Chapter Summaries

After recovering in the Dragon Transformation Pool, Xiao Yan led Zi Yan and Starfall Pavilion representatives to the Space Trading Fair in search of clues to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. They left Yi Space planning to take back the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Perching Wood Diagram from the rival who had won it.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion healed and stronger, then set out with Zi Yan and several elders for the trading fair while Xiao Chen stayed behind to pursue a breakthrough.
• At Yi Space, Xiao Yan reunited with Xuan Kongzi, Cao Ying, and Xun'er as the trading fair brought together powerful factions and rare treasures.
• The Ancient Dragon Phoenix Perching Wood Diagram appeared at the fair, and Zi Yan recognized it as a likely clue to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan bid up to seven eighth-tier pills with nine-colored Pill Lightning, but Zi Yan identified his opponent as Old Demon Tian Ming and urged him to let the rival win.
• Old Demon Tian Ming bought the diagram for eight such pills, and Xiao Yan and Zi Yan left the fair intending to retrieve it from him.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan tracked down Old Demon Tian Ming to seize the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Perching Wood Diagram. After defeating and eliminating him, they discovered that the route to the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix led to a dangerous region on the far northern edge of the Central Plains.

• Zi Yan located Old Demon Tian Ming through the Spatial Turbulence, and she and Xiao Yan intercepted him as he tried to flee.
• Old Demon Tian Ming revealed his Half-Saint strength and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan countered with his Heavenly Flames and Three-Colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Zi Yan imprisoned Old Demon Tian Ming with the Power of Space when he tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan took the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Perching Wood Diagram, and Zi Yan erased Old Demon Tian Ming.
• Xiao Yan examined the diagram and learned that the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix lay in a dangerous region at the far northern edge of the Central Plains.

Zi Yan returned to Ancient Dragon Island with Xiao Yan to undergo the Dragon Emperor inheritance, only to find the Three Great Dragon Kings rebelling and the inheritance under attack. As Xiao Yan prepared to intervene, a sealed power beneath the island resonated with the Dragon Phoenix Balance Power in his body.

• Zi Yan felt the Dragon Emperor inheritance begin and persuaded Xiao Yan to accompany her to Ancient Dragon Island despite the clan's rules.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Cai Lin, Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun grappled with their feelings while Cao Ying's remarks sharpened the awkward tension; Xiao Chen noticed the discord.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Dragon Island and found signs of fighting and chaos across the island.
• Zi Yan identified the Three Great Dragon Kings as rebels and flew toward the Inheritance Dragon Hall, ordering Xiao Yan to wait.
• Xiao Yan sensed three Three-star Dou Sheng auras surrounding the hall and prepared to help Zi Yan.
• The Dragon Phoenix Balance Power within Xiao Yan resonated with a sealed Dragon Clan force deep beneath Dragon Island.

Zi Yan was overwhelmed by the Three Great Dragon Kings as Xiao Yan discovered the sealed soul of the former Northern Dragon King and moved to free it. At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Chen learned Cao Ying’s soul was being drained and received an urgent warning that his father Xiao Zhan might be in danger at the Corpse Mountain Range, leaving him torn between them.

• The Three Great Dragon Kings blocked Zi Yan from entering the Inheritance Dragon Hall and attacked her while most of the Ancient Dragon Clan stayed aside.
• Xiao Yan sensed a sealed dragon soul in a valley and recognized it as the previous Northern Dragon King, who asked him to break the seal and help suppress the rebellion.
• Xiao Chen discovered that a hidden gray airflow was consuming Cao Ying’s Soul Origin and learned that the damage was connected to Xiao Jin’s powerful innate Soul Power.
• Cao Ying told Xiao Chen she had willingly paid the price of her Soul Origin to give birth to Xiao Jin, and Xiao Chen vowed to find a way to save her.
• Gu Lie warned Xiao Chen that the Soul Clan was conducting a dangerous ritual at the Corpse Mountain Range, where the bloodline aura of Xiao Zhan had grown clearer.
• Xiao Chen faced the choice between staying with Cao Ying, whose life was fading, and going to aid his father in imminent danger.

