Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the others visited the Heavenly Derivation Sect, where Yan Shenzi revealed that the Pure Lotus Demon Saint came from the Great Thousand World and had been the Fire Spirit Clan’s young clan chief. The chapter left Xiao Yan stunned as Yan Shenzi explained that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was a key to obtaining the True Flame Emperor’s inheritance.

• Yan Shenzi subdued Bai Nian after Bai Nian attacked him, then led Xiao Yan and the others into the Heavenly Derivation Realm.
• Xiao Yan saw the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s powerful elders and reunited with the elder he had met in Black Seal City.
• Xiao Yan asked about the final Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment, and Yan Shenzi confirmed it was held by the sect.
• Yan Shenzi offered the group Heavenly Secret Tea and showed Xiao Yan a book about the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, calling it fabricated unofficial history.
• Yan Shenzi explained that the Pure Lotus Demon Saint had come from the Great Thousand World and was the Fire Spirit Clan’s young clan chief, a direct descendant of the True Flame Emperor.
• Yan Shenzi revealed that the Pure Lotus Demon Flame was a key to obtaining the True Flame Emperor’s inheritance, leaving Xiao Yan shaken.

Xiao Yan learned that the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s flame could lead to the True Flame Emperor’s inheritance, and that a living Demon Emperor had killed the saint. After studying the Heavenly Derivation Realm’s archives, Xiao Yan prepared to travel with Bai Nian to the Demon Saint Space, where he hoped to find a way to remove the demonic source.

• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master revealed that the purifying lotus demon flame could lead to the True Flame Emperor’s inheritance and explained that his sect had distributed the Demon Saint Remnant Maps based on a prophecy.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master told Xiao Yan that a Demon Emperor had killed the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, though living Demon Emperors could not currently leave their domains.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master directed Xiao Yan to the Demon Saint Space to seek a way to remove the demonic source and retrieve the final remnant map, with Bai Nian assigned as his guide.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master returned two refined saint relics to Bai Nian, who was moved by his teacher’s explanation and apologized to him.
• Xiao Yan studied the Heavenly Derivation Realm’s historical records through the night, and Bai Nian came to take him to the Demon Saint Space the next morning.

Bai Nian led Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao into the Demon Saint Space to seek the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s inheritance. When wisps of the purifying lotus demon flame attacked, Xiao Yan swallowed them and discovered they contained energy he could refine.

• Bai Nian took Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao to a volcano and opened a wormhole into the Demon Saint Space with a Token.
• Bai Nian warned them that the space was dangerous and explained that his grandmaster had befriended the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and was entrusted with his inheritance.
• Xiao Yan saw the milky-white wisps of the purifying lotus demon flame and sensed their formidable heat.
• Several wisps flew toward Xiao Yan, and Bai Nian tried to defend them with arrays and the Heavenly Array Disk.
• Xiao Yan stopped Bai Nian, swallowed the flames, and refined some of their energy.

Xiao Yan devoured purifying lotus demon flames in the Demon Saint Space and advanced to late-stage Seven-Star Dou Zun before reaching the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s altar. The Demon Saint recognized Xiao Yan as the one destined to answer the coming calamity, and Xiao Yan revealed that Xiao Xuan had taken the purifying lotus demon flame.

• Xiao Yan discovered that his fused heavenly flame attracted the purifying lotus demon flames, then used it to lure and devour nearly a hundred wisps with help from Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose from early-stage Seven-Star Dou Zun to late-stage Seven-Star Dou Zun as Bai Nian and Hun Miaomiao watched enviously.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian reached an altar where Bai Nian awakened the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s phantom from the colossal statue.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint recognized Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra, fused heavenly flame, and possession of his soul fragments, then called him the boy destined to answer the coming calamity.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Pure Lotus Demon Saint had planned events in advance, and the Demon Saint explained that his divination had led him to arrange the scheme before his death.
• Xiao Yan told the Pure Lotus Demon Saint that Xiao Xuan had taken the purifying lotus demon flame from the Demonic Flame Space.

