Chapter Summaries

After fourteen years away, Xiao Chen returned to the Jia Ma Empire and found Xiao Yan on the verge of death at the Misty Cloud Sect. He saved his younger brother and confronted Yun Shan with the power of a Seven Star Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Chen emerged from the Space Passage and realized that Xiao Yan was battling Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan demanded that Xiao Yan surrender Yao Lao and cripple his Dou Qi, then launched a wind blade at him.
• Xiao Chen appeared, shattered Yun Shan's attack, and reunited with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen unleashed his Dou Venerate aura, forcing the Misty Cloud Sect's fighters from the air and terrifying Yun Shan.
• Xiao Chen demanded that Yun Shan kneel and beg forgiveness or face the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Chen revealed himself as a Dou Zun at the Misty Cloud Sect and rescued his father and brother. He punished Yun Shan and took his family home, leaving the sect sealed and the Jia Ma Empire facing a changed balance of power.

• Xiao Chen ordered Yun Shan to kneel, and Yun Shan submitted before the assembled Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Zhan, healed his injuries, and joined Xiao Yan in supporting their father.
• Yun Shan explained Xiao Yan's confrontation with the Misty Cloud Sect and the Soul Hall's involvement to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen crippled Yun Shan's cultivation to the peak of Dou Huang and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect sealed for ten years.
• Xiao Chen used spatial power to take Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, Ling Ying, and the others away from the sect.

Xiao Chen brought Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Residence, where the family celebrated their safe return and learned that Xiao Chen had come home after fourteen years. Nalan Yanran arrived to apologize, but Xiao Chen confronted her by asking whether she knew her crime.

• Xiao Chen used spatial travel to bring Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Ling Ying back to the Xiao Residence in Wutan City.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan reunited with the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan announced Xiao Chen's return without revealing his strength.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that a spatial storm had stranded him in the Central Plains, where he found a master and trained.
• A guard announced that Nalan Yanran had come to see the Xiao Family, and Xiao Chen ordered that she be admitted.
• Xiao Chen confronted Nalan Yanran and asked, "Do you know your crime?"

Xiao Chen judged Nalan Yanran for her role in the Xiao Family’s suffering, and she apologized to Xiao Yan and settled their grievances. As the family began to recover from the crisis, a Soul Hall guardian appeared over Wutan City, and Xiao Chen prepared to confront him.

• Xiao Chen confronted Nalan Yanran about her arrogance, her contempt for Xiao Yan, and the harm her actions had brought to the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Yan, promised to publicly take responsibility for the broken engagement, and offered the Nalan Family’s future aid.
• Xiao Yan accepted her apology and declared that their grievances were settled, and Nalan Yanran left the Xiao Family hall.
• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that he would protect the family while Xiao Yan recovered.
• A Soul Hall guardian’s blood-chilling aura enveloped Wutan City, and Xiao Chen recognized the threat and prepared to confront him.

Xiao Chen confronted and effortlessly killed Protector Wu, who had attacked the Xiao Family on behalf of the Soul Hall. He then summoned Yun Shan to answer for harming Xiao Yan, and Yun Shan reluctantly rose to face him.

• Xiao Chen reassured the Xiao Family, left Xiao Yan to protect his father and the clansmen, and confronted Protector Wu above Wutan City.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Chen with Myriad Souls Devour, but Xiao Chen's Heavenly Soul Realm power dispersed the phantoms and exposed his strength.
• Xiao Chen used Space Lock to crush Protector Wu and declared that he would settle accounts with the Soul Hall in the future.
• Xiao Chen turned to Yun Shan and ordered him to give Xiao Yan an explanation, and Yun Shan struggled to his feet and staggered toward him.

Xiao Chen punished Yun Shan and forced the Misty Cloud Sect to submit after judging it complicit in the harm done to his family. He left the sect crippled and ordered it to close its mountain for ten years, with the story ending as his name began to spread across the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Shan begged Xiao Chen to spare the Misty Cloud Sect's disciples and blamed the Soul Hall for misleading him.
• Xiao Chen condemned Yun Shan's choices and demanded compensation, prompting Yun Shan to offer ninety percent of the sect's resources.
• Xiao Chen struck Yun Shan with a flick that destroyed the foundation of his Dou Zong body and left his future cultivation uncertain.
• Xiao Chen ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to close its mountain for ten years and deliver the compensation to the Xiao Family in Wutan City within three days.
• Xiao Chen departed, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect subdued and the balance of power in the Jia Ma Empire changed.

Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Family after defeating Yun Shan and dealing with the Soul Hall threat, then healed Xiao Yan’s injuries. The brothers reunited in private as Xiao Yan recounted his past and introduced Xiao Chen to Yao Lao.

• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that Yun Shan had paid the price and the Soul Hall threat was settled.
• Xiao Chen took Xiao Yan to his old room and used his Dou Qi to heal most of his injuries and refine the medicine in his body.
• Xiao Chen asked about Xiao Yan’s ring and the old gentleman inside it, and Xiao Yan recounted his struggles, training, and meeting Yao Lao.
• Xiao Chen thanked Yao Lao for helping Xiao Yan and promised to find a way to restore Yao Lao’s damaged soul.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Chen’s strength, and Xiao Yan felt at ease as his brother and teacher spoke warmly to each other.

Xiao Chen reassured the Xiao Family that he would protect it and laid out plans to strengthen it after settling matters with the Misty Cloud Sect. With the family gathered around him, he turned next to his father’s hidden dangers and Xiao Yan’s future cultivation.

• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan left their room, and Xiao Chen confirmed that Xiao Yan had recovered with stronger meridians.
• Xiao Chen told the Xiao Family that he would protect them, and announced that ninety percent of the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources would go to the family.
• Xiao Chen promised to establish a Spirit Gathering Array and provide cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, while warning the clansmen to stay humble and not misuse their strength.
• Hai Bodong pledged the Mittel Family’s assistance, and Ling Ying said he would report the events to Miss Xun'er.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan that he would address his father’s hidden dangers and plan Xiao Yan’s cultivation path.

Xiao Chen revealed that his Chaos Flame could nourish Yao Lao’s damaged soul and began treating him. Yao Lao’s Soul Origin started mending, giving him hope of recovery and a stronger chance of resurrection.

• Yao Lao thanked Xiao Chen for saving Xiao Yan and helping restore his soul.
• Yao Lao described high-grade pills and rare treasures as the usual ways to heal soul injuries.
• Xiao Chen revealed his Chaos Flame, which Yao Lao recognized as a fusion of several Heavenly Flame origins.
• Xiao Chen explained that the Chaos Flame could stabilize and strengthen Yao Lao’s Soul Origin over time.
• Xiao Yan guarded the room while Xiao Chen used the Chaos Flame to nourish Yao Lao, whose Soul Origin began visibly mending.

Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao how a Spatial Rift had taken him from Wutan City to the Central Plains fourteen years earlier, where a mysterious master trained him until he became a Seven Star Dou Venerate. The story ended with Xiao Chen and Yao Lao suspecting that his disappearance might have been connected to the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Chen used the Chaos Flame to strengthen Yao Lao’s soul, and Yao Lao said he might recover enough to refine high-grade seventh-grade pills in less than a year.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Chen to explain his fourteen-year disappearance, and Xiao Chen recalled being swept into a Spatial Rift at age ten while training in the back mountains.
• Xiao Chen described surviving in a dangerous primeval forest before an old man named Xu saved him and took him as his disciple in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Chen said he spent years training and facing dangers with Xu, reached the Seven Star Dou Venerate realm, and fused three Heavenly Flames in the Chaos Ruins.
• Xiao Chen explained that Xu left three years earlier and told him to find his own way home after becoming a Dou Venerate, after which Xiao Chen returned to Wutan City.
• Yao Lao questioned whether the Spatial Rift had been an accident, and Xiao Chen agreed that it might conceal a secret connected to the Xiao Family.