Xiao Chen searched the Mysterious Ice Plain for Ice Soul Jade Marrow to save Cao Ying and found Yun Yun protecting the treasure from a Half-Saint. After returning the marrow to Yao Lao for Cao Ying’s treatment, Xiao Chen asked Yun Yun to stay at Starfall Pavilion, while the Soul Clan began sacrificing Xiao Zhan to the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Chen left Cao Ying and their son with Starfall Pavilion after asking Yao Lao, Wind Venerate, and the Gu Clan to seek soul-nourishing treasures and monitor the Corpse Mountain Range.
• Xiao Chen found the Ice Soul Spring Eye dried up, then traced a remnant of Misty Cloud Sect energy to Yun Yun, who was fighting a Half-Saint over the Ice Soul Jade Marrow.
• Xiao Chen killed the black-robed Half-Saint, healed Yun Yun, and took her and the Ice Soul Jade Marrow back to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Chen gave the Ice Soul Jade Marrow to Yao Lao to treat Cao Ying and asked Yun Yun to stay at Starfall Pavilion, which she accepted.
• Hun Tiandi began the ritual to make the Nihility Devouring Flame consume Xiao Zhan’s bloodline and soul, while Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan both felt a sudden pain in their hearts.

Xiao Yan freed Bei Xuan and helped stabilize Zi Yan’s inheritance, while at the Corpse Mountain Range an unknown force diverted Xiao Xuan’s Emperor’s Origin into Xiao Zhan and disrupted Hun Tiandi’s ritual. Hun Tiandi ordered Xiao Zhan imprisoned, as Yao Lao and Xiao Chen sensed the mysterious fluctuation from afar.

• Xiao Yan refined the Three Great Dragon Kings’ imprints from the chains sealing Bei Xuan, allowing Bei Xuan to break free and attack the kings’ souls.
• Xiao Yan entered the Inheritance Dragon Hall and used Dragon Yuan, vitality, and Heavenly Flames to purify the Corrupting Emperor Curse around Zi Yan’s inheritance cocoon.
• At the Corpse Mountain Range, a hidden fragment of Emperor’s Origin awakened within Xiao Zhan, but a mysterious mirror-like force halted Nihility Devouring Flame and sent the fragment into Xiao Zhan’s brow.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Xiao Zhan taken to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Bottom and guarded, then vowed to oversee the ritual himself after emerging from seclusion.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Lao and Xiao Chen sensed the distant fluctuation while Cao Ying continued recovering with the Ice Soul Jade Marrow.

After returning from Ancient Dragon Island, Xiao Yan learned that Cao Ying was stable but that the Soul Clan’s plans were growing more dangerous. He and Xiao Chen prepared to enter seclusion and break through, while Xiao Zhan’s faint spiritual light flickered beneath the Corpse Mountain Range.

• Zi Yan entrusted Dragon Island’s affairs to the Northern Dragon King’s dragon soul and loyal elders while she recuperated from receiving the inheritance.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Cao Ying’s condition stabilized with the Ice Soul Jade Marrow, and Yun Yun quietly cared for Xiao Chen as he kept vigil beside her.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, and he and Xiao Chen agreed to seek breakthroughs while preparing to confront the Soul Clan and find ways to cure Cao Ying.
• Xiao Yan visited Cai Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Xun’er, promising Cai Lin he would reach the Half-Saint realm and receiving the women’s support.
• Soul Hall’s abductions and killings increased, the Alchemist Tower found traces of unstable Artificial Exotic Flame, and the Gu Clan noticed Soul Clan activity near ancient clan ruins.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen began cultivating with a crystal containing Chaos Origin as Xiao Zhan’s spiritual light flickered beneath the Corpse Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan reached Half-Saint while Xiao Chen advanced to Three-star Dou Sheng, but reports of Soul Hall’s mass killings and continent-wide energy depletion revealed an escalating threat. Gu Lie and Hua Yu proposed an Anti-Soul Alliance led by Starfall Pavilion, which formed just before a report warned that the Soul Clan’s ritual was nearing completion and the Emperor’s Descent had begun counting down.

