Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud sent Kun Huang, Ying Huang, Huang Tian, and Feng Qing'er back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as part of his plan, then lured Soul Hall Fourth Heavenly Venerable Blood River into an ambush. He left Blood River badly battered but alive, just as a Half-Saint arrived.

• Flowing Cloud ordered Kun Huang and Ying Huang to return Huang Tian and Feng Qing'er to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and persuade Phoenix to come to his chosen location.
• Flowing Cloud secretly planted a Puppet Seed in Huang Tian, then released him and Feng Qing'er to leave with the elders.
• Flowing Cloud traveled to the Central Region and had Blood Heavenly Venerate lead Blood River to his location.
• Flowing Cloud ambushed Blood River, overwhelmed his defenses, and captured him despite Blood River's attempt to escape.
• Blood River crushed a Spatial Jade Slip to summon help, but Flowing Cloud smashed his body apart; a Half-Saint's aura appeared nearby.

Gu You arrived after Blood River summoned him and faced Flowing Cloud, the Heaven and Earth Alliance Leader, who had grown strong enough to defeat Blood River. Their battle began with Flowing Cloud overpowering Gu You’s Dark Skeleton King, but Gu You fused his soul with the skeleton and armored it with countless souls to continue the fight.

• Gu You emerged from a spatial rift, saw Blood River reduced to a pool of blood, and learned that Flowing Cloud was the Heaven and Earth Alliance Leader.
• Gu You summoned the Dark Skeleton King, and Flowing Cloud shattered its arm and skull with powerful punches.
• Gu You reformed the skeleton at a smaller size and fused his soul with it, allowing it to evade Flowing Cloud and strike his armored wrist.
• Flowing Cloud sent the skeleton flying and prepared a spiked fist, so Gu You covered it in Myriad Soul Bone Armor made from countless souls.

Flowing Cloud defeated Gu You and Blood River, planted Puppet Seeds in their souls, and ordered them to report on the Hall of Souls. After learning Ice River Valley planned to attack Blazing Flame Valley, he put his trip to the Beast Domain on hold.

• Flowing Cloud devoured the souls powering Gu You’s Dark Skeleton King, knocked Gu You unconscious, and sealed him.
• Flowing Cloud found Blood River hiding underground, crushed his blood form into droplets, and gathered them.
• Flowing Cloud healed Blood River, planted Puppet Seeds in both captives, and learned about the Hall of Souls’ leadership and the Soul Clan.
• Flowing Cloud ordered Gu You and Blood River to report major movements and find a chance to lure out their superior, then sent them back.
• Flowing Cloud learned Ice River Valley planned to attack Blazing Flame Valley and delayed his trip to the Beast Domain.

Flowing Cloud followed Bing Kuang and three Ice River Valley Half-Saints to Blazing Flame Valley, where they began their attack. Just as an Ice River Valley Half-Saint rushed Tang Zhen, a red-haired old man appeared and struck him with a devastating blast.

• Flowing Cloud entered the Scorching Volcano Mountain Range and concealed himself while waiting for Ice River Valley's forces.
• Bing Kuang arrived with three Half-Saints and led them toward Blazing Flame Valley's headquarters.
• Bing Kuang's group confronted Tang Zhen and the Blazing Flame Valley disciples, and Bing Kuang ordered his men to kill them.
• A red-haired old man emerged from distorted space and blasted the Ice River Valley Half-Saint who charged Tang Zhen.

Bing Kuang of Ice River Valley clashed with Blazing Flame Valley’s red-haired Old Ancestor Huo Yun, who wielded the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. After the two traded blows, Bing Kuang vanished and reappeared behind Huo Yun with a Black Ice Spear aimed at his palm.

• Old Ancestor Huo Yun struck an Ice River Valley Half-Saint and melted a hole through his chest before Bing Kuang shielded him with Black Ice Cold Power.
• Bing Kuang and Huo Yun recognized each other as old figures from their era and prepared to fight over the attack on Blazing Flame Valley.
• Bing Kuang ordered his three Half-Saint subordinates to withdraw, while Huo Yun sent Tang Zhen and the others into the valley and took the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Bing Kuang formed Black Ice Spears and battled Huo Yun’s nine silver fire dragons, as Huo Yun warned that the valley’s power and the Heavenly Flame favored him.
• Bing Kuang vanished in a burst of white light, then appeared behind Huo Yun and thrust a pitch-black spear tip toward his palm.

