Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan drew the Sixth and Fifth Heavenly Venerables away from Xiao Heng and fought them, using his Heavenly Flames and Bloodline Power to overwhelm the Soul Hall elders. He killed the Sixth Heavenly Venerable with the Five Rounds Blazing Fire Disk, while the Fifth Heavenly Venerable retreated and Xiao Yan sent his remaining fire spirits after him.

• Xiao Yan stopped and faced the Sixth and Fifth Heavenly Venerables, refusing their demand to surrender.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Sixth Heavenly Venerable, whose black-mist chains failed to withstand Xiao Yan's gray flames until the Fifth Heavenly Venerable intervened.
• The two elders attacked together, but Xiao Yan blocked their strikes and destroyed the Sixth Heavenly Venerable's giant python with a fire dragon.
• Xiao Yan activated his clan mark and formed the Five Rounds Blazing Fire Disk, trapping the Sixth Heavenly Venerable inside it.
• The Fifth Heavenly Venerable struck Xiao Yan from behind, but the Insect Emperor's Robe absorbed the attack as the fire disk melted the Sixth Heavenly Venerable.
• The Fifth Heavenly Venerable retreated, and Xiao Yan sent his five remaining fire spirits after him.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan fought the Soul Hall attackers, killing three Heavenly Venerables and another Nine Star Dou Zun while Second Heavenly Venerable escaped. Afterward, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan regrouped and compared their victories, with Xiao Heng urging his younger companion to keep improving.

• Xiao Heng used the Four Symbols Sword Array to break the three Heavenly Venerables' attacks, then killed Fourth Heavenly Venerable with the Soaring Dragon Sword Art.
• Xiao Heng fought Second and Third Heavenly Venerable together, but Second Heavenly Venerable fled and sacrificed Third to delay Xiao Heng; Xiao Heng killed Third Heavenly Venerable.
• Xiao Yan used his clan mark and a four-colored fire lotus with a gray fire dragon to kill the Nine Star Dou Zun fighting him.
• Xiao Heng stopped pursuing Second Heavenly Venerable, then joined Xiao Yan, who confirmed he was only slightly pale and had no serious injuries.
• Xiao Heng said he had killed two opponents while one escaped, and he teased Xiao Yan to keep working hard as they compared their strength.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan ended the battle by forcing the Lion Nether Sect’s allies to surrender and turn against its members. After the final Lion Nether Sect Dou Zun died, Xiao Heng reunited with Queen Medusa and invited her to join him in the Central Continent.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan overwhelmed the enemy Dou Zun experts, prompting the opposing forces to surrender.
• Xiao Yan told the surrendering forces to trade Lion Nether Sect members’ lives for their own, and they turned on the sect’s disciples.
• Xiao Heng left Xiao Yan to oversee the remaining fighting, and the final Lion Nether Sect Dou Zun was killed about half an hour later.
• Xiao Heng watched the cleanup from the city wall, then took Queen Medusa’s hand and asked her to accompany him to the Central Continent.
• Queen Medusa pretended to stab Xiao Heng and threatened to deal with him after they returned before walking away.

After the battle, Xiao Heng reassured Starfall Pavilion’s allies and joined Xiao Yan in overseeing postwar affairs. At a meeting in Xuanhuang Fortress, Jia Ma Empire imposed heavy terms on the defeated factions, leaving it poised to become the Northwest Continent’s dominant power while Lion Nether Sect faced retaliation and collapse.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Heng about his unequal treatment of her and left after he let her tap his forehead.
• Xiao Heng considered the Black Corner Region’s position during the war, then went to reassure the Starfall Pavilion group and promised their rewards would be paid.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan joined Hai Bodong and the others as cleanup continued through the evening.
• At the City Lord’s Manor, Jia Ma Empire negotiated with surrendered leaders and demanded territory, wealth, techniques, and other benefits.
• The defeated factions accepted most of Jia Ma Empire’s terms, while Lion Nether Sect was left weakened and exposed to reprisals from its enemies.

Xiao Heng and Medusa descended into the Mysterious Yellow Heavenly Ravine and discovered an Azure Phoenix, a powerful Heaven and Earth Spirit that generated the ravine’s fierce winds. After the creature attacked Medusa and pierced Xiao Heng’s hand, Xiao Heng prepared to fight it.

