Chapter Summaries

After recovering from his battle in the Dragon God Ruins, Xiao Yan refined Long Nixian’s corpse and absorbed its purified Soul Force, gaining memories of the Dragon Roar Demon-Subduing Art and the Dragon God’s final act. He then tried to fuse Long Nixian’s dragon bones, but a black light inside him rejected them, leaving him and the Ancestral Stone Spirit puzzled.

• Xiao Yan spent nearly a month recovering in the Heavenly Tomb and found that his Spiritual Power and Soul Force had grown stronger.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Refining Tower to refine Long Nixian’s corpse, purifying and absorbing the resentment within it as Soul Force.
• Xiao Yan gained Long Nixian’s memories, including the Dragon Roar Demon-Subduing Art and the account of the Dragon God destroying his body and Sacred Artifact to kill the Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan attempted to fuse Long Nixian’s dragon bones with the Azure Heaven Dragon-Transformation Art, but a black light inside him repelled them.
• The Ancestral Stone Spirit could not explain why the fusion failed and suggested the art’s origins in a Lower Plane might be the problem.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Four Fiends Spirits had fused with his bones, transforming his body and allowing him to break through to Earth Supreme. The chapter ended with him effortlessly shattering the spiritual tribulation lightning that appeared above the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yan suspected the Four Fiends Spirits inside the Demon Sword were preventing him from fusing with Long Nixian's dragon skeleton.
• Xiao Yan entered his Soul World and demanded an explanation from the Four Fiends Spirits, which released their power into his body.
• The blood fiend power ravaged Xiao Yan's body and shattered his bones, while the Ancestral Stone Spirit and other divine treasures failed to intervene.
• The Nine Revolutions Green Lotus seed restored Xiao Yan's body as the Four Fiends Spirits fused their power into his bones, creating a vastly stronger skeleton.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Earth Supreme, and a spiritual tribulation formed over the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan shattered the tribulation lightning with a casual slap.

Xiao Yan absorbed and repeated a Spiritual Tribulation to strengthen his Spiritual Power, then chose the Sky Luo Continent as his next destination in search of powerful flames. He decided to turn Long Nixian’s corpse into a Heavenly Sovereign Puppet.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Spiritual Tribulation lightning and used the Time Ancestral Symbol to repeat the tribulation until he reached saturation.
• Xiao Yan considered seeking new flames and chose the Sky Luo Continent over the Fire Spirit Clan and Volcano Continent.
• Xiao Yan decided not to return to the Nine Nether Clan, believing Qingtan would be treated well there.
• The Ancestral Stone Spirit asked what Xiao Yan would do with Long Nixian’s corpse, and Xiao Yan announced that he would refine it into a Heavenly Sovereign Puppet.

Xiao Yan refined Long Nixian’s remains into a Heavenly Sovereign-level puppet using rare materials and his Soul Imprint. The puppet reached Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength, giving Xiao Yan more confidence as he headed toward the Sky Luo Continent, though he planned to keep it hidden.

• Xiao Yan chose the Ancient Human Puppet method and gathered the materials needed to refine Long Nixian’s corpse.
• Xiao Yan spent more than a month tempering Long Nixian’s remains with Emperor Flame before coating the body in melted exotic metals.
• Xiao Yan implanted a Soul Imprint into the puppet, which awakened with Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength.
• The Ancestral Stone Spirit praised the puppet’s power and noted that its body had belonged to an Immortal Grade Divine Beast.
• Xiao Yan considered seeking lightning at the Thunder God Palace to strengthen the puppet, then put it away and decided not to reveal it unless necessary.

Xiao Yan searched Sky Luo Continent for flames and lightning to strengthen his Emperor Flame while learning that rival Heavenly Sovereigns had kept the supercontinent’s factions in a power struggle. After gaining new abilities and restoring the Golden Crow Nether-Flaming Art, he investigated a dangerous volcano and discovered a pure crimson energy beneath its magma.

• Xiao Yan learned from the Ancestral Stone Spirit that Heavenly Sovereigns had backed competing factions to vie for control of Sky Luo Continent and decided to focus on collecting flames.
• Xiao Yan searched the continent for a month, collected several flames, found netherworld heart demon thunder and a fragment of the Peerless Heart Demon Scripture, and restored the Golden Crow Nether-Flaming Art.
• Xiao Yan achieved minor mastery of several divine abilities and became capable of fighting a Great Perfection Earth Supreme without his hidden trump cards.
• Xiao Yan traveled to a volcano in the Northern Realm and sensed that something beneath its magma was causing the intense heat and cracks in space.
• Xiao Yan crushed a magma python that attacked him, absorbed the crimson light left behind, and felt his Spiritual Power increase.

