Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan agreed to let the Gu Clan disappear as an ancient institution and prepared to join Xiao Yan’s alliance, while exposing Gu Yang as a Soul Clan informant. Before he could leave, the Soul Clan invaded the Ancient Realm and Nihility Devouring Flame presented Nalan Yanran as Gu Yuan’s opponent.

• Gu Cuilan inferred that Xiao Yan intended to dissolve the Eight Clans’ old order, and Gu Yuan resolved to let the Gu Clan disappear rather than cling to its territory.
• Gu Yuan restrained Gu Yang after Gu Lie revealed that he had secretly searched clan strongholds and the Heavenly Tomb for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yang died when a hidden technique activated, and Gu Yuan declared him a Soul Clan informant while clearing Gu Qinghan and the others of their betrayal charge.
• The Soul Clan broke through the Ancient Realm’s barrier, and Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to lead the Black Seal Army against the invading forces.
• Nihility Devouring Flame confronted Gu Yuan and brought out a scarlet-sword-wielding Nalan Yanran, whose wild howl announced her as his opponent.

After the Soul Clan attacked the Gu Clan, Xiao Yan and his companions found Gu Yuan gravely injured and learned that Nalan Yanran had fought him while seemingly devoid of reason. Gu Yuan suspected Hun Tiandi had attacked mainly to remove him as a threat, leaving her free to carry out a greater scheme.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan and Lei Ying that the Gu Clan had been attacked, and Xiao Yan led Xun'er, Gu Qinghan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Chen to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan and the others found the Gu Clan Main City in ruins and Gu Yuan badly wounded, though his life was not in danger.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Hun Tiandi had suppressed him while Nalan Yanran fought him with terrifying, seemingly unstoppable power; Ling Ying identified her as Xiao Yan's fiancée.
• Gu Cuiliu revealed that she was the Gu Clan's Former Clan Leader and had sealed Nalan Yanran in the Gu Clan Forbidden Ground, then asked Xiao Xuan to speak with her alone.
• Gu Yuan concluded that Hun Tiandi had attacked to seriously injure him and remove the only person capable of opposing her, so she could pursue a more terrifying scheme.

Xiao Yan arranged the Gu Clan’s evacuation while Nalan Yanran remained sealed, and Gu Yuan accepted the end of the clan. As Xiao Xuan returned in Gu Cuiliu’s body and awaited Xiao Yan’s plan, Xiao Yan accompanied Yao Chen to her parents’ graves, where they reaffirmed their future together.

• Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran’s seal would last only two days and arranged for the Tianhe Alliance to evacuate the Gu Clan before she awakened.
• Gu Yuan accepted the Gu Clan’s dissolution, and the clan members left the Ancient Realm while Gu Lie considered joining the Tianhe Alliance.
• Gu Lie told Gu Yuan that Gu Cuiliu had given her body to Xiao Xuan, who returned with late Nine-star Dou Sheng peak strength and awaited Xiao Yan’s solution for Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen visited her parents’ graves in the emptied Medicine Realm, where Xiao Yan vowed to protect her for life.

Xiao Yan and the others reviewed Nalan Yanran’s Mad Blood Disease cultivation method and learned that killing intent could trigger her to attack. When Lei Jing inadvertently provoked Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan risked his life by calling her waking word, and she regained her sanity before collapsing.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Gu Clan and learned that Cui Liu had given her body and soul to Xiao Xuan, while Gu Qinghan mourned her grandmother.
• Xiong Zhan delivered a scroll Nalan Yanran had entrusted to him, revealing the Mad Blood Disease method and a waking word that could end its effects.
• Yao Chen noticed that Nalan Yanran would not attack anyone she did not perceive as a threat, but her seal broke before they could find a solution.
• Lei Jing arrived and released killing intent toward Nalan Yanran, prompting her to attack; Xiao Xuan prepared a powerful strike to stop her.
• Xiao Yan blocked Nalan Yanran and shouted, “Little Glutton,” causing her eyes to clear as she recognized him and fainted.

Nalan Yanran woke in Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Yun Yun, who revealed that Xiao Yan was Xiao Xiao’s father and had become Yun Yun’s husband. Nalan Yanran accepted the truth without blaming Yun Yun and remained determined to pursue Xiao Yan, ending by asking to meet his other wives.

• Nalan Yanran woke bandaged in an unfamiliar pavilion and reunited joyfully with Yun Yun, her former teacher.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Starfall Pavilion belonged to Xiao Yan’s teacher and revealed that Xiao Yan was Xiao Xiao’s father and had acknowledged Yun Yun as his wife.
• Nalan Yanran admitted she felt sorrow but said Xiao Yan was free to marry whom he wished, while reaffirming that she intended to make him accept her feelings.
• Yun Yun embraced Nalan Yanran and recounted how she and Xiao Yan met and how he later asked her to accept their relationship.
• Nalan Yanran learned that Xiao Yan had seventeen wives, including Yun Yun, and asked Yun Yun to introduce her to them.

