Chapter Summaries

After the Misty Cloud Sect’s losses, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong planned for the coming conflict and prepared to secure support from the Jia Ma Empire’s factions. They agreed that Yun Shan and the sect had to be dealt with, while Xiao Heng would protect Yun Yun and handle Gu He.

• Prominent Imperial Capital factions visited under the pretext of welcoming Xiao Heng, but he left Hai Bodong to receive them.
• Xiao Heng warned that the Soul Hall could intervene and said he would stay hidden rather than fight Yun Shan because of his history with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan agreed to face Yun Shan, while he, Xiao Heng, and Hai Bodong divided efforts to approach Fama, Jia Xing Tian, and the other families for support.
• Xiao Yan said Yun Shan must die and the Misty Cloud Sect must disappear, and Xiao Heng promised to keep Yun Yun out of the battle.
• Hai Bodong raised Gu He as a potential obstacle, and Xiao Heng said he would handle the Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to arrange accommodations for the people Xiao Heng had brought, and Hai Bodong agreed.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan gathered the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions at the Alchemist Guild and secured their alliance against the Misty Cloud Sect. After the factions agreed to join them, Hai Bodong received word that Gu He and Yun Yun were getting married at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan called on the major factions to unite against the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Heng warned that the Imperial Family could not safely remain neutral.
• Xiao Heng said the Xiao and Mittel Families could leave for the Black Corner Region, while Hai Bodong agreed to follow them.
• Xiao Yan described what he had encountered at Town Ghost Pass, then revealed his forces, including Old Yao, a Dou Zong expert.
• Old Yao’s appearance helped persuade the Alchemist Guild and other factions to join the alliance, and Xiao Heng warned them not to betray it or reveal Xiao Yan’s master.
• Hai Bodong received a note saying Yun Shan was holding a wedding for Gu He and Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Heng refined a pill for the Imperial Family’s Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon and helped activate it, then reunited with Medusa. The chapter ended with Medusa threatening to kill him once she eliminated the Sky Swallowing Python’s influence, while Xiao Heng remained confident she would not.

• Xiao Heng agreed to handle Gu He and refined a Primal Bone Sculpting Pill for Yao Ye.
• Xiao Heng gave Immortal Herb Pills to Elder Hai and Xiao Mu, then accepted medicinal ingredients and cultivation techniques in return.
• Xiao Heng accompanied Yao Ye, Zi Yan, Bear Two, and Gu Yue to the Imperial Family’s lake and activated the pill for the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon.
• Jia Xing Tian thanked Xiao Heng and rewarded him with a Sixth-grade Pill Recipe and ten precious medicinal herbs.
• Medusa returned to Xiao Heng’s courtyard, where he tried to kiss her through her veil and she struck him away.
• Medusa threatened to kill Xiao Heng after removing the Sky Swallowing Python’s influence, but Xiao Heng smiled and insisted she would not kill him.

Xiao Heng arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect during Yun Yun’s wedding to Gu He and stopped the ceremony, declaring that no one but him could marry her. He killed Yan Shi and engulfed Gu He in flames as Gu He’s allies faced his overwhelming power.

• Xiao Yan led a force of Dou Emperors, Dou Kings, and other fighters from the Xiao Family and its allies toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun arrived in her wedding dress, and Yun Shan announced her marriage to Gu He before the gathered guests.
• Xiao Heng appeared in the square, knocked Gu He aside, freed Yun Yun from her restraints, and stood between her and the wedding party.
• Xiao Heng rejected Gu He’s claim that Yun Yun was his wife, and Yan Shi stepped forward to challenge him.
• Xiao Heng punched through Yan Shi’s chest, killing him, then countered Gu He’s fire attack with a stronger sea of flames that engulfed Gu He.

Xiao Yan’s forces arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, and the confrontation with Yun Shan erupted into a battle. Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Hall held his father, while Xiao Heng restrained Yun Yun and kept her from intervening as the fighting began.

• Xiao Yan and his allies arrived as Xiao Heng spared Gu He’s life, wounded him, and sent his friends to carry him away.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to kill the invaders, while Xiao Heng sealed Yun Yun’s Dou Qi to prevent her from stopping the conflict.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yun Shan over his father’s disappearance, and Yun Shan revealed that the Soul Hall held him.
• Yun Shan ordered both sides to attack, and Hai Bodong, Bear Two, Zi Yan, and the others engaged the Misty Cloud Sect forces.
• Xiao Yan’s Black-clothed Men and allied family disciples clashed with the Misty Cloud Sect disciples below.

