Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han used the enhanced Heaven Refining Ancient Array and his five pieces of Divine Ice to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after it destroyed the Purifying Demonic Saint’s remnant image. As Xiao Yan left to refine the flame, Xiao Han wondered whether their adventures were nearing their end.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame destroyed the Purifying Demonic Saint’s image with an identical Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• Xiao Han trapped the white-robed youth in an enhanced Heaven Refining Ancient Array and used his Divine Ice to overpower him.
• Xiao Han captured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and took Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen out of the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan promised Xun Er he would visit the Gu Clan after refining the flame, then returned to Heavenly Mansion with Xiao Chen and the others.
• Xiao Han told Mu Xueqin that nothing was wrong, then wondered if everything would soon be over once Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion.

After the Ling and Shi Clans vanished, Xiao Han continued preparing for the Central Plains’ coming calamity and practiced music with Mu Xueqin. Xiao Han joined Xiao Yan and Mu Xueqin to attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Codex, where a clash with Yao Wangu and Elder Wan Huo revealed his strength and identity to the gathered guests.

• The Ling and Shi Clans disappeared overnight, alarming the Central Plains and prompting smaller factions to seek protection from hegemon forces.
• Xiao Han practiced flute with Mu Xueqin but failed to draw over the Boundless Divine Ice; Mu Xueqin advised him to play without chasing that goal.
• Xiao Yan arrived and invited Xiao Han to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Codex, and Mu Xueqin joined them.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and Mu Xueqin entered the Medicine Realm with Yao Lao and reached the Yao Clan’s central square.
• Yao Wangu challenged Xiao Han’s presence, and Xiao Han struck him down with a slap.
• Elder Wan Huo attacked Xiao Han with Soul Power, but Xiao Han’s Yellow Spring Heaven’s Wrath forced him to his knees and led him to identify himself as the Di Pavilion Master.

Xiao Han revealed that he was the Di Pavilion Master, shocking the Yao Clan guests and forcing them to recognize the power of Di Pavilion and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Xiao Han and Xiao Yan took their seats at the Medicine Codex, where Xiao Yan looked forward to competing against the continent’s top alchemists.

• Xiao Han identified himself as the Di Pavilion Master, and Xiao Yan confirmed his identity to the stunned crowd.
• Yao Wangu trembled at having insulted Xiao Han, while Elder Wan Huo lowered his posture and invited Xiao Han and his group to the Medicine Codex.
• Xiao Han warned the Yao Clan that the Central Plains was no longer ruled by the Ancient Races alone.
• Elder Wan Huo led Xiao Han’s group to a VIP platform at the crowded Medicine Codex plaza, then left to report their arrival to Yao Dan.
• Yao Lao explained the prestige of the Medicine Codex, and Xiao Yan compared it with the Pill Gathering before saying he looked forward to competing.

Yao Dan opened the Yao Clan’s Medicine Codex and welcomed Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and the renowned alchemist Old Man Shennong. Hun Xuzi then arrived uninvited, provoking the gathering and threatening the two Xiao Clan figures as the event began.

• Yao Dan greeted the assembled guests, toasted Xiao Han and Xiao Yan, and granted Yao Lao’s wish to have his parents’ names engraved on the Yao Clan’s Clan Monument.
• Old Man Shennong arrived with the Life Spirit Flame disguised as a green walking stick, which Xiao Han recognized while the others failed to notice it.
• Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited and mocked the Yao Clan, prompting Yao Dan to warn him to obey the Medicine Codex’s rules.
• Hun Xuzi sat near Xiao Han and Xiao Yan, sneered at their fallen clan, and warned that those who opposed the Hun Clan would meet the same fate as Xiao Xuan.

The Yao Clan Medicine Codex opened with a contest among young alchemists, then moved toward a battle for the title of the continent's number one alchemist. As three contenders took the stage, Xiao Yan pointed out that Yao Dan had left someone out.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan attacked Hun Xuzi after he provoked them, forcing him to flee to another platform.
• Yao Dan announced the start of the Medicine Codex, and young alchemists competed across the square.
• Yao Tian won the youth competition by refining an eighth-grade pill that drew multicolored Pill Lightning.
• Yao Dan announced that four alchemists would compete for the continent's top title, and Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shennong took the stage.
• When Yao Dan's gaze fell on Xiao Yan as the fourth contender, Xiao Yan stayed seated and said that one person had been left out.

