Arc 2The Realm-Sealing Journey

Xiao Yan and his companions repaired the seal against the Evil Clan, then traveled across realms to confront colonizers and purify corrupted cores. The Void Rift vanished, and Xiao Yan gained full Star-Track Battle Armor authorization and the Void Traversal skill.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions defeated Mo Chen and Mo Xuan, suppressed the Mother of Heavenly Flames, and repaired the seal against the Evil Clan.
  • Xiao Yan’s team destroyed the Evil Clan altars and closed the plane rift, then gathered keys and mirror fragments connected to the Gu Clan and the Myriad Phenomena Mirror.
  • Xiao Yan and his allies restored the Realm Stele and completed trials across the Elemental Prison, Mechanical City, Spirit Plant Realm, and Crystal Core Star.
  • Xiao Yan’s team restored the Void Beasts’ mother core, destroyed the colonizer’s virus, and received the Heart of the Void before claiming the Heart of Starfall and the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace’s inheritance.
  • Xiao Yan united the Heavenly Flames and confronted the World-Destroying Fire, then purified the Core of Chaos and returned with his companions to Wutan City.
  • Xiao Yan purified the Heart of the Star Core in the Forgotten Plane, then led his companions in destroying the Soul-Devouring Mother Beast and carrying the Purification Core into the Void Rift.
  • Xiao Yan purified the black crystal and escaped the Void Rift after Wu Hao destroyed its external energy nodes, earning full Star-Track Battle Armor authorization and Void Traversal.
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Ch. 26The Gu Clan Ruins in the Central Plains (Part One): The Thousand-Year Contract Between Heavenly Flames and Beast Souls

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Gu Clan ruins, passed the Sacred Flame Altar’s trials, and defeated Mo Chen and the Burning Heaven Valley elders. Xiao Yan gained a fragment of the Gu Clan Sacred Flame, and the map revealed their next destination: the Central Plains Volcano Cluster.

  • Lu Mu activated the teleportation formation at Soul-Breaking Cliff, and the team fought Soul-Devouring Shadows during their journey through space and time.
  • Xiao Yan’s team found the contract seal in the stele forest and used it to escape the Stele Guardians’ attack.
  • Lin Yan, Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao passed the Heavenly Flames, Bloodline, and Beast Soul trials, opening the path to the altar’s core.
  • Mo Chen revealed his plan to absorb the Gu Clan Sacred Flame and control Fallen Heart Flame, then attacked Xiao Yan’s team with four Burning Heaven Valley elders.
  • Xiao Yan, Lin Yan, and Zi Yan combined their flames to defeat Mo Chen and the elders, and the Sacred Flame entered Xiao Yan as a fire seed.
  • The altar revealed the complete secret map, which marked the Central Plains Volcano Cluster as the true sealing site of Fallen Heart Flame.

Ch. 27Central Plains Volcano Cluster: The Awakening of the Mother of Heavenly Flames

Xiao Yan and his companions fought through the Central Plains Volcano Cluster, uncovered Burning Heaven Valley’s plot, and learned that the Fallen Heart Flame was part of the Mother of Heavenly Flames. They reconstructed the Gu Clan Heart Seal and suppressed the awakening, leaving Xiao Yan with a fragment that could unlock the ultimate form of Heavenly Flames.

  • Ye Xinlan made Miasma-Clearing Pills, and the team defeated Lava Lizards and a Black-Armored Lava Turtle on the lava walkway.
  • Xiao Yan’s group found a damaged Gu Clan Flame-Sealing Stele and fought off Mo Xuan’s Burning Heaven Valley ambush, forcing Mo Xuan to retreat with a new flame-fusion technique.
  • Lu Mu deciphered the stele, revealing the Mother of Heavenly Flames’ origins and her imminent awakening as nine stars aligned.
  • The team entered the Earth Core Fire Vein and began forming a Flame-Locking Array while Xiao Yan fused their flames to confront the Mother of Heavenly Flames.
  • Mo Xuan seized the Gu Clan Heart Seal but was consumed when the Mother of Heavenly Flames went berserk, and the group worked together to reconstruct the shattered seal.
  • Xiao Yan added his essence blood to complete the Heart Seal, and the Mother of Heavenly Flames was suppressed as the team completed its quest.

