Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan devoured the Bone Demon Tribe’s Demon Emperors and five hundred thousand soldiers, then trapped the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor in his Hell Furnace. As the emperor’s demonic qi was refined and he fell below Saint Grade, he sent a final message before exploding.

• Xiao Yan devoured two Nether Demon Emperors and Xuan Mo Emperor, strengthening his aura and bones.
• The White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor tried to escape, but Xiao Yan threatened the Bone Demon Tribe’s five hundred thousand soldiers; the emperor chose to flee anyway.
• Xiao Yan devoured the army and used Sacred Artifact Mountain to slow the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan formed his peerless divine ability, Hell Furnace, and trapped the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor inside.
• After several hours of refining, the emperor’s demonic qi fell below Saint Grade; he sent a message and exploded.

Xiao Yan killed the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor and absorbed the remnants of his power, then set out for the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory to prevent it from discovering the Dou Qi Continent. As the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the race to hunt Xiao Yan, the Great Thousand World watched his Demon Slayer Points surge, suggesting he was slaughtering an entire great tribe.

• The White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor sent a warning about Xiao Yan to the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s Heavenly Demon Emperors, then self-destructed inside Xiao Yan’s Hell Furnace.
• Xiao Yan survived the explosion, devoured the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor and his five-hundred-thousand-strong army, and advanced until his bones rivaled an Immortal Grade Peerless Saint Relic.
• Xiao Yan realized the White Bone Heavenly Demon Emperor had revealed the Dou Qi Continent’s location, then pursued the fleeing Bone Demon Tribe survivors toward the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the race to flee from or hold off Xiao Yan, while a figure in the Devouring Demon Tribe ordered two Demon Emperors to report any news of him.
• Qin Tian and more than thirty Great Thousand Palace Heavenly Sovereigns gathered at the Demon-Slaying Stele after receiving Xiao Yan’s final message, and his Demon Slayer Points rapidly passed one hundred thousand.

As Xiao Yan’s Demon Slayer Points surged to unprecedented heights, Qin Tian rallied the Great Thousand World’s powerhouses to rescue him from beyond its borders. Xiao Yan’s points then climbed even higher after he apparently destroyed another great clan, and Saint Grade experts began gathering at the Great Thousand Palace as Futu Xuan rose to his feet.

• Xiao Yan’s Demon Slayer Points passed 100,000 and finally stopped at 126,750, shocking the powerhouses gathered in Saint Abyss City.
• Qin Tian ordered the Great Thousand Palace to summon its powerhouses and rescue Xiao Yan, declaring him a future pillar of the Great Thousand World.
• The Great Thousand Palace spread news of Xiao Yan’s feats, prompting supreme experts across the Great Thousand World to decide whether to help him.
• Xiao Yan’s Demon Slayer Points surged from 126,750 to 136,750, leading Qin Tian to offer rewards for locating and bringing him back.
• At least four Saint Grade powerhouses visited the Great Thousand Palace within three days, while Futu Xuan rose to his feet deep within the Buddha Pagoda Gu Clan.

Futu Xuan ordered Qing Yun to secretly protect Qing Yanjing’s son while he went to rescue Xiao Yan, and Qing Yanjing remained sealed away, unaware of Xiao Yan’s rise. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan annihilated the Bone Demon Tribe and continued toward the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory as the void before him collapsed.

• Futu Xuan rejected Mo Tong and Xuan Guang’s suggestion to kill Xiao Yan, insisting he would save him while enforcing the clan’s rules.
• Futu Xuan released Qing Yun from confinement and secretly assigned him to protect Qing Yanjing’s son on the Hundred Spirits Continent.
• Qing Yanjing vowed to break free of her seal after reaching Saint Grade Grandmaster, unaware of Xiao Yan’s growing power.
• Qin Tian led Heavenly Sovereigns to search for Xiao Yan after his Demon Slayer Points rose from killing more Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan killed the Bone Demon Tribe’s last Xuan Mo Emperor, completing the tribe’s destruction and devouring its elite army.
• The void collapsed before Xiao Yan as he approached the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory.

Xiao Yan entered the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory, killed a Thunder Demon Clan Xuan Mo Emperor, and escaped the Thunder Prison Heavenly Demon Emperor’s attack. The Demon Emperors began hunting him, but seven days later he struck the Blade Demon Clan, destroying a lower plane.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Thunder Demon Clan Xuan Mo Emperor’s lightning attack and killed him by devouring his demonic qi.
• The Thunder Prison Heavenly Demon Emperor sealed the surrounding space in a thunder prison and attacked Xiao Yan, who tore his way out and fled.
• The Thunder Prison Heavenly Demon Emperor identified Xiao Yan and called on the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s Heavenly Demon Emperors to hunt him.
• Nine Heavenly Demon Emperors emerged and searched the vast territory for Xiao Yan, but he concealed his aura.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yan appeared in the Blade Demon Clan’s territory and destroyed one of its lower planes in less than half an incense stick.

