Recaps

Chen Xuan defeated the Three Great Dragon Kings after intervening in the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s conflict. As the North Dragon King began to self-destruct, the story left Eastern Dragon Island facing a catastrophic threat.

• Chen Xuan appeared before the Three Great Dragon Kings and challenged them for defying their sovereign and dividing the clan.
• Chen Xuan used the Yellow Springs Palm and Emperor Seal Art to overpower the Three Great Dragon Kings and send them into a spatial black hole.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings emerged in their injured dragon forms and attacked Chen Xuan, who transformed into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and struck them down with a dark beam.
• The dying North Dragon King began to self-destruct, and Elder Qing Mu warned that the blast could destroy Eastern Dragon Island.

Chen Xuan stopped the North Dragon King’s self-destruction, allowing Qing Shan and Qing Mu to reunite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under Zi Yan. After learning the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was about to emerge, Chen Xuan set out with Xiao Yan and Qing Shan, then chose to leave Qing Shan behind to guard the Sovereign King Hall.

• The North Dragon King detonated himself, but Chen Xuan contained the blast with spatial power and the North Dragon King was obliterated.
• Xuan Mo, Lie Shan, and Zhu Mu stopped the fighting and surrendered; Qing Shan and Qing Mu spared the clan rebels and imprisoned the three leaders.
• Over the next three days, Qing Shan and Qing Mu reunited the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and a week later Zi Yan thanked Chen Xuan for his help.
• Chen Xuan learned that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame was about to emerge, and Qing Shan warned that its ruins had claimed many powerful experts, including Xiao Chen.
• Zi Yan offered Qing Mu’s help for the expedition, but Chen Xuan chose to enter alone and asked Qing Shan to guard the Sovereign King Hall.
• Chen Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Qing Shan left Ancient Dragon Island through a spatial passage and returned to the Central Plains.

The Underworld Alliance agreed to gather its factions in the Sacred Pill City region to counter the Soul Hall’s attacks and prepare for a decisive confrontation. Chen Xuan ordered the Alliance to relocate within three months and planned to destroy the Soul Hall after subduing the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

• Yao Chen reported the Alliance’s heavy losses from Soul Hall attacks and the killing of one Soul Hall Dou Sheng during the defense of Burning Flame Valley.
• Yao Ming proposed gathering the Alliance’s major factions in one place, and the Burning Flame Ancestor, Yao Chen, the Pill Tower Grand Elder, and Fairy Hua supported the plan.
• Chen Xuan arrived with Great Elder Qing Shan and chose Sacred Pill City as the Alliance’s central headquarters, directing the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan to relocate there.
• Yao Chen explained that the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall served as its headquarters but that its location remained unknown, so Chen Xuan asked Qing Shan’s clan to help find it.
• Chen Xuan ordered the Alliance to complete its move within three months and declared that it would attack the Soul Hall after he subdued the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

The Underworld Alliance completed its relocation to Sacred Pill City, drawing the Soul Hall’s attention as it prepared to confront the alliance. Chen Xuan revealed the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation, which could only be broken by a Dou Di, and the factions began planning how to gather its rare materials.

• The Underworld Alliance’s seven factions relocated most of their forces to Sacred Pill City, and the Pill Tower cleared the surrounding area for their bases.
• The Soul Hall Master learned of the alliance’s consolidation and vowed to destroy it after dealing with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Chen Xuan told the assembled alliance leaders they needed to complete another task before moving against the Soul Hall, then revealed the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation scroll.
• Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, and the other leaders celebrated the formation’s strength, but their excitement faded when they saw how rare its required materials were.
• The Burning Flame Ancestor offered several materials from Burning Flame Valley’s treasury, and Zi Yan said the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had the needed treasures in abundance.
• Chen Xuan urged the alliance to construct the formation as soon as possible.

Chen Xuan prepared to claim the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame as it descended, while the Underworld Alliance continued building its formation and guarding against the Soul Hall. He and Xiao Yan reached the area where the flame appeared, with Xiao Yan hoping to rescue his ancestor Xiao Chen from the ruins.

