Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tian returned to the Xiao Family, gave Yao Lao a Rank 7 Magic Core to aid his revival, and revealed that he had obtained two Heavenly Flames. Yao Lao and Xiao Yan learned the flames were not subdued, while Ling Ying sensed their power and decided to report it to Kuru Elder and Saint Gu Mao.

• Zhang Tian returned to the Xiao Family and found that Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Shi and was training his soul-based fighting technique.
• Zhang Tian gave Yao Lao the Fire Eyed Jade Hoof Beast's Rank 7 Magic Core, one of the materials needed for Yao Lao's revival.
• Zhang Tian described killing the Fire Eyed Jade Hoof Beast and summoned the Azure Lotus Core Flame and Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Ling Ying sensed the Heavenly Flames' power near Xiao Xun'er's door and decided to report it to Kuru Elder and Saint Gu Mao.
• Yao Lao discovered that Zhang Tian had not subdued either flame and panicked, but Zhang Tian fused them together and assured him they had submitted.

Zhang Tian witnessed a cosmic battle in which Zi Shou used the stars to overwhelm a mysterious opponent until Yi intervened with arrows from the Inner Universe. Yi challenged Zi Shou’s claim to the Imperial Court and declared his allegiance to humanity and the light.

• Zhang Tian’s soul arrived in a starry expanse where he saw Zi Shou command the stars through Starry Sky Numerology.
• Zi Shou’s attacks shattered the mysterious opponent’s divine-fiend form and threatened to destroy the universe.
• Yi shot arrows from the Inner Universe, piercing Zi Shou’s beam and destroying more than half the universe.
• Yi confronted Zi Shou, denied that he had betrayed the Imperial Court, and said it belonged to heaven, earth, all living beings, and the Myriad Spirits.
• Yi summoned an ancestral phoenix divine bow and fired an arrow at Zi Shou, who shattered spacetime and struck it aside.
• Yi declared, “I am light, and I am human.”

Zhang Tian advised Xiao Yan to strengthen his foundation before attempting to devour a Heavenly Flame and set out to gather the materials needed for the process. After catching up with Xiao Zhan, Zhang Tian heard that the Xiao Family was thriving and that several families wanted to arrange marriages for him, leaving him thinking about Nalan Yanran and how long he had been away.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to reach Great Dou Shi and master Eight Extremes Collapse before preparing to devour a Heavenly Flame, then asked Zhang Tian to find Blood Lotus Pill ingredients, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Soul Collection.
• Zhang Tian met Xiao Zhan, who welcomed him back and described the Xiao Family's growing influence and his own progress to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Xiao Zhan told Zhang Tian that several families, including the City Lord's Mansion, had sought marriage arrangements for him, and Zhang Tian asked him to refuse them without revealing his whereabouts.
• While drunk, Xiao Zhan praised Xiao Yan's popularity after Nalan Yanran broke their engagement, and Zhang Tian said he had merely remembered something when his brows furrowed.
• After Xiao Zhan was carried away to rest, Zhang Tian wondered how far Nalan Yanran had advanced at the Yun Lan Sect and reflected that his absence had lasted three or four months instead of half a month.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion as a Three-Star Dou Zong, bound by Soul Hall’s restrictive seals and ordered to help annex the Gama Empire. After reuniting with Yun Yun, he learned of Zhang Tian’s extraordinary rise and hoped the Yun Lan Sect could use his strength, while Yun Yun held back her doubts.

• A Soul Hall Protector warned Yun Shan to conquer the Gama Empire and threatened him if he failed, while Yun Shan cursed the seals Soul Hall had placed within him.
• Yun Shan left the Life and Death Gate, and Yun Nan and the disciples welcomed him as he revealed his Dou Zong breakthrough and announced his ambition to annex the empire.
• Yun Shan walked through the air toward the main hall, where Yun Yun greeted her teacher and he praised her Four-Star Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Yun Yun explained that Yun Fan had become the Third Elder and recounted Zhang Tian’s rapid advancement and victories against powerful opponents.
• Yun Shan praised Yun Yun for bringing Zhang Tian into the sect and considered making use of him, while Yun Yun remained silent rather than challenge her teacher.

