Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan spared Yao Wangui for Yao Tian’s sake, then encouraged the secret romances between disciples of the Eight Clans and promised to protect them. He reunited with his family, but Xiao Yunxiao refused to acknowledge him, leaving him to follow Zijing toward Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan.

• Cai Lin questioned Xiao Yan about sparing Yao Wangui, and Xiao Yan said he had done it for Yao Tian and would not do so again.
• Xiao Yan discovered a Thunder Clan man and a Yan Clan woman hiding their relationship, reassured them, and promised to protect them if their Clans objected.
• The woman told Xiao Yan that many Eight Clans disciples under Yao Ye were secretly dating across Clan lines, and Xiao Yan urged them to be open about their relationships.
• Yao Ye brought Xiao Yunxiao to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yunxiao ignored her father and eagerly left with Yun Yun to see Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan.
• Zijing comforted Xiao Yan and offered to look after Xiao Yunxiao before he and Xiao Yan went to meet Jia Xingtian and the others.

Old acquaintances reunited over a meal, where Jia Xingtian’s questions about Yao Ye’s feelings for Xiao Yan drove her from the room. Cai Lin found Yao Ye afterward and encouraged her to reconsider confessing to Xiao Yan, leaving Yao Ye to weigh whether she could accept any outcome.

• Xiao Yunxiao reunited with Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, and Xiao Jing, then greeted Yun Yun as she entered.
• Yao Ye joined the gathering, and Jia Xingtian teased her before the others arrived and exchanged greetings with Zijing, Cai Lin, and Zi Yun.
• Ya Fei called Xiao Yan out of the room, and Jia Xingtian asked Yao Ye whether she still had a chance with Xiao Yan and offered to help.
• Yao Ye slammed her fist on the table and left after Jia Xingtian pressed her about her feelings.
• Cai Lin followed Yao Ye and told her she had no objections to Yao Ye confessing to Xiao Yan, while urging her to consider whether she could accept any outcome.

Xiao Yan found the final Fragmented Map through the Han Clan and then confronted Ya Fei and Yao Ye about their feelings for him, admitting that he wanted to accept them. He left the decision to his wives, and Cai Lin supported him before drawing him into a private moment.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Han Clan had the final Fragmented Map and that Han Yue had brought it to the Tianhe Alliance.
• Xiao Yan stopped Ya Fei and admitted he had long avoided acknowledging her and Yao Ye's feelings for him.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei and Yao Ye that he wanted to accept their feelings, then asked whether they still liked him; both women said they did.
• Xiao Yan said he needed Xiao Yi Xian and his other wives' consent, and Yao Ye accepted his reasoning after initially feeling hurt.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that she and Yun Yun had no objections, then kissed him and drew him into a private moment.

Xiao Yan assembled the four Fragmented Maps, which revealed an old map of the Central Continent and a brief prophecy about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He planned to investigate the map further and left the chapter facing Cai Lin’s questions about his other relationships.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin rejoined Jia Xingtian’s group, and Xiao Yan hinted that he would visit Jia Xingtian once there was a result concerning Yao Ye.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Tianhe Alliance, where Gu Qinghan gave him the final Fragmented Map Han Yue had left behind.
• Xiao Yan joined the four Fragmented Maps, and their golden light revealed an ancient map of the Central Continent; when he tested it with Heavenly Flames, it displayed the words, “When twin moons appear, nine stars unite; heaven and earth tide, Demon Fire Descent.”
• Lei Jing said the prophecy merely described known signs of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence, then offered to obtain Thunder Clan records while Gu Qinghan agreed to ask Ling Jingyan to check the Ling Clan’s Memory Core.
• Xiao Yan asked to speak privately with Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing after the matter was over, then admitted to Cai Lin that he was an unqualified husband.
• Cai Lin pressed Xiao Yan about whether he had other women besides Yao Ye, Ya Fei, Gu Qinghan, Lei Jing, and his missing fiancée, and he uncertainly replied that there probably were no more.