• Chen Xuan completed the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill and discussed the dangers of taking the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame with Queen Medusa.
• The Underworld Alliance learned that experts across the Central Plains were heading for the demon flame, then watched twin moons and nine aligned stars herald its return.
• Chen Xuan estimated the flame's strength and told Xiao Yan that Xiao Chen might still be alive as one of its Fire Slaves.
• Chen Xuan left the alliance in Yao Chen and the Pill Tower Grand Elder's hands, then departed with Xiao Yan to pursue the demon flame.
• Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan arrived within a thousand miles of the flame's descent, and Chen Xuan led the way toward it.

Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan waited at the Demon Fire Plains as the Soul Hall and the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao Clans arrived to pursue the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. The shattered space erupted with light and a thunderous roar, signaling that the Demon Fire Space was opening.

• Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan reached the milky-white desert and waited near the shattered space where the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s heat poured through.
• Hun Miesheng arrived with two Soul Hall experts and assessed Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan as potential threats.
• The Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao Clans emerged from the void, and Xiao Yan reunited with Xun’er.
• Xun’er explained that the Gu Clan had limited its delegation because the Demon Fire Space made weaker fighters a burden and barred experts above Five-Star Dou Sheng from intervening.
• Gu Nanhai spoke with Chen Xuan about the Gu Clan’s opposition to the Hun Clan, while Chen Xuan remained confident he could suppress Hun Miesheng.
• A vast ring of light burst from the shattered space, and the assembled experts turned their attention toward its opening.

Chen Xuan and the others entered the Demonic Flame Space, endured the Dream Demon Sky Fog and fought through its Fire Slaves. A Spatial Gate separated Chen Xuan from the group, and he faced Xiao Chen, the suppressed ancestor of the Xiao Clan, in a hall deeper inside.

• Chen Xuan entered the Demonic Flame Space with Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and the others, but an illusion separated him from the group.
• Chen Xuan identified the Dream Demon Sky Fog and helped the group awaken from its illusion before they continued deeper.
• The group passed through the fog and fought through a vast swarm of Fire Slaves, while Xiao Yan searched for Xiao Chen among them.
• A Spatial Gate appeared before Chen Xuan, and he entered it; Xiao Yan and the others continued onward without him.
• Chen Xuan found Xiao Chen, whose Four-Star Dou Sheng aura was suppressed, and the two clashed with a blood-red axe and a Fangtian Painted Halberd.

Chen Xuan fought Xiao Chen until Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan Mark restored Xiao Chen’s clarity, then led the group toward the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. Chen Xuan exposed the throne-room confrontation as a Dream Demon Sky Fog illusion and broke it, revealing the group back in the Magma Sea.

• Xiao Chen’s Xiao Clan Mark appeared as he fought Chen Xuan, and their battle grew more intense while Xiao Chen gradually regained strength.
• Xiao Yan, Xun’er, Gu Nanhai, and the others arrived; Xiao Yan revealed his own Xiao Clan Mark and stopped the fight, restoring Xiao Chen’s full clarity.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed and Xiao Xuan had fallen; Xiao Chen then led the group toward the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• At the altar, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame challenged the group, but Chen Xuan recognized the Dream Demon Sky Fog illusion and warned that following its staged path would make them fire slaves.
• Chen Xuan revealed that he also knew the Dream Demon Sky Fog and broke the illusion, leaving the group facing the Magma Sea again.