• Xiao Heng persuaded Medusa to accompany him on a secret trip to explore the Heavenly Ravine.
• Xiao Heng and Medusa descended through increasingly powerful wind currents until they broke through a wind wall into a vast, windless space.
• Xiao Heng identified a sleeping Azure Phoenix as a Heaven and Earth Spirit with power comparable to a top-ten Heavenly Flame and considered how to subdue it.
• The Azure Phoenix suddenly attacked, and Medusa’s sword shattered as she tried to block its wind blade.
• Xiao Heng intercepted the blade with his scaled hand, saving Medusa but suffering a deep wound, then told her to stand back as he faced the Azure Phoenix.

Xiao Heng defeated and sealed Azure Phoenix, then gave Queen Medusa a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method. They reunited warmly, and Queen Medusa showed him that the Sky Swallowing Python had survived and formed a body of its own; the chapter ended with Xiao Heng and the queen kissing.

• Xiao Heng defeated Azure Phoenix and sealed its miniature form in the Little Grass Space.
• Xiao Heng gave Queen Medusa the Serpent Dragon Heavenly Gate Art, a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method, as a gift.
• Queen Medusa revealed the Sky Swallowing Python, which affectionately greeted Xiao Heng and asked for spiritual liquid.
• Queen Medusa explained that the Sky Swallowing Python was a separate being born from her evolution and that she had formed a body for it.
• Xiao Heng embraced Queen Medusa, and they kissed while the Sky Swallowing Python was left confused.

Xiao Heng returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then traveled alone to the Black Corner Region to reunite with Li Xuan. After spending the night together, he and Li Xuan reminisced about how they had first become involved and reaffirmed their affection.

• Medusa kissed Xiao Heng in front of Xiao Yi Xian, who ordered him to sleep in his own room.
• Xiao Heng and the others reached the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital, where the Yan Alliance and Snake People Tribe had grown stronger, and Jia Xing Tian brought Yao Ye to propose a marriage alliance that Xiao Heng rejected.
• Xiao Heng traveled alone to Black Seal City and reunited with Li Xuan at the Thousand Medicine Workshop headquarters.
• Xiao Heng and Li Xuan spent the night together, then discussed his long absence and how she had once hoped to win over a high-level Alchemist.
• Xiao Heng promised to keep Li Xuan by his side, and she responded with playful affection.

Li Xuan worried that she could not keep up with Xiao Heng’s powerful women, and Xiao Heng reassured her before agreeing to improve her aptitude. He took her to a remote mountain peak and began refining an Eighth-grade Transcendence Pill, leaving their next step dependent on the pill’s creation.

• Li Xuan asked how long Xiao Heng would stay, and he embraced her and assured her that he loved her and would not forget her.
• Li Xuan compared her six-star Dou Zong cultivation to Medusa’s Dou Zun strength and asked Xiao Heng to help her catch up.
• Xiao Heng promised Li Xuan a suitable water-attributed treasure and a talent-enhancing pill, while Li Xuan teased him about how he divided his time among his women.
• Xiao Heng opened a spatial rift and brought Li Xuan to a mountain range, where he set up a barrier and prepared to refine an Eighth-grade Transcendence Pill.

Xiao Heng refined an Eighth-grade Transcendence Pill while Li Xuan watched, then used her puppets to withstand its eight-colored Pill Lightning. He captured the completed pill, and the battered puppets began absorbing the lightning’s power and growing stronger.

• Xiao Heng spent six days refining the medicinal ingredients and then fused them in the Medicine Cauldron as Li Xuan watched and worried about falling behind him.
• After ten days, the cauldron shook and the Transcendence Pill’s formation summoned eight-colored pill clouds and powerful Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Heng reassured Li Xuan and told her to send out the puppets he had given her to face the lightning.
• The puppets repeatedly charged into the lightning, were blasted away, and began recovering with golden color emerging across their bodies.
• After twelve bolts, the clouds dispersed, and Xiao Heng caught the pill and sealed it in a jade bottle.

Xiao Heng left Li Xuan in the safer Northwest Continent, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Xiao Mu. After sharing wine and hearing that Xiao Mu was engaged to Mu Lan, Xiao Heng left him a Storage Ring.

