Chapter Summaries

During the battle at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian unleashed the Calamitous Poison Body to hold off Gui Yan Venerate while Xun'er struggled with whether to undo her seal. Xun'er finally revealed her immense strength and joined the fight against Hun Ming, just as an unknown ally offered to help.

• Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame to kill Soul Emissaries while Xiao Yi Xian warned her to focus on surviving the battle.
• Gui Yan Venerate ambushed Xiao Yi Xian, who was injured while protecting Xun'er and then swallowed the Condensing Heart Myriad Poison Pill to raise her strength to the peak of Nine-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought Gui Yan Venerate with her unleashed Calamitous Poison Body, and Xun'er resolved to stop holding back.
• Xun'er undid the Ancient Heart Seal, revealed her initial-level Half-Saint strength and powerful Divine Bloodline, then burned Gui Yan Venerate to ashes with her golden flame.
• Xun'er joined Tong Xuan to face Hun Ming, who threatened them, but a voice offered to join their fight.

Yao Chen, Qing Xiao, and Hua Ze arrived at Starfall Pavilion as the battle against Soul Hall began, while Xiao Yan confronted Hun Yan and her sisters in Falling Star City. Xiao Yan struck at Hun Yan, but Hun Wu shielded her and revealed a face that left him stunned: she looked like Sister Xiao Yu.

• Yao Chen, Qing Xiao, and Hua Ze arrived at Starfall Pavilion and joined Feng Xian, Xun'er, and the others against Soul Hall’s forces.
• Qing Xiao and Hua Ze faced Hun Qing while Zhu Li went to support Feng Xian and the others against Gu You.
• Hun Yan scolded Hun Wu for following the group and using a dangerous secret technique, then ordered her to treat the injured sisters.
• Xiao Yan recognized the hardships that had shaped Hun Yan and resolved to kill her while promising to end the cruel Clan that had produced them.
• Xiao Yan activated four Clan Markings and used Burning Heaven to cut down the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox as he attacked Hun Yan.
• Hun Wu stepped in front of Hun Yan to take Xiao Yan’s attack, and her hood fell away, revealing a face Xiao Yan recognized as Sister Xiao Yu’s.

Xiao Yan saved Hun Yan and the others, recognizing Xiao Yu among them before they escaped, then headed toward the battle in Falling Star City. There, Qiu Di exploited Gu Yao’s inexperience and nearly defeated him, but Gu Qinghan arrived in time to sever Qiu Di’s arm.

• Xiao Yan diverted the Boundless Purgatory Ruler to save Hun Yan and Hun Wu, injuring his arm, and Hun Yan escaped with Hun Wu and the others using a Token.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yu among the fleeing women, healed his arm, and went with Gu Qinghan toward the battlefield.
• Qiu Di learned that Gu Yao was distracted by concern for Starfall Pavilion and provoked him into fighting recklessly.
• Qiu Di struck the Black Seal Army with scattered Dou Qi, creating an opening for the Soul Hall forces to injure them, then knocked Gu Yao back.
• Qiu Di attacked Gu Yao from behind, but Gu Qinghan appeared and cut off Qiu Di’s arm before his palm could land.

Xiao Yan arrived in Falling Star City and stopped the Soul Hall from completing the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Array, while Gu Yao led the Black Seal Army toward Starfall Pavilion to protect the Young Lady. After Xiao Yan killed Qiu Di, Gu Qinghan cut down two fleeing Heavenly Venerates, and Xiao Yan cornered Mo Yu.

• Gu Qinghan ordered Gu Yao to take the Black Seal Army to Starfall Pavilion while she stayed behind to deal with Qiu Di.
• Black chains bound most of the Soul Hall members, and Xiao Yan's star-like flames burned them and ruined the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Array.
• Gu Yao led the Black Seal Army toward Starfall Pavilion after Gu Qinghan confirmed she knew Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan abruptly killed Qiu Di when the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate threatened him.
• Mo Yu, Black Heavenly Venerate, White Heavenly Venerate, and Star-Picking Old Ghost fled, but Xiao Yan killed Star-Picking Old Ghost and Gu Qinghan killed the two Heavenly Venerates.
• Xiao Yan caught up to Mo Yu and told him it was his turn.