Xiao Yan descended to the volcano’s depths, discovered the remains of a Heavenly Sovereign Ancient Flame Dragon, and found a mysterious little girl resting on a stone platform. The girl opened her eyes as he approached.

• Xiao Yan absorbed crimson energy from magma creatures and found it offered little benefit to him.
• Xiao Yan defeated powerful magma dragons and obtained Ancient Flame Dragon blood essence, leading him to suspect the dragon’s remains lay below.
• Xiao Yan found a translucent layer of rock containing what the Ancestral Stone Spirit identified as the dragon’s divine veins.
• Xiao Yan sensed an unusual fluctuation, flew to its source, and found a little girl lying unclothed on a stone platform.
• The little girl sensed Xiao Yan’s presence and slowly opened her eyes.

Xiao Yan encountered a little girl with Earth Supreme strength and a painful curse beneath the magma, and his emperor flame drove the curse’s brambles back. They each pretended to be harmless while seeking to use the other, and Xiao Yan asked whether she had found an unusual flame.

• The little girl attacked Xiao Yan with a purple-black beam, but he shattered it effortlessly.
• Black brambles erupted from the girl’s body, and Xiao Yan’s emperor flame forced them to retreat into her body.
• The girl asked why Xiao Yan had helped her, and he claimed she reminded him of someone he knew.
• Xiao Yan acted innocent while the girl secretly considered using his flames to suppress her curse.
• The girl asked why Xiao Yan had come beneath the magma, and he said he was searching for an unusual flame before asking whether she had found one.

Xiao Yan learned that the little girl could lead him to the Saint Demon Emperor Lu Heng and his powerful Saint Flood Dragon Flame, while she sought revenge against him. Xiao Yan agreed to help her deal with Lu Heng if she was truthful, demanding that she serve as his guard for a year in return.

• The little girl denied knowing of any special flame, then stopped Xiao Yan and offered to lead him to one in exchange for his help.
• She told Xiao Yan that Lu Heng, master of the powerful Saint Demon Palace, possessed the Saint Flood Dragon Flame, which could burn a Lower-Rank Earth Supreme alive.
• The little girl admitted that she wanted revenge on Lu Heng and proposed that they work together to get what they each wanted.
• She explained that the Saint Demon Palace had four other Lower-Rank Earth Supremes and that Lu Heng could contend with an Upper-Rank Earth Supreme.
• Xiao Yan offered to help her deal with Lu Heng if she was not deceiving him, on the condition that she serve as his guard for a year.

Xiao Yan made a deal with Mandala to help defeat Saint Demon Emperor Lu Heng in exchange for her serving as his guard for a year, and she asked him to remove the curse Lu Heng had placed inside her. He began burning away the dangerous curse around her heart, using a Heart Demon Pill and his flame control to protect her as he worked.

• Xiao Yan negotiated with Mandala, agreeing to help deal with Lu Heng in return for a year as his guard.
• Mandala explained that Lu Heng had cursed her and asked Xiao Yan to refine the curse away with his flame.
• Xiao Yan proposed removing the curse immediately while they were surrounded by magma, and Mandala agreed.
• Xiao Yan examined the black thorns wrapped around Mandala’s heart and gave her a Heart Demon Pill to keep her calm during the procedure.
• Xiao Yan entered a true heart demon state and carefully guided his Emperor Flame to burn away the curse without damaging Mandala’s heart.

Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame to completely remove the curse from Mandala, while containing its power for his own use. He left a hidden Flame Mark in Mandala as insurance, then withdrew his flames with the curse sealed away.

• Mandala wondered about Xiao Yan’s origins as he burned the brambles around her heart without harming her.
• Xiao Yan melted the brambles and trapped the resulting cursed liquid so it could not infect Mandala again.
• The brambles invaded Xiao Yan, but he transformed with the Destruction Fire Body and burned them away.
• Xiao Yan sealed some of the cursed liquid in his fingertip as a new Black Finger and stored the rest in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan removed the remaining curse from Mandala and secretly left a Flame Mark inside her as a safeguard.

Xiao Yan and Mandala reached the Southern Region and investigated the formidable Saint Demon Palace as they planned to isolate its ruler, Lu Heng. Their search also revealed that the Ice Spirit Clan was hunting Qingtan, prompting Xiao Yan to ask where the clan was staying.

