Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan remained inside the Star Region to refine Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Heng defended his choice and promised to finish Xiao Yan’s unfinished work if he died. As Xiao Yan slowly drained the flame’s strength from within, Xiao Heng prepared to return to the Northern Region with his companions.

• Xuan Kongzi sealed the Star Region after Three Thousand Burning Flame unleashed its accumulated power, then told Xuan Yi that Xiao Yan was still inside fighting it in a soul battle.
• Xuan Yi confronted Xiao Heng for leaving Xiao Yan behind, and Xiao Heng insisted it was Xiao Yan’s best choice and promised to complete his tasks if he died.
• Inside the Star Region, Xiao Yan’s Glazed Lotus Heart Flame shielded him while his Dragon Seal gradually siphoned power from Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Heng returned to Ye Academy, reassured the Ye Family that Xiao Yan was alive, and discussed what his companions would do next.
• Elder Yuan and Heavenly Flame Venerable chose to remain at the Pill Tower, while Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue prepared to accompany Xiao Heng to the Northern Region.

Xiao Heng and his companions reached Cloud City near the Wind Thunder Pavilion and learned that the pavilion’s thunder had vanished. When a Wind Thunder Pavilion elder attacked Xiao Heng in an inn, Xiao Heng stopped the attack with the Power of Space, revealing himself as a Dou Zun expert.

• Xiao Heng traveled through the Space Wormhole with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue, and the group finally arrived in Cloud City.
• At an inn, Xiao Heng paid a maid for news about the Wind Thunder Pavilion, including rumors that its East Pavilion’s thunder and thunder trees had disappeared.
• A Wind Thunder Pavilion disciple threatened the maid for discussing the pavilion, but the innkeeper blocked him and identified himself as belonging to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
• The Wind Thunder Pavilion elder demanded that Xiao Heng sever an arm, then attacked him with a streak of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Heng stopped the attack with one finger and dispersed it into the void, prompting the innkeeper to recognize him as a Dou Zun expert.

Xiao Heng returned to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to seek the Earthcore and confront the Wind Thunder Pavilion. Zi Yan overwhelmed the Pavilion's elders, but the Great Elder activated the Tenfold Wind Thunder Array and raised his strength to near Dou Zun.

• Xiao Heng defeated a Wind Thunder Pavilion elder at a restaurant, crippled one disciple, and spared another before leaving for the Wind Thunder Mountain Range with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the Pavilion's past pursuit of him and Venerable Thunder, whom Xiao Heng resolved to kill.
• The group arrived at the Wind Thunder Pavilion, where Xiao Heng demanded to know the Pavilion Master's whereabouts.
• Zi Yan shattered the elders' joint Wind Kill Finger and repeatedly struck back against their attacks, badly injuring the purple-robed Great Elder.
• The Great Elder ordered the elders to form the Tenfold Wind Thunder Array, then used its lightning to raise his strength to the half-step Dou Zun realm.

Xiao Heng revealed the Wind Thunder Mountain Range’s hidden Formation Array and its core bead while Zi Yan fought the purple-robed elder. Xiao Yi Xian wiped out the East Pavilion of Wind and Thunder’s forces, leaving the pavilion devastated and the survivors poisoned.

• Zi Yan fought the purple-robed elder, whose Formation Arrays temporarily raised his strength to that of a Dou Zun, and used her speed and defense to counter him.
• Xiao Heng descended and began activating a vast Formation Array beneath the Wind Thunder Mountain Range as Gu Yue killed stewards who tried to stop him.
• The array revealed a deep-yellow bead at its core, and the purple-robed elder realized Xiao Heng had uncovered it and ordered everyone to attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Myriad Leaf Flying Flower Flow, killing or poisoning the pavilion’s disciples, stewards, elders, and the purple-robed elder.
• The gray storm stopped after destroying the East Pavilion of Wind and Thunder, and Zi Yan complained that the fight had ended too soon.

Xiao Heng took the yellow bead from the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, causing its highest peak to collapse, then spared the defeated Wind Thunder Pavilion members while looting its Scripture Pavilion and treasure vault. After leaving, he headed toward the Yin Yang Twin Flames and began searching a city's auction house for useful resources.

• Xiao Heng endured the bead's immense pressure and took it, causing the highest peak of the Wind Thunder Mountain Range to collapse.
• Xiao Heng told the purple-robed elder that his grievances with the Wind Thunder Pavilion could end, then Xiao Yi Xian removed the Calamity Poison Gas from the elders and disciples.
• Xiao Heng broke into the Scripture Pavilion and treasure vault, took valuable manuals and more than half the vault's contents, and left the survivors to deal with the devastation.
• Xiao Heng consulted Xiao Yan's map and set out toward the Yin Yang Twin Flames, planning to see whether the Heavenly Flame suited his needs.
• Xiao Heng and his companions entered a city's auction house, where Zi Yan and Gu Yue went to browse while Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind.

