Chapter Summaries

Yun Yun and the others reassured Ling Jingyan about her place with Xiao Yan, then realized Xun'er might be left behind while discussing Xiao Yan’s growing family. When Yan Jin arrived to address Fairy Huo Ling and her child, Yun Yun and Cai Lin went to receive him, while Xiao Yi Xian teased Gu Qinghan.

• Yun Yun comforted Ling Jingyan and told her that Xiao Yan could not ignore what had happened between them.
• Cai Lin pressed Yao Ye and Ya Fei about making their relationship with Xiao Yan official, prompting Lei Jing and Gu Qinghan to worry about Xun'er.
• Xiao Yi Xian dismissed their concern for Xun'er, while Yao Chen reflected on how Xiao Yan had helped her let go of her past before returning to her crude jokes.
• Zijing reported that Yan Jin had arrived with a Yan Clan envoy group, and Cai Lin and Yun Yun went to receive him because Xiao Yan was away.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Gu Qinghan after she tried to reassure her, leaving Gu Qinghan uneasy about being alone with her.

Yan Jin visited the Tianhe Alliance to renew the Yan Clan’s alliance and privately determine how to address Xiao Yan’s connection to Fairy Huo Ling. Yun Yun and Cai Lin confirmed that Xiao Yan intended to take responsibility, and Yan Jin agreed to discuss the details with him when he returned.

• Yan Jin waited for Xiao Yan at the Tianhe Alliance, and Zijing explained that Xiao Yan was away but his wives could receive him.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin met Yan Jin, accepted the Yan Clan’s gifts, and arranged for Zijing to escort the envoy group away so they could speak privately.
• Yan Jin and Yun Yun discussed reviving the alliance, agreed on its terms in principle, and planned to finalize it after Xiao Yan returned.
• Yun Yun asked about Fairy Huo Ling, revealing that she knew Yan Jin had come with concerns about her.
• Cai Lin told Yan Jin that Xiao Yan had confessed what happened and intended to take responsibility, and Yan Jin agreed to wait and speak with him directly.

Xiao Yan told Huang Tian and Feng Li that he had married Phoenix, and Feng Qing'er and Huang Tian accepted the relationship. Huang Tian then learned that Xiao Yan had become involved with several other women during the Demonic Flame Space, leaving Xiao Yan to prepare for difficult talks with their clans.

• Xiao Yan openly confirmed to Huang Tian and Feng Li that he and Phoenix had become husband and wife.
• Feng Qing'er said she accepted what had happened and was glad Phoenix could join her family, while Huang Tian left the decision to Feng Li.
• Xiao Yan promised Feng Li that he would stake his life to protect Phoenix and Feng Qing'er, and Feng Li approved of him.
• Huang Tian told Xiao Yan he accepted him and learned that Lei Jing, Gu Qinghan, Yao Chen, Han Feng, Ling Jingyan, and Fairy Huo Ling had also been trapped with him in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Yan said he would visit the Yan, Thunder, and Gu Clans to explain what had happened, and Huang Tian wished him luck.

Xiao Yan settled an alliance between the Tianhe Alliance and the Yan Clan, then promised Yan Jin he would take responsibility for Fairy Huo Ling and their child. He left with Lei Jing to meet her father at the Thunder Clan and tell him about their relationship.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Tianhe Alliance with Phoenix and Feng Qing'er after leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Yan Jin met with Xiao Yan, and they finalized an alliance between the Yan Clan and the Tianhe Alliance.
• Xiao Yan told Yan Jin he would fulfill his responsibilities as Fairy Huo Ling's husband and the child's father, and promised to propose marriage to the Yan Clan.
• Yan Jin accepted Xiao Yan's sincerity and left with the Yan Clan Envoy Group.
• Lei Jing asked Xiao Yan to accompany her to meet her father, and Xiao Yan insisted on speaking with him himself.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring of gifts, and Xiao Yan and Lei Jing departed for the Thunder Clan.

