Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin led the Immortal Palace delegation to the Northwest Sect Tournament at Heavenly Snake Manor, where the group received second-grade honors and learned that Qing Lin would compete in the Human Ranking. As the tournament began, Xiao Lin grew wary of Lion Nether Sect’s Shi Tian and took note of the Dou Zun from Thunder Sect, who might be connected to the Lei Clan.

• Xiao Lin led the Immortal Palace delegation through the air toward the Heavenly Snake Empire while Hai Bodong reported that Black Corner Region forces had already set out.
• At Heavenly Snake Manor, Hong Xia classified the Immortal Palace and Poison Sect as second-grade forces and instructed the disciples to treat them accordingly.
• At the foot of the mountain, Xiao Mei reacted to the Mulan Three Elders, while Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong recognized rivals from neighboring empires.
• Heavenly Snake Manor announced the Immortal Palace and sent a disciple to guide them inside, prompting the Mulan Three Elders to resent their reception.
• Xiao Lin learned that Lü Man and White Fang were preparing for the Earth Ranking and that Qing Lin would compete in the Human Ranking.
• After spotting Shi Tian watching the Immortal Palace, Xiao Lin became wary of Lion Nether Sect and noticed that Thunder Sect’s Dou Zun might have ties to the Lei Clan as Hong Xia opened the tournament.

The Earth and Human Ranking contests raised Immortal Palace’s profile, while the Poison Sect’s White-Haired Heavenly Poison Girl revealed that she had joined Xiao Lin’s faction. After Xiao Yan and Lü Man claimed first place in their rankings, the Heavenly Ranking contest began with the Heavenly Poison Girl challenging Magic Flame Valley.

• Jia Xing Tian defeated Magic Flame Valley’s Xie Zhen, then stopped competing after reaching the top fifteen despite Fang Yan’s taunts.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to win the Human Ranking, while Lü Man of Heavenly Snake Manor took first place on the Earth Ranking.
• The Poison Sect’s White-Haired Heavenly Poison Girl greeted Xiao Lin as Poison Hall Master, and Xiao Lin told her to fight in the Heavenly Ranking contest.
• Qing Lin recognized Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan, forfeited her Human Ranking match, and went to speak with the two Dou Zun Experts.
• The Heavenly Poison Girl challenged Magic Flame Valley when the Heavenly Ranking contest began, and an eerie old man in a skeleton-patterned robe appeared to face her.

Xiao Yi Xian battled Old Devil Di Mo of Magic Flame Valley, using her poison to hold off the stronger Dou Zong while Xiao Lin planned to secure Immortal Palace a Heavenly Ranking position. Before he could take the stage, a Soul Hall Dou Zun arrived and threatened to annihilate the Xiao Family unless they surrendered an item.

• Old Devil Di Mo attacked Xiao Yi Xian with freezing Dou Qi, but she countered his techniques with corrosive poison and poisonous blood.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Old Devil Di Mo fought to a standstill, leaving Magic Flame Valley at a disadvantage in its challenge against Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Lin planned to let Xiao Yi Xian step down before he revealed his Dou Zun realm and defeated Magic Flame Valley.
• A Soul Hall Dou Zun arrived, accused a member of the Xiao Family of killing a Soul Hall Guardian, and demanded an item under threat of slaughtering the Xiao Family of Wutan City.

At Heavenly Snake Manor’s Sect Tournament, Venerable Qinghai of Soul Hall forced his way in to seize the people of Immortal Palace, but Xiao Lin revealed that he had reached Dou Zun and confronted him. Xiao Lin began testing his new strength against Qinghai, ending with his Great Freedom Sword facing Qinghai’s giant-turtle attack.

• Venerable Qinghai and nine Soul Hall Dou Zongs broke through Heavenly Snake Manor’s barrier and demanded that the manor hand over the people of Immortal Palace.
• Zhou Shan and Lei Yi challenged Qinghai and rallied the Northwest forces against Soul Hall’s intrusion.
• Xiao Lin revealed his Dou Zun strength, sent Lei Yi and Zhou Shan to subdue the nine Dou Zongs, and took Qinghai as his opponent.
• Qinghai attacked Xiao Lin, who evaded him and countered with a Green Longsword; Qinghai then unleashed his two-star Dou Zun power and summoned a giant turtle.
• Xiao Lin activated the third layer of Wind Sword Domain, Great Freedom, and unleashed the Great Freedom Sword.

