Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran reached the heart of the Dou Sheng relic, claimed three golden ribs from its owner’s skeleton, and ignored Gu You’s group until he offered her a place in Soul Hall. On hearing the name Soul Hall, she attacked, killed his Soul Emissaries, and drove Gu You back as she declared that Soul Hall must die.

• Gu You overcame his fear of Nalan Yanran’s earlier kills and led his Soul Emissaries deeper into the relic, where they found her amid a hall of Magical Beast corpses.
• Nalan Yanran took three unusual ribs from the skeleton on the throne and walked past Gu You and his group without attacking them.
• Gu You offered Nalan Yanran protection and a place in Soul Hall, hoping to recruit her.
• Nalan Yanran stopped, said Soul Hall must die, and killed the Soul Emissaries with Scarlet Sword.
• Gu You blocked Nalan Yanran’s next strike but was knocked dozens of meters away, while she limped toward him and repeated her threat.

Nalan Yanran’s Mad Blood Disease let her recover from Gu You’s devastating attacks and grow stronger, forcing him to discover her vulnerability to Soul Power. She countered his soul attacks with Passive Blood Shadow, concealed her true body among decoys, and killed him by splitting him in two.

• Nalan Yanran repeatedly attacked Gu You, who fought back with Demon Nightmare and buried her beneath the collapsing hall’s rubble.
• Nalan Yanran crawled out of the rubble and absorbed blood from the hall to regenerate, then charged Gu You with heightened strength and speed.
• Gu You realized Soul Power could interrupt Nalan Yanran’s attacks and repeatedly struck her with soul techniques.
• Nalan Yanran summoned blood shadows and covered her body in blood, making her true form indistinguishable from the decoys.
• Gu You attacked a false blood shadow, and Nalan Yanran pierced his chest before splitting his upper body in two with the Scarlet Sword.

Yao Tianhuo trained Tang Huo'er while Han Feng healed Ancestor Huoyun, and Xiao Yan awoke stronger after absorbing the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire. After refusing Tang Zhen's offer to betroth Tang Huo'er, Xiao Yan prepared to leave as Nalan Yanran emerged from the Dou Sheng relic alone, badly wounded but determined to keep pursuing him.

• Yao Tianhuo explained that Tang Huo'er had not yet mastered the Leaving Fire Blade, while Tang Huo'er remained eager to train as her disciple.
• Ancestor Huoyun recovered his strength with Han Feng's help, and Xiao Yan awoke at the peak of the Two-revolution Dou Zun realm with an evolved Fen Jue and Black Prison Dark Soul Lock.
• Xiao Yan accepted Tang Zhen's apology for Fenyan Valley's negligence but refused his offer to betroth Tang Huo'er because he already had a wife.
• Han Feng and Ancestor Huoyun told Xiao Yan that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire was payment for the treatment, and Yao Tianhuo urged everyone to set off.
• Nalan Yanran emerged alone from the closing Dou Sheng relic, discarded many treasures, kept a scroll for Xiao Yi Xian, and walked away wounded while vowing never to give up on Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan’s group rushed to a Dou Sheng relic seeking the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, only to find the factions there using organized duels to claim treasures. They discovered Nalan Yanran had already passed through and changed how relic spoils were contested, and prepared to approach the fruit.

• Han Feng explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could let Zi Yan or Feng Qing’er evolve, while warning Xiao Yan that it might already be gone.
• Yao Tianhuo used a spatial formation to transport the group toward the relic, and Xiao Yan carried Cao Ying after the transfer left her nauseated.
• The group found factions holding one-on-one duels over relic treasures, and Han Feng spotted two connected Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits among the contested items.
• Gu Qinghan learned that factions had adopted rules for claiming relic treasures after Nalan Yanran’s repeated plundering made open fights disastrous.
• Xiao Yan realized Nalan Yanran had already visited the relic, and Han Feng urged him to take advantage of the dueling rules to obtain the fruit.

