to his sect.
• Hun Miaomiao received the Artifact Refining Platform, which Little Monkey said had belonged to his master and could aid her in reviving the ancient artifact Dao.
• Xiao Yan noticed a massive ruler resembling Yao Lao’s Mysterious Heavy Ruler and learned it was a replica of the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ancient Ruler, the True Flame Emperor’s peerless Saint Relic.
• Xiao Yan picked up the ruler and channeled his heavenly flames through it, unleashing a powerful fire strike that tore faint cracks in space.

Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian escaped the Nine Nether Abyss, where Xiao Yan received a chance to return for Little Monkey if he survived the coming calamity. After the Fallen Evil Saints learned their descendants were dead and threatened revenge, a hidden attacker confronted them before they could return.

• Little Monkey reopened Bai Nian’s Heavenly Array Disk, gave him the Nine Small Flags, and sent the trio out through a spatial passage.
• Little Monkey told Xiao Yan he could bring him back if Xiao Yan survived the calamity, and Xiao Yan silently vowed to do so.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian emerged after three months, and Hun Xue asked why Xiao Yan had no dou qi left.
• Bai Nian revealed that the Fallen Heavenly Phoenix and Nine Netherworld Earth Demon Python had been killed, prompting their elders to attack before Yan Shenzi and Hun Xue stopped them.
• The two Fallen Evil Saints threatened revenge and vanished, but a calm voice told them they would not get the chance to return.

Xiao Chen killed two Fallen Evil Saints who threatened the Xiao Clan, then Xiao Yan and Hun Xue set out for Manto Mountain Manor to seek a mandala flower. The chapter ended with Yan Shenzi turning his attention to his Protagonist disciple after Xiao Yan and his companions departed.

• Xiao Chen revealed himself to the Fallen Heavenly Phoenix and Nine Netherworld Earth Demon Python, then killed both with two swings of his axe.
• Xiao Chen collected the two Demon Saints’ magic cores and flesh, then contacted Xiao Xuan about the Demon Emperor essence inside Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Chen to let Xiao Yan face the Demon Emperor essence himself when he reached Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan explained that he needed a mandala flower from Manto Mountain Manor, and Hun Xue agreed to help him obtain it.
• Hun Xue opened a spatial passage and led Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao toward Manto Mountain Manor.
• After they left, Yan Shenzi turned his gaze toward his Protagonist disciple.

Bai Nian resisted Yan Shenzi’s attempt to seize his Saint Relic, while the Fallen Evil Race learned that its plans had suffered major setbacks and ordered an investigation. After three months searching for Xiao Yan, You Mo and the Heavenly Fire Venerable finally saw him arrive at Manto Mountain Manor.

• Yan Shenzi tried to take Bai Nian’s Saint Relic, but Bai Nian refused and unleashed a powerful array before Yan Shenzi overwhelmed him with layered formations.
• Dragon Demon reflected on the Fallen Evil Race’s perilous position as a Demon Emperor awakened and revealed that Zhou You had died after losing to an artifact spirit.
• The awakened Demon Emperor ordered Dragon Demon to identify and eliminate whoever had ruined the Sacred Artifact Mountain plan.
• A Demon Saint reported that everyone sent to the Nine Nether Abyss, including two Demon Saints, had died, and Dragon Demon ordered an investigation.
• You Mo and the Heavenly Fire Venerable worried about Xiao Yan after searching for him for three months and failing to get help from the Xiao Clan.
• A woman arrived above Manto Mountain Manor with two armored youths, and You Mo and the Heavenly Fire Venerable recognized the young man in Red Battle Armor as Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan arrived at Manto Mountain Manor to borrow its mandala flower and discovered that it carried demonic qi. After reuniting with Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo and meeting the manor’s master, he learned that the flower was no longer easy to use and offered to help resolve its problem.

• Xiao Yan spotted the enormous mandala flower and noticed demonic qi around its roots and stem.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo reunited with Xiao Yan, while Lu Xueyan and Hun Miaomiao reacted to each other’s presence beside him.
• The Manto Mountain Master recognized Hun Xue as the teacher who had once guided her, and learned that Hun Xue was a Dou Sheng Expert.
• Hun Xue asked to borrow the mandala flower to help Xiao Yan, but the Manto Mountain Master said something had changed about it.
• Xiao Yan asked whether demonic qi was the problem and offered to help remove it.

Xiao Yan convinced the Manto Mountain Master to let him approach the Ancient Mandala Flower and used his Heavenly Flames to earn its cooperation. The flower sealed the Demon Emperor’s Demonic Source inside Xiao Yan, restoring his Dou Qi, but warned that the seal would last only three days.

