Chapter Summaries

Zijing arrived at Baiyu City for the 12th Tianhe Summit, where Xiao Yan prepared to lead a meeting of the Tianhe Alliance’s factions. The representatives gathered as the summit officially began, while Yao Chen remained at the Small Pill Tower trying to persuade its elders to join the alliance.

• Zijing traveled through a Space Tunnel to Baiyu City and helped Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan prepare the summit documents.
• Yun Ying arrived, confirmed that preparations were complete, and went with Xiao Yan to the meeting hall.
• Lei Zun Zhe teased Yellow Springs Venerable about joining the alliance, and Yellow Springs Venerable explained that Yao Chen had personally apologized to him.
• Feng Xian told Hua Yu that Yao Chen had skipped the meeting to stay at the Small Pill Tower and persuade its elders to join the alliance.
• Yun Ying took her seat, and Xiao Yan opened the 12th Tianhe Summit as its Executor.

After the Tianhe Conference, Xiao Yan arranged precautions for the hunt for the Joyful Desire Venerables and traveled with Han Yue to the Black Corner Region. Yun Ying remained behind, remembering Hun Yan, while the chapter ended with the four sisters running their busy restaurant there.

• Xiao Yan told Xuan Yi that Cao Ying was recovering, and Xuan Yi left to help Yao Chen deal with the Small Pill Tower elders.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had built Tianhe Alliance academies to give children education beyond Dou Qi cultivation, and Zijing warned him that Chen Tiannan had watched him with ill intent.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had killed Chen Tiannan's son and instructed Zijing to keep commoners out of the search for the Joyful Desire Venerables, who still held Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yan asked Han Yue to take him to the Black Corner Region, left Yun Ying in charge, and departed with Han Yue and Gu Qinghan.
• Yun Ying recalled Hun Yan and warned her silently that her patience was nearly exhausted.
• In the Black Corner Region, Lin Mei, Lin Shu, Lin Wu, and Lin Yan served a crowd of customers at their popular restaurant until closing time.

Lin Yan, Lin Mei, and Lin Shu discussed Lin Wu’s growing connection with Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, who still mourned Xiao Yu’s disappearance. Lin Yan decided Lin Wu should spend time with them before the sisters faced the reckoning they believed was approaching.

• Lin Shu asked to close the restaurant the next day, and Lin Yan agreed.
• Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei discussed missing Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu, then told Lin Wu that Xiao Yu was Xiao Ning’s sister and had been abducted years ago.
• Lin Wu and the cousins remarked that they felt strangely familiar with one another, and Lin Yan encouraged Lin Wu to go strolling with them the next day.
• After Lin Wu left, Lin Yan told Lin Mei and Lin Shu that the Tianhe Alliance’s purge and the person watching them made it time to confront their past.
• Lin Yan said they would eventually separate Lin Wu from their crimes and urged the sisters to cherish their remaining time with her.

Xiao Yan traveled with Han Yue’s caravan to the Black Corner Region to deal with a matter connected to Xiao Yu. In Black-Seal City, he helped the Han Clan unload goods at the auction house, leaving Han Yue, Gu Qinghan, and the servants struck by his refusal to act superior to others.

• Han Chi and Han Xue welcomed Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan, and Han Xue mistakenly guessed Xiao Yan had come to propose marriage to Han Yue.
• Xiao Yan told Han Yue that his journey to the Black Corner Region concerned Xiao Yu, then promised to protect the Han Family Caravan as they traveled.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Qinghan, and the Han caravan reached the prosperous Black-Seal City and headed to the Eight Fan Gate auction house.
• Xiao Yan joined the Han Clan servants in carrying goods by hand, prompting Gu Qinghan, Han Yue, Han Xue, and the servants to help as well.

Xiao Yan visited the Black-Seal City auction house to find Yuan Yi, but stopped a robbery and learned that Yuan Yi was away defending the Black Corner Region. Secretary Yu He recognized Xiao Yan and crushed an emergency Communication Token to summon Yuan Yi, leaving Xiao Yan reluctantly waiting in the VIP room.

