Chapter Summaries

Yao Chen intervened to protect the Flower Sect from Old Demon Tian Ming’s invasion, while Xiao Yan fought the attackers and saved Han Feng. As the Flower Sect Disciples worked to complete their formation, Hua Jin silently turned her hatred toward Han Feng.

• Yao Chen arrived at the Flower Sect, revealed she had become a Half-Saint, and declared she would fight Old Demon Tian Ming because he had targeted her disciples.
• Old Demon Tian Ming summoned more than twenty powerful Tian Ming Sect Dou Zuns, and Yao Chen blocked him while Elder Mei and the other elders tried to protect the Flower Sect Disciples forming the Hundred Flower Great Formation.
• Xiao Yan killed several attackers, rescued Han Feng from an ambush, and fought the dozen Tian Ming Sect members who surrounded him.
• Han Feng descended to help the Flower Sect Disciples complete their formation while Yao Chen, the elders, and Xiao Yan continued battling their respective opponents.
• Hua Jin stared at the crater where Demon Flower Evil Lord had vanished, then looked toward Han Feng with hatred.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran held back the Tian Ming Sect’s forces as the Flower Sect prepared its grand formation. Old Demon Tian Ming and Tian Mingzi each used a blood stone to create a powerful artificial Half-Saint, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Xiao Yan revealed a five-stroke clan mark, surged to peak Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zun, and began overwhelming Qiu Yue’s death warriors.
• Old Demon Tian Ming used a blood stone on Qiu Yue while the Flower Sect’s grand formation neared completion.
• Tian Mingzi found the Tian Ming Sect’s stronghold devastated by Nalan Yanran, who kept regenerating and slaughtering death warriors despite her terrible injuries.
• Tian Mingzi ordered the death warriors to keep their distance from Nalan Yanran, then implanted his blood stone in the mortally wounded Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen transformed into a grotesque, powerful creature, absorbed the surrounding death warriors, and faced Nalan Yanran as Tian Mingzi called him the Tian Ming Sect’s artificial Half-Saint.

Nalan Yanran was apparently destroyed by Yi Chen’s artificial Half-Saint attack, but the Scarlet Sword revived her by absorbing blood aura and rebuilding her body. She returned at peak Nine-star Dou Zun and faced Yi Chen again.

• Tian Mingzi ordered Yi Chen to kill Nalan Yanran, and Yi Chen struck her into the ruins before blasting her into a massive chasm.
• Believing Nalan Yanran dead, Tian Mingzi prepared to take Yi Chen to the Flower Sect to help conquer it.
• Heartbeat sounds rose from the chasm, and a crimson streak pierced Yi Chen before revealing itself as the Scarlet Sword.
• Tian Mingzi took the Scarlet Sword, but it stabbed him through the heart and drained his blood, killing him.
• The Scarlet Sword absorbed blood aura from the plaza and revived Nalan Yanran, whose rebuilt body reached peak Nine-star Dou Zun.
• Nalan Yanran grasped the Scarlet Sword and roared at Yi Chen.

Old Demon Tian Ming turned Qiu Yue into a monstrous artificial Half-Saint, forcing Xiao Yan to face him while Yao Chen fought Old Demon Tian Ming. The chapter ended with Yao Chen trusting Xiao Yan to handle Qiu Yue as she prepared to battle Old Demon Tian Ming in earnest.

• Old Demon Tian Ming sensed that a Bloodstone had been activated in the Tian Ming Sect, then infused Qiu Yue with another Bloodstone.
• Qiu Yue transformed into a mindless artificial Half-Saint, drained several Dou Zun Death Warriors, and badly injured Elder Mei, Elder Lan, and Elder Ju with one blow.
• Yao Chen realized she could not leave Old Demon Tian Ming to help Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan promised to handle Qiu Yue himself.
• Yao Chen accepted Xiao Yan's promise and used her Leaving Fire Blade and Hidden Leaving Fire Blade to wound Old Demon Tian Ming.
• Old Demon Tian Ming failed to shake Yao Chen's confidence in Xiao Yan and prepared to fight her seriously.

