Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan continued absorbing the Sacred Blood Crystal in the ancestral shrine while Xiao Yan broke through to Mid-Stage Four-Star Yuan Zong and traveled toward the Fire Banyan Ruins. In the forest, Xiao Yan intervened when four attackers cornered a battered young man he recognized.

• Xiao Dingtian urged the First Elder to wake Xiao Xuan, but the First Elder insisted the clan ritual was proceeding normally and waited.
• Xiao Dingtian reported that the Third Elder had gone to the Southern Region and sent no word for half a year, while the First Elder rebuked Xiao Dingtian for disparaging outsiders.
• Xiao Xuan absorbed power from the Sacred Blood Crystal and advanced from Early-Stage Yuan Zong to Peak Yuan Zong.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the magma beneath the Fire Banyan Tree at Mid-Stage Four-Star Yuan Zong and traveled for more than ten days toward the Fire Banyan Ruins.
• Four attackers defeated a young man in the forest and moved to kill him, but Xiao Yan appeared and caught one attacker’s strike.

Xiao Yan rescued Qin Yan from four Lava Fort elders and traveled with him toward the Fire Banyan Ruins. After half a month, they reached Lava Fort, the largest city on the Flowing Fire Plain.

• Xiao Yan recognized Qin Yan and drove off the four elders who had attacked him, killing two and defeating the others.
• Xiao Yan gave Qin Yan a healing pill, and Qin Yan recovered enough to continue traveling with him.
• Qin Yan told Xiao Yan that the four elders had targeted him for his Fire Banyan Token.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan traveled for half a month and arrived at Lava Fort.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yan arrived in Lava Fort and learned that its upcoming auction would feature a valuable map of the Fire Banyan Ruins. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan broke through to Yuan Zun, prompting powerful figures across the region to take notice and a command placing him in charge of the Xiao Clan cabinet.

• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan entered Lava Fort and heard that the city was preparing an auction connected to the Fire Banyan Ruins.
• Wan Xing told Xiao Yan and Qin Yan that the auction’s final item was a map brought out of the ruins by a Yuan Zun expert at great cost.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from a year of seclusion and broke through to Yuan Zun, shocking the Xiao Clan elders.
• Xiao Yitian awakened in the black tower in Shuyang City as Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough sent out a powerful presence.
• Ouyang Yu sensed Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough and declared that he would use the opportunity to settle matters with him.
• A golden-eyed figure in Tianyang City ordered Xiao Yuheng to abolish the Xiao Clan’s three cabinet leadership positions and appointed Xiao Xuan to lead the cabinet.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yan arrived in Lava Fort for the auction of the map to the Fire Banyan Ruins, where powerful factions and experts had gathered. As the auction began, a formation master secured the platform, and Xiao Yan waited to see the mysterious map.

• The Xiao Clan Ancestor ordered Xiao Yuheng to act, leaving Xiao Dingtian, Xiao Jinghong, and Xiao Qian shaken as their faction lost influence.
• Xiao Yan spent the days before the auction in Lava Fort refining and absorbing his remaining Scarlet Pearls, but gained little from them.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan saw Ouyang Miao and Bai Zijing arrive, and Xiao Yan wondered whether the Xiao Clan had also sent people.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan entered the auction house, paid for seats, and took stock of the guards, elders, and powerful attendees.
• A purple-robed elder activated a formation over the auction platform, and Xiao Yan anticipated the unveiling of the Fire Banyan Ruins map.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yan attended Lava Fort’s auction, where powerful factions bid on rare techniques, pills, and other treasures. Zi Yun revealed a living mass of lightning called Lei Yuan, and Xiao Yan stared at it with fervent interest.

• Zi Yun opened the auction while Xiao Yan sensed Lava Fort’s powerful elders and the many experts gathered in the hall.
• A rare sonic Dou Technique sparked fierce bidding and sold to a hunched old man for nearly two million High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan dismissed the auctioned Fire Banyan Token, while Qin Yan won a secret art suited to him and Xiao Yan failed to secure the items he wanted.
• A Cloud Immortal Sect member joined the bidding as Zi Yun and two Lava Fort elders formed a spatial cage on the platform.
• Zi Yun identified the living lightning inside the cage as Lei Yuan, a cultivation treasure raised by the Void Lightning Beast clan, and Xiao Yan watched it with fervent interest.

Xiao Yan bought the Lei Yuan at the auction and absorbed it into the Great Dao of the Void. After hours of bidding, the Lava Fort’s Qingmian Zhuo appeared to present the final item, the map linked to the Fire Banyan Ruins.

