Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen entered the Void Thunder Pool to temper Long Yi, Long Two, and Long Three with Black Demon Lightning, but the lightning overwhelmed the puppets and forced him to intervene. He then swallowed a bolt himself to test whether he could absorb the power, leaving the result unknown.

• Ye Chen crossed into the Black Demon Lightning region, was struck by a bolt, and withdrew to study the lightning before sending in his three dragon puppets.
• Long Yi absorbed a bolt of Black Demon Lightning, strengthening his body and gaining lightning-charged attacks.
• The Black Demon Lightning swarmed around Long Yi, and Ye Chen sent Long Two and Long Three in before entering himself to shield them.
• Ye Chen transformed into a Thunder Giant and, under growing pressure, wondered whether he could absorb the Black Demon Lightning too.
• Ye Chen swallowed a bolt of Black Demon Lightning and felt it burn through his throat and into his stomach as black smoke escaped his mouth and nostrils.

Ye Chen swallowed Black Demon Lightning to temper his Thunder God Body, gaining five Lightning Patterns and breaking through to the late stage of Four Star Dou Sheng. After leaving the Void Thunder Pool, he returned to the unified Dragon Island and went to find Zi Yan.

• Ye Chen repeatedly swallowed Black Demon Lightning, strengthening his body and advancing his Thunder God Body as he wondered whether the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God came from the Great Thousand World.
• After tempering himself until he reached his limit, Ye Chen discovered five Lightning Patterns on his forehead and found that his Dou Qi had advanced to the late stage of Four Star Dou Sheng.
• Ye Chen saw that Long Yi and the other two puppets had grown powerful enough to contend with a Five Star Dou Sheng after a month of lightning tempering.
• Ye Chen left the Void Thunder Pool, intending to return after subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explore its center.
• Ye Chen returned to Dragon Island, where the Dragon Clan patrol warriors welcomed him, then used his Soul Power to locate Zi Yan and arrived at her courtyard.

Ye Chen returned from Dragon Island after Zi Yan agreed that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would support his alliance and help him obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Back at Pill Tower, he finished refining the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill and prepared to await the Flame’s descent.

• Ye Chen reunited with Zi Yan, who noted his breakthrough to the late stage of Four Star Dou Sheng and agreed that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would join his alliance.
• Ye Chen asked Zi Yan to help him obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame when the Nine Stars Alignment and Heaven and Earth Tide arrived, and she promised to come with a surprise.
• Ye Chen left Ancient Dragon Island and returned directly to Pill Tower to prepare for the Flame’s descent.
• After a month of work, Ye Chen refined the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill, whose sealed black snake form still struggled against the Three Thousand Starry Sky Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi told Ye Chen that Pill Tower’s records showed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had never been subdued, and that they could only wait and do their best.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended after the Twin Moons and Nine Stars appeared, stirring the Central State’s major powers into action. Ye Chen set out with Xuan Kongzi, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, and they approached the flame’s arrival point as its heat drove weaker cultivators back.

• After five days of strange phenomena, Ye Chen witnessed the Twin Moons and Nine Stars align, signaling the flame’s descent.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged in a burst of light and heat, while the Strange Light Orb in Ye Chen’s mind rippled violently.
• Ye Chen suppressed the orb’s disturbance with his Soul Power and decided to leave immediately with only Dou Saints.
• Ye Chen, Xuan Kongzi, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian tore through space toward the flame’s arrival point as factions across the Central State raced there.
• Near the thousand-mile range, the group felt the flame’s intense heat, which forced nearby cultivators to retreat.

Ye Chen and his companions reached the Demon Flame Descent Land and waited as the damaged seal of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame continued to radiate heat. As powerful groups gathered, the Hall of Souls Hall Master assessed Xiao Yan and Ye Chen, while Zi Yan arrived with the surprise she had promised.

• Ye Chen explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame remained sealed and that reaching it would require entering its territory, so he and his companions waited.
• The Hall of Souls Hall Master arrived with Soul Clan Experts, and Ye Chen reassured Xuan Kongzi that they posed no threat to their group.
• Yao Chen brought Xiao Yan and the Starfall Pavilion group to join Ye Chen's allies.
• The Hall of Souls Hall Master dismissed Xiao Yan's strength but praised Ye Chen, while the Deputy Hall Master commended the Soul Clan Young Clan Leader.
• Other powerful figures and Ancient Races gathered at the site, and Zi Yan arrived with her promised surprise.