Chen Xuan broke the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s Dream Demon Sky Fog, but the Demon Flame sealed the space and trapped the gathered clans inside a fiery prison. As the factions fought his Fire Slaves, Chen Xuan’s group stayed untouched, and Chen Xuan recognized Hun Feng’s ability to swallow Heavenly Flames as the power of the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Chen Xuan broke the Dream Demon Sky Fog with the Demon-Breaking Seal, freeing Xiao Yan and the experts of the ancient clans.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame erased the spatial passage and summoned Heavenly Fire Refinement, trapping everyone inside a prison of flames.
• The Demon Flame’s power caused some experts to explode, then he brought forth ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves and declared that the gathered fighters would become his collection.
• Hun Miesheng urged the factions to cooperate, but Chen Xuan told his group to fight only if a Fire Slave attacked them.
• The Fire Slaves attacked other factions instead, while Xiao Chen sensed Chen Xuan had influenced them and Hun Feng fought two slaves while swallowing their Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Xuan recognized Hun Feng’s flame-devouring ability as the power of the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Chen Xuan and the assembled experts fought the purifying lotus demon flame while Fire Slaves attacked the others. After the Soul Hall Master sealed the flame in a black sphere, Chen Xuan seized it, provoking the Soul Hall Master's fury.

• Chen Xuan joined the battle against the purifying lotus demon flame, and seven Four-Star Dou Sheng experts attacked it together.
• Several Dou Sheng-tier Fire Slaves self-detonated, killing more than half the experts who had entered the Demonic Flame Space.
• The Soul Hall Master activated the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array, and the experts poured their energy into it to seal the purifying lotus demon flame.
• After ten minutes, the array contracted into a black sphere, and the purifying lotus demon flame fell silent inside it.
• Chen Xuan seized the sealed sphere before anyone could react, and the Soul Hall Master angrily accused him of claiming the demon flame for himself.

Chen Xuan held the sealed purifying lotus demon flame as Xiao Chen revealed himself as a surviving Xiao Clan expert and attacked Hun Miesheng. The Pill Tower Ancestor then appeared, and Chen Xuan explained that the flame had deliberately allowed itself to be sealed so it could profit from the ensuing conflict.

• Hun Miesheng and Yao Wangui demanded that Chen Xuan surrender the purifying lotus demon flame, while Xiao Yan asked Xiao Chen to help Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Chen appeared beside Chen Xuan, revealed that he had reached Mid-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng, and declared that he would take revenge on the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Chen struck Hun Miesheng with his blood-red axe, splitting his attack and blasting him away as the other experts retreated.
• Chen Xuan exposed the disguised Soul Demon Elder, whose strength had reached Late Five-Star Dou Sheng, and the old man revealed himself and challenged Xiao Chen.
• Chen Xuan called out a hidden observer, and the Pill Tower Ancestor appeared on an azure ox and rebuked Soul Demon Elder for violating the agreement.
• Chen Xuan explained that the purifying lotus demon flame had allowed itself to be sealed to exploit the others’ fighting, but said its trick would not work.

The purifying lotus demon flame revealed that it had deliberately allowed itself to be sealed, then attacked Chen Xuan and the others. As the flame activated the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array, the Pure Lotus Demon Saint entrusted it to Chen Xuan and asked him to control its savage nature.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor confirmed that the purifying lotus demon flame had deliberately let itself be sealed, then forced it to reveal itself.
• The purifying lotus demon flame attacked Chen Xuan with the Demonic Flame Divine Statue, and the Pill Tower Ancestor countered with Pill Fusion Heaven.
• The purifying lotus demon flame summoned the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array and revealed that it had learned to control the formation.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint told Chen Xuan that the array’s power could not defeat the purifying lotus demon flame and entrusted the flame to him.
• The purifying lotus demon flame launched the array’s Refine Heaven into Slavery attack, and the Soul Demon Elder called on everyone to attack together.

Chen Xuan summoned the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant soul, which protected the gathered experts and subdued the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s attacks. The Pure Lotus Demon Saint chose Queen Medusa as the flame’s new master and began suppressing it to force the bond.

• The experts attacked the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array together, but the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame unleashed a devastating counterattack.
• Chen Xuan manifested the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant soul, which blocked the attack and overwhelmed everyone with its pressure.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint froze the flame’s next array-powered attack and explained that he would not erase its intelligence or memories.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint declared that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame would become Queen Medusa’s master because of her limitless potential.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame refused the bond, and the Pure Lotus Demon Saint began using his power and the array to suppress it.