Bing Kuang fought Old Ancestor Huo Yun at Blazing Flame Valley, then secretly reached an understanding with him after revealing their shared history with the Hall of Souls. Flowing Cloud abandoned his plan to capture Bing Kuang and left, but Bing Kuang sensed the spatial disturbance and failed to track him down.

• Bing Kuang wounded Old Ancestor Huo Yun with his Black Ice Spear, but the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire expelled the icy power.
• Flowing Cloud watched from beyond Blazing Flame Valley and expected Bing Kuang to weaken as the battle dragged on.
• Old Ancestor Huo Yun gained the upper hand, but Bing Kuang stopped him by warning that the Hall of Souls might discover he was alive.
• Bing Kuang and Old Ancestor Huo Yun exchanged secret messages, then parted on friendly terms as Bing Kuang left one Ice River Valley Half-Saint with him.
• Flowing Cloud inferred that Ice River Valley and Blazing Flame Valley were staging a show for the Hall of Souls, and decided not to risk provoking hidden experts.
• Bing Kuang sensed Flowing Cloud leaving through space, pursued him without success, and returned to the Scorching Volcano Mountain Range.

Flowing Cloud reached the Beast Domain and discovered that an Ancient Ruins site in the Bone Mountain Range was about to open. He secretly accelerated the spatial seal’s collapse, and the ruins began to appear as the gathered experts watched.

• Flowing Cloud learned that an Ancient Ruins site in the Bone Mountain Range was opening after a battle between two Eighth-Order Shapeshifted Magical Beasts weakened its seal.
• Flowing Cloud arrived at the Bone Mountain Range and observed the two eighth-order experts and the crowd awaiting the seal’s collapse.
• Flowing Cloud decided to explore the ruins and summoned a Soul Projection of his true body to act from the shadows.
• Flowing Cloud’s Soul Projection caused the spatial seal to dissipate sooner than expected, startling the two magical beast experts.
• The distorted space froze and shattered into countless spatial fragments.

Flowing Cloud reached the crimson great hall in the Ancient Ruins after a spatial storm killed many of the experts rushing toward it. He smashed open its gate and entered the passage, where magma and deadly blue flames erupted around the intruders.

• A violent spatial storm burst from the shattered seal and killed or injured many experts, while Flowing Cloud survived beyond its reach.
• The two eighth-order magical beast experts and other survivors entered the Bone Sea, where they discovered a colossal crimson great hall.
• Flowing Cloud transformed into a hundred-meter giant and smashed the hall's stone gate with one punch.
• Greedy experts rushed into the dark passage, and Flowing Cloud followed after shrinking back to his original size.
• The passage turned crimson as magma burst through the floor and blue flames erupted from its walls, incinerating those they touched.

Flowing Cloud bypassed the deadly Fire Passage, defeated and collected its ten silver puppets, then entered the ruins and looted their treasures. He opened an ancient stone gate filled with a powerful medicinal fragrance, and dazzling light burst out from within.

• Flowing Cloud plunged through the magma beneath the Fire Passage and reached a hidden stone passage leading to a plaza.
• Ten silver puppets attacked Flowing Cloud, but he repelled them and watched them use a formation to strengthen one into a golden puppet.
• Flowing Cloud erased the puppets’ soul imprints and stored all ten in his Storage Ring.
• Flowing Cloud entered the ruins, collected Dou Skills, cultivation techniques, and medicinal herbs, then followed a peculiar aura to an ancient stone gate.
• Flowing Cloud opened the moss-covered gate, releasing a dense medicinal fragrance and a burst of dazzling light.

Flowing Cloud discovered an ancient forest filled with rare medicinal herbs and sealed it off from other treasure seekers with an illusion array. While gathering herbs, he found a Soul Infant Demon Tree guarded by a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon and demanded its Soul Infant Fruits.

