Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fought Han Feng and overwhelmed him with the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame. After revealing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and confirming that his teacher was alive, Xiao Yan left Han Feng vowing to kill them both.

• Han Feng and his allies attacked Xiao Yan to seize his Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan used his teacher's Soul Power to withstand Han Feng's strike.
• Han Feng unleashed the manifested Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan answered with the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, blasting Han Feng backward.
• Xiao Yan taunted Han Feng about his cultivation technique, leaving Han Feng shaken by the implication that Xiao Yan knew his past.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Han Feng recognized it as the flame of the teacher he had believed dead.
• Xiao Yan said that Han Feng had led him to his teacher, and Han Feng vowed to kill them both.

Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng and overwhelmed him with the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, then pursued him as he fled toward Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Just as Yao Chen took control to finish Han Feng, Li Xiao appeared and blocked the killing blow.

• Han Feng recognized Yao Chen's Soul Power and Bone Spirit Cold Fire within Xiao Yan, then accused his former master of favoring Xiao Yan and vowed to kill them both.
• Xiao Yan clashed with Han Feng's Sea Heart Halberd using the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, shattering the halberd and badly injuring Han Feng.
• Han Feng called on Gold Silver Two Elders and the other experts for help, but they backed away from Xiao Yan's fire lotus, so Han Feng fled.
• Xiao Yan struck Han Feng in the spine as he pursued him, while Yao Chen warned that Han Feng was nearing Ascending Heaven Pavilion's protected territory.
• Xiao Yan handed control of his body to Yao Chen, but Li Xiao appeared before Han Feng and blocked Yao Chen's fatal strike.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Li Xiao punished Xiao Yan and Han Feng after their fight violated the Pavilion’s rules, while imprisoning Yao Chen. Xiao Yan left crippled but was told his cultivation could recover after a year, and Han Feng was barred from the Pavilion for three years.

• Li Xiao invoked the Pavilion’s rules, and its Heavenly Law tore Yao Chen’s soul from Xiao Yan before Li Xiao imprisoned him for ten years.
• Xiao Yan threatened the Pavilion, so Niu Meng shattered his Qi Cyclone, leaving him crippled and ordered to return to Wutan City.
• Li Xiao explained that he had saved the Xiao Family in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade and said Xiao Yan’s foundation would recover after a year.
• Li Xiao punished Han Feng for provoking the fight by reducing his cultivation to the third stage of Dou Qi and banning him from the Pavilion for three years.
• Han Feng threatened the helpless Xiao Yan, who then left the Pavilion, realizing its power and facing an uncertain future without Yao Chen.

Li Xiao punished Yao Chen, received rewards from the auction and system, and strengthened the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s protectors. After using a ten-draw reward and choosing a technique for Xiao Yi Xian, he met with her as the protectors departed.

• Li Xiao suppressed Yao Chen inside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion for ten years, and the pavilion devoured Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• The system rewarded Li Xiao with a ten-consecutive draw and increased the cultivation of Li Xiao and the pavilion’s protectors.
• Li Xiao drew several items, including a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak Card and the Nine Lightning Heavenly Flame, and planned to obtain the Azure Nether Flame Art before absorbing the flame.
• Li Xiao prepared the Nine Nether Poison Sutra for Xiao Yi Xian, then welcomed the protectors as they thanked him for their cultivation breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived, and Bailing and the other protectors left Li Xiao and her alone.

Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Emperor, and Li Xiao gave her the Nine Nether Poison Sutra before gathering the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to reveal a rose-filled display in gratitude. After spending the night with Ya Fei and Yun Yun, Li Xiao learned from Queen Medusa that a mysterious treasure had appeared on the Eastern Continent and decided to investigate.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao she had reached Dou Emperor, and he gifted her the Nine Nether Poison Sutra.
• Xiao Yi Xian said Qing Lin had entered seclusion to approach Six-Star Dou Wang, and Li Xiao led her out to join the others.
• Li Xiao summoned the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and filled the valley with blooming roses as he thanked everyone for their contributions.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun embraced Li Xiao and wept, while Queen Medusa watched sadly and Yue Mei reported a supreme treasure on the Eastern Continent.
• Queen Medusa told Li Xiao about the treasure, and he decided to go investigate before it could be claimed by someone else.

Li Xiao, Ye Chen, and Cai Lin traveled to the Eastern Continent to investigate a powerful treasure and search for the Snake-People Race experts. They reached the Stone Kingdom, where a threatening guard was killed by Ye Chen’s forceful voice.