• Xiao Yan broke through to initial Half-Saint as Xiao Chen stabilized at initial Three-star Dou Sheng.
• An intelligence elder told Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, and Starfall Pavilion’s leaders that Soul Hall had destroyed several Dou Saint-guarded factions and that energy depletion was draining life from regions across the continent.
• Xiao Chen declared that they had to return to the Corpse Mountain Range to stop the Soul Clan’s scheme.
• Gu Lie and Hua Yu proposed an Anti-Soul Alliance, and Xiao Chen agreed to have Starfall Pavilion lead it.
• A front-line report reached Xiao Chen stating that the ritual was nearing completion and the Emperor’s Descent countdown had begun.

Xiao Chen and the alliance prepared to strike the Soul Clan while Xiao Yan and Hua Yu set out to investigate the Corpse Mountain Range. A hidden message revealed that the Soul Clan planned to resurrect an ancient Dou Di using a formation whose core was inside Alchemist Tower's Star Domain, leaving Xiao Chen scrambling to warn the departing team.

• Xiao Chen summoned the alliance leaders, and they discussed the Soul Clan's defenses, the Tunling Clan, and the possibility that its ritual was a sacrifice.
• Hua Yu offered to use her sect's secret art to locate the formation's core, and Xiao Yan volunteered to accompany her while Xiao Chen stayed to coordinate the alliance.
• Cao Ying gave Xiao Chen her natal soul jade, while Cai Lin, Xun'er, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian prepared for Xiao Yan's dangerous mission in their own ways.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan, Hua Yu, and several elite alliance members departed for the Corpse Mountain Range as Xiao Chen organized the allied forces.
• A steward found Han Feng's Jade Slip, and Yao Lao discovered that the Soul Clan intended to resurrect an ancient Dou Di, with a core formation eye hidden in Alchemist Tower's Star Domain.
• Xiao Chen ordered an immediate warning to Xiao Yan and Hua Yu to beware of Alchemist Tower.

The Anti-Soul Alliance uncovered signs of the Soul Clan’s ritual in the Star Domain and Corpse Mountain Range, while new threats and opportunities emerged across the continent. Xiao Yan pledged to marry Cai Lin and Xun'er, then led an infiltration mission as Xiao Chen set out for the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix.

• Xiao Chen warned Xiao Yan and Hua Yu about the danger in the Star Domain, but Xuan Kongzi and several elders lost contact after entering it.
• Cao Ying stabilized under Xiao Chen’s care, while Yun Yun continued supporting the family and the alliance at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan promised Cai Lin and Xun'er that he would marry them both after the Corpse Mountain Range mission, and they accepted.
• The alliance learned that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion had closed its gates and that Hua Yu had discovered the Dark Soul Ancient Path into the Corpse Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan formed an infiltration team with Xiao Yi Xian and other specialists to investigate the Soul Clan’s ritual and locate Xiao Chen’s father.
• Xiao Chen left for the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix, entrusting the alliance’s affairs to Gu Lie, Huo Yun, Yao Lao, and Wind Venerate.

Xiao Chen found Dan Chen in the Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix and recovered a Primordial Star Soul Core that could heal Cao Ying, but taking it brought powerful guardians after them. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Dark Soul Ancient Path, while Xiao Chen and Dan Chen fled deeper into the ruins.

• Xiao Chen navigated the chaotic Ancient Ruins of Dragon Phoenix and found Dan Chen unconscious beneath rubble in a star-patterned hall.
• Xiao Chen used his Chaos Dou Qi and a soul-nourishing pill to stabilize Dan Chen, who explained how an inheritance mark had pulled her through Spatial Turbulence into the ruins.
• Xiao Chen activated the hall’s star patterns and discovered a Primordial Star Soul Core capable of completely repairing Cao Ying’s Soul Origin.
• Xiao Chen took the Star Soul Core, triggering the hall’s collapse and drawing hostile guardians, then fled with Dan Chen as they pursued them through the ruins.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and their companions entered the Dark Soul Ancient Path near the Corpse Mountain Range, following the Flower Sect’s secret art.

