Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan killed Hun Qianmo and his companions, then revealed that Feng Li had lost her self-awareness and could only remain an empty shell. Yao Chen discovered that Qi Feng carried a fragment of Feng Li’s soul that might restore her consciousness, and Xiao Yan began extracting it as the collapsing space threatened to give way.

• Xiao Xuan burned Hun Qianmo and four other Hun Clan Dou Shengs to ashes with the Boundless Nether Heart Flame.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Feng Li had lost her self-awareness and that the Forbidden Ground would collapse once Feng Li absorbed its energy, so Huang Tian chose to let Xiao Yan end her suffering.
• Yao Chen stopped Xiao Yan and revealed that Qi Feng’s soul contained a fragment of Feng Li that might preserve her consciousness.
• Huang Tian brought Qi Feng to the Forbidden Ground, and Qi Feng agreed to give up the soul fragment to save Feng Li.
• Yao Chen directed Xiao Yan to separate the fragment from Qi Feng while Xiao Xuan, Huang Tian, Phoenix, and the others worked to keep the space from collapsing.

Huang Tian thanked Xiao Yan and his companions for saving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and preserving Feng Li's soul, then accepted Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er's relationship. After their family reunited and Feng Li awakened, Huang Tian entrusted Xiao Yan with preparing a body for her.

• Huang Tian, Phoenix, and Jiu Feng thanked Yao Chen and the others for their help, and Yao Chen reported that Feng Li's and Qi Feng's souls would recover.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he had been wrong to hide his relationship with Feng Qing'er, and Huang Tian approved their relationship and postponed their wedding until Feng Li's condition stabilized.
• Phoenix dragged Jiu Feng away to deal with his role in the wedding misunderstanding.
• Three days later, Yao Chen, Cai Lin, and the others returned to Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan stayed with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan; Phoenix brought Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin to meet Huang Tian.
• Feng Li and Qi Feng awakened safely, and Feng Li apologized to Feng Qing'er before meeting Xiao Yan as her son-in-law.
• Huang Tian told Xiao Yan that he had prepared a suitable body for Feng Li, and Xiao Yan promised to do his utmost to restore her.

After Feng Li recovered from her resurrection, Xiao Yan left the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with news of dangerous changes on Ancient Dragon Island and a coming alliance with the Tianhe Alliance. Feng Qing'er remained behind, troubled by Xiao Yi Xian's worsening condition, while Feng Li's questions about marriage led Phoenix to reveal her feelings for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan confirmed Feng Li had fully recovered, then prepared to return to the Tianhe Alliance while Feng Qing'er stayed to accompany her mother.
• Huang Tian warned Xiao Yan that Ancient Dragon Island had become a dangerous “devil's den” and agreed to visit the Tianhe Alliance to form an alliance.
• Feng Qing'er considered whether to tell Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamitous Poison Body had worsened, but kept silent and asked Huang Tian whether the clan had records about it.
• Feng Li urged Phoenix to marry, and Phoenix blurted out that she would marry if she could meet a man like Xiao Yan before disappearing in embarrassment.

Xiao Yan left the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and gave Xiao Mei a ring containing a senior figure who wanted to meet her. After reconciling with Zi Yan, he joined her to meet Zhu Li and Zhu Ming, and the chapter ended as they prepared to discuss the crisis on Ancient Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Mei a Storage Ring, and a woman’s voice inside it began asking Xiao Mei about her dramas.
• Xiao Yan secretly placed a Soul Mark in Xiao Mei’s soul to help protect her, then resolved to investigate Ancient Dragon Island and continue searching for Xiao Yu and Joyful Venerable.
• Zi Yan embraced Xiao Yan and asked whether he accepted their relationship; Xiao Yan confirmed that he did.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that visitors from the Ancient Void Dragon side wanted to speak with him, so he carried her to meet Zhu Li and Zhu Ming.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Li and Zhu Ming what had happened on Ancient Dragon Island.