Zhang Tian developed the Demon Lyre Life and Death Game into a powerful weapon while visiting the Gama Empire, then left after promising to aid the empire once against anyone below Dou Zun. Xiao Yan was preparing to break through to Great Dou Shi and devour the Azure Lotus Core Flame.

• The Seventh Princess played the Yao Lyre for Zhang Tian, who thanked her and brought out an ancient zither forged from a fragment of his consciousness.
• Zhang Tian filled the zither's nine grooves with cold lake water and embedded it with fire-attributed Magic Cores, causing it to transform and unleash a wave that evaporated half the lake.
• Zhang Tian sensed that the Demon Lyre Life and Death Game could attack souls and unleash powerful attribute-based strikes, potentially reaching Dou Zun-level power at full strength.
• Zhang Tian recalled that Xiao Yan had mastered Eight Extremes Collapse under Yao Lao's guidance and planned to break through near the Monster Mountain Range in seven days.
• Zhang Tian thanked the Gama Empire for its hospitality and promised to act once against anyone below Dou Zun if a crisis arose, then left carrying the zither on his back.

Medusa Queen tracked the Azure Lotus Core Flame to Zhang Tian and attacked him in the sky above a town. Zhang Tian fought back with the Demon Lyre, leaving Medusa Queen badly wounded as the battle continued in a sea of fire.

• Medusa Queen fought her way through Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, critically injuring Demon Snake Xia Mang and discovering that the Azure Lotus Core Flame was moving toward the Gama Imperial Capital.
• Medusa Queen caught up with Zhang Tian in the sky and demanded that he hand over the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• Zhang Tian refused, severed much of Medusa Queen's hair with the Phoenix Cry Sword, and began attacking her with the Demon Lyre.
• Medusa Queen transformed into a giant purple python and countered Zhang Tian's flaming blades with soundwaves and purple Dou Qi pythons.
• Zhang Tian switched the Demon Lyre from a fire-attributed Magic Core to a wind-attributed one, then unleashed a massive fire attack that filled the sky around Medusa Queen.

Zhang Tian escaped Medusa Queen’s attack, sensed an Ancient Clan Half-Step Dou Zun passing toward Wu Tan City, and stopped in a town to eat. When the Black Tiger Gang demanded protection money and tried to seize his Demon Zither, Zhang Tian struck back, revealing himself as a Dou Ling.

• Zhang Tian fought Medusa Queen until she fled, leaving behind a wounded purple tail, and he repaired his Demon Zither with new Magic Cores.
• Zhang Tian sensed a Half-Step Dou Zun, recognized signs of the Ancient Clan, and watched the stranger fly toward Wu Tan City without intervening.
• Zhang Tian concealed his aura in a town and ordered Liang Pi at an elderly woman’s stall.
• Black Tiger demanded protection money and tried to take Zhang Tian’s Demon Zither, while Qin Nan and his guard Ruan Ku observed nearby.
• Black Tiger froze after touching the Demon Zither, and Zhang Tian pierced him with a drop of wine, startling the crowd with his Dou Ling strength.

Zhang Tian returned to the Yun Lan Sect, practiced the Dragon Yin Halberd, and agreed to help Nalan Yanran refine the Symbiotic Amethyst Source. After Yun Shan summoned him, Zhang Tian wondered whether the invitation was connected to Soul Hall.

• Zhang Tian returned to his courtyard and learned that Nalan Yanran had visited earlier that day.
• Zhang Tian practiced the Dragon Yin Halberd, and his strikes shattered the courtyard's artificial rockery and injured Nalan Yanran when she arrived.
• Nalan Yanran told Zhang Tian she had reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe and asked him to help her break through; he said she needed to refine the Symbiotic Amethyst Source first.
• Zhang Tian agreed to help Nalan Yanran refine the Symbiotic Amethyst Source the next day and considered finding her medicinal support and a suitable cultivation technique.
• Zhang Tian received a message that Yun Shan had emerged from seclusion and wanted to see him, and he considered whether the invitation was a scheme involving Soul Hall.