Xiao Yan fought Yun Shan on Misty Cloud Mountain, but Yun Shan’s superior Dou Zong strength began to overwhelm him. Old Yao intervened and injured Yun Shan, who then called on Protector Wu to deal with him.

• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to raise his strength and began fighting Yun Shan while Xiao Heng watched from below.
• Xiao Yan landed a blow that left a fist mark on Yun Shan, enraging him and prompting him to unleash his full strength.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Shan exchanged attacks until Xiao Yan was forced to retreat and unleash Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, which Yun Shan countered with Great Sorrow Wind Tearing Hand.
• Xiao Yan seized Yun Shan’s hand, allowing Old Yao to strike Yun Shan from behind and send him plunging toward the ground.
• Old Yao revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s teacher and hinted at his former power as a Dou Zun, while Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu to confront him.

Xiao Heng confronted the Soul Hall Protectors Chen and Wu after they appeared over the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao faced Yun Shan and Protector Wu. The three battles began, and Xiao Yan and Yun Shan traded powerful attacks.

• Xiao Heng drew Protector Chen out of hiding and rejected his offer to join the Soul Hall.
• Protector Chen assigned Protector Wu to capture Yao Chen and challenged Xiao Heng, while Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao chose their opponents.
• Xiao Heng attacked Protector Chen with a Sword River, but Chen blocked it with a giant claw of Black Mist.
• Protector Wu attacked Old Yao with black chains, and Old Yao repelled them with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yun Shan struck Xiao Yan with a massive palm, and Xiao Yan countered with an emerald fire blade that shattered against it.

Xiao Heng fought Protector Chen above Misty Cloud Mountain and used his bloodline power to raise his strength to the peak of the six-star Dou Zong realm. After Protector Chen revealed his true body, Xiao Heng met his attack head-on and sent him flying with a powerful punch.

• Xiao Heng attacked Protector Chen with a hundred-meter flaming sword, but Chen shattered it with a punch and sent Xiao Heng flying.
• Old Yao blocked Protector Wu’s hook and struck back with a giant hand of white flame while Xiao Yan continued struggling against Yun Shan.
• Protector Chen condensed his Black Mist into a four-armed demonic true body and declared that he would kill Xiao Heng himself.
• Xiao Heng awakened his bloodline power, covered himself in golden scales and Heavenly Flame armor, and opened the eye between his brows.
• Xiao Heng and Protector Chen collided fists, breaking the space around them, and Xiao Heng’s blow sent Chen flying backward.

Xiao Heng and Protector Chen traded devastating attacks, leaving both fighters badly hurt as Xiao Heng struck back with a sword domain. While Yun Yun rushed to check on Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames to form a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and tried to keep Yun Shan from interrupting him.

• Xiao Heng unleashed dozens of energy spheres at Protector Chen, flattening buildings with their explosions, while Xiao Yan and Yun Shan exchanged equally powerful attacks that wounded both sides.
• Protector Chen emerged from the blast and powered up, but Xiao Heng rushed him with five swords before he could strike.
• Protector Chen trapped Xiao Heng and slashed his chest with blood blades, but Xiao Heng’s inverted scale blocked the killing blow and his sword domain erupted inside Protector Chen.
• Xiao Heng crashed into a mountain as his sword domain filled the sky, and Yun Yun flew toward him while Yun Shan celebrated his apparent defeat.
• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames to form a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, then threw miniature lotuses in Jade Bottles to slow Yun Shan down.

Xiao Yan killed Yun Shan after defeating him with a three-colored fire lotus, while Yun Yun grieved and Xiao Heng returned to face the revived Protector Chen. As Protector Chen powered up by devouring souls, Xiao Heng formed the Four Symbols Sword formation, and the chapter ended with their attacks meeting.

• Xiao Yan's three-colored fire lotus shattered Yun Shan's wind vortex, and Xiao Yan beat Yun Shan until he died.
• Yun Yun found Xiao Heng badly wounded, then saw Yun Shan's body and mourned her Master.
• Xiao Heng sent Gu Yue to protect Yun Yun, healed his wounds, and returned to confront Protector Chen.
• Protector Chen began devouring souls from a rune-marked pouch, while Xiao Heng summoned the four swords of the Four Symbols Sword Art.
• Protector Chen unleashed his Myriad Fiends Blood Blade, and Xiao Heng used the Black Tortoise Sword to defend before the other three swords closed around him.