Xiao Yan refused Zhu Ming and Zhu Li’s request for help with Ancient Dragon Island, agreeing with Zi Yan that he had already done enough for the Ancient Void Dragons. After Yun Ying arrived with new information about Xiao Yu and the three Joyful Venerables, Xiao Yan changed his mind and offered the Tianhe Alliance’s help.

• Zhu Ming and Zhu Li told Xiao Yan they had located Ancient Dragon Island but could not enter because an unknown powerhouse was lurking there.
• Zi Yan objected to helping the Ancient Void Dragons, and Xiao Yan refused to get involved with Ancient Dragon Island beyond supporting the civilians already settled in the Central Continent.
• Zijing gently advised Zi Yan to speak more respectfully to Zhu Ming and Zhu Li.
• Yun Ying arrived with leads about Xiao Yan’s cousin Xiao Yu and the three Joyful Venerables.
• After reading Yun Ying’s document, Xiao Yan withdrew his refusal and promised the Tianhe Alliance would help with Ancient Dragon Island.

Gu Qinghan brought Gu Yao and the Black Seal Army defectors to the Tianhe Alliance, where Xiao Ning arranged for them to join Yao Ye’s new unit. Xiao Yan then summoned allies and sent Gu Qinghan to invite Ancestor Huoyun as he prepared to address the Ancient Dragon Island matter.

• Gu Qinghan learned that Gu Yuan had stayed at Starfall Pavilion, ordered them to follow Xiao Yan, and received the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Gu Yuelan.
• Xiao Ning met Gu Qinghan’s group and offered Gu Yao and the Black Seal Army members places in Yao Ye’s new Tianhe Alliance unit.
• Gu Qinghan assigned the group to Xiao Ning, then encountered Xiao Yan with Zi Yan and saw Zhu Ming and Zhu Li emerge from a room.
• Xiao Yan ordered Gu Qinghan to invite Ancestor Huoyun and told Zijing to summon Cai Lin, Elder Tianhuo, Elder Yao, and her mother from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan agreed to invite his concealed friend to guard the Tianhe Alliance, while Gu Qinghan and Zijing left to carry out their orders.

Xiao Yan prepared a Tianhe Alliance operation to retake Ancient Dragon Island and eliminate the Joyful Venerable, while arranging for Yao Chen and Xiao Xuan to protect the Alliance. Lei Dong unexpectedly returned and insisted on joining the mission as Xiao Yan’s deputy.

• Yun Ying reported that the Joyful Venerable had occupied Ancient Dragon Island and grown to at least the Five-star Dou Sheng realm, so Xiao Yan assigned Alliance and Ancient Dragon Clan members to eliminate her.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen and Xiao Xuan to remain behind and protect the Tianhe Alliance, with Yun Ying assisting them.
• Lei Dong barged into the conference room, and Xiao Yan and Lei Dong each noticed how much the other’s strength had increased.
• Lei Dong demanded to accompany Xiao Yan to Ancient Dragon Island as his deputy, and Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed.

Yun Ying revealed to Yao Chen her desire to make the world suffer as she had, though meeting Xiao Yan had changed her resolve. While Xiao Yan was away, Yun Ying identified Yao Chen as an obstacle and attacked her, leaving the Tianhe Alliance in ruins.

• Xiao Yan departed with Zhu Ming, Zhu Li, Gu Qinghan, and the others for Ancient Dragon Island, leaving Zijing to arrange accommodations for the Thunder Clan disciples.
• Yun Ying stopped Yao Chen and brought her to the Alliance Leader Room for a private conversation.
• Yun Ying told Yao Chen she had once wanted to fill the world with despair so everyone would endure the pain she had suffered, but that meeting Xiao Yan had changed everything.
• Yun Ying said Yao Chen was the greatest obstacle to her next plan and decided to deal with her while Xiao Yan was away.
• Yun Ying pressed down with immense power, knocking Yao Chen unconscious as the Tianhe Alliance collapsed and the Boundless Nether Heart Flame surged from the ruins.

