Chapter Summaries

Yao Wan used the Life Spirit Flame and Ash Extinction Flame to create and control a Soul Division, then arranged for Qing Lin to investigate Yao Wangui and Yao Feng. The chapter ended with a black-robed figure using Yao Wan’s guest token to leave the Yao Realm.

• Yao Wan summoned Qing Lin and learned that Yao Wangui used his influence over clan punishments to grant favors, while his cousin Yao Feng had once won the Yao Gathering.
• Yao Wan asked Qing Lin to request the Discipline Hall’s records from Yao Feng’s Yao Gathering year, but told her not to neglect cultivation for the task.
• Yao Wan combined her divided Soul Power with the Life Spirit Flame and Ash Extinction Flame, creating an incarnation in her own likeness.
• Yao Wan dressed the new incarnation in a cloak and bamboo hat so it could move around while she cultivated in seclusion.
• A black-robed figure entered the Yao Realm, showed the Iron Guards a token identifying her as Yao Wan’s guest, and left.

Yao Wan’s clan mistakenly believed she had left the Yao Realm, but found her cultivating there while a mysterious person used her token to pass through the realm gate. After leaving for Central State, Yao Wan sensed the Life Spirit Flame’s intense disgust and suspected the Spirit Devouring Clan had appeared near Xiao Yan, so she diverted toward the southern border to investigate.

• An Iron Guard reported that someone in black had used Yao Wan’s token to leave, prompting Yao Wansheng and the clan elders to investigate.
• Qing Lin confirmed that Yao Wan was still cultivating in the grotto-heaven, and the elders saw her focused there for themselves.
• Yao Wan left the Yao Realm and headed toward Central State, considering the Hall of Souls and the Spirit Devouring Clan as threats to watch.
• Yao Wan felt the Life Spirit Flame’s repulsion and realized Xiao Yan might have encountered the Spirit Devouring Clan in the Northwest Continent.
• Yao Wan changed course toward the southern border to check for signs of the Spirit Devouring Clan.

Yao Wan used the Ash Extinction Flame to purge the Spirit Devouring Clan from the Southern Continent, destroying their forces and ruining their invasion preparations. After capturing a Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerate, she became curious about their innate ability to convert Dou Qi into Demonic Qi and considered whether the process could be reversed.

• Yao Wan burned the demonic flowers and miasma across the Southern Continent, then incinerated the Spirit Devouring Clan experts who came to confront her.
• Yao Wan swept through the deepest miasma and destroyed the Spirit Devouring Clan forces there with a rain of Ash Extinction Flame.
• Over the following year, Yao Wan purified the Southern Continent and killed the Spirit Devouring Clan members wherever they fled, forcing the clan to halt its advance.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan sent several Dou Venerate experts to assist, and Yao Wan killed two and captured one alive.
• Yao Wan questioned the captive's innate ability to transform Dou Qi into Demonic Qi and wondered whether she could reverse the process.

Yao Wan studied an Evil Core taken from a Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerate, then swept the Southern and Eastern Continents clear of the clan’s forces. While heading toward Central State to warn its powerful factions, she found a mysterious scale-feather caught in a Space Storm and suspected it might come from a Dragon Phoenix.

• Yao Wan’s Spirit Devouring Clan prisoner died after her experiments, but she learned that an Evil Core converted Dou Qi into Demonic Qi and might offer a way to reverse the process.
• Yao Wan sensed the Spirit Devouring Clan had withdrawn from the Southern Continent, planted Ash Extinction Flame in its leyline core, and left the region.
• Yao Wan cleared the Eastern Continent of demonic miasma and Spirit Devouring Clan members, then headed for Central State to warn its powerful factions about the coming war.
• Yao Wan stopped a Space Storm with a barrier and spotted a streak of light inside it, initially wondering if it was Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan retrieved a gray, stone-textured scale-feather from the storm and suspected it might be a remnant of the legendary Dragon Phoenix, which she planned to show the elder at the Inheritance Land and possibly give to Zi Yan.

Yao Wan left the Space Storm site and headed into Central State, while rumors about the treasure she took drew powerful pursuers. After a long delay, Xiao Yan set out for Central State with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran, who hoped to find her ancestor’s lost inheritance.

• Yao Wan left the informants alive, and they spread news that a black-robed person had taken a secret treasure from the Space Storm.
• A proud young woman heard the report and threatened the informants before setting out to pursue the treasure.
• A beautiful woman riding a Seven-Colored Feather Crane followed a bloodline’s pull toward Yao Wan, hoping the thing she sensed would increase her strength.
• Xiao Yan finished gathering the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill and Bodhi Transformation Saliva, then helped the Gama Empire’s experts repel the invading Spirit Devouring Clan.
• Xiao Yan traveled toward Central State with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran, who explained she sought Yun Potian’s inheritance at No Sword Mountain.