Xiao Yan questioned Qiu Di about the Joyful Desire Venerables, Hun Wu, and Xiao Yu, learning that a mysterious lord had taken Xiao Yu from Soul Hall. He honored his promise to let Qiu Di flee for five seconds, but Qiu Di died when the heartfire Xiao Yan had planted in his soul consumed him; Gu Qinghan’s feelings toward Xiao Yan quietly stirred.

• Xiao Yan threatened Qiu Di into answering questions about the Joyful Desire Venerables, and Qiu Di said they had left Soul Hall and seemed to take orders from a mysterious lord.
• Gu Qinghan identified the Soul Hall Master as Hun Miesheng, an early-stage Five-star Dou Sheng, while Qiu Di explained that Soul Hall had mistakenly abducted Xiao Yu instead of retrieving the Ancient Jade.
• Qiu Di revealed that a mysterious lord had taken Xiao Yu from the Mountain of Departed Souls branch hall about a year earlier, but he refused to reveal the lord’s identity.
• Xiao Yan gave Qiu Di a healing pill and five seconds to escape, keeping his promise while Gu Qinghan watched in disbelief.
• Qiu Di fled without detecting or removing the heartfire Xiao Yan had planted in his soul, and the flame burned him to ashes when the five seconds ended.
• Xiao Yan headed toward Starfall Pavilion to provide support, and Gu Qinghan felt a faint stirring of admiration for him.

The battle over Starfall Pavilion intensified as the Flower Sect’s Qing Xiao and Hua Ze fought Hun Qing, and their clash shattered the pavilion’s protective formation and devastated the ruins. When Gu You tried to kill the weakened Yao Tianhuo, Gu Qinghan brought Xiao Yan to the battlefield, where Xiao Yan struck at Gu You.

• Gu Yao and the Black Seal Army fought Soul Emissaries below while Gu Xun'er battled overhead and concealed her true strength.
• Qing Xiao and Hua Ze unleashed Blazing Flower Twin Roar Palm against Hun Qing’s Barbaric Wolf Bite, and the collision destroyed Starfall Pavilion’s formation and buildings.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Zi Yan weakened but shielding Cao Ying, Qingluan, and the Starfall Pavilion Disciples, while the survivors began tending to the wounded.
• Yao Tianhuo pulled Feng Xian out of Gu You’s attack, but Gu You turned his Soul Sword on Yao Tianhuo as Han Feng and Zhu Li failed to stop him.
• Gu Qinghan used Instant of No Boundaries to bring Xiao Yan beside Gu You, and Xiao Yan swung the Boundless Purgatory Ruler with Burning Heaven.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and helped the others kill Gu You with a Destructive Fire Lotus and a Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation. As Hun Qing moved to kill Xiao Yan and the others could not reach him, an unknown voice from the heavens demanded to know who dared touch him.

• Xiao Yan saved Yao Tianhuo from Gu You and attacked him again, but Gu Qinghan's strike and Zhu Li's intervention kept the battle going.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Tianhuo, Zhu Li, and Hei Qing trapped Gu You in a sealed space with the Destructive Fire Lotus and the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation, killing him in the explosion.
• Hun Ming struck Tong Xuan away and ordered Hun Qing to stop playing around, while Hun Qing knocked Qing Xiao and Hua Ze into the ground.
• Hun Qing judged Xiao Yan a future threat, appeared before him, and raised her hand to kill him as Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er cried out.
• A chilling voice from the heavens demanded to know who dared touch Xiao Yan.

Phoenix intervened at Starfall Pavilion, defeating the Soul Hall attackers and rescuing Xiao Yan, then demanded to know where Feng Qing'er was. Xiao Yan went with Phoenix into her independent space to tell her the truth, while the others treated the wounded and waited anxiously.

• Phoenix stopped Hun Qing from killing Xiao Yan and declared that no one could harm him.
• Phoenix crushed Hun Ming's defense, killed Hun Qing and the Soul Emissaries, and prevented the surviving Soul Hall members from escaping.
• Phoenix confronted Xiao Yan and demanded to know where Feng Qing'er was; Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Feng Qing'er and Cai Lin had returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan asked Phoenix to speak privately, and she brought him into her independent space to hear his explanation.
• Yao Chen, Han Feng, Xun'er, and the others began treating Starfall Pavilion's wounded while Xiao Yi Xian worried about Xiao Yan.