Xiao Yan faced Lei Ying’s anger over marrying Lei Jing and agreed to endure three attacks to earn Lei Ying’s approval. After surviving the first two, Xiao Yan shielded Lei Jing from Lei Ying’s sudden killing strike and sent Lei Ying flying, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Lei Ying attacked Xiao Yan in a rage after learning that Lei Jing had returned as Xiao Yan’s wife, and Xiao Yan insisted that he would not deny their marriage.
• Xiao Yan accepted Lei Ying’s condition to take three attacks, while Lei Jing objected and Xiao Yan urged her to trust him.
• Xiao Yan endured Lei Ying’s Thunder Dragon Roar without visible injury.
• Lei Ying struck Xiao Yan with Heavenly Thunder Rage, badly injuring him, but Xiao Yan forced the lightning out of his body and remained standing.
• Lei Ying suddenly attacked Lei Jing with killing intent, and Xiao Yan pulled her behind him and countered with the Boundless Nether Heart Flame, sending Lei Ying flying.

Lei Ying tested Xiao Yan’s resolve and strength, then approved his marriage to Lei Jing and formally announced their relationship to the Thunder Clan. After returning to the Tianhe Alliance, Xiao Yan left to propose marriage to the Gu Clan and prepare to confront Yao Wangui, while Lei Jing and Gu Qinghan worried about Xun’er’s reaction.

• Lei Ying tested Xiao Yan by attacking him, then praised him for protecting Lei Jing and entrusted her to him.
• Lei Ying announced Xiao Yan and Lei Jing’s marriage to the Thunder Clan elders and ordered the elders to dissolve Lei Jing’s marriage contract with the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Lei Jing returned to the Tianhe Alliance, where Lei Jing reflected on becoming Xiao Yan’s wife and felt guilty about what she had told Xun’er.
• Xiao Yan said he would visit the Gu Clan to propose marriage, then take Elder Yao to the Yao Clan to kill Yao Wangui and strengthen defenses against the Soul Clan.
• After Xiao Yan left, Gu Qinghan asked where he had gone, and Lei Jing told her he had gone to the Gu Clan to propose marriage.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm to formally propose marriage to Gu Qinghan, whom he had married after she saved him in the Demonic Flame Space. Gu Xun'er learned he had returned and rushed to see him, unaware that he had come to marry someone else.

• Gu Lie welcomed Xiao Yan into the Ancient Realm and told him that a hidden traitor had framed Gu Qinghan and her companions as traitors.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Lie he and Gu Qinghan were husband and wife and that he had come to propose marriage to Elder Gu Lin for her.
• Gu Lie informed an old woman that Xiao Yan and Gu Qinghan were safe, then Gu Xun'er overheard that Xiao Yan was at the Clan Leader's Mansion and hurried there.
• Gu Lie told the old woman that Xiao Yan had come to propose marriage for Gu Qinghan, and they worried about how Xun'er would take the news.
• The old woman blamed Gu Lie for revealing Xiao Yan's arrival, then dismissed him and left him fretting about the situation.

Xiao Yan returned to the Gu Clan and asked Gu Lin for permission to marry Gu Qinghan, leaving Xun'er unaware of his true purpose. Gu Yuan let Xun'er believe Xiao Yan had proposed to her, then received a Thunder Clan delegation that formally dissolved Lei Jing's marriage agreement.

• Xiao Yan greeted Gu Yuan and assured Gu Lin that Qinghan had safely returned to the Tianhe Alliance.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he and Qinghan were already husband and wife, then asked Gu Lin for his blessing to marry her; Gu Lin agreed after Gu Yuan silently approved.
• After Xiao Yan left, Xun'er arrived looking for him, and Gu Yuan told her he had come to propose marriage without clarifying that it was for Qinghan.
• Xun'er assumed Xiao Yan had proposed to her, and Gu Yuan encouraged the misunderstanding by telling her to keep the proposal quiet.
• Lei Wanjun led a Thunder Clan delegation to dissolve the marriage agreement between the Gu Clan and the Thunder Clan, and Xun'er learned that Lei Jing had brought her Prince Consort home.

Xiao Yan returned to the Tianhe Alliance after Gu Lin accepted his marriage proposal, then prepared to confront the Yao Clan over Yao Chen’s grudge. Cai Lin brought him together with Yao Ye and Ya Fei, while Yun Ying kept Nalan Yanran imprisoned as part of a plan that was not yet ready to unfold.

• Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing worried about how Xun'er would react to Xiao Yan’s proposal, and Xiao Yan returned to the Tianhe Alliance after Gu Lin accepted it.
• Xiao Yan told Zijing to invite the Yao Clan, declaring that he would kill Yao Wangui, while Lei Jing offered to accompany him and Xiao Yan insisted on going alone.
• Cai Lin brought Xiao Yan to meet Jia Xingtian, Teng Shan, Yao Ye, and Ya Fei, then took Xiao Yan and the two women to his room and sent the secretly hiding Zi Yan away.
• Yun Ling told Yun Ying that she feared Nalan Yanran, whom she had failed to devour, and Yun Ying said Nalan Yanran’s part was necessary for their plan.

Zi Yan discovered Cai Lin with Xiao Yan and was dragged away, while Yao Ye and Ya Fei recovered after spending the night with him. At the Yao Clan, the elders struggled to decide how to respond to Xiao Yan’s demand to kill Yao Wangui, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arrived.

• Zi Yan entered Xiao Yan’s room, found Cai Lin with him and Yao Ye and Ya Fei resting in bed, then was dragged away when she tried to pounce on Xiao Yan.
• Yao Ye woke and shared a tender moment with Xiao Yan before he left; afterward, she and Ya Fei got up and prepared for the day.
• Yao Dan and the Yao Clan elders discussed a letter stating that Xiao Yan would come to kill Yao Wangui, but they could find no way to avoid the conflict.
• Yao Tian explained that the clan could surrender Yao Wangui, abandon him, or defend him, and each choice would bring ruin or severe losses.
• A guard reported that Yao Chen and Xiao Yan had arrived, and Yao Dan stood to face them.

Yao Chen returned to the Yao Clan with Xiao Yan to seek justice from Yao Wangui for the crimes that had ruined her life. Yao Dan acknowledged the injustice but refused to hand Yao Wangui to an outsider, and challenged Xiao Yan to a Life-and-Death Duel with Yao Wangui’s life as the wager.

• Yao Chen declared that she had come with Xiao Yan to seek justice for the wrongs she suffered in the Yao Clan.
• Yao Dan brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to Medicine Scripture Plaza and ordered the clan members to gather while Yao Wangui was brought in bound.
• Yao Chen saw Yao Wangui and realized that her hatred had not faded, while Xiao Yan waited to hear Yao Dan’s explanation.
• Yao Dan admitted Yao Wangui’s guilt and his own responsibility, but said he could not hand a clan member over to an outsider.
• Yao Dan challenged Xiao Yan to a Life-and-Death Duel, wagering Yao Wangui’s life.

Xiao Yan fought Yao Dan in a Life-and-Death Duel after Yao Dan chose to protect the Yao Clan’s honor, while Little Monster helped Xiao Yan defeat Yao Dan’s fire dragon. Just as Xiao Yan prepared to end the duel, Hun Miesheng and more than a thousand Soul Clan members broke into the Medicine Realm.

• Yao Dan accepted a Life-and-Death Duel with Xiao Yan, and Yao Wanhua and Yao Tian took Yao Wangui away from the Medicine Scripture Plaza.
• Yao Dan used the Yao Clan Ancestral Mark to raise his cultivation to Mid Eight-star Dou Sheng, but Xiao Yan quickly overwhelmed him with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler.
• Yao Dan summoned the Heavenly Marsh Fire Dragon Art, and Little Monster appeared, revealed itself as Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, and burned the fire dragon to ash.
• Xiao Yan offered to spare Yao Dan if he admitted defeat, but Yao Dan refused and prepared to die for the Yao Clan.
• As Xiao Yan raised his ruler to deliver the final blow, the Medicine Realm broke and Hun Miesheng arrived with over a thousand Soul Clan members.

Xun'er arrived at the Tianhe Alliance believing Xiao Yan had proposed marriage to her, while Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing struggled to correct her misunderstanding. Before they could explain, the Soul Clan attacked the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans, prompting Yun Yun to dispatch support as Yun Ying and Yun Ling prepared to end their impersonation of Alliance Leader.