Ch. 28Turmoil in the Central Plains: Myriad Flames Returning to the Origin Array

Xiao Yan and his team fought Burning Heaven Valley forces in the ancient city, activated the Myriad Flames Returning to the Origin Array, and set out to reach the earth-core fire vein before the Mother of Heavenly Flames' remnant soul awakened. At the Fallen Star Crater, Mo Xuan trapped the group and attacked with Nether Flame Cannons, and Xiao Yan divided the team to fight back.

  • Xiao Yan's team defeated Mo Tu's ambush and destroyed the Nether Flame Purgatory Array, but Mo Tu poisoned himself before revealing the entrance to Burning Heaven Valley's stronghold.
  • The team installed the array foundation at the Burning Heaven Platform and repelled the Mutated Heaven Burning Guards after Zi Yan blocked their black fire dragon and Xiao Yan fitted the Gu Clan Bloodline Jade into the central groove.
  • Lu Mu confirmed the array could suppress the remnant soul for now, and Xiao Yan used Mo Tu's map to locate the secret passage entrance at the Fallen Star Crater.
  • The team took Aura-Concealing Pills and approached the crater's stone gate, but a gravity-sensing net exposed them to Mo Xuan and his Nether Flame Cannons.
  • Zi Yan shielded the group from the cannon blasts, and Xiao Yan ordered Lin Xiuya, Ye Xinlan, and Lu Mu to dismantle the cannons while he, Wu Hao, and Hu Gan held off Mo Xuan.

Ch. 29Earth Core Fire Vein: The Truth of the Mother of Heavenly Flames

Xiao Yan and his companions ventured through the Earth Core Fire Vein, learned the truth behind the Mother of Heavenly Flames' remnant soul, and overcame Mo Xuan's traps. They defeated Mo Xuan and purified the energy core, restoring the Earth Core Fire Vein, though his final warning left the Outer Realm Evil Clan as a future threat.

  • Xiao Yan's team defeated the lava puppets, then split up to explore the left and right passages.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lin Yan received the Heavenly Flame Origin Seed from the Mother of Heavenly Flames' apparition and learned that Mo Xuan planned to open the seal on the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
  • Wu Hao, Lin Xiuya, and Hu Gan broke Mo Ying's Space Strangulation Array, and Hu Gan's charge injured Mo Ying.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions fought Mo Xuan in Earth Core Square while he used black flames and clones to defend himself.
  • Xiao Yan used Ten Thousand Flames Return to Origin and combined his companions' power to destroy Mo Xuan and purify the Mother of Heavenly Flames' core.
  • The purified core entered the Earth Core Fire Vein, and the team received the Earth Vein Benediction as Mo Xuan warned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan would return.

Ch. 30Outer Realm Rift: Battle to Defend the Altar

Xiao Yan and his companions defended the Gu Clan altar against the Evil Clan vanguard, warlords, suicide soldiers, and a Peak Dou Emperor general. They survived for twelve hours, forced the rift to close, and earned the Gu Clan sacred power blessing, though they still needed to repair the seal and track the Evil Clan.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions prepared the Eight Desolations Evil-Locking Formation and took positions around the altar as the Evil Clan vanguard broke through the seal.
  • Lin Xiuya and Wu Hao killed two Evil Clan Warlords, while Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lu Mu helped defeat the last Warlord and eliminate the suicide soldiers.
  • As the rift widened and the team weakened, Ye Xinlan refined Nirvana Pills with Zi Yan's help, restoring Xiao Yan, Lin Yan, and Wu Hao.
  • A Peak Dou Emperor Evil Clan general emerged, and Xiao Yan used the Gu Clan Sacrificial Formation to bind it while his companions helped bring it down.
  • The rift contracted, the team survived twelve hours, and Xiao Yan fully fused his Heavenly Flame Origin and received the title Altar Guardian.
  • After the battle, Xiao Yan and his companions planned to repair the seal and track down the Evil Clan.

