Chapter Summaries

After Ice Venerable escaped, Feng Xian took Xiao Yan aside and forced Yao Chen to reveal herself by reading aloud a notebook of her past misdeeds. Feng Xian and Yao Chen reunited with relief, but Yao Chen’s teasing immediately threatened to ruin the moment.

• Xiao Yan thanked the Yun Family senior and Feng Xian after they helped drive Ice Venerable away, then checked that Zi Yan’s coffin was safe.
• Feng Xian dragged Xiao Yan into a sealed room and demanded that Yao Chen come out, but Yao Chen stayed silent until Feng Xian began listing her past scandals.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he was Yao Chen’s disciple, and Feng Xian recounted Yao Chen’s many past exploits from her notebook.
• Yao Chen finally appeared and begged Feng Xian to stop exposing her, while Feng Xian mocked her for her old behavior.
• Feng Xian embraced Yao Chen and whispered that she was glad Yao Chen was alive; Yao Chen apologized, then teased Feng Xian about her figure.
• Feng Xian threatened to slap Yao Chen for spoiling the emotional moment, and Yao Chen apologized.

Yao Chen and Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng was missing after reaching Central Continent, while Nalan Yanran destroyed Ice River Valley after defeating Tianshuangzi and killing Ice Venerable. Xiao Yan worried that he had missed Nalan Yanran, and the chapter ended with her badly injured but still heading toward a city, determined to meet and defeat him.

• Feng Xian learned why Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen, then discovered that Han Feng had not arrived at Starfall Pavilion and might have been intercepted by Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Feng Xian left for Starfall Pavilion, while Yun Ying ordered Soul Hall to offer Ice Venerable cooperation.
• Yun Ying learned that Nalan Yanran had followed Tianshuangzi to Ice River Valley, killed its disciples, and bitten Ice Venerable to death, so she ordered an investigation into Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan read a report linking Nalan Yanran to Ice River Valley's destruction and regretted missing her in Baiyu City.
• Cai Lin cornered Xiao Yan in his room at Starfall Pavilion, and they kissed while Xiao Yi Xian complained in Xiao Yan's heart.
• Nalan Yanran struggled toward the nearest city despite her severe injuries, telling herself to stay awake until her wish came true and promising to defeat Xiao Yan.

Yao Chen reunited with Feng Xian and discussed restoring her Soul Power and searching for Feng'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yi Xian. After Feng Xian revealed Yao Chen’s humiliating history with Xuan Yi, Xiao Yan learned that his teacher’s reputation among Central Continent’s powerful figures was far worse than he had imagined.

• Feng Xian warned Yao Chen not to lead Mu Qingluan astray, then heard that Yao Chen planned to restore her Soul Power and find Feng'er.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to take Feng Xian’s letter to the Pill Tower to seek information about Soul Hall, but Feng Xian revealed that Xuan Yi was one of its leaders.
• Feng Xian recounted how Yao Chen had disguised herself as a man, deceived Xuan Yi into helping her enter the Pill Gathering, and abandoned her after winning and selling the championship.
• Xiao Yan asked about Yao Chen’s reputation, and Feng Xian explained that powerful people who knew her considered her notorious for tormenting them.
• Xiao Yan worried that revealing he was Yao Chen’s disciple might get him beaten to death.

Yao Chen resolved to face her past and revealed to Feng Xian that her deepest wish was for her parents’ names to remain on the Yao Clan’s ancestral monument. After Xiao Yan helped Yao Tianhuo recover her Soul Power, Yao Chen prepared to take him to the Four Pavilion Tournament as Starfall Pavilion’s representative.

