Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Han Yue and Han Xue in Tianbei City, then fought Shen Yun after the Wind Lightning North Pavilion elder demanded he answer for crippling Hong Family elders. Xiao Yan easily defeated Shen Yun, but Hong Chen summoned the Hong Family Ancestor, leaving the others to pity him.

• Xiao Yan recognized Han Yue and learned Han Xue was her sister, while Hong Chen accused him of injuring the Hong Family elders and claimed Han Xue as his fiancée.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Nine Star Dou Huang strength, and Shen Yun of the Wind Lightning North Pavilion confronted him on the Hong Family's behalf.
• Xiao Yan repelled Shen Yun's thunder palm with Eight Extremes Collapse, leaving the Three-star Dou Zong injured and stunned.
• Shen Yun urged Hong Chen to withdraw, but Hong Chen crushed his communication crystal to summon Hong Tianxiao, the Hong Family Ancestor.
• Hong Chen threatened Xiao Yan and noticed Han Xue and the others looking at him with pity, which made him uneasy.

Hong Tianxiao attacked Xiao Yan and the Han Clan, but Han Chi arrived to stop his lightning technique. As Hong Tianxiao threatened to make the Han Clan a vassal and claimed the Wind Lightning North Pavilion would protect him, Feng Qing'er appeared with Fei Tian and challenged him over the evidence against his crimes.

• Hong Tianxiao appeared, accused Xiao Yan of harming the Hong Family, and declared that Han Yue and Han Xue had to marry Hong Chen.
• Hong Tianxiao attacked Xiao Yan with a hidden Wind God Blade, which Xiao Yan blocked with a black chain, then summoned a lightning dragon to strike him and the Han Clan.
• Han Chi arrived and shattered Hong Tianxiao's Thunder Dragon Roar with his Soaring Wind Sword, then confronted him over his invasion and forced-marriage scheme.
• Hong Tianxiao claimed that Fei Tian and the Wind Lightning North Pavilion would help him take control of Tianbei City and keep Han Chi's evidence from reaching the Main Pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er appeared with Fei Tian and challenged Hong Tianxiao to explain what evidence he wanted Pavilion Master Fei Tian to conceal.

Feng Qing'er confronted the Hong Family over Hong Chen’s disrespect and its abuse of Wind Lightning Pavilion authority, then discovered Xiao Yan among the Han Clan’s people. Her warm reunion with Xiao Yan left Hong Tianxiao despairing.

• Feng Qing'er revealed that Hong Chen had invited her to become a Hong Family maid, and Hong Tianxiao dragged his grandson forward and begged her forgiveness.
• Feng Qing'er spared Hong Chen but questioned Fei Tian about allowing the Hong Family to interfere with the Wind Lightning North Pavilion, and Fei Tian knelt and admitted his guilt.
• Feng Qing'er confronted Hong Chen over forcing the Han Family Sisters into marriage by borrowing the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s power and asked Han Chi for his evidence.
• Feng Qing'er spotted Xiao Yan, recognized him, and embraced him as he greeted her.
• Hong Tianxiao realized Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan knew each other and grew even more despairing.

Feng Qing'er halted her conflict with the Hong Family until she could examine the Han Clan’s evidence, while Xiao Yan and his companions accepted the Han Clan’s hospitality. As Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun faced the consequences of their actions, a mysterious expert offered Hong Tianxiao help in exchange for demanding something from Xiao Yan.

• Feng Qing'er postponed Hong Tianxiao’s punishment pending a review of the Han Clan’s evidence and warned Shen Yun that she would question him about his role in bringing the Hong Family under the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Cai Lin stopped Feng Qing'er from taking Xiao Yan away, and the two women confronted each other until Xiao Yan proposed resting first and discussing Xiao Yi Xian’s trouble later.
• Han Yue and Han Chi invited Xiao Yan and his companions to stay with the Han Clan, and Feng Qing'er agreed to join them while promising to settle accounts with the Hong Family.
• Fei Tian stripped Shen Yun of his position and expelled him from the Wind Lightning Pavilion, while Hong Tianxiao led his despairing family back to their residence.
• At the Hong Family residence, a mysterious voice offered to help Hong Tianxiao survive if he demanded one thing from Xiao Yan.