Xiao Chen revealed that the Soul Hall likely engineered the Spatial Rift that made him disappear fourteen years earlier, targeting the Xiao Family and its Ancient God Jade. He returned to protect his family, and the brothers and Yao Lao prepared to grow stronger against the Soul Hall and the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Chen explained that suspicious details and an icy soul fluctuation led him to suspect the Soul Hall caused the Spatial Rift that swallowed him.
• Yao Lao suggested that the Soul Hall had targeted the Xiao Family and its secret concerning the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Chen agreed.
• Xiao Chen said Master Xu had found a spatial mark in his soul, which he later erased with the Chaos Flame after reaching the Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Chen revealed that he had returned to protect his father and Xiao Yan because the Soul Hall might target them next.
• Xiao Chen urged Yao Lao to recover quickly and Xiao Yan to continue strengthening Fen Jue and collecting Heavenly Flames so they could oppose the Soul Hall and the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao agreed to keep the full truth from their father and protect him in secret.

After healing Xiao Zhan and helping him advance to Dou Wang, Xiao Chen received a warning from Tian Ji Zi about the Soul Hall and the dangers ahead. The messenger also gave him a token linked to his master Xu, leaving Xiao Chen with new questions about his master and a renewed resolve to protect his family.

• Xiao Chen healed Xiao Zhan's hidden injuries, and Xiao Zhan broke through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Chen detected a concealed gray-robed messenger sent by Tian Ji Zi, who warned that the Soul Hall had noticed his return and might send stronger experts.
• The messenger gave Xiao Chen a token bearing the character Xu, which could secure aid from Tian Ji Pavilion and appeared to belong to Xiao Chen's master.
• The messenger warned Xiao Chen about the daughter of the Gu Clan, ancient secrets, and the deeper forces behind the Soul Hall before disappearing.
• Xiao Chen considered the clues about his master and vowed to protect his family from whoever came.

Xiao Chen used the methods of a Venerate to cleanse and strengthen Xiao Yan’s foundation, purifying his Dou Qi and tempering his body and soul. With Xiao Yan now much stronger, the brothers prepared to go to Jia Nan Academy so he could claim the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Chen brought Xiao Yan to a secluded valley and warned him that flaws in his foundation could become dangerous at higher realms.
• Xiao Chen used Chaos Flame origin aura, the Power of Space, and Soul Power to purify Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, strengthen his body, and cleanse his soul.
• Xiao Yan endured the painful process while Xiao Chen carefully controlled the changes, and Yao Lao watched in astonishment.
• Afterward, Xiao Yan’s foundation was solidified, his Soul Power reached peak Mortal Realm Grand Perfection, and he said he could now face a low-star Dou Zong head-on.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that they would go to Jia Nan Academy so the Fallen Heart Flame could truly acknowledge its master.

Yun Yun struggled with hatred, confusion, and a faint admiration for Xiao Chen as she confronted the Misty Cloud Sect’s collapse. She ordered the remaining resources distributed and the promised tribute delivered, then went to care for Yun Shan.

• Yun Yun reflected on Yun Shan’s crimes, the sect’s losses, and the role Xiao Chen had played in its downfall.
• Yun Yun recalled Nalan Yanran’s admission that the sect had been wrong and suppressed her confusing feelings toward Xiao Chen.
• An elder reported that the treasury was nearly empty, and Yun Yun ordered the remaining resources prioritized for the disciples still at the sect.
• Yun Yun ordered the agreed resources delivered to the Xiao Family in Wutan City within three days.
• Yun Yun went to the forbidden grounds to care for Yun Shan.

Xiao Yan refined a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill with Xiao Chen’s help, then learned how spatial power could stabilize and shape medicinal energy. Inspired by Xiao Chen’s alchemy insights, Xiao Yan began refining the pill again with greater confidence.

• Xiao Yan attempted to refine a Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill, but the pill core became unstable as it neared formation.
• Xiao Chen used the Power of Space to restrain and compress the medicinal energy, allowing Xiao Yan to complete three high-quality pills.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao asked how Xiao Chen had used spatial power in alchemy, and Xiao Chen demonstrated how it could purify ingredients, guide fusion, and shape pills.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Chen for his guidance, while Yao Lao praised Xiao Chen’s insights into alchemy.
• Xiao Yan, newly inspired, began refining the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill again as Xiao Chen watched.