• The Manto Mountain Master questioned whether Xiao Yan could help the Mandala Flower, but Lu Xueyan, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and You Mo vouched for him.
• Xiao Yan showed the Manto Mountain Master his Heavenly Flames, and she led him and the others to the Ancient Mandala Flower.
• Xiao Yan contacted the Mandala Flower and used his flame to destroy a wisp of Demonic Qi, then proposed that they help each other.
• The Mandala Flower sent golden sealing power through Xiao Yan’s body, removing the Demonic Source from his flesh, soul, and Dou Qi and confining it in a golden cage.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation aura returned at the Six-Star Dou Zun level, and the Mandala Flower warned that its seal would last only three days.

Xiao Yan descended into the Magma World beneath the Mandala Flower and found a powerful Demon Saint struggling to break free from its golden-root seal. He attacked the Demon Saint with heavenly flames and, after exhausting his Dou Qi, replenished it from the magma ocean, leaving the Demon Saint shaken.

• Xiao Yan burrowed through the demonic qi and reached the Magma World, where the Mandala Flower's roots formed a cage around the Demon Saint.
• The Demon Saint revealed his strength as he rammed the roots, and Xiao Yan judged him far more powerful than the one from the Sacred Demon Sect.
• Xiao Yan poured heavenly flames through an opening in the cage and burned the Demon Saint, who cried out in pain and demanded to know who Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Yan learned from the Mandala Flower that the Demon Saint could not draw energy from outside the seal, so he continued attacking at maximum output.
• After an hour, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi nearly ran out, but he absorbed fire-attribute energy from the magma ocean and restored himself to full strength, startling the Demon Saint.

Xiao Yan spent days burning down the sealed Demon Saint while the Mandala Flower repeatedly reinforced his seal. After destroying the Demon Saint, Xiao Yan headed toward the flower's heart to strengthen the seal again, gaining a slim chance of survival.

• Xiao Yan repeatedly used his heavenly flames against the Demon Saint, weakening him while restoring his own Dou Qi through meditation.
• The Mandala Flower reinforced Xiao Yan's seal with golden light, buying him time to continue the battle.
• After days of attrition, the Demon Saint tried to deceive Xiao Yan by transforming into Xiao Shaobei, but Xiao Yan saw through the disguise and kept burning him.
• The Mandala Flower reinforced the seal once more, and Xiao Yan continued attacking until the Demon Saint's strength fell below the Dou Sheng level.
• Xiao Yan burned the Demon Saint into nothingness, then followed the Mandala Flower's invitation to come to its heart for another seal reinforcement.

Xiao Yan worked with the Mandala Flower to reinforce the seal on the Demon Emperor’s demonic source and absorbed the flower’s accumulated nectar while cultivating inside its bud. He emerged a month and a half later having reached Seven-Star Dou Zun, though the seal would last only three years.

• Xiao Yan emerged safely after clearing away the demonic qi, astonishing the people of Manto Mountain Manor and reassuring Hun Miaomiao.
• Xiao Yan entered the Mandala Flower’s heart and asked it to help seal the Demon Emperor’s demonic source.
• The Mandala Flower strengthened the seal inside Xiao Yan and warned that it would last at most three years, with later reinforcements growing weaker.
• The Mandala Flower gave Xiao Yan its accumulated nectar, which he absorbed to increase his strength.
• After a month and a half inside the flower bud, Xiao Yan emerged with the aura of a Seven-Star Dou Zun.

After gaining the Mandala Flower’s seal and a major increase in strength, Xiao Yan left Manto Mountain Manor with Hun Xue’s group to pursue an opportunity in the Pure Lotus Demon Saint Ruins. They entered the Heavenly Derivation Realm, where Bai Nian’s furious scream greeted them.

• Xiao Yan thanked the Mandala Flower for its nectar and seal, then thanked Hun Xue and Manto Mountain Manor for their help.
• Hun Xue teased Hun Miaomiao about her feelings for Xiao Yan and invited him to join the group investigating the Pure Lotus Demon Saint Ruins.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Xue declined Manto Mountain Master’s offer to stay and departed through a space wormhole.
• Manto Mountain Master warned Lu Xueyan against pursuing Xiao Yan, citing his powerful background, other women, and Hun Miaomiao.
• Hun Xue led Xiao Yan and the others to the Heavenly Derivation Realm, where Yan Shenzi welcomed them.
• After entering the realm, Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao heard Bai Nian scream that he and an old scoundrel could not coexist.