At the Han Clan, Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and that her identity had to remain secret. Meanwhile, Yun Ying forced Hong Tianxiao to sacrifice Hong Chen for power, leaving Hong Tianxiao broken after the Hong Family estate was massacred.

• Han Yue cared for the sleeping Zi Yan while Xiao Yan explained that she might be nearing a breakthrough or evolution.
• Feng Qing'er examined Xiao Yi Xian in the coffin, learned that her soul lived inside Xiao Yan, and heard that Xiao Yan needed a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core to save her.
• Feng Qing'er revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and warned Xiao Yan and the Han Clan to keep her identity secret.
• Feng Qing'er explained that the evidence against the Hong Family could justify its destruction and said an attack on her would let her act without restraint.
• At the Hong Family estate, Yun Ying forced Hong Tianxiao to strangle Hong Chen and absorb his soul and Dou Qi as the price of their deal.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er discussed recent developments in Central Continent, including the Four Pavilion Tournament, the Yun Family auction, and the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Their conversation was interrupted when Hong Tianxiao appeared as a monstrous Two-star Dou Zun bearing Soul Hall aura and demanded Xiao Yan's Ancient Jade, forcing Cai Lin and the others to prepare for battle.

• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan about the upcoming Four Pavilion Tournament, the Yun Family's barter auction, and the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool opening.
• Feng Qing'er began describing a powerful Northwest Continent woman whose name started with Na before Hong Tianxiao's arrival cut her off.
• Hong Tianxiao appeared in the Han Clan courtyard as a monstrous Two-star Dou Zun, and Cai Lin recognized Soul Hall aura on him.
• Hong Tianxiao demanded the Ancient Jade, then used his control of space to charge at Xiao Yan.
• Cai Lin intercepted Hong Tianxiao and struck him back, while Yao Tianhuo and Zi Yun prepared to join the fight.
• Xiao Yan activated his battle techniques and stood beside Cai Lin as Feng Qing'er joined them, intending to question Hong Tianxiao after the battle.

After Hong Tianxiao’s death, a hidden red beam struck Xiao Yan and left him unconscious, while Yun Ying met Soul Spirit inside his Soul Space. Yun Ying gave Soul Spirit a way to leave the Soul Space occasionally, as their long-delayed contest remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and his allies killed Hong Tianxiao, and Feng Qing’er and Xiao Yan realized his power had come from forcibly absorbed Dou Qi and souls, likely through the Soul Hall’s schemes.
• Hong Tianxiao’s corpse released a red beam that struck Xiao Yan; Cai Lin caught him, and Yao Chen found his soul sealed behind a barrier.
• Yun Ying watched as Xiao Yan was carried inside, then appeared before Soul Spirit after locking away Black Xiao Yan and the Black Woman.
• Soul Spirit told Yun Ying that she had left divided souls across the continent as a means of rebirth, and Yun Ying confirmed she had some connection to the tens of millions of Vengeful Souls Xiao Yan absorbed.
• Yun Ying gave Soul Spirit scarlet light that would let her leave Xiao Yan’s Soul Space occasionally, warning her not to harm what he valued.

After waking from a two-week coma, Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Hall had manipulated Hong Tianxiao and slaughtered the Hong Family. At the Han Clan’s main hall, he reunited with Yun Ying, who invited him to an auction hosted by her clan.

