Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian pressed her poisoned Soul Hall Dou Zun opponent with a relentless assault, while Gu Yue fought Old Man Mu Gu and steadily gained the upper hand. Gu Yue wounded him repeatedly, though his Natal Soul Lock pierced her shoulder, and their battle continued with Gu Yue still in control.

• Xiao Yi Xian used the poison already in the Soul Hall Dou Zun's injured leg to keep her from detoxifying and attacked her with a rapid series of deadly strikes.
• Gu Yue overcame Old Man Mu Gu's chains and elemental attacks, then blasted him into a hillside with an elemental pillar.
• Old Man Mu Gu struck Gu Yue with his elongated arm, but her armor resisted his chains and she wounded his arm with her elemental power.
• Gu Yue pierced Old Man Mu Gu's palm and struck his waist, while her silver hair ribbon threatened his head and forced him to defend himself.
• Old Man Mu Gu used his Natal Soul Lock to pierce Gu Yue's left shoulder, but she cut his chest and continued attacking, maintaining the advantage.

Gu Yue overwhelmed Old Man Mu Gu while Heavenly Flame Venerable fought Heart-Plucking Old Ghost in a battle of flames and black mist. Heavenly Flame Venerable maintained the upper hand and finally wounded Heart-Plucking Old Ghost, who had threatened him with the Soul Hall’s pursuit.

• Gu Yue used her mixed-range fighting style to keep the gravely injured Old Man Mu Gu on the defensive.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable and Heart-Plucking Old Ghost exchanged powerful Dou Techniques, each using flames, black mist, and control over space.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable gained a slight advantage, while Heart-Plucking Old Ghost held back something from his Storage Ring.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable froze the space around Heart-Plucking Old Ghost and struck his abdomen with a flaming arrow, marking the first time he had been injured in ten years.

Xiao Heng faced a black-robed Soul Hall elder and demonstrated overwhelming strength, surviving the elder’s attacks before unleashing the Seven Star Steps. The elder emerged from the devastation alive, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The black-robed old man recognized Xiao Heng, threatened to kill him, and recalled Hun Chen’s grudge against him.
• The old man attacked with eight Dou Qi clones, but Xiao Heng’s golden scales withstood their strikes and his sword destroyed them.
• Xiao Heng used Startling Swan Wandering Dragon to break the old man’s shield and wound him.
• Xiao Heng completed the Seven Star Steps while the old man unleashed Ten Thousand Soul Kill, and the resulting strike blasted the elder into a vast crater.
• Xiao Heng detected the old man hiding in nearby space and called him out, and the elder emerged coughing.

Xiao Yan fought his way through Soul Hall to the Soul-Locking Hall and found Old Yao bound there. He broke the chains and freed his teacher, while the battle outside continued.

• Xiao Yan forced a Soul Hall Protector to lead him to the Soul-Locking Hall and killed the Protectors blocking his path.
• Xiao Yan fought two Nine-Star Dou Zong Protectors at the iron gate and burned both to ash.
• Xiao Yan smashed open the gate and found Old Yao chained to a pillar among the imprisoned souls.
• Xiao Yan knelt before Old Yao and told him his disciple had come.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to break the chains and free Old Yao.

Xiao Yan fought the white-clad Soul Hall expert while freeing chained souls and trying to escape the great hall. Outside, Zi Yan and the Stone Devouring Ant Swarm devastated Soul Hall’s forces as the wider battle favored Xiao Heng’s side, and Xiao Heng began preparing another powerful Combat Skill.

• Xiao Yan freed Old Yao, then tried to destroy the chains holding the souls before the white-clad old man stopped him.
• Xiao Yan attacked the chains and battled the old man, freeing hundreds of chained souls before fleeing toward the hall’s exit.
• Xiao Yan used his Black Heavy Ruler and three Fire Thunder Pellets to resist the old man, but was struck by his Space Solidification attack while nearing the exit.
• Zi Yan led the Stone Devouring Ant Swarm in killing Soul Hall Guardians, while the Heavenly Demon Puppet and other allies fought Soul Hall’s Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Heng noticed activity inside the great hall, then began gathering power for another terrifying Combat Skill against the black-robed old man.

Xiao Heng defeated the black-robed Soul Hall elder with the Four Symbols Sword Array and helped Xiao Yan escape the white-robed elder. As Zi Yan opened a space wormhole, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable joined forces to unleash a five-Heavenly-Flame array against their pursuers.