Nalan Yanran recovered at Starfall Pavilion and learned how Xiao Yan’s wives viewed their relationships with him, then went with Yun Yun and Han Feng to help at the Tianhe Alliance. Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to care for Huo Lan and worried about how to help Xun’er.

• Nalan Yanran introduced herself to Xiao Yan’s wives and accepted that her former engagement gave her no right to restrict Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Yanran that Xun’er had not become Xiao Yan’s wife, and Nalan Yanran laughed at her former rival’s predicament.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to take her to the Tianhe Alliance, and Han Feng joined them after confirming Nalan Yanran was recovering.
• Xiao Yi Xian defended Xiao Yan’s commitment to taking responsibility for his relationships, leaving Fairy Huo Ling unable to name a fault beyond his many wives.
• Fairy Huo Ling left for the Tianhe Alliance and asked Xiao Yi Xian to care for Huo Lan, leaving Xiao Yi Xian dismayed at the added childcare burden.

Xiao Yan and the Tianhe Alliance worked to integrate the four relocated clans by drafting autonomy rules and organizing new services. As Xun'er struggled with her unspoken feelings for Xiao Yan, she ran into Nalan Yanran, who mocked her for being the only one of Xiao Yan’s close companions who had not become his wife.

• Xiao Yan coordinated the Alliance’s schools, transportation, recruitment, and other efforts to help the relocated clans settle in.
• Cai Lin, Lei Jing, and Gu Qinghan helped Xiao Yan review the clans’ Autonomy Regulations, while Gu Qinghan worried that Xun'er had seen her embracing Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er delivered a Personnel Audit List and realized she had done little to support Xiao Yan or show him her feelings.
• Xun'er wandered through the busy Alliance and encountered Nalan Yanran, who teased her about Xiao Yan’s many wives and her own place outside that group.

Nalan Yanran comforted Xun'er by explaining that bad luck, rather than any personal failing, had kept Xun'er from getting closer to Xiao Yan, and Xun'er resolved not to give up. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan's allies returned to work at the Tianhe Alliance, until Yao Ye arrived with news that the Soul Clan had made a new move.

• Nalan Yanran told Xun'er that she had accepted Xiao Yan's marriages and believed luck had given his other wives more chances to grow close to him.
• Xun'er recognized how often she had missed opportunities with Xiao Yan, but decided to remain by his side and wait for her own chance.
• Nalan Yanran and Xun'er agreed they got along and walked off together to meet Xiao Yan's other wives.
• Yun Yun returned to help Cai Lin with alliance paperwork, while Fairy Huo Ling took responsibility for the Yan Clan's affairs and left to handle its documents.
• Yao Ye rushed into Xiao Yan's office and announced that the Soul Clan had made a new move.

Hun Tiandi used a Soul Clan member to demand the Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for the Yun Ying sisters, but Xiao Yan refused to surrender the other clans’ jades and warned that the secret they contained could threaten the continent. Hun Tiandi began a separate plan, and the chapter ended with Lei Ying reporting that the Soul Clan had taken the other clans’ Ancient Jades.

• Hun Tiandi remotely possessed a Soul Clan member and offered to return the Yun Ying sisters if Xiao Yan handed over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan offered only the fused Xiao Clan and Gu Clan jades, refusing to demand the other clans’ jades or risk giving Hun Tiandi all eight.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan offered their Ancient Jades, but Xiao Yan refused them and warned the clan leaders that Hun Tiandi might target them.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that the plan remained unchanged and ordered Hun Miesheng to carry it out that night.
• The next day, Lei Ying told Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan had taken the Ancient Jades belonging to the clans.

After the Soul Clan seized the three Clan Leaders’ Ancient Jade, Xiao Yan agreed to hand over his own pieces, knowing a direct fight could let Hun Tiandi escape and threaten those he cared about. A message from Zhu Kun led Xiao Yan and his companions to set out for Jia Nan Academy, where they hoped to find help and a possible turning point.

• Xiao Yan explained that Hun Tiandi’s disregard for his own clansmen made it too dangerous to destroy the Soul Clan while leaving him free to escape, and he agreed to hand over his Ancient Jade.
• Zhu Huo and Zhu Li told Xiao Yan that a signal from Zhu Kun had located him at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan asked to accompany them there.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Xuan to oversee the Tianhe Alliance and summoned Lei Jing and Gu Qinghan to join the search for Zhu Kun.
• Nalan Yanran and Xun'er asked to accompany Xiao Yan, and he agreed to take them to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan returned to the Black Corner Region with Lei Jing, Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, and the others, then visited Jia Nan Academy to meet Su Qian. After being recognized by the academy staff and greeted by Hu Gan, he met Ren Han, whose admiration for him ended in a startling confession.