Xiao Han joined Xiao Yan and three veteran alchemists for a contest to refine Ninth-grade Pills and claim the title of the continent’s number one alchemist. As the masters displayed their Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yi frightened Hun Xuzi’s Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-flame, then called Xiao Han “Fatty Xiao,” leaving him embarrassed.

• Xiao Yan praised Xiao Han’s alchemy, and Yao Dan invited Xiao Han to join Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Wan Huo, and Old Man Shennong on the platforms.
• Yao Dan announced that the five alchemists would compete for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist, exciting the watching crowd.
• Wan Huo revealed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Old Man Shennong revealed the Life Spirit Flame.
• Hun Xuzi summoned a Sub-flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame, but Xiao Yi appeared on Xiao Yan’s shoulder and scared it back into Hun Xuzi’s body.
• Hun Xuzi moved his platform farther away before summoning the Sub-flame again, while the crowd laughed at his retreat.
• Xiao Han praised Xiao Yi, who protested being called fat and called Xiao Han “Fatty Xiao,” prompting laughter and leaving Xiao Han embarrassed.

Xiao Han revealed his control over the world’s Karmic Fire during the alchemy competition, then joined Xiao Yan and the other masters in refining pills. After several days of preparation, the five competitors were identified as refining Nine-Rank Profound Pills.

• Xiao Yi teased Xiao Han by calling him “Fatty Xiao,” and Yao Dan redirected the crowd’s attention to the competition.
• Xiao Han summoned the Karmic Fire burning within everyone and gathered it into a crimson dragon that coiled around him.
• Yao Dan called on the five alchemists to begin, and each condensed a Medicine Cauldron with their flame.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shennong rapidly refined thousands of medicinal ingredients over several days.
• The observers realized that all five competitors were refining Nine-Rank Profound Pills.

During the pill-refining contest, Xiao Han overcame Hun Xuzi’s attempt to steal the World Energy and refined a Ninth-grade Golden Core. When Golden Demonic Thunder descended to destroy it, Xiao Han erased the storm with his Purple Lightning.

• After half a month of refining, the five contestants’ Nine-Rank Profound Pills struggled to form because the Medicine Realm lacked enough World Energy.
• Hun Xuzi used four Spatial Black Holes to drain energy from Xiao Han and the other three contestants, weakening their embryonic pills.
• Xiao Han summoned the Yin Fish, which swallowed Hun Xuzi’s stolen energy, Sub-flame medicine cauldron, and embryonic pill.
• Xiao Han purified the energy with the Emperor Cleansing Art and poured it into his cauldron, causing Golden Demonic Thunder to herald the birth of a Ninth-grade Golden Core.
• Xiao Han summoned a storm of Purple Lightning and blasted apart the Golden Demonic Thunder.

Xiao Han successfully refined a Ninth-grade Golden Core, which escaped the cauldron and transformed into a woman who looked exactly like Mu Xueqin. He entrusted the intelligent, powerful pill to Mu Xueqin, and it immediately demonstrated its strength by destroying a tall building.

• Xiao Han broke the crimson Medicine Cauldron apart, revealing a Ninth-grade Golden Core that tried to flee.
• Xiao Han intercepted the Golden Core twice, and it transformed into a woman identical to Mu Xueqin.
• The transformed Golden Core asked Xiao Han which of them was prettier, then approached Mu Xueqin and pledged to follow her.
• Xiao Han dispersed the Purple Lightning and told Mu Xueqin to take charge of the Golden Core.
• The Golden Core called Mu Xueqin her sister and blasted a tall building into ruins to show she would protect her.

Xiao Han won the Medicine Codex after refining a Ninth-grade Golden Core, but Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the Yao Clan and demanded its Ancient Jade. Xiao Han escaped with Xiao Yan and the others, then set out with Xiao Yan for the Gu Clan as war with the Hun Clan loomed.