• Zi Yun offered the Lei Yuan for bidding, and the crowd hesitated over its price and the coming Fire Banyan Ruins treasure.
• Three bidders raised the price to two thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones before Xiao Yan bid five Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and won the Lei Yuan.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to swallow the Lei Yuan, surprising Zi Yun.
• The auction continued for hours, while the gathered factions waited for the map connected to the Fire Banyan Ruins.
• Qingmian Zhuo, the Lava Fort’s second-in-command and a Yuan Zun expert, appeared and revealed a wrinkled sheet of red parchment as the final auction item.

At the Lava Fort auction, Qingmian Zhuo revealed a map of Stone Rock Valley in the Fire Banyan Ruins, setting off fierce bidding among powerful factions. Xiao Yan chose not to compete, and Bai Zijing outbid Ouyang Miao to win the map.

• Qingmian Zhuo used his Yuan Zun presence to quiet the auction hall and announced that the map led to Stone Rock Valley.
• Auction attendees bid pills, treasures, and a rare cultivation secret method for the map.
• Xiao Yan considered bidding but decided to save his Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones for Lian'er and avoid drawing hostility.
• Ouyang Miao offered ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting smaller factions to withdraw from the bidding.
• Bai Zijing competed with Ouyang Miao and won the map with twenty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, fifteen Fire Banyan Branches, and two high-level seventh-tier Wind Transformation Pills.

After leaving Lava Fort, Xiao Yan parted from Qin Yan and drew several pursuers away. In a separate scene, Ouyang Yu and Xiao Yitian departed to settle their old rivalry, while Xiao Xuan received the Orchid Sword and was urged to visit the Northern Territory Sword Tomb.

• Xiao Yan and Qin Yan detected Lava Fort experts following them, and Xiao Yan's killing intent drove the pursuers away.
• After the two left Lava Fort, Xiao Yan parted from Qin Yan, then headed off alone as three figures emerged from the forest and followed him.
• At Xiao City, Xiao Xuan asked Ouyang Yu and Xiao Yitian whether they had a Heaven Inquiry Pill, but both had already used theirs.
• Ouyang Yu gave Xiao Xuan the Orchid Sword, then agreed to leave with Xiao Yitian to settle their past rivalry.
• The great elder warned Xiao Xuan that one of the two men would fall and recommended that he visit the Northern Territory Sword Tomb for his and Xiao Yan's sake.

Xiao Yan used the Lei Yuan to strengthen the Northern King and drove off three lightning-attribute cultivators who had pursued him. He set out toward the Fire Banyan Ruins, but sounds of fighting and two unfamiliar presences caught his attention.

• Xiao Yan stopped on a crimson peak and lured the three pursuers toward the Lei Yuan he had revealed.
• When the three attacked, Xiao Yan brought out the Northern King and placed the Lei Yuan inside the puppet, unleashing a burst of lightning that sent the pursuers flying.
• The two old men retreated, and the Northern King struck the burly man before he fled as well.
• Xiao Yan observed that the Northern King had reached near Mid-Stage Eight-Star Yuan Zong and that dragon scales covered most of his body.
• Xiao Yan prepared to head for the Fire Banyan Ruins, then heard fighting nearby and sensed two unfamiliar presences.

Xiao Yan found Bai Ruoxuan capturing two descendants of the Fire Banyan Clan on the Flowing Fire Plain and rescued them from the Bai Clan. Bai Rong confronted Xiao Yan, and Bai Ruoxuan ordered his protector to deal with him.

• Bai Ruoxuan and his men surrounded two wounded Fire Banyan Clan members and prepared to take them captive.
• Xiao Yan recognized Bai Ruoxuan and watched as Bai Rong, a Yuan Zun expert, protected him from an attack.
• Bai Ruoxuan ordered his men to keep the captives alive and use their knowledge to find the Fire Banyan Clan’s hidden treasures.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to snatch the two captives away and evade Bai Rong’s attack.
• Bai Ruoxuan recognized Xiao Yan and ordered Bai Rong to fight him.

Xiao Yan fought to evade Bai Rong, a Yuan Zun, until he trapped him in the Xiao Clan’s Eight-Direction Purgatory Formation. With Bai Rong contained, Xiao Yan turned his attention to Bai Ruoxuan.