• Yao Chen decided she would go to the Pill Tower with Xiao Yan rather than keep hiding from her past.
• Yao Chen gave the medicinal ingredients on Feng Xian’s list to Xiao Yan to help restore Yao Tianhuo’s Soul Power.
• Feng Xian asked whether Yao Chen still wanted the Yao Clan’s acceptance, and Yao Chen explained that she only wished for her parents’ names to remain on its ancestral monument.
• Yao Tianhuo’s recovery caused a pillar of fire to erupt, and she reached the strength of a nine-star Dou Zun.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to rest before representing Starfall Pavilion at the Four Pavilion Tournament, and Xiao Yan promised not to bring shame upon her.

Feng Qing'er left Yu Ying to watch the orphanage children while she went to prepare for the Four Pavilion Tournament, and Yu Ying took them around Star River City. When Xiao Yan saw the children bound together by a rope and staring hungrily at Zi Yan’s roasted meat, he mistook Yu Ying for a child trafficker and confronted her.

• Feng Qing'er brought the orphanage children into Star River City, then gave Yu Ying her Token and left for Wind Lightning East Pavilion.
• Yu Ying tied the children together with a padded rope so they would not get lost, and refused to use Feng Qing'er's Token to buy them food.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan bought roasted meat at a street stall while exploring the city.
• Xiao Yan noticed Yu Ying and the children watching Zi Yan eat, then saw their bound wrists and suspected Yu Ying of trafficking them.
• Xiao Yan approached Yu Ying and asked what relationship she had with the children.

Xiao Yan met Yu Ying and the children at Feng Qing'er's orphanage, gave them food and money, and left Zi Yan to look after them while he went to the Four Pavilion Tournament. At the tournament venue, Feng Xian surprised the other pavilion leaders by smiling before Lei Zun Zhe announced the event's start.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Yu Ying for misunderstanding her rope and treated her and the children to roasted meat.
• Xiao Yan learned that Feng Qing'er had established the orphanage and explained that she hoped to make up for past regrets by caring for the children.
• When the tournament bell rang, Xiao Yan asked Yu Ying to look after Zi Yan and gave her money for food, then left for the venue.
• Zi Yan led the children to buy candied hawthorn while Yu Ying accepted Xiao Yan's kindness and paid with his money.
• Feng Xian smiled when Sword Venerable asked about her mood, astonishing him, Lei Zun Zhe, and Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Lei Zun Zhe announced that the Four Pavilion Tournament had officially begun.

Xiao Yan entered the Four Pavilion Tournament as Yao Chen’s disciple, drawing disbelief and attention from the other pavilion leaders. When Yan Feng challenged him, Xiao Yan defeated him with a single punch, leaving the tournament crowd stunned.

• Mu Qingluan stayed in the stands, and Feng Xian revealed that Xiao Yan had returned as Yao Chen’s disciple to take Starfall Pavilion’s place in the tournament.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as a One-star Dou Zong, prompting Lei Zun Zhe and the other Venerables to question whether he could truly be Yao Chen’s disciple before Feng Xian confirmed it.
• Feng Qing’er greeted Xiao Yan and told him that the Pill Tower’s upcoming Pill Gathering might offer a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lei Zun Zhe announced that anyone below Dou Zun could challenge the four pavilion chief disciples, and Yan Feng chose to challenge Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan knocked Yan Feng out of the arena with one punch, ending the fight instantly.

Xiao Yan defeated Yan Feng and Yan Shan with single punches, prompting Tang Ying and Wang Chen to withdraw from the tournament. The final battle between Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er began, and after their clash of strength, Feng Qing'er unleashed Wind Lightning Transformation against Xiao Yan’s Leaving Fire Prison Robe.

• Xiao Yan knocked out Yan Feng with one punch, and Feng Qing'er rebuked a spectator who accused him of cheating.
• Yan Shan challenged Xiao Yan and was also knocked out instantly, after which Tang Ying and Wang Chen withdrew.
• Lei Zun Zhe ended the challenge phase and announced the final battle between Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan.
• Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan collided at the arena’s center, and Xiao Yan began overpowering her in a contest of strength.
• Feng Qing'er used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to attack from behind, but Xiao Yan activated Leaving Fire Prison Robe and warned her away from his flames.
• Feng Qing'er split into several figures and unleashed Wind Lightning Transformation against Xiao Yan.