Xiao Yan and his companions encountered Hun Yan’s skeletal servants on Ancient Dragon Island and split into two teams to search for Xiao Yu. Hun Yan sent Hun Mei and Hun Shu after the other group while she approached the imprisoned Xiao Yu, revealing her conflicted affection and hinting that Xiao Yu would forget her.

• Xiao Yan recognized Hun Yan speaking through an Ancient Void Dragon skeleton, and she revealed that Xiao Yu was somewhere on the island.
• Hun Yan sent Half-Saint Ancient Void Dragon skeletons to attack, but Yao Tianhuo’s Flame Beasts burned them away.
• Xiao Yan divided the group, sending Cai Lin with one team while he, Zi Yun, and Lei Dong searched another route.
• Hun Yan ordered Hun Mei and Hun Shu to hold back Cai Lin’s group while she dealt with Xiao Yan’s trio.
• Hun Yan visited the captive Xiao Yu and spoke of their shared past, expressing tenderness while accepting that Xiao Yu might forget her.

Xiao Yan, Lei Dong, and Zi Yun became trapped in an illusion on Ancient Dragon Island and searched its ruins for a way out. They found Ao Jing’s drained corpse, which suddenly attacked Xiao Yan, and Lei Dong struck Xiao Yan after being grabbed during the rescue.

• Xiao Yan realized the forest repeated itself and demonstrated that it was an illusion, while Lei Dong failed to escape by flying upward.
• The three entered the ruins, where Xiao Yan lit the dark halls with flames after realizing Lei Dong was afraid of ghosts.
• Xiao Yan found Ao Jing’s corpse and concluded that someone had helped Joyful Venerable drain him, possibly the Masked Woman.
• Ao Jing’s corpse rose and attacked Xiao Yan, but Lei Dong intercepted it with a lightning strike.
• Xiao Yan pulled Lei Dong out of danger, and Lei Dong punched him after realizing Xiao Yan had grabbed him around the waist.

Xiao Yan destroyed Ao Jing’s corpse, triggering an Illusion Array that made Lei Dong and Zi Yun see him as possessed and attack him. After freeing them and crushing the array’s mark inside himself, Xiao Yan watched the surroundings transform, leaving the group facing a newly revealed scene.

• Ao Jing’s corpse rose, and Xiao Yan destroyed it with Burning Heaven, but it reappeared as a phantom and entered his body.
• Under the illusion, Lei Dong and Zi Yun saw Xiao Yan as possessed and attacked him while Xiao Yan tried to understand their actions.
• Xiao Yan realized they were trapped in an Illusion Array and used black chains to restrain Zi Yun and catch Lei Dong, then awakened Lei Dong by sending Soul Power into his soul.
• Xiao Yan freed Zi Yun from the illusion, and Lei Dong awkwardly reacted to having been held close while Xiao Yan rescued him.
• Xiao Yan identified Ao Jing’s corpse as the array’s core and crushed the foreign mark inside his soul, causing the surroundings to transform and startling Lei Dong.

Xiao Yan and his companions found a grotesque hall where the Joyful Venerables had turned Ancient Void Dragons into statues, then Hun Yan used Xiao Yu as leverage to demand sacrifices from him. Xiao Yan refused to sacrifice Lei Dong, traced the projection to the Joyful Venerables' location, and led the others onward to rescue Xiao Yu.

• Lei Dong, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yun discovered that the hall's statues were Ancient Void Dragons drained of Dou Qi and preserved in superheated mercury, and Xiao Yan burned them with the Boundless Nether Heart Flame.
• Hun Yan projected an image of Xiao Yu bound in a bone cage and demanded that Xiao Yan cut off one of his hands to spare her.
• Xiao Yan severed his own arm, but firmly refused Hun Yan's next demand that he kill Lei Dong, explaining he would not make someone else pay for his private mission.
• Hun Yan taunted Xiao Yan about what the Joyful Venerables might do to Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yan vowed to bring them to justice and never spare them.
• After Hun Yan ended the projection, Xiao Yan said he had traced its connection to the Joyful Venerables' location, stored his severed arm, and hurried out with Zi Yun and Lei Dong.