Xiao Yan received the Yao Clan’s new envoy and the arriving Thunder Clan delegation at the Tianhe Alliance, keeping relations cordial while making clear that Yao Wangui still had to die. The Thunder Clan’s Great Elder Lei Xuan discovered Lei Jing’s identity through a string of tactless remarks, leaving Lei Jing exasperated and Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan struggling not to laugh.

• Yao Wanhua apologized on behalf of the Yao Clan for Yao Wangui’s offense and promised that Yao Wangui would be punished and brought to apologize later.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wanhua that no apology could change Yao Wangui’s fate, and Yao Tian recognized that Xiao Yan still intended to kill him.
• Lei Xuan arrived as the Thunder Clan’s envoy, greeted Xiao Yan informally, and failed to recognize Lei Jing at first.
• Lei Xuan asked why the Young Clan Leader looked like a woman, and Lei Jing told him that Lei Dong had never existed and that she was Lei Jing.
• After a Thunder Clan member explained Lei Jing’s identity, Lei Xuan excitedly grabbed her shoulders and celebrated that she was not dead, irritating Lei Jing and amusing Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan.

A red-haired woman explored Lingyue City, watched a play at the Tianhe Theater, and accepted a handsome man's offer to buy her another ticket. The chapter ended with Huo Xuan rushing to tell Xiao Yan that Elder Huo Ling was missing.

• The Woman in Red visited Lingyue City and entered the Tianhe Theater after buying a ticket with her last five hundred gold coins.
• The Woman in Red watched a play starring Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei'er and enjoyed its romantic ending.
• After realizing she had no money for another play, the Woman in Red accepted the handsome man's offer to buy tickets and headed back inside with him.
• Huo Xuan hurried to Xiao Yan at the Tianhe Alliance and announced that Elder Huo Ling was missing.

Xiao Yan and Huo Xuan searched for the missing Yan Clan elder, Fairy Huo Ling, and tracked her to Lingyue City. There, they learned she had become entangled with Xiao Yan’s teacher, the Medicine Saint Yao Chen.

• Huo Xuan told Xiao Yan that Fairy Huo Ling had vanished while leading the Yan Clan delegation, and Xiao Yan joined him to search for her.
• Xiao Ning used Huo Xuan’s directions and a map to identify Lingyue City as the likely place Fairy Huo Ling had gone.
• Xiao Ning contacted Xiao Mei, who confirmed that a barefoot woman matching Fairy Huo Ling’s description had beaten Lu Zhao in Lingyue City.
• Xiao Yan hurried to the Tianhe Theater, where Xiao Mei said she had sent people to find the woman.
• A subordinate reported that Fairy Huo Ling had been found and had become entangled with the Medicine Saint, prompting Xiao Yan to rush away in alarm.

Fairy Huo Ling encountered Yao Chen and became fixated on her, prompting Xiao Yan to intervene and protect his teacher. After Huo Xuan arrived to apologize, Xiao Yan led the group toward the Tianhe Alliance.

• Fairy Huo Ling left the theater after beating Lu Zhao and wondered how to spend her time without money.
• Fairy Huo Ling saw Yao Chen and Han Feng on the street, grabbed Yao Chen’s hand, and declared her interest in her.
• Han Feng tried to shield Yao Chen, but Fairy Huo Ling restrained her and moved in to kiss Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan arrived, freed Yao Chen, and refused Fairy Huo Ling’s offer to trade his teacher for the Yan Clan’s support.
• Huo Xuan arrived and apologized for Fairy Huo Ling, and Xiao Yan proposed that they return to the Tianhe Alliance.

Xiao Yan postponed formal alliance talks with the Yao, Thunder, and Yan Clans and warned them against fighting over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After reaffirming that Yao Wangui must die, he learned that Xun'er had arrived with the Gu Clan's delegation.

