Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan led Xiao Xueqin and the Emperor Pavilion toward the imperial capital to confront the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Han hurried across the Tagore Desert toward Medusa and the Snake-People Race. The Misty Cloud Sect’s forces had reached the Snake-People city, where the defenders prepared for battle as their queen stood on the walls.

• Xiao Xueqin questioned Xiao Yan about Xiao Han’s trip to the Snake-People Race, then Xiao Yan led her and the Emperor Pavilion toward the imperial capital.
• People across the Jia Ma Empire recognized Xiao Yan as he flew with a large group of experts and speculated that he had returned to seek revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Han crossed the Tagore Desert and thought about the Snake-People Race’s origins as he approached its territory, eager to see Medusa again.
• The Misty Cloud Sect’s army and its two Dou Zong experts arrived beneath the Snake-People Race’s main city.
• The Snake-People soldiers prepared to defend the city, and the sight of their queen in fiery-red armor eased their fear.

Medusa refused the Misty Cloud Sect’s demand for surrender and fought its two five-star Dou Zong experts to protect the Snake-People Race. Outnumbered and badly injured, she fell toward the ground as they launched another attack to kill her.

• A Misty Cloud Sect Dou Zong demanded Medusa surrender, but she refused and rejected the threat against her people.
• Medusa destroyed one five-star Dou Zong’s attack with her Seven-colored Snake Sword, then faced him and another five-star Dou Zong together.
• After fighting for about ten minutes, Medusa was overwhelmed and struck in the back, causing her to spit blood and plummet.
• Several Snake-People Race Dou Emperors tried to rescue Medusa, but a Misty Cloud Sect Dou Zong knocked them away.
• The two Dou Zong prepared to strike Medusa again, following Yun Shan’s order to kill her if she would not submit.

Xiao Han arrived in time to save Medusa from a Misty Cloud Sect attack and effortlessly killed the two Dou Zong leading it. After reuniting with Medusa, he stood with her and the Snake-People Race.

• Xiao Han caught Medusa and shattered the Mountain-Sized Giant Palm with a bolt of Nine Heavens Lightning.
• Xiao Han seized one Misty Cloud Sect Dou Zong with his Soul Hand and killed him, then crushed the second with his Soul Power.
• The Misty Cloud Sect army fled in panic after its two Dou Zong were killed.
• Xiao Han gave Medusa a healing pill and teased her about how their fortunes had turned.
• Xiao Han joined Medusa atop the city wall, took her hand, and told the Snake-People Race they were on the same side.

After Xiao Han defeated the enemy, he openly held Medusa’s hand and toured the Snake-People Race with her. He stayed in her bedchamber that night, where they shared wine beneath the desert moon, while the assault on Misty Cloud Sect remained planned for the next morning.

• Xiao Han held Medusa’s hand in front of the Snake-People Race members, who stayed silent despite their displeasure.
• Medusa led Xiao Han through the Snake-People Race settlement as they discussed the Jia Ma Empire’s crisis and planned to attack Misty Cloud Sect the next morning.
• Xiao Han declined to leave for the imperial capital that day and asked Medusa to entertain him.
• Xiao Han went to Medusa’s bedchamber with wine instead of staying in the guest room she had arranged.
• Xiao Han and Medusa shared wine by the window and watched the moon together.

Xiao Han gave Medusa the human name Yue Hansha, and the two prepared to leave for the imperial capital. They left the Queen’s Bedchamber together, where the Snake-People’s gathered leaders reacted with jealousy and anger before Medusa ordered them away.

• Xiao Han named Medusa Yue Hansha, and she happily accepted the name.
• Xiao Han and Medusa changed clothes, washed up, and left the Queen’s Bedchamber together.
• The Snake-People gathered outside saw them holding hands and became furious and jealous at Xiao Han.
• Medusa rebuked the gathered Snake-People and ordered them to withdraw.

Xiao Han and Medusa returned to Jia Ma Imperial Capital and learned that Xiao Yan had repelled the Misty Cloud Sect’s attack. At a meeting to organize resistance, Xiao Han exposed the Emperor Pavilion’s hidden strength and established himself as its Pavilion Master before the gathered powers.

