Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran left Nine-Colored Valley with Little Silver to travel toward the Central Plains. They crossed the Black Corner Region and reached the Tian Qing Mountain Range, where a city with a Space Wormhole lay ahead.

• Qing Lin asked to join Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, but they reminded her that Gu He had said she needed to wait two years before leaving.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran departed with Little Silver, who opened a spatial rift and carried them beyond the Jia Ma Empire into the Black Corner Region.
• In a city on the Black Corner Region's edge, Nalan Yanran learned that the Soul Hall had destroyed many local sects, and Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that their Misty Cloud Sect could defend itself.
• Xiao Yi Xian consulted a map and led Nalan Yanran and Little Silver toward a city with a Space Wormhole to the Central Plains.
• The three emerged above the Tian Qing Mountain Range and spotted the city they were heading for beyond the peaks.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver arrived in Tian Ya City to use its Space Wormhole, only to learn that it was broken. Their search for information ended in a clash with an arrogant young woman in red, whom Xiao Yi Xian knocked down and slapped.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver flew into Tian Ya City, drawing attention from the city’s residents and a yellow-robed elder.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran decided to rest, then learned that the Space Wormhole controlled by Old Ancestor Luo had broken down and was being repaired.
• Xiao Yi Xian said Little Silver could repair the Space Wormhole if needed, and Little Silver agreed.
• A young woman in red rode her horse through the street and ordered Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver to move aside.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught the woman’s whip, pulled her off her horse, slapped her twice, and warned her to stop insulting them.

Xiao Yi Xian killed the Red-clothed Girl after she attacked her again, learning that the girl belonged to Old Ancestor Luo’s clan. She then took Nalan Yanran and Little Silver to the Luo Clan’s Space Wormhole, where two Dou Zong elders were working to stabilize it.

• The Red-clothed Girl summoned Uncle Hua and Uncle Liu, but Xiao Yi Xian struck both Dou Emperor guards down.
• The Red-clothed Girl tried to summon her grandfather with a jade token, but Xiao Yi Xian snatched it away and killed her.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Old Ancestor Luo was the Red-clothed Girl’s grandfather and decided to go to the Space Wormhole with Nalan Yanran and Little Silver.
• The group flew across Tian Ya City to the Luo Clan’s plaza, where they found two Dou Zong elders stabilizing the wormhole.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver flew toward the platform, drawing the elders’ attention.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver arrived at the Luo Clan’s malfunctioning Space Wormhole, and Little Silver repaired and reinforced it. The three then entered the wormhole and disappeared, while Luo Cheng and Elder Feng wondered where the powerful young women came from.

• Luo Cheng told Xiao Yi Xian that the Space Wormhole would take seven or eight days to repair, but she offered to fix it in exchange for a high-quality Space Ship.
• Luo Cheng gave the Space Ship to Little Silver, whose speed and spatial power astonished him and Elder Feng.
• Little Silver repaired the Space Wormhole in three minutes and formed a spatial barrier around it at Xiao Yi Xian’s request.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver entered the repaired Space Wormhole and vanished.
• Luo Cheng and Elder Feng speculated that the young experts came from a powerful Central Plains faction.

After the Luo Clan learned Xiao Yao had been killed, Luo Cheng abandoned his attempt to destroy the Space Wormhole. Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver traveled through it aboard a Space Ship and reached the exit toward the Central Plains.

