Chapter Summaries

After stabilizing his breakthrough to Six-star Dou Sheng, Xiao Heng attended an alliance meeting and learned that the Soul Clan had sent Hun Qianmo to destroy the alliance. As the leaders weighed the threat of the Soul Hall, Xiao Yan returned and volunteered to face its master.

• Xiao Heng stabilized his breakthrough to Six-star Dou Sheng before Qing Lin summoned him to the alliance meeting.
• Venerable Wind reported forty-three clashes with the Soul Hall in the past month and revealed that Six-star Dou Sheng Hun Qianmo had joined the threat against the alliance.
• The leaders discussed the danger posed by Hun Qianmo, Hun Miesheng, and Soul Demon Old Man, while Xiao Heng said the Soul Hall Master was not a problem.
• Xiao Heng revealed that someone better suited to face the Soul Hall Master had arrived, and Xiao Yan appeared and claimed that opponent for himself.
• Xiao Yan greeted the alliance and reunited emotionally with Old Yao, telling his teacher that he had returned.

After reuniting with Old Yao, Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng discussed their recent gains and decided to spar in the void to test their strength. The chapter ended with Xiao Heng revealing he had reached Six-star Dou Sheng before sealing his cultivation to match Xiao Yan’s.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng told Old Yao about their experiences and acknowledged the unusual powers each had gained.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng agreed to fight while Old Yao watched and set limits to protect them before the coming battle.
• The three traveled to the void, where Old Yao restricted the spar to a hundred thousand zhang and one thousand exchanges.
• Xiao Heng revealed he had recently reached Six-star Dou Sheng, then sealed his cultivation to the early stage of Five-star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan sparred to see whether Xiao Yan could force Xiao Heng to break his seal. Xiao Heng ultimately outmatched him with swordsmanship and stopped a thrust at Xiao Yan’s throat, leaving Xiao Yan impressed by the Hundred Pace Flying Sword.

• Old Yao moved farther away before Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan began their spar.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan traded close-range blows, with Xiao Yan’s flames clashing against Xiao Heng’s dragon scales and Netherworld Profound Water.
• Xiao Yan drew his Black Heavy Ruler, and Xiao Heng answered with a longsword before pressing him with precise attacks on his vital points.
• Xiao Heng used foundational swordsmanship to exploit the ruler’s clumsiness and repeatedly forced Xiao Yan onto the defensive.
• Xiao Heng’s Hundred Pace Flying Sword pierced past the Black Heavy Ruler and stopped at Xiao Yan’s throat, and Xiao Yan praised its strength.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng resumed their full-strength battle after Xiao Yan’s fire-lotus barrage failed to defeat Xiao Heng. The fight escalated into a clash of powerful combat skills, with Old Yao watching from a distant safe point.

• Xiao Heng explained that years of sword practice had awakened his Sword Intent, then Xiao Yan insisted their fight had not truly begun.
• Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Yi, who launched ten two-colored and five three-colored Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotuses at Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng cut a path out of the exploding sea of fire, unharmed by his five-element powers, and Xiao Yan realized his flames could not easily overcome him.
• Xiao Heng began fighting at full strength and traded attacks with Xiao Yan, countering his Buddha’s Wrath Samsara with Horizon Line, Cross, then following with Starfall and sword strikes.
• Xiao Yan blocked Xiao Heng’s attacks with Heavenly Rank Combat Skills and Xiao Yi’s fire lotuses, while Old Yao shielded himself from the spreading shockwaves.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan continued their spar, trading increasingly powerful flame, soul, and Dou Technique attacks as Old Yao watched anxiously. After their Destruction Fire Lotus and Star Shatter attacks collided and engulfed them in a vast energy blast, the outcome remained unclear.

• Old Yao judged that Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan’s strength far exceeded his own as the two continued fighting.
• Xiao Heng accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge to fight with flames, and their Fire Lotuses collided in a blast that left both men battered.
• Xiao Heng gave Xiao Yan three moves, and they struck each other with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, leaving Xiao Yan more weakened.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Destruction Fire Lotus while Xiao Heng used Star Shatter, and their attacks swallowed them in an expanding field of destruction.
• Old Yao clenched his fists as the energy spread across the void and engulfed both fighters.

After Xiao Heng defeated Xiao Yan in their sparring match, Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the Soul Hall began preparing to seize the Ancient Emperor Jade fragment. Hun Miesheng planned to challenge the alliance to three duels, while arranging contingencies in case the Soul Hall lost.