• Li Xuan accepted Xiao Heng’s promise to return, and he left her pills and cultivation resources before traveling to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Heng visited Xiao Mu, who greeted him as the Great Elder until Xiao Heng asked him to use his old familiar address.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Mu drank together, and Xiao Mu thanked him for his past help.
• Xiao Mu told Xiao Heng that he was engaged to Mu Lan and planned to marry her before the year ended.
• Xiao Heng celebrated Xiao Mu’s engagement, and Xiao Mu later woke to find a Storage Ring in his hand.

Xiao Heng returned to Starfall Pavilion, gave Xiao Yan a fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and helped Old Yao prepare to repay the battle debts by refining pills. After half a month, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao set out for the Space Trading Fair.

• Xiao Mu read Xiao Heng’s letter and hurried outside, but Xiao Heng had already left for Starfall Pavilion with Medusa and the others.
• Xiao Heng introduced Medusa to Old Yao, then gave Xiao Yan his fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in exchange for a portion of the origins of several Heavenly Flames for research.
• Old Yao explained that Starfall Pavilion owed eighty-six Eighth-grade Pills, and Xiao Heng took medicinal ingredients to help refine pills toward repaying the debt.
• Xiao Heng fled to the back mountain to avoid choosing between Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then began refining pills alongside Old Yao and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Heng, Old Yao, and Xiao Yan refined pills for half a month before putting away their Medicine Cauldrons and preparing to attend the Space Trading Fair.

After recovering from refining Eighth-grade Pills, Xiao Heng and his companions traveled with Old Yao to the Space Trading Fair, where they discovered a vast gathering of powerful experts. The group entered the fair’s separate space, arriving in a small town surrounded by clear water and green mountains.

• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Old Yao set out for the Space Trading Fair after three days of rest.
• Old Yao explained the fair’s high entry threshold, its powerful guardians, its rules, and the rare treasures that could be traded there.
• Xiao Heng sensed more than a hundred Dou Zuns, over ten Peak Dou Zuns, and two Half Saints hidden in the desert hosting the fair.
• Old Yao advised the group to keep a low profile but assured them they need not tolerate anyone who came looking for trouble.
• The group entered a Space Passage in the desert and emerged in the fair’s separate space, where a small town stood among clear waters and green mountains.

Xiao Heng and his companions explored the Space Trading Fair, exchanging pills for rare treasures and supplies. They reached a mysterious pavilion at the end of town, where powerful guards stood watch over the fair’s main event.

• Xiao Heng traded two Eighth-grade Pills for an Immortal Cloud Fruit and an Immortal Cloud Grass, then exchanged for several other items as the group browsed the fair.
• Medusa asked Xiao Heng to buy a Seven-Colored Raw Stone, and she revealed its patterns by dropping blood onto it.
• Xiao Heng offered to pay for items chosen by Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian; Xiao Yi Xian bought poisonous herbs, while Medusa picked a High-grade Earth Tier Combat Skill.
• Xiao Heng and his companions reached the town’s end and found an ancient pavilion guarded by two six-star Dou Zuns.

Xiao Heng and Old Yao entered the secretive Space Auction, where powerful experts gathered to trade rare treasures. The auction displayed several Heavenly Rank techniques and other valuable items, but Xiao Heng declined to bid, and the Heavenly Nether Poison Canon drew no offers.

• Old Yao presented a joint invitation, and he and Xiao Heng’s group donned cloaks before entering the auction hall.
• Xiao Heng’s group took seats among hundreds of concealed attendees, whom Xiao Heng judged to be Dou Zun experts or stronger.
• Old Man Baoshan began the auction, and a bidder exchanged a Fourth-grade Pill with Four-colored Pill Cloud for Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the Adamantine Glazed Body and other Heavenly Rank techniques, but Xiao Heng decided their prices were too high.
• The Heavenly Nether Poison Canon was offered in exchange for two Fifth-grade Pills with Five-colored Pill Cloud, but no one bid.

Xiao Heng watched as the auction sold a remnant map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Barbaric Ancient Region. The news sent the auction hall into chaos and left Xiao Heng wanting the Bodhi Heart for himself.

• Xiao Heng bought a poison-cultivation scroll and handed it to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Old Man Baoshan auctioned a remnant map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and a black-robed man secured it by offering a snow-white rabbit.
• Old Yao bid for the remnant map but stopped when another bidder offered an Eighth-grade Pill with nine-colored pill clouds.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Barbaric Ancient Region on the northeastern border of Central Continent.
• The auction hall fell into chaos, and Xiao Heng realized he wanted the Bodhi Heart too.