• Wang Tao reported that three foreign women had blasted Xiao Yao's body apart, and Luo Cheng furiously attacked the Space Wormhole.
• Elder Feng warned Luo Cheng that destroying the wormhole would not hurt the women much and could bring ruin on the Luo Clan, so Luo Cheng stopped attacking.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Little Silver to bring out the Space Ship, and the three boarded it and sped through the spatial passage.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver spent more than ten days traveling and cultivating aboard the Space Ship.
• Little Silver spotted the exit, and Nalan Yanran wondered where Gu He and his wife were before the Space Ship shot through the silver light.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver arrived in Tianshui City in the Central Plains’ Northern Region and learned about the region’s powers. Xiao Yi Xian proposed visiting the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, which would appear in a month.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver emerged from a Space Wormhole and entered Tianshui City to gather information.
• Xiao Yi Xian bought a map of the Northern Region and learned how much stronger the Central Plains was than the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yi Xian that the Wind Thunder Pavilion was the Northern Region’s strongest force and that the Soul Hall was widely known but poorly understood.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran wondered why the Soul Hall had acted so openly in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian proposed visiting the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool when it appeared in a month, and Nalan Yanran agreed.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver stopped in Bone Melting City and overheard a story about a mysterious expert who had attacked the Wind Thunder Pavilion. Suspecting the expert might be their Master, they captured the informant, who confirmed a woman had been present.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver arrived in Bone Melting City on their way to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• A skinny man told two companions that a mysterious expert had killed Tian Xing and severed the arm of a Wind Thunder Pavilion Dou Zong elder.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran wondered whether the mysterious expert could be their Master, though they could not confirm it from the account.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran had Little Silver snatch the skinny man from the alley and questioned him about the incident.
• The skinny man told Xiao Yi Xian that a woman had also been present when the mysterious expert appeared.

Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran trained in a mountain range while awaiting the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and Nalan Yanran advanced to the peak of the Nine-star Dou King realm. After discovering the Azure Wolf King’s territory, Xiao Yi Xian decided to rob the beast’s collection and raced toward its mountain peak.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran left Bone Melting City with Little Silver and traveled to a mountain range for training before the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool appeared.
• Nalan Yanran advanced to the peak of the Nine-star Dou King realm, while Xiao Yi Xian neared the Eight-star Dou Zong realm.
• Little Silver told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yi Xian had once spent only half a day at the peak of the Dou Wang realm before reaching Dou Emperor.
• Nalan Yanran fought magical beasts for several days, using her combat skills and wind attribute to challenge even Sixth-tier beasts.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered the Azure Wolf King and decided to rob its collection, then instructed Little Silver to watch over Nalan Yanran and sped toward the beast’s mountain peak.
• The Azure Wolf King noticed the sudden panic among the magical beasts and human cultivators in its territory.

Xiao Yi Xian reached the Central Plains and robbed the Azure Wolf King, who revealed that Gu He was speaking through it. She learned that Gu He and Yun Yun were in Tianbei City and that her friends were headed for the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, then asked whether the Azure Wolf King could communicate with her master at any time.

• Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Azure Wolf King and ordered it to surrender its treasures and gather poisonous things.
• The Azure Wolf King reported Xiao Yi Xian’s arrival to Gu He, who told Yun Yun that Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver were nearby.
• Gu He decided that he and pregnant Yun Yun would remain in Tianbei City rather than interrupt the group’s training.
• Xiao Yi Xian took several treasures from the Azure Wolf King, then heard Gu He’s message through it.
• The Azure Wolf King told Xiao Yi Xian that Gu He and Yun Yun were at the Han Family in Tianbei City and that Han Yue was heading to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for robbing the Azure Wolf King, accepted its tribute, and asked whether it could communicate with Gu He at any time.

Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran traveled toward the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, where an approaching energy tide threatened to prevent Xiao Yi Xian from entering the mountain range. Little Silver offered to use her spatial abilities to bring Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran inside so they could compete for a chance at the Blood Pool.

• Xiao Yi Xian learned from the Azure Wolf King that she could communicate with Gu He through him and sent the wolf to carry out her arrangements.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Yanran about the Azure Wolf King, and the two concluded that Gu He was the mysterious expert who had humbled the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran tempered herself by fighting magical beasts as the group traveled north toward the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian and her companions reached the mountain range as crowds gathered for the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed that the energy tide would drive her out if she entered.
• Little Silver said she could enter the mountain range and bring Xiao Yi Xian along, giving the group a way to seek the Blood Pool.

Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran waited for the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool to open, then reunited with Han Yue at the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range. The crowd entered the fog-shrouded range while the senior sisters and Han Yue met outside.

• A violent, multicolored energy tide erupted from the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, and the gathered cultivators rushed into the mountains.
• Jiang Feng of the Wind Thunder Pavilion and several peak Dou Huang experts sped ahead of the crowd.
• Little Silver suggested traveling through space, but Xiao Yi Xian spotted Han Yue arriving on a Purple Demon Vulture.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver greeted Han Yue, who was delighted to meet her senior sisters.
• Most cultivators advanced cautiously through the dense, energy-filled fog, while major factions with clear maps headed deeper into the range.