Xiao Heng and his companions found the Yin Yang Twin Flames in a hidden valley and discovered the strange life-and-death powers of the lake surrounding it. Rather than take the still-undeveloped flame, Xiao Heng fed it resources and planned to stay for three months.

• Xiao Heng let five men who followed the group out of the city die in the forest.
• Xiao Heng and his companions traveled across the wasteland and descended into the valley where the map marked the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• The group found a hidden lake divided between destructive black water and life-giving milky white water, with the twin-colored flame burning at its center.
• Zi Yan tested the black lake's heat and then healed her burned arm in the milky white water.
• Xiao Heng decided the flame was too weak to take and fed it Beast Flames and other resources to help it grow.
• Xiao Heng told the others to prepare to stay in the valley for around three months.

Xiao Heng settled into secluded cultivation with Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Yue, and Zi Yan, then used a medicinal liquid and the Firefly Soul Art to strengthen his soul. After two days, his Soul Power broke through and more than doubled, though he had not yet reached the Heaven Realm.

• Xiao Heng persuaded Zi Yan to stay in seclusion by promising he would have time to refine pills for her.
• Xiao Heng sorted the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s treasures, kept useful resources, and postponed using the Life Devouring Liquid until after stabilizing his foundation and refining the Earthcore.
• Xiao Heng drank the soul-enhancing medicinal liquid and cultivated the Firefly Soul Art beneath the night sky.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Yue, and Zi Yan felt Xiao Heng’s growing soul pressure, then guarded him from a distance as Gu Yue sensed he was nearing a breakthrough.
• After two days, Xiao Heng’s Soul Power surged, broke through, and more than doubled, letting him crush a boulder and crack the space ahead with a soul-formed fist.

After breaking through in Soul Power, Xiao Heng refined another Eighth-grade Pill with greater ease, then began refining the Earthcore. He survived its devastating erosion by using his ice, fire, and metal powers to subdue it, and the Earthcore settled beneath them in his qi sea.

• Xiao Heng refined an Eighth-grade Pill in thirteen days and then made over a hundred medicinal pellets for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Heng broke the Earthcore's shell and seized its origin source, but its power stripped skin and flesh from half his body.
• After recovering for two days, Xiao Heng swallowed the origin source and used his ice, fire, and metal powers to protect his body and push it through his meridians.
• Xiao Heng gradually assimilated the Earthcore over several days, then put it into the Spirit Gathering Ring.
• The ice, fire, and metal powers suppressed the Earth-attributed energy, which settled docilely at the bottom of Xiao Heng's qi sea.

After Xiao Heng refined the Earthcore, earth-attributed power healed him and fueled his cultivation while he remained unconscious. He awakened at Five-star Dou Zun, with four of the five elements complete and the possibility of reaching Dou Sheng once he found the last one.

• Earth-attributed power settled beneath Xiao Heng's other powers, healed his injuries, and drew energy from the surrounding land into his body.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited anxiously outside the cave for Xiao Heng, while Gu Yue sensed that he was recovering.
• After another half month, Xiao Heng broke free of an ocher cocoon and began transforming his accumulated power.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others were forced back when the mountain split apart as Xiao Heng absorbed energy and advanced to Five-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Heng confirmed that his injuries had healed and reflected that only one element remained before his Five Elements could be complete.

After reaching five-star Dou Zun, Xiao Heng stabilized his cultivation in the valley and joined Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue in the warm lake beside the Heavenly Flames. The four spent the following days cultivating and relaxing while Xiao Heng studied the Black-and-White Twin Flame.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Heng how it felt to be a five-star Dou Zun, and he said his strength had improved tremendously.
• Xiao Heng returned to the valley, stabilized his new realm, and found Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue soaking in the lake.
• Zi Yan invited Xiao Heng into the water, and he joined her and Gu Yue before moving close to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Heng, Zi Yan, Gu Yue, and Xiao Yi Xian splashed water at one another, then settled at the shore to soak.
• The four stayed in the valley, where Xiao Heng cultivated, refined pills, and studied the Black-and-White Twin Flame.

Xiao Heng strengthened his command of the Five Elements, helped Xiao Yi Xian advance, and traveled toward the Pill Region as Xiao Yan’s emergence from the Star Region approached. Xiao Yan broke the seal, survived the black flames, and returned with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but news about Yao Chen left him troubled.

