Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan left the Small Valley to investigate a hidden Great Beast Den beneath a lake, after sealing the valley to protect Yun Yun from nearby Magic Beasts. Drawn by the Nine Nether Flame’s reaction, he entered the Spatial Vortex despite sensing something was wrong.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan for food, and he gave her grilled fish in exchange for another IOU.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Yun that Magic Beasts might search for her, then left the Small Valley.
• Xiao Yan kept Yun Yun safe by sealing the space around the Small Valley with a Spatial Barrier.
• Xiao Yan located a lake concealing the Great Beast Den and drained it with his Soul Force, revealing a Spatial Vortex beneath the lakebed.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Nine Nether Flame was drawn to something inside the vortex and entered it, leaving the Spatial Barrier in place as the lake refilled.

Xiao Yan discovered a blood-soaked burial ground where four enormous beast skeletons appeared to bow toward a human skeleton pierced by a sinister black sword. The sword flew into his body, filling him with murderous intent, and he began using the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art to resist it.

• Xiao Yan entered the misty space and found countless magic beast skeletons surrounding a crimson Blood Pool.
• He spotted four colossal skeletons around the pool and wondered whether they were connected to the legendary four symbols spirits.
• Xiao Yan followed the skeletons' gazes to a human skeleton seated on a pillar with a black greatsword thrust into its chest.
• The sword suddenly shattered the skeleton and shot at Xiao Yan, who caught it but was cut, allowing his blood to draw the weapon into his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the human skeleton had likely sealed the sword within its body and used his soul force to suppress the sword's baleful aura with the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art.

Xiao Yan survived the demonic sword’s baleful energy by channeling it into the Xuan Heavy Ruler while using it to cultivate the Unending Void Demon Body. The Blood Pool and four skeletal remains then strengthened him, leaving him with a new Demon Mark, enhanced Nine Nether Wings, and powerful beastlike energy.

• Xiao Yan redirected the demonic sword’s baleful energy through the Unending Void Demon Body, but it overwhelmed him and began tearing his body apart.
• Xiao Yan used the Blood Demon Flame to absorb some of the baleful energy, then transferred the excess into the durable Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan absorbed energy from the Blood Pool and condensed a dark red Demon Mark, his eyes turning dark red as a baleful aura filled the space.
• Xiao Yan’s aura shattered the four skeletal remains, and their Magic Core-like crystals became four currents of energy that surged into him.
• Xiao Yan gained a powerful cry carrying hints of several beasts and dark red Nine Nether Wings, which could move at tremendous speed but rapidly consumed his Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan completed the introductory cultivation of the Unending Void Demon Body, while the Demon Sword remained sealed inside him by a simplified Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. After the Blood Fiendish Aura transformed his Xuan Heavy Ruler and Blood Demon Flame, he discovered the flame now resembled the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan tested his newly strengthened body and confirmed that he had successfully cultivated the Unending Void Demon Body, though the Demon Sword remained sealed inside him.
• Xiao Yan recognized the four souls within him as the mutated Four Symbols Spirits: Calamity Black Dragon, Dark Abyss Evil Tiger, Netherworld Vermilion Bird, and Ghost Fiendish Black Tortoise.
• Xiao Yan found that the Blood Fiendish Aura had made the Xuan Heavy Ruler vastly heavier and more powerful, and its energy burst apart a low-grade Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan strapped the altered Xuan Heavy Ruler to his back because he could no longer wield or store it normally.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Blood Demon Flame and saw shifting Magic Beast phantoms within it, prompting him to wonder if it had become the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame together, fusing six Heavenly Flames into a powerful new flame and advancing the Flame Mantra to the Heaven Tier. He reached Four-Star Dou Zun, while Nalan Yanran continued cultivating toward Six-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Blood Demon Flame had evolved into the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame after absorbing the Blood Pool's energy and baleful aura.
• Xiao Yan tried to refine the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, but the Bone Spirit Cold Flame joined the process and put him at risk as the two flames traveled through his meridians.
• Xiao Yan guided both flames into the Naling, where they fused with the Nine Nether Illusion Heart Flame to form a grayish-white flame made from six Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan reached Four-Star Dou Zun, and the Flame Mantra evolved from a high-grade Earth-tier method into a Heaven-tier method.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to Five-Star Dou Zhe and continued cultivating toward Six-Star Dou Zhe.