Zhang Tian refused to support Yun Shan’s planned war against the Gama Royal Family because he owed the Seventh Princess a favor. After their confrontation, Yun Shan accepted a compromise: Zhang Tian would stay with the Yun Lan Sect and fight one Dou Emperor from the Chuyun Empire instead.

• Zhang Tian met Yun Shan in the Yun Lan Sect’s Inner Hall and discussed his role as Second Elder.
• Yun Shan asked Zhang Tian to support the sect’s upcoming war against the Gama Royal Family, but Zhang Tian refused because he owed the Seventh Princess a favor.
• Yun Shan accused Zhang Tian of ingratitude and attacked him, but Zhang Tian dodged and stood his ground.
• Zhang Tian offered to give up his position as Second Elder rather than break his promise to the Gama Royal Family.
• Zhang Tian offered to kill one Dou Emperor from the Chuyun Empire, and Yun Shan accepted while asking him to remain with the Yun Lan Sect.

Zhang Tian left the Yun Lan Sect after refusing Yun Shan’s offer to stay, then flew to the Monster Mountain Range to support Xiao Yan’s breakthrough. As Xiao Yan prepared to advance, Yao Lao revealed that he and Xiao Yan had secretly acquired one-fifth of a Bodhi Heart.

• Zhang Tian rejected Yun Shan’s proposal, packed his belongings, and left a bottle of Fifth Rank Void Spirit Root Purple Liquid and a note for Nalan Yanran.
• A young servant disciple swallowed the pill before reading Zhang Tian’s note, then realized it had been meant for Senior Sister Nalan.
• Yun Yun watched Zhang Tian depart, while Yun Shan considered whether to keep or eliminate him and decided to wait until after the campaign against the Chuyun Empire.
• Three days later, Zhang Tian arrived in the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan was preparing to break through under Yao Lao’s guidance.
• Zhang Tian asked about the black cloak beside Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao revealed that they had bought one-fifth of a Bodhi Heart at the Mittel Auction House.

Zhang Tian confirmed that Yao Lao had bought a genuine Bodhi Heart and accepted it before preparing to break through to Dou Zong. Xiao Yan also advanced to Great Dou Shi, while Zhang Tian’s breakthrough unleashed a destructive aura across the Monster Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan told Zhang Tian he wanted to become strong enough to marry Xun Er, and Zhang Tian vaguely revealed that she was the child of one of the Ancient Eight Clans’ leaders.
• Yao Lao realized Zhang Tian knew about the Ancient Eight Clans and kept quiet after Zhang Tian stopped him from revealing more to Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Tian burned away a seed’s charred shell with Azure Lotus Core Flame and confirmed it was a genuine Bodhi Heart.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan urged Zhang Tian to keep the Bodhi Heart, which Yao Lao had bought for a few thousand gold coins as an ordinary Azure Demon Vine seed.
• Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan began their breakthroughs, and Xiao Yan reached Great Dou Shi while Zhang Tian entered Dou Zong and devastated the area around him.

News spread that the Yun Lan Sect had destroyed the Chuyun Empire and was turning its attention toward the Gama Empire, throwing the Imperial Capital into turmoil. Zhang Tian learned that Nalan Yanran had challenged Xiao Yan to a duel over their engagement and decided to confront Yun Shan while Xiao Yan went to Yunlan Mountain.

• The Yun Lan Sect destroyed the Chuyun Empire, and Second Elder Zhang Tian later announced his withdrawal from the sect as its power threatened the Gama Empire.
• Jia Xing Tian watched the Imperial Capital descend into chaos and feared that the Gama royal lineage would end under his protection.
• Xiao Yan told Zhang Tian that Nalan Yanran had challenged him to a witnessed duel, claiming their engagement was still valid and saying the loser would have to marry the winner.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to accept the challenge, while Zhang Tian grew alarmed to learn Nalan Yanran had entered the Yun Lan Sect's Life and Death Gate.
• Yao Lao reported that Yun Shan and Yun Yun were preparing to attack the Gama Empire, so Zhang Tian arranged to accompany Xiao Yan's trip to Yunlan Mountain himself and head to the Imperial Capital.