• Cai Lin asked whether Xun'er loved Xiao Yan, and Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing's reaction confirmed her suspicion.
• Xun'er told the others that Xiao Yan had proposed marriage to her and thanked Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing for helping him recognize her feelings.
• Gu Qinghan tried to tell Xun'er that Xiao Yan had gone to the Gu Clan to propose to her, but Zijing interrupted with news of the Soul Clan's attacks on the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans.
• Yun Yun sent Lei Jing, Zi Yun, Zi Yan, and Xun'er to support the Thunder Clan, and sent Cai Lin, Yao Tianhuo, and Ancestor Huoyun to the Yan Clan.
• Yun Yun ordered Gu Qinghan to defend the Tianhe Alliance, while Yun Ying and Yun Ling prepared to end their impersonation of the Alliance Leader.

Hun Miesheng led the Soul Clan in an attack on the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan joined the defense despite his conflict with Yao Dan and Yao Wangui. Little Monster confronted Nihility Devouring Flame, and their battle shook the sky as it reached its peak.

• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Clan to attack, and Yao Dan commanded the Yao Clan to defend their home.
• Yao Dan sent Yao Tian and Yao Ling to protect the clan's elderly and children while Xiao Yan joined the battle.
• Xiao Yan cut through the Soul Clan's forces and saved Yao Wangui, explaining that he wanted Yao Wangui to live with guilt toward Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen thanked Yao Dan for the past and joined the fight, and Yao Dan charged back into battle.
• Little Monster recognized Nihility Devouring Flame and attacked it after it appeared behind Hun Miesheng.
• Little Monster and Nihility Devouring Flame fought across the sky, and their clash reached its peak.

Xiao Yan saved the Yao Clan from the Soul Clan’s attack by unleashing a fused Heavenly Flame Fire Lotus, then learned the Soul Clan was targeting the Tianhe Alliance and its allies. He returned to find the Tianhe Alliance in ruins and learned that Yun Ying and Yun Ling had been captured.

• Xiao Yan recognized the Soul Clan’s fighters as afflicted with Mad Blood Disease and told Yao Dan to withdraw the Yao Clan and raise its defensive formation.
• Xiao Yan fused his Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus that devastated the battlefield, while the Yao Clan’s formation shielded its members from the blast.
• Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with Hun Miesheng and warned that the Soul Clan intended to destroy the Tianhe Alliance, Yan Clan, and Thunder Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen hurried back to the Tianhe Alliance, while Yao Dan sent Yao Wanhua and several Elders to help them.
• Xiao Yan found the Tianhe Alliance in ruins, and Yao Ye told him that the Soul Clan had captured Yun Ying and Yun Ling.

The Hun Clan Army initially overwhelmed the Thunder Clan with Mad Blood Disease, but Lei Ying and arriving reinforcements turned the battle around. Lei Ying and his allies faced the Four Demon Saints as the Thunder Clan rallied against the shattered Hun forces.

• The Thunder Clan first drove back the Hun Clan Army, but wounded Hun soldiers suddenly grew stronger and pushed the Thunder Clan toward defeat.
• Lei Ying joined the battle, identified the enemy’s Mad Blood Disease, and urged the Thunder Clan to kill its opponents in a single strike.
• The Four Demon Saints surrounded Lei Ying and badly wounded him, leaving the Thunder Clan on the verge of collapse.
• Lei Jing arrived and protected Lei Ying, while Gu Xun’er joined them against the Four Demon Saints.
• Zi Yan and Zi Yun entered the battlefield and tore through the Hun Clan Army, allowing Lei Xuan and the Thunder Clan to rally and counterattack.
• Lei Jing aimed her Lightning Spear at Hun Tu and prepared to fight him.

Yan Jin and Fairy Huo Ling faced a Soul Clan invasion of the Yan Realm while Huo Lan remained in the clan’s care. As the Yan Clan’s defenses began to falter, Fairy Huo Ling sensed a second attack from the rear and feared for her daughter.