• Bai Rong attacked Xiao Yan, who dodged with his movement techniques and the Great Dao of the Void while sustaining injuries.
• Xiao Yan used the golden Formation Plate and unleashed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, but Bai Rong emerged unharmed.
• Xiao Yan escaped into the black curtain and activated the Formation Plate, trapping Bai Rong inside the Eight-Direction Purgatory Formation.
• Bai Rong recognized the Xiao Clan formation and struggled against its killing formations as Xiao Yan watched from outside.
• Xiao Yan realized Bai Rong would not escape soon and turned his gaze toward Bai Ruoxuan.

Xiao Yan faced Bai Ruoxuan and four Yuan Zong after Bai Rong’s intervention failed, using his Heavenly Flames and the Northern King to overcome them. He killed Bai Ruoxuan while Bai Rong watched helplessly from the killing formation.

• Xiao Yan gave pills to the Fire Banyan Clan pair and taunted Bai Ruoxuan, who ordered his four Yuan Zong allies to attack.
• Xiao Yan killed a Six-Star Yuan Zong with the Northern King and forced back an Eight-Star Yuan Zong.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and Heaven Flipping Seal to repel another Eight-Star Yuan Zong.
• The Northern King struck down a Six-Star Yuan Zong and seized Bai Ruoxuan, leaving the remaining attackers unable to intervene.
• Xiao Yan ignored Bai Rong’s threat and crushed Bai Ruoxuan’s head, killing him.

After Bai Ruoxuan’s death, Bai Rong flew into a rage and tried to break free of the Eight-Direction Purgatory Formation while Bai Sheng and Bai Mie moved to stop Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan drew on the Fire Banyan Clan members’ Heavenly Flames and formed a Fire Lotus, leaving Bai Mie horrified as his attack closed in.

• Bai Rong roared after Bai Ruoxuan died and gathered Origin Qi to break through the Eight-Direction Purgatory Formation.
• Bai Sheng and Bai Mie surrounded Xiao Yan and the Northern King, and Xiao Yan struck Bai Sheng with the Northern King while escaping to the Fire Banyan Clan members.
• Xiao Yan asked the two Fire Banyan Clan members to lend him their Heavenly Flames and revealed five flames of his own.
• One Fire Banyan Clan member supplied the Volcanic Stone Flame, and Xiao Yan fused it with his five flames while Bai Mie pursued him.
• Bai Mie swung a stone wall at Xiao Yan, who opened his palms and revealed a scarlet-streaked Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yan defeated Bai Mie but was nearly killed by Bai Rong before a mysterious force swept him and the others away through magma. Several days later, Xiao Yan recovered in a ruined world and met Huo Xing and Huo Xin’s elder, who turned his attention to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus left Bai Mie near death, and Bai Sheng feared Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Bai Rong escaped the Eight-Direction Purgatory Formation by sacrificing his cultivation and attacked Xiao Yan, overpowering the Northern King.
• Magma swallowed Xiao Yan, the Northern King, and the two Fire Banyan Clan members just before Bai Rong could kill Xiao Yan.
• Several days later, Xiao Yan recovered in a ruined red world, and Huo Xing and Huo Xin thanked him for saving them.
• An old man emerged from the magma, scolded Huo Xing for taking Huo Xin outside, and studied Xiao Yan closely.

Xiao Yan followed Huo Qing through the Fire Banyan Ruins and learned that Huo Xing and Huo Xin were the clan’s last survivors, with Stone Rock Valley no longer safe because its map had brought outsiders to the Flowing Fire Plain. Huo Qing asked Xiao Yan to accept the Fire Banyan Clan’s gratitude, then summoned a mountain of Fire Banyan Branches before him.

• Huo Qing identified himself as the guardian of Huo Xing and Huo Xin and told Xiao Yan they were the Fire Banyan Clan’s last sparks.
• Huo Qing led Xiao Yan and the siblings through the ruins into Stone Rock Valley, explaining that a leaked map had drawn outside forces to the area.
• Huo Qing showed Xiao Yan the dead Fire Banyan Spirit Tree, the foundation of the clan, and made Huo Xing and Huo Xin meditate beneath it.
• Huo Qing asked Xiao Yan to accept the clan’s gratitude for saving the siblings, acknowledging that Xiao Yan had sought the Volcanic Stone Flame within them.
• Huo Qing summoned Fire Banyan Branches from beneath the trees across the Flowing Fire Plain, forming a small mountain of branches before Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan accepted Huo Qing’s Fire Banyan Branches and promised to protect Huo Xing and Huo Xin when Huo Qing’s seal was undone and his consciousness disappeared. Two days later, Xiao Yan offered to refine the Fire Spirit Pill for the brother and sister.