• Xiao Yan postponed confirming an alliance because the clan envoys were unprepared, then refused Fairy Huo Ling's request to meet Yao Chen and challenged her over her behavior.
• Xiao Yan warned the Yao, Thunder, and Yan Clans not to attack one another when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged; the Thunder Clan withdrew from the contest, while Fairy Huo Ling said the Yan Clan would compete.
• Xiao Yan let Yao Wanhua know he would accept the Yao Clan's support but insisted that Yao Wangui must die, and Yao Tian solemnly acknowledged the message.
• After the envoys departed, Xiao Yan worried that Fairy Huo Ling might disrupt the contest, until Zijing announced that Xun'er had arrived with the Gu Clan's delegation.

Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan after three years of secluded cultivation and arrived at the Tianhe Alliance, now free of her clan’s objections to pursuing him. She mistook Lei Jing’s guilt and hesitation for disapproval and resolved to help Lei Jing spend time alone with Xiao Yan so she would recognize his virtues.

• Xun'er emerged from seclusion and joined the Gu Clan envoy group to visit the Tianhe Alliance, where Xiao Yan warmly greeted her as a younger sister.
• Xun'er discovered that Lei Jing was a woman and Gu Nanhai and Gu Lin realized that Lei Jing’s survival explained Gu Yuan’s confidence about the marriage agreement.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Qinghan to show Gu Lin around the alliance and invited Gu Nanhai to his office to discuss the visit.
• Xiao Yan left Lei Jing to accompany Xun'er, while he received Gu Nanhai and arranged lodging for the Gu Clan envoys.
• Xun'er asked Lei Jing what she thought of Xiao Yan, then promised to arrange time alone for them so Lei Jing would come to appreciate him.

Lei Jing spent a day out with Xiao Yan in Lingyue City after Xun'er repeatedly arranged for them to spend time together. After enjoying the snack street and disliking a theater play, Lei Jing reflected on her growing feelings for Xiao Yan and her belief that he was still unworthy of Xun'er.

• Xun'er sent Lei Jing and Xiao Yan out together, and Lei Jing wondered why Xun'er kept arranging for Xiao Yan to help her.
• Xiao Yan took Lei Jing to sample food along Lingyue City's snack street, where she enjoyed the dishes she liked and criticized the ones she did not.
• Xiao Yan and Lei Jing watched a play at Tianhe Theater, and Lei Jing became so frustrated by its misunderstandings that she ran outside and dry-heaved afterward.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he had not understood the play, prompting Lei Jing to conclude that his romantic cluelessness made Xun'er's pursuit especially difficult.
• Lei Jing reflected that Xiao Yan had won her admiration over the years, but she still believed he was not worthy of Xun'er and wondered about her own future with him.
• Lei Jing changed the subject and urged Xiao Yan to find somewhere else to relax.

At the Tianhe Alliance, Xun'er tried to improve Lei Jing's opinion of Xiao Yan by arranging for them to spend time alone, while Feng Li arrived to discuss a family matter with him. As she waited, Feng Li encouraged Gu Qinghan to pursue Xiao Yan and revealed she was considering him as a possible match for Phoenix.

• Xun'er told Gu Qinghan she had sent Xiao Yan shopping with Lei Jing to help them grow closer, and Zijing arrived looking for his father.
• Zijing announced that Feng Li and two guards had come to see Xiao Yan, so Gu Qinghan received them while Xiao Yan was away.
• Feng Li learned Gu Qinghan had served as Xiao Yan's assistant for nearly seven years and guessed that Gu Qinghan loved him, urging her not to leave her feelings unpursued.
• Gu Qinghan described Phoenix as proud but kind, and Feng Li explained that Phoenix had rejected potential partners for decades because none met her standards or could tolerate her temperament.
• Gu Qinghan realized Xiao Yan might fit Feng Li's requirements for Phoenix, and Feng Li asked how compatible Xiao Yan and Phoenix seemed; Gu Qinghan asked if Feng Li was joking.