After leaving the Great Beast Den, Xiao Yan visited the Amethyst Winged Lion King and arranged for him to give Yun Yun the purple spirit crystal when she returned. He secretly altered the crystal to help Nalan Yanran, while hinting at a reward he had no intention of providing.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the lake and sensed the hidden space within the Great Beast Den fading away, then confirmed that his newly strengthened power was stabilizing.
• Xiao Yan went to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, where the lion sensed his overwhelming strength and greeted him humbly.
• Xiao Yan asked why Yun Yun had come to see the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and the lion honestly explained that she wanted his purple spirit crystal.
• Xiao Yan examined the purple spirit crystal, slipped a wisp of grayish-white flame into it, and returned it to the lion.
• Xiao Yan told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to pretend to lose to Yun Yun and hand her the altered crystal, promising him a reward without intending to follow through.

Xiao Yan stole the Amethyst Winged Lion King's companion amethyst source, then staged a corpse to make Yun Yun believe Mo Han had died while helping her. Yun Yun blamed the lion king and fought him as Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered that Xiao Yan had taken the companion amethyst source and decided to take out his anger on Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan hid the source, planted a mangled corpse dressed in his clothes near the Small Valley, and removed the Spatial Barrier.
• After recovering her strength, Yun Yun found the corpse and believed Mo Han had died because he tried to help her.
• Yun Yun flew to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and attacked him, while Xiao Yan left the mountain range.

Xiao Yan captured the wind fury dragon flame and went to the Medusa Temple to retrieve the green lotus core flame. He overpowered Queen Medusa, took the flame, then offered her another chance to use it for her evolution.

• Xiao Yan found and refined the wind fury dragon flame in the Tagor Desert, but it did not raise his cultivation or evolve the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan reached the Medusa Temple and found the green lotus core flame on a crystal lotus platform in a pool of ice spirit cold spring.
• Queen Medusa emerged from the pool and attacked Xiao Yan, but her strike dissipated before reaching him.
• Queen Medusa challenged Xiao Yan over their five-year agreement, and he sealed her Dou Qi and the surrounding space while warning her not to endanger her Snake-People subjects.
• Xiao Yan took the green lotus core flame, released Queen Medusa, and offered to let her use it to complete her evolution.

Xiao Yan gave Queen Medusa the green lotus core flame so she could begin her evolution, then protected the ritual as she endured the flames and lightning. As Queen Medusa's transformation continued, Xiao Yan noticed that the green mist created by the collision might help him strengthen his attacks against Soul Bodies.

• Xiao Yan convinced Queen Medusa to trust him and handed her the green lotus core flame for her evolution.
• Queen Medusa undressed, transformed into an enormous purple snake, and plunged into the Heavenly Flame while Xiao Yan sealed the area with a Spatial Barrier.
• Xiao Yan collected the ice spirit cold spring as the Heavenly Flame erupted and destroyed the island, while the barrier kept the disturbance from reaching the Snake-People Tribe.
• After half an hour, Queen Medusa's charred shell stopped moving, and a lightning bolt struck it beneath dark clouds as a green mist emerged.
• Xiao Yan realized the mist could block Soul Force probes and considered combining it with his Pill Lightning Pearls and Heavenly Flames to strengthen Annihilation Flame Eyes.

Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, reached Five-Star Dou Zun, and fused his eight unusual flames into the demonic lotus illusion heart flame. The new flame produced a small girl whom Xiao Yan recognized as a Fire Spirit.

• Xiao Yan found the newly born Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python after Queen Medusa's evolution and discovered his soul imprint had merged with her while her original consciousness slept.
• Xiao Yan fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python fire-attribute energy, then entered a temporary space to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and reached Five-Star Dou Zun, while Nalan Yanran broke through to Six-Star Dou Zhe.
• The Flame Mantra remained at peak Heaven Rank Low Grade, and Xiao Yan resolved to seek higher-ranked heavenly flames in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan formed the demonic lotus illusion heart flame from eight unusual flames, and a little girl emerged from it as a Fire Spirit.