After destroying several Extraterrestrial Evil Race strongholds and devouring their power, Xiao Yan broke through to Saint Grade Mid-Stage and faced a growing host of Demon Emperors. As the battle turned against the gathered enemies, Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor arrived with a devastating blade strike aimed at Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan consumed the Blade Demon Clan’s forces and plane source, reached Saint Grade Mid-Stage, and took the clan’s twin sabers as potential materials for a Peerless Saint Relic.
• Xiao Yan flew onward and destroyed lower planes belonging to the Corpse Demon Clan and Dark Demon Clan, while killing Demon Emperors from several clans.
• Yinshi Heavenly Demon Emperor called for help after Xiao Yan reached Saint Grade Mid-Stage and began suppressing him in battle.
• Several Heavenly Demon Emperors joined the fight, but Xiao Yan defended himself with the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, Sacred Artifact Mountain, and Hell Furnace.
• Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor launched a terrifying blade ray at Xiao Yan, who sensed the danger.

Xiao Yan battled the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, whose power pushed him onto the defensive but only fueled his fighting spirit and deepened his mastery of flames. As Xiao Yan’s Hell Furnace continued to transform, the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor ordered the other Heavenly Demon Emperors to trap him before he could become a greater threat.

• Xiao Yan acknowledged that he had killed White Bone and three Blade Demon Clan Demon Emperors, then challenged the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor to fight.
• The Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor attacked Xiao Yan with countless blade glints, and Xiao Yan met them with the Six Directions Eight Desolations Ruler.
• Xiao Yan fought on despite being wounded and driven back, growing more excited as he refined his understanding of flames and Peerless Divine Abilities.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperors watched in astonishment as Xiao Yan’s Hell Furnace absorbed surrounding energy and supplied him with power.
• The Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor sensed the furnace transforming and ordered Yinshi and the other Heavenly Demon Emperors to form a formation and trap Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan faced four Heavenly Demon Emperors and used their attacks to evolve his Hell Furnace. As the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor unleashed his ultimate blade, Xiao Yan realized that all energy could transform and created the Chaos Furnace, which he sent to meet the slash.

• The Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor called on the Yinshi Heavenly Demon Emperor and two other Heavenly Demon Emperors to attack Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly rebuilt the Hell Furnace, converting the Demon Emperors’ attacks into strength while the Yinshi Heavenly Demon Emperor’s corrosive rain weakened him.
• The Yinshi Heavenly Demon Emperor warned that Xiao Yan was developing his divine ability, and the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor transformed into a colossal black blade and unleashed Demon Blade, Heaven-Slaying.
• Facing the deadly blade, Xiao Yan realized that demonic qi and spiritual energy were both forms of energy, and fused his flames into a new furnace.
• Xiao Yan named his new supreme art the Chaos Furnace and sent it to collide with the Heaven-Slaying blade light.

Xiao Yan survived the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor’s strongest attack, but the arrival of the Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor and a combined assault by five Heavenly Demon Emperors forced him to unleash his World-Destroying Fire Lotus. The explosion badly injured the demons, and the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor discovered that Xiao Yan had vanished.

• Xiao Yan blocked most of the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor’s strongest attack with the chaos furnace and Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler, sustaining only minor injuries.
• The Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor summoned the Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor, who arrived and joined the other Heavenly Demon Emperors in targeting Xiao Yan.
• The Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor, the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, and three other Heavenly Demon Emperors launched their strongest attacks at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan detonated his World-Destroying Fire Lotus, shattering the demons’ attacks and unleashing a devastating blast across the Erosion Demon Clan’s territory.
• The blast injured the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor and Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor, weakened the Yinshi Heavenly Demon Emperor, and severely damaged another demon; the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor then roared, asking where Xiao Yan had gone.

Xiao Yan fled through the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's territory while Heavenly Demon Emperors pursued him, repeatedly using his fire lotus to break encirclements. After burning his origins and exhausting his strength, he encountered another wall of demonic qi blocking his path.

• Lingtian Heavenly Demon Emperor located Xiao Yan after the explosion and alerted the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's Heavenly Demon Emperors to intercept him.
• Xiao Yan repelled a pursuing Heavenly Demon Emperor, then fought Thunder Prison Heavenly Demon Emperor as four more pursuers closed in.
• When five Heavenly Demon Emperors surrounded him, Xiao Yan unleashed another World-Destroying Fire Lotus, gravely wounding three of them and escaping at greatly increased speed.
• Xiao Yan fought and gravely wounded another Heavenly Demon Emperor the next day, but the battles damaged his origins and left him nearly powerless.
• A surge of pitch-black demonic qi blocked Xiao Yan's path as he fled, leaving him facing another threat in his depleted state.