• Xiao Yan conceded defeat to Xiao Heng, and they agreed to save their remaining move for another time.
• News of Xiao Yan's return spread through the alliance as the Soul Hall withdrew its forces and paused its clashes with the alliance.
• Hun Qianmo arrived at the Soul Hall and said his task was to obtain the Ancient Emperor Jade fragment, while he would deal with the Pill Tower's Old Monster.
• Soul Demon Old Man volunteered to handle Xiao Chen, and Hun Miesheng identified Xiao Heng as the main threat he feared.
• Hun Miesheng proposed a three-person Arena challenge to reduce losses and keep Xiao Yan from handing the jade fragment to the Ancient Clan, while preparing a backup plan in case the Soul Hall lost.
• Hun Qianmo agreed to report the plan to the clan, and Hun Miesheng prepared to send the alliance a Battle Post.

The Soul Hall delivered a Battle Post challenging the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to a decisive battle at Falling Mountain Peak in three days. The Alliance accepted and mobilized its forces as news of the coming fight spread across Central Continent; the three days passed, and the battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Heng reflected on the approaching conflict while spending several quiet days in the Star Realm and letting Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian continue their cultivation elsewhere.
• Three Black Robed Men delivered the Soul Hall’s blood-red Battle Post outside the Star Realm, announcing a fight to the death at Falling Mountain Peak in three days.
• Old Yao and the Alliance’s leaders discussed the challenge, and Xiao Heng agreed that they had to go and that Falling Mountain Peak would spare the Star Realm further damage.
• Old Yao mobilized the Alliance’s forces while news of the decisive battle spread across Central Continent and spectators began traveling toward the Falling Mountain Range.
• After three days of preparations, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the Soul Hall stood ready to fight with nearly all their strength.

With the Alliance’s decisive battle against Soul Hall three days away, Bai Qing reassured Xiao Heng that the Bai Clan would protect him if matters turned dangerous, while learning more about his strength and Xiao Yan’s chances. Nan Lu also warned Xiao Heng to stay safe because of the Concentric Gu, leaving Xiao Heng to wonder what Soul Hall would do.

• Bai Qing walked with Xiao Heng and asked whether he resented the Bai Clan for not offering more help against Soul Hall.
• Bai Qing told Xiao Heng that the Bai Clan would intervene for his sake alone if the battle became uncontrollable, and said the Clan Leader wanted to meet him after the conflict.
• Xiao Heng revealed that he could likely defeat the Soul Hall Master and said Xiao Yan had a strong chance of doing so as well.
• Bai Qing realized Xiao Yan had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and jokingly asked whether he needed a wife.
• Nan Lu visited Xiao Heng and warned him not to let anything happen to himself because of the Concentric Gu.
• Xiao Heng returned to his courtyard and wondered what methods Soul Hall would use in the coming battle.

The Soul Hall and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance assembled at Falling Mountain Peak for their decisive battle, revealing their forces to the gathered spectators. After Hun Miesheng provoked Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan, Old Yao accepted the Soul Hall’s challenge to fight until one side lived and the other died.

• Crowds gathered at Falling Mountain Peak as the Soul Hall arrived through a Space Gate with seven Dou Sheng experts.
• Hun Miesheng called for the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Old Yao appeared with twelve Dou Sheng experts, five more than the Soul Hall.
• Hun Miesheng threatened Xiao Heng, who dismissed the challenge and indicated that Xiao Yan would face him instead.
• Hun Miesheng recognized Xiao Yan and taunted him about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Xiao Xuan.
• Hun Miesheng challenged the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to a battle where the victors lived and the defeated died, and Old Yao accepted.

The Heavenly Mansion Alliance and Soul Hall agreed to settle their conflict in a three-battle contest rather than risk full-scale war, with Xiao Yan demanding his father if the Alliance won. Soul Hall revealed Hun Qianmo as its first fighter, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Chen declared that Xiao Yan represented the Xiao Clan’s future.

• Old Yao accepted the Soul Hall Master’s proposal for three battles, with the winner taking all.
• Soul Demon Old Man demanded Xiao Yan’s Ancient Emperor Jade fragment if Soul Hall won, while Xiao Yan demanded his father if the Alliance prevailed.
• The Soul Hall Master summoned Hun Qianmo to fight first, alarming the Alliance with the revelation that he was a six-star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Qianmo taunted Xiao Chen about the Xiao Clan’s decline, and Xiao Heng retorted that Xiao Yan could restore the clan and surpass the Soul Clan’s younger generation.
• Xiao Chen laughed and affirmed that Xiao Yan was the Xiao Clan’s future.

The Old Ancestor of Pill Tower arrived to stop Hun Qianmo from challenging Xiao Heng and offered to fight him instead. He and Hun Qianmo entered a void battlefield, leaving the alliance and Soul Hall to face each other outside.

