Chapter Summaries

Lei Jing brought the gravely injured Xiao Yan and Yao Chen back to the Tianhe Alliance, where Xiao Yan recovered and woke a week later. After reuniting with Xiao Yu and learning she had kept her memories of Hun Yan and the others, Xiao Yan also discovered Lei Jing had come to see him.

• Lei Jing carried Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to the Tianhe Alliance, where Han Feng, Xuan Kongzi, and the others treated them and saved Xiao Yan.
• A week later, Xiao Yan woke and learned that Yao Chen remained unconscious while Xiao Yu had recovered.
• Cai Lin confronted Xiao Yan for making her worry, but she left after he apologized and promised to accept punishment.
• Xiao Yan discovered he had advanced to the late stage Four-star Dou Sheng and learned that Xiao Yu had reached the early stage Two-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan she had retained her memories of Hun Yan and the others, then declared she would join the Tianhe Alliance and kissed him.
• Lei Jing visited Xiao Yan, denied that she had worried about him, and left with embarrassment after he thanked her for rescuing him.

After Yao Chen awoke with a drastically gentler personality, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi found that a tiny portion of her soul had been extracted, though they could not explain the change. As Xiao Yan’s wives gathered to claim the time he had promised them, Xiao Yi Xian quietly prepared to leave and Xiao Yu spotted an opportunity to sneak into the room.

• Yao Chen apologized to Feng Xian, Han Feng, and Xiao Yan after waking, but her unfamiliar gentle manner left them unsettled.
• Xiao Yan summoned Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who found a small portion of Yao Chen’s soul had been extracted but no other major damage.
• Xuan Yi fled after Yao Chen apologized to her, and Xuan Kongzi confirmed that Yao Chen’s personality could not be changed back for now.
• Cai Lin reminded Xiao Yan of his promise to spend time with her, while Zi Yan and Zi Yun took him toward his room and Xiao Yi Xian chose to wait for another time.
• Xiao Yi Xian murmured that it was time to leave, while Xiao Yu concealed her aura outside Xiao Yan’s room and waited for a chance to slip inside.

After Xiao Yan was released, he accepted Xiao Yu’s feelings and watched her return to Wutan City. He then learned that Xiao Yi Xian had disappeared because her Calamitous Poison Body was worsening, and Gu Qinghan proposed taking her to the Ling Clan instead of letting her face the danger alone.

• Xiao Yan left the room after ten days, and Cai Lin stopped Zi Yan from demanding more of him.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Yu had secretly joined them, accepted responsibility for what happened, and kissed her.
• Xiao Yu dressed, said goodbye to Xiao Yan, and departed for Wutan City.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian was missing, and Yun Yun gave him Xiao Yi Xian’s note saying not to worry.
• Xiao Yan ordered Cai Lin to mobilize the Tianhe Alliance to search for Xiao Yi Xian, while Cai Lin resolved to protect them both if she could.
• At the border of Zhongzhou Continent, Gu Qinghan found Xiao Yi Xian suffering from her Calamitous Poison Body and urged her to go to the Ling Clan.

Xiao Yan searched for the missing Xiao Yi Xian while preparing to give his life to save her, but Yun Ying secretly took Flower Transfer, Wood Grafting and the detained criminal meant to serve as his substitute. After Qing Lin revealed that Nalan Yanran had found a scroll that might cure the Calamitous Poison Body, Xiao Yan and Lei Jing headed for the Ling Clan to find her.

• Zijing told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian and Gu Qinghan had been seen together, while keeping secret the Dou Zun criminal he and Cai Lin had detained as a possible substitute for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan prepared to search for Xiao Yi Xian with Flower Transfer, Wood Grafting, but Yun Ying stole the scroll and took the detained criminal away.
• Qing Lin and Lv Man visited the Tianhe Alliance and told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran had found a scroll that might resolve the Calamitous Poison Body before separating from them near the Ling Clan.
• Xiao Yan identified the Ling Clan as Nalan Yanran's destination and left with Lei Jing to find her.
• The chapter revealed that Gu Qinghan had taken Xiao Yi Xian to the Ling Clan, hoping its memory repository held a record of someone curing the Calamitous Poison Body.

Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Spirit Realm and discovered that the Soul Clan had slaughtered the Ling Clan and turned survivors into Soul Servants. After escaping Hun Hong’s notice and rescuing Ling Rumeng’s consciousness, they tried to leave and bring Xiao Yan back, but Ling Jingyan and the Ling Clan Elders trapped them inside.

• Hun Hong guarded the Ling Clan’s Forbidden Ground while controlled Ling Clansmen, including Ling Rumeng, served the Soul Clan as Soul Servants.
• Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yi Xian found the Ling Clan’s dead, and Gu Qinghan fought off Ling Rumeng’s group while sparing her after she showed signs of consciousness.
• Ling Rumeng regained control and told Gu Qinghan that Hun Hong remained in the Forbidden Ground, making it too dangerous to search the Memory Core without help.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Gu Qinghan to leave and tell Xiao Yan what had happened, and Gu Qinghan took Ling Rumeng with them.
• As the three approached the Spirit Realm’s border, Ling Jingyan and several Ling Clan Elders ambushed them and sealed the exit with a barrier.

Nalan Yanran broke into the Ling Clan’s Spirit Realm and rescued Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yi Xian from Ling Jingyan and the Soul Servants. She gave Xiao Yi Xian a method to control her Calamitous Poison Body, then set out to kill Hun Hong, who was controlling the Soul Servants from the forbidden ground.

• Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yi Xian failed to defeat Ling Jingyan and the Ling Clan Elders, who were controlled as Soul Servants, and Hun Hong ordered them killed.
• Nalan Yanran shattered the Spirit Realm barrier with a blood-red sword, freed Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yi Xian, and entered the realm.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yi Xian and gave her a scroll containing the Method of Controlling the Calamitous Poison Body.
• Gu Qinghan warned Nalan Yanran that Ling Jingyan and the others were Soul Clan Soul Servants, and Nalan Yanran learned their controller was in the Ling Clan’s forbidden ground.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she would kill Hun Hong.

Nalan Yanran emerged from Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s Illusion Realm greatly strengthened and confronted Ling Jingyan and the Ling Clan Elders at the Ling Clan. Meanwhile, Hun Ze arrived near the clan, discovered Lei Jing and Xiao Yan, and prepared to fight them.

• Nalan Yanran recounted how Yellow Springs Demonic Sage trained her in the Illusion Realm, helping her rise from Late stage One-star Dou Sheng to early Five-star Dou Sheng before he vanished.
• Nalan Yanran repelled a Ling Clan Elder’s sneak attack, sent Xiao Yi Xian and the others away, and faced Ling Jingyan and four other Soul Servants.
• Hun Ze learned that the Ling Clan’s barrier had been shattered and accelerated toward the clan, concerned that the Clan Leader’s orders might have been exposed.
• Lei Jing ambushed Hun Ze, who recognized her as Lei Jing, the Thunder Clan’s supposedly dead eldest Young Lady, and then noticed Xiao Yan nearby.
• Hun Ze dismissed Lei Jing and Xiao Yan, abandoned his rush to the Ling Clan, and unleashed his Dou Qi to confront them.

Xiao Yan and Lei Jing wounded Hun Ze, but his Clan Markings let him overpower them until Xiao Xuan and their allies intervened. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran transformed into a savage fighter and slaughtered Ling Jingyan’s companions, leaving Ling Jingyan facing her as an unseen speaker called Nalan Yanran a terrifying monster.

• Xiao Yan and Lei Jing feigned weakness, then used their Clan Markings and strongest attacks to wound Hun Ze.
• Hun Ze activated his Clan Markings, reached late Six-star Dou Sheng, and knocked Xiao Yan into the ground before trying to kill Lei Jing.
• Xiao Xuan stopped Hun Ze from striking Lei Jing, while Cai Lin, Ancestor Huoyun, Zi Yan, Zi Yun, Huang Tian, and Phoenix gathered to confront him.
• Cai Lin treated the injured Xiao Yan as the arriving experts surrounded Hun Ze.
• In the Spirit Realm, Nalan Yanran grew stronger after being gravely wounded and tore apart the Ling Clan Elders and Soul Servants until only Ling Jingyan remained.
• Nalan Yanran charged Ling Jingyan, but an unseen speaker called her a terrifying monster valued by the clan.