Feng Li visited Xiao Yan at the Tianhe Alliance and questioned him about his feelings and growing household. She then shocked Xiao Yan and Phoenix by proposing that he take Phoenix as another wife, leaving them alone together in stunned silence.

• Xiao Yan brought Phoenix to his office, where Feng Li and Gu Qinghan were waiting, and Feng Li sent Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing outside.
• Feng Li asked Xiao Yan about his wives and his feelings toward Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing, and Xiao Yan said he intended to discuss their feelings with his family.
• Xiao Yan admitted that Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, and Yao Ye also had feelings he planned to address.
• Feng Li proposed that Xiao Yan take Phoenix as a wife and dismissed Phoenix's protests.
• Feng Li questioned Xiao Yan about Phoenix's beauty, personality, and past help, then left and told them she would handle what happened next.

Gu Qinghan struggled with her feelings for Xiao Yan as Phoenix arrived at the Tianhe Alliance after Feng Li forced her to seek a result with him. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was reported emerging in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, Xiao Yan set out with Phoenix, while Yun Ying secretly prepared a Soul Clan formation and learned that Nalan Yanran was there.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Qinghan that Phoenix had left after Feng Li tried to arrange a relationship between them, and Phoenix soon arrived, saying Feng Li had barred her from returning until she and Xiao Yan reached a result.
• Gu Qinghan realized Phoenix might have feelings for Xiao Yan and feared being seen only as his friend, but Lei Jing interrupted her to report that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan sent Gu Qinghan to notify the Pill Tower and Lei Jing to warn Yao Tian, Huo Xuan, and Xun'er, then accepted Phoenix's offer to help and left the Tianhe Alliance.
• Yun Ying secretly met Hun Miesheng and learned that Nalan Yanran had been secluded in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range; she ordered the Soul Clan to leave Nalan Yanran alone and finish preparing the formation.
• Xiong Zhan stood guard outside Nalan Yanran's cave as she opened her crimson eyes and murmured that she would defeat Xiao Yan.

A mysterious cowherd boy arrived at the Tianhe Alliance, curious about Xiao Yan and the changes he had brought to Central Continent. As the group prepared to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, the boy met Xiao Yan and astonished Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who suspected he was their Ancestor.

• The cowherd boy traveled through Lingyue City and reasoned that the Ling Clan's hidden teachers had likely survived an invasion and received protection from the Tianhe Alliance.
• The cowherd boy used a Space Gate to reach the Tianhe Alliance and found Xiao Yan, the clan envoys, and Pill Tower leaders gathered before setting out for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Huo Xuan apologized after revealing that Fairy Huo Ling had led the Yan Clan envoy group away to seize the Heavenly Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi worried that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would destroy the Pill Tower's Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, while Xiao Yan promised to protect what he could.
• The cowherd boy praised Xiao Yan and reminisced about Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi as children, prompting them to ask whether he was their Ancestor.

Xiao Yan met the Pill Tower Ancestor, who agreed to protect him on the journey to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and revealed how the Netherworld Demon Sage died. Yao Chen and Han Feng joined Xiao Yan, while Yun Ying remained behind and considered seeking help beyond Hun Miesheng.

• Xiao Yan recognized the shepherd boy as the Pill Tower Ancestor, who offered to accompany him as his Protector to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor opened a Teleportation Gate and promised to explain the Netherworld Demon Sage's death along the way.
• Yao Chen and Han Feng arrived, and Xiao Yan agreed to let them accompany him despite Yao Chen's changed temperament.
• Xun'er felt relieved that Yao Chen was Xiao Yan's teacher, while Yun Ying sensed the Pill Tower Ancestor's strength and doubted Hun Miesheng alone would suffice.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had backlashed against the Netherworld Demon Sage, who sealed it inside the Demonic Flame Space before dying.