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions entered the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range through a spatial rift, avoiding the slower entrants and reaching its misty central region. With no route map and Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver limiting their perceptions, Han Yue proposed finding the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool by locating the area with the densest energy.

• Two Five-star Dou Zong elders from Wind Thunder Pavilion watched Xiao Yi Xian's group leave and suspected the young women were trained by a reclusive master.
• Little Silver insisted on bringing the Purple Demon Vulture, transformed into a little girl, and offered to conceal Xiao Yi Xian's aura as they entered the mountains.
• Little Silver opened a spatial rift and led the group through it, emerging in the misty central region of the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• The Purple Demon Vulture released her aura, causing nearby magical beasts to retreat or keep their distance.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yi Xian for a route, but Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver could not sense their surroundings clearly while their perceptions were restricted.
• Han Yue suggested that they seek the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool by finding the mountain range's area of densest energy.

Han Yue led Xiao Yi Xian's group toward the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and explained the Gold Devouring Rat Clan's control over Heavenly Eye Mountain. At the maze entrance, Little Silver identified crude spatial trickery and blasted open a wide hole beside the gate.

• Han Yue sensed that the mountain range's energy was flowing north, and Xiao Yi Xian led the group in that direction.
• The group fought off magical beasts on their way to the central region of Heavenly Eye Mountain.
• Han Yue explained the maze, the Gold Devouring Rat Clan's strength, and the agreement granting the clan two of the Blood Pool's ten spots.
• Xiao Yi Xian said they would deal with the Gold Devouring Rat Clan if it caused trouble, and the group continued toward the maze.
• Little Silver recognized the maze's spatial trickery and blasted open a hole beside its entrance, releasing dense white fog.

Xiao Yi Xian’s group crossed the shattered maze formation and reached the path up Heavenly Eye Mountain, where Han Yue revealed that Gu He had told her about an even purer treasure beneath the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Xiao Yi Xian vowed to bring everyone to the pool and learned that its deepest part held energy accumulated over ages.

• Jin Gu sensed the maze formation’s destruction and hurried to investigate Xiao Yi Xian’s group.
• Little Silver detected Jin Gu, who cleared the fog and identified himself as a Gold Devouring Rat Clan expert.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted the group had destroyed the formation, dismissed Jin Gu, and continued toward the mountain.
• Han Yue explained the Gold Devouring Rats’ checkpoints and the rules for reaching the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian promised to take everyone to the pool, and Han Yue relayed Gu He’s warning that the pool’s deepest part contained exceptionally pure energy.

Xiao Yi Xian’s group reached the platform at Heavenly Eye Mountain, where Jin Shi, chief of the Gold Devouring Rat Clan, insisted they wait for the other factions before challenging the trials. Xiao Yi Xian demanded to proceed early and warned that Jin Shi’s old injuries might keep him from stopping her, but he pleaded that breaking the agreed rules could endanger his clan.

• Han Yue explained the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool’s location and Fire Poison, while the others wondered if Gu He had visited it before.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s group arrived at the mountainside platform and met Jin Shi, Jin Gu, and two sixth-tier Gold Devouring Rats.
• Jin Shi told Xiao Yi Xian that she must wait for the other factions to arrive before competing for the remaining eight slots.
• Xiao Yi Xian argued that her group should challenge the trials early, and Jin Shi warned that doing so would violate the factions’ agreement.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Jin Shi had old injuries and said he could not stop her, prompting him to ask whether she was a top-tier alchemist.
• Jin Shi pleaded that breaking the rules could unite the other factions against the already weakened Gold Devouring Rat Clan.

Xiao Yi Xian's group reached the summit of Heavenly Eye Mountain by withstanding the Gold Devouring Rats' sonic formation, then found the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Xiao Yi Xian asked Little Silver to help her pass through the spatial barrier at the pool's bottom while guarding Han Yue, Nalan Yanran, and A Zi.