• Xiao Heng studied combinations of the Five Elements and gave the Life Devouring Liquid to Xiao Yi Xian, who advanced to Four-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Heng observed Zi Yan’s stalled growth and Gu Yue’s breakthrough to the eighth tier, then left for the Pill Region with three others.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower giants struggled to reinforce the Star Region seal as cracks opened and black flames surged out.
• Xiao Yan emerged through the crack alive after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, surprising Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the other experts.
• Xuan Yi told Xiao Yan that the Pill Tower had gathered intelligence about Yao Chen, but Xuan Kongzi had little useful news to share.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room, worried about his teacher, and took out a scroll containing cultivation techniques he could now learn.

Xiao Yan returned to Sacred Pill City and faced the Xuanming Sect's demand for revenge over Chen Xian's death. With Yi Chen of the Tianming Sect challenging him, Xiao Yan accepted a duel, while a white-haired young man watched from the crowd, ready to intervene if Chen Nan broke the rules.

• Xiao Heng and the others arrived in Sacred Pill City and learned that the Xuanming Sect had come seeking revenge for Chen Xian.
• Qiu Ling faced Chen Nan and Yi Chen, who warned that the Pill Tower's protection of Xiao Yan could push the Tianming Sect toward the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan arrived, admitted that he had killed Chen Xian, and told Yi Chen to settle the matter with a fight.
• Chen Nan tried to attack Xiao Yan, but Qiu Ling stepped forward and insisted that the conflict be settled between juniors.
• Yi Chen challenged Xiao Yan and said the matter would end after their fight; Xiao Yan accepted despite Qiu Ling's concern.
• Chen Nan promised the Xuanming Sect's support in Yi Chen's next Sect Master election if Yi Chen killed Xiao Yan, while a white-haired young man watched, prepared to intervene if Chen Nan broke the rules.

Xiao Yan fought Yi Chen on a stone platform and overcame the Yi Xiuluo's blood-based techniques with his Heavenly Flame and powerful Dou Techniques. After their decisive clash destroyed the arena, Xiao Yan emerged standing while Yi Chen was sent flying.

• Yi Chen raised a stone platform and declared that whoever left it would lose, while Xiao Yan accepted the challenge.
• Xiao Yan used his gray Heavenly Flame to disperse Yi Chen's blood mist and forced him back in their opening exchanges.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zong strength, caught Yi Chen's spear, and countered his attacks with a fire dragon.
• Yi Chen unleashed the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, and Xiao Yan met it with the Mountain Splitting Seal, Overturning Sea Seal, and Earth Overturning Seal.
• Their collision devastated the surrounding area, and Xiao Yan emerged from the dust to strike Yi Chen and send him crashing across the ground.

Xiao Yan defeated Yi Chen and kept his Storage Ring, while Xiao Heng stopped Chen Tiannan from attacking him. With Xuan Yi intervening, the conflict ended, and she revealed that news had arrived about where Yao Chen was being held.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yi Chen, took his Storage Ring, and ordered the Xuanming Sect and Tianming Sect disciples to leave.
• Chen Tiannan attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Heng appeared, caught his wrist, and kicked him away.
• Xiao Heng warned Chen Tiannan that he could either let the matter end or face their combined strength, while Qiu Ling backed him with the Pill Tower's authority.
• Xuan Yi emerged and warned Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan against provoking the Pill Tower, so Chen Tiannan withdrew with his people.
• Xiao Yan joked with Xuan Yi after the group left, and she told everyone that news had arrived about where Yao Chen was being held.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng assembled allies and prepared to rescue Yao Chen from the Soul Hall’s heavily guarded branch hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range. Venerable Wind and Iron Sword Venerable arrived, and the group stood ready to begin the operation.

• Xuan Kongzi revealed that the Soul Hall had moved Yao Chen to the Dead Soul Mountain Range and surrounded him with at least five Dou Zun experts and several Protectors.
• Xiao Yan gathered support from Xiao Heng, Elder Yuan, and the Pill Tower, while Xuan Kongzi offered resources but said the Pill Tower’s leaders could not intervene directly.
• Old Yao emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Six-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng trained and prepared medicines and puppets while they waited for Venerable Wind.
• Xiao Heng refined two puppets into Heavenly Demon Puppets with Dou Zun-level strength and gave one to Zi Yan for protection.
• Venerable Wind arrived with Iron Sword Venerable, who agreed to help repay the debt he owed Yao Chen, and he met Xiao Yan’s assembled allies.

