Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, Elder Luo, and Qing Mu confronted Hei Mu, but Hei Mu seized Qing Mu’s body and used him as a shield to escape with Xiao Yan. Elder Luo could not strike without risking Qing Mu’s life, and Hei Mu carried Xiao Yan into the depths of the earth.

• Elder Luo and Qing Mu surrounded Hei Mu with Xiao Yan, and Qing Mu pleaded with Hei Mu to abandon their ancient grudge.
• Hei Mu pretended to relent, then possessed Qing Mu and merged with his body, revealing that he had prepared to take it over.
• Elder Luo attacked Hei Mu, but stopped when Hei Mu threatened to kill Qing Mu along with himself.
• Hei Mu immobilized and captured the exhausted Xiao Yan, ignoring his offer to take him as a disciple after Xiao Yan refused.
• Qing Mu briefly struggled for control, preventing Elder Luo from striking, and Hei Mu escaped underground with Xiao Yan while Elder Luo departed in defeat.

Hei Mu trapped Xiao Yan and claimed he would refine him into a puppet, but his threats were a bluff because he was severely weakened. As Hei Mu struggled against the presence inside his body, pitch-black vines suppressed Qing Mu’s returning influence and restored Hei Mu’s control.

• Hei Mu bound Xiao Yan with dark green vines and conjured the evil spirits and Soul-Burning Lamp, then destroyed both objects as he taunted him.
• Hei Mu told Xiao Yan he intended to refine him into a puppet and promised to make him a powerful, loyal servant.
• Hei Mu sealed Xiao Yan inside a huge ball of vines, then weakened and curled up as the black presence around him dispersed.
• Hei Mu’s body trembled as emerald-green light returned, and he resisted the presence inside him, refusing to give it control easily.
• Pitch-black vines and a dense black presence covered Hei Mu’s body, suppressing the emerald-green light and restoring his hollow black eyes.

Xiao Yan nearly died after exhausting himself, but Gu You rescued him and began restoring his strength. As the Alchemist Grand Meeting final began, a terrifying spatial vortex opened above the plaza and an unknown elderly figure emerged.

• Xiao Yan fell into a near-unconscious state, but Gu You's white flame drove away the sinister Qi threatening him.
• Gu You destroyed the vine prison, caught Xiao Yan, and used the Flame Mantra to help him recover without forcing Dou Qi into his body.
• Crowds gathered at the Void Plaza for the final and mocked Mo Zhai, who silenced them with a threatening glare.
• Gu Li opened the final competition and announced a showdown between two high-level alchemists, then grew uneasy when the newly appointed chief alchemist was absent.
• A massive spatial vortex appeared above the plaza, and an elderly figure stepped out as the Half-Emperor experts stared in astonishment.

Elder Luo arrived at the Alchemist Grand Meeting and announced that it would be postponed for a month, drawing shock from the gathered experts. When Mo Zhai challenged his authority by invoking the Pill Tower, Elder Luo appeared before him and crushed him with overwhelming pressure.

• Elder Luo arrived at the Void Plaza, and Gu Li and more than thirty Half-Emperor experts bowed to him.
• Elder Luo announced that the Alchemist Grand Meeting would be postponed for one month, surprising Gu Li and the crowd.
• Mo Zhai realized that a particular person was absent and stepped beside Gu Li to address Elder Luo.
• Mo Zhai questioned Elder Luo's right to interfere with the guild and Pill Tower event.
• Elder Luo appeared before Mo Zhai and subjected him to terrifying pressure, breaking his bones.

Elder Luo postponed the Alchemist Grand Meeting for a month after crushing Mo Zhai, while Xiao Yan remained missing inside the mysterious space. Luo Jin arrived seeking news of Xiao Yan, but Elder Luo sent him away despite fearing Xiao Yan had little chance of survival.

• Elder Luo struck Mo Zhai into a crater and warned that he had spared him only because he still had a contest with Yan Xiao.
• Elder Luo announced that the Alchemist Grand Meeting would be postponed for one month, then left as the crowd recovered from his oppressive presence.
• Gu Li dismissed the gathering and departed, while wondering where Xiao Yan had gone.
• Inside the mysterious space, Elder Luo feared he could not rescue Xiao Yan from Hei Mu's domain, though he sensed something unusual about Xiao Yan's Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Luo Jin entered the mysterious space and asked Elder Luo about Xiao Yan, but Elder Luo reassured him vaguely and sent him away.

