Chapter Summaries

A'lu confronted Tian She Mansion as a Dou Zun expert and declared that she had come to take Qing Lin back to the Jia Ma Empire. After exposing Tian She Mansion's coercion and hypocrisy, she let Qing Lin's supporters leave with her, while the Mansion Lord concealed his anger and considered how to preserve his power.

• A'lu appeared in Tian She Mansion's council hall and overwhelmed Elder Ding, declaring that Qing Lin belonged with her group and that the Jia Ma Empire could destroy the mansion if it wished.
• The Mansion Lord entered the hall and begged A'lu for mercy, but she said Qing Lin was her Young Master's maid and accused Tian She Mansion of taking her.
• Elder Ding blamed Lu Man and Ren Ya for taking Qing Lin, but Lu Man challenged his lies and Ren Ya decided she would leave Tian She Mansion.
• A'lu allowed Lu Man, Ren Ya, and Qing Lin's other supporters to depart, and many members chose to bring their families with them.
• The Mansion Lord hid his killing intent toward Qing Lin and her followers, then considered using force to absorb other factions in Tian She Kingdom.

Xiao Shuang returned from the Tian She Kingdom with Qing Lin and a group of former Tian She Mansion members, strengthening the Xiao Alliance. After reassuring pregnant Yaoye, he announced that he would enter seclusion to pursue the Dou Zun realm and delegated the upcoming Sect Gathering to Cai Lin.

• A'lu arranged five flying magical beasts for Qing Lin's followers, while Tian She Mansion's Mansion Lord paid for them and gave Lu Man healing pills.
• Xiao Shuang welcomed the departing group, including one Dou Zong, four Dou Huangs, and ten Dou Wangs, and brought them back to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Shuang left Jia Xingtian to settle the new recruits and reunited with Yaoye, who worried she was unworthy of her position and unable to support him.
• Xiao Shuang reassured Yaoye and decided to enter seclusion to break through to Dou Zun, using the Xiao Alliance's Ice Attribute medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Shuang put Cai Lin in charge of the Sect Gathering, revealed that a Dou Zun powerhouse had joined the alliance, and ordered the elders to gather Ice Attribute ingredients for his seclusion.

Xiao Shuang secluded himself to use the Xiao Alliance’s vast supply of Ice Attribute medicinal herbs to advance from Five-Star Dou Zong toward Dou Zun, while Cai Lin and Xiao Yu strengthened the alliance. After two and a half years of cultivation and accumulating energy, Xiao Shuang opened his eyes and began his breakthrough as the herb supply dwindled.

• Cai Lin ordered the Xiao Alliance to gather Ice Attribute medicinal herbs, and Xiao Shuang entered seclusion in the Royal Family’s rear mountain with the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast guarding him.
• The Xiao Alliance, the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Li collected herbs from across the region, while Xiao Shuang used his Extreme Cold Physique to advance from Five-Star Dou Zong to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong over two years.
• Xiao Yu reached Dou Zun, Cai Lin advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zong, and Cai Lin led the Xiao Alliance to defeat the sect leaders and claim dominance over the Northwest Region.
• Little Purple returned to help guard Xiao Shuang, and Xiao Ding uncovered and punished a traitor after a rival faction tampered with a shipment of medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan reached Dou Zong in the Central Continent and prepared to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame so he could work toward rescuing Old Yao.
• After another half year of accumulating energy, Xiao Shuang felt his body nearing its limit, opened his eyes, and began his breakthrough while Little Purple and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast guarded him.

Xiao Shuang broke through to Dou Zun, reunited with his daughter Xue'er, and learned that Cai Lin had also reached Dou Zun and given birth to Xiao Xiao. Though he wanted to stay with his family, he decided to retrieve the Netherworld Poison Fire for Xiao Yan, leaving Cai Lin to oversee the Xiao Alliance.

• Xiao Shuang absorbed the gathered energy and broke through to Dou Zun, while Yaoye and Jia Xingtian guarded his cultivation.
• Xiao Shuang reunited with Yaoye and met their two-year-old daughter, whom he named Xiao Xue; Yaoye told him she had already reached Dou Zhe.
• Yaoye told Xiao Shuang that Cai Lin had led the Xiao Alliance to victory at the Sect Gathering and that the alliance had become the Northwest Region's overlord.
• Cai Lin broke through to Dou Zun and gave birth to Xiao Xiao, who could walk through the air as a newborn Dou Zong.
• Xiao Shuang told Cai Lin he had information about the twentieth-ranked Netherworld Poison Fire and planned to take it to Xiao Yan.
• Cai Lin agreed to manage the Xiao Alliance while Xiao Shuang took Xue'er to Yaoye and prepared to depart.

