Chapter Summaries

Yao Wan explained why she planned to stay behind to prepare for the Spirit Devouring Clan and Hall of Souls, while Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Nalan Yanran visited her. She treated Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran with her acupoint skills and secretly gave Nalan a strand of Divine Sense, leaving Nalan flustered by Yao Wan’s teasing.

• Yao Wan told Little Fairy Doctor she would stay behind to prepare for the Spirit Devouring Clan and Hall of Souls instead of accompanying Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived, and Yao Wan exchanged teasing remarks with Nalan about their relationship.
• Yao Wan massaged Little Fairy Doctor, who encouraged Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to try it too.
• Nalan Yanran volunteered, and Yao Wan examined her body, adjusted her neck, and sent a strand of Divine Sense into her.
• Yao Wan teased Nalan Yanran about becoming strong enough to turn the tables on Xiao Yan, making Nalan blush.

Yao Wan taught Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan about body tempering while discussing Nalan’s growth and the Spirit Devouring Clan’s mysterious history. After treating Xiao Yan, she left him sprawled on the floor, where he teased her about the fragrance in the room.

• Yao Wan explained that her Glass Body Sculpting Art could grow stronger with enough energy, and Nalan Yanran described how she had gained power at No Sword Mountain with Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran said she would accompany Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower for the Pill Gathering, then return to No Sword Mountain to refine the Progenitor’s legacy.
• Yao Wan wondered whether the Spirit Devouring Clan had hidden its realm outside the Dou Qi Continent and kept the speculation to herself.
• Yao Wan warned Xiao Yan that his old body-tempering practice was outdated and twisted his limbs to help stimulate his body.
• Xiao Yan joked about Yao Wan’s feet and asked whether she had used a special spice because the floor smelled fragrant.

Yao Wan explained how the Little Fairy Doctor could nurture the Poison Flame with her Woeful Poison Body and helped Xiao Yan prepare to split off a fire seed for her. As Xiao Yan revealed the Poison Flame’s source, Yao Wan summoned a second, deathly Heavenly Flame, leaving him stunned by its power and her possession of two opposing flames.

• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan and the Little Fairy Doctor that the Poison Flame could grow by feeding on the poison her constitution produced, and Xiao Yan agreed to give her a portion of its source.
• The Little Fairy Doctor worried that dividing the flame might harm Xiao Yan, but Yao Wan assured them both would be safe and ordered them to begin.
• Xiao Yan manifested the Poison Flame and carefully opened it to expose its Heavenly Flame Source while Yao Wan took responsibility for dividing it.
• Yao Wan produced a black-red Heavenly Flame that embodied pure death, and Xiao Yan realized it was even more terrifying than her Life Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan helped Little Fairy Doctor refine a poison fire, strengthening her control over the Woeful Poison Body and creating a connection between them. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er left the Gu Realm after learning Xiao Yan had won the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly and hurried to find him.

• Yao Wan used the Black-Red Flame to separate the poison fire source, then restored it to the Life Spirit Flame, leaving Xiao Yan shocked by its association with death.
• Little Fairy Doctor absorbed and refined the poison fire source while Xiao Yan helped control her surging Poison Dou Qi.
• Little Fairy Doctor fused the poison fire with her Poison Body Embryo Pill, replacing it and gaining control over her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor discovered they could feel an unusual connection between their hearts, while Yao Wan teased Nalan Yanran about being envious.
• Xiao Xun'er left the Gu Realm against the Ancient Clan Elders' wishes and traveled toward Central State's Northern Region to search for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er learned Xiao Yan had won the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly and hurried onward, hoping to find him before Yao Wan left the Yao Clan.

Xiao Xun'er arrived at the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and found Yao Wan already there, prompting a fierce battle between their strange fires. Xiao Yan stopped them and tried to calm Xun'er, but she insisted there was no misunderstanding between her and Yao Wan.

• Xiao Xun'er heard rumors that Thunder Revered had been killed and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion had changed masters, then hurried to Thunder Mountain after learning Xiao Yan was there.
• Xiao Xun'er sensed Yao Wan upon entering the pavilion, and Yao Wan welcomed the chance to see her reaction to Nalan.
• Xiao Xun'er and Yao Wan exchanged barbs before their strange-fire phoenix and dragon fought across Thunder Mountain.
• Yao Wan's Ash Extinction Dragon defeated Xiao Xun'er's Heavenly Flame Fire Phoenix, and Xiao Yan stepped between them to stop the fight.
• Xiao Xun'er checked that Xiao Yan was unharmed, while Xiao Yan tried to ease the hostility between the women.
• Xiao Xun'er rejected Xiao Yan's suggestion that a misunderstanding lay between her and Yao Wan.