• Xiao Han's Ninth-grade Golden Core ended the alchemy competition, and Yao Dan named Xiao Han the continent's number one alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi threatened Xiao Han, then Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and demanded the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Han and Mu Xueqin, but Xiao Han used Spatial Divine Ice to escape the Medicine Realm with Xiao Yan, Mu Xueqin, Yao Lao, and the others.
• Xiao Yan identified the Hun Clan's role in the Ling and Shi Clans' disappearance, and Xiao Han told Mu Xueqin and Yao Lao to prepare Di Pavilion and Heavenly Mansion for war.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan left for the Gu Clan.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan went to the Ancient Realm and told Gu Yuan about the Yao Clan’s disaster, prompting him to arrange an alliance with the Flame and Thunder Clans. As Xiao Yan defeated the Thunder Clan’s younger generation, Xiao Han sensed Hun Tiandi’s arrival, and Gu Yuan called him out of hiding.

• Xiao Han brought Xiao Yan into the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan welcomed them and heard their account of what had happened to the Yao Clan.
• Gu Yuan summoned Yan Jin and Lei Ying to discuss an alliance against the Hun Clan.
• Lei Dong challenged the Ancient Clan’s younger generation, and Xiao Yan defeated the Thunder Clan youths who gathered in the square.
• Xiao Han sensed a disturbance in the void and recognized Hun Tiandi’s arrival.
• Gu Yuan looked toward the void and challenged Hun Tiandi to stop hiding.

Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan at the Ancient Clan and used the standoff to help the Soul Clan steal three clans’ ancient jade. After setting a two-month exchange at the Burial Mountain Range, Xiao Yan resolved to save his father, while Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb to seek Xiao Xuan.

• Hun Tiandi emerged with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints, praised Xiao Han and Xiao Yan, and held Gu Yuan in place as an alarm sounded in the Ancient Clan.
• Xun Er led people to defend the Ancient Clan’s jade, but Hun Tiandi obtained it, and the Thunder Clan and Flame Clan also reported their jade stolen.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan to bring the final jade to the Burial Mountain Range in two months to exchange for his father, and Xiao Yan vowed to go.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying agreed to prepare their clans and allies to contend with the Soul Clan and reclaim the jade.
• Xiao Han suggested entering the Heavenly Tomb, and Gu Yuan opened a way for him and Xiao Yan to seek their ancestor, Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and reached Xiao Xuan, who recognized Xiao Han as the wielder of Thunder Divine Ice. Xiao Xuan recalled the woman who once controlled it and admitted that he had failed her.

• Gu Yuan opened a passage into the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered.
• Blood Saber Saint drove away a group of Half-Saint soul bodies and led Xiao Han and Xiao Yan toward the tomb’s final level.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan reached Xiao Xuan’s tombstone, and Xiao Xuan appeared before them.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan’s strength and recognized Xiao Han as the wielder of the Thunder Divine Ice once controlled by a woman he had loved.
• Xiao Xuan recalled his past with the woman and said that he had failed her.

Xiao Xuan revealed that he could not stop the Hun Clan, but sacrificed his soul to destroy the Heavenly Tomb Soul and create a Soul Ocean for Xiao Han and Xiao Yan. His final words placed the Xiao Clan’s future in their hands before he vanished.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the Hun Clan had obtained seven of the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades, and Xiao Xuan said the Central Plains’ fate depended on them.
• Xiao Xuan promised Xiao Han and Xiao Yan a great opportunity and called the Heavenly Tomb Soul out of hiding.
• Xiao Xuan burned away his soul to destroy the Heavenly Tomb Soul, despite Xiao Yan’s protests and the entity’s rage.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul’s accumulated energy became a vast Soul Ocean, and Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Han and Xiao Yan to use it to restore the Xiao Clan before he disappeared.

After cultivating in Xiao Xuan’s Soul Ocean, Xiao Han and Xiao Yan emerged with Emperor Realm souls on the day of the jade exchange. They joined the armies of five powers and set out for the Burial Mountain Range to face the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan spent a year in the Heavenly Tomb absorbing the Soul Ocean while the Central Plains prepared for the jade exchange.
• The armies of the Emperor Pavilion, Heavenly Mansion, Gu Clan, Flame Clan, and Thunder Clan gathered outside the Heavenly Tomb, but Gu Yuan could not open it.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan emerged, and Gu Yuan recognized that both had reached the Emperor Realm soul level.
• Xiao Han confirmed that the forces were ready, and Xiao Yan prepared to confront the Hun Clan over his captured father.
• Gu Yuan opened a Space Wormhole, and Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, and the allied armies departed for the Burial Mountain Range.