The Pure Lotus Demon Saint suppressed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame with the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array, then entrusted Chen Xuan with the seal needed to control it before fading away. Chen Xuan began refining the flame, enduring its heat as it resisted.

• The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame unleashed a vast burst of fire, killing three Half-Saints and forcing the gathered experts to retreat.
• Chen Xuan opened a spatial passage, allowing Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Xiao Chen, Gu Nanhai, the Soul Hall Master, and the others to escape before the battle escalated.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint used the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array to bind and suppress the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, then infused the array into its body and gave Chen Xuan the seal imprint that could control it.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint faded away, leaving Chen Xuan to refine the suppressed flame and urging him to reach the Dou Di realm.
• Chen Xuan removed the fiery net, activated the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array to subdue the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame again, and began refining its origin with the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill helping him endure the heat.

Chen Xuan continued wearing down the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame as Queen Medusa remained trapped in the Demonic Flame Space. A year later, the Underworld Alliance repelled a massive Soul Hall assault, proving its strength as a power comparable to the ancient clans.

• Chen Xuan used the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill's cold energy to withstand the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and resumed attacking its soul origin.
• Outside the Demonic Flame Space, Xiao Yan and the others waited for Queen Medusa, while Xun'er returned to the Ancient Realm and Xiao Chen joined Xiao Yan.
• A year passed without Queen Medusa's return, and rumors spread that she was subduing the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and would emerge soon.
• The Soul Hall attacked the Underworld Alliance in Sacred Pill City with seven Dou Sheng experts, but its assault failed to breach the alliance's formation.
• The Underworld Alliance counterattacked, killing two Soul Hall Dou Shengs and severely wounding five; the Pill Tower Ancestor and Xiao Chen distinguished themselves in the battle.

After the Underworld Alliance destroyed the Soul Hall’s forces across the Central Plains, Chen Xuan emerged from a year of seclusion having refined the purifying lotus demon flame. He revealed that he possessed origin emperor qi and promised to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Di within ten years, leaving the flame willing to serve him for now.

• The Underworld Alliance attacked the Soul Hall’s Main Hall with five Dou Sheng experts, killing two of its three Dou Shengs as Hun Miesheng escaped with an arm lost.
• Chen Xuan emerged from the Demonic Flame Space after a year of seclusion, his strength greatly increased.
• Chen Xuan summoned the purifying lotus demon flame and exposed its plan to betray him, reminding it that he controlled the Heavenly Refining Ancient Array.
• Chen Xuan promised to free the purifying lotus demon flame after ten years of sincere service, then said he would attempt to reach Dou Di within that time.
• Chen Xuan explained that origin emperor qi made a Dou Di breakthrough possible, and the purifying lotus demon flame agreed to help him and see whether he could succeed.

Chen Xuan emerged from seclusion with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and returned to the Underworld Alliance, which had become the Central Plains’ dominant power after destroying the Soul Hall. The alliance’s leaders celebrated Yue Mei’s return as a powerful Dou Sheng, then welcomed their returning alliance leader.

• Chen Xuan and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame appeared above the Demon Fire Plains, where Chen Xuan learned that the Underworld Alliance had destroyed the Soul Hall and now controlled the region’s demonic flame stones.
• Chen Xuan urged the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to save its celebration until they reached the Underworld Alliance.
• At the alliance’s main hall, Xiao Yan praised Yue Mei for reaching the peak of Two-Star Dou Saint, and Yue Mei credited Queen Medusa’s Bodhi Heart and Yao Ming’s help.
• The alliance’s leaders discussed their growing strength, the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation, and the threat posed by the Hun Clan.
• Chen Xuan appeared in the void before the main hall, and the gathered experts bowed and greeted him as their alliance leader.

Chen Xuan returned to the Underworld Alliance with the purifying lotus demon flame subdued, strengthening the alliance and renewing its reputation across the Central Plains. After months of calm, news spread that the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony was about to begin, drawing the continent’s greatest alchemists.