Xiao Yan won the right to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and compensated his defeated challengers with pills, earning their respect. Jiu Feng, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Young Clan Leader, arrived to claim the fruit, and Xiao Yan was left baffled when Jiu Feng revealed a portrait of a little girl.

• Xiao Yan defeated every challenger for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then gave them Seventh Grade Heart-Mending Pills as compensation.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yao Chen’s second disciple from Starfall Pavilion, and several challengers pledged their factions’ support.
• Yao Tianhuo explained to Cao Ying that Xiao Yan had earned sincere goodwill by respecting his opponents’ dignity.
• Jiu Feng arrived with two high-level Half-Saints and demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan refused Jiu Feng’s proposed trade and told him to win the fruit according to the rules.
• Jiu Feng had an Old Man display a portrait of a little girl, leaving Xiao Yan wondering whether she was Feng Qing’er.

Jiu Feng revealed portraits of Feng Qing’er’s childhood to explain why he wanted the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then challenged Xiao Yan to a fight. Xiao Yan accepted, knocked Jiu Feng unconscious with one strike, and claimed victory, leaving him entitled to the portraits.

• Jiu Feng displayed portraits of Feng Qing’er at different ages and said he wanted the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for his beloved younger sister.
• Cao Ying and Gu Qinghan remarked that Jiu Feng’s behavior gave Feng Qing’er reason to avoid going home, while Xiao Yan admired the portraits.
• Jiu Feng praised Xiao Yan for appreciating Feng Qing’er, then challenged him for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and agreed to give him the portraits if he lost.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and struck Jiu Feng in the abdomen with the Fifth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse, leaving him unconscious.
• Xiao Yan declared that he conceded the victory to Jiu Feng while the onlookers stared in disbelief.

Xiao Yan defeated Jiu Feng and received Feng Qing'er's portraits, then stayed to offer him another duel. Just as their rematch began, members of the Ancient Void Dragon arrived, led by an early-stage two-star Dou Sheng.

• After Jiu Feng fainted, Huang Yun and Huang Lin handed Xiao Yan the portraits under the terms of the wager, while Yao Tianhuo deterred them from taking the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit by force.
• Xiao Yan waited for Jiu Feng to wake and offered him a rematch, letting him choose between reclaiming the portraits and winning the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Jiu Feng chose Feng Qing'er's portraits as the prize, ignoring Huang Yun and Huang Lin's attempts to persuade him to choose the fruit instead.
• Xiao Yan and Jiu Feng prepared to duel as Cao Ying, Gu Qinghan, and Han Feng examined the portraits and Yao Tianhuo began leaving the arena.
• A purple Space Gate opened above the arena, and the Ancient Void Dragon's leader emerged with several others; his strength was that of an early-stage two-star Dou Sheng.

Ao Lie arrived seeking the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and attacked Jiu Feng after learning he was Feng Li’s son. Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo intervened, and Xiao Yan revealed he had the fruit, leaving Ao Lie furious after Xiao Yan refused to trade it.

• Ao Lie recognized Huang Yun and Huang Lin as former followers of Feng Li, then taunted Jiu Feng about his mother’s death and demanded the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Jiu Feng charged Ao Lie and used Golden Phoenix Feather, but Ao Lie crushed the attack and nearly struck him down.
• Xiao Yan blocked Ao Lie’s blow and offered to help Jiu Feng, while Yao Tianhuo attacked Ao Lie and prepared for a fight.
• Yao Tianhuo pointed out that Xiao Yan had the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan showed Ao Lie the two fruits before returning them to his Storage Ring.
• Ao Lie assumed Xiao Yan wanted to trade, but Xiao Yan refused and told him not to flatter himself.

Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo confronted Ao Lie while their allies fought the Heavenly Dragon Army. Xiao Yan revealed the Xiao Clan Ancestral Mark and strengthened himself with Eight Extremes Collapse as Yao Tianhuo unleashed her evolved Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method against Ao Lie.

