Chapter Summaries

Yun Ying intervened in Hun Yan’s fight with Nie Lin, then let Hun Yan and her companions leave after warning them not to seek Xiao Yan. At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian studied the basics of cultivation to master Ice Dou Qi, but Yao Chen returned with news of another unexpected accident involving Xiao Yan and Zi Yun.

• Yun Ying frightened off the Half-Saint and the others, then trapped Nie Lin and ordered Hun Yan’s group to kill him after he chose to flee instead of killing Hun Yan.
• Hun Yan asked Hun Shu to kill Nie Lin, and Yun Ying destroyed him when he charged at Hun Yan.
• Hun Yan addressed Yun Ying as Clan Leader and left with Hun Shu, Hun Wu, and the unconscious Hun Mei after Yun Ying warned her not to go looking for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied basic cultivation theory with Gu Qinghan because she wanted to master Ice Dou Qi and avoid relying on her Calamitous Poison Body.
• Yao Chen returned after trying to resolve Zi Yun’s problem and hinted to Xiao Yi Xian that another unexpected accident had occurred.

After Zi Yun evolved into a Dragon-Eating Hou, Xiao Yan helped her release her excess power and advanced to Eight-star Dou Zun, angering Xiao Yi Xian. Zhu Li and Hei Qing returned with a way to address Zi Yan’s condition, but Zi Yun’s bloodline pressure made both of them faint.

• Zi Yun awakened after evolving into a Dragon-Eating Hou, and Xiao Yan learned that she had reached peak Dou Zun while he advanced from Five-star to Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught Zi Yun unclothed beside Xiao Yan and strangled him in anger, while Yao Chen confirmed that their union had helped Zi Yun and changed Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Zi Yun’s presence overwhelmed Hei Qing and frightened Zhu Li.
• Zhu Li told Xiao Yi Xian that they had found the source of Zi Yan’s condition and came to resolve it, then asked to go to Zi Yan’s room.
• Zi Yun arrived at the pavilion, and her Dragon-Eating Hou pressure caused Zhu Li and Hei Qing to faint.

Xiao Yi Xian struggled with her feelings after Xiao Yan had been intimate with Zi Yun to save her, but she let the matter go and resumed their affectionate banter. Zhu Li woke and asked to be taken to the Dragon Emperor's room, while Hun Yan brought her group to the Black Corner Region and was astonished by how much Black-Seal City had changed.

• Yao Chen explained that Zi Yun's bloodline pressure had knocked Zhu Li and Hei Qing unconscious, and told Zi Yun to stay on the Back Mountain while she learned to control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Yan about not asking her before his encounter with Zi Yun, then set aside her anger and ordered him to massage her shoulders.
• Zhu Li woke, learned that Zi Yun's bloodline had overwhelmed him, and asked Xiao Yan's group to take him to the Dragon Emperor's room.
• Hun Yan brought Hun Wu and the other two fugitives to Black-Seal City to avoid pursuit and find refuge.
• Hun Yan and her companions entered the bustling city and wondered whether they had come to the wrong place.

Hun Yan and her companions explored the transformed Black Corner Region and learned that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian had made it a prosperous, safer place. Hun Wu sensed she had been there before, and Liu Lian’s account of Xiao Yu’s disappearance led Hun Yan to suspect the Soul Hall had captured her.

• Hun Yan paid Liu Lian to guide the group through Black-Seal City, while Hun Wu struggled with a sense of familiarity and Hun Mei restrained her anger toward the cheerful boy.
• Liu Lian showed them statues of Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and explained how they had unified the Black Corner Region, built an orphanage, and improved life for its people.
• Liu Lian described how Xiao Mei taught orphaned children skills and how he chose guide work over cultivation because he was content with his life.
• Hun Wu became pale and unsteady, and Hun Yan suspected her memories of the region had been damaged after she was captured by the Soul Hall.
• Liu Lian revealed that Xiao Yu, who once managed the region for Xiao Yan, had disappeared around four years earlier, prompting Hun Yan to connect her disappearance to the Soul Hall and its orders.