Cao Ying arrived at Starfall Pavilion to pursue a closer relationship with Xiao Yan, where Cai Lin welcomed her but warned her not to harm him. Cai Lin and Feng Qing'er left with Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, while Xiao Yan remained locked in a desperate battle against Qiu Yue at the Flower Sect.

• Cao Ying found Starfall Pavilion and met Xiao Yi Xian, Feng Qing'er, and Xun'er while Xiao Yan was away with Yao Chen.
• Cai Lin arrived and announced that her child was about to be born, so she would return to the Jia Ma Empire with Feng Qing'er and the children.
• Cai Lin thanked Cao Ying for saving Xiao Yan in the Star Region, warned her not to harm him, and promised that she could seek the family's protection.
• Cai Lin and Feng Qing'er left Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan behind.
• At the Flower Sect, Xiao Yan faced Qiu Yue while Yao Chen fought Old Demon Tian Ming, and Xiao Yan vowed not to lose despite his severe injuries.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen gained the upper hand against Qiu Yue and Old Demon Tian Ming after the Flower Sect Grand Formation was completed. The formation collapsed when Hua Jin attacked the Flower Sect Disciples, leaving Xiao Yan distracted and Qiu Yue poised to crush him.

• Xiao Yan struck Qiu Yue but was repelled by the artificial Half-Saint’s overwhelming strength and durability.
• The Flower Sect Grand Formation weakened Old Demon Tian Ming’s fighting spirit, allowing Yao Chen to wound him with her second Leaving Fire Blade strike.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and repeatedly struck Qiu Yue’s throat while the formation confused him.
• Qiu Yue caught Xiao Yan in his palm, but Xiao Yan escaped with Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and hit Qiu Yue’s throat again.
• As Xiao Yan prepared a six-Heavenly-Flame Fire Lotus, Hua Jin grievously wounded Han Feng and attacked the Flower Sect Disciples, causing the formation to disperse.
• Qiu Yue regained his awareness, raised his fists, and smashed them down at the distracted Xiao Yan.

Hua Jin betrayed the Flower Sect and attacked Han Feng, but Qiu Yue killed her before turning on the others. Xiao Yan rose despite his grievous injuries, protected Han Feng, and revealed a new way to channel his Fire Lotus through the Boundless Purgatory Ruler as he unleashed Burning Heaven against Qiu Yue.

• Hua Jin ripped the Metal Whip from Han Feng's back, injured Flower Sect Disciples, and blamed Han Feng for Demon Young Master's death.
• Hua Jin ordered Qiu Yue to help her destroy the Flower Sect, but Qiu Yue smashed her to death and then targeted Han Feng.
• Han Feng prepared to delay Qiu Yue and ordered the Flower Sect Disciples to take Xiao Yan away, but Xiao Yan struck Qiu Yue and stepped in front of her.
• Xiao Yan blocked Qiu Yue's punch with the sixth layer of Eight Extremes Collapse, then sent him flying with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler.
• Xiao Yan formed a six-colored Fire Lotus, infused it into the Boundless Purgatory Ruler, and brought down Burning Heaven against Qiu Yue.

Xiao Yan defeated Qiu Yue with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler but suffered catastrophic injuries, while Han Feng struggled to keep him alive. The Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders drove off Old Demon Tian Ming, who later appeared dead at the Tian Ming Sect alongside Yi Chen, as Nalan Yanran left the sect wounded and searching for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan split Qiu Yue and a vast stretch of ground with one strike, then collapsed from the injuries caused by the Sixth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Han Feng caught Xiao Yan, discovered that his body was failing, and fed him Healing Pills while trying to keep his blood flowing.
• Old Demon Tian Ming wounded Yao Chen, but Yao Chen exploited his distraction to sever one of his arms before he struck her with Tian Ming Claw.
• Qing Xiao and Hua Ze emerged as high-level Half-Saints, attacked Old Demon Tian Ming, and failed to stop him from teleporting away to the Tian Ming Sect.
• Yao Chen hurried down to find Xiao Yan and Han Feng after thanking the Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders for their help.
• Nalan Yanran left the Tian Ming Sect badly wounded, and the square held the mutilated corpses of Yi Chen and Old Demon Tian Ming.