• Han Yue thanked Xiao Yan for helping the Han Clan and left with Han Xue while Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan entered the auction house.
• Xiao Yan used his Space Power to stop a six-star Dou Huang robber, returned the stolen goods, and handed the subdued robber to the guards.
• The guards told Xiao Yan that Yao Ye's strict laws had curbed violence, while Yuan Yi was leading forces against a bandit group at the Black Corner Region border.
• Secretary Yu He recognized Xiao Yan as the former leader of the Black Corner Region and enthusiastically welcomed him.
• Yu He crushed an emergency Communication Token to summon Yuan Yi, and Xiao Yan agreed to wait in the VIP room.

Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan shared a meal at the Black-Seal City Auction House, where women hired to entertain him were driven away by Gu Qinghan before they could get his autograph. After Xiao Yan thanked Gu Qinghan for years of help, Yuan Yi arrived and mistook her feelings for Xiao Yan’s; Xiao Yan corrected him, leaving Gu Qinghan disappointed.

• The receptionist and four Rakshasa Gate women eagerly asked Xiao Yan for autographs while he and Gu Qinghan dined.
• Yu He sent four women to entertain Xiao Yan, but Gu Qinghan frightened them into leaving when they tried to seduce him.
• The women returned to get autographs after Gu Qinghan allowed them, and she later told Xiao Yan to show respect for his wives.
• Xiao Yan thanked Gu Qinghan for helping him over the past three years and promised to repay her, but she declined.
• Yuan Yi arrived to discuss bandits disrupting his business, praised Gu Qinghan as one of Xiao Yan’s beautiful companions, and saw her blush before Xiao Yan insisted she was only his deputy.

Xiao Yan returned to Black Corner Region to investigate the three Joyful Desire Venerables and agreed to help stop the Shi Ming Sect bandits. After learning how Yao Ye and Ya Fei had devoted themselves to their duties, he left with Gu Qinghan when Shi Ming Sect attacked the border, where Yao Ye prepared to defend Black Corner Region against Shi Tian.

• Xiao Yan showed Yuan Yi portraits of the three Joyful Desire Venerables and warned him not to issue public wanted notices because the fugitives might retaliate against civilians.
• Yuan Yi told Xiao Yan that Shi Tian’s Shi Ming Sect had been raiding trade routes, and Xiao Yan promised to hunt the bandits with Gu Qinghan.
• Yuan Yi praised Yao Ye and Ya Fei for refusing to leave their posts, but Xiao Yan only expressed guilt and said he would find replacements for them.
• Yu He reported that Shi Ming Sect had attacked the border, and Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan immediately vanished to respond.
• Yao Ye identified and killed a traitor, then ordered her forces to defend the border as Shi Tian confronted her in the air.

Zijing discovered that news of the Joyful Desire Venerables hiding in the Black Corner Region had spread, putting the region at risk, while Yun Ying ordered Chen Tiannan killed. In the Black Corner Region, Yao Ye’s Fearless Army Formation held Shi Tian back until Xiao Yan arrived just as she was about to fall.

• Zijing learned that a bounty-linked rumor about the Joyful Desire Venerables had spread across Central Continent and feared powerful experts would devastate the Black Corner Region.
• Zijing suspected Chen Tiannan had spread the news and ordered Lu Xia to alert the Five Great Seats while he hurried to warn Xiao Yan.
• Hai Bodong sensed something was wrong as Yun Ying ordered someone in the darkness to dispose of Chen Tiannan without a trace.
• Yao Ye used the Fearless Army Formation to defend the Black Corner Region, but Shi Tian overwhelmed her and left her gravely wounded.
• As Shi Tian’s Lion King phantom approached Yao Ye, Xiao Yan appeared and stopped the attack.

Xiao Yan saved Yao Ye, destroyed the invading Shi Ming Sect forces, and killed Shi Tian at the Black Corner Region border. Back in Black-Seal City, Han Yue revealed that Xiao Yan had returned, delighting Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning while Lin Wu reacted to his name.