Zi Yan arrived with Elder Zhu to support Ye Chen at the battle for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, making Soul Hall and the other contenders reconsider Ye Chen’s strength. Xiao Yan then reunited with Huo Xuan, whose friendly approach was meant to meet Ye Chen, and the group exchanged pleasantries about their cultivation.

• Zi Yan affectionately greeted Ye Chen and introduced Elder Zhu, an experienced Ancient Void Dragon expert who had come to help.
• Hun Miesheng recognized that Ye Chen’s alliance with the unified Ancient Void Dragon Clan made him a far greater threat.
• Xiao Yan reflected that subduing the Netherworld Poison Flame had only brought him to Half-Saint and that he needed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to challenge Gu Xun’er and rescue his father.
• Huo Xuan arrived with a veiled woman and an old man, greeted Xiao Yan warmly, and then introduced himself to Ye Chen.
• Xiao Yan joined Huo Xuan in praising Ye Chen, who noted that Xiao Yan and the Yan Clan members could achieve much with time and their Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan, Ye Chen, and Huo Xuan discussed their Heavenly Flames before Gu Xun'er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Gu Nanhai. As the Soul Clan watched the gathered forces, Ye Chen remained prepared to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame alone.

• Huo Xuan revealed that he had subdued the Yan Clan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, and introduced Elder Huo Yao, who possessed the Fire Cloud Water Flame.
• Gu Xun'er arrived and reunited with Xiao Yan, accompanied by Gu Qingyang and the Four Star Dou Sheng Gu Nanhai.
• Huo Xuan offered to join forces with Ye Chen if Ye Chen had a chance to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Ye Chen remained wary of relying on others.
• The Soul Clan grew concerned about the gathered Gu Clan, Yan Clan, Pill Tower, and Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but Hun Miesheng believed their strained relationships would prevent them from truly uniting.

Ye Chen and the other powers entered the Demonic Flame Space, where Ye Chen quickly realized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had trapped him in an illusion. The illusion showed Sacred Pill City under attack and his family dying, provoking his killing intent.

• Ye Chen warned Zi Yan and the others that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could invade and manipulate people through their emotions.
• Huo Xuan, Xiao Yan, and the other experts entered the Demonic Flame Space, followed by Ye Chen and his group.
• Ye Chen used the Three Thousand Starry Sky Flame to shield himself from the space's intense heat, then discovered that he had been transported apart from the others.
• After flying through an unchanging landscape, Ye Chen realized he had fallen into an illusion created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The illusion placed Ye Chen in Sacred Pill City, where a black pillar of light destroyed the city and made him witness his family, including Song Chun'er, dying.
• Ye Chen's killing intent erupted as the illusion showed his loved ones being killed.

Ye Chen rescued Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion and reunited with Zi Yan, Xuan Kongzi, and the others on a vast platform. As the group prepared to enter the Demon Flame Great Hall, Fire Slaves poured from cracks in space and attacked.

• Ye Chen purged the Demonic Flame from his body and searched the fog for Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Chen found the two women being burned by the flame, shielded them, and woke them from their illusions.
• Ye Chen and the women left the fog and reunited with Zi Yan and Xuan Kongzi on a huge platform.
• Huo Xuan explained that the door led to the Demon Flame Great Hall, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s main body was said to dwell.
• The space trembled, and Fire Slaves surged from cracks to attack everyone.

Ye Chen realized that the group was trapped in the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Nightmare Illusion and used a blood talisman to break it. The illusion gave way to a sea of magma, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared and singled Ye Chen out, threatening to turn him into a Fire Slave.

• Ye Chen and the others broke through the gate into another hall filled with Fire Slaves, while the pursuing slaves stopped outside.
• The Light Orb sent Ye Chen information that helped him recognize the scene as an illusion, and he warned Zi Yan and the others.
• Ye Chen formed a blood talisman and shattered the illusion, revealing a vast sea of magma and leaving many factions stranded on floating rocks.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared on a throne of milky-white fire and asked Ye Chen how he had broken the Nightmare Illusion.
• Ye Chen claimed he had guessed blindly, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame closed the entrance and threatened to turn him into a Fire Slave.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped Ye Chen and the others in his Demonic Flame Space, slaughtered most of the assembled fighters, and deployed powerful Fire Slaves. Ye Chen agreed to join forces against him, but their first attack failed to stop the Flame, whose magma strike threatened the group.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed the Space Tunnel and surrounded the fighters with flames that caused many of them to explode.
• After warning the survivors to control their emotions, the Flame killed more than eighty percent of the remaining Dou Zun powerhouses and summoned ten Dou Sheng Fire Slaves.
• The Soul Hall Hall Master, Hun Miesheng, called for the factions to cooperate, and Ye Chen agreed to attack the Flame together.
• Seven Four Star Dou Sheng powerhouses attacked, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame blocked them with his Fire Demon Halberd and burned Yao Wangui's hair and beard.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned a giant magma hand to strike Ye Chen's group, and Hun Miesheng angrily urged the others to stop holding back.