Zhang Tian faced Yun Yun and the Gama Empire’s defenders as the Yun Lan Sect and Snake-People Race launched their attack. After revealing his Dou Zun strength, he began playing a fiery zither, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yun Yun confronted Jia Xing Tian and accused the Gama Empire of scheming against the Yun Lan Sect, while Jia Xing Tian demanded to know where Yun Shan was.
• Medusa Queen revealed the Snake-People Race’s alliance with the Yun Lan Sect and struck Jia Xing Tian away when he attacked Yun Yun.
• Zhang Tian sent Gu He flying, then withstood attacks from Medusa Queen, Yun Yun, Xia Mang, and two allied Dou Emperors by shattering space with his strikes.
• Zhang Tian revealed that he had reached the Dou Zun realm and reminded Jia Xing Tian of his promise to help the Gama Empire once against an opponent below Dou Zun.
• Zhang Tian took out the zither he had carried and played a string, unleashing a terrifying wave of fire that made the onlookers flee.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran but was trapped by Yun Shan, forcing Yao Lao to take control and fight in his body. As Yun Shan threatened Xiao Yan and revealed Zhang Tian was being ambushed, Yao Lao fused three flames into a fire lotus that devastated Yunlan Mountain, leaving Yun Shan’s fate unclear.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremes Collapse, but Yun Shan’s Dou Zong pressure injured him and Yun Leng attacked.
• Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse to badly wound Yun Leng before Yun Shan struck him with Myriad Winds Binding.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body, broke Yun Shan’s attacks, and fought him with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Yun Shan revealed that Yun Er and four Dou Emperor experts had trapped Zhang Tian, but Yao Lao said Zhang Tian had become a Dou Zong.
• Yao Lao fused Bone Spirit Cold Flame with the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Beast Flame and an unknown Rank 7 Beast Fire, then hurled the fire lotus at Yun Shan.
• The fire lotus erased half of Yunlan Mountain and formed a vast basin, while Yao Lao’s arm bled and Yun Shan’s fate remained uncertain.

Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan as he fought Yun Shan, who survived the Angry Buddha Fire Lotus and unleashed powerful Dou Techniques. Zhang Tian arrived, crushed Yun Shan’s final attack, and destroyed him and much of Yunlan Mountain, then found the youth with the wolf-fang pendant and a wooden tag marked “Tan.”

• Yun Shan survived the Angry Buddha Fire Lotus, though his inner armor was destroyed and he was badly injured.
• Yao Lao controlled Xiao Yan and fought Yun Shan, who unleashed Wind Extreme Meteor Kill as Zhang Tian approached.
• Zhang Tian appeared and crushed Yun Shan’s attack with his bare hand, then refused to surrender Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Tian attacked Yun Shan with the Dragon Yin Halberd and Phoenix Cry Sword, shattering Yun Shan and much of Yunlan Mountain.
• Zhang Tian found the pill-stealing youth in the ruins and noticed a wooden tag marked “Tan” on his arm.

Zhang Tian found the orphaned little girl Xiao Xin playing his Demon Zither and discovered her exceptional talent. He took her in as his daughter, naming her Yu Xin, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao returned without him.

• At a village beneath the vanished Yunlan Mountain, Zhang Tian found Xiao Xin playing his Demon Zither and realized she had remarkable aptitude.
• Zhang Tian learned that Xiao Xin's grandmother had left a month earlier, and Xiao Xin began to cry.
• Xiao Yan arrived and asked Zhang Tian who the girl was, while Xiao Xin hid behind Zhang Tian.
• Zhang Tian sent Xiao Yan and Yao Lao back, then washed Xiao Xin's face and cooked her a meal.
• After Xiao Xin gave her name, Zhang Tian let her choose Yu Xin as her new name and declared that she would be his daughter.