• Xiao Yan secretly moved the Ancient Flame Dragon's remains into the Heavenly Tomb before he and Mandala traveled to the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yan and Mandala gathered intelligence about the Saint Demon Palace and learned it had nearly ten Earth Supremes and a powerful guard force.
• Xiao Yan proposed using a spiritual array to neutralize Lu Heng's escorts so they could target him outside the palace.
• Mandala told Xiao Yan that the Ice Spirit Clan had sent an Upper-Rank Earth Supreme to capture someone connected to the Nine Nether Sparrow Tribe.
• Mandala identified the fugitive as Qingtan, and Xiao Yan asked where the Ice Spirit Clan was staying.

Xiao Yan found Qingtan hiding from the Ice Spirit Clan in the Nether God Abyss and arrived with Mandala to protect her. After entrusting Qingtan to Mandala, he infiltrated the clan’s camp and learned that they were hunting her because she carried a royal bloodline from a branch that had left the clan.

• Xiao Yan followed his soul imprint to Qingtan’s hiding place in the Nether God Abyss, where she was wounded and cornered by the Ice Spirit Clan.
• Qingtan warned Xiao Yan to flee, but he gave her Blood Jade Heaven-Mending Pills and asked Mandala to look after her.
• Xiao Yan approached the Ice Spirit Clan’s camp and secretly listened from inside the Heavenly Tomb.
• An elder revealed that the clan leader ordered Qingtan’s death because her royal bloodline came from a branch outside his own and could threaten his position.

Xiao Yan learned the secret behind Qingtan’s situation, then disguised himself as an Ice Spirit Clan elder to provoke the Saint Demon Palace. He left Lu Heng demanding that the palace hand over someone it had supposedly sheltered.

• After hearing the elder’s explanation, Xiao Yan understood that Qingtan harbored a hidden secret.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Ice Spirit Clan camp in black flames, killing dozens and drawing the elders into a fight.
• Xiao Yan used a Soul Clone to lead the Ice Spirit Clan elders away while his true body flew toward the Saint Demon Palace.
• Disguised in white mist and using an aged voice, Xiao Yan attacked Lu Heng with an iceberg.
• Lu Heng asked who Xiao Yan wanted, and Xiao Yan demanded that the Saint Demon Palace hand over someone it had sheltered.

Xiao Yan disguised himself as an enemy and tricked the Saint Demon Palace and the Ice Spirit Clan into fighting each other. He watched from hiding with Mandala and Qingtan as Lu Heng and the Ice Spirit Clan elder fought fiercely, hoping to turn the clash into a lasting feud.

• A mysterious figure threatened Lu Heng, who mistook the situation as an attack on the Saint Demon Palace and ordered his elders to form an array.
• The mysterious figure fled toward the approaching Ice Spirit Clan, and Lu Heng led his people after him.
• Lu Heng and the Ice Spirit Clan elder mistook each other for the mysterious man and began fighting without checking their suspicions.
• Xiao Yan slipped away with Mandala and Qingtan, revealing that he had used flames and the Ice Ancestor Symbol to disguise himself and provoke both sides.
• Mandala and Qingtan watched the battle while Xiao Yan hoped the two powers would inflict casualties and become sworn enemies.

Xiao Yan secretly intensified the battle between Lu Heng’s forces and the Ice Spirit Clan until both sides suffered casualties and their leaders unleashed their Supreme Dharma Bodies. Lu Heng revealed the Great Solar Undying Body, leaving Xiao Yan and Mandala astonished.

• Xiao Yan used hidden soul attacks to disrupt fighters on both sides, causing casualties and turning the restrained battle into a deadly one.
• Lu Heng and the Ice Spirit Clan elder clashed with their World-Destroying Flame Dragon Art and Extreme Cold Heaven-Freezing Palm, sending the other fighters crashing to the ground.
• The Ice Spirit Clan elder summoned the Ice God Dharma Body, which Mandala identified as thirty-fourth on the Supreme Dharma Body Rankings.
• Lu Heng manifested a dark Supreme Dharma Body that resembled the one Mu Chen had used, and Mandala identified it as the Great Solar Undying Body.

Lu Heng revealed that his Great Solar Undying Body was the initial form of the famed Eternal Immortal Body and battled the Ice Spirit Ancestor with its Supreme Divine Abilities. After their first attacks canceled each other out, Lu Heng unleashed the Nine-Sun Demon Vortex, leaving the fight escalating.