Xiao Han arrived at the Burial Mountain Range as the Soul Clan exchanged Xiao Zhan for the final piece of ancient jade, then joined the battle that followed. Although the armies were evenly matched, Xiao Han killed the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints with one sword.

• Xiao Han and the allied forces arrived at the Burial Mountain Range, where Gu Yuan recalled the ancient war fought there.
• Hun Tiandi exchanged Xiao Zhan for the ancient jade, and Xiao Yan reunited with his father as Hun Tiandi gathered all eight pieces.
• Gu Yuan launched an attack on the Soul Clan, and a massive battle erupted between the two armies.
• Xiao Han swept through Soul Clan troops with Soul Power, Karma Fire, and lightning before confronting the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints.
• Xiao Han used One Sword Separating Worlds to shred the Four Demon Saints with a single strike.

After the Hun Clan withdrew with all eight pieces of ancient jade, Xiao Han learned that his ultimate mission was to save the Dou Qi Continent, suggesting its fate had changed. He and Xiao Yan set out for Jia Nan Academy, while Hun Tiandi’s search for the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion remained a threat.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan slaughtered Hun Clan fighters until Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to retreat with the army.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with all eight pieces of ancient jade, ending the battle without victory for the defenders.
• Gu Yuan left to monitor Hun Tiandi, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Han worried that Hun Tiandi might find the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• The system gave Xiao Han the ultimate mission of becoming the savior and saving the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Han realized the ending might change.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han decided to return to Jia Nan Academy, and Mu Xueqin and Xun Er joined them in recalling their youth there.

Di Pavilion learned that mysterious experts were approaching Jia Nan Academy, and Su Nianqiu's Brother rushed to protect it as Xiao Han had once ordered. When Hun Clan Dou Sheng experts attacked the academy and overwhelmed its defenders, Xiao Han appeared just as Xiao Yu and the others faced death.

• Di Pavilion heard that mysterious experts were heading for Jia Nan Academy, so Su Nianqiu's Brother rushed there to defend it.
• At Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy selection competition, Xiao Yu judged the students while Hu Gan, Wu Hao, and the others recalled Xiao Han's legendary past.
• Hun Clan experts emerged from black fog over the academy, and their leader ordered everyone there killed.
• Su Nianqiu's Brother and sister tried to resist the lead Hun Clan Dou Sheng, but he struck them down and began crushing the academy with Worldly Power.
• As Xiao Yu and the others despaired, Xiao Han appeared and promised to protect his cousin.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, rescued its people from the Soul Clan, and arranged for the academy and Emperor Pavilion to evacuate. As Hun Tiandi and the allied Dou Saints arrived, the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion rose from the magma beneath the academy.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan appeared in the sky, and Xiao Han killed several Soul Clan Dou Saints with a single attack.
• Xiao Han reunited with Xiao Yu and ordered Su Nianqiu's Brother to evacuate the Emperor Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han arranged for Jia Nan Academy's people, including Mu Xueqin and Xun Er, to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, Gu Yuan, and the allied Dou Saint experts arrived above the academy.
• Hun Tiandi destroyed Jia Nan Academy, and the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion rose from the magma below.

Hun Tiandi took the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill from the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, putting the continent on the path toward catastrophe. Xiao Han sent Xiao Yan to inherit Tou She Ancient God's power while he turned to pursue his own path to becoming a Dou Di.

• Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then entered with Gu Yuan and the others while Xiao Han waited outside.
• Hun Tiandi left with the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and Xiao Han told Gu Yuan's group that their side could also create a Dou Di.
• Xiao Han led Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Flame Plaza and said it could help him enter the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan carried the plaza out of the cave mansion and entered it using his heavenly flame, beginning his inheritance and seclusion.
• Xiao Han left the Heavenly Mansion and declared that Divine Ice was the start of his own Dou Di path.