Xiao Chen and Dan Chen escaped the dragon-phoenix guardians after Dan Chen awakened the statue’s gemstones, then rested in a ruined hall as their closeness deepened. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan found Lin Yan captured by Soul Hall Puppets in the Dark Soul Ancient Path and attacked them.

• Xiao Chen carried Dan Chen through the chaotic ruins while dragon-phoenix guardians pursued them.
• Xiao Chen placed the Primordial Star Soul Core at a ruined statue, and Dan Chen activated the Heavenly Phoenix's Tear, awakening the Dragon Emperor's Crystal and summoning the Dragon Phoenix Ancestral Soul phantoms.
• Xiao Chen used the phantoms’ distraction to escape with the exhausted Dan Chen and treated her in a ruined hall.
• Dan Chen asked why Xiao Chen was so good to her, but he told her to recover before they continued toward the ruins’ deeper secrets.
• Xiao Yan’s group found Starfall Pavilion disciples under attack by Soul Hall Puppets and saw Lin Yan chained to a pillar.
• Xiao Yan charged the puppets and struck them with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.

Xiao Chen and Dan Chen escaped the ruined hall after Dan Chen discovered a secret soul-cultivation technique, then returned to Starfall Pavilion with a Primordial Star Soul Core for Cao Ying. An urgent message revealed that Xiao Yan’s squad was trapped by Bone Nether Saint while the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan blocked the alliance reinforcements.

• Dan Chen uncovered a hidden chamber containing the Star Cultivation Spirit Technique and learned its entry method while Xiao Chen protected her.
• Xiao Chen promised to protect Dan Chen, and she embraced him after he comforted her.
• Xiao Yan rescued Lin Yan from Soul Hall puppets, and Lin Yan revealed that Xiao Zhan was held at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Bottom and that the Soul Clan had gained Emperor Soul Power.
• Bone Nether Saint appeared, and Xiao Yi Xian formed a poison barrier so Xiao Yan’s group could retreat.
• Xiao Chen returned to Starfall Pavilion and gave Cao Ying the Primordial Star Soul Core to restore her Soul Origin.
• Gu Lie sent word that Xiao Yan’s squad was trapped and the reinforcements were intercepted, prompting Xiao Chen to prepare to return.

Xiao Chen rushed to the Corpse Mountain Range and fought Bone Nether Saint to protect Xiao Yan and the others, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan blocked their escape. As the Soul Clan’s Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array descended, Xiao Chen sacrificed himself to give Xiao Yan a chance to flee and find Zi Yan.

• Cao Ying gave Xiao Chen the Primordial Star Soul Core before he left Starfall Pavilion to rescue Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen arrived at the Corpse Mountain Range, split Bone Nether Saint’s soul attack with the Chaos Sky-Opening Axe, and battled Bone Nether Saint and two Soul Clan elders.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi Xian and the others toward an escape route, but Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived and demanded the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit clues.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to fight Huang Tian’s group as Xiao Chen continued battling Bone Nether Saint.
• Bone Nether Saint and the two elders activated the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array, and Xiao Chen crushed Cao Ying’s natal soul jade to hold it back.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan to find Zi Yan and unite the Ancient Dragon power, then charged into the soul net to create an opening for him.

After Xiao Chen sacrificed himself to let Xiao Yan escape, Xiao Yan and his companions fled the Corpse Mountain Range and learned of a route into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. He chose to pursue that dangerous route to reach his father while arranging for the alliance to seek reinforcements from Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan escaped the Soul Clan's array with help from his companions after swearing revenge on Huang Tian and Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan and the others broke through the Space Barrier and emerged in an unfamiliar mountain range, where he treated their injuries.
• Qing Lin sent Xiao Yan a message revealing that Yao Ming might be imprisoned and that a space node in the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan's ruins led to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan sent the injured companions and the Gu Clan elder back to Starfall Pavilion and asked them to contact Zi Yan and arrange Dragon Island reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan left for the Southern Region of the Central Plains to investigate the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan and reach his father.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan and entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to search for his father, while Xiao Chen endured the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array and deepened his understanding of Chaos. Xiao Yan reached a black stone island, where an unknown enemy sprang a trap.

