Chapter Summaries

After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Heng sorted through his spoils and discovered two intact Ancient Void Dragon corpses among them. He entered secluded cultivation in a Blood Spirit Array to absorb the essence of powerful demonic beast corpses, and his strength began to rise.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan reported their journey to Old Yao and Venerable Wind, and Xiao Yan gave Old Yao the Soul Infant Fruit before Old Yao entered seclusion.
• Xiao Heng returned to his residence, sorted the treasures and Storage Rings he had collected, and set aside one ring to donate to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Heng discovered two intact Ancient Void Dragon corpses in the Storage Ring Hei Qing had given him and brought them together with three Heaven Demon Phoenix corpses.
• Xiao Heng told Xiao Yi Xian he would enter seclusion and asked her to notify him if Old Yao recovered.
• Xiao Heng built a Blood Spirit Array in a valley, placed five demonic beast corpses around it, and absorbed their blood-colored energy as his strength rapidly increased.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin woke Xiao Heng after Old Yao recovered his soul, and Xiao Heng agreed to return to Starfall Pavilion to begin planning Old Yao's resurrection. On the way, Qing Lin recounted how she had left the Heavenly Snake Mansion and eventually reunited with Xiao Heng.

• While Xiao Heng remained in seclusion, Soul Hall and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fought a costly battle, and Venerable Thunder disappeared.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin entered Xiao Heng's secluded valley and woke him because Old Yao's soul had recovered.
• Xiao Heng assured them he was adapting to the power he had absorbed, checked that Qing Lin's poison was gone, and learned she was doing well at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Heng that Old Yao had emerged from seclusion, and the three set off for Starfall Pavilion to prepare for his resurrection.
• As they flew, Qing Lin explained that her teacher had protected and trained her but wanted her to marry her son, so she ran away and later traveled to Central Continent to find Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng began forging a new body for Old Yao using a blood array, powerful demonic beast and expert corpses, and a Dou Sheng skeleton. Old Yao entered the growing body, where his soul would merge with it as the body matured, potentially restoring him to peak strength or beyond.

• Qing Lin spoke with Xiao Yi Xian and said she was glad to have found Brother Xiao Heng, while Xiao Yi Xian promised no one would bully them again.
• Xiao Heng and the others brought Old Yao to the back mountain and prepared a blood array with powerful corpses and Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan supplied a Dou Sheng Skeleton, which Xiao Heng added to the boiling blood pool to strengthen the body being forged for Old Yao.
• After three days, Xiao Heng used the Human-Making Fruit and the blood array to form an infant body, and Old Yao injected his Soul Origin into it.
• Old Yao swallowed the pill with five-colored Pill Lightning and entered the infant body, which grew into human form and became enclosed in a blood-colored cocoon.
• Xiao Heng explained that Old Yao's soul would merge with the body as it matured, and Venerable Wind agreed to keep the process undisturbed.

Xiao Heng broke through to Seven Star Dou Zun and asked Little Grass for a Heavenly Rank Sword-attribute Combat Skill. After sharing an intimate moment with Xiao Yi Xian, he was interrupted by Qing Lin, who came to visit.

• Xiao Heng refined his power, broke through to Seven Star Dou Zun, and decided to focus on settling his foundation, advancing his Soul Realm, and training in a Heavenly Rank Sword-attribute Combat Skill.
• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass to obtain a Heavenly Rank Sword-attribute Combat Skill, and Little Grass agreed to find one for him.
• Xiao Heng left seclusion and sat with Xiao Yi Xian, who told him that the Soul Hall and other forces had remained quiet and that East Pavilion of Wind and Thunder had appointed a new pavilion master.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian flirted in the pavilion until Qing Lin entered and caught them together.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulled Qing Lin away and told Xiao Heng to make tea, while Xiao Heng prepared it and complained when they left without drinking.

Xiao Heng spent time with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before refining Soul Devouring Worm essence into a spiritual medicinal liquid to strengthen his soul. As Xiao Heng entered seclusion to cultivate, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also pursued their own rapid cultivation.

• Xiao Heng joined Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for tea, and the three reminisced about Zi Yan and Gu Yue.
• Xiao Yi Xian made Xiao Heng cook dinner, then shared a room with Qing Lin and left him to sleep next door.
• After checking on Old Yao, Xiao Heng went to the Starfall Stone and refined Soul Devouring Worm essence with medicinal ingredients into a spiritual liquid.
• Xiao Heng swallowed the liquid and began cultivating, as a Soul Storm gathered around him and his Soul Power rapidly increased.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated in a poison pool, while Qing Lin refined the Dou Qi of Snake Clan experts under her control.