Xiao Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan and asked to speak privately with Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor after Yao Wan ended their confrontation. Xiao Yan agreed and left with Yao Wan, while Xun'er faced the two women alone.

• Xiao Xun'er and Yao Wan stopped fighting, and Yao Wan restored Thunder Mountain with the Life Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er greeted Xiao Yan, then noticed Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor arriving.
• Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor reacted differently to seeing Xiao Xun'er, with Little Fairy Doctor remaining vigilant.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yan to let her speak with Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor alone, and Yao Wan urged him to agree.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan withdrew, and Yao Wan joked that only she could provoke Xun'er into losing control.

Xiao Xun'er confronted Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor over their relationships with Xiao Yan, but Little Fairy Doctor rebuffed her and left with Nalan. Xiao Yan then faced Xun'er, who begged him to give up the other women, and he refused to abandon them.

• Xiao Xun'er met Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor, expressed resentment over their ties to Xiao Yan, and admitted she wanted to drive them away.
• Little Fairy Doctor challenged Xiao Xun'er’s claim over Xiao Yan, defended her own relationship with him, and warned that Xun'er might have to accept the others.
• Little Fairy Doctor took Nalan Yanran away, leaving Xiao Xun'er angry and shaken.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan that Xun'er needed to realize she could neither drive the women away nor avoid joining them, then returned to the Silver Giant Tower.
• Xiao Xun'er begged Xiao Yan to give up the other women and promised to stay by his side and do what they could.
• Xiao Yan refused, saying he could not let the women down or abandon them on Xun'er's request.

Yao Wan discussed Xiao Xun'er’s place among Xiao Yan’s companions with Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran, then spoke with Yao Lao about her Soul Division and the Yao Clan. The chapter ended when Yao Wan brought up Yao Wangui, stirring the old wound behind Yao Lao’s expulsion from the clan.

• Yao Wan reassured Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran that Xiao Xun'er would eventually accept sharing Xiao Yan, and said she was confident she could keep matters under control.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Zi Yan was sleeping through another cultivation breakthrough and planned to return home after Xiao Yan went to Pill Tower.
• Yao Wan encountered Yao Lao, who thanked her for arranging his reunion with Wind Idle at the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly.
• Yao Lao guessed that Yao Wan had created a Soul Division and secretly left the Yao Clan, and promised not to tell Xiao Yan what he had inferred.
• Yao Wan began telling Yao Lao about Yao Wangui and his descendants, causing Yao Lao to lose his composure.

Yao Lao told Yao Wan about a jade stone that might lead to the larger relic where he and Wind Idle found the Flame Mantra, leaving the choice to explore it to her. After Xiao Yan departed for Starfall Pavilion and the Pill Gathering, Xiao Xun'er confronted Yao Wan, whose questions made her reconsider why Yao Wan had kept her distance from Xiao Yan.

• Yao Wan discussed Yao Wangui's abuses with Yao Lao, who said he wanted to settle their grudge himself and restore his clan name to the stele.
• Yao Lao explained that the relic containing the Flame Mantra had been a fragment and offered Yao Wan a jade stone from Starfall Pavilion that might guide her to the main relic.
• Xiao Yan returned, and he and his companions left Wind and Lightning Pavilion for Starfall Pavilion before the Pill Gathering while Yao Wan stayed behind.
• Less than a thousand li from Wind and Lightning Pavilion, Yao Wan sensed Xiao Xun'er nearby and confronted her for continuing to follow Xiao Yan's group.
• Yao Wan challenged Xiao Xun'er's belief that she had stolen Xiao Yan from her, pointing out that she had never pursued intimate contact with him.
• Xiao Xun'er realized Yao Wan had consistently kept her distance from Xiao Yan and wondered whether Yao Wan had an unusual reason for doing so.

Xiao Xun'er challenged Yao Wan about her intentions toward Xiao Yan, but Yao Wan denied wanting to pursue him and revealed that another woman entangled with him was pregnant. Xiao Xun'er agreed to travel with Yao Wan to the Gama Empire to see for herself.