Xiao Yan learned how the Pure Lotus Demon Saint died and received an offer to cultivate in his inheritance space. The Pure Lotus Demon Saint asked Xiao Yan to deliver treasures to his former confidantes, but Xiao Yan revealed that he already knew their names from a book about the Saint’s romantic affairs.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint learned that Xiao Xuan had become a Dou Di and killed Hun Tiandi, and he wondered how Xiao Xuan had broken through without Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Demon Emperor who had attacked the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, who explained that he had been gravely injured after provoking the Demon Emperor by hunting the Fallen Evil Race.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint revealed that a Heart Demon Clan Demon Saint had tainted his soul, causing his inner demon to take control of the purifying lotus demon flame after he was wounded.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint gathered the energy in the Demon Saint Space for Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian to absorb for three months and let each choose one Cultivation Method or Combat Skill.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint asked Xiao Yan to deliver treasures to his former confidantes, but Xiao Yan named them from memory and handed over the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Romantic Affairs.

After discovering the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s embarrassing memories, the Pure Lotus Demon Saint lodged his consciousness in Xiao Yan and explained that the flame might help remove the Demon Emperor’s source infecting him. He revealed the World-Purifying True Flame’s origin and power, then offered Xiao Yan a better method whose details remained unknown.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint read the Jade Book’s contents, destroyed it, and decided to erase the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s memories himself.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint entered Xiao Yan’s sea of consciousness and learned that a Mandala Flower had sealed the Demon Emperor’s source infecting him.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint explained that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame could suppress demonic qi but was too dangerous for Xiao Yan to use in refining the source.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint said the Bodhi Heart could preserve Xiao Yan’s clarity but could not eradicate the demonic source.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint offered a better method that could remove the source and improve Xiao Yan’s chances of refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint told Xiao Yan about True Flame World Purification, a difficult peerless divine ability that could protect him from the Demonic Source and help him refine the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. He passed Xiao Yan its minor and major mastery sections, leaving Xiao Yan to begin absorbing the method.

• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint explained that True Flame World Purification was a divine ability created by the True Flame Emperor and had to be comprehended rather than directly learned.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint said minor mastery could neutralize the Demon Emperor's Source and help Xiao Yan nurture a heavenly flame comparable to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Pure Lotus Demon Saint had reached minor mastery, and the Pure Lotus Demon Saint admitted that he had not and had suffered demonic thoughts and backlash from the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked to learn True Flame World Purification, and the Pure Lotus Demon Saint sent its minor and major mastery sections into Xiao Yan's sea of consciousness.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint explained that the perfection section was reserved for qualified members of the Fire Spirit Clan, while Xiao Yan began absorbing the information.

Xiao Yan and the others cultivated in the Demon Saint Space for three months, gaining strength while Xiao Yan studied True Flame World Purification. The Pure Lotus Demon Saint sent them away after their training, and Xiao Yan resolved to reach Half-Saint within a year.

• Xiao Yan learned that True Flame World Purification could strengthen his heavenly flame and counter the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, then began comprehending it while absorbing energy.
• Hun Miaomiao, Bai Nian, and Xiao Yan cultivated for three months; Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian reached Eight-Star Dou Zun, while Xiao Yan reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan discovered that his heavenly flame had gained a purifying essence, making him more confident in fighting evil demons.
• Xiao Yan planned to return to the Central Plains and refine the three thousand burning flame so he could advance toward Half-Saint within a year.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint said the three had nearly drained the Demon Saint Space's energy and told them to leave, and Xiao Yan agreed to set out.

Xiao Yan left the Southwest Continent for the Central Plains to seek a way to survive the Demonic Source infecting him, then returned to Starfall Pavilion. Yao Lao was astonished to find that Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan decided to leave the Demon Saint Space with Bai Nian and Hun Miaomiao, while the Pure Lotus Demon Saint urged him to find the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and promised to do his best to help him survive.
• After returning to the Heavenly Derivation Realm, Xiao Yan told Hun Xue he planned to go back to the Central Plains, and he and Hun Miaomiao spent the night together before his departure.
• Hun Xue asked Xiao Shaobei why Xiao Yan had to face the Demon Emperor's Demonic Source alone, and Xiao Shaobei admitted he did not know Xiao Xuan's plans.
• Xiao Yan said farewell to Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian, then left the Southwest Continent with Heavenly Fire Venerable and You Mo; Bai Nian entered seclusion to pursue Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, restored the buildings of Starfall Pavilion, and met Yao Lao, who was astonished that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that a Demon Emperor’s Demonic Source threatened his life and that he needed to reach Dou Sheng within three years. Yao Lao offered pill recipes to help him advance, while Xiao Yan prepared to pursue the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood Pill and asked about Zi Yan and the others.