Hun Yan kept Hun Wu with her while deciding how to resolve the missing piece of her soul, and Xiao Yi Xian completed her Dou Qi lessons with Gu Qinghan. At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Tianhuo broke through to Dou Sheng, and a mysterious purple-haired woman appeared, calling Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian by name.

• Liu Lian gave Hun Yan the address of his orphanage, and Hun Yan accepted the card as he departed.
• Hun Mei wanted to destroy Black-Seal City, but Hun Yan stopped her and decided to keep the amnesiac Hun Wu with them until her missing soul fragment was addressed.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished learning the fundamentals of Dou Qi from Gu Qinghan, while Gu Qinghan secretly struggled with her feelings for Xiao Yan.
• A crimson pillar erupted at Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian found that Yao Tianhuo had broken through to Dou Sheng after Han Feng restored her damaged soul.
• Yao Tianhuo emerged from the flames and formed clothes with her powers, then a purple-haired woman rushed over and embraced Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.

Yao Tianhuo recovered and Zi Yan awakened in her mature form, while Xiao Yan took her to find food and Xiao Yi Xian returned to her studies. In the Western Central Plains, Nalan Yanran fought the Nine Nether Nether Python clan’s forces and continued her slaughter after telling them she knew nothing about the method for creating a Half-Saint.

• Yao Tianhuo broke through to Dou Sheng, and Han Feng and Cao Ying confirmed his soul was restored before leaving to rest.
• Zi Yan’s mature form and late-stage One-star Dou Sheng strength astonished Xiao Yi Xian, but Zi Yan still acted like a child and rode on Xiao Yan’s back as he took her to eat.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to study controlling Ice Dou Qi, while Zi Yan privately reflected on her feelings for Xiao Yan before resuming her playful act.
• Nalan Yanran, badly wounded but growing stronger through the Mad Blood Disease, killed nearly all the Nine Nether Nether Python guards surrounding her.
• Nalan Yanran told Yao Linli and the two remaining Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns that she knew nothing about the Half-Saint method and that the Tian Ming Sect Master's Storage Ring had likely been destroyed.
• Nalan Yanran attacked the three survivors, and the wilderness fell silent after more than ten minutes of fighting.

After Zi Yan’s bloodline awakened, she struggled to hide her newfound maturity from Xiao Yan, but their outing was interrupted when Xuan Mo trapped them in Mirror Space and tried to take her to West Dragon Island. Xuan Mo revealed his strength as an early stage Two-star Dou Sheng, leaving Xiao Yan and Zi Yan facing a dangerous confrontation.

• Zi Yan devoured a feast and street snacks while trying to act as she had before her bloodline awakened.
• Xiao Yan wiped Zi Yan’s mouth, making her blush; he mistook her reaction for a bloodline problem and carried her toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Zi Yan recognized the deserted street as Mirror Space and identified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as its likely creator.
• Xuan Mo introduced himself as West Dragon Island’s Grand Commander and said he had been ordered to bring Zi Yan to the island.
• Zi Yan pulled two Half-Saints out of hiding, while she and Xiao Yan argued over who should protect the other.
• Xuan Mo revealed his early stage Two-star Dou Sheng strength and declared that he had no need to provoke them.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought Xuan Mo, Xuan Qi, and Xuan Xin after the Dragon faction refused to surrender. As Zi Yan battled Xuan Mo, Xiao Yan struggled to hold off the two Half-Saints and prepared to use his Soul Power as his last resort.

• Xuan Mo offered to spare Xiao Yan if Zi Yan returned with him, but Zi Yan refused and reacted bashfully when Xuan Mo called them husband and wife.
• Zi Yan fought Xuan Mo in mid-air while Xiao Yan blocked Xuan Qi and Xuan Xin from joining the battle.
• Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse and Burning Heaven to send Xuan Qi and Xuan Xin flying, but he realized his attacks had barely harmed them.
• Xuan Qi struck Xiao Yan into the ground, and Xuan Xin stomped down, but Xiao Yan escaped with Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Xiao Yan concluded he could not defeat the Ancient Void Dragons through physical strength or Dou Qi, and scarlet Soul Power began to surface in his eyes.