Hun Yan prepared to face Xiao Yan after arranging for Yun Ying to restore Xiao Yu’s memories and erase all memory of the three sisters. Xiao Yan found Hun Yan, survived her cave-destroying attack with Zi Yun and Lei Dong, and then confronted the colossal corpse-and-bone construct she had raised on Ancient Dragon Island.

• Hun Shu and Hun Mei left Hun Yan with Xiao Yu, and each vanished in eerie red light as Hun Yan said farewell to them.
• Yun Ying met Hun Yan in the cave, and they spoke about their resentment and feelings for Xiao Yan before Yun Ying agreed to erase the sisters from Xiao Yu’s restored memories.
• Hun Yan advised Yun Ying to let Yun Ying die, and Yun Ying said she was already doing so before Xiao Yan, Zi Yun, and Lei Dong burst into the cave.
• Xiao Yan formed a replacement arm from Boundless Nether Heart Flame and shielded Zi Yun and Lei Dong as Hun Yan’s red light destroyed the cave.
• Cai Lin and the others reached the plains and saw a hundred-zhang construct made of bones and rotting flesh, which Xiao Yan identified as built from Ancient Void Dragon corpses.
• Hun Yan stood atop the construct and challenged Xiao Yan to settle their grudge.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Yan while Cai Lin and the others fought the Bone Tower’s endless Ancient Void Dragon skeletons and tried to rescue Xiao Yu. Lei Dong revealed his hidden power, destroyed Xiao Yu’s cage, and escaped with her and Gu Qinghan as the Bone Tower began to erupt.

• Xiao Yan identified Xiao Yu as the Bone Tower’s core and faced Hun Yan, while Cai Lin led the others to rescue Xiao Yu.
• Cai Lin, Zi Yun, Zi Yan, Zhu Ming, Zhu Li, and Yao Tianhuo battled the endless Half-Saint Ancient Void Dragon skeletons emerging from the tower.
• Gu Qinghan and Lei Dong broke through the corpse tide and reached Xiao Yu’s cage, but Gu Qinghan’s blade could not damage it.
• Lei Dong revealed his true identity and surged to Late Five-star Dou Sheng strength, then tore open the cage with lightning.
• Gu Qinghan pulled Xiao Yu free as the Bone Tower tried to reclaim her, and Lei Dong struck the tower before escaping with both of them.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Yan, granted her final wish, and returned from Ancient Dragon Island with his companions. As they traveled toward the Tianhe Alliance, they found its headquarters reduced to ruins.

• Xiao Yan killed Hun Yan with the Boundless Nether Heart Flame after promising to care for Xiao Yu, and Hun Yan thanked him before turning to ashes.
• Cai Lin and the others finished destroying the remaining Ancient Void Dragon skeletons, while Gu Qinghan confirmed Xiao Yu was unharmed.
• Xiao Yan thanked Lei Dong for helping, and the group left Ancient Dragon Island as Zhu Ming and Zhu Li returned to reunite the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Cai Lin tried to comfort Xiao Yan during the journey, while Zi Yun and Zi Yan joined in teasing him about spending time with his wives.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Tianhe Alliance and found its headquarters in ruins.

Hun Tiandi attacked the Tianhe Alliance, leaving it in ruins and taking Yao Chen. After a Soul Hall emissary delivered a challenge to Xiao Yan, the chapter ended with Ya Fei recognizing that the Soul Hall had declared war on him.

• Xiao Yan and his allies rescued the injured from the destroyed Tianhe Alliance, and Xiao Yan restored Xiao Xuan after finding him buried beneath the ruins.
• Xiao Xuan identified the attacker as Hun Tiandi, while the rescuers confirmed that no one had died but Yao Chen was missing.
• Ya Fei reported that the Soul Hall had abandoned its branch halls, leading Xiao Yan and the others to suspect a mole had revealed the Tianhe Alliance’s plans.
• Gu Qinghan brought a Soul Hall emissary to Xiao Yan, and the emissary challenged him to come to the Soul Hall headquarters to find Yao Chen before attempting to self-destruct.
• Xiao Yan burned the emissary to ashes, and Ya Fei told him that the Soul Hall was declaring war.