• Yao Lao was shocked that Xiao Yan had risen from Two-Star Dou Zun to Nine-Star Dou Zun in one year, and Xiao Yan asked him for a way to become a Half-Saint quickly.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had been infected by a Demon Emperor’s Demonic Source and needed to reach Dou Sheng within three years to survive.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood Pill, and Yao Lao confirmed that its recipe was a treasured heirloom of the Yao Clan.
• Yao Lao agreed to look into pill recipes that could raise Xiao Yan’s cultivation, and Xiao Yan asked how Zi Yan and the others were doing.
• Yao Lao’s expression darkened when Xiao Yan asked about Zi Yan and the others.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and found Zi Yan guarded by Xiong Zhan and Hei Qing, who had come to take her back to the Ancient Dragon Island. Though Zi Yan refused to go, Xiao Yan agreed to let Hei Qing take her, leaving her shocked and upset.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Hun Xin's strange sleep and bodily changes suggested she held a great secret.
• Xiao Yan encountered Xiong Zhan at Zi Yan's courtyard, then revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zun strength when the bear tried to stop him.
• Zi Yan rushed to greet Xiao Yan and eagerly accepted the Great Mang Fruits he had brought from the Southwest Continent.
• Hei Qing confronted Xiao Yan and explained that he had come to bring Zi Yan back to the Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan agreed to let Hei Qing take Zi Yan, but Zi Yan objected with red eyes.

Xiao Yan persuaded Zi Yan to return with Hei Qing to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, promising to find her after becoming a Dou Sheng and warning Hei Qing to shelter her if danger arose. After reuniting with Han Yue and helping her reach Dou Emperor, Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion to face his coming calamity and return to the Pill Tower.

• Zi Yan resisted returning to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but Xiao Yan convinced her by telling her the Old Dragon Emperor was alive and promising to visit once he became a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan warned Hei Qing that Zi Yan could trigger turmoil on Ancient Dragon Island and asked him to take her to the Xiao Clan for refuge if she lost the struggle.
• Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard, reunited with Han Yue, and discovered a mysterious rune resembling the Hun Clan's clan mark on the sleeping Hun Xin.
• Xiao Yan helped Han Yue break through to Dou Emperor, then told her he might have less than three years to survive his calamity.
• Xiao Yan said farewell to Han Yue and Yao Lao and departed Starfall Pavilion, while Yao Lao resolved to find a way to improve his cultivation.

Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower after four years, reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and asked the Three Giants for permission to refine the three thousand burning flame. As he waited for their decision, news arrived that Shi Hao and Elder Li had been attacked.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Tower, where the Three Giants were stunned by his Nine-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Yan told the Three Giants he wanted to refine the three thousand burning flame, and they agreed to consult the Pill Tower's higher-ups.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen at their courtyard and embraced them.
• Xiao Yan celebrated with Pill Tower disciples at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion while waiting for an answer.
• A messenger shouted that Shi Hao and Elder Li had been attacked.

After Shi Hao and Elder Li were attacked by a Stone Clan assassin, Xiao Yan rescued Shi Hao and captured their attacker. The assassin recognized Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan mark and tried to claim kinship, but Xiao Yan rejected him.

• Xiao Yan learned that a Stone Clan man had severely wounded Shi Hao and Elder Li, who were recovering in Sacred Pill City.
• Shi Hao told Xiao Yan that the attacker had called him a bastard and intended to kill him, and Elder Li warned that the man was still nearby.
• Xiao Yan took Shi Hao outside the city, where the assassin ambushed them with a stone spear.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the spear, overwhelmed the attacker, and captured him after revealing his strength as a peak Dou Zun.
• The attacker invoked the Stone Clan’s status and demanded that Xiao Yan hand over Shi Hao, but he changed his tune after seeing Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan mark.
• Xiao Yan rejected the attacker’s claim that the Ancient Seven Clans were family.

Xiao Yan forced a Stone Clan Dou Zun to reveal that Shi Hao was the illegitimate son of the Stone Clan’s Young Clan Chief, then crippled and imprisoned him. Xiao Yan promised to help Shi Hao seek justice, and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants offered Xiao Yan the chance to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame, with conditions still to come.

• Xiao Yan humiliated the Stone Clan Dou Zun, wounded him, and threatened to kill him unless he answered questions about Shi Hao.
• The Stone Clan Dou Zun revealed that Shi Hao was the Young Clan Chief’s illegitimate son and that the Young Clan Chief’s Wife had ordered him killed.
• Shi Hao recalled his harsh childhood and declared that he would confront the Stone Clan to demand justice for his mother; Xiao Yan promised to help him.
• Xiao Yan crippled the Stone Clan Dou Zun’s Dou Qi, took him back to Sacred Pill City, and locked him up for Shi Hao to deal with later.
• The Pill Tower’s Three Giants told Xiao Yan he could refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then warned him that the opportunity came with conditions.

