Chapter Summaries

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.

Chen Xuan and Zi Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, where they reunited with Su Qian and learned how much the academy had grown. They then traveled through the Magma World toward the space where Zi Yan’s father was trapped.

• Chen Xuan and Zi Yan arrived above Jia Nan Academy and observed its powerful students and expanded strength.
• Su Qian recognized Chen Xuan and learned that Zi Yan had returned; Chen Xuan revealed that Zi Yan was the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor and a Peak Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Chen Xuan told Su Qian and the academy elders that he and Zi Yan needed access to the sealed area where the fallen heart flame had been kept.
• Chen Xuan opened a spatial passage, and he and Zi Yan entered the Magma World without needing the elders to undo the seal.
• Chen Xuan opened a passage through the magma and led Zi Yan downward toward the space where her father was trapped.

Chen Xuan, Zi Yan, and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame reached Tou She Ancient Emperor's Cave and discovered Zhu Kun guarding it. Zi Yan revealed herself as Zhu Kun’s daughter, but she remained angry with him as Chen Xuan asked how to free him.

• Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon aura drove off the magma creatures, and a Lizardman let Chen Xuan and her pass after recognizing her resemblance to the Divine Tomb Guardian.
• Chen Xuan revealed the hidden space beneath the magma and led Zi Yan and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame illuminated the darkness, revealing Zhu Kun, who demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade and threatened the group.
• Zi Yan attacked Zhu Kun in her true dragon form, injuring him before he recognized her as his daughter.
• Chen Xuan explained that Zi Yan was the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s new Dragon Emperor, while she rejected Zhu Kun’s attempts to reconnect.
• Chen Xuan asked Zhu Kun whether there was a way to free him.

Chen Xuan visited Zhu Kun in the Magma World, promised he would be freed once the eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade were gathered, and received ancient dragon essence blood. After refining it and strengthening himself, Chen Xuan learned the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation was complete and headed to its core.

• Zhu Kun told Chen Xuan that all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade were needed to open Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave, and Chen Xuan promised they would be gathered within about ten years.
• Zhu Kun gave Chen Xuan several drops of ancient dragon essence blood and asked him to protect Zi Yan; Chen Xuan explained that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had joined the Underworld Alliance and was protected by the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation.
• Chen Xuan and Zi Yan failed to break Zhu Kun's seal, then left Jia Nan Academy after warning Su Qian to guard the Magma World.
• Chen Xuan used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to refine Zhu Kun's essence blood, advancing to the peak of the middle stage of Seven-Star Dou Saint and strengthening his body; the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame also reached the middle stage of Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• After Chen Xuan emerged from seclusion, he learned the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation was complete and hurried to its core.

After securing the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation’s core, Chen Xuan sought a way past his cultivation bottleneck and entered the Void Lightning Pool. With the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame refining Black Demon Lightning, he began absorbing its energy and sensed a chance to reach Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint or even advance toward eight-star.

• Chen Xuan ordered two Dou Sheng experts to guard the Emperor Spirit Grand Formation’s core and designated its surroundings a restricted zone.
• Yao Chen proposed building a simplified formation around the core, and Chen Xuan assigned him to construct it.
• Chen Xuan traveled to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Void Base, obtained the Void Lightning Pool’s location from Elder Qing Mu, and headed into the void.
• Chen Xuan entered the Void Lightning Pool, where the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame absorbed the lightning striking him and refined it into energy.
• In the pool’s central region, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame attacked the Black Demon Lightning while Chen Xuan sat and absorbed the refined energy.
• After a week of cultivation, Chen Xuan felt his bottleneck loosening and saw a chance to reach Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint or possibly eight-star.

Chen Xuan and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame refined Black Demon Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool, reaching Eight-Star Dou Sheng and Seven-Star Dou Saint respectively. They discovered a powerful Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon, and as it began forming a spirit, it started releasing its immense power.

• Chen Xuan absorbed most of the energy refined from the Black Demon Lightning while the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame refined the rest.
• After a month of cultivation, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame advanced to Seven-Star Dou Saint and Chen Xuan advanced to Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Xuan and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame followed the remaining Black Demon Lightning to a golden dragon in the depths of the pool and identified it as Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame considered devouring the dragon, but Chen Xuan realized the dragon had not completed forming its spirit.
• As a violent storm raged inside it, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon began releasing its immense power into the world after the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame explained the cost of forming a spirit.