Xiao Shuang entered the concealed poison swamp to claim the Netherworld Poison Fire and discovered two trapped soul bodies fighting over it. After the old man hid in the swamp, Xiao Shuang froze the poison swamp to flush him out.

• Xiao Shuang broke through the spatial seal and found the Netherworld Poison Fire in the ancient poison swamp.
• Xiao Shuang captured the flame and uncovered the old man's hidden soul, then exposed the agitation in the swamp.
• The middle-aged soul emerged and explained that the old man had ambushed him to seize the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Xiao Shuang revealed he was from the Xiao Clan and fought the Spirit Clan old man, while the middle-aged soul used the Netherworld Poison Fire to block the old man's soul attack.
• The old man fled into the poison swamp, but Xiao Shuang sent his ice dragon into it and froze the swamp solid.

Xiao Shuang took the Netherworld Poison Fire after destroying the two soul bodies guarding it, then traveled through a spatial wormhole toward Central Continent. He emerged after fifteen days and was told to register at his destination.

• Xiao Shuang restrained the middle-aged man with Ice Dou Qi and shattered his soul, then froze the poisonous swamp and annihilated the old man's soul with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Shuang sealed the Netherworld Poison Fire, left the space, and added spatial seals to prevent the soul bodies from escaping.
• Xiao Shuang returned to the Jia Ma Empire, collected pills from the Pill Hall, and traveled to Thunderclap City to use its spatial wormhole.
• Xiao Shuang bought a space vessel and entered the spatial passage alone, powering the vessel with Dou Qi as he traveled toward Central Continent.
• After fifteen days, Xiao Shuang exited the spatial wormhole and was directed to register with an old man.

Xiao Shuang learned that Xiao Yan was in Sacred Pill City, then concealed his strength and provoked Feng Qing'er at the Wind Thunder West Pavilion. He revealed himself as a Dou Zun, trapped the plaza, and forced Feng Qing'er and two Wind Thunder West Pavilion experts back out of the spatial wormhole, where he awaited them.

• Xiao Shuang asked the registration clerk about Xiao Yan and learned that he had won the Pill Gathering and could be found in Sacred Pill City.
• Feng Qing'er arrived to help maintain the spatial wormhole, sensed hostility from Xiao Shuang, and blocked his departure.
• The registration clerk revealed that Xiao Shuang had asked about Xiao Yan, prompting Feng Qing'er to attack him while the West Pavilion Master assumed he was only a Dou Huang.
• Xiao Shuang finished setting up a spatial lockdown, revealed his Dou Zun strength, and stopped Feng Qing'er from sending a distress signal.
• Xiao Shuang froze the Wind Thunder West Pavilion disciples attempting to escape, while Feng Qing'er and two Dou Zong experts fled into the spatial wormhole.
• The three found spatial turbulence blocking the passage and leapt back out, where Xiao Shuang greeted them.

Xiao Shuang defeated the Wind Thunder Pavilion Master, captured Feng Qing'er, and learned why she had pursued Xiao Yan. He left the Wind Thunder West Pavilion with Feng Qing'er sealed and headed toward Sacred Pill City.

• The West Pavilion Master raised his strength to the peak of Nine-star Dou Zong and attacked Xiao Shuang while Feng Qing'er used a seven-colored phoenix phantom against the spatial seal.
• Xiao Shuang killed the West Pavilion Master and his clone, then seized Feng Qing'er and removed her communication tools before sealing her Dou Qi and soul power.
• Xiao Shuang threatened Feng Qing'er with being thrown to He Yuan, and she agreed to explain her grudge with Xiao Yan.
• Feng Qing'er said Xiao Yan had defeated her after learning Three Thousand Lightning Movement, then revealed she pursued him because she sensed Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence on him.
• Xiao Shuang took Feng Qing'er away from the Wind Thunder West Pavilion and asked her to point out the direction to Sacred Pill City.