Xiao Lin used his Wind Sword Domain and Falling Heart Flame to defeat Venerable Qinghai, capture his soul, and establish the Immortal Palace’s standing in the Northwest. A secret letter about the Immortal Palace and the ancient clans reached Ancient Saint City, bringing the Xiao Family onto Middle Continent’s stage.

• Xiao Lin used his Wind Sword Domain to overwhelm Venerable Qinghai while Zhou Shan and Lei Yi blocked his escape.
• Venerable Qinghai used Soul Hall’s Body Explosion Technique, but Xiao Lin used Falling Heart Flame to locate and capture his soul.
• Zhou Shan and Lei Yi acknowledged Xiao Lin’s strength, and the Immortal Palace gained recognition as a major Northwest force.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s battle against Earth Demon Old Ancestor ended as the Heavenly Ranking could no longer accommodate the Immortal Palace’s rise.
• A secret letter about Soul Hall, the Hun Clan, the Xiao Clan, the Immortal Palace, and the Gu Clan arrived in Ancient Saint City.

Xiao Lin helped establish the Northwest Alliance, eliminated the Blood Demon Sect group to protect his allies, and planned to rescue Blood Axe Xiao Chen and find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame maps. After visiting Jia Nan Academy, he prepared to enter the depths of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.

• Xiao Lin, Zhou Shan, and Lei Yi established the Northwest Alliance, naming Zhou Shan its first Alliance Leader and Xiao Lin and Lei Yi its Deputy Alliance Leaders.
• Xiao Lin pursued Old Devil Di Mo and the Magic Flame Valley group, then killed them all with his Wind Sword Domain and Falling Heart Flame.
• Xiao Lin reviewed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and his plans to rescue Blood Axe Xiao Chen, strengthen himself, and search for the last Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• After more than a month, Xiao Lin checked his cultivation progress and decided to visit Jia Nan Academy before traveling to the Middle Continent.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin asked First Elder Su Qian to let him enter the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.

Xiao Lin found Heavenly Fire Venerable Yao Tianhuo beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and agreed to revive him in exchange for his service and the Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method. After restoring the pagoda temporarily and leaving the smaller Falling Heart Flame for Xiao Yan, Xiao Lin traveled toward the Middle Continent, where he began learning about its major powers.

• Xiao Lin found Yao Tianhuo’s soul beside a second Falling Heart Flame seed and learned that Flame Lizardmen had once ambushed him in the magma.
• Xiao Lin agreed to revive Yao Tianhuo in exchange for his joining the Immortal Palace and teaching him the Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method.
• Xiao Lin killed several Flame Lizardmen, sensed that the Emperor Jade had alerted an expert of the Tomb Guardian Clan, and escaped the magma.
• Xiao Lin used his Dou Qi to create an artificial Falling Heart Flame that would keep Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda running for about ten years, and reserved the smaller flame for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Lin traveled to Tianya City with Yao Tianhuo as his guide, heard about the Middle Continent’s major factions and the Eight Ancient Clans, and entered a spatial passage to the Middle Continent.

Xiao Lin traveled from the Northwest Continent to Middle Continent, learned about the Central Domain, and visited Fentian Valley. He arrived at the valley’s headquarters and was brought before its master, Tang Zhen.

• Xiao Lin crossed a Space Wormhole into Middle Continent and set out for the Central Domain while studying the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Lin reached Tianhuang City, presented his letter of visit and Dou Zun aura, and was greeted by Fentian Valley’s Chihuo Elder.
• Xiao Lin traveled with Chihuo Elder to Fentian Valley’s hidden headquarters in the Blazing Volcano Mountain Range.
• Xiao Lin entered the valley and impressed its disciples with Chihuo Elder’s respectful treatment of him.
• Chihuo Elder introduced Xiao Lin to Valley Master Tang Zhen inside the great hall.