Xiao Yan accepted the Pill Tower’s condition to refine an eighth-tier pill and become an honorary elder, with the test scheduled for the day after tomorrow. After encouraging Shi Hao to keep cultivating, Xiao Yan reunited with Dan Chen.

• Xuan Yi and the others asked Xiao Yan to refine an eighth-tier pill on the spot and accept certification as a Pill Tower honorary elder, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xuan Kongzi arranged Xiao Yan’s test for the day after tomorrow and said the Pill Tower would provide the ingredients, preferably for a pill that summoned at least three-colored pill lightning.
• After the three elders left, Xiao Yan encouraged Shi Hao to cultivate until he could seek justice for his mother.
• Xiao Yan appeared in a quiet room, embraced Dan Chen, and kissed her as the candles went out.

Xiao Yan spent the night with Dan Chen and Cao Ying, then told Xuan Yi he would refine an Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill for the Pill Tower’s upcoming challenge. He studied the pill formula through the night and arrived at the Pill Tower square the next morning, ready to begin.

• Xiao Yan left Dan Chen’s room and went to Cao Ying’s room, where they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Xuan Yi teased Xiao Yan about his relationships and asked which pill he planned to refine.
• Xiao Yan chose the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill, explaining that its icy ingredients and his heavenly flames would help him prepare to refine the three thousand burning flame.
• Xuan Yi agreed to prepare the ingredients, and Xiao Yan secluded himself to review the pill’s formula.
• Xiao Yan spent the night studying the ingredients and arrived at the Pill Tower square the next morning.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Tower to take the eighth-tier alchemist examination, drawing a crowd of renowned alchemists and his excited younger peers. With Yao Lao watching, he began refining an Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill using the Myriad Beast Cauldron and a remarkably powerful heavenly flame.

• Xiao Yan appeared at the Pill Tower square, where the Three Giants, more than twenty eighth-tier alchemists, and his cheering younger peers had gathered to watch his examination.
• Xuan Yi gave Xiao Yan two sets of ingredients for the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill and explained that he had two attempts to pass.
• Yao Lao arrived to watch his disciple, encouraged Xiao Yan, and promised to help raise his cultivation after Xiao Yan secured the three thousand burning flame.
• Xuan Yi declared the examination underway, and Xiao Yan summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron and released a heavenly flame that astonished the gathered alchemists.
• Xiao Yan began refining the pill by placing the ice spirit mysterious ginseng into the cauldron, where his heavenly flame engulfed it.

Xiao Yan refined the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill in the Pill Tower square, carefully extracting its ingredients and fusing their essences over several days. As the pill took shape, five-colored pill lightning gathered over Sacred Pill City, confirming the quality of his achievement.

• Xiao Yan used his heavenly flames to extract the Ice Spirit Mysterious Ginseng's essence and then the Mysterious Heaven Fruit's energy, astonishing the watching Alchemists with his speed.
• Xiao Yan refined the Earth Dragon Crystal and other supplementary ingredients, briefly failing to extract the fragile True Whisker Grass before succeeding with another stalk.
• Xiao Yan used Fire Lotuses to extract the remaining ingredients while Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen watched.
• After resting, Xiao Yan combined the refined essences in the Myriad Beast Cauldron and spent another day and night carefully forming the pill.
• A snow-white pill took shape, black clouds covered Sacred Pill City's inner city, and the veteran Alchemists identified the resulting lightning as five-colored pill lightning.

Xiao Yan endured the five-colored pill lightning while refining his Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash, then burned away the thunderclouds with a massive pillar of flame. He returned to his cauldron, where the completed Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill had formed a tiny snow-white dragon around itself.

• Xiao Yan faced the five-colored pill lightning without fear, and the first bolt shattered his hair crown but left him unharmed.
• Xiao Yan let hundreds of lightning bolts strike him for half an hour, tempering the thunder origin powering his Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a towering pillar of flame that burned through the lightning and evaporated the thunderclouds over Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Yan returned to his medicine cauldron, where a snow-white pill surrounded by a tiny dragon revealed its spirituality, and Xuan Yi rose excitedly.