Xiao Heng and Protector Chen exhausted themselves in a clash of sword arrays and blood blades, leaving Xiao Heng badly wounded and close to death. Medusa intervened, and a Seventh-Rank Pill restored enough of Xiao Heng’s strength for him to strike Protector Chen down, though the chapter ended before his death was confirmed.

• Xiao Heng and Protector Chen unleashed their strongest attacks, shattering the space around them and sending Xiao Heng flying with severe injuries.
• Xiao Heng swallowed a Seventh-Rank healing pill and Sixth-Rank Pills, but Protector Chen ambushed him and battered him with his four arms.
• Medusa saved Xiao Heng from Protector Chen’s final blow and attacked him with a seven-colored serpent.
• Xiao Heng recovered with the pill’s power, summoned the Soaring Dragon Sword Art, and pierced Protector Chen’s demonic body with a silver dragon strike.
• Protector Chen’s body exploded into Black Mist as Xiao Heng fell from the sky, and Medusa caught him while he watched for signs of his enemy’s death.

Xiao Heng forced Protector Chen to retreat before collapsing, but Protector Wu absorbed Yun Shan’s soul and the souls of Misty Cloud Sect elders, then captured Old Yao. After the battle ended, Xiao Yan held back from destroying the sect and ordered everyone to wait for Xiao Heng to wake.

• Protector Chen escaped through a shattered space scroll, and Xiao Heng collapsed from his injuries.
• Protector Wu seized Yun Shan’s corpse and absorbed his soul along with the souls of more than a dozen Misty Cloud Sect elders, greatly increasing his strength.
• Protector Wu defeated Yun Yun’s array and captured Old Yao, who left Xiao Yan the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, his Storage Ring, and his possessions.
• Protector Wu withdrew without taking Xiao Yan, while Nalan Yanran confronted Xiao Yan and was suppressed.
• Xiao Yan stopped Hai Bodong from attacking the defeated Misty Cloud Sect and ordered his forces to seal off Misty Cloud Mountain until Xiao Heng woke.

After recovering from his wounds, Xiao Heng returned to the ruined Misty Cloud Sect and reunited with Yun Yun. He comforted her as she mourned Yun Shan, then let her treat his injuries.

• Xiao Heng woke up with Gu Yue, Zi Yan, Bear Two, and Medusa beside him, and learned that Old Yao had still been captured.
• Medusa told Xiao Heng that Xiao Yan had sealed off the Misty Cloud Sect and that Yun Yun was safe.
• Xiao Heng descended on the devastated Misty Cloud Sect, where Nalan Yanran let him enter the main hall.
• Xiao Heng found Yun Yun mourning Yun Shan and apologized, but she thanked him for sparing the surviving sect members and preserving her teacher's remains.
• Xiao Heng embraced the grieving Yun Yun, and she checked his severe chest wounds and applied healing medicine.

Yun Yun disbanded the Misty Cloud Sect after Xiao Heng promised to protect its remaining disciples, while the empire began settling the aftermath of the battle. After recovering, Xiao Heng spoke with Xiao Yan about their responsibilities and agreed to accept an idle position in the faction Xiao Yan was building.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Heng to spare the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, and he promised they would be safe and invited her to leave with him when matters were settled.
• Xiao Heng returned to the Imperial Capital, and the troops around Misty Cloud Mountain withdrew the next morning.
• On the fifth day, Yun Yun officially disbanded the Misty Cloud Sect and sent away those who wished to keep following her.
• Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and found that the battle had improved his combat skills and loosened his cultivation bottleneck.
• A month after the battle, Xiao Yan visited Xiao Heng and said he planned to break through to Dou Emperor after completing the cleanup.
• Xiao Yan complained about the responsibilities of building a faction, and Xiao Heng agreed to take a nominal position as long as it required no work.

Xiao Heng advanced his cultivation and spent affectionate, teasing days with Yun Yun in a secluded valley while the Yan Alliance formed without his involvement. He later refined a seven-colored medicinal pill and captured it after it survived three bolts of pill lightning.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng chatted before Xiao Yan left to deal with matters at the Xiao Family, and the Yan Alliance was established with Xiao Yan as Alliance Leader and Xiao Heng as Great Elder.
• Xiao Heng cultivated in a secluded valley and broke through again, prompting Yun Yun to congratulate him on his rapid progress.
• Xiao Heng teased Yun Yun, held and kissed her, then reassured her that he would wait until she was ready for marriage.
• Xiao Heng refined a seven-colored medicinal pill that drew three bolts of lightning, then caught it as it tried to flee and sealed it in a jade bottle.