• Xiao Han and Medusa flew to Jia Ma Imperial Capital and found it devastated by the previous day’s battle.
• Xiao Han learned that Xiao Yan and the Emperor Pavilion had rescued the Mittel Family and driven the Misty Cloud Sect’s forces from the capital.
• Xiao Yan proposed that the empire’s powers form an alliance, but Elder Jia, Fa Ma, and the others insisted on terms that left their resources and internal affairs untouched.
• Xiao Han entered the hall and challenged the powers for treating him as though he had no authority to speak.
• Su Nianqiu's Brother and his sister appeared, knelt before Xiao Han, and addressed him as Pavilion Master, leaving the gathered powers stunned.

Xiao Han secured the powers’ agreement to unite under the Emperor Pavilion and march on the Misty Cloud Sect, then Medusa confronted him about Xiao Xueqin. She forced him to go report his safety, and when he hesitated outside Xiao Xueqin’s room, Medusa blasted the door open.

• Xiao Han got the gathered powers to accept the Emperor Pavilion as supreme and ordered them to prepare to march on the Misty Cloud Sect the next morning.
• Medusa arrived at the hall, and Xiao Yan explained that she was Xiao Han’s wife; Su Nianqiu’s Brother and his sister accidentally revealed they believed Xiao Han had another wife.
• Xiao Yan left for the capital and reminded Xiao Han that Xiao Xueqin was waiting at the Mittel Family, prompting Medusa to insist they visit her.
• Hai Bodong invited Xiao Han to a banquet, but Medusa sent him away and led Xiao Han toward Xiao Xueqin’s room.
• Xiao Han hesitated to knock on Xiao Xueqin’s door, so Medusa fired a ribbon of Dou Qi at it and blew it apart.

Xiao Han watched Medusa and Xiao Xueqin meet, fearing their encounter would turn hostile, but Xiao Xueqin welcomed Medusa warmly and spent the day talking with her. After Medusa left, Xiao Xueqin reassured Xiao Han that it was enough for him to keep her in his heart, and he embraced her, resolving to protect her.

• Medusa shattered the door and confronted Xiao Xueqin as Xiao Han anxiously watched.
• Xiao Xueqin greeted Medusa warmly, invited her inside, and took her hand, leaving both Medusa and Xiao Han surprised.
• Medusa and Xiao Xueqin drank tea and talked for hours while Xiao Han stood nearby, ignored.
• Medusa left after giving Xiao Xueqin a deep look, leaving Xiao Han alone with her.
• Xiao Xueqin embraced Xiao Han and told him that as long as he had her in his heart, that was enough.
• Xiao Han held Xiao Xueqin tightly and resolved to protect her with his life.

Xiao Han led the Imperial Capital’s forces to Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan tried to force Xiao Yan to kill Xiao Han by threatening Yun Yun. Xiao Han overwhelmed Yun Shan and the sect’s strongest fighters with one attack, leaving the battle’s outcome in his hands.

• The Jia Ma Imperial Family, the Nalan Family, Emperor Pavilion, and other forces gathered above the Imperial Capital and set out for Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Han leading them.
• Before departing, Ya Fei urged Xiao Yan to be careful, and Xiao Han teased the two about their closeness.
• Xiao Han’s army reached Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan appeared and revealed Yun Yun chained and badly injured in a cage.
• Yun Shan demanded that Xiao Yan kill Xiao Han or watch Yun Yun die, then reached for her with an invisible spatial hand.
• Xiao Han countered with a Buddha-Demon Great Hand that crushed Yun Shan and the sect’s fighters into a huge pit, then declared that killing Yun Shan was now like killing a dog.

Xiao Han rescued Yun Yun with Xiao Yan and confronted the Soul Hall, but Golden Nether Venerable arrived and proved too powerful for him. After borrowing Two-star Dou Zong strength from the system, Xiao Han prepared to borrow Xiao Xueqin’s Seal Divine Ice to face the Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan freed Yun Yun, treated her wounds, and brought her to the flying magical beast while she apologized for misunderstanding him.
• Xiao Han called out the Soul Hall, and Protector Wu appeared before Golden Nether Venerable emerged from a Space Wormhole and demanded that Xiao Han and Xiao Yan return with him.
• Xiao Han attacked Golden Nether Venerable with the Buddha-Demon Suppressing Heaven Seal, but the Dou Zun shattered it with one punch.
• Xiao Han spent two million points to temporarily raise his strength to Two-star Dou Zong, then asked Xiao Xueqin to lend him her Seal Divine Ice.