Xiao Shuang arrived in Sacred Pill City with the restrained Feng Qing'er and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan while searching for Xiao Yan. When Xiao Yan emerged from the Star Domain, Xiao Shuang returned to his room with Feng Qing'er, leaving her fate dependent on her behavior.

• Xiao Shuang disguised and restrained Feng Qing'er, then entered Sacred Pill City and learned that Xiao Yan was trapped in the Star Domain.
• Xiao Shuang crushed the jade slip, and Xiao Yi Xian quickly found him in Sacred Pill City and brought him to meet Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan learned that Feng Qing'er was a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and Zi Yan dismissed the idea of taking her as a meal or mount.
• A burst of Three Thousand Burning Flame erupted from the Star Domain, but Xiao Yan appeared and forced the flames back inside.
• Xiao Shuang returned to his room and released Feng Qing'er’s restraints, then told her that what happened to her would depend on her performance.

Xiao Shuang joined Xiao Yan in the Central Continent, gave him the Netherworld Poison Fire, and helped prepare to rescue Yao Chen from the Soul Hall. After Xiao Yan left to recruit Tang Zhen, the Profound Nether Sect and Yi Chen demanded that the Pill Tower hand him over, but Xuan Yi forced them to back down.

• Xiao Shuang arrived in the Central Continent, subdued Feng Qing'er, and told Xiao Yan he had broken through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Shuang gave Xiao Yan the Netherworld Poison Fire, which Xiao Yan refined and added to his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Pill Tower had located Yao Chen in a Soul Hall branch at the Nether Soul Mountain Range, guarded by at least five Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan decided to recruit Tang Zhen of Fenyang Valley and departed with Heavenly Fire Venerable, while Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian stayed in Sacred Pill City with Zi Yan.
• Chen Tiannan and Yi Chen demanded that the Pill Tower hand over Xiao Yan, but Xuan Yi threatened war with the Heavenly Nether Sect and made Yi Chen retreat.

Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiong Zhan ambushed and killed Yi Chen, Chen Tiannan, and their followers after they threatened Xiao Yan. Later, Xiao Yan gathered allies to rescue Old Yao and led them into the Nether Soul Mountain Range, where Zi Yan’s Stone-Eating Ant Queen guided them to a Soul Hall branch without alerting its spies.

• Xuan Yi drove Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan away from the Pill Tower, while Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian decided to eliminate them.
• Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiong Zhan ambushed Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan outside Sacred Pill City, killing them and their followers before burning the bodies.
• Xiao Yan returned with Tang Zhen, and he and Venerable Feng assembled a group of allies to rescue Old Yao; Xiao Yan also strengthened Heavenly Fire Venerable and Xiao Shuang with pills.
• The group entered the Nether Soul Mountain Range, where Iron Sword Venerable and Tang Zhen led the way through the cold mist.
• Zi Yan captured a Stone-Eating Ant Queen, whose ants killed Soul Hall spy birds and guided the group to a massive black branch hall.

Xiao Yan and his allies stormed a Soul Hall branch to rescue Old Yao, fighting through its defenders as Zi Yan opened a path into and out of the sealed space. They rescued Old Yao but were trapped by reinforcements, leaving Xiao Yan preparing a five-flame Destruction Fire Lotus against Star-Picking Old Ghost.

• Zi Yan cut through the spatial barrier and sent Stone-Eating Demonic Ants into the branch hall as Xiao Yan led the group inside to rescue Old Yao.
• Venerable Feng, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Zhen, and the others engaged the Soul Hall Venerable Elders while Xiao Shuang held off a purple-robed elder and Xiao Yan fought his way to Old Yao.
• Xiao Yan rescued Old Yao but was ambushed by Star-Picking Old Ghost, forcing Xiao Shuang to rejoin the group as they attempted to escape.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost summoned the Black and White Heavenly Venerables and attacked Zi Yan while she tried to tear open the sealed space; Xiao Shuang and Xiong Zhan moved to protect her.
• Xiao Yan began fusing five Heavenly Flames to form a Destruction Fire Lotus against Star-Picking Old Ghost.

Xiao Yan’s Destruction Fire Lotus nearly killed Star-Picking Old Ghost, but a surprise attack by the Black and White Heavenly Venerables left Xiao Yan critically injured. Zi Yan opened a spatial gate that carried the group to safety, and they brought Xiao Yan back to Starfall Pavilion to recover.