Xiao Heng broke through to the Heaven Realm in Soul Realm and discussed Old Yao’s resurrection and Soul Hall’s silence with Xiao Yan. The chapter left Soul Hall mobilizing more than a hundred experts under the Ninth Heavenly Venerable toward an unknown target while Starfall Pavilion remained unaware of the imminent threat.

• The Ninth Heavenly Venerable gathered Soul Hall experts, including Old Ghost Xing, and led more than a hundred of them toward their target.
• Xiao Heng used the accumulated power of the Soul Devouring Worms to break through to the Heaven Realm in Soul Realm.
• Xiao Heng tested his new Soul Power and found it could rival a Dou Zun’s strength.
• Xiao Heng checked Old Yao’s growing blood cocoon and told Xiao Yan that Old Yao’s resurrection seemed near.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng revealed their recent breakthroughs, with Xiao Heng saying he had reached seven-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Heng that Soul Hall had been unusually quiet, and Xiao Heng urged him to stay alert.

Soul Hall attacked Starfall Pavilion to seize Yao Chen, and the Pavilion’s defenders prepared to face a vastly stronger force. As the formation fell, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan led the others into battle, with Xiao Heng warning that a powerful enemy still had yet to appear.

• Soul Hall arrived at Starfall Pavilion with four Heavenly Venerables, nine Dou Zun experts, and over a hundred Dou Zongs, demanding that Yao Chen be handed over.
• Venerable Wind rallied Starfall Pavilion’s elders and disciples to fight as Old Ghost Xing and the other Heavenly Venerables battered the natural formation.
• Xiao Heng warned that Soul Hall had brought a formidable expert whose strength he could not assess, while Xiao Yan urged everyone to hold out until Yao Chen emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Yan summoned eleven puppets and Xiao Heng brought out his own puppet before Venerable Wind removed the formation.
• White Heavenly Venerable vowed to kill Xiao Heng, and Xiao Heng drew his golden longsword and challenged him as the two sides faced off.

The Soul Hall launched an all-out assault on Starfall Pavilion, and its defenders met the attackers in a series of fierce battles. Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to fight Old Ghost Xing on equal terms, while the battle around Starfall Pavilion remained unresolved.

• White Heavenly Venerable ordered the Soul Hall to kill everyone in Starfall Pavilion and charged at Xiao Heng.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable fought a gray-robed Dou Zun, while Venerable Wind engaged a yellow-robed Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan raised his strength to four-star Dou Zun with the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and clashed with Old Ghost Xing.
• Xiao Yan traded blows with Old Ghost Xing, countering his Star Breaker Blade and Star Picking Hand as he sought to kill him.
• Xiao Yi Xian blasted a Soul Hall Dou Zun with gray leaves, while Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils briefly intimidated a two-star Dou Zun.

Xiao Heng defeated White Heavenly Venerable’s assault and began a fierce battle with Ninth Heavenly Venerable, wounding the stronger Soul Hall elder. The two clashed evenly, and the chapter left them both retreating after a powerful exchange.

• Iron Sword Venerable and Elder Yuan fought Soul Hall Dou Zuns while Starfall Pavilion’s forces struggled to hold off Soul Hall’s larger army.
• Xiao Heng wounded White Heavenly Venerable with his sword and destroyed his skull attacks, forcing White Heavenly Venerable to call for Ninth Heavenly Venerable.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerable arrived and confronted Xiao Heng, who challenged him despite his greater strength.
• Xiao Heng used the Four Symbols Sword Art and broke through Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s ice defenses, leaving four wounds on him.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerable attacked Xiao Heng with ice thorns and close-range strikes, and the two traded blows before both retreated.

Xiao Yan unleashed the Heavenly Rank Great Heaven Creation Palm and melted Old Ghost Xing into nothingness, while the battle between Starfall Pavilion and Soul Hall continued to rage. With Xiao Heng still facing Ninth Heavenly Venerable and the other fighters locked in deadly combat, the battlefield descended into a blood feast.

• Xiao Yan used the Great Heaven Creation Palm to destroy Old Ghost Xing after his Star Shattering Slash threatened to kill him.
• White Heavenly Venerable abandoned his charge toward Xiao Yan and joined the gray-robed Venerable against Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable kept both Soul Hall Venerables at bay with waves of fire spirits until Xiao Yi Xian arrived and joined the fight.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked the gray-robed Venerable with her enormous gray blade while Heavenly Flame Venerable drove White Heavenly Venerable away.
• Fighters from Starfall Pavilion and Soul Hall continued killing one another across the battlefield as bodies and blood covered the ground.