• Ao Lie ordered Lin Qian to attack Xiao Yan, but Huang Yun intervened, and Ao Lie then sent the Heavenly Dragon Army after Xiao Yan and his allies.
• Han Feng and Gu Qinghan struck the front ranks of the Heavenly Dragon Army, while Huang Lin and Huang Yun engaged Lin Wan and Lin Qian.
• Xiao Yan sent Jiu Feng to support Han Feng and Gu Qinghan, and Jiu Feng joined their attack on the Heavenly Dragon Army instead of confronting Ao Lie.
• Yao Tianhuo injured Ao Lie's dragon palm with her Leaving Fire Blade, while Xiao Yan activated the Five Stroke Clan Mark and Eight Extremes Collapse's Sixth Level to reach Pseudo Half-Saint strength.
• Yao Tianhuo surrounded Ao Lie with numerous Flame Beasts using her evolved Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method and challenged him to a battle between beasts.

Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan used the Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method to pressure Ao Lie, exploiting his caution toward the Flame Beasts to create an opening and sever his arm. Yao Tianhuo then activated the Myriad Wheel Leaving Fire Array around Ao Lie, and its gathered energy erupted.

• Yao Tianhuo sent over a hundred Flame Beasts to attack Ao Lie, whose flames eroded his dragon scales as he learned to fend them off.
• Xiao Yan struck Ao Lie with Burning Heaven, using a Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to draw his attention before damaging his chest armor.
• Yao Tianhuo transformed from a Fire Hawk and severed Ao Lie's arm with the Leaving Fire Blade as he tried to kill Xiao Yan.
• Ao Lie formed Heavenly Dragon Armor and resisted Xiao Yan's attack, while Yao Tianhuo carried Xiao Yan away from the battlefield.
• Yao Tianhuo formed the Myriad Wheel Leaving Fire Array around Ao Lie and activated it, unleashing a tremendous eruption of crimson energy.

Yao Tianhuo devastated Ao Lie, but Lin Qian and Lin Wan sacrificed themselves to activate a secret technique that restored Ao Lie and raised his strength. As Ao Lie turned the tide and attacked Yao Tianhuo, Phoenix arrived and blocked his strike.

• Lin Qian and Lin Wan found Ao Lie gravely injured in the flames and used two black scrolls and a red scroll to activate a secret technique, sacrificing themselves to restore him.
• Xiao Yan and his allies defeated the Heavenly Dragon Army, and Han Feng treated Xiao Yan while he reflected on his weakness.
• Ao Lie emerged with his injuries healed and his strength raised to the late stage of Two-star Dou Sheng, then struck Yao Tianhuo down and attacked her with Roaring Dragon's Roar.
• Phoenix appeared and stopped Ao Lie's attack with a Space Barrier, revealing herself as an early Three-star Dou Sheng.

Phoenix avenged her sister by brutally killing Ao Lie and learned that the North Dragon King had masterminded the murder. Afterward, she offered to help Xiao Yan face the North Dragon King, while Xiao Yan’s group prepared to return.

• Phoenix arrived as Yao Tianhuo withdrew, then overwhelmed Ao Lie and tortured him for several minutes.
• Phoenix destroyed Ao Lie after he named the North Dragon King as the mastermind behind her sister’s death, and vowed to kill him herself.
• Phoenix asked Xiao Yan about his conflict with the Ancient Void Dragon, but accepted his refusal to explain.
• Xiao Yan gave Phoenix a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to deliver to his family, and she agreed while telling him to summon her when he faced the North Dragon King.
• Jiu Feng thanked Xiao Yan, then vowed to reclaim Feng Qing’er’s portrait before leaving with Huang Yun and Huang Lin.
• Han Feng asked Yao Tianhuo whether she had enjoyed her battle, and Xiao Yan told his group to return.