• Cai Lin and Zi Yan were present when Xiao Yan woke, and he learned that he had been unconscious for two weeks after Hong Tianxiao struck him with a red ray.
• Yao Chen explained that the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s token Feng Qing’er left for Xiao Yan could no longer be used to enter the already-closed Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
• Cai Lin and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Hong Family, including Hong Chen and Shen Yun, had been killed, and they suspected the Soul Hall had controlled Hong Tianxiao and granted him a flawed power-boosting technique.
• Xiao Yan went to the Han Clan’s main hall, where he met Yun Ying and learned that she had come to invite Han Chi.
• Yun Ying invited Xiao Yan to attend a grand auction hosted by her clan.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Baiyu City for the Yun Family’s auction, where Cai Lin bought a mysterious stone and Yun Ying revealed more of her fabricated family. As Xiao Yan waited at the Yun Family, Yao Chen sensed Feng Xian’s arrival and urgently told him to hide her existence.

• Xiao Yan’s group arrived in Baiyu City, and he kept Zi Yan close while Yun Ying led them toward the Yun Family.
• Cai Lin bought a gray stone for two million gold coins and then spent lavishly on goods for the group.
• Yun Ying met Yun Ling, who agreed to pose as the Yun Family’s Second Young Lady in exchange for more than one hundred million vengeful souls.
• While Xiao Yan and his companions waited in the guest hall, Yao Chen sensed someone’s arrival and told Xiao Yan not to reveal her presence.
• Lei Zun Zhe, Yellow Springs Venerable, Sword Venerable, and Feng Xian entered the hall, and Xiao Yan recognized them.

Xiao Yan met the furious Wind Venerable Feng Xian at the Yun Family gathering and realized her resentment might be connected to Yao Chen. When Lei Zun Zhe insulted Xiao Yan as unworthy of Feng Qing'er’s friendship, Xiao Yan stopped Feng Qing’er from arguing and prepared to face Lei Zun Zhe himself.

• Feng Xian entered the main hall in a foul mood, intimidating the other Venerables and silencing Sword Venerable when he tried to speak with her.
• Feng Qing'er arrived, reunited warmly with Xiao Yan, and accepted the Wind Lightning Pavilion Token he returned after missing the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
• Lei Zun Zhe questioned Xiao Yan’s closeness to Feng Qing'er and declared that Xiao Yan was unworthy of standing beside her or becoming her friend.
• Feng Qing'er grew angry at Lei Zun Zhe, but Xiao Yan stepped in and told her he would speak with her teacher himself.

Xiao Yan confronted Lei Zun Zhe over his closeness with Feng Qing'er and accepted a test meant to drive him away. He forced Lei Zun Zhe to retreat with a three-colored Fire Lotus, but Feng Xian then grabbed him and demanded to know his relationship with Feng Qing'er.

• Xiao Yan stepped forward when Lei Zun Zhe questioned his friendship with Feng Qing'er, and Lei Zun Zhe declared that Xiao Yan had to make him retreat to prove he was qualified to remain close to her.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge despite Feng Qing'er’s concern and revealed that he could wield three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan formed a three-colored Fire Lotus, frightening Lei Zun Zhe into retreating several steps before Xiao Yan used it.
• Lei Zun Zhe conceded defeat and promised not to interfere in matters between Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er, then returned to his seat in anger.
• Feng Xian seized Xiao Yan by the collar and coldly asked what his relationship with Feng Qing'er was.

Feng Xian confronted Xiao Yan over his three Heavenly Flames, suspecting a connection to Yao Chen and the Fen Jue, but Yun Ying stopped the fight and arranged for them to talk after the auction. With the final guest, Ice Venerable, arriving and eyeing the coffin Xiao Yan carried, Yun Ying began the auction.

• Feng Xian questioned Xiao Yan about the person who had taught him to contain three Heavenly Flames, and Cai Lin shielded him when Feng Xian threatened to attack.
• Sword Venerable tried to intervene, but Yun Ying and Yun Ling entered and persuaded Feng Xian to wait until after the auction to question Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Yao Chen had avoided Feng Xian because of their strained relationship, then exchanged a cold greeting with Yun Ling.
• Yun Ying said her father remained in seclusion, while Yun Ling privately knew the Yun Family was a fabrication created by Yun Ying with Soul Hall's power.
• Ice Venerable arrived and directed his attention toward the coffin containing Xiao Yi Xian's body, and Yun Ying announced that the auction would begin.