Xiao Lin revealed his connection to Xiao Xuan and explained that the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations had been created by his ancestor, convincing Tang Zhen to grant him the inheritance. As Xiao Lin began receiving it, Ancestor Huoyun confirmed he had permitted the visit, stopping the Second Elder and Third Elder from challenging Tang Zhen’s decision.

• Xiao Lin told Tang Zhen that Ancestor Fentian’s close companion had created the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and revealed that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor.
• Xiao Lin showed Tang Zhen the captured soul of Venerable Qinghai, persuading him that Xiao Lin’s claims were true.
• Tang Zhen led Xiao Lin to the Dou Skill Pavilion and brought him to its Inheritance Crystal, where Xiao Lin began absorbing the complete art and Fentian Valley’s accumulated insights.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder went to Ancestor Huoyun to report that Tang Zhen had let Xiao Lin enter the Dou Skill Pavilion without the Elder Council’s permission.
• Ancestor Huoyun stated that he had permitted Xiao Lin’s visit, silencing the two elders.

Xiao Lin obtained Fentian Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, then traveled to Xingyun Pavilion to deliver Yao Lao’s letter to Venerable Feng. Meanwhile, Gu Clan elders debated the Xiao Family’s rise and Ancient Jade, with Gu Shan arguing that the Gu Clan should take it.

• Xiao Lin left Fentian Valley with the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and decided to visit Xingyun Pavilion after judging that Fentian Valley might cooperate with him.
• Xiao Lin entered Xingyun Pavilion through its hidden formation and told Mu Qingluan that Venerable Yao had sent a letter for Venerable Feng.
• Venerable Feng met Xiao Lin, read Yao Lao’s letter, and learned that Han Feng had murdered his master; Xiao Lin said Han Feng was dead and invited Venerable Feng to visit Yao Lao in the Immortal Palace.
• Gu Clan elders reviewed the Xiao Family’s rise, including Xiao Lin’s power and the Immortal Palace’s founding.
• Gu Shan argued that the Xiao Family was unqualified to keep the Tou She Ancient God Jade and that it should belong to the Gu Clan.

The Gu Clan debated how to protect the Ancient Jade and ordered Xiao Lin escorted back to Northwest, while Xiao Lin cultivated at Xingyun Pavilion and helped Venerable Feng build a Space Wormhole. As they prepared to connect it to the Jia Ma Empire, an unidentified force arrived with two powerful Dou Zuns.

• Gu Shan urged the Gu Clan to seize the Ancient Jade, but Elder Tong Xuan rejected rash action and ordered Xiao Lin invited back to Northwest.
• Elder Gu Shan proposed using Xiao Lin to open Xiao Xuan's tomb, but Elder Tong Xuan warned that the tomb could not be entered by force.
• Xiao Lin refined cultivation feedback from Xiao Yan, reached Dou Zun Two Star in Wind Attribute, and unlocked the soul-attacking Dou skill Illusionary Fire.
• Xiao Lin mastered Mind Conjured Illusory Fire, advanced his Soul Realm to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, and worked with Venerable Feng to construct a Space Wormhole.
• More than ten riders on Four-winged Unicorn Beasts arrived, accompanied by two imposing Dou Zuns, startling Xiao Lin and Venerable Feng.

Xiao Lin confronted two Gu Clan Elders who demanded that he return to the Northwest, but he refused and challenged their assumption that the Xiao Family was subordinate to the Gu Clan. When Gu Xi Tian attacked, Xiao Lin matched him with the Wind Sword Domain and then prepared to use his Illusionary Fire technique.

• A Gu Clan Dou Zun told Xiao Lin that the Gu Clan had shielded the Xiao Family from Soul Hall and advised him to return to the Northwest.
• Xiao Lin questioned the Gu Clan’s authority over his family, and Gu Hua Xu and Gu Xi Tian revealed their identities and intent to send him home by force.
• Gu Hua Xu engaged Venerable Feng while Gu Xi Tian attacked Xiao Lin with the Annihilating Heaven Seal.
• Xiao Lin countered with the Green Lotus Transformation and the Great Freedom Sword, and their techniques collided in a draw that tore open the surrounding space.
• Xiao Lin judged Gu Xi Tian stronger than Venerable Qinghai and opened his eyes with crimson flame to invoke the first layer of Illusionary Fire.