At the Misty Cloud Sect, Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan discussed retirement and Zijing’s growth before Yun Xiao escaped her lessons and clashed with Yun Yun. Jia Xingtian gave Yun Xiao a cultivation scroll to reveal what she truly wanted, and she ended the chapter realizing she could not understand it.

• Jia Xingtian complained to Yun Shan and Nalan Jie that he still had to oversee the Jia Ma Empire while others had retired, and said Jia Ye remained in the Black Corner Region.
• Zijing served tea and explained that Yun Yun was teaching Yun Xiao literacy when Yun Xiao burst through the study wall to escape and run toward the border.
• Yun Yun caught Yun Xiao and brought her back, but Yun Xiao complained to Jia Xingtian that her lessons were boring and that she wanted to learn cultivation and fighting.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Xiao to cultivate her heart before pursuing strength, while Jia Xingtian gave the girl a cultivation technique scroll to test her resolve.
• Yun Xiao eagerly opened the scroll, struggled to understand it, and finally admitted to herself that she could not understand it.

Yun Xiao resisted learning to read until Jia Xingtian explained how literacy could help her protect herself, and Xiao Jing reinforced his lesson. Cai Lin returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan’s two children, and Yun Yun welcomed Feng Qing'er to stay while Xiao Yan remained away.

• Jia Xingtian explained to Yun Xiao that learning to read would help her understand cultivation methods and protect herself, and Yun Xiao considered his advice.
• Xiao Jing arrived to summon Jia Xingtian back to handle state affairs, then encouraged Yun Xiao to solve some things for herself instead of relying on others.
• Cai Lin arrived with Feng Qing'er and introduced her as another of Xiao Yan’s wives, along with their children Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin.
• Yun Yun greeted Feng Qing'er warmly and offered her a place to stay at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Cai Lin asked to stay there until she gave birth.

Xiao Yan woke at the Flower Sect after surviving the backlash from using Eight Extremes Collapse’s sixth level, and Yao Chen and Han Feng explained how they had saved him. As Han Feng revealed that she had fed him medicine mouth-to-mouth, Xun'er continued waiting anxiously for Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan woke in the Flower Sect, realized Three Thousand Burning Flame had helped heal him, and wandered through the Flower Sea while thinking about his responsibilities to his wives.
• Han Feng examined Xiao Yan and confirmed that he had mostly recovered, while the Flower Sea’s Illusion Array repeatedly clouded his mind.
• Yao Chen scolded Xiao Yan for using Eight Extremes Collapse’s sixth level while badly injured, then teased him about Han Feng feeding him medicine.
• Han Feng calmly told Xiao Yan that she had chewed the medicine and fed it to him with her mouth when he could not swallow, leaving him embarrassed.
• Han Feng privately showed a flicker of emotion, while Xun'er waited at Starfall Pavilion and resolved to achieve her final goal when Xiao Yan returned.

Hun Miesheng received Yun Ying’s order for Soul Hall to assist an attack on Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen learned more about the Flower Sect’s rescue and the Tian Ming Sect’s destruction. The chapter ended with Qing Xiao identifying the feared independent cultivator as Mad Dog Nalan Yanran.

• Hun Yan delivered Yun Ying’s order that Soul Hall assist in attacking Starfall Pavilion in three days, while Hun Miesheng and the deputy hall masters were forbidden to take action.
• Qing Xiao and Hua Ze thanked Xiao Yan for helping the Flower Sect and gave him a token he could use to summon their aid.
• Yao Chen rebuked Han Feng for risking her life to save Hua Yu, and Qing Xiao urged Han Feng to keep Hua Yu’s Dou Qi inheritance so she could help Yao Chen in the future.
• Qing Xiao told Xiao Yan and the others that someone had wiped out the Tian Ming Sect after its forces repeatedly pursued an independent cultivator.
• Qing Xiao revealed that the independent cultivator was known as Mad Dog Nalan Yanran, stunning Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan left the Flower Sect with Han Feng after its disciples crowded around him, while Yao Chen stayed behind to watch over Hua Yu. The story then shifted to Falling Star City, where Gu Qinghan waited near the Starfall Pavilion for a chance to meet Xiao Yan.