• Xiao Yan unleashed a five-flame Destruction Fire Lotus that destroyed Star-Picking Old Ghost’s Senluo Great Star Hand and cost him an arm, but the Black and White Heavenly Venerables intervened to save him.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost opened a spatial rift to help the Black and White Heavenly Venerables attack Xiao Yan; Xiao Shuang blocked one strike, while the other left Xiao Yan in a coma and near death.
• Zi Yan opened a spatial gate with help from an expert of her clan, and the group escaped after the Black and White Heavenly Venerables were knocked back.
• Old Yao examined Xiao Yan and said the Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pill and Three Thousand Burning Flame could help him recover; Tang Zhen returned to Fenyang Valley, while Iron Sword Venerable joined the group.
• Venerable Feng led the survivors to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan was placed on the Starfall Platform and Xiao Shuang received treatment for his injuries.
• Xiao Shuang had Xiao Yi Xian bring Feng Qing'er to Starfall Pavilion, imprisoned her again when she remained defiant, and Old Yao later helped the group improve with pills and instruction.

Xiao Shuang controlled Feng Qing'er with a soul imprint and took her from Starfall Pavilion to the Jia Ma Empire through a newly built spatial wormhole. Back home, he prepared to complete the connection between Starfall Pavilion and the Xiao Alliance as his disciples chose not to return to the Tianxin Empire.

• Xiao Shuang used Old Yao's secret technique to bind Feng Qing'er's soul, forced her to admit her resentment, and made her surrender her old storage ring.
• Xiao Shuang and Feng Qing'er left Starfall Pavilion as Old Yao and the others completed a spatial wormhole linking Starfall Pavilion with the Xiao Alliance.
• Zi Yan set the wormhole's destination, and Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er traveled through it to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Shuang visited Yaoye and Xue'er, then summoned Cai Lin and Xiao Yu to finish the wormhole in Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Shuang offered to take Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan back to the Tianxin Empire, but both refused because Soul Hall was too mysterious and they feared putting him at risk.

Xiao Shuang updated Yaoye and Xiao Yu on the Central Continent, discussed the Xiao Alliance’s growing influence, and assigned Little Purple to watch over the captured Feng Qing'er. The chapter ended with Little Purple reassured of Xiao Shuang’s trust and happy to take charge of Feng Qing'er.

• Xiao Shuang told Yaoye about the powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and ordered her to keep Feng Qing'er imprisoned until the Xiao Alliance was stronger.
• Xiao Shuang discussed the Pill Hall’s growing influence and Old Yao and Venerable Feng’s efforts to recruit alchemists from the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yu asked about visiting the Central Continent, and Xiao Shuang agreed while warning her to be careful because people coveted Spirits of Exotic Flame.
• Little Purple feared Xiao Shuang preferred Feng Qing'er as a mount, so Xiao Shuang explained the situation and asked her to watch over the sealed phoenix.
• Xiao Shuang told Little Purple that Feng Qing'er might eventually become Yaoye’s mount, and Little Purple happily accepted the task.

The Xiao Alliance continued to grow as the Soul Hall pressured the Lion Nether Sect into preparing for war against it. Xiao Shuang tested two ice-attribute pills and spent time with Xue'er before being summoned to the council hall over the Lion Nether Sect’s movements.

• The Xiao Alliance strengthened, while Cai Lin approached Five-Star Dou Zun and Xiao Shuang reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Old Man Mu Gu persuaded Shi Tian to cooperate with the Soul Hall and attack the Xiao Alliance, demanding that the Xiao Family be delivered to the Soul Hall afterward.
• Shi Tian ordered the Lion Nether Sect to prepare for war, summon its forces, and pressure surrounding factions to join its alliance.
• Dan Chen and Cao Ying presented their ice-attribute pills, and Xiao Shuang tested them and explained their different effects.
• Xiao Shuang played with Xue'er and let Little Purple hold her while Feng Qing'er began describing her clan.
• A messenger told Xiao Shuang that the Empress had summoned him because the Lion Nether Sect had made major moves.

Xiao Shuang led the Xiao Alliance into open war with the Lion Nether Sect after its attacks on their forces. At Cold Mountain Fortress, the Xiao Alliance defeated a Lion Nether Sect squad, then confronted Soul Hall Protectors and Old Man Mu Gu; Xiao Shuang gained the upper hand, but the battle was still underway.