Xiao Yan recovered and stabilized his strength after half a month of cultivation in the void. He sensed Hei Mu nearby and set out to kill him before Hei Mu could recover further.

• Xiao Yan absorbed natural energy and refined his Dou Qi while violent spatial storms raged around him.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes, unleashing a beam of flame that shattered the void before he restored the space with a wave of his hand.
• Xiao Yan finished recovering to his peak and stabilized his Late-Stage Three-Star Half-Emperor strength.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Hei Mu was weakened and that this was his best chance to kill him, with Elder Gu as a possible backup.
• Xiao Yan sensed Hei Mu's powerful energy fluctuation, gathered his Dou Qi, and vanished toward him with killing intent.

Hei Mu recovered in the void and decided to seek out Xiao Yan, only to find that Xiao Yan had escaped his seal and regained his peak strength. The two traded taunts before Hei Mu attacked, beginning their fight.

• Hei Mu absorbed natural energy for half a month but made little progress recovering, and he cursed the force still resisting his suppression.
• Hei Mu recalled Xiao Yan's Great Dao of the Void and unusual Heavenly Flames, then decided to kill him while he was still sealed.
• Hei Mu froze in shock when Xiao Yan appeared before him, fully recovered from his injuries.
• Xiao Yan taunted the weakened Hei Mu, who flew at him with a dark-green Dou Qi claw.
• Xiao Yan charged straight toward Hei Mu's attack without fear.

Xiao Yan battled Hei Mu in the collapsing void, matching the ancient evil spirit’s claw with his flame-enhanced dragon claw. After they separated, Xiao Yan unleashed a massive pillar of flame at Hei Mu, who answered with a pillar of dark green Dou Qi; their attacks collided and changed the color of the space.

• Hei Mu charged at Xiao Yan with a claw attack, boasting that he would devour him.
• Xiao Yan formed a Fire Lotus in his eyes and covered his right arm with flames and purple-gold dragon scales before striking Hei Mu’s claw.
• Their clash shook the mysterious space, and Hei Mu acknowledged Xiao Yan’s strength while vowing to eat him.
• Xiao Yan retreated with the Heavenly Severing Steps and fired a colossal pillar of flame from the Fire Lotus in his eyes.
• Hei Mu countered with a pillar of dark green Dou Qi, and the two attacks collided.

Xiao Yan and Hei Mu continued their brutal fight, with Xiao Yan relying on his immense physical strength and Heavenly Flames against Hei Mu’s sinister techniques. Hei Mu’s Heart-Shattering Palm shattered Xiao Yan’s empowered body and left his heart, soul, and strength severely damaged.

• After they retreated from their clash, Xiao Yan unleashed the Vajra Glazed Body and charged at Hei Mu with a giant, flame-wreathed fist.
• Hei Mu used the Heart-Shattering Palm to meet Xiao Yan’s punch, but Xiao Yan’s physical power forced him half a step backward.
• Xiao Yan realized the palm was a true Intent Class Dou Technique as it seemed to shatter his heart and scatter his soul.
• Xiao Yan’s Vajra Glazed Body collapsed, and he flew backward vomiting blood as his Heavenly Flames weakened and his soul power was nearly exhausted.
• Hei Mu taunted Xiao Yan about the limits of bodily cultivation, and Xiao Yan recognized the attack as an Intent Class Dou Technique.

Hei Mu brutally battered Xiao Yan and targeted his heart, but Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames and scaled body helped him withstand the attacks. Xiao Yan seized an opening and struck Hei Mu with a heavy punch, breaking a bone in his face.

• Hei Mu kicked Xiao Yan through the void, inflicting severe injuries as Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames protected his vital meridians.
• Hei Mu attacked Xiao Yan's heart with his Heart-Shattering Palm, but flames burst from Xiao Yan and forced Hei Mu to defend himself with a vine root.
• Hei Mu struck Xiao Yan again and tried to pierce his chest, but scales on Xiao Yan's skin stopped his claw.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Hei Mu's wrist and pulled him down, then landed a heavy punch that broke a bone in Hei Mu's face.