• Xiao Xun'er questioned why Yao Wan kept watching from the sidelines and whether she planned to pursue Xiao Yan, but Yao Wan insisted she had never said she would get involved.
• Yao Wan said she had introduced Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran because they might suit each other, and that curiosity and a sense of familiarity had led her to approach Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan revealed that another woman involved with Xiao Yan was pregnant, leaving Xiao Xun'er stunned and furious.
• Yao Wan offered to take Xiao Xun'er to the Gama Empire, and Xiao Xun'er agreed while threatening to kill her if she was lying.
• Yao Wan opened a spatial rift and crossed through it with Xiao Xun'er following behind.

After giving birth to Xiao Xiao, Medusa questioned whether her daughter should be bound to the Snake-People Tribe’s future and reflected on her memories of Xiao Yan. Yao Wan arrived to meet Medusa, but Medusa refused to let her hold the baby.

• Medusa held Xiao Xiao on the imperial hall rooftop while the Great Elder urged her to protect herself and the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy Maiden.
• Medusa recalled Xiao Yan asking whether she was tired of always putting her tribe first, and worried that Xiao Xiao would inherit the same burden.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Xun'er watched Medusa enter the hall, but Xiao Xun'er hesitated to approach because Medusa had her newborn child.
• Yao Wan went down to meet Medusa, who recognized her from their past fight over the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.
• Yao Wan asked to hold Xiao Xiao, but Medusa refused.

Yao Wan returned to meet Medusa and her newborn daughter, Xiao Xiao, while Xiao Xun'er joined them. Xiao Xiao immediately bonded with Yao Wan, who held and rocked her as Medusa watched with wary relief.

• Yao Wan asked about Medusa's daughter and learned that the baby was named Xiao Xiao, not destined to become another Queen Medusa.
• Medusa told Yao Wan to leave and insisted she had no intention of competing for anything, but Yao Wan said she had brought Xiao Xun'er along.
• Xiao Xiao woke, eagerly reached for Yao Wan, and babbled happily when Yao Wan greeted and teased her.
• Medusa reluctantly handed Xiao Xiao to Yao Wan after warning her to treat the baby carefully.
• Yao Wan rocked Xiao Xiao with practiced ease and realized the baby's affection might come from the familiar Life Aura she had absorbed before birth.

Yao Wan cared for Xiao Xiao while Medusa and Xiao Xun'er finally confronted each other. Xiao Xun'er proposed an alliance against the other women, but Medusa distrusted her motives and did not answer.

• Yao Wan held Xiao Xiao, wondered about the child's extraordinary potential, and stopped her from grabbing her hair.
• Medusa noticed Xiao Xun'er approaching and reflected on her connection to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er admitted she had to accept Medusa's existence, though she remained unwilling.
• Xiao Xun'er suggested that she and Medusa join forces, but Medusa suspected she would later be betrayed and stayed silent.
• Xiao Xun'er grew irritated as Medusa withheld a response, knowing she could not face Yao Wan and the other women alone.

Yao Wan tried to persuade Medusa to take Xiao Xiao and herself to Central State, but Medusa rejected her and left with her daughter. Xiao Xun'er confronted Yao Wan about treating others as toys and asked whether she truly liked Xiao Yan, leaving Yao Wan unable to understand her own feelings.

• Xiao Xun'er confirmed that Yao Wan had told Medusa about the situation, while Medusa showed little reaction to the revelation.
• Yao Wan praised Xiao Xiao's talent and proposed taking Medusa and Xiao Xiao to Central State to strengthen their prospects and fighting power.
• Medusa refused to leave her home and told Yao Wan to have Xiao Yan send someone normal next time, then carried Xiao Xiao out of the hall.
• Xiao Xun'er told Yao Wan that Medusa had rejected her because Yao Wan never treated others as equals, and Yao Wan dismissed the criticism.
• Yao Wan argued that Xiao Xun'er also pursued Xiao Yan for her own happiness, but Xiao Xun'er asked whether Yao Wan liked him.
• Yao Wan fell silent as she questioned whether her feelings for Xiao Yan were genuine, and Xiao Xun'er felt her view of her rival grow heavier and more complicated.

After Xiao Xun'er left, Yao Wan confronted her feelings about Xiao Yan and decided she would eventually have to reject him, though his stubbornness made that difficult. She went to the Xiao Residence to propose moving the Xiao Clan to safety, then confided in Xiao Zhan that she had made mistakes with Medusa and others.