• Huo Qing told Xiao Yan that a Fire Banyan Clan ancestor had left an inheritance for Huo Xing and Huo Xin, and that Huo Qing had sealed it using his own true form.
• Huo Qing asked Xiao Yan to take Huo Xing and Huo Xin away when the seal was undone, and Xiao Yan vowed to protect them.
• After two days of recovery, Xiao Yan accompanied Huo Xing and Huo Xin to a crater where Huo Qing was preparing to refine a Fire Spirit Pill.
• Huo Qing explained that the pill could improve the chances of breakthroughs, but that refining it himself would take at least a month.
• Xiao Yan confidently offered to refine the Fire Spirit Pill himself.

Xiao Yan refined the Fire Spirit Pill in the Fire Banyan Ruins, producing a top-grade pill that summoned Pill Lightning. He sent the Northern King to absorb the lightning as Huo Qing and the others watched.

• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to suppress the magma and refine the Fire Spirit Pill’s ingredients while Huo Qing praised his medicine-refining skill.
• After five days, Xiao Yan completed the pill, whose dragon-shaped Pill Qi revealed its top-grade quality.
• Thunderclouds gathered above the crater, and Huo Xing recognized that the pill had summoned Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan refused Huo Qing’s offer to handle the lightning and summoned the Northern King, hoping it would grow stronger by absorbing it.
• The Northern King charged into the thunderclouds and grappled with the lightning.

Xiao Yan helped Huo Xin obtain the pill needed to break through, then witnessed Huo Qing entrust Huo Xing and Huo Xin to him before sacrificing himself. Xiao Yan began devouring the Volcanic Stone Flame, while experts gathered outside the newly emerged volcano and Bai Zijing vowed revenge against him.

• The Northern King absorbed the Pill Lightning but remained at mid-stage eight-star Yuan Zong, and Xiao Yan gave the pill to Huo Qing for Huo Xin.
• A month later, Huo Qing opened the Fire Banyan inheritance seal, and Huo Xing and Huo Xin entered the masses of energy to sleep through the inheritance.
• Huo Qing raised a barrier to protect the siblings, asked Xiao Yan to take care of them, and dissolved into starlight.
• Xiao Yan contained the Volcanic Stone Flame with four Heavenly Flames and plunged into the magma to devour it.
• More than four months later, experts gathered around the volcano, waiting for the Fire Banyan Ruins entrance to open, while Bai Zijing vowed to take revenge on Xiao Yan.
• A green-robed figure arrived at the Flowing Fire Plain and hurried toward its depths.

Experts entered the Fire Banyan Ruins as the magma erupted with Fire-Scaled Lizard Beasts, while Xiao Yan continued devouring a flame inside. More than ten days later, Bai Zijing uncovered a hidden valley and found Xiao Yan beneath a dead tree.

• The magma stopped sinking, and a Seven-Star Yuan Zong expert plunged into it, followed by other experts who were attacked by Fire-Scaled Lizard Beasts.
• The major factions used the chaos to reach the energy barrier and entered the ruins with their Fire Banyan Tokens, while many other experts were killed.
• Huo Rong and his sibling continued cultivating atop the Fire Banyan Locust Tree as Xiao Yan absorbed a flame beneath it.
• More than ten days later, Bai Zijing reached a hidden valley with three companions and used an old map to dispel its black fog.
• Bai Zijing spotted Xiao Yan beneath the dead tree and recognized him with killing intent.

Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough inside the stone cave while Bai Zijing and his companions smashed through the protective barrier. After Xiao Yan revealed his Seven-Star Yuan Zong cultivation, Bai Zijing realized he had taken the treasure marked on the map and launched another attack.

• Bai Zijing attacked Xiao Yan but was thrown back by a powerful barrier surrounding the cave.
• Bai Rong identified the barrier as the work of a Yuan Zun expert, then determined that the expert was not present and urged the group to attack.
• Bai Zijing, Bai Rong, and their two companions battered the barrier until it cracked and shattered.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the molten lava and fused its scarlet flame with his other Heavenly Flames as his cultivation rose.
• When Bai Zijing tried to stab Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan awakened, stopped his hand, and revealed the strength of a Seven-Star Yuan Zong.
• Bai Zijing recognized the map's marked treasure as the opportunity Xiao Yan had taken, tore up the map, and attacked him with a rain of Origin Qi arrows.