Xiao Yan and his companions encountered a Space Storm while crossing Central State, while Yao Wan faced Feng Qing'er and her pursuers. Yao Wan revealed herself as a Dou Venerate, killed three high-rank Dou Zong, and decided to make Feng Qing'er her mount.

• Xiao Yan and his companions boarded a flying ship in Horizon City, but a Space Storm blocked their route through the wormhole.
• Yao Wan sensed the Life Spirit Flame react, then confronted Feng Qing'er and three high-rank Dou Zong who had pursued her for nearly two thousand miles.
• Feng Qing'er tried to seize the scale-feather from Yao Wan, who struck her aside and shattered space with a stone mallet.
• Yao Wan sealed the area, revealed her Dou Venerate strength, and killed the three Dou Zong before collecting their remains.
• Yao Wan restrained Feng Qing'er and said she would make her a mount.

Yao Wan defeated Feng Qing'er and began forcing the proud Heaven Demon Phoenix to serve as her mount, using soul pressure to make her call her Master. She offered Feng Qing'er freedom and the stolen scale-feather if she resisted submission for three years, leaving Feng Qing'er clinging to the chance of escape while Yao Wan intended to prolong her taming.

• Feng Qing'er launched a seven-colored attack at Yao Wan, but Yao Wan shattered it and knocked her down.
• Yao Wan told Feng Qing'er she would become her mount and dismissed her threat that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would retaliate.
• Yao Wan used soul pressure to make Feng Qing'er call her Master and punished her when she tried to curse.
• Yao Wan promised to free Feng Qing'er and return her scale-feather if she kept her true heart and resisted submission for three years.
• Feng Qing'er accepted the offer as a possible path to freedom, while Yao Wan planned to keep her hope alive and make the process last.

Yao Wan made Feng Qing'er call her Master and gave her a Royal Emperor Pill to aid her cultivation. Feng Qing'er swallowed it and began absorbing its medicinal power, still intent on growing stronger and taking revenge.

• Feng Qing'er forced herself to call Yao Wan Master several times after Yao Wan asked her to repeat it.
• Yao Wan rewarded Feng Qing'er with a Royal Emperor Pill and explained that it could cleanse her marrow and help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Yao Wan told Feng Qing'er she wanted heartfelt submission rather than controlling her with medicine.
• Feng Qing'er swallowed the pill, deciding its benefits could help her become strong enough to get revenge on Yao Wan.
• Feng Qing'er felt the pill's medicinal power spreading through her body and began cultivating while Yao Wan watched her resentful gaze without concern.

Yao Wan forced Feng Qing'er to accept her as master and prepared to use her as a mount while they traveled to the Northern Region. The chapter ended with Yao Wan binding Feng Qing'er with a hair-chain and transforming her into a Heaven Demon Phoenix.

• Yao Wan relieved the dangerous excess energy in Feng Qing'er, then mocked and intimidated her into calling Yao Wan master.
• Feng Qing'er changed into golden-red clothes given to her by Yao Wan and asked where they were going.
• Yao Wan said she was looking for someone and ordered Feng Qing'er to lead her to the Northern Region of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er realized Yao Wan intended to treat her as a mount, but could not bring herself to accept the humiliation.
• Yao Wan looped a chain made from her hair around Feng Qing'er's neck, controlled her, and transformed her into a Heaven Demon Phoenix.

Yao Wan flew toward the Wind and Lightning Pavilion Northern Region on Feng Qing'er, while Thunder Revered searched for the missing Phoenix and three Dou Zong. Tian Leizi intercepted them and tried to detain Yao Wan, but she revealed an overwhelming Dou Venerate aura and left him stunned.

• Yao Wan rode Feng Qing'er toward the Wind and Lightning Pavilion Northern Region and taunted her about her lost honor and bloodline.
• Thunder Revered investigated the site where the three Dou Zong had disappeared, then rushed north after hearing that a Heaven Demon Phoenix had been seen.
• Yao Wan sensed no sign of Xiao Yan and continued onward with Feng Qing'er when Tian Leizi blocked their path.
• Tian Leizi identified Feng Qing'er as a member of the East Pavilion and invited Yao Wan to stay, but she dismissed his threat and mocked the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.
• Yao Wan stood and unleashed a terrifying aura, revealing herself to be a Dou Venerate and leaving Tian Leizi shocked.