At a Central Continent auction, Xiao Yan learned that Ice Venerable coveted Xiao Yi Xian’s Innate Calamitous Poison Body, while Yun Ying revealed a sinister plan to test Xiao Yan by endangering those around him. Elsewhere, Nalan Yanran’s fearsome reputation frightened a mother and daughter, but she returned with a replacement candy for the girl.

• Yun Ying and Yun Ling brought Xiao Yan and his companions into the identity-concealing auction hall, where Ice Venerable stared greedily at Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin.
• Feng Qing’er warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian that Ice Venerable had an Acquired Calamitous Poison Body and might try to seize Xiao Yi Xian’s body to gain her Innate constitution.
• Yun Ling challenged Yun Ying for luring Ice Venerable to the auction, and Yun Ying said he cared only that Xiao Yan survived, not whether his companions did.
• Nalan Yanran walked through Baiyu City as bystanders discussed her destruction of the Iron Sword Sect and feared her brutal reputation.
• When a little girl named Xiao Xiao crashed into Nalan Yanran and broke her candy, Nalan Yanran returned with a larger monkey-shaped malt candy and gently gave it to her.

Nalan Yanran enjoyed a meal in Baiyu City and learned that Ice River Valley planned to seize Xiao Yi Xian, her friend, because of her Calamitous Poison Body. She killed Binghe and confronted Tianshuangzi, leaving the restaurant cleared for their fight.

• Nalan Yanran comforted a little girl by replacing the malt candy she had dropped, then continued browsing Baiyu City's street stalls.
• Nalan Yanran ordered two portions of every dish on the menu and thought about Xiao Yan and her resolve to win their next Three-Year Pact.
• Tianshuangzi told Binghe that Ice River Valley had come to Baiyu City to capture Xiao Yi Xian, who was sealed inside a coffin and unable to move.
• Nalan Yanran suddenly beheaded Binghe with her Scarlet Sword and told Tianshuangzi that Xiao Yi Xian and her companions were important friends.
• Nalan Yanran paid the shop assistant to evacuate the restaurant and raised her sword to fight Tianshuangzi before she finished her meal.

At the Yun Family Auction House, Ice Venerable demanded Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin and attacked Yun Ying when she tried to stop him. As the conflict escalated, Yao Chen revealed herself to Feng Xian, who then declared Xiao Yan and his group under her protection.

• Cai Lin bought ten stones at the auction, while Xiao Yan worried about Ice Venerable’s interest in Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin.
• After the auction ended, Yun Ying promised Xiao Yan safety while he met with Feng Xian about her earlier request.
• Ice Venerable demanded Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin, struck Yun Ying aside, and threatened to destroy the Yun Family and Xiao Yan’s group.
• Cai Lin attacked Ice Venerable but was knocked back, while Ice River Valley Elders arrived and the other Venerables declined to intervene.
• Feng Xian grabbed Xiao Yan and demanded to know his relationship with Yao Chen, prompting Yao Chen to speak through him and ask for help.
• Feng Xian released Xiao Yan and placed him and his group under her protection, angering Ice Venerable.

Feng Xian and Feng Qing'er chose to protect Xiao Yan’s group and the coffin containing Xiao Yi Xian, even at the cost of opposing Ice River Valley and abandoning their affiliations. As the battle for the coffin began, Xiao Yan revealed a sudden rise to Five-star Dou Zong and stepped forward to face Ice Talisman.

• Feng Xian declared that she would protect Xiao Yan’s group and fought Ice Venerable, while Cai Lin shielded Xiao Yan and Yun Ying.
• Lei Zun Zhe and the other pavilion leaders refused to join the conflict, but Feng Qing'er withdrew from Wind Lightning Pavilion and stayed to guard the coffin.
• Ice Venerable ordered the Ice River Valley Elders to seize the coffin, prompting Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yun, and Feng Qing'er to hold them off.
• Ice Talisman charged toward the coffin, but Xiao Yan struck him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and drove him back.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Five-star Dou Zong, told Zi Yan to protect the coffin, and challenged Ice Talisman.