Xiao Lin used his spiritual technique to defeat Gu Xi Tian and Gu Hua Xu, robbing them and the Black Mist Army before returning to the Jia Ma Empire with Venerable Feng. In the Ancient Realm, Xun Er learned that Xiao Lin had humiliated the Gu Clan, and her smile froze when she heard his name.

• Xiao Lin trapped Gu Xi Tian in an illusion, then used Mind Conjured Illusory Fire to ensnare Gu Hua Xu as Venerable Feng prepared to intervene.
• Xiao Lin and his companions stripped the Black Mist Army of its armor and beasts and took Gu Xi Tian and Gu Hua Xu's rings.
• Xiao Lin warned the Gu Clan not to target the Xiao Family, then sent Gu Xi Tian and the Black Mist Army away while Gu Hua Xu restrained himself.
• Xiao Lin and Venerable Feng traveled through a spatial passage back to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Lin had robbed two Gu Clan elders and their soldiers, causing Xun Er's smile to freeze.

Xiao Lin returned to the Jia Ma Empire and found the Xiao Family growing complacent despite his warnings about the Gu Clan and Soul Hall. He reunited with Venerable Yao and learned that Xiao Yan was preparing to refine the pill needed to revive him.

• In the Ancient Realm, Xun Er told Gu Yuan about the Gu Clan elders’ meeting, and he agreed to intervene after she asked him to stop Elder Gu Shan’s arrangements.
• Xiao Lin and Venerable Feng emerged from a spatial rift in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where the Xiao Family’s Third Master and his followers knelt to greet Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin ordered the Third Master to compile the details of the last clan meeting and planned to warn the Xiao Family again about the dangers posed by the Gu Clan and Soul Hall.
• Xiao Lin and Venerable Feng arrived at the Xiao Family’s alchemy hall and reunited Venerable Feng with Venerable Yao while Xiao Yan refined pills.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Lin that Xiao Yan had gathered the materials needed to revive Yao Lao and was practicing with Yao Lao’s help beside the Myriad Beast Cauldron.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao worked together to refine a Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill to resurrect the Heavenly Fire Venerable. While the fusion process stretched on for days, Xiao Lin secured the materials needed for resurrection and considered the danger of the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence he had taken from Gu Clan elders.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began refining the seventh-tier Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill in the Xiao Family's Alchemist Hall, with Xiao Yan handling the flames and Yao Lao directing the process.
• Xiao Lin released the Heavenly Fire Venerable and told him that his resurrection was near, while Venerable Feng prepared bodies for him and Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao spent several days carefully fusing the pill's medicinal ingredients as Xiao Lin's group made preparations for the two resurrections.
• Xiao Lin recalled that the rings taken from Gu Xi Tian and Gu Hua Xu contained Ancient Serpent Blood Essence and Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Xiao Lin noted that using the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence violated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's taboo and wondered whether it would challenge the Gu Clan over the matter.

Xiao Lin reviewed the Xiao Family’s growing strength and the forces he could command, then watched Yao Lao complete a Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill whose three-colored Pill Cloud marked it as Rank 8. The pill’s lightning descended, and Xiao Lin rose to face it as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Lin checked the cultivation of the Xiao Family’s six children and the clan’s wider population, finding its strength far greater than before.
• Xiao Lin considered how the Immortal Palace and Northwest Alliance could grow, and hoped to bring Ancestor Xiao Chen back.
• Yao Lao completed a Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill, and its formation produced a three-colored Pill Cloud.
• Three-colored Pill Lightning struck toward Yao Lao’s Medicine Cauldron, while Xiao Lin’s allies told the gathered experts to watch the Xiao Family Supreme Elder.
• Xiao Lin met the descending lightning with a strike of cyan Dou Qi from his finger.

Xiao Lin protected Yao Lao as he refined an Eighth-grade Spirit Pill, then Xiao Yan began restoring Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable’s bodies. Meanwhile, Soul Hall ordered the Black-White Heavenly Venerables to capture Yao Lao, destroy the Xiao Family, and seize the jade pendant as Xiao Yan’s resurrection ritual neared completion.