Hun Hong tried to turn Nalan Yanran into a Soul Servant, but her strength and healing grew as she was injured, and she drove him through a Space Gate. As Gu Qinghan fled with Xiao Yi Xian and Ling Rumeng from Ling Jingyan, Xiao Yan arrived in time to save them.

• Hun Hong arrived at the Ling Clan and overwhelmed Nalan Yanran with a strike, leaving her gravely wounded.
• Nalan Yanran repeatedly rose stronger and healed herself, forcing Hun Hong to trap her in a black dragon of Dou Qi.
• Hun Hong entered Nalan Yanran’s Soul Space and tried to imprint a Soul Seal on the memory of her Three-Year Pact with Xiao Yan, but her killing instinct expelled him and she bit off part of his throat.
• Nalan Yanran wounded Hun Hong as he opened a Space Gate, and the two disappeared through it together.
• Gu Qinghan led Xiao Yi Xian and Ling Rumeng toward the breach while Ling Jingyan pursued them, but Xiao Yan struck Ling Jingyan with a black chain before she could attack.

Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran had chased Hun Hong to the Shi Clan and prepared to investigate the Soul Clan’s attack there. At the Shi Clan, Nalan Yanran killed Hun Ze, Hun Wei, and Hun Hong before they could stop her.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, learned Nalan Yanran had given her a method to resolve the Calamitous Poison Body, and worried about where Nalan Yanran had gone with Hun Hong.
• Ling Rumeng explained that the Soul Clan had attacked the Ling Clan and turned Ling Jingyan into a Soul Servant, and Xiao Yan promised to restore her if he could retrieve her Soul Fragments.
• Xiao Yan realized Ling Qingya could help locate the Soul Fragments and sent Gu Qinghan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ling Rumeng to the Tianhe Alliance while he headed for the Shi Clan.
• Xiao Yan suspected the Shi Clan had also been attacked and that Hun Hong had taken Nalan Yanran there.
• Hun Ze arrived at the Shi Clan and told Hun Wei that Xiao Yan’s group had discovered the Ling Clan operation, then Hun Hong arrived with Nalan Yanran clinging to him.
• Nalan Yanran killed Hun Ze, crushed Hun Wei’s head, and brought the Blood-colored Sword down on Hun Hong.

Xiao Yan and his companions found the Shi Clan wiped out and discovered Hun Ze and other Hun Clan elders dead, while Nalan Yanran remained missing. After Xiao Yi Xian returned with a solution to her Calamitous Poison Body, Xiao Yan and four top-tier alchemists helped her control it; three months later, she emerged safe and far stronger, then pulled Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er into a room.

• Xiao Yan and his companions found the Shi Clan destroyed and discovered Hun Ze, Hun Hong, and another Hun Clan elder dead, with no signs of battle.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Tianhe Alliance with a scroll from Nalan Yanran that offered a solution to her Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to Starfall Pavilion, where he, Cao Ying, Han Feng, and Yao Chen spent more than three months helping her control the poison body.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged with her Calamitous Poison Body controlled and reached the late stage of Two-star Dou Sheng after absorbing the deadly poisons within her.
• Xiao Yi Xian dragged Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er into a room and sealed it with a barrier, leaving Lei Jing resentful and Phoenix despondent.

After learning how Nalan Yanran had secretly helped him for years, Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he might marry her, and Cai Lin agreed. He then handled the Yan and Yao Clans’ arrival and helped Ling Rumeng meet Ling Qingya, who agreed to search for the Ling Clan’s Soul Fragments.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran had killed the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan’s leaders and that the clan had been weakened beyond causing trouble.
• Xiao Yan reflected on Nalan Yanran’s many past interventions and decided he could not reject her feelings.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he might marry Nalan Yanran, and Cai Lin supported him and offered to tell the other wives; Xiao Yan said he would tell them himself.
• Zijing interrupted Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to report that the Yan Clan and Yao Clan delegations had arrived, then arranged for no one to disturb them until the next day.
• Xiao Yan met the Yan and Yao Clan representatives, then brought Ling Rumeng to Xiao Mei to meet Ling Qingya, who agreed to search for the Ling Clan’s Soul Fragments.
• The Shi Clan Senior learned that his clan had been destroyed and sighed over its fate.