• Hun Qianmo challenged Xiao Heng to a fight, but the Old Ancestor of Pill Tower appeared and volunteered to hold him off.
• The Old Ancestor of Pill Tower and Xiao Heng exchanged greetings, and Xiao Heng joked about sending him an ox.
• The Old Ancestor explained that he had joined the alliance as Pill Tower's guardian and warned the others to be careful.
• Hun Qianmo and the Old Ancestor argued about their past clashes before Hun Qianmo threatened to turn him back into a pill.
• The Old Ancestor opened a void battlefield, and Hun Qianmo followed him inside to begin their one-on-one fight.

As the battle between the Six-star Dou Shengs raged in the void, Hun Tang emerged as the Soul Hall’s hidden fighter and challenged the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Xiao Heng revealed that he was also a Six-star Dou Sheng and stepped forward to face her in a new void battlefield.

• Xiao Chen challenged Soul Demon Old Man, but Soul Demon Old Man revealed that Hun Tang would be Xiao Chen’s opponent.
• Hun Tang appeared before the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and declared that she would test its strength.
• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Chen from fighting and called on Xiao Heng to force a draw against Hun Tang.
• Xiao Heng revealed his Six-star Dou Sheng aura, lifting the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s morale and shocking the Soul Hall Master.
• Hun Tang threatened to keep Xiao Heng’s soul, and Xiao Heng opened a void battlefield and invited her to fight.

Xiao Heng battled Hun Tang in the void battlefield, overpowering her with his flames and swordsmanship. As the fight continued inside a vast sea of fire, Xiao Yan judged that Xiao Heng would defeat her but might not be able to kill her.

• Hun Tang attacked Xiao Heng with her black ice sword, but he dodged and cut her cheek with his pale red blade.
• Xiao Heng and Hun Tang exchanged sword strikes and clashed a flaming dragon against her Ice Thorns, shattering the surrounding space.
• Hun Tang used Ice Soul Undercurrent Force, but Xiao Heng countered with Mountain Shaking Fist and left flames burning on her hand.
• Hun Tang unleashed Heaven Breaking Ice Slash, and Xiao Heng met it with Fire Element... Heaven-Sea Cross Slash before charging through the energy storm.
• Xiao Heng struck Hun Tang with successive flaming sword lights, engulfing her in a vast sea of fire.
• Xiao Yan told Old Ancestor Huoyun and the others that Xiao Heng was likely to defeat Hun Tang, though killing her would be difficult.

Xiao Heng gained the upper hand against Hun Tang by surviving her ice attacks and using his immortal flames to break her Frost Realm. As Hun Tang was engulfed in fire, Xiao Heng prepared a powerful follow-up attack, and Soul Demon Old Man rushed in to stop him from killing her.

• Hun Tang emerged from Xiao Heng's sea of fire and unleashed her Frost Realm, freezing the surrounding space and trapping him among countless Ice Thorns.
• Hun Tang struck at Xiao Heng with her Tian Xuan Soul Ice Sword, but Xiao Heng's Star Shatter blasted away the ice and wounded her.
• Xiao Heng reignited his pale-red flames throughout the Frost Realm, burning through the Black Soul Ice and weakening Hun Tang further.
• Hun Tang charged Xiao Heng again, but his fire dragons overwhelmed and engulfed her.
• Xiao Heng gathered Dou Qi and Soul Power to continue his attack, prompting Soul Demon Old Man to rush toward the battlefield.

Xiao Heng defeated Hun Tang with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, leaving her gravely crippled and forcing the Soul Hall to concede. The Heavenly Mansion Alliance let the Soul Hall withdraw, while spectators hailed Xiao Heng’s victory and his name spread across the continent.

• Xiao Heng unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, overwhelming Hun Tang and blasting Soul Demon Old Man away as the battle shook the Falling Mountain Range.
• Old Yao prepared the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to fight the Soul Hall, but Xiao Heng agreed to let them go after the Soul Hall conceded.
• Hun Miesheng examined Hun Tang and found her meridians severed, qi sea shattered, organs scorched, and soul sea too damaged for even a Ninth-grade Pill to repair.
• Xiao Heng noticed Hun Miesheng’s Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame could consume his flames and considered studying it, while acknowledging the threat posed by the Soul Clan Leader.
• Spectators praised Xiao Heng for crushing a Six-star Dou Sheng in less than ten minutes and spread word that he was not yet fifty.
• Xiao Heng recovered with a medicinal pill and assessed his strength, concluding that he could challenge mid Six-star Dou Shengs but would struggle against a Seven-star Dou Sheng.

Hun Qianmo and Old Ancestor of Pill Tower fought to a draw, leaving the third battle to decide the contest between Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion. Xiao Yan faced the Soul Hall Master, who promised to return Xiao Yan’s father if he won.