• Xiao Lin blocked the pill cloud’s lightning until Yao Lao completed an Eighth-grade Spirit Pill, then Yao Lao subdued the pill’s dragon form and stored it.
• Yao Lao refined a second Bone-Regenerating and Blood-Melding Pill, and Venerable Feng delivered Dou Zun bodies for Yao Lao and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Yan began the body-restoration ritual with his Three-Colored Exotic Flame while Xiao Lin guarded the secluded cultivation grounds.
• Xiao Lin recalled Soul Hall’s hierarchy as the Black-White Heavenly Venerables gathered their followers in a western Middle Continent hall.
• The Black-White Heavenly Venerables ordered their forces to capture Yao Lao, destroy the Xiao Family, and seize the jade pendant, blaming the Gu Clan for obstructing their clues.
• Xiao Yan continued the ritual for nearly ten hours, and Yao Lao’s body took shape as Heavenly Fire Venerable’s body also began to change.

Xiao Lin advanced his Fire Attribute cultivation to peak Ninth Star Dou Huang and his Wind Attribute cultivation to Three-star Dou Zun while the Northwest Alliance prepared to build Space Wormholes. As Soul Hall attacked Wutan City to seize the jade pendant and Yao Chen, Black-White Heavenly Venerables revealed themselves as Six-star Dou Zuns, confronting Xiao Lin and four allied Dou Zuns.

• Xiao Lin broke through to peak Ninth Star Dou Huang with his Fire Attribute cultivation, then advanced his Wind Attribute cultivation to Three-star Dou Zun.
• Venerable Zhou Shan and Venerable Lei Yi visited Xiao Lin to discuss the Northwest Alliance’s Space Wormholes, and Lei Yi told him that Jia Nan Academy’s headmaster had let their dispute rest.
• Venerable Feng and Iron Sword Venerable arrived in Wutan City, joining Xiao Lin, Zhou Shan, and Lei Yi.
• Soul Hall demanded the jade pendant and Yao Chen, then sent nearly a hundred figures through a spatial rift to attack the Xiao Family.
• Black-White Heavenly Venerables appeared and unleashed the auras of Six-star Dou Zuns, dismissing the five allied Dou Zuns as weaker opponents.

Soul Hall attacked the Xiao Family Garden while Xiao Lin divided the defenders and confronted White Heavenly Venerable alone. Xiao Lin unleashed three Heavenly Flames and struck White Heavenly Venerable with the Illusionary Fire, leaving him mentally overwhelmed but still conscious.

• Black and White Heavenly Venerables shattered the Xiao Family Garden's protective formation and ordered Soul Hall's forces to attack the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Lin assigned Iron Sword Venerable to protect Yao Chen's resurrection ritual and sent Venerable Feng, Venerable Lei Yi, and Venerable Zhou Shan to hold off Black Heavenly Venerable.
• Venerable Feng, Venerable Lei Yi, and Zhou Shan entered a difficult stalemate against Black Heavenly Venerable, while Iron Sword Venerable and the Immortal Palace forces defended the rear.
• Xiao Lin faced White Heavenly Venerable alone and used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations with three Heavenly Flames to boost his concealed Fire Attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Lin activated the Illusionary Fire and struck White Heavenly Venerable with a spiritual attack that plunged him into momentary chaos.

Xiao Lin used illusion and a wind-forged sword to overwhelm White Heavenly Venerable, while Xiao Yan guarded the resurrection of Yao Chen and Heavenly Fire Venerable. The chapter ended with White Heavenly Venerable facing Xiao Lin’s attacks and the two resurrected Dou Zun opening their eyes.

• White Heavenly Venerable used his Life Soul Lock to break through Xiao Lin’s Flame Storm, but Xiao Lin continued attacking with both soul techniques and a wind-forged sword.
• Xiao Lin sent a devastating sword strike toward White Heavenly Venerable while an illusory flaming bird attacked his mind, forcing him to retreat.
• White Heavenly Venerable’s chains passed through the illusory bird, and Xiao Lin’s sword qi closed in as White Heavenly Venerable tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan spread the Three-Colored Exotic Flame around the Stone Hall to protect Yao Chen and Heavenly Fire Venerable as their resurrection reached its final stage.
• Yao Chen and Heavenly Fire Venerable opened their eyes, releasing powerful Dou Zun auras.