After the auction, Xiao Heng wrestled with whether to use the Bodhi Heart himself or save it for Xiao Yan. Old Yao killed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and recovered the final fragmentary map, which Xiao Yan secured before the group departed.

• Xiao Heng struggled over using the Bodhi Heart to guarantee his breakthrough because Xiao Yan might need it.
• Old Yao led Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian to intercept the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and explained their cruel Cloud Rain Sect.
• Old Yao confronted the three men and demanded the fragmentary map, but they tried to stall him.
• Old Yao killed all three with a single devastating palm strike and took their Storage Rings.
• Old Yao found the final fragmentary map and gave it to Xiao Yan, then the group left before other experts arrived.

Xiao Yan assembled the four map fragments and discovered that they revealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would appear in three years, with the words “Netherworld Lotus Saint” entering his body. As Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to reach at least Half Saint before then, Xiao Heng learned the Shi Clan was in trouble and prepared to leave alone.

• Xiao Yan tried blood, Dou Qi, and soul power on the assembled map, but it showed no reaction until he exposed it to his Heavenly Flame.
• The Heavenly Flame revealed four lines describing a celestial phenomenon and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s return; Old Yao calculated that it would happen in three years.
• The four lines entered Xiao Yan when he touched them, leaving him with the words “Netherworld Lotus Saint,” whom Old Yao identified as an ancient Dou Sheng who once possessed the flame.
• Little Grass told Xiao Heng that the Shi Clan was in trouble, so he asked Xiao Yan and the others to return to Starfall Pavilion while he handled the matter alone.
• Old Yao said the Bodhi Ancient Tree could help them break through to Dou Sheng and promised to help whichever of Xiao Heng or Xiao Yan earned the chance to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Heng left his companions and teamed up with Little Grass after learning the Soul Clan had moved against the remains of an Ancient Race. Little Grass agreed to conceal and guide him, and Xiao Heng traveled toward the Stone Realm through a spatial passage.

• Xiao Heng reassured Xiao Yan that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was his and promised to help him reach Dou Sheng if he obtained the Bodhi Tree.
• Xiao Heng departed for Starfall Pavilion, leaving Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Old Yao, and Xiao Heng worried about his secretive journey.
• Xiao Heng learned from Little Grass that the Soul Clan had made its move and agreed to take part in the operation, with Little Grass offering to conceal and guide him.
• Little Grass promised Xiao Heng half the operation's gains, access to copied techniques and some Heaven-tier treasury contents, and help completing the Five Elements.
• Little Grass lent Xiao Heng power and provided a spatial node, allowing him to open a passage toward the Stone Realm.

Xiao Heng traveled to the Stone Realm as the Soul Clan invaded, hoping to exploit the chaos and seize an opportunity. With Little Grass’s help, he evaded the guards, cut through the boundary wall, and entered the realm undetected.

• Little Grass decided to give Xiao Heng extra help after reflecting on their bond, but refused to lend him enough power to risk fighting Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Heng reached the Stone Realm as Lord Void ordered the Soul Clan’s forces to begin their invasion, with Nihility Devouring Flame among the overwhelming army.
• Xiao Heng found Soul Clan Dou Shengs guarding the outside and asked Little Grass how he could enter without being detected.
• Little Grass gave Xiao Heng an emerald leaf that concealed him from detection unless someone looked directly at him.
• Little Grass lent Xiao Heng power to cut a gap through the Dou Di boundary wall, and Xiao Heng slipped into the Stone Realm as it healed behind him.

Xiao Heng infiltrated the Shi Clan's Scripture Pavilion during the Soul Clan's invasion and stole its collection of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques. After surviving a blast from a battle overhead, he followed Little Grass's directions toward the Treasure Pavilion.

• Xiao Heng sneaked through the Shi Clan's ruined city while the Soul Clan slaughtered its people and fought the Shi Clan's experts.
• With Little Grass's help, Xiao Heng entered the Scripture Pavilion and emptied its first five floors of Mystic and Earth Grade Scrolls.
• Xiao Heng broke into the sixth floor and stored its Heavenly Rank stone tablets in the Little Grass Space.
• Little Grass warned Xiao Heng that the stone giant was close to falling, so Xiao Heng left the pavilion and headed for the Treasure Pavilion.
• A Dou Qi attack from a battle overhead blasted Xiao Heng into a crater, but he recovered, took a medicinal pill, and hurried onward.