Yun Yun left the valley before dawn to explore the world, leaving Xiao Heng a farewell letter and the Misty Cloud Sect’s accumulated resources. Xiao Heng accepted her choice, then visited Little Grass for alchemist inheritances and gained a pill recipe that could restore Old Yao’s body.

• Yun Yun kissed the sleeping Xiao Heng, left him a letter and a Storage Ring, and flew away before dawn.
• Xiao Heng revealed that he had guessed Yun Yun would leave, read her letter, and sorted the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources for himself and the Yan Alliance.
• Xiao Heng set up a Formation Array to protect the valley, then entered Little Grass’s space and apologized for only visiting when he needed help.
• Little Grass gave Xiao Heng two Seventh-grade Alchemist inheritances, and Xiao Heng endured several hours of painful memories as he absorbed them.
• Xiao Heng found an eighth-rank Pill Recipe for a pill that could give a soul a body again, which could help Old Yao regain his physical form.

Xiao Heng learned that Medusa had taken Zi Yan back to the Snake People Tribe and set out to find her after speaking with Hai Bodong at the Yan Alliance headquarters. He reached the Holy Temple and confronted Hua She'er, asking her to take him to Medusa.

• Xiao Heng visited the Yan Alliance headquarters, where Hai Bodong told him that Xiao Yan had gone to seek a breakthrough and Yun Yun had left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong said Medusa had taken Zi Yan back to the Snake People Tribe, and Xiao Heng realized he needed to make amends with her.
• Xiao Heng gave Hai Bodong a list of medicinal ingredients to search for, then left for the Snake People Tribe.
• Xiao Heng entered the Snake People Tribe and suppressed Hua She'er when she challenged him at the Holy Temple.
• Xiao Heng released Hua She'er and asked to see the queen, while Hua She'er dismissed the approaching patrol squad and decided to hear his intentions.

Xiao Heng entered the Snake-People Tribe to find Medusa and discovered that Zi Yan was advancing on the island in the lake. After reassuring Medusa and Hua She'er that he meant no harm, he stayed to massage Medusa.

• Xiao Heng subdued Hua She'er and carried her toward Medusa's Holy Temple after she refused to believe he had come to see the queen.
• Xiao Heng reached the island in the lake, where the giant snake let him cross Medusa's barrier and Medusa invited him inside.
• Xiao Heng saw Zi Yan sealed in a cocoon and confirmed that her energy was rising steadily as she advanced toward the sixth tier.
• Xiao Heng freed Hua She'er, and Medusa ordered her captain to leave after she witnessed their reunion.
• Xiao Heng told Medusa that Yun Yun had left the Jia Ma Empire, then agreed to massage Medusa's shoulders and legs.

Xiao Heng comforted Medusa and stayed with her and Gu Yue through the night before discussing his plans. He agreed to refine a Seventh-Rank Shape-Shifting Pill for Medusa, while still intending to travel to the Izumo Empire to find a friend.

• Xiao Heng massaged Medusa's legs until she fell asleep, then kissed her forehead and fed pills to Gu Yue, whose strength was nearing the peak of the sixth rank.
• After the night passed, Medusa woke to find Xiao Heng practicing swordsmanship and asked what he planned to do next.
• Xiao Heng said he would stay a few days before going to the Izumo Empire to find a friend, and he declined Medusa's offer to help.
• Medusa used Charm on Xiao Heng, who teased her about it before pulling his gaze away.
• Medusa asked Xiao Heng to refine a Seventh-Rank Shape-Shifting Pill, and he agreed after learning she would provide the ingredients.

Xiao Heng accompanied Medusa to the Snake People Tribe's medicinal herb repository, collected Shape-Shifting Grass and other materials, and began refining a Seventh-Rank Shape-Shifting Pill. As Xiao Heng worked through the lengthy extraction process, Snake People gathered nearby, and some began to stir despite Hua She'er keeping them at a distance.

• Medusa took Xiao Heng to the Snake People Tribe's guarded medicinal herb repository and opened its sealed floors for him.
• Medusa gave Xiao Heng three Shape-Shifting Grasses and permission to choose other treasures; he selected two ingredients for Seventh-Rank Pills and meteorite iron.
• Xiao Heng examined Snake People secret arts and gathered the supplementary ingredients needed to refine the Shape-Shifting Pill.
• Xiao Heng began refining the pill on a sun-heated stone platform in the Holy Temple, using his Heavenly Flames and Myriad Beasts Cauldron.
• Xiao Heng spent more than four hours extracting medicinal essences as Snake People gathered nearby, while Hua She'er and her guards kept them back and some Snake People began to stir.