• Lei Jing admired how much the Black Corner Region had changed, while Xun'er reflected on leaving Xiao Yan in the past and resolved to focus on the present and future.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached Jia Nan Academy, where an Enforcement Team member recognized him, welcomed him without needing to report, and asked for his autograph.
• The group explored the transformed Outer Academy, got lost, and accepted directions from a student named Xiao Han, who led them to the dean's office.
• Hu Gan warmly reunited with Xiao Yan and introduced Ren Han, an outstanding management student who admired him.
• Ren Han recognized Xiao Yan as her idol and blurted out, “I want to be with you! Please have me!”

Xiao Yan brought Zhu Huo and Zhu Li to Jia Nan Academy to investigate a signal from the missing Dragon Emperor, and Su Qian agreed to help search. Learning that Zi Yan had been found as an infant thirty years earlier, they realized she may have hatched only recently from an egg left unattended for thousands of years, leaving Xiao Yan wondering how long her own future egg might take to hatch.

• Ren Han clarified that she wanted to learn management from Xiao Yan and apply to work for the Tianhe Alliance after graduation.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Yan and the others to the Inner Academy, where Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yan and reunited affectionately with Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan nearly revealed that she wanted to get pregnant, but Gu Qinghan covered her mouth and took her outside.
• Xiao Yan introduced Zhu Huo and Zhu Li as Ancient Void Dragon elders and explained that they had come to search Jia Nan Academy for traces of the missing Dragon Emperor.
• Su Qian recalled finding infant Zi Yan in the academy's Back Mountain about thirty years earlier and agreed to let the elders conduct a large-scale search.
• Zhu Huo explained that Ancient Void Dragon eggs could take centuries or longer to hatch, and Xiao Yan wondered how long Zi Yan's future egg might take.

Xiao Yan discovered that a mysterious force linked to Zi Yan’s soul came from the Dragon Emperor beneath Jia Nan Academy, so he took her and two elders into the underground magma world to find him. They reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where a voice asked whether the people outside belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Xun'er confronted Gu Qinghan and Lei Jing about secretly becoming Xiao Yan’s wives, and they admitted how they had gotten together with him.
• Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan still regarded her as his younger sister and that he had accepted Nalan Yanran’s feelings.
• Zi Yan suffered pain when a powerful force connected to her soul, and Xiao Yan recognized the voice as likely belonging to the vanished Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to evacuate the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and the Inner Academy, then carried Zi Yan underground with Elder Zhu Huo and Elder Zhu Li.
• Xiao Yan and the elders crossed the magma and passed the Lizardmen until they reached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where a voice asked if they were members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yan met Zhu Kun beneath the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, learned he was Zi Yan's father, and arranged for him to delay whoever brought the Ancient Jade. At the exchange with Hun Tiandi, Xiao Yan recovered Yun Ying, but Nihility Devouring Flame took Yun Ling, leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan to prepare for Hun Tiandi's arrival at the cave mansion.

• Zhu Kun recognized Zhu Huo and Zhu Li, learned that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had fractured, and discovered that Zi Yan was his daughter.
• Xiao Yan forced Zhu Kun's soul out of Zi Yan's consciousness, then learned Zhu Kun was trapped until someone opened the cave mansion with the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhu Kun to delay the person who brought the Ancient Jade, then left with Zi Yan and ordered Su Qian to evacuate Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan met Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame to exchange the Ancient Jade for Yun Ying and Yun Ling.
• Hun Tiandi returned Yun Ying, but Nihility Devouring Flame seized Yun Ling and escaped through a Void Gate with Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan returned to plan for Hun Tiandi's arrival at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, where they intended to trap him with Zhu Kun.

Hun Tiandi opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, escaped Xiao Xuan and Zhu Kun with a sealing formation, and returned to lead the Soul Clan's retreat. Before she withdrew, she fired a beam at Xiao Yan, and Yun Ying stepped in front of it.

• Hun Tiandi restored the Ancient Jade, ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to attack the Tianhe Alliance, and went to Jia Nan Academy to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Hun Tiandi found Zhu Kun emerging from the cave mansion and faced him and Xiao Xuan in battle.
• Hun Tiandi trapped Zhu Kun and Xiao Xuan in a sealing formation, entered the cave mansion, and escaped after declaring that the continent would bow before her.
• The Soul Clan attacked the Tianhe Alliance, but Gu Lie, Yao Ye, Xiao Yan, and the others turned the tide against them.
• Hun Tiandi returned to the battlefield, ordered the Soul Clan to retreat, and fired a beam at Xiao Yan; Yun Ying pushed him aside and took the hit instead.