Xiao Yan learned that the map gave him only a twenty percent chance of refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but chose instead to ask the Pill Tower Ancestor to help seal it. As the group searched the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range for Fairy Huo Ling, she hid nearby and planned to use the flame to force Xiao Yan to bring out Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan showed the Pill Tower Ancestor the combined map, and the Ancestor explained that it raised Xiao Yan’s chance of refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to twenty percent.
• Xiao Yan refused to risk refining the flame and asked the Pill Tower Ancestor to help seal it; the Ancestor agreed to do everything in his power.
• Xiao Yan warned the group to search for Fairy Huo Ling and stay alert for a possible Soul Clan ambush, while Yao Chen remained behind because Fairy Huo Ling was targeting her.
• Fairy Huo Ling concealed her group from Xiao Yan’s spiritual senses and ordered the Yan Clan envoys to stay hidden.
• Fairy Huo Ling planned to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and use it as leverage to make Xiao Yan bring Yao Chen to her.

Fairy Huo Ling confronted Hun Miesheng in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and unleashed a powerful flame formation to settle their old grudge. She trapped him beneath a delayed strike from her Heavenly Flame Fist, leaving him engulfed in flames.

• Fairy Huo Ling sensed a powerful presence ahead, sent the Yan Clan envoys to find Xiao Yan, and appeared at the cave guarded by Xiong Zhan.
• Fairy Huo Ling burned Soul Clan subordinates from the forest and called out Hun Miesheng, who emerged to face her.
• Fairy Huo Ling and Hun Miesheng revealed their strengths, with Fairy Huo Ling at late Seven-star Dou Sheng and Hun Miesheng at early Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Fairy Huo Ling killed the remaining Hun Clansmen and blasted Hun Miesheng thousands of li with a punch.
• Fairy Huo Ling used her Heavenly Flame Fist to form a delayed flame formation around Hun Miesheng, then struck him with a second enormous flaming fist.

Xiao Yan and Ling Jingyan encountered Hun Xuzi, a Soul Clan traitor who had murdered his master, and fought to stop him. With Ling Jingyan buying him time, Xiao Yan’s strength surged to Early Seven-star Dou Sheng as Hun Xuzi prepared to attack.

• Xiao Yan and Ling Jingyan followed Fairy Huo Ling’s Dou Qi after hearing a clash, but Hun Xuzi ambushed them on the way.
• Hun Xuzi introduced himself and recounted how he had betrayed and killed his Small Pill Tower master, prompting Xiao Yan to condemn him.
• Ling Jingyan attacked Hun Xuzi out of hatred for the Soul Clan, but Xiao Yan stopped her from losing control.
• Xiao Yan activated his nine-mark Xiao Clan Ancestral Mark and rose to Mid Six-star Dou Sheng, while Ling Jingyan’s clan mark raised her to late Six-star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Xuzi charged at Xiao Yan as his power continued to rise, but Ling Jingyan intercepted him and forced him to evade her full-force strike.
• Xiao Yan’s strength climbed to Early Seven-star Dou Sheng as he used Yan Nu Lun Hui.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Xuzi before the Four Demon Saints could intervene, then fled with Ling Jingyan as they pursued him. Meanwhile, Fairy Huo Ling discovered Hun Miesheng’s Protective Array made him immune to her attacks, and he forced her onto the defensive.

• Xiao Yan used Yan Nu Lun Hui and the Hun Clan Tribal Mark to match Hun Xuzi, then killed him with Eight Extremes Collapse: Eighth Layer and erased his head and soul with Boundless Nether Heart Flame.
• The Four Demon Saints attacked Xiao Yan, who escaped with Ling Jingyan before they cornered the pair and were surrounded by their allies.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor asked the Four Demon Saints to withdraw, while Xiao Xuan challenged them to withstand one of his attacks and revealed his late Eight-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Fairy Huo Ling believed she had killed Hun Miesheng, but he survived with a Protective Array that blocked attacks below late Eight-star Dou Sheng power.
• Hun Miesheng repeatedly attacked Fairy Huo Ling, eventually striking her shoulder and sending her flying hundreds of miles away.