Yao Wan forced Feng Qing'er to witness the vast gap between them by letting Tian Leizi flee a thousand miles through a storm and a barrage of sword energy. After keeping her promise and sparing him, Yao Wan left Feng Qing'er feeling despair, beginning her taming of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

• Yao Wan offered to spare Tian Leizi if he escaped a thousand miles within the time of one incense stick, while forbidding herself from moving or using Space Power and Soul Power.
• Tian Leizi accepted the challenge and fled using Wind and Lightning Pavilion's Three Thousand Lightning Movements, leaving several lightning afterimages behind.
• Yao Wan summoned a vast storm with a breath and sent sword energy after Tian Leizi, tearing apart his afterimages and wounding him as he fled.
• Tian Leizi crossed the thousand-mile distance, so Yao Wan stopped her attacks and let him leave alive.
• Yao Wan stroked Feng Qing'er and made her confront the overwhelming gap in their strength, deepening Feng Qing'er's despair and beginning her obedience.

Thunder Revered sent for help from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after Tian Leizi reported Yao Wan’s assault on the Wind and Lightning Pavilion. While searching for Xiao Yan, Yao Wan sensed the Netherworld Poison Flame and found Little Fairy Doctor, leaving the two to face an awkward reunion.

• Tian Leizi told Thunder Revered how Yao Wan had humiliated the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, and Thunder Revered decided to contact the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for help.
• Yao Wan gave up searching the Northern Region for Xiao Yan and continued taming Feng Qing'er as they prepared to leave.
• Yao Wan sensed a faint trace of the Netherworld Poison Flame and directed Feng Qing'er east toward its source.
• Little Fairy Doctor noticed Yao Wan approaching on Feng Qing'er and recognized her.
• Yao Wan greeted Little Fairy Doctor warmly, while Little Fairy Doctor awkwardly asked her to remove her bamboo hat and dreaded explaining herself.

Yao Wan reunited with the Little Fairy Doctor in Central State, introduced Feng Qing'er as her captive mount, and teased Xian'er about Xiao Yan. The Little Fairy Doctor explained that a space storm had separated her from Xiao Yan and the others, while Nalan had come seeking Yun Potian’s inheritance at No Sword Mountain.

• Yao Wan revealed that Feng Qing'er had ambushed her and was bound to serve as her mount for three years before earning her freedom.
• The Little Fairy Doctor noticed silver strands in Yao Wan’s hair, but declined Yao Wan’s offer to restore her own white hair to black.
• Yao Wan teased the Little Fairy Doctor about her relationship with Xiao Yan, leaving Xian'er embarrassed and defensive.
• The Little Fairy Doctor said a space storm had separated her from Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Nalan near Central State.
• The Little Fairy Doctor explained that Nalan had come to Central State to seek the rumored inheritance of Yun Potian at No Sword Mountain.

Little Fairy Doctor told Yao Wan about the Spirit Devouring Clan’s invasion and Xiao Yan’s relationship with Medusa, then showed her the poison flame she had borrowed from Xiao Yan. Yao Wan noticed it was evolving in harmony with Little Fairy Doctor’s Poison Body and proposed helping her cultivate her own Heavenly Flame.

• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether Yao Wan knew Central State, and Yao Wan said she did not, explaining that she had recently destroyed Spirit Devouring Clan forces across several continental borderlands.
• Little Fairy Doctor described how the Spirit Devouring Clan had driven humans and the Snake-People Tribe to unite, and Yao Wan connected their peaceful coexistence to Xiao Yan and Medusa.
• Yao Wan calmly acknowledged Xiao Yan and Medusa’s daughter, while Little Fairy Doctor misread Yao Wan’s reaction and privately concluded she had a strange interest in being cuckolded.
• Yao Wan noticed Netherworld Poison Flame in Little Fairy Doctor’s aura and saw that it was changing toward a dark green form because of its compatibility with her Poison Body.
• Yao Wan proposed that Xiao Yan separate a Source Fire Seed so Little Fairy Doctor could cultivate her own Heavenly Flame, which might eventually grow stronger than the original poison flame and help Xiao Yan’s flame evolve as well.

Yao Wan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Feng Qing'er set out across Central State to find Xiao Yan while avoiding their pursuers. Xiao Yan woke in a mountain cave under Zi Yan’s care and learned that Nalan Yanran was clearing out strange Evil Beasts nearby, just as Nalan returned and overheard Zi Yan threatening him.