Phoenix arrived in Star River City to find Feng Qing'er, but sensed an Ancient Void Dragon aura and headed toward Zi Yan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan withstood Feng Qing'er's attacks until she conceded, then learned Zi Yan was in the city and rushed with Feng Qing'er to reach her.

• Phoenix entered Star River City with Huang Xuan despite the Wind Lightning Pavilion's restrictions and sensed an aura she hated.
• Phoenix spotted Zi Yan handing cotton candy to children and identified her as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Feng Qing'er's Wind Lightning Transformation with his flames and countered with the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method.
• Feng Qing'er withdrew her illusion bodies and conceded, recognizing that Xiao Yan had held back during their fight.
• Feng Qing'er learned that Zi Yan was wandering around Star River City with children and urgently took Xiao Yan to find her.

Phoenix attacked Zi Yan in Star River City and tried to take her to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as a sacrifice for her dead sister. Feng Qing’er defied her aunt to protect Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan stepped forward as Zi Yan’s guardian as the confrontation continued.

• Phoenix left Zi Yan gravely wounded and threatened Yu Ying, but spared her after recognizing Feng Qing’er’s token and learning the children were orphans Feng Qing’er had taken in.
• Feng Qing’er arrived with Xiao Yan, who fed Zi Yan pills and revived her, while Phoenix demanded that Feng Qing’er bring Zi Yan back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Phoenix revealed that Feng Qing’er’s mother had been killed by an Ancient Void Dragon, but Feng Qing’er refused to punish Zi Yan for the crime of someone else.
• Feng Qing’er defied Phoenix’s command to surrender Zi Yan, and Phoenix struck Lei Zun Zhe when he tried to calm her.
• Xiao Yan entrusted Zi Yan to Cai Lin, stood beside Feng Qing’er, and told Phoenix that he was Zi Yan’s guardian.

Phoenix demanded that Xiao Yan surrender Zi Yan, but Feng Qing'er defied her aunt and declared that she was leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Feng Qing'er gave Phoenix all her essence blood to bargain for Zi Yan's safety, and Xiao Yan confronted Phoenix when she left with it.

• Phoenix threatened Xiao Yan and tried to take Zi Yan, but Feng Qing'er stepped between them.
• Feng Qing'er refused to abandon Zi Yan and formally declared her defection from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing'er extracted all the clan essence blood from her body and pleaded with Phoenix to spare Zi Yan.
• Feng Qing'er collapsed, and Phoenix took the essence blood while agreeing to leave Zi Yan alone.
• Xiao Yan stopped Phoenix and demanded that she return Feng Qing'er's essence blood.

Xiao Yan demanded that Phoenix return the blood essence Feng Qing'er had given up to save Zi Yan, refusing to accept her sacrifice. Cai Lin, Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yun, Feng Xian, and Lei Zun Zhe joined him against Phoenix, who unleashed her Dou Sheng aura and prepared to fight them.

• Yun Ling and Yun Ying watched Xiao Yan challenge Phoenix, while Huang Xuan was stunned by his audacity.
• Xiao Yan argued that Feng Qing'er had no right to trade her life for Zi Yan and demanded Phoenix return the blood essence.
• Xiao Yi Xian supported Xiao Yan's decision, and he endured Phoenix's pressure before manifesting his chains and Heavenly Flames.
• Cai Lin, Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yun, Feng Xian, and Lei Zun Zhe stepped forward to stand with Xiao Yan.
• Phoenix gave the blood essence to Huang Xuan, unleashed her Dou Sheng aura over Star River City, and challenged the group to face her.

Xiao Yan and the others fought Phoenix in a desperate attempt to recover Feng Qing’er’s essence blood before she died, but Phoenix effortlessly defeated them. She returned the essence blood to Xiao Yan, who restored Feng Qing’er and risked his life to finish in time; Phoenix spared him, acknowledging that Feng Qing’er had chosen well.