• Li Xiao decided to go to the Eastern Continent with Ye Chen and Cai Lin to investigate the treasure, and Cai Lin asked him to refine medicinal pills for the Snake-People Race afterward.
• The three reached the Eastern Continent after two days, but Cai Lin could not contact the Snake-People Race experts.
• Li Xiao chose to visit the nearby Stone Kingdom to learn what had happened, and the group found its city heavily guarded by experts.
• A Stone Kingdom Dou Emperor warned Li Xiao and his companions not to interfere and pointed out severed heads impaled on bamboo poles.
• Ye Chen rebuked the Dou Emperor and killed him with the force of his voice, shocking the other guards.

Li Xiao arrived in the Shi Kingdom and frightened its ruler, Shi Heng, who recognized him as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion. After learning that a rumored Dou Emperor weapon had appeared near the Qingyun Empire, Li Xiao set out to investigate.

• Shi Heng arrived with dozens of Dou Wang experts and recognized Li Xiao, then stopped a Dou Huang from insulting him by smashing the man into the ground.
• Shi Heng knelt before Li Xiao, explained that he had become ruler after the previous ruler died, and ordered the others to pay Li Xiao their respects.
• Shi Heng told Li Xiao that rumors of a fallen Dou Emperor's weapon had drawn experts to the Eastern Continent, and pointed him toward the Qingyun Empire.
• Li Xiao thanked Shi Heng and departed; Shi Heng then ordered the execution of the disrespectful Dou Huang, his subordinates, and their families, and had the man's head displayed.

Princess Liu Qingning and Xiao Die secretly left the Qingyun Empire to search for a rumored Heaven Rank Weapon. During a violent storm, Li Xiao and Queen Medusa encountered the battered Liu Qingning, who begged Li Xiao to save her.

• Liu Qingning complained about being recalled to the palace and persuaded Xiao Die to help her sneak out of the empire in search of the weapon.
• A day later, Li Xiao and Queen Medusa walked together beneath an umbrella through a storm as Ye Chen followed them.
• Li Xiao and the others sensed a terrifying aura and saw a woman crash into a crater near them.
• Li Xiao recognized the injured woman as Liu Qingning, who asked him to save her.

Li Xiao rescued Liu Qingning and killed the Dou Zun who had attacked her, but Liu Qingning’s maid Xiao Die died holding off another enemy. The chapter ended with Liu Qingning grieving over Xiao Die’s body and the farewell message she left behind.

• Li Xiao gave the wounded Liu Qingning a Tier 7 Pill and refused to let Scarface’s men take her.
• Li Xiao used the God Slaying Palm to kill the Dou Zong attackers, and Ye Chen burned Scarface to ashes.
• Liu Qingning asked Li Xiao to save Xiao Die, who had stayed behind to hold off a Half Saint.
• Li Xiao and the others found Xiao Die dead beside a 2-Star Dou Zun’s corpse, with her meridians, organs, and Qi Cyclone destroyed.
• Liu Qingning saw Xiao Die’s farewell letter, cried, and fainted in Cai Lin’s arms.

Li Xiao and his companions helped Liu Qingning after finding Xiao Die dead, then learned from Liu Qingyun that the Heaven Rank Weapon they sought was hidden beneath the Qingyun Empire. Liu Qingyun warned that the weapon’s demonic energy made it too dangerous to retrieve.

• Li Xiao covered Xiao Die’s body, then met Liu Qingyun, who arrived and found his daughter alive.
• Liu Qingyun took the healed Liu Qingning back to the Qingyun Empire, while Li Xiao’s group buried Xiao Die before following him.
• After they left, a pale hand emerged from the soil, and the other corpses began glowing blood-red.
• Li Xiao asked Liu Qingyun about the Heaven Rank Weapon, and Ye Chen pressured the emperor to answer.
• Liu Qingyun revealed that the weapon was in the empire, sealed within the earth’s core because its energy could drive people into demonic madness.

Li Xiao and Ye Chen confronted the Demon Blade after its baleful aura drove the slain experts to massacre Qingyun Empire’s citizens. Li Xiao discovered a trace of Original Emperor Qi inside it, while the Ancient Clans gathered to claim the weapon and Ye Chen proposed invoking Li Xiao’s name to get it.