• Xiao Yi Xian ignored Jin Shi's warning and led her group up the stone stairs toward the summit.
• Little Silver shielded Han Yue and Nalan Yanran with spatial barriers, allowing the group to pass through the Rat Tide Sonic Formation unharmed.
• Xiao Yi Xian's group reached the summit, where Jin Gu explained that the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool lay deeper within.
• Xiao Yi Xian's group found the blood pool in a crater, and Xiao Yi Xian warned Nalan Yanran to limit how deeply she entered.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Little Silver to help her enter the spatial barrier at the bottom of the pool and then watch over Han Yue, Nalan Yanran, and A Zi.

Xiao Yi Xian arranged for Little Silver to enter the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and then protect Han Yue, Yan Ran, and A Zi. At the Heavenly Stone Platform, Jiang Feng challenged the Gold Devouring Rat Clan over five people passing the trial early, but Jin Shi explained that those who reached the summit would compete for the eight slots, and Jiang Feng volunteered to attempt the trial first.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Little Silver to enter the spatial barrier beneath the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and then return to protect Han Yue, Yan Ran, and A Zi.
• Jiang Feng and two Bone Melting Sect disciples found Little Silver's breach in the maze formation and quickly crossed it.
• Jiang Feng and the other cultivators reached the Heavenly Stone Platform, where Jin Shi and Jin Gu waited with only Gold Devouring Rat Clan members present.
• Jin Shi announced that five people had already passed the Rat Tide Sonic Formation, prompting Jiang Feng and the crowd to accuse the clan of taking extra slots.
• Jin Gu intimidated Jiang Feng, who apologized to Jin Shi after realizing the clan chief's identity.
• Jin Shi explained that more than eight people could reach the summit but would have to compete for the slots, and Jiang Feng offered to attempt the trial first.

Jiang Feng, Zhong Shufan, and three others passed the Rat Tide Sonic Formation and reached the mountaintop, while the remaining challengers were forced to leave. With twelve people competing for ten places in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, Jiang Feng’s group chose to pressure the injured Zhou Ying and then asked Xiao Yi Xian’s group to give someone up.

• Jiang Feng and Zhong Shufan forced their way through the Rat Tide Sonic Formation, and only five challengers reached the mountaintop.
• Jin Shi ordered everyone who had not passed within half an hour to leave, and his rat-headed guards sealed the stairway entrance.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu led the seven successful challengers through the boulder field to meet Xiao Yi Xian’s group.
• Jin Shi announced that only ten people could enter the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, leaving two of the twelve present without places.
• Jiang Feng and the other three men singled out the injured Zhou Ying to withdraw, but Zhou Ying objected and pointed to Xiao Yi Xian’s group.
• Jiang Feng asked Xiao Yi Xian’s group to show consideration by giving up one of their places.

Xiao Yi Xian protected Nalan Yanran from Jiang Feng’s demand for a show of sincerity, then entered the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool with Little Silver to reach the hidden area beneath its Spatial Barrier. She left Little Silver to watch over Yan Ran while she cultivated beyond the barrier.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Jiang Feng until he collapsed, and Tang Ying fled the mountaintop.
• Jin Shi warned that the tidal energy would soon peak, and Xiao Yi Xian reminded Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and the Purple Demon Vulture to dive only as far as they could endure.
• Ten figures entered the blood pool; Nalan Yanran stopped after diving several dozen meters, while Han Yue and the Purple Demon Vulture went deeper.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver descended toward the pool’s bottom, where the energy grew denser and Fire Poison intensified.
• Xiao Yi Xian found the Spatial Barrier below the pool, and Little Silver opened a passage through it.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Little Silver’s jade tablet, asked her to watch over Yan Ran, and entered the passage.

Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Fire Poison and blood-red energy in a hidden section of the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, while the others cultivated and improved their strength. When the energy receded, Xiao Yi Xian had still not emerged, puzzling Jin Shi and Jin Gu.

• Xiao Yi Xian entered the concealed area at the bottom of the pool and absorbed its blood-red energy and Fire Poison, strengthening her body.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to the Dou Emperor realm, while Han Yue and the Purple Demon Vulture each advanced by a minor realm.
• Nalan Yanran left the pool on the third day, and Han Yue and the Purple Demon Vulture emerged on the fifth day after gaining two minor realms apiece.
• The remaining cultivators and two members of the Gold Devouring Rat Clan emerged on the sixth day without reaching Dou Zong.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu asked Nalan Yanran and the others why Xiao Yi Xian had not come out, and Nalan Yanran said she should emerge soon.