• The Flower Sect Disciples surrounded Xiao Yan as he tried to leave, and Elder Mei sent them back to cultivate in the Bitter Cold Land.
• Han Feng tied Xiao Yan's hair, and he worried about how to face Nalan Yanran when they met again.
• Elder Mei thanked Xiao Yan and invited him to return, while Yao Chen stayed at the Flower Sect to help if Hua Yu's condition worsened.
• Yao Chen reflected on how meeting Han Feng, Feng Xian, and Xiao Yan had changed her life, and Qing Xiao teased her about her former personality.
• In Falling Star City, Gu Qinghan finished training and wondered what made Xun'er wait so devotedly for Xiao Yan.

Gu Qinghan tried to relax in Falling Star City, but gave up buying a necklace she loved because she worried about the Black Seal Army’s funds. Xiao Yan bought the necklace after she left and, with Han Feng, sensed several unidentified Dou Zuns in the city, prompting them to investigate.

• Gu Qinghan let Black Seal Army soldiers drink during their break, then reflected on the pressure of her responsibilities and her bond with Xun'er.
• Gu Qinghan entered a shop and fell for a Galaxy Pendant, but declined to buy it despite having enough money because she wanted to preserve funds for the Black Seal Army.
• Xiao Yan arrived as Gu Qinghan was leaving, bought the pendant, and learned the shop had only one.
• Xiao Yan and Han Feng sensed several unidentified Dou Zuns in Falling Star City and decided to search the city to learn who they were.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Dou Zuns in Falling Star City belonged to a coordinated faction, then confronted Gu Qinghan, who attacked him with her nearly imperceptible saber technique. The fight left Xiao Yan badly wounded, and he began considering a risky way to counter her as she prepared another attack.

• Xiao Yan and Han Feng counted twenty-one Dou Zuns in Falling Star City, and Han Feng suspected they belonged to Soul Hall, though Xiao Yan doubted it.
• Xiao Yan sent Han Feng back to warn Feng Xian and led Gu Qinghan away from the crowds after realizing she was following him.
• Gu Qinghan demanded to know why Xiao Yan had observed her subordinates, and she attacked when he could not identify their purpose.
• Gu Qinghan wounded Xiao Yan twice with Instant of No Boundaries, but his instincts helped him evade a potentially fatal strike.
• Gu Qinghan unleashed repeated slashes that cut through Xiao Yan's defenses, while his concentrated Heavenly Flames made her wary of approaching.
• Xiao Yan rejected using a wide-area attack that could harm civilians and devised a risky plan as Gu Qinghan reached for her saber again.

Xiao Yan used his danger instincts to predict Gu Qinghan’s Instant of No Boundaries and capture her, then questioned her about her identity without intending to kill her. After Gu Qinghan warned him of a sneak attack, Xiao Yan recognized the attacker as one of the Soul Hall Venerables, accompanied by two others.

• Gu Qinghan extended Instant of No Boundaries to five seconds and slashed Xiao Yan over a hundred times, but he revealed that he had torn a piece from her cuff.
• Xiao Yan predicted Gu Qinghan’s next attack, caught her by the throat, struck her with Eight Extremes Collapse, and bound her with chains.
• Xiao Yan took Gu Qinghan’s sheathed longsword and asked who she was, but she refused to reveal her identity.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Qinghan he would not kill her for trying to kill him and planned to take her to Starfall Pavilion while he investigated her.
• Gu Qinghan warned Xiao Yan about an attacker, and he dodged while pulling her aside; he then recognized the seductive woman and her two companions as the Joyful Desire Venerables.