Xiao Yan prepared to go alone to the Soul Hall headquarters to rescue Yao Chen, believing that bringing others would only risk more lives if Hun Tiandi intervened. He left the Tianhe Alliance in Cai Lin and Yun Ying's care, while Xiao Yi Xian wished him a safe return, and an unseen black shadow followed him.

• Cai Lin furiously opposed Xiao Yan's plan to enter the Soul Hall alone, but Xiao Yan explained that Hun Tiandi was the real danger and that reinforcements would not help if he appeared.
• Xiao Yan asked Cai Lin to lead the Tianhe Alliance and Yun Ying to manage its affairs if he failed to return, prompting Cai Lin to kick him out of the tent and weep as she demanded he come back alive.
• Xiao Yan privately entrusted the alliance's remaining affairs to Yun Ying and told her to seek Elder Tianhuo's help if necessary.
• Xiao Yi Xian acknowledged that Xiao Yan would not abandon Yao Chen and asked him to return alive, and Xiao Yan left without saying goodbye to the others.
• An unnoticed black shadow quietly followed Xiao Yan and disappeared.

Hun Tiandi killed Hun Yu at Soul Hall Headquarters, then Xiao Yan attacked the headquarters and slaughtered its Soul Emissaries. Hun Miesheng confronted Xiao Yan, but Lei Dong arrived in time to interrupt his attack.

• Hun Yu begged Hun Miesheng for help, but Hun Miesheng refused to assist him.
• Hun Tiandi arrived, ignored Hun Yu's pleas, and killed him when he interrupted her departure.
• Hun Miesheng ordered Soul Hall to keep Xiao Yan alive after learning he had invaded the headquarters.
• Xiao Yan slaughtered the Soul Emissaries and advanced toward Soul Hall Headquarters.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Yan, but Lei Dong appeared and forced him to retreat.

Lei Dong revealed his concealed Thunder Clan Divine Bloodline and joined Xiao Yan in fighting Hun Miesheng, but the Soul Hall master overwhelmed them both. Hun Miesheng pinned Lei Dong beneath a crushing black hand and appeared ready to kill him.

• Lei Dong arrived in time to stop Hun Miesheng from ambushing Xiao Yan, and Hun Miesheng recognized his concealed identity as the Thunder Clan’s Divine Bloodline.
• Xiao Yan activated his Clan Markings and Eight Extremes Collapse, while Lei Dong used his Thunder Clan Markings to rise from Late Five-star Dou Sheng to Early Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Lei Dong pierced Hun Miesheng with Lightning Flash, but Hun Miesheng turned into Black Qi and reappeared unharmed; Xiao Yan then struck him with Burning Heaven and was sent flying by Hun Miesheng’s counterattack.
• Lei Dong tried to protect Xiao Yan, but Hun Miesheng crushed his Lightning Spear and knocked Xiao Yan unconscious before pinning Lei Dong to the ground.
• Hun Miesheng summoned a massive black hand over Lei Dong and called him Lei Jing as the hand descended.

Xiao Yan and Lei Jing fought Hun Miesheng, who fled after Lei Jing struck him with a lightning attack. Lei Jing rescued Yao Chen from the Soul Hall Headquarters, but Xiao Yan collapsed when the backlash from his secret technique took effect.

• Xiao Yan used the modified Eighth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse and Burning Heaven to break Hun Miesheng's black hand and attack him.
• Lei Jing seized Hun Miesheng's distraction to strike him with Lightning Flash, destroying half his body.
• Hun Miesheng fled rather than risk Xiao Yan dying, and Xiao Yan headed for the Soul Hall Headquarters to rescue Yao Chen.
• Lei Jing reached Yao Chen first, killed the Soul Emissaries guarding him, freed him from his chains, and carried him outside to Xiao Yan.
• After confirming Yao Chen had been rescued, Xiao Yan's secret technique ended, and he collapsed as his wounds worsened.