Three years after the Soul Hall’s attack on the Ling and Shi Clans, Xiao Yi and his assistants continued building up the Tianhe Alliance while keeping the ancient clans unaware of the attack. After finishing a mountain of paperwork, Xiao Yi left to see his wife and infant son, while Gu Qinghan stayed behind with her unspoken feelings for him.

• Lei Jing lost patience with the endless paperwork, but refused Xiao Yi’s offer to take a break and continued working.
• Xiao Yi’s alliance grew over three years, with Ling Jingyan and the surviving Ling Clan joining and helping establish schools; Xiao Yi kept news of the Ling and Shi Clans’ fate from the other ancient clans.
• Ling Jingyan delivered a school progress report and reaffirmed her respect for Xiao Yi, who urged her to treat him less formally.
• After Xiao Yi told Lei Jing and Gu Qinghan to rest, Lei Jing left, but Gu Qinghan found the documents he had hidden and stayed to help him finish them.
• Gu Qinghan asked about Xiao Yi Xian and learned that she was struggling with their five-month-old son, Xiao Yi, who had inherited her Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi left to visit his family, and Gu Qinghan watched him go, regretting that she had fallen for him too late and wondering whether they might have been closer if she had been sent to the Xiao Family instead of Xun'er.

After Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan were interrupted during a private moment, Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan why everyone seemed distant from her. Xiao Yan reassured her that he cherished both her former and current selves, leaving Yao Chen flustered and unable to sleep peacefully.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi had finally fallen asleep and teased him about neglecting his marital duties to Cai Lin and the others.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian began kissing outside, but Yao Chen interrupted them, and Xiao Yi Xian hurried back inside.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan whether everyone disliked her current self and explained that she felt people had been avoiding her for three years.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that her former flaws were part of her unique charm and that people valued both who she had been and who she was now.
• Xiao Yan reassured Yao Chen that she would always be perfect to him as long as she followed her heart, and Yao Chen blushed after he left.

Yao Chen asked Feng Xian how she could become Xiao Yan’s wife, and Han Feng, Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Xuan supported her despite Feng Xian’s objections. Yun Ying then arrived with news that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might soon emerge in Zhongzhou Continent, potentially drawing experts from the Eight Clans.

• Yao Chen told Feng Xian she wanted to become Xiao Yan’s wife, and Feng Xian struggled to accept the idea.
• Yao Tianhuo, Xiao Xuan, and Han Feng said they had no objection to Yao Chen pursuing Xiao Yan, while Han Feng warned that Xiao Yan’s respect for his teacher might make him refuse.
• Han Feng advised Yao Chen to wait for fate, and Feng Xian gave up trying to intervene.
• Yun Ying arrived and told Xiao Yan that captured Soul Clan spies had revealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might soon emerge in Zhongzhou Continent, drawing experts from the Eight Clans.

Xiao Yan gathered the younger leaders of the Eight Clans to discuss the impending emergence of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and prevent it from triggering a wider war. After revealing the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Ling and Shi Clans, he asked Huo Xuan and Yao Tian to help keep the clans from fighting, saying he trusted them even though he distrusted the Eight Clans.

• Xiao Yan summoned Lei Jing, Huo Xuan, and Yao Tian to discuss the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which he expected the clans to pursue.
• Yao Tian suspected Xiao Yan wanted the Yan and Yao Clans to yield the flame, but Lei Jing defended Xiao Yan, and he explained that he wanted to prevent conflict among the Eight Clans.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Soul Clan had devastated the Ling Clan and exterminated the Shi Clan three years earlier, and admitted that he had concealed the truth to protect the Tianhe Alliance's interests.
• Huo Xuan and Yao Tian said they had valued their years in the Tianhe Alliance and agreed that their clans should avoid war over the flame.
• Xiao Yan asked them to persuade their clans to compete for the Heavenly Flame without starting a war, then told them he believed in them despite distrusting the Eight Clans.