• Chen Xuan reunited with the Underworld Alliance’s leaders and confirmed that he had subdued and refined the purifying lotus demon flame.
• Chen Xuan praised Yue Mei’s progress and entrusted her with overseeing the Sovereign King Hall and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chen Xuan learned that the Sovereign King Hall and Snake-People Tribe had grown stronger under the alliance’s support, with several Snake-People leaders reaching the Dou Zun Realm.
• News of Chen Xuan’s return and the subdued flame spread across the Central Plains, while the Hun Clan remained quiet after the Soul Hall’s destruction.
• The Yao Clan announced its Medicine Ceremony, prompting elite alchemists across the Central Plains to emerge from seclusion and prepare to attend.

Chen Xuan sent Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, warning them that the Hun Clan planned to strike. He then traveled to the Ancient Realm and told Gu Yuan that Nihility Devouring Flame would lead the attack, revealing its connection to the Tunling Clan as the chapter ended with Gu Yuan alarmed.

• Chen Xuan sent Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to represent the Underworld Alliance at the Medicine Ceremony and warned them to watch for Hun Xuzi and the Hun Clan.
• The Pill Tower Grand Elder told Chen Xuan that the Gu Clan had agreed to receive him in the Ancient Realm.
• Chen Xuan traveled secretly to the Ancient Realm, where Gu Nanhai welcomed him and escorted him to meet Gu Yuan.
• Chen Xuan told Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan planned to destroy the Yao Clan and that Nihility Devouring Flame would lead the attack.
• Chen Xuan revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had devoured an expert of the Tunling Clan and gained its abilities, causing Gu Yuan’s expression to harden.

Chen Xuan convinced Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan was using the nihility devouring flame to consume ancient clans and urged him to intervene in the attack on the Medicine Realm. After they entered the realm, the purifying lotus demon flame sensed its old rival and offered to help trap it in exchange for half its origin power.

• Gu Yuan accepted Chen Xuan's account of the Hun Clan's actions and ordered the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan to guard the Ancient Realm while he went to the Medicine Realm.
• Gu Yuan and Chen Xuan reached the Medicine Realm and found the nihility devouring flame was already consuming it.
• Inside the realm, the purifying lotus demon flame emerged, recognized the nihility devouring flame's presence, and offered to help stop it.
• The purifying lotus demon flame explained that it could hold the nihility devouring flame in place while Chen Xuan and Gu Yuan suppressed it, and Gu Yuan agreed to give it half the flame's origin power.

At the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, and two others attempted to refine Ninth-Tier Mystic Pills, but Hun Xuzi stole their accumulated energy to complete his own. Chen Xuan seized the escaping pill, provoking the Hun Clan as a powerful black-clad man appeared.

• Chen Xuan and Gu Yuan watched the ceremony and discussed Xiao Yan’s prospects with Gu Xun’er and the possible alliance between the Gu Clan and the Underworld Alliance.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Yao Wanhuo, and Old Man Shennong began drawing in the power of heaven and earth to refine Ninth-Tier Mystic Pills.
• After three days, Hun Xuzi used the Nihility Devouring Flame to steal energy from the other three alchemists and complete his pill.
• Hun Xuzi’s Ninth-Tier Mystic Pill survived devastating pill lightning and fled toward the outskirts of Medicine Mountain.
• Chen Xuan appeared in the pill’s path, caught it, and declared that she would take it because it belonged to the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xuzi threatened Chen Xuan, then a powerful black-clad man appeared and confronted her.

The Nihility devouring flame attacked the Yao Clan, revealing that he had used the Tunling Clan's power to strengthen the Hun Clan by devouring other clans' bloodlines. As the Yao Clan's ancestor fought to defend his descendants, Gu Yuan arrived and overwhelmed the Nihility devouring flame, leaving Chen Xuan and the others stunned by his strength.