Phoenix returned to Phoenix City with Jiu Feng and reported Ao Lie’s death to Huang Tian, while hiding Xiao Yan’s involvement. Jiu Feng’s mistaken belief that Phoenix and Xiao Yan had a child convinced Huang Tian to investigate Xiao Yan, as Xiao Yan and the others returned to Starfall Pavilion.

• Phoenix told Huang Tian she had killed Ao Lie and presented the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Jiu Feng gave to Feng Qing'er.
• Huang Tian warned Phoenix not to seek revenge recklessly and asked her to bring Feng Qing'er back to visit.
• After Phoenix left, Jiu Feng described Xiao Yan’s help and guessed that Xiao Yan and Phoenix had a child, while Huang Yun and Huang Lin stayed silent.
• Huang Tian accepted Jiu Feng’s mistaken theory and asked for Xiao Yan’s information so he could meet him.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian practiced Thorn Ice Cage with Hai Bodong, while Zi Yan screamed under Zi Yun’s pressure.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard that Xiao Yan and the others had returned to Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with a portrait he had obtained from Jiu Feng, while Phoenix brought Feng Qing'er supplies for raising Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin and a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit from Xiao Yan. Feng Qing'er learned that Xiao Yan had also acquired one of her childhood portraits and feared Jiu Feng would reveal more.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Tianhuo and learned that Zi Yan was wailing because Elder Yao was helping Sister Zi Yun improve her strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Xiao Yan, checked that nothing unexpected had happened, and watched as he showed her a portrait from Jiu Feng.
• Yun Yun cared for Xiao Xiao while Feng Qing'er explained that Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin were away in Jia Ma Holy City with Zijing.
• Phoenix arrived and gave Feng Qing'er supplies from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for raising the children, then handed her a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit that Xiao Yan had obtained.
• Phoenix told Feng Qing'er about Xiao Yan's meeting with Jiu Feng, but concealed Ao Lie's role in Feng Li's murder.
• Feng Qing'er learned that Jiu Feng had said he would win the portrait back, realized Xiao Yan had obtained one of her childhood portraits, and despaired.

Xiao Yan hesitated over whether to learn Fenyan Valley’s dangerous ultimate Fighting Skill, Fire Without Form, then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and their companions to Baiyu City to meet Yun Ying. There, he encountered a frightened former Ice River Valley laborer selling the sect’s Fighting Skills, whose account revealed that a bloodied woman had slaughtered Ice River Valley and killed Ice Venerable.

• Xiao Yan consulted Yao Tianhuo about Fire Without Form, and she warned that transforming his body into flames could burn him to death or leave him unable to return to human form.
• After learning Feng Xian had gone with Qingluan to the Yun Family’s auction, Xiao Yan decided to visit Yun Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to accompany him despite her unexplained reluctance.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Baiyu City with Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Gu Qinghan, and Hai Bodong, while Han Feng stayed at Starfall Pavilion with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Yao Tianhuo took Fire Without Form to study.
• While browsing the crowded street stalls, Xiao Yan heard an old man quietly offering Ice River Valley Fighting Skills and approached him.
• The old man recounted how a severely wounded woman massacred Ice River Valley’s disciples and Tianshuangzi, killed Ice Venerable, and left him as the lone witness.

Xiao Yan bought Lu Yi’s collection of Ice River Valley fighting skills and arranged for him to find safety in the Black Corner Region. After failing to reach the Yun Family and finding an inn, Xiao Yan’s group settled in for the night, unaware that Nalan Yanran was sleeping in the neighboring room.