Zhang Tian reflected on the destruction of the Yun Lan Sect as Ge Ye told him that Yao Ye had come repeatedly to see him. He rejected Yao Ye and warned Yanran to stop hoping for Xiao Yan, while a veiled woman watched from nearby and judged Yao Ye and her grandfather impatient.

• Ge Ye told Zhang Tian that after the battle with Yun Shan, the Yun Lan Sect had been destroyed and he had joined the Gama Empire's imperial family.
• Zhang Tian introduced his daughter Zhang Yuxin to Ge Ye and admitted that the Yun Lan Sect still mattered to him.
• Ge Ye revealed that Princess Yao Ye had visited nearly every day, and Zhang Tian told him to refuse the imperial family's advances and remain by his side.
• Ge Ye asked about Yanran, and Zhang Tian told him to make her give up on Xiao Yan because Xiao Yan loved Gu Xun'er.
• Zhang Tian came outside and told Yao Ye not to visit again, while a veiled woman watched from a street corner and remarked that Yao Ye and her grandfather were too impatient.

After Xiao Yan struggled to master Zhang Tian’s Quick Spear Technique, Zhang Tian instructed him to study Yellow Rank Dou Techniques. Zhang Tian then ambushed a Soul Hall Black Robe Protector, severed his wrist, and called to Xiao Yan to watch the fight.

• Xiao Yan failed to grasp the Quick Spear Technique, so Zhang Tian advised him to study Yellow Rank Dou Techniques and told him to avoid Mystic Rank Dou Skills.
• Zhang Tian sensed the Soul Hall’s Black Robe Protector and severed the peak Nine-Star Dou Zong’s wrist with the Phoenix Cry Sword.
• The Black Robe Protector tried to escape in concealing black mist, but Zhang Tian struck him with a Dou Qi palm and attacked with two Heavenly Flames.
• The Black Robe Protector unleashed Netherworld Ghost Claw, and Zhang Tian dodged the attack.
• Zhang Tian called to Xiao Yan, who had been watching from a hidden spot, and the Black Robe Protector noticed him.

Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan fought the Soul Hall Protector, who revealed that Yun Yun had been captured by Soul Hall before Zhang Tian killed him. Zhang Tian then visited Nalan Yanran, but Yun Yun was not in her room.

• The Soul Hall Protector attacked Xiao Yan, who used an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus made from two Beast Flames, but the attack failed to harm him.
• Zhang Tian pierced the Soul Hall Protector's head with the Phoenix Cry Sword and destroyed his soul.
• As he died, the Soul Hall Protector revealed that Yun Yun had been captured and imprisoned in Soul Hall.
• Zhang Tian told Xiao Yan to keep practicing and left for a remote valley in the Gama Empire.
• Zhang Tian found Ge Ye farming and learned that Nalan Yanran had been shut in her room for several days.
• Zhang Tian met Nalan Yanran and searched her room for Yun Yun, but she was not there.

Zhang Tian searched for Yun Yun after learning she had left, fearing Soul Hall had taken her. Yao Lao traced her to the road toward Central State, and Zhang Tian resolved to find a Dou Zun body to revive him.

• Nalan Yanran told Zhang Tian that Yun Yun had gone to the Flower Sect, then gave him Yun Yun's hairpin to track her aura.
• Zhang Tian followed Yun Yun's trail to a pool marked by battle signs, then returned home and found Xiao Yan and Yao Lao ready to accompany him to Soul Hall.
• Zhang Tian refused to let Xiao Yan or Yao Lao go and asked Yao Lao to use his Soul Power to locate Yun Yun.
• Yao Lao found Yun Yun near the ruins of the Chuyun Empire, traveling toward Central State beside a gentle aura that seemed connected to the Flower Sect.
• Zhang Tian concluded that the Soul Hall Protector had lied about Yun Yun's capture and said he would find and kill a Dou Zun to obtain a body for Yao Lao's revival.