• Xiao Yan met Qing Lin, who revealed that Yao Xiaotian had seized power and imprisoned Yao Ming, and learned the hidden Space Node led to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan entered the Space Node after sending Qing Lin away and began searching the Yellow Springs for his father.
• Xiao Chen used his Chaos Domain and Chaos Flame to withstand the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array and studied its energy flows.
• Under the array’s pressure, Xiao Chen gained a deeper understanding of Chaos as acceptance and evolution, though he remained trapped.
• Xiao Yan followed a bloodline resonance to a black stone island, where chains of cold energy attacked him and an unknown voice declared that he had walked into a trap.

Xiao Yan fought Saint Youquan in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs while trying to reach his imprisoned father, Xiao Zhan. As the alliance prepared for a wider conflict and the Soul Clan tightened its influence, Xiao Yan launched his embryonic Flame Emperor Seal against Saint Youquan’s killing blow.

• Saint Youquan trapped Xiao Yan with black chains and attacked him with water dragons from the Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan awakened the power of his Xiao Clan Mark and used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to withstand Saint Youquan’s assault.
• Saint Youquan summoned the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Palm, and Xiao Yan answered with the Flame Emperor Seal, Burning Heaven.
• Yao Lao organized the alliance to counter Soul Clan formations, while Yun Yun coordinated resources, Cao Ying prepared pills, and Dan Chen analyzed the formations.
• The Wind and Thunder Pavilion sided with the Soul Clan, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan blocked routes to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and black lights appeared over the Corpse Mountain Range.
• Imprisoned in a cave, Xiao Zhan sensed Xiao Yan nearby and silently urged him to run.

Xiao Yan broke through Saint Youquan’s attack and the Soul Hall experts to reach Xiao Zhan, while the awakening Yellow Springs Demon Saint disrupted the battle. At Starfall Pavilion, Cao Ying, Yun Yun, Dan Chen, and Cai Lin held the household together, and Xiao Chen’s resolve to protect them deepened as he cultivated.

• Xiao Yan’s Flame Emperor Seal burned through Saint Youquan’s giant palm and forced him back, though the attack left Xiao Yan badly wounded.
• Xiao Yan charged toward the cave on the stone island, fought through the Soul Hall experts, and took advantage of Saint Youquan’s distraction when the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant consciousness awoke.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Cao Ying thanked Yun Yun for supporting the household, while Yun Yun, Dan Chen, and Cai Lin shared their concern for Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen.
• Sensing the women’s concern through his Soul Marks, Xiao Chen strengthened his resolve to protect them and advanced his comprehension of the Path of Chaos.
• Xiao Yan reached the cave’s depths and found Xiao Zhan pierced by rune chains and barely alive.

Xiao Yan freed his father, Xiao Zhan, from the Soul Devouring Locks using a rudimentary Chaos Flame, but Saint Youquan blocked their escape. Xiao Chen escaped the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array and arrived in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to confront Youquan.

• Xiao Yan fused his Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Clan Origin Fire into a Chaos Fire Seedling and used it to dissolve the chains binding Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan caught the weakened Xiao Zhan, gave him healing pills, and prepared to carry him out of the cave.
• Saint Youquan sealed the cave exit and threatened to kill Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Chen sensed weaknesses in the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array and used the Chaos Sky-Opening Axe to pass through a temporary gap.
• Xiao Chen appeared in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and threatened Saint Youquan for harming his father and younger brother.

Xiao Chen rescued Xiao Zhan from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and reunited with his family and allies at Starfall Pavilion. As the Soul Clan’s threat grew, Xiao Yan prepared to seek greater strength while Xiao Chen stayed behind to lead the alliance.

• Xiao Chen broke free of the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array, severely wounded Saint Youquan with one punch, and rescued Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Chen brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan to Starfall Pavilion, where their allies and family welcomed them home.
• Xiao Zhan’s injuries stabilized, though his cultivation had fallen, and Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan discussed the Soul Clan’s plans and the alliance’s need for greater strength.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan agreed that Xiao Yan would contact Zi Yan and seek a breakthrough, while Xiao Chen remained at Starfall Pavilion to guide the alliance.