• Xiao Yan sent Yu Ying and the children away, then attacked Phoenix with his strongest techniques, but she emerged completely unharmed.
• Phoenix challenged everyone to make her move and warned that Feng Qing’er had only three minutes left, prompting Xiao Yan and the others to attack together.
• Lei Zun Zhe and Feng Xian unleashed their techniques, while Yao Chen revealed herself through Feng Xian and joined the fight; Zi Yun returned to battle after Phoenix blasted her away.
• Xiao Yan and the others combined their attacks, including Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus, but Phoenix repelled them effortlessly and left them grievously injured.
• Phoenix reclaimed Feng Qing’er’s essence blood from Huang Xuan and tossed it to Xiao Yan, giving him ten seconds to restore it.
• Xiao Yan returned the essence blood to Feng Qing’er and refused to dodge Phoenix’s fatal strike; Phoenix stopped the attack and acknowledged that Feng Qing’er had not chosen the wrong person.

Phoenix tested Xiao Yan’s resolve, spared him and left Feng Qing’er’s future in his hands, while explaining that she regretted not fighting to avenge her sister. Three days later, Feng Qing’er woke beside Xiao Yan and affirmed that she had chosen to leave her clan because he was worth it.

• Phoenix demonstrated her overwhelming strength to Xiao Yan, warned him not to endanger Feng Qing’er again, and departed with Huang Xuan.
• In the Space Tunnel, Phoenix explained that Xiao Yan and Feng Qing’er had faced danger despite their fear, and spoke of her lifelong regret over not fighting the Ancient Void Dragon that killed her sister.
• Three days later, Feng Qing’er woke in the Wind Lightning Pavilion with her essence blood restored and found Xiao Yan watching over her.
• Feng Qing’er challenged Xiao Yan’s double standard about risking their lives for each other, then clarified that she had left the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan by choice.
• Feng Qing’er told Xiao Yan that she would never regret her decision because he was worth it.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er arrived in Sacred Pill City to gather ingredients for a pill and enter the Pill Gathering, but learned that Yao Chen's past had led the Pill Tower to reject her recommendation. Xiao Yan saw a possible way forward when he approached a disgruntled Ye Family member and offered him a deal.

• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er reached Sacred Pill City, where they gathered the ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill using Yao Chen's pill formulas.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan discovered that Pill Gathering entrants needed a recommendation from an approved faction, and the rules specifically rejected recommendations from Starfall Pavilion and Venerable Yao.
• At the registration area, a Pill Tower staff member explained that Xuan Yi had added the restriction, which Yao Chen recognized as revenge for her past misconduct.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er heard a Ye Family member protest that the clan could not compete unless it found an alchemist able to match Cao Ying, Xuan Yi's gifted disciple.
• Xiao Yan stopped the departing Ye Family member and asked whether he would make a deal.

Xiao Yan offered to help Ye Zhen’s Ye Family regain its Pill Gathering qualifications in exchange for a medicinal ingredient, then accompanied him to a temporary examination site to seek Seventh Grade Alchemist certification. He entered the examination room with an elderly examiner while Ye Zhen worried outside and Feng Qing'er trusted that he would succeed.

• Xiao Yan offered to represent the Ye Family in the Pill Gathering, and Ye Zhen agreed after Xiao Yan explained that the ingredient he needed was his only requested reward.
• Ye Zhen admitted that the Ye Family had been removed from the Pill Tower’s Five Great Clans because his father had tried to buy a championship for him, and Xiao Yan privately resolved to help make amends for Yao Chen’s part in the affair.
• Ye Zhen took Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er to the temporary alchemist examination site, where Xiao Yan announced that he would test for Seventh Grade certification.
• An elderly examiner told Ye Zhen that the Ye Family would not return to the Pill Tower while Elder Xuan Yi remained, then took Xiao Yan into the examination room alone.
• Ye Zhen worried whether Xiao Yan would manage a Seventh Grade Pill, while Feng Qing'er assured him that Xiao Yan could do what he said.