Ch. 31Seal Repair and the Evil Clan's Hidden Trail

Xiao Yan and his companions gathered materials to repair the seal, uncovered the Evil Clan Mother Nest, and repelled the clan’s assault. The seal was restored at full stability, though the wounded Mother Empress escaped and the group prepared to continue their journey.

  • Xiao Yan led Wu Hao and Lin Xiuya to Shattered Star Abyss, where they defeated the Star Spirit Guardians and obtained Star Sand.
  • Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, and Lin Xiuya destroyed an Evil Clan corruption party and recovered a token pointing toward Ten Thousand Souls Swamp.
  • Lu Mu, Lin Yan, and Hu Gan broke the Soul-Devouring Altar, obtained Soul-Subduing Wood, and defeated a Mother Nest Guardian to reveal a map to the Evil Clan Mother Nest.
  • Zi Yan completed refining her Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood as the team began repairing the seal, while the Mother Empress attacked from beyond the rift.
  • Xiao Yan entered the Mother Nest and destroyed the Mother Empress’s heart, weakening her and stopping her assault.
  • Xiao Yan returned as the seal finished repairing at 100% stability, and the badly injured Mother Empress fled.

Ch. 32Storms Gather in the Central Plains, the Evil Shadow Returns

Xiao Yan and his companions helped the Central Plains factions repel the Evil Clan’s attacks, destroy its altars, and defeat the Mother Empress’s remnant soul. With an alliance formed, they set out to find the remaining Four Symbols Keys and reach the Gu Clan’s secret ground.

  • Xiao Yan’s group arrived in Heavenly Mist City and agreed to destroy the three Evil Clan altars as the factions divided their forces to defend the city.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lin Yan destroyed the bone dragon controlling the corpse tide at the north gate, then joined Lu Mu’s group to destroy a blood-sacrifice altar in the west.
  • Xiao Yan’s group exposed Bai Ling’s betrayal at Falling Rosy Clouds Valley, defeated her and the Evil Clan priest, and rescued the captives.
  • Xiao Yan and Zi Yan helped Yan Lie defeat the Evil Clan generals at Black Wind Abyss, then destroyed the Mother Empress’s remnant soul and closed the rift to the Evil Clan’s plane.
  • The faction leaders formed an alliance and named Xiao Yan its leader, but he declined and prepared to search the Gu Clan’s secret ground for the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.
  • Ye Xinlan and Lu Mu identified the Water, Wood, and Metal Keys’ likely locations, and Xiao Yan’s group prepared to seek them.

Ch. 33The Four Symbols Trial of the Mist Forest

Xiao Yan and his companions overcame the wood, water, fire, metal, and earth trials in the Mist Forest, collecting all four keys and obtaining a Heart of the Earth Fragment. The forest’s mist cleared, and Xiao Yan and the others prepared to continue into the Gu Clan’s secret land.

  • Xiao Yan broke the wood illusion by attacking the ancient tree that copied his movements, and the group passed the wood trial.
  • Xiao Yan and Zi Yan destroyed the water reflections, then Xiao Yan defeated an Ice Soul Fish and obtained the Water Key.
  • Xiao Yan rejected the fire illusion of Zi Yan in danger, passed the fire trial, and obtained the Fire Key; Lin Yan also overcame his own illusion.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lu Mu defeated the metal guardian by exploiting its weaknesses, and Ye Xinlan collected the Metal Key.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions stopped fighting the mud monsters and reached the mound, where the Wood Key appeared; they used all four keys to reveal the Heart of the Earth Fragment.
  • Xiao Yan obtained the fragment as the mist dispersed, and he told the others that the Gu Clan’s secret land still awaited them.