• Xiao Yan saved the unconscious Yao Ye as Gu Qinghan took her to safety, then confronted Shi Tian and offered the Shi Ming Sect a chance to surrender.
• After Shi Tian's men mocked Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi pressure killed them all, and he introduced himself as the former First Evil Prison Leader.
• Xiao Yan burned Shi Tian's body and soul to ashes when Shi Tian tried to plead for his life.
• At a tea shop in Black-Seal City, Elder Eagle Mountain and Lu Yi discussed how Xiao Yan had helped transform their lives and the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and Lin Wu visited the tea shop with the orphanage children, and Han Yue and Han Xue arrived while shopping.
• Han Yue told Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning that Xiao Yan had returned with her, and Lin Wu quietly repeated his name.

Yao Ye awoke in Evil Prison and reunited with Xiao Yan, who had returned to the Black Corner Region. After Xiao Yan revealed that Xiao Yu was safe but still missing, Lin Wu told Lin Yan that he had come back, prompting Lin Yan to fear their hidden group might be discovered.

• Yao Ye recovered in Evil Prison, learned that Xiao Yan had returned, and joined him and the others in the hall.
• Hu Jia flirted with Gu Qinghan while Xiao Ning urged Xiao Yan to visit Yihongyuan, but Gu Qinghan questioned him about going there and he denied having gone for pleasure.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei that Xiao Yu was safe, though her whereabouts remained unknown, and said he had come to the Black Corner Region partly to find her.
• Lin Wu returned home and told Lin Mei and Lin Yan that Xiao Yan had come back to the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Yan panicked that Xiao Yan might discover them, ordered Lin Mei to find Lin Shu, and told Lin Wu to remain at home.

Lin Shu encountered Xiao Yan in Black-Seal City and realized he suspected her, while Gu Qinghan followed her and discovered many powerful experts gathering in the city. Back at home, Lin Yan concluded that someone had revealed their location and proposed that she, Lin Mei, and Lin Shu sacrifice themselves for Lin Wu.

• Lin Shu ran into Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei while shopping, then left after recognizing Xiao Yan and fearing he had found them.
• Xiao Yan sent Gu Qinghan to follow Lin Shu, while Lin Mei briefly used Soul Shock to distract Gu Qinghan and Lin Shu told her to report back to Lin Yan.
• Gu Qinghan spotted seven Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns on the street and left to warn Xiao Yan about their presence.
• Lin Shu returned home and told Lin Yan and Lin Mei that Xiao Yan suspected them and that powerful experts had gathered in Black-Seal City.
• Lin Yan connected the experts’ arrival to the wanted notice for the three women and suspected that someone above them had revealed their location.
• Lin Yan asked Lin Mei and Lin Shu to join her in sacrificing themselves for Lin Wu, and both agreed.

Xiao Yan learned that powerful outsiders were gathering in the Black Corner Region because news had spread that the Soul Hall’s Bodhi Pill was there, and he prepared to protect the region from chaos. Meanwhile, Yao Tianhuo confronted the black-robed man who had ordered Chen Tiannan to spread the news, but he began to self-destruct rather than be captured.

• Gu Qinghan told Xiao Yan that at least seven or eight peak Nine-revolutions Dou Zuns had arrived in the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan suspected they sought the Soul Hall’s Bodhi Pill.
• Zi Yan and Zijing arrived, and Zijing told Xiao Yan that news of the Joyful Desire Venerables’ presence in the Black Corner Region had spread across Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Mei to gather the Evil Prison Members and asked Elder Eagle Mountain to inform Yuan Yi, then promised Lu Yi he would not let the Black Corner Region return to its violent past.
• Chen Tiannan admitted to the black-robed man that he had spread the news to draw Xiao Yan into danger, and the man killed everyone in the Xuan Ming Sect to erase the evidence.
• Yao Tianhuo attacked the black-robed man, wounded him, and trapped him with the Myriad Rounds of Leaving Fire Method before demanding to know who had sent him.
• Rather than reveal his identity to Yao Tianhuo, the black-robed man began gathering Dou Qi to self-destruct.