• Xiao Heng summoned the Four Symbols Sword Array, which tore apart the black dragon conjured by the black-robed elder and killed him.
• Xiao Heng broke the white-robed elder’s attack on Xiao Yan, then gathered with Xiao Yan and their allies to withdraw.
• Zi Yan began opening a space wormhole while the Soul Hall experts moved to stop them.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable combined five Heavenly Flames and activated the Five-Wheel Lihuo Array.
• The array spread across ten thousand meters and raised a vast sea of flames over the Falling Flame Mountain Range.

After destroying the Soul Hall stronghold and rescuing Yao Chen, Xiao Yan and the others escaped to the Northern Wilderness Plains and traveled to Starfall Pavilion to recover and prepare for Soul Hall’s retaliation. Venerable Wind led them into the hidden mountain sanctuary, where they arrived safely at the true Starfall Pavilion.

• Old Ghost Xing and the white-robed elder emerged from the destroyed stronghold, while Soul Hall reinforcements arrived too late to prevent Yao Chen’s escape.
• Xiao Yan and the others emerged from a Space Passage, confirmed their injuries, and reunited Yao Chen with Venerable Wind.
• Xiao Heng urged the group to find shelter, and Venerable Wind chose Starfall Pavilion as their destination.
• After traveling for more than half a month, the group reached the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, where Venerable Wind opened the hidden entrance with a Jade Pendant.
• Venerable Wind led everyone through the spatial gate into Starfall Pavilion, a secluded mountain settlement.

Old Yao returned to Starfall Pavilion and formally reclaimed his position as Pavilion Master, while Xiao Heng and the others joined the faction. After giving Xiao Heng his alchemy insights, Old Yao discussed restoring his body with Xiao Yan, who chose Xiao Heng’s more complicated method.

• Mu Qingluan welcomed Venerable Wind and Old Yao, then arranged lodging so the exhausted group could rest.
• After about half a month of recovery, Old Yao accepted the Pavilion Master’s seat and Starfall Pavilion welcomed him back.
• Venerable Wind invited Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Flame Venerable, Zi Yan, Gu Yue, Elder Yuan, and Iron Sword Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion.
• Venerable Wind sealed Starfall Pavilion, and Old Yao gave Xiao Heng a scroll containing his lifetime of alchemy insights.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Heng for a corpse to refine a body for Old Yao, and Xiao Heng produced eight ice coffins and offered a better, more complicated method.

Xiao Heng outlined a plan to restore Old Yao’s body and assigned everyone tasks to prepare for it. Afterward, he returned to a peaceful life at Starfall Pavilion, refining pills for Zi Yan and continuing his cultivation.

• Xiao Heng explained that Old Yao’s bones, abundant flesh and essence blood, Formation Arrays, a heavenly treasure, and medicinal pills would be used to refine him a new body.
• Old Yao produced his preserved bones, while Venerable Wind and Xiao Yan supplied corpses; Xiao Heng said they would need more materials and asked Venerable Wind to gather Magical Beast essence blood.
• Xiao Heng urged Xiao Yan to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Zun and shared cultivation insights with him.
• Old Yao focused on restoring his Soul Power, Venerable Wind went to gather materials, and Xiao Yan entered seclusion while Xiao Heng returned to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Zi Yan demanded more pills, and Xiao Heng agreed to refine them before Xiao Yi Xian served pastries to him, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue.
• Everyone lived peacefully at Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Heng cultivated, though he felt his progress was slow and considered relying more on Little Grass.

Xiao Heng traveled with Iron Sword Venerable to the Cloud Forest Mountain Range to seek a woman who possessed a three-thousand-year-old Willow Wood Heart. They arrived at her secluded home, where the woman welcomed them inside, but the Willow Wood Heart and Xiao Heng’s promised sword duel remained unresolved.

• Iron Sword Venerable told Xiao Heng about a friend who had once obtained a three-thousand-year-old Willow Wood Heart and offered the information in exchange for a sparring match.
• Xiao Heng agreed to fight Iron Sword Venerable after they searched for the woman, and the two set out for the Western Region of the Central Continent.
• After more than a month of travel, Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable reached the Cloud Forest Mountain Range and entered a spatial barrier.
• Iron Sword Venerable returned with a beautiful middle-aged woman, who welcomed Xiao Heng and invited both men to sit in her pavilion.

Xiao Heng traded an Eighth-grade Ascending Cloud Pill for Mu Yun’s Willow Wood Heart, then stayed with Iron Sword Venerable and Mu Yun while cultivating with it. After two months in seclusion, Xiao Heng broke through and advanced another star.