Ch. 34The Space-Time Turbulence and Mirror Image Battle in the Gu Clan's Secret Land

Xiao Yan and his companions crossed Mirror Image City’s reversed laws, defeated its mirror images, and recovered the Myriad Phenomena Mirror fragments. They escaped the collapsing city with Gu Clan Bloodline Resonance unlocked and the Sea of Annihilation marked as their next destination.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Space-Time Crevice, found a stele marked with “mirror image,” and were swept into Mirror Image City.
  • Xiao Yan discovered that restraint and matching the opposite energy frequency could break the Reversal Law, then defeated Mirror Image Xiao Yan while his companions exploited their own mirror images’ weaknesses.
  • Lu Mu found a time fragment showing the Myriad Phenomena Mirror’s history, and the group collected four space-time keys to open a secret passage beneath the clock tower.
  • Ye Xinlan noticed that a mural’s figure bore the same mark as Xiao Yan, and the Mother Empress revealed that the other mirror half was at the Sea of Annihilation.
  • Xiao Yan used the mirror fragment to destroy Mirror Image City’s master mirror image, joined the two fragments, and unlocked Gu Clan Bloodline Resonance as the group escaped.

Ch. 35The Web of Cause and Effect in the Sea of Annihilation

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Sea of Annihilation, where cause and effect operated in reverse, and rescued the Gu Clan descendants from the Evil Clan Mother Empress. After restoring the Myriad Phenomena Mirror and freeing the Sea from the inversion, they set course for the Reincarnation Ferry, hoping to learn how to return home and uncover the mirror’s secrets.

  • Xiao Yan’s group encountered the Sea of Annihilation’s reversed causality, rescued A Mu, and gained the Causality Immunity buff.
  • Following A Mu into an undersea grotto, the group outmaneuvered its echo traps and freed the Gu Clan descendants from the Mother Empress’s control.
  • The group used A Mu’s rune-inscribed tortoise shell and Lu Mu’s time fragments to disrupt the Causality Cycle Formation and fight the Evil Clan Mother Empress.
  • Xiao Yan reunited the two halves of the Myriad Phenomena Mirror, destroying the formation, restoring the Gu Clan descendants’ vitality, and dissolving the Mother Empress.
  • The Gu Clan gave the group the tortoise shell, and the system unlocked the Reincarnation Ferry as the team prepared to seek a way home.

Ch. 36The Realm Battle at Reincarnation Ferry

Xiao Yan and his allies defended Reincarnation Ferry from three waves of Outer Realm invaders, restoring the Realm Stele and activating the Myriad Phenomena Mirror. The mirror opened a gate to Ten-Thousand-Ren Peak, while Lu Mu noticed a star that might represent their original world.

  • The Spirit Ferryman explained the ferry’s realm-overlap laws and warned that the Shadow Realm, Elemental Prison, and Mechanical City would attack the Realm Stele.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and their allies defeated the Shadow Lord by attacking its eyes, repelling the first wave and restoring 10% of the Realm Stele’s energy.
  • Ye Xinlan found safe intervals in Elemental Prison’s energy rain, and the group defeated the Elemental Lord after Lu Mu diverted the rain, restoring 30% of the stele’s energy.
  • Xiao Yan’s allies disabled the Puppet Legion’s defenses and destroyed the Mechanical King’s core, repelling the third wave and raising the Realm Stele’s energy to 80%.
  • Xiao Yan fused the Myriad Phenomena Mirror fragment with the Realm Stele, and the completed mirror opened a gate to Ten-Thousand-Ren Peak in the Central Plains.
  • Lu Mu spotted a tiny star on the Realm Stele and asked whether it was their original world, and the Spirit Ferryman nodded.

Ch. 37The ultimate trial of the Realm Rift (part one): The threefold tempering of the Myriad Races' Furnace

Xiao Yan and his companions endured the Myriad Races' Furnace's three temperings, awakening the Heart of the Realm and earning powers that let them travel freely between explored planes. They left the furnace and began the Plane traversal quest, setting their sights on the Elemental Prison.