Xiao Heng awakened his Bloodline Power and overwhelmed the Ninth Heavenly Venerable with his heightened strength and combined sword and flame arrays. Just as his attack trapped the Ninth Heavenly Venerable, a river of rain crashed into the arrays and shattered them.

• In the back mountain of Starfall Pavilion, the blood pool and great array vanished as power continued to gather inside the blood cocoon.
• Xiao Heng shattered the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s ice attack and awakened his Bloodline Power, raising his strength to Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Heng used his Dragon scales, Third Eye, and Black and White Twin Wings to wound the Ninth Heavenly Venerable and withstand his World Calamity, Ice Storm.
• Xiao Heng trapped the Ninth Heavenly Venerable in the Four Symbols Sword Array and combined it with the Five-Wheel Lihuo Array.
• Starfall Pavilion’s forces surged forward as the Soul Hall forces faltered under the destructive display above the battlefield.
• A river of rain struck Xiao Heng’s fused arrays and shattered them.

Xiao Heng fought Eighth Heavenly Venerable and Ninth Heavenly Venerable while Xiao Yi Xian and Starfall Pavilion were held back outside the ice prison. Trapped with the two Soul Hall elders, Xiao Heng gathered four powers into his sword and launched a devastating attack.

• Eighth Heavenly Venerable arrived to help Ninth Heavenly Venerable, and the two joined forces against Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng countered their Ice Erosion Rain Sea with the Five-Wheel Lihuo Array and struck both elders with Seven Star Steps, Yao Guang.
• The two elders coordinated their water and ice attacks, preventing Xiao Heng from gaining the advantage and driving him to seek a decisive technique.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable trapped Xiao Heng and both elders inside a Water Prison that froze into an ice cage, while Xiao Yi Xian and Starfall Pavilion were blocked outside.
• Xiao Heng poured his Dou Qi and four different powers into his sword, then charged Ninth Heavenly Venerable as a devastating sword light pierced through the ice prison.

Xiao Heng wounded the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables, but Yao Chen arrived and revealed he had broken through to Dou Sheng. After killing the Soul Hall forces at Starfall Pavilion, Yao Chen was hailed as the Medicine Saint.

• Xiao Heng emerged from the spatial rift after striking the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables with a devastating sword attack, leaving the Ninth severely wounded.
• Xiao Heng prepared to unleash another strike, but Yao Chen appeared behind him and took over the fight.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables attacked Yao Chen with Rain Erodes the Firmament, but he stopped the ice sphere with a flick of his sleeve and revealed he was a Dou Sheng.
• Yao Chen killed the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables, then used white flames to wipe out the remaining Soul Hall members.
• Xiao Heng and the Starfall Pavilion disciples congratulated Yao Chen on his breakthrough as the crowd hailed him as the Medicine Saint.

After Starfall Pavilion rose to prominence following Old Yao’s breakthrough, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan spent a relaxed afternoon together until Nalan Yanran arrived seeking help for Yun Yun. Nalan Yanran explained that Yun Yun faced a dangerous wager against the Flower Sect’s Sect Master and Demon Flower Evil Lord, and Xiao Heng prepared to respond.

• Old Yao’s victory and breakthrough spread across Central Continent, drawing experts to Starfall Pavilion as it rapidly expanded.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan joked and played Go while Xiao Yi Xian tended the courtyard flowers.
• A disciple told Xiao Heng that Nalan Yanran had come to see him, and Xiao Heng agreed to receive her.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Heng to help her teacher, Yun Yun, and explained how Yun Yun had inherited an elderly woman’s Dou Qi and jade token in the Flower Sect.
• Nalan Yanran said Yun Yun had to face a wager against the Flower Sect’s Four-star Dou Zun Sect Master and the Six-star Dou Zun Demon Flower Evil Lord, then Xiao Heng asked if she needed to rest.

Xiao Heng traveled with Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin to the Flower Sect to help Yun Yun, arriving just as her match against the sect’s current leadership began. Yun Yun faced the Sect Master and offered to return the Dou Qi she owed if given more time.

• Xiao Heng decided to go to the Flower Sect after learning Yun Yun was in trouble, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to let him leave.
• Xiao Heng informed Old Yao, then traveled with Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin on the Nine Netherworld Python toward the Flower Sect.
• Nalan Yanran led Xiao Heng and Qing Lin through the Flower Sect’s flower formation after they arrived shortly before the match deadline.
• Nalan Yanran hurried the group toward the summit when the match bell rang, and they reached the plaza as Yun Yun appeared before the Sect Master and her fan-wielding companion.
• Yun Yun told the Sect Master she had no interest in the position and asked for more time to repay the Dou Qi.