Hun Tiandi brought Tou She Ancient God's treasures back to the Soul Clan, where Nihility Devouring Flame learned that Tou She Ancient God had erased his memory of promising to free the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. Hun Tiandi took the Origin Qi into seclusion, while Yun Ying, gravely injured after protecting Xiao Yan, asked him to spend one day with her as husband and wife.

• Hun Tiandi revealed the cave mansion’s treasures to Nihility Devouring Flame and released the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill enough for him to question it.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill explained that Nihility Devouring Flame and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had promised to free him, and Nihility Devouring Flame realized Tou She Ancient God had made them forget the agreement.
• Hun Tiandi accepted the Origin Qi and entered seclusion, while Nihility Devouring Flame kept the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance and freed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• At the Tianhe Alliance, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Yun Ying’s soul was close to dissipating after she took Hun Tiandi’s attack for him.
• Yun Ying awoke, told Xiao Yan she had willingly protected him, and asked him to spend one day with her as husband and wife.

After Hun Tiandi escaped, Xiao Xuan blamed herself for Yun Ying’s near-fatal injuries, while Yao Chen said Xiao Yan could only fulfill Yun Ying’s final wish. Xiao Yan spent a day as Yun Ying’s husband in Lingyue City as Xun’er struggled with jealousy and Nalan Yanran dragged her away.

• Zhu Kun tried to reconnect with Zi Yan, while Zhu Huo and Zhu Li welcomed the Dragon Emperor’s return.
• Xiao Xuan lamented that Hun Tiandi escaped and asked Yao Chen whether Yun Ying could be saved; Yao Chen said her body and soul were collapsing and urged Xiao Yan to honor her final wish.
• Xiao Yan supported Yun Ying through Lingyue City, where she reminded him that they were husband and wife for one day and asked him to show her what married couples did together.
• Xiao Yan took Yun Ying’s hand and led her through the city as she linked her arm through his and leaned against his shoulder.
• Xun’er watched Xiao Yan and Yun Ying leave, but Nalan Yanran told her not to begrudge Yun Ying’s final wish and dragged her away to eat.

Yun Ying watched Xiao Mei’s play with Xiao Yan and reflected on how he would choose his principles over her, then spent what she believed was her final day shopping with him. Xiao Yan brought her to the Flower Sect and proposed, and Yun Ying accepted.

• Yun Ying watched the tragic ending of Clear Distinction Between Good and Evil and realized that Xiao Yan would not betray himself for her.
• Yun Ying went shopping for clothes with Xiao Yan, who said he needed her help with an urgent matter.
• Xiao Yan carried Yun Ying to the Flower Sect, where Hua Yu and the disciples dressed and prepared her.
• The Flower Sect disciples led Yun Ying to a sea of flowers, where Xiao Yan proposed marriage to her.
• Yun Ying accepted Xiao Yan’s proposal.

As Yun Ying's body began to collapse, she told Xiao Yan about her painful past, her resentment, and how she had come to love and trust her. Yun Ying disappeared into the Flower Sea after asking Xiao Yan not to forget her, while Hun Tiandi resolved to become cruel and unforgivable.

• Yun Ying told Xiao Yan that she had been wronged by her Clan and had once wanted to destroy the world, but meeting Xiao Yan changed her.
• Yun Ying confessed that she had resented Xiao Yan for saving others but not her, then accepted that Xiao Yan had not been there when she needed help.
• Yun Ying cried in Xiao Yan's arms and asked why she had been given a chance to meet Xiao Yan only when she was about to die.
• Yun Ying's body and soul dissipated into the Flower Sea after she asked Xiao Yan not to forget her, leaving behind her gown.
• Hun Tiandi awoke in the Soul Clan, put on his mask, and vowed that only the cruel, unforgivable Hun Tiandi would remain.

After Yun Ying's disappearance, Xiao Yan struggled with grief and guilt while Xun'er comforted him on the way back to the Tianhe Alliance. Their quiet moment ended when the Nihility Devouring Flame attacked them.

• Xiao Yan left the Flower Sect, then stopped in the wilderness to mourn Yun Ying and reflect on how little he had understood her.
• Xun'er caught up with Xiao Yan and accompanied him toward the Tianhe Alliance, hiding that she had followed his date with Yun Ying.
• Xun'er comforted Xiao Yan when he blamed himself for failing to save more people and urged him to set down his burdens sometimes.
• Xiao Yan suddenly embraced Xun'er and dodged an attack from a mass of black flames, then recognized it as the Nihility Devouring Flame.