  • Xiao Yan shattered Bai Jie's Trial Plaque by embracing his past tribulations, allowing the team to enter the furnace.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Lin Xiuya, and Hu Gan faced their painful memories in the Heart Flame and passed the first tempering.
  • The team endured the Shadow Clan warriors' attacks and used Bone Fire to purify their bodies, passing the second tempering.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions resonated with the Soul Fires of myriad races and awakened the Heart of the Realm.
  • The Heart of the Realm merged with Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames and granted the team Myriad Races Affinity and the complete Realm Mark.
  • Xiao Yan and the others left the furnace and began the Plane traversal quest, with the Elemental Prison as their next destination.

Ch. 38The Tidal Battle in the Elemental Prison's Energy Ocean - The Five-Colored Vortex and the Elemental Core

Xiao Yan and his companions journeyed through the Elemental Prison's Energy Ocean, overcame its guardians and trials, and gathered all five fragments of the Elemental Core. They restored the plane's balance, unlocked Elemental Affinity, and set off for the Mechanical City Ruins.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions defeated the fire, wind, and water guardians on Molten Flow Island and found the fire fragment in the energy labyrinth.
  • Xiao Yan led the group in defeating the Tidal Lord and claimed the water fragment from the vortex.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions demonstrated elemental symbiosis in the Elemental Temple and obtained the wind fragment.
  • Xiao Yan gained the earth fragment from the earth elemental miners, and Lin Xiuya guided the group through the Eye of the Storm to obtain the lightning fragment.
  • The five fragments reformed into the Elemental Core, stopping the energy tide and restoring the Elemental Prison's stability.
  • The team unlocked Elemental Affinity and departed by boat toward the spatial rift to Mechanical City.

Ch. 39The Steel Undead of the Mechanical City Ruins and the Battle for the Core

Xiao Yan and his team fought through Mechanical City’s defenses and defeated Iron King · Zero to reclaim the Source Energy Core. They restored the city’s energy system and prepared to teleport to the Spirit Plant Realm.

  • Xiao Yan’s team used the Elemental Core, a ventilation duct, and their weapons to survive the Iron Filing Storm and enter the ruins.
  • Xiao Yan’s team defeated the Rusted Infantry, collected three matching gears, and opened the gate to the Drive Shaft Passage.
  • Xiao Yan’s team crossed the collapsing drive shaft passage and used the Elemental Core to open the Core Control Room.
  • Xiao Yan’s team exposed Iron King · Zero’s logic chip, disrupted its shield, and defeated the guardian.
  • Xiao Yan restarted the Source Energy Core, restoring Mechanical City’s energy system and unlocking the Mechanical Affinity talent for the team.
  • Xiao Yan’s team received Spirit Plant Realm as their next destination and a ten-minute teleportation countdown.

Ch. 40The Spirit Plant Realm's Symbiosis Contract and Vine Strangulation Formation

Xiao Yan and his companions overcame dangerous spirit plants, passed the Forest Guardians’ symbiosis trial, and awakened the World Tree Sapling in Emerald Valley. Root Rot Disease was eliminated, and the team received new abilities and a mark of their bond with the Spirit Plant Realm before preparing to travel to Crystal Core Star.

  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Lu Mu, Wu Hao, and Lin Xiuya defeated the Light-Devouring Vine cluster and recovered a Reverse Growth Seed from its mother vine.
  • Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, and Hu Gan helped Lu Mu cross the Heart-Rot Lotus Swamp, where Lu Mu gathered Clear Heart Grass and made an antidote with the seed.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lu Mu coordinated their energies to pass the Forest Guardians’ Symbiosis Trial and gain permission to awaken the World Tree Sapling.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Lu Mu healed the sapling, producing the Dew of Life and ending Root Rot Disease throughout the realm.
  • The Forest Guardians granted the team Spirit Plant Communication, three Dew of Life items, and a World Tree contract mark, while the system activated Life Energy Affinity and set a one-hour teleport countdown to Crystal Core Star.