Hun Miesheng and six other powerful fighters sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into its Demonic Flame Origin, but the survivors’ struggle to claim it turned into a deadly melee. Ye Chen recognized that the flame had engineered the chaos, and the chapter ended as a Scarlet Giant Axe struck a contender nearly in half.

• Hun Miesheng formed the Heavenly Net Demon Sealing Array with the support of six others, and their combined power wore down the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into its Demonic Flame Origin.
• A Half-Saint celebrating the apparent victory was consumed by black flames, and Ye Chen warned his allies that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was behind the scheme.
• Hun Miesheng tried to seize the Demonic Flame Origin, but Ye Chen and the others blocked him as fighters across the battlefield began killing one another for it.
• Ye Chen’s group conserved their strength with medicinal pills while Qing Lin’s subdued Nine Nether Earth Python Dou Sheng protected her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuan Kongzi.
• A Scarlet Giant Axe burst from the void and struck a figure reaching for the Demonic Flame Origin, leaving him nearly split in two.

A scarlet-axe Fire Slave crippled Yao Wangui and attacked Hun Miesheng, but Xiao Yan discovered the Fire Slave was Xiao Chen, a Xiao Clan ancestor whose memories were damaged. As Xiao Yan and Gu Nanhai focused on saving Xiao Chen, Ye Chen, Elder Zhu, and Zi Yan attacked Hun Miesheng to stop him from claiming the Demonic Flame Origin.

• The Fire Slave struck Yao Wangui, knocking the Yao Clan elder out of the contest for the Demonic Flame Origin, then charged Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng hit the Fire Slave, who activated the Xiao Clan Clan Pattern and grew stronger.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun Er approached under Gu Nanhai's protection, and Xiao Yan identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan.
• The Fire Slave recognized Xiao Yan through their blood ties but could not remember who he was, so Gu Nanhai identified him as Blood Axe Xiao Chen.
• Ye Chen, Elder Zhu, and Zi Yan attacked Hun Miesheng while Huo Yao stayed out of the fight.
• Hun Miesheng used Ten Thousand Souls Worship to weaken their attacks, but Elder Zhu's Overlord Dragon Fist broke through and struck toward him.

Hun Feng saved Hun Miesheng from Elder Zhu’s attack, but Hun Miesheng revealed his Five Star Dou Sheng strength and fought back. As the battle over the Demonic Flame Origin escalated, the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared and revealed he had reached Six Star Dou Sheng.

• Hun Feng used the Heaven Swallowing Mirror to devour Elder Zhu’s punch and save Hun Miesheng, though the effort left him seriously injured.
• Zi Yan attacked Hun Feng, but Hun Miesheng reached Five Star Dou Sheng and struck at her, prompting Huo Yao to accuse him of breaking the Ancient Races’ agreement.
• Elder Zhu attacked Hun Miesheng with a greatly strengthened Overlord Dragon Fist, and Hun Miesheng used the Soul Burial Technique to unleash a vast cloud of Black Mist before calling for Soul Demon Old Man’s help.
• Soul Demon Old Man emerged, but the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared and exchanged places with him through Spatial Relocation, revealing that he had reached Six Star Dou Sheng.

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor exposed the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame’s plan, prompting it to reveal itself and unleash the Heaven Refining Ancient Array. In Ye Chen’s Soul Space, the awakened Pure Lotus Demon Saint offered to help subdue Little Demon in exchange for Ye Chen sparing its Spiritual Wisdom, and Ye Chen agreed.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor challenged the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame to reveal itself, and it emerged from the flames after he attacked the black pillar of light.
• Ye Chen released the suppression on the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant soul and explained that they were trapped in the Demonic Flame Space.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint asked Ye Chen to let him subdue Little Demon and erase its memories without destroying its Spiritual Wisdom, and Ye Chen accepted the deal.
• The Pure Lotus Demonic Flame began activating the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and threatened to refine everyone who stood in its way.
• A massive fire array appeared above the Demonic Flame Space as a second array emerged from the Magma Sea, alarming the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man.