• Xiao Heng found that Mu Yun’s Willow Wood Heart lacked spirituality, but offered her an Ascending Cloud Pill in exchange for it.
• Mu Yun accepted the pill, while Iron Sword Venerable declined it and revealed that he had joined Starfall Pavilion and no longer needed to raise his strength.
• Xiao Heng offered to refine another Ascending Cloud Pill for Iron Sword Venerable later and suggested that they stay near Mu Yun while he worked on the Willow Wood Heart.
• Xiao Heng built a cabin, began cultivating with the Willow Wood Heart, and Mu Yun chose not to disturb him.
• After two months of secluded cultivation, Xiao Heng used the Willow Wood Heart’s energy to break through once again.

Xiao Heng broke through to Six-Star Dou Zun, returned to Starfall Pavilion, and learned that an Ancient Relic in the Beast Region might soon open. He decided to explore it for its treasures and a possible cure for Yao Chen, and promised to bring Zi Yan with him.

• Xiao Heng used the Thousand-Year Wood Heart to reach the peak of Six-Star Dou Zun, then agreed to leave with Iron Sword Venerable and Mu Yun the next day.
• After a farewell meal with Mu Yun, Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable traveled back to Starfall Pavilion, where Venerable Wind told Xiao Heng about the approaching Ancient Relic.
• Xiao Heng learned the relic might contain a Soul Infant Fruit or Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma to restore Yao Chen's damaged Soul Origin, as well as a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill and a Dragon Phoenix Fruit.
• Xiao Heng returned to his courtyard and placated the angry Zi Yan with two hundred pills before promising to take her into the Ancient Relic.

Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable prepared to spar with swords on Starfall Pavilion’s battle platform, drawing a large crowd and prizes from Venerable Wind and Old Yao. As the match began, Xiao Heng borrowed a young girl’s sword and declared that he himself was the strongest sword, leaving the two ready to fight.

• Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered to watch Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable spar, and Xiao Heng landed on the platform to face his opponent.
• Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable agreed to use only swords, while Venerable Wind offered Star Steel and Old Yao offered a peak Seventh-Rank Life Profound Pill as prizes.
• Iron Sword Venerable summoned a massive iron sword, and Xiao Heng borrowed a green longsword from a young girl in the crowd.
• Xiao Heng tested the borrowed sword, then pointed it at Iron Sword Venerable and said that he himself was the strongest sword.
• Iron Sword Venerable warned Xiao Heng that his sword was very heavy as their match was about to begin.

Xiao Heng and Iron Sword Venerable fought a sword-only duel, with Xiao Heng ultimately disarming and defeating him. Iron Sword Venerable conceded, but said something was missing—not the reason he had lost.

• Iron Sword Venerable attacked with his greatsword while Xiao Heng evaded and countered, and Venerable Wind noted that Xiao Heng could have cut Iron Sword Venerable’s fingers.
• The two traded dozens of rapid strikes before their swords stopped at each other’s vital points.
• Iron Sword Venerable attached a chain to his greatsword and hurled it at Xiao Heng, who dodged the weapon and severed the chain.
• Xiao Heng advanced and pointed his sword at Iron Sword Venerable’s throat, forcing him to admit defeat.
• Iron Sword Venerable said something was missing, and Xiao Heng used his left hand to summon the greatsword back from the Audience Stand.

Xiao Heng defeated Iron Sword Venerable in a sword match and later organized Starfall Pavilion’s plans for the approaching Ancient Relic. As the group prepared to depart, Xiao Yan emerged from a year of seclusion having broken through to Dou Zun.

• Xiao Heng revealed a swift, decisive sword strike, broke Iron Sword Venerable’s sword, and won the match before Starfall Pavilion’s cheering disciples.
• Xiao Heng accepted his prizes, returned a newly forged sword to the young woman whose sword he had borrowed, and resumed cultivation while waiting for Xiao Yan or the Ancient Relic.
• Venerable Wind announced that the Ancient Relic would likely open within a month, and Xiao Heng proposed a small, flexible expedition while leaving key elders behind to guard Starfall Pavilion.
• Old Yao approved Xiao Heng as the expedition leader, and five additional members were selected to accompany him.
• A powerful aura erupted from the ancient tower as Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion, surrounded by a flame pillar and a gray dragon formed from gathered energy.
• Xiao Heng and the others welcomed Xiao Yan, who confirmed he could control the Power of Space after breaking through to Dou Zun.

Xiao Heng and his companions traveled to the Beast Region to seek the Ancient Relic and obtain a Soul Infant Fruit to restore Old Yao. They reached the Bone Mountain Range, where Mu Qingluan proposed contacting the Starfall Pavilion elders before deciding what to do next.