Ch. 41The Mine War on Crystal Core Star and the Core Guardian

Xiao Yan and his team fought through the Obsidian Tribe to stop the Origin Crystal Core ritual and defeat its guardian. They purified the core, saved Crystal Core Star, and prepared to leave for the Void Beast Nest.

  • Xiao Yan and his team defeated twelve Obsidian Scouts at Shattered Crystal Beach and collected fragments that could be crafted into bombs.
  • Xiao Yan led the group through a crystal cave and past a hidden trap, revealing the Obsidian Tribe's main force and the Origin Crystal Core ritual.
  • Xiao Yan disrupted the ritual while his companions fought the Obsidian warriors and leaders, weakening them and summoning the Crystal Core Guardian.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions severed the guardian's energy chains and destroyed its chest crystal, defeating it.
  • Xiao Yan purified the unstable Origin Crystal Core with the Elemental Core and Ye Xinlan's Dew of Life, preventing the planet's explosion.
  • The team unlocked Crystal Manipulation and Energy Crystallization, received an Origin Crystal Core fragment, and got a one-hour teleportation countdown to the Void Beast Nest.

Ch. 42The Energy-Devouring Storm of the Void Beast Nest and the Symbiosis Contract

Xiao Yan and his team established a symbiosis contract with the Void Mother Core, learning that the Void Beasts were seeking energy to survive. The contract revealed a withering virus planted by otherworldly colonizers, and the team began fighting to save the mother core and its guardian beasts.

  • Xiao Yan and his team crossed the energy-corroding mist, calmed the young Void Beasts, and fought through the Bone-Spike Corridor against Energy-Devouring Worms and their broodmother.
  • Xiao Yan used the Illusory Form Beast core to learn that the Void Beasts were not naturally bloodthirsty and that their nest was withering after losing its energy source.
  • Xiao Yan and his teammates each contributed spiritual power to the Void Mother Core and established a symbiosis contract, restoring some of its energy and earning the guardian beasts' allegiance.
  • The contract exposed a withering virus left by otherworldly colonizers, and the virus emerged from the mother core to attack the team and guardian beasts.
  • Xiao Yan tried to suppress the virus, while Zi Yan burned its tentacles and Wu Hao and Lu Mu acted to cut away infected parts and analyze it.

Ch. 43The Source of the Withering Virus and the Awakening of the Heart of the Void

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Void Mother Core, fought the Energy-Devouring Core and a colonizer’s remnant soul, and eliminated the Withering Virus. With the mother core healed and the team marked as its guardians, they received the Heart of the Void and prepared to travel to the Starfall Pavilion Ruins.

  • Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Xiao Yan, and Lu Mu crossed the energy-eroded corridor, rescued the void beast young, and followed them through a safer route to the core chamber.
  • Xiao Yan’s Elemental Core and the young beasts exposed and weakened the Energy-Devouring Core’s imprison rune, while Lin Xiuya and Wu Hao struck its crack.
  • A colonizer’s remnant soul emerged and controlled the energy erosion, but Xiao Yan used the young beasts’ purifying energy and Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Flame to destroy it.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Wu Hao shattered the Energy-Devouring Core, and Xiao Yan used the Origin Crystal Core Fragment to purify the mother core and eliminate the virus.
  • The team received the Mother Core Guardian Mark and unlocked Void Energy Purification, while Lu Mu uncovered footage revealing that a guardian beast leader had sacrificed itself to seal the virus.
  • The guardian beast leader gave Xiao Yan the Heart of the Void, and the group prepared to teleport to the Starfall Pavilion Ruins.

Ch. 44Shadow Clash in the Starfall Pavilion Ruins

Xiao Yan and his team overcame the Starfall Pavilion Ruins’ traps, defeated its guardian, and recovered the Heart of Starfall. After stopping a colonizer’s remnant soul and escaping the collapsing ruins, they set their sights on the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace.