While Xiao Yan remained alone with Phoenix, the others treated the wounded and waited anxiously, and Gu Qinghan’s half-truth about the Galaxy Pendant revealed her growing attachment to him. Phoenix eventually returned with Xiao Yan alive and apparently unharmed, though her trembling rage left everyone baffled.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Xun'er, and the others worried about Xiao Yan while Yao Chen treated the injured and explained that they could not interfere with Phoenix’s independent space.
• Gu Qinghan told Xun'er that her meeting with Xiao Yan in Falling Star City had been a misunderstanding, then concealed that Xiao Yan had bought and placed the Galaxy Pendant around her neck.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed Gu Qinghan’s guilt and attachment to the pendant, but chose not to tell Xun'er while they waited for Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen stabilized Tong Xuan, Qing Xiao, and Hua Ze, while Han Feng treated Zi Yan and reassured Hei Qing and Zhu Li that Zi Yan’s condition had greatly improved.
• Phoenix returned with her fists clenched and shoulders trembling in rage, while Xiao Yan knelt before her alive and completely unharmed, stunning everyone.

Phoenix took Xiao Yan to the Jia Ma Empire to confront Feng Qing'er after learning he had fathered her children, while Cai Lin awaited childbirth at the Misty Cloud Sect. Seeing Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin softened Phoenix’s anger, and she asked Feng Qing'er to sit and talk with her.

• Phoenix vented her fury into the sky, then took Xiao Yan to find Feng Qing'er in the Jia Ma Empire.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yan Ci, Mo Bass, and the other snake-people guarded Cai Lin as she awaited childbirth, while Yun Xiao played with Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin.
• Phoenix arrived with Xiao Yan and confronted Feng Qing'er, but Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin warmly approached her.
• Phoenix’s anger faded as she held Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, and she asked Feng Qing'er to sit down and talk with her.

Phoenix met Xiao Yan’s family at the Misty Cloud Sect, accepted Feng Qing'er’s choices, and agreed to support her children despite their Ancient Void Dragon bloodline. Meanwhile, Gu Nanhai arrived at Starfall Pavilion to take Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, and Xun'er arranged for Gu Qinghan to stay near Xiao Yan.

• Phoenix met Xiao Yan, Feng Qing'er, and their children, while Yun Shan, Yan Ci, and Mo Bass trembled at her Two-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Yan hurried into the main hall to be with Cai Lin as she gave birth, and Feng Qing'er defended him when Phoenix mocked his standing.
• Phoenix accepted Feng Qing'er's devotion to Xiao Yan and gave her a phoenix feather so she could request help for the children.
• Feng Qing'er explained that Zi Yan's blood essence had given her and the children Ancient Void Dragon blood, so Phoenix abandoned her plan to take Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Gu Nanhai arrived at Starfall Pavilion to escort Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, and Xun'er agreed to leave after learning that Gu Qinghan could stay behind.
• Xun'er asked Gu Qinghan to stay near Xiao Yan and keep other women from getting entangled with him, and Gu Qinghan reluctantly agreed.

Xiao Yan welcomed his daughter Xiao Xiao and realized that dying to accept punishment from Phoenix would abandon the people who depended on him. He vowed to prove himself worthy of Feng Qing'er, and Phoenix reconsidered him after hearing his resolve, then revealed how Feng Qing'er's father had risen from humble origins.

• Xiao Yan held his newborn daughter Xiao Xiao while Cai Lin recovered, and Phoenix observed that the baby was born with Dou Zong strength.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he would handle the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's objections, then asked Phoenix why she considered him unworthy of Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan rejected the idea of accepting death as responsibility and vowed to prove himself worthy to Feng Qing'er's father and clan.
• Phoenix approved of Xiao Yan's determination and said he reminded her of Feng Qing'er's father, Huang Tian.
• Phoenix explained that Huang Tian had risen from the lowest ranks of the clan to win the previous Clan Leader's daughter's hand, and reflected that she too might have absorbed the clan's beliefs.

Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong learned that Xiao Yan had returned as a Five-star Dou Zun, married Feng Qing'er, and had a daughter with Medusa who was born with Dou Zong strength. After hearing that Feng Qing'er's aunt was a late-stage Two-star Dou Sheng, Hai Bodong also discovered that Xiao Yan wanted him to go to the Central Continent as a teacher.

• Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue read Yao Ye's letter and discussed Xiao Jing's influence on the Jia Ma Empire's conciliatory policy toward neighboring nations.
• Yun Shan arrived and told Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong that Xiao Yan had returned as a Five-star Dou Zun.
• Yun Shan revealed that Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan had married and had a child, shocking Hai Bodong.
• Yun Shan said Feng Qing'er's aunt was a late-stage Two-star Dou Sheng, leaving Jia Xingtian stunned by the strength of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Yun Shan announced that Medusa's daughter had been born with Dou Zong-level strength, prompting Hai Bodong to storm toward the door.
• Yun Shan stopped Hai Bodong and said Xiao Yan wanted him to go to the Central Continent and become a teacher.

Yun Ying returned the wounded Soul Hall leaders to headquarters and learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might appear again, then confronted Hun Yan over her unauthorized retreat from Starfall Pavilion. Yun Ying left Hun Yan trembling at an inn as she demanded an explanation for Hun Yan’s actions.

• Yun Ying rescued Hun Ming, Hun Qing, and Gu You, explained that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had intervened at Starfall Pavilion, and gave Hun Miesheng a Token to mobilize clan personnel.
• Hun Miesheng told Yun Ying that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might descend within the next few years, and Yun Ying ordered him to investigate the rumor.
• Hun Yan, Hun Mei, and Hun Shu scolded Hun Wu for coming to rescue them, then comforted her and wondered whether Xiao Yan had known her before.
• Hun Yan suspected Xiao Yan had spared Hun Wu because they shared a past, but then realized Yun Ying might have arranged Hun Wu’s assignment to provoke Xiao Yan.
• Yun Ying appeared at the inn, accused Hun Yan of withdrawing without permission, and invited the terrified Hun Yan to explain her decision over food and wine.

Yun Ying spared Hun Yan and her sisters, but they defied her again and escaped, prompting Yun Ying to slaughter Li Yu City’s population. Xiao Yan left the Misty Cloud Sect for Starfall Pavilion, while Yao Xiaotian ordered the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to capture Nalan Yanran, whom he believed had taken the artificial Dou Sheng method.

• Yun Ying pardoned Hun Yan for fleeing Xiao Yan, then ordered her to kill Hun Wu as punishment; Hun Yan instead escaped with Hun Mei, Hun Shu, and Hun Wu.
• Yun Ying killed every living being in Li Yu City, creating a ghost city of more than ten million resentful spirits, and the next day the factions of Central Continent heard of the massacre.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Xiao tearfully clung to Xiao Yan before Zijing persuaded her to let him go, and Xiao Yan departed with Phoenix and Hai Bodong for Starfall Pavilion.
• Yun Yun worried about Nalan Yanran, who had achieved something extraordinary in Central Continent but had still not reunited with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Xiaotian berated Yao Kui for failing to capture Nalan Yanran and revealed the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s alliance with the Tian Ming Sect to develop an artificial Dou Sheng method.
• Yao Xiaotian concluded that Nalan Yanran had taken the missing method from the Tian Ming Sect’s ruins and ordered his clan to bring her back.

At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Chen investigated Soul Hall’s strange response to the Li Yu City massacre while setting aside Fenyan Valley’s pill commission. Xiao Yi Xian pressed Gu Qinghan about her feelings for Xiao Yan, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan’s return.