• Xiao Shuang ordered the Xiao Alliance to declare all-out war on the Lion Nether Sect, assigned Cai Lin to lead the counterattack, and set out for Cold Mountain Fortress with Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Xiao Yu, and Little Purple.
• At Cold Mountain Fortress, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the other Xiao Alliance experts killed a hundred-man Lion Nether Sect squad led by a Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Soul Hall Protectors appeared to harvest the fallen fighters’ souls, and Old Man Mu Gu arrived to fight Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Shuang interrupted Old Man Mu Gu’s attack, sealed the area to block messages and escape, and faced him while Xiao Yu reinforced the spatial seal.
• Old Man Mu Gu used the Sea Heart Flame and Soul Hall techniques against Xiao Shuang, but Xiao Shuang’s Ice Dou Qi weakened the flame and his ice shield stopped Mu Gu’s energy fist.
• Xiao Shuang released the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Nine Nether Wind Flame, leaving Old Man Mu Gu considering a retreat while Xiao Shuang demanded his Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu defeated Old Man Mu Gu after he tried to escape and then self-destruct, and they took the Sea Heart Flame. Xiao Yu declined to devour it, so Xiao Shuang sealed it for Xiao Yan and planned to demand payment in her name.

• Old Man Mu Gu used exploding soul bodies and the Sea Heart Flame to break through Xiao Shuang’s spatial blockade, but Xiao Yu appeared and attacked him with the Netherworld Wind Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Old Man Mu Gu began a self-destruction, and Xiao Shuang froze the space while Xiao Yu’s fire dragons wounded him and the Xiao Alliance experts stabilized the spatial barrier.
• Old Man Mu Gu’s body exploded, but he hid his soul in a spatial rift before Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yu tracked him down and Xiao Yu burned him to death.
• Xiao Shuang claimed the Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Yu refused to devour it because it could disrupt the balance between her two flames.
• Xiao Shuang sealed the Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan and said he would demand payment from Xiao Yan in Xiao Yu’s name.

Xiao Shuang left the Xiao Alliance in Jia Xingtian and Xiao Yu’s care and sought Xiao Yan’s advice about visiting a dangerous Sealed Land. After Xun’er explained the threat posed by the Extreme Cold Saint, Xiao Shuang chose to go, and Xun’er opened a passage to the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Shuang entrusted the Xiao Alliance’s defense against the Lion Nether Sect to Jia Xingtian and Xiao Yu and told them to seek Xiao Yan’s help if needed.
• Xiao Shuang delivered the Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan and explained that he and Xiao Yu had killed a Soul Hall Venerable Elder who possessed it.
• Xiao Shuang crushed Xun’er’s jade slip, and Xun’er warned that the Sealed Land held the remnants and dangerous legacy of the Seven Star Dou Sheng Extreme Cold Saint.
• Xiao Shuang chose to enter the Sealed Land despite Xiao Yan’s concerns, and Xiao Yan gave him pills and protective items before asking him to care for his family in return.
• Xun’er opened a one-use passage with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xiao Shuang traveled through it to the Ancient Realm.

Xiao Shuang entered the Ancient Realm seeking the sealed Extreme Cold Saint, while Gu Yuan explained the Xiao Clan’s decline and the ancient clans’ struggle to preserve their Dou Di bloodlines. At the Sealed Land, the Extreme Cold Saint revealed a Dou Emperor Remnant and demanded that Xiao Shuang inherit her abilities and take revenge.

• Xun'er rejected the idea of returning the Xiao Clan’s resources, and Gu Yuan explained that the clan’s decline had stemmed from its withered Dou Di bloodline.
• Xiao Shuang arrived in the Ancient Realm, and Gu Yuan personally agreed to escort him to the Sealed Land after discussing the Xiao Clan and the divided key to Tou She Ancient God’s cave dwelling.
• Gu Yuan brought Xiao Shuang to the Stone Clan’s sealed iceberg and opened a path through its formation.
• The Extreme Cold Saint appeared and warned that she could seize Xiao Shuang’s body, but Gu Yuan said she could not do so while he was present.
• A black-robed Dou Emperor Remnant emerged, and the Extreme Cold Saint asked Xiao Shuang to inherit her abilities, avenge her, and confront the remnant’s enemy, the Bodhi Ancient Tree.