  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Wu Hao, and Lu Mu defeated copying mirror images in the contracting corridor by changing their moves and purifying the images before they could merge.
  • The group solved the scripture pavilion’s illusory character formation, and Xiao Yan became the target of a hidden inheritance trial that led Zi Yan to discover a secret door.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Wu Hao, and Lu Mu defeated the pill-guarding puppets, found that the Heart of Starfall lay beneath the Pill Flame Pool, and fused three Heavenly Flames to open it.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions exploited the Lava Guardian’s weak points and used the fused flame to defeat it, allowing Xiao Yan to claim the Heart of Starfall and undo the Space Seal.
  • A colonizer’s remnant soul ambushed Xiao Yan and cracked the Heart of Starfall, but the crystal’s power exposed and destroyed the soul before the team escaped the self-destructing ruins through Wu Hao’s spatial rift.
  • The system awarded the team the Power of Starfall and the title Starfall Pavilion Inheritor, and Xiao Yan proposed that they travel to the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace.

Ch. 45The Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace's Flood Dragon Reverse Scale and Spacetime Vortex

Xiao Yan and his companions passed the Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace’s trials and fought the Cloud Sea Flood Dragon, whose reverse scale controlled spacetime. After stabilizing the dragon instead of destroying him, Xiao Yan received the Spacetime Reverse Scale Fragment and Star Fire Seed, and the group set off for the Heaven Burning Ancient Domain.

  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Lin Xiuya, and Lu Mu overcame the Cloud Ascending Steps’ illusions, gravity field, and Cloud Beasts.
  • The group defeated their reversed Spacetime Mirror Images in the palace corridor and obtained a Spacetime Calibrator.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions broke through the Ten Thousand Waters Return Flow Formation, awakening the Cloud Sea Flood Dragon.
  • Xiao Yan struck the dragon’s reverse scale, disrupting his predictions, but its destruction triggered turbulent spacetime currents.
  • Xiao Yan and the group stabilized the dragon’s disintegrating body, and the dragon acknowledged Xiao Yan as the inheritor.
  • Xiao Yan received the Spacetime Reverse Scale Fragment, unlocked Spacetime Affinity, and obtained the Star Fire Seed before the group departed for the Heaven Burning Ancient Domain.

Ch. 46The Heavenly Flames Contest and Origin Trial in the Heaven Burning Ancient Domain

Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the Heaven Burning Ancient Domain, subdued its hazards, and awakened the Heavenly Flame Origin. After learning that the World-Destroying Fire had awakened in the Realm of Nothingness, they entered the rift to confront it.

  • Xiao Yan and the group defeated the Lava Beast tide in Scarlet Fire Canyon and used blue crystal cores to enchant Xiao Yan's dagger.
  • Xiao Yan used Dew of Life to neutralize the Heaven Burning Baleful Qi and help Zi Yan, Wu Hao, and Lu Mu break the Bone Fire Formation.
  • Xiao Yan and Zi Yan defeated the Heavenly Flames Guards in the Flame Seed Temple, and Xiao Yan obtained the Purifying Flame Seed.
  • Xiao Yan subdued the first five Origin Heavenly Flames in Wan Huo Cavern, but the Three Thousand Burning Flame challenged him to prove he could control them.
  • Xiao Yan swore an oath to live and die with the Heavenly Flame Origin, after which all seven flames entered his body and the Origin awakened.
  • The Heaven Burning Guardian warned Xiao Yan that the World-Destroying Fire had awakened in the Realm of Nothingness, and Xiao Yan led Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Lu Mu, and Lin Xiuya through the rift.

Ch. 47The Time Hourglass and the World-Destroying Fire in the Realm of Nothingness