Xiao Yan used the Dragon-Eating Hou’s soul suppression and a powerful strike to kill Xuan Xin and Xuan Qi, while Zi Yan fought Xuan Mo to a standstill. The chapter ended with Xuan Mo noticing the two headless bodies beside Xiao Yan.

• Zi Yan activated Eight Extremes Collapse Sixth Level and fought Xuan Mo with increased strength and speed.
• Xiao Yan infused the Destructive Fire Lotus into the Boundless Purgatory Ruler and waited for Xuan Xin to approach.
• Xiao Yan’s soul released the Dragon-Eating Hou’s bloodline suppression, leaving Xuan Xin defenseless long enough for Xiao Yan to kill him with Burning Heaven.
• Xuan Qi charged at Xiao Yan in fury, but Xiao Yan suppressed him in the same way and killed him with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler.
• Xiao Yan considered helping Zi Yan but stayed back as she remained evenly matched with Xuan Mo.
• Xuan Mo noticed Xiao Yan was alive and saw the headless corpses that appeared to belong to Xuan Qi and Xuan Xin.

Xuan Mo summoned West Dragon Island’s forces after Xiao Yan killed Xuan Xin and Xuan Qi, and Zhu Mu ordered the Ancient Void Dragons to attack Falling Star City. Gu Qinghan, Yao Chen, and the others arrived in time to protect the residents, while Han Feng treated Xiao Yan and the group prepared to fight back.

• Zi Yan struck Xuan Mo, and he crushed a Token to summon reinforcements through Spatial Teleportation Gates.
• Zhu Mu and Xuan Mo arrived with the Dragon Scale Army, and Zhu Mu ordered the Ancient Void Dragons to kill everyone outside their clan.
• Xiao Yan restrained the Dragon Scale Army with black chains, but Zhu Mu shattered them and injured him.
• Gu Qinghan diverted the dragons’ attack, while Yao Tianhuo moved the residents to safety and the reinforcements arrived.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Yan for killing the two Half-Saints, and Han Feng gave him medicine and told Cao Ying to help him recover.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Gu Qinghan left to join the fight while Xiao Yan stayed behind to rest.

Gu Qinghan and Hai Bodong fought the Ancient Void Dragons while Hai Bodong taught Xiao Yi Xian to control her Ice Dou Qi. As Zi Yan’s group confronted Zhu Mu over the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, Yao Chen proposed a duel and offered the bloodline if her side lost, and Zhu Mu accepted.

• Gu Qinghan killed several Ancient Void Dragons while Xiao Yi Xian struggled to freeze one until Hai Bodong intervened and taught her how to circulate Ice Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian followed Hai Bodong’s instructions to freeze an Ancient Void Dragon, then continued fighting to improve her control as Hai Bodong watched the standoff in the sky.
• Zhu Mu accused East Dragon Island of using Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline to seize power, and Zi Yan insisted she had no desire to become Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Mu decided Zi Yan had to die because her bloodline could rally the Ancient Void Dragons and undermine the other Dragon Islands.
• Yao Chen proposed a one-on-one duel, promising that Zi Yan would not compete for power if her side won and that Zhu Mu could claim the Dragon Emperor Bloodline if they lost.
• Greedy for the bloodline, Zhu Mu accepted Yao Chen’s proposal.

Yao Chen tricked Zhu Mu into allowing Yao Tianhuo one attack, then unleashed Zi Yun’s bloodline pressure to leave him defenseless. After Yao Tianhuo killed Zhu Mu and Yao Chen destroyed his soul, she faced Xuan Mo and rejected his accusation of being despicable.

• Zhu Mu dismissed Xuan Mo and Jing Ling’s warnings and agreed to fight Yao Chen’s chosen participant, while Yao Chen sent Zi Yan away under Xuan Mo’s watch.
• Yao Chen chose Yao Tianhuo to fight and persuaded Zhu Mu to let her strike once; Yao Tianhuo gathered power for a Blazing Fire Blade.
• Yao Chen released Zi Yun, whose roar and bloodline pressure stunned Zhu Mu and knocked Jing Ling unconscious.
• Yao Tianhuo split the defenseless Zhu Mu in two, and Yao Chen burned away his soul with Soul Flame.
• Xuan Mo called Yao Chen despicable, and Yao Chen accused the Ancient Void Dragons of invading and attempting slaughter.