Xiao Yan discovered that his fused Heavenly Flames had produced a Fire Spirit, named her Little Yao, and watched her clash with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The python took human form after swallowing a Transformation Pill, and Xiao Yan stopped the two from fighting before dressing and instructing her.

• Xiao Yan tested his Fire Spirit and found that she strengthened his Demon Fury Fire Lotus, then named her Little Yao.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from Xiao Yan's sleeve and fought Little Yao, who subdued her.
• Xiao Yan gave the python a Transformation Pill, and she transformed into a young human girl resembling Queen Medusa.
• The transformed python attacked Little Yao, and Xiao Yan intervened when Little Yao prepared to use her Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan dressed the python and told her to wear clothes, and she obediently accepted his instructions.

Xiao Yan returned to Xiao Gate after naming the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Little Cai, who stubbornly called him Daddy. He prepared to lead his companions through Yao Lao’s Space Wormhole to the Central Plains, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in charge of Xiao Gate, but Little Cai’s appearance as his supposed daughter stunned everyone as they set out.

• Xiao Yan named the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Little Cai, but she called him Daddy instead of Master, so he returned her to snake form and put her in his sleeve.
• Xiao Yan left the Tagor Desert and returned to Xiao Gate, where he opened Yao Lao’s spatial scroll and found a Space Wormhole leading to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan delayed entering the unstable wormhole and planned to collect Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy, while Xun'er agreed to stay behind after Ling Ying begged her not to leave.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to manage Xiao Gate, left them a Dou Zun-level puppet made from Mo Tianxing’s corpse, and assigned Yuan Li to escort the Xiao Clan members through the passage.
• Little Cai emerged from Xiao Yan’s sleeve, transformed into a girl, and called him Daddy, shocking Xun'er and the others while Hai Bodong fled in fear.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where he reunited with Yao Lao and met Venerable Feng. After asking Yao Lao to help move the Xiao Clan to the Central Plains, Xiao Yan learned about the upcoming Four Pavilions Assembly, where his strength would far exceed that of the other young contestants.

• Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi Xian and the others through the Space Wormhole and reached Starfall Pavilion after about ten days.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Feng welcomed Xiao Yan, and Venerable Feng was astonished by Xiao Yan's strength and talent.
• Xiao Yan introduced his companions to Yao Lao and Venerable Feng, then asked Yao Lao to help relocate the Xiao Clan to Starfall Pavilion.
• Venerable Feng explained the Four Pavilions Assembly, and Yao Lao noted that Xiao Yan's strength would make competing against the younger contestants unfair.

Xiao Yan declined to compete at the Four Pavilions Assembly and gave Yao Lao a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique to help him approach Half-Saint. Yao Lao then told Xiao Yan about the Pill Tower’s upcoming chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Xiao Yan eager to claim it.

• Xiao Yan refused to pursue the Four Pavilions Assembly rankings, wary that Hun Dai'er might learn he was in the Central Plains.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had recovered his peak strength and was nearing the Half-Saint barrier, and Xiao Yan gave him a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique.
• Xiao Yan said refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had improved his strength by about two stars, and Yao Lao explained that he needed a higher-ranked heavenly flame to advance faster.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Pill Tower had invited him to help subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and might let Xiao Yan try if he failed.
• Yao Lao explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame ranked ninth and could grant the Three Thousand Star Body, while Xiao Yan became eager to subdue it.

Xiao Yan settled into Starfall Pavilion, protected his clan, and left to gain experience and strengthen himself before the search for the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After months of seeking Heavenly Flames, he reached six-star Dou Zun and advanced the Flame Mantra, but found that the remaining lower-ranked flames offered little promise.

• Xiao Yan kept his true strength and identity concealed at Starfall Pavilion while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin settled in as elite disciples.
• Zi Yan repeatedly defeated Mu Qingluan in training, and Xiao Yan later spent time with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian before deciding to resume his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan arranged protection and an escape passage for the Xiao Clan, then left Starfall Pavilion with Cai Lin to gain experience.
• Little Yao emerged and offered to help Xiao Yan find Heavenly Flames, using her ability to sense them.
• Over several months, Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, reached six-star Dou Zun, and advanced the Flame Mantra to the intermediate Heaven Tier.