• Yan Jin visited Fairy Huo Ling and learned she had named her daughter Huo Lan and refused to tell the child who her father was.
• The Soul Clan breached the Yan Realm, prompting Yan Jin to order the clan’s elders and children moved to safety while the others prepared to fight.
• Hun Yao led the invading Soul Clan army and declared that the Eight Clans’ agreement no longer mattered to them.
• Fairy Huo Ling, Yan Jin, and Huo Yao led the Yan Clan’s resistance, but Hun Yao wounded Fairy Huo Ling and the Soul Clan soldiers grew fiercer as they were injured.
• Fairy Huo Ling sensed a roar from behind the Yan Clan and realized the Soul Clan was attacking from another direction, putting Huo Lan in danger.

The Soul Clan tried to break the Yan Clan by trapping its frontline fighters behind a barrier while attacking their families, but Cai Lin and her allies saved the rear and turned the battle around. With Yao Tianhuo wiping out the Mad Blood Disease-enhanced army and the Yan Clan’s leaders gaining the upper hand, Hun Yao ordered a retreat.

• Hun Qi sealed the Yan Clan’s frontline behind a barrier and taunted Fairy Huo Ling with the threat to her family, driving her into a reckless attack.
• As the barrier faded, Cai Lin, Yao Tianhuo, Ancestor Huoyun, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi appeared in the rear and revealed that they had slain the three Soul Clan Dou Sheng sent to attack it.
• Huo Zhi confirmed that no Yan Clan members had been harmed, and Cai Lin reassured Fairy Huo Ling that her daughter was safe.
• Cai Lin and Ancestor Huoyun joined Yan Jin and Fairy Huo Ling against Hun Yao and Hun Qi, while Yao Tianhuo sent the Yan Clan Guards back and unleashed tens of thousands of Flame Beasts against the Hun Clan Army.
• Yao Tianhuo’s Flame Beasts burned through the Hun Clan Army, and Yan Jin struck Hun Yao while Fairy Huo Ling and Cai Lin pressured Hun Qi.
• Hun Yao, wounded and forced onto the defensive, ordered Hun Qi to retreat.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Qi and Hun Yao after the Soul Clan’s attacks on several clans and the Tianhe Alliance, where Yun Ying and Yun Ling were captured. He called for the leaders of the Ancient Eight Clans, excluding the Soul Clan, to meet at the Tianhe Alliance in three days, while Lei Jing hurried back there after learning of the attack.

• Hun Yao and Hun Qi tried to escape behind black mist, but Xiao Yan shattered it and killed them with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin that the Tianhe Alliance had been attacked, Yun Yun and the others were safe, and Yun Ying and Yun Ling had been captured.
• Xiao Yan asked Yan Jin to attend a meeting of the clan leaders at the Tianhe Alliance in three days, then promised Fairy Huo Ling he would explain matters to her and the child after the crisis.
• At the Thunder Clan, Lei Jing killed Hun Tu, and Yao Wanhua told Lei Ying that the Soul Clan had attacked the Yan Clan, Yao Clan, Thunder Clan, and Tianhe Alliance.
• After hearing that Yun Ying and Yun Ling had been captured, Lei Jing left for the Tianhe Alliance with Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Sister Zi Yun.

Xiao Yan gathered the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clan leaders to discuss the Soul Clan’s attacks and reveal the fate of the Ling and Shi Clans. The leaders learned that Xiao Yan had kept the massacre secret for four years to preserve fragile trust among the clans, leaving them united only through their confidence in him.

• Yan Jin arrived with Fairy Huo Ling and her child, and Xiao Yan awkwardly welcomed them while Yun Yun guided them inside.
• Lei Ying and Yao Dan arrived, and Yao Dan told Xiao Yan that Yao Wangui had volunteered to face responsibility for his past sins.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen discussed Gu Yuan’s absence and questioned the Soul Clan’s motives in its recent attack on the Tianhe Alliance.
• At the conference, Xiao Yan introduced the disguised Ling Jingyan, who revealed herself as the Ling Clan Leader.
• Xiao Yan told the clan leaders that the Soul Clan had secretly purged the Ling and Shi Clans four years earlier, killing the Shi Clan and leaving half the Ling Clan alive through the Tianhe Alliance’s rescue.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin demanded to know why Xiao Yan had concealed the purge, and Xiao Yan explained that revealing it earlier could have shattered trust and sparked a war among the clans.