• Mandala explained that the Great Solar Undying Body was the initial form of the Eternal Immortal Body, ranked fourth among the Supreme Dharma Bodies.
• Xiao Yan and Qingtan realized Lu Heng's body had ancient origins, while Xiao Yan wondered whether Mu Chen's transformed dharma body had been related to it.
• Lu Heng unleashed Eight Suns Unleashed and sent the Eight-Sun Demon Python at the Ice Spirit Ancestor's Ice God Dharma Body.
• The Ice Spirit Ancestor countered with freezing chains, and the two attacks canceled each other out.
• Xiao Yan said both Earth Supremes had yet to reveal their true finishing moves.
• Lu Heng activated all nine suns and created the Nine-Sun Demon Vortex, which pulled everything within tens of thousands of feet toward it.

Lu Heng and the Elder of the Ice Spirit Clan unleashed their Supreme Divine Abilities against each other, while Xiao Yan and Mandala watched. As their clash continued, Xiao Yan wagered with Mandala that both fighters would suffer heavy injuries, leaving the terms of their agreement dependent on the outcome.

• Mandala identified Lu Heng's Supreme Divine Ability as the Power of Nine Suns, and Xiao Yan questioned whether the Great Solar Undying Body could have a tenth sun.
• The Elder of the Ice Spirit Clan summoned the Ice Netherworld Divine Dragon with the Ice God Dharma Body's Supreme Divine Ability.
• Lu Heng ordered the Nine-Sun Demon Vortex to swallow the ice dragon, and the two abilities collided in a destructive energy storm.
• Xiao Yan reinforced his barrier and predicted that both fighters would suffer heavy injuries.
• Xiao Yan wagered that if both fighters were heavily injured, Mandala's promised one year would become ten; if not, their previous agreement would be canceled.
• Mandala accepted Xiao Yan's wager.

Xiao Yan disrupted the clash between Lu Heng and his opponent, causing both factions to be devastated, then killed the survivors and set his sights on the Saint Demon Palace’s resources. He planned to make the palace the foundation of his own faction, with Mandala and Qingtan helping him run it.

• Xiao Yan used the Four Fiends Spirit-Evil Tiger Reverses Yin and Yang to throw the spiritual power of Lu Heng and his opponent into chaos, triggering a backlash that destroyed their Supreme Dharma Bodies and swept through the battlefield.
• The blast severely injured the Earth Supremes and killed nearly everyone weaker nearby, while Xiao Yan’s protective barrier kept Mandala and Qingtan safe.
• Mandala asked how Xiao Yan had withstood the blast, but he dismissed it as luck and then sent his Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand to devour the wounded survivors.
• Xiao Yan told Mandala and Qingtan they would go to the Saint Demon Palace’s headquarters to claim its resources.
• Xiao Yan planned to use the Saint Demon Palace as the base for his own faction and leave its affairs to Mandala and Qingtan.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Saint Demon Palace and plundered its treasury after defeating the palace's defenders. They found valuable spiritual treasures and cultivation methods, and Xiao Yan gave Mandala and Qingtan two Supreme Dharma Body techniques he had taken from Lu Heng and the others.

• Xiao Yan set spiritual arrays around the Saint Demon Palace to delay rival factions investigating the battle.
• Xiao Yan dismantled the grandmaster-grade array guarding the storehouse, and the group entered.
• The group found vast quantities of Supreme Spiritual Liquid, seven beads of Spirit God Liquid, and other treasures.
• Xiao Yan took the Saint Demon Body scroll and the World-Destroying Flame Dragon Art, while Mandala and Qingtan collected other items.
• Mandala and Qingtan could not find the Great Solar Undying Body cultivation method in the treasury.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had taken the Great Solar Undying Body and Ice God Dharma Body methods from Lu Heng and the others, then gave them to Mandala and Qingtan.

Xiao Yan gave Mandala and Qingtan powerful cultivation methods, then accidentally opened the Dragon Phoenix Art, whose strange mist drove them into a frenzied encounter. Afterward, he discovered the art let him temporarily copy a partner’s constitution and left the Heavenly Tomb with the women.

• Xiao Yan gave Mandala the Ice God Dharma Body and Great Solar Undying Body methods, and Mandala and Qingtan thanked him.
• Xiao Yan opened the Dragon Phoenix Art scroll, releasing pink mist that overcame him, Mandala, and Qingtan.
• Xiao Yan moved them into the Heavenly Tomb, where Little Yao joined them while they were under the mist’s influence.
• After waking, Xiao Yan covered the sleeping women and confronted the Plane Spirit, who explained that the Dragon Phoenix Art could temporarily copy a partner’s constitution.
• Xiao Yan realized the art could let him gain pseudo versions of his companions’ powerful constitutions, threatened the Plane Spirit into silence, and took the women out of the Heavenly Tomb.