• The Nihility devouring flame confirmed that the Hun Clan's power came from his devouring of other clans and trapped the Yao Clan and other experts inside the Medicine Realm.
• Yao Dan activated the Heaven-Transforming Medicine Formation, summoning the Yao Clan's ancestor, the Medicine Emperor, to fight the Nihility devouring flame.
• The Medicine Emperor's remnant soul battled the Nihility devouring flame while the flame began refining the Yao Clan's millions of descendants.
• Gu Yuan appeared, freed the Yao Clan descendants, and struck the Nihility devouring flame into the earth.
• The Nihility devouring flame recognized Gu Yuan, while the purifying lotus demon flame warned Chen Xuan that Gu Yuan had reached the pinnacle of the world.

Chen Xuan and Gu Yuan helped the Yao Clan repel the Hun Clan’s attack, and Hun Tiandi appeared but withdrew without fighting. Afterward, the threatened clans discussed preparing for further attacks, while Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan departed.

• Yao Dan thanked Chen Xuan and Gu Yuan for rescuing the Yao Clan, and Gu Yuan credited Chen Xuan with arranging their alliance.
• Gu Yuan called out Hun Tiandi, who emerged with the Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi and declared the ancient clans to be trash.
• Hun Tiandi threatened Yao Dan and Chen Xuan, but withdrew through a spatial passage without attacking Gu Yuan or the others.
• Gu Yuan warned Yao Dan and Chen Xuan that the Hun Clan might target their clans, while Chen Xuan declared the Underworld Alliance would defend itself with the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation.
• Yao Dan said he would visit the Lei Clan and Yan Clan to strengthen their alliance, while Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan prepared to leave.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that Xun'er missed him, and Xiao Yan promised to visit the Gu Clan again before departing with Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan convened the Underworld Alliance to discuss the Hun Clan’s threat and the alliance’s defenses, then consumed the Heaven Soul Pill in secluded cultivation. After more than ten days of refining its energy, he broke through to a higher level of strength.

• Yao Ming and Elder Qing Mu explained the Nihility Devouring Flame’s inherited Tunling Clan abilities, while Yao Chen warned that the Hun Clan would keep targeting the ancient clans and Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Chen Xuan told Xiao Yan to guard his piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade, heard Yue Mei report that the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation was nearing completion, and learned that Zi Yan was approaching Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Xuan dismissed the meeting and asked Elder Qing Mu to have Zi Yan visit him after she left seclusion.
• Chen Xuan trapped the escaping Ninth-Tier Mystic Pill in his cultivation chamber, identified it as a Heaven Soul Pill, and swallowed it.
• Chen Xuan used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to refine the pill’s Dou Qi and soul energy as a heaven-and-earth tide gathered around the alliance.
• After more than ten days of cultivation, Chen Xuan released a surge of energy across the Underworld Alliance and announced that he had broken through.

After breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Saint, Chen Xuan learned the Hun Clan had made no new moves and that Xiao Yan had gone to the Gu Clan, then arranged to travel with Zi Yan to find her imprisoned father. They returned to the Black-Corner Region, where Chen Xuan saw how much Demon Cloud City and the Snake-People Tribe had grown before departing with Zi Yan.

• Chen Xuan emerged from seclusion as a Seven-Star Dou Saint with peak Late Heaven Realm Soul Power, and the Underworld Alliance leaders celebrated his breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan learned that the Hun Clan had shown no unusual activity, Xiao Yan had gone to the Gu Clan, Zi Yan had reached Peak Four-Star Dou Saint, and two Nine Netherworld Python elders had become Dou Shengs.
• Chen Xuan told Zi Yan that her father, the previous Dragon Emperor, was alive but had been trapped for thousands of years, and asked her to accompany him in an attempt to rescue him.
• Chen Xuan and Zi Yan arrived in Demon Cloud City, where Chen Xuan met Snake Ji and other familiar figures and saw the city's growth and the Snake-People Tribe's strength.
• After three days, Chen Xuan and Zi Yan left Demon Cloud City, and its people celebrated Queen Medusa's return and her achievements as a Dou Sheng and leader of the Underworld Alliance.