• Yao Wan decided to search for Xiao Yan with Little Fairy Doctor and Feng Qing'er, asking about the progress of the Poison Pill Method as they traveled.
• Xiao Yan woke in a mountain cave and recognized Zi Yan as the one lifting and shaking him.
• Zi Yan explained that Nalan Yanran had gone to clear out strange Evil Beasts while Zi Yan watched over Xiao Yan, who had been badly injured in a Space Storm.
• Xiao Yan teased Zi Yan about her poor caregiving, and Zi Yan threatened to strangle him and tell Nalan Yanran that he had died.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the cave entrance and overheard Zi Yan’s threat.

After Xiao Yan woke in a mountain cave, he and Nalan Yanran learned that they had landed in a strange region of Central State where destructive Evil Beasts roamed. Nalan Yanran used the original Azure Cloud Swordplay to locate No Sword Mountain, and the group prepared to head there once Xiao Yan recovered enough.

• Nalan Yanran returned from fighting the Evil Beasts and found Zi Yan pinning down Xiao Yan, but the two soon resumed their usual bickering.
• Nalan Yanran checked Xiao Yan’s condition, and he admitted that the Space Storm had left his body suffering from lingering Space Power.
• Nalan Yanran explained that the Evil Beasts seemed connected to the power behind her sword intent, leading Xiao Yan to suspect they had landed near No Sword Mountain.
• At Xiao Yan’s suggestion, Nalan Yanran circulated the original Azure Cloud Swordplay and sensed No Sword Mountain thirty li to the east, while glimpsing the mountain range’s bustling past.
• Xiao Yan said they would head for No Sword Mountain after he regulated his breathing, and Zi Yan silently judged the pair to be mushy.

While recovering, Nalan Yanran talked with Zi Yan about her past with Xiao Yan and admitted that she liked him. She chose not to tell him, believing her past actions and her friends’ feelings made a confession unfair.

• Xiao Yan spent five days healing and cultivating while Nalan Yanran prepared to seek the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain inheritance.
• Zi Yan asked Nalan Yanran about her arranged betrothal to Xiao Yan and the Three-Year Agreement, and Nalan Yanran recalled how they became friends after their fight.
• Zi Yan asked whether Nalan Yanran liked Xiao Yan, and Nalan Yanran admitted that she did.
• Nalan Yanran told Zi Yan she would keep her feelings from Xiao Yan because she had once hurt him and his family, and she would not wrong Yao Wan or disregard Medusa and Little Fairy Doctor.

Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan set out for No Sword Mountain, where they were surrounded by powerful Evil Beasts guarding the route. Zi Yan opened a path for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, then stayed behind to draw the beasts' attention.

• Nalan Yanran asked Zi Yan to keep her private feelings secret from Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan agreed.
• After five days of recovery, Xiao Yan woke and prepared to travel with Nalan Yanran and Zi Yan to Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.
• The group encountered a swarm of silver-gray Evil Beasts, including Dou Emperor beasts and a Dou Zong beast, guarding No Sword Mountain.
• Nalan Yanran considered retreating, but Zi Yan asked whether Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran could proceed without her.
• Zi Yan blasted open a gap in the beasts' formation, sent Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran through, and drew the beasts' attention to herself.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the ruins atop No Sword Mountain and searched for the inheritance left by Yun Lan Sect’s founder. Inside a hidden array, Nalan Yanran repelled a sudden attack of Black Qi with the mountain’s abundant sword intent.

• Zi Yan held off the Evil Beasts while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the summit of No Sword Mountain.
• Nalan Yanran could no longer sense the sword intent that had guided them, so she and Xiao Yan headed toward the ruined main hall.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran discussed the unexplained decline of the mountain and Yun Potian’s departure from Central State.
• After finding no entrance, Nalan Yanran cut a way through the ruins and entered with Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran recognized signs of the Cloud and Mist Sun-Veiling Array and approached its northern corner to connect with it.
• Black Qi burst from the array’s center, and Nalan Yanran drove it back with her sword intent.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran restarted the great formation and helped Yun Potian destroy the Spirit Devouring Clan remnant sealed within it. Yun Potian recognized Nalan as his descendant and offered to help her and Xiao Yan before his spiritual light faded.

• Nalan Yanran took control of the formation, and Xiao Yan bridged their Divine Senses to share the painful impact on her soul.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran recognized the sealed Spirit Devouring Clan remnant, which tried to tempt and threaten them into releasing it.
• Yun Potian appeared, strengthened the formation, and destroyed the remnant with his sword intent.
• Nalan Yanran greeted Yun Potian as her sect's founder, and he praised her talent before teasing her about Xiao Yan being her Dao companion.
• Yun Potian understood why Nalan Yanran had come and invited her and Xiao Yan into the formation, promising to help them before he disappeared.