• Xiao Yan paid Lu Yi ten million gold coins for dozens of Ice River Valley fighting skills and gave him an Evil Prison Token to seek help from Yuan Yi in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the ice-attribute fighting skills, and Xiao Yan’s group left the Yun Family’s crowded entrance to find lodging.
• Hai Bodong went off to a tavern while Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and Gu Qinghan searched several full inns before finding rooms.
• Xiao Yi Xian arranged for Cao Ying to share a room with her and sent Gu Qinghan to sleep alone, leaving Gu Qinghan to hear their teasing through the wall.
• Nalan Yanran slept in the neighboring room, mistook the voices next door for unrelated inn guests, and dreamed of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan sought Yun Ying’s help after learning that the Yun Family had gathered most of Central Continent’s factions in Baiyu City. He revealed that he wanted to establish a New Order in Central Continent.

• Nalan Yanran woke refreshed, while Xiao Yi Xian and Gu Qinghan complained about the noisy night, and Xiao Yan carried the exhausted Cao Ying from the inn.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan’s group that news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s return had spread, and Cao Ying explained its legendary treasures before Gu Qinghan warned that the Eight Ancient Clans would suppress such news.
• Xiao Yan’s group met Yun Ying at the Yun Family courtyard, where she welcomed them and Xiao Yan introduced Cao Ying, Hai Bodong, and Gu Qinghan.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu Qinghan that she felt Xiao Yan and Yun Ying would never become romantically involved despite their closeness.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Ying privately about the factions gathered in Baiyu City, and she promised to support his request before he revealed his plan to establish a New Order in Central Continent.

At the Yun Family gathering, Xiao Yan proposed forming an alliance with the Yun Family as its foundation. The assembled factions listened as he called for the alliance to uphold the righteous path and unite Central Continent.

• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er met Feng Xian and thanked her for the Medicine Saint and her disciple’s help before they entered the Yun Family gathering.
• Feng Xian explained to Tang Zhen and Hai Bodong that the Yun Family handled funerals for powerful experts and had gained its wealth from their bequests.
• Hua Yu and Xuan Yi arrived, and Hua Yu questioned Feng Xian about Yao Chen while Xuan Yi reunited with Cao Ying.
• Yun Ying welcomed the gathered factions and announced that her close friend had matters to discuss before the auction.
• Xiao Yan took the platform and proposed an alliance founded on the Yun Family, declaring that it would uphold the righteous path and bring unity to Central Continent.

Three years after founding the Tianhe Alliance, Xiao Yan led its members to corner the Cloud Rain Sect's Sky Scorpion Trio and killed them after they broke the alliance's rules again. Tianhe Alliance had grown to include nearly eighty percent of Central Continent's forces, and Xiao Yan continued working to establish trust in its order.

• Xiao Yan and Tianhe Alliance members surrounded the fleeing Sky Scorpion Trio, and Xiao Yan rejected Sky Scorpion's plea for another chance.
• Sky Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion pretended to self-destruct, then tried to escape under cover of a flash of white light.
• Xiao Yan called on Gu Qinghan, who slashed and brought the three Old Demons down before Xiao Yan burned them to ash with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler.
• Xiao Yan confirmed the trio's deaths and ordered the Tianhe members to return to the alliance.
• The chapter explained how Xiao Yan founded Tianhe Alliance at the Yun Family's banquet and how it grew to encompass nearly eighty percent of Central Continent's forces over three years.

At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan’s family spent time together while their children played, and Xiao Yi Xian cared for Cao Ying and Xiao Yan’s infant daughter. Nalan Yanran emerged from three years of seclusion in the Southern Region as a late-stage One-star Dou Sheng, determined to defeat Xiao Yan.

• Zi Yan teased Xiao Xiao in the air until Feng Qing’er rescued the crying child and scolded her.
• Yun Xiao and the other children seized their chance to cling to Zi Yan and play with her.
• Zijing visited the pavilion, took Xiao Xiao from Cai Lin, and left to prepare for a Tianhe Alliance meeting.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Yun Yun and the others with the sleeping Xiao Yin, Cao Ying and Xiao Yan’s month-old daughter.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from her three-year seclusion at late-stage One-star Dou Sheng and declared that she would defeat Xiao Yan.