Xiao Yan endured Hei Mu’s Heart-Shattering Palm and battered him with a series of attacks, but Hei Mu’s origin remained unharmed. Xiao Yan began fusing his Heavenly Flames with the borrowed Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and the chapter ended with Hei Mu’s claw trapped in ice and charred by flames.

• Xiao Yan seized Hei Mu by the neck and explained that the Heart-Shattering Palm had nearly damaged his heart and soul, then punched him in the chest.
• Xiao Yan struck Hei Mu with Eight Extremes Collapse and detonated the force inside him, sending him flying without damaging his origin.
• Xiao Yan summoned Elder Gu’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame and prepared to fuse it with his own Heavenly Flames.
• Hei Mu returned unharmed, while Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to evade his attacks across the void.
• Hei Mu trapped a spot in the void with his claw, but when he pulled it back, ice encased it and the claw inside had been charred black.

Hei Mu tried to stop Xiao Yan from fusing five Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan endured his attacks and completed a Five-Colored Fire Lotus. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed the technique at the terrified Hei Mu.

• Hei Mu broke free of the ice around his burned hand, then realized Xiao Yan was combining five Heavenly Flames and prepared to interrupt him.
• Hei Mu coated himself in dark-green Dou Qi armor and poisonous black slime before striking Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan escaped with Heavenly Severing Steps as the Bone Spirit Cold Flame burned Hei Mu.
• Hei Mu used Heaven-Seizing Claw to trap Xiao Yan beneath a massive invisible claw while Xiao Yan concentrated on controlling the five flames.
• Xiao Yan exhausted his Dou Qi and forced the Heavenly Flames to fuse, forming a Five-Colored Fire Lotus as Hei Mu recoiled in fear.
• Xiao Yan shouted the name of Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and thrust the completed technique toward Hei Mu.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus clashed with Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw, and the two techniques unleashed increasingly destructive forces across the void. The Fire Lotus was surrounded and hidden beneath countless black arrows, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and Hei Mu struggled to withstand the gale as their Dou Qi ran low and each worried about the other’s technique.
• Hei Mu feared Xiao Yan might have a powerful faction backing him, but decided to continue trying to kill him.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus collided with Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw, and golden flames and spatial storms erupted around them.
• The Fire Lotus’s scattered petals formed a sharp spatial barrier that shattered the claw’s spatial storms.
• The Fire Lotus expanded into a vast mass of flame as Heaven-Seizing Claw formed countless black arrows that surrounded and obscured it.

Xiao Yan’s five-Heavenly-Flame Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus destroyed Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw attack, leaving the two to prepare for a decisive clash. As the Fire Lotus spun faster, it formed a hidden spatial vortex whose pressure surprised even Xiao Yan.

• The Fire Lotus’s spinning flames tore apart the spatial fissures and swept Hei Mu’s countless arrows into nothing.
• Xiao Yan watched Hei Mu’s failed attack and answered his fury with a cold sneer.
• Xiao Yan and Hei Mu faced each other in the void as the Fire Lotus and Heaven-Seizing Claw gathered power for a decisive strike.
• The Fire Lotus accelerated until it appeared as a spinning wheel, while the surrounding Void Space looked calm.
• Xiao Yan sensed a funnel-shaped spatial vortex beneath the Fire Lotus that swallowed space and grew dense with crushing pressure.

Xiao Yan and Hei Mu prepared their powerful techniques, Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and Heaven-Seizing Claw, for a decisive clash in the Endless Void. Hei Mu strengthened his claw with essence blood and soul power, and the two attacks collided as the battle truly began.

• Hei Mu recognized the potential of Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and reflected on the danger and rarity of high-level Dou Techniques.
• Heaven-Seizing Claw devoured power from the Endless Void, forming armor that could strengthen and replenish the technique.
• Hei Mu drew out a drop of essence blood, weakening himself as he prepared to increase Heaven-Seizing Claw's power.
• Hei Mu fused the essence blood with his Dou Qi and soul power, sending the resulting energy into Heaven-Seizing Claw.
• Xiao Yan's wave of flame surged toward the enormous claw, which spread its fingers and struck at the attack.

Elder Luo sensed a fierce battle underground and summoned the Ginseng Spirit Clan’s Thirty-Two Spirit Guards to prepare a formation. Below, Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus faced Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw as the battle reached its final clash.