After the Ancient Void Dragons’ attack on Falling Star City was defeated, Yao Chen prepared for a future trip to Ancient Dragon Island while Zi Yan trained to endure Zi Yun’s pressure. Xiao Yan was summoned to meet Tang Zhen of Fenyan Valley, whose agreement offered him a chance to obtain the valley’s treasured heirloom if he could help refine medicine.

• Yao Chen’s group killed Zhu Mu, Xuan Mo, and the remaining West Dragon Island Ancient Void Dragons, then learned the other Dragon Kings were far stronger than Zhu Mu.
• Yao Chen arranged for Zi Yan to stay with Zi Yun so Zi Yan could adapt to her bloodline pressure, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian took turns comforting her.
• Xiao Yan visited Zi Yan in the cave, where Zi Yun invited him to keep her company and Xiao Yi Xian sent him to meet Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen introduced Xiao Yan to Tang Zhen, the Valley Master of Fenyan Valley, who had come to ask for help refining medicine.
• Tang Zhen agreed that Xiao Yan could earn a chance to face his Ancestor and claim the valley’s heirloom, though he warned that surviving three moves would be difficult.

Xiao Yan traveled to Fenyan Valley with Cao Ying and Gu Qinghan to treat Tang Zhen’s daughter and seek the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. After arriving, he acknowledged that Yao Chen’s offer could seem like taking advantage of Fenyan Valley’s predicament and invited the elders to make his test as difficult as they wished.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to let Xiao Yan go to Fenyan Valley on the condition that he take Cao Ying and Gu Qinghan with him.
• Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Gu Qinghan departed with Tang Zhen, while Yao Chen explained that the flame offered as a possible reward was not Fenyan Valley’s ancestral Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• The group reached Fenyan Valley, where Tang Zhen left Xiao Yan and his companions in the reception hall while he met with the elders.
• Cao Ying explained the importance of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to Xiao Yan, who said he would not fixate on obtaining it if the test proved too difficult.
• The Great Elder challenged Xiao Yan about Yao Chen’s terms, and Xiao Yan admitted they could seem like taking advantage of Tang Zhen’s plight while asking the elders to set the test’s difficulty freely.

Xiao Yan went to Fenyan Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er, but he and Cao Ying realized the original formula was inadequate, so Cao Ying began revising it and teaching Xiao Yan alchemy. Meanwhile, Xun'er remained confined at the Gu Clan, longing to see Xiao Yan again.

• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Yan three batches of ingredients and asked him to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying sensed that the Fire Bodhi Pill formula could not cure Tang Huo'er's condition, so Cao Ying took charge of revising it.
• Cao Ying reassured Xiao Yan that she did not regret saving him, and they affirmed their relationship as husband and wife.
• Cao Ying began teaching Xiao Yan how to revise pill formulas while they worked together in his embrace.
• At the Gu Clan's Confinement Grounds, Xun'er remembered her time with the Xiao Family and lamented that she could not speak with Xiao Yan.

Yao Chen sent Yao Tianhuo to investigate a nearby Dou Sheng relic and seek a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while she remained at Starfall Pavilion. In Fenyan Valley, Tang Zhen explained Yao Chen and Xiao Yan’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire agreement to Ancestor Huoyun, whose anger gave way to suspicion that Yao Chen’s conditions had deliberately pressured the valley to offer Xiao Yan a fair test.

• Yao Chen told Yao Tianhuo to travel to Fenyan Valley with Feng'er and later accompany Xiao Yan and the others to investigate a Dou Sheng relic and seek its Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• As Xiao Yan and Cao Ying spent five days refining medicine, Tang Zhen anxiously waited while Tang Huo'er sparred with Gu Qinghan.
• Ancestor Huoyun arrived, learned Xiao Yan was refining medicine for Tang Huo'er, and demanded to know whether Yao Chen’s disciple could be trusted.
• Tang Zhen revealed that Xiao Yan could undergo a test to obtain the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire if he cured Tang Huo'er, and explained that Xiao Yan had offered to accept any test difficulty.
• Ancestor Huoyun accepted Tang Zhen’s explanation but wondered whether Yao Chen had planned the agreement to make Fenyan Valley give Xiao Yan a genuine chance; Tang Zhen asked whether she had anticipated that, and Ancestor Huoyun said it was hard to tell.