Xiao Yan revealed that his Fragmented Map pieces might hold a clue about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and ordered the Tianhe Alliance to watch for the Soul Clan. Yao Tian apologized for the Yao Clan’s past injustice against Yao Chen, but Xiao Yan vowed to kill Yao Wangui, and Yao Tian learned that Wangui was arriving with the clan’s delegation.

• Xiao Yan showed Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing that a Heavenly Flame could not burn his Fragmented Map pieces, and he said he would search for the missing piece before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.
• Lei Jing assured Xiao Yan she would handle the Thunder Clan’s side, and Xiao Yan told Gu Qinghan to have the Tianhe Alliance watch for the Soul Clan.
• Yao Tian privately apologized to Xiao Yan for the Yao Clan’s treatment of Yao Chen and promised to make Yao Wangui apologize and face punishment.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Tian’s effort to reconcile, declared that Yao Wangui must die, and insisted that neither Yao Tian nor Yao Chen should be persuaded to forgive him.
• Yao Ling told Yao Tian that the Yao Clan was sending Yao Wangui to the Tianhe Alliance, and Yao Tian realized the elder would arrive the next day and despaired.

Teng Shan, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, and Xiao Jing reunited at the Mittel Merchant Guild’s Central Continent branch and welcomed Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei three Fragmented Maps tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and asked her to find the last one as news spread that the Heavenly Flame would soon emerge.

• Teng Shan reflected on the Mittel Family’s success in Central Continent, while Hai Bodong complained that he still could not regain his original body.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Xiao Jing, who said she had come to visit Xiao Yan and make sure Jia Xingtian returned to his duties; Yun Shan joined them soon after.
• Ya Fei arrived, and Jia Xingtian teased her about whether she and Xiao Yan had become a couple before Teng Shan revealed that Xiao Yan was coming.
• Xiao Yan greeted Ya Fei, Xiao Jing, Jia Xingtian, and Yun Shan, then heard that his family and the Great Elder missed him and that his second sister wanted to challenge him.
• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei three Fragmented Maps and explained that they might reveal clues to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which was expected to emerge in Central Continent.
• Ya Fei promised to use the Mittel Family’s merchant connections to search for the remaining Fragmented Map.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun discussed Xiao Xiao’s truancy and her growing closeness to Zijing as they went to find her at the Tianhe Alliance. There, Yao Ye and Xiao Yu assigned missions to the Eight Clans’ disciples to help them adapt to the Central Continent, but Yao Tian asked to stay because someone from his Clan was arriving.

• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Xiao had barely attended school and admitted he was partly responsible for her rebelliousness because he had spent little time with her.
• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Zi Yun went to the Tianhe Alliance to find Xiao Xiao and bring Zijing and Yao Ye along.
• Zijing found Xiao Xiao clinging to him at the Alliance and heard her complain that Xiao Yan had never spent enough time with her.
• Zijing and Xiao Yu went to the Training Ground, where Yao Ye finished drilling the Eight Clans’ disciples and began distributing assignments.
• Yao Tian asked to skip his assignment with Yao Ling because someone from their Clan was coming that day.

Xiao Yan confronted a Yao Clan envoy whose insults provoked Cai Lin and drew Xiao Yan’s threat, while Yao Tian intervened to prevent the envoy’s identity from triggering a deadly conflict. Xiao Yan spared Yao Wangui for Yao Tian’s sake, but Yao Tian sent Wangui back and feared the matter was only postponed.

• Yao Tian refused Xiao Yu’s offer to notify Xiao Yan about the Yao Clan delegation and waited at the Tianhe Alliance entrance, hoping to send Yao Wangui away before they met.
• Xiao Yan and his companions encountered the arriving Yao Clan envoy, Yao Wangui, who insulted Xiao Yan and the Tianhe Alliance; Cai Lin and Xiao Yan overwhelmed him with their pressure.
• Yao Tian rushed in, slapped Yao Wangui, and ordered him to apologize, then tried to hide his identity when Xiao Yan asked his name.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yao Wangui but spared him to give Yao Tian face, warning that he would not do so again.
• Yao Tian ordered Yao Wangui to leave Central Continent and return to the Yao Clan, then worried that Xiao Yan’s promise to kill him would eventually be fulfilled.