Han Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion and reported that Xiao Yan was in Falling Star City, but the Soul Hall launched simultaneous attacks on both places. As Xiao Yan was held back by Hun Yan and her companions, Gu Qinghan assured him that her people would fight the Soul Hall.

• Han Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion, where she told Feng Xian that Xiao Yan had stayed in Falling Star City to watch suspicious Dou Zun experts.
• Zhu Li sensed spatial gates opening above Starfall Pavilion, and more than a hundred Soul Hall members arrived under Hun Ming, Hun Qing, and Gu You.
• Han Feng crushed Xiao Yan’s signal token as Hun Ming ordered the Soul Hall forces to leave no one alive.
• Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates appeared over Falling Star City, and Gu Yao ordered the Black Seal Army to prepare for battle.
• Xiao Yan grew enraged at the Soul Hall’s attack, but Hun Yan and her companions prevented him from leaving; Gu Qinghan told him her subordinates would fight the Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan joined forces against Hun Yan, Hun Mei, and Hun Shu, with Xiao Yan taking on Hun Yan and the Half-Saint-level Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox while Gu Qinghan held back the other two. Gu Qinghan injured Hun Mei and Hun Shu with her swift swordsmanship, but the sisters prepared to fight seriously, and Gu Qinghan ended the chapter blaming the absent Xiao Yan she had never met for the trouble.

• Hun Yan and her sisters summoned the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox and confronted Xiao Yan, prompting him to ask Gu Qinghan to fight alongside him against Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan returned Gu Qinghan's longsword and gave her healing medicine, and Gu Qinghan used the recovered strength to slash Hun Shu when she attacked.
• Xiao Yan charged at Hun Yan and the demon fox while Gu Qinghan stayed behind to delay Hun Mei and Hun Shu.
• Gu Qinghan struck Hun Shu and then wounded Hun Mei, forcing both sisters to take her threat seriously.
• Hun Shu and Hun Mei gathered their Dou Qi and prepared to attack Gu Qinghan together as she resented the absent Xiao Yan for bringing her and the Black Seal Army into the conflict.

Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan fought Hun Yan, Hun Mei, and Hun Shu alongside the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox, whose illusions and Gu Qinghan’s revealed technique flaw put both fighters under pressure. Xiao Yan realized his mistake and let himself be hurled backward toward an unknown target, prompting Hun Yan to warn the others too late.

• Xiao Yan shattered Hun Yan’s Space Barrier and trapped her and the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox in a Sky-reaching Fire Pillar, while Gu Qinghan blocked Hun Mei and Hun Shu.
• The Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox used illusions to wound Xiao Yan, and Hun Yan joined its attacks as he struggled to discern their true positions.
• Hun Shu pierced Gu Qinghan’s shoulder and deduced that Instant of No Boundaries left her unable to use it for as many seconds as she had compressed.
• Hun Mei and Hun Shu pressed their advantage against Gu Qinghan while Xiao Yan realized his initial approach had been wrong.
• Hun Yan and the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox struck Xiao Yan and sent him flying, but Hun Yan noticed his trajectory and shouted a warning to Hun Mei and Hun Shu.

Xiao Yan used a sudden surge of power to overwhelm Hun Mei and Hun Shu, then rescued Gu Qinghan from Hun Wu by forcing Hun Wu to choose between her hostage and the two injured women. After sparing Hun Wu when she kept her bargain, Xiao Yan approached the sisters as Hun Yan and the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox arrived.

• Xiao Yan boosted his strength and severely injured Hun Mei and Hun Shu, then trapped Hun Yan and the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox behind a wall of fire.
• Hun Wu took Gu Qinghan hostage, but Xiao Yan threatened Hun Mei and Hun Shu until Hun Wu released Gu Qinghan to save them.
• Xiao Yan rescued Gu Qinghan, explained why he would not abandon her or break his bargain, and gave her the Galaxy Pendant to help her recover.
• Hun Wu fed medicine to Hun Mei and Hun Shu while Gu Qinghan watched Xiao Yan approach them.
• The Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox crossed the flame wall with Hun Yan, who shouted at Xiao Yan to stay away from her sister.