The Second-Generation Soul Emperor rescued Xiao Yan from the pursuing Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor and Lingtian Heavenly Demon Emperor by disguising him as a Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign. He brought Xiao Yan to a Devouring Demon Tribe domain, where the pursuers arrived and were misdirected toward the Blood Demon Clan.

• As Xiao Yan prepared to risk his life rather than be captured, the Second-Generation Soul Emperor appeared and offered him a way to evade pursuit.
• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor gave Xiao Yan a Black Pearl made from a devoured Earthly Sovereign, and Xiao Yan used it to disguise himself as a Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign.
• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor took Xiao Yan to a private domain in the Devouring Demon Tribe and revealed that he had infiltrated the tribe, risen to the pinnacle of the Xuan Mo Emperor realm, and become a potential successor to its Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Lingtian Heavenly Demon Emperor and Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor swept the domain with their Soul Storms, and the Second-Generation Soul Emperor met them outside.
• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor claimed he had sensed Xiao Yan fleeing toward the Blood Demon Clan, and the Lingtian Heavenly Demon Emperor led the pursuit in that direction.

Xiao Yan hid in the Devouring Demon Tribe while secretly recovering his strength, and the Second-Generation Soul Emperor promised him the Chaos True Flame. After months of covert raids and recovery, Xiao Yan regained his peak strength and set out with the Second-Generation Soul Emperor for the flame’s location.

• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor revealed that the guard Luo Lin was actually Xiao Yan, then offered to help him recover and promised him the Chaos True Flame.
• Xiao Yan secretly absorbed small amounts of energy and joined the Second-Generation Soul Emperor on restrained foraging trips to hasten his recovery.
• In his third month of hiding, Xiao Yan killed a Blood Demon Clan Demon Emperor and left a small Apocalypse Fire Lotus, triggering a search that failed to find him.
• A year later, Xiao Yan attacked a Spirit Demon Clan lower plane, killed a Xuan Mo Emperor, and left a World-Destroying Fire Lotus, enraging the Lingtian Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• After replenishing his consumed origin energy and recovering to his peak, Xiao Yan left the lower plane with the Second-Generation Soul Emperor to seek the Chaos True Flame.

Xiao Yan and the Second-Generation Soul Emperor crossed the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory to reach the unguarded Chaos True Flame in the distant void. Xiao Yan withstood its flames and prepared to refine it, while the Second-Generation Soul Emperor agreed to watch over him.

• Xiao Yan and the Second-Generation Soul Emperor disguised themselves as members of the Devouring Demon Tribe and spent three months traveling through the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory.
• They reached the distant void where the Chaos True Flame burned, and Xiao Yan eagerly flew toward it.
• The Chaos True Flame’s heat warped the surrounding void, but Xiao Yan’s Chaos Furnace protected him and let him devour a few wisps.
• The flames weakened the Second-Generation Soul Emperor, who retreated and told Xiao Yan that past attempts to refine the Chaos True Flame had failed.
• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor explained that the Extraterrestrial Evil Race had stopped guarding the flame after its strongest experts could not refine it.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Second-Generation Soul Emperor and flew toward the Chaos True Flame to begin refining it.

Xiao Yan spent five years refining the chaos true flame, strengthening his power and Chaos Furnace. As he finished, news spread that Lin Dong had ascended from a lower plane, reached immortal grade, and sealed the Western Heaven War Emperor while reclaiming his wife.

• Xiao Yan trapped the chaos true flame inside his Chaos Furnace and gradually devoured its power.
• As the chaos true flame resisted, Xiao Yan's furnace repaired itself and grew stronger while his mastery of the path of flames increased.
• After four years, the weakened chaos true flame begged for mercy, but Xiao Yan continued refining it to protect the Great Thousand World and the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan spent five years refining the chaos true flame's remaining origin, and nearly ten years passed since he had left the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Dong ascended from a lower plane, reached immortal grade in ten years, stormed the Ice Spirit Clan's Ancestral Grounds, and sealed the Western Heaven War Emperor while seeking his lost wife.

While the Great Thousand World and Dou Qi Continent feared Xiao Yan had died after years without word, he emerged from his furnace beyond the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory with late-stage Saint Grade power. The Second-Generation Soul Emperor rejoiced as Xiao Yan prepared to challenge the enemy.

• The Demon-Slaying Stele showed Xiao Yan with over two hundred thousand Demon Slayer Points, and Qin Tian revealed that Xiao Yan had nearly annihilated the Bone Demon Tribe.
• Qin Tian offered Xiao Yan his position as Acting Palace Master if he returned, while people across the Great Thousand World prayed for his safe return.
• On the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Xuan and the others worried over Xiao Yan’s long absence, but Cai Lin trusted that he would come back alive as his Life-Bound Lotus Lamp continued to burn.
• Far from the Great Thousand World and the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, Xiao Yan’s furnace shattered into flames and re-formed him in human shape.
• Xiao Yan released an immense aura, revealing that he had reached late-stage Saint Grade, and the Second-Generation Soul Emperor celebrated his strength.