• Xiao Heng set the group’s departure for three days later so Xiao Yan could stabilize his cultivation.
• Xiao Heng and the others rode a white crane toward the Beast Region, and Mu Qingluan explained its Magical Beast clans and dangers.
• The group entered the Beast Region and continued southwest toward the Bone Mountain Range as humans and Magical Beasts converged on the Ancient Relic.
• Xiao Yan said they should take the Soul Infant Fruit and leave if the situation went wrong, while Xiao Heng replied that they would decide when the time came.
• After overcoming an attack along the way, the group reached the Bone Mountain Range and saw many factions already gathered there.
• Mu Qingluan suggested contacting the two Starfall Pavilion elders stationed nearby, and Xiao Heng agreed.

Xiao Heng led Starfall Pavilion to confront the Wind Thunder Pavilion after its people injured Elder Qi and seized their campsite. With two subordinate-clan elders mediating, Xiao Heng proposed that Xiao Yan fight Venerable Thunder, leaving the outcome and the factions’ next move unresolved.

• Elder Hu reported that Venerable Thunder and the Wind Thunder Pavilion had driven Starfall Pavilion from its campsite and injured Elder Qi.
• Xiao Heng gave Elder Qi a pill, then led Starfall Pavilion to the Wind Thunder Pavilion camp to settle the score.
• Zi Yan struck down a Wind Thunder Pavilion elder, and Xiao Heng called Venerable Thunder out to face him.
• Xiao Heng directed Xiao Yan to fight Venerable Thunder, who recognized that Starfall Pavilion had several Dou Zun experts.
• Elders of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan and Great Earth Tiger Clan tried to stop the confrontation, and Xiao Heng proposed that Xiao Yan and Venerable Thunder settle the matter in a duel.

Xiao Yan fought Venerable Thunder after the Wind Thunder Pavilion challenged Starfall Pavilion, overwhelming him with powerful techniques but failing to kill him. Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian stopped the clash, and Xiao Heng called it a draw and demanded that the Wind Thunder Pavilion surrender the territory; Venerable Thunder withdrew after being told to wait for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Venerable Thunder agreed to fight Xiao Yan, believing the young Dou Zun would be easy to defeat.
• Xiao Yan blocked Venerable Thunder’s opening punch and unleashed a series of powerful techniques that left him battered.
• Xiao Heng considered eliminating the Wind Thunder Pavilion group but decided against revealing too much strength before entering the ruins.
• When Venerable Thunder resumed his attack, Xiao Yi Xian intercepted him and forced him back.
• Xiao Heng ended the spar as a draw and demanded the Wind Thunder Pavilion give up the territory.
• After hearing that they should wait for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Venerable Thunder led his group away.

After Starfall Pavilion drove off the Wind Thunder Pavilion, Xiao Heng discussed the approaching Ancient Relic and the factions gathering around it. Two women from Sound Valley arrived seeking him, and he went to meet them, leaving their purpose unknown.

• At Venerable Thunder's command, the Wind Thunder Pavilion disciples left, and Starfall Pavilion raised its banner in their camp.
• Xiao Heng told the elders to avoid escalating the conflict and discussed the relic’s dangers, its opening, and the rival factions expected to arrive.
• Elder Hu revealed that Nine Netherworld Python experts had disappeared and that a lone attacker was being hunted, prompting Xiao Heng to suspect Qing Lin.
• A Starfall Pavilion disciple reported that two women from Sound Valley were looking for Xiao Heng, and the group teased him about their visit.
• Xiao Heng met the two women beneath a large tree, and they greeted him as Elder Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng met Bai Yue, Sound Valley’s Great Elder, and learned how Sound Valley served as an external force for the Bai Clan. After agreeing on how Sound Valley would act during the Ancient Relic expedition, Xiao Heng spoke privately with Bai Yue about their shared clan ties.

• Two Sound Valley disciples escorted Xiao Heng toward their camp, while Zi Yan and Gu Yue secretly followed until Xiao Heng caught them and let them come along.
• Bai Yue welcomed Xiao Heng and allowed Zi Yan and Gu Yue into the main tent after Xiao Heng vouched for them.
• Bai Yue introduced Sound Valley’s elders and disciples, explained that he was adopted into the Bai Clan, and confirmed Sound Valley’s ties to the clan.
• Xiao Heng advised Sound Valley to act independently during the relic expedition, watch Starfall Pavilion, and withdraw if its people faced mortal danger.
• Bai Yue gave Xiao Heng a communication jade token and explained how the Bai Clan had founded and developed Sound Valley as an external force.