Xiao Yan plundered the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s power and treasures, then sought a way to strengthen his Soul Force before Yao Lao’s deadline. He headed for a Soul Hall Branch Hall, where he remembered a treasure that could help him reach the Heaven Realm.

• Thunder Venerable learned that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and its three branch pavilions had been stripped of their lightning power and treasures, then ordered an investigation.
• Xiao Yan sorted through the stolen collection, kept its treasures, and dismissed the Dou Techniques and cultivation methods as mostly useless.
• Xiao Yan recalled that his Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand had absorbed all the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s power, bringing him to six-star peak Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan decided to strengthen his Soul Force rather than risk advancing the Unending Void Demon Body.
• Xiao Yan remembered a Soul Hall Branch Hall that held a treasure capable of helping him reach the Heaven Realm, put on a black robe, and headed there.

Xiao Yan secretly prepared to destroy a remote Soul Hall branch hall without leaving evidence that he was responsible. He left the Soul Refining Tower and Heaven Refining Ancient Formation operating at gradually increasing power, with the branch hall’s occupants unaware of the danger.

• Xiao Yan sealed the valley with a spatial barrier of his own.
• Xiao Yan formed a massive Soul Refining Tower over the branch hall and laid a weakened Heaven Refining Ancient Formation beneath it.
• Xiao Yan activated both techniques at low power and began gradually increasing their strength.
• Xiao Yan released netherworld poison flame’s toxin into the tower, which could kill the branch hall’s two Dou Zun experts before they noticed the threat.

Xiao Yan destroyed a Soul Hall branch hall by sealing it off and using soul flame to refine its Protectors and two Dou Zun. He created Human Puppets from the Dou Zun and obtained a soul orb that could raise his soul force to the Heaven Realm.

• Xiao Yan used the Soul Refining Tower to burn away the branch hall’s imprisoned soul bodies and Protectors.
• The two Soul Hall Dou Zun tried to summon help, but Xiao Yan’s sealed space blocked their Spatial Jade Slip.
• The Dou Zun discovered their Dou Qi was gone and their bodies were paralyzed before soul flame refined their souls.
• Xiao Yan implanted soul imprints into the two Dou Zun’s corpses and turned them into Human Puppets.
• Xiao Yan retrieved a soul orb from the hall’s plaza and began purifying its negative emotions with soul flame.

After refining the stolen soul light cluster, Xiao Yan advanced his soul force to the Heaven Realm and prepared to pursue another plan. News then spread of the Fire Flood Dragon Sage's Tomb Mansion, while Lord Void declared the ruins fake and forbade the Hun Clan from sending anyone.

• The Soul Hall blamed two dead Dou Zun for conspiring with another faction to steal a soul light cluster and concealed the loss from their superiors.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the soul light cluster after nearly two months, reached the Heaven Realm, and demonstrated his strengthened soul force by destroying a mountain peak.
• Xiao Yan decided against raiding more Soul Hall branch halls for now and left to carry out a plan before Yao Lao's deadline.
• The Fire Flood Dragon Sage's Tomb Mansion appeared in the Central Plains, drawing the interest of countless factions with rumors of a Peak Dou Sheng skeleton and the highest-ranked heavenly flame.
• The ancient clans planned to send heirs at Five-Star Dou Zun or below into the ruins, but Lord Void forbade the Hun Clan from going and called the ruins fake.

Xiao Yan secretly watched the factions gather at the Fire Flood Dragon Sage’s tomb and discovered several powerful heavenly flame holders among them. When the tomb opened and their flames reacted to something inside, he waited for them to enter so he could seize his chance.

• Yao Lao concluded that Starfall Pavilion had no suitable candidate to explore the ruins and hoped Xiao Yan would hear about them.
• Xiao Yan observed members of the Yao Clan and Yan Clan, identifying the heavenly flames they carried.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Burning Flame Valley valley master and counted five other heavenly flames gathered at the ruins.
• Xiao Yan held back from attacking because the flame holders had powerful guards and could summon reinforcements with Spatial Jade Slips.
• The Fire Flood Dragon Sage’s tomb opened, and the heavenly flames reacted fearfully to the presence of another flame inside.
• Xiao Yan waited for the gathered flame holders to enter the tomb before making his move.