• Flowing Cloud sealed the gate to the medicinal forest and set up the Mystic Tortoise Soul-Confusing Array to keep other entrants away.
• Flowing Cloud collected treasures from the pavilions and gathered harvest-ready herbs throughout the ancient forest without harming its Magical Beasts.
• Flowing Cloud sensed a soul-related Spirit Herb and found a Soul Infant Demon Tree growing on an island in a lake.
• A Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon emerged from the lake to guard the tree, and Flowing Cloud offered compensation for the Soul Infant Fruits while revealing his High-level Dou Zun pressure.
• The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon sensed Flowing Cloud's strength and withdrew beneath the lake.

Flowing Cloud collected the Soul Infant Fruits and the Soul Infant Demon Tree, then used Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan essence blood to enter the Beast Spirit Barrier. Inside, he found a desolate crimson plain and an ancient stone altar.

• Flowing Cloud harvested two Soul Infant Fruits and uprooted the Soul Infant Demon Tree, storing both in his Storage Ring.
• Flowing Cloud gave the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon two body-tempering pills and a Form Transformation Pill in exchange for the fruits.
• Flowing Cloud explored deeper into the ancient forest, gathering treasures from magical beasts and overcoming those that resisted him.
• Flowing Cloud discovered a beast-free region and struck a hidden Beast Spirit Barrier with Dou Qi.
• Flowing Cloud opened the barrier with Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan essence blood and entered, finding a crimson plain with an ancient stone altar at its center.

Flowing Cloud collected a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and plundered medicinal pills from the Pill Hall in the ancient ruins. He reached a vast bronze hall containing ten sealed light balls and the skeleton of a former Dou Sheng expert, where a Heaven-tier beginner Dou Technique lay hidden.

• Flowing Cloud found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on a towering stone altar and collected it in a jade bottle.
• Flowing Cloud searched the Pill Hall, gathering pills from its second and third floors and capturing a white pill beast close to becoming a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
• Flowing Cloud continued through the maze-like hall and entered a vast bronze-yellow chamber with ten enormous light balls.
• Flowing Cloud recognized the jade-white skeleton on a stone seat as a former Dou Sheng expert whose remains held a Heaven-tier beginner Dou Technique.

Flowing Cloud looted the ruins' treasures, including a Dou Saint skeleton inscribed with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and emerged from the hall. As he left the ruins, six powerful experts attacked him, and he met their assault with the Heaven Slaying Sword Art.

• Flowing Cloud collected ten scrolls and defeated the dozen Dou Zun-level human puppets guarding the stone seat.
• Flowing Cloud erased the remnant soul imprint in the Dou Saint skeleton, stored it, and found the Great Heaven Creation Palm recorded on its ribs.
• Flowing Cloud left the great hall and dispelled the Illusion Array trapping nearly a hundred treasure seekers at the entrance.
• Flowing Cloud emerged from the ruins and headed toward the exit as the onlookers watched.
• Six experts attacked Flowing Cloud in midair, and he answered with a hundred-zhang golden sword beam from the Heaven Slaying Sword Art.

Flowing Cloud punished the people who ambushed him in the ruins, then prepared an array to trap Phoenix, the leader of the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. Phoenix approached with Kun Huang, Ying Huang, Feng Qing'er, and another young man, intending to negotiate on her clan’s terms.

• Flowing Cloud killed two of the six attackers with a single sword strike, then killed another who entered the great hall and wounded the Nine-star Dou Zun who fled.
• Flowing Cloud let the two remaining attackers go after they each severed an arm, then left the ruins as the others rushed into the great hall to search for treasure.
• Flowing Cloud contacted Kun Huang and Ying Huang and learned they would lure Phoenix away from the Heaven Demon Phoenix settlement the next day.
• Flowing Cloud traveled to a desolate region and spent half a day setting up an Ice Blue Water Light Array to prevent Phoenix from escaping.
• Phoenix arrived with Kun Huang, Ying Huang, Feng Qing'er, and a young Dou Zun, declaring that she would punish Flowing Cloud if he rejected the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes’ conditions.

Flowing Cloud confronted Phoenix and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan under a sealed formation, demanding their submission to the Heaven and Earth Alliance. As Phoenix prepared to fight him, Kun Huang and Ying Huang revealed their betrayal by attacking her.