• Li Xiao warned Liu Qingyun that the Demon Blade could not be controlled by a Three-Star Dou Sheng, and the blade’s aura unleashed the slain experts on the city.
• Li Xiao and Ye Chen left Cai Lin behind a barrier and went to suppress the Demon Blade while Qingyun’s citizens evacuated and its fighters battled the attackers.
• Hun Feng and four Four Star Dou Sheng protectors arrived to claim the weapon as members of other Ancient Clans also gathered.
• A Gu Clan Dou Sheng helped Liu Qingyun fight the Half Saint wielding the Demon Blade, whose power let him challenge Liu Qingyun across realms.
• Li Xiao sensed that the Demon Blade contained a trace of Original Emperor Qi and held Ye Chen back as the gathered Dou Shengs watched.
• Ye Chen asked whether using Li Xiao’s name could persuade the others to hand over the Demon Blade.

Li Xiao and Ye Chen intimidated the Yao Clan after Ye Chen killed one of its Dou Sheng elders, while Liu Qingyun ended the battle and destroyed the controlled Half Saint. Li Xiao claimed the Demon Blade, resisted its attempt to tempt him, and preserved its remaining Original Emperor Qi before storing it away.

• Ye Chen killed a One-Star Dou Sheng of the Yao Clan and warned the clan not to challenge Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Liu Qingyun beheaded the mind-controlled Half Saint and shattered his soul, causing the attacking puppets to collapse.
• Hun Feng and the other Dou Sheng planned to wait until the Demon Blade's power ran out before taking it.
• Li Xiao picked up the Demon Blade and ignored its attempts to tempt him with the promise of power.
• Li Xiao refined the blade's residual thought, preserved its remaining Original Emperor Qi, and stored it away.

Li Xiao kept the Demon Blade despite Hun Feng and Lin Sen’s demands, drawing the attention of the Gu Clan and Hun Clan’s strongest elders. Gu Dao and Hun Sha arrived and nearly fought over the blade before Liu Qingyun stopped them from endangering Qingyun Empire, and Hun Sha turned his attention to Li Xiao.

• Hun Feng challenged Li Xiao for taking the Demon Blade, but Lin Sen held back the Hun Clan and asked Li Xiao to sell it to them.
• A Gu Clan expert offered to pay double for the blade, and Gu Dao arrived with the pressure of a Seven Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Sha arrived to represent the Hun Clan, and Gu Dao and Hun Sha prepared to fight over the Demon Blade.
• Liu Qingyun warned Gu Dao that a battle would kill civilians, so Gu Dao spared Hun Sha and threatened to kill him another time.
• Hun Sha asked Li Xiao whether he was the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Li Xiao confirmed that he was.

Li Xiao refused to sell the Demon Blade to the Hun Clan and Gu Clan, announcing it would be auctioned at Ascending Heaven Pavilion in a year. After explaining that the blade held too little Original Emperor Qi to be useful, he prepared to leave the Qingyun Empire with Medusa and the others.

• Li Xiao rejected Hun Feng’s offer and left with Ye Chen, while Hun Sha and Gu Dao exchanged insults and fought.
• Liu Qingyun ordered the battlefield cleared and provided Gold Coins to help the people rebuild.
• Medusa anxiously waited for Li Xiao, who returned safely and explained that Original Emperor Qi was needed to reach the Dou Emperor realm.
• Li Xiao decided to return to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Liu Qingyun thanked him for preventing the Ancient Clans from fighting in the empire.
• Liu Qingyun watched Li Xiao and his companions depart, then wondered whether Li Xiao was married as he glanced at his unconscious daughter.

After the Chu Yun Empire invaded, Jia Xingtian revealed he had advanced to Dou Zong and ordered a counterattack with help from the Luo Yan and Mu Lan Empires. Yao Ye and Yao Yue joined the discussion, while Li Xiao walked through the capital to buy food for Zi Yan.

• Mu Chen reported that the Chu Yun Empire had invaded the border and wiped out the Mu Family defenders there.
• Jia Xingtian revealed his Dou Zong breakthrough and ordered Mu Chen and Nalan Jie to reinforce the border and prepare to counterattack.
• Jia Xingtian explained that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate might still have a Dou Zong expert, Xie Bi Yan, and that the Luo Yan and Mu Lan Empires were preparing to join the fight.
• Yao Ye and Yao Yue arrived, and Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye to patrol the empire and report anything important.
• Li Xiao walked through the capital to buy food for Zi Yan before returning to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Li Xiao met Princess Yao Ye while shopping in the Jia Ma Empire, and she invited him to a palace banquet. There, Jia Xingtian sought to strengthen the empire’s ties with Ascending Heaven Pavilion by asking Li Xiao to take Yao Ye as his disciple.