• Yao Chen and Feng Xian discussed the repaired Starfall Grand Formation and thanked Qing Xiao and Hua Ze for helping protect Starfall Pavilion.
• Qingluan reported that Soul Hall offered a Bodhi Pill for the capture of the Joyful Desire Venerables after more than ten million souls were trapped in Li Yu City, prompting Yao Chen to suspect Yun Ying’s involvement.
• Yao Chen received Fenyan Valley’s request to refine a pill but postponed it because of Zi Yun’s unresolved situation, the planned trip to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and the threat from Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched the unusually sleepy Zi Yan and asked Gu Qinghan what she truly thought of Xiao Yan, explaining that he had given her the necklace without romantic intentions.
• Xiao Yan’s familiar Dou Qi appeared within Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yi Xian realized he had returned.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Hai Bodong, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and received a Phoenix Feather from Phoenix after earning her approval. As Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian discussed their future together, Gu Qinghan watched their affection and began to understand Xun'er's choices.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong arrived at Starfall Pavilion through spatial transfer, where Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan quietly watched them.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan had asked him to teach her, and Xiao Yan explained that Phoenix was no longer a threat to him.
• Phoenix gave Xiao Yan a Phoenix Feather for emergencies, warned him to prove himself, and left through a Spatial Wormhole.
• Yao Chen teased Xiao Yan about Phoenix and Feng Qing'er, so Feng Xian punched him before Xiao Yan asked about his friends and family.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that Cai Lin and their daughter Xiao Xiao were safe, then promised to resolve Xiao Yi Xian's Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan refused to give Xiao Yi Xian his Flower Transfer, Wood Grafting, while Gu Qinghan watched them and understood why Xun'er had tried to leave the Gu Clan.

Xiao Yi Xian struggled to learn Ice Dou Qi from Hai Bodong, as Xiao Yan hoped she would avoid using her Calamitous Poison Body in battle. After Cao Ying helped her realize she was rushing past the basics, Xiao Yi Xian went to speak with Hai Bodong about changing her approach.

• Hai Bodong drilled Xiao Yi Xian in Ice Dou Qi and grew frustrated when she struggled with basic Dou Qi control.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected on Xiao Yan's fear that her Poison Pill could break and his reason for arranging her training.
• Xiao Yi Xian encountered an exhausted Cao Ying, who explained she had spent days observing Han Feng restore Elder Tianhuo's injured soul.
• Cao Ying listened to Xiao Yi Xian describe her training and suggested she was rushing ahead without understanding the fundamentals.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized her mistake, thanked Cao Ying, and went to find Hai Bodong.

Hun Yan, Hun Mei, and Hun Shu decided to take Hun Wu to Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion after a Bodhi Pill bounty made the Central Continent too dangerous. When dozens of Dou Zun surrounded their hiding place, Hun Yan prepared to hold them off while the others escaped with Hun Wu.

• Hun Yan returned wounded to the cave and told Hun Mei and Hun Shu that a Bodhi Pill bounty had brought pursuers after them.
• Hun Yan proposed entrusting Hun Wu to Xiao Yan, and Hun Shu agreed despite Hun Mei's objections.
• Dozens of Dou Zun surrounded the mountain, forcing Hun Shu to cloak Hun Wu and prepare an escape.
• Hun Yan gave Hun Shu the last healing medicine and told her and Hun Mei to take Hun Wu to Starfall Pavilion while she drew the pursuers away.
• Hun Yan and the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox confronted the gathered Venerables as Hun Yan vowed to make them pay for pursuing her.

Hun Yan fought a coalition of Dou Zun experts while Hun Mei and Hun Shu tried to escape with Hun Wu, and she realized why Yun Ying resented Xiao Yan. The Half-Saint stopped the escape and threatened Hun Shu and Hun Wu, but an unknown speaker froze the scene and challenged him.

• Hun Yan mocked Nie Lin and the crusaders for disguising their desire for the Bodhi Pill as justice, then realized Yun Ying’s feelings toward Xiao Yan came from immature jealousy.
• Hun Yan attacked Nie Lin and unleashed Ghost Yin Annihilation Palm to distract the crusaders while Hun Mei and Hun Shu fled with Hun Wu.
• The Half-Saint struck down the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox and severely injured Hun Mei, while Nie Lin nearly broke Hun Yan’s body with a punch.
• The Half-Saint appeared in Hun Shu’s path and raised his hand to strike her and Hun Wu, but time and space suddenly stopped.
• An unknown voice derided the Half-Saint for calling others ants.