• Phoenix, Jiu Feng, Kun Huang, and Ying Huang were trapped inside a powerful formation that Phoenix could not break.
• Flowing Cloud arrived with a companion, and Kun Huang and Ying Huang rebuked Jiu Feng when he defended Phoenix.
• Flowing Cloud demanded that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan serve as mounts for the Heaven and Earth Alliance, provoking Phoenix to attack.
• Flowing Cloud blocked Phoenix's attack with Soul Power, and Phoenix called on Kun Huang and Ying Huang to help her.
• Kun Huang and Ying Huang gathered their power and sent their attacks toward Phoenix instead of Flowing Cloud.

Flowing Cloud defeated Phoenix and used the Ancient Puppet Seed Technique to make her his slave, then took control of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. He left Feng Qing'er sealed and ordered the puppets to monitor rival clans while keeping Huang Tian’s seclusion undisturbed.

• Kun Huang and Ying Huang attacked the wounded Phoenix, and she realized they were no longer acting of their own will.
• Flowing Cloud subdued Phoenix, sealed her Dou Qi, and planted a Puppet Seed in her soul, making her his loyal slave.
• Flowing Cloud sealed Feng Qing'er’s strength and turned Jiu Feng into a puppet rather than risk his disappearance disrupting the clan.
• Flowing Cloud ordered Phoenix, Kun Huang, and Ying Huang to monitor the major magical beast clans and not disturb Huang Tian’s seclusion.
• Flowing Cloud released the Ice Blue Water Light Array after the three puppets pledged to obey him.

After nearly two years away, Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy and learned that Flowing Cloud Pavilion had risen to dominate the Black Corner Region. He entered Peace Town and discovered that his instructor, Ruo Lin, had already registered him for the Inner Academy Selection Competition.

• Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed Flowing Cloud Pavilion’s rise and the Heavenly Flames associated with its auction house and the late Han Feng.
• Old Yao revealed that Han Feng had once been his beloved student and successor before betraying him, and Xiao Yan promised to revive his teacher.
• Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to seek the Falling Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan headed toward Peace Town.
• Xiao Yan encountered Jia Nan Academy’s Enforcement Team, confirmed his identity, and entered the academy without taking the pill required of ordinary arrivals.
• Xiao Yan received his academy badge and learned that Ruo Lin had registered him for the Inner Academy Selection Competition.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan City and reunited with his cousin Xiao Ning after rescuing him from a fight. He hurried to Jia Nan Academy for the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition and was announced as the next contestant.

• Instructor Hode warned Xiao Yan that Xun Er's admirers at Jia Nan Academy could become his rivals, then arranged a griffin to take him to Jia Nan City.
• Xiao Yan flew to Jia Nan City and, while heading toward the academy, saw Xiao Ning fighting four youths who had insulted his cousin.
• Xiao Yan kicked the four attackers aside, and Xiao Ning excitedly reunited with him and explained the trouble he had faced at the academy.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition was taking place that day, so he and Xiao Ning hurried to the academy.
• At the crowded Outer Academy plaza, the referee announced Xiao Yan's match against Xue Beng of Xuan Class Three.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy just before his match and demonstrated how much he had grown by disarming Xue Beng with ease. He won the match and reunited with Xiao Xun'er, apologizing for being late.

• As the deadline for Xiao Yan's match approached, Xiao Xun'er worried she might have to leave Jia Nan Academy without seeing him, while Xiao Yu tried to reassure her.
• Xiao Yan leaped into the plaza and announced himself as a student of Class Two of the Yellow Rank.
• Xue Beng attacked Xiao Yan, who dodged the thrust and took his spear before Xue Beng could react.
• Xue Beng conceded, and the referee declared Xiao Yan the winner, stunning the crowd with his strength.
• Xiao Yan rushed to Xiao Xun'er and softly apologized for being late.

Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that her clan would take her home because of the attack on the Xiao Clan and revealed that she had secretly protected him for years. As powerful visitors approached to retrieve her, she pushed Xiao Yan into hiding.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that her distant clan would take her back the next day because of the attack on the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Hall of Souls had been behind the attack, and Xiao Xun'er admitted she had kept people watching over him and knew about his past adventures.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan discussed Flowing Cloud, and she gave Xiao Yan a scroll to cultivate after he became a Dou Wang.
• Old Yao sensed powerful auras approaching, and Xiao Xun'er pushed Xiao Yan into the forest and told him to hide his presence.