At the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan passed the alchemist assessment by refining a Seventh Grade Pill, earning a qualification badge and impressing Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen brought him and Feng Qing'er to the Ye Family, where Xiao Yan reunited with Ye Xinlan, who revealed his fearsome title from the Black Corner Region.

• Xuan Yi learned that no one with a recommendation from Starfall Pavilion or Venerable Yao had registered, then condemned the Ye Family's past misconduct and set a condition for its participation.
• Pill Lightning struck over the temporary assessment site, and Xiao Yan emerged after successfully refining a Seventh Grade Pill.
• The assessment elder awarded Xiao Yan a Seventh Grade Alchemist badge and remarked that his Soul Power might rival Cao Ying's.
• Ye Zhen led Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er to the Ye Family's remote residence and summoned his daughter, Ye Xinlan.
• Ye Xinlan recognized Xiao Yan from her time at Heavenly Doctor's Hall and announced that the Black Corner Region honored him with the title Evil Leader.

Xiao Yan met Ye Zhen and agreed to represent the Ye Family in a Soul Power contest against Cao Ying, which would determine whether they could enter the Pill Gathering. At the arena the next day, Xuan Yi sensed a familiar aura from Xiao Yan as the contest was about to begin.

• Ye Xinlan revealed that Xiao Yan was known as the Evil Leader, and Ye Zhen realized his guest had unified the Black Corner Region.
• Ye Zhen tried to arrange a match between Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan, but Ye Xinlan stopped him and said Xiao Yan had promised to spend his life with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan agreed to face Cao Ying in Soul Power, while Yao Chen warned that Cao Ying might know Soul Skills and told Xiao Yan to devise his own method of control.
• Ye Zhen sent word to Xuan Yi that the Ye Family would challenge Cao Ying, and Xiao Yan privately promised Xiao Yi Xian he would help her return to her body and would not run away again.
• Xuan Yi and Cao Ying arrived at the arena, where Xuan Yi recognized Feng Qing'er and then sensed a familiar aura from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan competed with Cao Ying in the first stage of the Ye Family’s Soul Power challenge and tied her score, giving the Ye Family hope of entering the Pill Gathering. Xuan Yi began the second stage, which tested Soul Power control, and the contest remained underway.

• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi learned that Xiao Yan, Yao Chen’s disciple, had come to help the Ye Family challenge Cao Ying.
• Xuan Yi began the Soul Power contest, and Cao Ying and Xiao Yan each scored 1,846 on the Soul-Measuring Stele.
• Xuan Yi confirmed the stele worked and declared that Cao Ying and Xiao Yan had tied, exciting Ye Zhen and Ye Xinlan.
• Xuan Yi explained that the second stage would test how many Soul Testing Beads each contestant could catch within ten seconds.
• Xuan Yi called the start of the second stage as Cao Ying and Xiao Yan prepared to catch the beads.

Xiao Yan lost the Soul Testing Bead round to Cao Ying by one bead after struggling with the unfamiliar test, but calmly accepted the result and refused a rematch. Xuan Yi then restored the Ye Family’s Pill Gathering qualification, and Xiao Yan agreed to face Cao Ying in the final Soul Power combat round.

• Xiao Yan initially struggled to catch the heavy Soul Testing Beads while Cao Ying quickly built a large lead, and Feng Qing'er silenced spectators mocking him.
• Xiao Yan formed a second soul hand and caught beads fast enough to finish with 195, just one behind Cao Ying’s 196.
• Xiao Yan accepted his loss without excuses and told Xuan Yi that the dead had no right to a rematch.
• Xuan Yi approved the Ye Family’s participation in the Pill Gathering and canceled the restrictions she had imposed on them.
• Xuan Yi proposed the final match as a Soul Power fight, and Xiao Yan agreed despite having no experience fighting with Soul Power.