Xiao Yan and his companions stabilized the Realm of Nothingness’s time distortions, defeated the defenses guarding the World-Destroying Fire, and discovered that it had been created by corrupting the Flame of Creation. They learned that the Time Hourglass converted painful memories into fuel, and Zi Yan asked whether the red core could be restored.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions reached the time anchor and held back a spreading time loop while Wu Hao went to retrieve the Fixed Moment from the Time Hourglass.
  • Wu Hao resisted the Snake of Time King's future illusions with his resolve to protect his companions and returned with the Fixed Moment, which Lu Mu used to stabilize the anchor.
  • Xiao Yan and his companions defeated the colonizer remnants' Time Puppets and destroyed the Spatial Rift Array, then entered the Consciousness Prison.
  • Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Wu Hao, Lu Mu, and Lin Xiuya broke free of their memory cocoons and used their anchor memories to defeat the World-Destroying Fire's incarnation.
  • Xiao Yan discovered that the red core was the corrupted Flame of Creation, while Lu Mu learned that the Time Hourglass converted painful memories into fuel for the World-Destroying Fire.
  • Zi Yan asked whether they could restore the core to the Flame of Creation.

Ch. 48The Core of Chaos and the Plane Guardian's Trial

Xiao Yan and his companions stopped the colonizers' plan to detonate the Core of Chaos, purifying it at the cost of nearly losing Xiao Yan's life. After the planes began to recover, they became Plane Guardians and set out through a new portal to explore the Forgotten Plane.

  • The group learned that the colonizers planned to use the Flame of Creation to detonate the Core of Chaos, then fought their fleet and escaped the time black hole toward the central region.
  • In the Sea of Deathly Silence, the companions resisted the resentment and false memories guarding their path, and Wu Hao destroyed the rune core sustaining the illusion.
  • Lin Xiuya's guardian blood opened the Tower of Time, where the group passed trials and their different energies resonated to unlock the top floor.
  • The Time Eroder revealed that he was Xiao Yan's altered self from three hundred years earlier and threatened to detonate the Core of Chaos; Xiao Yan fused his blood and the Flame of Creation with it, purifying the core and nearly sacrificing his life.
  • The Core of Chaos restored Xiao Yan and helped revive the Sea of Deathly Silence; the companions returned to Wutan City, installed the core in the Guardian Stele, and unlocked cross-plane travel.
  • After Lu Mu detected three more planes under colonizer control, Xiao Yan and his companions entered a portal to the Forgotten Plane.

Ch. 49The Soul-Devouring Mist of the Forgotten Plane and the Star Core Guardian

Xiao Yan purified the infected Heart of the Star Core with the Flame of Creation, restoring its energy and bringing the Forgotten Plane back to life. The chapter ended as brilliant blue light spread from the temple across the plane.

  • Xiao Yan pressed his palm to the Heart of the Star Core and began purifying the Energy-Devouring Virus at the cost of his life force.
  • The Star Core Guardian stopped Zi Yan from helping and explained that purification was the guardian's trial.
  • Lu Mu advised Xiao Yan to adjust the Origin Flame's frequency to resonate with the Star Core, reducing the strain and speeding up purification.
  • Xiao Yan purified the final dark-red patch, and the Heart of the Star Core released blue light across the Forgotten Plane.

Ch. 50The Soul Devourers of the Void Rift and the Star-Track Battle Armor

Xiao Yan and his companions destroyed the Soul-Devouring Mother Nest and sealed the Void Rift at Fallen Star Canyon. Xiao Yan gained full activation authorization for the Star-Track Battle Armor and the Void Traversal skill, while the group reunited safely as the villagers began rebuilding.

  • Xiao Yan and his companions cleared the Soul-Devouring Insect tide and defeated an Elite Soul-Devouring Beast, recovering a Void Crystal Core.
  • Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, Lin Xiuya, Zi Yan, and Lu Mu trapped the larvae and destroyed the Soul-Devouring Mother Beast, earning Star-Track Battle Armor fragments and a Void Purification Core.
  • Lu Mu explained that the Void Rift would keep expanding unless someone carried the Purification Core to its energy source, and Xiao Yan assembled temporary Star-Track Battle Armor and entered the rift.
  • Xiao Yan placed the Purification Core against the black crystal, then escaped the resentment’s grasp after Wu Hao destroyed the external energy nodes.
  • The Void Rift vanished, and Xiao Yan received full activation authorization for the Star-Track Battle Armor and the Void Traversal skill as his companions checked on him.
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