Ye Chen summoned the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s afterimage, which stopped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from controlling the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and opened a path out of the Demonic Flame Space. Before the Soul Clan could leave, Ye Chen demanded that Hun Feng surrender the Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man prepared to join forces against the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, but Ye Chen stepped forward alone to face the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s statue.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s afterimage appeared above Ye Chen and revealed itself to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which raged at its former master.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint froze the array, suppressed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and opened a passage for everyone trapped in the Demonic Flame Space to escape.
• Ye Chen blocked the Soul Clan’s departure and demanded that Hun Feng hand over the Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame.
• Hun Feng’s black flame emerged from his body as the gathered clans watched.

Ye Chen let the Soul Clan and the others leave, then stayed behind as the Pure Lotus Demon Saint began stripping the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories. As the Demon Saint moved to erase them, Ye Chen asked for the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and received it.

• Ye Chen opened a path for the Soul Clan to leave and asked the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and Zi Yan to protect the Pill Tower while he remained in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Ye Chen handed control of his body to the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, who confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• The Demon Saint sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a fire prison and began pulling its blood-colored figure from the flame to erase its memories.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame begged the Demon Saint for mercy, but he continued, judging it beyond saving.
• Ye Chen asked the Pure Lotus Demon Saint to pass on the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, and a ray of light entered Ye Chen's forehead.

Ye Chen bound the reborn Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to his Soul Imprint, named it Jing Lian, and began fusing with its Origin. A year later, the Pill Tower Alliance and Soul Hall remained locked in a restrained struggle across Central State.

• Ye Chen used a Soul Imprint to awaken the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as a blank slate, and it took on an appearance similar to his.
• The reborn flame knelt before Ye Chen, who named it Jing Lian and planted combat memories and techniques in its Soul Imprint.
• Ye Chen had Jing Lian separate its Origin and used the Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill to fuse with it without resistance.
• Ye Chen stored the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the Star Essence Space within his soul, where it began fusing with his Soul Imprint.
• A year after the Demon Flame Descends, people still discussed the event and suspected the Pill Tower Chairman had been its greatest winner.
• The Pill Tower Alliance and Soul Hall fought across Central State but held back from a final confrontation.

As the Stone Clan mysteriously vanished, the Pill Tower Alliance and Soul Hall suspended their war while the continent feared that an Ancient Clan was behind the disappearances. A year after the Demonic Flame Space fell silent, Ye Chen emerged with the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and the Heaven Refining Ancient Array collected in his Star Essence Space.

• Old Monster Lin told the Pill Tower leaders that the Stone Clan had disappeared, prompting Ye Zhong and others to fear the implications.
• Cao Ying ordered the Pill Tower Alliance to suspend hostilities until Ye Chen returned, and the Soul Hall forces also withdrew.
• News of the Stone Clan’s disappearance spread, and people suspected the Gu Clan or Soul Clan had erased both the Stone Clan and Ling Clan.
• The sealed Demonic Flame Space began to vibrate, and observers sent word of the disturbance to the Pill Tower.
• Ye Chen emerged as the Demonic Flame Space vanished, having fused with the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and collected the Heaven Refining Ancient Array into his Star Essence Space.

Ye Chen learned that Soul Hall had been stirring conflict while the Soul Clan pursued hidden schemes, and he resolved to destroy Soul Hall and seize its Soul Origins. After Xiao Yan secured the Gu Clan’s promise to watch the Soul Clan’s strongest experts, Ye Chen and Xiao Yan planned a coordinated assault on the Three Great Halls.

• Ye Chen heard from a Pill Tower expert that Soul Hall had been at war with the alliance and that the Stone Clan had disappeared, strengthening his suspicion of the Soul Clan’s plan.
• Ye Chen resolved to eliminate Soul Hall’s influence in the Central State and use the opportunity to obtain its collected Soul Origins.
• At Sacred Pill City, Xiao Yan praised Ye Chen’s growing strength, and Ye Chen commended Xiao Yan’s combat and alchemy achievements.
• Xiao Yan proposed destroying Soul Hall and said Xun’er had arranged for the Gu Clan to watch the Soul Clan’s strongest experts.
• Ye Chen assigned Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, Starfall Pavilion, and allied forces to attack Human Hall while he took on Heaven Hall and Earth Hall.