Xiao Han fused the Seal Divine Ice and Thunder Divine Ice into the Divine Ice Sword and used its power to strike down Golden Nether Venerable. After exhausting himself, he was supported by Medusa and Xiao Xueqin as the battle over the Misty Cloud Sect came to an end.

• Xiao Han fused the Seal Divine Ice and Thunder Divine Ice into the Divine Ice Sword, which revealed an ancient map in his mind.
• Xiao Han raised the Divine Ice Sword and unleashed the Heaven Tier Dou Technique One Sword Separating Worlds at Golden Nether Venerable.
• Golden Nether Venerable fled through a Space Wormhole, but Xiao Han's sword shattered a thousand-zhang stretch of space and left him battered and bleeding.
• Xiao Han's power and Dou Qi ran out, and Medusa and Xiao Xueqin rushed over to support him.
• Xiao Han teased the two women, took medicinal pills, and declared the matter of the Misty Cloud Sect settled.

After Xiao Han and Xiao Yan defeated the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan dissolved the sect and spared Yun Shan at Yun Yun’s request, crippling his Dou Qi instead. Xiao Han left Xiao Yan to handle the aftermath, and Xiao Yan carried Yun Yun away as the once-powerful sect fell into ruin.

• Xiao Han returned to the flying beast, and Xiao Yan defeated Protector Wu with a Buddha's Fury Lotus.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from Life-and-Death Seclusion, learned what had happened, and apologized to Xiao Han and Xiao Yan for her past arrogance.
• Xiao Han left the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Xueqin, Medusa, and the Emperor Pavilion members, leaving Xiao Yan to decide its fate.
• Xiao Yan disbanded the Misty Cloud Sect and ordered its unrelated disciples to leave.
• Xiao Yan agreed to Yun Yun's request to spare Yun Shan, crippling his Dou Qi instead.
• Xiao Yan picked up Yun Yun and flew away as Hai Bodong, Elder Jia, and the other leaders departed the ruined sect.

After the Yan Alliance unified the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan visited the recovering Yun Yun and asked her to lead the alliance while he pursued his own goals. Yun Yun confessed that she liked him, and Xiao Yan’s feelings for her stirred in response.

• The Yan Alliance rose to power after the Misty Cloud Sect fell, uniting the Jia Ma Empire under Xiao Yan’s proposal.
• Xiao Yan brought the injured Yun Yun to the Yan Alliance and cared for her as she recovered.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to take charge of the Yan Alliance because he planned to leave and search for Heavenly Flames while pursuing the Soul Hall.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan what might have happened if he had been bolder when they met in the cave.
• Yun Yun confessed that she liked Xiao Yan, and he felt his affection for her rise.

After recovering from the battle, Xiao Han prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire for the Divine Land in the east, where he believed more Divine Ice could be found. Xiao Xueqin felt the region might reveal the mystery of her origins, and she and Medusa agreed to go with him.

• Xiao Han sent the Emperor Pavilion members back to the Black-Corner Region and warned Su Nianqiu's Brother that the continent would one day focus on it.
• Xiao Han relaxed with Medusa and Xiao Xueqin atop Misty Cloud Mountain and discussed their plans after the Yan Alliance took control of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Han projected a map that had appeared in his mind after he fused two types of Divine Ice, and he and Medusa guessed the region contained more Divine Ice.
• Xiao Xueqin recognized the map's mountains and rivers as strangely familiar, while Xiao Rou refused to reveal whether the region held answers about her origins.
• Xiao Han identified the region as the Divine Land in the east and said he planned to go there; Medusa and Xiao Xueqin both chose to accompany him.

Xiao Han spent his points to teleport from the Yan Alliance to the Divine Continent, where the array separated him from Xiao Xueqin and Medusa. He emerged in a lake at the Demon Sect and was told by a bathing woman that her clan’s rule made him her husband.

• Xiao Han said goodbye to Xiao Yan and the others before taking Xiao Xueqin and Medusa through the teleportation array.
• The story introduced the Divine Continent’s Four Wastelands and the Demon Sect in the Southern Wasteland.
• A spatial black hole spat Xiao Han into a lake where a woman was bathing, while his companions were nowhere in sight.
• Xiao Han apologized and tried to leave, but the woman stopped him and declared that he had to marry her under her clan’s rule.

After arriving in the Divine Land, Xiao Han meets Mo Yin, a Demon Sect Hall Master who insists he marry her because he saw her bathing. With the system going offline and Xue Qin and Medusa missing, he decides to grow stronger and build a reputation, beginning his cultivation at the Demon Sect.