• Xiao Xun'er lost interest in Yao Wan and left, while Yao Wan realized she could no longer avoid deciding what to do about Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan concluded she could not accept Xiao Yan and worried that rejecting him would only make his pursuit more determined.
• Yao Wan left medicinal pills for Medusa and Xiao Xiao, then quietly visited the Xiao Residence in the imperial capital.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Zhan she had come to take Medusa, Xiao Xiao, and possibly the Xiao Clan away because they could become targets and weaknesses for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan listened as Yao Wan regretted her recent mistakes and advised her to seek a clear conscience.

Yao Wan told Xiao Zhan she planned to end her romantic entanglement with Xiao Yan and gave him a protective jade stone before leaving the Xiao Residence. Xiao Xun'er then returned to visit Xiao Zhan, still wary of Yao Wan and focused on securing her place with Xiao Yan.

• Yao Wan told Xiao Zhan she would explain her feelings to Xiao Yan and stop seeing him, though she still considered him a friend.
• Yao Wan gave Xiao Zhan a black-red stone that would resolve danger if he crushed it, then left the Xiao Residence.
• Yao Wan noticed Xiao Xun'er's aura in the imperial capital and decided to fulfill an old promise by meeting someone.
• A servant told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Xun'er had returned, and she explained that she had come back on her own because of someone.
• Xiao Xun'er saw that Xiao Zhan seemed unharmed and concluded Yao Wan no longer posed as great a threat, then turned her attention to her position with Xiao Yan.

After leaving the Gama Empire, Yao Wan encountered four Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerates hiding in a Space Storm as they tried to enter Central State. She drove them back, but two escaped through a Space Tunnel, leaving her suspecting a larger conspiracy.

• Yao Wan left the Gama Empire and planned to find Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion to seal away his memories of her.
• Yao Wan discovered an unusually violent Space Storm at the boundary between Central State and the continent’s borderlands and went to investigate.
• Yao Wan sensed the Spirit Devouring Clan and dodged an ambush by one of its hidden experts as three others joined the attack.
• Yao Wan overpowered the four Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerates, revealing herself as the woman feared for devastating the clan on the Southern Continent.
• Two Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerates escaped into Central State while the other two stayed behind to hold Yao Wan off, and she suspected their journey concealed a conspiracy.

Yao Wan killed a Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerate and experimented with his Evil Core to understand how the clan produced Demonic Qi, but could not reproduce or transform it. She set the research aside and hurried toward Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao had returned to take command.

• Yao Wan shattered the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Venerate's skeletal Demon Statue, killed him, and took his silver crystal and another fighter's Evil Core.
• Yao Wan studied the Evil Core, but her Divine Sense broke it apart before she could understand the Spirit Devouring Clan's Innate Ability.
• Yao Wan formed a technique formula from what she had learned, but it produced only unstable Demonic Qi that immediately annihilated itself.
• Unable to find the escaped Spirit Devouring Clan members, Yao Wan left her research and rushed toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Starfall Pavilion celebrated Yao Lao's return and his resumption of command.

After returning to Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan focused on alchemy while investigating a mysterious branch with Yao Lao, who told him about the Yao Clan and Yao Wan. The chapter ended when Yao Wan arrived to see Xiao Yan.

• Wind Venerable returned Starfall Pavilion's leadership to Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan became the Young Pavilion Master.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month practicing alchemy and noticed the mysterious severed branch had grown to over a foot long.
• Yao Lao said the Yao Clan's Library Pavilion might contain information about the branch and explained the clan's power and his complicated history with it.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan had not yet fully understood herself and that Xiao Yan should help her see clearly.
• Wind Venerable sent Yao Lao a message that Yao Wan had arrived, and Xiao Yan went to meet her.

Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a jade stone connected to the Ancient Relic where the Flame Mantra was discovered, and Xiao Yan met Yao Wan outside Starfall Pavilion. After he teased her by pretending to fall off a cliff, Yao Wan caught him, and he used her offer to do as he pleased to suggest they search for the relic together.

• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a jade stone that could help locate the larger Ancient Relic and said going with Yao Wan depended on persuading her.
• Xiao Yan found Yao Wan waiting outside Starfall Pavilion and openly told her he was happy whenever she was by his side.
• After Yao Wan told Xiao Yan to kill himself, he leaned over the cliff, and she grabbed his hand before he fell.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Wan the jade stone, but she refused it because she had no use for it and told him to do as he pleased with it.
• Xiao Yan suggested that Yao Wan take him to search for the Ancient Relic, leaving her surprised that he had accepted her words as an invitation.