Yao Tianhuo failed to save Chen Tiannan after Hun Qing self-destructed to conceal his identity, and she reported the incident to the Tianhe Alliance. As the Alliance prepared for trouble over the Joyful Desire Venerables, Yun Ling ordered Hun Miesheng to restore Hun Qing and have him replace a secluded Dou Sheng named Luo Ming.

• Yao Tianhuo carried Tang Huo'er away from the Xuan Ming Sect before Hun Qing's self-destruction obliterated the area, then returned to confirm that no one had survived.
• Yao Tianhuo told the Tianhe Alliance that Chen Tiannan had been killed by a mysterious black-robed man, and the leaders suspected the Soul Hall but agreed they lacked proof.
• Yun Ying urged the Alliance to prepare for the possibility that the Joyful Desire Venerables were in the Black Corner Region without accusing the Soul Hall on suspicion alone.
• Hun Miesheng learned that Hun Qing had returned as a remnant soul, and Yun Ling declared the mission complete because Hun Qing had kept his identity hidden.
• Yun Ling ordered Hun Miesheng to restore Hun Qing and capture Luo Ming so Hun Qing could take his place.

Xiao Yan struggled to prevent the arriving Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zun from causing a disaster in the Black Corner Region without attacking them unjustly. Ya Fei proposed making them believe the Joyful Desire Venerables were inside, and Xiao Yan assigned everyone roles to manage the threat and search for the fugitives.

• Gu Qinghan reported that thirteen Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zun had entered the Black Corner Region, and Zi Yan said she could not reliably isolate them with Mirror Space.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yan and teased him until Gu Qinghan intervened, prompting Yao Ye to steer the gathering back to the crisis.
• Xiao Yan explained that he could not attack the outsiders before they caused trouble, while driving them out after a confrontation would be too late.
• Ya Fei proposed confirming the rumor that the Joyful Desire Venerables were in the Black Corner Region and choosing a location for them, so the outsiders could be directed out and intercepted.
• Xiao Yan sent Yuan Yi and Su Mei to act on the plan, ordered Yao Ye and Gu Qinghan to guard the border, and told Zi Yan to await his signal to deploy Mirror Space.
• Xiao Yan set out with Zijing and Elder Eagle Mountain to search for the Joyful Desire Venerables, and Elder Eagle Mountain said he had several suspects in mind.

Yao Ye sealed the Black Corner Region in Mirror Space, keeping the pursuing Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns outside while Xiao Yan searched for Lin Wu and the wanted women. Lin Yan faced Xiao Yan and revealed herself as Hun Yan, challenging him as an early stage One-star Dou Sheng.

• Yuan Yi and Su Mei watched the Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns chase a false rumor toward the eastern Black Corner Region, and Yao Ye sealed the region with Mirror Seal after they left.
• Yao Ye’s allies calmed the residents, while Gu Qinghan stopped Zhuang Yun and Deng En from forcing their way into the sealed region.
• Lin Yan, Lin Mei, and Lin Shu found themselves trapped inside the space and decided to seek Xiao Yan and hand over Lin Wu.
• Xiao Yan confronted the three women, recognized their bloody souls, and demanded that Lin Shu return Lin Wu.
• Lin Yan revealed her true identity as Hun Yan, unleashed her early stage One-star Dou Sheng strength, and challenged Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Yan, who used a life-burning secret technique to fight him while Hun Mei, Hun Shu, and Hun Wu escaped. Just as Xiao Yan gained the upper hand, an Ancient Void Dragon Spatial Teleportation Gate appeared over the Black Corner Region.

• Hun Yan revealed that she had reached early stage One-star Dou Sheng, while Hun Shu and Hun Mei fled with Hun Wu.
• Hun Yan admitted she was burning her life force and refused to explain why she would not hand Xiao Yu over to Xiao Yan, then summoned the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox.
• Xiao Yan used his amplification skills and Fire Without Form to withstand Hun Yan’s attacks and countered with spreading arms of Boundless Nether Heart Flame.
• Hun Yan escaped Xiao Yan’s Burning Heaven strike by switching places with the Bewildering Heaven Illusory Demon Fox, leaving the demon fox badly damaged.
• Xiao Yan prepared to continue attacking Hun Yan, but both looked up when an Ancient Void Dragon Spatial Teleportation Gate appeared above the Black Corner Region.