• Mo Yin threatens to kill herself under her clan rules unless Xiao Han marries her, so he agrees on the condition that she make him fall in love with her.
• Xiao Han learns from Mo Yin that they are in the Southern Wasteland Central Region at the Demon Sect, where Mo Yin is a Hall Master.
• Xiao Han asks Xiao Rou for news of Xue Qin and Medusa, but the system refuses to provide clues and says they will have their own opportunities.
• Xiao Rou announces that the system must undergo maintenance and upgrades, leaving Xiao Han without its support for a time.
• Xiao Han decides to search for Xue Qin and Medusa by becoming powerful and famous, and asks Mo Yin to let him cultivate at the Demon Sect.
• Mo Yin takes Xiao Han by the hand and leads him to the Sound Hall to choose a palace to live in.

Xiao Han arrived at the Demon Sect’s Sound Hall with Mo Yin, who openly held his hand to show their relationship and protect him. Their entrance drew the attention of the entire hall, leaving Xiao Han worried that he would face jealousy and trouble.

• Xiao Han left the valley and was impressed by the Demon Sect’s mountain palaces and waterfalls.
• Mo Yin led Xiao Han to the Sound Hall and offered to choose a palace residence for him.
• Mo Yin insisted on holding Xiao Han’s hand so her subordinates would know their relationship and avoid bullying him.
• The guards greeted Mo Yin, then stared at Xiao Han with jealousy as she led him into the Sound Hall.
• News of their hand-holding spread, and Sound Hall members gathered on the bridges and around the palaces to watch them.
• Xiao Han complained that he would have no peace, while Mo Yin assured him she would protect him.

Mo Yin installed Xiao Han in her palace at Sound Hall, where he befriended the mute maid Shen Wu Yin and began refining a pill to restore her voice. After Sound Hall men failed to provoke him into a spar, Qin Yin stole Xiao Han’s newly refined pill, and Xiao Han confronted him in the air.

• Mo Yin brought Xiao Han to her temporary palace and assigned Shen Wu Yin to attend to him.
• Xiao Han reassured the frightened, mute Shen Wu Yin and gave her a recipe for an Echo Pill that could restore her voice.
• Sound Hall challengers came to humiliate Xiao Han, but he admitted defeat and returned inside with Shen Wu Yin.
• Xiao Han spent several days refining the seventh-grade Echo Pill while Sound Hall members gossiped about his reputation.
• After Pill Lightning marked the pill’s completion, Qin Yin seized the Echo Pill as it flew from the palace.
• Xiao Han demanded the pill back, and Qin Yin refused, prompting Xiao Han to threaten him.

Xiao Han confronted Qin Yin after the Divine Sound Army commander seized his medicinal pill, and accepted Qin Yin’s challenge to spar. Xiao Han defeated him with one punch, leaving Qin Yin injured in the ruins of a collapsed palace.

• Qin Yin mocked Xiao Han’s Peak Dou Huang strength and claimed he had only wanted to test him for a place in the Divine Sound Army.
• Mo Yin appeared, ordered Qin Yin to return Xiao Han’s pill, and told him to leave.
• Xiao Han stopped Qin Yin and challenged him to the spar Qin Yin had proposed.
• Qin Yin attacked at high speed, but Xiao Han read his movements with Soul Power and met his strike with a punch.
• Xiao Han broke Qin Yin’s bones and sent him crashing into a mountain, collapsing the palace above it, then rebuked him for trying to steal things.

Xiao Han defeated Qin Yin with overwhelming force, shocking Sound Hall and earning Mo Yin’s admiration. Mo Yin announced that she would appoint him commander-in-chief of the Divine Sound Army in three days, promising an opportunity to break through.

• Xiao Han’s attack reduced the palace to ruins and left Qin Yin defeated, making the members of Sound Hall fear and respect him.
• Mo Yin praised Xiao Han’s strength, and he explained that he remained at Peak Dou Huang and had hit a cultivation bottleneck.
• Xiao Han suspected that the Dou Qi of the Dou Qi Continent could not fully cultivate the Yang Stage of his Emperor Cleansing Art.
• Mo Yin told Xiao Han that she would appoint him commander-in-chief of the Divine Sound Army in three days and that he would receive an opportunity to break through.
• Mo Yin left to prepare the appointment, while Xiao Han returned to his palace and looked forward to the ceremony.