Yao Tianhuo and Zi Yun overwhelmed their opponents in separate battles, revealing the power of their techniques and inhuman forms. Yao Tianhuo activated her Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation against two Six-star Dou Zongs, while Zi Yun killed the three Five-star Dou Zongs fighting her.

• Yao Tianhuo melted the Six-star Dou Zongs’ ice needles, then used the mist and ice clones to draw them into a failed ambush.
• Yao Tianhuo revealed her Soul Body with the Leaving Fire Prison Robe, burned one attacker’s arm, and warned him to sever it before the flames spread.
• Yao Tianhuo summoned five flame beasts and activated the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation around the two Six-star Dou Zongs.
• Zi Yun used External Manifestation to make her Purple Crystal Winged Lion King phantom attack the three Five-star Dou Zongs.
• Zi Yun smashed one opponent into the ground, had the phantom chew another to death, then caught and killed the fleeing survivor.

Feng Qing'er lured Ice Talisman into lowering his guard and killed him, while Xiao Yan defeated Bing Hua and tried to save her. The battle continued elsewhere, with Tianshuangzi still facing Nalan Yanran and Ice Venerable calling for help.

• Feng Qing'er let Ice Talisman believe she was exhausting herself against the Myriad Ice Prism Mirror until he dismissed it, then struck him with her Demonic Phoenix Sacred Image.
• Ice Talisman fatally wounded by Feng Qing'er tried to crush her with a block of ice, but Lei Zun Zhe shattered it with lightning before it could hit her.
• Xiao Yan killed Bing Hua with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and rushed to Feng Qing'er, then gave her medicinal pills to help her recover.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan that Lei Zun Zhe had intervened to save her despite his harsh words.
• Ice Venerable called for Tianshuangzi while Tianshuangzi faced the injured but intimidating Nalan Yanran atop the ruins of an inn.

Nalan Yanran repeatedly regenerated through Mad Blood Disease, growing stronger as she fought Tianshuangzi until he fled with a Spatial Jade Token, carrying her back to Ice River Valley. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and his allies arrived after killing the Ice River Valley Elders and surrounded Ice Venerable, with Xiao Yan vowing to kill him.

• Nalan Yanran regenerated from Tianshuangzi's attacks and grew faster and stronger, eventually breaking his Space Barrier and forcing him to unleash Ice River Valley's ultimate techniques.
• Tianshuangzi's bombardment left Nalan Yanran shattered and apparently dead, but Mad Blood Disease restored her, and she severed one of his arms.
• Tianshuangzi fled and crushed his Spatial Jade Token, but Nalan Yanran clung to him, so they vanished together to Ice River Valley.
• Ice Venerable sensed Tianshuangzi's return and realized he had lost his aid, then saw Xiao Yan, Feng Qing'er, Zi Yun, and Yao Tianhuo surrounding him.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Ice River Valley Elders' corpses and declared that he would not let Ice Venerable leave alive.

Xiao Yan killed Ice Venerable with a powerful attack, but Ice Venerable survived using a substitute technique and tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian. The Yun Family patriarch then gravely wounded Ice Venerable, who fled back to Ice River Valley, where a bloodied woman killed him and the valley was left destroyed.

• Ice Venerable nearly killed Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan defended himself with black chains and three-colored Heavenly Flames as Cai Lin and Feng Qing’er recalled past times he had risked his life.
• Xiao Yan used the clan mark and Leaving Fire Blade to strike Ice Venerable, while Feng Xian broke Ice Venerable’s Space Barrier and let the attack split him in two.
• Ice Venerable revealed that he had survived with a substitute technique and renewed his threat to take the Calamitous Poison Body, but the Yun Family patriarch appeared and severely injured him.
• Ice Venerable crushed a Spatial Jade Token and escaped to Ice River Valley, where he found Tianshuangzi and the valley’s people dead.
• A bloodied, cherry-haired woman pounced on Ice Venerable and tore out his throat, leaving him dead and Ice River Valley destroyed.