• Hun Qianmo unleashed Soul Annihilation, Thousand Worlds, and Old Ancestor of Pill Tower countered with Pill Fusion Heaven; their attacks collided and exploded.
• Hun Qianmo and Old Ancestor of Pill Tower emerged from the destroyed spatial battlefield and declared the fight a draw.
• Hun Qianmo learned that Xiao Heng had defeated Hun Tang, and Xiao Heng and Old Ancestor of Pill Tower exchanged remarks about Xiao Heng’s strength.
• The Soul Hall Master challenged Xiao Yan and offered to return his father if Xiao Yan won the third battle.
• Xiao Chen offered to fight in Xiao Yan’s place, but Xiao Yan refused and stepped forward to face the Soul Hall Master.

Xiao Yan and Hun Miesheng fought in the Falling Mountain Range, trading attacks with flames and soul techniques. Xiao Yan’s Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame seemed to overwhelm Hun Miesheng, but the Soul Hall Master revealed a black flame that devoured it and left him unharmed.

• Xiao Yan attacked Hun Miesheng with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and their fists and claws clashed as the flames weakened Hun Miesheng’s black energy.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but Hun Miesheng countered with Myriad Souls Worship; their soul techniques collided, and Hun Miesheng suffered the worse of the exchange.
• Xiao Yan formed Buddha's Fury Reincarnation from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and hurled it at Hun Miesheng, whose black energy was eroded before the attack engulfed him.
• Hun Miesheng revealed a Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame that protected him from the heat and absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame surrounding him.
• Xiao Yan and the onlookers stared in disbelief as Hun Miesheng emerged unharmed after devouring the flames.

Hun Miesheng revealed a Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and sent it to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi’s Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame spirit overwhelmed and devoured it. The chapter ended with Hun Miesheng losing his connection to the Child Flame in disbelief.

• Hun Miesheng absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s attack and revealed the Nihility Devouring Flame in his possession.
• Xiao Heng identified Hun Miesheng’s flame as a Child Flame, easing Xiao Yan’s concern about facing the Nihility Devouring Flame’s true body.
• Hun Miesheng poured his Dou Qi into the Child Flame and ordered it to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi asked Xiao Yan for Dou Qi, grew to enormous size, and charged into battle against the black flame.
• Xiao Yi subdued and devoured the Child Flame, severing Hun Miesheng’s connection to it.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi overwhelmed Hun Miesheng after Xiao Yi devoured Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, while Heavenly Mansion and Soul Hall forces stood on the brink of an all-out battle. Hun Qianmo rescued Hun Miesheng's soul and withdrew with Soul Hall, leaving the conflict temporarily unresolved and Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng's names renowned across the continent.

• Xiao Yan blocked Hun Miesheng from interfering as Xiao Yi devoured Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, and Heavenly Mansion members prevented Soul Hall from intervening.
• Hun Qianmo judged that Soul Hall could not win against the gathered Heavenly Mansion forces and ordered everyone to hold back while Xiao Yi swallowed the Child Flame.
• Xiao Yi attacked Hun Miesheng with ten multicolored fire lotuses, and Xiao Yan followed with a Destruction Fire Lotus that devastated the surrounding area.
• Xiao Yan shattered Hun Miesheng's body, but Hun Qianmo intervened and collected the Soul Hall Master's soul after Xiao Heng stopped his attack on Xiao Yan.
• Old Ancestor of Pill Tower prevented Xiao Heng from pursuing Hun Qianmo, who threatened the alliance and led Soul Hall away with the wounded Hun Tang.
• The battle ended with Soul Hall's retreat, and the conflict between Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion remained temporarily unresolved.

After Heavenly Mansion defeated the Soul Hall, Xiao Heng accepted two flame-source beads from Xiao Yan: a Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and part of Xiao Yi’s Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame source. Xiao Heng traded Xiao Yi a bead of his own flame, leaving both flames with a chance to grow stronger as the alliance continued its rise.

• Heavenly Mansion emerged as the Central Continent’s leading power while the Soul Hall withdrew into hiding, and Xiao Heng’s reputation as the Sword Saint spread.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Heng a sealed bead containing the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and warned that its devouring power could consume Dou Qi and life force.
• Xiao Yan took a bead containing part of Xiao Yi’s Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame source despite Xiao Yi’s protests, then handed it to Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng traded Xiao Yi a bead of his own flame, which Xiao Yi accepted before retreating into Xiao Yan’s body.
• Xiao Heng explained that refining his flame bead could help Xiao Yi recover faster and let Xiao Heng gain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s power of purification.