Xiao Heng arrived at the Flower Sect and claimed Yun Yun as his partner, then challenged the Sect Master’s terms. After defeating Demon Flower Evil Lord with one palm, he forced the Sect Master to admit defeat, leaving the dispute over Yun Yun’s inheritance settled in her favor.

• The Flower Sect’s Sect Master challenged Yun Yun to surrender the old Sect Master’s Dou Qi, and Yun Yun agreed to fight alone.
• Xiao Heng arrived, took Yun Yun’s hand, and declared himself her partner before renegotiating the stakes with the Sect Master.
• The Sect Master and Demon Flower Evil Lord attacked Xiao Heng, but he stopped their strikes and sent Demon Flower Evil Lord flying with one palm.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Heng as the renowned figure from Starfall Pavilion, and the Sect Master realized she could not defeat him.
• The Sect Master admitted defeat, and Xiao Heng told Yun Yun he had handled the matter for her.

Xiao Heng stopped the former Flower Sect Sect Master from leaving without consequence, but the Great Elder persuaded him to spare her and required her to surrender the Sect Master Token. Yun Yun reluctantly accepted the position to prevent internal strife, while Xiao Heng warned the Tianming Sect against retaliation and the Flower Sect welcomed Yun Yun as its new Sect Master.

• The woman in brocade tried to leave with Demon Flower Evil Lord, but Xiao Heng demanded that she surrender her Dou Qi and moved to cripple her.
• The Great Elder stopped Xiao Heng and asked him to spare the former Sect Master, then ordered the woman to hand her Sect Master Token to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun initially refused the position, but accepted it temporarily after the Great Elder warned that refusing could lead to deadly conflict within the Flower Sect.
• The woman in brocade threatened that the Tianming Sect might retaliate, and Xiao Heng challenged it to wage war against the Starfall Pavilion.
• The Great Elder ordered the woman and Demon Flower Evil Lord to leave, then declared Yun Yun the Flower Sect Sect Master as the elders and disciples welcomed her.

Xiao Heng visited Yun Yun at the Flower Sect, where they shared a quiet, affectionate moment among the flowers. He then asked her about Hua Luoyu, and Yun Yun took him to seek answers from Great Elder.

• Xiao Heng praised the Flower Sect and teased Yun Yun before apologizing for the trouble he had brought her; they embraced and kissed.
• Xiao Heng and Yun Yun sat together quietly, while Nalan Yanran watched them from nearby and remembered the person she had lost.
• Xiao Heng told Yun Yun about Hua Luoyu and showed her an old Flower Sect token.
• Yun Yun recognized the token as rare and suggested Great Elder might know who had issued it.
• Xiao Heng and the others went to the Hall of Drifting Flowers to meet Great Elder.

Xiao Heng and Yun Yun visited the Flower Sect’s old Sect Master’s grave, where Xiao Heng read a letter from his teacher to Hua Luoyu and learned of their lifelong love. The chapter ended with Xiao Heng promising Yun Yun that he would return and the Great Elder urging him to cherish her.

• The Great Elder recognized Hua Luoyu as the Flower Sect’s former Sect Master and directed Yun Yun and Xiao Heng to her grave.
• Xiao Heng explained how he had received the token, showed the Great Elder the letter, and read it aloud at Hua Luoyu’s grave.
• The letter recounted Xiao Heng’s teacher’s love for Hua Luoyu and his regret that he could never return to her.
• The Great Elder described how Hua Luoyu met the man, became Sect Master, and waited for him after his final departure.
• Xiao Heng promised Yun Yun he would return, and the Great Elder warned him to treat Yun Yun well and cherish their time together.

Xiao Heng openly held hands with Yun Yun in the Flower Sect and teased her in her private chamber, where they shared an intimate moment. He stopped before going further and promised to marry her after settling a few matters, leaving Yun Yun to say her agreement depended on his behavior.

• Yun Yun felt embarrassed when Xiao Heng held her hand openly in front of Flower Sect disciples, who envied their affection.
• After the disciples passed, Xiao Heng kissed Yun Yun, and she hurried him to her private chamber to avoid being seen.
• Xiao Heng sat on Yun Yun's bed and drew her down beside him when she tried to pull him up.
• Xiao Heng kissed Yun Yun but stopped before taking things further, saying he wanted to save that for their wedding night.
• Xiao Heng promised to marry Yun Yun after settling a few matters, and she said she would agree depending on his behavior.
• Xiao Heng held Yun Yun as they lay together and talked after night fell.