Queen Medusa learned that Xiao Chen had crippled Yun Shan and defeated a Soul Hall Protector, then watched him appear uninvited in the Snake People Divine Temple. Xiao Chen said he had come to discuss Xiao Yan, Medusa’s soul fusion, and the future of the Snake People Race.

• A Snake People elder reported that Xiao Chen had crippled Yun Shan, taken most of the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources, and killed a Soul Hall Protector.
• Queen Medusa confirmed the reports and asked where Xiao Yan was; the elder said he had returned to Wutan City with Xiao Chen as the Xiao Family reorganized.
• Xiao Chen appeared inside the Divine Temple without being detected, prompting Queen Medusa and the guards to prepare for a fight.
• Queen Medusa challenged Xiao Chen over trespassing, and he said he had come to speak about Xiao Yan, her soul fusion with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and the Snake People Race’s future.

Xiao Chen challenged Queen Medusa to withstand one move in exchange for valuable cultivation and alchemy resources, with failure requiring her to discuss cooperation. Medusa accepted but was effortlessly defeated, leaving Xiao Chen asking to talk.

• Xiao Chen offered Queen Medusa an Earth-tier Intermediate Cultivation Method and three Seven-Grade Spirit Fusion Pill Recipes if she withstood one move, and asked her to discuss Brother Yan and future cooperation if she failed.
• Queen Medusa accepted the wager and formed her Seven-Colored Snake Scale Shield to defend herself.
• Xiao Chen cut through the shield with a single finger gesture, shattering it and forcing Medusa back several steps.
• Xiao Chen told Medusa that she had let him win and asked whether they could now talk.

Xiao Chen negotiated with Queen Medusa to make the Snake People Race an equal ally of the Xiao Family, then returned to Wutan City and announced the founding of Xiao Sect. The chapter ended with Xiao Sect preparing to take control of Jia Ma Empire and pursue the Fallen Heart Flame for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Chen warned Queen Medusa not to harm Xiao Yan and proposed that the Snake People Race ally with the Xiao Family in exchange for land and resources.
• Queen Medusa ordered a council of tribal leaders and decided to visit Wutan City in three days to assess Xiao Chen and the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Family council hall, where an elder reported that Misty Cloud Sect resources had arrived and Hai Bodong was taking over its secular holdings with the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Chen announced the founding of Xiao Sect, with Xiao Zhan as Sect Master and Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen as elders, and outlined its halls and organization.
• Xiao Chen declared that Xiao Sect would first take control of Jia Ma Empire and then advance into Jia Nan Academy to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame for Xiao Yan.

After Xiao Sect rose to prominence, Xiao Chen took Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy so Xiao Yan could pursue the Fallen Heart Flame and continue cultivating Fen Jue. They arrived near the Inner Academy, where Xiao Yan prepared to meet his old friends and claim the flame.

• News of Xiao Sect's founding spread across the Jia Ma Empire, prompting other factions to reconsider their plans.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that his strength was sufficient to enter the Inner Academy and that Jia Nan Academy offered valuable resources and experience.
• Xiao Chen used the Power of Space to take Xiao Yan from Wutan City to the outskirts of Jia Nan Academy in about the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Xiao Yan recognized the city where he had once studied and thought of his friends, rivals, and Xun'er.
• Xiao Chen led Xiao Yan toward the Inner Academy, and Xiao Yan resolved to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Chen returned to Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy with Xiao Yan and challenged the Strong Ranking's prestige by displaying his overwhelming Dou Zun might. After warning the students against complacency, he asked First Elder Su Qian to discuss the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen arrived above the Inner Academy, where Su Qian and several elders confronted them.
• Xiao Chen introduced himself as Xiao Yan's elder brother and called the Strong Ranking students ordinary.
• Xiao Chen pressed down on the Strong Ranking Stele with his power, making it crack and forcing the students to struggle under his pressure.
• Xiao Chen told the students to look beyond the academy ranking and pursue greater strength.
• Xiao Chen asked Su Qian to discuss the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.