After fusing the World-Purifying True Flame with the Chaos True Flame, Xiao Yan charged into the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory as its Heavenly Demon Emperors converged on him. He left the Eternal Night Heavenly Demon Emperor’s guardian treasure in ruins and continued toward the Great Thousand World, with his pursuer too afraid to approach.

• The Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s leaders sensed Xiao Yan’s breakthrough and ordered their Heavenly Demon Emperors to find and kill him.
• The Second-Generation Soul Emperor declined Xiao Yan’s invitation to return to the Dou Qi Continent and left for the Devouring Demon Tribe.
• Xiao Yan named his fused flames the Chaos World-Purifying Flame and set off through the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory with the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler.
• The Eternal Night Heavenly Demon Emperor trapped Xiao Yan with Eternal Night of Ten Thousand Ages, but Xiao Yan broke through the darkness with flaming ruler strikes.
• Xiao Yan battered the Night Demon Sky-Covering Shield into scrap and flew onward while the Eternal Night Heavenly Demon Emperor followed at a distance.

After refining the chaos true flame, Xiao Yan raced through the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory while its Heavenly Demon Emperors tried to intercept him. He reached the heartland and faced the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, preparing to fight the race’s strongest foe.

• The Eternal Night Heavenly Demon Emperor warned the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that Xiao Yan had nearly destroyed the Night Demon Sky-Covering Shield with a single move.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the strongest Heavenly Demon Emperors to converge on Xiao Yan and told the others to avoid engaging him.
• Xiao Yan crossed the Night Demon Tribe and Mountain Demon Tribe territories, then defeated the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor’s blade strike and continued his escape.
• At the heart of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked Xiao Yan with a massive demonic palm, and Xiao Yan countered with the True Flame Divine Palm.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor as a formidable opponent and welcomed the chance to fight him.

Xiao Yan fought the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor in the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s territory, matching his strongest attack with the Chaos World-Purifying Flame. As both prepared to unleash their final moves, Xiao Yan realized that the appearance of dozens of Heavenly Demon Emperors was an illusion created by the Heart Demon Heavenly Demon Emperor.

• Xiao Yan transformed into a giant of flame and clashed with the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, who merged with his Sacred Spirit Statue.
• Xiao Yan endured the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s attacks with his furnace divine ability, then raised his strength to the Saint Grade peak.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor transformed his statue into the Sacred God Body and fired the Sacred Spirit Demon Flash at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan countered with the Chaos World-Purifying Light, and the two beams annihilated each other.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor prepared a final killing move as Xiao Yan gathered flames for another Fire Lotus.
• Dozens of Heavenly Demon Emperors appeared, but Xiao Yan recognized the illusion realm and burned it away, identifying the Heart Demon Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Xiao Yan withstood a combined assault from the Heart Demon Heavenly Demon Emperor, the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, and the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, then struck back with his Chaos World-Purifying Lotus. As he fled the damaged Demon Emperors, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor received a message that the Great Thousand World was attacking.

• Xiao Yan blocked the three Demon Emperors' attacks with his Chaos Furnace and used the World-Purifying True Flame to break free of the Heart Demon Heavenly Demon Emperor's illusion.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the three supreme Demon Emperors to attack Xiao Yan together and keep him trapped in the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's heartland.
• Xiao Yan launched his Chaos World-Purifying Lotus at the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, damaging him and his Sacred Demon Divine Shield while weakening the Heart Demon and Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan fled as the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor called for reinforcements, then received a message that the Great Thousand World was attacking.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor used the Saint God's Blood to pursue Xiao Yan, who answered with the power of his flame origin and raced for the Great Thousand World’s border. With more than a dozen Saint Grade Heavenly Supremes tying down the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s forces, Xiao Yan reached the frontier, where the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor unleashed the Saint God Annihilation Light.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the other Heavenly Demon Emperors to hunt Xiao Yan, but the Corpse Demon Clan’s Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor refused to leave its forces exposed to the Great Thousand World’s attack.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor swallowed the Saint God's Blood, dramatically increasing his power and speed as he chased Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used his flame origin to surge ahead and told the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that he would eventually become strong enough to kill him.
• After a day of pursuit, Xiao Yan reached the border, where Qin Tian and more than a dozen Saint Grade Heavenly Supremes were fighting to help him escape.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor transformed his demonic flames into a gigantic eye and unleashed the Saint God Annihilation Light at Xiao Yan.