• Li Xiao bought food and ornaments in the streets, where Princess Yao Ye recognized him and invited him to a banquet.
• Yao Ye told Li Xiao that Jia Xingtian had displayed his portrait so the royal family would recognize him.
• Jia Xingtian and President Fa Ma welcomed Li Xiao at the palace banquet.
• Jia Xingtian praised Yao Ye’s talent and asked what Li Xiao thought of her.
• Li Xiao asked whether Jia Xingtian wanted him to take Princess Yao Ye as his disciple.

Jia Xingtian offered Yao Ye to Li Xiao as a maid, and Li Xiao accepted while making clear that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would not protect the Jia Ma Empire. As Li Xiao took Yao Ye back with him, she said she did not regret leaving, while he reflected that he had wanted to spare her from being married off for political reasons.

• Jia Xingtian asked Li Xiao to take Yao Ye as his maid, and Yao Ye accepted the sacrifice for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Luo Yan Tian and Mu Lan San arrived and told Li Xiao that Xie Bi Yan had survived and reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Li Xiao accepted Yao Ye but warned Jia Xingtian that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would not protect his empire; Fa Ma agreed on the empire's behalf.
• Jia Xingtian asked Yao Ye to carry the empire's future, and she promised not to disappoint him.
• Li Xiao lifted Yao Ye into the air and took her toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion; Luo Yan Tian and Mu Lan San agreed to help the Jia Ma Empire.
• Li Xiao asked Yao Ye if she regretted her choice, and she said she did not; he reflected that he had accepted her partly to spare her a political marriage.

Li Xiao returned to Ascending Heaven Pavilion with Yao Ye, where Ye Chen refined a powerful pill after receiving Li Xiao’s advice. After two months of secluded cultivation, Li Xiao reached Five-Star Dou Zong and sensed a terrifying disturbance in the eastern Beast Mountain Range.

• Zi Yan tasted Ye Chen’s failed Spring Fragrance Pill and fled to the bathroom after experiencing its strange effects.
• Li Xiao brought Yao Ye to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where she reunited with Ya Fei and was welcomed by the others.
• Li Xiao advised Ye Chen to balance Flower Nectar with Ice Ling Flower powder, and Ye Chen began refining the pill again.
• Li Xiao accidentally opened the bathroom door on Zi Yan, who shouted at him and later left in embarrassment.
• Two months later, Li Xiao emerged from secluded cultivation at Five-Star Dou Zong, while the war ended with Chu Yun Que’s death and Chu Yun Empire’s defeat.
• Li Xiao sensed a violent storm and Bronze Sky Thunder in the eastern Beast Mountain Range, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King reacted with alarm.

Yao Dan confronted Li Xiao over the deaths of two Medicine Clan elders, but Li Xiao demonstrated Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s power by sealing away Yao Dan’s Dou Qi. He restored Yao Dan afterward, leaving the Medicine Clan leader frightened and aware that his clan could be destroyed if he challenged the pavilion.

• Yao Dan arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion and demanded that Li Xiao answer for killing two Medicine Clan experts.
• Li Xiao invited Yao Dan to tea, then warned him that the pavilion’s rules applied to everyone and that the Medicine Clan could be wiped out if he attacked.
• Li Xiao sealed Yao Dan’s Dou Qi, causing his strength and vitality to rapidly decline.
• Yao Dan begged Li Xiao to undo the seal and admitted that he understood after Li Xiao restored his Dou Qi.
• Li Xiao explained that he had spared Yao Dan because the Medicine Clan’s collapse could lead to countless deaths.

Yao Dan apologized to Li Xiao and learned that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would auction a Soul Power Mysterious Pill and the Blood Demon Blade in half a year. Two months later, Li Xiao and Queen Medusa became lovers, and she asked him to accompany her to the Snake-People Race Tribe.

• Yao Dan admitted his mistake to Li Xiao after realizing the danger of defying the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao offered Yao Dan a chance to bid on Ye Chen's Soul Power Mysterious Pill and announced an auction for it and the Blood Demon Blade in half a year.
• Li Xiao told Ye Chen and Linglong to prepare the auction items and publicize the auction.
• After two more months, Li Xiao reached Seven Star Dou Zong and shared a moonlit evening with Queen Medusa, recalling how he had helped the Snake-People Race leave the Tagor Desert.
• Li Xiao and Queen Medusa spent the night together, and the next morning she asked him to accompany her to the Snake-People Race Tribe.