Han Yue, Hu Jia, and Han Xue visited Jia Nan Academy, where they met its returning founder, Mang Tianchi, and his sworn brother, Lei Xiao. After sensing another Dou Sheng Expert near the Black Corner Region, the two elders headed there to see Xiao Yan.

• Han Yue, Hu Jia, and Han Xue arrived at Jia Nan Academy and learned that Hu Gan had gone to the Inner Academy to receive an important guest.
• Hu Jia tried to enter the administrative office despite the students guarding it, but Hu Gan came out and stopped the commotion.
• Hu Jia told Hu Gan that Xiao Yan had returned to the Black Corner Region, prompting Mang Tianchi to ask Su Qian about him.
• Su Qian introduced Mang Tianchi as Jia Nan Academy’s founder and Dean, and identified his companion as Lei Xiao.
• Mang Tianchi and Lei Xiao sensed a Dou Sheng Expert near the Black Corner Region and left to investigate, while Su Qian revealed that they were both Early Three-star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Yan and Hun Yan formed a temporary alliance when the Ancient Void Dragons arrived in the Black Corner Region, and they began evacuating its civilians. The North Dragon King, South Dragon King, and West Dragon King appeared with a vast force and accused Xiao Yan of hiding the Ancient Dragon Emperor, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Yan agreed to a truce, and Hun Yan said the Ancient Void Dragons had come for Hun Wu.
• Xiao Yan ordered Zi Yan to evacuate the Black Corner Region’s residents in three batches while Zijing coordinated the local forces.
• Several hundred Ancient Void Dragons emerged from three portals, followed by the North Dragon King, South Dragon King, and West Dragon King, each a Late stage Three-star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Yan chose to stand with Xiao Yan rather than flee, and Xiao Yan asked the Dragon Kings why they had come.
• The North Dragon King accused Xiao Yan of concealing the Ancient Dragon Emperor and threatened the Tianhe Alliance.

The Three Great Dragon Kings attacked Xiao Yan and his allies in the Black Corner Region, demanding Zi Yan and Hun Wu. Zi Yan fought them to protect everyone, but as she began to lose, Mang Tianchi and Lei Xiao arrived to join the battle.

• The North Dragon King demanded that Xiao Yan surrender Zi Yan and Hun Wu, and the West Dragon King struck Xiao Yan twice while Gu Qinghan rescued him from the second attack.
• Zi Yan appeared, shattered the Mirror Space, and shielded Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan as the Dragon Kings ordered their forces to attack the gathered Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan told Gu Qinghan to take Xiao Yan and escape, then confronted the Three Great Dragon Kings and attacked them with the Eighth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Zi Yan held off the three Late stage Three-star Dou Sheng Dragon Kings at first, but they overwhelmed her and the North Dragon King blasted her with a powerful attack.
• Mang Tianchi and Lei Xiao appeared, brushed aside the attack’s aftershocks, and offered to join the fight against the Three Great Dragon Kings.

As Mang Tianchi and Lei Xiao joined Xiao Yan and Zi Yan against the Three Dragon Kings, six Dou Shengs fought above the Black Corner Region while Xiao Yan waited for reinforcements. Hun Wu suddenly appeared near the battle, leaving Xiao Yan and Hun Yan shocked and alarmed.

• On the wasteland, Hun Wu vanished from Hun Shu’s arms after a mysterious voice told Hun Mei and Hun Shu they could do as they pleased, and Hun Shu and Hun Mei rushed toward the Black Corner Region when a tremendous blast erupted.
• Mang Tianchi and Lei Xiao arrived to help Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, then fought Ao Jing and the West Dragon King while Zi Yan battled the South Dragon King.
• Gu Qinghan brought Xiao Yan away from the fighting, and Xiao Yan said he had called for help and needed to delay the battle.
• Hun Wu appeared near the center of the battle, and Xiao Yan and Hun Yan recognized her as Hun Wu and Sister Xiao Yu.