• Elder Luo detected Dou Technique forces shaking the earth and feared Qing Mu was fighting Hei Mu underground.
• Elder Luo crushed a jade-green token and ordered the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards to form a defensive perimeter around the mountain forest.
• The Spirit Guards questioned Elder Luo, who rebuked them and urged them to set up the formation at once.
• Hei Mu recognized Xiao Yan’s figure within the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and realized its remaining petals would unleash greater power.
• Xiao Yan struggled to stay conscious as another lotus petal separated and Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw surged with black mist for the final clash.

Xiao Yan's five Heavenly Flames clashed with Hei Mu's Heaven-Seizing Claw, and the returned bone spirit cold flame revealed terrifying power. Their techniques collided in a blinding flash, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Elder Luo worried as the collision shook the world beneath the earth, then focused on the great formation because he could not enter.
• Xiao Yan struggled to control the surging flames as his Dou Qi ran low and reflected that the Origin Martial Continent revealed the Heavenly Flames' true power.
• The bone spirit cold flame's ghastly white storm swept through the void, and Xiao Yan realized its power rivaled the nihility devouring flame at its peak.
• Hei Mu sensed the bone spirit cold flame's terrifying presence and drove the Heaven-Seizing Claw against it.
• Xiao Yan's storm of flames and Hei Mu's claw collided in silence, then erupted in blinding white light and a devastating shockwave.

Xiao Yan was knocked unconscious by the clash between his heavenly flame and Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw, but the bone-white flame and an ancient voice revived him. As a milky-white lotus and a multicolored lotus struck the damaged claw, the explosion tore open a vast abyss beneath the Ginseng Spirit Clan, leaving Elder Luo staring gravely into it.

• The shock wave blasted Xiao Yan away and knocked him unconscious, while Bone Spirit Cold Flame absorbed the energy and Soul Power attacking him.
• An ancient voice spoke from within Xiao Yan, then used Soul Power to awaken him with bone-white flames filling his eyes.
• Hei Mu saw that the Heaven-Seizing Claw had lost several fingers but mocked Xiao Yan after the heavenly flame dispersed.
• Xiao Yan reminded Hei Mu that the lotus heart remained, and a milky-white light containing a snow-white lotus struck the damaged Heaven-Seizing Claw.
• A multicolored lotus flew from the figure within the snow-white lotus and collided with the claw, causing an explosion that opened a vast abyss beneath the Ginseng Spirit Clan.
• Elder Luo appeared above the abyss and looked down with a grave expression.

Hei Mu used the Ginseng Spirit Root to restore his power and transform into a demon, then launched another attack on Xiao Yan. As their techniques clashed again, the final battle between the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and the Heaven-Seizing Claw began.

• Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus shattered the Heaven-Seizing Claw and drove Hei Mu back with repeated storms of Dou Qi.
• Hei Mu sacrificed essence blood to summon a massive Ginseng Spirit Root from the void.
• Hei Mu plunged his hand into the root and consumed its power, destroying it as his strength recovered to the level of a Nine-Star Half-Emperor.
• Hei Mu argued that the Ginseng Spirit Clan's elders had caused its decline, while Xiao Yan condemned Hei Mu for becoming a tree demon.
• Hei Mu restored his connection to the Heaven-Seizing Claw, vanished into motion, and unleashed its remaining power against Xiao Yan.

A mysterious Dou Di expert inside Xiao Yan revealed himself by overpowering Hei Mu, who realized Xiao Yan was not Yan Xiao and tried to provoke the hidden expert into showing his true body. The expert agreed, leaving Hei Mu facing his promised reveal.

• Hei Mu attacked Xiao Yan through the gray mist, but the hidden expert blocked his strike and burned away his Dou Qi with Heavenly Flames.
• The expert struck Hei Mu and sent him flying, leaving him injured and shocked by the strength of Xiao Yan’s unseen ally.
• Hei Mu recognized that Xiao Yan was not Yan Xiao, and the expert replied that Hei Mu was not Qing Mu.
• Hei Mu mocked the expert for hiding inside Xiao Yan and pretended to accept his impending death while concealing a glimmer of hope.
• The expert told Hei Mu he would reveal his true body so Hei Mu could die without doubt.