Xiao Yan successfully refined the Improved Fire Bodhi Pill, but while he absorbed its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire broke free and entered him, throwing his body into turmoil. As Cao Ying’s attempt to save him failed, an arriving voice suggested help had finally appeared.

• Tang Zhen and Gu Qinghan rushed to the Back Mountain when Nine-Colored Pill Lightning struck Xiao Yan’s medicine cauldron, and Xiao Yan shielded Cao Ying from its force.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Pill Lightning with Boundless Nether Heart Flame, but the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire escaped Fenyan Valley’s Forbidden Ground and joined the energy inside him.
• Tang Zhen and Ancestor Huoyun tried to separate the flames from Xiao Yan while Cao Ying supported him, but their efforts failed and Cao Ying could not reach his soul.
• As Cao Ying wept over her inability to help Xiao Yan, a familiar voice arrived and remarked that they had come just in time.

Han Feng led a plan to free Xiao Yan from the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, with Fenyan Valley agreeing to surrender the flame to save him. The fire was drawn into Xiao Yan’s Soul Space, where it encountered Black Xiao Yan, the Black Woman, and a terrifying presence in the darkness.

• Yao Tianhuo and Han Feng arrived, and Han Feng learned that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire had merged with Xiao Yan’s Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Han Feng offered a way to save Xiao Yan in exchange for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and Tang Huo'er persuaded Ancestor Huoyun to agree.
• Han Feng and Cao Ying disrupted the flame’s hold on Xiao Yan with their Soul Power while Yao Tianhuo and Ancestor Huoyun restrained it.
• Cao Ying distracted the flame with Soul Profound Phoenix, allowing Han Feng to reach Xiao Yan and merge their Soul Power.
• The Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire was drawn into Xiao Yan’s Soul Space, where Black Xiao Yan and the Black Woman confronted it as a terrifying voice warned it not to disturb the young lady.

Han Feng confronted Fenyan Valley over Xiao Yan’s near-fatal absorption of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and Ancestor Huoyun accepted responsibility and offered compensation. Han Feng accepted Fenyan Valley’s inherited Fighting Skill, Fire Without Form, and offered to treat Huoyun’s old injuries while Xiao Yan continued recovering.

• Tang Zhen reported that the forbidden area showed no signs of tampering, while Han Feng confirmed Xiao Yan was stable and gave Tang Zhen the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.
• Han Feng rebuked Fenyan Valley’s elders, arguing that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire did not make up for the danger Xiao Yan had faced because of their negligence.
• Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen apologized, and Yao Tianhuo comforted Tang Huo'er, urging her to live well for their sake.
• Ancestor Huoyun offered Han Feng Fenyan Valley’s inherited Fighting Skill as compensation, and Han Feng accepted while offering to treat his old injuries.
• Tang Zhen returned with the ancient scroll, which Ancestor Huoyun identified as the Heavenly Grade Advanced Fighting Skill, Fire Without Form.

Soul Hall’s Gu You entered a Dou Sheng relic expecting to seize its treasures, where he found the trail of Nalan Yanran, a feared cultivator known as the Mad Dog. He discovered that she had killed numerous powerful Magical Beasts, including one nearly at Half-Saint level, and the chapter left him realizing she was far more formidable than he had assumed.

• Gu You arrived at the relic and learned from Xue Tu that Nalan Yanran had entered first and that the gathered factions waited outside for her to leave.
• Gu You scorned the waiting factions and led the Soul Emissaries into the relic, declaring that Soul Hall would claim its treasures.
• Gu You found a trail of brutally slain Magical Beasts and assumed Nalan Yanran was seriously injured, becoming increasingly uneasy as the corpses continued to appear.
• Gu You examined a newly encountered corpse and discovered that the Magical Beast was a peak eighth-tier creature approaching ninth tier, roughly equivalent to a Half-Saint.