Xiao Yan led a powerful group toward the Dead Soul Mountain Range to rescue his teacher, Yao Chen, from a Soul Hall branch. After a day of searching and a nightfall encounter with a Stone Devouring Ant Swarm, Zi Yan darted into the darkness, and Xiao Heng urged the others to wait.

• Xiao Yan and his companions left the Pill Tower to rescue Yao Chen, relying on a force of powerful Dou Zun experts and other allies.
• After five days of travel, Xiao Yan's group reached the mist-covered Dead Soul Mountain Range and rested before entering.
• Venerable Wind warned the group not to fly through the forest and led them onward, advising them to stay together and alert.
• The group advanced slowly through the fog, found no trace of Soul Hall, and camped after nightfall.
• Venerable Wind recognized the approach of a Stone Devouring Ant Swarm and ordered everyone to leave, but Zi Yan darted into the darkness, prompting Xiao Heng to tell the others to wait.

Zi Yan led Xiao Yan and his allies to the Soul Hall palace, using the Stone Devouring Ants to evade its scouts. After discovering powerful defenders inside, they divided their forces and slipped through the spatial barrier to begin the rescue of Yao Chen.

• Zi Yan brought the Stone Devouring Ant Queen to the group, and it guided them through the Dead Soul Mountain Range toward the Soul Hall.
• The Stone Devouring Ants killed the Soul Hall’s Messenger Birds, preventing the group’s approach from being exposed.
• At the palace, Venerable Wind sensed seven Dou Zuns, while Gu Yue detected two even stronger Tianzuns; Xiao Heng and Heavenly Flame Venerable agreed to face the two Tianzuns.
• Venerable Wind assigned the others to hold off the remaining defenders while Xiao Yan searched for Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan and Zi Yan produced Dou Zun-level puppets to aid them.
• Zi Yan opened a fissure in the spatial barrier, and the Stone Devouring Ants surged through before the group followed in secret.
• Inside the palace, Yao Chen remained bound to a stone pillar among the tortured souls, still clinging to hope.

Xiao Yan and his allies launched an assault on the Soul Hall to rescue Yao Chen, battling its Venerable Elders and Heavenly Venerables. As the fighting spread through the valley, Xiao Yan broke through toward the palace while Soul Hall forces tried to stop him.

• A swarm of Stone Devouring Ants arrived at the Soul Hall, and Xiao Yan confronted Old Man Mu Gu as Gu Yue engaged him.
• Xiao Heng froze and beheaded a Soul Hall Dou Zun, then destroyed the man's soul with his flaming sword despite a Heavenly Venerable's intervention.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable faced Old Man Star Picker, revealing that he was a six-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan rushed toward the palace, while his Heavenly Demon Puppet held off a Soul Hall Dou Zun.
• A Soul Hall Venerable Elder ordered the Protectors to stop Xiao Yan, dead or alive.

Zi Yan and the Stone Devouring Ant Swarm overwhelmed Soul Hall's Protectors while Iron Sword Venerable and Elder Yuan kept Soul Hall's Dou Zun experts occupied. The battles remained unresolved, but Soul Hall's forces were pinned down and unable to interfere elsewhere.

• Zi Yan led the Stone Devouring Ant Swarm through Soul Hall's Protectors, killing several and pinning down more than half of them.
• Iron Sword Venerable fought a three-star Soul Hall Venerable Elder at close range, trading wounds as his relentless attacks forced his opponent to retreat.
• Elder Yuan used his Wood Attribute techniques to restrain a three-star Thunder Attribute Venerable Elder and steadily exhaust him.
• Elder Yuan remained satisfied with holding his opponent in place, since keeping Soul Hall's fighters occupied was enough to complete their task.

Venerable Wind fought a gray-robed Soul Hall elder whose powerful armor resisted his attacks, leaving him to stall the elder rather than help Xiao Yan. Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed a Soul Hall Dou Zun with her gray leaves and Calamity Poison Gas, wounding her and forcing her to retreat.

• Elder Yuan bound a Soul Hall Dou Zun with Wood Binding, allowing the Heavenly Demon Puppet to charge back into the fight.
• Venerable Wind confronted the gray-robed elder of the Earthly Xing Sect, who attacked him with earth spikes and Divine Earth Armor.
• Venerable Wind evaded the elder's attacks and wounded him, but could not break through his armor, so he focused on holding him back as the elder's Dou Qi ran low.
• Xiao Yi Xian suppressed the one-star-weaker Soul Hall Dou Zun with waves of gray leaves.
• The Soul Hall Dou Zun charged Xiao Yi Xian with a golden spear, but Xiao Yi Xian countered with Calamity Poison Gas and a gray blade that wounded her leg.